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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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In defense of ‘The Walking Dead’ season six finale

By Jack Trainor / Culture Editor April 4, 2016

Across the Internet, fans of the comic and show alike are howling in distress over the season finale of “The Walking Dead” Sunday night, when the show brutally killed off a character — then hid their...

Wolf proposes funding for Kanye West

Wolf proposes funding for Kanye West

By Nick Mullen | Staff Writer April 1, 2016

After calling on the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page for help with his $53 million in personal debt, Kanye West is looking to an unlikely source for funding: Gov. Tom Wolf. The Republican-controlled...

Tall order: Pitt adds another Starbucks on top of Cathedral

By Matt Maielli | Staff Writer April 1, 2016

The University announced plans Thursday morning to construct a new Starbucks franchise on the top floor of the Cathedral of Learning. This will be the 20th Starbucks within a square mile of the University...

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Baldwin lends voice to city

By Jack Trainor | Culture Editor April 1, 2016

Alec Baldwin announced yesterday he is making a considerable donation to the University of Pittsburgh — his voice. The “30 Rock” actor said after he performs with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra...

Jake Gyllenhaal as Davis in Demolition. Photo by Anne Marie Fox. © 2016 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved

Divided ‘Demolition’ can’t put self back together

By Tarun Sathish / Staff Writer March 31, 2016

Sometimes fixing something means taking it apart and putting it back together again. That’s the driving mantra behind “Demolition,” director Jean-Marc Vallée’s third film following acclaimed...

The meaning of life: math and literature collide in new play

The meaning of life: math and literature collide in new play

By Matt Maielli / Staff Writer March 31, 2016

Turns out “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” might have been on to something. While the meaning of life might not in fact be the number 42, a new play at the Henry Heymann Theater suggests...

John Hamilton | Staff Photographer

Sojourning exhibit shares LGBTQ+ journeys

By Jack Shelly / Staff Writer March 23, 2016

A new exhibit is flipping the script on LGBTQ+ awareness — letters and photos of encouragement will come not from the accepted, but from the accepting. The exhibit, titled “Acceptance Journeys Pittsburgh,”...

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‘Batman v Superman’ a decrepit endurance contest

By Alec Davis / for The Pitt News March 23, 2016

Superman may be faster than a speeding bullet, but he’s having trouble outrunning Zack Snyder’s pacing issues. After 2013’s “Man of Steel” earned flack for its grim, self-serious take on Superman...

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Tales from Morocco: navigating the desert

By Elaina Zachos / Staff Writer March 21, 2016

“Tales from Morocco” is a reoccurring column on reporter Elaina Zachos’ semester studying culture, tradition and daily life in the North African nation. These days, I don’t ride the 71C —...

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Conversation spoils dinner, not thought in ‘Disgraced’

By Madeline Franke / for The Pitt News March 21, 2016

What’s the difference between living in America and being American? Ayad Akhtar’s 2013 Pulitzer Prize winning play “Disgraced,” which debuted at Pittsburgh Public Theater March 10, and runs through...

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