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Opinion | Slaveholders’ names don’t belong on Pitt’s buildings

By Dalia Maeroff, Senior Staff Columnist • June 30, 2021

For Pitt to truly be diverse and inclusive, it needs to change the names of campus buildings named after slaveholders and white supremacists.

Opinion | When it comes to love, focus on yourself over society

By Ashanti McLaurin, For The Pitt News • June 29, 2021

It’s okay to take a lot of time to find the right person — it doesn’t mean you’ll be alone forever.

Opinion | Everything you need to know about commuting

By Dalia Maeroff, Senior Staff Columnist • June 28, 2021

Commuting to college is the best decision I’ve ever made, and it will be for you too. But first, some things to make commuting a bit easier to swallow.

Opinion | Enjoy the small pleasures of college

By Lucas DiBlasi, Senior Staff Columnist • June 26, 2021

It may be an annoying platitude, but you don’t know what you have until it’s gone.

Opinion | Cast a wide net to find the activities and clubs you love

By Jack Troy, Opinions Editor • June 26, 2021

Your first year is the time to dip your toes into a dozen different activities knowing full well you may only stick with two or three.

Opinion | The guide to a hot, vaccinated and anxious girl summer

By India Krug, Senior Staff Columnist • June 24, 2021

The isolation, lack of control, grief and fear have affected all of us in some way. And while there is certainly an initial relief that comes with getting vaccinated, the reality of reentering social life is different for everyone.

Opinion | You don’t need to be a critic to value art

By Lucas DiBlasi, Senior Staff Columnist • June 22, 2021

Everyone deserves a chance to appreciate resonant art without the aura of mystery that art museums often shroud themselves in, and museums should be doing everything they can to cultivate a non-elitist, welcoming experience.

Opinion | Women in academia need to get aggressive

By Dalia Maeroff, Senior Staff Columnist • June 22, 2021

All those qualities academia values in men — ambition, competitiveness, confidence, leadership and aggressiveness — are all qualities that women desperately need to adopt and own in academic spaces.

Opinion | The COVID-19 pandemic prematurely aged us

By Dalia Maeroff, Senior Staff Columnist • June 22, 2021

I went from someone able to stay up and out until after the sun came up to someone who prefers to be home at a normal time so I can watch HGTV before going to sleep in just a year.

Opinion | Don’t fall for billionaire propaganda — strengthening the IRS is a good thing

By Jack Troy, Opinions Editor • June 15, 2021

America’s highest earners are terrified of a robust IRS and they’re hoping to manipulate the public into bailing them out.