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Lighting the way: Pitt women celebrate 95th Lantern Night

In 1920, Pitt held its first Lantern Night in an Oakland home hoping to instill pride in female students and offset the savagery of college men. Now, 95 years later, walls can’t contain number of Pitt...

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Email lists and League of Legends: Students hit Petersen Events Center for Activities Fair

By Chidi Nwakpuda / Staff Writer August 31, 2015

Unlike other Pitt students, sophomore Isaac Goss loves getting emails from student groups and can’t wait for them to drown his Pitt inbox. Goss and hoards of other freshman students attended the Pitt...

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Walk the Moon to headline Fall Fest

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor August 31, 2015

Pitt’s Program Council scouted its Fall Fest performer options well this year. The PPC booked Walk the Moon to headline Pitt’s annual Fall Fest a little more than a month before the indie pop band’s...

Pitt gets WiFi upgrade

By Mark Pesto / Senior Staff Writer August 31, 2015

For students who bought a new phone, tablet or laptop since last spring, Pitt’s Wi-Fi just got a lot faster. Pitt’s Computing Services and Systems Development created a supplemental wireless network...

$5 pizza goes 6 feet under

By Emily Brindley / Staff Writer August 31, 2015

When Malek Ameli-Grillon found out that Antoon’s raised the price of a large cheese pizza to $6, plus tax, he was devastated. College life, as he knew it, was ruined. “Who carries $6.42 on them? $5...

The Pitt News guide to the 2016 presidential candidates

By Mark Pesto / Senior Staff Writer August 30, 2015

At the close of July, 22 presidential hopefuls — 17 Republicans and five Democrats — had entered the 2016 race. The Pitt News spoke with Jonathan Woon, a political science professor at Pitt, and Bert...

Korean Nationality Room: Hand-carved, shipped and almost ready

Korean Nationality Room: Hand-carved, shipped and almost ready

By Amrita Beaudine / For The Pitt News August 30, 2015

It has taken nearly nine years and $850,000, but Pitt is almost ready to unveil its latest Nationality Room. The Korean Heritage Room is the newest addition to the Cathedral of Learning Nationality Rooms,...

A bank employee at a branch of Eurobank in central Athens tries to calm the tempers of account holders having to queue and slowly, selectively be allowed inside the bank on Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (Chris Stowers/Zuma Press/TNS)

Around the World: Greece

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a new series called Around the World, in which The Pitt News breaks down world news with the help of local experts to give you the low down on what’s going on...

After Year of Sustainability, Pitt stays focused on being green

After Year of Sustainability, Pitt stays focused on being green

By Chidi Nwakpuda / For The Pitt News August 30, 2015

Pitt faculty and campus organizations are calling on its students to go green this year — right down to their tools. Coming off its first-ever Year of Sustainability, a year-long initiative meant to...

Pill Problem: UPMC leads antibiotic overuse research

By Annemarie Carr / For The Pitt News August 30, 2015

You may want to rethink asking your healthcare provider for an antibiotic at the first sniffle. Launched in June, UPMC, the University of Wisconsin and the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine...

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