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Public education is a right for all

By Ben Morgenstern / For The Pitt News • December 3, 2014

Debating whether or not the U.S. government should educate illegal immigrants’ children is nothing new. After all, should the government spend time and money putting a non-citizen through public school? The...

Editorial: Science must maintain its freedom in the classroom

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • December 3, 2014

Should high school students learn scientific facts about their own world? Some think not.According to The New York Times, Gilbert Public Schools, a school district in the suburbs of Phoenix, Ariz., recently...

Follow the yellow brick…buildings? Pitt’s endowments yield lackluster structures

By Elias Economou / For The Pitt News • December 2, 2014

What do Lothrop Hall, Allen Hall, Alumni Hall, Amos Hall, Bellefield Hall, Brackenridge Hall and Bruce Hall have in common? All were built before 1925.Is it worth it for students to pay $3,250 a semester...

Editorial: The AIDS epidemic: Just as real in 2014

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • December 2, 2014

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...

OPEC: The crude, hard truth

By Thomas Helgerman / Columnist • December 1, 2014

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...

Editorial: Rhetoric on Ferguson undermines right to protest

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • December 1, 2014

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...

How to deal with politically charged family gatherings

By Josh Reynolds / TNS • November 30, 2014

Editorial: Pumpkin pie with a side of political debate

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 30, 2014

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...

AlcoholEdu: Let’s change the way we view drinking in college

By Bridget Buckman / For The Pitt News • November 30, 2014

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...

Editorial: Cosby’s allegations reflect reality of rape culture

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 24, 2014

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...