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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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A mix of old and new: Pittsburgh Vintage Mixer returns

By Annabelle Hanflig / for The Pitt News November 5, 2015

Grab your wallet and thick-rimmed glasses, the Pittsburgh Vintage Mixer is twisting into Lawrenceville this weekend. The mixer, the second of the year following May’s event at the Heinz History Center,...

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Star Wars countdown: “Episode I: The Phantom Menace”

By Amanda Reed / for The Pitt News November 5, 2015

Welcome to the “Star Wars” countdown and may the Force be with you. Each week leading up to the release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” The Pitt News will retroactively review the “Star Wars”...

Carrie Furnace is a local hot spot for local graffiti.  Elaina Zachos | Staff Writer

Tag you’re it: City split over value of graffiti art

By Elaina Zachos / Staff Writer November 2, 2015

On the street, Alicia Carberry hunts for fresh paint. Sporting a bright green shirt stamped “volunteer,” the Bloomfield resident of four years sets out on her second graffiti paint-out with the Southside...

Two employees prepare drinks at Fuku Tea.  Valkyrie Speaker | Staff Photographer

Budding communi-tea in Oakland

By Chang Zao / Staff Writer November 2, 2015

Roll it, bowl it and bubble it. The week before Halloween, Fuku Tea, located on the corner of Oakland and Forbes Avenues, hung its “soft opening” sign in the window and unveiled the bubbling magic...

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ReelAbilities empowers disabled

By Rio Maropis / Staff Writer October 29, 2015

Thursday night, Dan McCoy will explain how he became a Paralympic gold medalist before graduating college. McCoy, a junior communications major, earned his spot on the U.S. men’s Paralympic sled hockey...

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A spirited affair: “Fright Night” draws mix of actors, Halloween enthusiasts

By Ian Flanagan / Staff Writer October 29, 2015

For some people, Halloween doesn’t end with childhood. Every fall season for the past 14 years, local amusement park Kennywood has drawn actors with varying experience to dress up and scare visitors...

Rocky Horror Picture Show celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.  Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Don’t dream it, be it: ‘Rocky Horror’ offers creative outlet

By Rio Maropis / Staff Writer October 27, 2015

Carlisle Walker’s performance in Pitt’s 2014 run of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”  became an intimate, personal transformation in front of 500 audience members. “It was one of the reasons...

Noah Guthrie is scheduled to perform at Club Café in Pittsburgh on November 1.  Photo courtesy of PLA Media

Guthrie talks ‘Glee,’ music career

By Alessandra Roberto / for The Pitt News October 27, 2015

What do you get when you mix the careers of Ryan Adams with Justin Bieber? Noah Guthrie.  Earning his initial fame from a cover of LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It,” which went viral on YouTube, Guthrie...

Maddy Kameny | Staff Illustrator

Game of Theory

By Matt Maielli / Staff Writer October 22, 2015

Dragons can teach us a lot about politics, according to political science professor Andrew Lotz. Lotz will moderate a student-led discussion Thursday, Oct. 22, enticingly titled “Game of Thrones and...

Haunted happenings

By Elaina Zachos / Senior Staff Writer October 22, 2015

Midterms and deadlines are a horrific reality right now, but make sure you get a chance to prowl through some of the late-October festivities ghosting around Pittsburgh this month. From a macabre art show...

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