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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

Pitt Police investigating campus dumpster fires

Pitt Police investigating campus dumpster fires

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor May 29, 2015

Pitt Police are investigating the cause of multiple fires set this week in dumpsters and garbage cans on lower campus.Police responded to calls about the fires from 11:22 p.m. Wednesday until approximately...

How to get the most pizza for your peso

How to get the most pizza for your peso

By Alex Ryan, Production Manager May 28, 2015

Pizza is a staple of college life, especially in Oakland. But which shop offers the most pizza for the least of your pocket change? To obtain this data, we calculated the area of each pizza and divided...

How to eat healthy in college: A Q&A with a dietitian

The Pitt News: How exactly do you define healthy eating?Elizabeth Ruder: I would say that a healthy diet is one that incorporates a variety of foods. It’s not just short lists of good foods and bad foods....

Faith in the Steel City: Religion on campus

By Emma Solak / Staff Writer May 28, 2015

After years of having their parents decide whether or not they went to church or religious services, many Pitt students are actively taking part in religious organizations of their own accord, and the...

Activism and attitudes: Politics at Pitt

Activism and attitudes: Politics at Pitt

By Mark Pesto / Staff Writer May 28, 2015

In 1970, Paul Finkelman tied a headband around his forehead that read ‘Strike’ and joined hundreds of other students at Syracuse University protesting the Vietnam War. “[The political environment]...

After cuts, Pitt announces Year of the Humanities

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor May 28, 2015

After drastic cuts last year, Pitt will seek to resurrect the humanities.Last year, Pitt cut its religious studies graduate program and suspended admission to its German and classics graduate programs....

It’s cool to be queer: LGBT community strong at Pitt

By Alexis Mazzeo / For the Pitt News May 28, 2015

After Ben Wahlberg wore their first dress, they finally understood themselves.It took until their junior year, but after Wahlberg, who is genderqueer and prefers the pronoun “they,” wore that first...

From far away lands: How students cope with distance

By Mark Pesto / Staff Writer May 28, 2015

When he was a Pitt freshman two years ago, Manoj Narava was 2,500 miles from home.“I wanted to try something new,” he said.Last fall, Narava was part of the nearly 30 percent of Pitt’s undergraduate...

Formalities first: How to talk to your professors

The incoming freshmen class will have no trouble sending text messages and writing tweets, but when it comes to composing an email, experience has proven it to be a harder task. According to Pitt professors,...

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