Month: January 2015
College police forces changing
By Brandon Addeo | The Duquesne Duke Police forces at public and private universities across the country have seen an increase in size and strength, according to a recent U.S. Department of Justice study, and […]
Bluff battles snowy conditions
By Kaye Burnet | The Duquesne Duke Duquesne students struggled across slick and snowy walkways on their way to classes Monday morning as school employees worked to clear the seven inches of snow that descended […]
Segregation still a problem in Pittsburgh
By Kaye Burnet | The Duquesne Duke More than 1,000 protesters marched from Oakland to downtown Pittsburgh last week on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and invoked King’s memory to call for an end to […]
2030 District partners with Duquesne
By Max Blechman | The Duquesne Duke The Green Building Alliance’s Pittsburgh initiative, which seeks to reduce energy use, recently expanded to include the Bluff among its participating regions, but it is still unclear what […]
Stalking downtown’s Gallery Crawl
By: Max Blechman | The Duquesne Duke Organized by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the quarterly Gallery Crawl in the Downtown Cultural District has become a crucial part of efforts to transform the city from rust-belt […]
Alumni archives: Don’t “Forget Brennan”
By: Sam Fatula | A&E Editor It didn’t take long for Brennan Peirson to find himself in the company of artists like Mac Miller and Young Thug. Not even two years since graduating from […]
Mortdecai: a victim of a great cast with a faulty script
By: Sean Ray | The Duquesne Duke Mortdecai is a film that relies heavily on its star power. Unfortunately, that is the only thing this movie does well. The performances on display are all fantastic, […]
Duke Debates: New England Patriots
Pat Higgins | Sports Editor The New England Patriots are appearing in their sixth Super Bowl in the last 13 years. Though controversy surrounding deflated balls used in the first half of the AFC Championship […]
Duke Debates: Seattle Seahawks
Saúl Berríos-Thomas | Layout Editor If you haven’t heard of the Legion of Boom by now, you’re probably not going to watch the Super Bowl anyway. The Seattle Seahawks’ secondary is only one of the […]