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.

Walz visits Pittsburgh to court battleground votes

By Amanda Yu, Naomi Weiss • October 16, 2024

Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz visited Acrisure Stadium on Tuesday, Oct. 15, to present the Harris agenda to key Allegheny County.

‘Afraid of being judged’: Students talk comfort with expressing their political views on campus

By Briana Bindus, Assistant News Editor • October 15, 2024

Universities are a place for political groups to energize student engagement in the election, but some Republican student voters say they have a more limited ability to freely express political views than Democratic students on Pitt’s campus. 

Vice presidential debate sparks satisfaction from students at on-campus watch parties

By Sarah George, Katie Hovan, and Naomi Weiss • October 2, 2024

Hundreds of students attended watch parties across campus to see Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz face off on Tuesday night. 

Opinion | The election is so not over

By Tessa Powers, Staff Columnist • October 1, 2024

To any outsider, it may look like Harris is the it girl going into this election. However, those who know the reality of the situation know that to win this election, Harris needs to do a lot more than win the support of pop stars and goad Trump to say that they’re eating pets over in Ohio.  

‘The voice of right now’: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Summer Lee rally for Harris-Walz campaign at Carnegie Mellon University 

By Briana Bindus, Assistant News Editor • September 23, 2024

Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Summer Lee drew a crowd of 350 students and community members to rally for the Harris-Walz campaign on Sunday at Carnegie Mellon University.

Opinion | What does election interference mean to you?

By Jake Vasilias, Staff Columnist • September 18, 2024

In recent years, elections have dominated news cycles — Trump has famously complained about elections, while Russia famously interfered in the 2016 cycle. Just last week, the US accused the Russian media...

Opinion | Donald Trump is a genius

By Grace Longworth, Contributing Editor • September 16, 2024

Trump certainly knows what you and I know — that many of the outlandish claims he makes are either exaggerated or completely untrue.

Campus political organizations hold presidential debate watch parties for students

By Briana Bindus, Aidan Kasner, and Amanda Yu • September 11, 2024

The first debate between presidential nominees Donald Trump and Kamala Harris took place on Sept. 10. College Democrats at Pitt, College Republicans at Pitt and Pitt Votes, a nonpartisan University organization, each held watch parties for students to watch the debate live.