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T h e i n de p e n d e n t s t ude nt ne w spap e r of t he U niversity of Pittsburgh | PIttnews.com | april 8, 2019 Â| Volume 109 | Issue 137
T-PAIN MAKES IT T-RAIN
T-PAIN HEADLINES BIGELOW BASH ALONGSIDE LOCAL ARTISTS
Lauren Rude
For The Pitt News After an afternoon filled with performances, T-Pain stepped on stage wearing a white overcoat to close off the day at the fifth annual Bigelow Bash music and food festival. Spectators filled Bigelow Boulevard from the steps of the Cathedral to the lawn of the Union for the 2019 Bigelow Bash. They waited through performances from local bands, regional rappers and varsity Pitt athletes displaying flashy new uniforms until the headliner, T-Pain, took the stage at about 4:30 p.m. Pitt Program Council invited seven local Rapper T-Pain performs at Pitt Program Councilâs Bigelow Bash on Sunday. Hannah Heisler | senior staff photographer food trucks to fill the streets for Pitt students to sample. Students could purchase tickets for $1 to buy food from food trucks, including The Coop Chicken and Waffles, Millieâs Homemade Ice Cream, PGH Crepes and forms that call back to the 1970s, Pitt the reveal. South Side BBQ Company. Emily Wolfe confirmed fansâ suspicions Sunday with Lyke knew Pitt students sometimes Andie Walsh, a first-year education maContributing Editor an unveiling of the new royal blue and struggle with knowing what colors to jor, said she arrived early in order to avoid The big reveal of Pitt Athleticsâ uniyellow uniforms. wear on game day, she said. But the plan lines at the food trucks. form style for the 2019-20 season and Pitt athletic director Heather Lyke is for the new colors to unite Panthers âItâs a good time before finals,â Walsh beyond at this yearâs Bigelow Bash had drew cheers from the thousands of stu- fans for years to come. said. âThereâs still two weeks left, so thereâs been hyped up for even longer than Tdents standing in Bigelow Boulevard for âTrust me, from here forward youâre still enough time to study but take the day to Painâs appearance as the headliner. Afthe Pitt Program Council-hosted event ter long teasing a switch to âretroâ uniSee Unveils on page 5 See Bigelow on page 2 when she appeared onstage to introduce
PITT ATHLETICS UNVEILS NEW STYLE