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Lazy days: Southern hospitality rules at Dixie schools

By Emma Solak / Staff Writer • November 16, 2014

Colleges across the country are diving into new recreational facilities — literally. While Pitt offers four on-campus fitness centers — Trees Hall, Baierl Student Recreation Center, Bellefield Hall...

David Hartman’s house

By Nicole Guy / Staff Photographer • November 13, 2014

Flip houses, get money: Freshman turns to fellow students

By Meagan Hart / Staff Writer • November 13, 2014

Dave Hartman spent spring break during his freshman year in the basement of an Oakland house wading through sewage.“I resolved some fairly substantial plumbing problems. It wasn’t exactly Punta Cana,”...

Far and away: some students prefer life well outside of Oakland

By Danah Bialoruski / For The Pitt News • November 13, 2014

The grimy, dingy houses of Oakland aren’t for everyone.Some students trade the convenient location to move further off campus for a variety of reasons. In some cases, they got in the house-hunting game...

Don’t be that guy: How to be a good roommate

By Lauren Rosenblatt / Staff Writer • November 13, 2014

Just months into the semester, charged arguments, passive-aggressive comments and snarky sticky-note messages make way for the opening shots of the roommate wars. “We definitely are at the end of the...

National Society of Black Engineers

By Courtesy of Robert Timmons • November 13, 2014

NSBE is the largest student-governed organization in the US.

Gentrification of Pittsburgh

By Meghan Sunners / Staff Photographer • November 13, 2014

National Society of Black Engineers honored by Mayor

By Cristina Holtzer / News Editor • November 13, 2014

Mayor Bill Peduto officially named Nov. 14 “NSBE Day in Pittsburgh” to recognize the National Society of Black Engineers and its upcoming conference this weekend. NSBE, a nonprofit founded in 1975,...

Neighborhoods in transition: Gentrification hits Pittsburgh

By Brett Wilson / Staff Writer • November 13, 2014

Daniel Stavros of Braddock said Pittsburgh still hasn’t recovered since the city’s steel mills barred their doors. “Even after all this time, we still see many people struggling to make ends meet,...

Living large in the Cathedral suites

By Anjana Murali / Staff Writer • November 13, 2014

The current residents of the Cathedral Suites had no idea what was in store for them as they walked into their new home. With a staircase extending to a second floor loft, a huge living room with ceiling...