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 | Environmental science should become a required high school course

Opinion | Environmental science should become a required high school course

By Sarah Liez, Senior Staff Columnist • March 16, 2023
Due to its real-life importance and fundamental nature, environmental science should become a required high school course in line with the other core natural sciences of physics, chemistry and biology.
Opinion | Stop making me watch women get hurt

Opinion | Stop making me watch women get hurt

By Anna Ehlers, Contributing Editor • March 15, 2023
Even when depicted as a condemnation, explicit violence on screen just allows the audience to enjoy watching that violence.
Opinion | International Women’s Day annoys me

Opinion | International Women’s Day annoys me

By Grace DeLallo, Assistant Opinions Editor • March 14, 2023
In theory, International Women’s Day is a great idea. But when you are actively aware of the performativity inherent to the “holiday,” it loses all its luster. 
Opinion | Scientifically speaking, go read a book

Opinion | Scientifically speaking, go read a book

By Lynnette Tibbott, Senior Staff Columnist • March 12, 2023
It may sound traditional, but you should put down your phone and pick up a book. Even if you don’t want to or if it’s hard to fit into your schedule, reading is perhaps the most simple way you can prioritize your health. 
Opinion | A reflection on what it means to be home

Opinion | A reflection on what it means to be home

By Thomas Riley, Staff Columnist • March 12, 2023
Home is difficult and shocking, but it’s where we grow. My life in my old home is finished. None remains but old memories, preserved for me to walk through like a museum. Labels hang on each and every door — one reads, “Mall Food Court (2017-2021) / Remember that one time?”
Opinion | Trust your anesthesia team

Opinion | Trust your anesthesia team

By Harsh Hiwase, Senior Staff Columnist • March 2, 2023
Medicine and healthcare is an enterprise built on trust. Anesthesia is the pinnacle of this trust.
Israelis are seen from above a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government that his opponents say threaten democracy and freedoms, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023

Opinion | Israel’s modification of its judicial system has negative implications for democracy

By Rachel Soloff, Opinions Editor • March 2, 2023
Despite most Israelis being vehemently opposed to it, the Likud party’s weakening of the Supreme Court has negative implications for the state of democracy in Israel.
A supporter holds up a flag while atop a stoplight as protesters walk below during a rally and march in support of Palestinians in Chicago in response to an ongoing assault between Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East on Sunday, May 16, 2021.

Opinion | Americans’ silence on apartheid can’t continue

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist • March 1, 2023
The U.S.’s financial stakes in the occupation of Palestine make it the only country where support for Israel is presented as neutral or even progressive.
This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed Friday night in East Palestine, Ohio are still on fire at midday Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023.

Opinion | Response to Ohio train derailment reminds us that government, companies treat life as expendable

By Lynnette Tibbott, Staff Columnist • February 28, 2023
The issues of environmental and public health disasters are not going to fade away. Unless we demand accountability from our government and the companies responsible, they will continue to treat all life as expendable. 
Opinion | Liberals need to stop censoring books too

Opinion | Liberals need to stop censoring books too

By Paul Beer, Staff Columnist • February 28, 2023
All book censorship is wrong, even when it promotes “inclusion.”
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