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

Q&A: tips from Oakland community group on renting

By Alexa Bakalarski / Assistant News Editor November 18, 2016

Between studying for classes, applying for internships, participating in clubs and finding time for exercise, many Pitt students have another question on their minds: where to live? If students are...

John Hamilton, Senior Staff Photographer

Tips and tricks: what you need to know before you rent

By The Pitt News Staff November 18, 2016

Average cost of an Oakland apartment: Numbers from Pitt’s Office of Off-Campus Living. The average one-bedroom or studio apartment in the Oakland area costs approximately $700 per month in...

Faculty votes on amendments to general education requirements

By Emily Brindley / Assistant News Editor November 18, 2016

Randall Halle wants every Pitt student to learn a foreign language well enough to comfortably navigate daily life in another country. Halle, the Klaus W. Jonas professor of German film and cultural...

Wenhao Wu | Senior Staff Photographer

Renter’s insurance: do student tenants need it?

By Wesley Hood / Staff Writer November 18, 2016

It was Halloween, but Kerry Regan got more of a scare than she was hoping for when an intruder broke into her McKee Place apartment. An intruder burglarized Regan’s apartment in the early hours of...

Violence at protest against student debt, one student arrested

By Wesley Hood / Staff Writer November 17, 2016

Pitt police arrested two people – one who is a Pitt student – during a protest Thursday evening. Police handcuffed three protestors – two female, one masked individual – after they forced entry...

Report shows rise in inmates, more black inmates in Allegheny County Jail

By Alexa Bakalarski / Assistant News Editor November 17, 2016

Rates of incarceration in Allegheny County Jail are rising, partially because large numbers of people are being jailed before conviction, a trend that has caused the region to outpace national averages...

On Nov. 16, Pitt students delivered a letter to Chancellor Gallagher asking he make Pitt a santuary campus | Stephen Caruso | Online Visual Editor

Pitt joins sanctuary campus movement

Around the country Wednesday, including at Pitt, students on college campuses “walked out” of classes in favor of equality and safety from deportation in a country largely divided over immigration...

School of Social Work Dean asks tough questions about race

By Alexa Bakalarski / Assistant News Editor November 17, 2016

Larry Davis first asked himself the question when he was 6 or 7 years old, while he was walking down the street. “If we were slaves, why are they angry with us?” “They,” meaning white people,...

The protest was peaceful, with no arrests and little drama aside from loud chanting of this is what democracy looks like or No KKK, no racist USA, no Trump. Stephen Caruso | Online Visual Editor

Students, community members march for peace and positivity

Pitt students and community members held homemade signs high into the air above the Cathedral lawn –– “Erase hate,” “We all come together,” “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying...

Students learn renters’ rights, laws

By Preena Patel / Staff Writer November 16, 2016

Like many Pitt students, Sam Temples is currently looking for a clean, safe and budget-friendly apartment to rent next year but had no idea how to get this place on her own — until Tuesday afternoon....

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