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Qdoba renovates, reopens Maria Hurtado Staff Writer
About two months after Qdoba closed due to a miscalculated leap, the restaurant reopened Monday with a new interior, new promotions and new cleverly-themed tacos. Qdoba had been closed since August when a Pitt student got stuck between Bruegger’s Bagels and Qdoba after attempting to jump between the two buildings. Police reports said the student was trying to impress a girl when he made the leap and got wedged between the buildings for about four hours. In order to remove the student, paramedics and fire rescue had to knock out Qdoba’s interior wall. The student had a broken ankle from the incident, but Qdoba shut down for almost three months as it completed interior repairs. Back at it on Monday as the dinner rush was in full swing, the line wrapped around tables and chairs. As customers waited, they chatted about the changes within the restaurant and admired a tapestry of the hole hanging on the wall. The kitchen staff worked quickly, pounding out orders one right after the other. The restaurant has rolled with — and is trying to profit from — its months-long closure.
Market Central served up African cuisine for Pitt’s International Week. Julia Zhu STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Students waste 1,145 pounds of food daily Wesley Hood Staff Writer
On average, almost a grand piano’s weight of food goes to waste each day at Market Central. In an effort to be more sustainable in the future, Sodexo released the final results of its food waste audit Monday — which included data from The Perch on upper campus — showing that about 237,000 pounds of food go to waste See Qdoba on page 8 each academic year at campus’ largest eatery.
“That’s the equivalent of 68 midsize sedans worth of food being wasted,” said Chelsea Huddleston, Sodexo’s sustainability intern. About 25,715 pounds of edible food — not including inedible scraps such as bones — go to waste at The Perch in Sutherland Hall every year. About 1,094 students eat at The Perch each day, and Market serves approximately 6,000 students in one day. For a more detailed breakdown of student waste, see page 2.
The Perch’s audit, which was its second this year, took place Oct. 8 following another report in the spring of 2016 that showed 214.97 pounds of food waste per day. The initial audit from spring of 2016 took place over two days, while Sodexo conducted this year’s over the course of a single day. The new results showed a slight reduction in food waste from the prior semester. At The Perch, the previous audit showed students wasted See Market Audit on page 2
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0.15 pounds of food each, whereas this year, students produced 0.11 pounds of waste each. Nick Goodfellow, a 2016 Pitt alum who now works as Sodexo’s Sustainability Coordinator, attributed this decrease to more awareness about food waste, changes to the way food is plated, menu changes and The Perch’s new 24-hour schedule, which could have reduced the number of students eating at any given hour during the day. The goal of the audits, Goodfellow said, is to raise awareness about how much food goes in the garbage and eventually institute changes to minimize that waste. One of the main environmental concerns, Goodfellow said, is the methane produced by decomposing food in landfills. Methane, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, is a greenhouse gas — which contribute to global warming — more potent than carbon dioxide. “Most food waste goes to a landfill, and the goal here is to try to prevent that from happening on as large of a scale as it currently is,” Goodfellow said. Compared to Western Michigan University, with a similar undergraduate enrollment of approximately 18,000 students, Pitt students wasted about the same amount of food. An audit at Western Michigan University found that their dining halls produced on average 1,024.85 pounds of food waste on a given day. Goodfellow said universities collecting data is an alright start, but using those numbers to influence policy and make changes in dining halls should be the next rational move. He said that as early as next semester, Sodexo may begin posting signs offering students the chance to choose how much food they want on a plate and encouraging students to ask for samples. “Awareness is indeed the first step, so getting this initial data is important,” Goodfellow said. “But what we do with this data is even more important.” Like recycling and monitoring our carbon footprints, Goodfellow said he thinks students are probably aware that food waste is an issue, as it contributes to substantial economic dam-
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HOW MUCH FOOD ARE WE THROWING OUT? MARKET CENTRAL THE PERCH 6,000 1,094 STUDENTS VISIT STUDENTS VISIT THE MARKET EACH DAY PORCH EACH DAY 1,014 131 LBS. EDIBLE FOOD LBS. EDIBLE FOOD WASTED PER DAY WASTED PER DAY 237,000 25,715 LBS. OF FOOD LBS. OF FOOD WASTED PER YEAR WASTED PER YEAR ages and natural resource depletion, according to the United Nations. But individuals don’t actually take the incentive to monitor or change their own eating habits. Sophomore Allen Poon, who was at Market Monday night, said he never felt it was his place to ask staff at the dining facilities for different portions. “With the pre-plated dishes sitting there, it almost feels as though that’s your only option, and you’re bothersome to the staff if you ask
for something different,” Poon said. That’s why Goodfellow said signage will clearly state students have the option — and are, in fact, encouraged — to ask for smaller portions if necessary. Sodexo is also planning to partner with organizations such as Food Recovery Heroes to recover edible and untouched food at the end of each night from both The Perch and Market Central. Currently, the on-campus organization that
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donates leftovers to local food pantries recovers food from Market To-Go, Market Kosher and both of Einstein’s on-campus locations. If efforts for raising awareness are successful, students will, in theory, become more observant about their eating — and trashing — habits and eventually change their routines, Huddleston said. “People don’t want to be wasteful,” Huddleston said. “It is just a matter of getting the word out.”
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Biden, Bon Jovi to visit Pittsburgh this week Alexa Bakalarski
Assistant News Editor Sandwiched between campaign visits from Hillary Clinton and Jon Bon Jovi, Vice President Joe Biden will stop by Chatham University to campaign for the Democratic Presidential candidate today. Biden is scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m. at Chatham University’s Athletic and Fitness Center on Woodland Road. In a different type of campaign event, Jon Bon Jovi will perform in Pittsburgh Thursday in support of Clinton. Bon Jovi — without his band — will host a free Get Out the Vote performance at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall Thursday evening to campaign as part of Hillary for America’s “Love Trumps Hate” performance series. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The performance series’ goal, according to a release, is to energize voters for the last stretch of the campaign with performers such as Katy Perry and Jennifer Lopez. Clinton and her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine, visited Taylor Allderdice High
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School Saturday where Clinton discussed women’s rights, education and the high cost of prescription drugs, among other issues. Biden last visited Pittsburgh Sept. 5 while campaigning for Clinton with Kaine at Pittsburgh’s Labor Day parade. FiveThirtyEight gives Clinton an 86.2 percent chance of winning the presidential election on Nov. 8, predicting Clinton will take 340.4 of the electoral votes and 49.6 percent of the popular vote. In Pennsylvania, Clinton leads the polls by 6.2 percent, according to RealClearPolitics. The public can RSVP to both Biden’s visit and Bon Jovi’s performance on Clinton’s official website. It was also announced Saturday that Green Party candidate Jill Stein will make her first Pittsburgh appearance at a campaign event Nov. 1. The Green Party of Allegheny County is hosting the rally at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in Downtown Pittsburgh for Stein to meet Pennsylvania voters and discuss the issues. Stein’s platform includes setting a $15
Vice President Joe Biden will be at Chatham University Tuesday. John Hamilton STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER per hour minimum wage, cutting military spending by at least 50 percent and using 100 percent clean renewable energy by 2030. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump visited Johnstown, Pennsylva-
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nia, on Friday and talked about lessening restrictions on the oil and natural gas industries as well as returning the steel and coal industries to the region. The Trump campaign hasn’t yet announced any more visits to the Pittsburgh area.
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Jessica Drake deserves to be heard, not dismissed Another day, another woman coming forward with stories about Donald Trump’s sexual advances. But the response to this one came with an added dash of deplorability: slutshaming. After videos of Trump referring to times he’s grabbed and kissed women without their consent because he was “a star” emerged earlier this month, scrutiny of his misogynistic language has intensified. During the ensuing weeks, 10 women have come forward to accuse him of variations on this behavior, including grabbing and kissing them. On Saturday, porn actress and sex educator Jessica Drake held a press conference to announce that she, too, had been a victim of Trump’s unwanted grabbing and kissing. Drake also claimed the real estate mogul offered her $10,000 to spend the night with him and offered her rides on his private jet as incentive, all of which she rejected. Trump’s reaction to the accusation has been in line with how he’s handled the others. He resolutely denied Drake’s claims and, in the process of doing so, insinuated to New Hampshire radio station WGIR that she’s probably used to such treatment. “One said, ‘he grabbed me on the arm.’ And she’s a porn star,” Trump said. “You know, this one that came out recently, ‘he grabbed me, and he grabbed me on the arm.’ Oh, I’m sure she’s never been grabbed before.” Trump’s rhetoric reinforces the notion that women somehow don’t have a full right to sexual consent if they make a career out of sex. He’s wrong. Drake’s career is based on consent. Porn stars have sex based on mutual consent, just like any other consensual sexual relationship that isn’t on camera. If Trump did what Drake claims, he sexually assaulted her, and she deserves as much credibility as any other victim.
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Attacking the person, specifically women, accusing Trump instead of the validity of their accusations is a typical tactic of the GOP candidate. But his move against Drake shows an even greater lack of respect than his other transgressions. He’s belittling a woman he’s accused of assaulting by calling her morally corrupt, insinuating that she doesn’t have a right to her body because of her job. Treating sex workers as unworthy of support following sexual violence, simply because of their jobs, is nothing new. When nine women came forward to accuse fellow porn star James Deen of rape and sexual assault last year, they faced apathetic online remarks such as “Well, you know you can’t rape a sex worker.” This sentiment is a form of careerspecific victim-blaming, and it’s a core reason why survivors of assault often stay silent. The problem with Trump’s insistence that she’s experienced this before — or that other men speak like he does in the locker room — is that it doesn’t justify his actions. Insinuating that other men may have grabbed Drake without her consent or have said things comparable to “grab her by the pussy” doesn’t lessen the severity of Trump’s rhetoric — it actually exemplifies the larger issue. If Trump’s only defense is to make a baseless claim that Drake has faced similar treatment from others, that doesn’t actually minimize his supposed actions. Rather, it points out the normalization of assault as something women should not only expect but avoid addressing if it doesn’t meet a man’s standard of severity. There’s only one standard that matters when it comes to being physical with another person: consensual or not. Drake’s occupation has nothing to do with her honesty.
Blame management for NFL ratings drop
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. TNS
Bayard Miller Columnist
The National Football League, long the juggernaut of the network television world, seems to have lost its ability to consume Americans’ weekends. The Super Bowl has had the highest Nielsen ratings of any TV program every year in recent memory. Last year’s viewership topped 110 million, making the game the third-highest rated program of all time. Fox, NBC, CBS and ESPN collectively dish out $7 billion annually to broadcast NFL games because football has long been a surefire way to get people to tune in. But ratings are down about 10 percent in comparison to this time last year. There have been many excuses as to why fewer people are watching the games. The NFL has claimed that the divisive and endlessly entertaining presidential election has robbed viewership as more people
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are ostensibly interested in Trump’s latest hijinks than an early season football game. Or, perhaps the increased availability of alternative forms of entertainment, including programs offered on 400-plus cable channels or Netflix, hold our attention more than games that take 3 hours and are punctuated by dozens of commercials for beer, trucks and erectile dysfunction pills. Maybe the anger surrounding Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protests have led many of the NFL’s bread and butter demographic — middle-aged white men — to tune out in a boycott of the league. Whatever the reason may be, I have absolutely no sympathy for the NFL’s plight, and neither should you. The NFL has done nothing but court apathy for the actual game of football. To call the NFL’s management “sketchy” is a dramatic understatement. The league See Miller on page 5
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So why in the world would I care about a 10 percent drop in viewers and decreased ad revenue for a resolutely amoral organization? I cannot deny it — I love the game of football. I played for eight years and am proud my teammates considered me a hard hitter. I follow the results of my favorite team, the Washington Redskins, every weekend and watch t h e i r games whene v e r possible. On Sunday nights, m y roommates and I all get together to watch the primetime game broadcast on NBC. But my interest is waning. The game has become corporatized to an unpalatable degree. I don’t like being inundated with the same commercials on
The game has become corporatized to an unpalatable degree.
an endless loop. I don’t like sitting around for three hours watching the aforementioned commercials for a measly 11 minutes of actual game play. I don’t like seeing the hard hits I used to love now that I know these players are destroying their bodies and minds for the viewing public’s enjoyment, acting as modern gladiators. And I definitely don’t like the idea that all the money that comes from those commercials, from those hard hits and from the endless stream of commercial entertainment tied to the NFL has pushed its management to cover up abuse and violence in order to keep the profits flowing in. Maybe this is the beginning of the end for the NFL. More and more players are retiring early in light of the increased knowledge of the game’s health risks. Fewer youth are picking up the game as worried parents are shepherding their children to safer sports such as baseball and basketball. If we’ve already passed the high water mark of the NFL’s cultural influence, then so be it. I’m playing the world’s smallest violin — albeit hypocritically — with my Redskins jersey on.
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has been compared and tied to Big Tobacco in its handling of huge ethical issues, such as player safety. For years and years, pro football executives covered up information that linked the game to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a neurological disease that results from repeated head trauma, like concussions. The documentary “League of Denial,” which details the discovery of the link and the resulting obfuscation by the NFL, was supposed to air on the popular sports network ESPN. However, after pressure by the league, which allows the network to broadcast its prime-time Monday Night Football games, the network declined to show the film. Instead, it debuted on the considerably less-watched PBS. Fittingly, the NFL tried to bury a documentary that criticized its opacity. The league has also come under fire for its handling of domestic violence issues. Ray Rice was originally suspended for just two games due to allegations of domestic violence. After graphic video evidence surfaced of him punching his
wife in an Atlantic City casino, the public outcry was so great that the league revised its punishment to an indefinite suspension. Although front office officials such as Commissioner Roger Goodell initially denied it, they had access to the tape before handing down the initial punishment, which incited public attacks for handling the entire domestic violence question with an improper degree of re s p e c t . An incredibly similar situation is currently unfolding with the New York Giants’ kicker Josh Brown, as the team and league reportedly knew about his history of abusing his wife. Did the league learn its lesson? Nope. Yet again, it did nothing.
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Culture artist spotlight
Photos courtesy of Brent Yingling
BRENT YINGLING Although he fell in love with art early in high school, Brent Yingling strayed away from it as a Pitt underclassman to pursue a more practical career in law. It wasn’t until he started doing research with Delanie Jenkins, the head of the studio arts department, that he rediscovered his passion. Yingling helped Jenkins prep materials by cutting and moving thousands of pieces of tape for a collection of her work at the time that was centered around tape — and he was re-hooked. “Within one month of working with Jenkins, I was back in the art department already,” Yingling said. Since returning to his roots as an artist, Yingling, a senior studio arts major, has worked with and formed creative connections with numerous other professors in the studio arts department. He’s built a portfolio based on personal experience, cultural and political statements and installation art that pushes the boundaries of comfort. “I try and set up spaces that allow people to come and have their own ex-
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perience within the confines I set up,” Yingling said about his installations. His work is generally subversive and sends strong messages to the audience. Several of Yingling’s installations have been on display in The Vault viewing space in the Frick Fine Arts Building, and he completed Pitt’s prestigious two-and-a-half-week artist residency, The Wyoming Field Study, in the Spring Creek Reserve this past summer. Today, he has a piece in Hillman Library’s AJ Schneider Reading Room: a tapestry called “45 seconds” that illustrates pig slaughters over time. Yingling predominantly grew up surrounded by nature, which is displayed in many of his personal, reflective works where he uses found materials including wood, bones and rocks. As a rape survivor, Yingling frequently engages with the socio-political pieces, depicting his own experience with sexual assault. “[The prints dealing with rape] are a visual representation of my experience and a way to get that conversation started,” Yingling explained. Yingling plans to stay in Pittsburgh for another year to focus on his art before going to graduate school — possibly at the University of Colorado Boulder — to receive his Master’s degree in interdisciplinary or sculpture art.
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“This piece was a collaboration between me and a Carnegie Mellon student over the last few weeks for our eco-art class. We had to go to Phipps and create a piece based off of our experience in the space. [The duo needed to create a more family-friendly piece than the realistic looking heart model they’d originally created] so we made this piece in the last 48 hours. It was really just made to examine how our bodies move with one another.”
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“I grew up predominantly in nature — being surrounded by nature — so a lot of my work uses natural materials, and that’s probably why my main chunk of work is focused on investigating both my own and human’s relationship with nature. That for me was a way of rebuilding a space that I felt safe, which was the woods, in an indoor space and then giving that space over to other people to enter and have experiences.”
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“I made these last year as a result of becoming more confident talking about my experience as a rape survivor after working with my professor Lenore Thomas. They’re a visual representation of my experience and a way to get that conversation started.”
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“Pitt’s Sociology Club needed a cover done last year, and they asked me to design it. They gave me a couple words that they thought were relatable, and they really left the content up to me. I thought about what sociology was, which is the study between people’s interactions on a social level, and just decided to make two people facing one another.”
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Qdoba, pg. 1 Having closed right before the release of the company’s new Knockout Tacos, Chad Brooks, the owner of Pittsburgh’s Qdoba franchise, decided to playfully rename the grand opening deal to Knockout the Wall Tacos. These tacos come in six different specialty flavors with names such as Bohemian Veg and Drunken Yardbird. For the grand opening only, customers were given a free Knockout the Wall
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taco or $3 off any entree if they did not want the taco — which explains the lengthy line on Monday. Ongoing promotions include a free drink with a student ID and email coupons sent for Qdoba rewards members. There is also a contest going on where one rewards customer who visits the restaurant during its first week open will win a free burrito every week for the rest of the school year. Matt Hurley, general manager at Qdoba, said it was unfortunate the shop had to be closed during the first half of Pitt’s
fall semester, but the break offered an opportunity not only to expand on promotions but also to refresh the store’s brand and lighten up the decor. “The way we are looking at it is that it was really a blessing in disguise,” he said. Brooks said that the restaurant served about 1,200 guests throughout the day Monday. Before the restaurant closed in August, about 400 or 500 students would visit the restaurant daily. “Today, we sold more food in one day than we ever had at that store [per day] in 14 years,” Brooks said.
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Brooks could not give an estimate for the cost of the renovations but said that it was much less than the loss of income over the 60 days that the store has been closed. The redesign includes wooden barlike seating to replace the booths and olive green paint with colorful artwork and the words “Taste Everything” now covering the walls. Qdoba added tiling to the drinks and condiments station for a more modern twist. Nationally, the chain has been making similar changes in its restaurants — Brooks plans to incorporate the design at other Qdoba restaurants around Pittsburgh in the next year and a half. “I think it’s a great conversion, [a] transition in terms of the look and the feel of the restaurant,” he said. “And not just for pictures. I think it’s much more of a social setting than before.” Shannon McClenning, a senior history major, said she liked the new feel of the restaurant she has been coming to since her first year at Pitt. “I love the new color scheme they have. It makes Qdoba look much nicer and modern” she said. “Although I do wish the booths hadn’t changed, I’m just happy that I can finally have my queso again.” When the student attempted to jump the gap earlier this year, the Oakland Qdoba received national press coverage and generated significant buzz on social media. Judith Baeth, a senior Spanish exchange student, said she remembered the story circulating and came with her friends on Monday to check out the recovered restaurant. “I had seen all over Facebook that a man had gotten stuck in between the walls, and then I saw they were opening up the restaurant again,” Baeth said. “The promotions were all over the place, so I knew I couldn’t pass up free food.” Qdoba’s management is planning to start a contest where people can take pictures with the mural of the hole and send them out via social media. “Not only would that be super funny to see, but they should get the student who fell to sign it,” said Carly Nolan, a senior chemical engineering major on Monday. “Everyone would be lining up to take pictures with it.”
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Sports 2016-17 NBA PREVIEW: JAMES AGAINST THE WORLD Dan Sostek
Senior Staff Writer
nba finals 2017 PREDICTION
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It’s hard to remember a season where so many NBA teams have seemingly so little hope for a championship. Which is why the prevailing thought Tuesday night at the onset of the 2016-17 NBA season might be: “The Warriors are going to win, so why bother?” On paper, there are essentially only two teams with any chance to win the NBA Championship: the Golden State Warriors and the defending champions, the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Warriors set a league record with 73 regular season wins last year before losing to the Cavs in an epic seven-game NBA finals then reloaded by adding megastar Kevin Durant in the offseason. The Cavs don’t boast nearly as much talent from top to bottom, but they still have LeBron James — and maybe that’s enough. Still, the season isn’t played on paper. Injuries, regres-
sion and other adversities strike and change the circumstances. That being said, even with a bevy of talented teams, it looks like the association is on a one-way road to a third straight Cleveland-Golden State NBA Finals. ATLANTIC DIVISION: Boston Celtics While they failed to win the Kevin Durant sweepstakes this summer, the Celtics’ offseason has Boston fans primed for the team’s best showing since the “Big Three” of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen disbanded. The Celtics added free agent center Al Horford, one of the best two-way big men in basketball, bolstering an already strong defense into elite territory. The Toronto Raptors are good enough to beat out Boston again for first place, but the addition of Horford and the team’s continued development under head coach Brad Stevens should push the Celtics over the top. CENTRAL DIVISION: Cleveland Cavaliers See Basketball on page 10
Tomlin’s mistakes cost steelers chance at huge upset Steve Rotstein Sports Editor
The Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the New England Patriots Sunday, 27-16 — but don’t blame backup quarterback Landry Jones. This one’s on the coach. Jones performed admirably, starting in place of the injured Ben Roethlisberger. After throwing a horrible interception in the end zone on the Steelers’ second drive, he was surprisingly efficient, completing 29 of 47 passes for 281 yards and a touchdown against the stout Patriots defense. But Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin made several bad decisions that hurt the team throughout the game. And when it mattered most, he didn’t give Jones a chance to bring the Steelers back. Tomlin’s first bad decision came before the game even started. The Steelers won the coin toss, and he chose to receive the opening kickoff rather than defer to the second half. This is common for the Steelers, even against
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tough opponents. Last year, in a 34-27 win against the eventual Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos, Roethlisberger asked Tomlin what he wanted to do if they won the coin toss. “You want the ball? They’ve got the No. 1 defense in the world,” Roethlisberger asked. “I’ve got you,” Tomlin replied. But on Sunday, Tomlin didn’t have Roethlisberger — he had Jones. Roethlisberger is a quarterback Tomlin can expect to step right onto the field and lead the offense on a scoring drive. But Jones was making his third career start and likely needed a couple of series to get into the flow of the game. Choosing to receive the opening kickoff with Jones isn’t all that bad, but doing so against the Patriots plays right to that team’s advantage. It’s well known that Patriots head coach Bill Belichick prefers to receive the second half kickoff to try to secure a “double possession” — by ending the first half with a score and receiving the ball again Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the New England Patriots on after halftime. See Tomlin on page 10 Sunday, 27-16. TNS
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While the Steelers prevented that “double possession” with a field goal drive of their own to end the first half, they failed to pick up a first down on their first series, and the Patriots got the ball less than two minutes into the game — essentially starting both halves with possession of the ball. Tomlin’s next mistake came with 12:46 left in the second quarter. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady completed a pass over the middle to tight end Rob Gronkowski for 13 yards on third-and-9 and a new first down. After tackling Gronkowski to the ground, Steelers safety Mike Mitchell ripped the ball out of his hands, trying to trick the officials into ruling the pass incomplete. Turns out his own coach took the bait instead. Tomlin used one of his two allotted coaches’ challenges to get the referees to review the play, even though Gronkowski clearly caught it and went to the ground with control of the ball long before Mitchell ripped it out. Officials upheld the catch, and the Steelers wasted a challenge along with one of three first-half timeouts with almost 13 minutes left in the second quarter. Poor clock management hurt the Steelers again in the second half as they burned their first timeout with 11:42 left in the third quarter and used another with 6:57 left in the fourth. Trying to save timeouts is always important, especially at the end of the game. But those timeouts are also crucial in the first half against a team like the Patriots because teams need all the time and points they can get to win.
Basketball, pg. 9 The rationale here is really just one man: James. The 31-year-old’s dominating NBA Finals performance proved that he — not Steph Curry — is still the best player in the NBA. Throw in point guard Kyrie Irving — one of the 20 best players in the NBA — as well as the rejuvenated J. R. Smith and offensive rebounding machine Tristan Thompson, and the Cavaliers have a “Big Four” of their own to match up with the Warriors’ superstar quartet in the West. The Pacers, Bulls and Pistons will all likely fight for playoff spots, but they won’t be able to contend with the Cavs for a division title. SOUTHEAST DIVISION: Atlanta Hawks Losing Horford might come back to hurt Atlanta, but the Hawks offset the loss with the addition of mercurial center Dwight Howard. Howard isn’t the same player who led the Orlando Magic to the 2009 NBA Finals, but he is still one
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With the Steelers trailing, 27-16, with 9:05 left in the fourth quarter, Tomlin made yet another coaching error. Just when it seemed like the game was getting out of reach, the Steelers recovered a fumble by Patriots punt returner Julian Edelman and were set up in great field position. The Steelers had all the momentum and a chance to really make things interesting by scoring a touchdown. But rather than go for it on fourth-and-3 from the Patriots’ 36-yard line, Tomlin sent out kicker Chris Boswell for a 54-yard field goal attempt. Yes, if Boswell made it, the Steelers would have been within eight points. But assuming Brady and the Patriots aren’t going to score again is a risky proposition. The Steelers were still going to need a touchdown at some point, and that was their best chance to get it. Instead, Tomlin went with Boswell, whose career-long field goal is from 51 yards and had already missed from 42 yards out earlier in the game. His 54-yard attempt never had a chance, sailing well to the right of the goalpost. The Steelers never scored again. The Patriots have the best record in the NFL and are the favorite to win the Super Bowl. They have a four-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback in Brady and a four-time Super Bowl-winning head coach in Belichick. Playing without Roethlisberger — their own two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback — the Steelers needed Tomlin to coach one of the best games of his life to have a chance to win. Instead, he picked a bad time to coach one of his worst. of the most effective threats in basketball, having made a career-high 62 percent of his shots in 2015-2016. Howard is still big, strong and freakishly athletic, and pairing him with criminallyunderrated power forward Paul Millsap will wreak havoc on opposing frontcourts. SOUTHWEST DIVISION: San Antonio Spurs Even after the legendary Tim Duncan’s retirement, the Spurs are still the best of the Southwest Division and one of the few teams in the Western Conference with a chance at knocking out the Warriors. LaMarcus Aldridge should bounce back from a solid but unspectacular first year with the Spurs, and Kawhi Leonard is the best defensive player in the NBA and an underrated offensive force with a legitimate shot at winning the MVP this year.
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1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 bedroom apartments and houses available in May and August 2017. Nice, clean, free laundry, includes exterior maintenance, new appliances, spacious, located on Meyran, Bates, Oakland, Semple, Wellsford, Dawson, Juliet. 412-414-9629.
Oakland/Atwood St. Large house (6 person), walking distance to campus. 6 BR, 3 BA, living room, fully equipped kitchen, basement with free washer/dryer. Available mid-August 2017. $2700/mo +utilites. 412-523-2971 or rwiener602@gmail.com
2-3-4 bedroom houses. Available now or January 1st. At corner of Parkview and the Boulevard. Free laundry. Central air. Really nice. 412-414-9629.
Updated apartments for rent. Most with A/C, some with parking. Available May and August 2017. Dishwasher, laundry, ice makers. 412-445-6117
2,3,5 BR houses. Available now. Bouquet, Atwood, & Dawson. Please call 412-287-5712. 221 Atwood Street Two, 1 bedroom apartments available. $900.00 + Electric. Heat included. On site laundry. 1 available immediately, 1 availble in January. Short-term lease available. 412-586-7575. www.nationalbuilderspittsburgh.com.
AVAILABLE NOWSHADYSIDE/FRIENDSHIP Holden St. 2BR – Roof Deck! $1450 Maryland 3Br $1545 New SS Appliances! South Negley 1BR – Renovated! Spacious! $825 South Fairmount 1BR Private Entrance – $795 All Apartments are Pet Friendly! Call 412-455-5600 for a showing.
2 BR Unfurnished, Kitchen, Bath, Washer/Dryer included, 1 car garage. $845 mo. + utilities. Available immediately, 1-2 people. Close to bus stop, Oakland/Downtown/Shopping District. No pets, no smoking. Call Ray 412-523-2971, rwiener602@gmail.com. AVAILABLE NOW – SQUIRREL HILL LUXURY RENOVATIONS! MODERN! GRANITE! SS APPLIANCES! ALL NEW! Eldridge St. – 1Br $895 Studio $750 Shady Ave – 1BR $1150 2BR $1295 Murray Ave – 3BR $1695 4BR $1750 All Apartments are Pet Friendly Call 412-455-5600 for a showing.
Two beautiful 3 bedroom Squirell Hill palaces. All hardwood, central air, Newly renovated. Free laundry. Totally equipped kitchen. Dishwasher, garbage disposal. Available immediately. $1,500-$1,650+ G&E. 412-377-0102. www.nationalbuilderspittsburgh.com. 3,4,5 BR. Sarah Street and Wrights Way. Close to Pitt and Duquesne University. Call 412-287-5712.
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A nice room in a 3 bedroom house is available for rent within short walking distance to campuses. Other rooms occupied by students. Monthly rate is $400+utilities. Contact (412)657-4832 or (412)443-4037.
The Psychiatric Molecular Imaging Program is seeking men 18-25 years of age for brain imaging research studies. Participants must be in good physical and mental health, planning to stay in the Greater Pittsburgh area for the next 12 months, and willing to provide blood samples to confirm eligibility. The study involves questionnaires, interviews, and brain scanning. The research study will take place at UPMC Presbyterian University Hospital. Subjects will be compensated up to $800 upon completion. For details, call 412-586-9888.
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Come work where it’s Oktoberfest everyday. NOW HIRING: All kitchen staff including Managers at Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh. Apply in person Monday through Friday. Need extra cash? Hard working parttime maintenance helper wanted for busy property management company. Some duties include light painting, cleaning, grass cutting and snow shoveling. Some related experience is helpful and car/truck is required. Call Robb Real Estate at 412.682.7622 or stop by 5816 Forbes Avenue.
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Residential treatment facility located in Robinson is now hiring! Gain hands on experience in the mental health field working with children & adolescents! Looking for full time or part time as needed direct care staff! *We accommodate school schedules!* Interested? Apply at: www.thebradleycenter.org/careers Phlebotomy Training Centerwww. justphlebotomy.org 2 evening classes weekly, 5 weeks + excellent Clinicals. Call 412-521-7334.
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Want to get a great discount and work flexible hours over the holiday season? American Eagle and Aerie are now hiring at the Ross Park Mall location. Great Discount. Competitive Wages. Apply at aeo.jobs
Adopt: A loving couple hopes to adopt. We would love to hear what your hopes and dreams are for your baby. Please call Jen & Dom 1866-270-6969, text 646-705-2903, www.jenanddomwishtoadopt.info
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