Pittsburgh Goes Glitz for Chairty

Pittsburgh will put on it’s “Glitz” this weekend to raise money for local charity. The 3rd annual event dubbed, Glitzburgh, has been a huge hit in the city since it first took off in May 2010, but what exactly is Glitzburgh? We sat down with one of the originators of Glitzburgh, Dominic Janidas, to find out more [...]

Diary of a Planet Verge Girl: Pittsburgh goes Glitz

This past Sunday I had the amazing privilege of working on the charity event Glitzburgh: Glamour Meets Giving-A Black and Gold Affair. The event was a charity fashion show, which featured some local and national celebrities and musical acts. It was the brain child  Dominic Janidas, Anna Delattre, Rachel Kernic and Nick Ceraso, and raised an estimated $14,000 [...]

Darfur for Dummies

Courtesy of Wikipedia.
“Date 2003–present Location Darfur Result Humanitarian catastrophe (est. 200,000-400,000 or more dead and 2,500,000 refugees)
There are many casualty estimates, most concurring on a range within the hundreds of thousands. The United Nations (UN) estimates that the conflict has left as many as 450,000 dead from violence and disease.
Most NGOs (non-governmental organizations) use [...]

Good Karma & Good Cupcakes

Instead of baking just for my friends and for cute musicians, I’ve decided to bake for a cause.
I’ve enlisted in the Great American Bake Sale. All proceeds from my confections, as well as any donations, are going to hunger relief efforts. It’s all legit, and it’s all flippin’ tasty.
Satisfy your sweet tooth and [...]

The Parisian Paradox

I can’t decide whether Paris Hilton is a genius in disguise or if she really is an honest to God imbecile.
She’s made a “career” of venturing to night clubs sans undergarments (as well as modesty) and spewing out mindless drivel that winds up–with a photo of her barely clothed and perpetually appearing to be on [...]

Help our friends out!

Vote for Spitalfield here!http://www.mtvu.com/music/freshmen/They really deserve this and you can vote as many times as you want.
AND! Vote for the Jets here (or whoever, it’s for charity so I won’t get too mad at you):http://chunky.com/clickforcansvote.aspx
*By Jess, who had a dream about the Junior Varsity last night and is looking forward to seeing them this [...]