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2 months ago | 
pittnews.com | Abby Lipold |Adrienne Cahillane
As the cost of living increases, service workers at Pitt are feeling “frustrated” and “disrespected” because they feel the University is not compensating them fairly and want the ability to change their wages in the future. Over 400 Pitt service workers, including cleaners, housekeepers and grounds crews, are represented by SEIU local 32BJ and are in the process of negotiating a new contract with the University after their last one expired at the end of 2024.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
pittnews.com | Grace McNally |Adrienne Cahillane
Viruses, including the common cold and stomach bugs, are floating through the air this winter. Some students are taking extra steps to protect themselves, including Joy Jung, a senior communication sciences and disorders major. “In the cold, I’m wearing scarves and masks and hats to warm up,” Jung said. “I work in a hospital, so it’s really easy to catch something.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Adrienne Cahillane
PRT announced the first draft of its new proposed Bus Line Redesign at the end of September. The changes, which include renaming lines and reducing the total number of routes, aim at increasing the frequency of service and will most likely be implemented in 2026.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Matthew Scabilloni |Adrienne Cahillane
About 70 people gathered outside the William Pitt Union on Wednesday night to protest the ongoing war in Gaza because it has been one year since the Oct. 7 attacks that started the Israel-Hamas war in 2023. The event was co-organized by various pro-Palestine groups at Pitt as part of Pitt Apartheid Divest’s “Week of Rage” events. The counterprotest was organized by Students Supporting Israel in Pittsburgh.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Adrienne Cahillane |Jordan Kooper
Rabbi Henoch Rosenfeld of Chabad Young Professionals characterized the Oct. 7 commemoration vigil in Squirrel Hill as “powerful.” Members of the Jewish community across the greater Pittsburgh area gathered for a candlelight vigil Monday night, held at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill, to honor the victims of the Hamas terrorist attack on southern Israel one year ago.
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Oct 8, 2024 | pittnews.com | Adrienne Cahillane |Jordan Kooper
Rabbi Henoch Rosenfeld of Chabad Young Professionals characterized the Oct. 7 commemoration vigil in Squirrel Hill as “powerful.” Members of the Jewish community across the greater Pittsburgh area gathered for a candlelight vigil Monday night, held at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill, to honor the victims of the Hamas terrorist attack on southern Israel one year ago.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Adrienne Cahillane
September 30, 2024 Kyla Warren, a junior neuroscience major, has never seen a lanternfly in her home state of Illinois but feels they are a nuisance in Pittsburgh. “It’s more annoying than mosquitoes,” Warren said. “[Lanternflies] just keep flying at you out of nowhere.”Since the spotted lanternfly appeared in Allegheny County in 2021, the insects have killed native plant species like sugar maples and grapes.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Adrienne Cahillane |Anna Kuntz
For Daniel Marcinko, recent on-campus Wi-Fi outages have interfered with both his ability to access academic software and attend important personal meetings. “I spend most of my time in the Cathedral, where Wi-Fi is constantly hit or miss,” Marcinko, an English literature and history double major, said. “There are periods of downtime throughout any given day where, although I may be connected to Wireless PittNet, the network has no connection to the internet.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Adrienne Cahillane
Adding a dance minor to her degree has helped Sadie Stetser learn “amazing qualities such as teamwork, dedication and persistence” throughout her time at Pitt. “Studying dance at Pitt has taught me about different styles of dance ranging from jazz, modern and even party dance,” Stetser, a senior law criminal justice and society major, said. “I’ve learned how to put together choreography, light a show and about the different dance types across different cultures.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Adrienne Cahillane |Emma Hannan
Charlie Kirk, conservative political commentator and founder of Turning Point USA, debated Pitt students in an “interactive tabling event” in the Schenley Quadrangle. The event was a part of his “You’re Being Brainwashed Tour,” in which Kirk is traveling to colleges across the United States to talk to “young voters of this country.” Kirk invited Vivek Ramaswamy, a former Republican presidential candidate, to the event as a guest speaker.
