Here at The Advocate we are committed to making the best paper we can. So please look through the site and get to know us a little bit better. Enjoy.

The staff of The Advocate meets every Sunday night at 7:00p.

News
News - Habitat to build
Ashley Kuzar discussed the opportunities Habitat for Humanity provides for volunteers who want to travel and help people to eight interested Pitt-Johnstown students Thursday in the Cambria Room. “W...
News - Heavy metal hits campus
For the past week, student drivers and pedestrians have avoided a massive costruction vehicle lumbering across campus. Physical Plant administrators rented the front-loader as part of a plan to remov...
News - Varsity menu includes keys and cell phones
Pitt-Johnstown students have found themselves tray-less this semester when dining in the Varsity Café. The food trays have been taken away as part of the new sustainability plan presented by Sodexo. ...
News - Campus's mysterious forest yields history
His breath is heavy, his feet are in rhythm, sweat drips down his face; sees tree after tree, he smells the forest vegetation, he hears only the sound of his feet hitting the dirt path. Suddenly, it...
News - Springboard to Oakland divulged
As class registration begins each semester, rumors circulate regarding transfer to the Oakland campus. Spring 2010 registration began Oct. 22. All Pitt regional campuses have students planning to tr...
News - Police Blotter
-10/16- Hemlock Hall Intoxicated person Police received reports of an intoxicated male. The student was identified and a Breathalyzer test was administered. East Hills Ambulance transported the stu...
News - Hale and Hearty: $40
Pitt-Johnstown students pay $40 every semester for health benefits provided by the university. Registered Nurse Cindy Webb said she feels Pitt-Johnstown students are given their $40 worth of medical ...
News - Bambi safe; eviction free
Pitt-Johnstown’s rent-free residents are rounded up and evicted once a year, according to Physical Plant Director Andy Csikos. Csikos said an outside contractor traps wild animals, including groun...
News - 10/21 Police Blotter
-10/8- Foxfire Lodge Harassment Police received reports of a female student being harassed by an ex-boyfriend. Police advised both individuals not to speak to each other. Hickory Hall Theft ...
News - Illumination improvements planned
Pitt-Johnstown’s townhouse residents may have more light in the night in three or four years with overhead lighting planned as part of renovations. Currently, all the townhouses on campus aside fr...
News - Thieves loot unlocked cars
Richland Township residents, including Pitt-Johnstown students, have been victims in a series of car break-ins over the past four months. According to Township Police Detective Tom Keirn, two unrelat...
News - Irritant leads to Oak Hall evacuation
Oak Hall residents were evacuated Saturday night, after some complained of irritation in their mouth, throat and lungs, and could not stop coughing. Student Affairs Vice President Jon Wescott said ca...
News - Bumps won't die
Two weekends ago, the speed bumps on Student Union Drive, were out of their usual place. But unlike a few weeks earlier, all four of them were gone. Physical Plant Director Andy Csikos said vandals r...
News - Foreign 20 adds to campus
In the past two years, the number of international Pitt-Johnstown students has increased as a result of efforts at the Office of International Services. “In fall of 2007, the university ha...
News - Change for some after UPJ
Several former Pitt-Johnstown professors and students relocated outside the Johnstown area say they are enjoying their new surroundings and careers. David Magill, former assistant professor of Englis...
News - Burtner/Sease sweep elections
Incumbent president junior Jeff Burtner was re-elected Wednesday along with senator junior Tara Sease, replacing Catherine Dennis, a senior, as vice-president in the student senate elections. Burtner...
News - Habitat finishes final charity project
Pitt-Johnstown Habitat for Humanity members pulled together for a final semester community service project. On the campus mall, members constructed a child’s playhouse, funded almost entirely of the...
News - Pitt groups lobby to get funding back
There’s an aspect to education that’s become integral to universities like Pitt: lobbying. Last month, three buses full of Pitt students, alumni and university administrators drove to the state c...
News - Police Blotter
3/28 Laurel Hall Fire Alarm The alarm’s cause was undetermined. Shaffer Parking Lot Parking Violation Officers were unable to contact the owner of an illegally parked vehicle. The vehicle was ...
News - Police claim no secret pact to contain problems
Pitt-Johnstown Police Chief Kevin Grady has denied any master plan with outside police departments confining typical college hooliganism to campus. “We’re not saying that these things are lawful,...