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Editorial: Research should focus on utility, not profits

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 30, 2015

Scientists and stock holders don’t seem like a natural pair, yet universities often bring the two together. Pitt has taken advantage of private money in the past through partnerships with corporations...

Don’t hide away in fear of terrorism post-Paris attacks

By Courtney Linder / Senior Columnist • November 30, 2015

“The Hot Tea” is a weekly column dedicated to unearthing the intricacies of London’s social, political and millennial issues in the context of Pittsburgh’s own complex culture. LONDON - On Sept....

Editorial: Pittsburgh must denounce anti-Muslim sentiment

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 30, 2015

If Pittsburgh does not adequately respond to this weekend’s attack on a Muslim man, we will have unravelled our efforts toward immigration reform and increasing the city’s diversity. On Thanksgiving,...

Editorial: In defense of yoga classes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 24, 2015

Clear your mind, relax your muscles. Now breathe deeply — in through your nose, out through your mouth. We suggest the administration at Ottawa University try this, and then reconsider its stance on...

Dating apps abroad: Your guide to local culture

By Courtney Linder / Senior Columnist • November 22, 2015

“The Hot Tea” is a weekly column dedicated to unearthing the intricacies of London’s social, political and millennial issues in the context of Pittsburgh’s own complex culture. LONDON- “Do...

Editorial: Fight rhetoric with facts this Thanksgiving

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 22, 2015

This Thanksgiving, don’t let a Donald Trump-inspired wall of rhetoric ruin your feasting. Last week, a Pew Research Center report found that more immigrants were leaving the United States than were...

750,000-to-1: The ratio at the heart of America’s electoral issues

By Stephen Caruso / Senior Columnist • November 20, 2015

The memes I see online are seldom enlightening, often featuring kittens that somehow relate to how I, as a college student, feel about finals. But one meme in particular points out a terrifying, overlooked...

Editorial: Casual Fridays

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 20, 2015

Grand theft auto: elementary edition On Wednesday, two car thieves committed quite an elementary crime. The men got inside a car with keys in the ignition and got more than they bargained for when they...

Legal immigrants: The real victims of illegal immigration

By Marlo Safi / Columnist • November 18, 2015

My mother — a Syrian immigrant — came to the United States in 1994. A medical student at the University of Aleppo, she wanted to finish her education in a country that wouldn’t deprive her of the...

Editorial: City makes landlords accountable, renters more powerful

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 18, 2015

In the housing market of South Oakland, basic supply and demand theory is somewhat in flux. Landlords are supplying a limited product, rentable houses and apartments, to a consistent and high demand,...