Vacation Archives - The Pitt News

Who Asked? // Do we really get a summer vacation?

By Brynn Murawski, Staff Writer • April 15, 2025

This installment of Who Asked? by staff writer Brynn Murawski mourns the seemingly impossible perfect summer.

High travel costs impact students’ spring break plans

By Maxine Van Nortwick, Staff Writer • February 28, 2025

As some students seek to escape Pittsburgh’s gloomy weather for spring break, others are opting to stay in Oakland to save some cash.

Opinion | Spring break — is it overrated?

By Emily O’Neil, Senior Staff Columnist • February 25, 2025

Spring break for college students is always anticipated and talked up as the trip of the year. But is spring break truly the highlight of the spring term, or has it become overhyped?

Opinion | Back to Pittsburgh: Pitt student’s vacation back to the Burgh

By Irene Moran, Staff Columnist • June 26, 2024

On June 16, my friend and I took a trip back to Pittsburgh to hang out with some friends and have a good time. We missed the city dearly and knew that this was a good time to visit before we moved into our apartment in August. This visit made me consider staying in Pittsburgh next summer — the summer going into my senior year.

Editorial | What your spring break destination says about you

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 26, 2023

Students, we know you’re tired of the semester, but thankfully spring break kicks off on March 5. All you need to do is power through this week and you’re free… well, at least for seven days. You absolutely deserve a break, but where you spend that time definitely says something about you — but what? Let’s take a look.

Opinion | Comparing my two vacations

By Grace DeLallo, Assistant Opinions Editor • August 31, 2022

This summer I traveled to two very different places — Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Ojochal, Costa Rica.

Students flee to warmer climates for spring break

By Maria Scanga, Senior Staff Writer • March 15, 2022

As COVID-19 cases continue to steadily decline in the U.S., spring break trips were safer this year. Capped off with nine inches of snowfall in the Pittsburgh area, students returned from heat and humidity to bitter cold and snowy streets.