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GHOSTS A ND GHOULS: SPOOKY STOR I ES FROM OA KL A ND A ND BEYOND Rachel Glasser Staff Writer
Six students moved into a rowhouse on Wellsford Street and met their unexpected new roommate –– a haunting spirit. Since August, when they moved in, the Wellsford Street residents said there have been a series of strange, inexplicable and creepy occurrences. While three of the tenants remain skeptical about the cause, the other three believe some type of spirit haunts the house. The students aren’t alone in their beliefs. Residents of several homes in the Oakland area claim to be haunted by ghosts or ghouls and — in addition to homes — campus buildings including Holland Hall, the Cathedral of Learning and the Carnegie Library come with their own set of haunting tales. On the front door of the Wellsford house, a picture of Food Network star Guy Fieri peers out of the small diamond-shaped window. The picture of the spiky-haired restaurateur alludes to the youthful humor of the college students inside and starkly contrasts the aging 116-year-old home. The white paint of the house is worn in some spots. By day, it bleeds the dark red color of the original brick that lies underneath. At night, this detail is concealed in shadow. On a cool evening, the street is dark, quiet and empty, seemingly peaceful. Matt Sergison, a senior neuroscience major, and Gordon Ridgeway, a biology and Spanish double major, are the most convinced that tth hat the house is haunted. encounters in Ridgeway has had ghostly encounter the wass in eighth grade, he and th he past. When he wa w his friend hi is fr rie iend n spotted ed d a man in what looked llike a Civil C ivil War W r uniform Wa unif iffor orm m riding a horse through the woods, said. When w wo oods, he sa aid d. Wh W hen e they walked through thro the th he trees tree tr ees into into a clearing, in clearin ng, the the h man n was was as nowhere now found. to o be foun un u nd. d. Ridgeway experience Ridg dgeeway said dg sai aid ai d this t is past th past ex xperience with what believed w hatt he he believ evved d to to bee spiritss and and ghosts has supernatural. ggiven ive ven n him hiim a sixth sixth sense si sen nse for the su supe p rnatu
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Half of the tenants believe this house on Wellsford may be haunted while the other half remain skeptical. Wenhao Wu SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER “I came to this house, and I was like, ‘Oh jeez, there’s going to be some stuff,’” Ridgeway said. The first thing they noticed was a light bulb in the entrance hall, which flickered incessantly when they flipped the switch. According to Sergison, sometimes the bulb had a mind of its own. “There’d be times we would be sitting here doing homework or watching T.V., and you would just see that light just start flickering on and off,” Sergison said. “And no one would even be touching the switch.” One of the current tenants of the home, Bryce Cooper, a senior biology and philosophy major, recalled that the landlord once tried to fix the light bulb issue but couldn’t
figure out how. Besides the flickering light in the entrance hallway, Sergison described strange noises in the Wellsford house. One day, he was sitting in the living room when he heard mumbling outside the front door. He went to see who was outside and discovered — nobody. “I was just kind of was like, ‘I’m not going any farther in this. This is just too freaky for me,’” Sergison said. Cooper, who said he doesn’t believe in ghosts, said there were some occurrences even he could not explain. Last Thursday, he felt a cool draft on his back at night while sleeping. He looked at his ceiling fan, and it was off. He looked to the flag on his window, and it lay still. Cooper said he has felt the draft
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every night since then. “I don’t believe in ghosts — like at all — but for someone who would believe in ghosts … you know,” Cooper said. In another house on Dawson Street, the current tenants are convinced a ghost — who they’ve nicknamed the “Ghost of Dawson” after the street they live on — is still hanging around. He has been known to flicker lights, make banging noises in the basement and move small items around. Tori Maatta, who lives on Forbes Avenue near the CVS Pharmacy, claims a spirit that makes strange buzzing and cracking noises haunts her apartment. The whispered rumors about the home on See Stories on page 5
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NEW POLICY LETS ATHLETES REGISTER FOR CLASSES FIRST Emily Brindley and Lauren Rosenblatt News Editors
included Juan Manfredi, the vice provost for undergraduate studies, in the interview. Manfredi said the idea for the policy came from conversations with administrators from other ACC schools who are a part of the ACC Academic Consortium, a group that, in part, discusses ways to improve programs for student-athletes. Through those conversations, Manfredi found that most schools in the ACC, except for Pitt and Boston College, allow student-athletes to register for classes before other students. “The schedule that the athletes have is very complicated and intense, they have to juggle many things,” Manfredi said. “[This policy] will make the academic life better for the students.” Although the new policy was already implemented Friday, allowing studentathletes to begin registering for classes, Manfredi said there is not a written policy in place yet. He said he and other administrators are working on a more detailed proposal outlining the policy that
will also discuss more clearly how students with disabilities can register early. Currently, students with disabilities can register early, but Manfredi said they handle each case “manually” based on a student’s individual circumstances. Manfredi said he hopes the written policy would outline a formal process for students with disabilities to register early but said he does not know when it will be finished. DeJong also said the written policy would not be limited to student-athletes. “I think, broadly, it will consider students who have large demands on their time for official University purposes,” DeJong said. Since student-athletes account for about 2 to 3 percent of the student body on campus according to DeJong, he said he does not expect the policy will affect how other students register for classes. “That 2 percent has the first shot at available classes,” DeJong said. “Because it’s a small number, I would think that the impact would be very limited.”
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Student-athletes at Pitt, including football and basketball players, have been able to register for spring semester classes for three days now, while all other students are only beginning to register today. This is because Pitt’s senior administrators and athletic department approved a change this semester that allows student-athletes to have early access to classes so they can avoid scheduling classes that conflict with practice and game times. Student-athletes were notified of this change Thursday evening when academic counselors who work within the athletic department sent emails to Pitt’s more than 500 varsity athletes saying they could begin registering for classes as long as their advising hold had been lifted. Pitt automatically places a hold on all
students accounts each semester so that students must meet with their academic adviser before signing up for classes. Each athletic team also has a designated “academic counselor” who does not replace a regular adviser but provides academic support for student-athletes. In an email obtained by The Pitt News, Mike Brubaker, the academic adviser for the women’s track team, informed the athletes of the change and advised them to remain “indifferent” about the policy because it is so new. “This is a very big change for the University, so until it becomes more widely recognized, it would be best to be indifferent when/if discussing it with those outside of athletics,” Brubaker said in the email. Brubaker did not respond to questions about his email. But E.J. Borghetti, a spokesperson for Pitt’s athletic department, directed The Pitt News to David DeJong, the executive vice provost, who confirmed the change Brubaker described was taking place. DeJong then
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'FORCED FROM HOME' TURNS SCHENLEY INTO FA R AWAY LAND Salina Pressimone and Caroline Bourque The Pitt News Staff
When Kumi Matoba was about eight years old, her mother showed her an advertisement for Doctors Without Borders, depicting a picture of a malnourished child in Africa, belly distended. The image seared itself into Matoba’s memory. And soon after seeing it, she knew what her life’s mission would be — joining Doctors Without Borders to help children like the one she saw in the photograph. Eventually, she would do just that, becoming a pharmacist and traveling with the group to Uganda, Malawi and the Philippines. But now, she’s in Pittsburgh to help create an immersive refugee experience that has taken over Schenley Plaza. From Oct. 27, through today, Doctors Without Borders, which also refers to itself as Medecins Sans Frontieres, offered Pittsburgh and visiting families, individuals and students the opportunity to experience its
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interactive outdoor educational exhibition, “Forced From Home,” a virtual tour of the journey and challenges that refugees encounter at various points. As part of a tour that includes stops to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Manhattan, Boston and Washington, D.C., MSF aims to relate the humanitarian crisis to citizens in the U.S. and spread awareness about refugees and internally displaced people fleeing places such as Syria, Honduras, Afghanistan and South Sudan. About 13 million people in Syria are in need of humanitarian aid, with the number of refugees tripling within four years of the start of the Syrian civil war. Today there are 65 million displaced people, with Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan feeling the effects primarily. MSF utilizes about 3,000 medical aid workers in over 60 countries — including the countries depicted in the exhibit — to meet the basic and medical needs of refugees, in addition to providing hospitals and vaccinaVisitors to the Medecins Sans Frontieres “Forced From Home” exhibit cram tions in camps. into a raft similar to those used by refugees to cross the Mediterranean Sea. See Doctors on page 10 Theo Schwarz SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Stories, pg. 2 Wellsford Street — and another home the six residents lived in last year on Atwood Street — go so far as to say previous residents died in the houses. Creepy as these individual tales may be, this aging steel city comes with several harrowing tales of its own. Haunted Pittsburgh, a company that leads ghost tours in the Downtown area, is in its eighth year of tours and not without subject matter. The Downtown tour includes well-known institutions such as the famous Omni William Penn Hotel, the former Allegheny County Jail and the federal courthouse. Kathleen Mullavey, a tour guide at Haunted Pittsburgh, said the Carnegie Library in Oakland, the Cathedral of Learning and Holland Hall all have their stories. But for Mullavey, the most intriguing place on Pitt’s campus is Bruce Hall, formerly the historic Schenley Apartments. As the story goes, the owner of the apartment building lived on the 12th floor. Both his wife and mistress took their lives there: One jumped to her death, and the other hung herself from a balcony behind the fireplace. The 12th floor is the only floor in Bruce
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that has not been remodeled as a dorm floor. It retains the ornate look of the past with arched entryways, elaborate crown molding and hardwood floors. One room on the floor, suite 1201, generally remains locked — the room where students believe the two women met their fate. Canard Grigsby, interim university archi-
“[The] tales are shrouded in mystery and filled with conjecture about what did or did not happen in the suite related to sordid affairs, egregious acts of infidelity, faint voices and faulty mechanical equipment,” Grigsby said. On Oct. 13, at about 11 p.m., Rebecca Ruben, a first-year business student who lives on
I was just kind of like, ‘I’m not going any further in this. This is just too freaky for me.’ -Matt Sergison, resident tect and senior project manager of Pitt’s Department of Facilities Management, said the infamous suite 1201 is currently the home of the Office of Special Events. He described the story of the suite as a mixture of urban legend and nonfiction.
the ninth floor of Bruce, visited the 12th floor with her roommate and Resident Assistant, Tiffany Coury. Coury, a senior, had seen on a friend’s Snapchat that suite 1201 was open, although they did not know why. Coury recorded their visit with her cell-
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phone as she, Ruben and another friend explored the former apartment. At one point, the girls discovered an open window. “[The open window] was really creepy, because the rumor is that she may have jumped out the window and died,” Ruben said. In the video, the girls burst out laughing, and the echo of the laughter fades. Then, a scream fades in. They didn’t notice the sharp screech until they watched the recording later that night. “We watched [the video] so many times because we wanted to make sure it wasn’t just an echo or whatever,” Ruben said. “None of our laughs are that laugh, like that noise. So, you know, it freaked us out a lot.” Mullavey said Pittsburgh’s history and industrial past helped foster a love for the macabre and gallows humor, and this past contributed to the wealth of ghost stories about it. “[Pittsburgh has] a character forged in pig-iron furnaces so hot that men and women sometimes forgot their fear of hell,” Mullavey said, reading from her tour script. Speaking for herself, she added, “[Pittsburgh] is the kind of town that takes its misfortunes and turns it around into a kind of self-deprecating humor.”
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PA doctors’ fracking ban a call for more research Following the lead of New York, Maryland and Vermont, doctors in Pennsylvania want the state to be the next to initiate a ban on fracking. Last week, the Pennsylvania Medical Society called for a statewide moratorium on new shale gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing after a new Yale study found that about 80 percent of the 1,000 chemicals that are released into the air or water by fracking had insufficient research on their cancer-causing potential. Furthermore, the study found that several carcinogens used in fracking could potentially contaminate the air and water of nearby communities and could increase the risk of leukemia in children. When the 16,000-member medical society is advocating a halt in fracking until we have a health registry and more research to assess the health risks and safety concerns of the practice, we should be listening to them. While several studies have been done to analyze the environmental risks associated with fracking, more research is coming out about the health risks of fracking as well. But as the Pennsylvania Medical Society notes, much more research is needed before we can be sure fracking is safe for our state. Although a full moratorium could severely disrupt the state’s economy, lawmakers and Gov. Tom Wolf should push for more research so Pennsylvania can minimize the harm of fracking. As a public health issue, our doctors have the right to be concerned. Many recent studies have shown the negative effects fracking can have on human health including increased risk
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of asthma attacks, lower birth weights, contaminated water and chronic nasal and sinus symptoms. With minimal regulations on the industry, the people who live in these communities deserve to know the health implications of fracking wells operating close by. Without the proper research and evidence to prove that these practices are completely safe, the residents are unknowingly facing potential health risks. Until then, the economic benefits do not outweigh the environmental and health concerns it may cause. While Wolf has said he does not support the moratorium, he needs to say that we need more research into the potential harms of fracking. Instead of overlooking these issues, it would best serve the state’s interest to listen to the doctors, environmentalists, researchers and people in our own communities who are directly impacted by this decision. Like any other industry, fracking requires scientific research and expert analysis to inform our lawmakers of the best way to regulate the industry. When it comes to fracking, lawmakers so far have prioritized economic benefits over steps to protect the people and the environment. That needs to change. The study the Pennsylvania Medical Society cites isn’t one-of-a-kind, and the call for a moratorium isn’t unfounded. It’s a cry for more information and knowledge on behalf of the people. Up until now, we’ve valued the financial costs we’re saving due to natural gas drilling. It’s time to recognize the human costs of fracking and do what we can to stop the potential harms.
Voice actors on strike deserve more compensation
Raka Sarkar STAFF ILLUSTRATOR
Thomas Wick
For The Pitt News If it weren’t for voice actress Jennifer Hale and her performance in the Mass Effect video game series, the character of Commander Shepard wouldn’t have been as memorable. Hale, an esteemed voice actress, was responsible for bringing to life the iconic Commander Shepard in a game that has been praised for its strong story and powerful characters. Without her, the game would not have been as successful. But Hale’s employer for that game, Electronic Arts Productions, along with many others, apparently disagrees. This past week, the union that represents voice actors — Screen Actors GuildAmerican Federation of Television and
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Radio Artists — has gone on strike against some of the biggest video game companies in the industry after failed negotiations to improve voice actors’ working conditions and compensation. The guild has demanded contingent compensation, such as receiving a bonus when a game sells over 2 million copies — like all of the Mass Effect games did — more information regarding the roles the voice actor is playing and what that role entails and reducing the current four-hour voice session to two hours for better voice safety. In regard to that last demand, actors have reported fainting, tasting blood, vomiting and losing their voices because of their work. The actors are striking against 11 video See Wick on page 7
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nonsense. As video games try to be more cinematic by telling more engaging stories with well-written characters, having proper voice acting is more important than ever. Much like with film, a great performance can improve the narrative and even turn a pedestrian storyline into an exceptional one. Take, for example, the performances of Michael Mondo in Far Cry 3 and Troy Baker in Far Cry 4. Mondo played Vaas in Far Cry 3 and Baker played Pagan Min in Far Cry 4, the main villains of each game, respectively. Their performances were so good that Ubisoft made Vaas and Pagan Min the poster boys of their respective games. Baker and Mondo managed to turn storylines and scripts that were mundane and cliched into memorable ones through their performances alone. If it weren’t for the skilled acting in these performances, Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 4’s storylines would not have the same effect that it had. Similarly, consider the critically acclaimed game, The Last of Us. Much of the game’s success hinged on its story and the voice performances from Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker as Joel and Ellie. The two managed to bring these characters to life in remarkable performances. If these performances had failed, I doubt The Last of Us would’ve received the same critical reception, as it would have been harder to become emotionally invested in the story. All of these performances demonstrate the influence and importance of voice actors in video games, and for video game companies to not compensate them and claim they don’t matter is insulting and disrespectful to their talent and work. They should be rewarded fairly, because, without them, the lack of emotional appeal and raw stories brought to life by the actors would negatively impact a user’s engagement with the game. That engagement is one of the biggest drivers for a video game’s success. Their voices matter, and they are being heard by everyone except the video game companies.
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ACC REPRIMANDS NARDUZZI AFTER VT GAME Ashwini Sivaganesh Assistant Sports Editor
In the wake of Pitt’s loss to Virginia Tech, the ACC issued a public reprimand Sunday evening to Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi for criticizing the game’s referees after Thursday night’s game. In a statement, the ACC said Narduzzi’s criticisms violated the league’s Sportsmanship Policy and warranted a $5,000 institutional fine against Pitt, which it issued Sunday. “I thought there were some things that were one-sided out there tonight that really irked me,” Narduzzi said during the postgame conference Thursday, referring to the calls made by officials on the field. “[The receivers] did a great job pushing off all night.” Narduzzi’s reprimand was also accompanied The ACC fined Pitt $5,000 for football head coach Pat Narduzzi’s behavior at by that of Florida State head football coach Jimbo the VT game on Thursday night. Jeff Ahearn SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Fisher, who caused similar problems in his team’s
game against Clemson on Oct. 29. His actions, though, resulted in a $20,000 fine. “Public criticism of officials or public comments evaluating the officiating of particular contests is not in the best interest of intercollegiate athletics,” the ACC said in the press release Sunday. “Individuals associated with the athletics program are prohibited, therefore, from commenting while acting in an official capacity on officiating other than directly to the Conference office.” According to the ACC, the funds received from the two imposed institutional fines will help fund the Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship, which gives $5,000 to more than 50 student-athletes who want to pursue a graduate degree each year. The ACC, in its press release, said it considers the matter closed and would not comment further. When reached by email Sunday night, E.J. Borghetti, a spokesperson for the Athletic Department, declined to comment.
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RUNNERS DOMINATE AT ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Ryan Zimba Staff Writer
Gillian Schriever, a sophomore runner on the Pitt women’s cross country team, had a goal. She stated last week that she would “place top 10, if not top five” at the ACC Championships this weekend. Looking at her 41st overall finish in the same race last year, it was an ambitious goal. But then, on Friday, she finished in fifth place in the 6k –– and set a new school record. Schriever placed first for Pitt during both the 2015 and 2016 ACC Championships, but finished this year’s race with a time of 20:04.7 — shaving off almost a minute and two seconds from her time in last year’s contest. “I am happy with how I raced at ACCs because I was able to follow Coach Bray’s strategy of going out fast and continuing to pass girls towards the end of the race,” Schriever said in an email on Sunday. “I look forward to fine-tuning
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things these next two weeks and placing fifth or higher at regionals.” Both the Pitt men’s and women’s cross country teams earned their best finishes at the ACC Championships in program history at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, Friday morning. Runners from all 15 ACC schools gathered on the track to compete in the men’s 8k and women’s 6k events. The men’s team finished ninth, and the women’s team finished seventh at the conference tournament — an improvement from last year, when the men’s team placed 13th, and the women’s team placed ninth. Schriever’s standout performance in the women’s race led to her setting a personal record in the 6k and becoming the first Pitt runner to be named an All-ACC Cross Country honoree. “Gillian’s individual performance was the best I’ve seen on our women’s team since All-
American Maureen McCandless competed here in 2004,” Pitt head coach Alonzo Webb said in a press release. “In two weeks at the regional meet, I’m looking for both teams to continue their growth and have the highest finishes that we’ve had here.” The Panthers saw another runner set a personal best when junior Melanie Vlasic crossed the finish line in 30th place with a time of 20:56.2. Pitt’s other scorers were junior Kelly Hayes in 52nd, redshirt junior Ariel Pastore-Sebring in 58th and senior Dee Dee Adams in 73rd. Redshirt senior Michael Runco was the top Pitt runner on the men’s team, finishing the 8K race in 32nd place with a time of 24:10.7. He was closely followed by junior Aaron Lauer and firstyear Nick Wolk, who finished 37th and 50th, respectively. Rounding out the men’s top-five were junior Ryan Hughes in 68th place and sophomore Sebastian Curtin in 74th.
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“I’m proud of how the men aggressively competed today,” Pitt men’s coach Bryan Jackson said in the release. “We are moving in the right direction, and I am excited for what the immediate and long-term future holds for Pitt men’s cross country.” The teams both had very successful seasons, including two first-place finishes for the women at the CMU Invitational and the Tommy Evans Invitational, where the men also finished first. With two races to go this year, both teams are looking to build off this performance at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals Friday, Nov. 11, before ending the season on Nov. 19, at the NCAA Cross Country Championship in Terre Haute, Indiana. “This year’s conference meet was a battle for the middle places of the meet,” Pitt women’s assistant coach Adam Bray said. “In two weeks at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, we plan on continuing to improve.”
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VOLLEYBALL CAPTURES BOTH CAROLINA GAMES, 3-2
NIka Markovic (17) slammed down 19 kills for the Panthers Sunday afternoon against UNC. Anna Bongardino STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Carolina at Chapel Hill (overall 19-3, ACC 10-1 ACC) Sunday, at the Fitzgerald Field House. Staff Writer The weekend of play started with a five-set Once sophomore Kamalani Akeo slammed battle between Pitt and NC State. Both teams stayed close in the first set, but down the final service ace onto the court, there was no stopping the Pitt women’s volleyball team Pitt hit a whopping 11 errors. Despite hitting five from rejoicing a pair of weekend victories against more kills than the Wolf Pack, Pitt’s mistake allowed NC State to take the set 25-21. two reputable North Carolina teams. Pitt eventually bounced back to take the secNot only do the wins make a NCAA tournament bid a serious possibility for Pitt, but it should ond set 25-16, but NC State swung the momentum back in its direction to take the third set 25be expected after this weekend. The Panthers (overall 17-7, ACC 8-4) faced 15. The fourth set started the decisive stretch of off against North Carolina State (overall 14-10, ACC 7-5) Friday, and No. 8 University of North play in the match.
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It didn’t appear to be a close set when the Wolf Pack grabbed an early 6-0 lead, but the Panthers relied on junior Mariah Bell and NC State errors to close the deficit to 17-15. Several Panther errors followed, allowing the Wolf Pack to take the lead, 24-18. But the Panthers worked their way back into the match point by point and tied the set at 24. “Going on that service run with [senior Maria Genitsaridi who] has played here for three years and has been in a different role and has embraced that — and here she gets a chance to come back and go on that run, ” volleyball head coach Dan Fisher said. “We’re finding a way.” At this point, to win the match, a team needed a two-point advantage. The Panthers faced a sixpoint match after closing a six-point gap. Through the back-and-forth of the extended time, Pitt found themselves tied at 33 on serve. Freshman Nika Markovic served an ace to set up match point, and an attacking error from NC State led the Panthers to take the set 35-33. “The one thing I’ll say is we keep fighting,” Fisher said about that fourth set performance. “It was a nice moment for a lot of players.” In the final set, the Panthers found themselves facing a 6-3 deficit, but, in a small comeback compared to other parts in the match, the Panthers scored three points to take the set 15-13 and the match 3-2. After the huge Friday win, the Panthers were prepared to take on No. 8 UNC Sunday. Pitt started the match by playing solidly on offense, but struggled with serve receive, giving up an early ace and making multiple service errors. Although this allowed UNC to take an early 11-7 lead, the Panthers surged back to close the gap 11-10. The teams remained close, with the Tar Heels
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leading 20-18, but the Panthers’ straight threepoint momentum allowed them to shift the advantage 21-20. Redshirt senior Jenna Potts took over during this stretch, recording a significant solo block and hitting two kills. Pitt, backed by a fired-up crowd and band, kept up the energy and grabbed the first set 2520, while only allowing the Tar Heels to hit seven kills compared to their 16. UNC started the second set with an early 12-4 lead. “They had big, high blockers, which was challenging today,” Markovic said about the issues UNC presented the team. Pitt regained its control and took seven of the next 11 points. After this, the match remained closely contested, but UNC eventually pulled away with a 25-19 set win. Playing statistically similar to the Tar Heels, the Panthers excelled at categories not on the stat sheet — like hitting hard swings and playing with intensity — to take a 18-12 lead in the next set. “I thought it was one of our better games of the season of executing our scouting report,” Fisher said about the team’s overall play. “We did a good jjob with their serve, which we knew we had to o do.” focus complaining UNC seemed to lose foc occus o cu while complaini niing aboutt calls by the referees, so o the the Panthers Pant Pa nthe h rss seized he sei eized d the opportunity. Through sstrong ttrron ong serving and d blocking, third king, the Panthers took the th h th hirrd set 25-15. The fourth for The four ur set was a ggritty ur urth ritty performance ri peerf r orma manc ma nce fo nc or both sides, an and nd th tthe he gr ggrowing owing frustration ow frustr trrat a io ion n was visvissible by the consta constant taant nt ccall-contesting a lal l co cont ntes nt esti t ng from ti fro om both h coaches. hes.
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Doctors, pg. 4 According to MSF Media Coordinator Rachel Milkovich, the goal of the exhibit is to create a realistic experience of displaced people and to reach out to the active community and student population of Pittsburgh. “The objective of the exhibit is to humanize the conversation around the refugee crisis and also talk about the 65.3 million people who are displaced,” Milkovich said. “And Pittsburgh is a really great medical center, it’s a place where there are a lot of universities, and we’re really interested in engaging with those communities.” m mu nities.” MSF Upon entry into the exhibit, M workers participants identity w wo rkers hand p articipants an iden ar card ca ard d which w hi h ch assigns ass sssig ig ns them the role of asya lum internally lu um seeker, seeker, k in nte t r nally displaced person per Throughout simulation, orr refugee. T hro oug ughout the simulat these conditions th hess e roles ro olees determine determin iin ne th tthee cco ond ndition of a visitor’s visitor’ r s journey. r’ jo ou urr ney. Their Theeir means meaans of travel, tra border camp b order err ttreatment reatmeentt aand nd d cam mp location all depend their d epeend n on th hei eir legal lega le gall statuss and and the counco try tr r y they’re t hey’r th eyy’r ’re re fleeing. f leeing. fl Tour into a T To our guides guides then n lead lead guests g es gu ests ts int
dome that offers a virtual experience of the refugee camps. There, visitors are surrounded by a 360-degree video where everyone is immersed into the ramshackled tents of Beqaa Valley, Lebanon, and the dirt roads of Tanzania. After dividing visitors into sections according to country of origin, tour guides forced the “refugees” to select just five items to bring along with them for the journey ahead. Some had to give up possessions such as cell phones, shoes, family photos and passports. The guide then lead the group from its war-torn homeland, either from Aleppo, Syria, to the Grecian island of Lesbos, or from Kabul, Afghanistan to Berlin. They are reminded along the way of the limited functionality of their life vests, made with cardboard and sponges, as well as the raft they would be embarking on — all in the midst of real fears of being kidnapped, tortured or trafficked. Walking past the barbed wire and into the realm of unfamiliar faces of police officers and aids in entirely new countries, visitors saw how refugees are received. White tents at the camp contained just the bare essentials: a table, a cot, tapes-
tries and simple food items. There was a latrine, though it hardly deserved such a name, as it was simply a hole in the ground surrounded by a gray tarp affixed to wooden poles on each side. In the center of the dirt floor there was a half-filled jug of water, meant to represent the mere two gallons refugees are given each day for drinking and hygiene. Rows and rows of full jugs stood beside it, though, depicting the 90 gallons used by the average American daily. “People live here, cook here, raise children here,” said Matoba, the tour guide, stressing the effort put forth by refugees to persevere despite sparse resources and foreign surroundings. She recalls how people would recreate the niches of everyday life at a refugee camp in Uganda, forming “restaurants,” springing up small markets, trading rations and meeting for tea. In the medical tent, the rapid spread of disease due to poor hygienic conditions as well as pervasive malnutrition are the main concerns of MSF workers. At one point, Matoba held up a fist-sized nutrition bar, packed with 500 calories to combat weight loss in malnourished children.
Another immersive experience Anott he An h r im imme mers me r iv rs ivee ex expe peri pe rien ri ence en ce aatt th tthee exhibit virtual ibit wass th tthee virtua u l reality tent, ua teent nt,, where wh wher her e e visitors tors received receiive ved a headset head ad adset d and a d earphones an earp phone ho o es to transport tthem camps h m tto he o rrefugee e ugee cam ef am mps in n places Afghanistan, Tanzania ces such aass A fgg ha h nistan n, Ta T nzzan a ia and d Mexico. xico. According Accord ding to Pitt first-year f irs fi r t-yee ar Zara KalK lKa eem, m, the tour created an n intense int n en e se feeling of of discomfort visitors and comfort for its visitor rs aan nd si ssimulated simu imu m la late t d a reality eality that is unattainable unattaain nable for anyone anyon one on who destitute o has yet to travell to these destitut te countries. ntries. “It was very eye-opening to see exactly what happens, the whole process of it,” said Kaleem. “I wanted to come here, because I knew that it would open my eyes to the situations that are happening in the world.” Participants were able to look into the weary eyes of refugees and listen to their stories of hardship face-to-face, working toward the organization’s goal of humanizing a topic which is often spoken of in vague, incomprehensible terms. “I think it’s important that the exhibit shows what it feels like, what it looks like and what it means to be displaced,” Milkovich explained. “To tell the human side of the story.”
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