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Opinion | The pressure to go to grad school as a nursing student

By Danae Poteat, Senior Staff Columnist • March 24, 2025

There is a strange pressure in nursing academia to push yourself out of bedside nursing as soon as possible. More experienced nurses will tell you that bedside nursing should not be what you do for the rest of your life and that you’ll be miserable if you try to stick with it. It’s almost like a coercion statement they make to put in your head that you’ll never be happy unless you get a master's degree.

Opinion | Undergraduate research is all about the experience

By Harsh Hiwase, Senior Staff Columnist • November 30, 2022

I don’t think being in a research lab is a means to an end — I find that is an end in itself.

Opinion | An ode to my future self

By Anne Marie Yurik, Senior Staff Columnist • April 20, 2021

Senior staff columnist Anne Marie Yurik reflects on her college years while looking forward to the future.

Opinion | Get the ‘useless’ fine arts degree

By Leah Mensch, Opinions Editor • February 5, 2020

Everyone’s idea of what useless means is different, and regardless, it’s not possible to define whether or not a degree is “useful” based upon the number of jobs available, and the number of people employed directly in the field.

Take a gap year before grad school

By Rachel Boward, For The Pitt News • September 12, 2018

Taking a gap year after graduation provides a break for students who’ve spent their lives in academia. It also allows students to discover a purpose outside of education and pursue job opportunities.

To go to grad school or not to go to grad school… that is the question

By The Pitt News Staff • September 12, 2018

Our staff weighs in on whether or not they're planning on going to grad school