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

The controversial statue is located in Schenley Park and next to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. (Photo by Kyleen Considine | Visual Editor)

Pitt students, professors respond to Stephen Foster statue

By Rachel Glasser | News Editor August 31, 2017

When Laurence Glasco traveled to China in 1989, a Chinese band played for the group of visiting Americans and struck up a medley of Stephen Foster songs. “I said to them, ‘Gee, you know, you don’t...

Thai Hana is expected to reopen on Saturday, September second. (Photo by Kyleen Considine | Visual Editor)

Thai Hana temporarily closed until violations resolved

By Janine Faust | Assistant News Editor August 31, 2017

The Allegheny County Health Department issued a consumer alert for Thai Hana and Sushi Bar Tuesday. According to the ACHD, the presence of roaches, flies and bags of rice infested by moths were among...

Grad student organizers project their campaigns logo on the Cathedral.(Photo courtesy of Brennan Chambre)

Student organizers react to admin’s union oppositon

Rachel Coombs was conducting research in a biology lab in late July when she found herself enraged by an email from Pitt Provost Patricia Beeson. Coombs, a Ph.D. student studying biological sciences,...

Sejla Jukic (Left) and John Talley (Right), both RAs at Holland, stand at the door that separates the North side and South side of Holland. (Photo by Wenhao Wu | Assistant Visual Editor)

Men move in: Holland Hall goes co-ed

By Janine Faust | Assistant News Editor August 30, 2017

Rosina Roccamo has only lived in Holland Hall for about a week and has yet to exchange words with a guy on her floor. “I know it’s gone co-ed, but it’s not, like, super co-ed,” Roccamo said,...

SGB Vice President and Chief of Cabinet, Krish Patel (middle), speaks at the first SGB meeting of the semester. (Photo by Thomas Yang / Staff Photographer)

SGB welcomes new students

By Nolan Roosa | Staff Writer August 30, 2017

After filing into Nordy’s Place in matching navy t-shirts Tuesday night, Student Government Board President Max Kneis and his fellow board members had to quiet down the room, packed to the brim with...

Atwood Streets Garage Door Saloon hosts karaoke nights every Tuesday. (Photo by Anna Bongardino | Assistant Visual Editor)

Students sing karaoke’s praises

By Luke Stambaugh | Staff Writer August 29, 2017

Walking down Atwood Street on a Tuesday night, Oakland residents may feel a certain energy radiating from the Garage Door Saloon as a line covers the block and a familiar mix of singing voices and screams...

On Monday night, the closest truck to campus, according to Mobile Nom, was Hoshi--located across from Towers on Bouquet Street. (Photo by Anna Bongardino | Assistant Visual Editor)

Pitt grads create food truck tracker

By Janine Faust | Assistant News Editor August 28, 2017

Paul Landry is a foodie on the move who likes food on the move. That’s why he found himself driving from his home near the Pittsburgh International Airport to Shadyside one evening in 2013 in pursuit...

Susan Rogers is no longer employed as Pitts  Vice Chancellor for Communications. (Photo via the University of Pittsburgh)

Pitt’s vice chancellor for communications leaves University

Susan Rogers — who was appointed Pitt’s vice chancellor for communications just 18 months ago — is no longer employed by the University of Pittsburgh, a spokesperson confirmed Monday.  After...

Students dress up as popular cartoon and movie characters in The Imagination Project, a new club at Pitt. (Photo Courtesy of Allie Saltzman)

Superheroes, sewing and script: Pitt clubs find creative ways to serve

By Grant Burgman | Staff Writer August 28, 2017

With the addition of three new service clubs at Pitt, students can dress up, write letters or sew — all while giving back to the local or international community. These clubs offer creative alternatives...

The ceremony was held in Heinz Memorial Chapel. (Photo by Wenhao Wu | Assistant Visual Editor)

Lanterns light the way for legacies at Pitt

Alka Patel, alumna and keynote speaker at Pitt’s lantern night ceremony, said she was sure the young women in the audience were feeling a number of emotions — excitement, nervousness and maybe even...

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