Talk:University of Pittsburgh

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Motto?

Please source the translation of this motto, as its meaning (confer Lewis and Short, Cassell's and Jenny) is "Truth and Strength" (or "Truth and Virtue," though virtus is something more akin to manliness), not "Goodness of the truth." I dare not actually make the page accurate, as this will trigger Wiki Police telling me I should not properly translate Latin.Amherst5282 22:50, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

History

This article is in need of a section addressing its history. Courier new 04:52, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Posvar

The final bit about Posvar nneds a lot of work. I agree with Ohnoitsjamie that this belongs in a history section -- it appears to hang off of the end of the article unnecessarily and appears to be a kludge. The article also needs a history section; perhaps I'll get around to one in a few months.... Most importantly, the whole bit about theft is completely unverified -- someone needs to either provide some references or delete the whole section. Besst 04:04, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Your points are very germaine. i edited the section as you describe. However, naming the section "History" is woefully inadequate for an institution as old as Pitt. There should be a flag requesting that the section be expanded. Sandwich Eater 14:21, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

The history section looks much better; I think the way it stated now is pretty fair and is in line with most things I've read about the Posvar controversey. Haven't other chancellors come under fire? O'Connor wasn't there long....Nordberg certainly has his share of detractors as well. OhNoitsJamie^Talk 16:38, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

PT Marion

PTmarion.com was removed from the external links section and was recently added again and added in the student media section.

This website is considered a party website. An updated calendar keeps track of where students may find parties for the weekend or where deals are for alcohol.

Does anyone think that this is a proper representation of any higher educational system? It mentions in the student media section that it is "underground" but perhaps the website should be kept off of the university's wiki page.

• I agree the link is inappropriate (for one thing, it requires registration??) and probably added in self-promotion. It should be removed. — brighterorange (talk) 13:57, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I disagree, ptmarion is self defining as a free event promotion tool and college web community. There are many events posted on ptmarion that are not parties. Aside from this, their current membership is totaling over 7000 students from the university community. I think perhaps a link to them does not belong under student media, as they are not university sponsored, however the external link is more than okay.--Viridion 15:50, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Pictures

I don't have a login, but there's some pictures of the falcon and of the babcock room (not many people have been there!) here: http://dimitry.arthero.com/photo/photos/big41.jpg - falcon http://dimitry.arthero.com/photo/photos/big39.jpg - babcock room

i guess these should be credited to Dimitry Bentsionov @ http://dimitry.arthero.com/

Panthers

Why are there 11 lines discussing the mascot? This looks like fluff from the yearbook, not an encyclopedic entry.

• Looks like it was just added the other day. I thought about deleting it, but maybe it would be better to move it to the Athletics page instead. Thoughts? Crazyale 04:02, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Polio

I think that the fact that the University of Michigan collaborated with the University of Pittsburgh on this effort should be mentioned in this section. Does anyone else have an oppinion? http://www.polio.umich.edu/dingell/ Red and Guilty 16:00, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Student media

Where are the offices for UPTV, Collision, and Three Rivers Review?

I know The Pitt News and WPTS-FM are on the fourth floor of the William Pitt Union, Telefact's on the ninth, and Friday Nite Improvs is in the studio theatre; can someone help add the on-campus locations for these groups? Do they function out of the honors college? --Chris Griswold 01:53, 11 August 2006 (UTC)