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Suicide survivor talks awareness
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Less than 1 percent of people who jump off the Golden Gate Bridge survive. Kevin Hines is part of that 1 percent. On Sunday at 3:30 p.m., about 220 members of the Pitt community gathered in the O’Hara Student Center Ballroom to hear Hines speak about his suicide attempt and ensuing mental health activism. In 2000, Hines jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and missed severing his spinal cord by 1 centimeter, and now he tells his story to others to spread awareness about the importance of mental health. As part of a series of presentations this year on mental health awareness, Pitt’s mental health task force invited Hines to speak at Pitt in partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Student Affairs and the AFSP invited Hines, AFSP Western Pennsylvania Chairperson Jennifer Sikora and Pitt Counseling Center Director Ed Michaels to Pitt as part of Hines’ tour around Pennsylvania. “We are not here for the benefit of ourselves or for our personal gain,” Hines said about humanity. “We are here to give back to those around us.” Hines jumped off of the Golden Gate Bridge two years after he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He stayed conscious after the impact with the channel of the San Francisco Bay and the PaSee Mental Health on page 4
Pitt Formula SAE unveiled its PR-028 race car Saturday night in the O’Hara Student Center. See online for a video of the unveiling. Will Miller STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
PDM raises more than $200,000 Casey Schmauder Staff Writer
On Saturday, the William Pitt Union transformed from a casual study and meeting space into a dance party with dubstep pumping and disco balls spinning. The 11th annual Pitt Dance Marathon, a 16-hour dance-a-thon that raises money for
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, began at 8 a.m. and stretched until midnight, filling the Union’s ground and main floors with students. After shortening the event from 24 hours to 16 hours and moving it from the Cost Center to the Union for the first time, PDM raised $200,016.11 this year — $49,948.12 more than last year. PDM participants volunteered as danc-
ers, who stayed and boogied for the entire event; dreamers, who stayed for eight-hour shifts; or moralers, who stayed for the entire event and led hourly spirit dances to bring everyone together and increase morale. Dancers were each required to raise $150 in order to participate in the event, whereas See PDM on page 2
PDM, pg. 1 dreamers and moralers could raise money if they wished but were not required to do so. Each of the event’s teams had about 20 dancers and one captain. Students could sign up individually and have PDM place them on a team with other individuals, or they could create a team with their sororities, fraternities or student groups. Dancers in T-shirts matching their teams’ colors danced and played with their sponsorees — children who are or were once patients at CMNH — and their families. Dwight McTizic, the vice president this year and president of next year’s PDM, credited the new location with this year’s boost in non-Greek involvement. As the culminating event for Greek Week, PDM is often perceived as a Greek-only event, according to McTizic. He said the PDM board — 55 students split into panels that meet weekly — has worked hard throughout the year to change that image and get more people involved. “Before, the board was all Greek, and now it’s about half, which encourages more par-
ticipation,” McTizic said. “Also, it’s on lower campus now, so people are more inclined to come.” While about 570 people participated last year, PDM President Victoria Bianco estimated there were more than 1,000 participants this year. McTizic said the event is a way to give back to those that helped him when he was sick as a child. “I spent a lot of time in a children’s hospital back home when I was about 8 or 9,” McTizic said. “This is my way of saying ‘thank you’ to those who kept that hospital in Chicago so well-funded and operated.” The board has hosted monthly fundraising events, such as March’s children’s fashion show at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, since the start of the fall semester to prepare for this year’s PDM. PDM volunteers arrived at 6 a.m. to set up various activities throughout the Union, putting Kan Jam in front of SubConnection on the lower floor, tutu-making on the main floor and a karaoke contest in the ballroom. In the “dare auction” set up in the hallway See PDM on page 4
Two PDM participants danced their way through the William Pitt Union on Saturday. John Hamilton STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Pastor speaks about gender, students protest Casey Schmauder Staff Writer
Scott Stiegemeyer wants churches to welcome and support transgender individuals — but he also thinks gender reassignment surgery is a sin. Stiegemeyer has written multiple books about theological perspectives of being transgender and intersex. His lecture, which began at 7 p.m. in the O’Hara Student Center Ballroom Friday, attracted about 150 students, including about 100 people protesting Stiegemeyer’s beliefs on sex reassignment surgery. The Lutheran pastor and assistant professor of theology and bioethics at Concordia University Irvine acknowledges the condition of gender dysphoria and that people do suffer from disconnection with their bodies, but doesn’t support surgery that could alter what he says are God’s gender assignments. Pitt’s Lutheran Student Fellowship and the Catholic Newman Club hosted the talk, which was funded by the Lutheran Student Fellow-
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ship and local chaplaincies St. Luke Church, Concordia Lutheran Ministries and Thrivent, among others. Pitt police monitored the event, in which Stiegemeyer said God intended for a strict gender binary to remain in place forever. “It’s quite possible that I will say things tonight that will astound and offend everyone,” Stiegemeyer said. “But that is not my intention.” Even though he doesn’t support gender reassignment surgery, Stiegemeyer said pastors and theologians should never diminish the pain of feeling out of sync with one’s gender. “Don’t marginalize anyone, and be willing to be uncomfortable,” Stiegemeyer said. “Don’t surrender your religious convictions, but be gentle in maintaining them.” The protests remained calm and mostly silent, with a small group of protesters shouting, “Your God can’t control my body” at one point in the speech. The protestors also displayed a flag with the phrase written in black marker, a transgender flag and a genderqueer flag
throughout the lecture. Per encouragement from a Facebook protest event called “Transphobic Speaker at Pitt,” the protesters arrived an hour early wearing rainbow or black colors and helping each other put duct tape over their mouths. Taylor Paglisotti, the creator of the Facebook protest event and a Pitt alum, said the protesters stood in solidarity with other transgender people who feared Stiegemeyer’s dismissive point of view. Paglisotti said Stiegemeyer’s beliefs about gender reassignment surgery are ignorant of the necessity of sex reassignment surgery for some trans people. “For some trans people, medical intervention is life-saving, so I can’t understand anyone discouraging it,” Paglisotti said. Paglisotti, a research assistant for Pitt’s school of medicine, said they started the Facebook event after they and other protesters asked the event’s organizers and Pitt’s administration to cancel the speech via email.
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Shawn Ahearn, spokesperson for Student Affairs, said the University decided not to cancel the event because the school must remain unbiased when student groups host speakers and events. In response to the cancellation requests, Ahearn said Vice Chancellor Pamela Connelly sent the students written emails explaining why the event wasn’t canceled and attached a letter about free speech that Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner wrote after conservative speaker Milo Yiannopoulos came to Pitt in March. “From time to time, people are invited to our campus to express their point of view which may or may not align with all of Pitt’s core values. Consistent with the University’s mission, and with the law, the University permits such speech,” Bonner wrote in the letter. “However, this should not be construed as an implicit or explicit endorsement of any viewpoint expressed. It also shall not negate our See Speaker on page 5
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PDM, pg. 2 of the Union’s main floor, participants bid on PDM volunteers, reserving the right to dare that person to do something if they won the auction. Jake Fishbein, PDM vice president of donations, gave a former CMNH patient the chance to do his makeup however they pleased as part of the dare auction. “My face was essentially painted with lipstick,” Fishbein said. “But when you hear from patients and former patients about how
much Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has done for them, it makes you want to do it again.” While the dancers rested between boogies and jives, a cappella group Songbirds and dance groups Pitt Salsa Club and Pitt Dance Ensemble performed on the main stage in the ballroom. Though McTizic said Greek life is no longer the focus of PDM, fraternities and sororities are still heavily involved in the event. Sorority Delta Delta Delta raised more than $15,000 through a letter-writing campaign
that began this past fall. Kelly Martin, captain of Delta Delta Delta’s PDM team, happily snapped pictures with the kids the team sponsored — a boy who suffers a rare form of leukemia and his brother. “To have a family personally thanking you and telling you you made a difference is incredible,” Martin said. Gina Marcocci, a representative from CMNH, stood on the stage as midnight approached and thanked the students who were still standing and dancing after 16 hours.
In true Pitt fashion, the PDM board and the moralers linked arms and led all of the participants and volunteers in singing “Sweet Caroline” as the night ended. “It’s very rare that our kiddos shed a tear when they leave an event,” Marcocci said. “But that happened today. They had so much fun.” George Tawfik, a brother of Sigma Alpha Mu, put his arms around his brothers, singing and reflecting on the day of dancing. “We’re very privileged here in college,” Tawfik said. “Taking a day out is the least I can do.”
Mental Health, pg. 1 cific Ocean and swam to the surface. “As I fell, I said these words in my head: ‘What have I just done? I don’t want to die, God, please save me,” Hines said. A woman driving on the bridge who saw Hines jump called her friend from the Coast Guard. While Hines waited in the water for the Coast Guard, he said a sea lion swam in circles underneath him and helped him stay afloat by bumping Hines up to the surface — something his friend called a “statistical anomaly.” “I remember being in that water, and thinking that no one is going to know that I did not want to die,” Hines said. “No one’s going to know that I knew I made a mistake.” For Sikora, part of mental health awareness is learning about the process of getting better. “We wanted to bring an event to the campus that would promote healing,” Sikora said. Hines shared his story in the 2006 documentary “The Bridge,” directed by Eric Steel, about people who took their lives on the Golden Gate Bridge. In 2013, Hines published a memoir of his story, titled “Cracked Not Broken: Surviving and Thriving After a Suicide Attempt.” Hines is currently working on a film documentary named “Suicide: The Ripple Effect,” which is about sharing stories of hope from all over the world. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, more than 90 percent of people who survive a suicide attempt do not die by suicide. “I’m no fool,” Hines said. “Judging by the numbers in this room, we are here because a lot of us may have lost someone we love or cared for or just knew to suicide.” Hines now speaks at various schools, conferSee Mental Health on page 5
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ences and organizations about the importance of speaking about mental health. “They help people open up, tell their truth,” Hines said about his lectures. “They help people ask for a way to get help, treatment and steps for recovery.” Speaking after Hines, Sikora shared her story of losing her sister to suicide in 2001. She spoke about risk factors, such as family histories of suicide, prolonged stress and suffering from chronic pain, as well as warning signs and preventive measures to take. “I hope you walk away knowing what I did not know then,” Sikora said. Sikora emphasized that “talk saves lives,” telling the people in attendance she has an anxiety disorder and that she talks about it to cope. “Don’t be embarrassed about it if it affects you,” Sikora said. “I’m not ashamed. I hope none of you are ashamed if you have [a mental illness].” Both Hines and Sikora said it is not only up to those suffering from mental illness to reach out. After sharing that another man who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge wrote in his suicide note that he decided he wouldn’t take his own life if someone smiled at him, Hines told the people in attendance to turn to the person next to them and smile as a way to acknowledge how easy it is to support someone struggling with mental illness. “You all have that ability to smile,” Hines said. “This man died for the lack of a turn of the cheek.” Michaels spoke after Sikora about the availability of counseling services at Pitt, and said the counseling center is in the process of expanding mental health services, particularly by hiring an additional six counselors to work at the center. Michaels said anyone who feels they can benefit from counseling center services is welcome to go to the center. “We are there for you, to support your success as a student at Pitt,” Michaels said. At the end of his lecture, Hines asked people to cherish every day and moment of their lives. Civil engineering sophomore Mary Callum said the lecture successfully spread awareness. “If someone in the audience had suicidal thoughts before, I think hearing him speak was inspiring to show that you can get help and it will be OK,” Callum said. “You’ll be OK.”
core institutional values.” Paglisotti said they still think Stiegemeyer’s talk was hateful and discriminatory. “[The University] said the club has a right to free speech,” Paglisotti said. “[But] Pitt’s students have a right to an environment without discrimination.” For Autumn Detchon, a protester and staff member at Pitt’s School of Nursing, standing up against Stiegemeyer was more about solidarity than it was about silencing him or his followers.
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“The reason I hope people come out is not to attack Scott Stiegemeyer but to be in support of trans people hurt by his words,” Detchon said before the event. The room was largely silent, though divided — the protesters sat on the right, and the Lutheran Student Fellowship and Catholic Newman Club sat on the left. Kristi Nowak, Pitt junior and president of the Lutheran Student Fellowship, said she knew protesters would attend the event she had planned. She had also invited Rainbow Alliance to
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the talk via email and said she wanted to reach out to those who might disagree so that they could exchange viewpoints at the event. According to Marcus Robinson, president of RA, some members of the club attended the event in protest. Nowak said her club benefitted from hearing the challenges the protesters posed during the Q&A session. “I really think it’s important to get to know other people’s views,” Nowak said.
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The next chapter for UNC Discrimination — state-mandated or otherwise — has no place on a college campus. President of the University of North Carolina Margaret Spellings announced Thursday that the university will enforce House Bill 2, a new North Carolina law limiting the rights of LGBTQ+ people in the state. The law strips transgender individuals of the right to use public bathrooms that don’t align with their biological gender, and localities can no longer establish standards that state otherwise. Students are protesting in response to Spellings’ announcement, pushing their school to “fight against HB2.” UNC’s position as a public university makes that battle more complicated than ignoring the law — the school can’t outright refuse to follow a law created by the government that funds it. But the school must work around the bigotry of its state’s new law by bolstering the spaces and resources supporting marginalized students. North Carolina’s law infringes on student rights protected by Title IX and staff protections established under Title VII, which both federally outlaw discrimination based on gender. HB2 never should have existed, but now that it does, a lengthy and expensive court battle is likely the only way to remove it. Still, changing the internal policies of UNC to avoid the law’s baseless requirements can limit HB2’s actual effect on students. While UNC cannot legally allow
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students to use facilities that do not align with their biological or legal gender, it decides how these rules are enforced. If the university decides to not take action against people for being who they are, HB2 will have a reduced impact on students’ on-campus lives. Spellings’ announcement implied that this would be the case. But truly defending students requires more than turning a blind eye to an unjust rule. UNC can provide more genderneutral bathrooms, circumventing the need for people to use bathrooms labeled specifically for one of the binary identities. Without designation, there is no requirement for students to meet it. As North Carolina communities begin falling in line with HB2, there will likely be a greater chance that trans students will face discrimination once they cross campus boundaries. UNC can support its students by expanding counselling services. An increased investment in the school’s LGBTQ+ support initiatives can go a long way toward ensuring students feel safe and validated. Even while constrained by forces largely outside of its control, UNC can make itself an ally of communities under siege and desperately in need of one. This will be a busy and trying time for all of UNC, but the school must take an active role in showing that students’ well-being come first. The state has already failed its transgender residents. UNC’s campus shouldn’t follow suit.
Media miscasts Clinton’s character Henry Glitz Columnist
An audience of 2,000 roared as former first lady, New York senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took the stage at Carnegie Mellon’s Skibo Gym to deliver a campaign address. I was a bit more apprehensive. A candidate who veteran Washington journalist Bob Woodward told to “get off this screaming stuff ” on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” didn’t give me expectations of feeling warm and fuzzy, much less inspired. But as Clinton started her stump speech, I couldn’t help but wonder whether this was the same Hillary Clinton I had heard about on television, or just a very convincing, much more appealing body double. Where even left-leaning media outlets, such as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, portray the Democratic front-runner as a “divisive” figure, her speech stressed the importance of “bringing us together” and building bridges. Where both newspapers and network news outlets discuss the exceptionally aggressive tone of the Clinton campaign, the candidate herself didn’t call out a single opponent once in her speech. While the media portrays her as a morally questionable political drone, the unfair characterization doesn’t do her justice. At CMU, the former Secretary of State compared her own brand of progressive pragmatism to idealistic rhetoric — the closest she came to calling out primary rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Her speech reflected a candidate steadfast in her convictions, far removed from her
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caricature in the media as a slave to opinions polls. Clinton has a lengthy history of ending up on the short end of media hostility. But coverage of the candidate during this election’s Democratic primary has reached a point where it no longer bears a passing resemblance to reality. Negatively biased press — directed largely against the former Secretary of State — has fundamentally altered the Sanders-Clinton race. From the Clintons’ first appearance on the national stage in 1992, scandals that eventually lead nowhere have come with alarming regularity. With a large set of 20-year-old controversies to drudge up, near-constant hostile coverage of Clinton’s personal life hasn’t inspired her to be pleasant toward the press. “When you get beat up so often, you get cautious,” former Clinton White House press secretary Mike McCurry told Politico Magazine in May 2014. And Clinton’s relationship with the media is nothing if not cautious. At a parade in Gorham, New Hampshire, last Fourth of July, Clinton’s campaign corralled reporters away from her with a rope as she walked. Although media corrals are not unheard-of in American campaigns, Wall Street Journal reporter Carol Lee complained on CNN’s “State of the Union” the next day that the Clinton campaign had “penned [reporters] off like farm animals.” Hillary Clinton’s standoffish approach toward the media, while perhaps understandable in context, doesn’t give news See Glitz on page 7
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Glitz, pg. 6 outlets any incentive to play nice. In the aftermath of the Fourth of July debacle, Daily Beast executive editor Noah Shachtman tweeted his advice to reporters that they “write a hit piece” in retaliation for their treatment. For Clinton specifically, there’s also the undeniable consideration of latent sexism in the type of media coverage she most often receives. It’s significant that her reputation for dishonesty stems from a history of scandals that isn’t entirely hers. Former president Bill Clinton, who has contributed more than his fair share to the family’s backlog of scandal, has had significantly less of a problem avoiding a reputation for lying than his wife. The overwhelming emphasis on issues, such as Benghazi, her private email server at the State Department and her speeches to large corporations like Goldman Sachs during the 2016 election cycle, show the media’s excess focus on Clinton. Reports that former Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice also used private
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email servers to handle confidential documents received far less media attention. Clearly, the interest in investigating Clinton’s private server has to do with more than mass thirst for the truth. But with Sanders’ entrance into the race last spring, the press found something even more lucrative: an underdog. If you asked the typical Sanders supporter, you’d likely hear that the media is highly unfavorable toward their candidate. In fact, hundreds of them decided last Monday to tell CNN themselves, picketing the news network’s New York headquarters and demanding more airtime for the democratic socialist. But simply looking at news outlets’ profit incentives suggests that it’s in their best interest for Sanders to do somewhat well. A close race for the Democratic nomination stirs up far more interest, far more viewership and far more income than an easy, coronation-style victory for Clinton. It’s particularly surprising to note that, although the media afterglow of Sanders’s 13-point win in Wisconsin last week seemed to suggest an increasingly
competitive race, the Vermont senator actually fell further behind his delegate targets in the state. If the news media covers Sanders or his campaign, it’s because of his ability to help sell the news. It’s not hard to find a likely Democratic voter who distrusts Hillary Clinton. It’s also not hard to find someone who thinks Clinton is frittering away her advantages in a primary race against a political nobody. What’s more difficult to find is someone who recognizes that media narratives repeated ad nauseam over the course of the past two-and-a-half decades have an important role to play in this perception. If voters find Hillary Clinton off-putting because she’s “artificial” and Bernie Sanders appealing because he’s “authentic,” they should keep in mind that personal coverage of Clinton has been almost constantly accusatory, while coverage of the latter’s personal life has been virtually non-existent. Some might argue that no coverage is worse than bad coverage. In that respect, Clinton actually still ends up better off be-
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ing savaged by the media. There’s certainly evidence for that statement on the Republican side, where near-universal name recognition for front-runner Donald Trump has helped drive his electoral successes. It’s true that Sanders’ name recognition remains significantly lower than Clinton’s. Nevertheless, among voters who are familiar with the candidate, the Vermont senator has almost an exclusive position to frame himself and his story. Hillary Clinton is confined and boxed in by a quarter century of inflammatory coverage to the point where she can no longer control the narrative. And that narrative is usually less than charitable to the candidate. There are two Hillary Clintons running for president, and voters need to distinguish between them. One of them exists in the popular imagination as a strident, dishonest puppet of the Democratic establishment. The other is strong, inspiring, passionate and ultimately, presidential. If attending last week’s Clinton rally proved anything to me, it’s that voters deserve to see both sides.
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Pitt baseball weathers the weekend Pitt greats return for spring game Elizabeth Lepro
Assistant Sports Editor Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi is flashing back to the 1970s for the annual Blue-Gold Game this month. On Saturday, Narduzzi announced that former Panthers from Pitt’s 1976 national championship team, Tony Dorsett and Matt Cavanaugh, will be honorary coaches for the Blue-Gold Game on April 16. The Blue-Gold Game, which will begin at 11 a.m., is a scrimmage between Pitt football players that ends spring practice for the Panthers. Last year’s honorary coaches and Pitt alums were former Pitt defensive tackle Aaron Donald and Arizona Cardinals’ wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. In a release announcing the coach selection, Narduzzi emphasized Dorsett and Cavanaugh’s legacy. Forty years ago, as Panthers, the teammates capped off a 12-0 record with a 27-3 Sugar Bowl victory over Georgia. “These men helped set the standard at Pitt. Our players and coaches walk past their images every day in our practice facility,” Narduzzi said in a release. “They are Pitt legends and we are honored to have them back.” Dorsett, a running back who went on to play 11 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys and one season with the Denver Broncos, won the Heisman trophy as a See Coaches on page 9
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Josh Falk on the mound at home against Georgia Tech Sunday. Jeff Ahearn ASSISTANT VISUAL EDITOR
Steve Rotstein Staff Writer
Mother nature’s impromptu winter spell interrupted the Pitt baseball team’s series against Georgia Tech, but the Panthers didn’t let the cold keep them from a split. “I focus on things, and my team focuses on things that we control,” Pitt head coach Joe Jordano said after Georgia Tech’s first victory. “We don’t control the weather, so we needed to come out here and play this game.” After falling to the Yellow Jackets (23-8, 7-7 ACC) 6-3 in game one Friday, the Panthers (14-13, 6-8 ACC) did fight back against their opponents and the inclement weather on Sunday, marking a 13-6 victory in the second game. Friday’s play was the fifth time Pitt has
dropped the opening game in as many ACC series. Georgia Tech jumped out to an early lead in game one Friday night, stringing together four runs on four hits in the top of the second inning. Senior starting pitcher Aaron Sandefur settled in after Georgia Tech’s offensive burst, but Pitt’s batters couldn’t back him up with any offense against Yellow Jackets starter Brandon Gold. Georgia Tech added another run in the top of the fifth to take a 5-0 lead, and capped off Sandefur’s time on the mound. Josh Falk replaced him out of the bullpen, pitching just over three innings of two-hit ball. Falk’s lone mistake was a solo home run, which he gave up to Matt Gonzalez to lead off the seventh inning and extend Georgia Tech’s lead to
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6-0. The Panthers finally ended their scoring drought in the bottom of the seventh when junior Caleb Parry doubled and senior Ron Sherman followed with his sixth home run of the season to cut the deficit to 6-2. Pitt closed the gap in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI double by first-year second baseman David Yanni. Down 6-3 with runners on the corners and two outs, first-year pitcher and outfielder Yaya Chentouf came to the plate, representing the tying run. The Yellow Jackets brought in closer Matthew Gorst, and he struck Chentouf out to end the threat. Chentouf came in as pitcher to bring in a 1-2-3 in the top of the ninth, but Gorst shut the See Baseball on page 9
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senior at Pitt in 1976. “I always love coming back home to Pitt and being around the current players,” Dorsett said in the release. “There is an unspoken bond because we are all Panthers. I told Coach Narduzzi to get those guys ready. Matt and I are expecting to see big things when they take the field for the spring game.” Cavanaugh, a 1977 All-American, is currently a quarterbacks coach for the Washington Redskins, after spending 14 years as an NFL signal caller. He played five seasons with the Patriots before going on to play with the San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants. Dorsett and Cavanaugh have been to five Super Bowls between the two of them. “Having the opportunity to do this with my old teammate Tony [Dorsett] makes it even more special,” Cavanaugh said.
Panthers down in the bottom of the ninth to save the 6-3 win for Georgia Tech. Freezing temperatures and snow showers forced a rare mid-season cancellation Saturday, meaning the Panthers would need to win on Sunday to salvage a split in the home series. Jordano sent junior T.J. Zeuch to the mound to pull off the split. Unfazed by the first-pitch temperature of 22 degrees, Zeuch took the rubber and coolly pitched a 1-2-3 first inning. The Panthers played small ball to take an early lead in the bottom of the first inning. Junior Jacob Wright led off with a walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by sophomore Charles LeBlanc. Wright advanced to third on a passed ball, then scored on another sacrifice bunt by junior Nick Yarnall to give Pitt a 1-0 lead. Georgia Tech starting pitcher Zac Ryan plunked Sherman in the back to start the bottom of the second. Shortstop Connor Justus bobbled a hard-hit grounder by sophomore Frank Maldonado, who beat the ensuing throw to put runners on first and second with nobody out. Parry took advantage of the Yellow Jackets’ sloppy play, smacking a two-run double into
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the left-center field gap. Two batters later, LeBlanc delivered a two-out, two-run single up the middle to give Pitt a 5-0 lead. Georgia Tech finally got to Zeuch in the top of the fourth, loading the bases with a single and a pair of walks before Tristin English lined an 0-2 fastball into the gap in left-center for a basesclearing double. The towering right-hander conceded that the pitch probably caught too much of the plate. “It was also a pitch that I probably shouldn’t have thrown,” Zeuch said. “I had gotten ahead of him 0-2 with two straight fastballs, so he was kind of sitting on that ... I think I should have thrown some off-speed to try to slow his eyesight down, then [came] back with a fastball.” The Yellow Jackets brought home one more run to make it 5-4, but a tremendous diving stop by LeBlanc saved a run and preserved the onerun lead for the Panthers, who struck back in a big way in the bottom half. Senior Matt Johnson started the inning with a walk, then Wright brought him home with a double off the wall. LeBlanc followed with an RBI single, then Yarnall launched his seventh home run of the season over the wall in right. Pitt didn’t bow out — Parry extended the
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lead to 11-4 with a two-run single before a double play finally ended the seven-run inning. “I always say, ‘You’ve got to punch back,’” Jordano said about his team’s response to Georgia Tech’s big inning. “If you take a punch, you’ve got to punch back.” Falk replaced Zeuch in the top of the sixth and gave up a run, but stranded a man on third and two more in the seventh to limit the damage. Parry led off the bottom of the seventh with a shot off the top of the 16-foot wall in left, but had to settle for a long single. Parry said he thought the ball was going over the fence, but added, “In conditions like this, though, you never know. It felt good off the bat.” Parry still finished 3-for-4 on the day with four RBIs, proving the California kid doesn’t need warm weather and sunshine to drive the ball all over the park. The Panthers added two more runs in the inning to extend the lead to 13-6, and Chentouf pitched another 1-2-3 ninth to finish off the win and earn a series split for Pitt. The Panthers travel to Granville, West Virginia, next to take on the West Virginia Mountaineers 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 12.
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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 3444 WARD ST. Studio and 3 BR apartments available Aug. 1, 2016. Free parking, free heating. Call 412-361-2695. No evening calls please.
3BR apartment with balcony on Ophelia St. Close to laundromat. Available June 1. $1200+electric. 412-427-6610
4 BR houses, available August. $1600+ all utilities. Laundry in building. Offstreet parking. 412-427-6610
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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 Available August 1st. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath house. Great location. Renovated. Central air. Equipped kitchen with dishwasher and microwave. Washer/ Dryer. Starting at $1575+/utilities. Porch/yard. No pets. Call 412-916-4777. Brand new 2BR apartment in central Oakland for $1800 per month. Apartment has A/C, stainless steel appliances, washer/dryer in unit, spacious living room & bedrooms, heated bathroom floor, hardwood floors and more! Call 412.682.7622 or email sarah@robbrealestate.com for more info on this gorgeous apartment for FALL 2016. 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.
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FOR RENT AUGUST 1 2016: Completely remodeled, spacious 3BR 1.5 BA home on tree-lined residential street. $1695/mo + utilities. Original woodwork, high ceilings, large bedrooms. Parking available. Panther Properties of PA, pantherproperties2@gmail.com. Photos: https://panther-life.com/properties/oakland/
Spacious 2-BR apartments on Dawson Street, single or double occupancy. Partially renovated & improved. August 25 availability. Very affordable rent. Limited parking spaces also available. Call 412-692-1770 to see apartment, parking spaces.
Shadyside spacious 2 bedroom, 1 bath. Hardwood floors. New kitchen. August 1st move in. Call 412-361-2695.
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
Second floor duplex. Solway Street. Available 6/1/16. $1495/month +utilities. 3 BR 1 Bath. Kitchen. Large dining room/living room/basement. Washer/dryer. Garage. Near bus/shopping district. Ray 412-523-2971, rwiener602@gmail.com.
M.J. Kelly Realty Studio, 1, 2, & 3 Bedroom Apartments, Duplexes, Houses. $775-$1650. mjkellyrealty@gmail.com. 412-271-5550, mjkellyrealty.com
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.
5 bedroom. May 2016. Sarah St. Large bedroom, new kitchen, air conditioning, washer & dryer, dishwasher, large deck. $2500+utilities. 412-287-5712.
Large 1,2,3 bedrooms available for rent starting June-July. Prices range from $695-$1490/month. Includes gas, heat, and water. See websie www.rentnearpitt.com. Call or text 412-725-1136. Don’t call after 8 PM.
South Oakland Duplex. 4 bedroom 2 baths. Central air, dishwasher, washer and dryer. Available August 1. (412)915-0856.
Studio ($665) and 1 Bedroom ($699). 216 Coltart. Off Street Parking. Available Aug. 2016. Free heat. Greve RealEstate. 412-261-4620.
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Caregivers and babysitters needed. FT/PT. Earn $25/hour. No experience required. Will train. Call now. 888-366-3244 ext. 102.
Come work where it’s Oktoberfest every day. Now hiring for all positions at Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh. Apply in person Monday through Friday.
HYATT House Pittsburgh Southside Seeking full time and part time valets. Experience with valet and manual transmission a plus. Must be able to work nights and weekends. Shifts are 7am-3pm & 3 pm11 pm. Pay is $8.25/hr +tips. Apply in person at 2795 South Water St. 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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SUMMER HELP NEEDED, Ice company close to campus. Weekends necessary. Production/driving/maintenance positions available. Good pay, part-time/full time. Contact Mastro Ice Company 412-681-4423. mastroice@aol.com
Sacred Heart Elementary School in Shadyside is looking for volunteer Volleyball Coaches and Basketball Coaches for the Varsity and JV Teams for the 201617 Seasons. Must be at least 18 years of age and have transportation. If interested, please contact Amy Volpe at jaisvolpe@gmail.com or call 412.295.9260 SMOKERS NEEDED! Researchers at UPMC are looking to enroll healthy adult cigarette smokers ages 18-65. This research is examining the influence of brief uses of FDA-approved nicotine patch or nicotine nasal spray on mood and behavior. The study involves a brief physical exam and five sessions lasting two hours each. Eligible participants who complete all sessions will receive up to $250, or $20 per hour. This is NOT a treatment study. For more information, call 412-246-5396 or visit www.SmokingStudies. pitt.edu
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Irish Design Center. Retail sales assistant needed 1 or 2 days per week throughout the year. Flexible schedule, close to campus. Experience preferred. Respond by email only to paul@irishdesigncenter.com.
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