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
Opinion | Taylor Swift has the right to endorse Kamala Harris

Opinion | Taylor Swift has the right to endorse Kamala Harris

By Katelyn Jones, Staff Columnist • October 1, 2024
On Tuesday, Sept. 10, Taylor Swift posted on her Instagram account publicly endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for the 2024 presidential election. Since then, she has received large amounts of backlash and hate from the public and even from Harris’s opponent Donald Trump.
Opinion | The election is so not over

Opinion | The election is so not over

By Tessa Powers, Staff Columnist • October 1, 2024
To any outsider, it may look like Harris is the it girl going into this election. However, those who know the reality of the situation know that to win this election, Harris needs to do a lot more than win the support of pop stars and goad Trump to say that they’re eating pets over in Ohio.  
After waiting on long lines to fill up their gas tanks at the Sheetz station, people were also filling up containers of gas for their generators after Hurricane Helene caused power outages on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Morganton, N.C.

Editorial | Hurricane Helene is a governmental failure

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 30, 2024
As climate change continues to accelerate, the frequency and intensity of hurricanes are rising at alarming rates. Just this year alone, communities all over the coasts have been battered, displaced and vulnerable.
Opinion | You can’t be friends with someone who has different politics

Opinion | You can’t be friends with someone who has different politics

By Delaney Rauscher Adams, Senior Staff Columnist • September 30, 2024
While surrounding yourself with diverse perspectives is incredibly important, there are certain topics that reflect your values and morals. Generally speaking, and especially before an election like this one, politics are absolutely an indicator of your priorities and what you care about. 
A 3D rendering of 76 Place, the new 76ers arena.

Opinion | I’m pissed off about the new Sixers arena — and so are most Philadelphians

By Irene Moran, Senior Staff Columnist • September 30, 2024
On Sept. 18, the mayor of Philadelphia, Cherelle Parker, approved the new 76ers arena proposal. I, amongst many other Philadelphians, am outraged by this,
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the IBEW Local Union 5 on Monday, Sept. 2.

Opinion | I hope Harris deviates from her predecessors’ immigration policies

By Julianna Steach, Staff Columnist • September 30, 2024
If anything, her candidacy represents potential for progress. Hopes for these policies represent a great step forward.
Opinion | Students should feel safe on the Pitt shuttles

Opinion | Students should feel safe on the Pitt shuttles

By Alex Jurkuta, Contributing Editor • September 26, 2024
When students get on the shuttles across Pitt’s Oakland campus, they expect to get where they need to go efficiently and safely.
Marcellus Williams.

Editorial | The death penalty: Outdated, racist and far too unreliable

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 26, 2024
The death penalty and capital punishment has long been debated within and across partisan lines. While many deem it necessary to thoroughly punish the worst criminals in this country, the reality is that it actively targets people of color — particularly Black men — and serves as yet another systemic barrier to racial equity.
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (1) lies on the field after suffering a concussion during the second half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Thursday, Sept. 12, in Miami Gardens, Fla.

Opinion | Tua, it’s time to hang up the cleats

By Jake Vasilias, Staff Columnist • September 24, 2024
On Sept. 12, Dolphins fans watched their franchise quarterback Tua Tagovailoa take another wince-inducing hit, and the gasps that followed sucked all the air out of the stadium.  I too gasped when I saw the unfortunately familiar scene — Tagovailoa on the ground.
Satire | Why you should indefinitely delay graduating and never join the job market

Satire | Why you should indefinitely delay graduating and never join the job market

By Alaina McCall, Senior Staff Writer • September 24, 2024
Jobs suck. Everyone knows it. I hate my job, as did my father and his father before him.
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