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Novemberr 20, 2015 | Issue 68 | Volume Vo 106

HUNGRY FOR MORE Josh Ye

Staff Writer Where the last few decals of the old Pittsburgh Pretzel Sandwich Shop on Forbes Avenue used to stick, a poster of an energetic Chinese chef, smiling as he hand-pulls noodles, now brightens the dark window. In bold Chinese characters, the poster announces, “Lanzhou Lamian Asian Noodle Bar Coming Soon!” In the last five years, the burgeoning mar-

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ket for Asian restaurants in Oakland has filled storefronts and windows, becoming a booming mini-economy thriving in one of Pittsburgh’s busiest neighborhoods. Today, there are 20 Asian restaurants and three Asian food trucks within just a half-mile radius of the Cathedral of Learning. In particular, on Oakland Avenue, Asian restaurants fill five out of the seven eateries on the block between Fifth and Forbes Avenues. The increase in Asian cuisine in Oakland follows an uptick in students here who identify as Pacific Islander or Asian studying at Pitt. In 2011, for example, 1,408 undergraduate and graduate students at Pitt identified as Pacific Islander or Asian-American. Now, that number has reached 2,188 students. Not an allinclusive total, Pitt draws these numbers from the boxes

students can choose to check off when applying to Pitt, according to Alyssa Slazinski from Pitt’s Office of Institutional Research. With new eateries and Asian fusion cafes opening in Oakland almost monthly, the need to attract both AsianAmerican and non-Asian students drives competition between restaurant owners. But in the tight, 1.5 square mile neighborhood flowing with spending money, success isn’t a guarantee. The Market According to Ja-way Wang, a junior marketing major and vice president of Asian Students Alliance, Asian students are getting pickier about their food when they eat out. “I think there are a decent number of affordable restaurants in Oakland,” he said. “[But] as somebody who can cook Chinese food, I will only go to a restaurant if they have dishes I cannot cook myself and of quality that surpasses my own cooking.” The 2,404 Chinese international students at Pitt account for more than 50 percent of the University’s total international students. In the summer and fall of 2015 alone, Carnegie Mellon University admitted 1,101 students from China.

Asian Asia restaurant owners recogwners in Oakland rec nize that Chinese ese international in nternationa students go out to find a bit bit of home hom inside authentic menu items. Szechuan Express serves more than 200 Americanized Asian dishes, ranging from General Tso to Pad Thai. Most of its dishes are Asian fast food at $6 per dish. Zhilong Zheng, the cashier at Szechuan Express and member of the Lin family, said the family’s restaurant aims to provide an “affordable” and “simplified version” of authentic Chinese dishes. But to keep up with a growing Chinese population, Szechuan extended its menu in 2014, to include more authentic dishes like beef short ribs with lamb flavor. Kathleen Musante, the chair of Pitt’s anthropology department who specializes in the anthropology of food, said chefs and restaurant owners sell the idea of authenticity to bring in more See Asian Food on page 2

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customers. “I have come to believe that the only way that you can understand authenticity is as a marketing tool because cuisine is constantly changing,” Musante said. “So the narrative of authenticity carries ideas, values and identities with [it].” Sichuan Gourmet — which opened its second restaurant in 2015, on Atwood Street, filling a hole left by an Indian restaurant — has a menu that exclusively prides itself on authentic Chinese dishes such as fish filets in hot chili oil and spicy beef in flaming pan. Although his restaurant is popular among Oakland’s Chinese population ready for the fiery dish, Weixiang You said he does not see enough non-Chinese customers. These customers, according to You, cannot differentiate authentic Chinese from stereotypical American Chinese dishes like General Tso’s Chicken and Beef Lo Mein. “We serve the authentic Sichuan cuisine. But, to non-Chinese, they are all just Chinese food,” You said. You’s motivation for introducing authentic Sichuan cuisine to Pittsburgh started simply because he missed it himself. “When I first came to Pittsburgh while my wife was a researcher at Pitt, we were yearning for authentic Sichuan food every day,” You said. So rather than waiting for quality Sichuan cuisine to arrive, You and a few

Pitt alumni started a Sichuan restaurant of their own n six years ago. “There are international national Chinese students outt there who are just like us back then, longing for quality uality Chinese food,” You said. “So I believe we have ave a market. We have internanternational students literally lly cry eating our food because use [it] reminds them of home.” e.” The Competition A throng of college ge students flooded into Peter’s Pub across Oakland Avenue for a 21st birthday as Mike Lin pulled out his phone and sent a few messages to his family. Around 11 p.m., Lin was celebrating ebrating the end of another 12-hour workday at SSzechuan kd h Express. After 20 years of success at his Asian stir-fry restaurant, 12-hour days are still routine for Lin. His work has allowed him to purchase a few luxury cars, but the job’s demands makes them mostly sit idle. “People thought it would be easy to

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open a restaurant in Oakland because the demand is here, and they all flocked in,” Lin, 43, said. “However, it is, in fact, really hard because your service has to be fast, you can’t afford to hire too many

peop l e and you can’t charge too much.” As students line up at food trucks and order take-out, the owners of Asian restaurants must balance the demand for Americanized cuisine and authentic Chinese food, while also offering speedy service at the right price. “I still couldn’t figure out how Szechuan Express can give you a meal with so much vegetables and so many calories for such a low price,” Musante said. Tong’s Cuisine on Semple Street, which opened in 2011, was one of the first Asian restaurants to experiment with authentic taste, although its menu is divided into two halves: One half for non-Asians, the other half for Asians and Asian-Americans. According to its owner, Zhi Feng, 42, competition among restaurants grows more fierce each year. “There were no buffets 20 years ago. We just had Chinese sit-down restaurants,” Feng said. “Now it is impossible to raise the price of Chinese food.”

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Feng has only raised the price of the lunch special by $1.05 — from $5.25 to $6.30 — over the past four years, while the cost of beef flank steak almost doubled — from $4 per pound to $7 per pound. Forgoing authenticity, other restaurants carve out niche markets. Sushi Fuku, which replaced a Quiznos on Oakland Avenue in 2012, offers its “roll it or bowl it” Chipotle model of sushi building, according to general manager Ron Oliver, appeals to students looking for what he calls “fast-casual.” “We are not traditional sushi, that is guaranteed,” Oliver said. “With traditional sushi, it’s not fast, it’s not convenient, it’s not cheap.” Oliver said the reason for Sushi Fuku’s success — it opened a second location on Craig Avenue this year along with Fuku Tea on Forbes Avenue — has been its ability to modernize and appeal to a student audience, exemplified in its latest product, the “sushi burrito.” “You have to add a little variety. If you don’t change, it’ll get stale,” Oliver said. According to Georgia Petropoulos, See Asian Food on page 3

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Asian Food, pg. 2 the executive director of the Oakland Business Improvement District, recent customer trends in Oakland show that Asian cuisine is thriving because it offers fresh ingredients. “Although I don’t know how many Asian restaurants are locally sourced, at least they are definitely not using frozen food,” Petropoulos said. There are plenty of non-Asian restaurants that offer fresh food, Petropoulos said, but they don’t have the variety of Asian menus. “College students are looking for food that is lighter in fat and calories. They like fresh vegetables,” Petropoulos said. “In Asian restaurants, you have a lot of steamed vegetables which fits right in

this trend.” Brian Deutsch, who writes for a blog called PennsylvAsia where he chronicles the intersections of Pennsylvania and Asia, said Asian cuisine offers options that meet almost every taste palate. “I see people online complain when yet another Asian place opens in Oakland and Squirrel Hill, but that attitude chooses to ignore the diversity of cultures and foods in the region,” Deutsch, who also works for the English Language Institute, said. The Future In 2014, the owner of Top Shabu Shabu & Lounge moved into Pizza Sola’s old home on Atwood Street. Five months later, Sichuan Gourmet opened at the old location of India Garden, also on Atwood Street.

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Asian Food, pg. 3 The building on the corner of Forbes and Oakland has transformed in the past five years from Joe Mama’s, an Italian eatery, to Olio Trattoria, a more upscale Italian dining spot and then into Stack’d Burgers and Beer. Mike Hanley was one of the owners of Joe Mama’s, which was an Oakland favorite from around 2000 until he sold the restaurant in 2013 to Brandon Smith, the manager turned owner of Fuel and Fuddle next door, to focus on his other restaurants. Smith and his business partner, Greg Ripper, who both own Fuel and Fuddle, were trying to make a more upscale date restaurant in Oakland. “On the weekends, we did really well,” Smith said. “On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, it wasn’t really doing the volume we wanted.” While owning a business in Oakland is great because of the innovative market, Hanley said college students’ pal-

ates and schedules shape the success of businesses. “[Oakland] has and continues to be a great market for the right concepts,” Hanley said. “[The Forbes Avenue] corridor can be dependent on the school calendar.” Smith graduated from Pitt in 2006, when he said there was still a lot of Asian restaurants in Oakland, but bars and nightclubs were more popular than restaurants. Now, Weixiang You, owner of Sichuan Express. Wenhao Wu STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Smith said students owners might, because he’s fulfilling a added that the opening of Stack’d has acare ready to spend more money for good certain niche market — “good sandwich- tually brought more customers into Fuel food. es and good beer.” and Fuddle. “The more places we have in He doesn’t feel the same sense of “There’s enough people in Oakland Oakland, the better for Oakland.” competition that some Asian restaurant for everyone to serve,” Smith said, who See Asian Food on page 5

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Asian Food, pg. 4 Even with 20 Asian restaurants already in place, You also predicts the number will continue to grow. “The market is definitely not saturated yet,” You said. Bubble tea, a rarity in Oakland just three years ago, is now a staple at a dozen Asian restaurants in the area. Sushi Fuku opened a bubble tea place on Forbes Avenue around a month ago called Fuku Tea. Chick’n Bubbly runs its two bubble tea machines, perched on the wall, constantly. Sihyuk Choi, the owner of Chick’n Bubbly and Oishii Bento, compared the bubble tea trend to the frozen yogurt craze in Korea. He is worried that bubble tea may be popular right now, but could dry up like frozen yogurt has in Korea. Like Sushi Fuku, Choi has taken some cues from the fast food franchise, to make things “simple and easy.” “If you look at McDonald’s or Starbucks, they trained their workers in a

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[systematic way],” Choi said. “And after a month, all their workers can cook a burger or something like that. But with a traditional Asian restaurant, we have to hire a chef.” So some Asian restaurateurs move away from the traditional and venture towards innovation. Ren Jiang, 35, the owner of Top Shabu Shabu and Lounge on Atwood Street, said the traditional stir-fry Si Hyuk Choi, owner of Oishii and Chick’n Bubbly. Nikki Moriello VISUAL EDITOR dish is broken, and Asian culture alive. pot or on the grill rack. the industry needs to innovate. Jiang said “We are not just selling dishes. We And it’s Jiang’s willingness to bring a his restaurant, which specializes in hot new style of food to a college neighbor- are also selling packages of culinary culpot and Korean barbecue, lets customhood that drives competition and keeps tures,” Jiang said. ers cook their own food in a personal hot

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Casual Fridays Grand theft auto: elementary edition On Wednesday, two car thieves committed quite an elementary crime. The men got inside a car with keys in the ignition and got more than they bargained for when they discovered an eight-year-old boy in the backseat. They wanted to make sure that “baby got back” to school and dropped the boy off at his elementary institution. The mother learned her lesson: don’t leave children unattended in the backseat, unless you’re tired of chauffeuring them around. We hear that cops will charge the thieves with possession of a child with intent to deliver an education. Scrub-a-dub drugs A New York man is hoping to wash his hands of his 29 days in a Pennsylvania prison. The man rode shotgun — and veered onto a slippery slope — in a car where the driver had stored handmade soap, which Pennsylvania state troopers first mistook for marijuana and later identified as cocaine after testing. Later testing rubbed away the false allegations and showed the soap was actually just plain soap. The man just wants police to clean his record after the muddied turn of events. He has high soaps of winning a lawsuit against police and a field test manufacturer for damages exceeding $150,000. We’re sure the police meant no harm — they were just trying to clean him of his addiction. The miracle of life On Saturday, a speeding driver was no match for the speed of the birth of Courtney Benavidez’s son. The driver was pulled over by Arizona highway trooper Miguel Rincon, but got a pass on a ticket

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when Benavidez’s incoming child took hold of Rincon’s attention. While Rincon was conducting the traffic stop, Courtney Benavidez’s grandmother pulled up behind the speeding driver and laboriously explained that her daughter was giving birth. Before Rincon could run over, the child sped into life after Benavidez had only been in labor for about an hour and a half. Benavidez named the boy Carter Jett — no, seriously — because of his fast introduction into the world. Carter was born a travelin’ man. NoPro What’s better than Vegas? Four minutes of Joseph Griffin’s reaction to Vegas. After his son gave him a GoPro, Griffin used it to GoAmateur as a videographer during his Las Vegas trip. When he returned to Ireland, he became selfie-conscious when he realized that he had been pointing the camera at himself the entire time. As it turns out, what happened in Vegas is really staying in Vegas. In typical dad fashion, Griffin also thought the selfie stick was a backscratcher. Purrfect companions Pittsburghers love their pierogies, Steelers and cats. According to Nielsen Scarborough’s “Cat Lady” study, Pittsburgh ranks third when it comes to women who are single and own a cat. We knew the Steel City was a great place to live, but it turns out it’s also the purrfect location for cat ladies. Apparently, our Panthers aren’t the only ones feline fine. Here’s a word of advice: adopt, don’t shop — and adopt, don’t date — to save the kitties from a cat-astrophic life. In some bad mews, dogs are having a ruff time and aren’t quite feeling the love right meow.

750,000-to-1: The ratio at the heart of America’s electoral issues Stephen Caruso

Senior Columnist The memes I see online are seldom enlightening, often featuring kittens that somehow relate to how I, as a college student, feel about finals. But one meme in particular points out a terrifying, overlooked fact about the American electoral system — one that reveals its utter ineptness. Over a picture of the U.S. Congress, two numbers are layered, “11 percent approval rating. 96.4 percent reelected.” It’s easy to write off such crazy numbers on your news feed and keep scrolling, but according to PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning factchecking organization, the meme is rated “true.” A nation that prides itself on being a democracy cannot have such a massive discrepancy between

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opinion and results. To ensure we the people get the government we want, America must change the structure of their election laws by removing the cap on the number of representatives and redistributing the number of voices they represent. There is some low-

eliminated. Getting rid of Citizens United’s precedent would require a constitutional amendment, a process that needs a congressional super majority and ratification by two-thirds of the states. Considering Congress can’t even get a simple majority to pass a budget, an amendment might be asking too much of them — which kind of explains the approval rating, doesn’t it? So how can the people get their power back? Well, the power may lie in your third grade nemesis: ratios. From the first Congress in 1789 to the 63rd in 1913, the United States had increased the number of representatives in the House of Representatives proportionally with the nation’s population, from 59 to 435. That meant the ratio of people per representative grew from 67,796 to 223,505.

How can we expect any one person to

represent 733,104 individual voices? hanging fruit in this conversation attached to alternate solutions. Repealing the Citizens United ruling — which allows unlimited campaign donations by corporations — is a popular route for better elections. According to a Bloomberg poll, 78 percent of Americans — across all party and demographic lines — want unlimited contributions

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Caruso, pg. 6 But the 435 seats the 63rd Congress contained did not grow for the next 40 years. When the population distribution changed, Congress simply moved existing seats between states. Congress added two temporary representatives for Alaska and Hawaii in 1959, which only lasted until the next seat realignment. Then, the number of representatives dropped back down to 435, where it has stayed until the present day. This is all due to the Apportionment Act of 1911 , which arbitrarily capped the number of representatives at 435. Even though America’s population has increased exponentially since 1913 , the number of representatives has remained fixed due to this odd act. Now, the average congressman represents 733,104 citizens. That’s a 228 percent increase in people per representative since 191 3. How can we expect any one person to represent 733,104 individual voices? Compare that to the United Kingdom, where 650 elected Members of Parliament represent 64 million people — that’s just under 100,000 per MP. Granted, U.S. voters have two other elected bodies to choose as extensions of their voices. The Founding Fathers always considered the House of Representatives the electoral body of the people. Popular vote didn’t elect U.S. Senators until the 17th Amendment in 1913. The Founding Fathers dictated congressmen respond to public opinion, but now, with three-fourths of a million individual voices, that opinion is becoming harder and harder for representatives to comprehend. Information technology may have increased exponentially in the last cen-

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tury, but the limiting factor for representation isn’t the technology — it’s the elected officials themselves. Even if email means your congressman’s desk is just a click away, how much time do you think they are giving your sternly worded letter on student debt or supporting a National Cat Meme Day if you are competing with 733,103 other voices?

stituents care about — or at least learn it better than in the United States. The U.K.’s government currently has an approval rating of 38 percent. But if the miffed citizen goes to the polls to teach their representative a lesson, a limited number of parties leaves them with few options. In an ideological age, we are unlikely to vote for a Republican just to stick it to a Democrat be-

Add in the brutal campaigning schedule for congressmen — every two years they must fight for re-election — and their attention is naturally going to gravitate to those who can help them stay in power. That means those with deep pockets and special interests. For comparison, in the United Kingdom, MPs hold their seats for five years, plenty of time to learn what their con-

holden to some special interest, or vice versa. Third party candidates seem to have no chance of success. That’s because a person running for office only needs more votes than the next guy — not a majority — to win. In districts of 750,000 people, even getting 40 percent to go along with a brand new political party is tough. That’s 300,000 people trying something completely

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new politically. Instead, voters go with the safe candidate, who may take money under the table from the local mining conglomerate — but hey, they’re a Democrat. This makes the average voter’s voice relatively unimportant, in the grand scheme of things, for a Congressmen. As long as you don’t royally screw up, a combination of inertia, special interests and apathy will keep you in office. With smaller districts though, third parties need to convince fewer people to win a district, thus gaining a national stage to convince more voters of their worth as a political organization. The United Kingdom — with just under 100,000 people per voting district — has 11 different parties elected to the House of Commons, as well as some independents. In fact, the biggest third party in the United Kingdom, the Liberal Democrats, had such a large share of Parliament before the 2015 elections that the Conservative Party was forced to ally with them in order to have a majority voice. Smaller districts mean more third parties, and more third parties means more compromise. And more compromise? That can only have positive results for the voters. If we want democracy of the people, for the people, by the people, then the secret isn’t an amendment or any radical change — it’s fighting one silly, arbitrary law passed 100 years ago. The old motto of American patriots needs only one tweak. It’s not, “No taxation without representation.” It’s, “No taxation with underrepresentation.” Stephen Caruso is a senior columnist at The Pitt News. He mainly writes on economic and social issues. He is also the Production Manager. Email Stephen at stephencaruso23@ gmail.com.

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Pitt faces cardinals to stay in acc Jeremy Tepper

Senior Staff Writer Coming into the season, the Pitt football team set itself a high goal: win the ACC. Before the Panthers even step onto Heinz Field at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, though, that goal could already be off the table. North Carolina, who leads the ACC Coastal by one game, can clinch

“I don’t think we’ve reached our full potential as an offense.”

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the division with a win against Virginia Tech at noon Saturday. Still, Pitt quarterback Nathan Peterman insists his team won’t pay attention to the outcome. “I don’t think so, I know I won’t. We’ve got enough things to worry about,” Peterman said. Pitt’s (7-3, 5-1 ACC) next challenge comes in the Louisville Cardinals (6-4, 5-2 ACC), who’ve won four in a row and six of their last seven games. After starting the season with three straight losses, head coach Bobby Petrino’s Cardinals have found their stride, led by a balanced attack on both sides of the ball. Offensively, Louisville functions with an ever-changing unit in personnel and scheme. Throughout the season, Pitt has thrived in making second-half adjustments to pull ahead. Against Louisville, the Panthers will have to adapt earlier, Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi said. “We’re going to have to make first-quarter adjustments because they do so much stuff,” Narduzzi said. “You

don’t know what formation or personnel grouping. They probably have eight to 10 personnel groupings that they’re going to have on the field.” Preparing for the Cardinals has been tough, as Narduzzi knows the tapes and gameday can show two different teams. “It’s a different game plan every week. You can run all the plays they’re going to run, but every week it’s a different offense you’ll see,” Narduzzi said. Even at quarterback, Louisville has favored change, implementing both Kyle Bolin and Lamar Jackson. Bolin has served as the starting quarterback the past two games, while Jackson, the starter at the beginning of the season, featured last week situationally in running the ball. Jackson is Louisville’s leading rusher with 529 yards, while Bolin has tallied 501 passing yards and four touchdowns the last two weeks. In the passing game, 16 different players have caught a pass this season, with wide receiver James Quick leading the group with 29 receptions for 437 yards. Pitt linebackers coach Rob Harley See Football on page 10

Finnish forward Arvas ends Pitt career on top Jeff Carpenter Staff Writer

It took Roosa Arvas four sports, two countries and 4,250 miles to find her place in the history books as Pitt women’s soccer’s all-time points leader. Growing up in Kuopio, Finland, Arvas played ice hockey, volleyball and floorball, but soccer captivated her from an early age. Arvas played alongside boys to start her career in youth soccer to add com-

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petition and adversity, something she said accelerated the development of her game. “Boys are faster, so I had to be faster, be more technical and good with the ball,” Arvas said. When Arvas stepped onto Pitt’s campus as a new face in 2012 — a student at a school in a unknown city in an unfamiliar country — she was just ready to play soccer. Four years later, the forward stood

as the lone honoree on Pitt’s women’s soccer senior night, one that saw the Panthers conclude their most successful season in program history despite a 6-0 loss to the No. 1 University of Virginia Cavaliers that night. Arvas made more than a modest contribution to that success. The psychology major’s name marks Pitt’s record books as the all-time leader in points with 56 and assists with 22. Her assist in a 2-0 win over North Caro-

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lina State University on Sept. 20, propelled her past Ashley Cuba for most points in program history, which Cuba set on Oct. 9, 2011. Arvas also finished her career three goals shy of Cuba’s program-record 21. Arvas had a strong year for the Panthers (10-7-1, 4-6-0 ACC), sitting third on the team in points with 14, and she said the fans helped her and the team See Feature on page 9

Roosa Arvas finished her career as Pitt’s all-time points leader. Heather Tennant STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Feature, pg. 8 finish strong. Arvas said she’s happy with the records, but her growth during that time stands out more. “[The records] are huge accomplish-

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ments,” Arvas said. “But more importantly, [I’m proud of ] the lessons I’ve learned here and the person I’ve become.” Despite all the individual accolades that her career has to showcase, Arvas is a team-first individual. Because of that mentality, her coach and teammates said

they appreciate what the reserved Finn has brought to the program over the years. “She pushes me to do everything at a faster pace. Even if something is good, she encourages me to do it even better,” said freshman forward Jarena Harmon, who led the team in goals this season with seven. Arvas is the team’s primary free kick and penalty kick taker and, according to her teammates, rightfully so. “You want Roosa on the ball,” Harmon said. That trust from her teammates comes from Arvas’ work in making the adjustment from playing soccer in Finland to playing in the United States. While she continued to hone her skills in Finland before making the trek to Pittsburgh, she was in for a big surprise, as American soccer features significantly different styles and speeds. “The game here is a lot more physical and faster,” she said. Adjusting to the game wasn’t the only challenge. Arvas knew English, but

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wasn’t entirely comfortable relying on it. “I understand it, but I was poor at speaking it. We learned it [in Finland], but I didn’t want to,” Arvas said. Moving to the United States was a tough change for Arvas to make, both athletically and culturally, and that’s where Pitt head coach Greg Miller stepped in. “He helped me a lot. I didn’t have confidence when I first came here,” Arvas said. “He helped me to get over my mistakes and to be mentally more tough. You have to think faster and be tougher, think you are stronger than you are.” Miller said Arvas’ personality and knowledge of the game made the transition easier for both of them. “It’s been really easy [coaching her]. She understands the game and wants to get better, and any information you give her she is willing to try to put into her game,” Miller said. “When she first came here, she really struggled with the speed and the physical end of the game, and that took some time to develop. Through See Feature on page 10

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Feature, pg. 9 last year and all of this year she’s been a lot better with both of those things.” While she won’t get the chance to lead the team again as a Panther, she hopes to continue playing professionally back in Finland. “If I have the chance, I will go for it,” Arvas said. She said she would prefer to play for the club team in her hometown of Kuopio, and if she returns, she will meet a familiar face from Pitt in her native country. A captain from Pitt’s 2014 team, Jaclyn Poucel, is playing for NiceFutis in the women’s premier league in Finland. Poucel spent three years playing alongside Arvas, and praised Arvas’ consistency. “Roosa is a talented player and reads the game well. I loved playing with her because I always knew I could rely on her no matter what,” Poucel said. “When defending her, I always knew I would be challenged because she’s smart, and that pushed me to be smarter.”

Poucel said Arvas can succeed at the next level because of her ability to step on a field and bring the best out of her team. “She’s a leader by example,” Poucel said. “There might be faster or more athletic forwards, but with Roosa, she’s the one you want in front of the net on a cross or a pass into the box.” One of those plays in the box highlighted Arvas’ most memorable game from Pitt, but it wasn’t the NC State game, when she became the program’s all-time points leader. Instead, she pointed to the 2-1 overtime victory over Wake Forest University four days later, a game Miller labeled as, “the biggest win since I’ve been here.” She collected an assist in the Sept. 24, contest, which propelled her into the program lead for assists. To Harmon, it’s no surprise that Arvas’ favorite memory comes from an assist. It’s in her nature. “She’s always willing to help me with anything.” Harmon said. “And the ball she’s able to set from anywhere on the field distinguishes her.”

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lauded the Cardinals’ entire offense. “They’ve got a little chip on their shoulder. They’ve got a little swag to them,” Harley said. “They pose some issues with their athleticism and how hard they play.” Still, Harley is confident after last week’s win against Duke, when the Panthers allowed just 13 points. He sees the defense starting to pick up on the intricacies of the scheme. “You’re really starting to see these guys kind of learn those little nuances, and I think it showed on Saturday,” Harley said. Though Petrino made his name through his offenses, it’s the defensive unit that has been superior for Louisville. Allowing just 311 yards per game, Louisville’s defense ranks 14th in the country. It’s thrived in stopping the running game with an 11thranked run defense and in pressuring the quarterback with 28 sacks, good for 19th in the country. Louisville linebackers Trevon Young and Devonte Fields lead the defense with 8.5 sacks and 13 tackles for loss, respectively.

Still, Pitt’s offense, which scored 31 points with 268 rushing yards Saturday, enters the game with momentum. “We’re just getting better every week, and to be quite honest with you, I don’t think we’ve reached our full potential as an offense,” running back Qadree Ollison said. Ollison was key to Pitt’s success running the ball, accumulating 111 yards. Though Pitt’s most successful outings offensively stem from running the ball well, Narduzzi will adapt to the opponent. Against a stout Louisville run defense, the model to win might not be the same as it was last week or in past weeks. “Every week you could say that’s the blueprint, but this weekend, going in against a top-11 team in the country in rush defense, you could find out, ‘Hey, what happened to that blueprint,’” Narduzzi said. Whatever happens in Pitt’s outing or in the North Carolina game, safety Reggie Mitchell said the goal is to finish the season strong and let the rest figure itself out. “We’re just trying to stay focused, practice hard for these last two weeks and get nine wins,” Mitchell said.

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