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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Students moving into Litchfield Towers, the largest cluster of dorms on Pitts main campus, ahead of the new academic year during Aug. 2022.

Students reflect on first-year dorm experiences

By Emma Hannan, Staff Writer • November 15, 2023
As their first semester of college comes to a close, first-year students are reflecting on their dorm experiences and deciding if they chose the right place to live.
Residential buildings on Joe Hammer Square in South Oakland.

Students, SGB share tips for finding housing in Oakland

By Adrienne Cahillane, Senior Staff Writer • November 15, 2023
For many students, November is a month filled with touring potential apartments and signing leases. Kara Sampson described the process as “challenging.”
Rally organizers hold up a banner that says “Nike stole $800K from Pitt Apparel workers, Pitt is complicit” at a rally in support of the Hong Seng Worker/Student Solidarity Campaign in front of the Cathedral of Learning on Tuesday afternoon.

Photos: Rally to End Wage Theft

By Amaya Lobato Rivas, Assistant Visual Editor • November 15, 2023

Around 20 students and community members gathered at a rally in support of the Hong Seng Worker/Student Solidarity Campaign in front of the Cathedral of Learning on Tuesday afternoon. The rally organizers...

Students participate in programming for the OLLI Program.

Pitt’s OLLI program offers educational opportunities to retirees ‘50 years and better’

By Briana Bindus, Staff Writer • November 14, 2023

Some people look forward to a life of relaxation after retirement without considering the extent of free time that comes with it.  One way to spend that newfound free time is through taking courses...

Posters of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas after its attack on Israel last month on the outside wall of Amos Hall in the Schenley Quadrangle.

University addresses removal of Israeli hostage posters

By Ryleigh Lord, News Editor • November 14, 2023
In areas around campus such as the Quad, University personnel have taken down “missing person” posters of Israeli hostages as they violate the University’s signage policies, according to a spokesperson.
Speakers at the “How Does Race Manifest in National Security” event on Friday.

Matiangai Sirleaf and Jaya Ramji-Nogales discuss relationship between race and national security

By Spencer Levering, Senior Staff Writer • November 13, 2023

When Sheila Vélez Martínez asked Matiangai Sirleaf to explain the connection between race and national security, she emphasized how closely related the two topics truly are. “Race has always been...

Candles arranged in the shape of the Star of David under the tent at Schenley Plaza on Friday.

Candlelight vigil commemorates hostages taken, lives lost in Israel

By Spencer Levering, Senior Staff Writer • November 12, 2023
A display of 1,500 electric candles arranged in a Star of David formation illuminated the tent in Schenley Plaza on Friday and Saturday night as Jewish students and community members celebrated the start and end of Shabbat through song, food and drinks.
Peoples Oakland, located at the corner of Bates and Zulema streets, has provided social and psychiatric rehabilitation services since 1974.

Peoples Oakland offers expansive social services, despite funding challenges

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer • November 10, 2023

JJ Walker frequents Peoples Oakland for its mediation rooms and recovery groups, but to him, the little-known nonprofit at the corner of Bates and Zulema streets is more than a hub for social services.  “The...

Deena Eldaour, an organizer of the rally, speaks at the protest calling for an immediate end to the siege on Gaza on CMU’s campus on Thursday afternoon.

Student walkout, rally shows support for Palestine

By Spencer Levering, Senior Staff Writer • November 10, 2023
About 200 people participated in a walkout called “Shut it Down for Palestine” to show support for Palestinians on Thursday afternoon. Students and community members met at the “Walking to the Sky” sculpture on Carnegie Mellon University’s campus to hear speakers voice their thoughts on the ongoing Israeli attacks on Palestinians.
Speakers at the Preserving Democracy event on Wednesday.

‘Each one of us has a role to play’: Distinguished members of PA politics discuss protecting US democracy

By Abby Lipold, Staff Writer • November 10, 2023

Amanda Green-Hawkins said the images from the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol in 2021 “keep [her] up at night.” “I think that we've taken our democracy for granted,” Green-Hawkins, a voter-protection...

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