Molly Gonzales | Layout Editor “PA Priests Graduated from PSU,” reads the bed sheet hung from the wrap-around-porch of an Atwood Street row house. Snickering Pitt students crowd around the sign to take pictures for Snapchat and Instagram. “This one might be the best we’ve seen!” a girl in a tie-dye shirt covered in Greek […]
Kathryn Fleisher | Business Manager Give give give like the stars are destined to freefall from the sky unless you hold them all in place, like the tides will refuse to advance and retreat unless you remember to push and to pull at all the right times in all the right ways; and […]
Jason Henriquez | Contributor Editor’s Note: This article was written and edited prior to the Tree of Life attack. Sadly, the recent spike in anti-semitic rhetoric and hate crimes against the Jewish people is yet another facet of socialized violence at both the American and transnational level. The most recent spate of white supremacist and […]
Regan Kelly | Contributor
Dear Readers, As a Pittsburgh-based magazine and student organization, the Fourth Wave will not post an article this Sunday. Today is a day for us and all students and faculty at the University of Pittsburgh to attend memorial vigils, give of our time and resources, and stand with the Jewish community. Our hearts are broken, […]
Bailey Layish | Contributor When I was in fifth grade, I was pulled out of class along with all the other girls my age. We sat in a big room, and the school nurse explained periods to us. The boys were outside playing kickball. After the presentation, each of us was handed a small plastic […]
Dana Kaufhold | Contributor I am four years old and I am sitting in front of the TV. I am watching Star Wars for the first time. My life is changing, but I don’t know it yet. Actually, it’s disingenuous to start the story like this; I don’t remember when I first watched Star […]
