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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

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Candidate count

By Emily Migdal / For The Pitt News October 9, 2015
In the race for king and queen, candidates need a kingdom of support if they want to win. Voting for homecoming court opened for all students Oct. 8 and ends Oct. 9 at noon. This year, there are 15 candidates — seven for king and eight for queen. Five of the candidates are running with social Greek life endorsements, three women and two men, according to Blue and Gold Society President Megan Schlegelmilch.In the past five years, four of the kings and queens, 40 percent of all winners, have had G
Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Protecting Panther Hollow

Carlino Giampolo, the unofficial mayor of Oakland, has loved his community for more than thirty years, which is why he’s fighting the city’s most recent expansion project and pledging to “Save Panther...

Kissing for keeps at Heinz Chapel

Kissing for keeps at Heinz Chapel

October 8, 2015
When Bill Young overheard a Pitt Pathfinder telling a student about the legend of Heinz Chapel, he thought the legend was a myth.The young director of Communication Services at Pitt listened as a tour guide told a prospective student and his grandparents that couples who kiss on the steps of Heinz Chapel are destined to wed there and enjoy a long marriage.The elderly couple turned to each other with knowing smiles. “It’s absolutely true,” the grandparents, who wed in the Chapel, said.Even though
Students made their own signs to protest pro-life demonstrations on campus. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Lepro.

Planned Parenthood demonstrations spark debate

Students on both sides of the Planned Parenthood debate demonstrated today on the William Pitt Union lawn. Students for Life of America, a national organization, and Choose Life at Pitt, a Pitt student...

Paulina Hagedorny | Staff Photographer

Pitt Board of Trustees approves construction, renovation money

By Annemarie Carr / Staff Writer October 8, 2015

While students will benefit from new elevators in Sutherland Hall, construction workers and the city can benefit from the process of renovating them. Renovations, which will include making the elevators...

Officer Steven Piel and his bomb sniffing dog, Radar, check cars outside of Fellowship Chapel in Detroit, Michigan, after there were rumors of a bomb threat, Wednesday, April 19, 2006. ( Susan Tusa/Detroit Free Press/KRT)

Give it the sniff test: Pitt to study olfactory senses

By Megan Tingley / For The Pitt News October 8, 2015

A rescue dog approaches a building collapsed into a pile of rubble. It has one mission: find a missing person. How does it know where to walk? The goal of a Pitt-led, multi-institutional project is to...

Pitt business school turns twenty

On its 20th birthday, Pitt’s College of Business Administration has 2,000 more students, three more majors and three more certificate programs than when it first started. Pitt’s CBA meets the occasion,...

SGB swears in ninth member

SGB swears in ninth member

By Lauren Wilson / Staff Writer October 7, 2015

Four months after the position became available — and one month into the school year — Robert Tessier has filled the empty seat at Pitt Student Government Board’s table. Deferring most individual...

Meghan Sunners | Senior Staff Photographer

Students question Pitt’s plan following open forum

Students said they came for answers and received a sales pitch at the University’s open student forum Tuesday. On Tuesday, Oct. 6, Pitt hosted an Open Student Forum from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the William...

Students sign their names in support of the Habitat for Humanity pledge to help create a better world.  Kate Koenig | Staff Photographer

World Habitat Day’s Pitt debut

By Casey Schmauder / For The Pitt News October 6, 2015

Pitt’s Habitat for Humanity handed out Skittles and M&M packages Monday, but the messages on the candy wrappers were not so sweet. “By 2030, UN-HABITAT, [United Nations Human Settlements Program]...

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