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The Pitt News

An “I Voted” button.

Pitt Open Lab ‘I Voted’ button-making contest selects a Roc-themed winner

By Mollie Young, Staff Writer November 13, 2024

As the 2024 Presidential Election approached, many on-campus events took place encouraging students to participate in civic engagement by voting. One such event was the Pitt Open Lab’s “I Voted”...

Mascaro Center hosts “Hidden Rivers” screening at Frick Fine Arts

Mascaro Center hosts “Hidden Rivers” screening at Frick Fine Arts

By Wendy Moore, Staff Writer November 11, 2024

The Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation hosted a viewing party of the environmental documentary “Hidden Rivers” in the Frick Fine Arts Theater on Oct. 29. The event was held as a sector of the...

Attendees learn to crochet in the C4C at the Cathedral of Learning.

Center for Creativity hosts collaborative crochet workshop

By Mollie Young, Staff Writer November 10, 2024

Pitt students and faculty of all experience levels came together in the Understory of the Cathedral, the home of the Center for Creativity, to participate in an interactive crochet workshop. The event...

A person poses in a cowboy costume.

“Halloweekend” celebrations take over Oakland

By Sage Rosenfeld, Staff Writer November 4, 2024

Pitt students and Pittsburgh residents took to the streets of Oakland to partake in Halloween festivities last weekend. Though Halloween fell on a Thursday this year, students extended the celebration...

Saxophonists perform at the Fall Music Showcase in Bellefield Hall on Monday, Oct. 28.

Pitt’s Music Department hosted its annual fall showcase featuring many student performances

By Dylan Paradise, Staff Writer November 4, 2024

Student and faculty performers took the stage for Pitt’s Department of Music Fall Showcase at Bellefield Hall on Monday evening. The night consisted of five vocal performances, a saxophone quartet and...

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Review | ‘Saturday Night’ overwhelms and excites

By Wendy Moore, Staff Writer November 1, 2024

A stage light soars to the ground and bursts into flames. Two comedians flay insults at one another before lunging into a brawl. Illicit drugs are passed from person to person. To make matters worse, the...

Jake Shane speaks during “Therapuss Live!” at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall on Saturday, Oct. 26.

The doctor is in: Therapuss Live! with Jake Shane

By Maxine Van Nortwick, Staff Writer October 30, 2024

Though he’s not a licensed medical professional, Therapuss Jake Shane came to cure Pittsburgh on Saturday, Oct. 27, with “Therapuss Live!”  The event took place at the Carnegie Music Hall in...

Attendees watch Rocky Horror Picture Show with newspapers on their heads in Nordy’s Place on Friday, Oct. 25.

‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ closes out LGBTQIA+ history month

By Sage Rosenfeld, Staff Writer October 28, 2024

Pitt’s Department of Inclusion and Belonging hosted a showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show" on Oct. 25. This event was one of the last for the department’s LGBTQIA+ History Month celebration....

The Atlantic says some elite college students ‘can’t read books’ — can Pitt students?

The Atlantic says some elite college students ‘can’t read books’ — can Pitt students?

By Livia Daggett, Contributing Editor October 28, 2024

The kids can’t read. At least, that’s what reading just the headline of an Oct. 1 story by Rose Horowitch in The Atlantic would suggest. Titled “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read...

Exploring queer horror and poetry with the Center for Creativity Workshop “Everybody Has A Secret Face”

Exploring queer horror and poetry with the Center for Creativity Workshop “Everybody Has A Secret Face”

By Maxine Van Nortwick, Staff Writer October 25, 2024

Queer horror has been a commonplace of the fall season for centuries, spanning from novels like “The Picture of Dorian Grey” to movies like “Jennifer’s Body” and TV shows like “Yellowjackets.”...

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