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Kevin Stallings talks team, ACC Dan Sostek Sports Editor
New Pitt basketball head coach Kevin Stallings knows how to get to three places in Oakland. He knows how to get to the Wyndham Hotel. He knows how to get to his office. And, recently, he learned how to get to the Panera Bread on Forbes Avenue. Stallings, along with longtime assistant coach Tom Richardson, ventured down to campus — although Stallings was under the impression that he was Downtown — to eat at the bistro chain. After parking, the out-
of-town duo spotted a young woman and struck up a conversation, asking for the best way to get to the restaurant from their spot. As the woman directed the coaches to the restaurant on the chilly night, Stallings noticed that their guide had a Pitt sweatshirt on. “I didn’t even notice that in the beginning,” Stallings said. Stallings went on to ask if she was a student at Pitt, if she liked it here and if she was a sports fan. She answered yes on all three accounts. He then got more specific, asking See Stallings on page 8
Curtis Smith: Officer, teacher, mentor Andrew O’Brien Staff Writer
Soundarya Bhaskar performs a dance at the eighth annual Cultural Kaboom hosted by Zeta Sigma Chi Thursday night in the William Pitt Union. Jordan Mondell STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
An arsenal of weapons lies across six tables in Curtis Smith’s self-defense class — not that you’d know it if you looked. At first glance, a cell phone, some pens and other everyday items sit on the table, all seemingly harmless. But when Smith starts talking, everything comes together. The cell phone is a taser. The pens: blades that bring a whole new meaning to their “fine point” classification.
“This crucifix has a blade within,” Smith said, picking up the Christian symbol and flicking out a knife. “Praise the lord.” Around 4:15 p.m. every Wednesday, Smith, a Pitt police officer for 36 years and a self-defense instructor at Pitt, instructs his students on selfdefense strikes, blocks and other maneuvers. At this week’s class, he called his students over to lecture on concealed weaponry. Before he summoned them to the weaponfilled tables to inspect the dangerous facades, See Curtis Smith on page 2
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Curtis Smith teaches a student self-defense at one of his weekly classes. Nikki Moriello SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
his students were grappling, learning how to reverse various holds. Curtis coached two students through a wrestle, one locking their leg around their partner’s neck and the other with their back squished into the mat on the floor. “You’ve got to get your leg at a 90-degree angle behind that upper cervical region … behind that neck,” Curtis told two students entangled on the mat. Smith, 62, has taught self-defense classes at Pitt for about 40 years. Just four years after he started his instructor career, he decided to join the force to help keep the city a safe place. Students sign up for his one-credit martial arts classes such as self-defense, budo and kickboxing. Smith said he’d like to see self-defense classes become a general education requirement at Pitt because knowing how to protect oneself is a skill everyone should have. “The number one killer event that will keep you in harm’s way? Denial,” Smith said. “[People say] ‘It can’t happen to me.’ But it can happen to you.” Smith is right to warn his students to be wary. Behind alcohol violations, burglaries and sexual violence are the two most common crimes on Pitt’s campus, according the Fall 2015 Annual Security and
Fire Safety Report. In 2014, the Pitt police reported 220 thefts and 63 total assaults. And according to the 2015 Association of American Universities Campus Climate survey, 21 percent of women and 6.2 percent of men at Pitt said they’ve experienced sexual violence on campus. Smith, though, can’t teach Pitt’s student body to protect itself all on his own. Kevin Sciullo, a 2015 Pitt graduate and Smith’s assistant and protege, demonstrated transitions on students in front of the class. Sciullo, who also instructs Pitt’s East West Martial Arts Club, said he met Smith at a national martial arts tournament, and he quickly learned that Smith’s instruction style is one of the best he’s ever experienced because of his willingness to go beyond a stiff, disciplined master-student relationship. “The way I teach is based on emulating [Smith],” Sciullo said. “A lot of instructors are really formal … [Smith] takes a hands-on approach. It’s almost a coach mindset … and he’s always open to expand his mind, even at this age.” Smith said remaining humble and getting to know each student on a personal level are both essential to being a good teacher. “Skillful practitioners [of martial arts] and skill-
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Curtis Smith, pg. 2 ful teachers are two different things,” Smith said. “Teaching is a different art form … If you’re a great leader, you’re also a great listener. You have to have an open and conscientious mind … You have to be good at reading people.” For him, paying attention to each individual student makes for a more relaxed and effective learning environment. Smith’s lifetime accomplishments in the field of martial arts are extensive. He is retired from competition today, but for decades he fought in tournaments every weekend. He has hundreds of awards to show for it. Yet with all the time he’s dedicated to perfecting his skills, he’s still found time for love. Smith married his wife, who is a teacher, 37 years ago, and they have four children. “Your wife [should be] your best friend,” Smith said. “You’ve got to be lucky to find the right person at the right time in your life.” These days, as he spends more time with his family and less time competing, Smith stays in tune with his martial arts side by partnering with organizations like the Professional Karate Commission to host the annual Ultimate Force Martial
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Arts Tournament, where students and other martial artists compete in matches on Pitt’s campus. Kerry McCans, a sophomore pre-med student and member of Smith’s Wednesday class, said she never took a formal self-defense class before she signed up at her friend’s recommendation. She said Smith’s real-life experience as a Pitt police officer makes his self-defense class all the more engaging. “[Smith] mixes seriousness with being entertaining and funny,” McCans said. “This class is awesome. I love it ... You learn valuable skills and get some good stress relief.” Though martial arts is a sport, its meaning runs far deeper for its avid practitioners than the physical aspect alone, according to Smith. “When you really start to learn martial arts,” Smith said, “your training becomes infinite. There’s the physical stage, the metaphysical stage, the mental stage. You gain an understanding of time and distance. When you focus on an opponent, you’re looking to and through that opponent.” As for what he does with his downtime — when he’s not teaching classes or on duty as a police officer — Smith laughs. “I train.”
German language app wins challenge Josh Ye
Staff Writer After seeing countless first-year students waste their dining hall swipes — and others who wished they had some — two former Resident Assistants hit their laptops. Asim Viqar and Shil Patel designed Swipes — an app that facilitates sharing meal swipes and allows students to tip one another for the service — for Pitt’s second annual Mobile App Challenge. “We see a supply and demand there between students who have swipes to offer and those who are looking for swipes,” Viqar, a junior neuroscience student, said. Based on student votes, Viqar and Patel’s app won second place in Pitt’s second annual Pitt Mobile App Challenge on Thursday, while a German language learning app that lets users practice on the go, called Verblitz, took first place.
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Nearly 300 student app developers, entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts filled the William Pitt Union Assembly Room from noon to 2 p.m. at Computing Services and Systems Development’s Pitt Mobile App Challenge Award Ceremony. All 15 teams presented their apps at tables throughout the room, each falling into one of three categories: ideas, mockups and prototypes. The Challenge, which began taking submissions in November 2015, gives students the chance to win prizes for their projects. During the ceremony, CSSD announced five app idea winners, three app mockup winners and two prototype winners. Robert Burger, a junior information science major, won last year’s competition with an app to connect users with event info. And this year, he took home the grand prize for his prototype of Verblitz. The app, See App on page 5
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Doctors, professors consider the humanities in health care Albert Giovanazzi Staff Writer
Therapists aren’t the only medical professionals who should know how to talk about feelings. According to Amy Kennedy, an internal medicine resident in Pittsburgh, compassion is a skill all doctors need in order to best serve their patients. “By using stories, we have a better way to empathize with our patients and improve patient-physician satisfaction,” Kennedy explained. Along with students and faculty, Kennedy and 31 other researchers met for the Humanities in Health conference Thursday to analyze the role the humanities have in medical science. Pitt’s Department of Linguistics, Department of Family Medicine and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Services hosted the conference from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the University Club. Ranging from athletic coaches preventing dating violence to Iranian research ethics, the conference allowed researchers to showcase their methods and present theses on the idea that humanities alongside medical practices humanize patients and doctors alike. Kennedy showcased her presentation of a set of narrative essays by medical residents, which brought a human aspect to the patients at the Birmingham Free Clinic. Part of the Salvation Army, the clinic is the only free clinic in Pittsburgh for uninsured people. She said the essays, part of a practice she called “narrative medicine,” develop stronger relationships between doctors and patients. “Listening to stories, reflecting on stories, [doctors] reflecting on each other’s stories,” Kennedy said. “Ultimately, we hope to get the patients involved in helping edit [the narratives].” For William Hasek, a postdoctoral fellow at Washington & Jefferson College studying psychology who presented at the conference,
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humanities and medicine converge through cognitive assessment manuals — scripts doctors are required to follow when assessing patients’ general intelligence, nonverbal intelligence, attention, memory and motor function. He said the manual that contains those scripts falls short because it restricts doctors from knowing how to react when patients say unexpected, emotion-driven things that don’t fit into the outline. “The issue is the manual doesn’t give you any guidance on how to respond, and sometimes you have to violate the script in order to manage those feelings,” Hasek said. The study Hasek presented consisted of his observations of medical professionals administering cognitive assessments. He took note each time they broke the script, why they did so and how they dealt with the situation free form. When one of his patients began talking about discovering his deceased wife’s body, Hasek said, he realized the manual’s guidance didn’t help him deal with the man’s emotions. “On the one hand, I want to be empathic. He’s telling me something painful and I want to be supportive, but at the same time, we do have to get the test done,” Hasek said. “Situations like these can lead to patients doubting their medical professionals, which can result in bad decision making when it comes to accepting treatment.” Hasek’s research began building an answer to this problem, he said, but there’s still a long way to go before the issue is resolved. For Erica Hom, a senior studying linguistics and Russian, the conference wasn’t just about the research. The biggest takeaway for her, she said, was the prospect of getting a job. “I am looking for ways I can use my degree and what I’ve learned in a university setting for my career,” Hom said. “I really want See Humanities on page 5
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Humanities, pg. 4 to go into child care or nonprofit work. [One presentation] I went to was about how we can restructure how we teach children about gender. I think that’s important to know for someone who wants to work with children.” Hom said the conference gave her insight into how humanities degrees can be put to good use in nontraditional fields, like medicine. At her job, Hom said she volunteered with a 50-year-old woman who wanted to have a
second child, but her doctor told her it was likely too risky, and she cried for weeks over it. Hom said the woman’s story helped her realize that if the doctor had been trained in how to handle emotional situations, perhaps they could’ve helped her work through her disappointed emotions. “[That] lack of understanding how another person is going to take this information is something that also affects their health,” Hom said. “It affects their mental health — which is important.”
App, pg. 3 which offers users lists of German words and audio samples that help with learning, won Burger $2,000 in Amazon credit. Burger, who is currently planning a trip to Germany, said he designed the app as a way for him to study the language before he left. “I see this as a stepping stone which allows me to do other things,” Burger said. His next project, he said, is making a documentary about Syrian refugees. Though his app might not be the most powerful prototype in the competition, Burger said, he won because he was persistent in marketing his app and getting people to vote for him. He said he lobbied for his app in Hillman Library and Towers Lobby, asking students to vote on the spot. “It is more important for me to get votes and win the App Challenge than it is to have a very beautiful final products which might not have the votes necessary to win,” Burger said. “I am here to win the Pitt Mobile App Challenge.” He said is not yet sure what he will do with the prize money. For Viqar and Patel, the challenge was a lesson in app development — and simplicity. “Anyone with a computer can develop an app,” Viqar said. He said the challenge encouraged him to continue designing mobile apps— he and Patel will independently launch their app on the App Store by the end of the summer.
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Casual Friday Surprisingly good vibrations Authorities in Halberstadt, Germany, uncovered an especially illicit ring at a casino Wednesday. After receiving reports of a trash can making a humming noise and shaking, police and firefighters evacuated the casino and searched the building for potential bombs. Fortunately, all they found between the craps and poker tables was a vibrating penis ring. The story has received a lot of buzz, despite the lack of explosion. Officials say that how the penis ring truly got there in the first place remains unclear, but The Pitt News investigative team is willing to offer a fairly solid guess. Uber fast, bro A Philadelphia Uber driver suddenly went from fast asleep to extremely furious late Tuesday night. Corey Robinson picked up Juan R. Carlos, who asked to be driven nearly 300 miles north, to Herkimer, New York. When Robinson became tired, he asked his passenger to take over the wheel while he napped. Police spotted the vehicle driving at 86 mph near the New York border, but when they attempted to stop it, Carlos refused to lyft the pedal. After waking up, Robinson asked Carlos why they were going so fast. Carlos replied that they were being chased by the police, leading to an argument that ended when the car crashed into a guardrail. This is likely the highest profile surge end in company history. Unfortunate Name Derails Institution’s Educational Strategy Last week, George Mason University announced that it was changing the name of its law school to honor late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The school was slated to officially be named Antonin Scalia School of Law. Shortly after the announcement, Twitter did what it does best: find something to
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mock. Social media users began pointing out that the name shortened to ASSoL, a joke that The Pitt News is not able to explain for decency reasons. In response, the University has quietly tweaked the official name to The Antonin Scalia School of Law. There is still no word from experts on which name better encapsulates the Justice’s legacy. What crappy displays More than culture is in the air at Britain’s newest museum. Instead of works by Jackson Poolack or Pooblo Picasso, The National Poo Museum features 20 different kinds of feces from species that include elk, lion and human babies. Other exhibits feature varieties of toilets, and visitors can pop a squat for some poop-related educational sessions. According to visitors, the gift shop chocolate bars are simply poo good poo be true. Museum representatives are optimistic about the museum’s success but should probably expect a small dropping in attendance once summer arrives. Greasy tune For the last 30 years, Waffle House has had a plan to drum up business: releasing music under its own record label. Waffle Records has released countless classic songs, such as 1996’s “There Are Raisins In My Toast” by Danny Jones and “They’re Cooking Up My Order” by Alfreda Gerald in 2006. It recently added another: “Color Me Gone” by Kaitlyn Bergeron. Leaked tracklists for Waffle House’s mixtape obtained by The Pitt News revealed upcoming singles “What’syrup In Here?” and “Let Eggo” performed by some well-known faces. In related news, Canadian rock masters Nickelback are rumored to be a front for Outback Steakhouse. The Pitt News will continue its coverage when more information becomes available.
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A Brokered Convention’s Keystone Henry Glitz Columnist
Stumping Donald Trump, will require Pennsylvania Republicans’ help. As the nominating process for the GOP lurches into its third month, the potential of a so-called brokered convention continues to loom large. That scenario has increasingly become the anti-Trump movement’s last hope of denying the Republican front-runner and mogul the simple majority of delegates needed to win the nomination at the Republican National Convention this summer. And the 71 delegates at stake in the Keystone State’s April 26 Republican primary can do more than just set back the reality TV star’s pursuit of a majority. They’re exactly the type of Rust Belt votes Ohio Gov. John Kasich can win from Trump and are crucial to ensuring a brokered convention, where no one candidate can win by delegate total alone. What makes Pennsylvania’s position so interesting has a lot to do with the voter base that Trump typically attracts. The coalition that handed him landslide victories in deep south primaries, such as Alabama and Georgia, has also delivered surprising wins in traditionally blue states, such as Massachusetts and Illinois. Chalk this up to Trump’s remarkable ability to rally support among blue collar and working class white voters, particularly on issues surrounding immigration and international trade. Demographics in Pennsylvania seem to bode well for Trump. Historically manufacturing-centered, urban areas like Pittsburgh and Scranton appear to be prime Trump territory. Unusually high levels of voters switching their party registration in the state also seems to back Trump’s frequent claim that large numbers of disenchanted Democrats will allow him to “win us the election and win it easily.” Fortunately for so-called “establishment” Republicans, the state is much more salvageable than it might seem at first. A landslide win for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in similar Rust Belt state Wisconsin
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showed that Trump doesn’t hold a monopoly on appealing to working-class white voters. In light of Cruz’s Wisconsin victory and overwhelming advantage in western states, many — including Trump himself — have called for Kasich to drop out of the contest because he’s supposedly siphoning votes from the other two candidates. But if the GOP’s goal is to deny Trump a majority of delegates, Kasich is vital to competing in the remaining northeastern contests. And the Ohio governor is particularly well-situated to win over the Keystone State’s 17 winner-take-all, pledged statewide delegates and a sizeable portion of its unpledged delegates. Vital to winning our state’s Republican primary are good performances in the two main centers of population: Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Kasich’s tendency to do better in areas where voters are generally less conservative and better educated doesn’t bode well for his ability to compete in the rural center of the state. Deep red counties similar to those between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia were the backbone of Cruz’s electoral strategy in many of the states he’s already won. It’s not hard to see Trump winning these areas, either. Fortunately, there’s a completely different story in the more influential vote from Pennsylvania’s urban corners. According to pollster G. Terry Madonna, moderate, educated and relatively wealthy Republicans hailing from Philadelphia’s suburbs are likely Kasich’s key demographic. This seems to be exactly the kind of GOP primary voter the Ohio governor is gaining support from. According to a Franklin & Marshall College poll released March 24, Kasich virtually doubled his share of support among likely primary voters in Pennsylvania from 15 to 30 percent. Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s departure from the race after losing the March 15 primary in his home state likely played a role in consolidating the See Glitz on page 7
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Glitz, pg. 6 suburban vote he had been splitting with Kasich. And this surge in suburban unity has placed Kasich within the margin of error for surpassing Trump, who sat at 33 percent in the Franklin & Marshall poll. This leaves Pittsburgh and the rest of southwestern Pennsylvania in the position of being the potential kingmaker — at least for the allocation of statewide delegates. There are more than a few reasons to believe Kasich might have an easier time beating Trump here than Cruz would. The Ohio governor’s 13-point victory in his home state’s March 15 primary over Trump was thanks in large part to the “favorite son” effect. But there’s no reason to believe Kasich, a native of McKees Rocks, wouldn’t enjoy a similar — albeit somewhat smaller — bump in local polls. Trump’s key constituency — blue-collar, working-class whites — is indeed a considerable portion of Pittsburgh’s electorate, even as educational and health-related industries continue to become relatively more important for the region. But another vital part of Trump’s appeal is related to voters’ frustration with a lack of economic opportunity. With Pittsburgh ranking among the top metropolitan areas in the country for blue-collar job production, workers here simply don’t have as much reason to be riled up by the nationalist rhetoric Trump specializes in. The Pittsburgh area may simply be too heavily Democratic-leaning to choose Cruz over Trump. The Texas Senator’s primary dominance in deeply Republican areas is mirrored by a general inability to corral the vote in more liberal areas. The very real possibility of a Kasich victory in Pennsylvania makes an outright delegate majority for Trump at the Republican Convention in Cleveland that much less likely. Even without a brokered convention, the state’s 54 unbound delegates will hold a considerable amount of power. In any case, the conclusion is clear: Pennsylvania Republicans need to recognize the incredible level of importance that our choice of candidate entails. If anti-Trump votes can coalesce around Kasich here, the likelihood of a brokered convention increases dramatically and a Trump victory for the nomination becomes far less certain. But if Pennsylvania Republicans don’t present a united front against him, the GOP could end up telling Trump a message we don’t usually associate with him: “You’re hired.”
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Stallings, pg.1 “Yes, I go all the time,” the girl said. “I love going to the basketball games.” Stallings extended his hand and introduced himself, which is when the stranger realized who she was talking to. “It was great, because she had a pride about going to school here,” Stallings said. “You could tell she was a serious fan, she comes [to games.] That was probably just my most enjoyable experience, running into somebody that loves Pitt basketball and probably other sports here.” He’s using that experience as a learning experience for future interactions. “I’m going to say hello to every student I can find,” Stallings said. “And every time I do, every one of them, I ask, ‘Do you come to the games?’ Hopefully we’ll get that Zoo filled up.” Stallings has more than half a year until he’ll debut in front of the Oakland Zoo at the Petersen Events Center. But, until then, he has recruiting and workouts to keep him busy. Pitt’s newest head basketball coach sat
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down with The Pitt News to talk about his plans for the new gig. TPN: What is the moving process like for a head coach? KS: I’m in a hotel right now. At some point I suppose I’ll venture out and try to find neighborhoods. But my wife will have to be here before I do that. That’s her area of expertise. I just do this and try to be a good father. I imagine she’ll be up here before too awfully long. But we have recruiting to do and workouts to do and a semester to finish up academically and things like that. So those are all taking priority right now over the move and trying to figure out where I might live. TPN: Can you confirm that you’ve hired Tom Richardson and Jeremy Ballard as assistant coaches on your staff ? KS: Tom and Jeremy are hired, they sure are. Jeremy should be here today, and Tom’s already here. I have one more assistant to hire, and getting close on that, and I’m hoping to have that done within the — well I’ll say within the next few days, to give myself
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Stallings, pg. 8 some leeway on that. TPN: How important was it to retain all three recruits in terms of winning over the fan base, since that was effectively your first public move as head coach? KS: Well, I think the first reason that it was important was because it was important for our team and our program next year and beyond, hopefully. But yeah, I think that the combination of keeping the present players and keeping those signees was significant for symbolic reasons maybe, as you mentioned, because people can feel comfortable and get excited. And I hope people are excited. Because I think those kids can hopefully be good players and be good additions to what we already have, which is a good team. TPN: We’ve seen some brief footage of your first few team workouts. Have you been able to work out your team’s strengths, and have any players stuck out to you? KS: No, I wouldn’t say I’m there yet. I’ve been able to work out losing most of my voice. Certainly I think that the seniors have been real solid. Mike [Young] and Jamel [Ar-
tis] and Sheldon [Jeter] and Chris [Jones]. I’ve been impressed with all of them at times, I really have. Ro[zelle Nix] has had a hurt wrist, so he hasn’t been able to work out with us. But of the eight scholarship guys that have been working out, I can see all eight of them being in the rotations. They’re all good enough to be in the rotation. Now whether they’ll be one of the best eight or nine, I don’t know about that. I’m real comfortable with that group right now. TPN: Do you think there’s going to be an adjustment period, especially with the seniors, going from playing for Jamie Dixon to playing for you? KS: I think there will be a lot of adjustments, and I think that’s the case any time a new coach takes over. I think that certainly my way will be different than Jamie’s way of doing things. That certainly doesn’t make my way better. I am the way I am and coach the way I coach, and I know every coach is that way. Yes, there will be some adjustments in tempo, hopefully, and all of that. But as coaches, I think it’s also the same. You’re trying to do the same thing. On offense, you’re trying to get good shots and get the ball in the
right places. On defense, you’re trying to decrease the quality of shots of your opponents. And honestly, that’s what the game comes down to. It’s the quality of my shot versus the quality of your shot. And hopefully over the course of time, our players understand that and probably do understand that, honestly. But there may be some adjustments. TPN: Tom Richardson has been your right-hand man for a long time. Do you feel you guys complement each other well? KS: We’ve been together for 19 years, interrupted by a four-year span when he became the head coach at Illinois State when I left. Tom is real steady. He’s right here every day. I’m a little bit more emotional and maybe excitable, but we do complement each other — or he complements me. I don’t know if I complement him, and maybe that’s all that matters. But he complements me because he is extraordinarily patient, extraordinarily even-keeled. The players always are completely comfortable with him. The best thing probably about Tom is when I’m gone, whether I’m out on the road recruiting or I’m gone for whatever reason, I know that everything is going to be OK here because he
knows the drill. He knows what’s supposed to happen. He knows what’s good in my eyes and what’s unacceptable in my eyes, and he executes it very professionally and very efficiently. TPN: There were rumors that some coaches shied away from the Pitt job and the challenges of the ACC. Is that what attracted you to the job? KS: I doubt if anybody that’s competitive shied away from the job. I would hope nobody shied away from the job because of the competition. But that’s what attracted me to it. These [opposing ACC coaches] are icons in our business, some of the best that have ever coached in our sport. And so it won’t be easy, but why wouldn’t you want to compete against those guys? So that’s just something that — maybe it runs in the family — it’s why my son [professional baseball player Jacob Stallings] wanted to play at one of the two best programs in college baseball. Maybe that apple didn’t fall too far from the tree, because that’s what excites me. I guess it’s why I can’t sleep at night, but it’s also why I’m excited to wake up in the morning. It’s a little intimidating, I’m not going to lie, but it’s exciting.
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slide rules are necessary addition to mlb Chris Puzia
Contributing Editor Some things in Major League Baseball are inevitable, despite the adage that “you can’t predict baseball.” For example, the San Francisco Giants — winners of even-year World Series in 2010, 2012 and 2014 — began their undeniable slog to another championship run with a 12-3 rout over the Milwaukee Brewers Monday. Comparable to the Giants’ guaranteed every-other-year success, though, is earlyseason squabbling over league rule changes or exceptions to said rules. Even when managers have no case to win or the umpires have no ability to reverse a call, they will argue and extend the length of games to make a point. The Toronto Blue Jays were upset about a late call Tuesday that likely cost them a chance at winning because of a recent rule change. The new “Chase Utley Rule” regarding improper slides took effect this year, and even though it has player safety in mind, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons took exception.
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Down a run with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, the Tampa Bay Rays appeared to botch an inning-ending double play with a poor throw. But Rays manager Kevin Cash challenged the call, arguing that Jose Bautista interfered with the play while sliding into second base. Cash’s challenge held up, the call reversed and the Rays won after replay showed Bautista reaching out and grabbing the defender’s leg from under him while he was trying to make a throw. “Are we trying to turn the game into a joke?” Gibbons said after the game. “[The call] was flat out embarrassing. That cost us an opportunity to win a Major League game. Was that the intent?” Another similar call occurred the same day in a Braves-Nationals game when Nick Markakis slid wide of the bag to break up a play. While players and coaches may be upset, this new rule change should be fresh in their minds.
The league implemented the new slide rules in the offseason, named for Utley after he injured Mets’ Ruben Tejada in blatant disregard for sliding into the base. Umpires made clear it would be a point of emphasis moving forward. MLB rule 6.01(i) calls for a “bona fide” slide attempt, where the runner “is able and attempts to remain on the base … after completion of the slide.” In addition to grabbing the thrower’s foot Monday, Bautista far overslid the base while attempting to do so, effectively breaking two rules in one play. Gibbons may be upset his team lost, but he should think back to last season, when Tejada and the Pirates’ Jung Ho Kang suffered serious injuries because of poor and insincere sliding.
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I am all for managers arguing calls to defend their players — I miss the days of Lou Piniella earning ejections and subsequently kicking dirt on the umpire to really solidify his case. But when player safety is involved, managers need to bite their tongues and remember which side they’re on. It isn’t hypothetical anymore: Kang missed the playoffs and then couldn’t help the Pirates try to advance to the NLDS because Chris Coghlan decimated his knee in a takeout slide. To the Cubs, rules were rules and there was no wrongdoing.
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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 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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