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

Pitt study finds overdose deaths rise in Pa.

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor March 14, 2016

As the country sees a nationwide rise in heroin use, as well as deaths and legal issues surrounding the drug, Pitt researchers found the rate of overdose deaths in the state has increased since 1979. Drug...

Kate Koenig | Visual Editor

Students, community members march to raise minimum wage

By Andrew O'Brien / Staff Writer February 29, 2016

Pitt students and community members marched through campus to protest minimum wage and student debt Friday. United Students Against Sweatshops, a nationwide student-led labor activism group with a chapter...

Bernie Sanders supporters marched from Oakland to downtown Saturday morning.  Kate Koenig | Visual Editor

Sanders supporters rally in Oakland and Downtown

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer February 29, 2016

Pitt senior Sisto Campana and his parents showed support for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday morning, the same day of the South Carolina Democratic primary. The March for Bernie started...

Dale Shoemaker | News Editor

City launches redevelopment for West Oakland, Uptown

By Lauren Wilson / Staff Writer February 26, 2016

If the ideas they wrote on sticky notes are any indication, residents of Uptown and West Oakland know exactly what they want in their neighborhoods. On chalkboards, large maps and interactive cardboard...

Pitt buys parking lot from UPMC

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor February 24, 2016

Though it has no formal construction plans yet, the Property and Facilities Committee of Pitt’s Board of Trustees bought a 2.1-acre portion of land in Oakland Wednesday. The acquisition is the parking...

Annabelle Goll | Staff Illustrator

Keeping the peace: How Pitt police use community policing to bridge the gap between students and Oakland residents

February 18, 2016
As Pitt Police Officer Charles Welsch approached the South Oakland porch, the students who saw him started to run.He walked past those who stayed frozen still and knocked loudly on the front door of the Bates Street home. When a student answered, he and his partner entered the house to find the leaseholder.It was 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 30, a frigid Saturday night. Welsch had stopped by the house on Bates Street after hearing blaring music from a block away while he patrolled the neighborhood to avo
Will Miller | Staff Photographer

Trans students outsourcing for healthcare

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer February 12, 2016

Rather than get trans health care on campus, Pitt students travel to Edgewood Every morning and night, Summer Wright takes two pills. The first is her daily dose of estrogen. The second blocks the testosterone...

Carlino Giampolo, a resident of South Oakland, voiced his concern about new development projects in the neighborhood.  Wenhao Wu | Staff Photographer

Oakland considers housing projects

By Casey Schmauder / Staff Writer February 4, 2016

If approved, a new Oakland apartment building could house 489 students by the start of the 2018 school year. But not everyone is happy about this news. At a community development meeting Wednesday, representatives...

Max Gonzales, 22, is a Carnegie Mellon University student.  Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Police arrest Oakland, Shadyside graffiti artist

By Zoe Hannah / Assistant News Editor February 1, 2016

City police’s graffiti squad arrested a Carnegie Mellon University student Monday for racking up $114,030 in damages during an alleged cross-city graffiti spree. Police charged Max Emiliano Gonzales,...

A suspect is taken into custody by the Pittsburgh Police at the Arbys on Forbes Avenue.  Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Man arrested, charged after Saturday shooting in Oakland

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor February 1, 2016

Carlow University police have arrested and charged a man involved in a shooting in Oakland Saturday. Police arrested Jamone L. Watson, 21, Saturday at about 4:30 p.m. after a Carlow police officer heard...

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