New policy allows student athletes register early for classes
Student-athletes at Pitt, including football and basketball players, have been able to register for spring semester classes for three days now, while all other students are only beginning to register...
View ArticleGhosts and ghouls: Spooky stories from Oakland
Six students moved into a rowhouse on Wellsford Street and met their unexpected new roommate –– a haunting spirit. Since August, when they moved in, the Wellsford Street residents said there have been...
View ArticlePennsylvania Innocence Project opens in Pittsburgh
Law students from the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University are learning to look at cases differently — guilty until proven innocent. The Pennsylvania Innocence Project, a nonprofit...
View ArticleSGB proposes change to funding policy
Pitt’s Student Government Board took the first steps on Tuesday to ensure that Allocations Committee members can’t take advantage of a policy loophole to get their own funding requests approved. At...
View ArticleDean Bonner calls for civility during election season
Vice Provost and Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner wrote a letter to Pitt students reminding them to be civil this week, despite clashes between pro- and anti-Trump students on campus. The first clash...
View ArticlePitt student entrepreneurs win $25,000 in award money
Investors, entrepreneurs and healthcare professionals grilled the team of inventors for hours. The team –– known as Aeronics and made up of seniors Blake Dube and Mark Spitz, graduate student Alec...
View ArticleGreen Party supporters rally in East Liberty
A health issue might have stopped Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein from traveling to Pittsburgh, but her absence didn’t keep supporters from rallying around her platform. Green Party...
View ArticleCasting ballots from afar
Of about 25,000 Pitt students that are eligible to vote in this election, 74 percent might not be voting at the polls if they registered with their permanent address. Although students can register...
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Hang-ups and door slams: The life of a campaign worker
When Arnaud Armstrong, a Pitt junior, makes phone calls for Republican local and state candidates, he’s often on more than one phone at once. The student campaigner even knows a woman who can handle...
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College votes down, parties cater to millennials
To campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama did something no other president has done before: he snapped. Obama made a five-minute Snapchat video Monday on...
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A Guide to the Allegheny County ballot
A Guide to the Allegheny County ballot Here’s what to expect at the polls in Allegheny County: U.S. Presidential Candidates Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine (D) Clinton served as New York’s first female...
View ArticleElon University professor discusses Title IX, mandatory reporting
Ann Cahill stood in front of a crowd Thursday afternoon and called for sexual assault survivors to be allowed one right: the freedom of silence. For some survivors, talking about their experience —...
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Hillary Clinton to visit Heinz Field
In her final sprint before voters head to the polls on Tuesday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will skid through Pittsburgh one last time on Friday. Clinton will make an appearance...
View ArticleLas Palmas closes down after health inspection
After conducting seven inspections over the past three months, the Allegheny County Health Department ordered the Atwood Street staple, Las Palmas Mexican Grocery Store, to close down Tuesday. The most...
View ArticlePittsburgh Chief of Police Cameron McLay resigns
Chief of Pittsburgh Police Cameron McLay has resigned from his post after two years with the force. McLay took the Chief of Police position in September 2014, after previously serving as a captain with...
View ArticleClinton visits Great Hall at Heinz Field
Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famers Mel Blount and Franco Harris showed support for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the Great Hall at Heinz Field on Friday. With only four more days...
View ArticleInteractive Crime Map Oct. 28 – Nov. 4
Friday, Oct. 28, 2016 4:49 p.m. 3700 Forbes Avenue. Police arrested an unaffiliated man for sale or use of certain solvents and noxious solvent, possession of drug paraphernalia, defiant trespass and...
View ArticleTrump supporters rally at Pittsburgh International Airport
A capacity crowd of 6,000 in Moon, Pennsylvania, waited nearly two hours at the Pittsburgh International Airport to hear Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s final words Sunday evening. “In...
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DAPL protesters gather in Schenley Plaza
Kimberly Muffett-Smith, a Washington County resident who is part Native Lenape Indian, spent the last weekend in October worrying about her daughter’s safety. Muffett-Smith’s daughter was arrested Oct....
View ArticleHillary Clinton rallies at Pitt day before voting starts
With the towering Cathedral of Learning and a massive American flag as her backdrop, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton got the final word at Pitt Monday, capping off a campaign season...
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