The most core memory I have of a ‘snow day’ would be all the way back to 2011 when Pittsburgh was covered in nearly a foot of snow. The night before school, my mom got the phone call from the school that we would get the day off the following day. My sister and I…
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Niomi’s Notes: Pep Makes a Return to the School
On January 21, all high school students flowed into the gymnasium for the first ‘normal’ pep rally since COVID. The stands cheered as students and faculty played tug of war, and the winter sports got their recognition. Are things finally going back to pre-pandemic times? I ask myself this as the tv in front of…
Niomi’s Notes: Short Shift To Virtual Is Ok, Just Not Longer
The first Monday back after winter break I expected to come back to classrooms full of exhausted students who all messed up their sleep schedules the past week. Instead, I came back to nearly a quarter of the students in my classes out of school due to being in quarantine – while the ones that…
Big Ben’s Final Home Game Appreciated By Wild Heinz Field Crowd
On Sunday, January 3rd 68,000 Steelers fans filled Heinz Field to watch a historic game against the Cleveland Browns. In 2004, the Steelers used their 11th overall pick in the NFL Draft on a highly touted quarterback from Miami University of Ohio. After 18 winning seasons, 2 Super Bowls, 6 Pro Bowls, an Offensive Rookie…
Raising Canes Food Review – You Should Try It…Even If It’s An Hour Away
If you have lived in Pittsburgh for your entire life,Then you are missing out on a phonomenal food experience.For example,Raising Canes. Canes is a restaurant that is in only 23 states and new multiple food locations under construction.I have lived in Kentucky my whole life until may and moved to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and found out…
Niomi’s Notes: Take It into 2022 or Leave It in 2021
Below are a few things I would like to take with me into the New Year or leave in 2021! Also, check out our TikTok @Official_Avonews for a video where I discussed these topics. Leave behind in 2021: The amount of unnecessary pressure we put on ourselves as high school students Procrastinating: This is thankfully…
Guest Movie Review by Jack Blaser: Spider Man: No Way Home Is an Upgrade on the Endgame Formula
Spider-Man: No Way Home is the latest installment of the MCU films and the third installment to the “Home” trilogy of Spiderman films. This movie not only exceeds the previous two Spiderman films in nearly every aspect, but also every MCU movie to date. A divisive opinion nonetheless, but this film delivers big time in…
Wild NFL Season Leaves No Clear Contender
The 2021 NFL season is an interesting season, to say the least. The Patriots are at the front of the pack once again in the AFC, with the Lions at the bottom in the NFC. It looks a lot like 2017. Yet the Lions, despite being 1-10-1, are not mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. And…
Steelers In 2022- Start An Experienced QB But Not Big Ben
If you are a Steelers fan, an NFL fan or even if you just live in Pittsburgh, then you know who Ben Roethlisberger is and his success. On December 4th, the Steelers 39-year-old quarterback had a retirement rumor get out to the public. Any Steelers fan will see this as a very bad issue. The…
2021 Box Office Results: Are They Well-Deserved?
The 2021 Box Office stats have been recorded, but are the movies represented actually deserving of top Box Office honors? The top-grossing movie of the year right now is Marvel Studio’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, followed by Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and Black Widow. According to boxofficemojo.com, Shang-Chi’s total gross stands…