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SUNOCO ROBBED TWICE THIS WEEK
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Dale Shoemaker News Editor
Pittsburgh police officers are seeking a man who robbed the Sunoco gas station in South Oakland early Tuesday morning — the second robbery at the gas station in less than a week. Officers responded to a call of an armed robbery around 2:05 a.m. at the gas station on the 300 block of Craft Ave., a release from Pittsburgh police said. A man entered the store and demanded that the store clerk place money from the register into a white grocery bag, according to the release. The man pulled out a silver handgun and pointed it at the clerk, the release said. After taking an undisclosed amount of money, the release said, the man then left the store and ran away toward Kennett Square in South Oakland. Police described the man as black and about 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing about 130 pounds. At the time of robbery, the man was wearing a black jacket, black jeans, white gloves and a mask, police said. Police responded to a similar incident at the Craft Avenue gas station last Thursday but are seeking a different suspect from Tuesday’s robbery.
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STUDENTS TO LEAVE THEIR PAW PRINT Danni Zhou Staff Writer
A group of this year’s graduating seniors is leaving a gift that will help generations of Pitt students. The group, called Project Paw Print, aims to help rising sophomores, juniors and seniors cover school expenses outside of tuition through a Senior Legacy Student Resource Fund, an annual donation-based fund the Office of Institutional Advancement started in the fall. Seven seniors, whom the Office of Institutional Advancement chose through a faculty and staff nomination process, are working to col-
lect donations from Pitt students and other community members as a way for the class of 2016 to leave its mark at Pitt. Project Paw Print members said the fund will serve as this year’s class gift to the University. But with the Fund, this year’s graduating seniors will leave a gift that sophomores, juniors and seniors can use through the foreseeable future for educational expenses, according to Ben Schultz, a member of the group. The group, which the Office will staff with more students next year, will continue to collect donations for future years’ funds. Although future students can benefit from
this gift, it will not serve as the class gift for the Class of 2017. To begin the group’s kick-off week on Feb. 24, Schultz and Nadia Pacheco Amaro, both seniors and members of the group, tabled for donations near Einstein’s in Posvar Hall. With only one donation collection under their belt, Schultz said he is optimistic seniors and other community members will want to help underclassmen succeed. “We worked to identify the needs of students and came up with the idea to raise funds. The Senior Legacy Student Resource See Paw Print on page 3