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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

NPR correspondent Cokie Roberts spoke Tuesday night about Trump and the election. | Stephen Caruso, Senior Staff Photographer

NPR correspondent Cokie Roberts talks Trump, election

By Rebecca Peters / Staff Writer December 7, 2016

Cokie Roberts wants it on the record that she thought Donald Trump would win from the beginning. Roberts, a veteran reporter at National Public Radio and author of four books about women’s role during...

Members of the Fossil Free Pitt Coalition set up a cardboard “pipeline” in the Cathedral Monday. Stephen Caruso | Senior Staff Photographer

At Cathedral, Fossil Free Pitt Coalition calls for divestment

By Janine Faust / Staff Writer December 6, 2016

A thin, cardboard oil pipeline roughly 200 feet long stretched along the slate floor of the Cathedral Commons for about 20 minutes on Monday morning. Students had constructed the “pipeline” out...

Hillary Clinton campaigns at Pitt on the day before the 2016 election. Dagmar Seppala | Staff Photographer

Allegheny County, Jill Stein question Trump win

By Lauren Rosenblatt / News Editor December 6, 2016

After an election that mystified many predictions, Jill Stein and other Pennsylvania state and county representatives are leading a fight to verify the results. Stein, who ran for the presidency as...

Jordan Mondell / Assistant Visual Editor

Despite concerns, Title IX Coordinator says sexual assault services will continue under Trump

By Nikita Karulkar / Staff Writer December 5, 2016

When Vice President Joe Biden visited Pitt in April, encouraging students to fight rape culture on campus, he was speaking during a year that seemed promising for the future of sexual assault services...

Jenna Arthur-Tomor speaks into a megaphone during a protest supporting Standing Rock against the DAPL.

Pittsburghers stand with Standing Rock just before construction halts

By James Evan Bowen-Gaddy / Staff Writer December 5, 2016

Rather than staying in the comfort of her Braddock Hills home, Beth McAhren spent her Thanksgiving in Standing Rock, North Dakota. For five days at Standing Rock, McAhren cooked meals for the demonstrators...

Emily Hower, Layout Editor

PA pushes to join National Popular Vote Compact

If a new bill passes through the legislature, Pennsylvania may soon join 11 other jurisdictions throughout the country committed to upholding the popular vote in presidential elections. State Sen. Daylin...

Eleven injured, one dead after attack on Ohio State campus

By Lauren Rosenblatt / News Editor November 28, 2016

At least 11 people were injured after a student used his car and a knife to attack people on the Ohio State University’s campus Monday morning. Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a Somali-born Ohio State student,...

A crowd gathered at Point State Park on Sunday afternoon to peacefully protest the election of President-Elect Donald Trump | Lexi Kennell, Staff Writer

Pittsburgh residents protest Trump at Point Park

By Lexi Kennell / Staff Writer November 14, 2016

In the fifth day of protests since the presidential election concluded last Wednesday, about 100 Pittsburgh residents waved signs and chanted in unison Sunday afternoon in the latest show of opposition...

Kyleen Considine | Staff Photographer

Waking up Wednesday: Shock, fear for some

Students woke up Wednesday morning to a soggy, gray day. Some of them were Donald Trump supporters, now the President-elect. But the gloomy weather seemed appropriate for others — many of whom protested...

One protest originated at the Point, and was picked up students from throughout Pittsburgh. Stephen Caruso | Online Visual Editor

The Day After: Pitt, city respond to Trump

By The Pitt News staff November 10, 2016

Just 24 hours after Donald Trump won the presidential election, the streets of Pittsburgh — like many other cities across the country — have held the rallying cries of disgruntled citizens. In Pittsburgh,...

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