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September 6, 2011 ![Provost-lantern-night Provost Patricia E. Beeson lights a candle as Freshman women celebrate the 91st annual Lantern Night in Heinz Chapel on Aug. 28. Lantern Night for freshman women is a rite of passage for new students and one of the oldest traditions practiced at the University of Pittsburgh.](/sites/default/files/images/Provost-lantern-night1.jpg)
![Arrival-Survival-Traffic.Mike Arrival Survival began Aug. 23, and the Pittsburgh campus was overtaken by students, their parents, and lots of moving bins, not to mention traffic.](/sites/default/files/images/Arrival-Survival-Traffic.Mike.jpg)
![convocation During Pitt's Freshman Convocation, Aug. 24 at the Petersen Events Center, freshmen joined in singing the University's Alma Mater.](/sites/default/files/images/convocation.jpg)
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On the Freedom Road
Follow a group of Pitt students on the Returning to the Roots of Civil Rights bus tour, a nine-day, 2,300-mile journey crisscrossing five states.
Day 1: The Awakening
Day 2: Deep Impressions
Day 3: Music, Montgomery, and More
Day 4: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Day 5: Learning to Remember
Day 6: The Mountaintop
Day 7: Slavery and Beyond
Day 8: Lessons to Bring Home
Day 9: Final Lessons