Discuss “Student IDs are a free pass to Pittsburgh culture”

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently reported that the Carnegie Museum of Natural History will raise prices of admission upward of 80 percent when it opens its new dinosaur exhibit, “Dinosaurs in Their Time,” this November.

This price increase means visitors will have to shell out an additional five bucks to see the exhibit, touted as the world’s third-largest collection of dinosaur bones in new, more accurate, poses.

But don’t pull out your wallets just yet, Carnegie Mellon students. A simple swipe of your university ID card will grant you free access to the collection, along with various other cultural sites.

But all of that means nothing, unless you take advantage of the free opportunities. Students should use their ID cards...