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

Editorial: Casual Fridays

By The Pitt News Editorial Board January 28, 2016

Hot potato An Irish photographer famous for taking portraits of celebrities like Yoko Ono and Malala Yousafzai just hit pay dirt. Kevin Abosch reportedly made bank off a picture of a mud-covered potato...

Annabelle Goll | Staff Illustrator

Reform welfare to lower poverty rate

By Arnaud Armstrong / For The Pitt News January 28, 2016

A lot of things have changed since the ’60s. Unfortunately, poverty levels in America isn’t one of them. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson launched what he called the War on Poverty. The goal of...

Continue passing mental health prison reform

By The Pitt News Editorial Board January 28, 2016

Small-scale offenders with mental health issues are finally getting the attention they deserve. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Sylvia Rambo approved a federal lawsuit accusing the state of Pennsylvania...

Annabelle Goll | Staff Illustrator

Race, more complex than checkboxes

By Kirsten Wong / Columnist January 26, 2016

“What are you, Chinese? Or white?” I never understood those questions growing up. Throughout my childhood, I made it clear that as a biracial American, I was both. Mistaking their curiosity for judgment,...

Editorial: Title IX transparency protects students

By The Pitt News Editorial Board January 26, 2016

Discrimination is best done in the light. The federal government will soon lift the shade on schools hoping to avoid accommodating their LGBTQ+ students. On Thursday, the Department of Education announced...

Celeb deaths spark unity and appreciation

By Emily Schoenberger / For The Pitt News January 26, 2016

I was having a typical morning. I woke up, brushed my teeth, showered and dressed. I was just headed out the door when I received a confusing text from my dad. “Snape is dead.” My first reaction...

Make Narcan more available, save more lives

By The Pitt News Editorial Board January 26, 2016

Too often, addiction ends in fatality, but when administered quickly enough, there is a drug that can give those who suffer from opioid addiction a second chance.  Naloxone, or Narcan, is a life-saving...

Editorial: Macklemore song furthers necessary conversation

By The Pitt News Editorial Board January 25, 2016

Macklemore has left behind thrift stores and returned to the picket line. On Friday, the Seattle-based rapper released “White Privilege II,” the latest single off his forthcoming album. In the song,...

Winter can still be a wonderland

By Connor Jobes / For The Pitt News January 25, 2016

Global warming didn’t seem so bad back in December. Offering a nice reminder of spring warmth, the end of 2015 was a treat. But now, students are skipping their loan-funded classes, cursing the unshoveled...

Terry Tan | Senior Staff Illustrator

Stop reading too much into lit

By Emily Schoenberger / For The Pitt News January 22, 2016

While discussing “The Catcher in the Rye” in my English lit class last semester, a fellow student raised his hand to unpack Holden Caulfield’s fashion choices. “I think it’s significant that...

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