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Issue 9
Club requests budget COLD DOESN’T STOP PARADE GOERS for dinner to honor Pittsburgh police chief USG By Alex Grubbs USG Beat Writer
Student government slashed almost all of an organization’s requested budget for an upcoming event. “I would like to change the allocated amount to $0,” United Student Government (USG) Senator Daniel Murphy moved for the legislative body to cut Criminal Justice Club’s requested amount for an honoring event. The club initially re-
quested $2,000 to honor new Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert, a former Point Park alum, with a certificate and a dinner, but USG recommended $1,000 instead. Another $188 was requested for two cakes and supplies, but only $161 was recommended. “Basically the only money we are going to get for this event is through USG,” Carlin Diachun, president of the Criminal Justice Club, said before the legislative body.
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Sinkhole repaired outside of Playhouse By Gracey Evans
Sports Photo Editor
A manhole, which fell in and affected the pickup and dropoff of students to the Pittsburgh Playhouse, was fixed by Monday afternoon. On Monday morning at 6:43 a.m., students received a message sent on high importance from Jan Pekar, the Director of Transportation and Administrative Services, stating that students would be picked up and dropped off at Craft Place, the ramp to get onto I-376, until Hamlet Avenue would be reopened. “There was a piece down in the sewer that had had broken,” Nate Riley, a housekeeper at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, said. “A concrete block piece that fits down in it where the top cover fits over top of it broke, and that’s why some of the street fell down around that area.”
The sinkhole was located closer to the Boulevard of the Allies and the Hampton Inn Hotel rather than the Playhouse. “Whenever something happens [at the Playhouse], they generally alternate from here to there because it’s easy for the kids to see [the shuttle],” Riley said. The email sent to students told them to prepare for an all day closure to the road. According to Riley, the water company had come to fix the sinkhole at around 8 a.m. that morning and shuttles began to once again run on Hamlet Avenue around 2:30 p.m. Monday afternoon. At press time, students had not been informed of the reopening of Hamlet Avenue.
Gracey Evans glevans2@pointpark.edu.
Mary Anne Doggett | The Globe
Dance majors Noel Knostman, Kelsey Fusch, Marina Damon and Emma Page watch Pittsburgh’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade outside Lawrence Hall. Students and spectators lined the Boulevard of the Allies Saturday morning for the festivites despite frigid temperatures. More photos page 3. By Robert Berger Co-Sports Editor
Irish or not, thousands of Pittsburghers braved the cold Saturday dressed in green as part of the 61st annual St. Patrick’s day parade. “There were a lot more people last year for sure, but for the weather it was still a decent turnout I think,” sports, arts and entertainment management sophomore Keely Sapienza said. Each year, the Irish society for Education and Charity, Inc. and the Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s day parade committee work to organize the parade. The route kicked off at the intersection of Liberty Ave. and 11th St.. Participants proceeded to march down Grant Street to the Boulevard of the Allies. The parade concluded at Commonwealth Place. As temperatures reached a high of 27 by noon, the city estimated a turnout of nearly 200,000 people to spectate this year. An estimated 23,000 people representing
over 200 different organizations marched the route. “It was very cold but I bundled up and danced to the music to keep warm,” sports, arts and entertainment management freshman Courtney List said. Scout groups, the Pirate Parrot, veterans, Santa and members of law enforcement all made the near mile and a half trek through downtown. “There were so many different people and organizations marching that I’ve never even heard of, it was really cool to see,” junior acting major Wesley Ehle said. “My favorite thing was definitely all the different dogs.” Held in Market Square was the annual “Irish Fair in the Square.” A family friendly event in the morning featuring face painting, Irish dancers and food. Following the parade, the fair was opened to those 21 and older as live bands performed and open containers were permitted. “I was in Las Velas which got pretty crowded,” Sapien-
za said. “There weren’t too many people sticking around outside though.” According to Sonya Toler, Pittsburgh public safety spokeswoman, the Market Square crowd was possibly the smallest in the fair’s history. Open containers were not allowed along the parade route as Pittsburgh Police kept an eye on parade goers. According to Pittsburgh police, crowds behaved this year as no arrests or citations were made downtown during the celebration. According to a press release from the Department of safety, police made total of four arrests and gave 13 citations during last year’s parade. Point Park public safety had no issue either as no arrests or citations happened on campus. “I think everyone was just having a good time, I didn’t really see anybody acting out,” List said.
Robert Berger raberge@pointpark.edu.
Kathy Griffin takes stage at the Benedum By Samiar Nefzi For The Globe
Chloe Jakiela | The Globe
A traffic cone warns motorists of the fixed sinkhole on Hamlet Avenue in Oakland near the drop off point for Point Park shuttles at the Pittsburgh Playhouse Monday afternoon.
Kathy Griffin is set to perform at the Benedum Center Mar. 26 as part of her Celebrity Run-Ins Tour to promote her new book of the same name. Kathy Griffin has made a career for herself by spilling all the dirt on celebrities in her stand-up acts. In her new memoir, “Kathy Griffin’s Celebrity Run-Ins,” which was published on Nov. 22, the comedian star does not hold anything back anymore on A-list stars like Ashton Kutcher, Kal Penn and Taylor Swift.
The stand-up comic gained major fame from her reality show on Bravo, “My Life on the D-List,” during which she turned her real-life experiences with A-List stars into comedy. Griffin will take the stage in a two-hour set by herself and tell stories ranging from her book and stories that did not make it in the book. Griffin will also include more recent stories. “I think she is amazing; she is one of the first comedians I ever watched do standup,” senior English major Enrico Caparelli said.
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