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Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl says he will ask city council to again delay a vote on a first-of-its-kind 1 percent tax on college tuition.

A two-hour meeting between Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and three university presidents was positive enough to spur the mayor to seek another one-week delay in a council vote on a proposed tuition tax.

The average college senior who graduated last year left campus with student loan debt of $23,200, according to The Project on Student Debt .

Greer Reed Jones says her goal for Dance Alloy Theater is pretty simple. "I want to open the door so the Dance Alloy can once again be an ultimate destination for unique voices to be heard and, in doing so, to be open to the freshest ideas nationally and internationally," she says.

Perhaps it's timely that "Monk," the USA television series that stars Tony Shalhoub as a germaphobic detective, ends its eight-year run tonight.

Pittsburgh City Council postponed a planned vote on a controversial tuition tax proposal yesterday in hopes of sparking talks with universities.

Kiesha Lalama-White is no stranger to the limelight. In January, Lalama-White, a full-time dance faculty member at Point Park University, was recognized last year as one of Dance Magazine's Top 25 up-and-coming professionals to watch in 2009.

Dozens of college students showed up at City Hall this morning to voice opposition to Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's so-called "Fair Share Tax" and present to city council more than 10,000 signatures against the 1 percent tuition tax proposal.

A proposal to impose a first-of-its-kind 1 percent tuition tax on Pittsburgh's 65,000 college students brought more than 150 to council Monday to assail what is being promoted as the only way to generate revenue in an almost bankrupt city.

Amanda King may skip three classes today to get an education in civics. The Community College of Allegheny County student said last week that she'll be among the students packing Pittsburgh Council Chamber for a 10 a.m. hearing on Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's proposed tuition tax.

Smith Brothers Agency takes an offbeat approach to college advertising by creating the ultimate "everyschool" called Generic U , attended by dull, clichA©-spouting plastic figures whose lives are going nowhere because their education is lacking.

In reply to the letter "Fair share? Bad idea" , in which David L. Grande says Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's proposed 1 percent tax on college tuition would be counterproductive: Mr.

Large tax-exempt landowners would have to pay their host cities fees based on the size of their buildings, under legislation that state Sen.

The state-picked Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority is poised to reject Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's $453.8 million budget because it doesn't go far enough to cut costs and includes a tax that may not be enforceable, officials said this morning.

Two Radio City Rockettes pop out of a box dressed as rag dolls as they rehearse their Radio City Christmas Spectacular at the Benedum.

Kelley Bowen, left, Amy Landis, Jennifer Tober, Erica Highberg, Bridget Connors and Shirley Tannenbaum all have their eyes on the prize in "Queens." The women of prime-time drama would have a field day with some of the dialogue in "The Queens," a play that defies conventions despite its hints of Shakespeare and history, although strictly of the ...

By Alice T. Carter , TRIBUNE-REVIEW THEATER CRITIC Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Last updated: 2:56 pm Photos click to enlarge 'The Queens' Drew Yenchak 'The Queens' Performed by: The Rep, Point Park University's professional theatre company When: Thursday-Sunday and Dec.

The Legislature appoints members of the volunteer Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, established in 2004 after Gov.

Worshipers hold hands during prayer yesterday at the Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community, now housed in a former restaurant along Jane Street on the South Side.

Non-profits * The board of directors of Focus On Renewal added as members: Anne Immekus, director of development at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine; Craig Rippole, partner with Trinity Commercial Development LLC; Portia K. Weston, professor at Point Park University; Paul K. Brown, owner of Professional Limousine Services; Jenifer ...