Sabrina Porter Contributing Editor

Articles

• 'The Piano Man' performs in Pittsburgh

  Mellon Arena was in a Pittsburgh state of mind as Billy Joel wowed his audience in concert Friday night. There was no opening act, so the show began immediately with Joel at center stage, seated at his piano. Dressed simply in a spiffy black suit, Joel resembled an investment banker from his hometown of New York City.

  Pillbox | April 21, 2008
• Crime and Incident

  Physical Altercation
  April 15, 2008
  at 1:09 a.m.

  A student called University Police to report an unknown male on the Buggy track on Frew Street. The actor had begun a physical fight with the Buggy participants. University Police did not identify the actor as a student and escorted him off campus.

  Suspicious Vehicle
  April 15, 2008
  at 3:07 p.m.

  News | April 21, 2008
• New class offers advice

  The answer to rising seniors’ questions of what to do with their lives may only be six units away. The senior capstone seminar, 99-530 Preparing for the Future: What Happens Next, will debut next fall. The class will be the Fifth-Year Scholar project of Mary Grace DeForest, an operations research and statistics major.

  Pillbox | April 21, 2008
• Crime and Incident

  Item Found
  April 5, 2008
  at 12:43 a.m.

  A university employee found a book bag in the garbage can in the third-floor unisex bathroom in the Purnell Center under a garbage bag. Nothing suspicious was found in the contents, and the bag was identified as having been stolen a few days ago. University Police notified the owner, who then picked up his book bag.

  News | April 14, 2008
• Hunt displays Donovan watercolors

  The flowers from the United Kingdom’s botanical gardens of the 1820s may be relics of the past. However, Edward Donovan’s watercolors of them make his exhibit in the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation the next best thing.

  Pillbox | April 14, 2008