Deck the ’Burgh: Light-Up Night kicks off the holiday season
In a month, the semester will be over and it will be time to kick back, relax, and enjoy some time off. For now, you can get your holiday fix by engaging...
All hail The Pick of Destiny
The dynamic rocking duo of Jack Black and Kyle Gass have long claimed to be the greatest hard rock band in the world. The punchline of their best jokes...
Pixels and petals: ‘Ultra-Nature’ at the Wood Street Galleries
Carnegie Mellon prides itself on its outstanding programs in both computer science and visual art. But what if these two seemingly different subjects...
Engineer by day, DJ by night
Girl Talk, whose real name is Gregg Gillis, is not your ordinary DJ. In fact, he sells T-shirts on his website that say, “I’m not a DJ.” Instead, Gillis...
Quick: Paper or plastic?
Six years after School of Drama alumna Roberta Valderrama (’00) graduated, she landed her first regular role on television. She will be starring in 10...
Diamonds and a down comforter
David Bavas, David Bavas and the Down Comforter David Bavas’ hushed voice holds promises of tender melodies between its raspy edges; possibly another...
Speaking in a forgotten language
“If you are not impressed — you are un-impressable,” stated Samuel Hazo, the director of the Pittsburgh International Poetry Forum, when he introduced...
Paperhouse
For most, the genre “goth/industrial” brings diverse musicians and bands like Marilyn Manson or Nine Inch Nails to mind, but the more musically conscious...
Dollar Movie
Top Gun 8 10 12 This film follows then-sane Tom Cruise as a fighter pilot in his quest for redemption. Difficulties that come with the job threaten his...
Did you know?
100 years ago November 14, 1906 The following obscure quote was published in the personals: “Miss Selheimer loves the Mother Earth. In her efforts to...