University Times

One of the panelists at the University Senate's Oct. 16 forum, "Pitt in Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania: Perils and Possibilities," likened the University's relations with state government to a rocky marriage. And indeed, listening to the panelists was like hearing one side of a spousal counseling session: Sure, Pitt is a good provider. It brings in […]

Pitt still plans to fight a discrimination com plaint by former law school instructor Deborah Henson, despite a University Senate committee's plea that Pitt monies would be better spent on extending employee medical coverage than on legal fees. Henson filed the complaint in January 1996 with the Pittsburgh Human Relations Commission, alleging that Pitt violated […]

It is a strange phenomenon, one that has puzzled Joyce Carol Oates for years. She thinks it might have something to do with her essay "On Boxing" or maybe photographs of her that have appeared on the dust jackets of her books. For whatever reason, though, among the diminutive author's most fanatical fans are men […]

Eligible Pitt professors would receive payment equal to 1.5 times their annual salaries, up to $125,000, under a faculty early retirement plan that the Board of Trustees is expected to approve this morning, Oct. 23. Tenured faculty members outside the medical school would qualify for the plan: * If they have completed at least 12 […]

'The dog ate it" is the classic excuse when the issue of missing homework arises on a television sitcom. But in the real world, the excuses teachers and parents most frequently hear from students who fail to do their homework are: "I lost it." "It's stupid." "Nobody is doing it." "I was absent that day." […]

Amid criticism by some Pitt faculty members and trustees that the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) general education requirements are unfocused and too complex, arts and sciences professors plan to meet Nov. 4 to discuss a process and timetable for reviewing the CAS curriculum. The discussion, part of the agenda for the fall meeting […]

Fort Mill, S.C., is the kind of place neighboring Charlotte, N.C. and its National Football League Carolina Panthers probably would like to forget. Even the most savvy public relations machine would find it difficult to put a positive spin on the "faithful slave" monument that stands in the town's park. Erected by the local cotton […]