The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Notes From an Average Girl // Strawberry daiquiris with a side of anxiety

Notes From an Average Girl // Strawberry daiquiris with a side of anxiety

By Madeline Milchman, Staff Writer • March 17, 2025
In this edition of Notes From an Average Girl, senior staff writer Madeline Milchman writes about the stress of graduation.
PPG Paints Arena.

Pitt’s shift to PPG Paints Arena for commencement sparks mixed reactions

By Kelly McPoyle, Staff Writer • March 9, 2025
Pitt is moving its commencement ceremony to PPG Paints Arena to accommodate its largest graduating class in history, ensuring that every student can participate and receive enough tickets for family and friends. Parents and students share mixed reactions.
Editorial | Our “society” did not lie to the Benedictine College graduates — Harrison Butker did

Editorial | Our “society” did not lie to the Benedictine College graduates — Harrison Butker did

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • May 22, 2024
Butker, like many conservatives faced with a social order growing gradually more progressive, cannot convince people to follow his worldview of their own volition and must scare them into it by telling them that they cannot trust what they thought they knew.
Opinion | Once upon a time, we grew up and left our passions behind

Opinion | Once upon a time, we grew up and left our passions behind

By Nada Abdulaziz, Staff Writer • April 8, 2024
Transitioning into adulthood and securing employment is a universal journey that all individuals embark on — it's an anticipated phase of life. However, recently, I've found myself reflecting on the activities I once cherished but now struggle to find time for.
Campus Life | My last semester: What I am looking forward to

Campus Life | My last semester: What I am looking forward to

By Shriya Yadamreddi, Senior Staff Writer • January 17, 2024
This week on Campus Life, Shriya Yadamreddi shares a few events that she is looking forward to this semester as a graduating senior.
Satire | Peaking in college — An analysis of anguish

Satire | Peaking in college — An analysis of anguish

By Alaina McCall, Staff Columnist • December 5, 2023
You certainly didn’t peak in high school. All you did was fall lower and lower into a cavern. Like, if life was a mountain, and peaking was being at the top, you were even lower than the bottom. But that’s good!
The Faculty Assembly in room 2700 of Posvar Hall on Wednesday.

Faculty Assembly discusses new winter commencement, new LGBTQIA+ steering committee

By Bella Markovitz, Senior Staff Writer • December 1, 2023

Faculty Assembly President Robin Kear addressed concerns about the new Dec. 17 winter commencement at its final meeting of the year. “Because this is the first year of this half-year sort of winter...

Pitt adds December commencement ceremony, students report mixed reactions

Pitt adds December commencement ceremony, students report mixed reactions

By Kelly McPoyle, Staff Writer • November 29, 2023

Dayquon Henderson feels excited to graduate in December, but was upset when Pitt first announced that students graduating a semester early would not be allowed to walk at the April ceremony.  “I...

The halls outside the School of Education on the fifth floor of Wesley W. Posvar Hall.

More than a month after commencement, advising error sends 17 Pitt teaching students back to class

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Writer • June 28, 2023
After four years of taking classes at Pitt, Delphie Backs was ready to move onto the next phase of her life. But on June 6, an email from the University came — she hadn’t graduated after all.
Opinion | Being a fifth-year in college isn’t as old as you may think

Opinion | Being a fifth-year in college isn’t as old as you may think

By Ashanti McLaurin, Staff Columnist • May 24, 2023
It's okay to take your time in college and the timing of getting your degree is not a race.
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