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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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Delilah Bourque

Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor

Delilah Bourque is a senior English Writing major with a concentration in fiction and a certificate in public and professional writing. She started as a writer for the Opinions desk in February of 2018, where she wrote mostly on political and social issues. She is Culture editor for the 2019-2020 academic year. Contact Delilah via email at [email protected]

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The Outbreak | A view of the pandemic from my hammock

The Outbreak | A view of the pandemic from my hammock

By Delilah Bourque, Contributing Editor
April 14, 2020
How many pounds of grapes are used to produce the average bottle of wine?

So you think you know about alcohol

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
April 8, 2020
Members of the Pitt community are invited to submit art from any medium designed as a creative response to the public health discussions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Image via Center for Creativity.

C4C contest accepting submissions for educational art about COVID-19

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
April 6, 2020
The Outbreak | Coronavirus (sort of) ended my (sort of) relationship

The Outbreak | Coronavirus (sort of) ended my (sort of) relationship

By Delilah Bourque, Contributing Editor
March 26, 2020
Library patrons can access the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s online collection while the physical libraries are closed.

Cultural programming moves online amidst COVID-19 pandemic

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
March 23, 2020
This year’s Bigelow Bash will be canceled or postponed along with the rest of Pitt Program Council’s upcoming spring events.

COVID-19 shutters cultural events on campus and across the city

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
March 17, 2020
Students gather in front of the stage at the 2018 Bigelow Bash.

Pitt Program Council announces Rico Nasty, Young M.A as Bigelow Bash headliners

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
February 28, 2020
Readers of erotic fan fiction get lost in a world of their own

Readers of erotic fan fiction get lost in a world of their own

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
February 13, 2020
Anjali Sachdeva, lecturer in the English Department, received a $25,000 creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Pitt professor Anjali Sachdeva receives National Endowment for the Arts fellowship

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
February 4, 2020
Nicole Mitchell, chair of Pitt’s jazz studies program, was awarded a $50,000 USA Fellowship from United States Artists, the Chicago-based independent philanthropic organization announced on Wednesday.

Pitt professor Nicole Mitchell awarded $50,000 fellowship

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
January 23, 2020
Lupita Nyong'o in "Us."

Column | Shocked but not horrified at the Academy’s nominations

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
January 16, 2020
The family of late Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller has announced that an album titled “Circles” that Miller was “well into the process of recording” at the time of his death in September 2018 will be released on Jan. 17.

Mac Miller album to be released posthumously

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
January 8, 2020
The Phipps Conservatory will have its “Orchid and Tropical Bonsai show: Out of the World” from Jan. 18 to March 8.

From Phipps to the Carnegie Museum of Art: all the culture new to Pitt in 2020

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
January 5, 2020
The Pitt News Fall Finals Playlist 2019

The Pitt News Fall Finals Playlist 2019

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
December 8, 2019
Many students’ apartments are loosely held together by Command-brand adhesive products.

How to decorate when you’re a renter

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
November 14, 2019
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s production of “Mean Girls” will run through Nov. 3 at The Benedum Center for Performing Arts.

“Mean Girls” musical fetches laughs at the Benedum Center

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
October 30, 2019

“Lest We Forget” exhibit honoring Holocaust survivors comes to Pitt

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
October 2, 2019
Nightmare on Forbes Street follows six other themed pop-up bars in the same space.

A nightmare pops up on Forbes Street

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
September 25, 2019
Headdresses for use in the Benedum Center’s production of Disney’s “The Lion King.”

Review: ‘The Lion King’ delights audiences at the Benedum Center

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
September 9, 2019

Meet the Editor: Culture

By Delilah Bourque, Culture Editor
August 25, 2019
“Booksmart” theatrical release poster.

‘Booksmart’: not another teen movie

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Writer
May 28, 2019
Interior of the “Game of Thrones” pop-up bar.

Winter is here: Bar of Thrones opens doors in Market Square

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Writer
April 10, 2019
Opinion | Legalize sex work to protect sex workers

Opinion | Legalize sex work to protect sex workers

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist
April 9, 2019
Top ways to soak up the spring in Pittsburgh

Top ways to soak up the spring in Pittsburgh

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Writer
April 3, 2019
“WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?” album cover.

Review: Billie Eilish breaks the internet with debut album

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Writer
April 1, 2019
Poetry | Brass Knuckles for a Demon

Poetry | Brass Knuckles for a Demon

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist
March 28, 2019
Opinion | Social media outlets need to deplatform white supremacists

Opinion | Social media outlets need to deplatform white supremacists

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist
March 25, 2019
Opinion | People deserve to know menstrual product ingredients

Opinion | People deserve to know menstrual product ingredients

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist
March 5, 2019
Hozier's new album, “Wasteland, Baby!”

Hozier hits a high note with sophomore album ‘Wasteland, Baby!’

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Writer
March 4, 2019
Thai break dancers.

Opinion | Olympic breakdancing would promote inclusion

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist
February 25, 2019
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a news conference on Nov. 2, 2017, in New York.

Opinion | New York sets example with new abortion law

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist
February 11, 2019
The “thank u, next” album cover.

Ariana Grande responds to a rough year with ‘thank u, next’

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Writer
February 11, 2019
Opinion | As STD rates rise, more comprehensive sex ed is needed

Opinion | As STD rates rise, more comprehensive sex ed is needed

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist
January 28, 2019
The usual girl-stalked-by-creepy-guy narrative is turned upside down in this #MeToo-era, psychological thriller. Based on the 2014 novel by Caroline Kepnes, the series “You” follows unassuming bookstore clerk Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) after he becomes obsessed with customer Guinevere Beck (Elizabeth Lail).

Always watching ‘You,’ new series sparks controversy

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Writer
January 16, 2019
Poetry | Veritas et Virtus

Poetry | Veritas et Virtus

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist
January 10, 2019
The Indian government monitors the Andaman Islands territories, including North Sentinel Island (pictured), home to the Sentinelese tribe — one of the last hunter-gatherer tribes that has little to no contact with modern civilization.

Opinion | Recovering missionary’s body poses threat to Sentinelese people

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist
December 2, 2018
Pittsburgh dodged a bullet with Amazon HQ2

Pittsburgh dodged a bullet with Amazon HQ2

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist
November 27, 2018
Jair Bolsonaro, ultra-right candidate for the office of Brazilian president, arrives to vote in a polling station on Oct. 28.

Populism sparks high voter turnout

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Writer
November 7, 2018
Where to eat in the wake of the Market health inspection

Where to eat in the wake of the Market health inspection

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist
October 24, 2018
(Illustration by Eli Savage | Staff Illustrator)

Pitt grad students deserve right to unionize

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist
October 17, 2018
Respect the pumpkin spice latte as a cultural icon

Respect the pumpkin spice latte as a cultural icon

By Delilah Bourque, Staff Columnist
October 4, 2018
Several South Carolina correctional facilities remained occupied during Hurricane Florence despite mandatory evacuation orders from Gov. Henry McMaster. (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

Prisoners deserve to be evacuated too

By Delilah Bourque, Staff Columnist
September 27, 2018
Latest textbook editions put an extra burden on students

Latest textbook editions put an extra burden on students

By Delilah Bourque, Staff Columnist
September 20, 2018
Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 5. (Christy Bowe/Globe Photos/Zuma Press/TNS)

Point-Counterpoint: Don’t appoint Kavanaugh

By Delilah Bourque, Staff Columnist
September 9, 2018
(Illustration by Maria Heines | Staff Illustrator)

Reduce use of antibiotics in agriculture

By Delilah Bourque, Staff Columnist
August 30, 2018
The plaque outside of Parran Hall was removed after the University announced its decision to rename the building for the Graduate School of Public Health. (Photo by Anna Bongardino | Visual Editor)

Pitt’s Public Health building is no longer Parran Hall – now what?

By Delilah Bourque, Staff Writer
August 20, 2018
Artist Shervin Iranshahr paints a portrait of Jeff Goldblum as a part of Friday's Jeff Goldblum Day festivities.

Artisan Pittsburgh welcomes fans for Jeff Goldblum Day 2018

By Delilah Bourque, Staff Writer
July 17, 2018
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