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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

Editorial: Digital age poses new concerns for academic, faculty freedom

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 7, 2014

A number of U.S. universities, including Pitt, must update their seemingly antiquated speech policies to adapt to the digital age.Professors and students converse about course material via email, web-based...

Ukraine will follow trend of past IMF bailouts

By Thomas Helgerman / Columnist April 6, 2014

If any organization has taken the proverb “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” to heart, it is the International Monetary Fund.  Since its inception in 1945, the IMF has received heavy...

Editorial: SAT inadequate representation of individual talent

By The Pitt News Editorial Staff April 6, 2014

It’s unnerving to think that the four hours you spent filling in bubbles with a No. 2 pencil was a vital determining factor in where you are today. Whether you’re currently studying at a university...

Report on climate change presents challenges, requires paradigm shift

By Nick Voutsinos / Columnist April 3, 2014

“Severe, pervasive and irreversible.” These are some of words used by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its latest report chronicling climate change. This...

Casual Fridays

By The Pitt News Editorial Staff April 3, 2014

Airing it outIn parts of China where pollution has become a problem, stores are beginning to sell fresh mountain air in a can. Residents in Luanchuan County in the Henan Province came up with the idea...

Editorial: Education requires innovation: Pittsburgh Public Schools must entertain variety of school-model options to compete in new age of education

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 2, 2014

Pittsburgh public schools are in dire need of innovation. Luckily, a group of teachers, community leaders and officials have joined together to finally discover new models to enhance schools in Pittsburgh.The...

Pitt neglects to prioritize labor rights: Align with Bangladesh Accord

Recent advocacy efforts and the University’s subsequent unresponsiveness have necessitated this public address to the Pitt administration. We, Americans for Informed Democracy, are writing to inquire...

MLB should implement salary cap to ensure fair, equal competition

By Matt Barnes / Columnist April 1, 2014

Just a few months ago, Pittsburgh saw a couple firsts: For one, a giant duck floated down the Allegheny, and for another, the Pirates played baseball into October for the first time in 21 years. Despite...

Editorial: Bike lanes pose serious concerns for fluid Pittsburgh traffic flow

By The Pitt News Editorial Board April 1, 2014

Jeremy Waldrup, president and CEO of Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, said that Pittsburgh has a great bike trail network that works its way into Downtown but that “you can’t go through Downtown on...

Feminism requires open-mindedness on both ends of spectrum

By Sophia Al Rasheed March 31, 2014

I grew up in a small town — one of those secretly racist for no apparent reason, refuse to change the traditional way of thinking, we-won’t-leave-this-place-until-we-die-because-we-run-this-town kind...

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