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Iñárritu’s ‘Digger’ is bold, obnoxious and beautiful “Digger” is a 2026 film from Alejandro González Iñárritu, the Oscar-winning director of “Birdman” and “The Revenant.” The film follows Digger Rockwell (Tom Cruise), an oil tycoon attempting to stop a largescale disaster his company has caused. From the trailers, “Digger” came off as a straightforward sati
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The Point Park men’s golf team concluded its season with an eighth-place finish in the MEC Golf Championships last Tuesday at the Palmer Course at Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, W. Va. The Pioneers finished ahead of West Virginia State, West Virginia Wesleyan and Shawnee State, shooting +114 overall. Sophomore Joshua Topper led the pack for...
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Johnny Blue Skies and his band The Dark Clouds treated the crowd at Oakland’s Petersen Events Center to their unparalleled blend of raw outlaw country and disco-infused funk last Friday, Oct. 9. Kentucky native Sturgill Simpson leads the band under the name of his alter ego, Johnny Blue Skies. Simpson’s adoption of the Johnny Blue...
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Earlier this semester I wrote about our campus’s culture, along with ways to keep it alive. I am revisiting this topic as many upperclassmen have since learned that their housing is in jeopardy. This follows the new rule requiring freshmen, as well as sophomores, to live on campus. I am not the first to say...
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This week the owner of over a dozen Pittsburgh restaurants was arrested and charged with strangling and assaulting his girlfriend. Richard DeShantz, owner of the Richard DeShantz Restaurant Group, allegedly grabbed his girlfriend by her hair, threw her to the pavement, choked her and punched her in the face while she was driving. In 2017,...
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People can be idiots. That’s it — plain and simple. If you are unaware of recent events, or ignore your emails, allow me to fill you in. On Wednesday, Oct. 7, Keely Sapienza, the director of SAIL and the Student Center, sent out an email reminding students of simple expectations for the university’s student center. ...
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This offseason Point Park hired Taylor Fulton to become the new women’s basketball head coach. Fulton was hired as assistant director for academic support at Point Park last year. She previously served as the lead assistant coach at Clark Atlanta for three years. She returns to coaching after a year off, which gave her mixed...
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Halloween season is upon us. The weather grows ever-gloomier; and the only thing more associated with the holiday than scares are candy, bags and candybags. Hosted by the Campus Activities Board (CAB), the DIY Candy Bags event took place on Oct. 10 in the Lawrence Hall lobby. Small drawstring bags were placed on a table...
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Tonight is opening night for “The Bed Trick,” a story about love, consent, and Shakespeare in the Playhouse’s Rauh Theatre. The story follows three college roommates as they navigate living on their own at university for the first time. When the students start rehearsing Shakespeare’s “All’s Well That Ends Well,” they start asking themselves questions...
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The university’s roughly 500-member part-time faculty union ratified a new collective bargaining agreement in June earlier this year, according to both union and university officials. Adjunct faculty under USW Local 1088 voted “overwhelmingly” for incremental pay increases of 3% per year for three years — in sum a total pay boost of about 10%, according...
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