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The Dutch Room after the heist, photographed by the FBI on March 18, 1990 / This Is a Robbery (Netflix)

Netflix’s “This Is a Robbery” Director Colin Barnicle decodes the greatest art heist of all time

May 7, 2021
Was It Wicked? logo/ Julia Donohue

Was It Wicked? : This Is a Robbery

May 7, 2021
Was this the worst semester in UMass History?

Was this the worst semester in UMass History?

May 6, 2021
State Representative Mindy Domb speaks as State Senator Jo Comerford watches/Julia Donohue

“Massachusetts 2050: A Warming State” Where have all the children gone? A reflection on youth absence at the 2019 Climate strike

April 9, 2021
From Catholic to Capricorn: Gen Zodiac's obsession

From Catholic to Capricorn: Gen Zodiac’s obsession

April 8, 2021
Pioneer Valley Newsguild/ PVN Facebook

Major layoffs leave the Daily Hampshire Gazette “overwhelmed”

February 25, 2021
Milou in his only live solo performance, Feb. 2020/Brian Licata

UMass student Milou redefines repetition in his “Groundhog’s Day”-like album

February 18, 2021
Kanye West at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival and Taylor Swift at the 2019 iHeart Radio Awards. Both have recently spoken against industry contracts/ David Shankbone and Glenn Francis, respectively

Power behind the voice: The long history of mismanagement in the music industry

September 17, 2020
UMass RJC announces their demand submission via Instagram/ @umassrjc

U-Más Fuerte Together: UMass Racial Justice Coalition unites with UMass for Black Lives

July 23, 2020
The view from the 23rd floor of the W.E.B Dubois Library/ posixeleni

How to find “Fully Remote” classes on Spire

June 30, 2020
HBO logo/ YouTube

A mini guide to HBO’s free streaming

April 16, 2020
What's Free to Stream While You Sit Inside All Day

What’s Free to Stream While You Sit Inside All Day

March 27, 2020
Phillip Caruso/Hulu

Classics meet clichés in “High Fidelity”

February 20, 2020
Carrington at the kit/John Watson

Terri Lyne Carrington debuts her latest album “Waiting Game”

November 8, 2019
Dr. Gilda Barabino, center in the blue green jacket, posing with University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty and staff. (Julia Donohue/ Amherst Wire)

UMass vs. Goliath: How can universities keep marginalized students in STEM?

May 2, 2019
Burgess Meredith in “The Obsolete Man,” an original “The Twilight Zone” episode [1961](CBS Television/Wikimedia Commons)

Errors in perfection: the new Twilight Zone

April 11, 2019
screenshot from the

If you loved “Get Out,” you need to go see “Us”

March 26, 2019
Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy (Angela Goerge/Wikimedia Commons)

Thieves of Hope: Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin

March 26, 2019
The Remix to Conviction: R. Kelly is going to prison

The Remix to Conviction: R. Kelly is going to prison

March 8, 2019
(Greg Hernandez/Wikimedia Commons)

The Oscars, or every “woke” white person you’ve ever met.

February 25, 2019
(Mr. Gary/Flickr)

The Oscars preview: Could Lady Gaga and Glenn Close tie?

February 22, 2019
Promotional poster designed by Finn Lefevre '17

A “Wild Thing” is happening at UMass Theater

February 13, 2019
(Donn Dughi/Wikimedia Commons)

Why is Ted Bundy still relevant?

February 7, 2019
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Julia Donohue