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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 to build Iranian Nationality Room

By Anjana Murali / Staff Writer May 12, 2015

E. Maxine Bruhns doesn’t like how Iran is portrayed in the U.S., so she’s taking its perception into her own hands. Bruhns is the director of the Nationality Rooms at Pitt and after two unsuccessful...

Pennsylvania Senate seeks to raise minimum wage

Pennsylvania Senate seeks to raise minimum wage

For Josh Orange, making $7.25 per hour, the Pennsylvania minimum wage, is not enough. He wants $15 an hour.At rallies last semester, Orange, a Pitt senior, told the story of growing up in Detroit with...

Dorothy does it again: Pitt’s peregrine falcon hatches 43rd egg on Mother’s Day

Dorothy does it again: Pitt’s peregrine falcon hatches 43rd egg on Mother’s Day

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor May 12, 2015

No one — especially Kate St. John — thought it would happen, but on Mother’s Day, Dorothy the falcon’s 43rd egg hatched.Dorothy is a peregrine falcon that nests on top of the Cathedral of Learning....

Pitt, United Way to hire more disabled youth

For many young disabled people in Pittsburgh, life comes to a halt after high school. “We call it graduating to the couch,” Mary Hartley, who works with local charity 21 and Able, said. “[These...

Greg Walters

Greg Walters

By Photo Courtesy of Adam Wolff May 5, 2015

Greg Walters (right) with his Pi Kappa Phi "big brother" Adam Wolff (left)

From print, to online, to Flickr: the state of Pitt’s yearbook

When it comes to memories at Pitt, a web-based photo platform has beaten out the hard copy of the yearbook.Last November, Student Affairs and Student Government Board made the decision to reallocate approximately...

Family, fraternity honor late student Greg Walters

Family, fraternity honor late student Greg Walters

On the first day of fraternity rush, Gregory Walters wore a dressy L.L. Bean vest over his button-down shirt. It was also one of Greg’s first days at Pitt, and the other fraternity brothers thought he...

The toll of twenty-six point two

The toll of twenty-six point two

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor May 5, 2015

At the starting line Sunday morning, Pitt students Kimberly Goehring and Shea McMurtry were worried their feet and ankles might not hold up.Goehring and McMurtry lined up in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh...

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