Eggers and Deng raise awareness
By COLLEEN SEIDEL / Staff Writer
published: Wed, 31 Oct, 2007
Dave Eggers and Valentino Achak Deng New Hazlett Theater out of It was standing room only Monday night in the intimate New Hazlett Theater as Dave Eggers and his collaborator Valentino Achak Deng discussed the events behind "What is the What," Eggers' most recent book.
DeSantis courts students
By LEIGH REMIZOWSKI / Assistant News Editor
published: Wed, 31 Oct, 2007
It seems like a valid question to ask a mayoral candidate - who is your favorite past Pittsburgh mayor? Mark DeSantis would choose William J. Howard, a name that he admits most probably have not heard. Howard was mayor of Pittsburgh in 1845.
Ang Lee's lustful, cautionary tale
By DAN VETANOVETZ / Staff Writer
published: Wed, 31 Oct, 2007
Lust, Caution Directed by: Ang Lee Starring: Wei Tang, Tony Leung Chiu out of Alternating between brutal and pitiable character traits, "Lust, Caution" is a long-winded tale that builds your expectations, promises delivery and breaks them apart before the end of the movie.
Fear the ordinary? Blame film
By TONY JOVENITTI / Staff Writer
published: Wed, 31 Oct, 2007
Last week, some friends and I got together to rent a scary movie. We figured we would get in the mood for the upcoming holiday. That scheme worked out better than we had anticipated.
E6 in the running for longest album title
By ALISON SMYTH / Staff Writer
published: Wed, 31 Oct, 2007
I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being the Master Electric Six Metropolis Records Rocks like: Tenacious D out of What do you get when you combine synthesizers, split-personality vocals, lyrics that hardly make sense and some killer nicknames?
Williams winds Pitt's wheels
By MIKE GLADYSZ / Staff Writer
published: Wed, 31 Oct, 2007
Five years ago, the Pitt women's basketball program was shattered - lying dormant at the bottom of the Big East. So when Agnus Berenato left Georgia Tech to revive Pitt, she knew there was considerable work to be done. She said her goodbyes, packed her bags and headed to Pittsburgh.
Girardi would have been nice
By ZACH CHAKAN / Staff Writer
published: Wed, 31 Oct, 2007
I was all prepared to lay out the reasons and arguments for hiring Joe Girardi as the next manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Excitement tickled my insides at the opportunity.
Frustrating matches end Pitt's season
By MIKE GLADYSZ / Staff Writer
published: Wed, 31 Oct, 2007
It was a tale of two halves for the Pitt women's soccer team this season, and it ended in a tough way over the weekend at Founders Field.
Today's Classified Ads 10/31/07
By Pitt News Staff
published: Wed, 31 Oct, 2007
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Forum supplements Africa lessons
By HOLDEN SLATTERY / Staff Writer
published: Tue, 30 Oct, 2007
If the only knowledge students have of Africa comes from the daily news and the average high school textbook, it's probably not the whole story. At least that's what the organizers of yesterday's Teach Africa Youth Forum, held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Downtown, maintain.
