The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Pitt’s Global Hub in Posvar Hall hosted a celebration Saturday for Martisor, a Romanian festival celebrated on March 1.

March is for Martisor

By Ananya Pathapadu, For The Pitt News • March 3, 2020
The red and white string tassels, called Martisor, are gifted to loved ones on March 1 as part of a month-long Romanian celebration — also called Martisor.
After the performance, audience members speak with poet Tongo Eisen-Martin.

Falling into the t(rap) of poetry with Tongo Eisen-Martin and Simone White

By Sinead McDevitt, Staff Writer • March 3, 2020
Snippets of conversation that rose above the heavy bass of the music started to die down as Tongo Eisen-Martin took the stage at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater
George A. Romero on the set of “Knightriders,” filming near Pittsburgh in 1980.

Getting more than spooky with the George A. Romero film class

By Brenden Rearick, For The Pitt News • February 27, 2020
Students are learning about both the filmography of George Romero — considered the father of independent horror films — and his relationship with the City of Pittsburgh.
Zozibini Tunzi, winner of Miss Universe 2019, speaks about beauty standards set by the beauty industry during Pitt Program Council’s “An Evening with Miss Universe” on Monday evening.

Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi shines bright on love and self-worth

By Diana Velasquez, Senior Staff Writer • February 25, 2020
Zozibini Tunzi came onto the stage of the William Pitt Union Assembly Room for An Evening with Miss Universe, hosted by the Pitt Program Council and the Black Action Society, to speak with Pitt students about her life as Miss Universe and the work she’s doing while holding the title.
Deep inside the world of vaginal rejuvenation

Deep inside the world of vaginal rejuvenation

By Charlie Taylor, Senior Staff Writer • February 24, 2020
The term “vaginal rejuvenation” may conjure up comical images of excessive self-care — vulva face masks, labia salt scrubs, pH-balancing bath bombs — but these treatments are real cosmetic procedures currently being performed in Pittsburgh.
Colorful chapbooks — small collections of poetry centered on a theme — line the featured shelves in Hillman’s new African American poetry exhibit. The featured books were written and signed by black poets who have visited Pitt’s campus.

Catalog of visiting black poets’ work on display in Hillman Library

By Brenden Rearick, For The Pitt News • February 19, 2020
Colorful chapbooks — small collections of poetry centered on a theme — currently line the featured shelves in Hillman’s new African American poetry exhibit.
Readers of erotic fan fiction get lost in a world of their own

Readers of erotic fan fiction get lost in a world of their own

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor • February 13, 2020
College students across the country are making these dreams a reality by taking the reigns of their favorite media and writing their own works, called fan fiction.
Anjali Sachdeva, lecturer in the English Department, received a $25,000 creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Pitt professor Anjali Sachdeva receives National Endowment for the Arts fellowship

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor • February 4, 2020
Anjali Sachdeva, a lecturer in the English Department, received a $25,000 creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the organization announced Jan. 16.
The Filipino Student Association performs “Hawak Kamay,” a Filipino pop song, during Saturday’s Asian Student Alliance Culture Fair.

Asian Student Alliance hosts annual culture fair

By Anna Ligorio, For The Pitt News • January 28, 2020
The Assembly Room of the William Pitt Union was filled with food, dancing and laughter at the annual Asian Student Alliance Culture Fair, held from noon-2:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Jan. 25 marked the start of the Year of the Rat on the lunar calendar.

Lunar New Year 2020: Ringing in the Year of the Rat

By Charlie Taylor, Senior Staff Writer • January 27, 2020
Unlike the Gregorian calendar, with which most Americans are most familiar, the lunar calendar tracks time based on the cycles of the moon rather than the movement of the earth around the sun.
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