How to Be a Productive Quarantine Queen
As COVID-19 continues to spread and affect more and more of our local communities, anxiety and stress seem to be running just as rampant,...
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Why Social Distancing is Important (Hint: It's Not About You!)
With the first week of online classes over, I finally feel like I am not just staring up at the ceiling waiting for time to pass. I will...
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Our Reactions to Zoom University Week 1
After two weeks of spring break, we finally got back to the grind to wrap up our last four weeks of the semester virtually. There’s no...
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Cut Off Toxicity in the Community
Living with people outside of your family is a challenge. The first year of college, most students live with a random roommate. In some...
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7 Must-Haves for Your Next Drunken Game Night
Are you too cold or tired to go out tonight? Do you just want to stay in and play games with your best friends? Pop open a bottle of wine...
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South Oakland, My Home Away from Home
You know, there's nothing I love more than the neighborhood of South Oakland in Pittsburgh. For many of us Pitt students, it has become our...
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Sorry, Not Sorry
Do you ever say sorry then stop and ask yourself, “why did I just say that?” Apologies are good things, and sometimes saying sorry is...
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I Sleep More Than My 62-Year-Old Dad and Here’s How
Recently, my dad and I have been comparing our fitness statistics as recorded by our Fitbits . Sadly, my dad usually gets more steps than...
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8 Electives You Should Consider for this Fall
It’s always nice to sprinkle in some fun and easy gen-ed classes between the difficult required classes for your major(s)/minor(s). Gen-eds...
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The Beautiful Summit: When a Space for Black and Latinx Women is Carved Out
If you are part of a minoritized group of people and you go to Pitt, you may have noticed that the campus is lacking — not in ‘cultural’...
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A Senior’s Ode to Hillman Bathrooms
I am fast approaching the end of my time here at Pitt. My body falls comfortably with every step against the pavement, and the smell of...
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So You Want to Get Out of Oakland for a Few Hours… What Now?
Whether you love everything about your campus, or there’s some things that drive you a little crazy, it’s always a good idea to go explore...
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Starship Robots: The Best or the Worst Thing to Happen to Pitt?
As Nicki Minaj once said, “Starships were meant to fly, hands up and touch the sky, can’t stop ‘cause we’re so high, let’s do this one more...
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10 Instagram Influencers You Need to Be Following
Need some new inspo in your Instagram feed? Check out HC Pitt's favorite IG influencers, ranging from health and fitness to fashion and...
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How to Stay Organized When You Exist in a Constant State of Chaos
Call me quirky, but I love stationary, planners and anything that I can use to keep myself organized and on-schedule. Especially with 18...
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6 Sustainable Fashion Brands You Should Support
By now we have all heard about how bad “fast fashion” is for the environment and for workers’ rights. But, knowing what brands are less...
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How to Travel Without Breaking the Bank: Spring Break Edition
Can you feel it – the slightly warmer weather, the increasing excitement? Spring break is approaching, albeit rather slowly (or quickly,...
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Help Yourself by Helping Your Neighbor: 6 Ways to Get Involved in Volunteering
You should volunteer because we live in a world where the individual is highlighted as the most important thing. We constantly think of...
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Starbucks and Dunkin Orders for When You Need to Refuel and Refocus
We’ve all been in the midst of an eight-hour-long study marathon, desperately trying to feel the slightest bit prepared for the four...
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How to Manifest Anything You’ve Ever Wanted in Life
What if I told you that there’s a way you can get anything you want in life, simply by ~manifesting~ it into existence? That’s the claim of...
