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Opinion | Normalize self-care and beauty products as gender neutral

By Kelly Xiong, Senior Staff Columnist • September 28, 2023

Beauty products and self-care activities are not exclusive to women — although they’re depicted as such by social media and strategic marketing tactics. Self-care can range from exercising to getting enough sleep to practicing good hygiene. It is anything you do to take care of yourself so you can stay mentally, physically and emotionally well.

Editorial | It’s time to embrace the Oxford comma

By The Pitt News Editorial Staff • September 28, 2023

There are no Oxford commas in this article. It’s no mistake — AP Style generally discourages them. It’s time to give writers the right to employ the Oxford comma whenever they see fit.

Opinion | All interviews are good interviews

By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor • September 26, 2023

When I called my parents the night I found out I didn’t get the position, they were still unbelievably proud of me. They ended the phone call with the same piece of advice they’ve used since my freshman year — all interviews are good interviews.

Poetry | Matters of the Heart

By Anna Fischer, Senior Staff Columnist • September 24, 2023

A conversation with the city of Pittsburgh itself through free verse poetry

Opinion | Stop blaming the American education system for your own apathy

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist • September 24, 2023

The way that people perform authority when discussing politics in this country, particularly in spaces labeled as vaguely “intellectual,” is a pastime almost as American as forcing kindergarteners to say the pledge of allegiance

Opinion | AI Writing is Not the Answer

By Jameson Keebler, Senior Staff Columnist • September 21, 2023

I know that artificial intelligence will get better and I can’t judge it for the bad writing it produces right now. What is important is to appreciate the process that creates good writing.

Editorial | The reality of racism in football has made itself known again

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 21, 2023

An alarming amount of news articles have made the headlines about football fans hurling attacks and racist remarks at the players. Between the messages to Mattison and the University of Alabama fans’ racist and homophobic comments to Texas football players, we are beginning to see conversations on race and football spark back up.

Opinion | Neoliberalism is a disease

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist • September 19, 2023

Every September 11, the United States’ selective memorialization rolls around. There are clear flaws with the commemoration of the 9/11 attacks, the most obvious being the commitment to ignoring the approximately 4.7 million civilians that died due to American “vengeance.”

Op-Ed | Many Pitt students are disenfranchised, upcoming bills can change that

By Joshua Summers, Mechanical Engineering Major • September 18, 2023

There are 1.2 million independent voters financing primaries, watching their friends go out to vote and being barred from the democratic process by the state. I’m one of them.

Satire | Pittsburgh in the early days of the rapture

By Anna Fischer, Senior Staff Columnist • September 17, 2023

The ten plagues are happening here and now. The end of days are beginning. And I am going to enlighten you.