Charlotte Shields-Rossi | a&e editor A staid and formal venue like the Benedum Center and Heinz Hall is unlikely to host a clown show that tells the story of a torrid love affair between a human and a banana. But that is what Pittsburgh Fringe Festival is for. The 13th annual Pittsburgh Fringe Festival began on March 19 and will continue until March 28 with … Continue reading 13 years of performing on the fringes
Kaitlyn Hughes | news editor Duquesne hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday for the new Joanne Barkett Conway Simulation Center. A $4 million donation from Bedford Falls Foundation funded the simulation lab. The foundation was established by philanthropist Bill Conway Jr. and his wife Joanne Barkett Conway. Conway has become a leading champion of nursing education with significant philanthropic contributions to the nursing workforce, according … Continue reading Philanthropist funds new nursing lab
Kaitlyn Hughes | news editor *The article has been updated for accuracy. The name “Julie Hinkle” was spelled as “Julia Hinkle.” The correct spelling is now reflected in the story. Crystal Paudel will look up from taking notes in class and notice that her peers are on their phones or laptops not paying attention to the professor. “It makes me a little sad,” said the … Continue reading How professors are adapting to changes in the classroom
Josh Imhof & Eliyahu Gasson & Kaitlyn Hughes | features editor & editor-in-chief & news editor Members of Pittsburgh City Council introduced a bill on Tuesday that would prevent the city from cooperating with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The proposed bill comes as the city continues to decide how to navigate interactions with ICE and just 13 days after Allegheny County Council approved … Continue reading New bill would prevent cooperation with ICE in the city
Local journalism took a serious hit earlier this year when it was announced that The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Pittsburgh City Paper, both owned by Block Communications Inc. (BCI) would be shutting down. The latter of the two was shut down effective almost immediately and has been out of print since the start of the new year, but it wasn’t the end of an era. … Continue reading Staff Editorial: The end is no longer near for Pittsburgh journalism
Elizabeth Mantush | staff writer Mwango Kasuba is no stranger to student government. Kasuba attended Baldwin High School, and before entering his freshman year, he received an email from the principal. “She said that I would be a great candidate [for student government]. At that moment I had no idea why, I didn’t feel like I was anything super special,” he said. He was the … Continue reading Culture Party sweeps 2026 SGA election: Meet the new student body president
Nataley Davis | staff writer Over 40 million Americans live with diabetes. On Tuesday, Duquesne’s student chapter of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) hosted an outreach event in the Student Union for Diabetes Alert Day, a nationally observed day of awareness created by the American Diabetes Association. Two students in the pharmacy program, Anna Sholties and Ericka Richards, are on the Operation Diabetes Committee and … Continue reading Pharmacy students talk diabetes at tabling event
Josh Imhof | features editor While Damaria Wedderburn, president of Ebony Women for Social Change, and Norah Delaney, president of the Duquesne Society of Women Engineers (SWE), are busy college students, you can often find them in classrooms or at events working with the next generation of women leaders. Whether Wedderburn is flying paper planes with Pittsburgh Public School kids or Delaney is building balloon … Continue reading Duq women make history all year, not just in March
Naomi Girson | opinions editor If you have to leave your house to go to work, get groceries or just step outside for some fresh air, you are sure to notice the weather. Whether it’s snowing, humid, hailing or raining out there, it’s extreme. And it’s not in your head either. It’s too late to prevent the most extreme aspects of man-made climate change, but … Continue reading Climate change isn’t going to ‘get us,’ it’s already got us
Gwendolyn Sobkowiak | staff writer I would live out of my backpack if I could. My family is from Pittsburgh but we didn’t really spend too much time here, when I was growing up. We were always out of town, traveling for my mom’s business. I caught the travel bug when I was 2 years old, thanks to her. Before I was born, my parents … Continue reading Finding the whole world in my backpack
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