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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

Opinions editor Amber Montgomery 
preparing to take a shot at the pool table at Bootleggers. Stephen Caruso | Assistant Visual Editor

Point-Counterpoint: Bootleggers represents the classic bar

By Amber Montgomery | Opinions Editor April 14, 2017

No alcohol-themed edition of The Pitt News would be complete without an argument for the best bar in Oakland. This year, we’re bringing you two takes on the controversial issue. Read and enjoy as two...

Assistant Visual Editor Stephen Caruso enjoying a beer at Genes Place. Meghan Sunners | Visual Editor

Point-Counterpoint: A good time guaranteed at Gene’s Place

By Stephen Caruso | Contributing Editor April 14, 2017

No alcohol-themed edition of The Pitt News would be complete without an argument for the best bar in Oakland. This year, we’re bringing you two takes on the controversial issue. Read and enjoy as two...

Liam McFadden | Staff Illustrator

Inclusive alcohol advertising combats sexism and oppression

By Rashi Seth | Columnist April 14, 2017

Beer companies do come up with some good commercials. The Budweiser Clydesdales and the the Most Interesting Man are two iconic images associated with beer brands. But often, beer commercials take...

Liam McFadden | Staff Illustrator

Pennsylvania draconian liquor laws need rethinking

By Nick Eustis | Columnist April 14, 2017

The beauty of turning 21 meant I could finally purchase alcohol whenever I pleased, a fact I was more than thrilled about. But in traveling to other states, I quickly found that not all alcohol laws are...

Jordan Mondell | Contributing Editor

Column: “Open Casket” painting trivializes black suffering

By Christian Snyder, Columnist April 13, 2017

The first time I saw the photograph in an anthology of the most powerful photographs in history, I noticed Emmett Till’s pristine button up and imagined his mother’s brave hands fastening his crisp...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during the last day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Thursday, July 28, 2016. (Michael Bryant/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

Editorial: New York tuition bill lets down low-income students

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 13, 2017

For college students disappointed by the Democrats’ defeat last November, a bill passed last week in New York is a refreshing — but ultimately empty — development in the discussion surrounding free...

Abandoned buildings in Braddock. Courtesy of charltonlidu | Flickr

Editorial: New business vital to revitalizing Braddock

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 11, 2017

If you drive 30 minutes outside of Oakland along I-376 and take a few strategic turns, you’ll find yourself on Braddock Avenue. The street is the main strip of the Braddock borough, a suburb east of...

Liam McFadden | Staff Illustrator

Music festivals need more focus on safety, less on security

By Julia Aldrich | Columnist April 11, 2017

When I walked through the security gates at Electric Zoo — a dance music festival that takes place every Labor Day weekend in New York City — in 2015, there was a noticeable nervous vibe in the air....

Jordan Mondell | Contributing Editor

Conflict Kitchen leaves legacy of tolerance

By Christian Snyder | Columnist April 11, 2017

Pittsburgh was always filled with mysterious things to do as I was growing up. Places such as the Mattress Factory and the Carnegie Science Center have more widespread notoriety, but my personal favorite...

Oakland residents protest the military strike on Syria at Schenley Plaza on Friday. Stephen Caruso | Assistant Visual Editor

Editorial: Media reaction to Syria strike jumps to conclusions

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 11, 2017

It would have been hard to guess that the one thing to unite the media and President Donald Trump’s administration would be a military strike. Nevertheless, that seemed to be exactly what happened...

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