Pittsburgh eyes students' wallets as revenue flow Nov 16, 2009
The 1% tax would range from $20 for students at Carlow College to $400 for students at the city's priciest university, Carnegie Mellon ... "He calls it a fair share tax. We call it an unfair tax," says Mary Hines, president of Carlow College and of the Pittsburgh Council on Higher Education. (USA Today)
Health Dept. building sale OK'd by council Oct 28, 2009
In addition to the department's offices, the building, which is adjacent to the Carlow College campus, also houses a county fee and permitting center. Council members Vince Gastgeb and Rich Fitzgerald yesterday said the county should consider relocating the Health Department offices to the UPMC Braddock building, which will soon be vacated by the health provider. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Art gracefully meets fitness in this class Aug 19, 2009
So she returned to Pittsburgh, earned a master's degree from Carlow College, and founded Bodiography Contemporary Ballet, which, she said, "focuses on the aesthetic of the technique rather than the aesthetic of the body.". While she was studying for her master's and getting Bodiography Contemporary Ballet up and running, Ms. Caruso worked at Club One, where she was one of the most popular group exercise instructors. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Walking a fine line between financial survival and disaster Mar 8, 2009
Maybe not necessarily about the money, but the tension and the anger was in the household," she said. She took a job as a clerk at the JC Penney store at Century III Mall, and returned to classes at Carlow College. Eventually, she entered a master's program at Pitt. Her husband, she said, struggled and never found full-time work during their marriage. Sometimes she'd point out a job at a supermarket or some other spot, if only to get him back in the workforce. "His response would be, 'There's a... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
