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DALL, SYKES PAPER PLEDGES: PITT UNVEILS IT’S ON US PROJECT DEBATE FOR PRESIDENCY Alexa Bakalarski Staff Writer

Colorful slips of paper were draped over walls, coat racks, chairs and a podium Monday afternoon, symbolizing the pervasive nature of sexual assault on campus — but also the united fight Saskia Berrios-Thomas to stop it. Staff Writer Kristine Irwin, a Pittsburgh Action With only one chance to face their competi- Against Rape volunteer, spoke about tors head-on, Student Government Board presi- her assault and changing campus clidential candidates Matt Sykes and Natalie Dall mates, while Chancellor Patrick Galfaced off during the election debate in Nordy’s lagher, Pitt’s counseling services, Pitt Place Monday night. police and student groups revealed the With eight candidates running for eight open It’s On Us paper chain at the William Board seats, current Board members Sykes and Pitt Union Monday afternoon. Dall debated as the only two candidates compet“Today, it’s time to break our collecing for the president’s gavel in SGB’s first election tive silence about this,” Irwin said. since 2014. About 150 students, faculty and Students can vote online at MyPitt on March staff gathered in the Union’s Kurtz1. mann Room to reveal the about 800Sykes and Dall debated mental health, sexual assault, OMETs and finishing the initiatives foot chain. As the It’s On Us Task Force they started as Board members. Matt Moret, the toured campus and visited student opinions editor for The Pitt News, moderated groups asking for pledges, members gathered 4,200 small slips of paper with the event, which about 50 students attended. Moret gave the 10 total candidates running signatures from faculty, staff and stuon three slates — Incline, Keystone and H.A.T.S. dents promising to stop sexual assault — five minutes each for opening and closing on campus. Those slips form the chain, which is longer than the Cathedral of statements. For their opening statements, Sykes and Dall Learning is tall. outlined their key initiatives. In September 2014, Pitt’s It’s On Us “I feel like we’ve really come a long way mak- campaign started as part of the nationing Pitt a more open and free kind of area where wide version of the campaign launched students feel comfortable talking about this,” by President Barack Obama and Vice Sykes said. “But I think there is more work that President Joe Biden. The campaign needs to be done to really push for this culture urges colleges and universities around shift where mental health is not stigmatized on the country to pledge to create an envicampus.” ronment that fights sexual assault and Sykes, a senior majoring in industrial engi- supports survivors. neering and sociology, is running on the Incline Christopher Hoffmann, a grad stuslate, which prioritizes mental health awareness dent and member of the It’s On Us sexand student safety. At the debate, Sykes focused ual assault task force, coordinated the on mental health awareness, citing the need for chain project at Pitt with Alia Gehra first-year awareness program and increased Seloover, another Pitt grad student. training for resident assistants. Hoffmann started the chain in OcDall, a junior majoring in molecular bioltober 2014 with Megan Crilly, a 2015 ogy, is running on the Keystone slate, which prigraduate school alumna, as a way to See SGB on page 3

brr i n g the b th h e on onli n li line nee p l e dgg e “i le ledg in ntt o th thee re rreal e aall bring online pledge “into Ho off f f ma m a nn n n ssaid. a i d. ai d. world,” H Hoffmann “Wee wanted “W waa nt w nt eed d to t o have h avvee ha tth h is i rreception ecc eep ptii on pti on as a s bo b oth both ha this t h an th than a k you y ou and yo aan n d as as a w ay ay thank way t o recognize rec ecog c ogg n nii ze z e effort e fff or ortt to o to educ ed ducc at at e people pee op p ople l aabout b out educate sseeexu xxu u all assault asss ault prevensexual p tion all over campus,” Hoffman said. According to Pitt’s September 2015 report on sexual violence on 23.6 campus, percent of undergraduate female students reported experiencing sexual violence in their f o u r years o n c a m p u s . T h e sur-

all so found f ou u nd d tthat h at 6. hat 66.22 pe p per e rc rc en rce e nt of of unveyy also percent d de r g ra rg radu duat du atee men at m e n reported rree ported experidergraduate en n ci cin ngg sexual violence while encing at Pitt. After the reveal, It’s On Us Student Task Force volunteers moved the chain to Nordy’s Place, its temporary p y home for a week. On Monday, the chain will move to Alumni Hall for a few days,

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Chancellor Patrick Gallagher spoke at the It’s On Us paper chain reveal Monday afternoon. Donny Falk | Staff Photographer

News AUTHOR CALLS FOR INCOME EQUALITY

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Robert D. Putnam’s daughter raised his granddaughter, Miriam, in a privileged, upper-class home. Miriam graduated from high school, is on her way to college and has never used drugs. His friend’s granddaughter, “Mary Sue,” grew up in a lower-income area, where she sold marijuana, went to a juvenile detention center and dropped out of high school. For Putnam, these parallel narratives indicate a larger issue encasing income inequality: Communities are no longer willing to help one another do better. A visiting professor from Harvard’s School of Public Policy, Putnam visited Pitt Monday afternoon to summarize and discuss the research presented in his newest book, “Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis.” One-hundred-fifty people attended the lecture, hosted by the Pitt Honors College and the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy, where Putnam illustrated the alienating effects of income inequality.

It’s on Us, pg. 1 then continue traveling through campus. The student organizers also invited students, faculty and staff to sign a quilt, which the task force will hang in the Health and Wellness Center. The chain’s reveal follows Sexual Responsibility Week, a national event that occurs around Valentine’s Day. According to Hoffmann, the Monday after Sexual Responsibility Week worked best logistically for the unveiling of the chain. The chain’s reveal also occurs about three weeks after the launch of the “It’s On Us PA” campaign. On Jan. 29, Governor Tom Wolf announced the launch of the “It’s On Us PA” campaign, the first statewide It’s On Us campaign, which aims to improve awareness of sexual assault and reduce barriers to reporting incidences across Pennsylvania schools, colleges and uni-

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“Helping Mary Sue would help Miriam,” Putnam said at the lecture. If communities focused on funding public programs for children, Putnam said, students like Mary Sue would thrive, not fall between the cracks. Putnam’s 14th book narrates how income inequality hurts all of America. “America has become, in the last 40 years, less a ‘we’ society and more an ‘I’ society,” Putnam said in an email after the event. “That applies to all classes, but especially those of us with more privilege.”

Putnam’s lecture examined his hometown of Port Clinton, Ohio — which is also the focus of his book — where the child poverty rate has risen to 50 percent between 2008 and 2012, according to Putnam. A few miles away, in affluent Catawba Island, child poverty has remained at a cons t a nt zero percent. In the opening chapter of his book, Putnam tells the story of “Joe,” Mary Sue’s grandfather, who graduated from high school with him in Port Clinton. After high school, Put-

nam said Joe chose to work in Port Clinton rather than go to college. His kids followed in his path. For years, Joe’s family made more money than Putnam did as a college professor — until the local economy collapsed. Now, Mary Sue, the daughter of a divorced couple, has had a far more difficult life than Miriam. Putnam used stories, such as Joe’s and Mary Sue’s, to show that the lack of educational and community programs stunts not just one generation’s potential, but future generations’ as well. Among anecdotes, Putnam presented facts and figures, some of which brought tears to the audience’s eyes. In the United States, for example, highintelligence students from low-income families have a 29 percent chance of graduating from college, while low-intelligence students from high-income families have a 30 percent chance of graduating. For Kathryn Vargas, a 2010 Graduate School of Social Work grad who attended See Lecture on page 3

versities. “I think [Pitt is] doing such a tremendous job,” Irwin said about Pitt’s efforts to address sexual assault, particularly in regards to raising awareness and student organizations involved with sexual assault. Gehr-Seloover said Pitt is the only school she knows of that has done a chain project. “We came up with it as an idea because the actual chain is made up of a bunch of individual links to create something bigger,” Hoffmann said. “We work together to promote dignity and respect for everyone and to support survivors.” At the unveiling, Gallagher — one of the first 50 signators of the chain — discussed Pitt’s commitment to preventing sexual assault. “With your help, we’ll continue to make this a core part of Pitt’s DNA,” Gallagher said on the effort to end sexual assault on campus. As part of Pitt’s administrative efforts

to address sexual assault, Title IX Coordinator Katie Pope discussed the Title IX Office’s resources. “The biggest part of our role is to answer questions,” Pope said. “We’re there to help walk you through the various resources.” Currently, Pitt’s Sexual Assault Task Force, which includes members from its Title IX and Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Education offices, is using the data from the survey to fight sexual assault on campus. Student groups such as Let’s RAVE and PantherWELL have trained peer educators that present programs on domestic violence, sexual assault and dating violence, and incoming students are required to complete an online course on sexual harassment and assault called Haven. Pitt Police receive training for responding to and investigating sex offenses as well as stalking incidents and domestic violence.

Pitt’s faculty and staff can take online modules on sexual harassment and federal regulations regarding sexual violence, sexual harassment and gender discrimination, and attend training sessions on understanding Title IX each semester. For Hoffmann, the chain is a physical manifestation of concern about sexual assault on campus. “I think symbolically the idea of a chain represents that as the Pitt community, we need to work together to promote dignity and respect and that we value that,” Hoffmann said. Marian Vanek, the director of Student Health Service and chair of Pitt’s It’s On Us task force, said the paper chain campaign is a small part of the efforts to end sexual assault on campus. “It takes many links together to become very powerful,” said Vanek. “No one person can end [sexual assault]. No one link signifies the strength of the chain. It takes many.”

America has become, in the last 40 years, less a ‘we’ society and more an ‘I’ society. -Robert Putnam

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While Dall and Sykes differed in their main initiatives, they also differed in response to key issues around campus, including SGB allocations and student apathy. Allocations was an important issue for candidates to discuss because the allocations manual was rewritten this year, changing the policy on club sports allocations, which freed up money for other student organizations. Moret asked the candidates how effective they believed the current system of allocations is and how they would improve it. Dall discussed the need to restructure how student groups are classified — “competitive” and “informative” are the only two options — to make sure each group gets help specific to its needs. Sykes said SGB should host additional Allocations 101 classes to teach student organizations how to properly request funds, as application mistakes lead to automatic rejection. Despite allocations being important to many students, according to Moret, apathy has created problems for SGB involvement. Competition during election has fallen over the years, as fewer and fewer students go out for SGB.

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Lecture, pg. 2 the lecture, Putnam’s research is the start of a larger conversation about income inequality. “It’s the kind of conversation that the mainstream community isn’t having,” Vargas said. “It’s important that someone has captured the information like this.” Putnam’s research doesn’t stop at income inequity. While interracial and interreligious marriages have increased, interclass marriage rates have decreased, which Putnam said indicates the growing class division within American cities, such as neighborhoods in New York. Ellie Pfeuffer, a 2010 Graduate School of Public and International Affairs alumna, said Putnam’s speech brought to mind the debt associated with college students. “It is an important issue because of the disparity across the country as we see increasing debt among students,” Pfeuffer said. Jeff Hyams, a Pitt Class of 1979 graduate who attended the lecture, said as someone who is also from Port Clinton, Putnam’s hourlong talk changed the way he thought about impoverished people. “I [had] believed that claiming poverty is responsible for the condition we find ourselves in is foolish,” Hyams said. “After what he has presented today, I feel that I absolutely must rethink that position.”

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oritizes improving sexual assault education and reporting, increased accessibility to academic resources and student safety. Dall focused on improving sexual assault reporting measures. Dall said in her opening statement that Pitt needs a centralized document with detailed information on how to report and where to go after an assault. “I have seen people go through the process of trying to report an assault, and it’s definitely not an easy process,” Dall said. “So one thing I really want to do is ... [make] sure that we can really outline all the steps in reporting sexual assault in one central document.” Presidential candidates had two minutes to answer all of Moret’s questions, then they answered three additional questions randomly selected from the audience. Moret asked the candidates how their slates align with Chancellor Patrick Gallagher’s strategic plan and how they will ensure they don’t lose sight of their campaign initiatives, some of which have been proposed in the past, once day-to-day business begins. Zach Grewe, a junior majoring in psychology and gender studies who attended the debate, said while he cares deeply about both issues, sex-

ual assault education needs more change. “There is a capacity for change on an institutional level, whereas mental health seems more constrained on funding,” Grewe said of sexual assault education. “We need more counselors, and as far as I know, SGB doesn’t have the power to alter those kinds of budgets.” For Noah Krampe, a sophomore majoring in biology and economics who attended the debate, mental health issues are easier because it is more of an awareness initiative as opposed to a preventative issue. “I think sexual assault is more of a police issue than an SGB issue,” Krampe said. “I think the responsibility lies with students to alert police if something is happening.” Throughout the debate, Dall stressed the need for sexual assault education and said Pitt’s many resources for victims of sexual assault, such as Title IX and the Office of Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Education, aren’t advertised well to students. Sykes said mental health awareness must rise and said the current wait to get an appointment at the counseling center is two to four weeks. He said events like Mental Health Awareness Week and the Stories Untold mental health gallery brought awareness to the issue that affects one in four college students.

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Entire city must come together for diversity efforts If Pitt dedicates 2016-2017 to diversity and inclusion, the community should join in the celebration. Last Wednesday at the monthly Senate Council meeting, the Senate Council Group on Diversity and Inclusion proposed four potential courses of action to make Pitt more diverse and inclusive, including making 2016-2017 the Year of Diversity. While this effort will certainly advocate for diversity and inclusivity on campus, we need to make sure the same effort goes into teaching diversity and inclusivity in our high school classrooms and our city’s communities. Not only is Pitt making a concerted effort in promoting diversity, but Mayor Bill Peduto is also aiming to diversify Pittsburgh by hiring what he considers the most diverse staff in city history, as well as welcoming immigrants with open arms. But where does this leave our city’s youngest and most impressionable inhabitants? Opening our classrooms to conversation about topics, such as race, helps students gain insight on diversity and how to approach race relations and communication in a globalized world. While Pitt students take part in the action, high school students should participate in workshops and learn beside us. About three miles away from Pitt is City Charter High School, where teachers are implementing cultural literacy classes that draw on literature, history and current events in order to stimulate discussion about diversity and inclusion. Not only is this essential for a healthy community, but it equips students who aspire to be doctors or lawyers, for example, to be better at their jobs through empathy

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training. It teaches high schoolers how to socialize with people of other cultures respectfully, as well as appreciate and respect their own culture. Minority students may feel pressured to dispose of their cultural norms and behaviors to fit in with the prevalent order, and creating an environment accepting of all cultures through readings and activities valuing all types of cultural traditions teaches students to be mindful and respectful.. Similar initiatives have taken place in western Pennsylvania school districts, and, according to a study by Vanderbilt researchers Jason Grissom and Christopher Redding, many school districts are especially in need of diversity and inclusion discussion and training because of implicit biases that exist in day-to-day class. According to their study, teachers are half as likely to assign black students to gifted programs as white students, despite comparably high test scores. Black students taught by black teachers, however, were assigned to gifted programs at almost the same rate as white students. Implicit biases often hinder progress for minorities in the classroom, but we can now prepare to discuss solutions. If the University votes to make 20162017 the Year of Diversity, Pitt should encourage local high school students who may otherwise not get a chance to participate in a large-scale diversity conversation to join us. By allowing high school students to get involved in the initiative, we can also foster healthy relationships between the University and city residents. With every generation of Pittsburghers by our side, we can bring our diversity aspirations to fruition.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS GIVE EDGE Emily Schoenberger Columnist

Stepping off the plane in Munich, I was equal parts excited and terrified to start my high school exchange trip to Germany. Thrilled though I was to finally visit Europe, plunging headfirst into a foreign language I spoke only proficiently — and that’s a generous term— intimidated me. In addition to her native German, my 15-year-old host sister spoke English, Spanish and French, all of which she began learning at a young age. She had been an exchange student to the United States, France and the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, I was never offered second language classes in elementary or middle school. I was lucky enough to go to a private high school which offered German, Chinese, Spanish, French and Latin courses. But the public high school in my town only offered Spanish and a few online language courses. Compared to Europe, the United States doesn’t stress learning a foreign language and retaining it nearly enough. According to Pew Research Center, most students in Europe must study their first foreign language by age 9 and then continue with a second language throughout compulsory schooling. With all of the benefits attached to learning a second language, America should emulate Europe and require students to pursue language beyond rudimentary high school classes. As of 2014, The Guardian reports that more than half of Europeans can speak a second language proficiently, while Gallup reveals that only one-fourth of the American population can hold a conversation in another language. According to Forbes, although about 90

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percent of high schools offer language classes, these are often limited to only a few languages — most commonly Spanish. About 25 percent of middle schools offer courses, while only 15 percent of elementary schools do. Elementary school-aged children learn languages faster than people of any other age, so teaching younger kids another language is especially important for retention. But the more startling statistic concerns higher education. According to The Atlantic, only 7 percent of American college students are enrolled in a second language course. This dearth may be because many colleges have increasingly slashed their language requirements. Although Pitt has a language requirement — two terms of a second language course — there are exceptions. Students who have completed three years of a second language in high school with a grade B or better are exempt, as are those who are able to pass a special proficiency examination or those who have a native language other than English. In total, a fair number of Pitt students are exempt from the language requirement. This means that many students choose to forego a collegiate language education. There are many arguments for choosing not to pursue a second language. English is the world’s most influential language, and many find it unnecessary to know another language if they have no plans to live abroad. But this mindset is shortsighted, even lazy. In an article for U.S. News and World Report, Clayton Lewis argues that this outlook exemplifies a belief in “English language exceptionalism.” Americans internalize the predominance of the English language and inhibit themselves by failing to explore other See Schoenberger on page 5

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Schoenberger, pg. 4 languages. Proficiency in a second language opens previously locked doors and creates global citizens. It minimizes the communication gap. Although many people spoke English when I visited Germany, there were still several instances in which I had to communicate with people who spoke no English whatsoever. Once, while travelling with a friend, we got off a train at the wrong stop. The only other person on the platform from whom we could ask directions was a woman who only spoke German. I would have quite literally been lost if I had been unable to speak any German. Second language education also sharpens minds and carries over into other subjects. According to George Lakoff, a professor of cognitive linguistics, at University of California, Berkeley, the problem-solving and memorization skills intrinsic to second language study also benefit us cognitively. Multilinguals are also more perceptive to their surroundings and better at focusing in on important information. Above all, knowing another language is a practical skill. The global job market practically demands proficiency in another language. With more and more competition from European and Chinese businesses, it is becoming crucial for

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executives to have second language skills. According to Ryan McMunn, founder and CEO of BRIC Language Systems, those entering the workforce in 2014 with second language fluency can expect an additional 10 to 15 percent pay increase. But knowing another language is not only necessary in the corporate world. My dad owns several small businesses, and I have often heard him lament that he does not speak at least some Spanish, as it would make it easier to communicate with a few of his Hispanic customers. A second language is beneficial to almost any career. Diplomats, politicians, businessmen, teachers, artists, scientists, writers and technicians alike would do well to know another language. If nothing else, proficiency in another language comes with an immense sense of personal satisfaction. After five years of German, being able to read, write, listen and, above all, hold a conversation in another language makes me proud of myself and my hard work. I encourage other Pitt students who are thinking about discontinuing their language careers to persevere instead, and to those who have already stopped — why not pick it up again? That way, when it comes to life and the workforce, you’ll finally have that je ne sais quoi.

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Culture PITT TO SCREEN ACCLAIMED DOC

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For The Pitt News Not all tragedies end in misery. “Here One Day,” a documentary that follows one family coping with a mother’s suicide, offers hope and a positive message negating the stigma surrounding mental illness. The award-winning documentary will make its Pittsburgh premiere in the William Pitt Union Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Room 540 from 9 to 11 p.m. University of Pittsburgh organizations Hillel, Talk About It and Pitt Active Minds are sponsoring the event, which is open to the University at large. Following the screening, “Here One Day’s” director and producer Kathy Leichter will lead a discussion about the film and its message. “Here One Day” is based on her family’s struggles and the aftermath of Leichter’s mother’s suicide. After her mother’s death, Leichter moved back to her childhood

home, where she found audiotapes her mother had made documenting her struggles with bipolar disorder and other family issues. It took 16 years for Leichter to muster up the courage to listen to the tapes, but when she finally did, she knew she needed to share the story to help others struggling with mental illness and self-harm. “I’m delighted that I created something that could actually have social power and a way to help people and help communities and to teach people and to create a space for people to share their own stories,” Leichter said. Leichter is a documentary filmmaker and founder of Two Suns Media and Mint Leaf Productions. Between being the daughter of a poet, painter and political activist as well as a New York senator, Leichter merged her parents’ artistic and rhetorical occupations See Preview on page 7

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‘EDDIE’ SAILS TO MEDIOCRITY

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Despite its quirky hero threatening to flop the film, “Eddie the Eagle” is the latest true-life Olympic sports drama to dare for an Icarian flight. Following the likes of last week’s Jesse Owens biopic “Race,” “Eddie the Eagle” carves out its individual setting and dramatic structure, but the film hits all the bad beats that makes the athlete profile genre so short on gems and so high on redundancy. Though not as disgraceful as John Goodman’s forgettable “The Babe,” “Eddie the

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Eagle” doesn’t seem likely to become a cult classic. The story is washed out with worn cliches, but Eddie Edwards’ true story, with Olympic ski jumping thrills, , is enough to overcome the film’s formulaic flaws and thick sentimentality. Soaked in ’80s nostalgia, “Eddie the Eagle” is a light-hearted biopic of Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards (Taron Egerton) following the U.K. native from childhood up to his insane amateur performance at the 1988 Winter Olympics. At the 1988 Olympics, he finished last in the 70- and 90-meter jumps,

his fruitless perseverance and resilient mentality famously earning him many admirers and plenty of naysayer — athletes and those who held the games above Egerton’s seemingly whimsical career. The Dexter Flecher-directed film is entirely about Eddie’s career as “The Eagle” — not Eddie the person. The movie really kicks off with Egerton wearing Eddie’s earnest gawk as he tries to make it as a downhill skier. Soon after, his attention turns to ski jumping when he realizes that Britain hasn’t had a representative in the cat-

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egory in decades. At age 22 — while most athletes start training at five or six — the amateur ski jumper began training in order to surpass the Olympics’ then-lax qualifications, which only required ski jumpers to clear 61 meters. While practicing his jumps on his own dime in New York, he ropes in exski jumper Bronson Peary (Hugh Jackman) to be his mentor. When he’s not playing Wolverine, Jackman has a knack for being the gruff alcoholic trainer type with a heart of See Review on page 8

themes in the film about being a mother, being a daughter, being a spouse, about two siblings, a mother-daughter to inform her documentary filmmaking relationship, about being a woman, career. an artist, a homemaker and a teacher “I grew up in a house where people trying to juggle all of these things,” were trying to make change and make Leichter said. the world better,” she said. “I didn’t Courtney Strauss, the director of enwant to do it through politics, I wanted gagement at the Hillel Jewish Univerto make change through storytelling.” sity Center of Pittsburgh, brought the “Here One Day” aims to start conversadocumentary screening to campus with tions about mental health issues and help from Active Minds, a nonprofit offers advice for those battling mental organization committed to reducing the illness on how to get help. It has played across the country at colleges, churches, mental health social stigma, and Talk About It, a mental health campaign suicide prevention groups, hospitals dedicated to raising awareness, as coand community centers to educate sponsors. viewers and raise awareness for mental “I used to work at the Pittsburgh Jewish illness. Film Festival and a contact I had there According to the Kim Foundation, a told me about the film and it sounded Nebraska-based like something that charitable organiwould be great for zation working to college students to reduce mental illsee,” Strauss said, ness stigma, one in adding that Hillel four adults 18 and is hoping for at older suffer from least 50 attendees a mental disorder, Wednesday. or about 57.7 milKathy Leichter “Here One Day” director/producer In addition to lion people, when “Here One Day” applied to the Leichter recently 2004 U.S. Census produced “Hidden Battles,” which came residential population. out in 2010 and explores killing’s psyPitt has multiple student organizations chological effect on five soldiers, each dealing with mental illness, including with a differing nationality, gender, the University Counseling Center, the class and race. Stress Free Zone, Talk About It and Pitt The filmmaker has also directed and Active Minds, among others. produced “A Day’s Work, A Day’s Pay,” “I think the work of Active Minds and a 2001 documentary that tracks three Talk About It is very important,” said welfare recipients and their association Leichter. “They’re out there saying that with the Work Experience Program, in it’s good to talk about these things, addition to producing “Mothers and don’t hold it in, reach out to a friend, make that phone call, call the crisis cen- Daughter: Mirrors That Bind,” a documentary analyzing mother-daughter ter, walk in — just don’t sit alone with relationships through interviews with these feelings.” women and girls of various ages and “Here One Day” first premiered in socioeconomic backgrounds. 2012 at the International Documentary Even though “Here One Day” touches Film Festival Amsterdam and has gone on dark subject matter, the film shows on to appear as an official selection in that opening up the conversation about numerous other festivals, including the mental health brings families closer. Cleveland International Film Festival “I would say the film has brought [my and 2013’s DOC NYC. family] closer and unearthed things that “People were relating to “Here One needed to be unearthed,” Leichter said. Day” ... because there are universal

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gold, as he did in the similarly lukewarm “Real Steel.” The man is mightily charismatic, if not insincere this time around, phoning in sobering humor to a film lost in its protagonist’s blind optimism. Egerton is unremarkable, trading his charms displayed in “Kingsman: The Secret Service” last year for a turn that ranges from decent to laughable. His facial performance — which strictly involves scrunching his face together, trying to express Edwards’ famously poor vision — is labored and distracting to watch. His parents’ roles are trivialized in his father’s stern disapproval and his mother’s secret encouragement, while Christopher Walken sleepwalks through a tiny role as Warren Sharp, a retired Olympic coach to Bronson. Despite all of this, the film’s energy is infectious, and the emotional beats — while predictable — are genuine, as the underdog tale begets

the schmaltziness. The real pleasures lie in the intensity behind the skiing sequences, such as Edwards’ first 70- and 90-meter jumps in the 1988 Calgary Olympics, which are suitably made to look terrifying by milking the stand’s deceiving initial height, while the kitschy, upbeat score reinforces Edwards’ blindness to fear. It’s only right that the film reminds us often of how reckless Edwards really was, as his legacy is built not on his successes, but his labored failures . “Eddie the Eagle” is a light-asfluff biopic that aggravated me before I succumbed to its corny pleasures. Egerton’s performance is hammy to say the least, but he sells the stubbornness that must have been the essence of Edwards, an almost idiotically determined amateur athlete. The film is saturated with neardeafening happy-go-lucky vibes. But with its eagerness to please, especially over a forgiving hour-and-45-minute runtime , “Eddie” skates by simply on a fascinating true tale.

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FINGER ICES CANCER Ashwini Sivaganesh For The Pitt News

It was a late January night when pain pushed Jonathan Finger to trudge halfway up cardiac hill and walk through the UPMC Presbyterian Emergency Room entrance. The piercing pain in his abdomen had caught the 19-year-old hockey player by surprise and had become excruciating. Doctors listened to Finger describe the sharp pain, but struggled to find a cause, even after a blood test, and ultimately sent him home. Finger was a first year, and the leading scorer for Pitt’s D2 club hockey team with no prior medical history, so there was no reason to suspect anything serious that first night in 2014. But when the pain persisted and Finger returned back to the hospital a few days later, doctors realized something was wrong. The following month, his doctors diagnosed Finger with stage four peripheral T-cell lymphoma — a very rare blood cancer that causes white blood cells to grow abnormally in the body. By the time he was diagnosed, the cancer had spread all the way into Finger’s bone marrow. In search of answers to his waning health, Finger left school. “The idea that it could be cancer came up from the very beginning,” Finger said. “However, from the initial scans, they weren’t able to determine that. They had to do surgeries to get tissues for biopsies before they could come to a definitive answer.” Now, a little over two years after his diagnosis, Finger, 21, has returned to

the ice and is finishing up his junior year of college — even switching majors to pursue a career in physical therapy after seeing the field’s benefits firsthand. Over the weekend, Finger and the rest of Pitt’s D2 Hockey team were eliminated from the College Hockey Mid-Area playoffs after being defeated by Dayton, 5-2. Although the season has ended, Finger and his friends and family are excited to return to the ice later this year for some of upcoming “Pucks for Johnny” events, a group of fundraisers that help collect money to fund his treatment through donations and T-shirt sales. Although he entered remission in June of 2014, Finger still has to meet with doctors every three months to go through PET scans to make sure the cancer hasn’t returned, but he has now found a way to balance that and school. The source of this particular form of cancer and how to effectively treat it are unclear. Little is known about the

Ohio State and Johns Hopkins University, searching for answers. “The only thing we knew was that it was caused by environmental factors and wasn’t genetic, but that didn’t stop me from constantly trying to understand why it happened to Johnny,” she said. Finger’s father, Douglas Finger, had just received treatment for prostate cancer in October and November of 2013. Using his experience, he said he was able to “walk Jonathan through not only the debilitating nature of the news [but] the fight that [was] about to take place, and the emotional and physical drain [from] this awful disease.” After many consultations, Dr. Roy Smith, from the Hillman Cancer Center in Pittsburgh, decided to put Finger on the aggressive and debilitating Hyper-CVAD treatment.

I am privileged to have gone through everything that I did.

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illness, with the only established risk factor being that it is more likely to occur in people over the age of 60. Stephanie Finger, Finger’s mother, said the family consulted doctors from

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Finger went to the hospital every two weeks and would stay for one week to receive the treatment. Scars from where the probing medical instruments delivered treatment line his body are now permanent reminders of his battle. “I lost a lot of weight and all of my hair. I was really weak and spent a lot of time at home just thinking about what was going on,” Finger said. “It was a very tough time for my family, but it also brought us all together.” During the time of his treatment, many friends, teammates and family members visited Finger in the hospital. Some of his former teammates from high school started to hold a few fundraisers under the name “Pucks for Johnny,” to help raise money for all of Finger’s medical bills. “It was really nice to see all the See Finger on page 11

PITT BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK

Dan Sostek Sports Editor

ne game after squashing the Syracuse Orange to a pulp, head coach Jamie Dixon and the Pitt men’s basketball team have Cardinals in their crosshairs. At a press conference Monday, Dixon and junior forward Jamel Artis discussed their defensive performance Saturday, what went wrong in their last outing against University of Louisville and the Cardinals’ postseason ban. DANCING FOR DEFENSE After holding Syracuse to a measly 37.6 percent shooting at the Carrier Dome Saturday, the official Twitter account for the Pitt basketball team tweeted out a video of Dixon reciting that figure to his players, which elicited some screaming from them and some celebratory moves by the coach. But Dixon assured people that this wasn’t the first time he was that elated after a defensive performance. “No, [I’ve been happier],” Dixon said.

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“This is just the first time you saw a video.” The head coach had reason to dance, as his Panthers, who in the past have been lauded for staunch, tough defenses, have struggled to get stops on that end. But some work between their game last Tuesday against Wake Forest University and their weekend win helped amp up the effort on defense. “We had a good week of practice,” Dixon said. “I thought we really emphasized some things and got a lot of things across.” The key now is whether or not Pitt can maintain the level of play past Saturday and into its contests Wednesday and beyond. Dixon said his team won’t become overconfident, but they need to do more than stay level-headed to stay successful. “Complacency, I don’t think that’s an issue. It’s the execution, it’s the belief, it’s the understanding,” Dixon said. “And sometimes other guys make shots. The other team is trying to win, too.” Artis agreed that the Panthers can’t stop trying to get better now. According to the

forward, it will be a group effort. “We can’t count on one man to stop someone,” Artis said. “We have to play team defense.” PREVAILING OVER PITINO While Jamie Dixon has dominated legendary coach Jim Boeheim’s Syracuse teams, going 13-6 against them, Rick Pitino’s Louisville Cardinals have remained his kryptonite. His Panthers have lost their last seven games against the Cardinals, with his last victory dating all the way back to Feb. 27, 2011. They didn’t get much closer to ending the skid in their first outing against Louisville this year, falling to the Cardinals 59-41. “The last game, I thought we had a good plan going into it, and we never got to that,” Dixon said. “We wanted to run.” He specifically cited turnovers — the Panthers had 19 total — as a key reason for their loss at the KFC Yum! Center. “We had some turnovers,” Dixon said. “Whether it was transition, when we were throwing to the guy out of bounds or when

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we threw it to the guy who turned his head right when we threw it to him, or stepping out of bounds behind us, we had some things that were hard to comprehend.” Dixon highlighted the size of Louisville as a concern, noting they have plenty of different big men to throw at Pitt. Last time they played, the Cardinals’ center Chinanu Onuaku dominated Pitt inside, going for 18 points and 10 rebounds. “They’ve got so many guys,” Dixon said. “Just so much depth and so much size, especially inside.” Artis said the recipe for a victory is simple. “When we outrebound teams, we win,” Artis said. “We have to outrebound them, we have to be aggressive on offense and we have to score the basketball. When we don’t score, we don’t win.” BAN BLUES On Feb. 5, Louisville announced that, due to the NCAA’s ongoing investigation over alleged recruiting violations, they See Notebook on page 11

Finger, pg. 9 support from my friends and family, whether they were from high school or college,” Finger said. “Financially, we are still trying to make it through. In addition to the medical bills, hockey is a pretty expensive sport to be a part of.” As of now, the “Pucks for Johnny” fundraisers have raised $5,000 to $10,000. The latest one took place at a deck hockey tournament this past winter in Mount Pleasant. “We are planning to do a deck hockey tournament this summer, and an event at a Pitt hockey game,” Finger said. After six to seven cycles, Finger was finally taken off the treatment in June of 2014 and went into remission. Still too weak to return back to school, Finger spent his time trying to build up his strength again and looked for an opportunity to get back on the ice, even if that meant not playing. One of his former coaches and family friend, Tim Cairns, offered Finger the opportunity to be his assistant coach for a youth hockey team during the fall and winter of 2014. Finger said he

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really enjoyed watching the kids come into their own on the ice. “Even now, the kids will ask me about Johnny,” Cairns said. “They always laugh about this one time at practice when Johnny promised them that if they played the next game and didn’t get any penalties, he would buy them all chocolate milk. That weekend game came along, and the kids didn’t get a single penalty. Johnny had to go and buy all the kids chocolate milk after that game.” In spring of 2015, Finger returned to Pitt as a full-time student and decided to pursue physical therapy instead of geology. “At first, I never thought about pursuing a career in the medical field,” Finger said. “I had seen enough hospitals in my own lifetime.” But eventually Finger realized he wanted to give back. “The transition was really hard because I was still seeing the doctors, but then I was also trying to focus on my school work,” Finger said. “If it weren’t for hockey, I wouldn’t have been able to cope with any of it.”

During his first season, Finger was the top scorer for the team, even though his season ended early due to his medical condition. But he needed to temper expectations after returning. “During the beginning of this season, Finger had an injury. You could tell that not being able to play reminded him of the time he missed when he was going through cancer,” current teammate Nick Bascou said. “But since his return after cancer, Johnny has really matured, and he lives his life to the fullest knowing now how easy it is to almost lose it.” That injury, a torn MCL, was Finger’s first hockey-related injury. “[The tear] happened the day before my 21st birthday, so that was a memorable way to celebrate it,” Finger said. Finger hasn’t been able to play a full season of Pitt Hockey yet but hopes he will make a difference whether he is on the ice or not. “Although it was a tough time, I am privileged to have gone through everything that I did,” Finger said. “It’s given me a new perspective on life that I hope to share with other people who are facing difficult circumstances like I did.”

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Notebook, pg. 10 would self-impose a postseason ban this year. Artis expressed his sympathy for the opposing players, particularly highlighting the senior class. “It’s a terrible feeling. I feel for them and the seniors that came in,” Artis said. “It’s a great program, Louisville. They’re doing pretty well right now, and just to know that they can’t make it to the tournament is a sad feeling.” Still, Artis understands the Cardinals won’t relent because of the ban. “You have to compete every game,” Artis said. “If you want to go to the next level, you have to compete, and not worry about making the tournament.” Dixon said at the end of the day, the issue requires perspective. “If you asked every one of those players, they’ve been through something more draining, more emotional than what they’re going through now.” He highlighted Pitt graduate transfer guard Sterling Smith, who is currently home, mourning the loss of his grandmother. “To put things in perspective, there are bigger challenges in life.”

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