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The Pitt News

Post-Ferguson, expert discusses race in Pittsburgh

By Lauren Wilson / Staff Writer February 25, 2015

With a projector, Professor David Harris displayed images on a projection screen from the 1960s Civil Rights protests. Then, he displayed images from the Ferguson, Mo. protests last year. To Harris, the...

Club sports respond to allocations changes

Club sports respond to allocations changes

By Emma Solak / Staff Writer February 25, 2015

When family members of the Pitt women’s club soccer team open up their mailboxes this semester, they’re going to find more than just bills and catalogs. Because of a significant change in club sports...

SGB Public Meeting

SGB Public Meeting

By Jeff Ahearn / Assistant Visual Editor February 25, 2015

Board discussed reestablishing old committees. 

Board members propose to reestablish disbanded committees

Board members propose to reestablish disbanded committees

By Abbey Reighard / Assistant News Editor February 25, 2015

Two retired Student Government committees may make a comeback under the new Board. At last night’s Student Government Board public meeting, Board members Jacky Chen and Natalie Dall discussed reintroducing...

Take a shot: Students, professionals debate vaccines

Take a shot: Students, professionals debate vaccines

By Anjana Murali / Staff Writer February 25, 2015

Debilitating headache. Sore throat. Five hour naps. The works. For Colleen Hilla, being sick is a perpetual cycle.Hilla gets the flu annually, among other seasonal ailments, and she doesn’t get vaccinated...

Pitt launches crowdfunding platform

By Dale Shoemaker / Assistant News Editor February 23, 2015

Pitt’s Global Public Health Brigades has turned to crowdfunding and selling dates with its members to raise money for a trip to Honduras this summer.“We’re still relatively unknown,” said Alex...

Tell me your secrets: Frank Warren speaks at Pitt

Tell me your secrets: Frank Warren speaks at Pitt

By Jessica Iacullo / Staff Writer February 23, 2015

People send Frank Warren their secrets, and then he spills them to everyone. Roughly 330 students listened to Warren, creator of PostSecret, speak in the William Pitt Union on Tuesday night about his...

Brown professor visits Pitt, speaks about racial disparities

By Alex Leighton / For the Pitt News February 23, 2015

Despite the Hollywood allure of some black actors and musicians, not much has changed for the black community since the Civil Rights Movement, according to Tricia Rose.Black History Month “celebrates...

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