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Opinion | Two coins or two faces?

By Jake Vasilias, Staff Columnist • October 22, 2024

We are less than one month away from one of the most important elections in American history, and yet, it somehow feels futile.

Opinion | Election violence and the death of democracy

By Tessa Powers, Staff Columnist • October 21, 2024

The election is rapidly approaching, Harris and Trump are nearly tied in the states that will decide the next president of the United States and American politics seems to get more violent with each passing day.

Opinion | Politicians shouldn’t visit disaster sites

By Alex Jurkuta, Contributing Editor • October 17, 2024

This is no longer the 1960s. With communication technology available for government officials to talk to residents while coordinating with other officials, why increase the risk of a damaging mistake by visiting in person?

Opinion | Stop shifting the goalposts for Zionism

By Jake Vasilias, Staff Columnist • October 15, 2024

Netanyahu threatened the genocidal hammer onto the civilians of Lebanon for not fighting against Hezbollah, an armed resistance group formed in the 1980s in face of Israeli aggression. Not only is Netanyahu seemingly proud of the Gaza destruction, he’s willing to leverage the hundreds of thousands of dead Palestinians as a scare tactic against the Lebanese.

Opinion | Best places on campus to get a sweet treat

By The Pitt News Staff • October 15, 2024

If there’s anything The Pitt News opinions desk writers love, it is a sweet treat. From quick to-go coffees to late-night guilty pleasures, here are plenty of spots on and around campus to indulge and get that dopamine boost.

Opinion | Navigating mental health during nursing school

By Danae Poteat, Senior Staff Columnist • October 15, 2024

When I first started nursing school, I knew I would be in for the ride of my life. I knew that nursing school would involve taking challenging classes, studying for hours on end and being put through the wringer. But what I didn’t anticipate was how this would heavily affect my mental health.

Opinion | Dancing to ‘those club classics’ is a form of resistance

By Julianna Steach, Staff Columnist • October 11, 2024

This wouldn’t be the first time the LGBTQ+ community has pioneered a legendary music era, such as the current revival of recession pop, otherwise known as Brat summer. Underground gay dance clubs in the 1970s were the birthplace of the disco, house and electronic music we all love to boogie to today.

Opinion | A Spotify Daylist lookover and why I think it is a great addition to Spotify

By Irene Moran, Senior Staff Columnist • October 9, 2024

Spotify Daylists might be one of my favorite features on the app, minus the Spotify Wrapped at the end of the year. It’s a feature feature where a playlist is made for you depending on what kind of music you listen to during that time of day, and it changes depending on the time of day.

Opinion | Why Pittsburgh needs a rental registry — and why we’re still waiting on one

By Livia Daggett, Contributing Editor • October 7, 2024

If the concept of a rental license sounds unfamiliar, it’s because they don’t exist in most parts of the country. This is the consequence of viewing housing as an investment to be bought, sold, speculated on and rented out. The issue is that it’s not right to treat housing as pure business — and I mean that as a categorical statement, not a value judgment.

Opinion | The rotten seed of American individualism

By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor • October 7, 2024

We have for too long nurtured the rotten seed of American individualism, and its roots run far too deep and its fruit has grown too bitter. Far too many people seemed to have embraced a philosophy hell-bent on placing personal freedom above the welfare of others. Compassion and kindness have withered as a response.