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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The Pitt News Editorial Board

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Editorial | Characterizing TPN desks as Halloween candies

Editorial | Characterizing TPN desks as Halloween candies

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 30, 2022
Community members mourn the lives lost in the Tree of Life shooting during a ceremony in Schenley Park on Thursday afternoon.

Editorial | Pittsburgh’s Jewish community is still healing

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 28, 2022
Editorial | Young people in Pennsylvania, get out and vote

Editorial | Young people in Pennsylvania, get out and vote

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 25, 2022
Editorial | We support the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike

Editorial | We support the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 23, 2022
Children look through car windows as they and other refugees from the Kharkiv region of Ukraine arrive at a temporary camp in Belgorod, Russia.

Editorial | The conflict in Ukraine will create lasting problems for Europe’s economy

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 20, 2022
Editorial | Activism should help a cause, not just a grab for headlines

Editorial | Activism should help a cause, not just a grab for headlines

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 16, 2022
Alex Jones speaks to a crowd.

Editorial | There needs to be a limit on hate speech

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 13, 2022
Pigeons on the field of Acrisure Stadium Saturday evening.

Editorial | Takeaways from the Pittsburgh Pigeons football game

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 10, 2022
Editorial | Pitt needs to address rape culture on campus

Editorial | Pitt needs to address rape culture on campus

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 9, 2022
Editorial | QAnon takes advantage of the isolated and turns them violent

Editorial | QAnon takes advantage of the isolated and turns them violent

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 6, 2022
An activist wears a message on her protective face mask that reads "Stop Killing Us" during a protest against the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini in Lebanon on Sunday.

Editorial | Iranian women deserve autonomy

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 2, 2022
Police and other emergency personnel from multiple jurisdictions converged on Kennywood Park late Saturday night in West Mifflin for reports of shots fired inside the amusement park.

Editorial | The shooting at Kennywood shows how much we need gun control

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 29, 2022
View of a house that was washed away by Hurricane Fiona at Villa Esperanza in Salinas, Puerto Rico on Wednesday.

Editorial | Puerto Rico deserves more from the U.S. government

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 25, 2022
Brothers of Italy's Giorgia Meloni speaks during the center-right coalition closing rally in Rome on Thursday.

Editorial | Italy’s election could continue the dangerous trend of nationalism

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 23, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks at the Public Education forum Downtown in 2019 during his campaign.

Editorial | President Biden needs to deliver on his progressive campaign policies

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 19, 2022
Children look through car windows as they and other refugees from the Kharkov Region of Ukraine arrive at a temporary camp in Belgorod, Russia, on Wednesday. Thousands fled northeastern Ukraine to Russia amid the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the region.

Editorial | Russia, leave Ukrainian civilians out of war

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 18, 2022
Editorial | Oakland: Fix your parking

Editorial | Oakland: Fix your parking

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 15, 2022
Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman speaks at an event in 2016.

Editorial | Pennsylvania candidates: It’s time to embrace debate

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 12, 2022
A spotted lanternfly.

Editorial | Kill them all: Spotted lanternflies are invasive

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 11, 2022
Wax figures of the British Royal Family at Madame Tussauds in London.

Editorial | The monarchy should go

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 8, 2022
Leonardo DiCaprio attends the world premiere of "Don't Look Up" at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, in New York.

Editorial | Things on Pitt’s campus that Leonardo DiCaprio would and would not date

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 6, 2022
The Cathedral of Learning.

Editorial | Pitt needs to start paying taxes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 1, 2022
Taylor Swift accepts the award for video of the year for "All Too Well" (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center on Sunday, Aug. 28, in Newark, N.J.

Editorial | Ranking Taylor Swift songs that mention “midnight” or “middle of the night”

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 29, 2022
Editorial | 4 tips for first-year etiquette

Editorial | 4 tips for first-year etiquette

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 28, 2022
This image released by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, shows the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on the James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals previously obscured areas of star birth, according to NASA.

Editorial | The James Webb Telescope is revolutionary

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
July 12, 2022
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for a group photograph at the Supreme Court building on June 1, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Front row, seated from left, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, and Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. Standing behind from left, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Editorial | Keep up with the Supreme Court rulings — they affect us all

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
July 1, 2022
The Cathedral of Learning alongside the Mary Schenley Memorial Fountain.

Editorial | The top 7 best things about staying in Oakland for the summer

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 24, 2022
Editorial | Ranking the Pitt AI-generated memes

Editorial | Ranking the Pitt AI-generated memes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 14, 2022
Editorial | Corporations should care about LGBTQ+ people beyond just Pride Month

Editorial | Corporations should care about LGBTQ+ people beyond just Pride Month

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 9, 2022
The 2021 Pittsburgh Pride Parade in Downtown.

Editorial | Our most anticipated Pride events happening in Pittsburgh

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 31, 2022
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum on Fifth Avenue.

Editorial | 5 things to experience this summer in Pittsburgh

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 24, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

Editorial | Hey Supreme Court, wealthy politicians shouldn’t get the upper hand

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 17, 2022
Students play spikeball in Schenley Plaza last month.

Editorial | The best and worst things about this school year

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 21, 2022
Editorial | All religious holidays deserve equal recognition

Editorial | All religious holidays deserve equal recognition

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 17, 2022
A police officer stands watch at the entrance of 36th Street Station after multiple people were shot on a subway train in Brooklyn on Tuesday.

Editorial | Police funds don’t go toward our safety

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 14, 2022
Editorial | Clemson College Republicans shouldn’t hide behind respectability politics

Editorial | Clemson College Republicans shouldn’t hide behind respectability politics

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 13, 2022
Editorial | 7 Bigelow Bash performances we want to see

Editorial | 7 Bigelow Bash performances we want to see

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 10, 2022
People arrive for work at the Amazon distribution center in the Staten Island borough of New York, on Oct. 25, 2021.

Editorial | Amazon needs to care about its workers

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 7, 2022
Jon Batiste poses in the press room at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday in Las Vegas.

Editorial | The Grammys need to appreciate all award winners

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 5, 2022
Editorial | The five best state quarters

Editorial | The five best state quarters

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 3, 2022
Penn State’s Nittany Lion mascot.

April Fools Edition | Top eight reasons why Penn State is better than Pitt

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 31, 2022
Eugenio Derbez, from left, Sian Heder, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Emilia Jones, Daniel Durant, and Amy Forsyth, winners of the award for best picture for "CODA," pose in the press room while signing "I love you" at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Editorial | ‘CODA’ sets great precedent for disability representation in movies

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 30, 2022
Republican Texas senator Ted Cruz holds up a book as he questions Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

Editorial | Judge Jackson’s confirmation hearings have been a political circus

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 27, 2022
New York Mets mascots Mrs. Met, left, and Mr. Met hand out masks to passerbys outside of a subway station last April.

Editorial | Politicians need to prioritize public health over the money that sports bring in

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 24, 2022
People who fled the war in Ukraine rest inside an indoor sports stadium being used as a refugee center, in the village of Medyka, a border crossing between Poland and Ukraine, on Tuesday.

Editorial | Countries should treat all refugees equally

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 20, 2022
Starbucks at Amos Hall on Forbes Avenue.

Editorial | The Amos Hall Starbucks unionization is a great step forward

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 17, 2022
A Port Authority bus on Fifth Avenue.

Editorial | Port Authority employees should be vaccinated

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 13, 2022
A student struggles with studying.

Editorial | Pitt needs to put the ‘break’ back in spring break

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 3, 2022
A protester holds a “Trans People Belong” sign during a June 2020 protest.

Editorial | Texas attack on trans rights is putting people’s wellbeing at risk

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 28, 2022
Participants in a Thursday vigil in front of the White House to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Editorial | Ukraine needs support, not memes or infographics

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 24, 2022
Russian ice skater Kamila Valieva after a training session last Sunday in Beijing.

Editorial | The Olympics needs an age floor for competitors

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 20, 2022
Editorial | Student press needs to be unrestricted

Editorial | Student press needs to be unrestricted

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 17, 2022
Kanye West performs at The Museum of Modern Art's 2011 Party in the Garden benefit.

Editorial | Kanye needs to stop airing grievances publicly

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 15, 2022
Flower bouquets at a grocery store in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Editorial | 10 dos and don’ts for Valentine’s Day

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 13, 2022
A housing cart in the Schenley Quadrangle.

Editorial | Top 10 Pitt-related sports that should be added to the Olympics

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 10, 2022
German olympian Johannes Ludwig kisses the gold medal he won for the luge men's single at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Sunday in Beijing, China.

Editorial | No Olympic competitor should live in poverty

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 6, 2022
Editorial | Stop monetizing everything

Editorial | Stop monetizing everything

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 3, 2022
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis complains about the FDA's decision to revoke its emergency authorization for two COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatments during a press conference, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in North Miami, Florida.

Editorial | Florida is the ‘freedom’ state restricting rights

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 1, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks on Friday at Carnegie Mellon University’s Mill 19 to tout his administration’s investment in infrastructure.

Editorial | Pittsburgh needs better infrastructure now

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 30, 2022
Jason Buffer, left, and Shalini Jose, graduate students in the School of Medicine’s biomedical masters program, study together in Hillman Library on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021.

Editorial | Tips for transitioning back to in-person classes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 28, 2022
Editorial | Top five things we can learn from Wordle

Editorial | Top five things we can learn from Wordle

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 25, 2022
Editorial | You don’t need to understand NFTs to know they’re meaningless

Editorial | You don’t need to understand NFTs to know they’re meaningless

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 23, 2022
The United States government website COVIDTests.gov displayed on a computer screen in Walpole, Massachusetts, on Wednesday.

Editorial | The government’s COVID-19 testing website needs to be more efficient

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 21, 2022
Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963.

Editorial | Politicians need to stop disrespecting MLK’s legacy

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 18, 2022
Editorial | Pitt needs to have a hybrid option as Omicron spikes

Editorial | Pitt needs to have a hybrid option as Omicron spikes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 13, 2022
Editorial | New semester brings old worries over mental health

Editorial | New semester brings old worries over mental health

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 9, 2022
A Pitt fan cheers during Saturday evening’s ACC Championship Game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Editorial | Fall semester had plenty of highlights (and a few lowlights)

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
December 10, 2021
Pitt students celebrate Pitt's Saturday night ACC Championship win against Wake Forest University at the intersection of Forbes and Oakland avenues.

Editorial | Pitt deserves to celebrate our football victory

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
December 6, 2021
Abortion rights advocates hold cardboard cutouts of the Supreme Court justices faces in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.

Editorial | Gutting Roe would solidify the Supreme Court as a dangerously unaccountable institution

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
December 2, 2021
Students study on the first floor of Hillman Library.

Editorial | Top six study tips for finals

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 30, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse stands in the courtroom of the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Nov. 18.

Editorial | Self-defense laws need to be clearer

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 29, 2021
A protester rallies with a crowd of UPMC employees on Grant Street during Thursday’s UPMC Essential Worker Strike in Downtown.

Editorial | Happy strikesgiving to UPMC workers

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 19, 2021
The proposed Munger Hall at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Editorial | UCSB’s Munger Hall is a mistake, not a model

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 17, 2021
Editorial | It’s OK to not like Thanksgiving

Editorial | It’s OK to not like Thanksgiving

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 15, 2021
Port Authority bus on Fifth Avenue.

Editorial | Eight ways to stay safe on Pitt’s campus

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 12, 2021
Stacey Sarmiento places flowers at a memorial in Houston on Sunday to honor her friend, Rudy Peña, who died at the Astroworld music festival.

Editorial | Those responsible for the tragedy at the Astroworld Festival need to be held accountable

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 8, 2021
Giant Eagle in Economy, Pa., on June 26, 2015.

Editorial | Store closures on Thanksgiving should be standard

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 4, 2021
Editorial | Better late than never for Pitt’s vaccine mandate

Editorial | Better late than never for Pitt’s vaccine mandate

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 3, 2021
Pitt News editors rank the top 10 scariest things they saw this Halloween — including party hunting in South O and $80 Uber rides.

Editorial | The top 10 scariest things we saw this Halloween

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 31, 2021
Sen. Josh Hawley’s paper covers part of the face of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.

Editorial | Pitt’s gender inclusive language guide is useful, worthy of praise

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 28, 2021
Flowers, candles and chalk drawings placed outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in 2019.

Editorial | We still need to remember the Tree of Life massacre

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 26, 2021
Former Washington State University head coach Nick Rolovich walks on the field after a football game against Stanford University on Oct. 16. WSU recently fired Rolovich for not following the state’s vaccine mandate for public employees.

Editorial | WSU made the right decision by firing Nick Rolovich

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 24, 2021
From Aug. 27 to Oct. 12, Pitt faculty and researchers voted to unionize as an affiliate of United Steelworkers’ Academic Workers Association.

Editorial | Unionization is hard-won, well-deserved for faculty

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 21, 2021
The Cathedral of Learning.

Editorial | We somehow made it through midterms and are grateful

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 19, 2021
Gene’s Place is located on Louisa Street in Oakland.

Editorial | What Harry Styles would do if he were actually on Pitt’s campus

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 17, 2021
Editorial | How to simultaneously combat climate change and your climate anxiety

Editorial | How to simultaneously combat climate change and your climate anxiety

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 12, 2021
Three boys reading in a classroom.

Editorial | NYC public schools are getting rid of their gifted program — Pittsburgh should be next

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 10, 2021
Editorial | Rescinding concealed carry permits will help keep air travel safe, efficient

Editorial | Rescinding concealed carry permits will help keep air travel safe, efficient

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 8, 2021
A Steller’s sea eagle.

Editorial | 10 things we would do with the escaped Steller’s sea eagle

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 3, 2021
Editorial | Residents don’t need told how to improve Oakland

Editorial | Residents don’t need told how to improve Oakland

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 30, 2021
Actor Chris Pratt will play the voice of Mario in the new live-action movie based on the Super Mario Bros.

Editorial | Voice actors deserve more respect

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 27, 2021
The Cathedral of Learning.

Editorial | 10 worst things about returning to in person classes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 23, 2021
The Cathedral of Learning.

Editorial | It’s worth celebrating in-person classes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 19, 2021
Pitt Missed Connections is an Instagram account with the mission of putting students in contact with a person they wish they had spoken to. An anonymous Pitt student created the account after Pitt shut down due to the pandemic.

Editorial | Our eight favorite Pitt-related social media accounts

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 17, 2021
Editorial | Testing unvaccinated students is a costly, unequal alternative to vaccination

Editorial | Testing unvaccinated students is a costly, unequal alternative to vaccination

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 14, 2021
The CBS logo.

Editorial | CBS’s new show “The Activist” is not the right way to go about activism

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 13, 2021
Editorial | Children are harmed most in right-wing culture crusades

Editorial | Children are harmed most in right-wing culture crusades

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 9, 2021
The Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas.

Editorial | History should be taught the way it happened, no matter how bad it is

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 7, 2021
Editorial | The Texas abortion ban is disgraceful — PA could be next

Editorial | The Texas abortion ban is disgraceful — PA could be next

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 2, 2021
Editorial | Pennsylvania schools are right to mandate masks

Editorial | Pennsylvania schools are right to mandate masks

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 31, 2021
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