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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

Incoming students had an opportunity to experience dorm living before moving in during the now defunct PittStart program.

Point-Counterpoint | Good riddance to PittStart

By Grace McGinness, Staff Columnist July 1, 2019
While the intentions of the former orientation program appeared well-meaning on paper, the program was redundant, inconvenient and unhelpful.
Incoming students had an opportunity to experience dorm living before moving in during the now defunct PittStart program.

Point-Counterpoint | The case for PittStart

By Josh Beylinson, Staff Columnist July 1, 2019
While Panther Connect offers many of the same things seen in PittStart, there were many features of PittStart that made it a much better program.
New orientation programs begin where PittStart stopped

New orientation programs begin where PittStart stopped

By Vaibhav Gupta, Staff Writer June 30, 2019
PittStart — Pitt’s signature two-day orientation program — has come to a stop this summer after 19 years of introducing first-years to life in Oakland.
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