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The Pitt News

Tell the whole story: Quantitative evaluations lacking in academia

By Rohith Palli / Columnist April 20, 2014

Finals week has come. Evaluations are in the air. Perhaps some want their grades to be as objective as possible, to reflect the precise proportion of the course material that they acquired from their semester....

Finding your place in college: Be your own Pathfinder

By Sophia Al Rasheed / Columnist April 20, 2014

Have you ever had those moments when, as they’re happening, you realize you will look back on them? That moment for me occurred during my PittStart while I waited for my first advising appointment....

In defense of ‘you’topia: ‘Her’ reinvents loneliness, self-centeredness

By Natalie Russell / Columnist April 17, 2014

It’s not a story about love. It’s a story about loneliness. An inability to distinguish between the two implies a lack of acquaintance with either one.The film “Her” is a modern day “Pygmalion”...

Casual Fridays 4/18/14

By The Pitt News Editorial Staff April 17, 2014

Leave room for the Colonel A Louisville, Ky., florist has designed a special type of corsage for this prom season. For $20, customers can buy a kit to make a corsage featuring the Kentucky Fried Chicken...

Modern advertising: It’s not so bad

By Channing Kaiser April 16, 2014

Advertising is changing. Spelling out “bologna” and using a cuddly polar bear to sell soda doesn’t cut it anymore. Nowadays, if you really want to sell your product and attract a large audience,...

Editorial: Pitt must work to establish sustainability office

By The Pitt News Editorial Staff April 16, 2014

Students and faculty members gathered Wednesday at the William Pitt Union to discuss the importance of environmental sustainability. Mark Dixon, producer of the documentary “YERT (Your Environmental...

Enough talk: national action must be taken to address mental illness

By Matt Barnes April 15, 2014

In recent years, the role of the federal government in Americans’ lives has expanded. This expansion has prompted a national dialogue on the role and size of the government in American society. And still,...

Editorial: Republicans’ rhetoric must reflect reality in light of new report

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 15, 2014

Forget the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, “Obamacare is the most dangerous piece of legislation passed in congress,” according to Republican Congressman John Fleming. This is the kind of rhetoric from...

Editorial: Land bank initiative can revitalize cityscape

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 14, 2014

Pittsburgh is ceaselessly touted as a vibrant, livable city. But for those who live and work in proximity to the city’s thousands of blighted properties, the question has long been: When will all this...

Millennial stereotypes undermine solutions to generational problems

By Nick Voutsinos / Columnist April 14, 2014

As a 20-year-old working college student, it’s frustrating to know that I automatically belong to a category of Americans described as self-centered, shiftless freeloaders who physically cannot stop...

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