The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics on July 24, 2021.

Pitt Junior Cassius King has Olympic aspirations in Taekwondo

By Ben Pisano, Staff Writer • April 19, 2023
Only 128 fighters will compete in Taekwondo at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. But Pitt junior Cassius King hopes he will defy the odds and represent the University and the United States in Paris.
Michael Knowles speaks in the O’Hara Student Center on Tuesday night.

Michael Knowles, Brad Polumbo debate transgender issues, government regulation at Pitt

By Punya Bhasin, News Editor • April 19, 2023
Michael Knowles and Brad Polumbo debated the question “should transgenderism be regulated by law?” as chants from protestors outside the building echoed throughout the O’Hara Ballroom Tuesday evening.
A protest outside O'Hara Student Center ahead of the Michael Knowles debate.

Police say ‘public safety emergency’ at O’Hara resolved after protest of Michael Knowles event

By Alexandra Ross and Rebecca Johnson • April 18, 2023
Pitt police released an emergency notification alert Tuesday evening advising people to avoid O’Hara street as a “public safety emergency” developed in the area.
Riley Crow, a junior film and media studies major, greets participants before the “We Walk to Remember” Holocaust Remembrance Day event.

‘Forever alive’: Pitt community commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day with walk, name recitation

By Ryleigh Lord, Assistant News Editor • April 17, 2023
About 20 students, staff and faculty gathered in Schenley Quad Monday morning for the annual “We Walk to Remember” event. Participants, who were silent during the walk, used the time to reflect and mourn lives lost during the Holocaust.
Students and community members gathered for the Pittsburgh Universities Believe Survivors March through campus on Sunday.

Students unite against sexual violence during ‘Pittsburgh Universities Believe Survivors March’

By Adrienne Cahillane, Staff Writer • April 17, 2023
Students unite against sexual violence during ‘Pittsburgh Universities Believe Survivors March’
Protestors chant and hold signs in front of the Cathedral of Learning Friday afternoon.

‘Failed us’: Students protest Pitt’s delay in sending emergency alerts during hoax active shooter threat

By Punya Bhasin, News Editor • April 14, 2023
About 100 students gathered at the Cathedral of Learning to host a “die-in” following Pitt’s delay in sending emergency alerts during a recent hoax shooter incident on campus.
The School of Public Health.

‘Vulnerability is not something to run from’: Students contemplate sexual wellness, intimacy through Circle Up conversations

By Anna Kuntz, Staff Writer • April 13, 2023
For Dev Hayostek, the opportunity to forward conversations about sexual agency is something they do not take for granted. Hayostek is an employee at Circle Up, a program that aims to generate discussion about sexual agency through guided conversations in welcoming environments.
Pitt students pray Maghrib, the evening prayer, during the Muslim Student Association’s iftar in the William Pitt Union in April 2022.

Pitt students celebrate Passover, Ramadan and Easter with their religious communities on campus

By Elizabeth Primrose, Senior Staff Writer • April 13, 2023
In part due to the lack of official days off, students observe Passover, Ramadan and Easter within their religious communities at Pitt.
A police officer walks outside of Hillman Library after evacuating students from the building.

‘I have no idea what’s going on’: Pitt students confused, scared during hoax active shooter incident amid delayed ENS alerts

By Punya Bhasin, News Editor • April 11, 2023
It took Pitt more than an hour to send an ENS alert after police evacuated Hillman library Monday for a hoax active shooter. Pitt police chief James Loftus said he “regrets” not sending an ENS alert out sooner.
Police exit Hillman Library Monday night after evacuating students from the building.

Pitt reviewing Emergency Notification System after ‘delayed and flawed’ response Monday night

By Punya Bhasin, News Editor • April 11, 2023
Pitt said it’s reviewing the Emergency Notification System and retraining its communicators after a “delayed and flawed” response to a hoax active shooter incident in Hillman Library Monday night.
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