The Pitt News
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Themed running groups and races gain popularity in PittsburghPublished March 19, 2014
Samuel Vescovi dashed by elephants, lions, zebras and several types of monkeys for more than two miles last fall. On a November morning, Vescovi took to the pavement for a less-than-traditional 5K during the ZooZilla Run at the Pittsburgh Zoo. |
Rich Engler reflects on his career in the music industryPublished March 18,2014
Rich Engler saved his backstage passes and a few ticket stubs from the first four years of his musical career, but after receiving a signed guitar from Bob Dylan, he came to a realization. “I should have been doing this all along,” Engler said |
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Students join forces, establish streetwear brandPublished February 27, 2014
Sorek, a junior studying human resources management and marketing, fused his artistic talents and business background to launch his streetwear brand, VRNAQLR. The brand features a number of T-shirts emblazoned with the signature sketch of a skull — VRNAQLR’s logo. |
Recyclemania promotes a greener pittPublished: February 6, 2014
From noon to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Free the Planet, a Pitt-based student environmental organization, hosted its annual waste audit in the Schenley Quad. Members of the group collected trash bags from a number of receptacles on campus. They then laid a tarp in the parking lot by Litchfield Towers and dumped the bags’ contents. |