Even having announced plans to adorn the Wood Street corridor with trees and island-crosswalks, Point Park University officials say their plans are still conceptual in nature, and city and state governments will not become involved in detailed discussions with the university until after May 6.
Free food usually is the biggest draw for college students to attend events on campus. On Thursday, as a testament to the quality of black and white photographs on display outside of the JVH Auditorium, there were more students and faculty lining up to view the exhibit than in line for the buffet.
The city is under rebuilding and so is Market Square. City officials have been trying to fix Market Square's past problems of drug sales, crime and loitering, and they hope that Dunkin' Donuts and a new wine bar will help restore its image. Dunkin' Donuts will be opening in the summer and will move into where the store Giggles formally was.
When Julie Ann Paul called Visa about what she thought was a mistaken $73.36 on her account, she had no clue that her brother-in-law, a former adjunct professor at Point Park University, was behind it. Erin Rae Plavecsky was in Jason Joy's math class at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, where he also taught, but never gave him permission to set up eBay and Hotmail accounts that she later learned were used to make illegal transactions.
With some quick planning, Nick Ceraso takes impulsive road trips, such as from Pittsburgh to Toronto, with a few friends in the summer for only a couple of hundred dollars. Amanda Sims booked her cruise online a Royalcaribbean.com, where she could pick exactly every detail of her trip for her ideal vacation around the Caribbean Islands.
Jessica Stewart knows how important it is to read the labels on prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicine when she fills a prescription. Allyson Usher, a senior electrical engineering technology major, thinks prescription drugs as a very serious matter.
Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker and Seth Rogen are just three of the many movie stars who have been to Pittsburgh recently to film major motion pictures. Pittsburgh has become one of the most popular cities to film in and Point Park University students are certainly taking advantage of that status.
Gary Houston eats his Subway sub sandwich because he really does not like the quesadillas at Point Park anymore, even though he can get them through his meal plan for no out-of-pocket expense. As a freshman at Duquesne University, Shawn Klocek shied away from the cafeteria because of a temporary cockroach problem, but once he moved off campus he saved a couple of hundred dollars a semester without purchasing the university meal plan.
During finals, Kate Byers said she often does not receive a substantial amount of sleep and becomes more irritable - often getting road rage in the morning. The amount of sleep Kevin Kozlowski gets per night varies, but he said he remembers a night when he only received two hours and awoke feeling ill and with a pale complexion.
A young intern at the Anglo Irish Bank's North American arm was fired after his boss found pictures of him on Facebook.com dressed up like fairy drinking beer at a Halloween party, after he had called off work to tend to a family emergency, according to published reports.
When Martin Billany used footage from a cartoon to make a parody on YouTube, his account was suspended. Wendy Seltzer had put a short NFL clip on YouTube as fair use and it was taken down twice. YouTube also removed over 200 videos after being issued a fake takedown notice.
Anyone who has the chance to vote in the 2008 presidential elections has a lot to think about. First time voters have even more to consider. What most young voters have not taken notice to is that in their generation, only two different families have served in the presidential office.
Celebrities are in the public eye and do not always enjoy the right to privacy. We want to know where they are shopping or what clubs they are going to, because we want the opportunity to live like them. There is a certain level of anonymity lost when you become a well-known public figure, and that is to be understood by the celebrity.
Watching Current TV, viewers are immediately introduced to the eclectic mix of programming on the channel that is produced by other viewers from around the world. The channel will go from a piece about a New Orleans band inspired by surviving Katrina, and the next will be on candle making by AIDS-ridden villagers in Africa.
Just last week, News Corp. and Chairman Rupert Murdoch faced opposition in his attempt to acquisition Newsday. Public-interest groups and lobbyists are attempting to block the move, citing the fact that it will give Murdoch's company too much control over the distribution of media content.
Jan Mitchell Sherrill said his goal as Associate Dean for Campus Life is to make sure incoming freshman leave college with the best friend they've ever had. "We want incoming freshman to be comfortable with themselves, and comfortable with making new friends," he said.
Giuseppe Francioni use to complain of severe knee and back pain. He would have to take several Advil before and after playing racket ball games, until he discovered the health benefits of pilates. "I lost the aches and pains," he said. "My body feels better now, and I can focus on other things without having these problems.
2008 Woodie Awards