The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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
Opinion | Sabbath traditions can remind us all that rest is sacred

Opinion | Sabbath traditions can remind us all that rest is sacred

By Livia Daggett, Contributing Editor • February 7, 2024
In the context of the hustle and bustle of family life, especially now that most two-parent households are also two-earner ones, celebrating a weekly holiday that requires a halt in the week’s work is a daunting task. But the reward is a day to focus on spirituality, family and rest.
Opinion | Midwest emo music: A debate

Opinion | Midwest emo music: A debate

By Irene Moran, Staff Columnist • February 5, 2024

Midwest emo is a subgenre that developed, as the name suggests, in the Midwest. I was recently involved in a debate with a group of people I know about whether Midwest emo is strictly geographical or if...

Opinion | I love ASMR and I don’t care who knows it

Opinion | I love ASMR and I don’t care who knows it

By Anna Fischer, Senior Staff Columnist • February 5, 2024
I have always struggled with insomnia — there is simply too much happening in my head at night. ASMR was the only thing that managed to quiet my mind, and to this day I watch it every night to fall asleep.
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip onSaturday, Jan. 27.

Opinion | Journalism is not a crime

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist • February 2, 2024
Killing journalists is a war crime. There is not a single government or military in the world that is unaware of this fact. Press and media employees are meant to have immunity during military attacks, even in the extremely rare case that they are producing propaganda. 
Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez in Marvel Studios' “Echo.”

Opinion | Marvel has always been political

By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor • February 2, 2024
Marvel has always been “woke.” For decades, it has included and represented a wide range of races, genders, sexualities and disabilities. Throughout its pages, it has always engaged with current events and tackled politics.
Opinion | I have a love-hate relationship with cover letters

Opinion | I have a love-hate relationship with cover letters

By Abigail Dobry, Senior Staff Columnist • February 1, 2024
I have a love-hate relationship with cover letters for job applications. Frankly, it’s mostly hate, but I am warming up to them. Job searching is tough as it is, and curating a personalized letter for almost every job is tiring.
Poetry | Lover and Liar

Poetry | Lover and Liar

By Irene Moran, Staff Columnist • January 29, 2024
Irene Moran shares a poem about someone she used to love
Opinion | Just because you make your bed every day doesn’t mean you are OK

Opinion | Just because you make your bed every day doesn’t mean you are OK

By Grace Harris, Staff Columnist • January 29, 2024
Just because you can function and your actions don't fit perfectly into the textbook definition of depression and anxiety does not mean you are completely fine, and it is OK to seek help.
Opinion | Your guilt at buying from Shein is your moral compass desperately knocking

Opinion | Your guilt at buying from Shein is your moral compass desperately knocking

By Livia Daggett, Contributing Editor • January 26, 2024
Yes — under capitalism, within the U.S.’s car-reliant infrastructure, with laughable minimum wages and flagrant union-busting left and right, there are plenty of exploitative industries and environmentally toxic byproducts that normal people simply cannot opt out of. We should always emphasize a class perspective when the idealistic wealthy criticize others for not being perfect environmentalists or assume everyone has time to be a choosy shopper. 
Country music artist Connor Smith plays the guitar during his concert at Stage AE.

Opinion | Resisting country music is futile

By Gabriela Herring, Staff Columnist • January 25, 2024
We now live in a time where there’s room in the industry to serve more than Ford F-150 owners. Resistance to state tyranny, big money and systemic abuses of power were at the crux of country music as it was born.
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