letter to the editor Archives

Letter to the Editor | Editorial board’s case against Barrett reveals underlying bias

By Daniel Stumpp, electrical engineering student • November 2, 2020

In a recent editorial, the editorial board of The Pitt News wrote that Judge Amy Coney Barrett is “far from qualified” to serve on the Supreme Court. The editorial attempts to support this claim by...

Letter to the Editor: Don’t Celebrate the Pitt Day of Giving

By Pat Healy , Ph.D student in Information Science • February 25, 2020

I have personally made hundreds of dollars in donations in past Pitt Days of Giving. I have run social media campaigns around getting people to donate to the Pitt Day of Giving as an officer in the Pitt...

Letter to the Editor | Re: ‘Editorial: Pro-Palestine doesn’t mean anti-Semitic’

February 13, 2019

The op-ed piece published Tuesday is dangerous because though its writers claim it does, it has not opened a dialogue.

Letter to the Editor: Pitt Dhirana

April 2, 2018

To the Editor, Thank you for writing an article about Pitt Dhirana. It was exciting to wake up Monday morning and see the event we’ve worked for all year on the front page. That being said, as members...

Letter to the Editor | Is Pitt practicing what it preaches?

March 15, 2018

Pitt’s investment in immunotherapy cancer treatment is clearly in line with the University’s mission. But a growing number of students and faculty are calling on Pitt Chancellor Patrick Gallagher and...

Letter to the Editor | There is no third party. We, the students, are the union

By Beth Shaaban / PhD student • July 30, 2017

Surprise! I just returned from presenting some of my research at a conference to a union busting email from the provost. One of my personal favorite lines: “The education, not the financial support,...