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Barney dismissed from her role as Elections Chair

By Pitt News File Photo • November 2, 2014

The Board voted to remove Elections Chair Lauren Barney from her position on Friday.

Experts urge students to vote for more than presidents

By Kathy Zhao / Staff Writer • November 2, 2014

Pitt students who are registered to vote this election day, Nov. 4, may fill out an absentee ballot or will vote in person at their local polling place. If, that is, they can even be bothered to do so.Ron...

Board boots elections chair

By Cristina Holtzer and Harrison Kaminsky / The Pitt News Staff • November 2, 2014

While the candidates are clamoring for seats on the Student Government Board, the Elections Committee Chair has lost hers in a way she deems unjust.The SGB dismissed Elections Chair Lauren Barney from...

Pitt Paranormal Activity

By TPN File Photo • October 30, 2014

The Early American Room in the Cathedral is one of Pitt's multiple haunted locations.

Ghosts of Pittsburgh

By Jesseca Muslin / Staff Writer • October 30, 2014

Halloween means ghosts, spirits and things that go bump in the night — or things that go bump in broad daylight while Pitt students are sitting in class. All Hallow’s Eve is a night when the spirits...

Pittsburgh named top spot for trick-or-treating

By Emma Solak / Staff Writer • October 30, 2014

Don’t keep your light on during Halloween? Shame on you. Pittsburgh is now one of America’s most “trick-or-treatable” cities.Zillow, a home and real estate marketplace that gathers and shares data...

Business schools to create new scholarship

By Harrison Kaminsky / Assistant News Editor • October 29, 2014

Two new scholarships will be available for business students after a family-owned, Pittsburgh-based realty company donated $1 million to Pitt.The Howard Hanna family donated the money last week to the...

New movie studio to open in McKees Rocks

By Kathy Zhao / Staff Writer • October 29, 2014

A transition from Steeltown to an eastern Tinseltown may be on Pittsburgh’s horizon with the construction of a new film studio that began last week.Island Studios EXP broke ground for the project on...

SGB announces public support for Holocaust remembrance event

By Dale Shoemaker / Staff Writer • October 28, 2014

The Student Government Board introduced a resolution Tuesday night that will voice their public support for an interactive art display hosted by Pitt’s Hillel Jewish Student Union.The display, which...

Sustainability in Towers

By TPN File Photo • October 28, 2014

Students worked to create a sustainability project for Towers.