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BEET-ING THE COLD
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Countering over-regulation
Matt Barnes on keeping government smart
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It’s all about the boards
Health nuts brave the cold to get hot deals at a farmer’s market in the Strip District Christine Lim | Staff Photographer
Eye to Eye mentors, relates to students with disabilities Emma Solak Staff Writer
A group of Pitt students turn their experiences with learning disabilities into lessons for youngsters. Pitt’s chapter of Eye to Eye, founded in 2012, mentors local middle school students with learning disabilities and educates collegiate and metropolitan communities in Pittsburgh about learning disabilities. Pitt’s chapter also inspired the recently created “community building toolkit” that
the national office is distributing to other chapters. The toolkit offers chapters ideas on how to expand their programs beyond just mentoring, to building awareness of learning disabilities in their community. Some ideas in the toolkit are as simple as hosting a potluck dinner for members of the club, or putting on workshops for professors to learn how to effectively serve students. Kelly Fomalont has ADHD and is one of the two student coordinators of Pitt’s chapter of Eye to Eye.
Pitt’s Eye to Eye board coordinates outreach programs, including a gala the group is hosting later this semester to raise money for speakers, summer camp programs and startup chapters at other schools, according to Fomalont, a senior majoring in psychology. About 20 mentors travel once a week to Sterrett Classical Academy, a middle school in Point Breeze, for about an hour-and-ahalf. They each pair with a middle
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Phone application closes the gap in long-distance relationships Sabrina Romano Staff Writer Chris Wetherell is determined to take the heartache out of long-distance relationships. As CEO and founder of Avocado Software, Inc., based in San Francisco, Wetherell is one of many who have created apps for couples in long-distance relationships. According to a 2013 study published in the Journal of Communication, “Absence Makes the Communication Grow Fonder: Geographic Separation, Interpersonal Media, and Intimacy in Dating Relationships,” researchers found that 25 to 50 percent of college students are currently in a long distance relationship and up to 75 percent of students have dated a longdistance partner while attending college. The study also found, on average, couples in long-distance relationships rank their relationship stability, satisfaction and trust the same as or better than couples in geographically-close relationships. Ac-
cording to the former Center for the Study a photo gallery that couples can share with of Long- Distance Relationships, an average one another. The app was named Avocado, distance of 125 separated partners. Though he said, because the fruit only grows in some students appreciate the ability to use pairs. social media to talk to their partner, others Avocado competes with similar apps use it sparingly. 2gether, LoveByte and Couple. Instead, students rely more on other Wetherell said his favorite feature of technologies, like phone calls and Skype Avocado is that it encourages closeness. chats, to communi“You can hold cate with their signifthe phone to your icant others. Several chest and it will new apps, however, vibrate and send such as Avocado, a hug,” Wetherell help to keep these said. couples’ relationThere are negaships alive by acting tives and positives as a couple’s private Meredith Guthrie associated with social media platusing social media form. as a way of comWith Avocado, his company’s app, municating in relationships, according to Wetherell wants to prevent social media Meredith Guthrie, a communication and from causing problems in relationships media lecturer at Pitt. and said the app is a “sharing experience” “With social media, it is easy to get mad for couples. and send off something mean easily,” GuthThe app features chats, to-do lists and rie said, “[but] it does make it easier to
“With social media, it is easy to get mad and send off something mean easily.”
stay in touch.” Guthrie said texting can be a tricky way of communicating for couples. “It’s hard to do tone of voice, [which] can potentially be a problem,” Guthrie said. “And, because there is the ability to always be in contact, that can become really annoying. You’ll get the ‘Why didn’t you text me?’” Jess Graham, a junior nursing student, and her boyfriend have been dating for five years. They transitioned to a long-distance relationship in the fall of 2012 when they both left for college. Graham and her boyfriend use computer technology more than social media, she said, to talk to each other every day. “We Skype every night,” Graham said. “We talk on the phone, but we don’t text that much because we prefer actually talking.” John Hlavinka, Graham’s boyfriend, said social media does not play a large role
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school student who faces the same challenges as they do at school, to do art projects that focus on self-esteem, metacognition and self-awareness, Fomalont said. In one of Fomalont’s favorite projects, the mentees think of something they want the world to know about them and write it on a megaphone made out of construction paper. “When I did this project, I was overcome with emotion. I realized I wanted the world to know so much about me, but I never had the platform to do it,” Fomalont said. “I wrote ‘I do have ADHD even though I can sit still. I can pay attention. I am smart.’” Of the one in five Americans who have a learning disability, approximately 2.4 million are students, according to a 2014 report by the National Center for Learning Disabilities. The report also found that 66 percent of students with a learning disability leave high school with a regular diploma, almost 20 percent dropout and 12 percent receive a certificate of completion.
Eye to Eye members participate in mentoring activities. | Photo courtesy of Eye to Eye
Micah Goldfus, national program director of Eye to Eye, said the organization’s vision is based on the following situation: a student with a learning disability or ADHD enters the classroom, expresses to the teacher his or her needs as a student, and the
teacher provides the student their needs. The goal of Eye to Eye, however, is for mentor and mentee to have a two-way conversation that helps students come up with their list of needs and to also understand themselves as unique individuals.
3 “Education and learning is a very individual experience and Eye to Eye encourages teachers to include students in figuring out how to get the most out of that experience,” said Goldfus, who is the only employee of the national office without a learning disability. Goldfus said these needs can be as basic as a student requesting to sit away from a window, which could cause a distraction, or something that requires extra planning, like taking tests in a separate room, free of distractions. Goldfus added that students, through sharing similar experiences with their mentees, support them in their ongoing battle of having a learning disability. “It’s not a tutor organization,” Goldfus said. “It’s a social and emotional organization. Successful college students say, ‘I know what you’ve been through, I’ve been through it too, and together, we will find a way to succeed.’” Aleza Wallace, who graduated last August with a psychology degree from Pitt, was one of the founding members of Eye
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AVOCADO in their relationship. “I have a Facebook, but I never use it. Neither of us have an Instagram,” Hlavinka said. The only social media Graham and her boyfriend use to message each other is Snapchat. “We have the daily Snapchat selfies that we send each other, like what my outfit is
January 12, 2014 | The Pitt News | www.pittnews.com in the morning,” Graham said. Graham said the distance has not put a strain on their relationship. “It has actually helped us grow because, since we have that time apart, we can grow and then come back together,” Graham said. “Since we are young, we can find our own identity. It has never been stressful.” Rachel Bender, a junior psychology student, said she and her boyfriend met on their first day at Pitt. Though they are together throughout the school year, Bender said they are used
to being apart during the summer months, as she lives in Pennsylvania, and he lives in New Jersey. Since her boyfriend studied abroad in London during the fall semester, they were in a long-distance relationship from May until December. While they were apart, Bender said they texted every day and Skyped once a week. She said the time difference made communicating challenging. Bender said that being apart is not ideal, but they have grown as a couple because
of it. “Before we [had] been able to see each other all the time, and we didn’t really have any conflicts,” Bender said. “But since we didn’t have any conflicts, we didn’t grow.” Bender said, overall, she likes being able to use social media and technology to communicate with her boyfriend. “It opens up a more immediate level of communication,” Bender said. “Instead of more old-school writing a letter and opening it a week after the fact, it’s good to know ‘I’m thinking about you right now.’” FROM PAGE 3
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to Eye. Wallace said she is proud of the progress the group made in the past three years, which includes educating the public about learning disabilities to dispel common misconceptions. She discovered Eye to Eye in a book that she was reading, did some Googling, then contacted the national office and worked to bring it to Pitt. “I started by approaching [Pitt’s] disabilities resources,” Wallace said. “I was like ‘Hey, I looked this up online and they looked interesting. I’m thinking about starting a chapter here, what do you think?’ and I got a very positive reaction from them and they were very supportive.” To start the Pitt chapter, Wallace found a second student coordinator, attended a conference that trained coordinators, registered with the national office and found a school where they could mentor. Through campaigning at the activities fair and hanging up countless flyers, Wallace finally started her chapter. “Some of it was just persistence,” Wallace said. “One in five people have a learning disability, so if you annoy people enough, someone has to fit the category.” Outside of the in-school mentoring program, the chapter holds awareness events and trainings for the University and the Pittsburgh community. One such event is called “Strike out the Stigma: Bowling Event,” a training event for the Nursing School faculty and the Academic Resource Center. Pitt’s work outside the classroom, Goldfus said, has contributed to Eye to Eye’s success. “Just like any other club, it has great leadership,” Goldfus said. “They see the mission not just as serving the mentees, but serving the entire city of Pittsburgh.”
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EDITORIAL
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Abandoning tips not an industry-friendly move
From the moment you sit down at a restaurant, you take mental notes on your server’s behavior. Is your server friendly? Does he or she refill your drink often? Did he or she give you the check in a reasonable amount of time? As a customer, you have the power to decide the answers to these questions and take action accordingly. Tipping your server is a crucial part of the American dining experience. But a local restaurant will soon eliminate this consumer’s power. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Bar Marco, a restaurant and bar located in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, will soon abandon the classic tip method. Instead, Bar Marco will pay their servers $35,000 a year for a 40-hour work week, plus health care and profit shares of the restaurant. How will they fund this move? To subsi-
dize these costs, the restaurants will increase menu prices, and the restaurant’s wineroom will change from two seatings a night to open reservations. The move by Bar Marco to step away from the traditional tip system follows other restaurants across the country, including Girard Brasserie and Bruncherie in Philadelphia. Supporters of the new system, including Robert Fry, co-owner of Bar Marco, insist that shifting from tips to salaries “helps people see restaurant work as a profession.” But as much as servers deserve respect and dignity, many restaurants could not adopt Bar Marco’s new policy without hurting young workers. Businesses are certainly not going to hire high school or even college students for $35,000 per year. Thus, fewer food industry positions will be available for young adults working to pay their way through school.
Additionally, as laudable as Fry’s intentions are, abandoning the tip system undermines the incentive-driven motivation behind good service. It’s human nature. If every server were making the same amount of money regardless of performance, what incentive would there be to perform at a high quality? Why would each server strive to ensure the customer has an enjoyable experience? There is little doubt that some altruistically would, but to think they all would is wishful thinking. Reward should reflect service, and tips incentivize servers to work hard by being rewarded by their customers. Additionally, there is little chance that smaller eateries could afford to pay relatively high salaries to each server while remaining solvent. Thus, smaller restaurants could not compete at the level of larger ones, resulting in fewer
jobs and entrepreneurial opportunity in the food industry. Business owners and policymakers should always work to increase financial security for lower income workers. However, the way to do so is through natural processes such as tipping, allowing an individual to be rewarded by another in a capitalist fashion. In fact, more industries should consider adopting such a model based on merit. The Post-Gazette says other local servers agree, taking to social media to criticize the details of the Bar Marco plan, specifically citing a low salary they say would rob motivation. Although Bar Marco and Girard are trying a new approach to compensate servers, let’s hope we still will have the option to reward our servers as we see fit in the future, and that such a trend does not become the norm.
COLUMN
Countering overregulation in the 21st century Matt Barnes Opinions Editor
With the 114th Congress now in session, citizens must evaluate the effectiveness of modern legislation. Attorney Philip K. Howard’s 1994 book, “The Death of Common Sense,” discusses the harmful nature of an overly regulated society. He calls for a return to greater human discretion in our regulatory and legal system. More than 20 years later, his message is as important as ever. Today, overly detailed federal regulation continues to hamper economic competition and individual freedom in American society. As a nation, we must return to more flexible legal principles to sustain fair economic opportunity. Government initiatives during TNS the New Deal era led to substantial
growth of the federal government. However, it was during the 1960s when legislation became increasingly detailed, designed in an attempt to foresee every possible problem in society and fix it without need of human interference or discretion. As Howard notes, although this was contradictory to a legal system based on flexibility, Americans generally welcomed this seemingly rational approach to executing law as a symbol of success. This micromanagement of the state in nearly every societal affair, however, is not progress. As Howard notes, it took 28 pages to detail the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, which gave us our interstate highway system — one of the largest post-WWII public works. Compare that with modern transportation legislation, such as the GROW AMERICA
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BARNES Act, which comes to about 350 pages, and the MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, which also totals in the hundreds. And, in size, these pale in comparison to modern thousand-plus page bills, such as the Affordable Care Act, which totals more than 2,400 pages. So, we must ask: How are Americans supposed to know their own laws if they are so detailed and massive that most legislators can’t even tell you what’s in them? As Howard asks, “What good ... is a legal system that cannot be known?” And who pays the price? Not the big corporations that many big government supporters supposedly aim to curtail. Rather, as Howard maintains, “The main victims are small enterprises, poorer segments of society, and
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the spirit of ingenuity on which this country achieved its greatness.” The problem here is that lawmakers too often buy into the fallacy that overly detailed law and legislation produces the most fair and effective legal, regulatory and governmental system possible. Excessive regulation does not level the playing field and improve economic opportunity. Rather, it levels competition between businesses. It does not help common people — it disempowers them. An individual or small business does not have the resources to comply with overly burdensome and detailed mandates as a large corporation could. Take the Affordable Care Act. According to Politico, it’s more difficult for small business owners to follow an act’s rules and requirements, since they don’t have large human resources departments to assist them, than it is for bigger businesses. The Act’s employer
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mandate fines that businesses with more than 50 employers who do not provide health insurance to their employees. But many businesses employing only slightly more than 50 employees cannot afford to provide the insurance or be taxed. How can they survive? If they can’t, then how will such a policy help their newly unemployed workers? Today, some politicians are starting to realize this. As Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said in July 2014: “Regulation keeps the competition out. Many times they [big business] don’t oppose new regulations; instead, they help write them.” This is not an attack on corporations or larger enterprises. They have every right to legally practice and economically succeed. However, government should create the fairest economic environment for all, in which all levels of society can freely flourish. Overregulation prevents such flourishing and inhibits economic justice. Strict, detailed regulation isn’t always beneficial to middle class Americans since, naturally, government initiated unyielding uniformity of law is often stacked against them. Instead of continually throwing overly detailed regulations at the American people, lawmakers must approach law as common
law says to, with pragmatism and discretion. The Interstate Highway System was conceived out of federal legislation. But the 28-page federal bill provided a framework, not a wordfor-word mandate. The federal government gave states much of the ownership and operation of the highways, while human minds were put to work to improve the project through the years. After all, problems are best solved when solved by those closest to them. Laws are only as good as those who interpret and enforce them holistically and flexibly, rather than a narrowly and rigidly — which excessive regulation dictates. In the 21st century, Americans must address the overreliance on strict, unbending regulation and welcome a return to greater discretion of the American people. Legislatures should enact smaller and cleaner legislation. Above all, let us limit the excessive overregulatory output of our governmental legislative factory. Using Attorney Philip Howard’s message, let us resurrect and restore our national common sense. Matt is the Opinions Editor of The Pitt News and primarily writes about law, national politics and public policy. Write to Matt at mrb111@pitt.edu.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Rebounding an ongoing shortcoming for Panthers this season in Maui. The 17-rebound Diffe deficit was also the largest ren ever under Dixon. Wh i l e C l e m s o n forward Jaron Blossomgame did praise
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After an underwhelming start to the 2014-2015 season and a disappointing 1-2 record to begin ACC play, the Pitt men’s basketball team has a big problem — literally. Under head coach Jamie Dixon, the Panthers program has been noted for the team’s physical play, and it almost always had a large, strong center manning the paint. From eventual NBA players like DeJuan Blair, Aaron Gray and Steven Adams to productive big men like Gary McGhee and Talib Zanna, Dixon’s teams have seemingly always benefited from having a sizable rim protector. This year, however, Pitt lacks its usual brawn, and opposing coaches have taken notice. “In the past, when we played them, they had a big, strong man in there,” Oakland University head coach Greg Kampe said following an overtime loss to the Panthers in December. “They don’t have that this year. I’m not sure they have that post defender that they’ve had in the past.” While starting center Mike Young is, undoubtedly, a skilled player, he isn’t the type of player that Dixon traditionally trots out at center. At 6-foot-9-inches tall and 235 pounds, Young has thrived offensively down low this season, boasting a strong post-game and a knack for drawing fouls — he’s averaging nearly five free throw attempts per game. But, as Kampe noted, there isn’t the same level of physicality down low that Pitt consistently displayed during Dixon’s 12-year tenure as head coach. That missing tenacity was apparent Saturday afternoon throughout Pitt’s 71-62 loss to the Clemson Tigers. It was a defeat that was sealed in the paint, as Clemson outrebounded the Panthers by a margin of 39-22.
The 22 rebounds tied for the lowest total in a game since Dixon became head coach, ding n matching the total ou Pitt posted against Kansas State earlier
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Michael Young takes a shot against Clemson. Nicole Guy | Staff Photographer
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Pitt’s intensity, he said the Tigers simply one-upped them. “It’s very important to win on the glass, and Pitt is a very physical team,” Blossomgame said. “But, in the interior, we’re a lot bigger than they are, so it was important to win the rebounding battle. We’re really hungry right now.” When asked if he thought that Clemson “wanted it” more than Pitt, Blossomgame added, “Yeah, I’d agree with that.” Pitt senior guard Cameron Wright echoed those sentiments after the game. “We have to give Clemson credit. They came in here and kicked our tails on the glass,” Wright said. “It’s pretty obvious that when we lose the rebounding numbers, we lose the game.” “It’s plain and simple. They wanted it more than us,” Wright added later. Dixon expressed obvious frustration regarding the rebounding margin in his post-game press conference. “[Clemson] played well. We didn’t,” Dixon said. “The obvious number that stands out is rebounding. To get beat this bad on the boards is even more difficult to realize.” The rebounding struggle isn’t unique to Saturday’s game. Pitt ranks 195th in the nation in rebounds per game (34.6) and ranks even lower when limited to defensive rebounds – tied for 307th (21.7). Those marks also are good for third-to-last and last in the ACC, respectively. That isn’t to say that the blame for the struggles on the glass are entirely due to the lack of a big body. Wright also cited positioning as a key point of weakness. Still, as Kampe pointed out, size and physicality were crucial factors to Pitt’s success in years past. The Panthers desperately need to find the next one — whether it’s Young or someone else — or Saturday’s result could become a common occurrence.
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WRESTLING
Solomon grabs heavy win for Panthers in Pitt Duals Logan Hitchcock Staff Writer
Despite moving up a weight class, head coach Jason Peters asked Ryan Solomon twice on Sunday to win a match for the Pitt wrestling team. And, both times, he delivered. The redshirt freshman, forced to wrestle often larger opponents, won twice against North Carolina and Duke to clinch team wins in both matches. “It was great. It was a lot of fun,” Solomon said. Bookend victories in each of the first two matches by Dom Forys at 125 pounds and Solomon at 285 pounds helped propel the No. 9 Pitt Panthers (7-2, 2-0 ACC) to an undefeated Sunday at the Pitt Duals. The host Panthers picked up dual victories over ACC foes North Carolina (3-3, 0-1 ACC) and Duke by scores of 21-15 and 20-15, respectively, before handily defeating Drexel 27-12 in their final match of the day. Forys kick-started Pitt early in the first match of the day when he pinned North Carolina redshirt freshman Cody Karns in just more than four minutes. The win gave the Panthers an early 6-0 advantage in team points and gave Forys his first of three decisive victories of the day. “Getting a pin gets you hyped and gets the positive energy flowing,” Forys said. The freshman added that he takes the mat first every match because he “can get the team on a roll.” Following a decision at 133 pounds, Pitt was forced to forfeit the 141-pound weight class due to no wrestlers being available at the weight. As a result, the Panthers trailed
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North Carolina 9-6 before consecutive victories by sophomore Mikey Racciato and redshirt freshman Cody Wiercioch regained the lead for Pitt, 12-9. Two matches later, with the team score tied, redshirt senior No. 8 Tyler Wilps escaped early into the second tiebreaker and
285 pounds. The match was Solomon’s first dual action of his career and subsequently resulted in his first career dual win. “Coach Peters told me he was going to need me,” Solomon said. “I told myself I needed to wrestle how I know how to wrestle.”
Dom Forys controls his Drexel opponent in Pitt Duals. Nate Smith | Staff Photographer
earned a 2-1 victory over North Carolina redshirt junior John Staudenmayer. Redshirt senior No. 2 Max Thomusseit followed that up at 184 pounds in his first action on the mat since his second-place finish at the Southern Scuffle earlier in the month. Pitt held off any chance of a tiebreaking situation by North Carolina when Solomon, normally slotted for 197 pounds, wrestled up a weight class and sealed Pitt’s victory with a takedown in overtime to give him a win over UNC senior Frank Abbondanza at
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The next dual match — against Duke (5-3, 1-1 ACC) — began in a similar fashion for Pitt, as Forys again started the team’s scoring with a major decision at 125 pounds over Duke freshman Thayer Atkins. Racciato then added a major decision over Duke’s No. 18 Marcus Cain at 149 pounds, giving Pitt an 11-6 lead. After back-to-back losing decisions at 157 and 165, Pitt faced a one-point deficit. The deficit didn’t last long, as Wilps and Thomusseit secured their second victories of the day,
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giving Pitt a 17-12 lead. The lead slipped to just two points when redshirt junior Nick Bonaccorsi fell to Duke’s No. 5 Conner Hartmann at 197 pounds. For the second time in as many matches, Solomon was sent out at 285 to secure a team victory. In a hard-fought match, Solomon, possessing plenty of size, battled Duke redshirt junior Brendan Walsh. Solomon prevailed in an exciting match that ended with an escape in a tiebreak situation, securing a Pitt victory. The victory gave Solomon a perfect dual record thus far in his career. Solomon’s win started momentum for Pitt, which defeated its next opponent, Drexel (4-5, 1-0 EIWA), without issue 27-12. The Panthers won the last five bouts of the match, including victories by Wilps and Thomusseit, giving them each their third win and an undefeated afternoon of wrestling. Thomusseit, who increased his win total to 17 on the year, wasn’t exactly satisfied with his performance on the day. “It was OK,” he said. “Maybe a C+ at best. There is always room for improvement, but a C’s passing.” Wilps, Forys and Solomon joined Thomusseit as the only Panthers to record multiple wins without a loss on the day. Despite being down a man, the Panthers as a team moved to 7-2 overall, and a perfect 2-0 in ACC action. “It takes a team to win, and I think you saw that today,” Peters said. “Finding three wins with nine guys per match is pretty good.” Pitt will have the week to prepare before traveling to Stillwater, Okla., to face No. 8 Oklahoma State next Sunday. advertising@pittnews.com
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FOOTBALL
Ruben Brown to be inducted into College Football Hall of Fame Chris Puzia Sports Editor
Offensive tackle Ruben Brown during his time at Pitt. Photo courtesy of Pitt Athletics
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Over the weekend, someone related to Pitt’s football program made headlines, but it wasn’t new head coach Pat Narduzzi. The National Football Foundation announced Friday that former Pitt offensive tackle Ruben Brown will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Brown, who played at Pitt from 1991-1994, will be officially inducted on Dec. 8, 2015 and will be the 24th Pitt player or coach to earn that distinction. Brown came to Pitt as a defensive lineman, but depth issues forced him to change positions to the offensive line. Despite his effectiveness in his new position, the Panthers combined for a 15-30 record in his four seasons there. After his Pitt career ended, Brown was drafted with the 14th overall pick in the NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills. He subsequently earned eight consecutive Pro Bowl berths for Buffalo. He made a ninth Pro Bowl appearance while playing for the
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Chicago Bears, tying Dan Marino for the most Pro Bowls by a former Pitt player. Brown will be the first Pitt player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame since Bill Fralic, who played for the Panthers from 1981-1984. Narduzzi said he spoke to Brown last week about the honors. “His pride in the University of Pittsburgh is obvious,” Narduzzi said in a release. “He is a true ‘Pitt Man,’ and I know everyone is extremely proud of him.” While he has retired from playing professional football, Brown still remains active off the field. His work with the Ruben Brown Foundation, which aims to provide children with education and mentoring programs, earned him the Buffalo Bills’ Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. “This honor goes beyond me,” Brown said in a release. “Everyone at Pitt shares this recognition. I’m so indebted to the many people who mentored, coached and guided me as a person and player over the years.”
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By Marti DuGuay-Carpenter
3 Coin with a buffalo, once 4 Designer MaryKate or Ashley 5 Klutzy fellow 6 U.N. worker protection gp. 7 Doone of Exmoor 8 Red Sea republic 9 “Texas” poker variety 10 Very small batteries 11 Prefix with metric 12 Kith and __ 13 Exploit 19 Hankering 21 Button that gets things going 24 Sandwich cookie 25 Raring to go 26 Airline with famously tight security 27 Symbol of peace 28 Hair colorings 32 Vegetables in pods 33 The “B” in TV’s former The WB network 34 “Your point being...?” 35 Target city for Godzilla
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37 Tyne of “Judging Amy” 38 Margarine 39 __ buco: veal dish 40 Scuba diving area 41 Not tight 45 Familiar adage 46 Evening, in ads 48 Inflame with enthusiasm 49 Marcos with a shoe collection
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50 “Take a hike!” 53 Verifiable findings 54 “Snowy” wader 55 Sauce tomatoes 56 “Othello” conspirator 58 Here, in Le Havre 59 Truck weight unit 60 NBC late-night comedy hit 61 Before, in poetry 62 Tiny Dickens boy