University of Pittsburgh








Home
Features
Departments
Voluntary Subscriptions
Contact Us
Past Issues

Pitt Home
Pitt Alumni Association


September, 1999


CUBA: CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR

GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Inside Semester at Sea’s ground-breaking visit to Cuba...by Vince Kobler

LAST DANCE
Relations between post-revoluntionary Cuba and post-Cold War America continue to be enigmatic. Pitt’s Latin American experts offer their views on this complicated tango...by Alan Friedman

STAGED EXPRESSION
A glimpse at some of the striking photos and memorabilia in Hillman Library’s remarkable Curtis Theatre Collection...by Mark Collins

THE BOLD (EN) STORY
Frank E. Bolden was a hotshot young writer for the Pittsburgh Courier during its reign as the premier black newspaper in America. And he has the tales to prove it...by Mike Rosenwald

4200 FIFTH AVENUE
Watching and waiting

LETTERS
Our readers write

TUCK SHOP
News flash....Steel town stories... The complexities of the harmonica...A novelist’s look at the Commons Room

THE COMMONS ROOM
Lord’s farewell concert...Oliver Sacks on campus...Reflections on eco-diversity

EXTRA CREDIT
Music: History through song
Health: End-of-life care
Business: Family enterprise

NEWS FLASH

REMARKABLE IN THE TELLING
A sampling of recent books by alumni authors

GOOD SPORT
Senior football player Kenny Ketchen has seen a lot of action.

CORNERSTONES
Alchemists of steel

HOMECOMING
Class Notes and Spotlights...Alumni Association Notebook

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NOTEBOOK
Class Notes and Spotlights...Alumni Association Notebook

42ND FLOOR
The Ultimate Sport...by Erica Lloyd



Magazine copyrighted by University of Pittsburgh. In individual cases, non-staff writers, illustrators, and photographers hold copyrights for their work. None of this content is for use without permission. For additional information, contact us by e-mail at pittmag+@pitt.edu