The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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 | What your spring break destination says about you

Editorial | What your spring break destination says about you

By The Pitt News Editorial Board February 26, 2023
Students, we know you’re tired of the semester, but thankfully spring break kicks off on March 5. All you need to do is power through this week and you’re free… well, at least for seven days.  You absolutely deserve a break, but where you spend that time definitely says something about you — but what? Let’s take a look. 
Opinion | OCD isn’t what you think it is, and TV is to blame

Opinion | OCD isn’t what you think it is, and TV is to blame

By Juliana Morello , Staff Columnist February 26, 2023
Though I’ve struggled with OCD my whole life, I only received a formal diagnosis about a year ago. Part of the reason it took so long was that I didn’t fully understand OCD, and that’s because I never saw it represented anywhere — or, rather, I never saw it represented accurately anywhere. I thought it was just about being neat and clean and freaking out if things aren’t in their place, and although this can definitely be part of it, it’s not everything.
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Editorial | The neo-Nazi protest at ‘Parade’ has far-reaching consequences

By The Pitt News Editorial Board February 23, 2023
The neo-Nazis who protested outside of the Broadway show ‘Parade’ are using the antisemitic tropes discussed in the show as fuel to their fire, which is extremely dangerous.
Opinion | A ‘respite’ for Syria is not enough, sanctions must end

Opinion | A ‘respite’ for Syria is not enough, sanctions must end

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist February 23, 2023
The aggressive sanctions on Syria are part of the reason that the effects of the earthquake were so devastating and should therefore be lifted entirely.
Satire | If Julie Andrews came to Pitt

Satire | If Julie Andrews came to Pitt

By Talia Spillerman, Senior Staff Columnist February 23, 2023
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Opinion | Four Loko is a legendary college drink

Opinion | Four Loko is a legendary college drink

By Jameson Keebler, Staff Columnist February 22, 2023
Four Loko is a legendary drink, not because of its taste, but what college students experienced while drinking it.
Opinion | Why are we weird about who drinks what?

Opinion | Why are we weird about who drinks what?

By Paige Wasserman, Senior Staff Columnist February 21, 2023
Misogyny seeps its way into our alcohol preferences.
Opinion | Beer can positively affect runners

Opinion | Beer can positively affect runners

By Emily O'Neil, Staff Columnist February 20, 2023
Surprise! Drinking beer may actually have positive effects for training runners. 
Opinion | Stop ‘queering’ real people

Opinion | Stop ‘queering’ real people

By Anna Ehlers, Contributing Editor February 20, 2023
Celebrity culture can also be subjected to the act of queering, since celebrity culture relies on narratives. Social media, interviews, headlines — all create narratives about a celebrity that make a character. Headlines and topics of interviews are all carefully crafted by a PR group hired by the celebrity to tell the world what to believe about them.
Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro arrives for a news conference in Philadelphia, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Shapiro says he wont allow Pennsylvania to execute any inmates while he is in office and calls for the states lawmakers to repeal the death penalty.

Editorial | Pennsylvania governor made the right decision to oppose death penalty

By The Pitt News Editorial Board February 20, 2023
But after hundreds of years and more than a thousand people killed, Pennsylvania’s governor is paving the way to change history. 
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