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Read receipts should foster better communication skills

By Isabelle Ouyang / For The Pitt News • March 21, 2016

If there’s anything with the potential to snuff friendships and start wars, it’s the “seen” timestamp on Facebook messenger. Once, after accidentally opening a friend’s Facebook chat , I was...

Editorial: Combat shortage of addiction counselors, raise pay

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 21, 2016

The number of people who need healing is increasing, but the number of healers is not. Pennsylvania Certification Board spokesperson Terri Wray told the Pittsburgh Tribune Review that the number of certified...

Too much money for aid, too little for tuition

By Emily Schoenberger / Columnist • March 17, 2016

I always knew I would end up at Pitt. That doesn’t mean it was my first choice. Out of the seven schools I applied to, it would be the only one my family could realistically afford without going into...

Editorial: Casual Friday

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 17, 2016

Gators gonna gate Celebrating St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland, authorities are trying to drive an alligator out of a woman’s house in Florida this week. Mary Thorn adopted the gator, named...

Pension crisis is crippling PA schools

By Arnaud Armstrong / For The Pitt News • March 16, 2016

The Allentown School District had been struggling for a long time. In fact, the Center for American Progress estimated it the third most underprivileged school district in the country. But after several...

Editorial: Congress must keep Supreme Court nominee out of political arena

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 16, 2016

Who is Merrick Garland? Expectedly and unfortunately, our “public servants” have responded with “political piñata.” Yesterday, President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to fill...

It’s on us to do more than “It’s On Us”

By Kirsten Wong / Columnist • March 16, 2016

A conversation about sexual assault at Pitt is still just that — a conversation. On Feb. 23, Pitt launched its second annual It’s On Us campaign to promote awareness of sexual assault and support...

Editorial: Trans White House hire should inspire job protections

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 16, 2016

The White House will soon host yet another “first.” President Obama’s administration announced Tuesday that it has hired its first openly transgender White House staffer. Raffi Freedman-Gurspan...

Conservative coverage of Yiannopoulos is hypocritical

By Alyssa Lieberman / Columnist • March 15, 2016

At this point, most of us know the name Milo Yiannopoulos. Two weeks ago, Pitt College Republicans hosted a lecture by Yiannopoulos, a men’s rights activist known for controversial remarks that often...

Editorial: Masculinity Week brings everyone into gender conversation

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 15, 2016

As a society, we don’t discuss masculinity nearly as much as we enforce it. We tell boys not to cry. We label pink as “salmon” in menswear, and we call toy dolls “action figures” because it’s...