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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

I am more than my public speaking anxiety

By Lauren Long / For The Pitt News May 31, 2016

If I had to rank my fears, public speaking would outrank lying on my deathbed tomorrow, sharing a tiny tank with a tarantula, getting caught alone in a pitch black forest with no flashlight and tiptoeing...

Students protesting Milo Yiannopoulos' presentation. Abigail Self | Staff Photographer

Asking for Space

“Two, four, six, eight — stop the violence, stop the rape.” “Trump, Trump, Trump.” The chants from opposing groups mingled with conservative British activist Milo Yiannopoulos’ presentation...

Sarah Best, the president of Pitt's chapter of the American Association of University Women, takes a picture in front of the AAUW's Red Cup Project. / Photo courtesy of Sarah Best.

Women at Pitt: Tracking their history from lantern night to leadership

In a 2015 speech abroad, First Lady Michelle Obama urged a room full of people not to leave education out of discussions about women’s rights. “If we truly want to get girls into our classrooms,...

The SGB board members  for the upcoming academic year take a group photo at their inauguration. Photo Courtesy of Sydney Harper

Meet the Student Government Board

The members of Pitt’s incoming Student Government Board share their plans with The Pitt News. At a retreat tucked away in southern Pennsylvania, the new members of Pitt’s Student Government Board...

Guidelines at Pitt, Nationally Address Trans Inclusivity

Pitt’s transgender policies have fluctuated in the past few years, following — and at times preceding — national controversy regarding bathroom rights.  In response to what The New York Times called...

A volunteer tends to the community garden on Oakland Avenue. Alex Nally | Staff Photographer

Sustainable Pitt

By Shumeng Yang / Staff Writer May 31, 2016

About 400,000 people from thousands of organizations — dressed in vibrant costumes and wielding anti-fracking and clean energy signs — took to the streets of New York City demanding change at the 2014...

Athletic Director Scott Barnes looks out at the horizon of fundraising for Pitt athletics.

Pitt aims to expand donor base

By Phoebe Gilmore / Staff Writer April 25, 2016

Pat Narduzzi’s revitalized football program, a consistently packed Oakland Zoo and alumni all over the world means that Pitt Athletics has no shortage of fans. But, unlike other Atlantic Coast Conference...

John Hamilton | Staff Photographer

Uniting in Pittsburgh: Pitt’s faculty and student unions past and present

By Emily Brindley / Staff Writer April 25, 2016

Twenty-five years ago, Pitt’s faculty tried — and failed — to form a union after hitting problems with the administration and a lack of agreement among faculty. Now, the faculty are trying again,...

Abigail Self | Staff Photographer

Raising kids and GPAs: The stories of parents at Pitt

By Erin Hare / Staff Writer April 25, 2016

When Agnes Haggerty was a Pitt student in 2003, she worked 50 hours a week, carried a full course load and looked after her toddler. “The majority of my studying was done in the middle of the night,”...

Jon Duvall with a robotic arm produced by students and staff at HERL. Wenhao Wu | Senior Staff Photographer

‘Diversity includes disability’

At her high school in the foothills of Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, Monica Silny was in every AP class, a member of the history club — just as a “social thing” — and the 2015 prom queen. Silny, now a first-year at Pitt, said she still stands out — not because of her bubblegum pink hair, but because she has muscular dystrophy and uses a motorized wheelchair.At Pitt, Silny lives in Sutherland Hall on top of the hill. She hasn’t connected with the many athletes who live on her floor and spent
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