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Opinion | The best ways to make the most of the holiday season

By Irene Moran, Senior Staff Columnist • November 19, 2024

From baking treats to ice skating in the cold weather, there is so much to do during the holidays. Whether you’re celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or another holiday, there are so many great things to do to make this time of the year.

Opinion | Why Kamala Harris lost the election

By Zion Schenk, Staff Columnist • November 19, 2024

After the results of the election and Donald Trump’s win, Democrats are scrambling to understand why Kamala Harris lost. Although it’s difficult to really understand the exact reasons her campaign failed, there are a few answers I believe to have played a major role in her difficult and unfortunate loss.

Opinion | How to navigate politics this holiday season

By Tessa Powers, Staff Columnist • November 18, 2024

We Americans have now elected a convicted felon over a woman as the 47th president of the United States — and just in time for the holiday season.

Opinion | What the election results mean to me

By Grace Harris, Senior Staff Columnist • November 18, 2024

We all felt the impending doom, the fear and most intensely the confusion that this election illuminated. This election brought about a slew of emotions for me and my intersecting identities, and I am not alone in this feeling.

Opinion | Modern non-fiction for people who like to cry

By Julianna Steach, Staff Columnist • November 15, 2024

Given that we can no longer sit in the sun on a park bench reading, but instead are cuddled up in the privacy of our homes, why not read a book that makes you weep? The only person that may bother you is your roommate, and they’ve probably seen you cry before.

Opinion | On the death penalty

By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor • November 15, 2024

I am struck by how profoundly fear, anger and hatred distorted my beliefs. That despite everything I valued most, I clung to views rooted in violence and oppression, values I thought I could never hold.

Opinion | The dying art of going to a movie theater

By Tessa Powers, Staff Columnist • November 13, 2024

But as time goes on, theaters close their doors for good, and streaming services become the hottest commodity. As I’ve aged, so has the prospect of going to a movie theater — I’d even go so far as to say that it's a dying art.

Opinion | The greatest tropes & cliches in media

By The Pitt News Staff • November 12, 2024

Are we in the mood for a titillating arranged marriage and spicy there’s-only-one-bed scene? Or perhaps a cozy found family and captivating redemption arc? Here are some tropes TPN opinions writers are constantly seeking in their next book or movie.

Opinion | Last minute Kamala Harris rally was worth the effort

By Katelyn Jones, Staff Columnist • November 11, 2024

Harris did an incredible job of working to try and show those in both parties that she is not for one opinion or one type of America.

Opinion | How did this happen?

By Thomas Riley and Livia LaMarca • November 8, 2024

Thomas and I spent most of the election night texting back and forth. We both started out decently hopeful, but quickly our messages got more and more frantic as we slowly watched Kamala Harris lose the election.