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Sometimes We Need Dayz Off

by Zoey Angeluccci | Apr 27, 2022 | Arts & Culture, Features, Latest Stories, Lifestyle, Spring 2022

By Samantha Hindman Dayz Off Members Patrick Thomas, Finn Haney, Matthew Stratz, Clay Strickland Long before the release of Pittsburgh-based indie music band Dayz Off’s first album “So Much More,” or even the addition of bass player Patrick Thomas, the then...

2022 Feature and Interpretive Writing Class: Veterans Stories

by Zoey Angeluccci | Apr 25, 2022 | Features, Spring 2022

The spring 2022 Feature and Interpretive Writing class completed a project with the Veterans Breakfast Club this semester, recording interviews with veterans and then writing profiles about them. The students’ videos can be found on the VBC website, and the profiles...

V.A. Nurse Maria Bardakos shares her experience from serving in the Coast Guard

by Zoey Angeluccci | Apr 22, 2022 | Features, Latest Stories, Lifestyle, Spring 2022

By Brandon Kurzawski Maria Bardakos knows her life’s work connects directly to her service in the U.S. Coast Guard.  It taught her, she said, to work hard and always to be organized, and Bardakos helped create a special force at her base that still remains. Her...

Veteran Robert Mastraieni

by Zoey Angeluccci | Apr 22, 2022 | Features, Latest Stories, Lifestyle, Spring 2022

By Samantha Hindman Robert Mastraieni made his slow trek to his first assigned base. His orders were scanned, and he was allowed to step within the cold metal gates. He looked around and realized that what was meeting his gaze – a  100,000-ton aircraft carrier, the...

Veteran Carlos Jativa

by Zoey Angeluccci | Apr 22, 2022 | Features, Latest Stories, Lifestyle, Spring 2022

By Natalea Hillen It all started one day when a 12-year-old boy, Carlos Jativa, saw a commercial on TV that changed his life. “I saw a commercial of a dude scaling a rock, and once he got to the top of the rock he fought a dragon. Once he defeated the dragon, he...
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