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October 30, 2015 | Issue 53 | Volume 106

Tar Heeled UNC’s Marquise Williams thwarts stymied Pitt defense

Nathan Peterman couldn’t escape UNC’s swarming defense. Wenhao Wu STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Dan Sostek Sports Editor

On a breezy Thursday night, North Carolina senior quarterback Marquise Williams routinely blew by Pitt defenders.

Williams threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns, completing 14 of 23 passes

and running for 52 yards on nine carries.

He served as the lynchpin for the Tar Heels’ 26-17 win over the No. 23 Pitt Panthers at Heinz Field.

While Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi lauded the signal-caller, he also lamented his defensive unit’s inability to bring him down.

“He’s a good football player, but you know what? When you don’t make plays, you make everybody look good,” Narduzzi said. “I give him credit, but we probably missed four sacks out there.”

The defense did indeed struggle to bring the six-foot-two, 225-pound Williams down, as the Panthers had him in

their grasp or at their fingertips numerous times only to have him escape.

The Panthers, who at one point in the season led the nation in sacks per game, could not bring Williams down once.

“After we miss a sack, he’s completing passes,” Narduzzi said. “We can’t hang our See Sidebar on page 12

Petition calls for bike lanes, faces challenges

Zoe Hannah

For The Pitt News Pittsburgh bike advocates are calling for more bike lanes in Oakland following a death on Forbes Avenue last Friday.

On Oct. 24, the day after Pitt adviser Susan Hicks died in an accident on Forbes Avenue, Gregory Dornseif, a Pitt sophomore, started a Change.org petition titled “#SaferForbesNOW. Not one more. Create safe spaces to bike in Oakland.”

The petition, which has received 2,504 signatures, calls on Mayor Bill Peduto, PennDOT District Executive Dan Cessna and Pitt Chancellor Patrick Gallagher to add bike lanes to the “deadly” Fifth/Forbes corridor in Oakland.

According to Tim McNulty, a spokesperson for Peduto, the city already has plans underway for bike lanes in Oak-

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land, but is waiting on a federal grant to fund bike lanes on either Fifth Avenue or Forbes Avenue.

McNulty said the mayor wants the project — originally scheduled to begin in 2017 — pushed up to 2016.

After 750 people signed the petition on the first day, Bike Pittsburgh, a local bike advocacy group, approached Dornseif and offered to help collect a concrete list of names based off of the virtual signatures.

Change.org collects a number of signatures, but does not require real names on a petition. Bike Pittsburgh and Dornseif created a Google form on the Change.org petition and on the Bike Pittsburgh website to gather the full names of Pittsburgh residents who want to support their cause.

The group plans to present the list to the city in the next few weeks.

Eric Boerer, Bike Pittsburgh’s advocacy director, said the number of organi-

There are so many moving parts. Nobody is really talking to each other.

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zations — including PennDOT and the City administration — already working on separate plans for bike lanes in Pittsburgh makes communication difficult.

“There are so many moving parts,” Boerer said. “Nobody is really talking to each other.”

If community stakeholders like Pitt, PennDOT, CMU and Port Authority are all in the same room together, Boerer said they can better organize a plan for bike lanes in Oakland.

Both departments said they were working on projects to add lanes to Forbes Avenue before Dornseif created the petition.

On Thursday, Pitt spokesperson John Fedele said the administration had not seen the petition and could not make a comment on it specifically.

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Acid attack survivor speaks to students Emily Brindley Staff Writer

Hanifa Nakiryowa stood in front of a crowd in the William Pitt Ballroom proudly wearing a gray blazer, oval glasses and her scars.

In 2011, at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, an unknown man threw something at Nakiryowa’s face after she had refused to bow to her then-husband’s demands that she quit work. The attack left Nakiryowa with severe scars across her face and body, and burned away the vast majority of her nose. Surgeons have performed 23 surgeries to date to reconstruct Nakiryowa’s face, the most recent in July of this year.

Nakiryowa came to the United States in search of opportunity after her attack, and is now a graduate student at Pitt studying international development and human security, with a

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focus on rights advocacy.

Nakiryowa has made her horrific experience a launching point for discussing women’s rights and violence, p ar t i c u l arly in Uganda.

O n Thursday night at 9 p.m., the African Students Organization collaborated with the Campus Women’s Organization and the African Studies Program to host Nakiryowa to discuss her experiences advocating for the rights of acid victims worldwide.

In 2012, Nakiryowa created the

Center for Rehabilitation of Survivors of Acid and Burns Violence in Kampala to raise awareness and create a community for Ugandan acid attack survivors.

CERES A V a l s o lobbies for new gove r n mental p o l i cies to supp or t acid att a c k survivors and prevent discrimination against them.

Acid attacks are so prevalent in Uganda in part because sulfuric acid is easily accessible and costs the equivalent of 70 cents for one liter, according

Women are blamed for their own attacks ... they blame themselves.

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Nakiryowa.

“The culture [in Uganda] is intensely patriarchal. Women are viewed relatively,” Nakiryowa said. “Women are blamed for their own attacks, and they eventually succumb to that and they blame themselves.”

Attendees Thursday night could donate to the charity at the door.

After her attack, Nakiryowa said the Ugandan court system offered her no justice. Like many similar cases, Nakiryowa said the court did not file any charges, eventually lost interest and dropped the case.

Nakiryowa has no way to prove who organized the attack, but she said she believes it was her husband. Even if the unknown man who threw the acid was standing in a lineup of suspects, Nakiryowa said she wouldn’t be able to pick him out.

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Bike Lanes, pg. 2 have the power to install bike lanes near campus but encourages biking and bike safety.

Cessna, the PennDOT district executive who represents Pittsburgh, said PennDOT is planning to resurface Forbes Avenue from the Birhmingham Bridge to Beeler Street, but not widen or add bike lanes to the street. PennDOT is working with Port Authority on the project from the Birmingham Bridge to North Craig Street, and with CMU from North Craig Street to Beeler Street.

PennDOT, not the city, owns Forbes Avenue, Cessna said, and does not anticipate starting its project until 2017. The city of Pittsburgh owns Fifth Avenue.

PennDOT has talked with the Pittsburgh Port Authority and the Oakland Transportation Management Association about installing bike lanes along Forbes Avenue, Cessna said. But, according to Cessna, making room for the lanes “would be a challenge.” To implement bike lanes, Cessna said PennDOT would have to re-

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move either a lane of traffic, or the city would have to remove parking.

“It’s not [a challenge] that can’t be overcome,” Cessna said, “but one that would incur sacrifices to traffic or parking.”

Even still, when Dornseif, a marketing and accounting major, saw Hicks’ mangled bike on Forbes Ave, he was shaken up.

“Someone died where I’ve biked so many times before,” Dornseif The petition calls for a bike lane along Forbes Avenue in Oakland. Jeff Ahearn ASSISTANT VISUAL EDITOR said. “[Creating bike Dornseif said he will continue to ad- lane, not just the very edge of one lane. lanes] might take lon“To drivers, relax, you’ll get there,” vocate for a bike lane along Forbes Avger than we want, but I won’t stop until enue. Boerer reminded Oakland’s bikers Boerer said. “To bikers, stay vigilant, stay it gets done. I won’t be satisfied until it that they are allowed to ride in an entire visible.” gets done.”

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Talk, pg. 3 “Perpetrators who have the money do not do it themselves,” Nakiryowa said. “And because of the nature of the system, the chances of [the perpetrators] running away uncharged and free are really very high.”

The majority of acid victims in Uganda do not go out in public without veiling their faces, according to Nakiryowa, who said this further obscures the magnitude of the issue.

Because Ugandan culture shames and ostracizes acid victims, Nakiryowa had never seen an acid attack survivor until she became one.

“We have seen rigorous attention paid to various forms of violence, but not to acid attack violence,” Nakiryowa said. “People think that it is not their problem.”

Karamagi Rujumba, 37, lives in the North Side of Pittsburgh, but is originally from Kampala, Uganda, the same town as Nakiryowa. When he heard about Nakiryowa’s talk, he came to listen. Although he had heard about acid violence in other countries, Rujumba said he did not realize that the issue was widespread or that it affected Uganda.

“I was listening to a BBC program about a year and a half ago [about acid violence] ... and I came away thinking that they have a big issue with acidthrowing in Pakistan,” Rujumba said.

“I never thought about it as a Ugandan problem.”

Michelle Nkumsah, a junior social work major and the president of the

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ASO, said Nakiryowa’s talk was part of the organization’s effort to spread cultural awareness about issues that are less common in the United States.

According to Nkumsah, ASO collaborated with CWO so students could “make connections with themselves and see things in a different way.”

Suzy Hinkle, president of CWO, said the talk was an opportunity for Pitt stu-

dents to recognize the prevalence of violence against women on both a national and global scale.

“People in Uganda and people in the United States are suffering similar problems,” Hinkle said. “I don’t know the prevalence of acid attacks in America, but that’s just one weapon against women.”

Nakiryowa’s discussion of “domestic

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violence and acid violence in Uganda, human rights, women and culture in Africa” worked to educate and enlighten the Pitt community about the perspectives of others — particularly of African women — according to Nkumsah.

“There is no kind of justice that can bring back our faces,” Nakiryowa said.

“But we can stand out there to protect the next victim.”

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Casual Fridays Nightmare on Market Street On Wednesday, a judge used the power of the law against a warlock and won.

The Salem, Mass., judge granted witchpriestess Lori Sforza a protective order against self-proclaimed warlock Christian Day, in what was truly a legal horror story. The two used to work together until they got into some tricky business when Sforza decided to open her own witchcraft shop. The decision spooked Day, who started casting harassment spells over the phone and on Sforza’s social media. Day wants a rematch with the judge, and plans to appeal the order. If he keeps this up, he’s on his ways to five years of jail and 13 years of bad luck.

Haunted occupancy vehicle On Tuesday, a Washington man learned that you can’t fake your way into the HOV lane. State trooper Guy Gill pulled the man over during his morning commute after spotting a passenger that didn’t look too lively. The man’s little buddy turned out to be a creepy, childlike doll he was trying to pass off as a passenger. The cop was no dummy, and gave the man a $136 fine for the violation. Although the driver was already in the hot seat, the trooper didn’t charge him for the missing child seat. Begrudgingly, the man and his car ghoul drove off into the distance to join the masses of lone drivers.

Deadly dinner On Nov. 7, Hotel Vermont will give residents one wild supper. Chef Doug Paine is serving up some Vermont roadkill for a meal that makes dinner out of accidents.. The meal may not be up to an organic fanatic’s standards, however, the animals are freeway, and not free-range.

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To set an authentic ambience, the hotel will also treat residents to some highway robbery. At $75 a meal, it’s hard to tell who’s hurting more, the diners’ wallets or the meal.

Bonkers for breakfast On Sunday, Mitchell Harris Feinberg made a smashing exit from a Brookhaven Waffle House in an unusual dine and dash. When the waitress presented the bill, Feinberg got angry when he saw that the chain had charged him $1.50 for his sausage biscuit, which was a 50 cent price hike from his typical bill. After looking over the bill, Feinberg got up from his seat, threw the bill on the ground and kicked the front door on his way out.

He didn’t wanted to dirty his hands with crime, or touch the greasy door. Unfortunately for him, the glass on the door shattered and Feinberg was found cleanhanded a short time later when police arrested him at a nearby apartment complex. It seems as if Feinberg’s hangry attitude got the best of him.

Dead relations When South Wales resident Keiran Cable started dating his girlfriend, he became “dead to the world.” Miffed, his friends made the death official. After 18 months of texts and emails that went mostly unanswered, Cable’s friends were dying to spend some time with him. They invited him to a pub to watch some rugby, but when Cable arrived, he made a grave realization. His friends were hosting his funeral and wake, complete with a coffin, hearse, eulogy and hymns. Cable took the outside-the-coffin surprise in stride, but an inside source tells us that Cable just didn’t want to be their friend anymore.

An Entitled Man learns his lesson

Men have to combat sexual harassment Stephen Caruso Senior Columnist

The memory of the closest I ever came to sexually harassing someone has imprinted a crystal clear lesson on my everyday life.

I was at a Boy Scout dance, back when my parents were trying to instill good wholesome values in me.

My friends and I were doing 10-yearold things, like bothering the other party guests. One of them happened to be an older sister who we were all decently familiar with. For some reason, in the moment, I grabbed her from behind in a headlock of sorts, and held her still. I remember her looking extremely uncomfortable, but 10-year-olds tend to have poor social intelligence. All the young boys laughed.

My mother then grabbed me by the collar and dragged me back to the table where her and my father were sitting.

They sat me down, and my father looked at me sternly.

“Stephen, you don’t ever grab a woman like that,” he said.

I protested that it was all in good fun, we were just playing, but he knew more than I did, and rightfully insisted otherwise.

“Now go apologize to her,” he said.

I did as I was told, as all good little boys do, and the lesson stuck.

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ers, catcalled and harassed. I hear about them worrying about walking home alone at night and carrying pepper spray with them. And I hear that they worry that standing up for themselves against any of these actions, because it might result in an assault, verbal or physical.

No one has ever publicly harassed me.

I have staggered home at 3 a.m., walking from Melwood to Bates by myself, and never felt threatened. And if anyone ever tried to bother me, I would have no qualms pushing back.

I am also a man.

And this dichotomy is starting to irritate me.

You can read as many articles and find all the stats you want about the issue of sexual harassment. According to surveys conducted by Stop Street Harassment, a nonprofit organization dedicated to documenting and ending gender-based street harassment worldwide, 87 percent of women have reported being harassed by a male stranger, while only 25 percent of men reported being harassed. And, 45 percent of women would feel unsafe walking home alone at night compared to 27 percent of men.

But my male privilege has never seemed as apparent to me as when I had close friends tell me their stories, or witnessed men harassing them.

This summer I held a Fourth of July barbeque in my backyard. I was out early, heating up the grill, running the usual errands, and on a porch overlooking my See Caruso on page 9

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Caruso, pg. 8 backyard sat a group of middle-aged men, drinking beer and grilling. I gave a them a wave.

Then two of my friends — both female — showed up, ready for a fun summer day.

A few words drifted down from the porch.

“Ohh, little mamas.”

My friends immediately became concerned and left the backyard. I hadn’t even registered what the men had said until I went in and talked to my friends, puzzled why they had retreated back into the house so abruptly.

When I entered the backyard again, I eyed the men on the porch wearily.

A voice in the back of my head screamed for me to say something. The men looked down at me.

I grabbed my spatula and didn’t say a word.

I am a pain to every boss I’ve had at The Pitt News for how outspoken I am. I will play devil’s advocate against a position I agree with for the sake of a good argument. But faced with an honest situation

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to stand up for something more concrete than a cause — my friends — I did nothing.

What the hell was wrong with me?

Why did I back down in a moment where using the frank voice my parents instilled in me as well would have been 100 percent justifiable? It is inexcusable.

The problem is another of those wholesome values I was taught was to treat other people with respect — don’t start something that doesn’t need to be started.

Saying something doesn’t mean I’m trying to start a fight, though. It can just be a critique, an observation to point out what they are doing is wrong.

But in that moment, that respectful instinct took over. And, to respect others, I ignored a battle worth fighting.

I’ve argued harder against headline fonts in one of my columns than over the right of my friends to be treated with respect.

This has to end. I know I am not alone.

There are plenty of good natured people out there — beyond any classification — that need to realize if you are disrespect-

ful of other people, you don’t reserve that respect back.

If you’re a man walking down the street and see someone catcalling or any other sort of behavior, call it out. You don’t need to be aggressive about it. Just stop and say, “Hey, that’s disrespectful, and you shouldn’t do that.” If the perpetrator takes any offense from you calling them out, too bad. If they get confrontational, don’t respond.

By speaking up for women, we can also create an environment where women who speak out aren’t alone.

For those who are outspoken, make sure you call catcalling and any other harassment out. 99 percent of the time, your outspoken, confrontational qualities can make you a jerk. One percent of the time, they can enact some real change.

Building a strong person means they must not be afraid of being heard while staying respectful of others.

All the -isms of the world — including sexism — can’t stand up to the weight of a million consciences saying, “This is wrong.”

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I know a lot of what I said probably seems like condescending, chivalrous sexism that is just as pernicious as aggressive macho-sexism. But as Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave turned abolitionist and author, said, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”

My parents only had sons, me and my brother. I don’t know how they would have raised a daughter. I like to think they would not have changed a thing if we were born with matching chromosomes, but I can’t say for sure.

If I have any children, I’m teaching them to be strong. I’m teaching them to stand up for themselves, and I’m teaching them to be respectful. Regardless of gender.

Society’s norms are what we, the people, let them be. And I’m tired of a norm where my friends can’t mind their own business safely.

Stephen Caruso is a senior columnist for The Pitt News who writes on social and economic issues. He is also the Production Manager. Email Stephen at stephencaruso23@gmail.com.

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Sports fans pack student section for thursday game Chris Puzia

Assistant Sports Editor Alex Kunisky spent his Thursday night in the North Shore instead of his public speaking class — but it wasn’t to skip out on a speech.

Kunisky’s professor canceled class so students could go watch No. 23 Pitt face North Carolina at Heinz Field, a game the Panthers ended up dropping, 26-19.

“The teacher was, I think, happy to make it easier for us to go,” Kunisky, a freshman neuroscience major, said. “I’ve been to all the home games, so I try to come regularly.”

Kunisky was one of many in a packed student section on Thursday night, and even when the Panthers entered half trailing 20-3, most of the section stayed.

Delaney Hawk said the student turnout has been better simply because the team has played better.

“I think people are excited to come anyway, and Pitt is really pushing people to stay the whole time,” Hawk, a sophomore anthropology major, said.

The Panther Pitt filled for Thursday’s game against North Carolina. Nikki Moriello visual editor

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Slow first half dooms No. 23 Panthers in 26-19 loss Jeremy Tepper

Senior Staff Writer Pat Narduzzi’s second-half adjustments have saved the Panthers time and time again this season, but on Thursday night, the halftime deficit proved too much for his team to overcome.

In its first ACC contest against a team with a winning record, No. 23 Pitt faltered and fell to North Carolina on Thursday, 26-19. Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi took home his first ACC loss, as Pitt went down fast and couldn’t pick up from a 20-3 halftime loss.

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“We’ve got to play great for 60 minutes,” Narduzzi said. “Two weeks in a row, haven’t been happy with the way we’ve played in the first half.”

After North Carolina deferred on the coin toss, Pitt struck first, finishing off a 59-yard drive with 44-yard field goal from Chris Blewitt with eight minutes, 19 seconds remaining in the first quarter. Settling for field goals became a trend for Pitt, as three drives ended with field goal attempts.

“When you get in the red zone, you can’t kick field goals against a good

football team,” Narduzzi said. “We’re kicking too many field goals and putting it all on Blewitt.”

North Carolina knotted the score less than five minutes later with a Nick Weiler field goal after a 67-yard drive fizzled out at the 8-yard line.

After Pitt’s second drive ended in a punt, the momentum started to turn.

On the fifth play of the Tar Heels’ drive, quarterback Marquise Williams found a wide open Ryan Switzer for a 71-yard touchdown.

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able to find receivers deep downfield, something Narduzzi attributes to Pitt putting minimal pressure on Williams.

The Panthers did not record any sacks, leaving Williams plenty of time to find receivers.

“When you don’t make plays, you make everybody look good. We probably missed four sacks out there, and he’s completing balls after we’re missing sacks,” Narduzzi said.

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Recap, pg. 11 reaching the quarterback on four man and zone pressures. Those struggles showed in the stat line, as Williams threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 52 yards.

A drive later, North Carolina struck a g a i n , this time via a 31yard field goal, to put North Carolina up 13-3.

with 32-yard touchdown pass to Mack Hollins. Quarterback Nathan Peterman said Pitt needs to respond better in such situations.

“We’ve got to do a better job responding to adversity,” Peterman said.

Though Pitt finished with 414 yards, just barely less than North Carolina’s 444, Narduzzi said there’s plenty of room for improvement, adding that he didn’t believe the offense got in a rhythm the whole game. Running back Chris James said the team is still in the process of acclimating to offensive coordinator Jim Chaney’s scheme.

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secondary out there.”

While Williams avoided negative plays throughout the game, his elusiveness led to big plays twice late in the fourth quarter. With Pitt down 10 with just over seven minutes left at the start of the drive, he avoided sacks from Pitt sophomore Rori Blair and senior Ejuan Price, completing first down converting passes on both.

While the Tar Heels would only kick a field goal on that drive, those conversions were key in milking the clock, as North Carolina ran enough time off the clock to give Pitt less than three minutes to score 13 points, a feat it could not accomplish.

Junior linebacker Matt Galambos, like his coach, was both complementary of Williams while critical of Pitt’s defense.

“He’s a great quarterback. He’s good,” Galambos said. “We’ve just got to tackle better and get him to the ground.”

Freshman safety Jordan Whitehead said Williams’ size didn’t help.

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You can’t kick field goals against a good football team.

-Pat Narduzzi

Pressed to answer back, Pitt’s drive ended on its second play, when Donnie Miles jarred the ball loose out of Pitt receiver Dontez Ford’s hands to cause a fumble. The Tar Heels capitalized on the chance, finishing off a three-play drive

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plays. He stepped up for his team tonight and made good plays when he had the chance.”

The Pitt defense, which once looked so promising in the pass rush department, struggled to finish when applying pressure.

“We haven’t got to the quarterback the last three weeks,” Narduzzi said.

Galambos was less definitive about the struggles.

“I’m not sure about that,” Galambos said regarding issues with the pass rush. “We’ve just got to get to the quarterback.”

The Tar Heels’ 270 yards through the air was their third highest total of the season. And while the North Carolina offense is dynamic — it averaged 38.5 points per game prior to Thursday’s contest — Narduzzi again related the struggles back to the pass rush.

“Sometimes the pressure was good and we missed tackles. Sometimes [the pressure] was awful,” Narduzzi said. “You can’t cover their receivers forever.”

The Panthers will have eight days to rebound from the loss. They return to action Saturday, Nov. 7, when they take on the No. 9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Heinz Field. Kickoff is set for noon.

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Fans, pg. 11 Matt Walheim appreciates the University’s effort, but said he’s coming to Pitt games anyway.

Walheim, a sophomore computer science major, arrived at the stadium around 5:30 p.m. and tailgated before the game. He said despite the loss, Pitt’s current ranked status and recent revitalization will convince students to stay the whole game regardless of what happens to the team’s record.

“I think now that they’re coming out, they’ll get a taste of what it’s actually like to be at a game,” Walheim said. “A lot of people I know that hadn’t been to a game, they’ll get a good feel of what the atmosphere is like and want to come back.”

With the primetime game aired on ESPN, students came to Heinz Field in droves. But favorable class schedules also played a role in their attendance, like it did for Allison Smith.

“It’s nice because I don’t have Friday classes, and I know if people did, it would be hard to make it,” Smith, a senior communication science and disorders major, said. “I know a lot of people with night classes who couldn’t make

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it.”

For other students, their schedule was irrelevant. They were coming to the game no matter what, according to sophomore Andrew Floyd.

“Honestly, I skipped a class today,” Floyd said. “And I actually have a test tomorrow morning that I’m planning on going to that I hope I do well on now.”

It wasn’t just current students making the trip, of course. Self-described hardcore fan and Pittsburgher Danielle Slesh has season tickets, and she didn’t even attend the school.

“It’s usually the hardcore fans [who come to weekday games], because most people aren’t gonna be late for work or lose sleep so they can go and sit at a game,” Slesh said. “I left work early, and here I am. I’ll probably be dragging into work tomorrow, but I made it. It was worth it, though.”

Despite the result, senior environmental studies major Zach Fox said head coach Pat Narduzzi’s coaching prowess will keep him coming back to Heinz Field.

“This has been the best Pitt year probably since Larry Fitzgerald was here,” Fox said. “I mean, 6-2 still isn’t bad at all.”

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Recap, pg. 12 working everyday to learn this offense, learn why we’re doing everything and how we should [do it],” James said.

Pitt received an opportunity to regain momentum when Quintin Wirginis blocked Corbin Daly’s punt, which Jamal Davis pounced on. Though Pitt started its drive off at North Carolina’s 15, the Panthers could not capitalize on the field position, settling for a 29-yard field goal.

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“[It was a] momentum changer, and we kick another field goal. Tough to win a game kicking field goals,” Narduzzi said.

North Carolina continued making big plays, though, completing a 49-yard pass to Hollins that turned into to an eventual field goal to bring the score to 23-6.

Pitt then moved within 10, answering North Carolina’s field goal with a fouryard Ollison run. The drive lasted seven minutes, four seconds and spanned 75 yards.

After thwarting another UNC drive, Pitt went three and out, as Peterman couldn’t convert on a third and one sneak.

Again, another Pitt stop led to another punt and another stalled Panthers drive, though not before linebacker Matt Galambos rushed six yards on a fake punt to force a new set of downs.

North Carolina would crush any hopes of a comeback on a 10-play, 73yard drive that ended in a 32-yard field goal.

October 30, 2015

A six-yard touchdown pass to tight end Scott Orndoff brought the score to within seven, but by then it was too late, as Pitt could not recover its onside kick with less than a minute left.

James said the team promised itself to improve so it wouldn’t repeat the same mistakes from the loss.

“We just came back in the locker room and told each other we will be better,” James said.

Pitt will return play next Saturday at noon, when it faces No. 9 Notre Dame at Heinz Field.

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