Category: Features
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Orlando Weekend & Summer Activities That Won’t Break the Bank
by Sydnee Fox Doing things in Orlando can be kind of hard sometimes. It’s either hot, raining, or everything is just too expensive. To make things easier for you, here’s a list of inexpensive things to do in all types of weather. Florida can have beautiful weather during the summer; this is the perfect…
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March for All of Our Lives
by Zarai Travis-Batalla (Photo source: Thomas Yang, visual editor of THEPITTNEWS, 2018) With a 500k donation from Oprah, March for Our lives was one of the biggest youth protests since the Vietnam War. The outraged youth demanding change in gun legislation to reduce gun violence in the U.S, has caused a controversy. March for Our…
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Inside Look at Disrespect in High School
by Lucy Armstrong Today, it seems to many, that respect is expected to be given, but not returned. This is most often seen among peers, but as time passes and generations proceed to change, so do their manners and standards towards elders. Many students nowadays seem to think that mouthing off, not doing work,…
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Social Media and Its Obsession With Blame
by Heysha Garcia Melendez When an unfortunate event occurs, what is it that we see on the news? We see how many people died or a description of the person who caused the fault along with misleading titles. On the news, we see different people’s opinions giving you only one side of the same story.…
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Experience As a Vietnamese Student
by Minh Nguyen Did you know that Vietnam got a rank higher than the U.S in the PISA test? Based on the results of the international test released in 2015, Vietnam had the honor to place 17th with their overall score including math, science, and reading while U.S just placed at 36th with their overall…
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The Origins of St. Patrick’s Day
by Aine Moriarty For most people of today St. Patrick’s Day is that one day in March when everyone wears something green. For the smaller kids, there might be leprechauns, gold, and rainbows involved. But there’s more than that. There are traditions’ roots to consider, as well as the titular St. Patrick. St. Patrick was…
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Physician Assisted Suicide
by Maureen Ngigi [Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) is a heavy and emotional topic, because people refuse to give up on their loved ones and choosing this option for is just too painful. PAS is an option that allows a physician to prescribe medication that ends up killing the patient but with their knowledge. It is…
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Poland’s New Bill Aims to Erase History
by Heysha Garcia-Melendez The Polish President, Andrzej Duda, signed a bill titled “The Holocaust Bill”. This bill states that you can’t blame Poland for any crimes that happened during the Holocaust. This will prohibit you from saying things like “Polish death camps” and if you do, you can get up to 3 years of prison…
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Make Your New Year’s Resolution Count
Most of us make New Year’s resolutions, and set goals for the new year ahead. But let’s be honest, keeping those resolutions is a whole other story. According to Huffington Post, “only 8 percent of people actually keep their New Year’s resolutions.” Are you part of that eight percent, or is it easier to just…
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Mental Illness: Learn It’s Not a Joke
by Heysha Garcia-Melendez Mental illnesses have become a joke and an insult. We’ve used the terms and their meanings so much that we can’t even differentiate whether or not someone is being serious or exaggerating. Serious mental health issues are treated like jokes, as if its only purpose or use is for being…