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Opinion | You don’t need a career straight out of college

By Juliana Morello, Staff Columnist • January 31, 2023

When I was younger, I thought college would be the time in my life when I got all my life experience in and figured out who I am and what I want. It is, to some degree, and I’m happy to say that I'm a little bit closer to figuring it all out, but I’m not fully there yet. Well, I’m here to tell you that that’s okay.

Opinion | Life doesn’t depend on your 20s

By Anna Fischer, Staff Columnist • December 4, 2022

Whether you graduate with your degree early or it takes you 12 years, whether you drop out or take a break, life holds innumerable opportunities for you. The stress of trying to plan your life in your early 20s has real effects.

‘A higher burden’: Students react to Pitt’s tuition increase

By Khushi Rai, Staff Writer • September 1, 2022

A Pitt spokesperson said the tuition increase is a result of inflation and a flat appropriation from the state for the past three years.

Opinion | Most of your friends are just people you spend time with

By Sarah Liez, Staff Columnist • January 11, 2022

Being someone’s friend is taking the time to consider their wants and needs, and occasionally putting those needs before your own. Most of the people we surround ourselves with do not genuinely care about us or our wellbeing, at least where it extends beyond their own. In actuality, they only care about having someone to spend time with or to relate to.

Opinion | Halloween is our fall semester savior

By Sarah Liez, For The Pitt News • October 19, 2021

Halloween in college is an entertaining distraction from the problems of young adult life.

Opinion | Dear seniors, I see you

By Julia Kreutzer, Senior Staff Columnist • August 17, 2021

We’re supposed to soak up our last moments of college — in many ways, the last moments before being thrust into adulthood — without even fully knowing what we’ve missed.

Opinion | Reflecting on a year in Zoom University

By Dalia Maeroff, Senior Staff Columnist • April 21, 2021

We are all hoping for an in-person semester in the fall, but I want to acknowledge the bittersweet ending of our year at Zoom University.

Opinion | My thoughts on the college experience

By Ethan Tessler, Senior Staff Columnist • April 21, 2021

In this column, I want to impart the lessons I’ve learned as well as give my thoughts on the costly and rigid academic structure of college.

Opinion | Top 10 things I will miss about Pittsburgh

By Alex Dolinger, Senior Staff Columnist • April 21, 2021

Pittsburgh is special. She is not like other girls. Thus, here are the top 10 things I’ll miss the most about her.

Opinion | Maintaining religious obligations in college is extremely difficult

By Remy Samuels, Senior Staff Columnist • April 12, 2021

Students in religious minorities face a lot of challenges when it comes to observing holidays during the school year.