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

Pittsburgh Police and paramedics respond to Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School for what turned out to be a hoax report of an active shooter on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

Editorial | School shooting threats should not be the norm

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 30, 2023
The recent hoax threats to local Catholic schools should not be the norm and that people should feel safe going to school.
The Parkvale Building on Meyran Avenue, which houses the English Language Institute.

Editorial | Decision to keep English Language Institute open proves University must listen to students’ concerns

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 29, 2023
The decision to keep the English Language Institute for another year shows that the University must listen to its students, especially with new leadership coming in.
Editorial | Students need to support small and independent restaurants

Editorial | Students need to support small and independent restaurants

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 27, 2023
If you walk on Forbes at just about any time of the day, you’ll see people entering and leaving many eateries. You’ll probably also see students making the trek down from the Pete with a white bag imprinted with a red chicken on it, too.  The issue isn’t the existence of large corporate chains, because let’s be serious, a good burrito bowl hits the spot. But it's still important to consider the small, worthwhile places that rely on students’ business. The Pitt News’ “Best Of” survey awarded some of these shops, but there were others it missed. 
The TikTok logo is seen on a cellphone on Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston.

Editorial | TikTok will create further tensions between the U.S. and China

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 23, 2023
The congressional hearing concerning TikTok shows how the security concerns around the app will lead to a ban and worsening tensions with China.
A borg (blackout rage gallon) made of water, vodka and red beverage mix powder in a gallon jug, labeled SpongeBorg SquarePants. The right side of the jug displays the message Me Hoy Minoy, a reference to the SpongeBob SquarePants episode DoodleBob.

Editorial | What your borg’s name says about you

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 19, 2023
St. Patrick’s Day is infamously known as a drinking holiday, so it’s no surprise that upon receiving viral status, borgs became the drinking trend for this 2023’s season… and P.S., experts don’t love the trend, but argue it has some benefits compared to other college drinking trends. Did someone say “Score!”? Well, let’s see what your borg’s name over the weekend says about you. 
A protester holds a “Trans People Belong” sign during a June 2020 protest.

Editorial | We stand with trans students

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 16, 2023
Pitt students need to show our transgender students that the community cares despite transphobic speakers and weak university responses.
Ke Huy Quan, winner of the best supporting actor award, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Editorial | The real winners and losers at this year’s Oscars

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 14, 2023
The best and worst winners and losers at this year’s Academy Awards.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif. stands with Denise Rucker Krepp, a former advisory neighborhood commission member, as he holds a ceremony to nullify the D.C. crime bill on Friday, March 10, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Editorial | Congress voting down D.C. crime law shows the district needs statehood

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 13, 2023
While the District of Columbia has 712,816 residents — higher than the populations of Vermont and Wyoming and comparable with states such as Delaware and Alaska — it doesn’t have statehood. 
This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Eli Lilly & Co. corporate headquarters in Indianapolis.

Editorial | Pharmaceutical companies should follow Eli Lilly’s lead in cutting out-of-pocket medication prices

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 3, 2023
Other pharmaceutical companies should cut medication prices like insulin because it saves lives.
People take part in a candlelight vigil for the victims of a migrant boat that broke apart in rough seas, in Crotone, southern Italy, on Feb. 27.

Editorial | Shipwreck in Italy carrying migrants shows that European politicians must take migration seriously

By The Pitt News Editorial Board February 28, 2023
The shipwreck off of Italy shows how we need to take migration seriously, especially as more and more people are displaced by conflict.
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