Opinion | Parasocial relationships raise higher standards for finding love in...
February is coming up soon, which means Valentine’s Day is, too — the day of giving and receiving love from family, friends and significant others. As an active user of social media, there’s one thing...
View ArticleOpinion | Black History Month should be every month
When I was younger, I always had questions about Black History Month. Why does Black History Month only last for one month? Why is it during the shortest month of the year? Why is Black history often...
View ArticleOpinion | Language learning builds for success
I’ve been surrounded by different languages since I was a child. My childhood neighbors in New York were from Bangladesh, so I learned a little bit of Bengali. It was a requirement in my high school...
View ArticleOpinion | Dear PWIs, stop dismissing your Black students
I was always taught by my family that I would have to prepare myself for racist remarks and microaggressions during my college years. Whether they come from a professor, staff member or another...
View ArticleOpinion | Being a fifth-year in college isn’t as old as you may think
This past school year I was nervous and anxious about being a senior in college, because being a senior in college means this is the last rodeo before graduation. This is the last year I will be on the...
View ArticleOpinion | SZA’s SOS album is a representation of all stages of a relationship
Music is something that a lot of people can relate to. People can resonate with the lyrics the artist crafts all the way down to the beat of the track. I listen to a lot of genres of music, and when I...
View ArticleOpinion | Death made me realize that happy memories triumph sadness
I’m scared of dying, and the thought of death has scared me since age 11. I’ve dealt with death before, when my uncle was gunned down in 2013. At 11, I felt that my world completely changed when he...
View ArticleOpinion | It’s okay to not be experienced in your 20s
I turn 23 tomorrow, on Feb. 27. I feel old, but I’m glad to be able to live one more year than the people who left this world early. I’m starting to realize that 23 is a special age that I don’t want...
View ArticleOpinion | My first time out of the country was life-changing and yours can be...
I always wanted to travel abroad. I always imagined myself going out of the country visiting different places like Thailand, Greece and Ghana. For a while now, my aunt and grandma have been urging me...
View ArticleOpinion | Graduation is next week and I’m nervous and scared for the future,...
I can’t believe I am graduating college next Sunday. The five years that college has served me in undergrad have flown by so fast that I’m just now realizing how my time at Pitt is truly coming to an...
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