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June 8th, 2016 | Issue 6| Volume 107

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The Governance and Nominating Committee of Pitt’s Board of Trustees has advanced three new candidates for membership on the board.

The committee advanced Edward J. Grefenstette, president and chief investment officer of The Dietrich Foundation, as well as retired Lieutenant General Patricia D. Horoho and L.B. Foster Company Manager of Corporate Marketing Jeffrey Kondis as new board members Wednesday. The nominations are part of the board’s annual acceptance of new members, according to Pitt spokesperson Anthony Moore.

Grefenstette said he believes Pitt is “on a fantastic trajectory,” always contributing to Pittsburgh’s growth and strength.

“I’m simply delighted and honored to serve the University,” Grefenstette said in an email. “As a trustee, I hope I can add some insights as [Pitt] tackles both the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.”

Grefenstette joined the Dietrich Foundation — a Pittsburgh-based charitable trust — in 2010, where he oversees the organization’s operations as president and chief investment officer. He also served as treasurer and chief investment officer for Carnegie Mellon University before joining the Dietrich Foundation.

Grefenstette’s other committee and

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“A NECESSARY UPDATE” Proposed sexual misconduct policy aiming to make procedures for reporting incidents clearer goes through voting. | by Alexa Bakalarski

As the incoming class of 2020 steps onto Pitt’s campus, a new sexual misconduct policy may be joining it.

A Provost’s ad hoc committee has developed a new, more concise sexual misconduct policy that is up to date with federal Title IX requirements. The new policy outlines procedures for reporting sexual misconduct and violence, investigations, the resolution of complaints and the appeals process, as well as new rules for emSee Board on page 3 ployees.

According to Katie Pope, Pitt’s Title IX coordinator, the proposed policy aims to make practices already used at Pitt more concrete and clear within University policy. “[The new policy is] to make sure folks understand that a lot of what we’ve been doing in the past couple years is what we want to continue to do,” Pope said.

The Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion Pam Connelly said people could misunderstand the previous

policy as covering just employees, instead of all members of Pitt’s community.

“The committee really wanted to make it apparent that this was something that covered the entire University community,” Connelly said. “I think trying to make it a clearer policy was a high priority.”

The new policy passed through the Faculty Assembly at a meeting May 10. The Senate Council voted in favor of the policy See Rules on page 2

Research links transplant complication with shorter lifespan Erin Hare Staff Writer

Recent lung transplant recipients will spend recovery holding their breath after UPMC researchers linked a common complication with a shorter lifespan.

This April, researchers at UPMC published in the journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery that nearly a third of lung transplant recipients experience atrial arrhythmia — a condition in which the heart doesn’t beat with the proper rhythm — following the transplant operation. The researchers also found, after correcting for other factors, that lung transplant patients who experienced atrial arrhythmia have higher mortality rates compared to patients who did not experience the condition.

According to study author and Pitt associate professor of cardiothoracic surgery Jonathan D’Cunha, the link between atrial arrhythmia and mortality surprised the researchers.

“Usually, you would think something that happens short-term is treated, it’s done with and it doesn’t have that ripple effect downstream,” D’Cunha said.

When patients are in stable condition following surgery, doctors treat atrial arrhythmia with drugs, D’Cunha said, but for unstable patients, doctors may have to resort to defibrillation — delivering a controlled electric shock to the heart — which allows the heart to begin beating again normally. Doctors are usually able to correct the arrhythSee Lungs on page 4

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that’s what the responsible employee piece lieves would have such authority or duty.

Though Connelly says the proposed is.” pg. 1 The federal Office of Civil Rights de- policy applies to most Pitt employees, it May 18. Though Pitt spokesperson John fines a responsible employee as an employ- does not require licensed mental health Fedele couldn’t confirm it, it is likely and pastoral counselors to report to that the Board of Trustees will vote the Title IX office. On-campus emon the policy at their annual meeting ployees and volunteers at the Student June 24.

Health Center or the University CounElizabeth Mulvaney, a social work seling Center typically do not have to Percent of students knowledgable professor at Pitt who attended the reveal identifying information to the Faculty Assembly meeting, said she’s about where to get help if student Title IX office either, though the policy grateful the ad hoc committee underrecommends the employee report genor friend experienced sexual took the difficult task of updating the eral details of the incident.

Assault or misconduct: policy.

Pitt’s faculty newspaper the Uni“The new policy is a necessary versity Times reported that debate update to an old policy which is out on the policy at the Faculty Assembly of date and not in compliance with mainly centered around concerns that regulatory expectations,” Mulvaney the responsible employee designation said in an email. “It is a difficult area puts faculty in an uncomfortable posito create a single policy that provides tion because a student might not wish the structure to foster a safe and to officially report information to the healthy environment for everyone — Title IX office. students, staff, faculty and adminisAny failure to follow University about where to make a report: tration — and provides enough flexpolicy will result in disciplinary action ibility to respond in a reasonable way based on the specifics of the incident, to a wide array of behaviors, some of Connelly said. which are very serious, perhaps crim“I think a lot of our faculty — they inal.” are very dedicated to the students, and According to Connelly, the ad hoc I think they felt some conflict about committee included the procedures feeling as if perhaps they would have in the policy to make the processes to let the Title IX office know and that easier to find. The policy outlines the could cause some tension with respect procedures based on a perto confidentiality,” Connelly son’s connection to sexual said. misconduct or violence: the Pope said even though the victim, the accused and policy requires employees to staff or faculty members report to the Title IX office, who learn about sexual the office doesn’t report inmisconduct or violence ocformation outside of its office curring. without permission from the Another proposed addiperson who originally reporttion to the sexual misconed it. duct policy is the respon“The biggest penalty is sible employee designation, that you have a student who which requires employees may not get the assistance to report information to that they need,” Pope said the Title IX office after about not reporting to the learning about an instance Title IX office. “That’s really of sexual misconduct. the whole emphasis behind “A student has an exthat expectation.” pectation that anybody that Mulvaney said she unthey might report to would derstands both sides of the be able to take some kind of argument surrounding the action, would be able to diresponsible employee desigrect them in the right place, ee who has the authority to take action or nation. would be able to provide them with assis- redress sexual violence, an employee who “I understand that the University cantance or take them to where they could be a Title IX coordinator has given reporting not detect and respond to bad actors if it provided with assistance,” Pope said. “And duties or an employee who a student beSee Rules on page 3

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Stats to know

Not at all — 13 percent A Little Bit — 23.9 percent somewhat — 35.8 percent Very — 20.7 percent Extremely — 6.6 percent Not at all — 20.4 percent A Little Bit — 23.9 percent somewhat — 32.2 percent Very — 17 percent Extremely — 6.5 percent

It is a difficult area to create a single policy that provides the structure to foster a safe and healthy environment for everyone.

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board memberships include being a trustee and investment committee member of CMU, an investment committee member of UPMC and an advisory board member of investment management company Commonfund Capital.

Pitt alumna Horoho was the first nurse and woman to serve as the Surgeon General of the United States Army, according to a release. After retiring from the military in December 2015, Horoho became the managing director and client account lead at federal service company Accenture Federal Services.

Pitt awarded Horoho with an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree at Pitt’s 2012 commencement convocation, where she gave the keynote address. Pitt’s Alumni Association honored Horoho as a Distinguished Alumni Fellow the same year.

Horoho earned a Master of Science degree as a clinical trauma nurse specialist at Pitt in 1992.

Rules, pg. 2 doesn’t get information. Having us report will enable the University to respond better, and signals we want to be a safe and responsive campus,” Mulvaney said. “On the other hand, people who experience sexual misconduct are not always ready to have their information shared and may want to talk to a trusted person in confidence without losing control of that information.”

Connelly said both sides of the debate have the well-being of Pitt students at heart.

“I do think there was significant debate, but I think it was all from a position of everyone trying to do what’s right for the students,” Connelly said. “And I think ... that’s what carried the day. We really want to get the students connected to the

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people and the resources that can help.”

Under the new policy, Pitt’s Title IX office will also take a more active role in investigating complaints of sexual misconduct involving only faculty. Connelly said Pitt’s Title IX office has been working with departments to conduct investigations for at least a year but writing it into the policy helps define the procedure Pitt follows.

“I think it will help a lot with making sure that the process is run completely beginning to end and is consistent,” Connelly said.

Pope said the new policy will be available as a tool for incoming and current members of Pitt’s community.

“We want to make sure that students can get back in the classroom, that they can be successful and the only way we can offer accommodations and interim measures is if we know that somebody needs that assistance,” Pope said.

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Fellow alumnus Kondis has served as an adjunct faculty member of Pitt’s College of Business Administration for 18 years. Kondis has also been an active alumnus for more than 40 years, currently serving as president of the PAA Board of Directors. He previously served on the PAA Board of Directors as secretary and treasurer, as well as being a PAA life member .

Kondis also sits on the Board of Directors for Pitt’s Varsity Letter Club and the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration. He has previously served as the president of both boards.

Kondis earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in chemical engineering in 1977 and a Master of Business Administration Degree in 1982.

“It’s a tremendous honor to me,” Kondis said. “I’ve been serving the University since I’ve graduated in various capacities.”

The full board will vote on their nominations at the board’s June 24 meeting.

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Lungs, pg. 2 mia while patients are still in the hospital.

Among the 652 patients who received a lung transplant from 2008 to 2013, about 30 percent experienced atrial arrhythmia, usually within a week or two of the surgery. Five years after lung transplantation, about 55 percent of patients are still living, D’Cunha said, but the UPMC study has found that postoperative arrhythmia is associated with 1.63 times greater risk of death within the five years following surgery.

“The frequency was pretty surprising to me,” D’Cunha said, “and when it happened [relative to the time of surgery].”

According to first author Alex D’Angelo, there are several theories as to why lung transplant could lead to atrial arrhythmia shortly after surgery.

One possible explanation is the body’s response to trauma and inflammation caused by invasive chest surgery, D’Angelo said. In the days following a transplant operation, chemicals known to impact heart rate flood the chest cavity.

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It is also possible that making incisions around the heart creates scarring, which can disrupt the normal flow of electricity that synchronizes heart muscles into a steady beat, D’Angelo said.

Stephen Fonash, a State College, Pennsylvania, resident, was 71 when he received a double lung transplant at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in 2013. Fonash underwent the procedure to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which is characterized by scarring of the lungs that impairs breathing.

About two weeks after the transplant operation, Fonash experienced atrial arrhythmia.

“My heart ... just took off with no warning,” Fonash said. “It just took off and there was no controlling the beating.”

According to Fonash, doctors stabilized his pulse with medication.

“I was surprised because I’ve never had anything like that happen before,” Fonash said.

To mitigate this kind of surprise for future patients, D’Cunha now educates his lung transplant patients about likely complications before the operation.

“It’s like taking a complex test in college,” D’Cunha said. “If you knew what was going to happen on the test and you had a good review session ahead of time, all of a sudden that test becomes more manageable. You take a deep breath, calm, it’s going to be OK, my professor told me this was going to be like this.”

Stephanie Rath, then age 45, drove all the way to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital from Indianapolis in 2013 to receive her double lung transplant as a result of cystic fibrosis. She also experienced an atrial arrhythmia within two weeks of her surgery.

“It still would have been a shocking thing to have happen, regardless,” Rath said. “It’s a feeling you’ve never encountered. It’s just a weird feeling.”

It is unclear, according to D’Cunha, why an acute event that happens within several weeks of surgery might have a relationship with mortality years later.

D’Cunha suspects side effects from treatment of the arrhythmia could be to blame.

“Amiodarone is a great drug to prevent and control atrial fibrillation, but one of its side effects is lung toxicity and the other is liver failure,” D’Cunha said. “We

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have to do a careful analysis of any particular interventional maneuvers before we apply it.”

According to D’Angelo, the isolated arrhythmia event may also cause subtle damage to the heart which manifests years later.

“There could possibly be some kind of chronic remodeling, or restructuring, of the heart with the acute event, ultimately weakening the pumping mechanism and leading to long-term mortality as opposed to a short-term problem,” D’Angelo said.

According to D’Cunha, preventing arrhythmia through close monitoring and preemptive treatment may be the key to reducing mortality rates.

“The decisions we make after surgery when someone goes into an atrial arrhythmia, we know those decisions aren’t perfect right now because the long-term impact is negative,” D’Cunha said. “So we have to be more careful and more thoughtful. I don’t have all the answers for you in 2016, but I know that as we move forward ... we’ll be smarter with all these drugs and the treatment.”

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Opinions from the editorial board

Chatham’s union vote should push Pitt Pittsburgh is a union town.

This week, Chatham University joined other Pittsburgh universities in voting to unionize their faculty.

After organizing for over a year, Chatham faculty and administrators agreed to have an election beginning June 17, to vote on union representation. After ongoing disputes over the voting eligibility of full-time faculty due to their “managerial staff ” status, the university will only include parttime faculty in the election. The United Steelworkers will be working with them throughout the process of unionizing.

Pittsburgh often earns praise for its top-tier universities, supposedly prosperous economy and livable conditions, but our city’s professors and students are missing from this picture.

As Pitt’s faculty enters the early stages of unionizing, Chatham’s push should propel our own efforts and successfully unite Pittsburgh’s universities in the fight for better work environments. Progress from Pitt’s own unionization efforts has been quiet since their launch last October — It’s time to change that and start making progress.

With faculty from Point Park University, Pitt and Robert Morris University all organizing for a union within the past few years, the trend demonstrates that our community is not immune to the unfair state of higher education.

The unionization group at Chatham reports that 67 percent of their faculty are adjunct faculty, making an average of $3,000 per three-credit course — about $11.74 per hour. According to Pitt’s 2015 Fact Book, 62 percent of faculty were non-tenured.

The pay levels of Pitt’s adjunct faculty are not open to the public, but you can

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be confident none of them are making close to the millions Jamie Dixon and Paul Chryst made while they worked here.

Because their contracts face termination every semester, adjuncts have little job security or access to the health and retirement benefits that full-time faculty receive. This also impedes their ability for advancement in the workplace, making it harder to focus on their students.

As students, we should support and unite behind the professors who sacrifice to educate us in the face of dismal working conditions with little alternative. Our professors are the backbone of our education, and Pitt needs to be a university that truly values its employees.

But it’s been almost a year since Pitt’s union campaign began and we have yet to hear about any plans for a faculty vote. The sooner our faculty votes for a union, the quicker we can improve their working conditions. If they vote against it, so be it — that means we can rededicate our efforts towards things the community actually wants. Either way, it’s time to start seeing signs of life in this movement as the new academic year approaches.

Chatham’s vote for unionization should reignite the debate surrounding how Pittsburgh’s universities treat their faculty and give some needed momentum to a union push that has yet to show anything other than that it exists.

Universities must start investing in their professors and students again, and a union would help to make that happen.

But to win the fight, we need to show one is still alive.

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Stanford rape case affirms racial and class inequality in the legal system Kirsten Wong Opinions Editor

Sexual assault is a crime that transcends race and class — unless it goes through the American legal system.

On January 18, 2015, Brock Turner, a 19-year-old Stanford student athlete, sexually assaulted a young woman identified as “Emily Doe” behind a dumpster. The 23-year-old woman was unconscious when two bikers discovered the assault and pinned the perpetrator down after he attempted to flee the scene.

With physical evidence, witnesses and an intoxication level making her unable to consent, the victim had an indisputably strong case against the former student.

But the court failed to provide justice for her and chose the perpetrator’s future over the victim’s safety.

The jury unanimously found Turner guilty of three felonies related to sexual assault, and prosecutors suggested a sentence of six years in state prison or more, with the maximum he could serve for his offense being 14 years. Instead, the judge sentenced Turner to a mere six months of county jail and registration as a sex offender.

The judge took into account his clean record, media attention and prestigious background as a student and athlete, claiming that a harsher sentence would have “a severe im-

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pact on him” — never mind the severe impact that the victim has faced.

Apparently there is too much at stake for an all-star, white American swimmer to be accountable for a serious crime he committed.

While the case has garnered national attention and outrage for the light punishment, the sentence highlights the prominent role race and class has in our criminal justice system. If Turner was a low-income, uneducated male of a different race,

his sentence may have significantly differed, likely changing the outcome of his entire life.

When poverty and racial background have become the one-way ticket into the criminal justice system, we need drastic reform to break this vicious cycle. The fact that the judge used such factors to give him a lighter sentence is a textbook example of how our justice system favors those who can afford a safer and privileged background.

The institutional racism that gives people of color harsher sen-

tences for similar crimes only reaffirms the privilege Turner received for his punishment.

According to a 2015 report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, black males receive harsher sentences than white males after accounting for the facts surrounding the case, a gap that has grown over the past decade.

The American Civil Liberties Union reported that sentences imposed on black males in the federal system are nearly 20 percent longer than those imposed on white males guilty of similar crimes.

Furthermore, class inequality has always been a key driver of our ever-increasing prison populations.

The United States is infamous for having the highest incarceration rate in the world, yet there is little awareness of how much income level comes into play.

Several common prison practices unfairly place additional punishments on the poor by threatening jail time for not paying fines, high bail rates accompanied by predatory bail bondsmen, for-profit prison fees and denying access to essential services once they are released. Opportunities such as financial aid, education, housing loans, employment and soSee Wong on page 7

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Wong, pg. 6 cial services are all severely limited if one has a criminal past they cannot financially afford to overcome.

The Prison Policy Initiative, a nonpartisan nonprofit research firm, reported in 2014 because low-income people cannot afford bail, 11 million unconvicted people cycle through local jails each year.

The system fails to address the disproportionate rates that people of color and low-income citizens face, leaving them a lifetime of failure.

Furthermore, they found that incarcerated people had a median annual income of $19,185 prior to their incarceration, which was 41 percent less than nonincarcerated people.

W h e n the color of people’s skin and the amount of money in their pockets has a broader impact over a punishment than the severity of a crime, we are robbing our people of justice.

Such factors should not be considered in one’s sentencing, given the clear disadvantages that poverty, crime and a history of racism has in this country — yet somehow we see this all the time.

Even media use of pictures with Turner smiling in suits rather than the mug shot his crime earned him create the image of a successful, Olympic-potential Stanford student, not the rapist he is. It exemplifies the bias we have for criminals of privileged backgrounds, and it is unfair to both victims and anyone outside of

that box.

In an eloquent, heartfelt letter the victim wrote for her impact statement, she perfectly dismantles the unjust treatment that occurs when it comes to punishing sexual assault.

“The seriousness of rape has to be communicated clearly, we should not create a culture that suggests we learn that rape is wrong through trial and error. The consequences of sexual assault needs to be severe enough that people feel enough fear to exercise good judgment even if they are drunk, severe enough to be preventative,” she wrote. “The fact that Brock was a star athlete at a prestigious university should not be seen as an entitlement to leniency, but as an opportunity to send a strong cultural message that sexual assault is against the law regardless of social class.”

Women will never be equal to men in society until sexual assault crimes are punished to their fullest extent. People of color will never be truly equal to whites in this country until incarceration rates do not vary by their skin color. Poor people will never be equal to their affluent counterparts until their income stops exerting unfair pressure on their criminal records.

Our legal system breeds inequality and it’s our duty to address it.

Turner and criminals like him should pay for their actions. After all, they’re the ones most able to afford it.

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Culture festivals

Soaking up

Three Rivers

Local artists and performers converge at annual Arts Festival

by Matt Maielli | Staff Writer

Three Rivers Arts Festival June 3 through June 12 Noon to 8 p.m., daily Highlights: Lake Street Drive (June 12), Food Truck Fest (June 10-12)

A member of The Famtrons performs for the crowd | Kate Koenig VISUAL EDITOR

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People huddled around a blocked-off street in front of a stage Downtown, clapping for a partially obscured performance.

At the center was The Famtrons, a traveling break-dancing troupe of all black members in teal basketball shorts. The crew’s director was a charismatic leader who answered to the nickname “Midnight.”

A show like this is no surprise at the annual Three Rivers Arts Festival, a 10-day event of free music, art and dozens upon dozens of local and regional vendors. Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Dollar Bank, the festival, currently in its 57th year, runs June 3 through 12.

Between flips and tricks, The Famtrons weren’t shy to remind people that they were there — in part — for the money.

“Remember — Obama wants change, we want fifties,” Midnight said, punctuating his not-so-subtle hint with a huge grin.

The Famtrons ended their show by picking out four members of the crowd and lining them up to touch their toes.

“I need to let you know — don’t move. There’s going to be a black guy, moving very fast, with no police behind him,” Mid-

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night explained. Then one troupe member took a long running start and flipped over all four grown men.

When their show finally came to a close, The Famtrons held hands with their volunteers and engaged in a call-and-response send-off.

“There’s only one race in this world today,” Midnight began.

The crew shouted a question in unison: “And what’s that?”

“That’s the human race.”

The Famtrons’ show runs several times a day, but it’s not the only sight worth seeing at this year’s festival.

White booths replace the bottoms of Downtown skyscrapers. Faint music echoes down the streets originating from any of the three stages, be it the Acoustic Stage, Gateway Clipper Stage in Gateway Center or the Dollar Bank Main Stage in Point State Park. Caricature artists and street musicians with upside-down hats at their feet dot the sidewalks. At the fountain just off Penn Avenue, children push model sailboats with long bamboo poles. The fountain is decorated to match the port theme with colorful, nondescript flags crisscrossing over the water.

As people meander between tents, there’s always something trying to catch wandering eyes. A canvas that reads “Sock Monkeys Have Issues” in all caps, a grotesquely mystifying depiction of Alice in Wonderland, professional nature photography, bright, punchy blown glass and decorative bowls made out of ancient-looking wood all vie for passing attention.

One of the festival’s Emerging Artists See Arts on page 11 is Nathan Doverspike, a recent graduate

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review

‘The Lobster’ leaves plenty to chew on

Lea Seydoux in a scene from ‘The Lobster’. TNS

Ian Flanagan Culture Editor

“The Lobster,” for all of its bizarre pleasures, is a film that in some ways defies proper analysis.

After developing a curious reputation for itself since its Jury Prize win at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, “The Lobster” arrives to puzzle domestic audiences after A24 acquired its distribution rights in May. Delving into the more irrational aspects of love and human desire — both public and private — for romantic connection, “The Lobster” presents something more vexing than its easilyexplained premise communicates. And though Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos labels it “an unconventional love story,” the film’s allegorical subtext implies something more disturbing and Orwellian.

Taking place in a modern-day dystopia of sorts, the population of this other reality imposes strict laws that require every person to be with a partner at all times. The film follows David, played by a chubby Colin Farrell, a recent

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cuckold who has just entered his stay at the Hotel, where nameless guests are given 45 days to mingle and find love with another.

If visitors aren’t able to secure companionship in time, the Hotel transforms them into an animal of their choice — David chooses a lobster as his potential form because they live for over a hundred years and are consistently fertile. During their stay, guests are subject to propaganda videos and performances about the benefits of relationships, and the only way they are able to lengthen their stay is by capturing Loners — a society of illegal singles in the woods — with tranquilizer darts. One captured Loner earns the captor one more day at the Hotel.

David has little luck in his stay, and watches his new acquaintances struggle similarly. The Hotel punishes a man with a lisp (John C. Reilly) for masturbating by having his hand burnt in a toaster, and a man with a limp (Ben Whishaw) forces himself to have nosebleeds in order to invent a connection with a cute girl who frequently

has the same problem.

The narration by Rachel Weisz — whose presence as the female romantic lead doesn’t begin until the film’s middle — gives this original quasi-sci-fi tale the tone of a black-comedy-fantasy novel, thanks to her affected, stately account of David’s inner thoughts.

But her introduction also presents contradictions — we later discover her narration is included in her journal, but how would she have known anything about David before meeting him? The seemingly purposeful gaps in logic only contribute further to the abstraction that Lanthimos puts forth.

But even knowing such details beforehand can’t prepare you for the fastidiously arranged strangeness lurking behind every scene of “The Lobster.” Its themes are slightly obvious but its message is far more interpretational.

The film’s premise and vague, show-don’t-tell universe work to deconstruct the absurdities of love. We are heartbroken at the slightest mo-

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ment of mistrust yet somehow find meaning in another’s affection through idiotic commonalities— David and Weisz’ character, the primary couple, primarily bond over their shortsightedness.

The point proven by Lanthimos’ visually masterful, stylistically daring head-scratcher is up for debate. Its lack of explanation, particularly in its dangling, ambiguous ending, renders the viewer sometimes as disoriented and vulnerable as with his other famous feature, “Dogtooth,” which was nominated at the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

While the 2010 film was far bleaker and more acute in its direction, “The Lobster” offers a more entertaining time, and leaves viewers with more questions and curiosities to pick through.

Exhibiting a stellar cast, finely wrought surrealism and touches of humor, exciting unpredictability and an unconventional structure, “The Lobster” really is one of a kind. Just don’t expect to absorb all of the perplexing idiosyncrasies in one sitting.

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Arts, pg. 9 of the Pittsburgh Art Institute. Doverspike says he draws from an eclectic pool of influences to create his distinct work.

“I really like Aztec ... things and [Native American] influences,” he said, as a banjo played nearby. “I really like comic books and children’s books, so that’s definitely kind of like the style I’m going for. But I really like to be decorative and have a lot of detail.”

Doverspike says his biggest seller is his Pittsburgh Island print, which is an urban

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collage stuffed with many iconic Pittsburgh images, such as the Cathedral of Learning, an Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup can and even the brief but memorable giant rubber duck that was docked just off the Point in 2013.

“A lot of my stuff is like a spin on things. A lot of it is just for fun that then I was like, ‘People might buy this,’” Doverspike said. “I try to make it my own as much as I possibly can.”

Doverspike used one of his works as an example, gesturing to a print of a gray-ish purple rock-snake monster. Upon closer inspection, it reveals itself to be a reimagining of the Pokémon Onix.

From futuristic, gear-like jewelry and elaborate, rustic wind chimes to a cupcake made entirely of origami and hand drawings of recently-deceased celebrities, the festival’s options are as numerous as they are authentic.

“I’ve always been impressed by how many local artists the festival can attract, which is great to help their exposure to the greater Pittsburgh area,” said Ashley Funyak, a senior anthropology and museum studies major at Pitt.

“There are also always artists that travel from out of state just to present their work at the festival, which I think speaks to how influential this festival is on the city and the arts scene.”

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Funyak also related the festival’s purpose to her own post-college plans.

“As someone who aspires to work in a museum or arts non-profit organization after graduation, seeing free and accessible artwork for the public at the festival was super rewarding,” Funyak said.

Ultimately, though, the festival’s easy-going approach to summer fun is its true selling point.

“I think the festival overall is a great event for the city of Pittsburgh,” Funyak said. “Ten days of free art ... is music to the ears of college students and families throughout the city, and it’s great to see everyone having a good time.”

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Pitt on its way to record season ticket sales Steve Rotstein Sports Editor

The stands at Heinz Field aren’t always full on football Saturdays, but they’re trending in that direction.

Pitt’s athletic department announced in a letter Tuesday morning that 93 percent of season ticket holders have renewed their subscription for the upcoming football season.

On top of that, Pitt has sold almost 10,000 new season tickets, putting the University on track to break the school record for season ticket sales — a goal TNS Athletic Director Scott Barnes set in February.

“Our goal is to set an all-time record for season tickets at Heinz Field,” Barnes but Sullivan knew better. Facing a 3-2 told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “You series deficit, he decided to turn back sometimes are challenged when you come to his rookie netminder, who has played out with a goal and you don’t meet the like a seasoned veteran since Fleury goal. We feel really comfortable in stating went down. this.” “[Murray]’s been thrown into a tough Pitt’s all-time record for season ticket situation, and he’s handled it extremely sales is 53,775, set in 2003. According to well. So at this particular point in the the letter — which both Barnes and head season ... we don’t have the luxury ... of football coach Pat Narduzzi signed — allowing players to play through things,” the school expects to actually break the Sullivan told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette record in August, when the majority of before Game 6. “We have to win a hock- undergraduate student ticket purchases ey game. And that’s how we looked at it.” occur.

Murray rewarded his coach’s decision Since his hiring in April 2015, Barnes by saving 28 of 30 shots — including 17 has made an effort to revamp Pitt’s athsaves in the third period — in an elimi- letic facilities, streamline varsity athletic See Pens on page 14 See Tickets on page 14

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Coach Sullivan giving Matt Murray a second shot has the Pens a win away from the Cup Steve Rotstein Sports Editor

Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goaltender Matt Murray has been far from perfect in the Stanley Cup Finals, but he still has his team one win away from lifting a fourth Stanley Cup trophy.

With one more standout performance, Murray could be hoisting the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP along with it.

And to think, just a short time ago, Murray lost his starting job and watched the Tampa Bay Lightning push his team to the brink of elimination.

After Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury replaced Murray in

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net to start the third period in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals and nearly sparked a comeback from a 4-0 deficit, I was one of many who believed he earned the right to start Game 5.

“The Flower” — who had been sidelined by a concussion since March 31, while Murray helped guide the team through the playoffs — was given that chance by Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan.

Sullivan’s decision backfired, resulting in a 4-3 overtime loss where Fleury faded down the stretch.

I still thought Fleury deserved a chance to redeem himself in Game 6 with the Penguins’ season on the line,

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Warriors dominating Cavs without usual star power

Steve Rotstein Sports Editor

Last year’s NBA Finals was exciting. The rematch was supposed to be even better.

Instead, the defending champion Golden State Warriors have blown the visiting Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers off the court in the first two games, sending them back to Cleveland searching for answers.

Last year’s series started with a pair of heart-stopping finishes at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The Cavaliers stole Game 2 on the road, then won Game 3 at home to take a 2-1 series lead before Golden State won three in a row to clinch the title in six games.

This year’s contest has been nowhere near as dramatic — but it’s not over yet.

The Warriors were dominant as usual at home, where they went 39-2 during the regular season.

NBA MVP Stephen Curry was unusually quiet to start Game 1, but the Warriors still led at halftime, 52-43. Cleveland then put up an admirable fight in the third quarter, and the teams appeared to be heading for another classic battle.

But as soon as the Cavs took a 67-66 lead, Warriors backup point guard Shaun Livingston took control of the game.

Livingston made eight of 10 shots and scored a play-off career-high 20 points — with Curry mostly watching from the bench — to lead the Warriors to a 104-89 win.

Golden State cruised to victory even with Cleveland’s defense keeping the “Splash Brothers” — Golden State’s All-Star guards Curry and Klay Thompson — mostly in check. Curry finished with only 11 points on 4-of-15 shooting while Thompson shot 4-for12 with nine points.

Having the luxury of backup guards like Livingston and Leandro “The Brazilian Blur”

Barbosa — who scored 11 points on 5-for-5 shooting in just over 11 minutes — makes the Warriors tough to beat even when their stars aren’t on their game.

Livingston, Barbosa, backup guard and forward Andre Iguodala and backup center Festus Ezeli could all start for plenty of other NBA teams, but instead choose to come off the bench with Golden State. It’s a huge reason the Warriors won an NBA-record 73 games this season.

It’s also a huge reason they’re two games away from becoming repeat champions.

In Game 2 Sunday night, the Cavs ended the first half on a solid run but still trailed the Warriors, 52-45. This time, with Curry spending almost the entire third quarter on the bench, Golden State forward Draymond Green made sure the outcome was never in doubt.

While both “Splash Brothers” again finished under 20 points, Green proved any

one of the defending champs can take over a game at any time. He drained five 3-pointers and finished with 28 points, seven rebounds and five assists in the 110-77 demolition.

This is against the same Cleveland team that won its first 10 games of the postseason on its way back to the Finals. It’s the same Cleveland team that set an NBA-recordmaking 25 3-pointers in a second-round game against the Atlanta Hawks.

The Cavs felt things would be different this year after coming so close to bringing Cleveland its first NBA title a year ago. Fourtime NBA MVP LeBron James would finally be joined by fellow All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love, giving the team a formidable “Big Three.”

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Pens, pg. 12 nation game on the road.

The Penguins’ 5-2 victory forced a decisive Game 7 back in Pittsburgh, where Murray was equally efficient. He stopped 16 of 17 shots in a 2-1 win to propel the Penguins to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they now hold a 3-1 series lead over the San Jose Sharks.

But just a couple days ago, Penguins fans were all but calling for Murray’s head after the 22-year-old let up the game-tying goal on a routine slap shot in the third period of an eventual 3-2 overtime loss in Game 3 of the Finals.

It was a soft goal no doubt, one Murray saw all the way and simply let slip through his glove. But he also made numerous key saves to give the Penguins a chance to win, and this time I didn’t even consider the idea of benching him.

Turning back to Fleury again at this point of the season was not an option.

Teams simply don’t replace a starting goaltender midway through the Stanley Cup Finals, especially with a series lead.

Sullivan stuck with Murray, who re-

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bounded from his off night as he has all throughout the playoffs — victoriously.

The rookie made plenty of big saves in Game 4 and stood tall late, stopping 23 of 24 shots in a 3-1 win. He is now 5-0 in the playoffs in games following a loss.

Game 4 was the first time in the series Murray outplayed his counterpart, Sharks goalie Martin Jones. He was outshined

by Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy and Washington’s Braden Holtby as they stood up to the Penguins’ offensive onslaught in the previous two rounds.

But Murray has been solid all along and played well enough to outlast Vasilevskiy, Holtby and Henrik “The King” Lundqvist to get this far. The Stanley Cup will be in the building at Consol Energy Center Thursday night, and Murray’s presence in goal is a big reason why.

Sullivan believed in his rookie goalie when others lost faith, choosing to go back to Murray over Fleury — a proven Stanley Cup winner — with the season on the line.

Unafraid to shuffle his lineup, Sullivan made a bold decision. Now the Penguins have a chance to dance with Lord Stanley.

NBA, pg. 13 part, leading all players from both teams in points, rebounds and assists for the series — but it wasn’t enough to win it all.

So far in the rematch, the “Big Three” can’t seem to find their rhythm against Golden State’s suffocating defense. Meanwhile, Cleveland’s role players have been badly outplayed by the Warriors’ versatile bench.

Basketball fans expected to see a battle for the ages, with Golden State looking to repeat as champions against the Cavs and James, one of the greatest players of all time, seeking his third title.

What they’ve gotten is a historically great team looking to put a stamp on one of the best seasons ever.

Tickets, pg. 12 uniforms to feature the Pitt script logo, improve the school’s donor base and increase ticket sales.

The athletic department unveiled the new athletic uniforms in a special ceremony at the Petersen Events Center May

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There’s still time for Cleveland to turn things around, but right now a series sweep for Golden State might be more likely than a Cavs comeback. Of the 31 teams to fall into a 2-0 series deficit in the NBA Finals, only three have come back to win the series.

Many are already counting them out, but many also counted the Warriors out when they trailed 3-1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals.

Teams this good are never out of a series, especially before they have a chance to play at home.

If Cleveland defends its home court for the next three games, the Cavs will simply have to win either Game 6 or Game 7 at Golden State to clinch the title and end the Warriors’ dream season.

Good luck with that.

18, and some of the facilities upgrades — including a new turf field at Pitt’s football practice field complete with the new script logo — are already complete.

Now, with the announcement of increased ticket sales, Barnes appears to have the athletic department headed in the direction he envisioned.

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