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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

Mimesis | ‘Saltburn’: I Think, Therefore I Am Not

Mimesis | ‘Saltburn’: I Think, Therefore I Am Not

By Chloe Woodruff, Staff Writer January 19, 2024
Mimesis is a biweekly blog that analyzes media through a philosophical and narrative lens.

Lord Only Knows | Welcome to Lord Only Knows

By Julia Smeltzer, Digital Manager October 27, 2023

The Pitt News News Editor Ryleigh Lord kicks off the very first episode of “Lord Only Knows.” In her first installment, Lord introduces herself briefly to her new listeners and shares what movies,...

A Palestinian demonstrator, unseen, holds his national flag next to Israeli soldiers, during a demonstration against Israels separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday Jan. 18, 2008.

Opinion | Rewriting history serves no one

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Senior Staff Columnist October 23, 2023
How can you expect the Palestinians to accept their own destruction without resistance? This moral stain will never wash out.
The Atlantic Ocean.

Opinion | It wasn’t five people lost at sea, it was more than six hundred

By Sofia Uriagereka-Herburger, Staff Columnist July 12, 2023
The reporting on the five wealthy passengers of the OceanGate submarine unfairly outweighed the coverage of the 700 refugees aboard the capsized vessel in Greece.
Students participate in painting the SNAP mural on Sunday.

SNAP collaborates with Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media for neurodiversity mural

By Anna Ligorio, Senior Staff Writer January 29, 2023
The Special Needs Assistance Program for Social Engagement is designing a colorful mural over the next two weeks to celebrate neurodiversity in the Pittsburgh community. The 8-by-8-foot mural will hang on the first floor of Benedum Hall.
Opinion | You’re worried about the wrong things

Opinion | You’re worried about the wrong things

By Lucas DiBlasi, Senior Staff Columnist September 2, 2021
National news coverage and social media algorithms trend toward negativity and outrage, which skews Americans’ ideas of which issues society actually faces — and which it doesn’t.
A plane flies overhead a group of people gathered around the remains of a car hit by an American drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Opinion | Western cultures need to stop normalizing violence in the Middle East

By Dalia Maeroff, Opinions Editor September 1, 2021
Many Americans are avoiding discussing their own country’s involvement in the conflict — convincing themselves that the Middle East is just a violent place.
More than 1 million people are infected with COVID-19 around the world.

Opinion | Media shouldn’t rub salt in the wound about COVID-19 pandemic

By Ana Altchek, Staff Columnist April 12, 2020
Life in quarantine isn’t ideal for most people, and it’s mentally and emotionally taxing even for those who don’t know anyone fighting the virus.
Mindy Kaling plays novice comedy writer Molly Patel in a scene from Late Night.

Opinion | Move over, Chad: The importance of representation on-screen

By Devi Ruia, Senior Staff Columnist March 24, 2020
Growing up as an Indian American woman, I rarely saw people that looked like me on-screen and it really impacted how I viewed myself and how others viewed me.
Pitt sophomore transfer Ithiel Horton averaged 13.2 points per game as a first-year player at Delaware.

Horton earns high praise from Capel, Johnson

By Trent Leonard, Sports Editor February 25, 2020
One topic surprisingly rose to the forefront of Pitt basketball’s Monday media session — the behind-the-scenes play of sophomore transfer guard Ithiel Horton.
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