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Rappers focus lyrical talent on addressing social issues

By Lauren Bauschard / Staff Writer • May 28, 2014

Matt Hyre started making his own music under the name T.K. KAVI when he was in high school. He wanted to create narrations through music that tell a story based on the ideals of conscious rapping —...

Thrift stores a cheaper way to update your wardrobe

By Raechelle Landers / Staff Writer • May 28, 2014

While college students’ expenses for textbooks and rent can be pricey, the pressure to wear trendy new outfits on weekends only stretches the bill. For many students, shopping secondhand is the solution...

Protecting tech devices and identity one and the same

By Harrison Kaminsky / Assistant News Editor • May 28, 2014

When Caci Krieger was preparing for a night out on frat row with a group of friends, losing her iPhone 4 was not part of the plan. “I had it in my pocket all night and was dancing when I realized it...

QUIT program helps students kick smoking habits

By Abbey Reighard / Staff Writer • May 28, 2014

After smoking cigarettes for about a year and a half, Veronica Hill decided it was time to quit.Hill, a senior nursing major, said she decided to quit on her birthday last December. The process took “no...

MOOCs offer affordable way to pursue higher education

By Sarah Police / For The Pitt News • May 28, 2014

The price of a higher education: motivation, more calls to the administration office than you can count and a lot of student loans. But now, anyone can get an education without any of those obstacles....

Throw away the key: Pittsburgh couples lock love

By Joelle Smith / Social Media Editor • May 28, 2014

When Terry Boring first noticed the misfit assortment of locks lining Schenley Park Bridge, he assumed the ever-expanding metal maze was an art project. But after a stroll across the bridge with his...

Pitt grad leverages pageant crown to spread personal message

By Cristina Holtzer / News editor • May 28, 2014

Valerie Gatto gets everything a college girl would want for free: a stylist, a tanning package and a scholarship. She even met one of the stars of “Law & Order: SVU.”“But I’m not in college; I’m...

College of General studies moves to Posvar Hall

By Macie Ellis / Staff Writer • May 27, 2014

Students in the College of General Studies will report to a new location for classes next semester.The College of General Studies is moving to the first floor of Posvar Hall. Sherry Miller Brown, director...

Science classrooms get a makeover

By Ilya Yashin / For The Pitt News • May 27, 2014

David Nero is flipping a space this fall, but it isn’t a house. It’s his classroom, and it’s not in the way you’re thinking. Nero and other professors at Pitt are swapping the traditional sequence...

First same-sex marriages in Allegheny County bring new concerns

By Josh Ye / For The Pitt News • May 27, 2014

For Lyndsey Sickler, the legalization of same-sex marriage encourages younger LGBTQ people to feel more comfortable being themselves because they are entering “a world where their relationship and how...