Point Park News Service

Point Park University’s COVID-19 cases at a rise after weeks of zero cases

October 8, 2020

By James Barchetti After many weeks in which a dashboard documenting COVID-19 cases at Point Park University was barren, administrators have confirmed their first COVID-19 case in a commuter student. There have been multiple students quarantined in Lawrence Hall due to contact with people who have the virus throughout the last few weeks. The commuter was the only student... Read More

Pandemic causes mental health to take a tumble

October 8, 2020

By Donald Bierhals Mental health professionals provide insight on how COVID-19 is causing anxiety and depression – and how to cope with it Amanda Ranalli and Shannon Stonebrook, both licensed mental health counselors in the Pittsburgh area with a combined 25 plus years of experience, have observed more anxiety and depression amongst their patients during the Covid-19 riddled year of... Read More

Point Park Filmmaking through the COVID lens

October 1, 2020

By Vanessa Vivas When cinema major Noah Kelley Lockette pictured long hours on set for his senior year at Point Park, masks, script rewrites, and last-minute recasts were never part of the picture. As an ambitious senior, Lockette admitted to piling on projects without knowing what he had signed up for. “For the feature, I’m filming, we had recast the... Read More

Port Authority finalizes plans to enhance Carnegie Station with a $6.5 million grant

October 1, 2020

By Stephanie Kroll After years of interest in building an addition on the Carnegie park and ride lot, the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAT) has begun laying out final designs of a $11.2 million project. The project has not made ground yet, but it is said to be a four to five-story garage that will house 400 free parking... Read More

Point Park’s UCC creates the capacity to help all students mentally

October 1, 2020

By: Zoey Angelucci In the times of a pandemic, Point Park University’s Counseling Center has done its best to create the capacity to serve all students and their mental health needs. By catering to students’ anxieties, isolation, stress, and other mental maladies during this isolating COVID-19 scare, the UCC’s team has put all students first through this pandemic. “What we... Read More

Walking Libations Tour

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020

Informative and Sample Heavy Tour Offers Incite to Strip District By Hattie Charney Wigle Whiskey on Smallman Street kicks off the history and libations tour with their bourbon and rye whiskeys. Maggie’s Farm Rum and Pennsylvania Winery bring in groups of like-liquor minded people. Pennsylvania Libations is a roundup of the above places and of distilleries all across Pennsylvania. Marta... Read More

Historic Neighborhoods Slowly Vanishing

May 6, 2020

A Problem that Only the Natives Understand By Tiara Strong The $32 million Cap Park project is currently under construction in Downtown Pittsburgh. The park is said to reconnect the lower Hill District to downtown, bringing investment opportunities and jobs to the residents of the Hill District. However, not everyone is buying it, as Hill District residents have heard this... Read More

A Look at Pittsburgh’s First Environmental Advocacy Group

May 4, 2020August 19, 2020

By Hannah Walden: For the majority of her time at the Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP), Suzanne Seppi has been dedicated to fighting for clean air and educating the community on pollution. Chelsea Hilty has spent her college career and the years following on educating the public on the effects of air pollution and what individual people can do... Read More

Benefits of Mentorship Programs for Children with Depression and Anxiety

May 4, 2020August 19, 2020

By Hannah Walden: Bailey Sweet, a product of divorced parents, takes great pleasure in a child mentorship program she says helped a young girl emerge from a perpetual state of sadness. Gina Foreman struggled for years with her anxiety before her diagnosis, now she uses techniques and supports she uses for herself for the girls she mentors. Professor Leatra Tate... Read More

Introduction to COVID-19 Personal Essays

May 1, 2020

As we end this surreal online semester brought about by the COVID-19 crisis that stilled our campus, our city, our state, our nation and world, I asked my JOUR 257 Feature and Interpretive Writing class students to add one last assignment to their now-online course: a personal essay. I wanted the students to not only write something for me but... Read More