PSU softball players earn MIAA honors

Several members of the softball team gathered MIAA honors this year.   Six Gorillas were named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll including Kylee Bohle, Kaylee Burns, Keelah Griffith, Kaity Kukowski, Madison Morris and Madison Szymanski.  Griffith, a junior in recreation and sports management, was happy for herself and her teammates …

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Smooth Bananas: Support Your Local Bands

I would be willing to bet that the majority of your Spotify playlists are filled with artists that are known not just in Pittsburg and its surrounding area but throughout the world or at least the United States. I would be willing to wager a large sum of money that …

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Rotten Bananas: ‘Bo Burnham’s ‘Inside’

At the beginning of 2020, actor and comedian Bo Burnham decided to return to performing live after a long absence away. And then, the COVID-19 pandemic changed his plans.   “Inside,” written, produced, directed, and performed by Burnham, is a comedy special recorded entirely by Burnham over eight months in 2020 in his …

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Pittsburg Festival of the Arts kicks off with Jazz at Dusk

For the better part of a year, live performances of music have been mostly quashed. The yearly tradition of the Pittsburg Festival of the Arts came back full force with Jazz at Dusk.  On Sunday, Jun. 13 at 8:15 p.m, the Pittsburg State University department of music hosted Jazz at Dusk as part of the …

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Construction students awarded national scholarships

31 Pittsburg State University students receive national scholarships from four leading industry organizations.   The Builders’ Association Foundation awarded 27 national scholarships, nine of which went to Pitt State students. The AGC of America Foundation gave out nine scholarships, seven of which were awarded to Pitt State students. Eleven Pitt State …

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Wyrick receives Elite 90 award

The MIAA and the NCAA give out various awards and recognitions to student-athletes every year.   This year, track and field athlete Levi Wyrick was given the Elite 90 award for the 2021 NCAA Division-II Men’s Outdoor Track and Field National Championships.   The Elite 90 award was founded by the NCAA …

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Smooth Bananas: ‘Sour’

Olivia Rodrigo’s first solo album release, “Sour,” is the apex of the rolling ramp since her first solo hit, “Driver’s License.”  The album, produced by Dan Nigro and released under label Geffen, is Rodrigo’s first solo album. Rodrigo got her start in music by landing a role on the Disney+ …

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PSU team wins global Thor’s hammer competition

A team of mechanical engineering technology students at Pitt State competed in a global competition to build Marvel superhero Thor’s hammer. After performance tests, the team was declared winners of the 2021 Cast in Steel Competition by the Steel Founders Society of America.   All mechanical engineering technology majors, the team …

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