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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Green is the new brown: Pitt to eliminate toilet paper

Green is the new brown: Pitt to eliminate toilet paper

By Lauren Rosenblatt / Staff Writer March 31, 2015

Editor's Note: This story is satirical.Student Government Board, along with student groups, plan to wipe away the most ruthless enemy of Mother Nature: toilet paper.At Tuesday night’s SGB public meeting,...

Search committee to search for committee

Editor's Note: This story is satirical.University administrators are currently seeking members to join a search committee that will then search for members for the search committee that will then search...

Pitt to offer room service

Pitt to offer room service

Editor's Note: This story is satirical.Market To-Go? How about “Market To-Go-and-come-to-you-while-you-rot-away-in-a-twin-XL-bed?”For students living in on-campus housing, Panther Central will now...

Hot damn: Gallagher burns Cathy for insurance money

Hot damn: Gallagher burns Cathy for insurance money

Editor's Note: This story is satirical.Chancellor Gallagher, after almost a year spent focusing on Pitt’s financial stability, let his previous financial plans go up in smoke.Gallagher told sources that...

Uber Pittsburgh to help hire 1 million women

Uber Pittsburgh to help hire 1 million women

By Lauren Wilson / Staff Writer March 30, 2015

On the road ahead, a popular rideshare company may drive straight through the glass ceiling. Uber said this month that it plans to hire 1 million women by 2020 in hopes of “accelerating economic opportunity...

Laverne Cox

March 30, 2015

People and pronouns: Laverne Cox speaks at Pitt

People and pronouns: Laverne Cox speaks at Pitt

By Nerine Sivagnanam / Staff Writer March 30, 2015

Laverne Cox’s identity — and her pronoun — are feminine, and she’s proud of both. Cox, an activist and actress on the hit Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” spoke to about 500 attendees...

Goodies galore: Pitt group gives to low-income children

By Meagan Hart / Staff Writer March 30, 2015

A group of Pitt students hosted a party that included goodie bags, but the guests didn’t take a single one home. On Monday night, Pitt’s chapter of the Food Recovery Heroes hosted a “Birthday Bags...

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