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A Pitt Student’s Take on Corbett’s Budget Proposal
As most of our readers likely know, Governor Tom Corbett released a budget proposal last week that would cut state funding to four state-related universities by about half. Under this proposal, the University of Pittsburgh would receive $80.2 million next year in sharp contrast to the $160.5 million it received this year. Within hours of this [...] -
Mayor Seeks to Reach Young People Through Defunct Commission
Last semester, I took in a Student Government Board meeting at the University of Pittsburgh to see what all the outgoing members were doing. Not covered in The Pitt News, former SGB President Charlie Shull touched on his goings-on with the Pittsburgh Student Government Council, the year-old confederation of area college student governments that meet to [...] -
Thirty New Titles Added to Lending Library
The Publius Foundation is pleased to announce that we’ve added 30 titles to our lending library. Ranging from foundational texts such as Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations” to modern biographies such as Alan Ebenstein’s “Friedrich Hayek: A Biography,” these titles expand the scope of our lending library available to all interested individuals. As we wrote [...] -
The Pitt News Refuses to Run Anti-Hamas Ad
The University of Pittsburgh Student Government Board allocated $2,524.42 in student money to bring the one-woman play “I Heart Hamas” to Pitt last Sunday. Sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine, the play’s titular support for a terrorist organization should have disqualified it from being paid for with student funds. While a play entitled “I Heart [...] -
The Liberty Library
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, The Publius Foundation possesses scores of books that in some way address or generally contribute to our understanding of liberty. While useful to Foundation staff, these books can be put to greater use by making them available to young people and students in the Pittsburgh area. As part of [...] -
Pitt’s Priorities Misplaced in Concordia Club Renovations
“On January 21, 1874, a group of prominent Pittsburghers met for the purpose of organizing a private club, ‘to promote social and literary entertainment among its members.’” So goes the official history of the Concordia Club, formerly one of Pittsburgh’s most influential and prominent social organizations. The Concordia Club, located on 4024 O’Hara Street in [...] -
The Publius Foundation Launches Petition to Change Pitt Alcohol Policy
After publishing a policy briefing studying the alcohol policy of the University of Pittsburgh, we’ve concluded that, in order to protect student health, the University must change its stated intention of citing students for underage drinking in the emergency room of UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. In order to affect this change, we are collecting signatures from [...] -
The Publius Foundation Seeks New Student Fellow, Stipend Provided
The Publius Foundation seeks a Pittsburgh-area undergraduate to serve as our Energy and Environment Student Fellow. The student fellow will be required to write a weekly blog post of between 400 and 800 words with a special focus on issues related to Marcellus Shale. A stipend of $100 will be provided for the semester. Interested students should [...] -
Details of Panther GOLD Retreat Revealed
You can’t read about it in The Pitt News and the University didn’t publish a press release hyping it on their website but the recent Panther GOLD Retreat represents a significant change in how University administrators, Student Government Board and certain student groups all interact together. Taking place the weekend before classes started, the Panther [...] -
Recommendations to Protect Student Health at Pitt
The Publius Foundation’s Jacob Brown published Thursday a policy briefing examining the University of Pittsburgh’s zero-tolerance alcohol policy and comparing it to the alcohol policies of other universities in Pittsburgh. The central issue in Jacob’s research was the role played by University of Pittsburgh police officers stationed at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital’s emergency room. Jacob’s research revealed [...]