Chalk it Up: club creates murals through chalk

Emily Ambery | staff writer Sept. 30, 2021 Most students walking on A-Walk look up in admiration of downtown Pittsburgh’s skyline. But perhaps they should start to look down, and focus on the elaborate chalk artwork on the bricks and pavement below them, created by Duquesne’s Chalk Mural Club. The murals, started popping up on A-Walk last school year. The club is sponsored by Campus … Continue reading Chalk it Up: club creates murals through chalk

Mural created in East Liberty to honor Mac Miller

Kellen Stepler | Staff Writer 09/12/2019 Art can do a lot of things. It can make our surroundings more beautiful, it can express and communicate emotions and it can move and impact a community. The Mac Miller memorial mural in East Liberty does all of those things. Miller, born Malcolm J. McCormick, grew up in Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze neighborhood and graduated from Taylor Allderdice High … Continue reading Mural created in East Liberty to honor Mac Miller

Best of the Year: movies, songs and more

Duke picks favorite pieces of 2015 entertainment Movies “It Follows”- Sean Ray In a genre currently rife with knock-offs of “Paranormal Activity” and “The Conjuring,” “It Follows” dared to be different. Taking its inspiration more from the slasher movies of the ’70s and ’80s like “Halloween” and “Nightmare on Elm Street,” the film does not frighten with the use of jump scares or loud noises, … Continue reading Best of the Year: movies, songs and more