Senioritis – a supposed affliction of a student final year of high school or college; characterized by a decline in motivation or performance. Senioritis describes the drop in motivation that often hits students during their last year after years of preparation. It can show up in different ways: procrastination, missing assignments, skipping classes, or simply…
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TikTok Shop Top 5: Should We Be Buying This?
“Gen-X falling for Temu scams” meets Gen-Z trends: the TikTok Shop has many of us in a chokehold. There are hundreds of thousands of cool, funky, or downright strange items that you can spend your hard-earned $10/hr on. Do you need the newest, most popular fidget? Go ahead and search for it! A book on…
9th Grade Field Trip To Beattie Highlights Rising Trade Opportunities
A recent NBC news story suggested Gen Z might be the Toolbelt Generation. Why choose college debt when you can learn a trade, support yourself, and even choose college a little later? AI, Automation, Politics, even changing habits for consumers – why worry about those challenges ahead when “dirty jobs” offer you a quick start…
Tomlin Steps Away from the Team. What is the future now?
In what would many consider a shocking turn of events, not even 24 hours after the loss to the Texans. Mike Tomlin steps down from his head coaching job after 19 seasons, 1 Super Bowl win, 8 AFC North titles, and no losing seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Steelers fans have mixed feelings about not…
What Is Your Go-To Snack During School Hours? January 2026
Due to start in lunch times throughout high school, we wondered what students ate to keep themselves content before or after lunchtime. For many teens, lunch doesn’t always fall at a convenient time. Some students eat surprisingly early, while others have to wait until mid-afternoon. Because of this, snacks have become an essential part…
Steelers Beat Ravens in a Thriller- Now they focus on the playoffs
In one of the wildest endings we’ve ever seen to a football game. The Steelers win on a last-second missed kick by Ravens placekicker Tyler Loop and win the AFC North Title. Fans were jumping up and down and hugging one another as they won the North for the first time since 2020, the COVID…
Best Shows to Re-Watch 2025
Adolesence Adolescence is a four-episode drama starring Owen Cooper. An amazing quick watch with approximately a 60-minute episode time. Set in a town in the Doncaster area of Yorkshire, England. The show was shot in one single take. To summarize the show, a 13-year-old boy is being charged with the murder of one of his…
Best Books of 2025
2025 was a good year for book releases, with many popular, established authors releasing their newest works. Of all these books, here are our favorites: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab: It is no secret that I love more or less every book that V.E. Schwab has ever published. And when…
Best in Theater Movies of 2025
2025 was definitely a good year for franchises at movie theatres, featuring sequels and adaptations. Overall, there were countless good watches, stretching over genres such as horror, romance, comedy, and many more. Here are the top 6 best movies in the year 2025. In 6th place, produced by Warner Brothers we have Sinners. It was…
Best of PGH Concerts 2025
From old-school legends to new-generation icons, Pittsburgh was spoiled with great live music this year. Here’s our wrap-up: Lorde On October 3rd, the Petersen Event Center had the pleasure of hosting Lorde on her “Ultrasound World Tour.” This was a sold-out concert and her first Pittsburgh show; it received great reviews, and fans thoroughly enjoyed…