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Photo Series: Fall Fashion Arrives in Pittsburgh

September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 Cora McCarty, Fall fashion

Photos by Cora McCarty, Point Park News Service The crisp and cool air is right around the corner, and everyone’s digging out their fall fashion. As the weather cools, you’ll see Timberlands, Sperry boat shoes, and Ugg moccasins breaking out of the closet. Cardigans, flannels and jeans will always be in, but this year we have some newcomers. The ’80s and... Read More

Vintage Style in the Steel City

April 18, 2018September 2, 2018 Amanda Myers, Clothes Minded, Highway Robbery Vintage, ThredUp, Three Rivers Vintage, Vintage Pittsburgh

By Amanda Myers, Point Park News Service The racks of Avalon Exchange in Squirrel Hill are filled with vintage and prime second-hand clothes and young people looking for the best finds. In recent years, younger demographics are buying older, vintage clothing, showing a shift in culture and consumerism. The definition of vintage varies, but it is most often a piece... Read More

Specialty Cupid’s Choice Donuts has students feeling the love

February 14, 2018February 14, 2018

By: Meghan Macioce, Point Park News Service Getting into the Valentine’s Day spirit, Dunkin Donuts has released a limited run of seven specialty Cupid’s Choice Donuts. The promotion, which runs from which runs from Jan. 29 to Feb. 14, has doughnut enthusiasts getting into the holiday spirit. Stopping at the Market Square location before a class or a study session... Read More

Part two: Fashion Bloggers Take the Pittsburgh Scene by Storm

February 13, 2018

By: Brittany Maniet, Point Park News Service This story is the second part of a series about local fashion bloggers. Read the first part here. Jessa Gibboney, known as Wavy Alabaster (http://wavyalabaster.com), started blogging when she and her husband moved to Pittsburgh. “My husband Ben and I made a big life decision about a year and a half ago when... Read More

Fashion Bloggers Take the Pittsburgh Scene by Storm

February 8, 2018February 13, 2018

By: Brittany Maniet, Point Park News Service This story is the first part of a series about local fashion bloggers. Read Part 2 here. Sydney Carver took a chance starting a fashion blog after taking a marketing and public relations class at James Madison University. Forsaking the corporate world when she moved to Pittsburgh, Jessa Gibboney began blogging, styling customers... Read More

Young and Single Mothers: Episode Two

February 1, 2018February 5, 2018

By: Gracey Evans, Point Park News Service Young and Single Mothers is a series following Abbey Lovett on her journey while raising her son as a young and single mother. She gave birth to her son Grayson when she was 19 and has taken care of him by herself ever since. This series shows the good and bad about how it... Read More

Finding a home for eSports in Pittsburgh

January 29, 2018February 5, 2018 esports, James O'Connor, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Knights

By: Brandi Ogrodowski, Point Park News Service When James O’Connor was in the Marines, he injured his shoulder playing football and had to stop playing the sport he loved. After a friend recommended the online computer game Counter-strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), O’Connor, played it to pass the time and quickly fell in love. He loved it so much that... Read More

Burgeoning podcast business grows

January 26, 2018February 1, 2018 Frank Murgia, Hardcore History, Joe Coohill, Matt Petras, Pittsburgh Podcast Network, Professor Buzzkill, Steve Cuden, StoryBeats, Wrestling Reality, YaJagOff!

By: Matt Petras, Point Park News Service Frank Murgia works over 70 hours between his two jobs as the Pittsburgh Podcast Network executive producer, and Talent Network, Inc.’s digital media creative director. He frequently listens to motivational podcasts and identifies the podcasting business as tough. “There’s many days I think kind of jumped the shark a little bit... Read More

Four Mile Run is a place one could get lost

December 7, 2017December 15, 2017 Big Jim’s, Four Mile Run, Pittsburgh

Video submitted by Emma Federkeil, Point Park News Service By Lauren Ortego, Point Park News Service: Tim Weber, a bartender at Big Jim’s restaurant in Pittsburgh’s Four Mile Run neighborhood, has one distinct advantage: he grew up there. Big Jim’s greets visitors to the Run with a large brick building and the bar’s name along with – “Est. 1977” –... Read More

Possible Solutions to Pennsylvania’s Gerrymandering Conundrum

December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 carnegie mellon university, Fair Districts PA, Gerrymandering, Lawsuit, PA Supreme Court

Research from Carnegie Mellon University inspires proposed protocols to end issue By: Kimberly Keagy, Point Park News Service: When Carnegie Mellon University mathematician Alan Frieze started thinking about why half the state voted Democrat, he wondered why the Democrats only had 5 seats in Congress? This prompted him to look into a more fair way of drawing districts. He and... Read More