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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Reexamining humanities role

Reexamining humanities’ role

By Rio Maropis / Staff Writer March 17, 2016

What it means to be a human doesn’t warrant a black-and-white response. Monday’s “Poetry and Race: How the Humanities Engage with Social Problems” will highlight this theme by examining how African-American...

Wenhao Wu | Senior Staff Photographer

‘Fences’ finds fresh audience at staged reading

By Matt Maielli / Staff Writer March 16, 2016

The title of August Wilson’s “Fences” might sound like a dividing play, but Wednesday afternoon it united an auditorium full of people. Visiting anthropology professor Philip Kao’s Intro to Cultural...

Takashis work shows captures radioactive material on everyday objects

Radiating beauty bears warning: exhibit at Pitt cautions of nuclear hazards

By Noah Coco / Staff Writer March 14, 2016

Although the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster occurred on the other side of the world, photographer Morizumi Takashi is bringing the fallout close to home. An ethereal beauty spills...

 10 Cloverfield Lane. (Paramount Pictures)

’10 Cloverfield Lane’ a secretive success

By Matt Maielli / Staff Writer March 14, 2016

Ever since January’s surprise trailer release, “Cloverfield” fans have been pining to know what, exactly, does “10 Cloverfield Lane” have to do with the original? The answer: basically nothing—...

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Tales from Morocco: TPN abroad

By Elaina Zachos / Staff Writer March 2, 2016

In the pre-colonial pocket of modern Rabat, the walls of the Moroccan city’s Old Medina weave between slippery stone streets. Doors of varying heights, colors and sizes decorate these corridors, concealing...

Tina Fey and Martin Freeman in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. (Frank Masi/Paramount Pictures)

“Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” presents confounding take on war

By Jack Shelly / Staff Writer March 2, 2016

As I walked out of “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” I realized I still had absolutely no idea what the title meant. The film, a close adaptation of war correspondent Kim Barker’s 2011 comedic war correspondant...

Chris Rock at the Academy Awards | TNS

Rock solid: host’s comments on diversity outshined awards at Oscars ceremony

By Britnee Meiser / Staff Writer February 29, 2016

Sunday night’s 88th annual Academy Awards ceremony was a night of firsts. Industry professionals started the ceremony’s first boycott over the #OscarsSoWhite controversy — which host Chris Rock...

John Stamos, Andrea Barber, Candace Cameron Bure, Dave Coulier, Lori Loughlin, Bob Saget and Jodie Sweetin in Fuller House. (Michael Yarish/Netflix/TNS)

‘Fuller House’ overcrowded

By Sarah Schneider / for The Pitt News February 29, 2016

Returning to the Tanner’s is like going to grandma’s house — not much has changed, and everyone’s a little older. With “Full House’s” 1995 conclusion, watching the family-friendly show’s...

Forbes Digital Plaza is a common target of @NihilistOakland

@NihilistOakland finds meaning in Oakland life

By Annabelle Hanflig / Staff Writer February 25, 2016

Forbes Digital Plaza is every bit as mysterious as it is flashy. The square’s meagerly lit screens, oddly placed Top 40 hits coming from nowhere and seemingly defunct, blank screens — despite opening...

Woody Harrelson and Casey Affleck in Triple 9. (Bob Mahoney/Open Road Films)

No backup for “Triple 9”

By Tarun Sathish / Staff Writer February 25, 2016

What happens when you have to kill the only person who has your back? This might be the only intriguing question director John Hillcoat’s “Triple 9” asks as the latest cops-and-robbers flick, but...

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