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People we like
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl
5 Minutes With—
Katie Harris
Brian Tolbert & Thomas Agnew
Salvator Merante
Budai
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on campus
Redeye Theatre Project
Ray Jones
Projects In Marketing
Campus Freebies
Faith Adiele
Architectural Studies
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Around town
Artists Image Resource
Tazza D’Oro
Sorrento’s Pizza Roma
Three Rivers Arts Festival
Silk Screen Film Festival
Unicorn Mountain
Carnegie Science Center
Pittsburgh.craigslist.org
Homewood Community Garden
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community guide
Bloomfield
etc
2 / Whodunnit
6 / Since We’ve Been Gone
7 / Editor’s Photo
98 / Neon Meat Dream
100 / Parting Shot: Hoppin’ Music
SOME GOOD ADVICE
substance abuse: When one thinks of the term substance abuse, Doritos don't necessarily
come to mind. I'm here to amend that. Seemingly harmless and available everywhere, this snack
infiltrates your subconscious, creating an addiction that the consumer never notices. There was a
time when things were simpler, with a choice between Nacho Cheesier and Cooler Ranch (always
the latter). Now? The underground market has grown, and Frito-Lay has responded. They've made
it so that you don't even have to eat meals anymore—with such flavors as Zesty Taco, Toasted
Corn, Cheeseburger, and Ranchero, who needs to go grocery shopping? Don't give in. I've been
down that road, and it's dark and cold. Resist.—lydia Pudzianowski
☛ Who can’t use a little good advice?
To help you out with the little things
in life, we’ve turned to some of the
wisest people we know: our very
own executive board. Just like the
best fortunes in Chinese-food cook-
ies, you’ll find their brand of wisdom
cropping up when you least expect
it throughout the magazine. (Despite
our best efforts, MSG is not included.)
Guy chat.
A brief conversation with
the genius behind Girl Talk.
Interview IAN LONG / Photo ANDREW STRASSER
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It's easy to underestimate just how
much personality lies beneath the
flesh of local students—or should
we say within it? As Mommy
taught us, everybody is their own
one-of-a-kind snowflake, and here
are several local stellas and studs
whose uniqueness is literally
etched into their bodies.
TExt CHRISTEN DICLAUDIO
photos OHAD CADJI
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Untitled, 5:07 minutes
John Tronsor
This video is the writing and erasing of each
word from selections of text from two different
sources. The first is Jacques Derrida's Writing
and Difference and the second is from Ludwig
Wittgenstein's Blue and Brown Books. The
speed of both the video and sound are altered
throughout the film. ❡Although the video has
been left untitled, an aptly suited name for the
piece may be "Palimpsest". The video was edited
by Jason Georgiades. To view the video or get
more info, email John at * jet28@pitt.edu.
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Head up Highland
Ave. It stretches from 5th Ave. across
Shadyside and Penn Circle all the
way up through Highland Park and
into the park itself. The 71A and 500
bus routes wind up there from Pitt’s
campus. The reservoir
(but sorry, no swimming), along with
plenty of shaded plots of grass to lie
upon, pavilions for parties and an im-
pressive set of gardens and benches
surrounding a huge fountain. Great
photo ops, great atmosphere, and it’s
on top of a hill. Also, right down the
street on Highland is Enrico’s Tazza
D’Oro coffee shop (see p. 44), the
best in Pittsburgh.
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WITHIN THE CITYSCAPE
This is the storyof two students determined to make an article happen. The idea was to highlight the
parks and GREEN SPACES HIDDEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY PROPER. Our names are JEFF RIEGER and OHAD CADJI.
It’s been me behind the wheel (I’m Jeff) and Ohad with his camera riding shotgun, cruising around Pittsburgh looking for
parking spaces… so we could go to the park, of course. And it started with HIGHLAND PARK.
Reservoir Paradise
A concrete beach after bleached blue railing squares a once-garden,
clover and brick crumbling under this summer sun.
Shadow reflections over shallow reservoirs,
trees on the path's perimeter, just past the dying grass
their thirst builds into a whirl,
swayed vain in waves, draws a cloud to pass;
And now the sun dying lyingly in skies vastness
lazily turning to a streaked and shackled starburst
drawn down over rooftops on this bare haven.
Nothing happens here: the water drinks itself in ripples of gossip waves I once
remembered at the beach, a child wrapping himself in towels and staring over the cold
waves, wind and water, pulling his toes from the sand and hoping for paradise smiling
invisible on a passing island oasis in the sea.
Escape
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