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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

Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez in Marvel Studios “Echo.”

Opinion | Marvel has always been political

By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor February 2, 2024
Marvel has always been “woke.” For decades, it has included and represented a wide range of races, genders, sexualities and disabilities. Throughout its pages, it has always engaged with current events and tackled politics.
Opinion | I have a love-hate relationship with cover letters

Opinion | I have a love-hate relationship with cover letters

By Abigail Dobry, Senior Staff Columnist February 1, 2024
I have a love-hate relationship with cover letters for job applications. Frankly, it’s mostly hate, but I am warming up to them. Job searching is tough as it is, and curating a personalized letter for almost every job is tiring.
Satire | Do interns even deserve to be paid in experience?

Satire | Do interns even deserve to be paid in experience?

By Thomas Riley, Opinions Editor January 31, 2024
Food and housing costs aren’t getting any lower, but with the job market growing more competitive than ever, some believe experience may have more monetary value than actual money.
Editorial | The fakeness of AI pornography intentionally fetishizes lack of consent

Editorial | The fakeness of AI pornography intentionally fetishizes lack of consent

By The Pitt News Editorial Board January 30, 2024
We often justify using celebrities’ likenesses in AI-generated videos or voice dubs because no reasonable person would believe they’re real. But in the case of deepfake pornography, this means of justification becomes the reason its consumers love it so much.
Poetry | Lover and Liar

Poetry | Lover and Liar

By Irene Moran, Staff Columnist January 29, 2024
Irene Moran shares a poem about someone she used to love
Opinion | Just because you make your bed every day doesn’t mean you are OK

Opinion | Just because you make your bed every day doesn’t mean you are OK

By Grace Harris, Staff Columnist January 29, 2024
Just because you can function and your actions don't fit perfectly into the textbook definition of depression and anxiety does not mean you are completely fine, and it is OK to seek help.
Opinion | Your guilt at buying from Shein is your moral compass desperately knocking

Opinion | Your guilt at buying from Shein is your moral compass desperately knocking

By Livia Daggett, Contributing Editor January 26, 2024
Yes — under capitalism, within the U.S.’s car-reliant infrastructure, with laughable minimum wages and flagrant union-busting left and right, there are plenty of exploitative industries and environmentally toxic byproducts that normal people simply cannot opt out of. We should always emphasize a class perspective when the idealistic wealthy criticize others for not being perfect environmentalists or assume everyone has time to be a choosy shopper. 
Ron DeSantis at a pro-law enforcement rally in Staten Island Feb. 20, 2023.

Editorial | Ron DeSantis can step down … literally

By The Pitt News Editorial Board January 26, 2024
There is nothing wrong with being a short man. But what is true is that America has an image problem. While it’s funny to make jokes and laugh at the clearly visible lifts that DeSantis wore throughout his campaign, it does bring to light a very serious problem Americans have. 
Country music artist Connor Smith plays the guitar during his concert at Stage AE.

Opinion | Resisting country music is futile

By Gabriela Herring, Staff Columnist January 25, 2024
We now live in a time where there’s room in the industry to serve more than Ford F-150 owners. Resistance to state tyranny, big money and systemic abuses of power were at the crux of country music as it was born.
A police officer walks outside of Hillman Library after evacuating students from the building during the hoax shooting incident on April 10, 2023.

Op-Ed | We will not wait for the next school shooting

Students at March for Our Lives UNC wrote an op-ed signed by 144 student leaders, which over 50 student newspapers including The Pitt News published on Jan. 24. The op-ed demonstrates the shared concern about gun violence on college campuses across the country.
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