Oakland outlook Archives

College Compass: The journey to the GED

By Ana Eberts, Staff Writer • January 24, 2020

For some time, I was ashamed to say that I did not graduate high school.

Oakland Outlook: Finding love on TinderU

By Megan Williams, Staff Writer • November 7, 2019

It’s strange to me that so many of us Pitt students look for love while in college. The very natures of each contradict, love and college, as the former portends permanence and the latter is itself a liminal space, something from which we (are intended to) move on.

Oakland Outlook: Make Homecoming great again

By Megan Williams & Ana Eberts, Staff Writers • October 24, 2019

Despite attending Pitt for the past two years, despite growing up near Pittsburgh and despite being generally active members of the community, we still don’t know what Homecoming is.

Oakland Outlook | Sexual assault at Pitt: A survivor’s story

By Megan Williams, Staff Writer • October 17, 2019

For many students on campus, the truth of sexual trauma is not shocking. Its ramifications are not best understood through statistical data. How do you quantify something that is stolen from you? How do you explain that sexual assault feels devestatingly familiar and inevitable to its victims?

Oakland Outlook: Fun activities to kick off fall

By Megan Williams and Ana Eberts, For The Pitt News • October 10, 2019

Leave your summer routine behind and adventure both in and around Oakland this fall. Digital staff writers Megan Williams and Ana Eberts share their favorite fall activities to do around the City in this week’s edition of Oakland Outlook.

Oakland Outlook: Feeling welcome by walking

By Sarah Stager, For The Pitt News • September 26, 2019

In this week's Oakland Outlook, Sarah Stager talks about how she came to know and love Oakland by walking around the neighborhood.