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Transportation
Van Call.  The Pitt late night van shuttles students from campus building to campus building, residence to campus building, or campus building to residence.  You are required to show your ID.  The van also picks up from the Greyhound Station on Sundays.  The van will not make advance reservations, and it will not travel to or from the South Side Sports Complex.  The van runs 7:00pm to 3:00am Sunday to Wednesday and 7:00pm to 5:00am Thursday to Saturday.  To call for a van: 412-624-1700.  Additional information at www.pts.pitt.edu/transportation/routes/vansum.html .
   
Also, don’t forget that students ride free on Port Authority buses and light-rail vehicles. 
The Port Authority Transit website is at www.ridegold.com .  Also, you can call for
information at 412-442-2000.  From personal experience, I can say the people staffing the
phones are informative, helpful, and polite.
   
Pitt students are also able to ride CMU shuttles for free after 7pm on weekdays and all day
weekends and holidays.  Additional information at www.pts.pitt.edu/transportation/general/CMU.htm .


Health and Welfare
The university runs a number of pools, gyms, and fitness centers that are open to students. 
There were too many to list here, but information is available at
www.education.pitt.edu/intramurals/facilities-hours-index.asp .

Having trouble with classes?  Ready to do serious harm to your housemates? 
Free counseling services are available to all students through the university counseling
offices.  More information at www.counseling.pitt.edu/.

Remember that $65 student health fee that showed up on your tuition bill?  Put it to good
use!  Your student health fee allows you to be seen at the University Medical Sciences
Building.  Services provided include general medicine, contraceptive options, allergy
injections, routine lab work, on-site radiology, dermatology, gynecology, internal medicine,
and orthopedics.  The student health services office also runs healthy living seminars on
everything from stopping smoking to stress management.  There is also a pharmacy that
offers prescription and nonprescription medication as well as vitamins at a very reasonable
fee.  You do not have to have seen a doctor to visit the pharmacy.  For more information, go to www.pitt.edu/~studhlth/index.html .

Classes and Careers
Want to get a jump start on finding a career?  The Career Services Office is located in
the William Pitt Union.  Counselors there will help with planning a job search, critiquing
your resume and cover letter, and negotiating a contract.  The office also offers job
fairs, mock interviews, and walk-in advising.  Check out their website at
www.careers.pitt.edu .

If you need help on a paper, try the Writing Center.  There, writing tutors can help you
with everything from brainstorming to citations to proofreading.  More information
available at www.english.pitt.edu/resources/writecent.html .

Finally, two additional links to offerings from the university:  The Pittsburgh Graduate
and Professional Student Association: www.pitt.edu/gpsa2/
The University of Pittsburgh Student Volunteer Outreach, for those of you who cannot spend one more Saturday afternoon in the 8th floor labs: www.svo.pitt.edu/ .

Libraries
The university of Pittsburgh has reciprocal borrowing agreements with several universities and colleges in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, including Carnegie Mellon University.  For information about how these agreements work, visit the library homepage at www.library.pitt.edu and look for the page on reciprocal borrowing agreements under the "Services" menu.

Also, anyone who lives in Allegheny County may apply for a borrower's card from the Carnegie Public Library.  If you do not live in Allegheny County but have a Pitt ID, you can also get a borrower's card from the Carnegie Library.  Present your ID at the circulation desk of Hillman Library.  Hillman will then give you a letter that you can present at the Carnegie Library in order to get your card. 

Theater
The Pittsburgh Public Theater offers $12 single tickets to full-time students and
individuals under 26 years of age with valid ID.  For all shows except Friday and Saturday
night, you can order by phone.  Friday and Saturday tickets are available at the door only. 
Tickets are in designated areas only and are subject to availability.  This season, the
Pittsburgh Public Theater is offering Much Ado About Nothing, Driving Miss Daisy, The
Drawer Boy, The Piano Lesson, Dirty Blonde, Man of La Mancha, and The Reduced Shakespeare
Company.  Visit their website at www.ppt.org .

For cheap tickets to theater, opera, ballet, and other cultural activities, check out the
cheap seats program, which offers reduced price tickets to select performances.  Tickets
are bought at the PITT ARTS office in the William Pitt Union and picked up at the venue box
office one hour before the performance.  Information can be found at
www.pitt.edu/~pittarts/cheap.html .
 
Film 
The Pittsburgh Filmmakers shows foreign and experimental films at the Harris
Theater (809 Liberty Avenue downtown), Melwood Screening Room (477 Melwood Avenue), and
Regent Square Theater (1035 S. Braddock Avenue).  Pitt students receive $1 off tickets
with ID. For more information, go to www.pitt.edu/~thai/info/pittart.html .

Sports
Pittsburgh Penguins: Advance student rush tickets can be bought the day after a home game
for the next home game at the Mellon Arena Gate #1.  Two tickets per ID may be bought. 
Tickets are $20 each, cash only.  Game day student rush tickets may be bought one hour before the game.  Again, two tickets per ID may be bought.  Tickets are $20 each, cash only. Buy them at Mellon Arena Gate #1.  Details can be found on the Pitt Student Affairs page at www.studentaffairs.pitt.edu/lap/fun.html .

Pittsburgh Panthers: Individual tickets may be bought in the William Pitt Union the week
before each home game.  Each ticket of guest pass is $10.  Visit their website at www.pittsburghpanthers.com/info/tickets/ .

Museums
The Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Andy Warhol Museum, and the
Phipps Conservatory are all free to students with Pitt IDs.  Their websites are as follows:
www.cmoa.org/ , www.carnegie museums.org/cmnh , www.warhol.org , and www.phibbs.conservatory.org .

The Frick Art and History Museum is free to all.  Website at www.frickart.org/home/ .

The Mattress Factory offers a $1 discount to students who have Pitt IDs.  The Mattress
Factory is also free on Thursdays.  Visit them at www.mattress.org .  The Sen. John Heinz
Pittsburgh Regional History Center offers a student discount of $4.50 ($1.50 off regular
price).  Information at www.pghhistory.org .

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Need additional ideas for something to do this weekend?  Try the Pitt Student Affairs page
at www.studentaffairs.pitt.edu/lap/fun.html .  

If you know of some other organization that offers free or reduced price admission to
Pitt students, let Bibliofile know, and we will run the information in upcoming issues.  Also,
the above information is accurate to the best of my information retrieval abilities.  If you
discover that any information is incorrect, let Bibliofile know, and we will run a correction.
Thanks! 
 
 

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