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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

(Right: Cotton and whalebone corset, c. 1890, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
(Left: Trompe l’oeil corset dress, designed by Antonio Berardi, S/S 2009, worn by Gwyneth Paltrow © Sipa Press/ REX Shutterstock)

Professor unveils underwear’s history

By Zoe Pawliczek | Staff Writer November 3, 2017

Jessie B. Ramey showed more than 170 strangers a picture of herself in her underwear Thursday at the Frick, a Pittsburgh art museum in Point Breeze. “Don’t get too excited, this is me at the age...

Former President George W. Bush gives a speech during the 2014 Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. (Vernon Bryant/Dallas Morning News/MCT)

Bush 2020? One great speech can’t erase eight years

By Brian Gentry | For The Pitt News October 25, 2017

Defying all expectations of his speaking ability, former President George W. Bush gave an eloquent speech last week criticizing the Trump administration. “We’ve seen nationalism distorted into...

(Photos by John Hamilton / Managing Editor)

Cathedral in photos, from the basement to the top

By John Hamilton / Managing Editor October 13, 2017

I walked into an office on the 30th floor of the Cathedral of Learning Wednesday and asked the receptionist if there was anything interesting on the floor that might make for a good picture. “No,”...

(Illustration by Abby Katz | Staff Illustrator)

Editorial: Trump’s revisionist history leaves everyone behind

By The Pitt News Editorial Board September 28, 2017

Presidential endorsements of Senate hopefuls can often make the difference between a candidate winning and losing the election — though that wasn’t the case in Alabama this week. President Donald...

(Illustration by Elise Lavallee | Contributing Editor)

Analysis: How a 1999 NATO operation turned Russia against the West

By Christian Snyder, Assistant Opinions Editor September 7, 2017

The name Boris Yeltsin should ring a bell, whether it brings to mind images of him leaping upon a tank during a coup in 1991 Moscow or standing drunk in his underpants in Washington, D.C. in 1995. Yeltsin,...

(Illustration by Elise Lavallee | Contributing Editor)

Eradicating racism is about responsibility, not statues

By Elise Lavallee | Contributing Editor September 5, 2017

With racial violence gripping Charlottesville, Virginia, last month, the nation’s moral conscience was transfixed. The full scale of hatred on display from white supremacists and neo-Nazis was enough...

In 1773, Phillis Wheatley became the first African-American poet ever to be published. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

Column: Poetry now: why today’s world makes poetics shine

By Christian Snyder, Assistant Opinions Editor August 29, 2017

I remember the first time a line of poetry caught me by surprise. I was sitting in the Cathedral of Learning mouthing the words of Ross Gay’s poem “catalog of unabashed gratitude” to myself. The...

John Brashear found a love for astronomy after he glimpsed at the moon for the first time at age nine. (Photo via the University of Pittsburgh)

Retro Oakland: Learning about our university’s leaders

By Lexi Kennell / Culture Editor August 27, 2017

Although Pitt students today have grown accustomed to a chancellor who takes selfies with each upcoming class and tweets regularly, past leaders of Pitt had different approaches to interacting with students. There...

(Photo Courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh Library Archives)

GALLERY: Retro Oakland: taking a look at Oakland’s past

By The Pitt News Staff May 29, 2017

From the Great Fire of 1845 that destroyed all of Pitt’s buildings to the demolition of Forbes Field to the 2017 removal of asbestos in the Hillman Library, Pitt has had a tumultuous past. And as...

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