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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Theo Schwarz / Senior Staff Photographer

Public property: Northside resident finds hope at bottom of trash cans

By Kelechi Urama / Staff Writer August 30, 2015

Walking down Jacksonia Street in Pittsburgh’s Northside, a bright yellow house greets visitors from the corner of Arch Street. Sporting giant artificial butterflies, larger-than-life Coca-Cola bottle...

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Just dill with it: Yinzers to soak up sun and salt at Picklesburgh

By Chris Estes / Staff Writer August 30, 2015

Leigh White is looking forward to the “ginormous” floating pickle that will be attached to the Rachel Carson Bridge later this month. “We were noticing the cool, innovative restaurants around town...

Theo Schwarz / Senior Staff Photographer

Anthropomania: furries flock to Downtown for Anthrocon

By Nick Mullen / Staff Writer August 30, 2015

Pittsburghers got a taste of the wild side this weekend as ferocious tigers, playful puppies and fox-tailed fursuiters flocked Downtown. The costumed company left behind a layer of fur and dumbstruck awe...

Ng pulls readers under with “Everything I Never Told You”

By Britnee Meiser / Staff Writer August 30, 2015

“Everything I Never Told You” By: Celeste Ng Grade: A   “Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” These powerful opening lines begin Celeste Ng’s poignant debut fiction...

Mandel tackles existentialism in “Station Eleven”

“Station Eleven” By: Emily St. John Mandel Grade: B+ What if an incurable, fast-acting and extremely contagious virus began infecting everyone and only gave patients two days to live, at most? What...

Stevenson searches for justice in “Just Mercy”

Stevenson searches for justice in “Just Mercy”

By Matt Maielli / Staff Writer August 30, 2015

“Just Mercy” By: Bryan Stevenson Grade: A+ Imagine this: you’re a lawyer representing a black man in Alabama, and you’re walking into a courthouse with a Confederate flag glaring at you...

Thirteen-hour sentence: Netflix makes prisoners of us all

Thirteen-hour sentence: Netflix makes prisoners of us all

By Nick Mullen / Staff Writer July 7, 2015

Fans of Netflix’s hit original series “Orange Is The New Black” were imprisoned by the desire to binge-watch all 13 episodes of the new season before the finale on June 11.Binge-watching has changed...

Indie market gives artists exposure in SouthSide Works

Indie market gives artists exposure in SouthSide Works

By Nick Mullen / Staff Writer July 7, 2015

Carrie Nardini, a Pitt alum, couldn’t find a place to promote her own art — so she made her own.“I was making jewelry and couldn’t find a lot of outlets at the time to sell my work,” Nardini...

One’s trash is another’s treasure: Exhibit litters The Warhol with abstract, neon dumpsters

One’s trash is another’s treasure: Exhibit litters The Warhol with abstract, neon dumpsters

By Brady Langmann / Staff Writer July 7, 2015

Not all artists start off with a brush and canvas — for Pittsburgh artist Elizabeth Rudnick, the 1990s version of Microsoft Paint was enough to get started.“At six, I was tying up my parents’ computer...

Pitt grad challenges Hollywood with indie The Recall

Pitt grad challenges Hollywood with indie ‘The Recall’

By Chris Estes / Staff Writer June 30, 2015

Ace Yilma wanted to make a movie that started a dialogue about abortion.“There are a lot of stereotypes that males are pretty much OK with abortion, [but] sometimes they’re not,” Yilma, an Ethiopian...

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