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1 month ago | pittnews.com | Will Roth

Well, everyone has to have a hobby. Mom says you gotta love something or else your heart’ll just stop and then we gotta bury you. I tried collecting stamps, but they’re only cool if you have a lot of them, and I only had two, so I gave up. Same thing happened with coins and buttons and baseball cards and action figures and stuffed animals and friends.

1 month ago | pittnews.com | Kelly McPoyle

9:55 am Finals season is upon us, and it can be difficult to find time to prioritize physical and mental health while studying. Departments across campus are holding events through the week of April 21 to help students destress. The Campus Recreation Center, the Student Success Hub and the University Counseling Center are holding events to help students take meaningful breaks between studying and finals.

1 month ago | pittnews.com | Thomas Riley

I am, among other unemployable qualities, a philosophy student. I have spent a good third of my time here reading and pondering and writing about the nature of knowledge, the persistence of identity, the distribution of resources and the pursuit of an ethically good life. On this last issue, Aristotle says the quality of a good harpist is their ability to perform well the function of a harpist — that is, playing the harp.

1 month ago | pittnews.com | Ryleigh Lord

I am sitting at my desk in the editor-in-chief’s office at The Pitt News, staring at a Google Doc, Taylor Swift blaring from the iMac speakers, listening to the editors and writers and photographers of TPN laughing and arguing just outside my open door. This is where, if you were looking, you would have found me on any given Monday, Tuesday or Thursday night since I took over as EIC for the 2024-2025 school year.

1 month ago | pittnews.com | Livia LaMarca

I’ve been going back and forth on what to write for this column all year. I’ve been brainstorming and jotting down ideas since September — seriously, check my notes app. But one idea has stuck with me from the very beginning, a “philosophy” I have carried with me for years now — the belief that there is no such thing as wasted time. To be honest, I first read that in a TikTok comment years ago, but it is an idea I return to nearly every day.