Op-Ed/Letters Archives - The Pitt News

Letter from the editor | A symphony of college life

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • June 28, 2021

Starting a personal transition at a time of massive global transition may seem overwhelming. Frankly, it’s daunting. But if I can offer you one piece of advice during this time, it is that your experience at Pitt is ultimately a grand symphony which you will weave together.

Op-Ed | Calling all Pitt students — we must stand up for abortion rights

By Planned Parenthood Generation Action at Pitt board members • June 23, 2021

Standing up for abortion availibilty is essential to ensuring the right to choose remains for everyone.

Letter to the Editor | Editorial board’s case against Barrett reveals underlying bias

By Daniel Stumpp, electrical engineering student • November 2, 2020

In a recent editorial, the editorial board of The Pitt News wrote that Judge Amy Coney Barrett is “far from qualified” to serve on the Supreme Court. The editorial attempts to support this claim by...

Letter from the Editor | Back to the future with TPN

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • August 18, 2020

Welcome back to campus! Or, depending on where you’re reading this, welcome back to the same desk chair you’ve been sitting in since March.

Letter From the Editor | Welcome to Pitt — just keep swimming

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • July 24, 2020

If I can offer you one piece of advice during this tumultuous time, it would be to, as Dory put it best, just keep swimming.

Op-Ed | What’s missing from Pitt’s pandemic planning? A Faculty Union

By Pitt Faculty Organizing Committee • July 23, 2020

In an Op-Ed, the Pitt Faculty Organizing Committee argues that during pandemic planning, a certified faculty union is vital and would benefit not just faculty, but the entire Pitt community.

Op-Ed | Making [email protected] more flexible

By Ben Rottman, Chris Schunn, Celia Brownell, Natasha Tokowicz, Peter Gianaros, Jana Iverson, and Timothy Nokes-Malach • July 16, 2020

[email protected] is actually inflexible, and in its current form will result in a suboptimal learning experience.

Op-Ed | Grappling with systemic racism

By Jack Daniel, Retired Pitt administrator • July 7, 2020

Jack Daniel, the first chair of Pitt’s Africana Studies department, says in an op-ed that we in America, and at Pitt, must confront an elephant in the room.

Letter to the Editor | Hold racist white women accountable

By Taylor Robinson, Rising Pitt Senior • July 7, 2020

Taylor Robinson argues in a letter to the editor that white women labeled as “Karens” are neither victims of cancel culture nor unprecedented times.

Op-Ed | Working to tell the story right

By Don Marbury, former Editor-in-Chief of The Pitt News • June 23, 2020

Rev. Don Marbury, the first Black editor-in-chief of The Pitt News, reflects on his experience during the Black Action Society’s 1969 Cathedral of Learning sit-in.