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POST-BREAK SGB TALKS TOWN HALL, PWLE
KAPPA DELTA HIGH KICK FOR GREEK SING
Emily Wolfe
Senior Staff Writer Pitt’s Student Government Board eased back into a regular schedule with its first traditional public meeting in three weeks Tuesday evening. There was no meeting last week due to Thanksgiving break. Before that, the board replaced its Nov. 13 meeting with a Town Hall focused on University policy, where a panel of University officials including Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner heard student concerns about safety, communication and more. Now, SGB and the University have begun to pursue solutions to issues raised at the Town Hall. Members of the Kappa Delta sorority practice in the William Pitt Union for the 2019 Greek Sing competition. “We had a lot of really productive conversaSarah Cutshall| senior staff photographer tions, which we are certainly following up with,” President Maggie Kennedy said. More details came during board members’ reports. Board member Albert Tanjaya said he and Caroline Unger, who chairs the facilities, transportation and technology committee, plan Emily Drzymalski night of a panel of knowledgeable indi- sidering moving off campus to learn more to work with the University to pursue answers to For The Pitt News viduals for the Off-Campus Student Rental information. Ritika Bajpai, community student concerns about SafeRider and ENS noPittsburgh is famous for being Mr. Rog- Workshop. The two-night event, which and governmental relations chair, said the tifications — issues which dominated the Town ers’ neighborhood, but it is also the neigh- ends Wednesday, is designed to inform event was primarily to help students learn Hall meeting. students and help them in the process of the basics of renting property. borhood of many Pitt students. Cole Dunn, another board member, said he is “Let students know, A, the resources The Community and Governmental moving off campus. optimistic about potential changes in policy that Relations Committee and Student GovernAccording to the official Facebook post, there for them, B, how to get started,” the workshop was mainly for students who See SGB on page 2 ment Board on Tuesday hosted the first See Rental on page 2 either already live off campus or are con-
STUDENTS LEARN RENTAL FUNDAMENTALS