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March 21, 2016 | Issue 125 | Volume 106
FESTIVAL BRINGS TASTE OF LATIN AMERICA TO PITT
Emily Brindley Staff Writer
When T. Leon Williams lectured at Pitt, he asked the audience members to stand if they had never talked about masculinity in their households. Nearly everyone in the audience rose. “We don’t have conversations about masculinity, manhood,” Williams, a campus pastor and former multicultural center director at Elon University, said. “We’re here because we have some issues, we have some challenges.” Williams’ lecture was part of the Interfraternity Council’s first-ever Healthy Masculinities Week at Pitt, a six-event series of lectures, discussions and a documentary screening last week designed to chip away at concepts of “toxic masculinity” — the product of societal pressure on men to fit into an aggressive, domineering mold. IFC, the governing body for Pitt’s social fraternities, hosted the series from March 14 to 20, partnering with Campus Women’s Organization, Rainbow Alliance and sororities Sigma Delta Tau and Zeta Beta Tau for several of the week’s events. IFC President Justin Horowitz, who proposed and spearheaded the series, said the series is Pitt’s first formal event on the topic of toxic masculinity. The series, Horowitz said, was the beginning of what he hopes will be a continued conversation about the pressures society places on men and the problems this creates in society and on Pitt’s campus. The week opened discussions about
Pitt’s Center for Latin American Studies hosted the 36th annual Latin American and Caribbean festival Saturday. Jordan Mondell STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER from 18 groups, including Albert Giovanazzi Guatemalan dance perStaff Writer formers Cooperativa de panish words and the scent of Artistas de Guatemala and empanadas drifted through PosPitt’s tango dance team, var Hall this weekend, as the the Panther Tango Club. Latin American and Caribbean Festival Karen Goldman, the replaced lectures with Puerto Rican muassistant director for external relations, sicians and tango dancers. development and assessment for CLAS, Pitt’s Center for Latin American said attracting such a large crowd for Studies hosted the 36th annual Latin this year’s festival was easy because of American and Caribbean Festival on Pittsburgh’s increasing Latin American Saturday from noon to 10 p.m., attractpopulation. ing more than two thousand community “These communities enrich our city members — a slight increase from last and our region enormously, and that ityear, according to Diana Osma, the asself is a reason to celebrate,” Goldman sistant academic affairs and outreach said. coordinator for CLAS. Fifty-nine booths selling traditional A celebration of Latin American culLatin American food, such as Brazilian See Masculinity on page 3 ture, the festival featured performances
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barbecue, Mexican drinks and Cuban sandwiches, small businesses and family vendors — some from as far away as Ohio — added another level of authenticity to the annual event, said Osma. To raise money for Cafe, a foundation that works to support education for children in Honduras, Pitt’s Spanish club sold coffee at the festival, as well. Naiara Freitas, the owner of Naiara’s Cakes and More in Pittsburgh and a vendor at the festival for the past four See Festival on page 4
Pitt alums teach students signs of dating abuse Andrew O’ Brien Staff Writer
When lecturers Jason Horowitz and Carley Kramer Trivette asked an audience of Pitt students if they’d ever been abused in a relationship, 63 percent replied yes. This percentage, the lecturers said, is why we must discuss safe dating — respectful, healthy relationships where both partners ask for consent before having sex — right now. Pitt’s Sigma Delta Tau and Zeta Beta Tau chapters partnered with the Interfraternity Council to educate students on healthy dating habits at the Safe Smart Dating lecture 6:30 p.m. Sunday in the O’Hara Student Center Dining Room. Pitt alumni Jason Horowitz and Carley Kramer Trivette, employees of the national chapters of Zeta Beta Tau and Sigma Delta Tau, respectively, lectured on dating abuse for the final event of IFC’s Healthy Masculinities Week, a six-event series centered on perpetuating healthy ideas about manhood. Horowitz and Kramer Trivette ad-
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dressed about 100 students — mostly Sigma Delta Tau and Zeta Beta Tau members — using pictures and statistics to help demonstrate that abuse isn’t always physical or easy to spot. Audience members chimed in using a text message survey to answer questions, such as, “Have you ever experienced a type of relationship abuse?” and “Has you or someone you know experienced, attempted or completed sexual assault?” When Horowitz asked the audience to answer the question, “What does a healthy relationship look like?” through this text message survey, responses such as “respect,” “compromise,” “love,” “communication,” “comfortable” and “happy” appeared on screen seconds later. Kramer Trivette, chapter services coordinator for Sigma Tau Delta, thanked the audience for responding with such positive — and accurate — words to describe healthy relationships. Students discuss the signs of a healthy relationship and how to recognize Horowitz said it is critical that students abuse. Nikki Moriello SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER See Dating on page 5
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Masculinity, pg. 1 manhood that will help students embrace masculinity in productive and engaging ways, according to CWO President Suzy Hinkle. “Often, you can see people claiming their masculinity in very antagonistic ways,” Hinkle said. “I think that this is raising awareness about the very different shades of masculinity and how masculinity does not have to be a very onedimensional concept.” Williams’ lecture about the importance of open, healthy discourses on masculinity — the largest Healthy Masculinities Week event with about 150 attendees — continually called on male students to answer questions sincerely by taking off their “masks” of exaggerated machismo and embracing their natural behavior. ”This was about change. This whole week on this campus is about healthy masculinity,” Williams said. “Fellas, we have to take the mask off so we can get to know each other.” Horowitz said the week was meant
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to encourage men to feel comfortable in their own skins, regardless of whether or not they fit the prototypical ideal of manliness. Horowitz and the IFC are already talking about plans for next year’s series. “We see healthy masculinity as a form of masculinity where men are able to be themselves 100 percent of the time,” Horowitz said. “Right now there’s so much pressure from society about how a man is supposed to act, how they’re supposed to look, what they’re supposed to say, and it’s very harmful.” Hinkle echoed Horowitz’s thoughts and said these pressures contribute to sexual assault and the formation of rape culture. “Masculinity is more about being aggressive, rather than asking for permission,” Hinkle said. “It seems like men are taught that they are to be respected, and that their needs are really more important than the needs of others. I think that really plays a lot into rape culture.” Gabby M.H. Yearwood, visiting lecturer in Pitt’s anthropology department, said part of the driving force behind rape
culture is the idea that men are supposed to be dominant and aggressive, which leads to a culture of “male privilege.” “Male privilege means you have free and open access to women, which means there’s no such thing as ‘No’ from this particular male perspective,” Yearwood, who is also an affiliated faculty member with the Gender Studies and Women’s Studies department, said. These internalized beliefs can lead to sexual assault and rape, though Yearwood said the same perspective is also manifested in microaggressions, such as checking out women or catcalling. Discussion about masculinity may lead to a wider acceptance of various forms of masculinity, Horowitz said, allowing men to resist social pressures to act aggressively or forcefully within the hookup culture on college campuses. ”I think that if we can help men feel more comfortable being themselves, then hopefully this rape culture will diminish,” Horowitz said. Yearwood said it may be difficult to start this conversation, in part because
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men are taught not to openly discuss their emotions. “Part of something that’s the definition of being male [is] young boys are encouraged throughout their lives to not talk about their feelings or emotions,” Yearwood said. “Most don’t have the tools to be able to do it.” First-year student Sam Flynn, who attended Williams’ lecture, said the lecture will get people talking among themselves. “I think a lot of guys could use some help understanding what masculinity is,” Flynn said. “It’ll be hard to get it rolling, but it’ll start conversation in friend groups.” Yearwood said societal pressures can be particularly strong for young men and boys, forcing them to conform and modify their behavior before they feel accepted. “It’s hard to resist what society tells you to be, in the same way that that happens with young girls,” Yearwood said. “What society pushes on them, not all boys actually want.” See Masculinity on page 5
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Festival, pg. 1 years, said the celebration links the community together year after year. “People come one year and then they come back again and they know you and they see you growing. It feels good to see that people are happy because you are growing,” Freitas said. Ranbir Gill, senior political science major who attended the event, said the festival is an accessible way for people to learn about a different culture. “I am surprised how big [the festival] is. It’s really representative of the different Latin American countries,” Gill said. “It’s neat to be able to see food from the different regions, especially for people that don’t know that much about Latin America.” For Osma, the festival turnout means Pitt’s campus could become more diverse. “It’s important that we have a global environment at the University,” Osma said. “Many of the families here have children who are prospective Pitt stu-
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dents and may apply to the University.” With the help of other CLAS members, Osma spent four months organizing the festival, which was funded by the Latin American Cultural Union and Goya Foods, along with other smaller contributors. The festival spotlights Latin Ameri-
Pittsburgh’s small immigrant population has to work hard to achieve recognition because of its size and lack of visibility. “[The festival] is important in terms of visibility for the Latin American community as well as the other minorities, which don’t have large platforms of representation,” Freedman said. “They all
Understanding, in turn, improves relationships and reduces our fears about ‘different’ peoples.
“Overall, we believe that participating in these types of events ... [generate] understanding,” Morgenstern said in an email. “Understanding, in turn, improves relationships and reduces our fears about ‘different’ peoples.” Marissa Ferrighetto, a senior economics major and intern for CLAS, said the festival celebrates cultural diversity and brings the community together. “I love the atmosphere of the festival. People of all ages come with their friends and family,” Ferrighetto said. “Everyone is eating good food and having a good time. It’s a nice environment.”
-Scott Morgenstern can culture — colorful dance, delicious food, upbeat music — as well as the lack of visibility Pittsburgh’s Latino population faces. Emma Freedman, a senior urban studies major who attended the event , said
make Pittsburgh unique as it grows.” Scott Morgenstern, the director of CLAS, said the festival lets attendees immerse themselves in a new environment, which helps them understand and appreciate a culture besides their own.
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Masculinity, pg. 3 Despite social pressures, Yearwood said not all men hold the perspective of “male privilege,” though all men need to discuss their manhood in order to create a more positive general discussion about masculinity. Bree Higginbottom, a junior chemistry major and sister of Sigma Delta Tau, attended Williams’ lecture and isn’t so sure people want to start talking about masculinity. “I feel like not a lot of people on this campus want to change,” Higginbottom said. “There are a small group of us pushing for change.” As part of the push for change, Higginbottom’s sorority co-hosted the final event of Healthy Masculinities Week on
Dating, pg. 2 be able to recognize and understand the dynamics of dating abuse — but that, first, they need to be able to recognize the signs of a healthy relationship, such as good communication and mutual compromises. “Abuse can happen to anyone, and in any relationship. It does not discriminate,” Horowitz, Zeta Beta Tau’s national director of Jewish programs and strategic partnership, said. “It happens to people who are straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender — all races, religions, education levels and genders.” Kramer Trivette said power dynamics and instilled fear are both important distinctions that separate a healthy relationship from a potentially abusive one. “Both partners need to feel that they can communicate without fear,” Kramer Trivette said. “Both partners must feel physically and emotionally safe in the relationship.” With a Sigma Delta Tau or Zeta Beta Tau member leading each discussion, Horowitz and Kramer Trivette asked the audience to turn to the people they were sitting with to analyze real-life examples of abuse and sexual assault in relationships, including the story of Yeardley Love, whose boyfriend murdered her in 2010 after years of escalating abuse.
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Sunday evening. The event, “Safe Smart Dating,” broke attendees into small groups to discuss issues of dating violence and sexual assault. Horowitz said none of the events were mandatory for any of the fraternities, but event attendance did count toward each fraternity’s completion of the Cathedral Standards of Excellence, a mandatory program requiring on-campus fraternities to attend a number of varied events. Although Healthy Masculinities Week started discussion about manhood, Horowitz said it will take extended discussion for real changes to take place. ”I hope the conversation continues even after this week,” Horowitz said. “It starts here. I think that [in] our generation, we can really help fix this issue — or I hope we can.”
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Pitt junior nursing major Sarah Derman, a Sigma Delta Tau sister and discussion leader at the lecture, said dialogue about dating abuse and sexual assault needs to open up as these issues are too often overlooked. “A lot of people just try to stay away from the issue,” Derman said. “After having this conversation, I hope they’ll be more willing to do what it takes to make a difference.” Richard Szabo, a sophomore accounting and finance major and Zeta Beta Tau member, said gender stereotypes often prevent victims from reporting their sexual assaults. “People get the impression that if [a man reports] sexual assault, he’s weak,” Szabo said. “That’s a horrible stigma, and we need to fight it.” Szabo said starting conversations about what healthy dating really is will show men that sexual assault — even within relationships — is never a victim’s fault, no matter what their gender. Kramer Trivette said the dating abuse poll the audience filled out during the lecture illuminated how much relationship abuse affects the community, even if it isn’t always visible. “These aren’t just stats,” Kramer Trivette said. “This is happening to the people on this campus and in this room.”
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Combat shortage of addiction counselors to combat addiction The number of people who need healing is increasing, but the number of healers is not. Pennsylvania Certification Board spokesperson Terri Wray told the Pittsburgh Tribune Review that the number of certified addiction counselors in Pennsylvania has remained consistent despite the epidemic levels of heroin deaths in Allegheny County. In the past five years, the number has stood at about 2,300 addiction counselors, while the number of Pennsylvanians who reported being dependent on or abusing illicit drugs has reached 314,000, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration. Being an addiction counselor is emotionally taxing, but unlike other high-stress jobs, it isn’t financially lucrative. It’s more respected and better paid to research drug addiction than it is to be the person who makes a career out of counseling those with it. And we need to confront that. Here at Pitt, we are in an environment that heavily emphasizes STEM fields and research. Pitt has made strides in researching and developing websites to assist in the battle against the drug epidemic, such as Pitt’s partnership with the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency two weeks ago. But research alone can’t treat addiction. We need to begin incentivizing students to pursue fields like social work by emphasizing the importance of counselors and those who play critical roles in the rehabilitation process. Until then, we can’t expect to combat the shortage. . Many of the people who choose to pursue social work don’t necessarily do it for the salary. In 2016, addiction counselors make on average $46,000 a year and drug and alcohol counselors make $38,000. Compare that to someone who studied business, whose starting salary is $49,000. With a salary lower than the national averages, people don’t have the monetary incentive to pursue addiction counseling. In order to encourage people to pursue this field, we need to create that mon-
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etary incentive. One way the state government could incentivize people to pursue addiction counseling is through tax credits, which is already common in a struggling profession, such as teaching. All teachers are entitled to tax deductions for teaching-related expenses, and many teachers are eligible to claim deductions for tuition and fees for any accredited post-secondary institution. By paying state-hired addiction counselors a larger salary, we’re helping to stop workers from burning out in a critical field. And the more people who have successful recoveries, the less money the taxpayer pays toward federal costs associated with addiction, such as prison stays for those who are caught possessing drugs. Many of the students who go into rehabilitation services — such as addiction counseling — are doing it out of purely altruistic reasons. Many may have experienced addiction first-hand, whether that be their own addictions or their parents’ or friends’. That’s already a small population of people. While the salary may often act as a deterrent, being an addiction counselor also takes an emotional toll. Addiction counselors have to experience the heartache that often comes along with working with addicts who come with painful stories and experiences in dire need of help. Addiction counselors must also grapple with the possibility that their help may not be an immediate success or a success at all. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, 40 to 60 percent of addicts relapse. We need to create an incentive that goes beyond self-fulfillment, as noble as that may be. There needs to be a sense of respect to draw potential addiction counselors in and a salary to match that respect and promise some standard of a quality of life. If we want to combat our community’s drug epidemic, we need to start with supporting the counselors who battle it on the frontlines.
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read receipts should foster better communication skills Isabelle Ouyang For The Pitt News
If there’s anything with the potential to snuff friendships and start wars, it’s the “seen” timestamp on Facebook messenger. Once, after accidentally opening a friend’s Facebook chat , I was bombarded with messages less than an hour later that read: “I know you’ve seen this.” “Hello?” “I know you’re online.” Aside from the fact that this was clearly a miscommunication, I was frustrated that my friend demanded I was available at all times and equipped to respond to her. Almost every instant messaging app has read receipts, from iMessage to Kik to Snapchat. There’s even a Gmail app called Streak that allows senders to track email views. When it comes to work accountability, read receipts are a practical feature. When it comes to personal communication, they are an additional layer of confusing social nuance. The assumption is that once a person sees the message, they’re expected to respond immediately. If they don’t respond, they’re ignoring you. The read receipt function can now be disabled with browser extensions, such as Facebook
Unseen, and if you’re like me, disabling the function might save you hours of stomach-turning anxiety. But remember this — we’re humans, not machines. Instead of ruminating on what a message that has gone five minutes without being answered must mean, why not embrace read receipts as a humbling reminder that communication doesn’t need to be instantaneous? Because of our tech-driven society — where knowledge is glued to our fingertips — we expect everything to be as immediate. This itself isn’t necessarily bad. But on social media, we tend to forget that people are not as accessible as databases, nor should they be. We forget that instant messaging is fairly new in the grand scheme of things, even if this form of communication has rapidly taken over. Facebook’s first mobile app was released in 2008 and included a chat feature that was built into its own app in 2011. Before instant messages and email were the norm, written letters were the primary communication method. According to an article by the Associated Press, up to 1987, the typical home received handwritten letters twice a week. While instant messages deSee Ouyang on page 7
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Ouyang, pg. 6 mand stream-of-consciousness engagement and hastily constructed responses, letter writing gives you space and time to digest. But social media brings us closer together and allows us to connect with people across the world in real time. At times, that intimacy can be incessant. Tech-savvy millennials are major multitaskers. I always have 10 apps open at once on my iPhone which I switch between, trying to balance all of them through my single device, and research suggests I’m not the only one. . According to a study by Innerscope Research, a Boston-based neuroscience firm, participants raised around new technology switched media venues at an average of 27 switches per hour , compared to those introduced to technology later in life who switched only 17 times per hour. Unending feeds of six-second vines and 140word tweets feed into the millennials’ tendency to constantly process information, causing our need for fast responses when we’re texting or instant messaging There are a variety of reasons why your friend has seen but not yet responded to your non-urgent message. Maybe they fell asleep. Maybe their phone just died. Maybe they got distracted, then forgot. Giving people the benefit of the doubt is important, but it’s a habit born mostly out of a need for self-assurance rather than acceptance. It’s equally important to accept the reasons
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you’re less inclined to want to hear: Maybe they don’t have an excuse. Maybe they didn’t feel like it. And that’s a perfectly legitimate reason to not respond to someone. Yet, it seems like one of the worst reasons to consider, which is why read receipts can create a proverbial elephant in the chat room. Social interaction takes time and energy in any medium, and it’s bizarre to expect a fully engaged response at all times of day. I’m not saying you should blow people off, but when you read things, don’t feel guilty about taking a few hours to think about your response. The urgency that surrounds read receipts is another arbitrary social convention dictating how we should or should not c om mu n i cate. As long as you’re being mindful of the person you’re communicating with, throw these rules out the window. Triple text. Send paragraphs. If you want a prompt response, ask for one. Be honest when you cancel your plans — “I don’t want to get out of bed right now” is a fine reason, and a good friend will understand. If anything, read receipts should remind us to be more honest and transparent in the way we communicate with one another. So, next time you’re texting or IMing someone ballsy enough to keep their read receipts on, have no fear. Take a deep breath, stay patient, and wait for, “haha, sorry, fell asleep,” to come to your rescue.
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Pitt men’s basketball might have strayed from its usual formula once or twice on Friday, but its typical deficiencies cost it the tournament. In an absurdly slow-paced contest Friday, the team fell to the Wisconsin Badgers 47-43, closing Pitt’s season at 21-12. The game had all the markings of a routine loss for Pitt, but with a few distinct offshoots from the season norm. Typically, Pitt’s weaknesses have been rooted in its poor defensive performance. Throughout the season, the team struggled to execute its traditional man-toman defense. Head coach Jamie Dixon mixed in some zone and press defense, but nothing seemed to work for his team for most of the season. Nearly start to finish though on Friday, Dixon’s defense stifled the Badgers.
The Panthers played physically and they played intelligently. They were exactly what they hadn’t been all season. The game plan focused on limiting Wisconsin’s leading scorer, forward Nigel Hayes. Pitt held Hayes, who averaged 16.2 points this season, to 12 points on 3-17 shooting. All game, Pitt neutralized Hayes, who struggled to find clean shots. Wisconsin, as a team, shot just 32.1 percent from the field. But the Badgers were lucky because Pitt’s offense struggled too, shooting 37.5 percent. Outside of forwards Jamel Artis and Sheldon Jeter, no Panther player could find a rhythm offensively. The pace was lethargic, and Wisconsin’s defense was decent, but the shots were there for Pitt. This is where the loss was much like other Pitt losses. See Men’s Hoops on page 9
Zeuch returns to the mound for third game win Steve Rotstein Staff Writer
Junior pitcher T.J. Zeuch is back in his rightful place on the mound. Pitt’s highly touted starter — D1 Baseball’s No. 41 prospect in the country for the 2016 draft and the fourth-highest ranked pitcher — took the first month of the season off to recover from a groin injury. No. 11 Florida State had the unwelcome task of facing the imposing 6-foot-7 right-hander in his first game back Sunday, and its bats were no match. But without Zeuch in the first and second games of the series, the Pitt baseball team had a tough start to the weekend. The Panthers lost their home opener 17-4 Friday night and 10-2
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Saturday night. They rebounded in a big way behind their ace on Sunday, beating the Seminoles 5-2 for their first-ever win in 25 meetings with Florida State. Head coach Joe Jordano summed up what he saw as weaknesses in Pitt’s previous performance against Florida State and North Carolina. He said although those games were blowouts on paper, in reality Pitt was consistently keeping up with its opponents. “We were in every game at some point,” Jordano said. “And we made some mistakes that, unfortunately, when you’re facing the No. 6 team in the country and the No. 10 team [FSU, No. 11,] in the country, you can’t make those mistakes.”
The Panthers’ home opener Friday night had an immediately ugly start as the Seminoles got the scoring started with four runs in the top of the first inning. Pitt added a run in the bottom of the third, when senior Ron Sherman tripled and junior Jacob Wright brought him home with a sacrifice fly. The Seminoles tacked on two more runs in the top of the fourth to take a 5-1 lead — which the Panthers would answer in the bottom of the inning. In the bottom of the fourth, senior Aaron Schnurbusch blasted a three-run shot — his fifth homer of the season but Pitt’s first at Charles L. Cost Field — to make it a one-run game. That was all the offense Pitt could muster on Friday,
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though. Florida State blew the game open with four runs in the top of the sixth inning and five runs in the top of the seventh, before adding two more in the top of the ninth to take a 17-4 win in game one of the series. In game two of the series, the Panthers took the first lead in the bottom of the third inning on an RBI single by sophomore Charles LeBlanc. After Florida State scored its first run on a hit by pitch with the bases loaded, Cal Raleigh cleared the bases with a triple to chase pitcher Aaron Sandefur out of the game. Reliever Garrett Wrambel came in to finish the inning, but not before Raleigh scored on a sacrifice fly to See Baseball on page 9
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Men’s Hoops, pg. 8 Pitt was afforded more than enough open jumpers and decent shots at the rim to win the game, but failed to connect. Executing Dixon’s offense and subsequently generating open looks were seldom a problem for the Panthers this season. Pitt found opportunities, but struggled to convert good looks into points. No player better exemplifies that problem than senior point guard James Robinson. Robinson, a pass-first point guard, typically tends to only take shots if they’re open. Problem is, Robinson misses more of those open shots than he makes. Against Wisconsin, Robinson shot 3-15 from the field, most of which were open jump shots. Pitt looked good early on, jumping to a 13-3 lead, eventually stretching the deficit to 12 with seven minutes remaining in the first half. Considering both team’s laborious pace offensively, Pitt seemed poised to win the game. But Pitt did the inconceivable. Despite leading by double-digits for four straight minutes in the first half in a game where less than 100 total points were scored, Pitt lost. Pitt’s eventual loss is most directly related to the minutes following the team’s 12-point lead. Given numerous open shots and a chance to step on the throat of the Badgers, the Panthers faltered. Instead, Wisconsin cut the deficit to six going into half. With the momentum on its side, Wis-
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consin eventually gained the lead four minutes into the second half. The game would stay close the rest of the way, and Robinson would have a chance to win the game with a layup with seconds remaining, but he missed it. When Pitt needed a shotmaker, someone who could secure the game when the team led or to curb Wisconsin’s momentum, it had no one to look to — a problem the team has dealt with for most of Dixon’s tenure. Pitt’s lack of a go-to player is a significant reason why the program has faced early exits in March, having not made a Sweet 16 since 2009. Following the loss, a contingent of Pitt fans on social media voiced their desire for Dixon to move on from the job or to be fired. A recent report from CBS Sports stating that Dixon is mulling an offer from TCU, might mean their wish is granted. The report, which will play out over the next several days, seems genuine. TCU is Dixon’s alma mater, and though such reports usually stem from an agent floating the name with hopes of an extension, that angle isn’t probable based on Dixon’s recent results. Some fans would be happy to see him go after his tournament struggles, while others wouldn’t, given his ability to get there in the first place —11 out 13 times in his tenure. But this debate wouldn’t exist had Pitt kept up its defense and sufficient shotmaking Friday. An abrupt end to any lingering tournament hopes, followed by yet another re-hashing of Pitt’s most pressing faults, left Pitt fans with what’s become a yearly March tradition: bitter disappointment.
Baseball, pg. 8 make it a 5-1 game. Pitt scored one more run to make it 5-2 in the bottom of the fifth. Florida State came right back with a run in the top of the sixth and the seventh, two more in the eighth and one more in the ninth to finish off a 10-2 victory in game two. On Sunday, Zeuch finally took the field, giving a wobbly performance at first. He walked the leadoff man, Taylor Walls, who then advanced to second base on a wild pitch. LeBlanc committed a throwing error on a slowrolling grounder up the middle, pulling the first baseman Nick Yarnall off the bag and allowing Walls to come around and score from second. With temperatures hovering in the 30s and flurries of snow coming down throughout the game, Zeuch battled the cold while trying to regain his bearings after a month out. “I didn’t really feel it out there, maybe a couple times at the beginning of an inning, just getting my grip back with my hand being cold,” Zeuch said. “But other than that, I felt pretty close to 100 percent.” Zeuch settled in, and before long he was pitching like an ace in midseason form. He recorded a strike-him-out, throw-him-out double play, then induced a soft ground ball to get out of the top of the first allowing only one unearned run. “Quite frankly the first four weekends I think we might have had a couple more wins with [Zeuch] on the mound, simply because he chews up so many innings on the front end,” Jordano said. “With him on the bump, it’s a completely different ball game.” Pitt jumped on the Seminoles in the bottom of the first, as Wright and LeBlanc led off with backto-back walks. Yarnall bunted the runners to second and third, then senior Alex Kowalczyk reached on a
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throwing error by the third baseman, allowing both runners to score. Zeuch retired the side in the second and third, striking out a pair in each inning. The Seminoles, despite being hitless in the first five innings, tied the game at two in the top of the fourth. After another 1-2-3 inning for Zeuch in the top of the fifth, the Panthers used a sacrifice fly from freshman David Yanni to take a 3-2 lead into the sixth inning. Zeuch finally gave up his first hit of the season on a leadoff single in the top of the sixth. He responded by retiring the next three batters, capping off his debut with his eighth strikeout to end the inning. Zeuch allowed zero earned runs on one hit and two walks with the eight strikeouts in six innings of work. Back-to-back doubles by junior Caleb Parry and sophomore Frank Maldonado gave the Panthers a 4-2 lead, then reliever Isaac Mattson retired the side in the top of the seventh. Kowalczyk blasted his fifth home run of the season to extend Pitt’s lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the seventh. Mattson didn’t waste this effort, pitching another scoreless frame in the top of the eighth before retiring the side again in the ninth to record the save and cap off Pitt’s first win against Florida State in program history. Kowalczyk had a great view of Zeuch’s debut as his battery mate behind the plate. “He did really well to start off, his ball had a lot of run on it,” Kowalczyk said. “But for him to come out and do what he did right there for six innings, after not being healthy for four weeks, it’s pretty incredible.” The Panthers are now 9-8 on the season and 2-4 in ACC play. Conference play continues on Thursday afternoon, when the Panthers host Boston College at 3 p.m. for the first of a three-game series.
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3 bedroom apartment. $1450 (utilities included). 704 Enfield St. 5 bedroom house. $2200 + utilties. 35 Enfield St. Call 412-969-2790. Craig Street. Safe, secure building. 1bedroom, furnished. Newly remodeled, wall-to-wall carpeting, no pets. $775 and up. Heat included. Mature or Graduate students. 412-855-9925 or 724-940-0045. Email for pictures: kelly.m317@yahoo.com Very large estate located 1/2 block from Ruskin Hall. Offering a 2nd & 3rd floor with a semi-private entrance with 6 BR, 3 BA, large kitchen, common lounge great for studying or entertaining guests. Lots of closets, original restored hardwood floors, partially furnished. Free limited parking. Free laundry room included. Free internet. $700 per person. Can divide each floor into 3 BR each. No lease required but rental term available for duration of school year. E-mail felafelman@gmail.com.
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4 BR townhouses, Semple St., available May 1st 2016. Equipped kitchen, full basement. 412343-4289. Call after 5:00 pm. Available 8/1, 1 BR/1 Bath, 5 min. walk to Cathedral, A/C, hardwood floors, newly renovated, starting at $995+, 412.441.1211 Available 8/1, 3 BR/1 Bath, less than 1 mile to campus, updated, Dishwasher and AC, starting at $1325+, 412.441.1211
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Large 1-2-3 BR apartments available August 1st. 3450 Ward Street. 312 and 314 South Bouquet Street. Free parking. Minutes to campus. Cat friendly. Call 412-977-0111.
M.J. Kelly Realty Studio, 1, 2, 3, & 4 Bedroom Apartments, Duplexes, Houses. $750-$2400. mjkellyrealty@gmail.com. 412-271-5550, mjkellyrealty.com NIAGARA ST. LARGE 3-5 PERSON HOUSE. Updated kitchen, dishwasher, laundry, A/C, back deck. Across street from bus stop. Available August 2016. Rent varies w/number of tenants. 412-445-6117 2BR, 3RD FLOOR apartment. Furnished or unfurnished with laundry. No pets. $950 including utilities. A No-Party Building. Available Aug. 2016. Call 412-683-0363.
Studio and 1 Bedrooms. 216 Coltart. Parking. Available Aug. 2016. Starting at $665. Free heat. Greve RealEstate. 412-261-4620.
Townhouse for rent in South Oakland. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Dishwasher, finished basement, Central air conditioning, 2 car garage, outdoor deck. Close to Pitt Shuttle & Laundromat. 8 Virgila Place. Contact 4127368095 for questions. Available 8/1, 4 br/2bath, Less than 1 mile to campus, Split Level, Updated, Central A/C, $2420+, 412.441.1211
EFFICIENCY apartments, quiet building, laundry, shared bathroom, no partying. Short-term or longterm lease. $395-$450 includes utilities. Available immediately. 412-683-0363
310 Semple Street, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $1500 for 2 person occupancy, $1600 for 3 person occupancy including gas, water, and electric. Very close to campus. Off street parking available. 412-559-6073. marknath12@gmail.com Nice 4 bedroom, 1 bathroom, plus study. Located close to Pitt campus and Schenley Park. Brand new kitchen and hardwood floors. Free washer and dryer included. $1850+ utilities. Available August 1, 2016. Call Peggy at 724-877-7761. South Oakland Duplex. 4 bedroom 2 baths. Central air, dishwasher, washer and dryer. Available August 1. (412)915-0856.
4909 Center Ave. Updated 1 BR with new kitchen, dishwasher & hardwood floors. Laundry, storage and parking available. Close to Pitt & shopping district. Available now and for August. 412-720-4756. 3 & 5 bedroom. May 2016. Sarah St. Large bedroom, new kitchen, air conditioning, washer & dryer, dishwasher, large deck. 412-287-5712. Studios, 1, 2, & 3 Bedroom apartments available August 2016 & sooner. Oakland, Shadyside, Friendship, Squirrel Hill, Highland Park, Point Breeze. Photos & current availability online, check out www.forbesmanagement.net, or call 412.441.1211
1,2,3,5,6, & 8 bedroom houses. August & May 2016. Bouquet, Atwood, Ward & Dawson. Please call 412-287-5712.
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ATTENTION OCCASIONAL SMOKERS! UPMC seeks healthy adults ages 18-65 who occasionally smoke cigarettes. This research is examining how smokers respond to cigarettes that are low in nicotine. There are up to seven sessions lasting about three hours each. Research participants completing the study will be compensated up to $60 per session, or $20 per hour. For more information, call 412-246-5393 or visit www.SmokingStudies.pitt.edu
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Now hiring professional and friendly individuals to provide backyard pest control treatments in the Pittsburgh area during the spring/summer. Good working environment, excellent pay. Paid training. Need valid driver’s license. Call 412-298-2139. Rolling Fields Golf Club in Murraysville. Multiple positions available immeduately. Including bartenders, beverage cart, and pro shop assistant. Contact proshop@rollingfieldsgolf.com or 724-3357522.
Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh has an opening in our event sales department. We're looking for an experienced sales professional to show companies and groups the great time that awaits them at Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh. Every day we celebrate our German Heritage with live entertainment, craft beer brewed onsite and authentic German Cuisine. We need your help letting groups in Pittsburgh know we can help them celebrate Oktoberfest all year!
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Seasonal Work: Shadyside Management Company needs full-time dependable landscapers, painters, and assistant roofers for the summer. Must be at least 18 years old. No experience necessary. $10/hour. Mozart Management, 412-682-7003. Email: thane@mozartrents.com.
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