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Pitt students address sexual assault through art

By Jessica Iacullo / Staff Writer • March 4, 2015

Two Pitt graduate students are combating sexual assault on college campuses, armed with a paper chain that could one day span the height of the Cathedral of Learning. The chain is made out of colored...

Pitt’s got some ‘Schmutz’

By Abbey Reighard / Assistant News Editor • March 4, 2015

Only one person attended Schmutz’s weekly meeting last night — its founder. But she’s not too worried about the low attendance.“People come if they feel like it,” Jessie Kast, who founded the...

Vernon E. Jordan

By Meghan Sunners / Staff Photographer • March 3, 2015

A look back to move forward

By Lauren Rosenblatt / Staff Writer • March 3, 2015

On May 30, 1980, a white supremacist shot Vernon E. Jordan in the back in Fort Wayne, Ind.The first telegraph he opened after his surgery was from George C. Wallace, then-governor of Alabama whose campaign...

Changin’ times: Port Authority adjusts bus schedules

By Dale Shoemaker and Abbey Reighard / The Pitt News Staff • March 3, 2015

In coming weeks, Pittsburgh Port Authority will adjust the schedules of 22 bus routes, more than 11 of which run through Oakland.Effective Sunday, March 15, the changes are part of four annual service...

Step Show

By Nate Smith / Staff Photographer • March 1, 2015

Honors Convocation

By Nicole Gye / Staff Photographer • March 1, 2015

Gallagher officially installed as Chancellor

By Alex Leighton / Staff Writer • March 1, 2015

Patrick Gallagher’s long wait finally came to an end with his official installation as Pitt’s 18th chancellor by the Board of Trustees.Although Gallagher assumed the role of chancellor in August, he...

Students step for heritage, competition

By Alex Leighton / Staff Writer • March 1, 2015

As fraternities’ and sororities’ shouts drowned out the announcer, Alpha Phi Alpha stomped its way to triumph in superhero garb.Pitt’s National Pan-Hellenic Council, the Interfraternity Council and...

Board of Trustees grants new authority, officially installs Humphrey

By Dale Shoemaker / Assistant News Editor • February 28, 2015

The Student Affairs Committee of Pitt’s Board of Trustees can now recommend mandatory fee increases directly to the Budget Committee.At its public meeting in the William Pitt Union on Feb. 27, the Board...