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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

Linebacker Mike Caprara celebrates a safety against Virginia.  Jeff Ahearn | Senior Staff Photographer

Defense, fans fuel homecoming win over Virginia

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor October 11, 2015

Late Saturday afternoon, the Panthers had the University of Virginia football team backed up against their own end zone. The fans were there to see it. Fans bellowed “Sweet Caroline” through Heinz...

Juliana Vazquez and the Pitt womens soccer team were unable to covert any offensive chances into scores against UC Irvine.  Heather Tennant | Staff Photographer

Overtime penalty kick goal lifts Pitt over ‘Cuse

By Jeff Carpenter / Staff Writer October 11, 2015

Greg Miller is superstitious. With sophomore midfielder Hanna Hannesdottir lining up to take a game-winning penalty kick in overtime, Miller, Pitt women’s soccer head coach, focused his eyes off the...

Kadi Kullerkann winds up for a spike.  Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Pitt volleyball wins two road ACC matches

By David Leftwich / Staff Writer October 11, 2015

Losing can either send a team into a spiral or provide motivation to improve — this weekend, Pitt volleyball coach Dan Fisher made sure it was the latter. After dropping two tough matches in Virginia...

Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Defensive plays help Pitt hold on for 26-19 win over Virginia in homecoming game

By Chris Puzia / Assistant Sports Editor October 10, 2015

In addition to chips and drinks, Pitt gave its student section a reason to stay the whole game on Saturday, as it let the visiting Virginia Cavaliers within seven points late in the fourth quarter before...

Wiz Khalifa performed for #ZooAfterHours Friday night. | Jeff Ahearn / Assistant Visual Editor

Khalifa brings down the Pete at Pitt basketball’s #ZooAfterHours event

Pitt’s basketball teams worked hard and played hard at their #ZooAfterHours event to prepare fans for the upcoming season. Following team introductions and a shooting competition, rap star and Pittsburgh...

Qadree Ollison finds a hole. Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Narduzzi and company not taking 1-3 Cavaliers lightly for homecoming weekend

By Jeremy Tepper / Senior Staff Writer October 9, 2015

Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi doesn’t put special emphasis on any game — even in the case of Pitt’s Saturday homecoming game against Univeristy of Virginia. “It will be my first homecoming...

Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Three years after resurrection, Panther Pitt aiming to make a difference

By Steve Rotstein / for The Pitt News October 9, 2015

Pitt football’s student section has regained its identity.    The Panther Pitt disappeared during the mid-to-late 2000s when the students who started the group graduated and no one else stepped in...

Theo Schwarz | Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt Band brings new flair to old tradition

By Jessie Wallace / Staff Writer October 9, 2015

A minor throwback is making a major comeback this year at Pitt’s homecoming football game. Every year, Pitt’s homecoming halftime show features Pitt band alumni and their current counterparts performing...

Hail to Script: The life, death and rebirth of a font

Hail to Script: The life, death and rebirth of a font

By Stephen Caruso / Staff Writer October 9, 2015
Tony Dorsett smashes through the Notre Dame defensive line. Courtesy of ULS ArchivesThe University of Pittsburgh’s second most recognizable symbol — after the Cathedral of Learning — is a font.But describe Pitt script’s curves to any alum, and you realize a font can mean a whole lot.The famous script represented Pitt football in every battle, every bowl, every brawl from 1973 until 1996. And starting next year for all Pitt sports teams, it will follow Pitt into the future.The story of Pitt scrip
Wiz Khalifa will perform at the Petersen Events Center on Friday | TNS

Wiz Khalifa to perform at Pitt basketball’s #ZooAfterHours event Friday

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor October 8, 2015

Pitt basketball's Midnight Madness event will have Panther fans seeing black and yellow. The University announced Pittsburgh native and Grammy-nominated rapper Wiz Khalifa will perform at the event,...

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