Opinion | Don’t wish away general education requirements
By Julia Kreutzer, Senior Staff Columnist
July 24, 2020
If used properly, general education requirements can be exciting, enriching opportunities to narrow down your interests, eliminate extraneous costs, customize your education and market yourself to future employers.
Satire | What not to do as a first year
By Genna Edwards, Senior Staff Columnist
July 23, 2020
Don’t drink from the Cathy water fountains. They’re, like, oddly warm.
Opinion | You don’t have to do everything all at once
By Paige Lawler, Senior Staff Columnist
July 22, 2020
Trying to participate in too many extracurricular activities all at once while learning the ins and outs of college will almost certainly result in exhaustion and burnout.
Opinion | College students, your mental health will not improve on its own
By Leah Mensch, Opinions Editor
July 21, 2020
If you’re already experiencing mental health issues, moving to campus will not fix them, and moving to campus will not make them better — no matter how ideal the independent, adult life in college seems.
Opinion | Consider joining a Counseling Center therapy group
By Loretta Donoghue, Senior Staff Columnist
July 20, 2020
College in the time of coronavirus is bound to be mentally draining for thousands of students. Thankfully, Pitt’s Counseling Center can help — incoming first-year students who find themselves struggling should consider joining a group counseling session.
Opinion | In defense of changing your major
By Alex Dolinger, Staff Columnist
July 19, 2020
The first year — sometimes, the first month — of college can be full of an overwhelming amount of self-discovery. A lot of people come to college with a set plan, but sometimes that plan changes. That’s OK.
Opinion | The top 1% have a stranglehold on American democracy
By Ethan Tessler, Staff Columnist
July 15, 2020
The lack of political turnover, policy decisions, long polling lines — these are the real questions we need to be aware of and constantly thinking about.
Opinion | Veepstakes: Ranking Biden’s possible VP picks, take two
By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist
July 14, 2020
Two months ago, columnist Devi Ruia wrote about her thoughts on the potential VP picks that she’d seen mentioned the most. But things have changed since then, other contenders have emerged and others that were mentioned as top choices have dropped out of consideration.
Poetry | Normalcy
By Mackenzie Oster, Staff Columnist
July 7, 2020
Columnist Mackenzie Oster shares poetry about the “new normal” she is navigating.
Opinion | Point: Universities should not bring students back to campus in the fall
By Nate Kohler, Contributing Staff Member
June 23, 2020
Exchanging the health of students and the community at large for being able to operate normally as a university is simply not worth the risk.