VIA Festival 2013
VIA festival is the annual event that brings artists of all mediums together. The week long event showcases progressive culture, with audio and visual art from some of the most impacting artists today....
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WPTS News on the Democratic Mayoral Primary
By Matt Singer, News Director [Audio clip: view full post to listen] On the night of Pittsburgh’s Mayoral Primary, WPTS News aired live election commentary from a panel of Pitt students. With contributions from...
Yellow Red Sparks on the WPTS Summer Sessions
www.yellowredsparks.com Indie Folk band Yellow Red Sparks came into the studio today on a stop of their tour across the US, and they played us a few of their songs, on the first of...
WPTS News speaks with mayoral candidate Bill Peduto
In the weeks leading up to the May 21 Democratic Primary, WPTS News will be interviewing the candidates for Mayor of Pittsburgh to discuss both citywide and student issues. In this interview, News Director...
WPTS News speaks with mayoral candidate Jake Wheatley
In the weeks leading up to the May 21 Democratic Primary, WPTS News will be interviewing the candidates for Mayor of Pittsburgh to discuss both citywide and student issues. In this interview, News Director...
WPTS Sports Celebrates 75 Years of “Who’s On First”
On Tuesday, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello’s classic “Who’s On First” routine, Corey Eisenberg and Jesse Dubin attempt to relive the famous sketch. Click on the audio...
WPTS Interviews MIT’s The Tech’s Staff Writer Greg Steinbrecher on Boston Marathon Bombings
On Friday April 19th, WPTS News Correspondents Dan Scullin, Vince Smith, and Karl Hickey spoke with Greg Steinbrecher, staff writer for MIT’s student newspaper the Tech, following reports of a man hunt for suspected...
Campus Round Table on SGB Druid Allegations, Mega Slates, Transparency, the SGB Elections Code, and the New SGB Media Policies
On the final Campus Round Table of the year, host John Lavanga and News Director Tom Visco are joined by a larger-than-usual panel: Alex Majchrzak, Student Government Board Allocations Committee Chairman; Julie Hallinan, former...
WPTS Dodgeball Tournament
On Sunday, WPTS celebrated the end of the 2012-2013 academic year with a Dodgeball Tournament. There were four teams that participated. In the end, Ultimate Victory Death Squad defeated Average Joe’s to win the...
The Carpathian Ensemble on the WPTS Live Show
http://www.music.pitt.edu/carpathian [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The department’s newest musical endeavor, the Carpathian Music Ensemble, was founded in fall 2008 and is directed by Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology Adriana Helbig. The ensemble...
