Tag: Point Park News Service
Autism charity walk heads to Heinz Field
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 [...]
Reality show acts as platform for drag culture
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 [...]
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 [...]
Pitt student gets creative outside of classroom
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 [...]
India market offers hand-made goods
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 [...]
Hollywood Theater raises funds to save ‘Rocky Horror’ screenings
Lauren Finkel Point Park News Service The lights dim at the Hollywood Theater in Dormont and a pair of bright red lips appear on screen. The beginning scene to “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” plays as a lone cast member struts toward the screen down the dark aisle of the theater. As the movie progresses, [...]
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 [...]
