The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Opinion | Death made me realize that happy memories triumph sadness

Opinion | Death made me realize that happy memories triumph sadness

By Ashanti McLaurin, Staff Columnist February 19, 2024
Forcing myself to look at my grandfather's body on the hospital bed and knowing he passed was something I never thought I could do. I wanted him to open his eyes and speak again, but knowing that can’t happen again makes me tear up.
Poetry | Within four walls of gold

Poetry | Within four walls of gold

By Anna Fischer, Senior Staff Columnist October 30, 2022
Anna Fischer memorializes her grandmother in a freeform poem that explores the process of grief that follows unexpected loss.
Most current students don’t have clear memories of 9/11.

Passing the memory of 9/11 to a new generation

By Martha Layne, Staff Writer September 10, 2019
Pitt's class of 2023 is likely the last class to have most students born before the 9/11 terror attacks.
Alina Sheykhet loved animals and joined the Animal Lovers Club at Pitt. (Photo courtesy of Isabel Scrabis)

Alina Sheykhet remembered by friends as kind and loving

By Rachel Glasser | News Editor October 15, 2017

In a seventh grade stage production of “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” Isabel Scrabis’ grandfather mistook Alina Sheykhet — who starred as Millie — for his granddaughter. “The whole entire time...

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