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Opinion | So, what is frienship?

By Irene Moran, Senior Staff Columnist • October 28, 2024

We all have a variety of friends — best friends, close friends, casual friends, lifelong friends. Though, what really makes someone a friend?

Satire | The consequences of shrinkflation

By Alaina McCall, Senior Staff Columnist • October 25, 2024

At this point in the future, there have been thousands of recessions — which were really depressions — since the one in 2008. Inflation keeps raising prices.

Satire | America has the right to invade Cuba and should after they have expressed interest in joining BRICS

By Alex Jurkuta, Contributing Editor • October 25, 2024

With all of this open hostility from the Eastern-backed Cuban government, it has become clear that the only option for the United States to protect its sphere of influence is to engage in a three-day special operation in order to de-commify Cuba and protect the persecuted ethnic Americans.

Opinion | Two coins or two faces?

By Jake Vasilias, Staff Columnist • October 22, 2024

We are less than one month away from one of the most important elections in American history, and yet, it somehow feels futile.

Opinion | Election violence and the death of democracy

By Tessa Powers, Staff Columnist • October 21, 2024

The election is rapidly approaching, Harris and Trump are nearly tied in the states that will decide the next president of the United States and American politics seems to get more violent with each passing day.

Satire | Undecided voters having trouble choosing between Block of Wood and Baby Eater

By Thomas Riley, Opinions Editor • October 21, 2024

As the election draws near, many Pittsburgh voters are confident in their upcoming decision at the ballot box — but there is still a large sect of the population that can’t quite decide between their two options.

Editorial | For politicians, playing both sides is a bad strategy when it comes to football

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 21, 2024

Whether it’s football teams or gas stations, eastern and western Pennsylvania have wildly different tastes, and they are in no way quiet about them.

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.