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

Several students across the country try to get engaged by the spring of their senior year of college. Jordan Mondell | Contributing Editor

Ring by spring: getting engaged, married in college

By Grant Burgman / For The Pitt News February 14, 2017

Pitt graduates who want to get married at Heinz Chapel can book the venue at a 15 percent discount with proof of their Pitt degrees. There’s no such discount for undergrads who can show a Panther...

Big Idea hosts a bi-monthly brunch to raise funds for legal fees of locals arrested while protesting. Max Datner | Staff Writer

Brunch and big ideas: Bookstore raises funds for arrested protesters

By Max Datner / Staff Writer February 13, 2017

Supporters of anti-fascist protests gathered at the Big Idea Bookstore in Bloomfield Sunday not for a book signing or a poetry reading, but for brunch.   The store — also home to an in-house café...

Kelly Glavin plays a melodica in an impromptu music session with Czech keyboardists |Courtesy of Kelly Glavin

Pitt Musicians Take Talents Abroad

By Maggie Medoff / For the Pitt News February 10, 2017

As the cauldrons of traditional Roma goulash boiled at a picnic in a southeast Hungarian village, local keyboard players improvised new melodies. In that town, called Vegegyhaza, Pitt senior Kelly...

Pitt students delivered a letter to Chancellor Gallagher asking he make Pitt a santuary campus in November. Stephen Caruso | Online Visual Editor

Anti-sanctuary campus bill moves forward, Pitt’s status unclear

By Amanda Reed / Assistant News Editor February 10, 2017

With the potential passage of an anti-sanctuary bill looming, the state and some Pennsylvania universities are at odds. But Pitt — where a sanctuary campus petition and a letter in the same vein have...

Pittsburghers braved the cold to attend the Academics United demonstration to show support for citizens affected by President Trumps immigration ban. Elaina Zachos | Senior Staff Photographer

Iranian student group, academics speak out on immigration ban

By Max Datner / For The Pitt News February 10, 2017

Setareh Sarachi stood in a crowd huddled under the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy tent in Schenley Plaza Thursday afternoon, surrounded by protesters guarding their signs against the swirling winter weather....

More than 200 Pittsburgh high school students gathered in Market Square to protest the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as education secretary. Courtesy of @notthreefifths/Twitter

Students react to Toomey’s decision to vote for DeVos

Never in American history has a Cabinet member needed the vice president to break the tie that would elect them into the president’s Cabinet. But the Senate vote on Betsy DeVos, who was later confirmed...

Senior Zachary Growe asks if any of the panelists can compare todays situation in the U.S. to historical examples. John Hamilton | Visual Editor

Panels outline protesting’s best practices

By Zoe Pawliczek / Staff Writer February 9, 2017

With the abundance of protests and marches happening around Pitt’s campus recently, many students are wondering if the public’s calls for change will be left unanswered. At a Wednesday night panel,...

Pitts Muslim Student Association organized a vigil on Tuesday night to support those killed in the Quebec City mosque shooting. Rebecca Peters | Contributing Photographer

MSA hosts candlelight vigil for Quebec victims

By Rebecca Peters / Staff Writer February 8, 2017

Through the wind and rain, the flames of fifty candles burned brightly outside the William Pitt Union for six men who were killed because of the religion they believed in. The University of Pittsburgh’s...

Courtesy of UPTV

UPTV relaunches with new programming lineup

By MarySandra Do / For The Pitt News February 7, 2017

In a tight dorm-room-sized space carpeted in red with one lime-green wall and a purple loveseat, UPTV is making big plans for the future of Pitt student media. UPTV merged with "Pitt Tonight" and Pitt...

Interactive crime map: Jan. 26 – Feb. 3

By The Pitt News Staff February 5, 2017

Jan. 26 3:03 p.m. Public Safety Building, 3412 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Pitt police reported a stalking incident where the victim reported she was being stalked by another student at...

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