The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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

Service workers demand higher wages at panel

Service workers demand higher wages at panel

By Dale Shoemaker / Assistant News Editor February 27, 2015

They talked and, later, chanted, but they knew it wasn’t enough.Roughly 200 service workers — including janitors, security guards, fast food workers, students, professors and community members —...

Students, activists discuss climate change

By Anjana Murali / Staff Writer February 27, 2015

Reverend Lennox Yearwood lived through Hurricane Katrina and lost loved ones to the storm. Even without the devastation of the area, he says, his home state would still be called Cancer Alley, with water...

Sorority holds discussion on labels, sexuality

Sorority holds discussion on labels, sexuality

By Alex Leighton / For The Pitt News February 27, 2015

For Charlotte Frazier, labels don’t always tell the whole truth.Twenty-six students convened around a conference table Thursday night to talk about gender, labels and equality. Zeta Sigma Chi, a multicultural...

The Pitt News wins Student Keystone Awards

By Harrison Kaminsky / News Editor February 26, 2015

The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association awarded The Pitt News for four pieces in separate categories from 2014 on Wednesday. The Association’s 2015 Student Keystone Awards contest recognized “high...

Post-Ferguson, expert discusses race in Pittsburgh

By Lauren Wilson / Staff Writer February 26, 2015

With a projector, Professor David Harris displayed images on a projection screen from the 1960s Civil Rights protests. Then, he displayed images from the Ferguson, Mo. protests last year. To Harris, the...

Club sports respond to allocations changes

Club sports respond to allocations changes

By Emma Solak / Staff Writer February 26, 2015

When family members of the Pitt women’s club soccer team open up their mailboxes this semester, they’re going to find more than just bills and catalogs. Because of a significant change in club sports...

SGB Public Meeting

SGB Public Meeting

By Jeff Ahearn / Assistant Visual Editor February 25, 2015

Board discussed reestablishing old committees. 

Board members propose to reestablish disbanded committees

Board members propose to reestablish disbanded committees

By Abbey Reighard / Assistant News Editor February 25, 2015

Two retired Student Government committees may make a comeback under the new Board. At last night’s Student Government Board public meeting, Board members Jacky Chen and Natalie Dall discussed reintroducing...

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