By Kalea Hall Point Park News Service After serving 17 years for a murder he did not commit, Terrell Johnson was finally able to walk out as a free man last September, yet Johnson has not received any form of assistance from the state to help him reintegrate back into society. Pennsylvania is one of [...]
By Brian Reed Point Park News Service Referring to statewide controversy involving charter school funding formulas, public school lobbyist Ron Cowell likes to point to disparities in educational costs that, in some cases, have resulted in a difference of over $12,000 per year in spending on a single child. That issue and others caused former [...]
By Marc Witkin Point Park News Service In many ways, Will McLinden III is a typical 10-year-old boy. He enjoys video games, cartoons and his three bulldogs. At first glance, one might not recognize that McLinden has autism. Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at age 2, McLinden has poor motor skills, immune deficiencies, food allergies [...]
Story and photos by Sara Payne Point Park News Service Most Monday nights, Brandon White transforms into the female character Bambi Bulimic. After countless layers of purple glue stick on his eyebrows making a smooth surface, he carefully applies the white powder and brown lines that turn his masculine features into Bambi’s higher eyebrows and [...]
By Marina Weis Point Park News Service Eleven minutes before the Boston marathon explosions, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, can be seen from security camera footage carrying large backpacks. Footage from another security camera as well as photographs show them walking toward the finish line, according to a criminal complaint. Within three days, [...]
By Jaime Rosellini Point Park News Service For the first time since 1989, Point Park University is sending its own beauty queens to compete for the title of Miss Pennsylvania this summer. It’s been more than twenty years since Point Park University held its very own local scholarship pageant as a preliminary to Miss Pennsylvania. [...]
By Marina Weis Point Park News Service Eleven minutes before the Boston marathon explosions, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, can be seen from security camera footage carrying large backpacks. Footage from another security camera as well as photographs show them walking toward the finish line, according to a criminal complaint. Within three days, [...]
By Marina Weis Point Park News Service Albert Pannone donned blue converse shoes overtop bright orange socks during a slow Sunday hour at the PNC YMCA in Downtown. “Believe it or not, these are some of the best weight lifting shoes you can wear,” the blonde, 22-year-old said smiling. He stepped out from behind his [...]
By Kineen Dillard Point Park News Service Jill Larson used her love of art to teach adults with mental instability how to create wood sculptures and wire work animals. With that experience and more she now addresses the growing bullying epidemic through conscious art pieces in the “Mean Girls” exhibit. For several years, Larson used [...]
Lauren Dantella Point Park News Service Although her job of analyzing medical specimens does not allow for much creativity, Hanna Choi considers herself an artist. Choi, a recent University of Pittsburgh biology graduate, works as a specimen processor at Allegheny General Hospital on Pittsburgh’s North Side, but she is also a self-taught amateur jewelry maker [...]
Kaitlyn Castelli Point Park News Service On a hot summer day, a woman readied herself for another day of work for her cause in the busy hall of a local convention center. She is an Indian woman of average height, her thick black hair hovers just above her shoulders, and her scarf and necklace matched [...]
By Megan Guza Point Park News Service The bright red blood stands out in stark contrast against Jamie Bishop’s white boxing gloves. But the 17-year-old model and high school student isn’t worried about her next photo shoot or what her friends at school will say. Her only focus is on finishing her fight. “I just knew [...]
By Holly Tonini Point Park News Service Dwight Diller asked for no applause after he finished a song on his clawhammer banjo. The West Virginia strummer told his audience of about 20 that it’s easier for him to judge if they liked the song without clapping. The silence also made it easier for him to [...]
By Mia Crow Point Park News Service DeVaughn Robinson caught the acting bug in the 7th grade in 2008 when he co-directed a production of Snoopy at the Urban League Charter School. His love of theater grew when he won third place honors in the national August Wilson Monologue competition in New York. Now at [...]
By Marc Witkin Point Park News Service In many ways, Will McLinden III is a typical 10-year-old boy. He enjoys video games, cartoons and his three bulldogs. At first glance, one might not recognize that McLinden has autism. Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at age 2, McLinden has poor motor skills, immune deficiencies, food allergies [...]
Story and photos by Sara Payne Point Park News Service Most Monday nights, Brandon White transforms into the female character Bambi Bulimic. After countless layers of purple glue stick on his eyebrows making a smooth surface, he carefully applies the white powder and brown lines that turn his masculine features into Bambi’s higher eyebrows and [...]
By Marina Weis Point Park News Service Albert Pannone donned blue converse shoes overtop bright orange socks during a slow Sunday hour at the PNC YMCA in Downtown. “Believe it or not, these are some of the best weight lifting shoes you can wear,” the blonde, 22-year-old said smiling. He stepped out from behind his [...]
By Kalea Hall Point Park News Service After serving 17 years for a murder he did not commit, Terrell Johnson was finally able to walk out as a free man last September, yet Johnson has not received any form of assistance from the state to help him reintegrate back into society. Pennsylvania is one of [...]
A beginning journalistic writing and editing class interviewed a number of people enjoying a beautiful spring day Downtown and asked them what they wanted the next mayor of Pittsburgh to do after he is elected. These are their responses. Lauren Finkel Bob Santamoor, 62, board chairman of the GE Aerospace Conference Board, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. [...]
By Marina Weis Point Park News Service Growing up without any family to support her, a young girl developed serious emotional problems that followed her into juvenile court. She was denied many times at placements for counseling because of her violent behavior. That was until Judge Jill Rangos made special arrangements to send her to [...]
By Brian Reed Point Park News Service Referring to statewide controversy involving charter school funding formulas, public school lobbyist Ron Cowell likes to point to disparities in educational costs that, in some cases, have resulted in a difference of over $12,000 per year in spending on a single child. That issue and others caused former [...]
By Marina Weis Point Park News Service Eleven minutes before the Boston marathon explosions, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, can be seen from security camera footage carrying large backpacks. Footage from another security camera as well as photographs show them walking toward the finish line, according to a criminal complaint. Within three days, [...]
By Veronica Kropf The Pioneer In 1998, when Rebecca Flora heard on the radio that PNC Financial Services Inc. was beginning construction on what became its Firstside Center in downtown Pittsburgh, she decided to make a chance phone call to see if the company would consider employing sustainable business practices. “I just thought this would [...]
