With the election less than a week away, we realize tensions are high at Pitt.
But none of the presidential candidates will benefit from violence among their supporters. And anti-Trump Pitt students...
Pitt’s student-athletes are getting a free head start, but instead of racing toward a trophy, they’re filling up classroom seats.
According to an email from academic counselors within the athletic...
If it weren’t for voice actress Jennifer Hale and her performance in the Mass Effect video game series, the character of Commander Shepard wouldn’t have been as memorable.
Hale, an esteemed voice...
Following the lead of New York, Maryland and Vermont, doctors in Pennsylvania want the state to be the next to initiate a ban on fracking.
Last week, the Pennsylvania Medical Society called for a statewide...
It was 1 a.m., and my living room looked eerie and unfamiliar, lit only by the light from the television screen.
Everyone else in the house was asleep, and after what felt like hours of tossing and...
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Ken Bone
All you have to do is buy a red sweater and some glasses — but to really sell...
“Crooked.” “Idiot.” “Liar.” “Grab them by the pussy.” These compelling phrases have dominated the intellectual rhetoric of the 2016 election season.
As profoundly as this debate eloquence...
Politicians have enough incentive to hide behind closed doors. They shouldn’t have to pay for offering a glimpse at the internal discussions that drive our city.
Council President Bruce Kraus introduced...
Words and swords are not the same weapon — at least they’re not supposed to be.
But the rise of politically correct, sensitive policy-making in recent years has contributed to the decline of academic...
Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania’s former Attorney General, committed a crime.
She was arrested, tried before a jury of her peers and convicted. And this week, she was sentenced to prison. But justice...