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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

SGB polls open today: What you need to know

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor March 1, 2016

The polls are officially open for the 2016 Student Government Board election. It’s the first SGB election since the fall of 2014, when the Board passed a referendum to align its terms with the academic...

Matt Sykes (Photo by Jordan Mondell | Staff Photographer)

Presidential snapshot: Matt Sykes

By Leo Dornan / Staff Writer March 1, 2016

With five semesters of Student Government Board under his belt, Matthew Sykes has his eyes on the President’s gavel. Starting in his first year of college, the senior industrial engineering major first...

Emily Hower | Layout Editor

Candidate count: As the number of SGB candidates dwindles, students are left without a choice

By Lauren Wilson / Staff Writer February 29, 2016

For the third year in a row, Student Government Board elections aren’t much of a competition. Tuesday’s ballot will show only eight candidates running for eight Board seats and two candidates vying...

Terrance Hayes speaks after receiving his award.  Will Miller | Staff Photographer

Hayes receives honorary doctorate at Honors Convocation

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer February 29, 2016

In the eyes of Terrance Hayes, language is a feisty animal, and he is just a student who wrestles with it. In honor of Hayes’ success in taming that beast, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher awarded the poet...

Kate Koenig | Visual Editor

Students, community members march to raise minimum wage

By Andrew O'Brien / Staff Writer February 29, 2016

Pitt students and community members marched through campus to protest minimum wage and student debt Friday. United Students Against Sweatshops, a nationwide student-led labor activism group with a chapter...

Bernie Sanders supporters marched from Oakland to downtown Saturday morning.  Kate Koenig | Visual Editor

Sanders supporters rally in Oakland and Downtown

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer February 29, 2016

Pitt senior Sisto Campana and his parents showed support for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday morning, the same day of the South Carolina Democratic primary. The March for Bernie started...

Interactive Crime Map for Feb. 19-26

By The Pitt News Staff February 29, 2016

Here is the crime and other Pitt police activity for Feb. 19-26: Friday, Feb. 19, 2016 10:44 p.m. Litchfield Tower A. Pitt police issued one citation for underage drinking. 11:40 p.m. Fifth Avenue...

Kenyon Bonner looks out the window during his public interview Tuesday afternoon. Dale Shoemaker | News Editor

Pitt names Kenyon Bonner new Dean

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor February 26, 2016

After months serving in the position, Kenyon Bonner is now settling into his vice provost and dean of students office. More than a year after the job opened, Pitt appointed Kenyon Bonner, the former interim...

Dale Shoemaker | News Editor

City launches redevelopment for West Oakland, Uptown

By Lauren Wilson / Staff Writer February 26, 2016

If the ideas they wrote on sticky notes are any indication, residents of Uptown and West Oakland know exactly what they want in their neighborhoods. On chalkboards, large maps and interactive cardboard...

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