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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

Opinion | It is important to prioritize mental health, not stigmatize it

Opinion | It is important to prioritize mental health, not stigmatize it

By Irene Moran, Staff Columnist October 27, 2023
If you do not already focus enough on your mental health, or mental health in general, you should start now. Rather than stigmatizing mental health, people should prioritize it.
Opinion | Girl best friends are a green flag

Opinion | Girl best friends are a green flag

By Delaney Rauscher Adams, Staff Columnist October 12, 2023

Even after making significant strides in eliminating gender norms and creating a more inclusive society, many people cling to heteronormative notions about friendships. In trendy online discourse about...

Opinion | It’s time to return to 19th century friendship practices

Opinion | It’s time to return to 19th century friendship practices

By Anna Fischer, Senior Staff Columnist September 10, 2023
We need to return to foundational human interactions without technology to strengthen and maintain friendships
Opinion | Why people who say college “was the best four years of my life” may be right

Opinion | Why people who say college “was the best four years of my life” may be right

By Ebonee Rice-Nguyen, Senior Staff Columnist June 27, 2023
In college, the list of people you know stretches indefinitely — roommates, their partners, classmates, coworkers— it’s a massive web. But as we get older, that web often condenses until it eventually dwindles into your own remote family. While it’s easy to pass this phenomenon off as “becoming an adult” and “getting older,” these statements ignore the fact that we have structurally ensured that loneliness is an outcome of our lives. 
Joe Slomowitz, Avi Moses and Oliver Yao, the co-founders of Potluck.

‘Meeting through eating’: New student-launched web app builds connections through food

By Jamie Sheppard, Staff Writer February 3, 2023
“Potluck” is rebranding to “Greatings,” and the organization is launching a new website in March. Founded by students Avi Moses, Joe Slomowitz and Oliver Yao, users can join or create groups on the platform to meet up in person at a local eatery or brewery and socialize with new people.
Opinion | A love letter to the excluded

Opinion | A love letter to the excluded

By Sarah Liez, Senior Staff Columnist November 2, 2022
Some empathy and advice to those put down and excluded by others.
A Pitt student responds to a text from another student.

Opinion | Either ghost or be haunted

By Anita Bengert, Staff Columnist January 23, 2022
At one point or another, a person has to decide how they will separate themselves from an unhealthy relationship. Although it might seem drastic at the surface level, ghosting may be the only viable option as a bittersweet ending to a relationship.
Two friends embrace outside of Bouquet Gardens in 2016.

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.
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