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TEDx
SURVIVOR SPEAKS OUT
focuses on
feminism
Anandhini Narayanan Staff Writer
anupama jain was familiar and passionate about the topic of her TEDx talk, feminism and gender equality, so her biggest struggle was what she wanted to wear for the event. “My biggest crisis is how casual or formal I should dress,” jain said. “That’s probably not what you want to hear, but that’s what I’ve been stressing about.” jain, a Pitt gender, sexuality and women’s studies professor, was one of seven speakers invited to discuss the power of women and girls as creators and change-makers at a TEDx Pittsburgh event Friday. The event, held at the Ace Hotel in East Liberty, was one of 189 local iterations of the larger TEDWomen 2017 conference held this weekend in New Orleans, Louisiana. TED — a nonprofit organization devoted to spreading worthwhile ideas in technology, entertainment and design — chose “Bridges” as the theme for this year’s TEDWomen conference. The speakers spoke about topics ranging from mental health and eating disorders to feminism and moms who can code. “This was basically a chance to tell people in Pittsburgh the ways women still don’t have equality,” jain said. “But I also wanted to emphasize there are things we can do so we don’t have to feel hopeless.” Each speaker had nine minutes to speak. jain’s talk emphasized the Convention on the See TEDx on page 3
Judah Samet spoke about his experience as a Holocaust survivor in the O’Hara Student Center Sunday night. Aaron Schoen | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Hijab-wearing model advocates for modesty, Muslim women Zoe Pawliczek
of our lives, especially growing up in the [United States],” Amal Saeed, a junior molecular biology Model Mariah Idrissi asked where she could major and president of Muslim Student Assobuy a hijab in Pittsburgh while speaking at the ciation, said. “For [Idrissi], as a hijab-wearing model, she really found a way to use her identity William Pitt Union Saturday night. “Fashion is present very prominently in all as influence.” Staff Writer
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H&M. The 90-minute event — hosted by Pitt’s Female Empowerment Movement and MSA — began at 7 p.m. and included free pizza, a Q&A session with the model and opportunities for photos afterward. Like many overnight sensations, 25-yearold Idrissi had no prior modeling experience when a casting director for H&M’s 2015 “Close the Loop” recycling campaign scouted her off the street. Even with support from her family, a publicist friend helping her manage her new lifestyle and public speaking experience from writing and reciting poetry, Idrissi knew little about the modeling world. “If I did not watch ‘America’s Next Top Model,’ I would have had no idea what the hell I was doing,” Idrissi said. Now, with two years’ experience modeling for H&M and speaking at events such as Istanbul’s 2016 Modest Fashion Week — an inter-
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national fashion show featuring both Muslim and non-Muslim clothing that reveals little of a woman’s body — Idrissi is globally recognized as an authority on modest fashion and a humanitarian and advocate for women’s empowerment. Idrissi also campaigns for Human Care Syria — a project providing food, schooling and hygiene packages to women affected by the war in Syria — and spoke at London’s TEDxTeen 2016 conference with her talk “Changing the Face of Fashion.” But Idrissi didn’t always know what to use her voice for. As a Moroccan-Pakistani who grew up in London, Idrissi said she never personally experienced racism or Islamophobia, but instead faced struggles trying to find modest bookings upon entering the fashion industry. “I didn’t think that that industry that appears to be so diverse and embracing and inclusive of different people would be where I finally encountered awkward situations and funny
looks,” Idrissi said. Idrissi shared several of these situations — including feeling too old for the modeling industry as a 25 year-old, which she says usually considers girls ages 16 to 24 — before shifting her presentation to issues of women’s empowerment and what can be done to promote it in the fashion industry. One issue she touched on was models feeling pressured into shooting topless because they fear they might be replaced by other models who are willing to be more sexual in their work. Idrissi spoke of a personal friend who wishes she had been exposed to the more modest side of the industry before doing a topless shoot herself. “Even the white European models also have issues in this industry, and that is why I feel like it is beyond me being a Muslim and wearing a hijab,” Idrissi said. “It’s about us being women and coming together as women and understanding that we are all going through issues in this industry.”
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She also criticized charities and campaigns that leave out minorities or use tokenism — a practice in which businesses hire a small number of people from underrepresented groups to appear to increase diversity — in their advertising. Rather than sexualize or misrepresent reality, Idrissi said advertisers need to embrace the fact that everyone looks different and comes from different backgrounds. Idrissi said she considers these issues especially important for young girls, which is why she decided to tour the United States to speak with students at schools. She directly addressed the Muslim members of the audience several times during a Q&A session at the end of her presentation, from giving them advice on how to network to asking where they buy their modest clothing in Pittsburgh. When one of the few men in the audience — Ehab Tamimi, a bioengineering Ph.D. student and member of MSA — asked how See Model on page 3
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Muslim men in particular can show their support for women, Idrissi answered with an emphasis on not projecting opinions about women onto Muslim women. “I come from a more conservative background and I don’t have any immediate interest in fashion, but it was striking to see the connection between the fashion industry and how she connected it to life lessons and a way to move forward,” Tamimi said. “It’s not enough to just be a pretty face behind the camera, it’s also important to use your influence for something good.” Audience member Anisa Mughal, a thirdyear medical student, said she felt that Idrissi’s answer to Tamimi’s question was powerful. She also enjoyed Idrissi’s five “keys” — goal-setting, work ethic, networking, organization and a trust in a God or higher power — which the model attributed to helping her get to where she is in her life and career. “I think one of my favorite things is just seeing Muslim women be active in promoting their own identities, their own careers and their own goals,” Mughal said. “I also really liked that she’s an advocate for Muslim women not to be afraid to pursue what they want.”
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, an international bill of rights for women. By accepting this convention, countries commit themselves to undertake a series of measures to end discrimination against women. The United States is one of six countries in the U.N. that have not yet ratified CEDAW, but as of last year, Pittsburgh City Council passed CEDAW. “Some people say CEDAW is not yet ratified in the United States because we don’t need it,” jain said. “But of course, we do need it. We are not a global leader in terms of gender equity, we are not even in the top 20.” “I’ve been using [TED talks] in my teaching because I find them useful in bringing in other voices to present a concept to students,” jain said. “What better place to host a talk with this theme of bridges than in the city of bridges itself?” When Pittsburgh decided to host TEDx Pittsburgh Women, someone — unknown to jain — recommended her as a potential speaker. A team of TEDx Pittsburgh organizers — including Bridget Daley, 33, and Chris Daley, 36, who have been on the organizing team for the past three years — selected jain and the other speakers for this year from a running list of
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Pitt graduate Sandra Gould Ford invited one of her students onstage during the TEDx event as she spoke about her experience teaching creative writing at the Allegheny County jail. Courtesy of Chris Daley people in the community compiled by the team. Speakers from previous years are also welcome to give recommendations for future speakers. “Our list comes from the question of ‘Wow, we want to know more about what this person is doing,’” Mr. Daley said. “So we meet together as a team and extend an invite to that particular speaker.” Two TED fans from the crowd — Megan
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Matejcic, 23, from McKeesport, and Valerie Keinthaler, 28, from Florida — said they enjoyed the event. Friday was Matejcic and Keinthaler’s first experience at a live TEDx event, although they’ve watched TED videos on YouTube before. Matejcic left the event feeling empowered.
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Opinions from the editorial board
Slow start highlights flawed state cannabis law A new era in Pennsylvania drug policy started last week with the opening of the Commonwealth’s new Medical Marijuana Program. But for many Pennsylvanians, that new era is now on hold — perhaps indefinitely. When the Pennsylvania Department of Health opened applications last Thursday for medical marijuana patients and caregivers, a rush of more than 1,000 individuals submitted requests to take part in the program. The large volume of applications resulted in a slew of delays and errors with registrations, according to a report from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Lags in paperwork processing are typical of any government program. But in regards to the state’s medical marijuana program opening, the system’s inability to keep up with demand is more than just the usual bureaucratic setback. Pennsylvania’s law on medical cannabis is far too narrow for its purposes and continues to be more concerned with prohibition than medication. Comparable medical cannabis programs in other states with new legalization laws have had much less difficulty accommodating demand than Pennsylvania has had. In Maryland, a total of 520 medical cannabis providers statewide registered as of last Friday. Maryland’s state government has seen traffic much lower than the system’s capacity, allowing most doctors and patients who want to register to do so. In Florida, another state where the governor signed a medical marijuana bill into law this year, registration numbers are significantly higher — despite the law having been on the books only a few months longer. The Sunshine State counted nearly 20,000 registered patients
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as of June, six months after its cannabis law came into effect. If Pennsylvania were to register patients at the same speed as Florida, the number of patients receiving cards would be about 2,000 per month — a goal the current bureaucracy seems unlikely to reach. Even with a population little more than half the size of Florida’s, Pennsylvania should have expected significantly higher levels of applications for registration. But the state’s administration officials are constrained by a law passed by the Commonwealth legislature last year that puts an absurd number of restrictions on the drug’s medical use. Under the state’s legislation, Pennsylvania residents with one of 17 specified illnesses — including epilepsy and multiple sclerosis — and cards indicating valid registrations are allowed access to cannabis in certain uncommon forms of the drug. These include cannabis pills, oils, tinctures and ointments — and specifically excludes marijuana in its most common, dry-leaf form. In other words, Pennsylvania law already restricts most residents’ access to medical cannabis treatment by legalizing only its most expensive variations. Add to this the six-month minimum waiting period for registration, with the state’s bureaucracy overwhelmed with applications, and the result is little real access to an important medical treatment. If legislators in the state capital want to improve the lives of Pennsylvania residents in need of cannabis treatment, they need to either widen applicability of the medical marijuana law or improve the Health Department’s ability to process demand.
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Hartford hate crime
shows what happens when
students stay silent
Sarah Shearer Columnist
Imagine walking into your dorm room at the end of a long day. You get ready for bed, brush your teeth and apply lotion. The faint smell of — moldy clams? — doesn’t quite hit but lingers questionably in the air. You want to ask your roommate if she smells it too, but can’t find the strength to speak your throat’s been feeling worse every day to the point where even whispering is a struggle. This was Chennel “Jazzy” Rowe’s reality for the first part of her semester as a first-year student at the University of Hartford. Rowe now thankfully has her voice back — and a story that makes all other “roommate from hell” stories seem tame. Rowe’s roommate, Brianna Brochu, spent the past month and a half in a cruel frenzy of abuse, reportedly bragging on Instagram about spitting in Rowe’s coconut oil, contaminating her lotion with moldy clam dip, shoving her toothbrush “where the sun doesn’t shine,” rubbing used tampons on her backpack and other abominable moves. Added to the viciousness of the acts themselves is a racial element — Rowe is black and Brochu is white. And West Hartford police told the Hartford Courant last week they were bringing hate crime charges against Brochu. “I can finally say goodbye to Jamaican Barbie,” Brochu wrote in her post.
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It’s hard to imagine how someone would consider a case like this a mere act of “bullying.” But that’s exactly how University of Hartford President Greg Woodward saw things. He called Rowe an “alleged victim of bullying” in an Oct. 31 message to students at the school. Of course, bullying is seriously damaging and no one should take it lightly. But when one student is intentionally poisoning another by spreading mold and bacteria on her belongings, using a broad term like “bullying” only downplays the severity of the situation. And everyone involved — both university administrators, who downplayed and neglected Rowe’s case until it received national attention, to other students around Rowe and Brochu who allowed it to go on — deserves a share of the blame. There’s bullying, and then there’s poisoning to the point of permanent physical damage. As she unknowingly underwent graphic abuse from her former roommate, Rowe developed a sore throat that kept getting worse. “I couldn’t sleep,” Rowe said in a Facebook live video Oct. 30. “I’d try to whisper, and I could barely whisper.” She took antibiotics from the student health center. Her doctors had no idea what the source was of her bacterial infection, and no one thought to point fingers at Brochu until fellow students clued Rowe into the heinous things her roommate did while she wasn’t there. Generalizing Brochu’s crimes isn’t the See Shearer on page 5
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Shearer, pg. 4 only red flag in how the university handled the situation. Woodward assured students that Public Safety kept Rowe safe as soon as they learned what was happening, but he failed to mention that the school also asked Rowe not speak up about what Brochu did to her. Rowe learned about her roommate’s vile behavior when she moved out Oct. 17, and went to Public Safety about the issue. The university had Rowe sign a “do not contact agreement” the next day, meaning she would not be in communication with Brochu. Brochu wasn’t taken into custody until Oct. 28. And even then, it wasn’t because of actions on the part of police or the university — Brochu turned herself in. Rowe claimed the university told her not to speak out about the situation, and that doing so could result in removal from her campus residence. The university confirmed they did request this, but said that their “intention was never to keep her quiet.” Luckily, Rowe couldn’t stand to be quiet. Her Oct. 30 video garnered nationwide social media support, leading to the #JusticeforJazzy hashtag. In her video, Rowe called for action from the university. “Colleges are known to just sweep issues that happen within the campus under the rug, making the issue disappear and not doing anything about it,” Rowe said. “This is where the public gets involved to push for things to be done right.” It shouldn’t take a pandemic hashtag to get a university to speak up — Woodward only sent his message to students the day after Rowe told her story online. But the issue is larger than the university’s inaction. Though the university should’ve handled the situation headon, there’s another group to blame that
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hasn’t gotten as much attention — Brochu’s friends. The twisted roommate made several posts on Instagram throughout the semester, featuring videos of Rowe eating with her contaminated utensils and photos of her bloody backpack, bragging about her accomplishments. Brochu even appeared in some of the posts herself, suggesting that a friend would’ve needed to be there documenting it. When Rowe moved into another room, several residents approached her with the posts Brochu had been making all semester. Rowe had never seen them before. Though the account currently has only 57 followers, that’s 57 people who could have known what was happening to Rowe all semester. And none of them said a word. TV producer Shonda Rhimes agrees by not speaking up, her friends allowed the situation to fester and are to be blamed. “That this type of ignorant hate can flourish in 2017 tests my faith in humanity,” Rhimes tweeted last week. “Who chose to be her friend and look the other way?” The problem runs deeper than the situation between Brochu and Rowe, and an answer could revolutionize how we deal with bullying, sexual assault and racism — issues ravaging college campuses everywhere. It’s a shame that it took nationwide poking and prodding to get the University of Hartford to handle Brochu’s crimes with the urgency they should’ve had from the moment they learned of them. But in the absence of administrative accountability, students need to step up to prevent such long-term, repeated abuse. If we don’t care, universities won’t either.
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Sarah primarily writes about social issues and Pittsburgh life for The Pitt News. Write to Sarah at srs165@pitt.edu.
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Volleyball serves weekend of success David Leftwich Staff Writer
Redshirt sophomore Stephanie Williams had 14 kills in Panther’s victory over Florida State Sunday afternoon. Thomas Yang | SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The Pitt volleyball team used not one, but two weekend wins to demonstrate why they belong at the top of ACC volleyball standings. The Panther volleyball team defeated Miami (15-5 overall, 9-5 ACC) and Florida State (12-10 overall, 6-8 ACC) at the Fitzgerald Field House to pull to 19-6 overall and 12-2 ACC record. “I don’t think we’re feeling any pressure,” redshirt sophomore Stephanie Williams said. “A couple more wins and hopefully we can seal that [ACC] title.” The Panthers overcame a fast start from the Hurricanes to eventually cruise to a 3-1 match victory in a Friday night matchup against Mi-
ami. After a 4-4 tie to begin the match, the Hurricanes went on a run, winning six of the next seven points for a sizeable 10-5 lead. The Hurricanes maintained this lead throughout the set, and at 23-19, it seemed as though the set was over. But the Panthers rallied, winning three of the next four points to cut the deficit to one at 23-22. After the Hurricanes called a timeout, they returned to the floor and scored on the next two points on a kill and a Panthers’ error to take the set 25-22. Pitt responded to the first set by dominating the next one. The Panthers jumped out to an early 4-0 lead — and it only ballooned from See Volleyball on page 7
CRIMSON HAWKS SINK TALONS INTO PANTHERS, 73-68
Dominic Campbell Staff Writer
When the Pitt women’s basketball team last faced the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Crimson Hawks, the Panthers won the game 7240. Sunday’s exhibition matchup at the Petersen Events Center was a completely different game. The new Panthers team fell to Division II IUP, 73-68, after playing in a game where the score was tied seven times. “I think they just out-hustled us, and they had more energy and effort,” Pitt redshirt junior forward Yacine Diop said. “We were lacking some effort and they just wanted it more than us today.” The game started slow, with neither team managing to sink a shot. Diop opened scoring when she hit a jumper with 7:31 remaining in the first quarter. Pitt’s lead was short-lived, though, as redshirt junior Lauren Wolosik nailed a 3-pointer for the Crimson Hawks less than 30 seconds later. IUP then followed up with four more points from foul shots, making the score 7-2.
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The Panthers’ defense relied on aggressive man-to-man coverage, resulting in four fouls within six minutes. Sophomore guard Jasmine Whitney picked up two within a minute of coming off the bench. “They got to the free throw line way too many times, so defensively we need to do a better job of defending without fouling,” head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio said. “We just need to do a better job across the board — rebounding, defensively staying in place, communication factor defensively on screens.” Junior forward Danielle Garven put up her first basket as a Panther with a shot from the paint. A Pitt foul sent Indiana to the free-throw line for another two points, putting the Hawks up 9-4. After a layup from Pitt junior center Kalista Walters, Indiana went on a 7-0 run to increase its lead to 16-6 with 3:39 remaining in the opening quarter. Diop ended Pitt’s dry spell with a 3-point shot. This marked the beginning of the Panthers’ defi-
cit-decreasing run. Pitt moved within two points of the Hawks with a little more than a minute remaining in the quarter. But when the period closed, the Panthers were at a 4-point deficit, 2016. Diop was the top scorer for the Panthers, leading the team with nine points including a 3-pointer. IUP junior guard Carolyn Appleby meanwhile led her team with nine points. Pitt sophomore guard Alayna Gribble opened up the second quarter with one of her signature 3-point shots. After a successful free throw from IUP, Garven responded with a jumper to tie the game 21-21. The Panthers moved into the lead with a set of foul shots from first-year forward Jaala Henry, but a quick layup from IUP senior forward Megan Smith tied the game once more. At the halfway point of the second quarter, Pitt and IUP were tied again, this time at 28-28. Two threes from Wolosik and Smith moved the Hawks back into the lead at 34-28 with 4:17 remaining in the second period.
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The teams matched each other almost shotfor-shot in the final minutes, but another jumper from Garven tied the game at 37 as the teams entered halftime. Diop finished with 11 points, going 5-7 from the field and with six rebounds in 17 minutes of play. Garven recorded 10 points, making five of her nine shots, with six points coming in the last two minutes of the half. Gribble nailed the first basket of the third quarter when she squared up at the arc for a three, putting Pitt in the lead. First-year guard Kyla Nelson sank another 3-pointer for the Panthers to put them in the lead 43-38. The game shifted in the Crimson Hawks’ favor with 8:51 left in the quarter. IUP went on a 10-0 run to tie and then recaptured the lead at 48-43. After both teams had more scoring success, a layup from Walters tied the game once more. Garven set the Panthers up to end the period with an advantage when she made a jump shot, but a See Basketball on page 7
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Williams said. Surviving early self-inflicted errors, the Panthers managed to remain even with the Seminoles as the two teams reached a 9-9 tie in the second set. Finding some offensive rhythm, the Panthers won seven of the next nine points to take a 16-11 lead. The Seminoles worked their way back into the match — partially on the back of a few close calls in their favor — and tied the Panthers at 20. Responding with five straight points on the back of three of Williams’ kills, the Panthers won the second set 25-20 for a 2-0 match lead. “Usually, especially me, if a ref is making bad calls, it motivates me even more,” Markovic said about the controversial calls. “It motivated us all more.” The Panthers jumped out to a 10-5 lead early in the third set. The two teams traded blows until the Panthers held a 23-18 lead. Scoring on a Markovic kill and an attack error from the Seminoles, the Panthers won the next two points to take the third set 2518 and the match 3-0. The Panthers will be back in action next Friday at the Fitzgerald Field House in a 7 p.m. matchup against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
Basketball, pg. 6 last-second layup from Wolosik closed out the quarter 53-53. Diop got into trouble early in the final quarter as she picked up her fourth personal foul. The Hawks continued to find success at the basket, recording eight points to Pitt’s four in the first five minutes. With the score at 61-57, McConnell-Serio subbed junior forward Kauai Bradley back into the game. Bradley immediately scored off a jumper to decrease the Panthers’ deficit. The Panthers kept up with Indiana’s scoring and maintained a 2-point deficit until only 43 seconds remained in the game. The Hawks scored with 22 seconds to go, making the game 69-65. Diop tried to drive to the paint but lost the ball and gave up possession. After two clean foul shots from IUP junior forward Brittany Robinson, Whitney drove up the court and hit a late three to put the score at 71-68. Appleby ended the quarter by hitting two foul shots and closing the exhibition game at 73-68. The Panthers take on Youngstown State Friday, Nov. 10, with tipoff set for 7 p.m. This will be the first official game of the 2017-18 season. “We have to make sure that we do not defend like how we defended tonight,” Garven said. “Also, just working harder, coming out stronger out of timeouts and halftime, starting the game off stronger.”
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there. Leading by as much as 12 points, the Panthers cruised to an easy 25-16 second set win to tie the match 1-1. “I was pleased that we clicked in, and I think our offense was pretty good too,” head coach Dan Fisher said. Keeping up the intensity in the following set, the Panthers grabbed another big lead at 8-2. Once the gap extended to nine at 16-7, the Panthers demonstrated their depth. Winning seven of the next eight points, four different Panthers hit kills during this stretch, and Williams capped off the run with a service ace to give the Panthers a 23-9 lead. The Panthers eventually finished the set 25-11 to take a 2-1 match lead. Maintaining the energy, the Panthers began the fourth set and quickly grabbed a 9-4 lead. But after some strong offensive play from the Hurricanes and a few Panther errors, the Hurricanes eliminated the deficit and tied the game at 14. From there, the Panthers gained a slight edge on the Hurricanes, but a Panther service error cut their lead to two at 21-19. The Panthers rallied and won four of the next five points to win the match 3-1.
Williams, sophomore Nika Markovic and first-year Kayla Lund made major contributions to the Panther offense, each hitting more than 10 kills and above a .300 hitting percentage. “It’s nice that at any moment someone can lead the team offensively,” Fisher said. “I think we have some pretty good players on the bench, too, that can come in and help.” Returning to Fitzgerald Field House for a Sunday matinee, the Panthers defeated Florida State 3-0 in a tough match. The two teams played each other evenly to start the set, and after a 12-12 tie, the Panthers ripped off three straight points to take a 15-12 edge. Holding onto this lead the rest of the set, the Panthers closed in on a 24-22 lead with a chance to win the set. On the next point, first-year Chinaza Ndee slammed a kill to win the set 25-22 and put the Panthers up 1-0. Strong defensive play at the net from both sides didn’t allow many easy points, but the Panther offense managed to hit 14 kills compared to 10 for the Seminoles. “Florida State is a really good blocking team, so Kama [Kamalani Akeo] and I just kept talking about killing them with speed,”
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