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

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....

Jordan Mondell, Assistant Visual Editor and Emily Brindley, Assistant News Editor

Pitt study shows buses main source of diesel pollution

By Lauren Rosenblatt / News Editor November 16, 2016

Although public transportation like Pittsburgh’s Port Authority reduce the total number of vehicles on the road, the emissions from its buses are still a leading contributor to air pollution Downtown,...

Board member Alyssa Laguerta discussed a new campaign for womens health on Tuesday | Will Miller, Senior Staff Photographer

SGB hints at opioid initiative, few details available

By Lauren Rosenblatt / News Editor November 16, 2016

Along with a slate of other initiatives, Student Government Board announced Tuesday night that Pitt is planning to launch an opioid abuse recovery program for students. Wellness Chair Malcolm Juring...

Pitt junior Sana Mahmood breaks the stereotype that Muslim women should dress and act in certain ways | Katie Krater, Staff Photographer

Students break boards, stereotypes during Islam Awareness Week

When Esra Daghestani entered public school for the first time in ninth grade, she couldn’t wait to participate in the lab portion of her physical sciences class. Daghestani, who is Muslim and wears...

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