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

University Senate Council President Frank Wilson spoke about the negative effects of the recent Republican house tax bill at the November Senate Council meeting. (Photo by Christian Snyder | Contributing Editor)

Committee to consider sustainable investment

By Madison Hook | Staff Writer November 30, 2017

Student activist Sarah Grguras says people often ask her what the money Pitt invests in the fossil fuel industry could go toward. Her response? “Literally anything.” “They could invest in...

Casandra Armour Capri spoke against the Republican tax plan at a rally outside the Cathedral of Learning Wednesday. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Senior Staff Photographer)

Grad students rally against GOP tax plan

By Salina Pressimone | Staff Writer November 30, 2017

Andrew Bellesis faces new decisions about his career prospects as the recently introduced Republican tax bill looms over the potential cost of his next five years at Pitt. “We will defeat this bill,”...

Peter Brath, an economics and political science major, debates for the Pitt College Republicans. (Photo by Sarah Cutshall | Staff Photographer)

Pitt political groups face off in first ‘great three-way debate’

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer November 29, 2017

Ben Sheppard, president of Pitt’s Libertarian group Students for Liberty, went after both major political parties in his opening remarks during the first-ever three-way debate with the College Democrats...

Many of the carvings and inscriptions in the Israeli Heritage Classroom reference Hebrew literature and biblical imagery and are similar to designs found in first-century Galilean architecture. (Photo by Sarah Cutshall | Staff Photographer)

Professor unearths Israeli heritage

By Zoe Pawliczek | Staff Writer November 28, 2017

Professor Jodi Magness embarked on a mission in 2011 to excavate the Huqoq synagogue in Israel with little idea of its contents — and with only an ancient village as its possible location. Unsure...

Students watch a clip of “Hot Girls Wanted,” a documentary which exposes corruption within the amateur porn industry, during AAUW’s “Let’s Talk About Sex: Pornography & Feminism” event Monday night. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Senior Staff Photographer)

Students discuss porn industry’s repercussions

By Jaime Weinreb | For The Pitt News November 28, 2017

According to the Pornhub’s 2016 Year in Review, nearly 92 billion videos were viewed in on the porn streaming website in 2016 alone. “We’ve all watched it, it’s everywhere,” junior Elena...

Liam Berti (left) and Levi Burner (right) program the drone in their lab. (Photo by Isabelle Glatts | Staff Photographer)

Students dedicate time to developing drone

By Anish Salvi | For The Pitt News November 20, 2017

Levi Burner had dreamed of making a flying machine since he was 8 years old. The junior electrical engineering student finally got his chance when he started to build a drone for the International Aerial...

Optipik was the fourth graduate team to present their 90-second pitch in the Pittsburgh Project Development and Management Association student pitch competition Friday night. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Senior Staff Photographer)

Pitt and CMU students pitch products

By Nina Kneuer | Staff Writer November 20, 2017

Christopher Dumm made an auditorium of 50 people laugh when he pulled an old surgical retractor out of a bag and tossed it on the ground in front of him. Dumm wasn’t a comedian, but rather a student...

Junior finance major Jocelyn George led a discussion about colorism held by Pitt South Asian Student Association Friday night. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Senior Staff Photographer)

SASA, BAS converse about colorism

By Hannah Schneider, For The Pitt News November 20, 2017

Until about two weeks ago, Anvit Rai wasn’t familiar with the concept of colorism. “I had heard of [colorism], but I didn’t know how pervasive or important it was,” Rai said. “To a degree,...

Students and community members marched in protest of police brutality Friday afternoon. (Photo and Video by Christian Snyder | Contributing Editor)

Students demand disarmament

By Janine Faust, Assistant News Editor November 20, 2017

A group of students marched throughout Oakland Friday afternoon waving flags and signs with slogans such as “Disarm the police, arm your desire” and chanting “A.C.A.B., all cops are bastards.” Their...

Student protesters occupied a small section of the Cathedral of Learning after delivering a letter to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher’s office Tuesday. (Photo by Anna Bongardino | Assistant Visual Editor)

Student rally concludes “occupation” peaceful

By Janine Faust | Assistant News Editor November 18, 2017

About 50 students participated in a rally held on Towers patio Friday afternoon. The rally marked the end of an “occupation” of the Cathedral of Learning which began. A small group of students went...

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