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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

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...

WPTS-FM nominated for Woodie Award

By Dale Shoemaker / Assistant News Editor February 19, 2015

After a yearlong lull, WPTS, Pitt’s radio station, has been nominated for an mtvU Woodie Award for Best College Radio Station. The Woodie Awards, which recognize “the music voted the best by college...

Board makes progress on new website, students react

The Student Government Board is rolling out its new website, which it says will have less virtual clutter and more room for comment.  SGB President Graeme Meyer said he expects to finish the new website...

BDSM

BDSM

By Theo Schwarz / Visual Editor February 13, 2015

Phone Sex: Clean cash for dirty talk

Phone Sex: Clean cash for dirty talk

By Elizabeth Lepro / Staff Writer February 13, 2015

Online and over the phone, Dominique was a long- and raven-haired white woman, slightly older than college-aged, with heavy makeup. Although she wasn’t a dominatrix, she told men that she was interested...

Sin No More: Sex and religion

Sin No More: Sex and religion

By Anjana Murali / Staff Writer February 13, 2015

In his sophomore year of high school, Spencer Schlecht realized that his abstinence from sex wasn’t developing his faith, so he stopped repenting his sexual sins.Schlecht, a freshman pre-pharmacy major,...

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch Jill's big black collar

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch Jill’s big black collar

By Lauren Rosenblatt / Staff Writer February 13, 2015

Boy and girl — we’ll call them Jack and Jill — were playfully teasing each other one night. Laughing about something Jack had said, Jill reached across to gently slap his cheek. Jack decided he couldn’t...

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