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
Editorial | Our “society” did not lie to the Benedictine College graduates — Harrison Butker did

Editorial | Our “society” did not lie to the Benedictine College graduates — Harrison Butker did

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • May 21, 2024
Butker, like many conservatives faced with a social order growing gradually more progressive, cannot convince people to follow his worldview of their own volition and must scare them into it by telling them that they cannot trust what they thought they knew.
Op-Ed | An open letter to my signatory colleagues and to the silent ones

Op-Ed | An open letter to my signatory colleagues and to the silent ones

By Diego Holstein, Professor of History • May 4, 2024

In an open letter to the Chancellor published on Apr. 25, a group of 49 educators claimed that Pitt students’ dedication to human rights and justice displayed in the Palestine Solidarity Encampment should...

Betül Tuncer, editor-in-chief.

Column | A thank you to student journalists

By Betul Tuncer, Editor-in-Chief • April 27, 2024
Editor-in-chief Betul Tuncer reflects on the role of student journalists in society and says thank you to The Pitt News. 
The Pitt News box outside the Cathedral of Learning.

TPN thanks, says goodbye to senior editors

By The Pitt News Staff • April 26, 2024
As graduation quickly approaches, we are both proud of and heartbroken to say goodbye to the senior editors who made TPN exactly what it is. 
Pro-Palestine students set up a "liberated zone" in Schenley Plaza on Tuesday.

Op-Ed | An open letter to Chancellor Joan Gabel

By Contributors • April 25, 2024
We, a group of University of Pittsburgh educators, are standing in solidarity with the students who established the "liberation zone" in support of Palestine on Schenley Plaza.
Pamela Smith, managing editor.

Column | In the blink of an eye, in the click of a shutter

By Pamela Smith, Managing Editor • April 20, 2024

During my first year of college, I kept a daily question journal. Every day, I would answer a different prompt about my life — favorite food, most recent TV show — in what was supposed to eventually...

Pitt graduates after their 2021 graduation at Heinz Field.

TPN sends off graduating opinions columnists

By Thomas Riley and Livia LaMarca • April 19, 2024
The opinions desk is sad to see six of our most beloved writers graduate in a week. We are going to miss each of you and are so grateful for the time we had together being your editors!
Opinion | Graduation is next week and I’m nervous and scared for the future, but I’m thankful for my time at Pitt

Opinion | Graduation is next week and I’m nervous and scared for the future, but I’m thankful for my time at Pitt

By Ashanti McLaurin, Staff Columnist • April 19, 2024
I can’t believe I am graduating college next Sunday. The five years that college has served me in undergrad have flown by so fast that I’m just now realizing how my time at Pitt is truly coming to an end.
Allison Schaeffer, graduating senior and copy chief of The Pitt News, poses for a photo in front of the copy board at The Pitt News office on Tuesday.

Column | Read on

By Allison Schaeffer, Copy Chief • April 18, 2024
I’m not a big writer. I have worked at The Pitt News for three years now, and this is the first article I’ve written. I am, however, a big reader, and I always have been.
Satire | A better use for editorial space

Satire | A better use for editorial space

By Anna Ehlers, Contributing Editor • April 17, 2024
While I am already impressed by how The Pitt News has taken advantage of ad opportunities, with many ads featured both on the website and in the print edition, I believe it would be to The Pitt News’ advantage to take your advertisement goals even further and replace editorial material with these helpful advertisements. 
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