Smells Around Campus: Pitt

By Holly Stavarski

Each place in the world has a unique scent. Here at The Pittiful News, resident sniffer Holly Stavarski has walked around campus with nose wide open to capture the familiar scents of education and desperation that exist in the academic buildings of the University of Pittsburgh.

1. Bellefield – Dusty ballerinas 

2. Benedum – Burnt bagels and sweaty nerds

3. Cathedral – Musty books and the hot breath of someone walking up three flights of stairs 

4. Chevron – Ammonia and a moldy terrarium

5. David Lawrence – Wood chips and 200 spilled Naked Juices

6. Hillman – Stale Cheetos, cheap alcohol, and warm paper

7. Posvar – Asbestos and Panoptic powers of social control

8. Scaife – Sickly clean hospital and stress farts

9. Sennott -  Panera Bread and awkward tinder dates

10. Towers Lobby – Britney Spear’s Fantasy, Axe, and regret

11. Trees – Chlorine, Sweat, and a wrestler’s vomit

12.Victoria – New Lululemon yoga pants and Starbucks coffee

13. WPU – Fried chicken and petty Student Government scandals