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• Faces of Work preview engages audience

  One of Carnegie Mellon University’s best-kept secrets is its annual International Film Festival. The festival, this year titled Faces of Work, is the only student-run International Film Festival in the country. Most films are shown in McConomy Auditorium, but there are some other venues around Pittsburgh that will show a few of the 18 films being screened. The Festival officially begins on March...

  Pillbox | March 1, 2015
• A cappella competition brings talent to CMU

  On Friday night, a cappella enthusiasts from around Carnegie Mellon, around Pittsburgh, and even a handful from Michigan gathered in McConomy Auditorium to watch their favorite groups compete in the Great Lakes International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) quarterfinals. McConomy was full to bursting, with individuals standing in the back and lining the stairs. Completely unintentiona...

  Pillbox | March 1, 2015
• Women's representation on TV on the up and up

  Everyone searches to find a little bit of themselves in a television character. Historically, women have struggled with this, because there have been few types of female characters on screen. The roles of women on television have lacked racial and religious diversity. They have lacked diversity of lifestyle interests, sexual orientation, physical appearance, and diversity in the ways in which they...

  Pillbox | March 1, 2015
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  Pillbox | February 23, 2015
• Beck, Sam Smith win big at Grammys

  The words “Imma let you finish” are four that the illustrious Kanye West has yet to live down. At this year’s Grammy Awards on Feb. 8, West imitated his famous stage-jumping stunt from the Video Music Awards (VMAs) five years ago, eliciting a widely varying and entertaining response from the celebrity audience. As a reminder, the VMA incident in 2009 occurred when West hopped up on stage next to T...

  Pillbox | February 16, 2015