How do you spell H-I-V? Are you positive?They say a problem shared is a problem halved, but not if it’s AIDS.Today, a handful of jokes surround the HIV virus and AIDS. In retrospect, this wouldn’t...
In the wake of the preponderance of fracking, a method of extracting crude oil from the ground by hydraulic means, there has been a large amount of criticism charging that the process has a serious environmental...
Ferguson. The emotions involved with this St. Louis suburb echo far outside of Missouri.Ever since the grand jury decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the killing of the unarmed, black teenager...
Upon returning to Pitt after break, many students will be reeling from the post-Thanksgiving break hangover. Symptoms include, but are not limited to, weight gain, chronic sleep indulgence and partisan...
So here it goes: I’m a freshman here at Pitt, and I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect when coming into college. I’m not the most social person in the world, and I have never been interested in going...
We revered Bill Cosby. He was a father figure, a neighborhood hero and an icon in the mass consumption of black television. We associated his image with laughs, ornate sweaters and Pudding Pops. We admired...
Four years ago, I received my much-awaited acceptance to Pitt. With my ‘safety school’ secured, I prepared my calculus of college acceptance. I was expecting a painful decision among school choices...
On Nov. 13, TIME Magazine released its fourth annual “word banishment poll.” At the time of its initial publication, the article’s preface instructed, “If you hear that word one more time, you...