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
Opinion | Stop asking women if they want children

Opinion | Stop asking women if they want children

By Grace Harris, Staff Columnist • June 11, 2024
Asking a woman you are not close to if they want to have kids or when they want to have kids is a deeply personal question. I'm sure many women, including myself, have gotten used to being asked uncomfortable and personal questions.
Police officer stands tensely in front of a “HANDS OFF YEMEN” sign at the Palestine solidarity encampment on Monday, June 3.

Opinion | What does it mean for a state entity to defend itself?

By Thomas Riley, Opinions Editor • June 11, 2024
Their billy clubs that beat back student protestors, their tear gas that dispersed countless Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020 and their guns that ended 1,195 lives last year are all protected by the greatest power in the police’s repertoire — the legal right to exercise physical violence against the population.
A protester records an interaction between police and protesters at the Palestine Solidarity Encampment on Sunday night.

Opinion | Pitt taught me to stand up against injustice, then sent police to beat my classmates

By Livia Daggett, Contributing Editor • June 6, 2024
I urge Pitt administrators to have the courage to join the ranks of universities turning toward Palestinian liberation. Pitt, your education has taught me again and again that the world shouldn’t be this way.
Opinion | Long-distance friendships are possible

Opinion | Long-distance friendships are possible

By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor • June 6, 2024
With all the advice swimming around the internet geared towards long-distance relationships, what do you do when phone sex and dirty talk aren’t a fulfilling way to keep your bestie around?
Opinion | Wildwood, New Jersey — the beach city that will always be nostalgic to me

Opinion | Wildwood, New Jersey — the beach city that will always be nostalgic to me

By Irene Moran, Staff Columnist • June 5, 2024
Wildwood, the small beach city along the New Jersey coast that I have gone to since I was a kid, will always have a special place in my heart.
Protesters face police officers during the Palestine Solidarity Encampment on Sunday night.

Editorial | The Pitt News Editorial Board condemns all violence at the University of Pittsburgh protests this week.

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • June 4, 2024
But more jarring than the police confiscating and removing a main source of sustenance, one needed to keep protesters from getting sick in the summer heat, is the violence that has been displayed at these protests the last few days.
Opinion | The job I can’t escape

Opinion | The job I can’t escape

By Danae Poteat, Staff Columnist • May 30, 2024
This summer, I had the opportunity to work at a rehabilitation center. As a nursing student and a future nurse, you would think that I would have immediately taken the job offer handed to me on a silver platter, but I chose to pass up this opportunity to work at my old restaurant job. 
Opinion | Return of the summer bucket list

Opinion | Return of the summer bucket list

By Delaney Rauscher Adams, Staff Columnist • May 28, 2024
Not taking advantage of your time off and the sunny weather is no way to spend your unoccupied moments this summer, and we should absolutely bring back the summer bucket list to fend off any lingering post-semester depression.
Opinion | Unpaid internships will never be fair

Opinion | Unpaid internships will never be fair

By Jameson Keebler, Senior Staff Columnist • May 24, 2024
My internship ended up taking over my semester at some point. I expected that would happen and could manage it, but without the financial support I receive from my family, I don’t see how that would have been possible.
Opinion | Do not arrest peaceful protesters

Opinion | Do not arrest peaceful protesters

By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor • May 23, 2024
The police presence on campus during our own encampment and subsequent protests and rallies paints a dimly-lit picture of police overreach and peaceful demonstrations turned sour, eerily reminiscent of the Vietnam War days.
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