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STUDENTS SKATE THROUGH SCHOOL STREETS Pitt grocery to replace 7-Eleven Rachel Glasser News Editor
he goes out for fun. “I was always late to class, and I didn’t want to be late anymore,” Benjamin said. “By longboarding, I can leave my house a little bit later, and still make it to my bus on time.” For Benjamin, longboarding beats any other way of getting around campus and the city. “I didn’t really have a bike on campus, and as long as it wasn’t raining or snowing, longboarding is the best way to enjoy the day,” Benjamin said. “I hate walking.”
A Pitt-owned grocery store will move into the 7-Eleven space on Forbes Avenue, University spokesperson Joe Miksch said Thursday. After confirmation from Miksch, The Pitt News reported Wednesday that 7-Eleven will close to make room for Pitt’s Oakland Bakery. He later said Thursday that the 7-Eleven isn’t being turned into just a bakery. “It will be a grocery store with a bakery section,” he said. “This is being done since the IGA closed and our students don’t have a convenient place to shop for groceries.” The University made the decision to replace 7-Eleven with a grocery store in early spring, according to Jim Earle, Pitt’s vice chancellor for business. Pitt is aiming to open the store during the spring term, but it could open as late as summer 2018. “It felt like an ideal space for a grocery store — like it would be a real convenience for students,” Earle said. 7-Eleven — whose contract with the University allows for termination with a minimum of six months notice — was notified of the decision before May. The agreement with Pitt property management specified that 7-Eleven would vacate the space by Oct. 17, although 7-Eleven owner Don Young said the store will close Sept 29. The new establishment “truly will be a
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Robert Benjamin, a Pitt biology graduate, still rides his longboard around Oakland. Wenhao Wu ASSISTANT VISUAL EDITOR
Ellie Yoon Staff Writer Some Pitt students trek to their classes on foot. Many more bike or pray the bus comes on time. But a handful can sometimes be seen rolling down Forbes or Fifth avenues with a textbookfilled backpack sagging and a skateboard or longboard beneath their feet. Robert Benjamin, who graduated from Pitt last year with a degree in biology, enjoys both skateboarding and longboarding. Though he
lives in Highland Park, he usually rides his longboard around Oakland and at a skate park in Penn Hills. “My parents bought me some boards as gifts and they were always in my basement,” Benjamin said. “I decided to teach myself one summer day. I didn’t get passionate about it until I came to Pitt and found the longboarding community.” Now Benjamin skateboards as a mode of transportation — estimating he spends eight hours per week on his board to and from classes, and even longer if
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“East Liberty is really nice because unlike Oakland or Downtown, there’s not a lot of pedestrians,” Benjamin said. “You don’t have to worry about running into people as much.” Benjamin said he doesn’t skate in the winter, and the number of people on skateboards in Oakland will go down as the weather gets colder. But once the temperature rises, Benjamin said skateboarders will populate the streets and sidewalks again.
“Especially after it’s been a bad winter, everyone is super excited to get out, and be in nature and smell all the flowers,” Benjamin said. “And when people see other people doing it, that usually makes them want to, too.” Without ice and inclement weather to complicate skating, Bress said it’s still easy to mess up when skateboarding. She only started feeling comfortable with skateboarding up and down steeper hills recently. After falling enough times
and watching some instructional videos online, she managed to get the hang of it. “Anytime you’re trying something new, it’s pretty much guaranteed that you’ll wipe out,” Bress said. “So just being okay with getting back up and keeping going.” Benjamin operates with a similar philosophy, though he’s been practicing long enough to be confident with grab tricks such as the “tiger crawl” — where the board is kicked up into the air, spun with the hand and thrown back to the ground — and the “ghost ride,” where the rider jumps off of the board momentarily and fluidly remounts. “I’m pretty proficient at those just because whenever I was at bus stop, I just practiced for fun,” Benjamin said. Ha has also tried to learn some minor tricks — such as a quick 180 degree spin — from watching YouTube videos, but prefers just rolling around campus in-between classes. “Nothing too exciting for me,” Ha said. “It’s just nice riding my board somewhere one end of campus to the other end of campus, really smoothly.” For Benjamin, on the other hand, longboarding hasn’t been without its fair share of danger. “Pittsburgh drivers are horrible and I’ve almost died a bunch of times,” Benjamin said. He said his most tragic memory was a time when his board got away from him, rolling in front of a truck driver who he said sped up to deliberately run over the board — splitting it in half. “I was really shaken up, and really really sad that he did that,” Benjamin said. Still, Benjamin continues to longboard and encourage others to do so too, passing on his old boards to friends. For Bress, teaching those who have never longboarded before is the best part of the activity. “I love witnessing, helping people experience that exhilaration of really feeling in control of the board for the first time,” Bress said.
Sodexo or another provider will manage the new store, Earle said. The Pitt grocery store will also include a bakery section with many of the same treats currently offered at the Oakland Bakery. “Students will still be able to get the cookies and cupcakes that they love,” Earle said. Maggie & Stella’s is set to replace the Oakland Bakery, which will operate through the
end of October. Although the timeline is tentative, the University plans for Maggie & Stella’s to move to Fifth Avenue Feb. 1. Earle said he doesn’t think the grocery story will be open 24 hours like 7-Eleven, given that Market To-Go in Towers is already open late. Market To-Go is open 24 hours Mondays through Thursdays, until 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and until midnight on Sundays.
Currently, students can choose from Market To-Go and 7-Eleven for late-night snacks on campus, with Market To-Go having consistently higher prices. 7-Eleven sells a half-gallon of milk for $2.69, while Market To-Go charges $3.09. Market To-Go also sells Cliff Bars for $2.39, compared to 7-Eleven $1.99 deal. The Pittowned store charges $4.79 for Jif peanut butter, a dollar more than the store down the street.
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John Ha, a senior majoring in computer science, learned how to skateboard during his high school years. His friends let him borrow their boards to practice tricks on, but he didn’t bother getting his own until he came to college and started commuting from off-campus. Now he rides his skateboard for at least an hour each day, traveling from his dorm to classes and back. “After seeing Pitt’s campus, I knew I needed to get to class faster, so I bought a board,” Ha said. Ha purchased his last board from a Carnegie Mellon University student on Craigslist. He and Benjamin both said they typically own two or three boards at a time, and get a new one every few years. “I usually get a new one just because I like new designs, to try new boards and new companies.” Kathryn Bress, a pharmacy grad student at Pitt, recently got her first board. But her first experience with longboarding was when her older sister let her play around with her board as a kid. “I got started skating because my sister was into skating and I played around on her board and fell in love with it,” Bress said. As a novice skateboarder, her favorite place to practice tricks is on a pedestrian-only street in Squirrel Hill that used to connect to the nowclosed Greenfield Bridge — a good place for starters, she said, because of its smooth surface. Ha spends most of his time longboarding around Schenley Park. He said the bike lanes provide a good place for him to skateboard unbothered. “Honestly, I just like to relax and get rid of stress by riding. Like going to Phipps, and riding down the bike lane to the bridge,” Ha said. Benjamin picked East Liberty as his favorite place to longboard around for a similar reason.
7-Eleven, pg. 1 grocery store,” Earle said, and will offer fresh produce and fresh meat. “Our goal is to create a place where students can come ... and shop for healthy food,” Earle said. “I think it will be popular on campus.” The University is still negotiating whether
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DON’T TEMPT AMAZON WITH TAX CUTS Ben Sheppard Columnis In the struggle between American cities for economic dominance, an influx of 50,000 new jobs seems too good to be true. But that’s exactly what tech giant Amazon is offering. More than 100 cities — ranging from Boston, to Toronto to a collective of several small North Carolina towns — have signaled interest in becoming home to Amazon’s second headquarters since the company announced its intentions to expand earlier this month. Lead by Mayor Bill Peduto, Pittsburgh is among those eager cities. The enthusiasm for a potential Amazon move here is justifiable — the benefits would far outweigh the costs. To get the most out of the situation, Pittsburgh should be careful to play to its strengths and emphasize its positives as a city, instead of simply offering tax breaks and other incentives. Amazon has tasked cities hoping to host its second headquarters with a tall list of requirements. These requirements include proximity to a major airport, a 100-acre space for the headquarters, a metropolitan population center of at least a million people and a stable business community. Amazon also encourages cities to offer them tax breaks. Our City can accomplish each of the requirements Amazon has listed for a potential host — and already has many of them. For example, housing in and around Pittsburgh is inexpensive. According to a 2017 report from the Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, Pittsburgh tied nationally for third best in affordable housing. While the City unquestionably has its strengths, it will need to improve on some of Amazon’s other criteria for any shot at the headquarters. The Almono development site — a 178-acre field located along the Monongahela River in Greenfield — is available for development and potentially large enough to accommodate working space for 50,000 employees. The only problem is how to get there. Currently, a mere three bus lines service the site and its surrounding neighborhood, with buses coming infrequently. What’s more, with cuts to public transportation funding in a recently proposed state budget, this service could become even spottier — especially on weekends and in the evening. One way to avoid a funding shortfall from the govern-
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Garrett Aquilar STAFF ULLUSTRATOR ment is to involve the private sector in transportation. Residents from cities such as New York and San Francisco have seen the private sector improve commutes through the efforts of companies such as UberPool and Chariot. The private sector can innovate and respond to customer input, something the government is less able to do because of time and budgetary concerns. This innovation, along with the rest of the changes a new Amazon location would bring to the City, could vastly improve the lives of many Pittsburghers by increasing the presence of technology in our daily lives. Even aspects of living in the city as simple as the daily commute could be improved. But that doesn’t mean that the City shouldn’t guard itself against incentives that only benefit Amazon. Needless tax breaks will deprive the City of revenue that could be used to fund other projects or lower taxes for citizens, especially when the budget is already stretched thin. A break for Amazon alone would also be an unfair advantage for Amazon over local Pittsburgh businesses. Tax cuts and subsidies from governments have a history of turning out to be awful investments for their communities. One of the worst examples of this was a 2010 loan of almost $75 million from the state of Rhode Island to base-
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ball player Curt Schilling’s video game company, meant to entice the business to move to Providence. When the company failed, Rhode Island taxpayers were forced to absorb the loan’s cost. Though Amazon is a hugely successful company, it’s very much possible that Amazon’s fortunes could see a turn for the worse. That failure, coupled with tax breaks, would be an incredibly expensive investment with little payoff. A successful Amazon location could transform Pittsburgh. People would move to Pittsburgh in search of jobs, helping to correct Pittsburgh’s population decline. And Amazon claims for every dollar it invested in Seattle, the city received $1.40 back — not a bad return. Pittsburgh can and should charm Amazon with its vibrant personality and talented population. And the improvements the City would have to make to fulfill Amazon’s requirements are within the realm of reasonability and would benefit all residents of Pittsburgh. But unfair tax breaks aren’t the way forward. Amazon’s demand for malleable lawmakers might be understandable from their point of view, but Pittsburgh shouldn’t oblige. Write to Ben at bps29@pitt.edu.
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he last time the Pitt Panthers and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets squared off, it took two exemplary scoring plays by Pitt — with less than five minutes of play remaining — to seal a victory. Quarterback Nathan Peterman connected with tight end Scott Orndoff, who bolted down the field for a 74-yard passing touchdown to tie the game at 34 points. Minutes later, kicker Chris Blewitt sent a kick ricocheting off the right side of the post and through the uprights, just in time for the Panthers’ 37-34 victory. This matchup could go a similar way, especially considering the Panthers enter Saturday’s game against the Yellow Jackets the same way they entered last year — coming off a loss to the Oklahoma State Cowboys. This season’s loss to the Cowboys marked Pitt’s second loss in a row. Despite dropping those games, head coach Pat Narduzzi seems largely unfazed. “I’d like to be here under different circumstances, but another tough one as we talked Saturday,” Narduzzi said in his weekly press conference. “Obviously still disappointed in really how it came out, but actually when you watch the tape, you don’t feel as bad as you did Saturday.” Regardless of the team’s feelings about the previous game, the Panthers’ approach to another electric offensive onslaught is important to the upcoming game. Georgia Tech quarterback TaQuon Marshall and running back KirVonte Benson will be ma-
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Qadree Ollison rushed 20 yards and made a touchdown against Georgia Tech last year. TPN FILE PHOTO jor play-making threats. Marshall and Benson pose a precarious challenge to the Panthers because of their durability. Both of the Georgia Tech rushers who have amassed double-digit carries in each of the Yellow Jackets’ last two games. Pitt has surrendered 357 yards on the ground in three games this season — a 119.7 yards per game average — which isn’t bad. But if the Panthers are going to find success in week, their front seven will need to be prepared and committed to stopping Georgia Tech’s versatile running game. The Yellow Jackets specialize in what is known as the spread option or triple option. After snapping the ball, the quarterback will either roll to his left or right and run — if he sees an opening — rather than drop back to pass. He can also pitch the ball to a running back or wide receiver in motion. This type of offense leads to astounding rushing states and high scoring games. In Georgia Tech’s two games this season
— with their game last week against the University of Central Florida was canceled due to Hurricane Irma — the Yellow Jackets ran the ball 135 times. In the process, they picked up 745 yards and eight touchdowns. Marshall and Benson made up almost 70 percent of the 135 carries. Georgia Tech’s ability to run the ball has developed the team’s passing attack into an anomaly. However, when Marshall opts to throw the ball, the results can be lethal. Marshall has only thrown the ball 16 times over the course of the season. Of those 16 attempts, 10 were completed — with three resulting in touchdowns in the team’s game against Jacksonville State. With these threats in mind, Pitt should be cementing its plays and keying in on the optimal players for a win. But Narduzzi is still keeping the decision of starting quarterback to himself. In the Panthers’ last two games, both redshirt sophomore Ben DiNucci and redshirt senior Max Browne have filled the role of
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quarterback. “We’re going to continue to evaluate [the quarterback situation],” Narduzzi said. “They both do some really good things on tape.” While leaving that slot open, if junior wide receiver Quadree Henderson and redshirt junior running back Qadree Ollison step up Saturday, Pitt’s offence can still be successful. These two have been staples of Pitt’s offense for the last two seasons. Look for each of them to remind the FBS that they belong among the best players in the country. PREDICTION: If DiNucci does receive his first start at quarterback, it will give the Panthers their best opportunity to keep up with the Yellow Jackets’ offense. However, the game will ultimately come down to whether or not Pitt’s defense can force turnovers and hold the Yellow Jackets to field goals in vital situations. Prediction: Pitt 28, Georgia Tech 30
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PANTHERS TIE, END LOSING STREAK Adin Link For The Pitt News The Pitt women’s soccer team snapped a fourgame losing streak, but not with a win. The Panthers (3-4-3, 0-1-1 ACC) returned home to Ambrose Urbanic Field Thursday evening for a match against the Virginia Tech Hokies (6-2-2, 0-1-1 ACC). The Hokies scored in the 47th minute, and after being down one goal for 25 minutes, the Panthers equalized and maintained the tie score for the remainder of the double overtime match. The game opened with a slow start, but when the refs called a foul on Virginia Tech in the seventh minute, the calls began to roll in, with the Panthers following quickly with their own foul. Virginia Tech redshirt senior forward Kallie Peurifoy took advantage of a misplayed ball for her team’s first corner kick. She followed that with another corner 30 seconds later. The Panthers snuffed out the second corner kick, but committed a handball inside the box shortly after, leading to a Hokie penalty shot. Pitt redshirt first-year goalkeeper Katelyn McEachern pounced on the shot from Virginia Tech senior forward Alani Johnson, preserving the 0-0 score. “After coming off a save from a penalty kick last week, I felt pretty confident,” McEachern said. “But at the same time I was a little nervous because it’s rare for keepers to come off back-toback [penalty kick] saves.” The teams exchanged possession after the penalty kick, but only Virginia Tech managed to tally any shots. The Hokies took two — one of them on goal — within one minute of each other. McEachern saved the first shot and the second went wide. When Pitt fouled again, the Hokies took a free kick just outside the box. Peurifoy’s shot was saved by a dive from McEachern yet again. The ensuing
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Mikayla Schmidt celebrates after scoring in the 72nd minute to tie the Thursday night game against Virginia Tech, 1-1. Thomas Yang STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Hokies’ corner kick nearly found the back of the net, but the Panther defense remained strong. The Hokies saw an opportunity in the 40th minute, but the attempted pass never reached its target as Pitt freshman Aideen O’Donoghue slid to deflect the pass. The Hokies had one final opportunity with a free kick, but McEachern made one more save to close out the half tied at 0-0. Virginia Tech was the more offensive team in the first half with six shots, five of which were on goal. The Panthers had two shots with only one on goal. The match may have started slowly in the first half, but the second was a different story. Virginia Tech’s Johnson netted her fourth goal of the season just two minutes into the second half, making the score 1-0.
Pitt’s O’Donoghue booked the first yellow card of the game when she slid into a Hokie forward a minute after the goal. Pitt’s offense attempted to get back in the game with two shots coming one minute apart in the 48th and 49th minutes. Virginia Tech had another scoring chance on a free kick in the 61st minute and sent a ball into the box, but McEachern was yet again on the scene to grab the save. Virginia Tech kept its offensive pressure going, and two minutes later a shot from junior midfielder Kristina Diana ricocheted off the crossbar. Pitt nearly found the back off the net in the 69th minute, but a late offside call voided the opportunity. Pitt’s offense broke through in the 72nd minute when junior forward Mikayla Schmidt put a
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shot in the top of the net, just past the reach of Hokie goalkeeper Mandy McGlynn. Pitt junior forward Bel Van Noorden assisted Schmidt in tying the game 1-1. “I mean I was screaming for the ball and as soon as I got it I just put my head down and took a hit,” Schmidt said. The Panthers had two late opportunites in the 77th minute negated by offside penalties. The Hokies offense nearly netted the tie-breaking goal in the 80th minute. However, McEachern and the Panther defense held up. Virginia Tech received its first yellow card of the match when sophomore defensive midfielder Jordan Hemmen committed a foul in the 85th minute. The rest of the second half remained scoreless, and regulation play ended with the Panthers and the Hokies deadlocked at one goal each. The Hokies began overtime with a foul, resulting in the period’s first free kick, but they kept the Panthers from scoring on this attempt. Pitt sophomore Christiana Davey took her team’s first corner kick four minutes into overtime, but the Hokies cleared the attempt. Virginia Tech’s first scoring opportunity of the overtime period came with two minutes remaining. Hokie sophomore forward Katherine Roth’s shot sailed over the crossbar, and the first overtime period concluded 1-1. After a Pitt corner kick, the Hokies drove down the pitch and nearly scored their second goal. Virginia Tech tried twice to score, but both were deflected. Neither team finished out the game with a goal, leaving them to walk off the field with a 1-1 score. The Panthers travel to North Carolina to take on the Duke Blue Devils Sunday, Sept. 24th. “Duke will be quite a challenge,” Pitt head coach Greg Miller said. “It’s like every team is: they will present some different things for us but hopefully we are ready for it.”
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