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Get the most interesting and important stories from the Â鶹´«Ã½.News Update: Projection on the Cathedral of Learning
After an outside group briefly projected a political message onto the Cathedral of Learning Tuesday night, Pitt issued the following statement on Wednesday:Â Â
Last night, an outside party—acting without the Â鶹´«Ã½'s prior knowledge or permission—projected an image onto the Cathedral of Learning's exterior. Once alerted of this incident, Pitt Police ordered that the image be removed, and the outside party complied.  Â
As a 501(c)(3) organization, the University cannot directly or indirectly participate in, or intervene with, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office.â€
±Ê¾±³Ù³Ù’sÌý notes that “individual members of the University community have a right to participate or not, as they see fit, in the political process so long as there is no conflict with the discharge of their regular duties.â€