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

Tanya Babbar, Senior Staff Writer

Tanya Babbar is a junior English nonfiction writing major with a minor in creative writing. In her free time, she likes to roller skate, read on the front porch, talk about her cat Juppi and imagine herself as the Walmart Joan Didion of South Oakland.

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Nicole Fleetwood speaks at the 10th annual Black History Month lecture series at the Heinz History Center on Wednesday night.

Heinz History Center lecture showcases importance of art in prison

By Tanya Babbar, Senior Staff Writer
February 25, 2024
Pitt students steer situationships through murky waters

Pitt students steer situationships through murky waters

By Tanya Babbar, Senior Staff Writer
February 13, 2024
Heading North performs at “Live from Oakland: Genesis” in Atwood Church on Saturday night.

Post Genre’s first Atwood church concert aims to transform the Oakland music scene

By Tanya Babbar, Senior Staff Writer
February 5, 2024
A lit cigarette in an ashtray.

Pitt quits nic? Students talk smoking and vaping on campus

By Tanya Babbar, Senior Staff Writer
January 28, 2024
Actors perform “Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott” at the New Hazlett Center for Performing Arts on Saturday.

‘Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott’ play brings history alive for kids

By Tanya Babbar, Senior Staff Writer
January 23, 2024
A “WPTS” sign in the WPTS Radio studio.

‘People are still tuning in’: WPTS cultural marathon wins worldwide Spirit of College Radio award

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
January 11, 2024
Snack Landscape, 2020. Gabrielle (Gabe) Wolfe.

South Side art exhibit celebrates food in a casual creative space

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
November 29, 2023
Artwork at the Teal Gallery on Thursday.

‘It breaks down that isolation’: Teal Gallery displays art from student survivors of sexual assault

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
November 12, 2023
Pitt students perform “John Proctor is the Villain” in a final dress rehearsal at the Charity Randall Theatre on Oct. 18th.

Pitt Stages production ‘John Proctor is the Villain’ questions classroom narratives with feminism and friendship

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
October 24, 2023
COIN’s lead vocalist Chase Lawrence shreds the guitar during Fall Fest at Schenley Drive on Sunday.

‘Electric’: COIN and student openers rock Fall Fest 2023

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
October 8, 2023
Festival presenters stand together behind the Ukrainian Heritage table during the Eastern European Festival on Sunday in the Cathedral of Learning.

East European Festival encourages cross-cultural celebration

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
October 2, 2023
Masks on display at the Latin American Cultural Center as a part of the new Mexican Masks Exhibition.

‘Mexican Masks’ exhibit explores the art of masks in Mexican culture

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
September 25, 2023
Members of the community listen to a story being read during the Homewood Pop-Up Art Exhibit on Saturday.

‘Black is Beautiful!’: PRIDE Art Festival celebrates Black youth identity in Homewood

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
September 18, 2023
‘Representation is so important’: ReelAbilities independent film festival showcases stories of people with disabilities

‘Representation is so important’: ReelAbilities independent film festival showcases stories of people with disabilities

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
September 14, 2023
Showtimes for the films "Oppenheimer" and "Barbie" are pictured behind the box office window at the Los Feliz Theatre on Friday, July 28 in Los Angeles.

‘Cinema is back’: Pitt students talk ‘Barbenheimer’

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
September 7, 2023
A furry at the Fursuit Parade at Anthrocon outside of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on July 1.

Review: Furry community lets loose at Anthrocon, celebrates creativity and city of Pittsburgh

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
July 12, 2023
Aditi Sridhar: Bringing a new lens to South Asian representation

Aditi Sridhar: Bringing a new lens to South Asian representation

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
April 6, 2023
Carly Rae Jepsen performs during Bigelow Bash on Bigelow Boulevard.

‘She’s literally mothering right now’: Carly Rae Jepsen blasts confetti at PPC’s Bigelow Bash, students let loose

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
April 2, 2023
La’Tasha Mayes, a Democrat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, speaks at an event in Alumni Hall on Friday.

‘We must be fearless’: Pennsylvania Rep. La’Tasha Mayes denounces Pitt for hosting ‘transphobic’ speakers

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
March 26, 2023
An art piece at the “Apsáalooke Women and Warriors” exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

‘Apsáalooke Women and Warriors’ exhibit celebrates Native American history, power of women

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
February 15, 2023
An art piece titled “Triomphe de la graisse” by Katie Rauth on display at Soma Grossa in the Southside.

Southside Art exhibit centers the fat experience, confronts anti-fat bias

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
January 17, 2023
‘Poetry is universal’: Carlow Event honors Samuel Hazo, the International Poetry Forum

‘Poetry is universal’: Carlow Event honors Samuel Hazo, the International Poetry Forum

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
January 8, 2023
Kitchen chairs and a table.

Bored with your home? Explore creative furniture possibilities

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
November 16, 2022
Richard S. Galore puts on makeup backstage before Saturday’s Rainbow Alliance Drag Show in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room.

Pitt Rainbow Alliance drag show celebrates LGBTQ+ self-expression, art

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
November 14, 2022
Pitt’s Asian Student Alliance poses for a group photo with Nadya Okamoto in the William Pitt Union on Friday.

Period activist Nadya Okamoto talks youth power, burnout and identity with Pitt’s Asian Student Alliance

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
October 31, 2022
Brittany Broski speaks to a crowd of Pitt students gathered in the WPU Assembly Room on Wednesday.

‘We’re going back to Tumblr, bitch’: Brittany Broski talks pitfalls of online relatability culture, the power of fangirls

By Tanya Babbar, Staff Writer
October 21, 2022
Yung Gravy performs during PPC’s Fall Fest on Schenley Drive on Sunday.

‘You got a building named after a MILF?’: Yung Gravy expresses Pitt pride at Fall Fest

By Tanya Babbar, For The Pitt News
October 17, 2022
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