Point Park News Service – School of Communication

Pittsburgh: Where Pierogi Dreams Come True

September 23, 2017September 23, 2017 Festival, Food, food & drink, Kennywood, Krista Marple, Pierogie, pierogies

By Krista Marple, Point Park News Service: If you know anything about Pittsburgh, you know the city has a love for food. But more specifically, you know their love for pierogies. One of Pittsburgh’s newest food spots in town really has people talking. Stuff’d, which opened in August, is still in its soft opening stage but is the first pierogi bar in the area. Although it hasn’t been around for... Read More

CMI celebrates one-year anniversary

September 14, 2017 Center for Media Innovation, Point Park University

By Amy Philips-Haller, Point Park News Service: It was standing room only at the September 12th Point Park Center for Media Innovation one-year anniversary event that included featured speakers, two panel discussions, and a plaque unveiling that honored Richard M. Scaife. The event marked one year since the doors opened to the media hub that is home to three studios,... Read More

First-Person: The Hurricane Never Bothered Me Anyway

September 11, 2017 Florida, Hurricane Irma, Orlando, Walt Disney World

Point Park University student Angela Altieri arrived in Orlando, Fla., at Walt Disney World as Hurricane Irma bore down on the state. This is her story. By: Angela Altieri Every year to celebrate my birthday, my mother and I plan short trips together. Little did I know that this year’s excursion would put us in the direct path of a... Read More

Starbucks plans still brewing

September 11, 2017 Culinart, Point Park University, Starbucks

By Casey Hoolahan, Point Park News Service: Note: This article originally appeared in the Point Park Globe, a student-run news outlet serving the Point Park community. As the fall semester begins, there is no official set opening date for the new campus Starbucks location, leaving students without their caffeine fix. In May, the university announced to students via email that... Read More

Commentary: Growing up after 9/11

September 8, 2017 9/11, Generation Z, World Trade Center

By Lauren Ortego, Point Park News Service A small boy plays by twin reflecting pools that have been placed in the middle of New York City. As he plays, his mother scolds him, saying he shouldn’t be so loud and hyper in such an environment. He asks why, and the faces of those around him grow solemn as his mother... Read More

Smallman Galley’s first class of chefs learned on the job

June 5, 2017June 7, 2017 chefs, Smallman Galley

By Neil Strebig, Point Park News Service: A U-Haul was parked outside Smallman Galley with the tailgate’s mouth open wide, waiting for another lump of restaurant equipment from the Provisions staff as they dismembered their kitchen space piece by piece to leave a desolate ocean of stainless steel countertops and a defunct cash register behind. It was a sentimental scene... Read More

Night of Fights brings boxing to unconventional venue

May 25, 2017 boxing, Carnegie Music Hall, Night of Fights

By Tyler Polk, Point Park News Service: When the bell rang and the first fight – Oleg Dovhun vs. Adam Young – began, boxing trainer Michael McSorley took a look out into the audience at the Carnegie Music Hall in Homestead and breathed a sigh of relief. “It took so much time and effort to get the thing going,” McSorley... Read More

Historic review riles up Northside residents

May 17, 2017May 24, 2017 historic review commission, Northside, Pittsburgh, redevelopment

By: Neil Strebig, Point Park News Service: A disconnect in communication with the Historical Review Commission leaves a number of residents unsatisfied The crimson-red brick façade of the Allegheny Inn ignites the corner of North and Cedar Avenues, immediately separating itself from neighboring buildings. The Inn is a remnant from the 1880s and after $1.5 million in renovations later, the... Read More

Gambling on Pennsylvania’s future

May 17, 2017 budget, casino, gambling, lawmakers, Pennsylvania

By Iain Oldman, Point Park News Service: Ahead of another looming budget showdown between Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and the state’s Republican-majority General Assembly, a familiar issue to bail the state out of its budgetary woes has been submitted for the legislature to take up – expanded legalized gambling. But even as Wolf and some lawmakers in Harrisburg look to... Read More

A Perfect Storm for an apocalypse

May 9, 2017 apocalypse, Literary Arts Symposium, Pittsburgh, Point Park University

By Matt Bauman, Point Park News Service: In the spirit of thinking about the apocalypse for this symposium, naturally I turned to the news. It does seem like the end of days is a current event, doesn’t it? We have problem after problem surface in front of our own eyes, only to forget it once its successor, a problem equally... Read More