Category: News
Pageant queens primp for state competition
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. [...]
Social media reshapes the courts
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, [...]
Powerlifting sport makes ‘every day a compeition’
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 [...]
Spring season brings out stink bugs
David C. Mechler Point Park News Service Amy King is perplexed on how stink bugs enter her apartment at California University. Once she looks down and sees a stink bug, Noelle Kahle immediately flushes the armored insect down the toilet. They’re ugly, they smell, and flat-out annoy residents in Western Pennsylvania around spring season because [...]
Consol increases security after Boston bombing
By Chris Dazen Point Park News Service In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon tragedy, fans of the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team are facing extra security measures with the team headed into the playoffs. “I already felt safe, but it is easy to see why the increased concern is there,” said Brandon King, a Penguins [...]
Point State Park fountain to re-open
By Pete Bridge The Pioneer The long-awaited $9.6 million project on the Point State Park fountain is expected to be completed in June. The project is part of an overall improvement to the state park which will include new seating near the fountain, lighting, and more, according to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. “We [...]
Downtown school green from the start
By Marina Weis The Pioneer Surrounded by a combination of river and pavement Downtown, the only “green” most students at Point Park University see are the planted trees in its urban park and sidewalks and the distant slopes of Mount Washington. But although it may not be green in physicality, the downtown university earned itself official national recognition for [...]
Defense attorney stays focused, fashionable
By Kalea Hall Point Park News Service Dressed in cheetah print and designer heels, the blond-haired criminal defense attorney Wendy Williams stood before the jury and defended her client in her closing statements before the court. Calmly and confidently, Williams told the jury why they should “pause or hesitate” before making a final decision in [...]
People come from far to watch final Frozen Four match
By Marina Weis Point Park News Service Lines began to form hours before the doors opened at the Consol Energy Center for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Frozen Four college hockey championship final Saturday. A colorful collection of jerseys from Massachusetts Lowell University, St. Cloud State University, Yale University, Michigan State University, Pennsylvania State University, [...]
