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Satire | Spotted lanternflies’ morality and mortality

By Alaina McCall, Senior Staff Columnist • October 17, 2024

As Oakland residents know, in the warmer months, swarms of lanternflies litter the air and streets with their disgusting existence. They’re annoying, they try to fly in my eyes and mouth every time I step outside and they’re invasive, so we’re supposed to kill them.

Opinion | Politicians shouldn’t visit disaster sites

By Alex Jurkuta, Contributing Editor • October 17, 2024

This is no longer the 1960s. With communication technology available for government officials to talk to residents while coordinating with other officials, why increase the risk of a damaging mistake by visiting in person?

Opinion | Stop shifting the goalposts for Zionism

By Jake Vasilias, Staff Columnist • October 15, 2024

Netanyahu threatened the genocidal hammer onto the civilians of Lebanon for not fighting against Hezbollah, an armed resistance group formed in the 1980s in face of Israeli aggression. Not only is Netanyahu seemingly proud of the Gaza destruction, he’s willing to leverage the hundreds of thousands of dead Palestinians as a scare tactic against the Lebanese.

Editorial | Why are we questioning female-led superhero flicks when men are also failing to lead?

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 15, 2024

The stark reality is that female-led superhero projects are held to an unreasonable standard, burdened with the responsibility to not only succeed but to justify the existence of female representation in the genre.

Opinion | Best places on campus to get a sweet treat

By The Pitt News Staff • October 15, 2024

If there’s anything The Pitt News opinions desk writers love, it is a sweet treat. From quick to-go coffees to late-night guilty pleasures, here are plenty of spots on and around campus to indulge and get that dopamine boost.

Op-Ed | The University of Pittsburgh is vindictively intimidating anti-genocide protesters to discourage people from speaking out

By Hiba Siddiqui, Psychology Major • October 15, 2024

As the administration parades around hollow values of “compassion” and “free expression,” they fail to acknowledge one of the most well-documented genocides currently raging in Palestine.

Opinion | Navigating mental health during nursing school

By Danae Poteat, Senior Staff Columnist • October 15, 2024

When I first started nursing school, I knew I would be in for the ride of my life. I knew that nursing school would involve taking challenging classes, studying for hours on end and being put through the wringer. But what I didn’t anticipate was how this would heavily affect my mental health.

Opinion | How the Cal Golden Bears took over X and college football

By James Carter, Staff Writer • October 12, 2024

One of the side effects of college football’s ongoing wave of conference realignment has been the melding of universities and fan bases that were once completely foreign to each other. Football teams...

Opinion | Dancing to ‘those club classics’ is a form of resistance

By Julianna Steach, Staff Columnist • October 11, 2024

This wouldn’t be the first time the LGBTQ+ community has pioneered a legendary music era, such as the current revival of recession pop, otherwise known as Brat summer. Underground gay dance clubs in the 1970s were the birthplace of the disco, house and electronic music we all love to boogie to today.

Opinion | A Spotify Daylist lookover and why I think it is a great addition to Spotify

By Irene Moran, Senior Staff Columnist • October 9, 2024

Spotify Daylists might be one of my favorite features on the app, minus the Spotify Wrapped at the end of the year. It’s a feature feature where a playlist is made for you depending on what kind of music you listen to during that time of day, and it changes depending on the time of day.