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Allegheny County Executive debate held on campus

Point Park News Service2 years ago2 years ago08 mins

By: Erin Yudt Yesterday on April 18 candidates for the next Allegheny County Executive met in Lawrence Hall 200 at Point Park University to debate before the primary elections. The event was put on by the Center for Media Innovation (CMI).  With four weeks to go until the primary election, the seven candidates addressed questions…

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How KDKA director became an Emmy award winner

Point Park News Service2 years ago2 years ago01 mins

By: Kendra Summers Student Kendra Summers sits down with Emmy award winning KDKA director Kristen Kudla. Kudla graduated from Robert Morris University with a degree in television and video production and has been at KDKA since 2021. She has served in a variety of positions such as a freelance reporter for The Beaver County Times…

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How a college dropout revived a local bar

Point Park News Service2 years ago2 years ago01 mins

By: Luke Mongelli Senior journalism student Luke Mongelli sits down with his boss Chris Copen, owner of Bottlerocket Social Hall in Allentown, Pa., which is run by “unemployable film students, creative dropouts, and comedy nerds.” Copen details his roots of theater and event planning to his journey of taking over the bar that has been…

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Allegheny County Communications Director Aime Downs details her career

Point Park News Service2 years ago2 years ago01 mins

By: Alexis Wary Student Alexis Wary sits down Aime Downs to talk about her journey from working on her high school and college newspaper to becoming the Communications Director of Allegheny County. Downs has been the director since 2012 and has over 25 years of experience in municipal, county and state government serving in both…

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Nancy Xiao: Piano player to pipa performer

Point Park News Service2 years ago2 years ago08 mins

By: Caitlyn Scott Piano was always Nancy Xiao’s style, or, at least that’s what she thought.  Despite her playing for over 10 years, a meeting with her mother’s friend, Jin Yang, changed the course of Xiao’s musical path, causing her focus to shift towards an instrument that many Westerners would mistake as a regular guitar.  …

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You don’t have to be Irish to celebrate with Pittsburgh

Point Park News Service2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

Pittsburgh’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade takes place in the heart of downtown,and you don’t have to be Irish to celebrate this tradition. More on why thistradition is important to the City of Pittsburgh. By: Jessica Harvey Pittsburgh’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade is a tradition that has been going on since the mid-1800s. The path of…

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An Inside Look at Phantom of the Attic Comics

Point Park News Service2 years ago2 years ago05 mins

By: Justin Stewart Oakland can be a busy area during week day afternoons and weekends. While there are no shortage of restaurants, museums, college campuses, and shopping venues, there is only one comic book store: Phantom of the Attic. Located on the 2nd floor of 411 South Craig Street, the comic book specialty chain has…

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Café Momentum Offers a Different Kind of Restaurant

Point Park News Service2 years ago2 years ago14 mins

By: Michelangelo Pellis At first glance when you walk by it on Forbes Avenue, Café Momentum may seem like any other Downtown eatery. It’s not. “Café Momentum is an award-winning culinary facility,” states the newsletter found on the company’s website (No Café Momentum staff were able to give a quote for this article). “We aim…

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The DIY Tattooer

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By: Virginia Garner

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Stray bullet strikes through student’s off-campus apartment window

Point Park News Service2 years ago2 years ago08 mins

By: Cassandra Harris Around 12 a.m. Monday, January 28, in the Chatham Building in a twelfth-floor apartment, 20-year-old Sandamini Sinley, Director of Operations for Pioneer Records and third-year broadcasting student, decided to take a nap. Little did she know that she would wake up with folded contacts, a shattered window and a bullet underneath her…

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