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A referee holds a basketball in the Petersen Events Center.

Take Madness: Round Two, Part Two

By The Pitt News Staff April 7, 2026

Today is the second matchup of the second round of Take Madness, The Pitt News Sports Desk’s take on March Madness. In today’s edition, two representatives from the Sleepers division and two from...

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk steps out of a car prior to TPUSA’s “You’re Being Brainwashed” tour event in the Schenley Quadrangle in September 2024.

Opinion | When death becomes a political weapon

By Tessa Powers, Assistant Opinions Editor October 12, 2025

Charlie Kirk shouldn’t be dead. His death certainly shouldn’t have been filmed, and the footage shouldn’t have been circulated online before his body was cold. Further, the fallout following his...

Opinion | Democrats and Republicans are both villains

Opinion | Democrats and Republicans are both villains

By Livia LaMarca, Assistant Opinions Editor April 11, 2025
It's nice to revel in the good for a moment. To feel like our politicians are actually representing our will and making real, tangible change. To believe that, just maybe, our elected officials really do care about the people in this nation and not about holding onto power for just a little while longer. But we can’t let a single moment of action distract from a larger, troubling pattern of complacency.
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