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An election season in review
An election season in review The Pitt News staffNov. 8, 2016 The Pitt News has covered the 2016 election from the very beginning, when the Republican party still boasted a lengthy list of potential...
View ArticleDonald Trump wins presidential election
It was announced shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday morning that reality T.V. star and real estate mogul Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States. In the local races, Republican Pat...
View ArticleStudents vote on campus in historic election
In Posvar’s, Soldiers and Sailors’ and the William Pitt Union’s halls, thousands of Pitt students waited in snaking lines, many leaving wearing their first “I Voted” stickers. For many students, this...
View ArticleProtesters take Oakland streets following Trump win
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View ArticleSGB announces council for first-year student involvement in SGB
In a shortened meeting on Election Night, Pitt’s Student Government Board announced a new council to get first-year students more involved in SGB. The First-Year Council will be made up of ten...
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GALLERY: 2016 Election in Pittsburgh
April 6. Sander’s primary opponent, Hillary Clinton, held her first rally in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University. She was joined by Mayor Bill Peduto (left) and Allegheny County Executive Rich...
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The Day After: Pitt, city respond to Trump
Just 24 hours after Donald Trump won the presidential election, the streets of Pittsburgh — like many other cities across the country — have held the rallying cries of disgruntled citizens. In...
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Waking up Wednesday: Shock, fear for some
Students woke up Wednesday morning to a soggy, gray day. Some of them were Donald Trump supporters, now the President-elect. But the gloomy weather seemed appropriate for others — many of whom...
View ArticleIt’s all in your head: Pitt researchers measure hallucinations
When you think of hallucinations, you may think of a woozy feeling and swimming images or of the bright spots you see after rubbing your eyes. Hallucinations are typically an undesired side effect of...
View ArticleChancellor Gallagher responds to student distress
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory and the ensuing protests on campus and throughout the city, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher sent out a message meant to soothe tensions and reassure the Pitt...
View ArticleBlack poets speak about police brutality
Mahogany L. Browne was told in 1998 that the way she spoke wasn’t considered poetry. Alongside two other poets Thursday evening, Browne shared poems in response to police brutality with a crowd of...
View ArticleJamaican LGBTQ+ activist speaks about anti-gay laws
In 2011, Maurice Tomlinson got married — and had to leave his country for it. Tomlinson, who was a university professor at the time, fled Jamaica in 2012 when a newspaper published a photo of him and...
View ArticlePitt professor sues SouthSide Works cinema
Kenneth DeHaan wants to be able to enjoy a night out at the movies in Pittsburgh — so much so that he’s willing to go to court for it. A self-proclaimed “cinemaddict,” DeHaan, who is an American Sign...
View ArticlePitt police increase patrols after 17 burglaries
There have been more burglaries in Oakland since the start of the fall semester — 17 total — than in all of the 2015 calendar year combined. Yet no one has been arrested after the string of crimes...
View ArticleMan shatters Sorrento’s front door window
Police were easily able to track down a man who shattered the front door window of Sorrento’s Pizza Roma early Sunday morning using the drink order from the bar he was just kicked out of. The man, who...
View ArticlePittsburgh residents protest Trump at Point Park
In the fifth day of protests since the presidential election concluded last Wednesday, about 100 Pittsburgh residents waved signs and chanted in unison Sunday afternoon in the latest show of opposition...
View ArticleHolocaust survivor speaks at Pitt
Sam Gottesman, a Holocaust survivor, still remembers his near-death experience 71 years ago. Gottesman, originally from former Czechoslovakia, said that at one of the many concentration camps he was...
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SafeRider use drops, Pitt plans app
Over the past four fiscal years, SafeRider usership has declined by nearly 18 percent, but an app proposal could persuade more riders to turn back to the transportation system in the future. Kevin...
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Students break boards, stereotypes during Islam Awareness Week
When Esra Daghestani entered public school for the first time in ninth grade, she couldn’t wait to participate in the lab portion of her physical sciences class. Daghestani, who is Muslim and wears a...
View ArticleSGB hints at opioid initiative, few details available
Along with a slate of other initiatives, Student Government Board announced Tuesday night that Pitt is planning to launch an opioid abuse recovery program for students. Wellness Chair Malcolm Juring...
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