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  • Corbett plans to cut higher education funding

    Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed $27.3 billion state budget would reduce state appropriation to Pennsylvania's public universities for the second consecutive year, this time by an addition 20 to 30 percent if passed by the state's legislature.

  • WEBZ BRAH/obscuregames.jpg A 'ticket to ride' on the line

    Adam Nelson (left), the founder and director of Obscure Games, plays the obscure boardgame Ticket to Ride with (from left to right) Colin Madere, Seema Patel, Thomas Underwood, Kyle Mohr and Michael Thompson at Lawrenceville's Hambone's Pub. Obscure Games holds Wednesday night pub games and is planning to start winter gym games. The gym games will be held on the weekends as opposed to the pub games held.

  • WEBZ BRAH/stanklookTmeeting.jpg Duquesne president outlines school finances

    In the wake of University-wide budget cuts and faculty hiring freezes, Duquesne President Charles J. Dougherty spoke about the University's financial standing Monday afternoon to an audience of about 600 faculty and staff members in the Power Center ballroom during the first town hall meeting of the year.

  • Duquesne opposes health care amendment

    Duquesne's administration has objected to the proposed provision to the federal healthcare reform bill that would require all employer-provided insurance plans to provide free birth control access to all female subscribers, including employees of religiously-affiliated institutions.

  • WEBZ BRAH/pittweb.jpg Bomb threat clears UPitt's Chevron Center

    A bomb threat required the evacuation of the University of Pittsburgh's Chevron Science Center Monday evening, police said.

  • BNY Mellon to hold college networking event

    Duquesne and the Bank of New York Mellon are partnering for a networking event that will take place next Wednesday in the BNY Mellon building.

  • False Duquesne tuition cuts reported

    Several national news outlets issued false reports Tuesday morning stating Duquesne intends to reduce its tuition by 50 percent.

  • Bluff briefs

    Campus events and announcements.

  • Police briefs

    The campus crime log as reported by Duquesne Police.

  • WEB/fp.jpg Acrobat flips crowd

    Red Panda Acrobat Krystal flips bowls off her leg and catches them on her  head while riding a 7-foot-tall unicycle during halftime of Duquesne's 81-72 victory over Richmond Saturday night.