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

Shawn Jackson, a senior computer science major, works as a student employee at the Teaching Center. For his first VR experience, he used Star Chart, a constellation simulation. Elaina Zachos | Visual Editor

Going Virtual

By Brady Langmann | Culture Editor December 8, 2016

Michael Arenth reached for his goggles, strapped them to his head with a rubber band and embarked on a trip 6,000 miles away. He sat in the back of a bumpy brown canoe and watched the bony arms of a 9-year-old...

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

Pitt faculty petitions for sanctuary campus

With a new petition, Pitt professors are asking the administration to proactively protect undocumented students. Assistant English professor Peter Campbell and English professor Sarah Leavens spearheaded...

Police arrest two men for Meyran Avenue burglary

By Emily Brindley / Assistant News Editor December 7, 2016

After the 23rd burglary in Oakland this semester occurred last week, police have arrested two men for this most recent incident. Pittsburgh police arrested 18-year-old Jamal Kyte-Saverly and an unnamed...

Pitt hires psychiatrist

By Lauren Rosenblatt / News Editor December 7, 2016

Even as students complained that Pitt hadn’t hired replacement psychiatrists to staff its Counseling Center, it appears administrators had actually — and quietly — filled one of the open positions....

Former Pitt international student cheats, faces deportation

By Lauren Rosenblatt / News Editor December 7, 2016

Pitt alum Han Tong was sentenced on Monday to three years probation and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after a Western Pennsylvania district court determined he took part in...

President Natalie Dall led the Student Government Boards last meeting of the year on Tuesday evening | William Miller, Senior Staff Photographer

SGB proposes gender neutral elections code

By Leo Dornan / Staff Writer December 7, 2016

Student Government Board ended 2016 with an eye toward future projects in January:  introducing the new First Year Council and proposing a new bill that makes the elections code clearer and more progressive. Board...

NPR correspondent Cokie Roberts spoke Tuesday night about Trump and the election. | Stephen Caruso, Senior Staff Photographer

NPR correspondent Cokie Roberts talks Trump, election

By Rebecca Peters / Staff Writer December 7, 2016

Cokie Roberts wants it on the record that she thought Donald Trump would win from the beginning. Roberts, a veteran reporter at National Public Radio and author of four books about women’s role during...

Members of the Fossil Free Pitt Coalition set up a cardboard “pipeline” in the Cathedral Monday. Stephen Caruso | Senior Staff Photographer

At Cathedral, Fossil Free Pitt Coalition calls for divestment

By Janine Faust / Staff Writer December 6, 2016

A thin, cardboard oil pipeline roughly 200 feet long stretched along the slate floor of the Cathedral Commons for about 20 minutes on Monday morning. Students had constructed the “pipeline” out...

Hillary Clinton campaigns at Pitt on the day before the 2016 election. Dagmar Seppala | Staff Photographer

Allegheny County, Jill Stein question Trump win

By Lauren Rosenblatt / News Editor December 6, 2016

After an election that mystified many predictions, Jill Stein and other Pennsylvania state and county representatives are leading a fight to verify the results. Stein, who ran for the presidency as...

Jordan Mondell / Assistant Visual Editor

Despite concerns, Title IX Coordinator says sexual assault services will continue under Trump

By Nikita Karulkar / Staff Writer December 5, 2016

When Vice President Joe Biden visited Pitt in April, encouraging students to fight rape culture on campus, he was speaking during a year that seemed promising for the future of sexual assault services...

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