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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

Nikki Moriello | Visual Editor

2016 Football Schedule Breakdown

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor January 28, 2016

Pat Narduzzi’s second rodeo isn’t going to get any easier. The ACC announced Pitt’s football schedule for the 2016 season, and while all the opponents were public knowledge, the actual order is...

Students gather around tables in the William Pitt Union on Wednesday to learn about and sign up for volunteer activities during a PittServes volunteer fair.  Valkyrie Speaker | Staff Photographer

Students peruse winter community service options

By Elli Warsh / Staff Writer January 14, 2016

Anxious to recruit members for her new service club, Raechel Heil stood at her volunteer fair booth with flyers and an ambitious smile. Students congregated at the booths of 72 organizations around Pittsburgh...

Elizabeth Lepro | Assistant News Editor

Spinning wheels: Though the city has answered calls for safer streets, Pittsburgh remains stalled on bike lanes in Oakland

First, a black Jeep crashed into cyclist Dan Yablonsky in Lawrenceville in 2012, shattering his hip, arm and leg and sending him into a five-month-long coma. Then, a mini-van hit and abandoned biker Sage...

Photos by Jeff Ahearn, Wenhao Wu, Meghan Sunners

ACC Coaches recognize nine Panthers with All-ACC honors

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor December 9, 2015

After the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association honored a litany of Pitt football players in late November, the conference’s coaches heaped recognition on an array of Panthers. On Wednesday morning,...

Left:  Mike Young (Wenhao Wu)     Right:  Aysia Bugg (Jeff Ahearn)

Panthers of the week

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor December 2, 2015

Michael Young- forward, men’s basketball Young has emerged as the go-to scorer for the Pitt men’s basketball team this season, ranking 10th in the ACC in points per game, sixth in field goal percentage...

Students protested against sexual assault in October as part of Pitt's annual Take Back the Night.  Wenhao Wu | Staff Photographer

No need to protest about protests

By Alyssa Lieberman / Columnist November 30, 2015

Last Wednesday, at a student-led rally in solidarity with people of color at Mizzou, I overheard a police officer condemning our protest. The officer described us simply as a bunch of kids who have “no...

Forys, Racciato headline strong Keystone Classic performances

By Jeff Carpenter / Staff Writer November 22, 2015

Dom Forys and the Pitt wrestling team were looking for a rebound, and that’s exactly what they earned. After falling to No. 10 Lehigh on Friday, 27-7, Pitt Wrestling took the Keystone Classic by storm,...

Maggot video prompts investigation

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor November 19, 2015

What started out as a 10-second video of an insect larva allegedly crawling through a plate of Market Central pasta has sparked a week and a half-long investigation by the police, the county and Sodexo....

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