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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Op-Ed | It’s time for Africa to be the change

Op-Ed | It’s time for Africa to be the change

By Rahmat Obanikoro, WAZOBIA Logistics Chair of the African Students Organization; Nana Gyabaah-Kessie, president of the African Students Organization • June 9, 2020
Uwa’s story is the one we speak of today. But there have been many before her, and we hope that she will be the last.
Protesters gather in Downtown Pittsburgh in response to the killing of George Floyd.

Op-ed | We Are Done Dying

By Morgan Ottley, President of Black Action Society • June 2, 2020
We live in the shadows of our own survival, hiding from the terrible outcomes that meet us everytime we step foot into the world. We are done falling victim to death at the hands of our oppressors.
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said he would not favor using the University endowment as a reserve to pull cash from and stave off budget cuts.

Op-ed | Leaving the endowment alone during the crisis is the right call

By Ilia Murtazashvili, Associate professor of public policy • June 2, 2020
There are several reasons why the chancellor’s call is the right one.
Protestors march in East Liberty in response to the death of George Floyd.

Op-ed | Racial Justice: Get Connected, Get Committed

By James Huguley, Interim Director of the Center on Race and Social Problems • June 2, 2020
To many, this latest flurry of death feels unprecedented. Except it’s not. It’s absolutely not.
At last count, Pitt’s quasi-endowment was $2.6 billion and could be used to cover potential budget cuts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Op-ed | Pitt can and should use its endowment to get us through this crisis

By Tyler Bickford, Associate professor of English • May 26, 2020
Not to mince words: it is wrong that the Chancellor, who received a $669,738 base salary this year, would use sympathetic students as an excuse not to protect the jobs of the faculty and staff who support those students, often for wages less than one-twentieth of his.

Op-ed: A student renter’s case for a rent freeze

By Jason Ficorilli, Senior at Pitt • April 6, 2020
Now that the coronavirus pandemic has left so many without a job, landlords cannot simply return to business as usual.
Op-ed: If Pitt wants to be carbon-neutral by 2037, it must invest in land

Op-ed: If Pitt wants to be carbon-neutral by 2037, it must invest in land

By Austin Jepsky, graduate student in sustainable engineering • March 5, 2020
At the winter Board of Trustees meeting on Feb. 28, Pitt made a historic commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2037. Now comes the hard part of actually figuring out how to implement this goal.
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Letter to the Editor: Don’t Celebrate the Pitt Day of Giving

By Pat Healy, Ph.D student in Information Science • February 25, 2020

I have personally made hundreds of dollars in donations in past Pitt Days of Giving. I have run social media campaigns around getting people to donate to the Pitt Day of Giving as an officer in the Pitt...

Op-ed: Choose to reuse: How Pitt is wasting our money

By Clara Grantier • April 8, 2019
These savings could contribute to lower tuition, sufficient student health and counseling resources, better Wi-Fi connection, practice space for our teams and clubs and so on.

Letter to the Editor | Re: ‘Editorial: Pro-Palestine doesn’t mean anti-Semitic’

February 13, 2019
The op-ed piece published Tuesday is dangerous because though its writers claim it does, it has not opened a dialogue.
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