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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

Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Kaine spoke to a crowd of 800 outside Carnegie Mellon University Thursday afternoon. Edward Major | Staff Photographer

Tim Kaine speaks on CMU’s campus

Zachary Goldstein loves living in Pittsburgh, but not for the hot cakes or the Cathedral. He loves living in the city because Pennsylvania is a swing state. With the presidential election less than...

Students have less than one week to register to vote

Even though election day is still five weeks out, the voter registration deadline –– Oct. 11 ––  is less than one week away. For many Pitt students, this is the first presidential election...

Christian Ragosta from the NRA talked to Pitt students about gun rights and safety.| Katie Krater, Staff Photographer

NRA pushes gun rights on campus

By Wesley Hood / Staff Writer October 5, 2016

Editor's note: In a previous version of this story, a sentence indicated that 50 people at the event were wearing pro-Trump and pro-NRA attire. This is incorrect, as many people were wearing plainclothes....

First Lady Michelle Obama spoke at the Fitzgerald Field House Wednesday afternoon. Elaina Zachos | Visual Editor

First Lady Michelle Obama encourages Pitt students and community members to vote

Walking out to Beyoncé’s “Run the World (Girls),” Michelle Obama encouraged Pitt students and community members to run the election, urging them to be the much needed “youth vote” Hillary Clinton...

Pitt students watch the first presidential debate Monday night. Stephen Caruso / Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt students react to first debate

By Rachel Glasser / Staff Writer September 27, 2016

When Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was asked why she thought she could create jobs better than Republican candidate Donald Trump, she addressed her opponent by saying, “Donald, it’s...

Katharina Hering speaks about reparation and restitution files in German state archives and the role of archivists in making these files available for research. | Megan Sunners / Staff Photographer

School of Information Sciences talks archival data from Holocaust

By Amina Doghri / Staff Writer September 27, 2016

Editor's note: When this article appeared in print, the number of attendees and the number of people who have filed for pension claims based on reparation filings were incorrect. Additionally, there were...

First Lady Michelle Obama will visit the University Wednesday afternoon. TNS

First Lady Michelle Obama to visit Fitzgerald Field House

By Lauren Rosenblatt / News Editor September 25, 2016

In preparation for the quickly-approaching presidential election, First Lady Michelle Obama will campaign for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton on Pitt’s campus on Wednesday. Obama will speak...

Protesters gather outside the Duquesne Club in downtown Pittsburgh, where Donald Trump was alleged to be eating lunch after giving a speech highlighting his pro-fracking energy policy to the Shale Insight Conference Thursday morning. Stephen Caruso / Senior Staff Photographer

Protester arrested outside downtown Trump speech

By Stephen Caruso / Contributing Editor September 22, 2016

Police arrested one person during a protest against Donald Trump and fracking in downtown Pittsburgh this afternoon. The Republican presidential candidate was speaking to the Shale Insight Convention...

Bernie Sanders speaks in support of Katie McGinty.  John Hamilton | Staff Photographer

Bern’d Out: Bernie Sanders supporters pushing for revolution without revolutional candidate

By Casey Schmauder / Staff Writer September 20, 2016

While campaign stickers and t-shirts for now-defeated Democratic primary candidate Bernie Sanders still occasionally crop up around campus, “Feeling the Bern” chalk drawings and posters, marches in...

Senatorial candidate Katie McGinty campaigns  with Bernie Sanders at Carnegie Mellon University. John Hamilton | Staff Photographer

Bernie Sanders makes appearance at CMU, campaigns for Katie McGinty

By Amina Doghri / For the Pitt News September 16, 2016

Add Sen. Bernie Sanders to the list of high-profile Democrats lining up behind Katie McGinty. The former presidential candidate stumped for McGinty, the Democratic Pennsylvania Senate candidate, at...

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