Columns Archives - The Pitt News

Satire | Pro-lifers, what if your spouse got someone else pregnant?

By Paige Wasserman, Staff Columnist • May 17, 2022

Force pro-lifers to wrestle with their beliefs by asking: What if your spouse got someone else pregnant?

Opinion | Shave your head — especially if you are femme-presenting

By Jessica Snyder, Senior Staff Writer • May 17, 2022

Shaving your head can foster confidence and affirm the fluidity of gender, even if it’s just something you do once to change up your routine.

Opinion | Earth needs your attention now, not in one billion years

By Anita Bengert, Staff Columnist • April 21, 2022

If the public doesn’t demand that governments and corporations stop investing in fossil fuels and promote renewable energy now, then the planet will very soon face irreversible consequences.

Opinion | Unpaid internships privilege wealthier students over working-class

By Nadiya Greaser, Staff Writer • April 20, 2022

Conditions for working-class and first-generation financially independent students are already much different than those of upper- and middle-class financially dependent students.

Column | My first and last

By Riley Kleemeier, Copy Chief • April 20, 2022

Copy chief Riley Kleemeier reflects about her time at Pitt and The Pitt News in her first column ever.

Column | Reluctantly rewarded

By Martha Layne, News Editor • April 20, 2022

News editor Martha Layne recounts her time at The Pitt News as the self-described most reluctant editor in a very, very brief memoir.

Column | Slowly, then all at once

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • April 20, 2022

Jon Moss has served since April 2020 as the fourth-ever editor-in-chief of The Pitt News to work for two terms.

Satire | The top 8 rules of Hillman Etiquette

By Talia Spillerman, Staff Columnist • April 19, 2022

Here are the top ways to ensure that you are following the unspoken rules of Hillman library.

Opinion | Language learning builds for success

By Ashanti McLaurin, Staff Columnist • April 18, 2022

Taking language classes or studying abroad can be expensive, but at home, immersing yourself in language and culture is achievable. You’ve already started and haven’t realized.

Opinion | Idolize actions, not people

By Livia LaMarca, Staff Columnist • April 17, 2022

People need to be held accountable for their wrongdoings. But it is important that we don’t forget about all the good that people do in this world everyday.