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Editorial: Stop stalling, we need to close Guantanamo

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 24, 2016

President Obama is finally preparing to fulfill an eight-year-old promise. Tuesday, the President announced his administration’s plan to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The President’s...

Foreign language skills give you an edge

By Emily Schoenberger / Columnist • February 23, 2016

Stepping off the plane in Munich, I was equal parts excited and terrified to start my high school exchange trip to Germany. Thrilled though I was to finally visit Europe, plunging headfirst into a foreign...

Editorial: Involve all of Pittsburgh community in diversity efforts

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 23, 2016

If Pitt dedicates 2016-2017 to diversity and inclusion, the community should join in the celebration. Last Wednesday at the monthly Senate Council meeting, the Senate Council Group on Diversity and Inclusion...

Beyoncé outrage shows misunderstanding

By Natasha Taylor / For The Pitt News • February 21, 2016

My mom told me she felt Beyoncé’s Super Bowl halftime performance was unnecessary, but for me and much of the black community, it was just what we needed. As a devoted Beyoncé fan, I had to hear her...

Editorial: Increased NYFW diversity a positive model

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 21, 2016

At 2016’s New York Fashion Week, inclusion was en vogue. From Thursday, Feb. 11 to Thursday, Feb. 18, NYC runways featured models decked out in the fashion world’s latest creations. But more important...

Students should help welcome refugees

By Mariam Shalaby / Columnist • February 18, 2016

How do you respond when a friend tells you her relatives were killed in a war zone? That the church she was baptized in has been obliterated? That the paradise she once knew no longer exists? The horror...

Editorial: Casual Fridays

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 18, 2016

Sucker for a tasty gal You weren’t the only one alone on Valentine’s Day. The Seattle Aquarium canceled a scheduled mating session between its giant Pacific octopus, Kong, over concerns that he would...

Editorial: Government oversteps boundaries in Apple case

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 18, 2016

Invoking an 18th century law, the government is attempting to justify accessing our iPhones. But Apple is refusing to let that crumble the firewall protecting its customers. Using the All Writs Act...

Union lawsuit hurts everyone involved

By Henry Glitz / Columnist • February 17, 2016

The norm for steel companies over the last 50 years has been to flee the Pittsburgh area — not return. That’s why it came as such a welcome surprise for residents of Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, when...

Public libraries will never lose their purpose

By Emily Schoenberger / For The Pitt News • February 17, 2016

A trip to my local library once changed my life. When I was two, I met my lifelong best friend during Children’s Story Hour at the Fendrick Library in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. My ensuing summers were...