Your dog shouldn’t cost more than your car payment

Will Stover | staff writer Let me paint you a picture: You’re a college student who’s always dreamed of having a dog. You’ve got the time, the love and a reasonably pet-friendly apartment. What you don’t have is $5,000 sitting around for when Fluffy eats a sock and needs emergency surgery. Welcome to modern pet ownership, where loving animals apparently requires a hedge fund manager’s … Continue reading Your dog shouldn’t cost more than your car payment

From Automobiles to Zero Emissions: A dictionary of thoughts from the 2016 Pittsburgh International Auto Show

By Seth Culp-Ressler | Features Editor Automobiles are the lifeblood of the American people. Wide open spaces make way for wide open throttle, after all. To live up to this country’s great car-loving tradition and to get a glimpse of the most recent happenings in the automotive sector, we stopped by to the 2016 Pittsburgh International Auto Show. So, in no particular order (well, other … Continue reading From Automobiles to Zero Emissions: A dictionary of thoughts from the 2016 Pittsburgh International Auto Show

Philosophically speaking, college needs humanities

By Pat Higgins | Asst. Sports Editor   Ask a student on campus enrolled in a philosophy or sociology class and he may voice his disdain for having to take a core class related to liberal arts. “Why should I have to study philosophy that somebody wrote 400 years ago if I’m a business major? This has nothing to do with anything I’m going to … Continue reading Philosophically speaking, college needs humanities