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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Beerly legal A&E talked to ecology professor Jim Cotner about his biology class “The Natural History of Beer,” the art of home brewing and the longtime lover of beer’s favorite picks.

BY JOE KLEINSCHMIDT jkleinschmidt@mndaily.com

When he’s not researching topics like biogeochemistr y or microbial ecology, professor Jim Cotner loves to talk (and drink) beer. Last year, the biology professor combined his love of beer and science into a special course, “The Natural Histor y of Beer.” Along with yeast biologist and assistant professor Brett Couch, the two taught the science behind brewing to a crowd of enthusiastic students. “Since yeast is such a huge part of beer and making beer, it seemed like a really good fit because I could fill in all the bits and pieces about how you actually make the beer,” Cotner said. “And [Couch] could provide all the really cool biology behind the yeast.” Although no beer-minded students currently attend Cotner’s now-defunct class, he hopes to bring back the course in fall of 2013. Cotner also plans to make a few adjustments, including turning theor y into practice — something his students probably won’t mind. For this, he’ll have to restrict the age limit for the popular course. “I think the next time I do it, I’ll restrict it to 21 and over,” Cotner said. “It wasn’t a problem because we didn’t really make beer, but it just would make it easier if we didn’t have to wor r y about that, especially if we are going to be doing some brewing. You can’t brew without drinking beer.”

Starting small

Given Cotner’s expertise in the art of home-brewing, A&E asked his advice on the art of crafting beer. Cotner suggested purchasing a star ter kit from supply stores like Northern Brewer, located in St. Paul and Minneapolis, or Midwest Supplies in St. Louis Park. Be prepared to make an investment, but go for the cheapest start-up kit as possible, Cotner recommended. If you’re not looking to shell out the cash, tr y to share supplies with friends as equipment can be costly. Also, be prepared to screw up. The process takes anywhere from a month to six weeks. “It’s sor t of an adventure. Your friends will tell you, too,” Cotner said. “Most people are pretty polite, but sometimes you screw it up. It’s good to have one of those friends that’s bluntly, ridiculously honest.”

The Professor’s picks

Even if you don’t have the time or dough to experience the science and art of brewing your own beer, you can always enjoy some topnotch beers from the best breweries as the professor advocates. Among Cotner’s list, including Sierra Nevada, Odell and New Belgium Brewing, he recommends the Twin Cities’ own Surly Brewing Company. “They’re far and away my favorite brewer y,” Cotner said. 4“Furious” by Surly: Cotner’s old stand-by, you can find the popular

India Pale Ale across the Twin Cities year round. “ ‘ Furious’ is sort of my go-to beer. If I get home after a hard day, that’s what I go for,” Cotner said. “All my days are hard, so I almost always go for it.” 4“Abrasive Ale” by Surly: The winter beer ser ves as one of the professor’s hear tier selections on a cold evening. You can find this one in late December until March. “It’s sort of like a meal in a can. It’s a double IPA with lots of hops, but it’s really nicely balanced with malt.” 4“Wet” by Surly: September’s the time for harvesting hops, so Cotner also recommends “Wet.” The beer’s only available in October because of the beer’s addition of fresh hops, akin to cooking with fresh vegetables, Cotner explained. “It’s a little bit different flavor when you take them right off the vine,” Cotner said. Whether or not you’re a biology egghead interested in the life cycle of yeast, Cotner’s knowledge of beer comes in handy to the biologist or the casual drinker. But it really shouldn’t be a surprise that he’s found an audience interested in booze on a college campus. “I’m finding that students are definitely really interested in this kind of stuf f,” Cotner said. “The ones in biology have a tendency to want to know more about the biological perspective.”

The good, the bad and the ugly For every good bar there is a bad bar, and for every bad bar there is a good dive, but not all find redemption. BY SPENCER DOAR sdoar@mndaily.com

The Good 1. Vegas Lounge 965 Central Ave. NE Minneapolis Come and watch middleaged folk stumble through some of the worst karaoke imaginable in a no-frills-attached setting. 2. Palmer’s Bar 500 S. Cedar Ave. Minneapolis Palmer’s Bar’s odd layout, kooky regulars (both patrons and bar tenders), reasonably priced drinks and variety of music make it one of the more reliable good-times-to-be-had establishments in Cedar Riverside. 3. Liquor Lyle’s 2021 S. Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis They are almost always ser ving 2-for-1s on any drink. Pair that with no windows and plenty of televisions to view, and you have a recipe for day-drinking.

The Bad 1. O’Gara’s 164 N. Snelling Ave. St. Paul All of the quaintness of being a family-owned Irish bar has been lost in the sands of time, only to be replaced with the aura of an off-hours Applebee’s or T.G.I. Friday’s (though Friday’s has better specialty cocktails). 2. Seven 700 Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis If new-money douchebagger y is your schtick, then by all means, go to Seven. 3. Barfly 711 Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis Usually overrun with un-

der-agers who want to rave to crappy dubstep, Barfly is just not worth the frustration.

The Ugly 1. Champions Spor ts Bar and Grill 105 W. Lake St. Minneapolis Champions is seedy. Yo u g e t f r i s k e d b y security on slow weekdays. This should not be surprising to patrons familiar with the bar’s past drug problems. If you are feeling adventurous, give it a shot.

2. Hexagon Bar 2600 S. 27th Ave. Minneapolis Hexagon has some good music rolling through its doors, but let’s just say that it’s really dark in there, and that is probably for the best. 3. Countr y Bar 3006 S. Lyndale Ave. Minneapolis Countr y Bar looks like Jared Allen designed it while listening to Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic.” So don’t be surprised if you find yourself listening to 2pac while eating your delicious wings in the cramped confines of a pseudo-Western bar.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

A bar for every type of visitor We even got a tolerable place for your friend that frequents night clubs.

BY ANNIE HINER ahiner@mndaily.com

The Twin Cities has a variety of bars to ensure a good time for any type of drinker. Yet, when out of town visitors make their way to the cities, it is important to choose your bar destination wisely. Don’t make the mistake in bringing your parents to Burrito Loco or bringing your sibling to Aqua.

Bring your parents to Brit’s Pub. 1110 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis Mom and Dad might just want a taste of the true University of Minnesota campus; don’t give it to them. While you should never lie to your parents, you should also never take them to a Dinkytown bar, especially when they are paying the tab. Brit’s Pub downtown will offer your parents the Minneapolis experience and somehow get across the message that you’ve grown to be a “classy” young adult. Plus, Brit’s rooftop, lawn bowling and various spor ts screenings will allow your parents to have a great time, allow you to tr y your first fancy mar tini and also avoid any talk about your poor grades from last semester. At Brit’s ever ybody wins.

Woo your date at Station 280. 2554 Como Ave., St. Paul First dates are so awkward and are often ruined

by an attempt to mimic a Katherine Heigl romantic comedy. Nearby fun bar Station 280 will provide a cheap and carefree date and enough booze to make things a little less uncomfortable. 280 of fers two-for-ones all day, ever y day, daily food specials and countless games to keep you and your date entertained. As long as your date isn’t overly competitive in bar games, a rendezvous here will guarantee first-date excitement without anything too heavy.

Sing loud with your sibling at Otter’s Saloon. 617 Central Ave. SE, Minneapolis Don’t waste your time at a ritzy downtown bar in attempt to impress your older brother or sister. Otter’s Saloon in Northeast is surely a dive bar, but it has karaoke ever y day and is packed full of interesting characters to spice up your night. After you and your sibling “spin for your fate” on the Otter shot board, you’ll then most likely belt out your favorite Jour ney classics together, which may be the ultimate bonding experience.

Shake it with your club friend at Honey. 205 E. Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis Where do you bring a friend that just wants to dance? The downtown dance clubs are an obvi-

ous choice, but there is no point in getting dolled up to dance around in a pool of sweat to the latest LMFAO tracks. Honey on Hennepin Avenue in Nor theast is a trendy basement bar with a design inspired by the underground clubs in New York. Honey has musical events daily including dance nights with the T win Cities’ most popular DJs at a small cover price. This basement bar will let you and your night-clubber friend get your grind on to quality music without being trapped in the downtown mayhem.

Show your best friend the heart of Dinkytown at Blarney Pub and Grill. 412 14th Ave. SE, Minneapolis

While you may be tired of the same old Saturday nights spent at Blarney in Dinkytown, if a friend comes to town and wants to see what it’s like at the University, this is the place to be. Blarney has trivia, karaoke, a live DJ and most importantly, dirt-cheap drinks. Blarney on any typical weekend is packed over capacity with loud college kids, but it is one of the only bars that it is socially acceptable to act like a total drunken misfit. Therefore, if an outof-town friend comes to visit, take them to Blarney to get inexpensive liquid encouragement to get a little weird. College rules.

Bicycling drunk is legal — a surprise to students In a random survey of 60 students only nine knew it was legal. BY BRYNA GODAR bgodar@mndaily.com

While most University of Minnesota students know that being drunk behind the wheel can get them in trouble, few are aware there is nothing illegal about a common alternative — being drunk behind the handlebars. According to University police Lt. Troy Buhta, laws addressing driving while intoxicated or under the influence don’t apply to people on bicycles because they aren’t motorized vehicles. “You still have to obey the traffic laws,” Buhta said, “so if you’re drinking and go through a red light, you could still receive a ticket.” In an informal survey of 60 University students, nine said they knew or had assumed biking while drunk was legal. Buhta said police haven’t had many issues with people drinking and biking. On weekends, they mostly give out tickets for underage consumption and open-bottle possession. Of the students interviewed, 24 said either they bike while drunk or have friends that do. Some students said getting to and from parties on a bicycle is safer for everyone. “It’s better to allow people to bike home drunk so they don’t have to get in their cars,” said Matt Laue, a fifth-year history student. In 2010, 23 percent of bicyclists ages 16 and older

who were killed had blood alcohol concentrations at or above 0.08 percent, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. “Riding a bicycle is all about balance and coordination,” said Steve Sanders, the alternative transportation coordinator for the University’s Parking and Transportation Services. He said those abilities, as well as rider judgment, are affected when you’re impaired. Though Sanders said students shouldn’t bike while drunk, he said it is much less dangerous than drunken driving because bicyclists have less potential to hurt others. Many students said drunken bicyclists are only a hazard to themselves. Anna Skov, a technical writing junior, said she thought the biker is the only one likely to die in a collision. Students had mixed views of bicycling drunk, some calling it “dangerous,” “dumb” or “stupid.” One student said it endangers pedestrians while another said it is hazardous to drivers. Biochemistr y sophomore Dan Larson said it’s fine as long as you know your limits. “Biking drunk is fairly easy unless you’re really wasted,” he said. A few students thought there should be a law or penalty against it. “I think drinking and biking is still just as dangerous as being behind a car,” said Robert Harris, a history senior. Marketing junior Nick Nobbe said bicycling while drunk should be punishable but should only carry a “me-

dian penalty,” less severe than that of driving under the influence. Some states have specific laws against bicycling while drunk and some categorize bicyclists under broader DWI/DUI laws. California, for example, has a statute against cycling under the influence of alcohol, punishable by a fine of $250.

Why do it? Students who admitted to biking dr unk said it’s mostly just a way to get around. “Biking is kind of my main form of transportation in general,” said geography senior Evan Harris. He said dr unk biking may not be a good idea for inexperienced cyclists, especially on streets with heavy traffic. “I bike ever ywhere,” said Zach Werkhoven, a neuroscience graduate. When biking dr unk, though, Werkhoven said he stays on trails and back roads. “I guess I just feel safe not being around cars,” he said.

Not a huge issue None of the students inter viewed said drunk biking is a major issue. “I haven’t run into too many drunk bicyclists getting hurt,” said John Welby, a neuroscience junior. Buhta said when it comes to biking, police mostly ticket bikes going through red lights or biking in restricted areas, such as Scholars Walk. He said they haven’t encountered many problems regarding drunk biking. “We’re lucky I guess,” he said.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

The five best bar scenes (in movies) BY GRIFFIN FILLIPITCH gfillipitch@mndaily.com

A bar is a great place to set a scene. Loud music, dimmed lights and freely flowing alcohol all have a way of getting a character to confront the tension, sexual or otherwise, that exists between them and other characters. A&E’s list of favorites includes scenes that are intense, heartbreaking, hilarious, baf fling and pathetic — all words that capture an average weekend night in the Dink.

“Gone Baby Gone”

“Magnolia”

2007 Directed by: Ben Affleck Star ring: Casey Af fleck, Amy Ryan, Morgan Freeman

1999 Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson Star ring: John C. Reilly, To m C r u i s e , J u l i a n n e Moore

Daytime bar scenes are hard to come by and the non-actors that Ben Affleck cast in an early, pivotal moment of his 2007 film make it clear why. It’s an unsavor y crew. One cleans out the hole in his throat while the rest scratch lotter y tickets, already dr unk in the early afternoon. Casey Affleck, a private investigator in search of a missing girl, gets much too friendly before realizing these guys are not to be messed with. By then, things have turned violent and the front door has been locked. His escape is thrillingly realistic.

Each character in Paul Thomas Anderson’s masterpiece, at one point or another, rises and makes a grand speech about life and the despair that comes with it. William H. Macy’s role stands out because it is so drunk and incoherently fascinating. While watching the quiz show he was once a long-running champion of on the bar TV, childhood memories flood back, and he loudly professes his love to Brad, the bartender. Before walking out, he yells, “It is not dangerous to confuse children with angels!” It’s difficult to know just what he means, but watching him get there is laughable, sad and bizarrely inspiring.

“Zack and Miri Make a Porno” 2008 Directed by: Kevin Smith Starring: Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks, as the title characters, are at their high school reunion and miserable about it. At the bar, they meet Brandon St. Randy (Justin Long), a well-dressed man from Los Angeles who is not shy about his career in porn. St. Randy’s boyfriend, played by Brandon Routh, is less interested in airing the most personal details of their relationship to his former classmates but that is what happens. Long takes over the scene, improvising brilliantly in a low and raspy voice. Routh can hardly keep up, so it ends a little abruptly, but it is still the funniest moment Kevin Smith has ever directed.

“Hustle & Flow”

“All the Real Girls”

2005 Directed by: Craig Brewer Starring: Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning

2003 Directed by: David Gordon Green Starring: Paul Schneider, Zooey Deschanel, Danny McBride

The climax of this movie takes place in a bar. Terrence Howard did not win but deser ved the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of DJay, the pimp and aspiring actor, and proves it in this scene. On the Fourth of July, he attends a party hosted by Skinny Black, a successful Memphis rapper played by Chris “Ludacris” Bridges. Fed up by Black’s phony attitude and bad music, DJay calls him out. At first he’s gentle, but the situation soon spirals out of control.

Paul Schneider is coping with a recent betrayal when he sees an old flame at the bar. He loudly apologizes for wronging her, and she responds coldly, saying, “You’re not smart enough to be sorr y.” He is drunk enough to deflect the insult at first, but he slowly realizes she is right and is sobbing violently not long after. It’s a heartbreaking low point in one of the best romantic movies of all time.

College Kitchen: Beer-lympics Special The College Kitchenista brings food and drink together in a boozy baked good, a hops-y hen and ale-ish appetizers. BY LUCY NIEBOER lnieboer@mndaily.com

College students drink beer like it’s an Olympic spor t. Shotgunning a beer? Five points! Drinking warm, flat brew from red plastic cups? Two points! Celeb shot in beer pong? Fifty points! Cooking with beer? Silent stares from the judges … If we stepped away from the kegs for a moment, we’d realize we can do much more with our favorite malted beverage than chug it. Beer has unique ingredients that make it a major player on the flavor field. Roasted malted barley adds sweetness. When the barley is roasted for a longer period of time, it gives the brew a darker color. These dark beers give different dishes rich, nutty flavors. Hops (a grain specific to beer making) add bitter ness and intensity to food. Yeast brings the alcohol and carbon dioxide (aka the fizz). The fizziness makes dishes lighter and fluf fier. Usually, air is added to batters or doughs by hand-mixing, which can be exhausting and time consuming. Using beer eliminates the need for this chore but results in equally air y products. Beer is the per fect ingredient for the college kitchen. It’s always on hand, r elatively cheap and you can drink the leftovers. T r y these recipes to expand your love of the brewskis, and show your mother you acquired more suds skills at school than the ability to drink beer out of a funnel.

Beer Batter Minnesotans love anything deep fried on a stick, so why not have a state fair preview in your ver y own home? Batter up anything from shrimp to candy bars, and have one more “Treat Yo Self” day of summer with this beer-aerated batter. If you’re sticking to the healthier side of the deepfried spectrum, go for a mix of vegetables. 1/2 head yellow cauliflower 1 carrot 1 onion 1 egg 3/4 cup flour 1 cup light beer Oil for frying Salt Wash produce. Then cut into pieces of the same size so they cook at the same rate. Let the veggies dr y for about half-an-hour. If they’re wet, the batter will turn into a gooey mess instead of a crispy coating. Mix the egg and beer together, adding flour a little at a time until a lumpy batter forms. Heat about 1 1/2 inches of oil in a deep pan. This is the trickiest step. The oil should be hot but not so hot that your battered items cook too quickly. To test the heat, flick a drop of batter into the oil. If the drop floats immediately, the oil is too hot. It should sink first then rise quickly to the sur face. Keep adjusting until you get it right. Coat your veggies in the batter, then drop them directly into the oil. When brown on all sides and floating at the top, they are done. Drain on paper towels, salt and ser ve for a perfect starter course.

Beer Chicken In this recipe, the beer keeps the chicken moist while subtly enhancing the stars of this dish — garlic, lemon and spices. 1 pound light or dark chicken with skin 1 cup light beer 1 tablespoon butter 4 cloves garlic 1 lemon 1 teaspoon paprika Salt Pepper Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Rinse and dr y your chicken pieces. In a pan, arrange your pieces on a bed of sliced lemon. Sprinkle the chicken with finely minced garlic and spices. Mix melted butter with the beer. Pour half of the butter-beer mixture around the edges of the pan to not disturb the spice rub. Bake the chicken for 35 to 40 minutes. Pour the rest of the liquid directly on the chicken about halfway through or when the pan gets dr y. Ser ve with a gar nish of the cooked lemon.

Beer Cake Cake is for kids. Beer is not. Make this rich, ver y grown-up cake with a little help from some dark chocolate and dark beer. 1 cup dark beer 1 stick salted butter 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup honey 2 eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 2 cups flour 1 tablespoon baking soda 3/4 cup sour cream 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

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Chicken covered in a light beer sauce enhances the flavors of garlic, lemon and a spice rub that coats the dish.

Beer Caramel Sauce 1/2 cup cream 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup light beer 1 tablespoon butter 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Whisk the eggs, vanilla and sour cream to-

gether in a small bowl. In a small sauce pan over low heat, melt the butter in with the beer, cocoa, sugar and honey. Once cool, add the egg mixture. Finally, add the flour and baking soda. Fold in the chocolate chips. Grease and flour a cake pan. Bake for 45 minutes.

For the caramel sauce, heat the sugar and the beer in a large sauce pan until it starts to turn a beautiful light brown. Remove from heat, and stir in cream, butter, vanilla and salt. Cool slightly, and pour over the top of the cake. Cut and serve.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

What kiddie cocktail are you? A quiz for young’uns and sober drivers.

BY LUCY NIEBOER lnieboer@mndaily.com

Your favorite spot on campus is:

A. The mall area. It’s a great

place to toss around a Frisbee. B. Rarig Center. You love to sing and dance on the stage. C. Walter Library. The stunning interior architecture there makes you feel like a serious academic.

How many Gopher games do you plan on attending this year? A. All of them! You would

hate for your striped overalls, face paint and memorized cheers to go to waste. B. One or two. You don’t go for the game but like being surrounded by all your pals. C. None. Games are for children.

Your favorite clothing item is:

A. Your old Favre jersey.

That thing has been worn so many times, it’s practically falling apart. B. Your swingy sundress or patterned shirt. Why wear anything that doesn’t scream sunshine and happiness? C. Chanel. Duh.

If you could be a celebrity for a day, you would be: A. LeBron James. You think

the way he slam dunks is rad. B. Ashley T isdale. Her “High School Musical” tunes make you tap your toes. C. F i rs t l a d y Mi c h el l e Obama. She’s classy and articulate.

When it’s time for takeout you choose:

A. Mickey D’s. It gets the job

done. B. Mesa. You love their crazy combos. C. Subway. You eat fresh.

Your major is:

A. Education. You want to be a gym teacher. B. Theater. You were made for the silver screen.

C. Political Science. You plan

to attend law school and become a top attorney at a bigcity firm.

Your mode of transportation is:

A. Your mo-ped. It compliments your Gophers gear perfectly. B. Skipping. You always have a pep in your step. C. A town car. This hired ride takes you from class to class.

The last thing you read was:

A. Sports Illustrated. You’re

always picking up tips to improve your game. B. Sheet music for “Oklahoma.” It’s important to be ready for an audition at any moment. C. Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen was a real lady.

Mostly A’s You’re an Arnie Palmer. Named after the famous golfer Arnold Palmer, this mix of lemonade and iced tea is a refreshing drink to sip on after a run or during the game.

Mostly B’s You’re a Shirley Temple. Like lil’ Miss Temple, you love anything that’s fun and cute. This sparkly mix of ginger ale and grenadine fits your bubbly personality.

Mostly C’s You’re sparkling grape juice. You like sparkling grape juice because it looks like champagne. The Blair Waldorf of Dinkytown, you need to appear grown-up at all times, even if you don’t like drinking booze.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Taps flow at TCF Bank Stadium Drinks at football games cost $7.25. BY NICKALAS TABBERT ntabbert@mndaily.com

Alcohol sales are off and running at Gophers football games. Approximately $238,775 in gross sales has been generated through the first two games against New Hampshire and Western Michigan, athletics spokesman Garry Bowman said. Approximately 15,327 ser vings of beer and wine were sold at the home-opener. The University of Minnesota will receive a commission from sales for each of the seven home games played this season, associate athletics director Scott Ellison said. The remainder of the revenue will be used to cover expenses like the product, cost, sales tax and labor. The state Legislature approved the University selling alcohol at games in April. In June, the Board of

Regents approved the sale of beer and alcohol to the general public and private suites. Alcohol is served in two places on the west end of the stadium. Four beer tents line the west plaza beneath the main scoreboard while an overflow area is located outside of Gate A. Sales begin one hour prior to kickof f and r un through the end of halftime, Ellison said. Customers are allowed two alcoholic beverages per purchase and are allowed to take them back to their seats. Three varieties of beer and two kinds of wine are being sold for $7.25 in clear cups alongside water and soda. Security has been “beefed up” in the areas where alcohol is sold. A dozen police officers were added to raise the total to 122 at each home game. Event management staff have also been increased. The University is in a twoyear agreement with the Legislature to sell alcohol, which runs through July 1, 2014.

Gophers fans enjoy beers during a game against New Hampshire on Sept. 8 at TCF Bank Stadium.

State Fair poll: People want Sunday liquor sales BY BRIAN AROLA barola@mndaily.com

It was kick-of f Sunday a few years ago, and Scott Huculak and his friends wanted some beer with their football. But as Minnesota liquor stores are closed on Sundays, they needed to make the haul to Hudson, Wis., to get it. “It was just a matter of a group of guys wanting to hang out, watch the opening weekend of football and have a couple beers,” Huculak said. Huculak, a recent University of Minnesota graduate, said he repeated the journey with his friends a couple times per semester while at the University. But this border crossing isn’t unusual for Minnesota residents on Sundays. Tyrrell Gaffer, owner of Casanova’s Liquor Store in Hudson, said a majority of his Sunday sales are from Minnesotans. An opinion poll offered by the Minnesota House of Representatives at the State Fair this year showed 63 percent of people want liquor stores open on Sundays. Minnesota is one of only 12 states to ban Sunday liquor sales, and legislators continually put forward bills

to change that. Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFLMinneapolis, who called her voting record “the wettest” among her peers, has proposed bills to amend the law in the past. She said she plans to do so again if reelected in November. “It just doesn’t make any sense,” Kahn said. “Ever y state around us and both provinces, I believe, have Sunday liquor.” There are various reasons to change the law, Kahn said. “We have an economic [disadvantage] by keeping it closed, plus a lack of convenience to the consumer,” she said. “Those combined together I think are powerful reasons for keeping it open.” Some liquor store owners say they don’t want to be open another day, but Kahn said this isn’t a reason to keep the old law. “It’s hard for me to understand the argument that [they] don’t want to have to work another day,” Kahn said. “If you don’t want to, just don’t be open.” Ir v Hershkovitz, owner of Dinkytown Wine & Spirits, is among the liquorstore owners who are in favor of opening their doors on Sundays. “It’s an old, old law [say-

ing] you should be with your families on Sundays. Well, the families are all watching football now,” he said. “That’s what the families do nowadays on Sundays, so if the families want to get a case of beer, they should be able to get it.” Gaf fer said he’s aware of Minnesota legislators’ efforts to change the law. He acknowledged the effect it could have on Hudson businesses. “It would change things. We know it would change [Sundays] for sure,” Gaffer said. Hershkovitz said he would favor a law allowing stores to be open until about 6 p.m. on Sundays, which is similar to laws in Connecticut. Connecticut was the latest state to repeal Sunday liquor bans in May, with the state’s Office of Fiscal Analysis estimating a $5.2 million per year increase in revenue. Since 2002, 16 states have changed their laws to allow the sale of liquor on Sundays, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. The House polled more than 9,000 people at the State Fair. About 30 percent were against changing the Sunday liquor bans.

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There’s a student group for that The West Bank Brewing Association combines policy issues and beer tasting. BY T YLER GIESEKE tgieseke@mndaily.com

There seems to be a student group for any interest at the University of Minnesota — even drinking beer. The West Bank Brewing Association, a student group composed mostly of graduate students, holds brewing sessions, forums on beer law and social outings to bars and local breweries. Thr ee graduate students studying public policy founded the group three years ago, said Tom Mane-

witz, a University law student and a board member of the group. “Their idea was that there was a lot going on in the microbrewing world, they liked to drink beer and as policy students, they wanted to get involved and talk about it,” he said, adding that the group later reached out to law students. Brewing sessions were held about ever y month during the past year, some at the home of a recently graduated member who was the “expert,” Manewitz said. University law student Dominick Grande, a recent addition to the group’s board, said he was willing to host some brewing sessions this year. Before enrolling in law school, Grande spent time in Germany, where he lear ned

many tricks of the trade. The two types of home brewing, Grande said, are malt extract and all-grain. All-grain is more dif ficult and time consuming but gives the most freedom as the brewer can choose the ingredients and create a very original beer. The group meets ever y few weeks and is open to all University students, including undergraduates. Besides going to happy hours and sampling beer from different microbreweries, the group also talks about beer policy issues, like the “Surly bill,” which allows Minnesota breweries to sell pints of their beer on-site. “The purpose of our organization is to bring people together who like craft beer and like to learn more about it and just what it tastes like,” Manewitz said.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Take a closer look at your drinking habits BY BRANDEN LARGENT blargent@mndaily.com Ever been curious about just how much of a drunk mess you really are? Well, now there’s a way to find out. The University of Minnesota’s Boynton Health Service is now using an alcohol screening quiz on students, regardless of what they came in for. Instead of lying to doctors about that weekend bender that never happened (wink), take the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test here or with your smartphone online and find out how much is too much.

Quiz SAMANTHA FERNANDEZ, DAILY

Eric Peterson deliberates what brand of beer to buy April 24 at the Dinkytown Wine and Spirits liquor store.

Friday night liquor sales in Dinkytown BY BRIAN AROLA barola@mndaily.com

As Dinkytown Wine & Spirits finishes up renovations to expand the store, a Minnesota Daily reporter stood by the counter and tallied most of the purchases from 8 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21. Here are the results:

293 12-PACKS OF BEER*

TOP FIVE BEER BRANDS (BY CANS) 450 Grain Belt 372 Pabst

TOTAL ALCOHOL SOLD (BY TYPE)

185 BOTTLES OF LIQUOR (750)

312 Coors

264 Michelob Golden

75 18

Vodka 45 12 35 5

TOP FIVE LIQUOR BRANDS Svedka

10 16

Ron Diaz

9 5 14 2

Bacardi Captian Morgan

Smirnoff

10 11

2. How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking? A) 1 or 2 B) 3 or 4 C) 5 or 6 D) 7, 8 or 9 E) 10 or more 3. How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion? A) Never B) Less than monthly C) Monthly D) Weekly E) Daily or almost daily 4. How often during the last year have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started? A) Never B) Less than monthly C) Monthly D) Weekly E) Daily or almost daily

6. How often during the last year have you needed a first drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session? A) Never B) Less than monthly C) Monthly D) Weekly E) Daily or almost daily

TOP THREE LIQUORS (BY TYPE)

Whiskey

1. How often do you have a drink containing alcohol? A) Never B) Monthly or less C) Two to four times a month D) Two to three times a week E) Four or more times a week

5. How often during the last year have you failed to do what was normally expected from you because of drinking? A) Never B) Less than monthly C) Monthly D) Weekly E) Daily or almost daily

306 Miller

39 BOTTLES OF LIQUOR (1.75)

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*For the purpose of this screening test, a drink is defined as follows: 1) a single small (8 ounces; 1/2 pint) glass of beer, 2) a single shot/measure of liquor/spirits, 3) a single glass of wine.

ALCOHOL SALES BY THE NUMBERS 1 KEG 240 SOLO CUPS 1 WINE JUG 5 BOXES OF WINE 42 WINE BOTTLES 1 BACARDI 151 *Based off of 3,510 total cans sold. Not necessarily sold as 12-packs.

SOURCE: MN DAILY REPORTING

7. How often during the last year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking? A) Never B) Less than monthly C) Monthly D) Weekly E) Daily or almost daily 8. How often during the last year have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking? A) Never B) Less than monthly C) Monthly D) Weekly E) Daily or almost daily 9. Have you or someone else been injured as a result of your drinking? A) No C) Yes, but not in the last year E) Yes, during the last year 10. Has a relative or friend or doctor or other health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down? A) No C) Yes, but not in the last year E) Yes, during the last year

SCORE INTERPRETATIONS

For each “A” answer add 0 points, “B” answer add 1 point, “C” answer add 2 points, “D” answer add 3 points, “E” answer add 4 points.

0 — 14 points Normal Usage

Your alcohol usage appears to be within safe guidelines for consumption. Assuming you have been honest with regard to how you answered the test questions, you should be OK with regard to alcohol problems.

8 — 15 points

Exceeding ‘Safe-Use’ Guidelines

Your alcohol usage exceeds safe-use guidelines, either in terms of how much alcohol you are consuming, or in terms of how your alcohol consumption appears to be affecting your behavior. While you may not be an alcoholic, you are drinking too much and are definitely at risk for health and social problems. You are urged to drink less each time you drink, and to drink less frequently. You might benefit from talking about your alcohol use with a doctor or substance abuse health professional so that you can become more aware of the various supportive programs that are out there to help you better manage your drinking. If your employer offers an Employee Assistance Program, you might also contact them for help and referral.

16 — 19 points

Hazardous Usage: Help Strongly Urged

Your alcohol usage exceeds safe-use guidelines and is considered to be within the “hazardous and harmful” range of consumption. You are very likely abusing alcohol and may be dependent (addicted) to it. In other words, you may very well be an alcoholic. You are strongly urged to seek substance abuse counseling. Your drinking will most likely harm you physically, socially and occupationally if you do not stop. If you are unable to control your drinking (and many people who score like you just cannot control their drinking) you should abstain from all drinking. Professional help and group support will likely improve your chances for regaining your health. Note: It is very dangerous to go ‘cold-turkey’ (e.g., to suddenly stop drinking) if you are alcohol dependent. Please see a medical doctor for a safe way to come off your alcohol habit. If your employer offers an Employee Assistance Program, you might also contact them for help and referral. Get help for yourself now.

20 points and up

Hazardous Usage: Help Required

Your alcohol usage exceeds safe-use guidelines and is considered to be within the “hazardous and harmful” range of consumption. You are probably dependent on (addicted to) alcohol and unable to function without it. In other words, you are probably an alcoholic. You are strongly urged to seek immediate treatment for alcohol abuse/dependence. Your drinking will most likely harm you physically, socially and occupationally if you do not stop. If you are unable to control your drinking (and many people who score like you just have cannot control their drinking) you should abstain from all drinking. Professional help and group support will likely improve your chances for regaining your health.

SOURCE: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE DEPENDANCE

Thursday, September 27, 2012

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Cover design: Danielle Hu and Kenny Ong

Letter from the Editor

Top 10 best sports moments

Cathedral of Learning

Pitt’s charters

Proﬁle: Jonas Salk

Pitt traditions

History of Pitt basketball

Top 8 worst sports moments

Proﬁle: Heinz Chapel Choir

Proﬁle: Mahmoud Jibril

Top 10 sports icons

Athletic facilities evolution

Proﬁle: Jack R. Anderson

Dorm history

Longest Monopoly game

Public and private status

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Letter from the Editor: Here’s to 225 years of progress at Pitt Pitt’s humble origins started back when students — then only men — learned in a small log cabin that housed The Pitts burgh Academy. Now, 225 years later, this University is known for its academic and research advancements, athletics and global outreach. Pitt has come a long way in those 225 years. The log cabin on the American frontier would eventually give way to a location of the University to a building in do wntown Pittsburgh, and later to the Cathedral of Learning in Oakland. In 1865, the Allegheny Observatory, which holds the third-largest refracting telescope in the world, was donated to Pitt. In 1893, William Hunter Dammond became the University’s first black graduate. In 1898, Pitt admitted its first female students, sisters Margaret and Stella Stein, who tied for first in their class. In 1936, John Woodruff, running the 800-meter event at the Olympic Games in Berlin, became Pitt’s first Olympic gold medal winner. Through the years, Pitt has made progress in the areas of academics, research, the arts and athletics, and while names suc h as Jonas Salk, Gene Kelly and Tony Dorsett stand out as notable achievers in those categories, hundreds of thousands of people have passed through this University, leaving an indelible mark upon this institution in their o wn respective manners. It would be quite a feat to encapsulate all of the achievements and history that this University has to offer in 40 pages. With this

commemorative edition, we’ve tried to present a collage of stories that will be enjoyable for students currently taking classes in the Cathedral of Learning as well as those who took classes in the same rooms 40 years ago. It included rereading the c harters that established the University, both of which are on display at Hillman Library. Reporters read books about the Cathedral of L earning and interviewed relatives of some of the University’s most formative personalities. Our visual staff hashed through years of old photographs to choose ones that represent Pitt’s achievements. Our goal was to create a balance of the sc hool’s different aspects, because it’s all of these intertwined that Thomas Starzl University of Pittsburgh Archives Jonas Salk University makes Pitt one of the best places to learn in Service Center Service Center the country. We hope that we were able to achieve a finished product representative of the progress made at this University. And as the year continues, we’ll publish more stories in our “225 Years” series to commemorate the sc hool’s history. Here’s to 225 years of a University that has contributed significantly to the betterment of society. There’s no telling what this school and those devoted to it — teachers, administrators, alumni, guests — will be able to achieve in the years to come. Hail to Pitt! Amy Friedenberger Editor in Chief

of Pittsburgh Archives

The Cathedral of Learning and Heinz Chapel tower over Pitt’s lower campus on a cloudy day. Nicholas Vu | Staff Photographer

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Cathedral endures, develops through decades of change Em Maier Staff Writer When John G. Bowman arrived at Pitt in 1921 to begin his new job as chancellor, he couldn’t find the campus and neither could his taxi driver. Sixteen years later, Bowman laid the fi nal cornerstone into the ground of the Cathedral Commons, finishing a long, tumultuous project that began two months after he became chancellor. The 42-story Cathedral claimed the title of being the tallest academic structure in the Western Hemisphere, at 535 feet tall and a noticeable feature of the University. Despite the numerous setbacks due to the Great Depression and stock market crash, the building — which turned 75 years old this year — fulfilled Bowman’s wildest dreams. “They shall find wisdom here, and faith — in steel and stone, in character and thought — they shall find beauty, adventure, and moments of high victory,” he said during construction. Uncertain ground Bowman hired Philadelphia arc hitect

Turn to Page 17 for a columnist’s open letter to Chancellor John Bowman arguing against the Cathedral of Learning’s construction.

Charles Zeller Klauder, an expert in Gothic design and an accomplished designer of col legiate buildings — with previous w orks at Yale, Princeton, Cornell and Duke. Both men sought to evoke a triumph — but there w as initial dissent. “It was neither a temple, nor an expres sion of courage,” Bowman said of Klauder ’s ﬁrst plan. The architect insisted his designs w ere sound. Throughout 1924, they argued, and the ﬂoor of Klauder’s apartment became littered with rejected sketches. In frustration one night, Klauder put on a record from the opera Die Walkure, composed by Richard Wagner. The two men listened to the swelling music, waiting for its culmination. The music denied expectations — peaking again and again. As they listened, they w ere struck by the composition’s majestic arcs. Two hours later, they had a plan. On Friday, Nov. 6, 1924, in the University Club, the plan was revealed. After Bowman showed pictures of the plans — a 52 -story building costing $10 million — the room fell silent. William Holland, the former c hancellor, criticized the plan, claiming that the proposed site contained dangerous quicksand. Bowman jumped to his feet, explaining that engineers had designed a safe mechanism around the quicksand. Holland apologized.

Money matters The campaign for funding w as a long and arduous journey, and many believed Pitt could never raise the project’s required $10 million. “My life is tied up in the idea that the pro posed structure will be the most beautiful and outstanding building ever erected. I am con fident that Pittsburgh will build it,” Bowman wrote in a letter to Klauder on Dec. 2, 1924. Traveling throughout the city, Bowman sought help. He went to steel workers and their families in Carnegie to promote the construction. He was met with enthusiasm. A woman stood up with a baby in her arms and said, “We have no money, but we go without meat for a week at our house and give you that.” Then, a man stood up. “I’ve got no money. But I wear this suit of clothes another year and give you the price of a suit of clothes,” he said. U.S. Steel, after a large kick-off dinner, donated $250,000 in the form of steel equipment. It was one of the fi rst instances of corporate philanthropy, according to the historian Robert Alberts. Beginning in March of 1924, Bowman started a series of radio talks discussing his vision through the University’s campus radio. As many as 97,000 local children donated a dime apiece in the famous Buy a Brick campaign to help fund construction. The idea, encouraged The 52-story Cathedral of Learning towers

Cathedral

over Oakland. Courtesy University of Pittsburgh Archives Service Center

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Jonas Salk versus polio: the fight that began, ended at Pitt

Amy Friedenberger & Zachary Harr The Pitt News Staff

Jonas Salk’s eldest son can still remember the day in 1953 when he received his father’s experimental polio vaccine. “One of the things I hated most in life were needles,” Peter Salk said. “For some reason of fate, it didn’t hurt.” Peter Salk’s father, Dr. Jonas Salk, would become one of the most v enerated medical scientists of the century just tw o years later. On April 12, 1955, Salk and his researc h team released the first successful vaccine for polio, developed at Pitt while Salk headed a university virology lab. A crippling disease that aff ected tens of thousands of lives each year around the peak of its epidemic in 1952, polio, formally known as poliomyelitis, is a viral disease that can affect nerves and can lead to partial or full paralysis. On the day of its release in 1955, people lined up in the Cathedral of Learning and around the country to receive the vaccination.

After he earned his medical degree at New York University, Salk worked as a research fellow at the University of Michigan with his mentor, Dr. Thomas Francis, to develop an inﬂuenza vaccine at the request of the U.S. Army. In 1974, Salk became the head of the Virus Research Lab at Pitt. W hile continuing work on improving the ﬂ u vaccine, he also started studying the polio virus in the hope that he could develop a vaccine for that, too. “The opportunity in Pittsburgh was something that others did not see, and I was advised

against doing something as foolish as that, because there was so little there,” Salk told the Academy of Achievement when he was inducted in 1976. “However, I did see that there was an opportunity to do two things. One was to continue the work I was doing on inﬂ uenza, and two, to begin to work on polio. That was a very modest beginning.” With the help of the N ational Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Salk would spend the next eight years of his life developing a vaccine against polio.

The breakthrough

Coming to Pitt Salk grew up in New York City and was the ﬁrst member of his family to go to college. Originally enrolling at the City College of New York to study law, he soon realized that he was interested in medicine and refocused his academic eﬀorts toward getting into medical school.

His family lived in the Wexford and Squirrel Hill areas while he worked on the vaccine. Peter Salk said that his father was “very tied up in his work,” but he still made some time to vacation to Deep Creek, Md., to drive the family’s boat while others water-skied. Sticking to what he knew about vaccination when developing the one for the ﬂ u — that if the body could be artiﬁ cially exposed to a harmless form of a disease virus, the body will then produce antibodies that resist or kill the virus if later exposed to the same strain — Salk used formaldehyde to kill the virus while keeping it intact, so as to have it trigger the immune system.

Jonas Salk (right) and a lab technician tend to their work in a laboratory. Courtesy University of Pittsburgh Archives Service Center

Salk’s efforts paid off. He started testing his vaccine first on monkeys, then on patients at the Watson Home for Crippled Children, which housed children who already had polio. In the next step , he inoculated volunteers, including his laboratory staff, himself, his wife and their three sons with the vaccine made from the killed virus. Next came the “polio pioneers” — the 1.8 million children who received either a vaccine or a placebo in testing trials. “Once the injections started, Dr. Salk gave them at the rate of one a minute, ” wrote John Troan in the Pittsburgh Press. “Yet he appeared

Salk

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Pitt basketball program finds consistency in last decade Kelly Flanigan Staff Writer

success, change and instability plagued the program, which was established in 1905. But through it all, Pitt managed to at In the last decade, Pitt men ’s basketball tract talent that maintained a certain level transformed into a prestigious and talented of respectability, despite playing in subpar program, envied in many corners of the facilities in the Fitz gerald Field House for country. many years. But it hasn’t always been this way. The foundation of today’s basketball proBefore Pitt’s recent spell of consistent gram, led by head coach Jamie Dixon, was built by the recruiting ability and shared hard-nosed mentality of Pitt ’s former coaches. After advancing to the Elite Eight in 1974, the program has failed to reac h this level of competition again, earning bids to just two NCAA Tournaments in the next decade. But that would change under Paul Evans, head coach from 1986 to 1994, who amassed a 147-98 all-time record as the leader of the Panthers. His ﬁ rst year as head coac h underwhelmed fans, as he ﬁ nished with a 10-18 overall record, dropping 10 out of 11 Big East games in January 1986 alone. Then-assistant-coach John Calipari, now head of the storied University of Kentucky basketball program, gained collegiate coaching experience under Evans at Pitt. As Evans learned to better utilize his talent on the court, his team earned Big E ast regular-season titles in 1987 and 1988 and Brandin Knight led the 2003 team that several top-10 rankings in the polls. Alltransformed Pitt men’s basketball for the Americans Charles Smith and Jerome Lane next decade. Courtesy Pitt Athletics led the squad, followed by Sean Miller, Brian

Shorter, Jerry McCullough and Eric Mobley. “That was the Pitt dream team, ” longtime Pitt basketball fan Lorraine Dees said. “Sean Miller was great to watch — he was so smart on the fl oor. Charles Smith w as just fabulous — he w as unbelievable. He carried the team.” Dees, who has been attending Pitt bas ketball games since 1968, saw many teams play at the Fitzgerald Field House, where the Panthers played their home games before moving to the Petersen Events Center. She recalls a significant member of those teams, Lane, who famousl y shattered the backboard on a slam dunk during a 1 988 contest against Providence. “He wasn’t that tall, but he sure could crash those boards,” Dees recollected. Evans saw the Panthers to a No. 2 ranking in the country overall. During his tenure at Pitt, his teams ad vanced to fi ve NCAA Tournaments and one N ational Invitation Tournament, but these postseason appearances did not end in championships. Despite the wealth of talent on the Panthers squad, Evans struggled in the earl y ’90s, and those failures ev entually led to his replacement by Ralph Willard, a highly touted coaching prospect from W estern Kentucky. After taking over in 1994, Willard promised to rebuild the program b y recruiting big-time talent, including Mark Blount,

Vonteego Cummings, Michael Gill and Kellii Taylor. But in his second y ear, Willard’s hopes for a successful season were squashed by Cummings’ nine-game recovery from a hand injury and Taylor’s season-ending back injury. Taylor also faced team disciplinary issues. Despite Evans’ continued excellence in recruiting, the team appeared in only one NIT in his five-year tenure. When Willard left Pitt to return to his alma mater — Holy Cross — in 1999, Pitt athletic director Steve Pederson hired relatively unknown Northern Arizona head coach Ben Howland, who took Pitt to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in nine seasons. “When Ben Howland arrived at Pitt, he walked into a dingy Fitzgerald Field House and a tattered Pitt program, ” said Chuck Finder, a 25-year veteran sports writer and columnist with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Finder was one of the fi rst members of the Pittsburgh media to meet and write about Howland. Howland’s first order of business was to dismiss senior star player Kellii Taylor from the team due to disciplinary issues. “Taylor was just another piece of remodeling the new guy was forced to undertake,” Finder said.

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Choir sings through decades, showcases student talent Students uphold Pitt traditions on campus Quinn Keaney Staff Writer For two hours twice a week, the Bellefield Hall auditorium sw ells with the sound of some of the U niversity of Pittsburgh’s most talented v oices. Sopranos, altos, tenors, baritones and bassists tak e the stage, blending together to form the Heinz Chapel Choir , one of Pitt ’s most celebrated vocal ensembles. The Heinz Chapel Choir features some of the most gifted singers Pitt has to of fer, and the group has been doing so for a long time. A v ery, very long time. The choir formed 74 years ago, and it doesn’t show signs of faltering anytime soon. Debuting in 1938 as the University’s A Capella Choir, the group has since w oven itself permanently into the fabric of Pitt ’s musical history, proving to be one of the most popu lar traditions found at Heinz Chapel and at the school itself. Originally, the c hoir was created to sing for the weekly Presbyterian religious services held in Heinz Chapel, but when Pitt mo ved to state-related status in the 1950s, the religious services ended. F rom then on, the c hoir became an offi cial “concert” choir, increasing its members from about 25 to the current number of about 50. The choir is led b y longtime director John Goldsmith, who w as brought in to help restore the c hoir’s quality in 1 989 after years of neglect by various grad student directors who w ere too busy to de vote the necessary time and attention to the choir. “The [choir] provides Pitt students an opportunity to sing in an a cappella choir of very high quality, and our greatl y varied repertoire attracts capacity audiences who appreciate hearing fabulous music in the glorious acoustics of Heinz Chapel, ” Goldsmith said. After directing a high school choir and two professional choirs and then becoming a member of the famous Chantic leer vocal ensemble, Goldsmith w as asked to direct the Heinz Chapel Choir and has been here for the last 23 y ears. Under his steady tutelage and stringent atten tion to his singers’ ability to stay in tune, the Heinz Chapel Choir became the re nowned and notable fixture on Pitt’s campus that it is today. To keep the concert program fresh,

Goldsmith includes pieces that ha ve varying elements of timbre, harmon y, rhythm, diﬃculty, familiarity, newness and jazz chords. “We need enough fairl y simple piec es and enough c hallenging pieces to be able to learn and polish them in just six weeks,” Goldsmith said. “I c hange my mind quite frequently!” One of the choir’s most popular events is the Holida y Concert it puts on ev ery year, drawing more than 2,000 people to the chapel each December. The concert is broadcast li ve over WQED-FM to lis teners not only in Allegheny County, but around the globe. This global popularity led to the choir’s decision to begin touring inter nationally, which it does every three y ears. Last May, it spent tw o weeks touring Peru, and in 2009, it tra veled to China. “We performed in cathedrals and c hurches in four diﬀ erent cities throughout Peru, and wherever we went, we took pride in representing our University,” said Rachel Labosky, Pitt senior and current c hoir member. “We bring a strong sense of tradi tion to the campus, and we carry that tradition wherever we go.” While some groups and c lubs at the University have come and gone, the Heinz Chapel Choir has remained stead fast. The choir’s popularity can be attributed to the beauty of the songs inc luded in the group’s repertoire and the quality of the singers themsel ves. They share a sense that participating in the c hoir isn’t simply “just singing” but so much more. “Making music together bound us to one another in an enduring w ay,” said Kristen Sukalac, a member of the c hoir from 1989-1994. “The emotional bond to the choir’s traditions, to the chapel, to the other members, to the director y ou serve under, to the memories associated with the songs and to Pitt in general is strong and withstands time.” The choir also serves as a release for a lot of the singers. It ’s an escape from the stress and monoton y of text books, homework assignments and exams. “The Heinz Chapel Choir is an oasis for the singers, ” Goldsmith said. “ They can leave their academic w orries at the rehearsal door for four hours every week to immerse themsel ves in beautiful mu sic.”

“Making music together bound us to one another in an enduring way.” Kristen Sukalac

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CATHEDRAL by Marcus Aaron, chair of the city’s board of education, was supported by the Pittsburgh teachers. After donating, each child received a certificate testifying that he or she w as a member of the “fellowship of builders of the Cathedral of Learning.” Communities’ bonds Bowman realized the need to involve the adult community, as well, and in 1926, he proposed that any nationality with a significant number of people in Pittsburgh be allowed to design a nationality room for the Cathedral. He appointed a young sociology professor, Ruth Mitchell, to direct the program. Pittsburghers were thrilled. They raised money through bake sales, church events and gifts from foreign governments. The Federal Baking Co. created an edible model of the building; a local grocer used milk cans, coffee and sugar to depict the rising building. Maxine Bruhns, director of the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs, said the rooms were celebrated and beloved by the communities. “The Yugoslav room did a K ennywood Park fundraiser every summer for 16 years,” Bruhns said. “The Russian committee would have tea ceremonies. The French earned their money by offering a transatlantic trip as a prize. The Greeks raised it mainly through food fairs.” Digging through the night After two years of painstaking arguments over the design and fi nancial issues, plans for construction fi nally began on Sept. 27, 1926, on land bought with aid from the Mellon family — coveted land which held a few dilapidated buildings scattered throughout 14 acres of uncluttered fields. To prevent any further opposition, construction began quietly. The local community initiall y was displeased by the plans, despite the numerous awards Klauder had w on for his fusion of the modern skyscraper and Gothic ideals. Trustees complained of the extreme height, worrying of potential danger due to the international ridicule and the possibility of running out of funds.

“[It’s] the world’s largest keep-oﬀ-thegrass sign,” the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright said. Bowman was undaunted; he relented to a design of 42 stories. Many alumni refused to donate out of spite — Bowman had been too busy to meet with them earlier in his term. Others ordered their donations be used for anything but the building’s construction. A.J. Kelly Jr., the man who had recruited Bowman, visited his residence, demanding Bowman stop work immediately. Kelly suggested populating the area with numerous small constructions. Bowman argued vehemently, and he ordered the contractors to w ork around the

clock. The manager of the nearby Schenley Hotel — now the William Pitt Union — complained. The noise was disturbing his guests. Construction was limited to 16 hours a day. The Cathedral posed “quite an interesting engineering and construction problem,” according to Frederick Crabtree, the field engineer. A strong foundation bed was required to hold the building’s weight, as well as force due to the strong Pittsburgh winds. In October 1929, three years after the ground was broken, an American fl ag was placed atop the fi nished steel skeleton. The building was 525 feet tall. Three days later, the New York Stock Exchange crashed.

13 Hard times Yet work continued. On Feb. 28, 1931, the Cathedral held its first classes in unplastered rooms. Barely a month later , all construction ceased. The financial well had run dry. Bowman was exhausted — he’d ignored his physician’s insistent orders for rest and relaxation. The Cathedral stood unfi nished. Stonework had been partially placed on the fi rst floor, but from the street, it appeared as if Bowman had begun construction on the fifth floor. Rumors circulated that Bo wman had designed the methodology so disgruntled

Cathedral

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Ranking the top athletic icons in Pitt sports history Dave Uhrmacher Staff Writer

a serious ankle injury to lead the Panthers to the Big East tournament championship over Connecticut, after Pitt had lost in the ﬁ nal the previous two years. “It makes it more special,” Knight said after the game. “We ﬁnally got over the hump, over-

came all the odds and won the game.” His jersey number, 20, was retired by Pitt basketball in 2009, and he remains a vital part of the basketball program as an assistant to head coach Jamie Dixon. 9. Shavonte Zellous (women’s basketball,

The University of Pittsburgh’s athletic programs have been graced by numerous stand-out student athletes and coaches over the years. Each era has boasted its share of stars both on the field and on the sidelines who have lit up collegiate athletics, but a select few stand out as sporting icons that hail from Pitt. These figures not only had an eff ect on their respective sports, but also influenced and united the University as a whole, bringing the national spotlight to Pitt numerous times as a direct result of their superior performances and achievements. As selected by members of The Pitt N ews’ sports staff, here are the top 10 figures that have earned legendary status in the 17 varsity sports and 125 years of Pitt athletics: 10. Brandin Knight (men’s basketball, point guard, 1999-2003; assistant coach, 2008-present) Big East Co-player of the Year and third team All-American in 2002, Knight was the driving force behind the success of the Pitt basketball team early in the decade. When he graduated, Knight held sc hool records for career assists, assists per game, steals, assists in a season and minutes pla yed in a season. The defining moment of the point guard’ s career was in 2003, when he pla yed through Larry Fitzgerald set numerous receiving records in his two years at Pitt. Courtesy Pitt Athletics

shooting guard, 2005-2009) The only Pitt women’s basketball player ever to have been drafted in the WNBA, Zellous followed up her record-setting career with the Panthers by cementing herself as a solid professional player. She still plays significant minutes with the Indiana Fever. During Zellous’ four years at Pitt, the Panthers’ women’s basketball program experienced unprecedented success, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament three times and advancing to the Sweet Sixteen for the fi rst two times in school history. Despite being lightly recruited out of high school, Zellous ended up at Pitt after head coach Agnus Berenato noticed her raw talent. “Nobody was after Shavonte,” Berenato told ESPN in 2008. “But w e were horrendous my first year here — we had six wins. So we were looking for anything.” Zellous finished third on Pitt’s all-time scoring list, racking up 2,253 career points and earning Third Team All-American status after her senior year. 8. Rande Stottlemyer (wrestler, 19741978; head coach 1979-present) Since 1979, Stottlemyer has led one of the most storied wrestling programs in the eastern United States. A member of the W estern Chapter of the

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Pitt band director steps down, dynasty ensured for future Anna Weldon Impulse Editor Jack R. Anderson’s first steps onto a Pitt home field took place before he could even physically pick up a drum. “I’ve been here since I was 3 years old,” Anderson said. Anderson, 64, works as Pitt ’s band director — a leader in recreating Pitt’s on-field musical traditions and entertaining fans who religiously attend each season’s games. Anderson has greatly impacted many band members and Pitt students throughout his career. But after 18 y ears as full-time band director and 27 years total of dedication with his part-time assistant position included, Anderson has chosen to leave his respected position, marching into retirement. Turning 65 in November, Anderson has a gray head of hair and kind eyes that squint to his hairline when he smiles. While working in his office before a Friday practice in September, he donned a Pitt hat and matc hing Pitt windbreaker — a signature look that preserved a sense of his dev otion to his post even off the field. In his large offi ce located in the T rees Hall band room, he has pictures lining the walls and armoires filled with awards and gifts from past students.

He touched the photographs gently as he admired them, fondly looking at family members and musicians from the band. After such a long affiliation with the Pitt band, Anderson looked at home in the band room among the instruments and uniforms that the band uses at practice and on the field. Growing up with Pitt His father and namesak e, Jack Anderson, worked as Pitt’s assistant band director from 1 948 to 1970. Because of his father’s involvement, Anderson developed a huge respect and affection for the Pitt band and its role in the University. As a fan of the band’s music and traditions, a young Anderson would frequently march along the fi eld to the band’s music and choreography. “So, basically, I grew up on the sidelines of Pitt football,” he said. The Pitt band was assembled for the first time on O ct. 14, 1911, on Forbes Field at the Pitt v ersus Ohio Northern game, and it has played at football games since thenunder multiple band directors. The Pitt students in the band spend eac h night of the week preparing and practicing for their pregame, halftime and game time performances at the games. Paul Bowers, a pharmacy major in his fifth year and this year’s Pitt band

drum major — a coveted role in the band that demonstrates his student leadership and musical capability — knows of Anderson’s long aﬃliation with the band. “It’s not the Pitt band, it’s the Jack R. Anderson band,” Bowers said. For Bowers, the Pitt band and Anderson go hand-in-hand, and, with the band director’s well-known history, Bowers sees the organization intertwined with Anderson’s life. “This is what he grew up with, ” Bowers said, referring to ho w Anderson’s entire childhood was rooted in the band from the amount of time he spent on the sidelines with his father. When he was in fourth grade, Anderson would even perform the choreography for each week’s halftime show in front of his class. He had a miniature uniform he would wear to feel like one of the band, and after spending so much time at practices, Anderson learned the marches by heart. “I’m a band geek,” he joked. Anderson attended Pitt as an undergraduate, and while he studied music at Pitt, he played the drums in the marching band. Like current band students, Anderson felt the rush of excitement from the fans each time he entered onto the ﬁeld.

who studied English. In 1970, the two graduated together, and in 1971, they were married. From field to household Once he left Pitt, Anderson con tinued on to Edinboro University to receive his master’s degree. In 1972, he graduated with his master’s in music and a certification in education so he could return to Pitt to teach. Just because Anderson left the University to further his education doesn’t mean he left the Pitt band. During his time at Edinboro, Anderson did not miss a beat of the group’s action as he continued to participate Retiring Pitt band director Jack R. as the band’s percussion director after Anderson conducts the marching his graduation until 1974 — a very band along with his father , also important year in Anderson’s life. a former Pitt band assistant In the fall of 1974, his wife Peggy director. Courtesy Jack R. Anderson became pregnant with their fi rst child. At the time, the tw o lived in “It’s something you never forget,” Greenville, Pa. That Thanksgiving, he said. Pitt played Penn State at Three Ri vHe graduated with a degree in mu- ers Stadium, but the in-state rivalry sic in 1970 — the same y ear as his wasn’t the only thing that made the father’s retirement — but he didn ’t couple nervous. realize the management baton would Peggy was soon due with the one day be passed to him, though he couple’s child and was fearful that if did dream of one da y holding the Anderson left for the game, she would position. go into labor. Luckily, their firstborn In 1969, a year before his gradu- would wait. ation, Anderson met his wife Peggy, a flute and piccolo player in the band Anderson 21

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Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, his credentials represent the model for collegiate wrestling coaches across the country, and his Panthers will seek their fourth consecutive Eastern Wrestling League title this season. The ﬁve-time EWL Coach of the Year has coached more than 20 All-Americans and three national champions in his long tenure. “It’s a great honor being named in the top 10,” Stottlemyer said. “It just goes to show you what hard work can do. I had a great wrestling career here and followed it up with a very fulﬁlling coaching career. I’m happy to have been given the opportunity to impact the li ves of

October 12, 2012 | The Pitt News | www.pittnews.com all the wrestlers who came through here and helped to create this great program.” As a wrestler at Pitt, Stottlemyer compiled a 68-16-2 record and w as a three-time AllAmerican. 7. Roger Kingdom (track and ﬁeld, 19811984) Originally attending Pitt to play on a football scholarship, Kingdom excelled on the track, not the football ﬁeld. After winning NCAA championships in the 110-meter hurdles and 55-meter hurdles, Kingdom represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won a gold medal in the 110 -meter hurdles with a then-Olympic record time of 13.2 seconds. He also w on gold in the same

event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. But his incredible career as a sprinter never might have happened if the Pitt football coaches hadn’t planned on making Kingdom a free safety instead of a ball carrier. “I would have liked to have stayed at running back,” Kingdom said to Sports Illustrated in 1988. 6. Larry Fitzgerald (football, wide receiver, 2002-2003) Referred to by New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick as “one of the all-time greats, maybe the best ever,” Fitzgerald is the epitome of a professional athlete — today with the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL. His play on the field and superb effort off it

distinguishes him as one of the premier players to ever compete for Pitt. He rewrote the record books in his two years as a Panther, catching an incredible 34 touchdowns in just 26 games and tallying 2,677 yards. He still holds an NCAA record for pulling in a touchdown pass in 18 straight games. And Fitzgerald has been just as good in his professional career, making six Pro Bowls and almost leading the Cardinals to a victory o ver the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII. 5. Henry Clifford “Doc” Carlson (threesport athlete, 1915-1917; men’s basketball head coach, 1922-1953) After playing football, basketball and baseball at Pitt, Carlson took o ver the basketball program in 1922 and held the position for more than three decades, earning 367 career wins. During that span, Carlson’s Panthers won two national championships — in 1928 and 1930 — and reached the modern NCAA Tournament’s Final Four for the only time in school history in 1941. Since his death in 1 964, Carlson’s legacy lives on with his “Figure 8” offense, which many other coaches in college basketball began utilizing at the time. 4. Hugh Green (football, defensive end, 1977-1980) Green dominated during his time at Pitt as one of the most productive defensive players in college football history. He finished his four-year career with 460 tackles and 53 sacks, and he narrowly missed the rare feat of winning the Heisman T rophy — an award given annually to the best player in college football — as a defender, finishing second in 1980. Former Southern California head coach John McKay believed Green was one of the best defensive ends ever to play college football. “Hugh Green is the most productive player at his position I have ever seen in college,” McKay said. Despite an injury-plagued pro career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Miami Dolphins, Green was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame, and his jersey number, 99, will never be worn by another Pitt football player. 3. Dan Marino (football, quarterback, 1979-1982) South Oakland born and raised, Marino

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Tower to nowhere: Don’t build the Cathedral (circa 1924) Alex Zimmerman Columnist

An open letter to Chancellor John Bowman Alex “Aloysius” Zimmerman, student Dear Chancellor Bowman, As you are aware, our University has erupted in controversy over your misguided plan to erect an academic cathedral. I feel compelled to speak on behalf of my fellow students, for we have grave concerns about your commitment to constructing an elitist limestone Gothic monstrosity that so obviously jeopardizes the mission of this fine University. Not only will this “cathedral” buckle under the weight of its own self-importance, it is quite physically unsound. We implore you to heed the warnings of our beloved former chancellor, William Holland, whose expertise in the difference between stable earth and quicksand is unparalleled. In the words of Chancellor Holland: “Oh! Ho! I feel forced to tell what I know about the ground chosen for this building. I am speaking as a geologist. Under the surface where it is proposed to put up this structure there is a deep bed of quicksand. It is lucky the quicksand is there. This whole plan is nonsense.” It is peculiar that you insist on ignoring the dire warnings of Chancellor Holland’s sand-pit theory, given that your head is clearly buried in it. What’s more, such a tall structure will undoubtedly sway violently in the wind, since there are no other close buildings of equal height that could shield the massive structure. We fear that in particularly fierce windstorms, students, being stu-

dents, will have little time to escape its violent oscillations before being thrown to their deaths. Though these fatalities will be a welcome reprieve from dimly lit study sessions in your “common room,” which seems to have a suspicious penitentiary motif, we worry that the resulting psychological trauma will significantly influence freshman retention rates. Further, the inevitable field of debris that will result from the tower’s collapse will endanger our pristine pastoral landscape. Susceptibility to wind isn’t the only structural flaw in your cathedral design. You claim that students will efficiently glide from floor to floor in modern elevators — balderdash! Everyone knows that robust elevator technology is more than a century away. Your pretentious tower will have us stuck between floors for hours on end. Students will be forced to ride the elevators one by one for fear that they will be trapped in a brutish, Hobbesian state of nature with their professors. You claim that the cathedral will “sing of courage and bring delight.” This could not be further from the truth. Instead, it will attract an unsavory combination of tourists, polo-wearing tour guides, disoriented migratory birds and the inebriated. Even just one of these creatures would disrupt the quotidian rhythms of university life. If completed, we know the administrative powers that be will be unable to resist plastering the image of the cathedral on everything and overburden our postal system with promotional material. The campus will revolt in a fit of jealousy when students come to realize you love the

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cathedral more than you love us. We just want to be loved as much as an inanimate building — is that too much to ask? Your half-brained attempt to fund and construct the cathedral will likely leave it incomplete. You have proposed recruiting children to help build the cathedral brick by brick. There are several reasons children make bad cathedral builders. First of all, they are prone to distraction. It’s impossible to get children to line up in an orderly fashion, never mind construct a 535-foot skyscraper. Second, children cry when you make them do manual labor out-

side for 16 hours at a time. Crying children are bad. Also, children aren’t good at picking up heavy objects. When all we’re left with is a swaying, half-built, unfunded, unventilated cathedral to nowhere, your legacy as our 10th chancellor will be forever tarnished. The Board of Trustees will treat you with contempt, and President Harding will call for your resignation. Please, Chancellor Bowman, we beg of you: Don’t build this cathedral. Leave letter s at Allegheny Cemeter y Row. BB, Plot 43

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We made it to Mars: Why am I still waiting for printers? Elizabeth Weisel Columnist I’m sick of waiting for all of you. The situation on this campus is deteriorating. It’s getting out of hand. Last week, I had to wait an hour in the computer lab. Yes, an hour, just to use the 3-D printers. I couldn’t believe it. It’s 2037, and all our advanced technology still hasn’t discovered a more efficient way to print. Even with the advent of Google Goggles and wireless electricity and 3-D monitors and inkless printers, there was still a line out the door at noon when my column for Pitt’s 250th Anniversary Edition was due at 12:30. As I waited, I tried to guess how long

I’d be there. I spied a student playing 3-D Tetris in the corner of the lab, and another student telling her computer to organize her digital planner. In fact, as I looked around the lab, I saw very few students typing or speaking any work or printing anything at all. C’mon guys, I had stuff to do. My wait would take me past the deadline. I took out my phone to call my mom to try and eat up some time. She graduated from Pitt 25 years ago, so I thought she’d understand my annoyance with these tech-addicted drones. I stood in line listening to her phone ring, when an idiot kid on a hoverboard swooped into line trying to get ahead and almost knocked me over. I dropped my phone,

though lucky for him, the new anti-drop technology on the iPhone72 let it bounce right back into my hands. Finally, my mom answered, and as I told her I was waiting in line at a printing lab, she was empathetic. “We had the same problem when I went to school there, and they had the same problem years before that. No matter how advanced we become, the printing lab will be crowded.” Smart words from my mom, but I still wanted to bite someone’s head off. Something needs to be done. So, unruly youth, I demand you stop wasting my time. Follow these rules and get out of my way. 1. Get your work done early — I know there are many things to be distracted

by, from 3-D television to the holograms walking down the street to robots performing on the street for some spare change after being outdated for factory work. But get your act together, put down your iPod and fight procrastination, and you’ll have a lot more time to get to the computer lab and 3-D print your work before class. 2. Avoid peak times – Most classes on campus fit into certain time slots during the week. A second of logical thinking tells you that the minutes before an hour mark during the day are going to be the busiest times, as students are rushing to class. Since “Back to the Future” (a movie

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For years, international students have found a home at Pitt Daniel Okwaisie Columnist Editor’s Note: Since shortly after WWI, Pitt has served as the academic home of countless international students. Starting in the late 1940s, Pitt’s Office of International Services has offered help to students making this drastic transition. One of these students is columnist Daniel Okwaisie, who recounts some of his feelings and experiences since arriving from Ghana. My own first brush with this brute reality came after I had interacted with Richie for about 10 minutes. As I walked up to him, his blank stare and teary eyes made it seem he was looking right through me. I got closer and asked, “What’s wrong?” Richie, an international student from China, holding back a few tears, said, “I am so far away from my home. Yes, I can talk to my family, but I am not there with them. What if something happens? I can’t do anything about it.” For foreign students such us Richie and me, the day comes swiftly when our parents and loved ones escort us to the airport with brave faces and full knowledge of impending goodbyes. We share a few hugs, some tears roll down, and then we step on board a plane to venture into unfamiliar territory. While some get the luxury of having parents on board, this

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WEISEL from a long time ago, says my mom) still hasn’t come true, we can’t turn back time. It’s much better to get to the lab early in the morning or later in the evening when fewer classes are happening so that you’re not late. Because once you get in the printing lab line, then,, you can’t go back. 3. Keep the fun to a minimum — It’s

only delays the eventual harsh goodbye until it is bestowed right in front of our dorm rooms. In those few hours of flight, you make a big transition from one life to another. Life seems so foreign. You try not to be out of place, but some things are simply too jarring to comprehend fully. You stumble through, in retrospect, awkward questions about whether the Steelers are a pro team or a college team — a few people give clueless looks that make you feel bad. But others are gracious, embracing your questions to become friends. This process is one that cannot be simulated — it is only possible when you are in a different culture. All freshmen enter university contemplating what lies ahead of them academically and socially, but most of this thinking is done within a framework of cultural familiarity. As a freshman international student, you don’t have this luxury; you don’t even know where to start

contemplating. You must adapt as fast as possible, so it doesn’t become a drag on your academic priorities. But it is in this acclimatization process that you realize the greatness of the University of Pittsburgh. You also realize that learning is fundamentally rooted in diversity: in the diversity of skills, of opinions, of experiences and of backgrounds. You work in group projects with wildly diverse people who still share the common goal to succeed. You realize that you are indeed in a country of opportunity, and that, regardless of your background, you will encounter never-ending opportunities to grow beyond whatever humble roots you may have at a school such as Pitt. You even learn to laugh at your initial naivete and culture shock: I can’t forget walking around aimlessly my freshman year trying to get used to my new environment, when the most gorgeous girl sauntered by a few feet away from me. I looked up to the skies and said, “thank you.”

Outside the classroom, the unity, spirit and affection of the Pitt community settle you right in. As a foreign student, it doesn’t take you long to begin incorporating strong feelings for the University, because in the Pitt community, there is this deep feeling of togetherness — so strong that even when bomb threats disrupt the community, Facebook abounds with chants of solidarity. These days, I still see Richie, albeit sparingly, riding on his bike to and from classes with a smile on his face. He and I, like many other international students, still realize we are far from home and that Thanksgiving or spring break might mean staying in the dorm by ourselves. We often do miss our families, but Skype helps us keep in touch with them. However, we stroll across campus every day knowing we have a new family — the Pitt community. The strangest part is that there is no one in particular to thank for this: perhaps I should just walk down Forbes Avenue and randomly shake hands — everyone makes this community work. As international students, we help contribute to this University’s diversity and global excellence in learning. And Pitt, with 225 years of excellence, takes us all in, nurtures us and sends us forth to become excelling partakers in the global citizenry. Write Daniel at dno2@pitt.edu.

simple. Since the University started requiring students to come prepared with quantum laptops, we all have computers at home. Much nicer ones than in the computer labs. So skip playing games, organizing your schedule, sending vocal email or whatever it is you do in the computer lab and instead just sit, print, leave and make way for those of us who have real work to do. 4. Back up your work — Just in case you get to the lab and realize that you never sent the email to yourself contain-

ing your paper, backing up your work will save you valuable time searching for it. It’s simple. Put your work in the cloud. Keep it organized, start a folder just for work that needs to be printed and save your work to the cloud. Then you can just choose what you need hassle-free, and let it rain down into the printer. 5. The main thing is courtesy — If you’re in the computer lab and you see a line starting, be aware and mindful of what you’re spending your time doing. If there’s no line, by all means do what-

ever you want. But if hoverboarders start swooping in and forming a line, be kind and save whatever you’re doing for later. Just a simple awareness and courtesy toward other students will help keep the printing labs more orderly. Not to mention, if you focus on your work, maybe you can be the one to invent an advanced, yet easy, way to print quickly and efficiently. Then, possibly by Pitt’s 275th Anniversary, the printing lab problem will be gone. Write Weisel at eaw62@pitt.edu.

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OUR WRITERS OFFERED THEIR THOUGHTS ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE... irt Pitt sweatsh a in l ir G y an everybod th r e tt e b s k loo r colleges. e th o e s o th from #typicalPitt The class that graduated ahead of us saw the Steelers riots; I was arrested during the G-20; we got snowed in during Snowpocalypse and were nearly chased off campus by bomb threats last year. There’s a sense of loosely-controlled chaos. When someone says #typicalPitt, my next thought is, “What, is something on fire?” #typicalPitt

Toilets covered by garbage bags in the campus’ signature building #typicalPitt There’s a state -of-the-art fitne ss center, but w ing the hill to g alket there is a wo rkout itself. Facing scores o f bomb threats , strangers ope their doors to h n ouse those disp laced by 3 a.m building sweep . s and offer their futons and cou es to bleary-ey ched underclassm en, truly giving them the sense of family that is the University Pittsburgh. #ty of picalPitt

In a moment’s notice the skies become dark, Of course victory lights aren’t always lit, Traveling around Bigelow, looking for a place to park, You’ve experienced a typical Pitt But suddenly in Oakland the sun shines bright, An open parking spot at the end of your trip, Look up at the Cathedral; come on victory lights, And suddenly there’s a smirk on your lips, Because you, too, must admit, That this, is a #typicalPitt.

Late to class not because you overslept, but because you’re trying to navigate the ice- and snow-covered sidewalks that show no sign of being shoveled or salted any time today. Football team loses considerably to Youngstown State, but wins with its greatest point total in 17 years against Gardner-Webb a mere three weeks later. To label our student section at Heinz Field as “fair-weather” is an understatement. #typicalPitt

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Way past ‘Go’: The marathon Monopoly game In 1961, Parkers Brothers rushed $1 million in play money to Pitt on an armored truck for game to continue Joe Chilson Staff Writer Monopoly’s game board is a street -bystreet replica of A tlantic City, NJ. But the game’s most historic moment ma y have occurred right here in Pittsburgh. On Monday, Nov. 27, 1961, four Pitt students sat down to play a game of Monopoly. By the time they stopped, they had made a mark on the history of the iconic game that stands to this day. The record for the longest Monopoly marathon ever played was set here at Pitt in 1 961, when brothers from the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity pla yed for five days straight. The original pla yers were Sigma Al pha Mu brothers Eddie L eeds, Howard Finkel, Allen Paulenoff and Sherman Fogel. As they played, the brothers pooled their resources and split into teams — Leeds and Fink el versus Paulenoff and Fogel. But with the pla yers working together, it became much harder to knock anyone out of the game. “Somebody had a Monopol y game, and we started to pla y this thing. And sooner or later , we realized that w e couldn’t end it,” said Eddie L eeds, who

Students of fraternity Sigma Alpha Mu, Eddie Leeds, Alan Paulenoff, Mike Lauik, Bruce Waldman and Ho wie Fogel are seen participating in the 1961 marathon Monopoly game. The Pitt News ﬁle photo

will be 70 this January, but still remembers the game in remarkable detail. According to L eeds, the game dragged on for hours into Monda y night. When it still hadn ’t ended b y Tuesday morning, the brothers all de cided that they couldn’t just stop. They wanted to let people kno w that they weren’t going to. So Leeds called KDKA Pittsburgh’s local new s affiliate and told them, “Hey, we’re in the middle of a Monopoly game that we can’t end, and we’re going to keep this thing going.” Leeds told KDKA that they could send someone do wn to the fraternity house on Dithridge Street if they w anted to see the game for themsel ves. At 3 a.m. on T uesday morning, a KDKA representative found the brothers still hard at play and decided to pic k up the story. By the time da wn rolled around on Tuesday, the four brothers needed to think up a w ay to k eep their game go ing and still attend to their other com mitments — lik e class. They started playing in shifts, with other fraternity brothers and pledges pla ying for the

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ANDERSON Anderson attended the iconic game to play in the band, and Peggy didn’t go into labor. On Dec. 7, 1974, baby Carrie was born, and Anderson knew he had to cut something from his life. “Once that happened, I had to give something up, so I quit the Pitt band,” he said. Katie, the Andersons’ second daughter, was born in 1977. The girls attended Pitt for their undergraduate studies and participated in the band. Carrie was a flutist and piccoloist in the marching band and an oboist in the concert band; Katie was a baritone hornist in the marching band. Composing a career Anderson began working at Keystone Oaks School District in the South Hills in 1977, first as a band director and later as a music teac her. In order to teach music, educators must be able to play and teach every instrument, Anderson explained. From kindergarten songs to the violin, Anderson had to have at least an understanding of every instrument, even if he couldn’t be an expert. During his time as a music teacher, Anderson began working part-time as an assistant band director at Pitt in 1 986, and in 1995, he left his position at Keystone and began to work full-time as Pitt’s band director, the same position he holds today. Stephen Kendro, a radio chemistry supervisor in a lab at UPMC, w as the first drum major under Anderson in 1995. Kendro, who majored in chemistry, said Anderson was part of the reason he stayed in the band after his freshman year. “When [Anderson] took over, there was a

better retention of students, there w as better recruiting, and we were playing better music,” Kendro said. One of his favorite moments as drum major was during a Halloween-themed halftime show. The band performed a choreographed production to songs including the “Ghostbusters” theme and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Students dressed up in Halloween costumes, and the band turned the old Pitt football stadium’s field into the stage of a frightening musical production. “It wouldn’t be college foot ball without the band,” Kendro said. Kendro explained that in 1 995, there was a complete change in the athletic department at Pitt. Because it was the same year Anderson took over as band director, he had more free reign to make changes. And with Kendro as drum major, the two focused closely on teamwork, commitment and pride — all of which they centered on a foundation of discipline. And through Anderson’s leadership, the band has grown considerably. Some students in the Pitt band have a high enough lev el of talent to study music at a more musically focused school, Anderson explained, but because they came to Pitt to study academic-based specialties, the band’s talent has increased signifi cantly. Bowers, for example, has excelled as drum major but continues to stay dedicated to his demanding pharmacy major. “We’ve grown in numbers and we’ve grown in quality,” Anderson said. Tyler McGaughey, the band’s drum major from 2007 to 2009, often returns to help with the band’s practices. McGaughey graduated in 2010, and like Anderson, he has noticed a signifi cant

change in the talent of the students. “The type of students are higher quality,” McGaughey said, commenting on the all -around performances of new recruits. Spreading spirit through the crowd Even with developments in marching band, Anderson continues to view the program’s main goal as a simple one: “We’re there to entertain,” Anderson said. And to do that, the Pitt band needs help from alumni. McGaughey explained that all of the staff work as volunteers, except for the directors. “We’re the guys that go find the problems and go out and fix them,” he said. The home game process pro ves lengthy for fans, and the band strives to provide entertainment each step of the way. The Pitt band begins playing two hours before the game when it welcomes the football team to the fi eld. Then it moves to the amphitheater for a pregame show and, afterward, it moves to the student tailgate at Jerome Bettis Grille 36, the parade and, finally, the on-field pregame show. “We are part of the pageantry of college football,” he said. Stepping down from the ladder Despite the passion Anderson has for col lege football and the marching band he led for decades, he knows that it’s time for him to retire. Anderson has attended more than 50 y ears of band camps since his original affi liation with the organization, a challenging job for anyone because of the amount of ph ysical activity that comes with learning the music, field formations and choreography fans get to see at home games. “I don’t feel old emotionally, but there’s a lot of wear and tear on this body,” Anderson said.

21 That doesn’t mean the band wasn’t surprised at the announcement of his departure. Bowers explained that the night that Anderson decided to tell the entire band he would retire at the end of the season w as a tough one. As he stated his decision, many fifth-year members wiped their eyes, a tribute to the connection they’d established with the beloved director. McGaughey expressed similar shock. “It’s a surprise. It’s such a final thing,” he said. But Anderson looks forward to retirement so he can take time to do things he hasn’t been able to in the past. Anderson and his wife plan to travel to Europe, or “wherever she wants to go,” he said. Anderson also has two grandchildren and one more on the way, and he said they keep him occupied. Anderson’s grandson Andy turns 5 in October, and he already knows the music and choreography to the band’s songs. Jake, who turns 2 in December, has also showed interest in the band. “The two boys already march and know all the songs. They go to band camp ,” Anderson said. “They can march pregame on the sideline. I have to keep them off the field so they don’t get run over.” McGaughey, who has known Anderson since his time in the band three years ago, doesn’t think that this ends the Anderson legacy. “His grandkids will go to Pitt and will be in the band,” McGaughey said confidently. And Anderson feels hopeful that they will act on the band gene and receive the same musical joy that he did in their potential future career. “Not too many people get to realize their dream job. And since I was a little boy, this was what I wanted to do, and I got the opportunity to do it,” he said. “So, why wouldn’t I smile?”

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Memorable sports moments comprise Pitt’s proud history Sean Corrado & RJ Sepich The Pitt News Staff Almost every year in Pitt athletics, there’s that one moment. It’s that moment when students, alumni and fans join the athletes in absolute delirium after a stunning touchdown, catch, shot or victory. While Pitt hasn’t won any national championships for many years, there have still been numerous moments and memories that Pan thers fans look back on with fondness. Here are 10 of the greatest moments in the recent history of Pitt sports, selected by members of The Pitt News’ sports section: 10. Levance Fields’ shot defeats Duke in overtime (Dec. 20, 2007) In one of the closest games in Pitt basketball history, guard Levance Fields stepped back to hit a game-winning 3-pointer in overtime, as the No. 9 Panthers downed No. 7 Duke. The shot sent the Madison Square Garden crowd in New York into pandemonium. After Duke missed two chances to win the game, Pitt held on for the memorable early season upset, 65-54. But just minutes before Fields ’ shot, Pitt senior small forward Mike Cook — one of the team’s leaders — went down with a severe knee injury that ended his season. Head coac h Jamie Dixon got choked up after the game when asked how he was feeling after such an emotional night. “This is the most bittersw eet night of my coaching career,” Dixon said. 9. “Pistol Pete” stuns the Mountaineers in the Backyard Brawl (Nov. 28, 1997)

Late in triple overtime, Pitt quarterback “Pistol Pete” Gonzalez hit Jake Hoffart with a deep pass to convert a fourth-and-17. He then found Terry Murphy in the back of the end zone to end the Panthers’ five-game losing streak against their West Virginia rivals. In what was at the time the longest college football game ever played, Pitt shocked the Mountaineers in Morgantown, 41-38. After the game, fi rst-year Pitt head coach Walt Harris struggled to contain his excitement. “I think the Lord was a factor tonight,” he said. “Finally, we’ve done our part to make this more of a rivalry.” 8. DeJuan Blair flips Thabeet (Feb. 16, 2009) Early in a crucial matchup between the No. 4 Panthers and No. 1 Connecticut, DeJuan Blair, a 6-foot-5 Pitt forward, flipped 7-foot-3 UConn star center Hasheem Thabeet o ver his back after grabbing a rebound, making a statement in a game that Pitt would eventually win, 76-68. Despite being almost a foot on Thabeet,Blair demonstrated his strength on the national stage as he led Pitt to the upset victory by recording 22 points and 23 rebounds. “That was the most physical game I’ve ever played in my entire life,” Blair, who now plays in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs, said of his dominating performance. 7. Last game at Pitt Stadium (Nov. 13, 1999) The Pitt football team’s 1999 season will always be remembered for one game — the last game at Pitt Stadium. With the 75-year-old on-campus stadium

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Many Pitt fans still remember Jerome Lane shattering the backboard. Courtesy Pitt Athletics

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teams in their absence. According to Leeds, different people would take shifts of about an hour or an hour and a half , and there w ere about 30 people who pla yed in the game at one time or another o ver the course of the five days. On Wednesday, the game ran into trouble. As anyone who’s even brushed with Monopoly will be a ware, a pla yer receives $200 ev ery time he or she passes the space “Go.” The Sigma Alpha Mu brothers had passed “Go ” so man y times by this point that their bank had run out of money. So naturally, the players wired Park er Brothers, the mak ers of Monopoly, to suggest a course of ac tion. As recorded in The Pitt N ews story about the debac le, the co verage of the game in the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity magazine, and the current directions to Monopoly itself, Parker Brothers did not let this stand. U pon receiving the message of the marathon gamers ’ distress, Parker Brothers President Robert Barton wired them back. “Refuse to let bank fail. Rushing one million Monopoly dollars to you by airmail — carry on.” According to The Pitt N ews story from 1961, the brothers loaned bac k some of their Monopol y money to the bank so they could continue pla ying while the reserv e funds w ere being flown to Pitts burgh International Air port. The $1 million in Monopol y money was picked up at the airport b y Brink’s Security armored truc ks and dri ven to the fraternity house, arriving on Thursday night, b y which time the brothers had broken the bank again. At this point, the story was picked up by major news outlets across the coun try, including The W all Street J ournal. According to Leeds, the Journal thought the game w as an ex cellent representation of inflation. The story from the Sigma Alpha Mu

“Refuse to let bank fail. Rushing one million Monopoly dollars to you by airmail — carry on.”

Parker Brothers President Robert Barton

magazine reported that, “Sev eral economics professors sug gested their stu dents watch the game and see ho w the value of money can be deflated when too much of it is in circulation.” “That’s how a story w ent viral in those days,” Leeds said. The game w ent on for tw o more days, but with finals fast approac hing, the brothers knew it w ould have to end sometime. According to the Sigma Al pha Mu magazine, they decided to end it on Saturday, Dec. 2 at the fraternity ’s Founders Day Dinner. “You get pretty crazy after pla ying Monopoly for five days,” Leeds said. The Pitt N ews article reported that the last dice w ere thrown by Parker

23 Brothers Vice President Randolph Bar ton, leaving the final results at Fink el and Leeds with $146,000 and Paulenoff and Fogel with $133, 000. After fi ve days and 120 and a half hours, history’s longest Monopoly game was over. At the dinner , Barton a warded the fraternity with a wooden embossed edition of Monopoly, as well as 100 copies of assorted games, which were donated to the G reater Pittsburgh United Fund and distributed at Christmas that y ear to needy children in the Pitts burgh area. At the time, Fogel was quoted in The Pitt News as sa ying, “There will be no rematch, at least not until after the end of this trimester.”

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Copies of University charters on display in Hillman Library Mahita Gajanan Staff Writer Last December, Assistant University Librarian Michael Dabrishus drove to Harrisburg on a special mission. His job w as to pick up the documents representing the foundation of Pitt’s existence as a U niversity. When he arrived at the state capital, offi cials presented him two 200-year-old documents — one in acid-neutral file folders and another la ying flat in an archival box. These documents w ere two original Pennsylvania charters — the documents that established Pitt as the U niversity originally known as the Pitts burgh Academy. Though the original c harters were returned to the state capital this past Ma y, copies of both documents are currentl y displayed on the ground floor of Hillman Library. Three display cases in Hillman exhibit a timeline of Pitt’s commemoration of the University’s 225th anniversary. The cases, lined with scenic backdrops containing pictures of Pittsburgh and other areas of Pennsylvania, hold short biographies of Chancellors Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Robert Bruce, Samuel Black McCormick and other influential leaders who established Pitt as a university. As part of the timeline, copies of the charters, which were torn and tattered upon ar rival but since mended b y the University Library System’s Department of Preservation, are on display through Homecoming Week-

end. According to Dabrishus, the fi rst charter, drafted on Feb. 28, 1787, only ten weeks before the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, officiated The Pittsburgh Academy. Both The Pitts burgh Academy charter and the U.S. Constitution were written in the same year, in Philadelphia. “What the [fi rst] charter did was essentially incorporate the institution, because all corporations until well into the 19th century had to have a legislative act,” said Van Beck Hall, a professor of American history at Pitt. The Pittsburgh Academy began in a small log cabin on the w estern frontier. Today, a log cabin rests adjacent to the Cathedral of Learning as a landmark that s ymbolizes the University’s origins.

The second document, drafted on F eb. 18, 1819, re-chartered the sc hool as the Western University of Pennsylvania, after the Pittsburgh Academy grew and required more advanced education. “The later document c hanged the name to the Western University of Pennsylvania,” Dabrishus said. “In addition, each document points to and identiﬁ es people and/ or features that the respecti ve institution needed to have in order to embark on its mission.” The two written documents deﬁ ne the University’s rights and pri vileges, and de scribe the institution’s functions. “... an Academy or School for the educa tion of youth in useful arts, sciences and lit erature, the sty le, name and title of whic h shall be the Pittsburgh Academy,” reads Sec-

tion 2 of the first Charter. The original charters were put on display in Hillman in F ebruary 2012 and w ere returned to the State Arc hives in May, according to Dabrishus. “You see, whenever legislation is passed by the General Assembl y and becomes la w — which is what happened with the Pitts burgh Academy — those documents are re tained by the government,” Dabrishus said. “It is an offi cial record, owned and kept by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.” Dabrishus feels that the documents off er a lot to consider when thinking about their historical significance.

The Pittsburgh Academy charter was drafted on Feb. 28, 1787. Courtesy University of Pittsburgh Archives Service Center

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University builds traditions, Pitt students create their own Hope McLaughlin Staff Writer After surviving a semester with more than 140 bomb threats, the Pitt community has shown its strength. But it doesn ’t always take a crisis situation to unite a campus. With 225 years under its belt, the University has also produced a few comfortable, unifying traditions it clings to. Pitt has dev eloped several well-established activities and events for students to participate in during their time at the U niversity. From sports rituals to a w elcoming ceremony for freshman women, the University gives students something more to tak e part in to solidify their sense of belonging and identity. Lantern Night The 225-year-old Pitt community has traditions that date bac k almost a century. Take, for instance, Lantern Night — Pitt ’s oldest known tradition at 92 years old. Lantern Night began in 1 920 as a w elcoming ceremony for w omen coming to the University, in which knowledge and the light of learning were passed from one generation to the next. As a gesture w elcoming them to Pitt, the w omen of the freshman class were invited into the secretary of the University’s home, where they w ould each receive a candle to signify the beginning of their higher-education journey. The women then embarked on a proces-

Female students attend a long-held tradition, Lantern Night, in the 1940s. Courtesy University of Pittsburgh Archives Service Center

sion across campus — all in white dresses with candles in hand — to the U niversity Women’s Center, located in the Sarah Heinz House, a building dedicated ex clusively to women’s activities that w as located b y Alumni Hall during the earl y part of the 20th century. As more and more women began to attend Pitt, the tradition grew in popularity. The ceremony eventually moved to the Cathedral of L earning Commons Room and then to Alumni Hall. In the mid -1940s, female students even had to earn their w ay into the ceremony. In the month leading up

to Lantern Night, then held in October, they would learn facts about the school’s history, as well as cheers, chants and other w ays to outwardly support Pitt. Currently, Lantern Night is held in Heinz Chapel on the night before c lasses begin in the fall term, and the ceremony is open to all incoming female students. Several diﬀerent types of lanterns ha ve been used since the tradition ’s inception. Following the original candles, the ﬁ rst lanterns were Japanese paper lanterns. After World War II, the paper lanterns w ere no

longer allowed because of Japan’s role in the war. Metal lanterns took their place, and variations on the fi rst, basic design ha ve been used ever since. Lack of funding w ould have ended Lantern Night many years ago if it w eren’t for the fierce dedication of Pitt ’s passionate, committed alumnae. Though the ceremony has evolved greatly over the years, its meaning remains the same. Julia Shepard, a 1 990 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences and a 2003 graduate of the G raduate School of Public and International Aff airs, participated in Lantern Night as a student in 1 986, when it was still held in the Cathedral C ommons Room. “I remember having an amazing sense of awe at the ceremon y when I sa w the community and the family that I was becoming a part of,” Shepard said. Shepard worked for Pitt as the director of clubs and constituent groups from 1 998 to 2006 — a job that put her in c harge of Lantern Night. She spok e at Lantern Night the year after she stopped w orking for the University. Though she no longer w orks for Pitt, she still helps the Alumnae C ouncil plan and run the event. “We have a lantern party where w e pre-

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Remembering the Panthers’ worst athletic moments Donnie Tasser Staff Writer Over the y ears, the University of Pitts burgh has had its fair share of athletic success. In deed, it is one of the more accomplished uni versities in the country in regard to college sports. But, like most sc hools, Pitt’s athletic history is fraught with low points, as well. In fact, as many jaded Pitt fans will tell you, the running theme for the last decade or so could be labeled “disappointment.” So, as the U niversity celebrates its 225th birthday, my inner cynic compelled me to create a list of the w orst moments in Pitt ’s long athletic history. 8. Pitt men ’s basketball misses NC AA Tournament for ﬁrst time in a decade (2011) Starting oﬀ the list is a disappointment fresh in everyone’s mind. Last season’s Pitt men ’s basketball team began the year as the preseason N o. 10 team in the country, but the Panthers didn ’t even come close to living up to that ranking. Pitt, a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament just a year before, not onl y didn’t qualify for the 2011 tournament, but w as also passed over by the N ational Invitation Tournament and had to settle for the C ollege Basketball Invitational — a tournament most Pitt fans didn’t even know existed.

Against such college bask etball powerhouses as Woﬀord, Princeton and W ashington State, Pitt won the CBI and also a venged its memorable 2010 loss to Butler in the pro cess. 7. Recent football head coaching carousel (2010-2011) Following a disastrous 2010 campaign, Pitt football coach and alumnus Dave Wannstedt resigned under pressure from the athletic department. Let the embarrassment com -

mence. Pitt turned to Miami (Ohio) head coac h Michael Haywood, who w as described b y athletic director Steve Pederson as “a man of integrity and character.” About two weeks later, Haywood was arrested after an alleged domestic dispute and was subsequently ﬁred by the University. Then, Todd Graham entered, with his “high-octane” oﬀense and talks of c haracterbuilding.

After the 2009 loss to Cincinnati,Mardy Gilyard still haunts Pitt fans.Luc Felak | For The Pitt News

After this reputed oﬀ ensive genius sput tered to a 6- 6 record in 2011, he ask ed permission to interview for a position at Arizona State. When this opportunity w as refused to him, he abruptl y resigned, refused to meet with Pederson or Chancellor Mark N ordenberg and announced his decision to leave with a mass text message to his players. It is still unc lear whose character he was trying to build during his short stay. 6. Pitt loses Big East tit le after blowing 21-point lead against Cincinnati (Dec. 5 , 2009) Behind freshman running back Dion Lewis, the No. 14 Panthers stunned the N o. 5 and undefeated Cincinnati Bearcats b y jumping out to a 31-10 lead in the ﬁ rst half of the 2009 River City Rivalry, a game that w ould decide the winner of that y ear’s Big East championship. Then, Pitt dramatically blew its chance at a trip to the Sugar Bowl by allowing big play after big play as Cincinnati tied the game in the fourth quarter. But the worst play of the game came when holder Andrew J anocko fumbled a perfect snap on an extra point after Pitt had retak en the lead with less than tw o minutes remaining. Naturally, the Bearcats scored with 33 seconds left, kicked the decisive extra point and

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WORST stunned Heinz Field, 45-44. 5. Scottie Reynolds’ buzzer beater downs Pitt in Elite Eight (March 28, 2009) Coach Jamie Dixon’s 2009 hoops squad was perhaps the best in school history. Featuring stars D eJuan Blair, Levance Fields and Sam Y oung, Pitt c limbed to the No. 1 ranking, holding the top spot for three weeks. The team also obtained its fi rst-ever No. 1 seed in the NC AA Tournament, and the U niversity had national championship fever. But then the Panthers ran into Scottie Reynolds and conference rival Villanova, a No. 3 seed, in the Elite Eight. After Fields made tw o clutch free throws to tie the game with fi ve seconds remaining, Reynolds took the ball coast -to-coast and made a jump shot from just inside the foul line as time expired, denying Pitt a Final Four bid. 4. Death of t he Pitt-Penn State ri valry (2000) One of the biggest rivalries in college football suffered a slo w and painful death when Pitt and Penn State left the ranks of the “Independents” for the life of consistent conference play in the Big East and Big Ten, respectively. Although the rivalry managed to stay alive for a few y ears, scheduling opportunities became slim, and Penn State w ould only agree to the rivalry if it was given a disproportionate number of home games. Rumor was that late Nittany Lions head coach Joe Paterno w as mad at Pitt for not headlining an all -athletic “Eastern League” with Penn State, and his pettiness strangled the rivalry to the point of near-nonexistence. The two teams have not played since Pitt’s 12-0 victory in 2000, but fortunately for both parties, a home -and-home series has been scheduled for 2016 and 2017. 3. Discontinuation of t he women’s basketball program (1927) Pitt had an opportunity to be one of the frontrunners of w omen’s sports w ell before Title IX demanded support of such programs, but the University let it slip through its fingers. In the 1920s, basketball had become a popular sport for women who liked to stay active. But in line with the then-held belief that women were too fragile to play competitive sports, FROM PAGE 24

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“When the Pitts burgh Academy came into existence, Pitts burgh was at the w estern edge of American ci vilization,” he said. “People who li ved in Pitts burgh, including Hugh Henry B rackenridge, who promoted the Academy, thought that education w as crucial to the development of the region and society in general.” Hall pointed out that the charter is important because the legislation gave oﬃcials the power to run the school. “Without it, they couldn’t have done anything,” Hall said. “The charter makes the institution into a perpetual body.”

the physical education department cut w omen’s varsity basketball in favor of “play days,” a series of low-stress recreational games that favored little competition and high participa tion levels. The worst part was that Pitt’s varsity team was good — the Panthers tallied 12 straight winning seasons from 1915 to 1927, highlighted by a one-loss campaign in 1924. The program wasn’t reinstated until 1970. 2. Penn State ruins Pitt’s hopes at another national championship (Nov. 28, 1981) The 1981 Pitt football team, led b y hometown star quarterbac k Dan Marino , entered the final game of the season undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the country. And for the fi rst quarter, the Panthers looked like they would easily advance to the national championship game, jumping out to a 14-0 lead and outgaining ri val No. 11 Penn State 164 to 4 in yards. But then Pitt unraveled. Marino was intercepted in the end zone, and Pitt nev er came c lose to scoring again. Meanwhile, the Nittany Lions scored 48 un answered points, triggering the rout. “We killed ourselves,” Pitt head coach Jackie Sherrill said after the Panthers committed 13 penalties and had seven turnovers. “We had plenty of c hances. Plenty. But you don’t win with seven turnovers. That’s when the loco motives start going the wrong w ay, and when that happens, you can sure get run over.” The Panthers have not come close to competing for a national championship since. 1. Code Bowman (1937) In the 1 930s, Pitt w as a foot ball powerhouse behind Hall of F ame head coac h Jock Sutherland, winning fi ve national championships in 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936 and 1937. But then University Chancellor John Bowman and athletic director W hitey Hagan attempted a policy of de -emphasizing the school’s athletic programs. The plan — nic knamed “Code Bowman” — called for cutting athletic scholarships, disallowing athletic recruiting and putting mas sive restrictions on practice times. Following the 1938 season, Sutherland resigned amid pressure from the administration and personal dissatis faction with the direc tion of the program. In 1 939, Pitt started the season 3-0 and attained a N o. 1 ranking be fore stumbling to a 5-4 record and ushering in eight straight losing seasons. According to Hall, some of the original provisions in the charter still apply today. “I remember looking at it sev eral years ago, and one of the pro visions says that the faculty has control o ver what they teac h,” Hall said. “I think they’ve honored that pretty well, and the faculty has a good control over what they develop in programs.” Hall said that it is important for students to be aware of the charter, but to regard it as a necessary stepping stone for the University instead of as a set of rules. He ad vised that students look at the U niversity Bylaws and Procedures to fi nd material that establishes the rules of the University. “It is an important document,” Hall said. “It’s not, ho wever, a document that reall y states what’s going to happen.”

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TRADITIONS pare the Lanterns a few w eeks before the ceremony. We also ha ve a great group of people who help to usher, guide, and direct on Lantern Night itself,” she said. Shepard particularly enjoys selecting and listening to the Lantern Night speakers each year. “We’ve had some tremendous speak ers come and gi ve keynote speeches over the years. It’s a great task to pic k the w omen who may have participated in Lantern Night as students up to 50 y ears earlier and wonderful to hear them share insight with new students,” she said.

October 12, 2012 | The Pitt News | www.pittnews.com With the exception of D ean Humphrey, who spoke at Lantern Night in 2005 when she first came to Pitt, the speak er is always an alumna. “Every year, I still get that certain thrill when I see the lanterns coming across the lawn from the Cathedral to Heinz chapel for the ceremony, and it onl y gets better when they leave. By that time it’s dark and you can see the lanterns more clearly,” Shepard said. Home plate in Posvar Hall Outside of Lantern Night and other school-organized traditions, Pitt ’s campus itself offers students opportunities to em brace traditions that relate to the larger city community. Pathfinder and Pitt senior Rosie McKinley’s favorite tradition is step ping on home plate in Posvar Hall when she

gives tours and before she tak es tests. The home plate marks the former site of F orbes Field, a place that Pitts burghers and base ball fans of all ages remember quite fondly. McKinley, the president of the Pitt Pathfinders, sees home plate as a tradition that has directly affected her experience at Pitt. “Home plate is important to me for sev eral reasons. I think I ended up as the president of Pathfi nders because I’ ve stepped on it every tour. But aside from that, home plate is a perfect example of ho w Pitt in teracts both with history and the greater surrounding area of Pitts burgh,” McKinley said. And for McKinley, the relic of the former baseball park also acts as a s ymbol for the school.

“We say ‘the city is our campus, ’ and home plate ex emplifies that. The Pirates are obviously not a Pitt team — but they ’re a Pittsburgh team. The history of F orbes Field isn’t even just a Pitts burgh thing, it ’s a national thing. Babe Ruth stood at home plate when he hit his last three home runs, and he’s a national symbol,” she said. At Forbes Field, The Pitts burgh Pirates defeated the N ew York Yankees in game seven of the 1 960 World Series, shoc king the world in one of the most memorable games in sports history. McKinley also described some other ways in which Forbes Field earned histori cal significance. “Of course, that home plate is most re membered as the spot where Bill Maze roski hit the only walk-off home run to ever clinch a World Series victory,” she said. “It was a true Da vid-and-Goliath tale. No one expected the Pirates to win. But fi tting to Pittsburgh tradition, they w ere playing in the first all-steel-and-concrete stadium. Roberto Clemente w as a y oung star for the Pirates, and he represented ho w Latin [American] players could play in the major leagues, despite racism against them.” McKinley has no w stepped on home plate more than 200 times. “I love stepping on home plate, because when I give tours, dads freak out about it, which always reminds me of m y dad. M y dad instilled my love of sports in me, which is part of the reason I lik e Pittsburgh — it’s such a sports town,” she said. Junior Brittany Mitlo also lo ves the sports traditions that unify Pitts burgh and the Pitt community. “My favorite Pitt tradition is taking the busses from campus to Heinz Field for the football games, because I think it ’s one of the best bonding experiences for Pitt stu dents. Everyone on the bus is alw ays energetic and ex cited about the game — it ’s where you feel and see the most Pitt pride,” Mitlo said. Of course, men can ’t participate in Lan tern Night, and not every Pitt student loves sports. But on a campus fi rmly supported by passionate alumni, in a progressi ve city with a rich history, no student will graduate without a tradition or two to cherish. Editors note: Rosie McKinley w orks at The Pitt News in the Opinions se ction as a columnist.

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Pitt alum Jibril takes reins for Libya during Arab Spring

Pitt alum Mahmoud Jibril headed the National broke out in Libya. MCT Campus

Gideon Bradshaw Staff Writer Not many Pitt graduate students dream of taking the reins of authority in fl edgling democracies. But Mahmoud Jibril did just that when a rebellion brok e out in Lib ya last year. Jibril, who earned a master ’s in 1 980 and a Ph.D. in 1 985, both from Pitt ’s political science department, headed the transitional government, the N ational Transitional Council, as prime minister in the North African nation during the rev olution against dictator Moammar Gadhafi . Though Jibril stepped do wn from po wer following the o verthrow of the Lib yan leader, Jibril has played a significant role in a pivotal moment in Libya’s history. Vijay Prashad, who analyzed the Libyan uprising in his book “ Arab Spring, Libyan Winter,” published last May, said that prior to the rev olution, Jibril o versaw a dev elopment project with Gadhafi ’s politically prominent son, Saif -al-Islam. Following the outbreak of the rebellion in early 2011, Jibril joined the rebel forces. Bert Rockman, who is currently a visiting scholar at Pitt and who w as a member of the political science faculty when Jibril attended the University, remembered the Libyan politician as “ open-minded” and “brilliant.” Rockman said Jibril w orked with the Gadhafi regime because he saw a chance to improve conditions in Libya. “[Jibril] took the ci vil service job , I think, because he sa w it as a w ay to modernize the country,” Rockman said. Sami Hermez, a visiting professor at Pitt who lectures on contemporary inter national issues, c haracterized Jibril as a leader who consolidated po wer successfully around himself during the earl y days

Transitional Council after rebellion

of the uprising. As a political leader for the rebel forces, Prashad said that Jibril, who had ac hieved advanced degrees in the U .S. and li ved outside of Lib ya, communicated more ef fectively with W estern leaders lik e thenFrench-President Nicolas Sark ozy than with many of the rebels’ military leaders. Many of the latter , Prashad explained, while experienced in fi ghting, also sub scribed to Islamist ideology. “[Jibril] became the acceptable face of the rebellion in Benghazi, ” which was the rebel capital city at that time, Prashad said. Jibril headed the N ational Transitional Council until Gadhafi’s death in October of last year, at which point he stepped do wn from power. Since then, Jibril has contin ued to pla y a role in Lib yan politics and currently heads the N ational Forces Alliance. Hermez remarked that with the fall of Gadhafi’s government, many government institutions also collapsed. A dditionally, a large number of the rebel factions, of ten with their tribal and political lo yalties that may supercede those they hold for the central government in Tripoli, have remained armed. C onsequently, the central government must w ork to consolidate its authority while rebuilding man y state in stitutions. However, Rockman acknowledged that the task cut out for Jibril and other Lib yan officials is not an easy one, as the new government rebuilds itself and w orks to consolidate authority. “Anybody who’s founding a new regime has their work cut out for them, especially if they’re trying to do that in a w ay that is civilized and democratic,” he said. The Libyan government did not re spond to multip le requests for comment on this story.

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Pitt athletic facilities improved by ‘Quest for Excellence’ Dave Uhrmacher & RJ Sepich The Pitt News Staff When recruiting athletes to pla y collegiately at a Di vision I school such as Pitt, the quality of the athletic facilities are paramount in landing talented student athletes. And Pitt has had numerous athletic fa cilities over the years — both state-of-theart and out-of-date. In recent years, the University’s “Quest for Excellence” — an initiati ve developed by the athletic department to enhance the quality of facilities — has resulted in im proved playing environments for almost all Pitt sports, allo wing for coaches to recruit higher-caliber players and experi ence greater team success than in recent years. Here’s a rundo wn of the ev olution of Pitt’s on- and off-campus athletic facilities: Pitt Stadium (Opened — S ept. 1, 1 925; Closed — Nov. 13, 1999) At a time in 1924 when the Pitt foot ball program enjoyed great success, more fans wanted to watch the Panthers than Forbes Field could allow. So the University made the decision to build an on-campus stadium to fix the seating problem. Finished at a cost of about $2 million, Pitt Stadium, previously located where the Petersen Events Center currently stands, became the home of numerous athletic teams, including Pitt football, both soccer teams, track and fi eld and even the Pittsburgh Steelers for a short time. At a full capacity of about 60 ,000, Pitt students, alumni and other fans w ere able to fill the stadium for the Panthers as they pursued conference and national c hampionships. Located underneath one of the gates of Pitt Stadium, Pitt Pavilion was home to the Panthers basketball program from 1925 to 1951. As the stadium aged, Pitt made the decision to move the football program’s home games to the new Heinz Field and demol ish Pitt Stadium in fa vor of a new bask etball arena and a dormitory. At the last game at Pitt Stadium in N ovember 1999, more than 60,000 attended as the Panthers upset N otre Dame, 37 27, prompting mass celebrations as fans rushed the fi eld with nine seconds left in the game. “The game is not o ver. The game is not over,” Pitt Stadium’s public announcer fa mously yelled. The students and fans didn’t care. They wanted take a part of Pitt Stadium home with them, inc luding pieces of the fi eld, seats and even parts of the bathrooms. A few w eeks later, nothing w as left of

Pitt Stadium after it was demolished in December 1999. Fitzgerald Field House (Opened — Dec. 15, 1951) Named after former Chancellor Rufus H. Fitzgerald, the Field House is the cur rent home of Pitt g ymnastics, wrestling, volleyball and indoor track and field. In terms of amenities, the on -campus building houses a spacious athletic train ing and w eight-lifting facility, impressive new locker rooms just added in the most recent renovation and a new wrestling facility. The wrestling team no w enjoys a matted practice room, new cardio equip ment and a video and recruitment room for coaches and athletes. “Our facilities at the Fitz are some of the best in the country ,” wrestling head coach Rande Stottlemyer said. “The Olympic sports weight room has every possible piece of equipment that we could ever use. Our wrestling is heads and tails abo ve where it was [before it was renovated].” “It really is one of the top wrestling rooms in the country,” he added. The Fitzgerald Field House also housed the Pitt basketball program for more than 50 years (1951 to 2002), and some of the most memorable moments in the build ing’s history took place with the Panthers ’ hoops squad in action, suc h as J erome Lane’s famous backboard-shattering dunk in 1988. Heinz Field (Opened — Aug. 18, 2001) Heinz Field has been the home of the Panthers’ football program since the 2001 season. The athletes enjoy their very own 5,000 square-foot locker room, while PantherVision, the Great Hall and all the other great features that Heinz Field off ers keep fans comfortable in the home of the Pitts burgh Steelers. Despite the off -campus stadium on Pittsburgh’s North Side ha ving its critics, 65,000 fans are able to enjo y the beauti ful views of the Pittsburgh skyline and Mt. Washington from Heinz Field. And there are no signs that Pitt football will want to lea ve the stadium for an on campus site anytime soon, especially since the Steelers also work with the Panthers at the incredible UPMC Sports Performance Complex on the South Side, where Pitt football practices. Petersen Events Center (Opened — April 27, 2002) Commonly viewed as the gem of a beautiful upper campus, the Petersen E vents Center currently houses the Pitt men’s and

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Pitt talks move to private status Megan Trimble Staff Writer Students attending Pitt in the early ’60s experienced a much different University than students encounter today — and not just because of the decade’s cultural climate. For one thing, Pitt was a private university. In the bitter fi ght between Pennsylvania and the U niversity regarding Pitt ’s state funding, University officials threatened the unthinkable: turning Pitt bac k into a pri vate school. While Pitt spent most of its 225 y ears at private status rather than public, in recent decades Pitt has subjected itself to a number of regulations and conditions in ex change for partial financial support from the state. Tuition prices, faculty salaries, go vernance, endowment investment, renovation requirements and several other issues are impacted by a university’s status as public or private. At a public school or state-related school such as Pitt, rules go verning these issues de pend on the state and state funding. James Garland, author of “Sa ving Alma Mater: A Rescue plan for America’s Public Universities” and former college dean and presi dent at Miami U niversity of Ohio , said that there are “fi le cabinets full” of state regula tions that are imposed on public universities. According to Pitt ’s online timeline outlin ing its 225-year history, the University went state-related in 1966 when Pennsylvania Gov. William Scranton signed the bill, making Pitt part of the C ommonwealth System of Higher Education. Transitioning from a private institution, Pitt lowered tuition and accepted stateappointed members on its Board of Trustees. Garland said Pitt became a public insti tution at the point when the typical public university received close to 70 percent of its revenue from the state go vernment and the remaining 30 percent came from student fees, tuition and gifts from alumni. A t this time, students could pay a college tuition with summer job earnings, as the state assumed a large portion of remaining tuition burdens, some thing that Garland said is now impossible. “It’s all a part of the tragedy that we are seeing,” he said. “It’s the devastation of America’s public university system.” Garland said that America’s public universities educate 80 percent of the nation ’s college students and that o ver the past century, state support for public sc hools has dimin ished to focus on other demands, suc h as infrastructure, health care and prisons. According to Pitt , “Pennsylvania’s contribution to Pitt’s annual budget has diminished steadily, from more than 30 percent in the mid-1970s to less than 10 percent in 2011.” In February, Chancellor Mark Nordenberg spoke before the Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee and said that in Pitt ’s 1960s decision to turn to a public institution “there was a desire both to meet the gro wing demand from Pennsylvanians for reasonably priced but high quality university experiences and to invest in anchor institutions that could help fuel both social vibrancy and economic growth in Pennsylvania’s two major urban areas.”

Nordenberg described the creation of the State System of Higher Education, whic h categorized Pitt, Penn State and Temple as “commonwealth universities” focused in researc h, as he argued against disproportionate budget cuts proposed b y Gov. Tom Corbett’s state budget plan, which included $41.7 million in cuts to Pitt’s state appropriations. “Given this impressive record of success, the Commonwealth’s current retreat from support for its public researc h universities must be viewed as very problematic by anyone concerned about the next generation of Pennsylvanians or about Pennsylvania’s nextgeneration economy,” Nordenberg said in his statement to the committee. This summer, the state legislature decided to maintain Pitt’s $136 million appropriation from the last fi scal year, and the U niversity increased in- and out-of-state tuition by 3 percent at the end of June. Tuition is often one of the top concerns when comparing public and private schools. Scott Jaschik, an editor and co -founder of Inside Higher Ed, an online new s source of higher education issues, said that Pennsylvania is an unusual state, as there are multiple cases where uni versities were once pri vate and turned public. But the transition, he said, depends on perspective. “Pitt, as a state -related institution that only receives partial public funding, is largel y affected by state appropriations, ” he said. “But on the other hand, most pri vates don’t have endowments the size of public sc hools and largely need to support their budgets b y their students. So people often have a conception that privates live on easy street, but I am not sure if that is true.” Jaschik said that public schools often have a different sense of mission than private schools and place the issues of states and regions first. “So Pitt may ask, ‘What are the needs of Pittsburgh?’ or, ‘What are the needs of Penn sylvania?’ instead of focusing on issues of the University itself, such as tuition,” he said. “It’s a large issue of accountability. If you are Carnegie Mellon, you are not going to get hauled in front of legislature all that often to answ er questions about budgets.” Garland said that if a group of uni versity presidents and chancellors are in a room, the possibilities of a public sc hool going pri vate always come up. “It’s talked about incessantly, and in many cases they can mak e a good case for it, ” Garland said. “I believe that many would move to privatization, but there are forces opposing universities, such as state legislatures who aren’t willing to relinquish control.” Jaschik agreed that it would be difficult for a school such as Pitt to revert back to a private status. He said that while there are possibili ties for public schools to receive more autonomy, states often pla y a role in constructing university buildings or own portions of cam pus property. Garland said that transitioning Pitt back to a private school to decrease some of the stress from state funding cuts is a theoretical possi -

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SALK unhurried and confident. Though usu ally serious looking, he w as grinning broadly today and frequently joking with the youngsters. The whole thing went off with clocklike precision, despite the hubbub created by reporters and cameramen witnessing the start of the big gest tests yet to be conducted with the Pitt v accine.” Dr. Robert Korns, Francis’ deputy director of the v accine evaluation program, lauded the v accine in a 113 -page evaluation report. “In strong statistical language, the historic trial of the vaccine and its subsequent analysis was revealed,” the report said. “There can be no doubt no w that children can be inoculated success fully against polio. There can be no doubt that humanity can pull itself up b y its o wn bootstraps and protect its c hildren from the insidious invasion of the ultra-microscopic disease.” According to the Salk Institute for Bi ological Studies — which opened its first laboratory in 1 963 — in the tw o years before the v accine was made a vailable, the average number of polio cases in the U.S. was more than 45,000. By 1962, that number dropped to 910. Peter Salk said his father w anted the vaccine to be named after Pitt to empha size that the researc h and final product of the vaccine was a team effort, but even when it was used in the media, Salk w as viewed as the hero. In 1956, Salk w as awarded the C ongressional Gold Medal, the highest ci vilian honor granted b y the U nited States Congress, for his w ork with the polio vaccine. It would be y ears before Salk w ould be able to go bac k to his laboratory in Pittsburgh without the media attention and accolades overwhelming him. On his first day back at the University, he spoke to reporters. “I have a laboratory furnished by public funds. D o I use it, or do I become a movie star? No more scoops.”

Ingrained at Pitt Salk’s connections and relationship to the University still remain evident on campus today, more than 50 y ears after the vaccine was made public and more than 15 years since his death in 1995. The building where he conducted his research now bears his name. Salk Hall houses Pitt’s School of Pharmacy and the School of D ental Medicine and is con sidered a historic landmark b y the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks F oundation. In April 2005, Pitt hosted a three -day reception and s ymposium to celebrate the polio vaccine’s 50th anniversary.

Peter Salk also started his o wn program named for his father , the J onas Salk Legacy Foundation, and its w ebsite states that it is “ dedicated to preserving and extending the contributions of one of society’s great scientists and humani tarians.” Peter Salk serves as the organization’s president, and Pitt Chancellor Mark Nordenberg is one of the six board advisers. Peter is dedicated to bringing ev en more of his father ’s legacy back to Pitt ’s campus. The legendary doctor ’s son said he’s been in talks with the U niversity to plan an event for 2014 to commemorate what would be the y ear of J onas Salk’s 100th birthday.

33 Peter Salk said his father w as very interested in his o wn philosophy, which is evident in the publication of his four books between 1972 and 1983. “He was thinking of where we are as a species,” Peter Salk said. “He ask ed the question: ‘Are we being good ancestors?’” In La Jolla, Calif., Jonas Salk founded the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, a center for medical and scientific re search that opened its first laboratory in 1963. In line with his modesty about his ac complishments, he said, “I couldn ’t possibly have become a member of this In stitute, you know, if I hadn’t organized it myself.”

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CATHEDRAL administrators would be unable to prevent him from completing the project. In 1933, the University received an early Christmas gift from the Civil Works Administration: a $300,000 labor grant for work on the looming tower. Labor resumed its 24-hour-a-day schedule, employing 1,259 laborers until April of 1934, when the program ended. A second campaign began with the practical slogan of “Finish the Cathedral” and the hope of raising another $2.6 million. Failing miserably, it raised only $635,000. But in October, the final exterior stones were put into place. However, the Commons Room, what Bowman had dreamt of being “the heart and soul of the building [...] a room that will so grip a boy that he will never enter it with his hat on,” was nowhere near completion. Bowman returned to Andrew Mellon, seeking another half-million dollars. Mellon agreed on the premise that no publicity about the gift was to be made. Finally, on June 4, 1937, Chancellor Bowman placed the final stone — a gift from the graduating class — into the ComFROM PAGE 22

MOMENTS set to be demolished after the season, the Panthers prepared to face favored Notre Dame — wanting to ensure that Pitt won its last game at the storied stadium. More than 60,000 fans showed up to witness Pitt upset Notre Dame, 37-27, and, afterward, many fans rushed the field and dug up bits of the turf to take a piece of Pitt Stadium home with them. “It was a pressure-packed and emotionally charged game, and the fans were there from the start,” Pitt head coach Walt Harris said after the game. “I don’t know what we can do for an encore.” 6. Tony Dorsett rushes for 303 yards to upset Notre Dame (Nov. 15, 1975) After losing 12 straight games against Notre Dame, Pitt entered the 1975 matchup against the No. 9 Fighting Irish with a secret weapon — junior running back Tony Dorsett. As a preview of what he would accomplish in the next season, Dorsett carried the Panthers to their first victory over Notre Dame in more than a decade. He rushed for 303 yards on just 23 carries as Pitt upset the Fighting Irish at Pitt Stadium, 34-20. Not only did Dorsett set the Pitt all-time record for rushing yards in a single game that day, he also set the record for most rushing yards allowed by a Notre Dame defense. 5. Jerome Lane’s shattering dunk ( Jan. 25, 1988) Arguably one of the greatest dunks in all of college basketball history, Jerome Lane received a pass from Pitt point guard Sean Miller and slammed the ball home with so much ferocity that the backboard literally exploded. Lane’s power brought down the frame of

mons Room. Within the hollow capsule to be used as the final block lay a copy of The Pitt News, a list of donors, progress photographs and other documents — all printed on paper designed to last half a century. The building containing 17 Nationality Rooms, 87 classrooms, 113 laboratories, 19 libraries, 80 conference rooms and dozens of other rooms, had finally been completed. Walter Albert Jessup, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, called it “the most daring and the most beautiful thing ever attempted on a university campus” at a commencement speech on June 9. The work Bowman and Mitchell started is still continuing, mainly due to Bruhns’ work with the Nationality Rooms. Since Bruhns’ arrival in 1967, numerous rooms have been created, along with several different study abroad scholarships. “I’m still building rooms, and we’re working on another room — a Korean one. And I’m doing my little bit to bring this to completion,” Bruhns said. “It’s the pride of the community to decide to raise a room, and then they stay together to raise money so Pitt students can go study for five weeks in their country. It’s international awareness brought to life.” the backboard in the Fitzgerald Field House and sent glass pouring all over the court. The jaw-dropping moment gave the fans something to remember for years, while also giving ESPN a highlight to run for ages. To this day, Pitt fans will often mock the famous call by ESPN’s Bill Raftery by yelling, “Send it in, Jerome! 4. Pitt’s ﬁrst Big East Tournament championship (March 15, 2003) A list of top moments in Pitt history would be nothing if championships were absent. In Ben Howland’s last season as head coach of the Pitt basketball team, the Panthers would win their first Big East tournament title over UConn, 74-56. Pitt only led by one at the half, but thanks to Brandin Knight — who played in the game with a heavily sprained ankle — Jaron Brown and Julius Page, the Panthers pulled away in the second half. After the game, Knight — now an assistant for Coach Jamie Dixon — told reporters that if he could walk, he could play. “I wasn’t going to miss this game for anything,” he said. “The only way to miss it would have been if I couldn’t walk.” 3. Pitt wins t he 1982 Sugar Bowl (Jan. 1, 1982) With 42 seconds remaining and down by three, Pitt quarterback Dan Marino heaved a pass to the end zone on 4th-and-5 from the Georgia 33-yard line. In one of the best plays in college football history, tight end John Brown hauled in the pass despite taking a big hit, earning a 24-20 victory for the Panthers over the Bulldogs. Brown didn’t even know the ball was coming until it was already out of Marino’s hands. “When I looked up, there was the ball,”

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BASKETBALL Despite Taylor’s departure, Ho wland’s squad did not suﬀ er from a lack of talent. Senior standout guard Ricardo G reer and future All-American Brandin Knight, one of Willard’s recruits, led the c harge for success. “[Howland] had to talk Knight into sticking with his commitment to W illard. And he had to sell lefto ver players on the idea of working hard, playing defense and sharing in the motion oﬀ ense. [Howland] credits Greer with helping to build their program. He bought in — he con vinced the others,” Finder said. With Howland came c hange and con sistency, two things the Pitt program had been missing for decades. In his second season, the Panthers surprisingl y advanced to the Big E ast Tournament championship game and the NIT . The 12 ,508seat Petersen E vents Center was built to provide the Panthers with a more ad equate practice facility and a competiti ve home-court advantage. Then began the most successful decade of Pitt basketball since the 1920s. The Panthers w on back-to-back Big East regular season c hampionships in 2003 and 2004 and won the Big East tournament in 2003. The team advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2002 and 2003. C oach Howland was named the Big E ast Coach of the Year and N aismith College Coach of the

Year. With Howland and his prominent assistant Jamie Dixon at the helm, things were starting to look up for the Panthers. Something was diﬀerent about Ho wland. His style of coaching and his recruiting tactics attracted pla yers that w ere good matches for the conference’ s physical style of play. “[Howland and Dix on] won with ath letes from the suburbs. They had them shoot 3-pointers, made them into tena cious defenders,” Finder said. “ They still went after the athletes — the kids who

Pete. “The Howland and Dix on way was to work and teach and draw on each player’s selﬂess personality. They w anted guys to stick around for years, lending leadership and character. Guys they could build ban ners around,” Finder said. After Pitt dominated Connecticut in the 2003 Big East Tournament championship game, UConn head coach Jim Calhoun acknowledged that the Panthers were an extremely tough team. “They were the tougher team and wore

“The Howland and Dixon way was to work and teach and draw on each player’s selfless personality.” Chuck Finder showed unselfishness, drive and determination. They liked multisport athletes who despised losing.” This shift in recruiting emphasis at tracted players like Ontario L ett, Julius Page, Carl Krauser, Chevon Troutman and others to the Pitt program. Page hit the last 3-point shot at the Fitz gerald Field House and the fi rst at the Petersen Events Center. In similar fashion, Lett had the last steal at the Field House and the first at the

us down with their mental toughness, ” Calhoun said. “They held us to 19 points in the second half and won the game with defense and by doing a terrific job of controlling their own offense and defense.” When Howland left Pitt in 2003 to ac cept his dream job as head coac h of UCLA — finishing with an 89 -40 record at Pitt — it seemed onl y right for Dix on to take over the program. Dixon has continued the sty le of pla y

35 that Howland taught him and has amassed an incredible cumulati ve 238-77 record since he took over. “What Ben Howland did in resurrecting the program, and the way Jamie Dixon has continued that [success], is phenomenal,” famous basketball anchor Dick Vitale said in a broadcast. Though last year ended in disappoint ing fashion for the Panthers — tied for 13th place in the Big E ast and missing the NCAA Tournament for the fi rst time in a decade — past success indicates a bright er future for Dix on’s squad in the 2012 2013 season. One thing is certain: Change is coming for the Pitt basketball program, but not in the form of a new coac h, just a new con ference. As the team pla ys its fi nal games in the Big E ast, Coach Dixon will have to adapt his recruiting game and perhaps his team’s playing style, as well. “When a Steven Adams comes with the possibility of a short career , it seems to signal a change,” said Finder of Pitt ’s new recruiting tactics. “It will be interesting to see if Dix on recruits the bra wn, physical player in the A tlantic Coast Conference, where more finesse and speed rule.” Despite their respecti ve struggles, Evans, Willard and especially Howland built the foundation for Dixon’s success. And even though the caliber of pla yers committing to Pitt has greatl y improved, the ideals of teamwork, toughness and resiliency will always make the Pitt bask etball program a proud one.

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attended Central Catholic High School before coming to Pitt. Although a national title eluded Marino, the most memorable game of his collegiate career was the 1982 Sugar Bowl as the quarterback led the Panthers to a last-minute victory over Georgia. Still a raw talent entering the NFL Draft, five other quarterbacks were drafted above Marino before the Miami Dolphins selected him late in the first round. It was a decision they wouldn’t regret. Marino torched NFL defenses and rewrote the passing record book from 1983 to 1999, earning nine trips to the Pro Bowl and one MVP award as he threw for more than 60,000 yards. Marino was later inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005, and his jersey number, 13, is retired by Pitt. 2. John Bain “Jock” Sutherland (football, end, 1915-1917; head coach, 1924-1938) Simply put, he is still the greatest coach in Pitt football history. Sutherland compiled a record of 111-20-12, and his teams lay claim to five of Pitt’s nine national championships. Along with Pop Warner, Sutherland was one of the true engineers behind the national powerhouse Pitt football became in its early years. Sutherland was an All-American player at Pitt, playing for the famous undefeated 1917 FROM PAGE 34

MOMENTS he said. It wasn’t the national championship Pitt had hoped for before the season, but the Panthers would finish the season 11-1 and ranked No. 4. 2. 100th Backyard Brawl (Dec. 1, 2007) In one of the greatest upsets in the history of sports, Pitt stunned No. 2 West Virginia when the rivals met for the 100th time in the 2007 Backyard Brawl. West Virginia was having a year to remember. The Mountaineers entered the game needing a win over the 28-point underdog Panthers to advance to the BCS national championship game. But Pitt’s defense somehow stifled West Virginia’s explosive offense, and quarterback Pat Bostick and running back LeSean McCoy did enough for the Panthers offense to grab a lead late in the game as Pitt won, 13-9. After a game that will forever be known simply as “13-9” to Pitt and West Virginia fans, Mountaineers head coach Rich RodriFROM PAGE 32

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bility, but not likely. He said it would include legal matters dealing with salaries and retirement plans, among countless other issues. “States are going to do what the political structure believes to be of its best interest,” Garland said. “They are concerned about losing an important resource, but it can also be

team dubbed “The Fighting Dentists” because most of the players, including Sutherland, were dental students. After leaving Pitt to coach the Brooklyn Dodgers football team, Sutherland fought in World War II and, upon returning, coached the Pittsburgh Steelers for two years. His contributions to the University were further recognized in 1992, when a residence hall bearing his name opened on upper campus. 1. Tony Dorsett (football, running back, 1973-1976) Not everyone gets a street named after him or her outside Heinz Field. Still considered one of the greatest college football players of all time, Dorsett was truly a once-in-a-generation talent. He led the Panthers to their most recent national championship in 1976, rushing for 1,948 yards. That same season, he set the alltime collegiate rushing mark a 6,082 yards — a record that stood until Ricky Williams of Texas broke it in 1998. Drafted second overall by the Dallas Cowboys, Dorsett enjoyed a pro career equal to his stellar collegiate career. Earning four trips to the Pro Bowl and helping the Cowboys win Super Bowl XII, Dorsett finished with 12,739 yards and 92 touchdowns when he retired in 1989. Dorsett remains the only Pitt football player to win the prestigious Heisman Trophy, and his jersey number, 33, was rightfully retired by the football program. guez couldn’t believe what had just happened. “It was just a nightmare,” he said. “The whole thing was a nightmare.” 1. Dorsett leads Panthers to national championship (Jan. 1, 1977) Pitt’s last national championship was nearly orchestrated solely on the athletic ability of senior running back Tony Dorsett. The 1976 Heisman Trophy winner led the nation that year with 1,948 rushing yards — setting college football’s all-time rushing record in the process — to propel the Panthers to their first undefeated season since 1937. The entire season proved to be a declaration of supremacy for Pitt, so when the Panthers met Georgia in the Sugar Bowl with the national title on the line, there was never any doubt who would win. Behind Dorsett’s 202 rushing yards and a stellar performance by quarterback Matt Cavanaugh, the Panthers crushed the Bulldogs, 27-3. Coach Johnny Majors won NCAA Coach of the Year after leading Pitt to the University’s ninth national football championship. “After the game, I told the team it was No. 1,” Majors said once the Panthers were crowned champions. “And they all agree that we are.” seen as getting a monkey off their back if the university is absorbing the revenue so such a switch can never be ruled out.” Jaschik agreed that Pitt students should not expect a change in public-versus-private school status any time soon. “The chance would be very slim,” he said. “It’s very hard to do, and it’s much easier for a private school to turn public.” Pitt didn’t respond to requests for comment on this story.

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Debating Pitt’s athletic identity: Does football or basketball rule? Jasper Wilson Assistant Sports Editor Although at times it seems lik e neither is true, I’ve often wondered whether Pitt is a football or a basketball school. What are the criteria for answ ering such a question? History, fan support, success or name recognition, perhaps? These are just a few standards that I used to help find the answer. Pitt’s lack of an on-campus football stadium greatly hinders its clout as a football school. But there are foot ball schools that have made the arrangement work, such as Miami and Southern California. A constant between both of those programs has been continued success throughout the years. For many years now, Pitt hasn’t had the sustained level of signifi cant success to consistently attract fans to football games or get them to stay all four quarters. Meanwhile, the shoc k response to the Pitt men’s basketball team’s struggles last year was much greater nationally than that of the football team. But the impending move to the Atlantic Coast Conference may shift the balance back to foot ball. I doubt head coac h Paul Chryst would’ve left a high-profile coordinator position at Big Ten power Wisconsin to come to Pitt if he didn ’t think it w as a

top-tier job. When applying to Pitt as a high sc hool senior, I knew about the moderate success in football at the beginning of the new millennium, but the reputation of the bask etball program had a greater inﬂuence on my decision. Pitt Stadium’s demolition in 1 999 and the subsequent erection of the Petersen Events Center in 2002 sho wed that the administration saw potential in basketball and believed that Pitt could be both a football and a basketball school. Van Beck Hall, a history teac her at Pitt since 1964, said last spring that the build ing of the Pete sent an undeniab le message. “Replacing the [football] stadium with the Petersen Events Center really showed: ‘Hey, basketball is N o. 1 on campus. It ’s here,’” Hall said. Hall, who had season foot ball tickets at Pitt Stadium, stopped going to foot ball games once the team mo ved to Heinz Field. “When they moved to the North Side, I said, ‘I’m not going to go over to the North Side. That’s bullsh*t,’” he said. While the basketball team started experiencing great success at the beginning of the century, the foot ball team also began to recover from its mediocre record during

the ’90s, according to recentl y deceased Pitt alumnus, former sports information director and ESPN college foot ball pundit Beano Cook. “Football had more support until they became mediocre for so man y years. It started in the ’ 90s — that ’s when it got pretty bad,” Cook said last spring. During that decade, Pitt a veraged four wins a season and failed to win at least half of its games for eight of those ten years. Pitt men’s basketball attendance has never ranked among the top 10 or 25 Di vision I programs, but this is understand able, given the relati vely small capacity (12,508 seats) of the Petersen Events Center. But to see how students feel on the matter, look no further than the Oakland Zoo student section. D espite the team ’s poor record last season, the Zoo drew large numbers of students into the stands. “For Rutgers, L ouisville, Georgetown and West Virginia, the Zoo w as at 90 percent full or better, with Louisville and West Virginia being sell -outs,” Zoo leaders re ported in a post on the group ’s website at the end of February. While last year, with the foot ball team also struggling to a 6-7 record under head coach Todd Graham, students routinel y left football games in droves after the sing-

ing of “Sweet Caroline,” if they bothered to show up at all. The student sho wings at the tw o weekday-night ESPN national broadcasts were also poor. The trend of students not making a collecti ve eﬀort to attend these games proves that basketball is where the students’ primary interest lies. Pitt athletics doesn’t release records of student ticket sales for either sport. Pitt has an established history in foot ball going bac k decades and has existed since 1890, but that history — eight of Pitt’s nine claimed football national championships came before W orld War II — is no longer relevant to the athletic identity of the school. “There’s just no interest in the Big E ast football because it’s by far the worst [Bowl Championship Series] conference, ” Cook said. Basketball hadn’t had constant success for many years until Ben Ho wland took over as head coac h in 1 999, ﬁnishing in the bottom half of the Big E ast standings in almost every year during the ’ 90s. The program has existed since 1905. Cook said a more pi votal moment than the events of 1999 occurred with the for -

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STADIUMS women’s basketball teams. Constructed on the former site of Pitt Stadium at a cost of more than $100 million, the Pete is smaller than some other Big East basketball arenas, but what the building lacks in seating capacity, it makes up for in comfort, volume and atmosphere. Seating 12,508 spectators, the Petersen Events Center, which takes its name from philanthropists John and Gertrude Petersen — who donated $10 million for the building’s construction — oﬀers one of the best gameday experiences in college basketball.

October 12, 2012 | The Pitt News | www.pittnews.com With more than 2,000 club-level seats and a courtside area for one of the country’s largest and loudest student sections — the Oakland Zoo — the state-of-the-art building has helped build the Pitt basketball program into what it is today. But the Petersen Events Center doesn’t just accommodate athletes and fans. The Baierl Recreation Center, a 40,000 square-foot recreation space including state-of-the-art aerobics facilities, racquetball courts and a free-weight area, sits inside the building, and there are also several restaurants and a seating area for studying and eating that students frequently utilize. Petersen Sports C omplex (Opened —

March 16, 2011) With the addition of the Petersen Sports Complex in 2011 — at a cost of roughly $30 million, some of which was donated by John and Gertrude Petersen — Pitt has now solidified itself as a premier athletic program in all phases. As part of a project that has been in the works since the demolition of Pitt Stadium, Charles L. Cost Field (baseball), Ambrose Urbanic Field (soccer) and Vartabedian Field (softball) all serve as new state-of-the-art homes to their respective teams. All three fields feature a form of synthetic or artificial grass that allows for the teams to play year-round, and artificial

lighting has also made evening games possible for the past two years. “The Petersen Sports Complex is a great step for our program,” said Danielle Benner, a redshirt junior on the Pitt women’s soccer team. “Playing where we did before — Founders Field — was like playing at a neutral site. It was 45 minutes away, so we really didn’t have home games. It just never felt like our own.” “The new facility is something that’s ours, something special, something to play for,” she added. “We have a great view of downtown, and it kind of reminds you that you are playing for more than yourself.” To accompany the current facilities, a new track-and-ﬁeld complex will be built on the current Trees Field site. FROM PAGE 37

WILSON mation of the Big East and Pitt’s joining the conference as one of its charter members. And now, the upcoming move to the ACC was one undeniably dictated by football and the money that goes along with it, according to Dick Groat, a western-Pennsylvania native who has covered college basketball for 33 years as a Pitt basketball radio analyst. “Obviously, football is the reason [for the move], and the money that’s involved in the ACC is much bigger than the Big East,” Groat said last spring. But Groat, an All-American college basketball player at Duke before starring for the Pittsburgh Pirates, thinks it’s possible for football and basketball to succeed simultaneously at Pitt. “There’s no reason why the University can’t be tops in both basketball and football,” he said. For example, Chryst’s former employer, Wisconsin, has had signiﬁcant success in both sports in recent years. But Groat believes Pitt will be a basketball school as long as Jamie Dixon is the head coach. “As long as [Dixon’s] here, Pitt will be a dominant force in whatever conference they play in basketball-wise,” he said. I agree. Write Jasper jlw143@pitt.edu.

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Table of Contents Evansville locals on page 4 Men’s season preview on page 14 Kenyon Smith ‘Best defender in the league’ on page 6 Men’s roster on page 7

Former USI player coaches women’s team on page 8 Women’s roster on page 9 Men’s and Women’s schedules on page 11 Guard to guard on page 12 Women’s season preview on page 14

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Evansville locals Brinkmeyer, Hackert lace up for hometown school Evan Brinkmeyer

By ZANE CLODFELTER Staff writer USI basketball players Evan Brinkmeyer and Anna Hackert consider it a luxury playing for the Eagles. After all, they are the only two Evansville natives who suit up for one of their hometown’s college basketball teams. Brinkmeyer, who redshirted last season, grew up near campus and says the proximity of USI to his house made the decision of where to play easy after graduating from nearby Reitz. “I’ve grown up on the west side, two minutes from the university, so it’s awesome being able to play here in front of my friends and family,” Brinkmeyer said. “I’m real close to my family and friends.” While Brinkmeyer grew up on the west side of Evansville, close to campus, Hackert was playing on the other side of town, winning a 3A State Championship under head coach Bruce Dockery at Memorial while going 28-1 and averaging double figures in scoring as a senior. Dockery credits Hackert’s work ethic as being the reason she was successful and eventually ended up playing for her hometown team. LOCALS on Pg. 15

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Eagles add physical presence By PAT HICKEY Sports editor How last season ended: The sixthranked men’s team (24-7) rattled off three straight wins over nationally-ranked teams to win the Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament but were upset as the number two seed in the opening round of the NCAA II Midwest Regional by 15thseeded Kentucky Wesleyan 64-58. Preseason rankings/predictions: USI enters the season ranked 12th by the National Association of Basketball Coaches poll and 17th by the Division II Bulletin poll. In the GLVC, coaches around the league predicted the Eagles to finish second in the East Division, earning 104 points – just 10 shy of fourth-ranked Bellarmine University. Roster outlook: After losing its top two leading scorers from last year, the team welcomes back nine returnees and have added seven newcomers to the squad this season. In the backcourt, guards Lawrence Thomas and Kenyon

Smith both return to the starting five and provide head coach Rodney Watson with athleticism and versatility despite their short statures. Thomas is the Eagles’ top returning scorer, primary ball handler/ distributor who also led the team in minutes per game. Last season, Smith was named to the GLVC All-Defensive team and ranked among the conference leaders in rebounds, assists and steals. In the frontcourt, Watson and his staff have added plenty of height to a team that lacked size in the paint last season. Newcomer Keith DeWitt – a senior transfer from Division-I Southern Mississippi – is a physical presence at 6-foot-9 with quick post moves and is also a terrific passer. Junior forward Taylor Wischmeier will team up with DeWitt on the inside to help spread the floor as much as possible. Wischmeier can score in a number of ways – driving to the rim, turn-around jumpers and from mid-range. What to watch for: With several new faces to the team this year, the number one priority early in the season for Wat-

son will be maximizing efficiency with different lineup combinations. Offensively, look for the ball to be initially thrown into the post. The Eagles’ guards will take full advantage of the height it has inside. Once opposing team’s start doubling down in the paint, that’s where shooters such as Austin Davis, Orlando Rutledge, Melvyn Little and others come into play. Otherwise, don’t look for a set offense – there really isn’t one. Plays are ran to a particular individual’s strength. Last season, the Eagles were the topranked defense and rebounding team in the GLVC. Coach Watson coached and studied under defensive-oriented minds at Southern Illinois such as current Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber. Watson’s defense can best be described as trying to disrupt flow and force the opposing team to take shots away from the basket. On the shot, three frontcourt players will crash to get the rebound while the remaining guards start taking off to get an easy bucket in transition.

PROBABLE STARTERS

Taylor Keith DeWitt Lawrence Wischmeier Position: Forward/ Thomas Position: Forward Center Position: Guard

Kenyon Smith Position: Guard

Austin Davis Position: Forward/ Guard

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Kenyon Smith:

‘Best defender in the league’ By PAT HICKEY Sports editor

Up by three with four seconds left, the Southern Indiana men’s basketball team was a blink of an eye away from knocking off top-seeded Bellarmine University (BU) in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) tournament semifinals last March. A win would punch the Eagles ticket into the conference tournament finals, and, more importantly, the NCAA II Midwest Regional. During a 30-second timeout, USI men’s basketball head coach Rodney Watson told his squad to do exactly what they had practiced a hundred times during that situation. They would trail the dribbler to half-court, draw a non-shooting foul to send the player to the free-throw line in order to take away the desperate three-point attempt and march away with the win.

Except that’s not exactly how it all went down. Exhausted after already playing 35 of the 40 minutes in the game, junior guard Kenyon Smith – who leads more by example than through words – had a bolder idea. “No,” he ordered. “We’re not fouling. Stop your man and get the rebound.” W a t s o n , shocked, paused and said, “OK. You heard him. Let’s do it.” BU senior guard Braydon Hobbs dribbled it up the court, fired a shot before time expired, and clank – off the side of the rim. The Eagles upset the numberone team in the nation for the second time in two weeks. “When (Kenyon) says something, he means it,” Watson said. “If he feels that strongly about it, you go with it. Now, thank goodness the shot didn’t drop. But, that’s how much credit he has with

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Senior guard Kenyon Smith defends the ball from Aces’ guard Troy Taylor during the game against the University of Evansville.

us.” A day later, the Eagles went on to beat its third consecutive nationally-ranked team, Northern Kentucky University, to capture its third GLVC title since 2005. This year, Smith enters his final season as a collegiate basketball player. Last year, the Chicago native started in all but one game during his first season at USI af-

ter he transferred over from Illinois State University. He ranked among the GLVC top 10 in rebounds, assists and steals. He was also named to the GLVC All-Defensive Team. “He’s the best defender in the conference,” Watson said. The way he plays defense and rebounds is also the same way he goes about his schoolwork.

The 23-year-old has two classes and an internship to complete before he walks across the stage with a degree in sports management. After that, he wants to either continue playing basketball overseas – preferably in China, if the choice is his – or start his coaching career. His nine-hour internship will likely consist of attending basketball coaches’ meetings

and putting together practice and workout plans for the players. “I love this game,” Smith said. “Before, all I did was just play the game - I never thought about why I play a certain way or anything. It wasn’t really until I came here that I started learning about defense.” He learned under Watson, who learned by spendKENYON on Pg. 14

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Kenyon Smith - Sr. - Guard Aaron Nelson - Jr. - Forward Ben Jones - Jr. - Guard Travis Jones - Sr. - Guard Lawrence Thomas - Jr. - Guard Manny Ogunfolu - Jr. - Forward Austin Davis - So. - Forward/Guard Orlando Rutledge - Jr. - Forward Melvyn Little - Sr. - Guard Zach Watson - Fr. - Forward DeAndre McCamey - Jr. - Guard Keith DeWitt- Sr. - Forward/Guard Taylor Wischmeier - Jr. - Forward Evan Brinkmeyer - Fr.- Guard Nick Hutcheson- Fr. - Forward Chuck Jones - Jr. - Forward/Guard

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Coach’s Rodney Watson Men’s Basketball Head Coach Years at USI: Four Record: In three seasons (72-16)

Gerad Good - Assistant men's basketball coach Stetson Hairston - Assistant men's basketball coach Blake Woodard - Assistant men's basketball coach Kevin Gant - Assistant men's basketball coach

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Former USI player coaches women’s team AUSTIN DAVIS Nickname: Baby D or Baby Davis If you could hang out with three people (dead or alive), who would it be? Abe Lincoln, Kobe Bryant, John F. Kennedy Photo courtesy of Photo Services Women’s head coach Rick Stein talks to the women’s basketball team during a time out at the USI vs UE game.

STEPHANIE CARPENTER

By SHANNON HALL

Nickname: Carp/ Crap

Staff editor

He dribbles, he shoots, and he coaches women’s basketball. USI women’s basketball head coach Rick Stein transferred to USI in 1989 and finished his last two years playing for the men’s team. “When I was finishing up playing, I still had 16 hours yet to finish to get my degree,” Stein said. “At that time, we were in a coaching change for our women’s basketball coaching position. Coaching was something that I always had my mind on.” He said in 1991, he asked the newly appointed women’s head coach

Chancellor Dugan if he could be a student assistant coach. “(Dugan) was, without question, a leader and a friend and just got me through and (helped me) get my degree and helped with my coaching profession,” Stein said. He said going from men’s basketball to women’s basketball was different. “It’s funny because when I first started, it was a big change,” Stein said. “I went from a college men’s player – being around guys every day – to ... basically being the only guy around 14 players and two other female coaches.” Now, he said he is used to being around women all

the time. “I wouldn’t know it any other way,” Stein said. “It’s natural now. In the last 22 years or so, it’s just another day.” He said even with the different personalities of men and women, the game is still basketball. “The thing is, basketball is basketball, and we’re teaching the same things that I was taught as a player,” Stein said. “We can do a lot of the same basketball-related things once you bridge that gap and really look at it just as basketball.” After several successful years, jobs opened up and Stein had opportunities to leave USI, he said. STEIN on Pg. 11

What do few people know about you? I hate chocolate chip cookies. NICK HUTCHESON Nickname: Hutch What is your greatest athletic accomplishment? Being one of only 10 players in Indiana high school basketball to score 1,000 points and get 1,000 rebounds.

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Brierra Young - So. - Guard Libby Ogden - So. - Guard Stephanie Carpenter - Jr. - Guard Mariah Nimmo - So. - Guard Cayla Herbst - So. - Forward/Guard Nicole Hazemi - Jr. - Forward/Guard Taylor Stevenson - So. - Guard Brooke Valentine - So. - Forward Ariel Barnes - Jr. - Guard Jessica Parker - Jr. - Guard Aubrey Minix - Jr. - Guard Mary O'Keefe - So. - Forward/Center Anna Hackert - So. - Forward/Center

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Rick Stein Women’s Basketball Head Coach Years at USI: 14 Record: 214-159 (.574 winning percent)

Randa Dallas - Women’s basketball assistant coach/ senior women’s administrator Stephanie Gehlhausen - Women’s basketball assistant coach

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Men’s Schedule

11/17/12 - Urbana University (Ohio) Home

Bill Joergens Memorial Classic 11/23/12 - USI vs. University of Virginia at Wise - 7:30 p.m. 11/24/12 - USI vs. Philander Smith College - 7:30 p.m. 12/8/12 - USI vs. Notre Dame College (Ohio) - 8 p.m. Fern Valley Hotel Classic 12/14/2012 - USI vs. Nova Southeastern University Louisville, KY - 4 p.m. (CST) 12/15/2012 - USI vs. University of Cincinnati Clermont Louisville, KY - 4 p.m. (CST) 12/29/12 - Cedarville University (Ohio) - Home - 3:15 p.m. 1/3/13 - University of Missouri St. Louis - Home - 7:30 p.m. 1/5/13 - Maryville University - Home - 3:15 p.m. 1/10/13 - University of Illinois Springfield - Away - 7:30 p.m. 1/12/13 - Quincy University - Away - 3:15 p.m. 1/17/13 - Saint Joseph's College (Ind.) - Home - 7:30 p.m. 1/19/13 - University of Indianapolis - Home - 3:15 p.m. 1/21/13 - Kentucky Wesleyan College - Away - 7:30 p.m. 1/24/13 - University of Wisconsin-Parkside - Away - 7:30 p.m. 1/26/13 - Lewis University - Away - 3 p.m. 1/31/13 - Bellarmine University - Home - 7:30 p.m. 2/2/13 - McKendree University - Away - 3 p.m. 2/7/13 - Lewis University - Home - 7:30 p.m. 2/9/13 - University of Wisconsin-Parkside - Home - 3:15 p.m. 2/14/13 - University of Indianapolis - Away - 6:45 p.m. 2/16/13 - Saint Joseph's College (Ind.) - Away - 1 p.m. 2/21/13 - Bellarmine University - Away - 7 p.m. (CST) 2/23/13 - McKendree University- Home - 3:15 p.m. 2/28/13 - Kentucky Wesleyan College - Home- 7:30 p.m.

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Women’s Schedule UWF Tip-Off Classic 11/9/12- University of West Florida Away - 2 p.m. 11/10/12 - Georgia Southwestern State University - Away Noon 11/17/2012 - Kentucky State University - Home -1 p.m.

2012 USI Thanksgiving Classic 11/24/12 - Notre Dame College (Ohio) - Home - 2:30 p.m. 11/25/12 - Lake Superior State University - Home - 2:30 p.m. 11/29/12 - Mid-Continent University (Ky.) - Home - 6 p.m. 12/9/12 - Marygrove College - Home - 1 p.m. 12/18/12 - Cedarville University (Ohio) - Home - 6 p.m 1/3/13 - University of Missouri - St. Louis - Home - 5:15 p.m. 1/5/13 - Maryville University - Home - 1 p.m. 1/10/13 - University of Illinois Springfield - Away - 5:30 p.m. 1/12/13 - Quincy University - Away - 1 p.m. 1/17/13 - Saint Joseph's College (Ind.) - Home - 5:15 p.m. 1/19/13 - University of Indianapolis - Home - 1 p.m. 1/21/13 - Kentucky Wesleyan College - Away - 5:15 p.m. 1/24/13 - University of Wisconsin-Parkside - Away - 5:30 p.m. 1/26/13 - Lewis University - Away - 1 p.m. 1/31/13 - Bellarmine University - Home - 5:15 p.m. 2/2/13 - McKendree University - Away - 1 p.m. 2/7/13 - Lewis University - Home - 5:15 p.m. 2/9/13 - University of Wisconsin-Parkside - Home - 1 p.m. 2/14/13 - University of Indianapolis - Away - 4:30 p.m. (CST) 2/16/13 - Saint Joseph's College (Ind.) - Away - 3 p.m. 2/21/13 - Bellarmine University - Away - 4:45 p.m. (CST) 2/23/13 - McKendree University - Home - 1 p.m. 2/28/13 - Kentucky Wesleyan College - Home - 5:15 p.m.

Coach Stein continued from Pg. 8 “During my time as an assistant coach, there were some openings ... and really, I never had an interest in it,” Stein said. “I really loved it here. There were so many things that I wanted to help this program accomplish. It’s always been about USI, and I love it here. Obviously being an alum is impor-

tant, being a former player is important to me. To lead this program for so many years has been really special to me.” Stein said his coaching philosophy is about giving the women a great overall experience. “We want to bring in great players and compete for great things on the court, but

these young ladies are more than just basketball players - they are students,” he said. “The college experience isn’t just all about sitting in the classroom and going to the basketball court. It should be more than that.” He said the coaching staff encourages students to get involved in community func-

tions, like Race for the Cure and Habitat for Humanity. Junior guard Ariel Barnes transferred to USI last year as a sophomore. “It was a total change,” she said. “I love it here. (Stein) relates to us as a person and cares about how we do on and off the court.” She said she has learned a lot from

Stein and said he is a great teacher. Assistant coach Randa Dallas said she calls Stein her “work husband.” “He’s understanding,” she said. “He works with women. … He’s a no-nonsense kind of guy and straightforward.” Dallas said Stein communicates with the athletes well and with

patience. Dallas said Stein has a passion for the game, and he continued the tradition of winning. “He’s the face of women’s basketball,” she said. Stein surpassed Dugan’s record of the program’s leader in most wins. As head coach, he is 214159 (57 percent) in 13 years.

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Guard to guard Former high school competition now team mate

JESSICA PARKER Nickname: Jess, J, JP Why did you choose your uniform number? Because it was Reggie Miller’s number

CHARLES JONES Nickname: Chuck or CJ Photo by NICK EBERTZ/The Shield

Junior guard Stephanie Carpenter keeps the ball away from Aces’ guard Laura Friday during the game against the University of Evansville.

By PAT HICKEY Sports editor

The current USI backcourt duo of junior Stephanie Carpenter and sophomore Taylor Stevenson were Apollo Conference foes during their high school days in southern Illinois. In fact, Stevenson actually sunk a game-winning, half-court shot with Carpenter guarding her three years ago. But there isn’t much talk of that now, as they’re playing on the same team. Right now their focus is on playing the game they’ve both grown to fall in love with. “I love it more than anything,” Carpenter said. “It’s basically my life, and I just can’t imagine what it’s going to be like when it’s done. I’m going to be so lost.” Neither small-town girl

was ready to call it quits after playing their last game in high school. The life as a called student athlete requires dedication and structure, but both Carpenter and Stevenson knew what to expect. And they wouldn’t trade it for anything. “It really teaches you time management,” said Stevenson, a marketing major. “We all get up at the crack of dawn almost, so you can’t afford to stay up real late. Working together as a team is just a great experience that some students don’t get in the classroom. These are skills that will help us in the future.” Each year since coming to USI, both Carpenter and Stevenson have earned academic all-conference honors. Last year, the women’s basketball team’s collective grade

point average was a 3.4 – well above the minimum of 2.0 required by the NCAA. During the season, they said there isn’t much time for anything else except grabbing something to eat and going to bed. “I think sometimes (not being a student athlete) crosses our mind because we’re reminded of how early we’re waking up when otherwise, we could be sleeping,” Carpenter said. “But I couldn’t imagine not playing. It’s what makes me get up in the morning.” It’s not as if they’re robots, though, monotonously doing whatever they’re told to. They are indeed human beings. Carpenter said she loves all sports, but her favorite as a hobby is playing golf with her father, Mike, who she said is also her role model. SteTEAM MATES on Pg. 14

If you were coach for a day, what would you do? Take the team to Disney World.

AUBREY MINIX Nickname: Aubs What do few people know about you? Few people know that I want to coach college ball after I finish school. I enjoy working with kids, and especially enjoy celebrating successes. I have always been a student of the game and would love the opportunity to make a career of it. Throughout my career, I have been very fortunate to have unbelievable coaches who I’ve always admired and looked up to. I’d love to be that person to young players, to make a difference and share my passion.

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Basketball Preview ‘12-’13

Eagles hope to get better with age By PAT HICKEY Sports editor How last season ended: For the first time in three years, the women’s team (9-17) failed to qualify for the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) tournament. After going winless in its previous nine road games, USI finished the season on a high note – beating Kentucky Wesleyan 78-69. Preseason rankings/predictions: Unranked in either of the national polls, the Eagles were predicted by GLVC coaches to finish in a tie for fifth with Lewis University in the East Division. Roster outlook: The Eagles return the majority of its production from last season. In the backcourt, Ariel Barnes, Stephanie Carpenter and Taylor Stevenson are all expected to hold starting roles for the foreseeable future. Barnes will serve as the team’s primary ball handler and started in the final seven games last season. Carpenter enjoyed a breakout season as a scorer, particularly beyond the arc. She led the team in points and ranked sixth in the conference in three-pointers made. Stevenson started to see her playing time gradually increase and

has earned a starting spot after impressing head coach Rick Stein over the summer. In the frontcourt, sophomore forwards Mary O’Keefe and Anna Hackert provide length in the paint and were both starters in their first year as Eagles. O’Keefe is an early candidate for breakout player of the year after scoring 17 points and grabbing seven rebounds in the last game of the year. Hackert had the most impressive statistical performance in the team’s pair of exhibition games, recording a double-double against the University of Evansville. What to watch for: Last season is in books, and with a lot of underclassmen getting several minutes – especially as the season progressed – the biggest thing to key in on is the guard play. The Eagles ranked last in the GLVC in assist-to-turnover ratio last year, which played a huge role in the lack of scoring. Look for Barnes to be the table setter. The offense has to create space for its shooters while attacking from the Eagles traditional inside-out style of play. Rebounding was the team’s strength last year, and with sophomore forwards Cayla Herbst and Brook Valentine in the mix more, that should continue.

Team mates continued from Pg. 12 venson said she enjoys running and spending her free time with her two nieces, who are two and four years old. Carpenter earned second team all-state honors her senior year at Salem Community High School after averaging 13 points, three re-

bounds and three assists per game. While there, she also became the sixth Wildcat to eclipse the 1000-point mark. “Carp,” or “Crap,” as her friends call her, had a breakout season for the Eagles in her sophomore year – leading the team in points as one

of the top threepoint shooters in the conference. After she earns her degree in criminal justice, she wants to “work for the FBI to help catch online predators.” A graduate of Olney East Richland High School, Stevenson averaged 19 points and seven rebounds

during her senior year to earn firstteam All-State. While there, she competed in the Illinois threepoint contest. During the summer, she played for Indiana Elite, which is based in Evansville. In her freshman season last year, Stevenson – who wears

jersey number 24 after Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant – saw increased playing time as the season progressed, and her hard work during this past summer has earned her a starting role this season. “Taylor just worked her tail off this summer,”

USI women’s basketball head coach Rick Stein said. “Her hard work is paying off. The thing about her is that not only are we asking her to score points, but we’re consistently having her play defense against the opposing team’s best player.”

Kenyon continued from Pg. 6 ing five years as an assistant coach under defensive guru Bruce Weber at Southern Illinois University from 1998-2003. But Watson, and the game of basketball in general, has taught Kenyon a lot more than just the X’s and O’s. “Respect, how to be a man and to always treat someone the way you want to be treated,” Smith said. “If you’re going to get on someone, come back at them with two positive things to say.” Many athletes have pre-game superstitious rituals that they have to do to prevent bad luck. Before every game – after he’s warmed up and ready to go – Smith will look at pictures of his

grandmother and his three younger brothers, and says a prayer. “I thank the Good Lord for giving me the opportunity to be here before every game,” he said. “I know I’m not going home without a degree.” After all, it’s that same determination and will to succeed on top of his all-around skillset that intruiged the USI coaching staff when Illinois State called. “He gets it more than any other kid I’ve been around in all my years coaching,” Watson said.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anna truly loves the game and is a winner, which pushes her to work hard,â&#x20AC;? Dockery said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her work ethic not only pushes others to work hard, but she held everyone accountable.â&#x20AC;? Last season, Hackert quickly made an impact as a freshman, averaging 10 points a game along with being among the top five in the GLVC in two statistical categories, shooting 53 percent. She also grabbed three offensive rebounds per game, which placed her fourth in the conference. Hackert attributes her high school playing days for a fast start to her career as an Eagle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been in a winning program, you know how to win and what it takes to win,â&#x20AC;? said Hackert. Although Brinkmeyer didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win a state title in high school, he enjoyed his fair share of success playing under head coach Mike Adams. Along with an SIAC Cham-

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pionship, Brinkmeyer averaged 21 points per game as a senior, earning All-Metro honors in the process while scoring a total of 501 points. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Evan always brought a positive attitude and was a great teammate,â&#x20AC;? Adams said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;No matter what his role becomes at USI, those attributes will serve his team well.â&#x20AC;? That single season scoring mark is good enough for second place in Reitz history, only behind former Eagles player Cris Brunson. Despite growing up on different sides of Evansville, Brinkmeyer and Hackert both share similar reasons why they chose USI and how they plan to utilize lessons they learned in high school basketball while playing at the collegiate level. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you are in high school, if you have success, you learn how to win,â&#x20AC;? Brinkmeyer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a certain way

and once you win, you get used to it and learn to use that same formula as you keep playing.â&#x20AC;? Neither player hides their feelings about friends and family being able to watch and follow them all season long. After all, to them, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the perks of playing in their hometown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s awesome because you have all these people who you know who want to see you play,â&#x20AC;? said Hackert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know my grandma wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to watch me if I went somewhere else.â&#x20AC;?

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