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

A plea for the return to intellectual conservatism

One month ago, our school hosted Milo Yiannopoulos. The dainty man who wielded his Louis Vuitton bag and bleach-blond hair managed to spark controversy on our campus. With a polemic perceived to be drenched...

Hillary Clinton spoke at Carnegie Mellon University last week.  John Hamilton | Staff Photographer

Media miscasts Clinton’s character

By Henry Glitz / Columnist April 10, 2016

An audience of 2,000 roared as former first lady, New York senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took the stage at Carnegie Mellon’s Skibo Gym to deliver a campaign address. I was a bit more...

Editorial: The next chapter for UNC

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 10, 2016

Discrimination — state-mandated or otherwise — has no place on a college campus. President of the University of North Carolina Margaret Spellings announced Thursday that the university will enforce...

Letter to the Editor

By Jordan Drischler April 10, 2016

To the Editor: A recent editorial entitled “GOP Candidates Should Attack Sexism, Not Wives,” discussed the social media war between Donald Trump and the SuperPAC Make America Awesome Again. While...

A brokered conventions keystone

A brokered convention’s keystone

By Henry Glitz / Columnist April 8, 2016

Stumping Donald Trump, will require Pennsylvania Republicans’ help. As the nominating process for the GOP lurches into its third month, the potential of a so-called brokered convention continues to...

Editorial: Casual Friday

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 7, 2016

Surprisingly good vibrations Authorities in Halberstadt, Germany, uncovered an especially illicit ring at a casino Wednesday. After receiving reports of a trash can making a humming noise and shaking,...

Editorial: Continue allowing trans students bathroom access

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 7, 2016

After the superintendent sent home a letter about an already-existing policy permitting transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice, dozens of parents came out for a school board meeting Monday...

Don’t dismiss implicit sexism

It’s a Sunday evening and I’m just finishing up my dinner, about to head to a friends apartment to watch an award show. I get there to find my friends playing whatever video game they’re obsessed...

Michelle Reagle | Copy Chief

Under the Covers: Inject equality into contraceptions

There’s a new birth control for people who have penises that’s been making waves in the medical field. It’s non-hormonal, long-lasting and likely reversible. The catch? It’s a shot to the balls...

Editorial: Biden appearance the wrong place for pep

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 6, 2016

Pep rallies are a lot more fun when you aren’t discussing sexual assault. Hundreds of people trudged up the hill Tuesday to the Petersen Events Center for Vice President Joe Biden’s speech about the...

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