Many mark a new year
Andy Hsiao Chung, News Editor
February 13, 2013
Steven Zhang and Jackson Hao were smoking premium Chinese cigarettes awaiting their friends. It was a bit past 3 in the afternoon. Their rides were to arrive at 3 p.m. to pick them and 16 other UPJ Chinese students up in front of the Student Union, as most of them would be performing at Pitt-Oakland’s... Read more »
Committee aid helps students
Brandon Zeris, Editor-in-Chief
February 13, 2013
Area medical professionals and Pitt-Johnstown faculty have formed a committee to help premedical career students gain an advantage over other schools’ premed students. The committee was formed last month, and members met to discuss what they can do to help students, UPJ biology professor Stephen Kilpatrick... Read more »
Education division makes new changes
Sean Sauro, Managing Editor
February 13, 2013
Striving to maintain a goal of improved teacher education and job-market readiness, Pitt-Johnstown Education Division leaders have pursued changes in their programs. One such change, a partnership between Pitt-Johnstown and neighboring Richland School District, has come into effect this term, Education... Read more »
Correction: Feb. 6, 2013
February 13, 2013
The Feb. 6 story, “C’s get degrees” incorrectly described Pitt-Oakland’s class-repeating rule. Pitt-Oakland’s rule says class-repeats are not permitted for courses lower in a sequence when a higher-sequence course has been completed with a C or higher grade.
Threats made, rumors allege
Andy Hsiao Chung, News Editor
February 6, 2013
The Engineering and Science building was placed on heightened security last week, apparently due to an alleged threat made by a former student. A police officer was stationed in the building’s lobby area all of last week. According to UPJ senior math major Christopher Greenhow, the officer was from... Read more »
Hickory rape case filed
Andy Hsiao Chung, News Editor
February 6, 2013
Former UPJ student Kyle Timothy Pucci, 21, of Friedens, Somerset County, has waived his right to hear the evidence against him in a preliminary hearing in an alleged 2010 campus rape. Pucci is accused of raping a woman in a Hickory Hall room, according to the Tribune-Democrat. After the preliminary hearing... Read more »
Decreased rates remain above average
Sean Sauro, Managing Editor
February 6, 2013
Pitt-Johnstown six-year graduation rates decreased 4 percent from 2011 to 2012 while admissions rose 3 percent during that period, according to 2013 University of Pittsburgh Common Data Sets. The number of first-term, full-time, undergraduate students increased from 756 enrolled in 2005 to 779 students... Read more »
Student leader sought
Eric Kieta, Staff Writer
February 6, 2013
A search is being conducted to fill the vice president of Student Affairs position, said Vice President of Finance and Administration Amy Buxbaum. Vice President of Student Affairs Jonathan Wescott has stepped down to associate vice president of Student Affairs. Wescott announced he was leaving the position,... Read more »
TV has faded to black
Taylor Fowler, Features Editor
February 6, 2013
WUPJ-TV has been absent this school year. According to UPJ’s website, the mission of Pitt-Johnstown’s television station is to educate students specifically interested in broadcast journalism. The station is supposed to produce a weekly news broadcast called the “Mountain Cat News.” The station... Read more »
C’s get degrees, keep campus honest
Andy Hsiao Chung, News Editor
February 6, 2013
Pitt-Johnstown students may know that he or she may not retake classes in which the grade received was a C average or above, but Pitt-Oakland does not have such a rule. During the Pitt-Johnstown Jan. faculty senate meeting, the issue was brought to discussion, and most agreed with having such a rule... Read more »