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Pitiful News Writer Fired From Campus Job For Sharing Article

A staff writer for The Pitiful News has been fired from his job as a reservations attendant at the William Pitt Union after he shared an article in the workplace.

In Student Life, Jan 18, 2025

Emergency Vehicles Converge on Nordenberg for 'no reason in particular'

OAKLAND—Today, University Place, home to the feared and revered ‘Nordenberg Hall,’ saw a common sight: an assorted jumble of dawdling emergency vehicles. The scant road was home to an...

In Student Life, Dec 01, 2024

Devastated Pitt Student Had No Idea There Was An Election

PITTSBURGH, PA— Mitchell Barber, a Pitt Sophomore, was utterly aghast upon learning that the election had passed him by. “I was like, shit, that was this year?” Barber told the Pitifu...

In Politics, Nov 11, 2024

Opinion: Pitt Med Research Filled with Incomprehensible Jargon

In a revolutionary new study released this week by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, top researchers have pushed the boundaries of scientific understanding using words ...

In Science and Technology, Oct 29, 2024

Pitt Student Surprised to Learn Poor Mood Result of Self-Destructive Habits

In a shocking turn of events this morning, Junior Lucas Strasburg discovered that his long-running mental slump has been the result of his self-destructive habits and tendencies. Alth...

In Student Life, Oct 23, 2024

Review: Secret Honor (1984) (Dir. Robert Altman)

During fall break, which I didn’t know was Monday and Tuesday until the Thursday before, I decided to watch a film that I have been putting off for a long time: Robert Altman’s Secret...

In Entertainment, Oct 22, 2024

Study finds most useless major is one you, the reader, have

PITTSBURGH, PA—In a surprising new paper, sure to send shockwaves across your department, a multi-part investigative study has found that your major, dear reader, is, in fact, the wor...

In Student Life, Oct 15, 2024

Insider Report: NASA Frantically Trying to Fake Landing on Earth’s Temporary Mini-Moon

If you’re a massive nerd or someone who blames all your problems on the phases of the moon (we’re looking at you, lycanthropes), you might have heard that Earth will temporarily have ...

In Current, Oct 15, 2024

My Acceptable Gingers

Regardless of politics, backgrounds, and your steak temperature preference, we can all agree that gingers are what’s holding modern society back from achieving a future like the one f...

In Opinion, Oct 15, 2024