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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The implementation of Pennsylvania’s Homestead Exclusion Amendment will allow local governments to vote to exempt up to 100 percent of a home’s median assessed value from property taxes. (Photo by John Hamilton | Managing Editor)

Don’t make students foot the bill for tax cuts

By Maggie Durwald | Columnist November 28, 2017

As our fellow Pitt students once again embark on the often overwhelming journey that is apartment hunting for next year, the voters of Pennsylvania may be inadvertently raising our rental costs. At...

(Illustration by Jaime Viens | Contributing Editor)

A long overdue farewell to The Pitt News

By Jaime Viens | Contributing Editor November 27, 2017

“This is an exploration of feminism by a somewhat educated, 19 year old liberal arts major.” This is the first sentence I ever wrote in hopes of getting hired as a columnist for The Pitt News back...

(Illustration by Garrett Aguilar | Staff Illustrator)

Volunteer, but not on Thanksgiving

By Neena Hagen, For The Pitt News November 20, 2017

It’s Thanksgiving, and you're bustling around the sweltering, crowded soup kitchen, maneuvering around your fellow volunteers, taking up practically every inch of space on the floor. Someone jostles...

(Illustration by Raka Sarkar | Senior Staff Illustrator)

Talking politics at Thanksgiving shouldn’t be taboo

By Anne Marie Yurik | For The Pitt News November 20, 2017

What do you do when someone close to you says something about a topic in the news you find simply reprehensible? Oftentimes, the instinct is to shut up and pretend it didn’t happen — something that’s...

(Illustration by Raka Sarkar | Senior Staff Illustrator)

Extend love to homeless in a city that doesn’t

By Sarah Shearer | Columnist November 17, 2017

Nichole Cooper didn’t know a simple “How are you?” would lead to such a rich friendship when she met Shaker on the street. “You know, I just saw him and was like, hey, what’s up?” Cooper...

Litchfield Towers A, B and C are located on lower campus between Fifth and Forbes avenues and house approximately 1,800 students.

To succeed, sophomores should stay on campus

By Brian Gentry | For The Pitt News November 17, 2017

Sophomore Dolan Edinboro knew he wanted to move off campus for his sophomore year. But when he started looking for apartments in the November of his first semester at Pitt, he and one of his roommates,...

(Illustration by Abby Katz | Staff Illustrator)

Off-year election marks desire for criminal justice reform

By Ben Sheppard | Columnist November 16, 2017

Despite our national representatives’ inability to agree on anything, the Nov. 7 off-year elections showed that the nation at large is united by at least one thing — criminal justice reform. Pittsburghers...

(Illustration by Garrett Aguilar | Staff Illustrator)

Christmas: the most wonderful two months of the year

By Alexis Buncich | For The Pitt News November 15, 2017

Based on my friends’ Snapchats, the last moments before the Christmas season ended the night of Halloween. Everyone was still getting into their Halloween candy when suddenly, the clock struck midnight...

(Illustration by Abby Katz | Staff Illustrator)

Whitefish debacle points to dubious dealings

By Bianca De | For The Pitt News November 14, 2017

As a small-town business owner, what do you do when a local Facebook friend suddenly becomes Secretary of the Interior? If you happen to live in Whitefish, Montana, you simply wait for the next natural...

(Illustration by Raka Sarkar | Senior Staff Illustrator)

“What are you?”: Embracing a mixed-roots identity

By Erica Brandbergh | Columnist November 13, 2017

I once asked my dad, out of curiosity, whether he put Caucasian, Asian or both on surveys that ask about his race. He paused for a bit and said he didn’t know. I asked if he identified with one more...

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