Opinion | Serious March horoscopes
By Allison Dantinne, Senior Staff Columnist
March 21, 2019
Just some rigorous and serious March horoscopes. These are arguably the most accurate March horoscopes that can be found today.
Opinion | Market Impossible: 12 Hours in Market Central
By Allison Dantinne, Senior Staff Columnist
March 7, 2019
I spent from 9 a.m to 9 p.m. on Saturday in Market, learning about Market, coming to understand Market and, eventually, becoming Market.
Top 10: Reasons to cancel classes
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
February 1, 2019
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
From time to time, we may have to cancel classes — and here are 10 reasons why.
Opinion | Decent, good and chaotic: a glimpse into life on the Port Authority 71C
By Allison Dantinne, Staff Columnist
January 31, 2019
The public bus is an interesting gathering of Pittsburgh’s citizens, a demented family reunion featuring a wild cast of characters all wishing to achieve something and go somewhere.
Opinion | Ode to Rite Aid
By Maggie Koontz, Senior Staff Columnist
January 23, 2019
Going to pick up a couple of items should be pretty straightforward, and with Rite Aid, it totally is. Activities like dodging the scaffolding beams as I walk down the sidewalk and watching all those white plastic tarps flutter in the wind are just business as usual in Oakland.
Opinion | Accurate, peer-reviewed horoscopes
By Allison Dantinne, Staff Columnist
January 17, 2019
Do you use Apple Music? Do you enjoy it? Do you like to pop, and lock, and jam, and break? Reconsider this stance, Aquarius.
Opinion | 2019: New year, same me
By Allison Dantinne, Staff Columnist
January 7, 2019
Big goals don’t usually pan out. So instead of focusing on big changes that I’m not even sure will make me feel like a better, more interesting person, this year I made a list of fun and achievable goals.
Winter, the Oakland garbage pile of seasons
By Allison Dantinne, Staff Columnist
November 30, 2018
I’ve walked past a smashed-up pumpkin loitering on the sidewalk in front of my house several times a day in recent weeks. It reminds me of two things looming on the horizon, both of which I hate to think about — I am surrounded by other people’s garbage, and autumn is over.
House Hunters: Oakland Edition
By Allison Dantinne, Staff Columnist
November 15, 2018
There comes a time in every Pitt student’s life when even grilled-cheese day at Market doesn’t make your on-campus living experience any less dismal. You’re ready to move on to bigger and better things. You’re an adult. You want to make grilled cheese yourself, whenever you want it.
5 obsolete jobs we need to bring back
By Kim Rooney, Contributing Editor
July 18, 2018
There’s plenty of best-paying job lists you may feel tempted to pore over. But before you do, consider the careers that fell by the wayside in the past decades or centuries.