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Bridge Pittsburgh, a nonpartisan political club on campus, hosted its second annual debate between Pitt College Democrats and College Republicans on Tuesday evening in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room.

"Pitt was an affordable option because I'm in-state, but without that tuition discount, $16,000 per student, it just becomes unaffordable," Sam Podnar said.

During a press conference in Schenley Plaza Thursday morning, elected officials and students held a press conference where they urged House Republicans to support a bill that would provide funding for state-related universities in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania House Democrats and Pitt students called for something to be done with funding state universities on Thursday.

Readers of “The Hate U Give” are reminded that the relentless murder of young Black men and women at the hands of police is so far from fiction.

In the past few years, many local high school students have become vocal activists engaged in social justice issues. But what happens to the movements they leave behind when they graduate?

Debates about masking policies are likely to come up again this winter as a statewide mandate is set to expire in January. The state Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on such measures Wednesday.