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First-year outside hitter Torrey Stafford (4) receives a ball during Friday night’s match against Coppin State in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament at the Petersen Events Center.

Pitt volleyball star Torrey Stafford enters Transfer Portal

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor

Sophomore opposite hitter Olivia Babcock (5) prepares to serve during the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament on Saturday Dec. 14, 2024 at the Petersen Events Center.

Olivia Babcock wins AVCA National Player of the Year

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor

Pitt volleyball sophomore opposite hitter Olivia Babcock won AVCA National Player of the Year on Friday afternoon for her dominant 2024 season. Babcock...

Head coach Dan Fisher speaks to the Pitt volleyball team after their match Fitzgerald Field House.

Head coach Dan Fisher wins AVCA Coach of the Year

December 19, 2024

Pitt volleyball celebrates a point during the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday Dec. 6, 2024 at the Petersen Events Center.

Three keys for Pitt volleyball to advance to National Championship

December 19, 2024

News

Maintenance delays, lockouts and a bag of weed: HERE Pittsburgh residents share living struggles one year later

By Spencer Levering, Assistant News Editor

Following a semester-long construction delay, HERE Pittsburgh, a modern student-centered apartment building on Forbes Avenue, fully opened its doors to...

Police blotter: Nov. 21 – Dec. 2

December 6, 2024

Thursday, November 21 Pitt police issued a warrant arrest for robbery and violating a protection from abuse order at Litchfield Tower Garage. A campus...

Woman struck by truck, killed in hit-and-run on Upper Campus

December 6, 2024

A 37-year-old woman was killed after being struck by a box truck at the intersection of Terrace Street and Darragh Street just before 5:45 a.m. on Thursday...

Opinions

Pitt graduates after 2021 commencement at Acrisure Stadium.

Opinion | College may just be the best three and a half years of my life

By Delaney Rauscher Adams, Senior Staff Columnist

When I was younger, I always heard that college would be the best four years of my life. As I got closer to attending and all throughout my time here, I heard a different sentiment, reassuring me that it’s okay if college isn’t and that life will go on after graduation and it will be better. I was always surprised to hear this advice and rejected it wholeheartedly, because really, how could it get better than this?

Satire | Sights and smells of Oakland: An observation of the elusive college student’s average Friday night

December 7, 2024

Opinion | Christmas list ideas for the It Girl: An IUD?

December 4, 2024

Sports

Pitt volleyball star Torrey Stafford enters Transfer Portal

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor

Pitt volleyball star sophomore outside hitter Torrey Stafford put her name in the NCAA Transfer Portal on Sunday. On3 Sports reporter Talia Goodman...

Frustrations in Final Four: Pitt volleyball collects fourth straight loss in Final Four

December 20, 2024

The best team in Pitt volleyball history fell short in the Final Four to Louisville on Thursday night, losing in four sets. Louisville head coach...

Olivia Babcock wins AVCA National Player of the Year

December 20, 2024

Pitt volleyball sophomore opposite hitter Olivia Babcock won AVCA National Player of the Year on Friday afternoon for her dominant 2024 season. Babcock...

Culture

Photos: Phipps Conservatory’s Garden Railroad

By Alex Jurkuta and Amber Farabaugh

Phipps conservatory put up their annual Garden Railroad display with a theme of Movie Magic. The display will run until March. 5th 2025.

The Pitt Jazz Ensemble performs at Bellefield Hall

December 6, 2024

The Pitt Jazz Ensemble performed its semesterly collection of various jazz pieces on Thursday, Nov. 21. The concert, which was conducted by director Ralph...

Review | ‘Gladiator II’ is hollowly enjoyable, a shadow of its predecessor

December 4, 2024

Twenty-four years ago, audiences held bated breath as a tortured Russell Crowe roared “Are you not entertained?” to a thunderous crowd of Romans as...

TOP STORIES

Olivia Babcock wins AVCA National Player of the Year

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor • December 20, 2024

Head coach Dan Fisher wins AVCA Coach of the Year

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor • December 19, 2024

Three keys for Pitt volleyball to advance to National Championship

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor • December 19, 2024

Pitt volleyball meets Louisville in Final Four again…

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor • December 19, 2024

Pitt volleyball nets four All-Americans

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor • December 18, 2024

Mallorie Meyer: ‘Gonna get the job done’

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor • December 17, 2024

Pennsylvania Midterm Elections
November 7, 2022

Pitt volleyball star Torrey Stafford enters Transfer Portal

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor • December 29, 2024

Pitt volleyball star sophomore outside hitter Torrey Stafford put her name in the NCAA Transfer Portal on Sunday. On3 Sports reporter Talia Goodman was the first to report that Stafford entered the Transfer Portal and a Pitt athletics spokesperson confirmed the report. The reason for Stafford...

NEWS

Nala Gallaher poses for a photo outside the HERE apartment complex.

Maintenance delays, lockouts and a bag of weed: HERE Pittsburgh residents share living struggles one year later

By Spencer Levering, Assistant News Editor • December 7, 2024

Police blotter: Nov. 21 – Dec. 2

By News Editors • December 6, 2024

Woman struck by truck, killed in hit-and-run on Upper Campus

By Spencer Levering, Assistant News Editor • December 6, 2024

‘We get through it together’: Trans and nonbinary students share concern for future after 2024 election

By Kyra McCague, Senior Staff Writer • December 6, 2024

Students share the spectrum of ways they will be spending their winter breaks

By Naomi Weiss, Staff Writer • December 6, 2024

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