The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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

Opinion | Trump administrations Title IX changes hurt survivors

Opinion | Trump administration’s Title IX changes hurt survivors

By Genna Edwards, Senior Staff Columnist May 12, 2020
The mere change in the definition of what constitutes sexual harassment will have wide-reaching, chilling consequences.
Pitt has formed three task forces to investigate many different aspects of what life at the University could look like in the fall.

Editorial | Pitt reopening task forces in need of better student representation

By The Pitt News Editorial Board May 12, 2020
The task force’s executive committee is missing any representation from the group most impacted by its decisions — students at Pitt.
Lothrop Hall isn’t nearly as far away from the center of campus as its residents would like to believe.

Editorial: Top 10 locations for the Bigelow shuttle stop

By The Pitt News Editorial Board October 10, 2019
While it’s true that we’d probably walk through hell or high water anywhere to catch the campus shuttle, we have a few suggestions.
Hillman’s bathrooms can get pretty gross during midterms.

Editorial: Top 10 campus spots most likely to lead to another world, Narnia Style

By The Pitt News Editorial Board September 26, 2019
hese are 10 places on campus that are most likely to lead to another world. Narnia style, of course.
Abigael Medina, 19, of Chicago, registers for voter information with NextGen Climate Illinois at the Logan Square Centennial Monument in Chicago on July 16, 2016.

NextGen voters turned away at polls

By Erica Guthrie, Staff Writer November 19, 2018
Some students were confused and frustrated when they couldn’t vote after registering with NextGen America. NextGen America registered thousands of students to vote on Pitt’s campus — though some were still turned away at the polls.
Ron Leibow, an employee of Pitts Office of Facilities Management, watches on as architect Adam Gross (right) views the campus master plan on his laptop. (Photo by Christian Snyder | Online Visual Editor)

Pitt optimizes space for Master Plan

By Sophia Mastroianni | For The Pitt News January 26, 2018

Pitt’s unconventional hills, sidewalks and parks are what separate the University’s aesthetic from others, Ayers Saint Gross architecture and planning principal Kevin Petersen said. “We want...

Ben Sheppard, a senior libertarian, debates at PSSAs three-way debate Tuesday evening. (Photo by Sarah Cutshall | Staff Photographer)

A productive, yet misrepresentative three-way debate

By Neena Hagen, For The Pitt News November 30, 2017

At colleges across the country — from California to the University of Connecticut — political events frequently turn violent. So when I got to room 324 of the Cathedral of Learning Tuesday evening...

Star Trek actor George Takei speaks at an event on July 10, 2016 in Birmingham, England.  (Joe Giddens/PA Wire/Zuma Press/TNS)

Listen to Takei: start small to make change

By Alexis Buncich | For The Pitt News October 26, 2017

George Takei, actor and activist, has seen a lot of discrimination in his life. At 80 years old, he has lived through a Japanese internment camp, the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement and countless other protests....

Canard Grigsby doesn’t have a favorite project, he says, “At the end of the project, I get to go back, touch it, feel it, experience it. When you see it, when you actually walk up to it and touch it, it’s that sense of accomplishment.” (Photo by Anna Bongardino | Assistant Visual Editor)

Pitt architect plans campus future

By Anna Bongardino | Contributing Editor October 13, 2017

Any Pitt student who has lived in Nordenberg or Panther Hall — or who has had class in Benedum or Salk Hall — can thank Canard Grigsby for planning and overseeing the execution of the buildings’...

365 Views of the Cathedral of Learning  (Photo by Wenhao Wu | Assistant Visual Editor)

Exploring hidden art on campus

By Marissa Perino / Staff Writer October 13, 2017

Because of displaced, absent or otherwise out-of-sight placards, many works of art often go unattributed or unnoticed on campus. There could be art installations hanging from a ceiling or beautiful...

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