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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 has one open seat to fill before the end of the month. Photo: Nikki Moriello / Visual Editor

SGB to fill open seat

By Emily Brindley / Staff Writer September 3, 2015

Pitt’s Student Government Board is looking for a student to fill an open Board member seat by the end of September, President Nasreen Harun said. SGB currently has one empty Board member seat to fill...

The Pitt News gets national college journalism nominations

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor September 3, 2015

The Pitt News received four national award nominations from the Associate College Press Wednesday for stories published from June 2014 to June 2015. The ACP named four Pitt News student journalists as...

Photo: Meghan Sunners / Staff Writer

Port Authority to update schedules Sept. 6

By Elizabeth Lepro / Assistant News Editor September 3, 2015

Pitt students should make sure to double-check their bus schedules this holiday weekend. According to a Port Authority release, Port Authority is shifting bus schedules on 37 routes beginning Sunday,...

A Davenport, Iowa, resident puts his ballot in the ballot box at the United Neighbors polling location in Davenport on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. (Kevin E. Schmidt/Quad-City Times/Zuma Press/MCT)

Pennsylvania gets online voter registration

As of last Thursday, Pennsylvania residents can now do one more thing on their laptops and smartphones — register to vote. After realizing a 2002 voter registration amendment already gave them approval,...

The freshmen shuffle: How Pitt deals with an influx of students

The freshmen shuffle: How Pitt deals with an influx of students

By Amy Beaudine / Staff Writer September 2, 2015

Pitt’s chief enrollment officer Marc Harding said trying to exactly predict the freshman class size is “like trying to land a jumbo jet on a dime.” Regardless of the number of applications, the...

SGB to offer lawyer

SGB to offer lawyer

Editor's Note: Attorney Mark Galzerano is no longer consulting with Pitt students through SGB. The current attorneys are Matthew Feinman and Matthew Marcello.   Away from home and combatting a nefarious...

Ninety miles of poems

By Chidi Nwakpuda / Staff Writer September 2, 2015

This fall, a diplomatic gesture following a long, troubled relationship between countries will be available to all in the form of poetry. On Sept. 30, the University of Pittsburgh Press will publish renowned...

Stephen Caruso / Contributing Editor

Pitt feels the Bern

By Kelechi Urama / Staff Writer September 1, 2015

Pitt student Alex Austin “Bern”’d up Oakland on Saturday. To raise support for Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, Austin and other grassroots activists hit the pavement on Aug. 29 for...

Nikki Moriello / Visual Editor

Don’t fear the fine

By Rio Maropis / For The Pitt News September 1, 2015

Will Matthews pays thousands of dollars to attend Pitt, but he did not expect to owe another $1,000 to Hillman Library. Matthews, a senior psychology and communications major, checked out seven books...

Nikki Moriello / Visual Editor

PeopleSoft now portable

By Rio Maropis / For The Pitt News September 1, 2015

In a tech-savvy generation, Peoplesoft needed an upgrade. In July, Pitt released a mobile app for PeopleSoft, a previously web-only platform for students to access class information, academic progress...

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