Opinion | We should all try new types of entertainment

By Kelly Xiong, Senior Staff Columnist • April 12, 2024

Entertainment comes in many forms, languages and genres. We often stick to a certain genre or language of whatever we’re comfortable with, but this limitation blocks people from discovering many other wonderful forms of entertainment. 

Opinion | Do I hate women?: Navigating female main characters

By Danae Poteat, Staff Columnist • April 3, 2024

I love women. They are truly one of the greatest products of the universe. But do I also hate women? Well, the answer is yes.

‘Camp on Campus’ exhibit examines the ‘camp’ aesthetic in media through the ages

By Irene Castillo, Staff Writer • March 23, 2024

“Camp” took social media by storm when the organizers of the 2019 Met Gala chose Susan Sontag’s essay “Notes on Camp” as its theme. On March 4, it took on Pitt’s campus with a one-day-only...

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,...

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.

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.

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

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.

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.