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students contend with christmas
Rose Luder Staff Writer
The Cathedral of Learning is adorned with tinsel and stringed lights, Schenley Plaza is lined with luminescent Christmas trees and holiday songs can be heard in almost every building on campus. For many, this show of holiday spirit is part of the buildup to the biggest holiday of the year — Christmas. For people who don’t celebrate it, the change in atmosphere around Christmastime is less significant. Tyler Weinstein, a sophomore studying chemical engineering, doesn’t celebrate Christmas, but he’s been affected by the holiday’s culture his entire life. Weinstein, who grew up in a Jewish family, used to sing the Christmas songs he loved when he was younger — which angered his father. “He would be like, ‘We don’t celebrate Christmas,’ and I would get really upset, like, ‘Dad, they’re so catchy and cute. Just leave me alone,’” Weinstein said. Roughly 71 percent of Americans identify as Christians, and 92 percent of Americans report celebrating Christmas in some form, even if not religiously. This leaves about 24 million people who do not celebrate Christmas, with many belonging to the other Abrahamic religions — Judaism and Islam — that recognize the life of Jesus Christ, but not his divinity. Many non-Christian students at Pitt have created their own traditions for The ground floor of the Cathedral of Learning is decorated with Christmas Christmas Day, even if no gifts are extrees and gift boxes for the holiday season. Elise Lavallee CONTRIBUTING EDITOR changed. Alec Cantor, a junior studying
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computer engineering, said his Jewish family uses Christmas Day as a time to enjoy a movie and meal together. “You always hear the jokes about Jews going to the movies and to eat Chinese food — yeah, we’ve done that, that’s not actually a stereotype,” Cantor said. Weinstein doesn’t spend Christmas Day eating Chinese food — instead, he eats with his extended Christian family. “[Christmas] is kind of awkward because it’s the Christians’ thing — when I’m with my family I’m like, ‘Y’all are getting presents and I’m kind of just eating your food,’” Weinstein said. Weinstein said he chooses not to participate in his extended family’s Christmas gift exchange since his immediate family doesn’t recognize the holiday. But Weinstein isn’t the only student who feels awkward about a Christmas gift exchange. While many students said they feel satisfied not celebrating Christmas, others still expressed a feeling of jealousy toward people who receive presents on Christmas. Mohamed Kashkoush, a first-year pharmacy student, said he used to wish that his Muslim family would participate in a Christmas-like gift exchange. On the two main Islamic holidays, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, families often exchange small gifts of money. “As a kid, I wanted to celebrate Christmas secularly, just as a national holiday — but probably just for the gifts, if I’m being See Holidays on page 4
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Kristen Steffes was sprawled facedown on the surface of the choppy, snowy ice at the outdoor Schenley Park Skating Rink. The first-year biology and gender studies double major shrieked with laughter as her night of ice-skating started off with a bang — actually, it was more like a thud. She got back on her feet with the help of her
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friend, first year Emily Vith, Friday night. The two laughed at the imprint Steffes made, comparing it to a tape-outlined body print at a crime scene. “I don’t think I’ve been skating since middle school, so that might explain why I toppled over,” Steffes said. This comment led the girls — two complete strangers to me — to reminisce about their days as middle schoolers in the suburban Pittsburgh area, when an ice-skating rink was the place to be on the weekend. “The only thing kids did on Friday nights in middle school was go skating at the Robert Morris Arena — we thought we were so cool,” Vith said. Growing up in one of Pittsburgh’s many suburbs, I also experienced these Friday night skate sessions. Days when I went ice skating became the highlight of middle school for me. I was a quiet kid who preferred individual activities like reading, running, more reading and, of course, ice-skating. Starting at the age of 9, I was a competitive figure skater. I competed with the Pittsburgh Figure Skating Club, which is part of the U.S. Figure Skating Association, and was based out of the Robert Morris University Island Sports Center. As a shy, awkward student in middle school, I didn’t get much of an opportunity to show off and feel confident. But when it became a trend to go skating after a long week at school, it was my time to show off my skills. And now, the night I made an appearance at the Schenley Park Skating Rink and encountered Vith and
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Steffes, I was going to try and make a comeback after being off the ice for more than six years. My career came to an abrupt halt when I had to make a decision between pursuing lacrosse or figure skating during my first year of high school. Figure skating is a very expensive sport to pursue, so my decision went to the sport with the smaller price tag — lacrosse. But after all this time, I was surprised that some of my skating skills stuck, and I wasn’t tripping and falling all over the place that night. Enjoying a night of ice-skating isn’t too hard in the Pittsburgh area. It’s ridiculous that it took me so long to get back on the ice. There are plenty of rinks for recreational skating, including indoor rinks for year-round skating and outdoor rinks for colder months. Aside from my former training rink at home, other indoor rinks include the Ice Center in Mt. Lebanon, the Alpha Ice Complex in Harmar — the official home of the Pitt Panther club hockey teams — and the Pittsburgh Ice Arena in New Kensington. Outdoor rinks other than Schenley Park can be found in North Park, South Park and, of course, the MassMutual Pittsburgh Ice Rink at PPG Place Downtown during the holiday season. Back in the day, I performed at the Downtown rink yearly. During the popular Light Up Night, the RMU ISC skaters perform a piece from the annual Christmas show. I remember performing “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and dressing up as a Who from Whoville. Crazy tights, fluffy skirts, thick knit scarves and ridiculous See Ice-Skating on page 4
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Holidays, pg. 2 honest. Just materialism,” Kashkoush said. Aside from Christmas, other holidays — such as Hanukkah — involve gifts. But Jewish families most likely started exchanging gifts on Hanukkah as a response to Christian culture, according to Dianne Ashton, an American studies professor at Rowan University. Kashkoush said both Hanukkah and Christmas involve a kind of materialism that, now that he’s older, he is happy to avoid. “I remember being jealous of the expensive gifts that my friends would get from Hanukkah or Christmas, because that doesn’t happen with Islamic holidays. But as I grew up, I realized it was all materialism that didn’t matter,” Kashkoush said. While gift exchanges are central to celebrating Christmas, the holiday season is also shaped by Christmas-themed songs and holiday decor. Both Kashkoush and Weinstein said they could recite the lyrics of several Christmas songs, including “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Jingle Bells.”
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Historically, Christmas has been celebrated in December as an approximation of when Jesus Christ was born — although his real birthdate is uncertain. Weinstein, Cantor and Kashkoush all said they view Christmas as more of a secular holiday than a religious one. Kashkoush said as a Muslim, he was taught that Jesus was a prophet — not the son of God — which affected his perception of the holiday. “I know when I was younger, I was told, ‘That’s not even his real birthday.’ So I always viewed it with some skepticism — like, this holiday doesn’t make sense,” Kashkoush said. Weinstein also said he viewed Christmas with some skepticism, especially when his friends spoke about Santa Claus. “Whenever I was a kid, I was like, ‘Ooh, I should tell all these little Christian kids that Santa isn’t real,’ because I was, like, super evil then. I didn’t do it because I was too kind,” Weinstein said. Despite their disbelief in the religiosity of Christmas, both agreed that the Christmas season is generally good for morale. “People get really excited about Christmas, and whenever anybody else is happy, I’m happy,” Weinstein said.
Ice-Skating, pg. 3 hairstyles were a staple of this show. We performed a medley of songs from the movie “The Polar Express” for my last year appearing at the rink. I wore an elf costume and skated to “Rockin’ On Top of The World,” a song Steven Tyler recorded for the film. That was one of the last times I performed as a figure skater. The holidays passed, spring came and I had made my decision to hang up the skates. But I was happy to pick those old skates back up last Friday. As it neared midnight, the lights of the businesses near the rink dimmed and the only skaters remaining were groups of teenagers, college students and couples. The rink was clearing out, and I knew this was my moment to see if I could pull off any of my old spins and jumps. “You sure you want to skate? There’s only a half an hour left,” the cashier at the counter said. Of course, I was sure I wanted to skate. So I took to the ice. I was sure I
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couldn’t whip out combination jumps like I used to, but it still felt amazing to simply glide across the ice. It was almost therapeutic for me. Circling the giant Christmas tree, wearing the very same seven-year-old pair of Jackson Competitor skates I had on the last time I performed there, I turned on my edges. I went backward, then forward, then started hopping around, wondering if I could still jump. I gave it a go — I wound up into the jump, planted my toe at the angle and took off. I could only manage one rotation, but that was still more than I had done in a while. I landed it. Not only did I land, but I exited the jump smoothly, with great form. Somehow, no time had gone by. I was 14 again, “Rockin’ On Top of The World” was playing and I had just landed my solo. I always felt like if I went to college far away from Pittsburgh, I would come back to places like this feeling nostalgic. It turns out I never even had to leave. All it took to get that feeling back was lacing up my old skates and getting back on the ice.
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CHRISTMAS CONSUMERISM DOESN’T MAKE FOR WAR Noah Manalo
For The Pitt News Christmas consumerism doesn’t make for war It’s not truly Christmastime in my family until we’re forced out into the cold for an impromptu caroling session around the neighborhood. Afterward, we’ll drive Downtown for an evening of ice-skating under Pittsburgh’s largest Christmas tree. Another, more unfortunate telltale sign of the season is the reemergence of Fox News panelists on evening television railing against a “War on Christmas” — a consumerist movement to shift Christmas away from Christianity and toward a more general secular winter holiday. About one-third of Americans polled in a 2016 Public Policy Polling study agree this war is happening. And although these Americans may get angry because a store associate wishes them “Happy Holidays” as they shop for stocking stuffers, it doesn’t seem to be the issue it once was in the early 2000s. Declaring war on Christmas would require the government laying a heavy hand into citizens’ private family life — something that flagship retail brands and companies just can’t do. A true War on Christmas would only happen if governmental influence from the president or Congress prevented celebration of Christmas in private life. And with our “Merry Christmas”-wishing president, there’s little chance of that happening anytime soon. Instead, we live in a consumerismdriven holiday season, where flagship retailers have the power to wish customers
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“Merry Christmas,” “Happy Holidays” or something else e nt i re ly. And the c o m panies greeting choices actually reflect the opinions of consumers. If we observe the debate through the prism of government intervention, then certainly there is no reason to say a War on Christmas is an active part of our society. It seems that Americans are not personally offended by different holiday greetings. Another study from Public Policy Polling asked the question, “Are you personally offended if someone says ‘Merry Christmas’ to you, or not?” Only 3 percent of participants said they’d be offended. Former Fox News Host Bill O’Reilly brought the “War on Christmas” to national headlines in the early 2000s, which seems to have marked the start of this long delicate line between what greeting is and isn’t offensive, even inspiring a boycott of retail stores like Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s for not including the phrase “Merry Christmas” in their advertising. But consumerism isn’t even the original source of an alleged “War on Christmas” — the real culprit is the Puritans. The secular status of Christmas in
Liam McFadden STAFF ILLUSTRATOR
17th century England had the Puritans grieving over the lost sacredness of the holiday, and they sought to return Christian meaning to Christmas to truly live in a godly society. Today’s supposed war is rooted in consumerism, a cause with significantly less fervor than religious life. According to a 2016 study from the Public Religion Research Institute, about 90 percent of Americans celebrate Christmas, even though only 70 percent of Americans identify with some denomination of Christianity. It’s clear many Americans, whether or not they believe in its associated religion, enjoy celebrating Christmas. It simply doesn’t make sense that Americans would plot the demise of a generally appreciated holiday like Christmas. But still, the debate exists — and one of its biggest bones of contention is the
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greeting. Bu s i ne ss e s may hold whatever values and standards they wish, even if it means non-compliant employees could face consequences. This is exactly what happened to Tonia Thomas, who was fired from her job at Counts-Oakes Resorts Properties Inc. because she wanted to say “Merry Christmas” at work, in addition to being insubordinate. I hold their right to fire her — but I don’t believe businesses wishing to require specific greetings for their employees constitute a War on Christmas. However, a fine line exists. If a business wishes to move to a more secular view of the winter season, then all will still be well. But we must not allow governments to mandate business marketing strategies. Consumers simply believe businesses See Manalo on page 9
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Manalo, pg. 8 should try to be more inclusive to those who do not celebrate Christmas, respecting everyone. Of course, many Americans do believe consumerism can infringe on private life. Some actually welcome consumerism into their personal lives — think of the myriad of Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales cutting into family dinners across America. It’s precisely people like this who value commercialism as a part
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of their private family life who give retailers reason to keep pushing products in the holiday season. But just because these Americans may value consumerism in their private lives, doesn’t mean that it has to occupy space there. Large companies, such as Macy’s, operate on a much too grand scale to force their way into everyone’s private life. In the future, customers may even sue stores for saying “Merry Christmas” to force businesses into changing their
moral codes and standards — but that’s hardly reason to start a War on Christmas. It would not prevent employees and employers from using the term in their private lives. Let’s cast aside the War on Christmas this holiday season. Wish your neighbors a merry whatever holiday they celebrate, or a happy whatever holiday you celebrate. Give back a little more than usual, spend time with loved ones and spread a little more joy and a little less anger this winter season.
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PANTHERS FALL IN BACKYARD BRAWL, 73-52 Trent Leonard Staff Writer
The Pitt women’s basketball team traveled to West Virginia Thursday night to rekindle the Backyard Brawl rivalry that had been inactive since 2012. The Panthers were outmatched by their Big 12 opponent, however, and fell to the Mountaineers, 73-52. Pitt (5-4) entered the game riding a two-game losing streak after close losses to Wisconsin, 58-57, and Fordham, 58-55. In their last nonconference away game of the season before entering ACC play, the Panthers shot just 34 percent from the field in the loss to undefeated West Virginia (8-0). The Panthers quickly fell behind, going the first three minutes without scoring while allowing the Mountaineers to rattle off 12 straight points. Firstyear guard Kyla Nelson got Pitt on the scoreboard with a layup, making the score 12-2. Pitt never led in this game after getting down early. The team’s slow start — the Panthers made just five of 15 shots in the first period — created a deficit that lasted the rest of the contest. West Virginia continued to build its lead be-
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hind the he 3-point shooting of senior nior forward Teana Muldrow row — the Big 12 leader in points per game — who ho led the Mountaineers with eight points and two 3-pointers nters in the first quarter. Pitt allowed llowed West Virginia to make four of eight 3-pointers in the period, eriod, causing the Panthers to trail 26-13. 6-13. Aft er two baskets by redshirt junior Yafter cine Diop and two free throws by junior forward Kauai Bradley to start the second period, the Panthers managed to trim the deficit to single digits, 29-20. When Bradley sunk a 3-pointer halfway through gh the quarter, Pitt trailed by just six points, 29-23. That was the closest Pitt would come to West Virginia’s nia’s score. Pittt held West Virginia scoreless for more than five minutes inutes in the second quarter, but a 3-pointer by junior guard Katrina Pardee ended the Mountaineer dryy spell and widened the lead once again, this
time to 3223 with five minutes left in the period. The Panthers, in turn, went on a five-minute scoring drought to See Women’s Basketball on page 11
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Leading Pitt’s score box with 18 points and seven rebounds, Yacine Diop couldn’t stop the Panthers’ losing streak as they fell to West Virginia Thursday. Thomas Yang SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Women’s Basketball, pg. 10 end the half, giving the Mountaineers a 3623 halftime lead. As a team, Pitt shot a weak 28 percent from the field in the first half. Nelson led the Panthers in scoring with eight points, followed by Diop with seven. The two teams exchanged buckets to start the second half, with junior center Kalista Walters scoring two layups to keep Pitt afloat. Junior Pitt guard Cassidy Walsh hit a 3-pointer to close within 14, but that’s as
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close as the Panthers got for the rest of the game. The Panthers let Pardee knock down an open 3-pointer — her third of the game — to take a decisive 17-point lead, 48-31 with three minutes remaining in the third quarter. Pardee managed to hit another three on the Mountaineers’ final possession, which Nelson answered with a midrange jump shot. But when the buzzer signaled the end of the third period, Pitt trailed 55-38, making a loss all but inevitable. The Pitt duo of Diop and Nelson continued to carry the scoring load for the Panthers
in the fourth period, chipping in nine and four points, respectively. They were still outpaced by the Mountaineer tandem of Muldrow and junior forward Naomi Davenport, who combined for 14 more fourth-quarter points. The Mountaineers outscored Pitt, 18-14, in the fourth quarter to hand the Panthers a 73-52 loss. Diop finished as the leading scorer for the Panthers with 18 points as well as seven rebounds, while Nelson was next with 14 points. No other Pitt player cracked double digits. For the Mountaineers, Muldrow finished with an even 20 points, marking
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the seventh time through eight games she’s reached the 20-point mark. Pardee was second on the team with 15 points — all resulting from 3-pointers. The Panthers will seek to snap their three-game losing streak when they host UNC Wilmington at the Petersen Events Center Saturday, Dec. 9, at 1 p.m. The Backyard Brawl series will continue when the wrestling team hosts West Virginia Saturday at 2 p.m., and will culminate with the men’s basketball team facing the Mountaineers that same night, at 8 p.m., in the Petersen Events Center.
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