On Saturday, the Department of Education unveiled a website that allows prospective students and their parents to select a university and then determine the yearly average costs, graduation rates and salaries...
Hourly pay is a simple concept — you work for an hour and your boss pays you a certain amount for that work. But sometimes, the number of hours worked have a detrimental impact on our health and happiness....
Language barriers
A teller at a San Antonio Wells Fargo just discovered the benefits of sleeping through a Spanish class. Last week, the teller’s limited Spanish ended up preventing a bank robbery....
Last week, more than 1,000 small white flags decorated Carnegie Library’s lawn — each one commemorating one of the many civilian lives lost in the Gaza-Israel conflict last summer.
Students, professors...
In the wake of three student suicides in less than a year, Pitt is working to transform the way it combats the effects of mental illness.
Here on campus, Student Government Board, along with other student...
On the first day of my Gender Studies class, my professor walked us through the standard introductions — what are our names, years, majors but also — what were our preferred gender pronouns?
A...
If you’ve hit that pivotal age of 21, you’ve probably raided the Fine Wine and Good Spirits liquor store on Atwood Street. Perhaps you’ve winced at their prices — a stretch for a college budget....
Do you know how much you owe on your student loans?
If the question boggles you, you’re not alone. According to a 2014 survey conducted by the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings Institution,...
The most flamboyantly awkward era of fashion has made a comeback.
Yes, fashion retailers are recycling the whimsy of our beloved ’90s — the decade we spent in a hodgepodge of bold primary colors,...
The reasons behind a student’s poor performance in school tend to extend far beyond the classroom — they are usually found in the home.
Emotional trauma caused by a poor home life affects countless...