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Nickelback rock anthem to replace ‘Sweet Caroline’

By Dan Sostek / Assistant Sports Editor • April 1, 2015

Editor's note: This is a satirical story.Diamonds aren’t forever. At least Neil Diamond’s legacy at Pitt isn’t.Pitt announced on Tuesday that the singer-songwriter’s hit “Sweet Caroline” will...

You’ll never believe what happened when Tyga crashed the Indoor Show

By Shawn Cooke / A&E Editor • April 1, 2015

Editor's Note: This is a satirical story.Halfway into “The Show Goes On,” Tyga took to the Fitzgerald Field House stage at the annual Indoor Show on Saturday and grabbed the mic from Lupe Fiasco.“What...

Here’s how one student group plans to protect jaywalker rights on Forbes Avenue

By Stephanie Roman / Staff Writer • April 1, 2015

Editor's Note: This is a satirical story.Shawna Rhodes was crossing Forbes Avenue between Litchfield Towers and David Lawrence Hall when a car traveling 30 mph in a 25 mph zone whooshed by her and clipped...

Lupe Fiasco preached, brought the hits to Pitt

By Evan Malachosky / Staff Writer • March 30, 2015

On Saturday night, Lupe Fiasco advised audience members at the Fitzgerald Field House to be more skeptical of the genre that made him famous.Fiasco asked a female concertgoer in the front row about one...

Deadline’s ‘Pilots 2015: The Year of Ethnic Casting’ a tone-deaf take on TV diversity

By Kelechi Urama / For The Pitt News • March 30, 2015

For the first time in Hollywood’s history, casting directors are turning actors away from roles because of the way they look, according to Deadline’s TV editor Nellie Andreeva.In a recent article “Pilots...

Pitt alumna Julie Sokolow talks feature-film debut, ‘Aspie Seeks Love’

By Ian Flanagan / Staff Writer • March 26, 2015

Documentary filmmaker and 2010 Pitt alumna Julie Sokolow guides viewers through loneliness and Pittsburgh with her recently completed her first feature-length film “Aspie Seeks Love.” The documentary...

Waxahatchee takes hazy, but triumphant head trip on third album

By Jack Trainor / Staff Writer • March 26, 2015

WaxahatcheeIvy TrippGrade: A-Katie Crutchfield’s third LP as Waxahatchee, Ivy Tripp, should be in the music library of every college student approaching graduation. She reaches some inconvenient truths...

‘RAD’ blogs: Pitt fashion bloggers bring latest trends to campus

By Britnee Meiser / Staff Writer • March 23, 2015

Some students are turning to the Internet to vary the campus style palette of sweats or Uggs that accompany a long Pittsburgh winter. Fashion blogs allow students to become representatives for national...

Courtney Barnett sits, thinks and emotes on excellent debut LP

By Dan Willis / Staff Writer • March 23, 2015

Courtney BarnettSometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just SitGrade: ANo one asked “SNL”’s Dan Aykroyd to make Crystal Head Vodka. No one sat around wondering when singer-songwriter Nathan Williams...

‘Insurgent’ an inexplicable, but entertaining dystopian sequel

By Britnee Meiser / Staff Writer • March 23, 2015

"Insurgent"Directed by: Robert SchwentkeStarring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Kate WinsletRated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence, some sensuality, thematic elements...