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Column | Collaboration and connection make us better — yes, even in journalism

By Ryleigh Lord, Editor-in-Chief • April 22, 2025

Today is the last day I will ever do this, and despite the amount of times I’ve said “I can’t wait to be done,” I don’t know if I will ever quite be ready to say goodbye.

Column | Things done and left undone

By Thomas Riley, Opinions Editor • April 22, 2025

The saddest part of it all is not the fact that I will have to leave it all behind in 12 days. It is the fact that I will have to take with me the faces that I can never return to.

Column | The last copy mistakes I’ll let slip by

By Livia Daggett, Copy Chief • April 22, 2025

It’s hard to wrap my head around the fact that after May 4, if I come knocking on the William Pitt Union’s fourth floor, I’ll be the graduate who can’t let go, who everyone patiently humors while internally shaking their heads.

Satire | Senior reminiscence

By Alaina McCall, Senior Staff Columnist • April 22, 2025

As a college graduate, I am now far better than all of you reading this. And, as someone who survived four years spending most of their time between Fifth and Forbes, I would consider myself a Pitt expert....

Opinion | There is no such thing as wasted time

By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor • April 22, 2025

I’ve been going back and forth on what to write for this column all year. I’ve been brainstorming and jotting down ideas since September — seriously, check my notes app. But one idea has stuck with me from the very beginning, a “philosophy” I have carried with me for years now — the belief that there is no such thing as wasted time.

TPN sends off graduating opinions columnists

By Thomas Riley, Opinions Editor • April 22, 2025

Graduation is nigh, so it is time to wish the opinions desk’s graduating seniors off. We worked with these writers for the last year, and a few even longer. From goofing around in the office, to complaining about the state of American politics, to commiserating about what is next after we all graduate, we hope you all had a wonderful time working for The Pitt News and writing for the best desk — the opinions desk.

Opinion | Final thoughts

By Emily O’Neil, Senior Staff Columnist • April 18, 2025

Senior staff columnist Emily O’Neil discusses her final experiences at college and how the time flew by too fast.

Opinion | Goodbye, Pitt

By Jake Vasilias, Staff Columnist • April 18, 2025

Staff columnist Jake Vasilias reflects on his time at Pitt.

Opinion | How to have a resisting-fascism summer

By Emma Hannan, Contributing Editor • April 18, 2025

Contributing editor Emma Hannan talks about ways you can stay politically active while not in school.

Opinion | Everything we know about love

By Grace Harris, Juliana Steach • April 14, 2025

As Dolly Alderton states, “Nearly everything I know about love, I've learned from my long-term friendships with women.” Nearly everything we have learned about love is from the women who have seen us laugh so hard that we have tears in our eyes and cry so hard that our face gets puffy.