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Sep 29, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Aidan Kasner |Abby Lipold |Lily Peters
As the sports information director for the women’s lacrosse team, Joe Lassi plays a strong role in shaping the program’s identity. Primarily, he makes sure that the athletes feel seen, heard and supported. Lassi is the coordinator between the team and external media. His responsibilities include mediating press coverage, managing the team’s website and ensuring that the athletes’ and team’s achievements are highlighted through various social media pages.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Lily Peters |Grace McNally |Kyra McCague
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression ranked Pitt 208th out of 251 schools for free speech in their 2025 report on speech climates. Pitt’s ranking dropped compared to last year’s report, where Pitt ranked 130th out of 248 schools. FIRE surveyed undergraduates through College Pulse, using student perceptions and experiences to analyze the free speech climate on campus.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Lily Peters |Grace McNally |Irene Castillo
For me, rice is comfort. It’s a staple food in my house, made quick and easy. It only takes a pot, water, rice and oil — yes, I add olive oil to my rice, try it! — to create a cup of pure goodness. But sometimes, after 18 credits, a research seminar, work, volunteering and just existing as an adult, even making rice feels painstaking. That is when I take the bus down Forbes Avenue to Squirrel Hill, a neighboring area to our campus in Oakland.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Lily Peters |Grace McNally
Pitt is an urban campus, situated in the heart of the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. For some students, that is a major selling point. For Club Equestrian at Pitt, this poses a challenge for horseback riders. Its main barn, BarGee Farms, is located 30 minutes north of campus, but according to senior captain Peyton Chen, sometimes that commute varies. “It’s technically 30 minutes north,” Chen said.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Lily Peters |Matthew Scabilloni
Far and away, Pitt women’s volleyball’s biggest game of the season so far is this Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Petersen Events Center. The typical venue of Pitt basketball hosts a rivalry matchup of unbeaten Pitt and unbeaten Penn State. It’s as big as a volleyball match can get this early in the season. “I think we’re all going to be a little bit more juiced up for this kind of crowd,” Pitt head coach Dan Fisher said. “But there still is the perspective that it is September,” Fisher said.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Lily Peters
Figure skating has long been known as an expensive and often inaccessible sport, and Pitt’s Figure Skating Club aims to change that. The club is open to skaters of all levels and brings the excitement of an undoubtedly hard sport to campus. “The club is really for anyone who wants to skate, and we’re here to help them get started or improve,” Abigail Neubert, the club’s business manager, said.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Sophia Viggiano |Grace Harris |Emma Hannan |Lily Peters
Hey stranger,While talking with a dear friend of mine, she disclosed to me that she’s been feeling “stuck.” Have you ever felt that? Directionless. Up against a wall. Going, going … nowhere. Wait — don’t answer that, because of course you have. My mother has recurring dreams about being lost in mazes. They last the whole night. Say what you will about the psychology of dreams, but that must mean something. At that moment, offering advice for my friend’s “stuck-ness” seemed futile.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Grace Harris |Emma Hannan |Lily Peters |Sophia Viggiano
On this week’s Take 4, The Pitt News’ Sports Desk gives their takes on topics such as the Steelers, March Madness, NFL defenses and Shohei Ohtani. The Steelers should start Justin Fields // Brian Sherry, Sports EditorThe Pittsburgh Steelers made wild changes to their quarterback room last week. Right before the stroke of midnight on March 10, ESPN reported that former Super Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson intended to sign with the Steelers.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Grace Harris |Emma Hannan |Lily Peters |James Carter
Unconditional love. First of all, what is it? Let’s be basic and start with the textbook definition. PsychCentral categorizes it as selflessness and without expectation of something in return. Wikipedia breaks it down into the words itself, focusing on a lack of limitations and conditions. My first interpretation of unconditional love is that it is the love a mother has for their birth child. As someone who’s adopted, I wouldn’t be able to obtain this type of love according to that definition.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
pittnews.com | Grace Harris |Emma Hannan |Lily Peters |James Carter
It is almost as if “sorry” is the default response for women. They apologize for having emotions and showing them, for asking a valid question and for walking in the same direction as someone in the store, they apologize for their failures and their successes. In every situation women automatically respond with an unnecessary “sorry.” As a woman, I find it exhausting. Research shows that because they have a higher threshold for what constitutes an offense.
