The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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

The Pitt News Editorial Board

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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
Students study on the first floor of Hillman Library.

Editorial | Top 10 best gen-eds to take this year

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 29, 2021
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Editorial | 10 tips for first-year students

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 26, 2021
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Editorial | Pitt should have never given us the choice of in-person or online classes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 24, 2021
Editorial | WADA’s ban on marijuana is senseless, unfair to athletes

Editorial | WADA’s ban on marijuana is senseless, unfair to athletes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
July 13, 2021
Editorial | It’s not Lil Nas X’s job to cater to homophobes

Editorial | It’s not Lil Nas X’s job to cater to homophobes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 29, 2021
Editorial | A $2,500 lottery is no replacement for a vaccine mandate

Editorial | A $2,500 lottery is no replacement for a vaccine mandate

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 22, 2021
Editorial | Top 10 excuses to stay home now that we’re vaccinated

Editorial | Top 10 excuses to stay home now that we’re vaccinated

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 15, 2021
Editorial | DA Zappala acted unethically, must resign

Editorial | DA Zappala acted unethically, must resign

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 8, 2021
Editorial | Celebrities, athletes don’t owe people anything, especially when it comes to their mental health

Editorial | Celebrities, athletes don’t owe people anything, especially when it comes to their mental health

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 1, 2021
Editorial | Gainey is a necessary change for Pittsburgh

Editorial | Gainey is a necessary change for Pittsburgh

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 25, 2021
Editorial | CDC’s updated mask guidelines fail to consider social consequences

Editorial | CDC’s updated mask guidelines fail to consider social consequences

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 18, 2021
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger Games.”

Editorial | Top 10 Pitt things that could win a Hunger Games simulation

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 22, 2021
Editorial | We’ve all had a tough year and that’s OK

Editorial | We’ve all had a tough year and that’s OK

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 19, 2021
Editorial | Pitt’s lack of progress, transparency on a Black studies course requirement is unacceptable

Editorial | Pitt’s lack of progress, transparency on a Black studies course requirement is unacceptable

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 15, 2021
Editorial | Recent increase in anti-trans legislation is a step backwards

Editorial | Recent increase in anti-trans legislation is a step backwards

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 13, 2021
Congressperson Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks with reporters after a meeting with then-President Donald Trump at the White House on April 21, 2020.

Editorial | Republicans must condemn Matt Gaetz

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 11, 2021
According to the two latest updates from the COVID-19 Medical Response Office, Pitt recorded a combined 97 new student cases between March 30 and April 5, a significant increase in the virus’ prevalence on campus this semester.

Editorial | Pitt has repeatedly made the same mistakes with COVID-19

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 6, 2021
Spartan Pharmacy opened a vaccine clinic in Oak Hill, the neighborhood next to West Oakland, on Tuesday morning.

Editorial | Oak Hill vaccine clinic shows us what’s wrong with Pa.’s vaccine rollout

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 2, 2021
People enjoy themselves as they walk along Ocean Drive on March 18 in Miami Beach, Florida. College students have arrived in the South Florida area for the annual spring break ritual.

Editorial | No, you don’t need to go to Florida

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 30, 2021
A photo provided by the office of Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, shows detainees in a Customs and Border Protection overflow facility in Donna, Texas, on March 20.

Editorial | There’s no room for partisanship at the border

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 28, 2021
Editorial | Ban assault weapons now

Editorial | Ban assault weapons now

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 25, 2021
Bankers Life Fieldhouse will host the 2021 NCAA men's basketball tournament games in the first and second rounds and the Sweet 16.

Editorial | The NCAA failed its female athletes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 22, 2021
Acworth resident Derrick Franklin places flowers near the entrance of Youngs Asian Massage Parlor Wednesday, March 17, 2021 in Cherokee County, Georgia.

Editorial | Community must take action to stop anti-Asian attacks

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 18, 2021
Port Authority buses remind people to stay at home.

Editorial | We are once again asking students to take social distancing seriously

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 14, 2021
Pitt moved postures — from Elevated to Guarded risk — early Thursday morning.

Editorial | Pitt’s move to Guarded risk is concerning, unnecessary

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 12, 2021
The Cathedral of Learning alongside the Mary Schenley Memorial Fountain.

Editorial | SGB’s puzzling Tuesday silence

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 5, 2021
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. (Mike Groll/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo/TNS)

Editorial | Cuomo’s apology is insufficient, irrelevant

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 3, 2021
Editorial | Top 10 things to do when it’s over 45 degrees

Editorial | Top 10 things to do when it’s over 45 degrees

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 26, 2021
Editorial | United States should follow Britain's model, prioritize schools

Editorial | United States should follow Britain’s model, prioritize schools

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 23, 2021
Pitt Day of Giving is the same day as the first spring semester student self-care day.

Editorial | Pitt Day of Giving should not coincide with a self-care day

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 21, 2021
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, flew to Cancun Wednesday while many of his constituents in Texas struggled through an unprecedented crisis. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial | Texas jokes, memes distract from real crisis

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 19, 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.(Patrick Semansky/Pool/Getty Images/TNS)

Editorial | You don’t have to like COVID precautions, just follow them

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 14, 2021
Madagascar hissing cockroaches.

Editorial | Top 10 things we’d name our Valentine’s Day roaches

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 11, 2021
The Pennsylvania CARES Rent Relief Program had a maximum of $150 million to give to renters across Pennsylvania, but only $54 million was distributed to renters.

Editorial | Pennsylvania must provide equitable rent relief now

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 7, 2021

Editorial | Top 10 non-groundhog things that should determine the weather

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 4, 2021
A cardboard cutout of Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine, stands in the Petersen Events Center on the first day of COVID vaccine administration.

Editorial | As COVID-19 numbers fall, keep your guard up

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 2, 2021
Students at Columbia University began a tuition strike last Friday, the day that tuition for the spring semester was due. The push for lower tuition rates due to the pandemic have become increasingly common over the past year, affecting many more universities other than just Columbia.

Editorial | The Columbia tuition strike isn’t surprising

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 31, 2021
Editorial | Top 10 pandemic-safe things to do in the cold

Editorial | Top 10 pandemic-safe things to do in the cold

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 28, 2021
Editorial | School-aged students deserve better mental health resources

Editorial | School-aged students deserve better mental health resources

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 26, 2021
Scott Perry listens to a question following a COVID-19 Community Leaders Information Meeting hosted by Penn State Health on March 9, 2020.

Editorial | Scott Perry must resign

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 24, 2021
Editorial | Top 10 thoughts after the first week of Zoom classes

Editorial | Top 10 thoughts after the first week of Zoom classes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
January 22, 2021
Editorial | Top 10 things we learned this semester

Editorial | Top 10 things we learned this semester

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 20, 2020
Although it was originally scheduled to commence this Thursday, Pitt instead decided to start its mandated “shelter-in-place” and move back into the Elevated risk posture Sunday night.

Editorial | Pitt’s mandated ‘shelter-in-place’ is inadequate, dangerous

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 10, 2020
Editorial | Top 10 things to do while awaiting election results

Editorial | Top 10 things to do while awaiting election results

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 6, 2020
Voters drop off their presidential primary mail-in ballots at a drop box at King County Elections in Renton, Washington, on March 10.

Editorial | Voter accessibility should not be a partisan issue

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 3, 2020
Editorial | Top 10 issues you’re supporting when you vote for Biden

Editorial | Top 10 issues you’re supporting when you vote for Biden

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
November 2, 2020
Editorial | Top 10 responsible ways to celebrate Halloween

Editorial | Top 10 responsible ways to celebrate Halloween

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 29, 2020
Protesters and supporters of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett rally during the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting in Capitol Hill on Oct. 22.

Editorial | Democrats must pack Supreme Court to maintain people’s rights

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 27, 2020
The United States continues to lead the world in COVID-19 deaths — surpassing the 225,000 mark on Sunday.

Editorial | A vaccine isn’t the pandemic’s magic fix

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 25, 2020
The University of Pittsburgh had a designated self-care day on Oct. 14 for students.

Editorial | Top 10 things we did on Self-Care Day

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 22, 2020
Pitt announced Thursday that it would allow fans to return to Heinz Field to watch the football team’s two remaining home games.

Editorial | Allowing students to attend football games is too risky

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 18, 2020
Judge Amy Coney Barrett is President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court.

Editorial | Judge Barrett is unfit for Supreme Court

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 17, 2020
Pitt announced on Friday its plans to move into the “Guarded risk” posture, the lowest tier of its reopening system, beginning Oct. 19.

Editorial | Pitt’s move to guarded will do more harm than good

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 11, 2020
Magnets and buttons for sale are displayed at the 2019 Pittsburgh Womens’ March.

Editorial | Stop commodifying activism

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 8, 2020
Editorial | Student Self-Care Days provide little care

Editorial | Student Self-Care Days provide little care

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 6, 2020
President Donald Trump wears a protective face mask in a motorcade outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center during his treatment for COVID-19 on Sunday in Bethesda, Maryland.

Editorial | The coronavirus pandemic mattered long before Trump’s infection

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 4, 2020
Editorial | Pennsylvania’s ‘election integrity’ panel lacks integrity

Editorial | Pennsylvania’s ‘election integrity’ panel lacks integrity

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
October 1, 2020
President Donald Trump arrives with Judge Amy Coney Barrett to introduce her as his Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee in the Rose Garden of the White House on Sept. 26.

Editorial | Democrats must actively work against Supreme Court nomination

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 27, 2020
President Donald Trump during a news conference at the White House.

Editorial | Do not dismiss Trump’s noncommitment to transfer power

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 25, 2020
In this photo illustration, the WeChat app is displayed in the App Store on an Apple iPhone.

Editorial | We need to talk about WeChat

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 20, 2020
The official first day of fall is September 22.

Editorial | Top 10 things to do around Oakland as the weather cools

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 17, 2020
The hot and dry weather in California has paved the way for the worst wildfire season in years.

Editorial | The wildfires are just the beginning

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 15, 2020
The Panthers will kick off the football season this Saturday with their first game against Austin Peay.

Editorial | Pitt can’t ethically justify playing football

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 8, 2020
Bella Thorne is facing criticism after creating an OnlyFans account and disrupting the platform.

Editorial | Bella Thorne’s irresponsible use of OnlyFans hurts sex workers

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 6, 2020
Culture editor Charlie Taylor was late to a zoom meeting because they got their chocolate churro flavored PopTart stuck in their toaster.

Editorial: Top 10 reasons you were late for your Zoom class

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 3, 2020
Gov. Tom Wolf claimed this week that he is unable to extend the eviction moratorium past Monday.

Editorial | Wolf needed a backup plan for eviction moratorium

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
September 1, 2020
Chadwick Boseman died Friday after a four-year battle with colon cancer.

Editorial | Don’t let Chadwick Boseman’s accomplishments perpetuate ableism

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 30, 2020
The 10A is an iconic fixture on campus.

Editorial | Top 10 mask patterns Pitt should distribute

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 27, 2020
A protester holds a “Trans People Belong” sign during a June protest for Black trans lives.

Editorial | In absence of Pride, we should listen to our activists

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 25, 2020
A protester holds a sign during a Civil Saturdays demonstration in response to Mayor Bill Peduto speaking with protesters outside his house.

Editorial | Mayor Peduto must radically support Black Lives Matter

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 23, 2020
Mask wearing is required on Pitt’s campuses.

Editorial | Students need guidance, not just consequences

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 20, 2020
Litchfield Towers A, B and C are located on lower campus between Fifth and Forbes avenues and house approximately 1,800 students.

Editorial | The Pitt community deserves to be kept in the loop

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
August 10, 2020
Editorial | Pitt’s required “shelter-in-place” is delusional

Editorial | Pitt’s required “shelter-in-place” is delusional

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
July 21, 2020
Editorial | Fall instruction must be entirely remote

Editorial | Fall instruction must be entirely remote

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
July 14, 2020
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released new guidelines Monday, which said if universities move classes fully online, the agency will move to deport international students.

Editorial | International student guidelines show why ICE must go

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
July 7, 2020
The Pitt News published a story on June 8 about classes starting a week early and moving online after Thanksgiving, before returning students and faculty members had heard of the plan from the administration.

Editorial | Pitt administration’s lack of communication fails faculty, students

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 23, 2020
Protesters march down Fifth Avenue in the shadow of the Cathedral of Learning at a protest on Saturday.

Editorial | Universities need public guidelines in addressing hate speech

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 16, 2020
Two of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s prominent black journalists have been barred from covering protests in Pittsburgh following the killing of George Floyd.

Editorial | Racism as reason: Black journalists aren’t biased

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 9, 2020
Protestors hold up a tapestry with a painted image of George Floyd during a protest Downtown.

Editorial | Black Lives Matter: Now is the time to lift up black voices

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
June 2, 2020
The minimum wage in Pennsylvania is $7.25 an hour.

Editorial | Unemployment is not flawed, wages are

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 26, 2020
Kroger, a major grocery store chain in the United States, has cut hazard pay for employees.

Editorial | It’s simple — hazard workers deserve hazard pay

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 19, 2020
Pitt has formed three task forces to investigate many different aspects of what life at the University could look like in the fall.

Editorial | Pitt reopening task forces in need of better student representation

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
May 12, 2020
A water main broke in the Cathedral in September 2017, flooding the first floor.

Editorial: Seniors remember the top 10 things that happened during their time at Pitt

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 16, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump leaves with Vice President Mike Pence after the coronavirus task force press briefing on Monday at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Editorial: Trump must stop politicizing coronavirus response

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 14, 2020
The United States Postal Service warned Congress last week that, without a government bailout, it could “run out of cash” by September.

Editorial: Bail out USPS

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 12, 2020
Editorial: How to prepare for virtual commencement

Editorial: How to prepare for virtual commencement

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 9, 2020
Allegheny County’s high levels of air pollution may put residents more at risk for contracting COVID-19.

Editorial: Link between pollution and COVID-19 mortality rate should have Allegheny County’s attention

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 7, 2020
Many shelters are still accepting donations of food and especially money.

Editorial: In the time of COVID-19, here’s how you can help domestic violence victims

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 5, 2020
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the Department of Education is waiving annual standardized test requirements.

Editorial: All universities should suspend SAT, ACT admission requirements

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
April 2, 2020
Not leaving home leaves plenty of time to spend with your pets.

Editorial: Top 10 positive things going on right now

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 31, 2020
Editorial: Students should be paid in the federal stimulus package

Editorial: Students should be paid in the federal stimulus package

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 29, 2020
A garbage collector empties recyclables into a Basso Rubbish Removal truck in New Jersey. Garbage collection in Pittsburgh came to a standstill Wednesday morning after sanitation workers from the City held a demonstration insisting they were not receiving proper protective gear to continue working during the coronavirus pandemic.

Editorial: Pittsburgh, protect our sanitation workers

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 26, 2020
Editorial: Voting is still your civic duty, even during a pandemic

Editorial: Voting is still your civic duty, even during a pandemic

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 24, 2020
Ben Shapiro speaks at the 2018 Young Women's Leadership Summit hosted by Turning Point USA in Dallas.

Editorial: Post-Gazette wrong to give Shapiro’s xenophobia a platform

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 22, 2020
A petition urging the Pitt administration to modify the pass/fail grading policy for the spring semester in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic has gathered thousands of signatures since its creation two days ago.

Editorial: Pitt, give students a pass/fail option

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 19, 2020
Pitt announced on Tuesday that it will not renew its contract with Sodexo.

Editorial: Pitt’s new dining contract shows the importance of listening to students

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 17, 2020
In a move encouraging social distancing, Pitt has cancelled all in-person classes.

Editorial: Students, it’s time to take social distancing seriously

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 15, 2020
You’ll still stay up until 3 a.m., won’t you?

Editorial: Top 10 things to do in Oakland over Spring Break

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 5, 2020
A voter casts a ballot in the Massachusetts presidential primaries, Tuesday, March 3, in Seekonk, Massachusetts.

Editorial: It’s time to condense the primary process

By The Pitt News Editorial Board
March 3, 2020
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