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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The Pitt News

Two Ruckus members, sophomores Clare Donaher and Patrick Meyer, perform their routine that revolves around rotating troupe members in and out in the middle of skits.

Ruckus goes wild

By Rachel Saula, For The Pitt News January 22, 2019
In G24 of the Cathedral, students gathered in Hawaiian shirts and safari hats for an evening with the improv troupe Ruckus.
For the last episode of Pitt Tonight  for the 2017-18  school year, host Andrew Dow invited best friend Dominic Hendrickson on Pitt Tonight to be his guest. (Photo courtesy of Andrew Dow, taken by Valkyrie Speaker)

Lingering Laughter: Pitt’s LGBTQ+ community takes on the comedy scene

By Sarah Connor, Culture Editor May 30, 2018

When Andrew Dow isn’t making crowds of people laugh as the host of Pitt Tonight or performing onstage with the improv group Ruckus, he can be found spending his summer in his hometown of Abington, just...

Margo Smith | Staff Photographer

Leave them laughing: campus comedy grows

By Eric Acosta / Staff Writer May 31, 2016

One of Pittsburgh’s most recent cultural transformations can be found in the city’s budding comedy scene. In just the past couple of years, comedy on campus and in the city at large has quickly morphed...

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