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FEMINIST MAKERS CREATE SPACE
WINE ABOUT IT
MarySandra Do For The Pitt News
Students taste test wine at an event taught by Deb Mortillaro of Dreadnought Wine. John Hamilton VISUAL EDITOR
STUDENTS FOUGHT OFF ARMED ASSAILANTS FRIDAY Ashwini Sivaganesh
omores, chose to fight instead of flee from three suspects who held them at gunpoint on Joseph, a Pitt sophomore, was staring their way to a party in Oakland. Because two straight into the barrel of a black revolver suspects in the incident are still at large, The Pitt News has removed the full names of the handgun on McKee Street Friday night. A Pitt police crime alert detailing Joseph’s students in this story for their safety. Despite a spike in violent crimes in the experience noted that the gunman holding the revolver used it to hit the student in the area — four in two weeks — Joseph, Jacob back of the head — but it did not list what led and Demetri headed out to a party on Lawn Street at about 10 p.m. up to that moment. Before trekking into the depths of CenJoseph, Jacob and Demetri, all Pitt sophNews Editor
tral Oakland, the trio and four other friends stopped at a house on McKee to pick up a few more partygoers. According to Jacob, the group was walking toward McKee on Louisa Street when they noticed three men approaching from the opposite direction. “Demetri and I moved out of the way, but the guys didn’t try to move out of the way and just bumped our shoulders,” Jacob said. Demetri got into a verbal fight with the See McKee on page 7
Caitlin Bruce, an assistant professor in the department of communication at Pitt, always liked sewing and painting, but had yet to find a suitable space to practice her art in Pittsburgh. “I haven’t had a lot of experience in makerspaces, but, one that I went to, it felt kind of like very masculine — it was a lot of dudes and it sort of felt like I was a novice at the thing I was trying to do. I felt … kind of uncomfortable,” she said. She found comfort at Prototype, a new feminist makerspace in North Oakland — where communal “making,” with a variety of equipment necessary for trades including woodworking, sewing and 3D printing, meets intersectional feminism. Erin Oldynski and E. Louise Larson, who both work full time at TechShop, a DIY-focused space in Bakery Square, opened Prototype in early January. “I think a lot of people are new to the idea of makerspaces. We happen to be lucky enough to actually work in a makerspace as our day job,” said Larson. Prototype is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and sometimes partners with local artists and hosts workshops and DIY sessions. The introductory price of admission See Prototype on page 2
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is $25 for 10 hours of access a week for six months. The Sprout Fund, a Pittsburgh agency that provides financial support to community projects and programs, granted Prototype $5,000 to engage 100 women in workshops within the first 100 days of the Donald Trump presidency. Artist Jenn Gooch hosted the sewing workshop in her studio called WERK in Lawrenceville Jan. 26. “It was intentional on our part to start with the sewing workshop, because sewing is historically a woman’s work, but it is very much a technical skill that you have to learn, and it requires an understanding of engineering,” Oldynski said. Makerspaces evolved from hackerspaces, community spaces where technology was altered or “hacked” to perform alternative tasks in the ’90s. Eventually, the spaces were broadened to include making of any sort. Hackerspaces originated as male-dominated technological centers, and makerspaces followed suit, particularly when the making involved STEM projects — a field where female participation is already low. But the “maker movement,” so dubbed in a 2015 Atlantic story on the rise of mini-American manufacturing outlets, has boomed — Prototype joins nine other maker/hackerspaces in Pittsburgh, including Assemble in Garfield and HackPittsburgh in Bluff. Part of the popularity of “making” stems from the growing availability of equipment such as 3D printers and laser cutters. Prototype opens this accessibility up even further — welding the maker movement with intersectional feminism that includes non-binary people, trans women and women
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from all races, religious backgrounds and sexual orientations. “Makerspaces [are] still something that’s like hedging into everyday vernacular, and that’s kind of true with feminism as well, especially intersectional feminism,” said Larson. Larson and Oldynski want Prototype to be a space for women and feminists of all gender identities to work in a welcoming and opening environment. “Our definition of feminism looks to work against things like racism and classism and sexism and create an empowering physical space where people who believe in equity broadly want to come together to learn from one another,” Oldynski said. “Feminism is not just something you sit around and talk about, but it’s action-oriented. Prototype intends to show women that traditionally female crafts, such as sewing, can be technical and precise. Likewise, the creators also want to demonstrate that women can pursue hobbies that are often seen as too technical or masculine. This resonated with Emmy Volkar, 31, who always yearned to create more with her hands. “I find a lot of joy in that,” said Volkar. “I knew there were going to be workshops, too, so I was just like yeah, anytime, any place that I can learn — especially a designated feminist space was even more appealing to me.” The creators encourage member participation. Prototypers can conduct their own making workshops and, at some point, they intend to have an advisory board set up, in which one committee on the board will curate educational experiences and workshops. Prototype has limited space but partners with a number of organizations in the same warehouse See Prototype on page 7
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Top: E. Louise Larson (left) and Erin Oldynskand , founders of Protype, a new feminist makerspace in Pittsburgh. Middle: Erin Oldynski grabs for a saw in the makerspace. Bottom: Prototype, the name of the new feminist maker space, lasered onto a sheet of wood. Emily Hower CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
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Now’s the time to name Pitt a sanctuary campus As President Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry to the United States sunk in over the weekend, some groups responded with more defiance than others. Riots and rallies across the country and in Pittsburgh manifested widespread disapproval of the order. Private companies including Starbucks, Lyft and Airbnb, pledged their support for refugees in the country. Locally, the board of Pittsburgh Public Schools made a unanimous decision Friday to make the city school district a “sanctuary campus” for undocumented students. On campus, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher released a statement the day after the president signed the order, condemning the move as “deeply troubling” in its “potential to significantly impact our University community.” The words, while comforting and well-intentioned, fell short of promising what the city’s public school board had promised its students: real protection. The sanctuary campus movement, an outgrowth of the trend of so-called “sanctuary cities,” first gained prominence in the aftermath of last year’s presidential election. Both movements strive to grant protections to their undocumented students or residents, primarily by refusing to voluntarily cooperate with federal immigration officials seeking to make arrests for deportation. A 2015 study from Pew Research Center estimated that between 200,000 and 225,000 undergraduate students in the United States were living here without full documentation. And given the political and legal atmosphere of the new federal administration, now more than ever is the time to energetically commit to protecting these students’ fundamental rights. Pitt’s faculty and student body made their will to protect undocumented students
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evident last November. A crowd of roughly 55 people delivered a letter to the chancellor’s office asking that University administration implement policies to ensure that there would be no collaboration with federal officials to target these and other vulnerable students. The letter was followed in December by a petition from Pitt faculty members that specifically requested a list of policies — including promises not to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on campus — to stop any use of E-Verify in student and employee applications and to provide special assistance for students covered under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals with visa status and financial aid. Assistant English professor Peter Campbell, one of the petition’s signatories, said the purpose of the requests were less to use the phrase “sanctuary campus” specifically than the University’s “willingness to work on behalf of all members of this community.” The chancellor defended immigrant and refugee students on Pitt’s campus, offered a phone number for the Office of International Services at Pitt and some advice about traveling — but he didn’t mention what actions his own office might take to keep international students safe. As of Jan. 30, the chancellor’s office has not made a public statement or response in regard to the petition. Susan Rogers, spokesperson for the chancellor, did not respond to questions in time for publication. Without a doubt, the chancellor’s statement this past weekend was important and needed to be made. But without actually committing the University to sanctuary campus policies in order to protect the student body, his assurances will remain just words.
ALLOW GMOS, FIGHT HUNGER
Terry Tan SENIOR STAFF ILLUSTRATOR
Jamie Viens Columnist
When you’re perusing the produce aisle, your obvious choice is to reach for the shiny, red apple over the browning, shriveling one. But what if you discover the red one’s actually been on the shelf longer? With the rise of genetically engineered crops, it’s more likely than you might think — and it’s not such a bad thing. Companies like Chipotle have done little to contribute to a positive perception of genetic engineering in food. Publicity campaigns built around removing GMOs — genetically modified organisms — from the food they serve have succeeded at overshadowing any favorable exposure the topic has received. Recently, researchers have developed a genetically modified apple with nonbrowning traits that resists spoiling for weeks. Okanagan Specialty Fruits created
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and distributed the product after 20 years of research and product development, has been dubbed the “Arctic apple.” Following approval from the Federal Drug Administration of commercial sale, 500 boxes of pre-sliced apples are set to be test-trialed in 10 grocery stores across the Midwest, starting in early February. These apples are a significant triumph for genetic engineering, as their output has the potential to significantly decrease food waste. With any luck, the Arctic apples will eliminate the need for other chemical additives to prevent browning. When their skin is punctured, apples turn brown due to a protein called polyphenol oxidase, or PPO. This enzyme exists in many plant species and oxidizes the inside of the apple as a natural deterrence against pests. Research from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has See Viens on page 4
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Viens, pg. 3 found that PPO provides little to no benefit to the fruit’s cultivation. Thus, the Arctic apple’s producers impeded the generation of the enzyme in order to allow them to last up to three weeks without naturally undergoing oxidation. While this scientific feat is impressive on its own, it readily lends itself to the much broader narrative that is the debate over GMOs. The anti-GMO movement has been grounded in the belief that GMOs can be detrimental to human health, as well as the environment. But hundreds of studies have failed to find conclusive data suggesting negative health effects. A 2013 review of 1,783 of these independent studies on GMO safety and environmental effects found that not a single one linked the use of genetically modified food products with any significant safety issues. Genetic engineering certainly has its drawbacks. Patents — private companies’ trademarking the newly created crops — and blights that devastate genetically identical plant populations are among the most notable. But the proven advantages of GMOs, like the increased productivity of heightened photosynthesis and crops’ self-fertilization, far outweigh these cons. If anything, genetically modified crops are better at resisting viruses and open-source GMOs might turn these weaknesses into strengths. With 80 percent of the world’s population living on fewer than $10 per day, GMOs remain our only substantial method for growing ample food quickly enough to meet the demands of global population — and we’ve still yet to do so. Products such as the Arctic apple are the closest genetic engineering has come to producing a GMO that can fulfill the industry’s promises of a food that will meet the demand of population growth without exacerbating conditions of climate change, fossil fuel usage or lack of available, cultivable land. This is particularly important at a time when 17 percent of children in the United States live in families experiencing food insecurity. In Pittsburgh alone, 47 percent of residents live in food deserts — regions devoid of viable, affordable healthy food options.
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The average retail price of a halfgallon of organic milk currently sits at $3.82, compared to a standard halfgallon priced at $2.29 — one example of the impracticality of buying organic for those without the means. It’s imperative that people acknowledge that the presence of restaurants and organic food does not correlate with increased access to food or improve circumstances of food insecurity. Okanagan Specialty Fruits is currently limited to multiple orchards in British Columbia and 85,000 trees in Washington, but the company plans to grow thousands more trees with varieties of PPO-free apples over the next few years in order to increase their supply. What the conversation about GMO legitimacy needs isn’t more of the same focus on organic foods as the ultimate food source. The Arctic apple, and GMO-created foods like it, show that consideration for people, as well as the environment, must recognize the realities of how we distribute and consume food. And to the truly hungry, the only thing that more organic food means is more food that’s out of reach.
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Culture artist spotlight
Photos courtesy of Sarah Krause
SARAH KRAUSE Instead of eating animals, Sarah Krause paints them. Krause became a vegetarian at age 13 and vegan as a first-year student after seeing “Cowspiracy,” a documentary about the meat industry’s carbon footprint. As an artist, Krause uses her work to depict farm animals in a way that return the sovereignty they’re denied on farms that raise them for slaughter. “I realize I’ll probably be labeled as a crazy vegan trying to push her worldview, but it’s something very important to me,” Krause said. After a short stint in neuroscience, Krause switched her major to art during her first year at Pitt. Among her science classes during her first year, Krause took a drawing class for general education requirements — and it was the only class that really interested her. Switching her major, she said, “was very impulsive but was something I’ve never looked back on.” Her interests in art began in camps she attended as a child growing up in Pittsburgh’s North Hills. It was a form of expression she immediately latched onto, and what carried her
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through adolescence. Krause added a second major in social work, which combines a number of her interests – including politics and psychology – and allows her to help people. After Pitt she plans on going to law school to study either human or civil rights law. “It sounds very cliché but I knew I wouldn’t be fulfilled if I wasn’t doing a selfless endeavor,” Krause said. Krause explores varying themes in her work. She’s been revisiting self-portraits and femininity — both early interests — in drawing classes at Pitt. Lately she’s also been able to gently push her own agenda through her work by drawing viewers’ attention to the subtle reminders of mistreatment in the food industry. “People need to come to terms with what it means to eat meat on their own. You can’t aggressively force it on people,” Krause said. “That’s the line I’m trying to walk.”
Winchester “For this one, we had to incor-
porate collage [overlaying a plastic image over the actual painting], so I painted this pig but on the side are the CEOs of meat companies hidden there — lurking — and on the other side is bacon.”
untitled “This is about my flaws. I used to
have bad acne and always have bags under my eyes even though I’m not tired. But I wanted to show even with flaws you can be beautiful — they don’t make you who you are.”
Find the full gallery online at
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untitled “I juxtaposed the animals themselves with the bottom showing
butcher’s charts over repeated images of their wounds to show the meat industry is based in torture. This was a turning point for me, I knew I wanted to follow this theme more”
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VEGANS ARE PEOPLE, TOO
Lexi Kennell Staff Writer
When I was still new to veganism, all I posted on social media were facts: “useless” male chicks are often thrown into grinders or suffocated. More than 30 millions cows are killed every year to feed Americans. Farmers often break off piglets’ teeth to make sure they won’t bite each other while confined in cages. On Friday nights, I curled up with cashew milk ice cream to watch documentaries exposing the meat and dairy industries. I thought I was the only one who cared about the worldwide mass murder of helpless creatures and decided it was my job to tell every person in my life about the absolute necessity of ditching chicken for tofu. I became the preachy, overly passionate vegan we all hear horror stories about, and I lost friends over it. Sometime between proselytizing the good word of PETA and shoveling another bite of lactose-free dessert into my mouth, I realized I was not only making everyone around me miserable, but my constant anxiety was also making me miserable. I couldn’t keep bombarding my mind with graphic images from slaughterhouses if I wanted to be mentally and emotionally stable. It was also around this time a friend pointed out that I own an iPhone and that I sometimes buy clothing from stores that profit from sweatshops or child labor. I had a meltdown because I couldn’t take on every injustice in the world. With some time, I came to realize that every person does something that they think helps better the world in some way, and veganism is simply my way of contributing. From that point on, I never pressured or lectured anyone about veganism unless they asked for information, and I let go of my guilt over what I could not change. Now nearly a year into veganism, I realize my part in the perpetuation of certain vegan stereotypes. But I’ve also heard my fair share of unfunny and frankly offensive vegan jokes. You may have seen the video of the foul-mouthed older woman making a
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vegan version of a Turducken — a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey — making the rounds on social media over Thanksgiving. I’ve seen the memes, too: vegans think they’re better than everyone else, vegans only eat grass, vegans announce their no-meat, no-dairy status within seconds to every new person they meet. Most of my friends and family members who tag me in vegan memes mean well, but sometimes it can get exhausting. A 2008 study conducted by the Harris Interactive Service Bureau for the Vegetarian Times found that 7.3 million U.S. adults follow a vegetarian-based diet and 1 million of those are vegans. The study also shows that 42 percent of those who are v e g e t a r i a n
and/or vegan are between the ages of 18 and 34. Considering the sheer number of young Americans who are vegetarian and/or vegan, it may be time for meat eaters to do what I’ve done. Take a step back and ask yourself if the vegan joke you’re about to utter is a. Funny b. Original c. Worth the public shame you’re about to impart on someone else’s lifestyle. Here’s how to speak to vegans without making them want to punch you in the face or cry. Don’t Tell Everyone That They’re Vegan Too many times I have been in a situ-
ation where I am with a friend, meeting new people and my friend tells everyone that I am a vegan. “Oh great,” I think. ‘Now I have to defend myself in front of a room full of strangers.’ Although I am not ashamed to be vegan, there is a stereotype that vegans will jump at the chance to tell everyone and anyone of their self-righteous lifestyle choice. Being painstakingly aware of this stereotype, I try to conceal it unless it is relevant or I am asked. This shouldn’t just be a rule for having vegan friends — it should be a general rule. Trust me, your friends don’t need you to air their personal issues, they can speak for themselves.
Jordan Mondell CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Don’t Tell Them What They Can Eat When I go to restaurants with friends or family, the first thing they do is scan the menu for dishes I can eat. It’s sweet, and I know the gesture is usually coming from a place of concern. But we can read menus. Most of the time, vegans know what we can and cannot eat, and if we can’t tell, we can always ask the waitstaff. Also, it’s not that we can’t have something — we are not being restrictive. Vegans choose not to eat meat or dairy. It’s not a chore to us, it’s a voluntary life
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choice. Don’t Be Their Nutritionist Ah, the age-old question — “Where do you get your protein?” Here’s my question for anyone who has asked this: since when do you have a dietetics degree? Vegans are aware of their own veganism and know we have a different way of getting nutrients. If you must know, protein is in virtually everything. If someone is eating enough calories, they are most certainly getting enough protein. After I went vegan, a host of my friends and family who were never previously concerned with my nutrition started asking detailed questions. Why all of the sudden concern? Non-vegans and non-vegetarians can make bad food choices, too — visit the Forbes Avenue McDonald’s on any Friday night and you can see those bad decisions in action. Don’t Ask Them If They Eat You may be making a joke because you have no idea what vegans eat — hint, it’s not grass or birdseed — but you can ask politely or do some research. The funny thing is, you probably eat vegan all of the time. That peanut butter and celery you had for a snack? Vegan. That packet of Oriental-flavored ramen noodles you scarfed down before night class? Vegan. The 12 Oreos you ate while streaming “A Series of Unfortunate Events” on Netflix? Yep, vegan. And everything that has meat or cheese in it also has vegan substitutes: ice cream, pizza, burgers — we eat more than plants. Don’t Tell Someone They Don’t “Look” Vegan Beware — this is especially offensive. You’re either implying that the vegan in question is not thin enough or doesn’t look enough like a hippie to be an herbivore. You don’t have to be thin or be a hippie to be vegan — you just have to avoid meat, dairy and all other animal products. Having a vegan friend is not complicated if you respect their life choices. After all, their food choices don’t personally affect you — except, of course, that they help save the environment and the planet you live on.
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around the city, including TechShop, Pittsburgh Filmmakers and HackPittsburgh. “We’re hoping that people who are members of Prototype can take classes and do workshops at all of these locations across the city,” said Larson. “I want it to be what the people want it to be.” The founders have big goals for their little space, but, ultimately, it’s a place for creation without judgement — or general “nerdery,” as Larson calls it. “Feminism, to me, means that there are no rules,” Larson said, adding that the ability to change — society, an art project or the community — is going to drive the space. “We’re prototyping the kind of world that we want to live in,” she said. “Part of that is understanding how this organization isn’t dependent on us but really dependent on the community to be self-driven and to grow and change in the ways that are most appropriate for the people who are operating in the space.” A full calendar of workshops and events hosted by Prototype can be found on their prototypepgh.com.hosted by Prototype can be found on their prototypepgh.com.
Demetri got into a verbal fight with the three men, and the majority of his friends proceeded down the street. The suspects continued to bicker, before one of the men drew out a gun and pointed it at Demetri. The group of seven fled down the remainder of the street and scattered in all directions on McKee. “Somehow, Jacob, Demetri and I all ended up running toward Bates,” Joseph said. “We were trying to get to my friend’s house, but we were on the opposite side of the street.” At this point, some of the friends that the trio were separated from started calling the cops from the other end of street, Joseph said. “We thought we were in the clear, but then the three guys started to approach me and Jacob and Joseph — except the guy who originally had the gun had handed it off to one of his buddies and was backing away,” Demetri said. The two suspects approached the three friends, and one of the men pointed the gun straight at Joseph and demanded all the contents on his person. Joseph took out the phone from his pocket and placed it on the ground. The suspect not holding a gun picked up the cellphone and put in his pocket.
“I had absolutely no thoughts,” Jacob said. “I was still processing everything. All I knew was that the kid was pointing a gun at my best friend.” The gunman then turned the gun to Jacob, presumably to ask for his belongings as well. Joseph acted. “When the guy pointed the gun at Jacob, it didn’t take me long to decide that I was going to try to get the gun out of that guy’s hand,” Joseph said. “I just jumped.” Joseph pounced onto gunman and pinned him to the pavement. The two started to wrestle. Jacob and Demetri, who played football together in high school, did not hesitate to follow — Demetri helped tackle the other perpetrator. “I think I can speak for Jacob, but everything happened in a split second,” Demetri said. Joseph took a couple blows to the head as one of the suspects hit him with the revolver. Demetri slammed the man’s wrist on the ground until the gun slipped from his grasp and tumbled into the lawn of a random McKee Street apartment. “Our friend Cece came rushing out of her house — we were initially headed to her place,” Jacob said. “She was like a warrior and just started kicking the guy that had the gun.” Elizabeth, a student who has an apartment on McKee, saw part of the fight unfold from her out-
door patio. She said other neighbors were watching from porches and patios as well, and the scene developed an audience. She noticed a lot of people were on their phones — probably calling police. Within a few minutes, the man with the Joseph’s cellphone fled the scene, and Jacob picked up his phone to call the police. Demetri held the other suspect in a chokehold, but let go before the cops arrived. The trio told the cops their tale and one suspect was apprehended at the Arby’s on Forbes Avenue — located across the street from the Pitt police station. Jacob identified the individual, and Joseph got his phone back. The group headed back to Jacob’s Central Oakland home to relive the story. “I know this could have ended a few different way, but I’m glad it went in our favor,” Demetri said. According to Joseph, he did not go the hospital the day of the fight, but did make a stop at Student Health Services to comfort his worried family back home. Jacob said he had a dream involving a gun that night, but hasn’t fully processed the events. “We already considered ourselves a family, and there’s not much we can’t get through now after being held at gunpoint,” Jacob said.
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Young got off to a sizzling start in his five starters have no choice but to play them, but because our situation dictates final season, but his play has declined upwards of 30 minutes for the team to that we do so,” Stallings said. “And I’m hopeful that by guys getting more opporsince fracturing his orbital bone Jan. 11 have a chance. Most teams would relish the opporIn the loss against Clemson, a team tunity that they can be more productive.” vs. Louisville. The 6-foot-9 forward has tunity to travel to Chapel Hill, North That rotation didn’t last long, failing been forced to play with a protective that had been riding a six-game losing Carolina, for a chance to knock off one mask over his face, which he is expected streak of its own, the Panthers’ bench to register a point in 1:48 of game time of the most storied programs in college to wear for the remainder of the season. contributed a mere six points. That while giving up a jumper and a 3-pointer basketball on national television. UNC doesn’t have to worry about didn’t stop Stallings from experimenting as the Tigers stretched their lead to 10 in But the way the Pitt men’s basketwith his lineups, at their 67-60 win. ball team is playing, they might be With the matchup in Chapel Hill folone point rolling with wishing Tuesday night’s clash with a group comprised of lowed by a trip to Cameron Indoor StaNo. 12 North Carolina was airing nothing but reserves. dium to take on the Duke Blue Devils on another ACC Digital Network “I think a lot of Saturday, Stallings knows his team has broadcast rather than a primetime things we’re doing picked a bad time to play its worst basshowdown on ESPN2 where the enright now were born ketball. tire country can tune in. “We played a little better on Saturday, out of necessity. So The Panthers (12-9 overall, 1-7 we have to give some but we’re going to have to play a lot betACC) are coming off a 67-60 loss guys opportunities ter than that if we’re going to have the at home Saturday vs. Clemson that not necessarily be- kind of success that we hope to have,” Kevin Stallings gave them sole possession of last Pitt men’s basketball head coach cause they’ve earned Stallings said. place in the ACC. Pitt will carry a six-game losing streak into the Dean E. Smith Center, where the Tar Heels where its offense (19-4 overall, 7-2 ACC) have lost only will come from if once all season. its stars have a bad Panthers head coach Kevin Stallings night. discussed his team’s rapidly depreciating The Tar Heels play Monday during his weekly media are led by junior teleconference. forward Justin “We’re struggling, and it’s obvious by Jackson, who avwhat’s been going in with the outcomes erages 18.7 points of our games,” Stallings said. “But things per game, but he’s don’t get any easier, obviously, having to not doing it alone. play Carolina. They look like one of the Junior guard Joel best teams in the country to me, so we Berry II is putknow we’ve got our hands very full.” ting up nearly 15 The Panthers do still have the ACC’s points per contest, leading scorer in senior point guard and senior big men Jamel Artis, and senior forward Michael Kennedy Meeks Young is one of only three players avand Isaiah Hicks eraging more than 20 points per game. are each averaging But the lack of other reliable options has more than 12.5 per plagued Pitt during its six-game slide. game. “At times, they’ve both been spectacuUNC also has lar. At times, they haven’t been,” Stallings nine players aversaid. “The problem for them and for us aging more than is, a lot of nights they both need to be 13 minutes per Jamel Artis attempts a shot in the 2016 ACC tournament vs. North Carolina. John Hamilton VISUAL great in order for us to have a chance.” game, while Pitt’s EDITOR Sports Editor
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