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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
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Opinion | Hookup culture in college is influenced by digital media

Opinion | Hookup culture in college is influenced by digital media

By Juliana Morello, Staff Columnist • February 9, 2023
Let’s face it, hookup culture is everywhere, especially in college. It’s a time when many young people live on their own for the first time, experiencing independence and freedom in various ways during a crucial period in their development. 
Opinion | We all have meat to beat

Opinion | We all have meat to beat

By Grace DeLallo, Assistant Opinions Editor • February 8, 2023
Whether you have a partner, partners or are single, you should explore your body and find what excites you — and trust me, you’ll know the excitement when you feel it. 
A couple crosses their fingers behind their backs.

Pitt Marriage Pact struggles to help students find love, so far

By Trinity Foster, Staff Writer • February 8, 2023
A survey promising true love circulated among thousands of skeptical, curious and excited Pitt students last month. The Marriage Pact boasts, “Leave it up to our algorithm and find your perfect backup plan today,” but Pitt students don’t seem so lucky.
A student speaks on a video call.

‘Don’t be scared of it’: students reflect on long distance relationships

By Elle Kenney, Staff Writer • February 7, 2023

For Sydney Lang, long distance relationships aren’t necessarily easy, but they aren’t as bad as many people fear.  Lang, a sophomore media and professional communications major, started dating...

The Tinder app.

Guns, virginity and nude requests: Students recount their Tinder horror stories

By Ryleigh Lord, Assistant News Editor • February 7, 2023
From handguns during sex to asking for nudes while mourning a grandfather, The Pitt News found three of the most outrageous Tinder stories from students on campus.
A romantic candle-lit dinner.

The best songs to add to your sex playlist

By Maya Valletta, Staff Writer • February 7, 2023
With the season of love upon us, people are especially ready to get frisky and set the mood with some sensual songs. So turn off the lights and turn yourself on with the following tunes.
Condoms in the Wellness Center waiting room in 2019.

Opinion | Purity culture is preventing us from living our best sex lives

By Grace DeLallo, Assistant Opinions Editor • February 8, 2022
Although traditional purity culture — the idea that people should abstain from sex until marriage — exists in evangelical Christian faith, it has leaked into our society at-large and shifted some of our views about sex and intimacy, especially for women.
Opinion | An Ode to the Bik: Using a Shared Shower At Sleepaway Camp

Opinion | An Ode to the Bik: Using a Shared Shower At Sleepaway Camp

By Sarah Liez, Staff Columnist • February 8, 2022
A shared shower room can act as an excellent place to foster confidence and comfort in your body, especially for impressionable young girls who have a long way to go on the path to liking their own bodies.
Because the United States is celebrating its one year anniversary with the COVID-19 pandemic very soon, many Pitt students have encountered a wide array of relationship experiences, including being long distance, quarantining together, breaking up or “dating” around.

‘Can I hook up with this boy?’: Couples navigate relationships, sex and COVID-19 safety

By Millicent Watt, Staff Writer • February 10, 2021
As the United States nears its one year anniversary with the COVID-19 pandemic, many Pitt students have encountered a wide array of relationship experiences, from being long distance, quarantining together, breaking up or “dating around.”
Adora and Catra from the show “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.” (Netflix/TNS)

Staff Picks: Our favorite fictional couples

By The Pitt News Staff • February 10, 2021
Why would we spend hours swiping through dating apps — only to have an awkward, socially distant date in a public park — when we can live vicariously through our favorite fictional characters?
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