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Staff Editorial: Hogan Dining Hall is all around us

As of late, Pittsburgh has been a city of renovations. Stretches of road are often closed or condensed down to one lane because of construction. Communal areas such as Market Square have been shut down for months while workers finish the new glass structure in the center of it. The new UPMC Presbyterian Tower in Oakland has been under construction since June 2022, enough for … Continue reading Staff Editorial: Hogan Dining Hall is all around us

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Staff Editorial: NFL Draft week and its woes

With the upcoming NFL Draft bringing new attention to Pittsburgh, the city’s entire focus is on the incoming visitors. The expected influx of up to 700,000 people into the city brings with it reroutes, increasing road closures and traffic. However, this excitement isn’t the only thing running through residents’ minds. Draft week, unfortunately, doesn’t put a pause on daily life. People must continue going to … Continue reading Staff Editorial: NFL Draft week and its woes

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Staff Editorial: Artemis II: A small bit of good news in a sea of terrible noise

It’s fair to say that a lot of national and world news of late has been pretty dour. A modern rendition of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” would be incomplete without mentioning the genocide in Gaza, Trump’s tarriffs threatening the stability of the global economy, the U.S. kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the beleaguered release of the Epstein files (and the sinister … Continue reading Staff Editorial: Artemis II: A small bit of good news in a sea of terrible noise

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Staff Editorial: The end is no longer near for Pittsburgh journalism

Local journalism took a serious hit earlier this year when it was announced that The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Pittsburgh City Paper, both owned by Block Communications Inc. (BCI) would be shutting down. The latter of the two was shut down effective almost immediately and has been out of print since the start of the new year, but it wasn’t the end of an era. … Continue reading Staff Editorial: The end is no longer near for Pittsburgh journalism

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Staff Editorial: The NRA will never take responsibility for school shootings

Since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, there have been 398,000 students that have been exposed to gun violence in school, according to The Washington Post in 2025. There have been over 435 school shootings since 1999. Thirteen people were left dead and 23 were injured as a result of the Columbine shooting, and yet it wasn’t enough for any real change to be … Continue reading Staff Editorial: The NRA will never take responsibility for school shootings

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Staff Editorial: What’s Fizzin’?

As social media continues to dominate the zeitgeist, companies across the country have started to cash in on keeping universities and their communities connected, developing specific social media platforms for students to join. At Duquesne, Fizz is the dominant platform. According to the company’s website, over 700 universities use Fizz as their primary social media platform, ranging from Ivy League schools like Yale and Princeton … Continue reading Staff Editorial: What’s Fizzin’?

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Staff Editorial: Some things never really end, do they?

In January, FBI executed a search warrant in Fulton County, Georgia to obtain records from the 2020 election; earlier this month, it was unearthed that the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard executed an investigation regarding Puerto Rico’s voting machines last May. Through a time of confusion, division and hostility, Gabbard is choosing to focus on the wrong tasks at hand. According to a warrant … Continue reading Staff Editorial: Some things never really end, do they?

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Staff Editorial:Just one snowday?

As the University of Pittsburgh, Carlow University and Chatham University students all reported to virtual classes on Tuesday, Jan. 27, Duquesne students were slipping, sliding and skidding onto campus. The decision to reopen campus only a day after the largest single-day snowstorm since 2010 was irresponsible and rash on the part of the university administration. However, absolutely none of this is to say that Facilities … Continue reading Staff Editorial:Just one snowday?

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Staff Ed: The crackdown on immigration: Transformation and impact

A quick look through ICE’s official website will give a general idea of the U.S. government’s attitude toward immigrants. In particular, a section of the website documenting recent arrests, called “Worst of the Worst,” displays an ongoing list of thousands of people with faces to go along with them. This list can be filtered by country, 75 of which were placed under immigration visa suspension … Continue reading Staff Ed: The crackdown on immigration: Transformation and impact

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Staff Ed: What’s happening to journalism in Pittsburgh?

In rapid succession we have seen the dissolution of two major Pittsburgh publications, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh City Paper, both owned by Block Communications Inc. (BCI). The announcements came as a surprise for most of us, and it now feels like we have entered the mourning period for these papers. BCI shut their publications down because of a large loss of money, as well … Continue reading Staff Ed: What’s happening to journalism in Pittsburgh?

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