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Kids strut for a cure: Police respond to armed PDM raises money for children’s hospital robbery at Hello Bistro Christian Snyder Contributing Editor The City of Pittsburgh Police Department responded to an armed robbery at Hello Bistro Sunday night, according to a Pitt crime alert sent out Monday afternoon. The crime alert from University of Pittsburgh Police said city police responded to the robbery at 11:11 p.m. The store closes at 10 p.m. and reopens at 10 a.m. every day. A suspect entered the store on Forbes Avenue and placed a gun to a worker’s head, demanding money. The suspect fled from the back of the building with an unknown amount of money. The salad and burger restaurant was open Monday afternoon and a manager referred questions to the corporate office. A corporate representative did not respond in time for publication. The suspect is a thin black male, about 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall and wearing all black with a mask, the alert says. Kevin Zwick, a University spokesperson, said they had no further information regarding the incident as of Monday night. Alicia George, a Pittsburgh Police spokesperson, said the city police also had no further update on the robbery as of Monday evening. The alert asks people with information to call Pitt police at 412-624-2121 and reference report # 18-01117 or call Pittsburgh police (Zone 4) at 412-4226520 and reference CCR #50928.

Mackenzie McGill, the representative from Alpha Delta Pi (left) poses with young model Shannon Witkouski and PDM sponsor Makayla Sheffer (right) during the third round of PDM’s Annual Fashion Show. Chiara Rigaud | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ily to go through a loved one in the hospital. artists from Ed Sheeran to Katy Perry. Madeline Gavatorta and “Th at was exhausting for my family. I In the fi rst round, which was sponKieran Mclean mean, yes, it was hard for me, but it’s even sored by JCPenney — who gave the kids The Pitt News Staff harder for the people around you,” Irwin the chance to choose outfi ts outside of store Twelve children, ages 4 to 17, modeled said. hours — kids walked down the runway with personally selected JCPenney outfits in the His experience helped him understand Soldiers and Sailors auditorium Monday a PDM sponsor. For the second round, the what the children were going through — kids walked with sponsors from the top 11 night on a runway of bright white Christone reason why he came back to host PDM’s fundraising teams. In the third, they walked mas lights. They were the main event at Pitt fashion show. with both sponsors, dressed as what they Dance Marathon’s fashion show. “If you are gonna spotlight anybody, PDM’s Annual Fashion Show, is in its want to be as adults. why not spotlight the kids that have gone Jesse Irwin, who graduated from Pitt in third year and raised $3,034 — compared through that kind of adversity? Even if it’s a December 2017, hosted the night and said to $2,502 in 2017 and $2,995 the year besibling, I mean think about what that’s like he understood the event on a personal level. fore — from ticket sales to raise money for as a young kid to have your older or younger Irwin said he was hospitalized for three to the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. There sibling be in the hospital,” Irwin said. four months during his fi rst year of college were three rounds for the kids part of the Victoria Bianco, executive board memaft er his stomach started hurting. He was Children’s Miracle Network at the hospital ber of the Pitt Alumni Dance Council, dethen diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and or who are siblings of Miracle Children — said he knows what a burden it is for a famSee PDM on page 3 all of which had them walking or dancing to

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scribed the show as meant for everyone. “It was a family inclusive event,” she said. One model, Nicholas Mote, 14, works as a patient ambassador for the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Mote had a blood disorder but received a transplant because his sister was a 100 percent bone marrow match. He has participated in a number of fundraising events, including Shear Da Beard — an event to benefit the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC — with former Steelers defensive end Brett Keisel. He did the fashion show for “all the people who got through stuff like I did.” “It was amazing,” Mote said. Another model and Miracle Child, Jimmy Spagnolo, danced each time he was on stage as the crowd cheered on. In between the second and third rounds, his mother, Lacie Spagnolo, shared her son’s story of being diagnosed with a brain tumor at 4 months old.

“He was born perfectly healthy, and about four months later, he was at the pediatric appointment and his eyes were shaking and his head was measured a little bit bigger,” Spagnolo said. “And 48 hours later we have a baby with a brain tumor.” Spagnolo continued to say that the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh “took care of us.” Since February 2017, “Jimmer,” as his mom referred to him, has been stable and has not needed medication. She also said these events are important to the kids. “You guys are giving these Miracle Kids memories they’re going to have for the rest of their lives. You’re cheering for them, it’s gonna make their world,” Spagnolo said. Irwin said he’d come back to host the fashion show for the next 15 years if he could, because “this is what it’s all about.” “I want to do anything I can to make sure that those families, when the ball bounces and they hit rock bottom and they bounce back up, you want it to bounce higher than it initially fell from,” Irwin said. “I think this is a really fun way to do that.”

Audrey Wozniak and her PDM sponsor Kelsey Winters, a ﬁrst-year nursing student, strut down the runway during the PDM Annual Fashion Show at the Soldiers and Sailors Auditorium Monday night. Chiara Rigaud | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Republicans: “No Irish” pub misses the mark on St. Patrick’s Day Step up to stop Haspel,

Pretending to be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day is a time-honored American tradition. But at one pub this year, the luck of the Irish wasn’t on the side of drinkers who wanted in because of their Celtic heritage. To honor the holiday, Detroit resident Dan Margulis rented out a space over the weekend in his city between two Irishthemed bars, decking it out as the “No Irish Pub” just in time for revelers to arrive. Margulis, who works as an advertising director and described the venture as an independent creative project, directed the bouncer to insult and deny entrance to any people outside who claimed Irish heritage. “On a day when everyone is proclaiming solidarity with an immigrant group ... we wanted them to feel what it was like to be treated like an Irish immigrant ... years ago in this country,” Margulis told USA Today in an interview Saturday. “Hopefully, that would get them to think about the way we treat current immigrant groups.” Margulis has a point — many descendants of formerly marginalized immigrant groups, including Irish-Americans, seem to have forgotten where they came from. Data aggregated by the Pew Research Center in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election showed anti-immigrant Republican Donald Trump winning 60 percent of the votes of white Catholics compared to only 37 percent for Democrat Hillary Clinton. Most of these white Catholics came to the country in waves during the 19th and 20th centuries. Yet it’s worth asking how effective the medium he chose was. It seems unlikely that drunken St. Patrick’s Day celebrants being denied entry to a bar would be in

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any position to change their minds about something as complex and difficult as anti-immigrant sentiment and racism in America. What’s more, the project is reminiscent of the short-term shows of support for social justice causes that commercial ventures often unveil. And that’s hardly sufficient. For a business to take a broad, abstract social issue and melt it down to a difference in treatment for individual customers who might not otherwise understand the dilemma isn’t necessarily problematic on its own. In some instances, like last month when Canadian magazine Maclean’s charged its male readers 26 percent more than its female readers for the same product to highlight the gender wage gap, the net result overall was positive. The magazine donated the proceeds from the extra money paid by men to a scholarship fund for underserved indigenous Canadian women. Absent a positive spin like this, however, corporate social justice all too frequently feels like it’s aiming mostly for clicks and page views. When clothing store Lululemon offered its female customers a 21 percent wage gap sale last year on International Women’s Day, for example, the move came across as calculated, mercenary and insincere. That perception is hard to shake when a company or an individual commits to addressing an issue — like gender inequality or anti-immigrant sentiment — for one day only. It’s difficult to convince someone to change their mind about an important issue all at once. If the tonguein-cheek anti-Irish business owners of the world recognized that, maybe real progress could be made.

Pompeo Henry Glitz Opinions Editor Headlines flashing over cable news networks last week might have given you 2017 deja vu. Last January, it was President Donald Trump’s nomination of then-Kansas Republican Rep. Mike Pompeo for the position of CIA director. Eyeing Pompeo’s ambivalence on civil rights issues like the use of torture and domestic mass surveillance, most Senate Democrats — with the notable addition of Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul — voted against the nomination but ultimately failed to block Trump’s nominee from taking office. The next time Pompeo came to the public’s attention, the only difference was the post he’d been named to. After firing Rex Tillerson via tweet last week, Trump once again tapped Pompeo to move up, this time to secretary of state. And once again, Paul loudly announced his opposition to both Pompeo and Gina Haspel, his proposed replacement at the CIA. Haspel has worked with the CIA for decades and was a central player in several torture scandals in the agency during the early 2000s. “We’re not simply talking about a run-of-the-mill CIA agent here. Haspel was someone in a position of power who presided over practices that epitomized the abuse of that power,” Paul wrote in a column for Fox News last week. “Unfortunately, current CIA Director Mike Pompeo has also defended such actions in the past.” Paul’s reluctance to support nominees

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like Pompeo and Haspel to top diplomatic and national security positions is easily justifiable. And on CNN Sunday, he doubled down on promises to do “whatever it takes” to keep “people who are eager for war” out of top U.S. diplomatic posts. But while his definition of who constitutes a warmonger hits the mark, Paul seems to take a much broader approach to act strongly to block bad Trump appointees. On the Democratic side, there’s little doubt about what needs to be done to oppose Trump’s nominees, tainted as they are by their support for torture. Not known in the past for touting outspoken opinions, Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey released a statement last week after the nominations were announced, calling Pompeo “the most partisan and political CIA Director in recent memory.” He also denounced Haspel and Pompeo’s support for interrogation techniques tantamount to torture. Other Senate Democrats appear ready and willing to act as America’s conscience on the issue of support for torture at the highest levels of the country’s foreign policy brass. While a number of members of their caucus joined Trump’s party last year to confirm Pompeo initially, the sum effect of a year’s worth of diplomatic disasters under Trump’s administration should work to keep Democrats from voting for him and Haspel a second time around. In this context, a defection by any Republican senator suddenly becomes much more interesting — and See Glitz on page 5

Glitz, pg. 4 Paul could provide that change. A pledge to oppose Haspel and Pompeo for their respective nominations might help the Kentucky senator keep his public image as a political maverick. But what exactly has Rand had to give up to parade his opposition to foreign policy hawks and bureaucrats willing to cut corners on civil liberties? Last time around, Paul’s “no” vote on Pompeo’s CIA nomination didn’t cost the GOP anything at all — the nominee was handily confirmed by a 66-to-32 margin. In that context, it’s hard to see any serious repercussions coming from the party leadership. If he wants his claims he is a principled conservative to be taken seriously, Paul needs to work much harder to keep Pompeo from the State Department. Of course, a single senator can only have so much power — but Paul should recognize just how much power he has in a Senate chamber split almost evenly between the two parties. Provided Democrats uniformly oppose Pompeo and

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Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, talks to reporters Tuesday, March 13, 2018 on Capitol Hill about CIA Director Mike Pompeo’s nomination as Secretary of State in Washington, D.C. Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS Haspel, his single defection would force Vice President Mike Pence to cast a tiebreaking vote. Just one more Republican defection, and Paul could see what

he says is his policy preference become reality. An easy path exists for the Libertarian-leaning senator to garner votes

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against the president’s nominees. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who voted for Pompeo for CIA director last year, has more recently appeared publicly ambivalent about continued support for him and has shown mixed feelings about Haspel’s record on torture. And while his Twitter comments on the two nominees are far from conclusive opposition, they still signal an opening for Paul to take, perhaps reflecting the potential for broader conservative opposition to Trump’s candidates. In the age of Trump, Congressional Republicans have gained a well-deserved reputation for ineffectiveness and inaction. For every leader in the GOP who’s called Trump out on his gross moral and political failings, there’s a Republican who’s turned around and backed the president’s corrupt agenda. Paul is right: Pompeo, Haspel and their shared record of openness toward the use of torture should represent a crisis to the American conscience. What’s left to be seen is whether he turns conscience to action. Henry is the Opinions Editor at The Pitt News. Write to Henry at hgg7@pitt.edu.

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Wazobia fashion show wows with African designs

Charlotte Couch For The Pitt News A frenzy of applause welcomed models as they sauntered down the white runway. Red and green lights illuminated the potted trees placed on the back of the stage, while red, yellow, green and purple lights gave the ceiling a rainbow-like appearance. A video showing clips of African children jubilantly dancing in a small village began to play behind them, elevating the energy in the room. The 11th Annual Wazobia Fashion Show, organized by the African Students Organization, took place March 17 in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room in front of a crowd of about 500. In the three main languages of Nigeria — Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba — Wazobia translates to “come, come, come.” The collections of five different African designers were brought to life on the runway — including Alaro by Christian Alaro, Kovered Kouture, the Ruba Idris collection, Threaded Culture and Ofuure. The show’s designers came from all across North America — hailing from places such as Washington, D.C., and Canada — though one collection was designed by Pitt student and ASO event manager Ruba Idris. Audience members lined all three sides of the catwalk, gazing up at the elegant designs as the models walked the runway. Couples danced or performed a short handshake before passing by each other on the runway. One model opened a collection with a raised fist and the Wakanda forever handshake. Cold-shoulder tops, crop tops and swing dresses dominated the runway. For the only men’s collection of the night, Threaded Couture, all-black suits paired with red and green colored accents played a large role. Some notable outfits of the night included a black cold-shoulder top with a shimmering purple dress, a red-checkered long-sleeved shirt and a sleeveless white crop top with a red-and-blue skirt — all featured in the show’s opening. Dami Olatunde, otherwise known as AphricanApe — a stand-up comic originally from

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Nadine Obinna-Uzoh, a junior at Pitt, is one of the 33 models who participated in the Wazobia Fashion Show in the William Pitt Union Saturday. Chiara Rigaud | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Oyinye Ikwuegbo, a senior at Pitt, strikes a pose in a dress made by one of the ﬁve designers who contributed designs to the show. Chiara Rigaud | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Nigeria — hosted the show, donning an allorange outfit and black kufi hat before sauntering onto the runway, accompanied by flashing lights and energetic music. During his introduction, Ape performed a quick survey on the racial demographics of the audience. “To the white people, I see a lot of you guys, thanks for coming on time,” he said. “I feel very successful right now because you know when white people come see you, God is on your case.” A total of 58 people helped put the event together, including the 33 models who walked

in the show. Vashti Webb, a senior triple majoring in communication, health service and Africana studies, lead the fashion show committee. Webb held three practices a week while communicating with various designers and equipment companies. With all this planning and behind-the-scenes coordination, she actually will not even get to see the show until afterward, when she uploads it to YouTube. While models got ready between shows, AphricanApe talked about assimilating into American culture as well as his long journey

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from Nigeria toward obtaining a Visa to enter the United States. He said it took him more than five tries before he finally received one. AphricanApe also discussed his pride in being African and reflected on a time when many people were not proud to be African. “I love being African,” he told the crowd, “I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” A fitting statement to make, as the overarching theme for this year’s fashion show was African pride. Webb said she hadn’t done her job correctly if people weren’t happy with it and didn’t leave with a greater appreciation of African culture. Senior communication science major Yegene Hong attended the show to support her friends who were modeling for it and who came to photograph the show. Hong said she enjoyed the show’s exciting atmosphere, as well as the humor and charisma of AphricanApe. “It was energetic and intense,” she said. “The fashion was amazing, and the models did such a good job of representing and rocking each outfit.” Catherine Crevecoeur, a senior environmental studies major, came to support friends who were modeling for the show. “It’s held to share cultural things about Africa, it’s always great.” she said. “It helps give African designers exposure too.” Along with Hong, Crevecoeur said out of all the collections, she especially admired the Ruba Idris collection for its vibrant use of color. “I enjoyed the use of different prints and the creativity of how the pieces fell on the models. It was different,” Crevecoeur said. According to Webb, the show does raise some funds to go into next year’s production, as well as toward the upkeep of the club, but its main purpose is to educate audience members on African culture. With the show’s vibrant lighting, comical host and alluring designs, it would be hard to leave without learning something new or feeling satisfied. “I want people to get that the students in ASO are proud of who they are, I wanted the show to portray a sense of pride from the people,” she said. “I hope that’s what they take away from the show.”

review

REOPENING THE TOMB: “TOMB RAIDER” RETURNS WITH TIRED TROPES Derek Wagner For The Pitt News The original “Tomb Raider” film, “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” released in 2001, as well as its equally disastrous 2003 sequel, successfully banished the franchise to cinematic purgatory for 15 years. While reboots and remakes made up the majority of films over the past decade, “Tomb Raider” lay dormant — a cautionary tale to studios of the dangers of adapting video games for the silver screen. Warner Bros. finally reopened the tomb of Lara Croft this year, hoping to find the magic that had eluded the Angelina Jolie-led failures. Hints of what the franchise could potentially be are evident in the new “Tomb Raider,” starring Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, but director Roar Uthaug and his production team approached the film in an uninspired, low-risk way. “Tomb Raider” has the makings to be an attention-demand-

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ing force at the box office, but failures behind the camera prevent the film from unleashing that power. If there were any doubt that Vikander would be the right Lara Croft, she dispels it easily within the first few scenes of the film. Her joyful energy and resilience drives every scene she is in, buoying the lackluster script with an irresistible grit. What makes her performance even more impressive is she does her own stunts, a taxing proposition given that “Tomb Raider” features enough literal cliff-hanging scenes to make an American Ninja Warrior blush. Having also starred in the sci-fi drama “Ex Machina” in 2014, Vikander demonstrates her diverse skill set, as she is just as convincing an action hero as she was an AI. Vikander is in perfect position to turn Lara Croft into a career-defining role for herself. She has built a resumé strong enough to warrant studio commitment, yet she lacks the common

name recognition that the top actresses in Hollywood do. For Vikander, success in the “Tomb Raider” franchise could elevate her into A-list status, much as “Hunger Games” has helped make Jennifer Lawrence one of America’s top-paid actresses. But for all the commitments that Vikander has made to her studio, both in choosing to be the face of the franchise and in her excellent performance, the majority of “Tomb Raider” is spoiled by the laziness and lack of ambition of the production team. Successful action movies demand good writing, impressive action sequences and effective marketing — “Tomb Raider” has none of these things. Despite blowing through a $94 million budget, the movie’s special effects are merely passable, and the film’s set design is reminiscent of one of the later “Indiana Jones” flicks. “Tomb Raider” might as well be an unin-

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spired “Indiana Jones” sequel. Lara’s father, played by Dominic West, is a wealthy aristocrat with a hidden hobby of seeking an ancient tomb — clearly not-too-loosely based on Indy himself. While the treasure hunter genre is admittedly a hard one to reinvent, “Tomb Raider” adds virtually nothing to past works. There was not a single scene in the film that I hadn’t seen before. Booby-trapped rooms, secret puzzles to unlock doors and getting marooned on an island are all key points of intrigue in “Tomb Raider” — as well as nearly every other treasure hunt film made in the past forty years. This isn’t to say that “Tomb Raider” wasn’t enjoyable — on the contrary, this film gives the audience exactly what it wants at every turn. Every thrill, no matter how cheap or outlandish, lands well, and every action sequence is fun to watch, even if most lack any true intrigue. See Raider on page 9

Sports Future of men’s basketball up in the air Grant Burgman Sports Editor The dominoes have started to fall after a tumultuous weekend for the Pitt men’s basketball team, which saw nine current players and two recruits request releases from the program. First-year guard Marcus Carr became the second Pitt player to be granted his release from the program Monday night. He joins junior guard/forward Jared Wilson-Frame as the only two players so far to have been granted their releases. If Carr and Wilson-Frame both decide to transfer, the Panthers will have lost the team leaders in both assists and points per game. Wilson-Frame led the Panthers with 12.8 points per game last season, while Carr led the team in assists with four per game. The other seven current players who requested their release include senior forward

the 2016-17 roster and the Panthers’ best player before going down for the year with a foot injury acquired in a game against West Virginia Dec. 9. Luther was leading the team in both scoring and rebounding before his injury. Both of Pitt’s two committed recruits — guard Danya Kingsby and forward Bryce Golden — said they also sought their release from the program last week. If all of the players who requested releases eventually transfer, the Panthers would have just one player on the roster with any career starts — first-year center Peace Ilegomah with two. The potentially departing players accountJared Wilson-Frame (5), junior guard and forward, was the ﬁrst to have ed for more than 95 percent of the minutes ofﬁcially been granted his release from the program, which was approved from last year’s team. March 17. Thomas Yang | VISUAL EDITOR The nine players also make up over Ryan Luther, first-year guards Parker Stewart center Terrell Brown and junior guard Malik half of the Panthers 16-man roster. With and Kham Davis, first-year forwards Shamiel Ellison. redshirt senior guards Jonathan Milligan Luther was the only returning player from Stevenson and Kene Chukwuka, first-year See Future on page 9

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Rivalries are just for fans? Don’t tell that to 2018 Pitt commit Tyler Bentley. He is looking forward to the Panthers’ battles with one in-state foe as much as anyone else. “The one thing I’m looking forward to is playing Penn State, for sure,” Bentley said. “I have a couple of friends that go to Penn State, they play on the team. Rivalry games, they will be great.” Bentley, listed as a three-star recruit by 247sports.com, is a 6-foot-3-inch, 295-pound defensive lineman from West Chester, Ohio. Bentley is known on the field Tyler Bentley, previously listed as a three-star recruit and a defensive lineman for the power he enforces in his game. He from West Chester, Ohio, committed to Pitt in December. compiled 60 tackles, a sack and two forced Courtesy of Tyler Bentley fumbles in his senior year at Lakota West “The one thing he lacks is that quick first punch for punch strength-wise,” a Rivals. High School, where he was rated as Ohio’s step, but he definitely has the ability to go com analyst said of Bentley. “And I tell you, No. 40 overall prospect by 247sports.

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he’s got very quick hands that allow him to get some penetration because he is able to maneuver some angles.” “I bring precision,” Bentley said. “I can pass rush very well. I can also stop the run in short, goal line situations.” After originally committing to the University of Kentucky in June 2017, Bentley decommitted a few months later. He then decided to attend the University of Pittsburgh in December 2017, turning down offers from place including Alabama, Florida, LSU, Louisville and West Virginia. “I found out some things about the University of Kentucky that I didn’t really like,” Bentley said. “I just wanted to make sure I was gonna go somewhere where coaches truly do care about the players. They are there to help the players on and off the field, hold us accountable. I don’t think I would’ve gotten that [at Kentucky].” See Bentley on page 9

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Bentley isn’t the only 2018 prospect the Panthers have stolen from Kentucky. Florida wide receiver Shocky Jacques-Louis committed to Kentucky in April and then decommitted in June. Six months later, Jacques-Louis joined Pitt’s recruiting class and has already enrolled at the University for the 2018 spring semester. “What made me choose Pittsburgh was the fact that they care about their athletes and education,” Bentley said. “The tradition around the program is phenomenal. It’s just something great I wanted to be a part of.” Bentley is looking forward to developing relationships and connections with people off the field during his time at Pitt. He plans on studying business and logistics. “I’m looking forward to meeting with certain people,” Bentley said. “Trying to further the world someway, scientifically, anywhere that I can see myself being I want to learn about it.” After a 5-7 2017 campaign, Pitt failed to make a bowl game for the first time since 2007. The Panthers face one of the toughest schedules in the country for 2018. Bentley, however, sees major improvements being made in the next four years. “I think that last year was somewhat of a rebuilding year,” Bentley said. “We had a lot of seniors leave the year before, and I think it was pretty good how we had some young guys step up and we had a lot more young people play. They’re gonna be older now, but I feel like the team’s headed in the right direction.”

and Zach Smith and graduate guard Monty Boykins graduating, the Panthers will be left with just four players from last season’s roster heading into next season. The Panthers have become used to this sort of turnover over the last two years. Last year, five players transferred, four more graduated and another was dismissed after Pitt finished the season 17-16, missing the NCAA tournament for just the third time in 15 years. This year’s Pitt team missed the NCAA tournament as well, making it the first time Pitt has missed the tournament for consecutive years since 2001. This season’s team will also eclipse last year’s team in roster overhaul, losing 12 players to last year’s 10. Only three major conference teams since 2000 have lost more than 10 players in a season before this year’s Pitt team. The players who have gone on record about their decision to request a release have all said that the program’s decision to fire head coach Kevin Stallings played a key role in their decision. Carr, Wilson-Frame and Stewart have all said that the team supported Stallings even if fans and the administration didn’t. The Panthers now move forward into the offseason with no head coach, no committed recruits, potentially no returning starters and a lot of questions.

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“Tomb Raider” is a quintessential genre film — it sticks to its tropes and provides basic narrative to justify its gratuitous explosions and gun battles. The tragedy of the film is the very fact that it fails to be anything more than a generic action blockbuster. Unlike the recent elevation of the superhero genre into comedy/action/sci-fi hybrids that dominate pop culture, “Tomb Raider” barely treads water with its Indiana Jones predecessors, making it entirely uncompetitive with the refined products of Marvel Studios or Fox’s “X-Men” series. Recent box office evidence shows the fran-

chise model of filmmaking is in jeopardy, as formerly secure franchises such as Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean and Alien all flopped last summer. Knowing this, it seems unlikely that a mediocre adventure series will have any success at breaking into the market. Yet there is still hope. The “Tomb Raider” franchise’s greatest asset at the moment is Alicia Vikander, who nearly single-handedly salvaged prospects for a sequel — no disrespect to Daniel Wu or Walton Goggins, who both performed well in underdeveloped supporting roles. If Warner Bros. can find a more ambitious director and a creative writing team, we could very well see “Tomb Raider” become one of the strongest female-led franchises in the business.

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For Rent South Oakland 2 BR apartment, newly painted, hardwood floors, appliances. Private home - 2 & 3rd floor. 2,000 sq. ft. Rent includes all utilities. $850/mo. 412-498-7355. 2BR houses available in August. Unfurnished, no pets. $950+ gas and electric. Call 412-492-8173 311 Semple St., two blocks from Forbes Ave. 2BR, living room, updated kitchen with dishwasher and disposal, front porch, basement, back patio, carpeted. Must see - clean! $1320/mo plus utilities. Call 412-389-3636.

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4 BR HOME - SEMPLE STREET, LOCATED NEAR LOUISA. EQUIPPED KITCHEN, FULL BASEMENT. NEW CENTRAL AIR ADDED. RENTING FOR AUGUST 2018. (412) 343-4289 or 412-330-9498.

FOR RENT AUGUST 1, 2018: Remodeled, spacious 3BR, 1.5BA home near Schenley Park. $1725/mo + utilities. Central air, laundry, dishwasher, patio. Parking spot available. Pitt shuttle & bus across street. Panther Properties of Pa. SHOWING: pantherproperties2@ gmail.com. PHOTOS: panther-life.com/ available

Apartment/house for rent. Available immediately. Newly remodeled 2, 3 or 7 BR, utilities included, laundry available. 37 Welsford St. 412-337-5736 or email hfarah1964@ yahoo.com

3BR apartment, central air, washer/dryer, water included in rent, available 8/1/18. $1,340/mo. Call 412-398-6119.

Apartments for rent. 2, 3, and 4 bedroom apartments available. Some available on Dawson street, Atwood street, and Mckee Place. Newly remodeled. Some have laundry on site. Minutes from the University. For more info please call Mike at 412-849-8694

3BR house on Niagara Street $1000/mo +all utilities. Recently renovated with new windows, wiring, cable installed in all rooms. No pets. On Pitt shuttle route. Near Pittsburgh Playhouse. Call 412-303-4716.

Before signing a lease, be aware that no more than 3 unrelated people can share a single unit. Check property’s compliance with codes. Call City’s Permits, Licensing & Inspections. 412-255-2175.

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M.J. Kelly Realty. Studio, 1, 2, 3 and 4 Bedroom Apartments, Duplexes and Houses. N. & S. Oakland from $750-$2500. mjkellyrealty@gmail. com. 412-271-5550. www.mjkellyrealty. com STUDENT HOUSING. Updated 4, 5 & 6 Bedroom Houses w/ multiple baths. Dishwasher, laundry, some w/ air conditioning and/or parking. August availability. 412-445-6117. Studio & 1 Bedrooms Available Fall 2018. Heat included. 412-261-4620. Ward & S. Bouquet Streets - Studio, 1, 2 & 3BR apartments. Free parking. Move in May 1 or Aug. 1, 2018. Call 412-361-2695

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Southside SOUTHSIDE FLATS 1, 2,and 3 BR houses and apartments, some with AC. Call Mike 412-708-1695.

Rental Other 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 houses available. August 2018. South Oakland: Bouquet St, Lawn St, Ward St. North Oakland: Bigelow, & Craig St. Call 412-287-5712.

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Babysitter needed for Spring semester part time and full time for Summer. Close to campus. Contact tbeltz@gmail.com Helper needed for basic maitenance work on Central Oakland rentals. Part time, flexible hours. $15/ hr. David Manthei. 412.688.0533

TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR SUMMER, Ice company close to campus. Some weekend work available. Production/ driving/maintenance positions available. Good pay, part-time/

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full time. Contact Mastro Ice Company 412-681-4423. mastroice@aol.com

Join KEYS Service Corps, AmeriCorps. Mentor, tutor, and inspire Pittsburgh area youth. Summer and fall positions with bi-weekly stipend and education award. Full and part-time. Possible internship credit. Call 412-350-2739. www.keysservicecorps.org Seasonal Marketing Assistant Shadyside property management firm established in 1960 needs two Seasonal Marketing Assistants to work with Excel, Word and the internet from approximately NOW to August; four days/week from 9am-6pm. Saturday and/or Sunday hours a must; some flexibility in days and hours will be considered; most hours will be solitary on the computer with no phone work; 40 words per minute and strong computer skills required; no experience needed & we will train you at our Shadyside office; free parking. $13/hour plus generous season end bonus. Mozart Management 412-682-7003. thane@mozartrents. com

HIGHLAND PARK APARTMENTS; 1 BEDROOM Victorian, Gas included $885. 2 BEDROOM Mediterranean style $885. 3 BEDROOM Victorian, Gas included $1295. Leave name and number on voicemail 412-255-3333 or email Ted.Harchick@ gmail.com

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