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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

NRA is unfair in targeting surgeon-general nominee

By Rohith Palli April 13, 2014

It seems likely that the National Rifle Association will successfully destroy the nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy, President Barack Obama’s nominee for surgeon general. Yet there is no opposition to Murthy...

Editorial: School and community must ally to curb delinquency

By The Pitt News Editorial Staff April 13, 2014

The criminal justice framework that our local and federal authorities enforce has increasingly been focused strictly on punishment and penalizing offenders. For example, Senator Bob Casey, D-Pa., is pushing...

Grow up! Why reckless behavior ruins the party for everyone

By Channing Kaiser Columnist April 10, 2014

The other week I received a text message from a friend asking me if I knew where her oven knobs were. She had hosted a party the previous weekend and had woken up to discover that her oven knobs were missing,...

Casual Fridays

By The Pitt News Editorial Staff April 10, 2014

Fear in fur A suspect was taken into custody by police in Seattle, Wash., after he threatened a doorman with a ferret. According to the police report, the doorman, who works for a neighborhood bar, had...

Physical punishment of children is a human-rights violation

By Natalie Russell April 9, 2014

It seems absurd that there is still debate over the barbaric abuse of parental authority that is corporal punishment.According to researchers at the University of Chicago, 77 percent of men and 65 percent...

Letter To The Editor: April 10, 2014

By Jonathan Wyatt Koma April 9, 2014

To the Editor,While walking through Towers Lobby yesterday, I was caught off guard by a small, though alarming, flyer that was littering the ground. Delivering information regarding the Health Fair at...

Editorial: All talk: Brogan sidesteps key issues

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 9, 2014

Six months after taking on the position of Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education chancellor, Frank Brogan was officially installed yesterday and delivered his first “State of the System” address...

Film carefully: Hollywood’s religious-premised movies bring about conflict

By Sophia Al Rasheed / Columnist April 8, 2014

It’s hard to rid ourselves of panging religious biases when other religious beliefs are constantly pushed upon us with unnecessary force. It’s like Newton’s law: Strong actions produce equal, opposite...

Editorial: Colleges wrongfully spend more on athletics than academics

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 8, 2014

The American Association of University Professors released a report Monday that outlines a concerning trend: Most colleges and universities across the nation are rapidly increasing their spending on athletics,...

When ‘data journalism’ doesn’t add up

By Simon Brown / Columnist April 7, 2014

There is a 42 percent chance of precipitation this evening. The Pirates are favored over the Cubs by two points. With a three-point margin of error, Barack Obama is projected to be the next president of...

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