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Students perform cultural dances on Sunday

By Jeff Ahearn / Assistant Visual Editor • April 5, 2015

Shake it off: Rainbow Alliance hosts drag show

By Elizabeth Lepro / Staff Writer • April 5, 2015

Wondering what clothes to wear, Dylan Dickhersoon consulted the audience on whether it preferred red or black before he left the stage to slip into something more comfortable.Ten minutes later after the...

Students learn about homelessness

By Heather Tennant / Staff Photographer • April 2, 2015

Homelessness simulation provides insight

By Mark Pesto / For The Pitt News • April 2, 2015

Carson Derrow gets enough to eat and has a place to sleep at night, but, yesterday, he learned how to survive on the streets with just $15 and a backpack. Derrow, a sophomore neuroscience major, is one...

Pitt tightens Greek life eligibility requirements

By Harrison Kaminsky and Dale Shoemaker / The Pitt News Staff • April 2, 2015

Under new requirements, Pitt will now bar many first-semester freshmen from joining Greek life. With a focus on “academic excellence,” Pitt’s Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life said in a release...

Rainbow Voices talent show

By Theo Schwarz / Visual Editor • April 1, 2015

Pitt to circulate national sexual assault survey

By Dale Shoemaker / Assistant News Editor • April 1, 2015

Pitt announced Monday that it will survey students as part of a national campaign to measure the frequency of sexual assault on campus. Pitt is participating in a survey from Association of American Universitie...

Lee Daniels lecture cancelled after scheduling conflict

By Harrison Kaminsky / News Editor • April 1, 2015

Academy Award-nominated director and producer Lee Daniels will not come to Pitt after all, Pitt Program Council announced Wednesday.Daniels was scheduled to give a PPC-sponsored lecture about his life...

Colorful voices: Rainbow Alliance hosts annual talent show

By Elizabeth Lepro and Dale Shoemaker / The Pitt News Staff • April 1, 2015

At Brandon Benjamin’s first “Rainbow Voices” event his freshman year, he professed his love for a boy. At this year’s “Rainbow Voices,” Benjamin, now a senior, read a letter from Peter, a...

Turn down for what: WHO releases hearing loss report

By Gabriel Naccarato / For The Pitt News • April 1, 2015

At the one concert Mackenzie Brown treats herself to each month, she focuses more on enjoying the night than thinking about wearing protective earplugs.“I’m willing, but I would only consider [wearing...