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PITT PREPARING FOR PHASE 2 OF BIGELOW RECONSTRUCTION
EAGLES FLYING
Natalie Frank and Jon Moss The Pitt News Staff
The usually long line of cars on Bigelow Boulevard between Forbes and Fifth avenues has been replaced with a steady chorus of excavators, dump trucks and other heavy machinery one month into the first phase of the road’s reconstruction. Greg Scott, Pitt’s senior vice chancellor for business and operations, said the $23.7 million construction concerto is running on schedule with little to no problems. “So far, everything is going according to plan,” he said. “Everything is according to schedule.” The project, financed by Pitt, in partnership with the commonwealth and the City, aims to improve safety and traffic flow in the area by expanding crosswalks and sidewalks and improving bus stop areas. Accessibility between the Cathedral and the William Pitt Union will also be “significantly improved.” The project’s first phase has largely focused on Bigelow itself, with the road closed between Forbes and Fifth avenues to allow for installation of utility lines under Bigelow and boring of utility lines under Forbes and Fifth. But as the first phase of the project comes to a conclusion, the second phase is set to begin in the next several weeks. Phase two, which will last from mid-December until June 2020, will include several improvements to Bigelow and the William Pitt Union’s grounds. The Bigelow utility work will continue, expanding to the Union, around which major landscaping will occur, along with replacement of the current drive-
Senior safety Damar Hamlin (3) takes Boston College halfback off his feet during Pitt’s 26-19 loss to the Eagles on Saturday. Thomas Yang | assistant visual editor
PITT ANSWERS CALL FOR NEW HALAL FOOD OPTION Janine Faust and Emily Wolfe The Pitt News Staff
Waffles. Pasta. A bagel before class every now and then. When first-year Zainab Akhtar was choosing a dining plan, she said, Muslim friends advised her to get as few swipes as possible, because Market didn’t have much for people who choose to eat halal food. “They have vegetarian options, but every time I went I usually just got like, the pasta. And I didn’t go that often because whatever they have, it looks good but it’s all just meat stuff,” Akhtar, a psychology major, said. “I usually don’t go to Market Central at all until this past week.” Akhtar now swipes into Market almost every day for lunch and heads for the new station See Bigelow on page 2 at Magellan’s, where Pitt Dining is now offering
lamb curry, chicken kebab, shawarma and more between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., made by popular local halal restaurant Salem’s Market and Grill. The new station is the first step in an initiative helmed by student organizations, Pitt Dining and Salem’s — and it’s moving along fairly quickly. Salem’s has been temporarily stationed in Market Central since Nov. 4, with a permanent station in Market to Go planned for next year. Halal is an Arabic word meaning lawful or permitted and can be used to describe food defined as permissible to consume in the Quran. Pork is a common example of haram, or nonhalal, food. Muslims who observe Islamic dietary laws may also take into account the cut of the meat or how it is processed — so finding food in Oakland can be difficult for some students. Rabia Khan, the president of the Pakistani
Student Association, and Aliana Rao, a board member, said Pitt’s Muslim community had been trying to get more halal food options on campus for a while. According to Pitt’s Sodexo manager Abdou Cole, Pitt Dining created a halal menu cycle in 2011, following a meeting with the then-leaders of the Muslim Student Association. At the time, Pitt Dining chose Midamar, a halal food vendor, to serve lunch and made-to-order meals for dinner at Magellan’s. But according to some students, those options weren’t sufficient. Khushana Chaudhri, president of MSA, said the food was often limited to pescatarian and vegetarian options. While those meals are technically halal, Muslim students wanted more meat options. See Halal on page 2
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According to the online timeline of the Bigelow project, phase one focused on “utility infrastructure improvements” by installing utility lines on Bigelow. image via university of pittsburgh
Bigelow, pg. 1 way with new outdoor programming space. Bigelow’s streetscaping will also begin in this phase, with the installation of new bike lanes, a center crosswalk and sidewalks, resulting in safety and accessibility improvements. The second phase of construction will also bring a new set of closures — the Union’s grounds, the sidewalk on Forbes Avenue and the edge of the sidewalk on Fifth Avenue will be shuttered during the renovations. The original construction plan called for the Union’s grounds to completely close, but University spokesperson Kevin Zwick said the plan was changed to keep more of the Union open to community members. “We have updated the construction plan
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to keep the William Pitt Union’s Fifth Avenue entrance open, as well as the Forbes Avenue entrance,” Zwick said. “The bottom of the William Pitt Union — the basement — will remain open throughout the project.” Zwick added that the University is currently assessing whether the Union’s Lower Lounge or Bigelow Porch will need to be utilized as additional pathways during the construction. The third and final phase of the project, slated to happen from June to August 2020, includes general landscaping and plaza and road upgrades along Fifth and Forbes avenues, in addition to Bigelow Boulevard and the Union. This phase will finish before Welcome Week in August 2020 to be ready for the next incoming class of first-year students.
“I’m not a vegetarian, I crave meat too,” Chaudhri said. “So there’s some days I don’t eat because it’s not as available to me.” In addition, Rao said, the halal lunches at Market would run out quickly. “And of course we want everyone to have [the halal food], but it’s hard when people who only eat halal can’t have that option,” Rao said. “It would run out in like 20 minutes, so if you hit it before the lunch rush, you’d get it, but if you walked in at like 11:20 you’d miss it.” Students also claim the food served at the previous halal station was sometimes not actually halal, including ham and other pork products. A photo obtained by The Pitt News shows ham being served at the halal food station in Market Central, timestamped Oct. 20. Cole provided a certification stating that all food served by Midamar at Magellan’s was verified as halal by the Islamic Services of America. He said the ham in the picture was placed in the hot well due to human error. “This was an isolated incident that has been addressed and process put in place to prevent any future occurrence,” Cole wrote in an email. Khan said Muslim students in previous years had sought to establish a more extensive and reliable halal meal option at the University, but talks had stalled. Abdullah Salem, the owner of Salem’s Market and Grill, which moved from Oakland to the Strip District about 10 years ago, said he had spoken with Muslim students in the past about the need for more halal options at Pitt and has proposed setting up a station at the University.
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“Pitt’s a big university, so it has lots of deals with open corporations … as a small local company it’s harder for us to get in there,” he said. “Salem’s [has] established itself a lot more from where we were 10 years ago, we’re even more ready than we were back then.” This year, Salem reached out to PSA and asked if they were interested in renewing the effort. The students were excited about the idea — Khan and Chaudhri said Salem’s was a natural choice for a vendor, since it’s a fairly popular place and many students, Muslim or not, love to visit. “You can ask anyone, and people know Salem’s,” Khan said. “They’re like, ‘Oh yeah, I’ve been there.’” After hearing from Salem, PSA reached out to MSA, and the organizations crafted two plans to present to Pitt. A short-term plan involved creating a menu highlighting halal options in Market, while the long-term plan was creating a permanent station for Salem’s. They began reaching out to administration in October. Khan and Rao cited the involvement of a large number of people and support from Salem’s as helping make the push successful this time around. “We had an actual idea of what to do, and were not just like, ‘We want halal food on campus,’ but we had a vendor,” Rao said. Khan also cited students, alumni and parents reaching out about the need to “the right people,” including Joe Beaman, the director of dining services, Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner and Chancellor Patrick Gallagher.
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THANKSGIVING BREAK IS HARDLY A BREAK Ana Altchek
Staff Columnist As a true foodie, I spend half the year looking forward to Thanksgiving’s turkey and stuffing — but the endless pile of books and five essay rubrics in front of me made my favorite meal of the year slightly harder to enjoy this time around. When Pitt initially removed its annual fall break — a three-day October weekend — and replaced it with a weeklong Thanksgiving break, I was ecstatic about the schedule change. The fivehour drive home to New Jersey was always a hassle for a weekend trip, and a week-long Thanksgiving break sounded like the pre-finals relaxation getaway that I knew I would need. Unfortunately, the schedule change has had the opposite effect. Without a brief break in the fall, the semester has felt painfully long — and while a weeklong break feels much-needed, that’s hardly what professors have granted students this week. Not only has the week enhanced stress levels, but as Pitt is one of the few colleges with a break this lengthy, it’s also inconvenient. In my past experience, many professors generously granted students the time off over Thanksgiving since there was only a few days of a break. Since the break only lasted Wednesday through Sunday, professors often made assignment due dates before the break. If there were assignments over break, they were rare and minor. Unfortunately, this time around, it seems like more professors — especially those in the humanities departments — have assigned projects and papers over break or final projects due the week of return. Tess Nelson, a junior history major, said she has assignments due in four out of her five classes within the first two days she comes back. While she may end the semester early since her schedule is
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clear finals week, she also has essentially had no break since the start of the semester. “I spent every day at home working on my final projects and papers so that I could at least attend Thanksgiving,” Nelson said. “I barely got the chance to see friends this break.” Sophia Felix, a third-year student studying Politics and Philosophy, said she definitely felt an increase in workload this Thanksgiving break, which made it hard for her to see family and friends in town. This trend has divided ‘finals’ week
into a three-week period before winter break that elongates the emotional burden on students. Moreover, it’s made the coming weeks stressful and not only removed the purpose of a week-long break, but ruined the few days students do have to spend stress-free with family and friends. Since many students have not seen their family or friends for months, this schedule change really hinders their ability to spend quality time that they missed out on previously in the year. In addition to the emotional burden of a heavy workload, many students do
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not feel adapted or even comfortable working in their home environments. For students who have adjusted to certain study spots on campus, this transition can not only feel frustrating, but can also affect performance on school work. Not only does consistency in study environments result in better attention, but psychological research has shown environments specifically designated for learning increases student performance. Felix said this was another downside to the workload she had over break. “I’m used to the fourth floor of Hillman,” Felix said, “doing work in my house just wasn’t ideal.” Perhaps one small assignment wouldn’t be as much of a struggle to complete, but the expectation to finish multiple final projects at home definitely causes issues for students who feel out of place or unfocused in certain environments. Pitt’s schedule change also seems unnecessary because most other schools do not go on break until the Tuesday or Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Other state universities in the area, like University of Maryland, Rutgers and Ohio State all begin break the Wednesday of Thanksgiving, and schools in the area, like Carnegie Mellon, also get out the Wednesday before. Even if students are lucky enough to evade the extraneous workload the week of Thanksgiving, they have a surplus of days at home where their families most likely work, and their friends may not be around yet. These few days of boredom could have easily been dispersed towards another day or two off earlier in the semester. For some students, the break may feel like a much needed getaway. However, since the schedule change is uncommon and poses some valid issues for students, Pitt should consider revising it in the upcoming fall semester.
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Uber and Lyft are right — law should require front license plates in Pennsylvania Uber and Lyft want to give Ohio residents the gift of front license plates for the holidays this year. The state — which has long required front license plates on registered vehicles — voted in April to stop requiring front license plates in July 2020. Some Ohio residents are happy, as the new requirements will lower costs. But Uber and Lyft fear that the absence of front plates will ignite safety hazards for riders. They want to overturn this decision. Unlike Ohio, Pennsylvania hasn’t required front plates in more than 50 years. It is one of 20 states that does not require registered vehicles to have a front license plate in addition to the plate on the back of the car. Statistics suggest that front license plates would make the road a safer place
for those who don’t use Uber or Lyft, too. Pennsylvania would be wise to consider requiring front plates. Safety concerns regarding the ridehailing companies arose earlier this year, after a South Carolina college student got into a car that she assumed was her Uber. It wasn’t, and about 14 hours after she hailed the ride, turkey hunters found her dead body dumped in a field. Following the death, Uber released updated suggestions for riders, in order to better ensure their safety. “When you see your driver’s vehicle at your pickup location, confirm that the license plate number displayed in your app matches the actual vehicle,” the Uber website says. “Drivers will often ask your name before starting the trip.”
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Of course, this is more difficult to remember when the car doesn’t have a front plate at all. The companies hope that introducing a mandate for front license plates will increase safety for their riders. Pennsylvania hasn’t mandated front license plates since 1946 and even then, it was only a brief stint. In 1952, the state reversed the policy, and since then, drivers have been required to only sport a back plate. PennDOT historical records don’t give a reason for the brief two-plate policy, according to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. But plate identification on the front of the car would be beneficial to far more people than just those who utilize the ride service apps like Uber and Lyft. Having license plates on both the front and back of vehicles gives the general public, the police
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PANTHERS FUMBLE VOLLEYBALL EARNS NO. 6 AWAY SENIOR DAY TO SEED, OPENS TOURNAMENT BOSTON COLLEGE, 26-19 VS. HOWARD FRIDAY
Dominic Campbell Senior Staff Writer
Entering the 2019 regular season finale on Saturday afternoon, both the Eagles and Panthers had significant sources of motivation. For the Panthers, a win on senior night would keep their hope of a nine-win season alive and propel them into one of the ACC’s top-tier bowl games, while the Eagles desperately needed one last win to become bowl eligible. The desire for bowl eligibility won out in the end, as Boston College junior tailback AJ Dillon ran like a man possessed to lead his Eagles (6-6 overall, 4-4 ACC) to a 26-19 victory over the stunned hometown Panthers (7-5 overall, 4-4 ACC). Panthers head coach Pat Narduzzi expressed his frustration about his team’s sloppy play and the lack of desire they showed. “No question we’re frustrated,” Narduzzi said. “I don’t think we’re playing our best. We should be better than what we are right now … I mean, BC came in, they’re hungry, trying to get a bowl game themselves. They played better than we did. We didn’t execute.” Pitt notably underachieved in two of its strongest departments — pass rushing and run defense. The Panthers entered Saturday as the nation’s leader in sacks per game (4.36) and sixth-best team in rushing yards allowed per game (92.6). Against Boston College, Pitt took down redshirt sophomore quarterback Dennis Grosel just once and allowed the Eagles to rush for 264 yards as a team. Granted, Grosel only had to drop back 19 times and complete nine passes, as Dillon carried the Eagles to victory almost
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single-handedly. He carried the ball 32 times for 178 yards — 11 more than Pitt allowed to any previous opponent this season — and one touchdown. The Panthers simply had no answer for the 6-foot, 250-pound Dillon. This was most evident when the Eagles were up seven and needing to milk the clock with 5:26 remaining. They simply handed Dillon the ball eight straight times and let him do the rest. He routinely picked up chunks of yardage while carrying Pitt defenders on his back. “AJ Dillon is a big back,” Narduzzi said. “He fought for yards. We didn’t tackle 250 pounds very well. He’s a hefty guy. He’s a big back, an NFL tailback.” The Panthers, in addition to their inability to stop Dillon, were done in by the same issues that has plagued them all season — turnovers. They gave the ball over four times, including a red zone interception from junior quarterback Kenny Pickett and three fumbles. “We gave them 12 points off of four turnovers,” Narduzzi said. “Very well could have been 28 … I feel bad for those seniors going out and playing like that.” Pitt’s senior starters on the defensive side of the ball — safeties Jazzee Stocker and Damar Hamlin — played nobly in their final showing at Heinz Field, leading the team with 11 and nine total tackles, respectively. On the other side of the ball, senior receiver Maurice Ffrench returned from a jaw injury to lead Pitt with nine receptions for 79 yards. Other major contributors included first-year running back Vincent Davis, who led Pitt with 45 rushing yards and it’s
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The NCAA revealed its official bracket Sunday night for the NCAA Volleyball Tournament and Pitt (29-1 overall, 18-0 ACC) — despite finishing the regular season with a No. 2 ranking in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll — earned a No. 6 overall seed by the selection committee. The Panthers will host the first and second rounds of the tournament at the Petersen Events Center for the second year in a row. Pitt will open its tournament campaign on Dec. 6 against Howard. Joining the Panthers and Bison in Pittsburgh will be Cincinnati and VCU. Additionally, rival No. 11 Penn State, See Football on page 7 whom Pitt split a home-and-home series
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with back in September, awaits on the other side of the bracket. If the Panthers can win their first two games, a potential Sweet 16 rubber match to settle their unofficial three-game series with the Nittany Lions looms on the horizon. After three straight years of losing in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, this year’s Pitt team is hungry for more and will get plenty of opportunities to defend its home turf in the process. In addition to hosting the first two rounds at the Petersen Events Center, PPG Paints Arena will also house the Final Four beginning on Dec. 19. Pitt will begin its journey to Pittsburgh’s Final Four this Friday against the Bison. Its tournament opening match is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Pete.
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Football, pg. 6 lone touchdown on just six carries. Fellow first-year receiver Jared Wayne also filled in admirably for the absent Taysir Mack, catching six passes for 100 yards. Pickett completed 30 of 40 passes for 323 yards. Wayne’s 100-yard receiving performance was the first by a Pitt true freshman since Tyler Boyd did it five times in 2013, and the young pass-catcher is earning praise from his teammates, including the quarterback. “[Wayne’s] been doing a great job, I’m so proud of him,” Pickett said. “He shows up every day to work. I’m going to keep working with him, Coach Beatty will and you know, he’s going to be a great player for us.” Redshirt junior kicker Alex Kessman may have been Pitt’s most valuable player, making all four of his field goals — including a long of 48 yards — to keep the Panthers in the game. Finishing the season with a 7-5 overall and 4-4 ACC record, the Panthers now await their bowl game destination which will be announced on Dec. 8.
Senior Maurice Ffrench (2) walks off Heinz Field for the last time as a Pitt wide receiver. Thomas Yang | assistant visual editor
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3 Slow-moving coastal critter 4 Bothersome browser apps 5 __ and eggs 6 Slip out to tie the knot 7 Heredity units 8 Apply, as pressure 9 Joes who aren’t pros 10 Persia, now 11 Rod for stirring a fire 12 Change for the better 13 Pub game 19 Former filly 21 Prefix for Venice’s country 23 Perp’s restraints 24 Bagel flavoring 25 “The Hunger Games” star, to fans 29 Roll of bills 32 Insta upload 33 NBC late-night weekend staple, familiarly 34 Freudian focus 36 Heart of the rink 37 More faithful
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38 13-digit pub. codes 40 ’60s hallucinogen 41 Org. providing workplace safety posters 42 Attain 47 Lyft competitor 48 Bottle-fed tykes 50 Backyard chef’s stick 51 Pooch, to a tyke 52 Drum type
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53 Three-star mil. officer 55 Panna __: Italian dessert 56 Work with dough 57 Danger 59 “I-” rds., e.g. 62 Crafty 64 Hardly a friend 65 Confident crossword solver’s choice
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