Columns Archives - Page 17 of 196

Opinion | Social media and shopping should stay separate entities

By Kelly Xiong, Senior Staff Columnist • December 8, 2023

In a society where we already overconsume so much content, we do not need social media to make it worse than it already is. Social media should be a platform for content creation, sharing pictures and videos and just an overall peaceful place where you can mindlessly scroll for hours. What it should not be is a shopping platform.

Opinion | Romanticizing finals week is necessary to get through it

By Delaney Rauscher Adams, Staff Columnist • December 7, 2023

I prefer to shift my perspective on the hectic end of the semester to a more positive outlook. Gaslighting myself into viewing finals season as an enjoyable and productive time proves to be a surprisingly effective strategy in making the entire experience more bearable.

Column | ‘Birder-in-Chief’ takes flight as she graduates from The Pitt News (and college)

By Punya Bhasin, Assistant News Editor • December 6, 2023

107 articles later, Assistant News Editor Punya Bhasin writes her final piece, her senior column, as she graduates from college and The Pitt News.

Opinion | Warped Tour should be brought back

By Irene Moran, Staff Columnist • December 4, 2023

Warped Tour paved the way for so many huge bands in the rock, alternative, pop-punk and indie rock scenes.

Opinion | Pay attention to the language of war

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist • December 4, 2023

Language and its employment are not free from responsibility. Context must be applied, relentlessly. We need to question definitions and designations, what they reveal about who is setting them, and what it means to grant authority to those in that position.

Opinion | Let’s Talk About CTE

By Jameson Keebler, Senior Staff Columnist • December 1, 2023

America loves their contact sports — and I get it. There’s nothing better than getting together with a group of friends and watching whatever game is on. There is a reason why sports are so popular...

Opinion | Academic institutions must address their complicity and complacency in the face of racism, Islamophobia and exclusion on campuses

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist • December 1, 2023

To all those unwilling to publicly oppose apartheid, understand that your silence puts so many of your students at risk, and it plays into the imperialist prejudice you are paid to discuss.

Poetry | When the world opens its ears

By Abigail Dobry, Staff Columnist • November 30, 2023

Abby Dobry shares a poem about the potential of goodness

Opinion | Thoughts on the 66th Grammy nominations

By Danae Poteat, Staff Columnist • November 28, 2023

Grammy season is finally upon us, and I am beyond excited. As an avid music listener, I always find it fun to see which of my favorite artists gets nominated for such prestigious awards.

Opinion | Semi-automatic weapons are instruments of mass killing

By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor • November 14, 2023

I could write a whole column about how the United States’ overconsumption and overuse of guns is leading to a terrifyingly violent and deadly society. But today, I want to attack one lone bad guy that stands out among the rest — military-grade, assault, semi-automatic weapons.