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Harris campaign expands youth outreach to college newspapers

There’s a high chance that people who pick up a print edition of The Pitt News are greeted by a Harris ad blanketing the back page. Those reading online may have been welcomed to the website by Harris’...

Climbing to the top: Club Climbing Team at Pitt ranked No. 3 in the nation

By Katie Hovan, Staff Writer
10:07 am

SGB discusses upcoming Eatery town hall

By Marissa Kelley, Senior Staff Writer
10:04 am

Who’s on the Allegheny County ballot in the 2024 presidential election

By Ashley O’Doherty, Staff Writer
October 22, 2024

Pennsylvania student media organizations denied press access to Trump campaign events

By Sydney Krasniewski and Kyra McCague
October 21, 2024

Campus

‘Week of Rage’ draws interest from campus bystanders, protests war in Gaza one year after Hamas attack

By Sarah George, Staff Writer
October 15, 2024

The “Week of Rage,” organized by the groups Pittsburgh to Palestine and Pitt Apartheid Divest, coincided with the one-year marking of the attack on Israel by Hamas. The week of scheduled vigils and demonstrations aimed to reflect on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and continued to demand that Pitt divest from Israel. The events began with a community vigil on Oct. 7 in Schenley Park to honor...

‘Afraid of being judged’: Students talk comfort with expressing their political views on campus

By Briana Bindus, Assistant News Editor
October 15, 2024

Because of the key role young voters hold in the 2024 presidential election, political groups on campus often hold watch parties, invite speakers to come on campus, or table to energize student political engagement. “It’s super important to get people engaged,” Sam Podnar, junior politics and philosophy student and co-president of Democrats at Pitt, said. “That’s what we’ve been trying...

All Angles spotlight event encourages students to challenge assumptions, spark discourse

By Neel Kamal, Staff Writer
October 14, 2024

The Institute of Politics partnered with multiple Pitt departments to host an event titled “Overcoming Polarization Beginning with How We Think” with Dr. Illana Redstone in the lower lounge of the William Pitt Union on Thursday afternoon. Redstone spoke about how removing assumptions they make in conversations can improve political and social discourse. Samantha Balbier, director of the Institute...

Student Government

SGB proposes potential student activity fee increase

By Marissa Kelley, Senior Staff Writer

October 9, 2024

Student Government Board proposed a potential increase to the Student Activity fee and announced an Eatery town hall at its meeting on Tuesday in Nordy’s place. President...

SGB provides updates on food safety concerns, discusses campus initiatives

By Marissa Kelley, Senior Staff Writer

October 2, 2024

During the weekly meeting on Tuesday at Nordy’s Place, Student Government Board provided updates on food safety in the eatery, an issue that has been ongoing since early...

SGB provides food safety updates, approves ad-hoc charters

By Marissa Kelley, Senior Staff Writer

September 26, 2024

Student Government Board provided an update on food safety in the Eatery and voted on four charters at its meeting on Tuesday in Nordy’s place. Board member Evan Levasseur...