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Introduction

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Name; year; major; hometown; activities; reasons for choosing Pitt

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Lower Campus VS Upper Campus

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Difference; importance of lower campus; constant expansion of upper campus

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Bigelow Boulevard

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Biannual Bigelow Bash and Fall Fest (free): feature games, crafts, food, and concerts (Ke$ha, One Republic, Hoodie Allen)
Shuttles to Heinz Field for football games

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Beautification Plan

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1905, Franklin Nikola put forth a beautification plan for the Oakland region along Bigelow Boulevard. Includes: Masonic Temple (Alumni Hall), Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and Soldiers and Sailors Memorial. And Schenley Farms

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Schenley Farms

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Beautiful residential area home to many of our professors

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Office of Off Campus Living

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Story of Sophomore friend; available for finding a place and working out relations with landlords.

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Pitt Shuttles

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Shuttles are available throughout the day to take students to various places on campus: upper campus, south oakland, etc.

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Safe-Rider

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No questions asked shuttle service in the late evening and early morning hours (7 pm to 3/5 am) for transport within the Oakland area. Each student gets 20 rides per semesters and for each ride you can bring up to two friends.

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North Oakland

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Ruskin Hall
Center Plaza
Forbes-Craig
Craig Street

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Ruskin Hall

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renovated apartment style housing students in 1, 2, or 3 person suites with amenities included)

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Centre Plaza

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200 students in 1, 2, or 3 person apartment style rooms.

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Forbes-Craig

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Apartment style housing for 100 honors-college upperclassmen in singles and doubles

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Craig Street

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Separates CMU and Pitt and filled with local business; story about Luca or Food for Thought

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Squirrel Hill

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Home to CMU campus; has bus to Pitt; various cafes and shops; quieter area

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Shadyside

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Head east of campus/ bus; separated from Squirrel Hill by Fifth (north of Squirrel Hill)
Ellsworth and Walnut

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Walnut Street

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Big name, higher-end shops: GAP, Apple Store, Coach, J Crew, American Apparel, etc.
story about khaki shopping.

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Ellsworth Street

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Locally owned, diversified businesses including boutiques, cafes, and art galleries

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Schenley High School

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First public school building to cost over one million dollars; closed with class of 2001; school of Andy Warhol

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Petersen Sports Complex

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Completed Spring 2011; baseball (900), softball (600), and soccer fields (735); free admission to Pitt students; all have synthetic turf, lighting, and press box.

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Downtown

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Point to location; 11x11 block business district; 5-10 minute bus ride (explain free buses); arts opportunities like Three Rivers Art Festival; internship opportunities; sports games

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Pittsburgh Penguins

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Consol Energy Center; student rush (before designated games 500 tickets are on sale to college students for reduced prices)

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Pittsburgh Pirates

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PNC Park

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Pittsburgh Steelers

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Heinz Field

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Cost Center

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Named after former Pitt running back Charle L. “Corky” Cost who donated upwards of $1 million dollars for its construction; Home to Pitt Band; two indoor soccer/football turf fields for football, baseball, and softball teams and intramural; also used as practice fields for intramural teams; batting cages and baseball field behind the center

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Athletic Activities
D1 vs Club vs Intramural
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Club Teams
Ultimate Frisbee, softball, baseball, ice-hockey, Frisbee, gymnastics, soccer
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Intramural Teams
Fencing, Mixed Martial Arts, tennis, table tennis, cricket curling
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Trees Hall
Multi-purpose student recreational facility; Joseph C. Trees Pool: 770,000 gallons, sound system, windows; swimming team and water polo teams; dance studio; weight room; racquetball courts, basketball/volleyball courts; gymnastics area; archery range; golf cage; weight room
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Fitzgerald Field House (after former chancellor Rufus Fitzgerald)
Ex-home to the basketball team; wrestling, volleyball, and gymnastics matches are held here; Five dollar concerts (in the past= Kid Cudi, NERD, Wale) Pitt Dance Marathon
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Greek Life
9% of students; most are social but involved with local philanthropies (service, charity, etc.); also include professional fraternities and service fraternities
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Sutherland Hall (General)
Houses 737 first-year students; 1992 named after Jock Sutherland, an alumnus and head football coach; SE 8-floors student athletes (and others interested); SW 10-floors honors students
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The view of lower campus
talk about from hill to panther and Pennsylvania; cathy
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Sutherland Hall (Lobby)
Conjoined and shared; quick zone, hill o'beans, perch, dining plan; mail center; police station; Computer Lab (hours); (Pitt business?)
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Point out blue lights for safety
always one visible somewhere, press and you'll be talking to some one within a couple seconds and within a couple minutes an officer will be at your side
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Sutherland Hall (Wing)
Security Station; laundry facility; fitness center; meeting/study areas
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Sutherland Tour Room
same-sex Suite-style (4,6, or 8); semi-private bathrooms; study lounge and tv lounge; co-ed floor; furniture included (bed, dresser, desk) movable and bunk-able; fire safety alarms and detectors; climate control; microwave/fridge (rented or bought); ethernet port per pillow; basic cable jack; no candles open flames hot plates or coils; anything else is good like single cup coffee makers; same despite different LLC
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Panther Hall
2006; 500 students; 3/5 person suites; LLC's civic engagement and community service; upper-class engineering; entrepreneurial; multicultural; social science research
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Pennsylvania Hall
2004; 420; 2/4 person; LLc's Health sciences; leadership; pre-law; study abroad
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Panther and Pa
Private Baths; A/C; coffee car; student mail center; fitness room; meeting room; each floor has lounge, laundry room and quiet study area
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Former Location of Pitt Stadium
Played from 1925-1999; last game against Notre Dame; now at Heinz Field; describe games at Heinz Field (ride shuttles down; my floor got to hold Pittsburgh flag, interview; everybody cheering; etc.) ; shared with Pittsburgh Steelers
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Petersen Events Center (general)
Opened in 2002 on former spot of Pitt Stadium and with a dramatic view of lower campus; home to men's and women's basketball teams it frees up Fitzgerald and trees for other activities; basketball tickets - lottery system- and loyalty points through other athletic events; 2008 Big east Champions; black logo; big screen tv; food court
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Oakland Zoo
student section here at Peterson Events Center; named the "Toughest Place to Play"; voted #1 student section
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Other Events
Activities fair at start of fall semester where all clubs and organizations gather to provide students with the opportunity to get involved with groups on campus; Career fair also hosted here that brings together businesses in the area
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The Baierl Recreation Center
Students only; largest fitness center on campus; dance studio, racquetball courts, free weights, tv screens, treadmills and other machines; fitness classes that can even be taken for credit including yoga and karate.
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McCarl Hall of Champions
honors achievements of great athletes at Pitt
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Salk Hall
Named after Jonas Salk who discovered the vaccine for polio; other things discovered at Pitt include Vitamin C in pill form and synthetic insulin; houses school of pharmacy and dental medicine; pharmacy is ranked 14th but dental schools are not ranked nationally
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Scaife Hall
Houses School of medicine and the Falk Library, lecture rooms, labs, and classrooms for medical students: 17th for Research, 18th for Primary Care, 5th for Research Funds
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UPMC (General)
one of the nation's top 5 medical providers; 10th best hospital in the nation; best hospital in PA; provides the opportunity for internship, volunteer, research, and job oportunities.
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UPMC Locations
Montefiore; Presby; Western Psych; Magee; Ear and Eye Children's now in Lawrenceville World: two cancer centers and a hospital in Ireland; transplant location in Italy; emergency system in Qatar
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UPMC (additional)
satellites throughout Pittsburgh including shadyside southside and uptown; children's hospital ranked 9th; ranked 3rd in ear, nose, and throat; highly ranked in all 16 categories of the US news and World Report
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Victoria Hall
Nursing school; ranked 7th in the nation; freshman apply directly and follow a strict curriculum starting freshman year; each year builds and there is a strong emphasis on clinical work starting sophomore year
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Lothrop Hall
600 residents - freshman and upperclassmen - in singles and a few doubles; communal bathrooms with a sink in each room; home to nursing LLC
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Benedum Hall
Home to the John A Swanson School of Engineering; donated 41.3 million dollars for a 5 year renovation of the building; like nursing, engineers have a strict curriculum freshman year which includes a seminar in engineering; discusses all disciplines of engineering and gives info so students can pick sophomore year; includes library, computer lab, and Einstein's Bagels
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Disciplines of Engineering
Bioengineering, Civil engineering, chemical engineering, computer and electrical engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering and material science, engineering physics
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Mid Campus Buildings
Learning Research and Development Center Thackeray Hall Academic Resource Center O'Hara Student Center
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Learning research and Development Center
Research labs for graduate students; largely focuses on school structure and the learning process; freshman in intro to psych must complete a number of "research hours" which allows students to view the process of studies by actively being a part
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Thackeray Hall
Math department location and advising center for the School of Arts and Sciences; registrars office (add/drop, transcripts, registration, etc.)
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Academic Resource Center
Open 9-5 in the G-1 of the Gardener Steel Building; Study Skills Workshop; Study Groups; Subject Tutoring; 1-on-1 peer mentoring
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Math Assistance Center
Second floor of the O'hara student center; No appointment needed; Ta's office ours online; story about missing class and meeting with TA
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O'Hara student center
underwent a 5.8 million dollar upgrade in 2011 ; lounges; MAC; WAC; Freshman Studies Program
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Writing Assistance Center
Third floor of O'Hara; appointments necessary for one half hour or one hour; scheduling online; brainstorm edit peer critique
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chevron Science Center
Chemistry department; one of most popular majors at Pitt; founded in 1875 the chemistry department is one of the biggest in the nation; recently renovated 2008-2011: first floor now has electronic reference library and Bunsen Brewery, second floor has tutoring area, and fourth floor has new organic teaching facility; Paul Lauterbur, an alumnus, got a Nobel Prize for his work in developing MRI
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Commemorates Allegheny county soldiers and sailors, both men and women, of all branches of the military in all nine of the Us major wars; underground owned by Pitt; 2008 Barack Obama spoke here during his campaign for PA primary; largest memorial building in US dedicated sole to America's fighting personnel; scenes from Silence of the Lambs were filmed here; warning to the South; Pittsburgh Athletic Association

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