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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

Opinion | Advice from a graduating senior — make friends with your professors

Opinion | Advice from a graduating senior — make friends with your professors

By Lynnette Tibbott, Staff Columnist April 12, 2023
Listen in the classroom and make connections with your professors.
Opinion | Write something that sucks — it’s good for you

Opinion | Write something that sucks — it’s good for you

By Thomas Riley, Senior Staff Columnist April 11, 2023
A lot of the time, you’ll surprise yourself with something better than the perfect draft you imagined a blurry outline of. By spewing out whatever fragment of a sentence happens to grace your train of thought, you can keep track of ideas that you may have otherwise discarded in the pursuit of perfection. 
Opinion | Walkable communities shouldn’t be limited to college campuses

Opinion | Walkable communities shouldn’t be limited to college campuses

By Juliana Morello, Staff Columnist April 9, 2023
I’ve been thinking a lot about what I’ll miss the most about Pitt when I graduate. And the more I think about it, the more I see how important walkable communities are.
Opinion | Americans desperately need universal healthcare

Opinion | Americans desperately need universal healthcare

By Livia LaMarca, Senior Staff Columnist April 6, 2023
Many reasons the US needs a comprehensive public healthcare system and the dangers of not having one.
Opinion | Weekly TV releases are so much better than binge-watching

Opinion | Weekly TV releases are so much better than binge-watching

By Rachel Soloff, Opinions Editor April 6, 2023
TV shows that come out once a week make much more of a cultural impact than shows that drop full seasons.
Opinion | Nature can reclaim — but only if we let it

Opinion | Nature can reclaim — but only if we let it

By Grace DeLallo, Assiatant Opinions Editor April 5, 2023
Nature has always given us the necessary pieces to make life livable, yet in how we live our modern lives, we are making our planet unlivable.
Opinion | You can’t tokenize yourself

Opinion | You can’t tokenize yourself

By Sarah Liez, Senior Staff Columnist April 4, 2023
You can’t tokenize yourself by expressing an important part of your identity. Rather, others tokenize you when they define you by this characteristic.
Opinion | Diary of a reformed ‘pick-me’ — they don’t truly exist

Opinion | Diary of a reformed ‘pick-me’ — they don’t truly exist

By Juliana Morello, Staff Columnist April 3, 2023
The hypocrisy of calling people “pick-me girls.”
This aerial image shows the Trinseo Altuglas facility in Bristol Township, Pa., Monday, March 27, 2023.

Opinion | Delaware River chemical spill shows how companies continue to harm people and the planet

By Lynnette Tibbott, Staff Columnist April 3, 2023
The issue of chemical disasters will not go away unless the government and companies spend the extra cost on more intensive prevention methods.
Opinion | What even are feminine tattoos?

Opinion | What even are feminine tattoos?

By Emily O'Neil, Staff Columnist March 30, 2023
There are gendered stereotypes in the tattoo industry representative of a sexist and gendered history of tattoos.
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