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Opinion | You guys suck at naming babies

By Paige Wasserman, Senior Staff Columnist • December 8, 2022

The names that certain people have conjured up for their children speak to a deeper issue within the reproducing populus.

Opinion | Despite the findings of the Facebook Files, we can still use Facebook and Instagram

By Talia Spillerman, Staff Columnist • October 10, 2021

As long as we recognize that our online communications serve our own interests as well as benefit companies, we can still use Facebook or any other online platform.

Facebook group helps eliminate on-campus food waste

By Madison Brewer, Staff Writer • February 17, 2020

Pitt FoodShare Facebook group began in 2016 as a Student Affairs-supported project to reduce uneaten, and therefore wasted, food on campus.

Editorial: Acknowledge fake ads, not just fake news

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • October 27, 2019

It is Facebook’s responsibility to limit ads with false information, not just news with false information.

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, oh my!

By Michael Nitti, Staff Writer • January 6, 2019

The facebook comment section of Pitt Athletics posts aren’t always the best place to hang out, but according to SID Julie Jurich, who is in charge of the social media, it usually isn't too bad. You can find out what all goes into the social media pages here.

Students use Facebook to create community

By Jacq Flash, for The Pitt News • January 6, 2019

Facebook’s groups feature has become a way to connect people with similar interests or goals.

Editorial | Gab back online: a public safety hazard

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 29, 2018

Gab was taken down last month after it’s ties to the Tree of Life gunman were revealed to the world — but it’s back up as of this weekend, which should alarm anyone who cares about public safety.

Peter’s Pub announces upcoming closing

By Grant Burgman | News Editor • May 16, 2018

Peter’s Pub, a staple of the Oakland bar scene, will close its doors at the end of the month after 44 years of business. The popular bar on Oakland Avenue announced its upcoming closing on its Facebook...

Students find furniture and more free and for sale

By Sarah Shearer | Contributing Editor • March 19, 2018

Picking up the couch wasn’t supposed to be an all-day affair. Kathryn Kennedy and her boyfriend Andrew Rabeneck planned to quickly move it into Kennedy’s newly rented — and bare — apartment,...

Editorial: ACLU threatens Harris with strong First Amendment lawsuit

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • November 16, 2017

Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Darlene Harris somehow manages to regularly get herself into the petty types of quarrels that make Buzzfeed headlines — in April last year, she made local headlines when...