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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Students gather at Nordy's for the latest open student forum of the semester on Tuesday night.  Kate Koenig | Staff Photographer

SGB co-hosts forum

After months of back and forth, Student Government Board and University administration offered a tangible — yet controversial — solution to including students in Pitt’s Strategic Plan. Following...

Civilians gather to fight for an increase in the minimum wage at a rally downtown on Tuesday.  Dale Shoemaker | News Editor

The fight continues

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor November 11, 2015

With official action coming yesterday morning and a rally descending upon Downtown in the evening, the fight for a $15 minimum wage bookended in Pittsburgh. Amid a national discussion about workers’...

A Port Authority bus struck a Pitt student on Monday morning. | TPN file photo.

Port Authority bus hits Pitt student

By Elizabeth Lepro / Assistant News Editor November 10, 2015

Port Authority Police is investigating what happened before a Port Authority bus hit a Pitt student on Fifth Avenue Tuesday afternoon. The student stepped into the bus lane to cross Fifth Avenue toward...

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto during his campaign in 2013.

Peduto orders City to raise minimum wage

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor November 10, 2015

Amid a national discussion about workers’ pay and the federal minimum wage, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto has issued an executive order requiring the City to pay all its workers at least $15 per hour....

Patient Mary Jo Tye, left, has just undergone radiation therapy with the linear accelerator in the radiation treatment room, assisted by Katie Rose, radiation therapist, at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, February 20, 2007. (Karen Sherlock/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/MCT)

UPMC researcher advocates for radiation therapy

By Priya Chandrasekaran / For The Pitt News November 10, 2015

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network paints a straightforward picture of the best lymphoma treatments, but recent UPMC research found that reality doesn’t reflect this depiction. Dr. John Austin...

Pitt student found dead over weekend

A Pitt student passed away on Saturday, Nov. 7. He was 25. Chris Beel was pronounced dead at 12:23 p.m. at the Intensive Care Unit of Allegheny General Hospital from cardiac arrest due to an accidental...

A reception guest takes a photo of one of the pieces of art in “Exposure: Black Voices in the Arts.” Meghan Sunners | Senior Staff Photographer

Black artists reclaim museum space

By Emily Migdal / For The Pitt News November 10, 2015

What a Pitt art exhibit was ­­­­­and was not sparked discussion Monday night, making space for the weighty absence of diversity in art galleries nationwide. On Monday, Nov. 9, students from the Museum...

Students perform in the Dance or Die show on Friday night.  Wenhao Wu | Staff Photographer

Pitt students ‘dance or die’

By Chidi Nwakpuda / Staff Writer November 8, 2015

As Pitt dancer Tim Joy performed a self-choreographed piece, he decided to forgo feet and walked across the stage on only his hands to a chorus of laughter from audience members. Joy, a junior pre-education...

Student finds insect in Market food

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor November 8, 2015

Sodexo and Pitt are investigating how a maggot-like insect infected a plate of pasta Friday at Market Central. Pitt student John Buchner, under the handle @Johnny_JBe, tweeted out a video at 1:58 p.m....

Pitt staff discuss implementing strategic plan

By Emily Migdal / For The Pitt News November 8, 2015

After weeks of student-led discussion, faculty and staff had their turn to comment on the Pitt administration’s proposed strategic plan Friday in the William Pitt Union. On Friday, Nov. 6, the Staff...

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