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
A Pitt student browses through a clothing rack.

Pittsburgh welcomes spring with annual Arts and Crafts Spring Fever Festival

By Maya Valletta, Staff Writer • March 16, 2023
Family Festivals Association, Inc.’s annual Arts and Crafts Spring Fever Festival takes place from March 17 through 19 in the Monroeville Convention Center. The event features more than 160 exhibitors selling an assortment of arts and craft goods as well as food and beverages.
Members of Music Production Club perform at a house music show.

Pitt’s music production club allows students to learn about the ins and outs of producing music

By Serena Garcia, Senior Staff Writer • March 15, 2023
For its members, the music production club at Pitt is a place for students passionate about creating music to share, collaborate and learn techniques from one another.
A United States passport in front of a world map.

Students seek adventure, relaxation on spring break trips

By Sarah Pine, Staff Writer • March 14, 2023
After enduring endless midterms and Pittsburgh’s strange, irregular weather, students traveled all around the world for spring break this year.
Dictionary definition of poetry.

Pitt student publishes poetry book discussing mental health, relationships

By Rebecca Hsu, For The Pitt News • March 12, 2023
Diving into themes of mental health, relationships, identity and philosophy, “Midnight Peanut Butter and Other Transgressions” is a thoughtful and intensely personal reflection on college life, self-published by Pitt student Sylas Yarad.
Outside the Bankrupt Bodega on Main Street

Pitt alum fosters photography community through small business Bankrupt Bodega

By Trinity Foster, Staff Writer • March 12, 2023
Pat Bruener, a Pitt alum, founded Bankrupt Bodega in 2018, printing his original photographs onto clothing. Then, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided to add a film element to the brand and relocated to a storefront on Main Street in Bloomfield.
Sounds Like Treble, an all-treble a capella group.

Sounds Like Treble connects students who are passionate about music

By Serena Garcia, Senior Staff Writer • March 2, 2023
Sounds Like Treble is the only all treble a cappella group on campus. Formed in 1997, the 17-person group consists only of alto and soprano singers.
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” poster.

Review | ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ — Marvel’s phase five is off to an ant-sized start

By Ore Fawole, For The Pitt News • March 2, 2023
Much smaller than its predecessors in almost every way, the menial quality of Ant-Man’s third installment sets Marvel’s Cinematic Universe up for a macroscopic failure.
Eugene Garcia-Cross is a writer for the Disney+ comedy series “The Santa Clauses.”

Q&A: Pitt alum reflects on journey to Hollywood with comedy series ‘The Santa Clauses’

By Maria Scanga, Senior Staff Writer • March 2, 2023
Eugene Garcia-Cross, a 1999 Pitt alum, is now a writer for the Disney+ comedy series “The Santa Clauses” — starring Tim Allen and Elizabeth Mitchell. The show found great success in its first season and is officially renewed for a second.
The Andy Warhol Museum in Northside.

4 things you didn’t know about Andy Warhol

By Trinity Foster, Staff Writer • March 1, 2023
Andy Warhol is well known for his distinctive screen printing style and brightly colored pop art ranging from Campbell’s Soup Cans to famous figures like Marilyn Monroe. Unsurprisingly, his personal life was as vibrant as his art.
Quenlin Blackwell speaks to about 70 students Tuesday night in the William Pitt Union’s Assembly Room.

Quenlin Blackwell reflects on internet comedy career during PPC, BAS event

By Carissa Canzona, For The Pitt News • March 1, 2023
About 70 students gathered in the William Pitt Union’s Assembly Room Tuesday night to hear from Quenlin Blackwell, a 22-year-old internet comedian, who Pitt Program Council and Black Action Society invited to speak.
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