The Pitt News The independent student newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh | PIttnews.com | september 27, 2017 | Volume 108 | Issue 33
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SGB CONSIDERS CITY-WIDE IMPROVEMENTS Madeline Gavatorta Staff Writer
The Pitt Student Government Board said Tuesday night that the new Pittsburgh Student Government Council had begun convening for the 2017-18 academic year. SGB President Max Kneis said in his president’s report the Pittsburgh Student Government Council — which consists of student governments from across Pittsburgh, including Carlow University and Carnegie Mellon University — had their first meeting this past Thursday. Kneis said the group plans to meet monthly from here on out and discuss how the city can improve experiences of college students in Pittsburgh. “If there is anything that the city of Pittsburgh could do to improve the experience of all students, we’re looking at ways to do that,” Kneis said. Kneis also voiced SGB’s approval for the newly named K. Leroy Irvis Hall. The building was known as Pennsylvania Hall until Pitt’s Board of Trustees renamed it in June to honor the late Irvis, who was the first AfricanAmerican clerk of Pittsburgh’s Court of Common Pleas. “It’s really great to see the University kind of moving forward and really taking a look at how we can we make our campus reflect the diversity of the body that we have here,” Kneis said. Board member Ian Callahan reminded those present about the SGB Safety and Wellness Fair — intended to educate Pitt students on how to improve their transportation, home and personal safety — happening this Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the William Pitt Union lawn. Several organizations including the Pitt Police, Allegheny Health Department and the University Staff Council will be there.
Pitt men’s soccer dominated West Virginia Tuesday evening, 7-0, in their highest scoring game since 1998. Evan Meng STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
STUDENTS SOLDIER ON TO FUTURE Jesse Madden
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Caitlyn Gibbs’ schedule requires her to be at Bellefield Hall at 5:45 a.m. three days per week, where attendance is taken. Then she and 150 other Pitt students head over to the Cathedral lawn for running and weighttraining activities until 7 a.m. No, she’s not just a fitness freak. She’s preparing for a career in military intelligence. Gibbs, a sophomore Spanish and Russian dual major, is currently taking 18 credits and serving as the resident assistant for Pitt’s Reserve Officer Training Corps Living Learning Community in Tower C. She said better time management is one of the most See SGB on page 2 valuable things she’s picked up as a cadet in
Pitt’s ROTC program. “It’s kind of a culture shock if you weren’t used to waking up at five and working out all the time,” she said. “But you adjust, and you find the time to do things.” Pitt became one of the first universities, in 1918, to offer a ROTC program — a college-based officer training program preparing students to serve in the U.S. forces after they graduate. The Panther Battalion expanded and changed as the years went on, eventually growing beyond Pitt and merging with other ROTC programs at Robert Morris University and Duquesne University to become the Three Rivers Battalion in 2008. Gibbs was inspired to join because her parents are both defense contractors, people who provide services to the military.
She aspires to go into military intelligence after graduation and relay information between units. Because she is going into such a time-consuming field, she had to rework her sleep schedule. “I definitely am one of the people that takes naps,” she said. “You stay up late, you get all your work done, then you take a nap. You budget that sort of thing to be productive.” Retired Marine Corps Officer Christopher Boissonnault — the scholarship and enrollment officer for the Battalion — is responsible for recruiting students for the battalion who often come to work and socialize in Bellefield Hall. “Out of 275 programs, we’re the only See ROTC on page 2
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program in the U.S. that has everything in one building,” he said. “Cadet lounge, computer printers, basketball court, gym, fitness room, swimming pool, everything.” Applicants to the Three Rivers Battalion must be U.S. citizens and have a high school GPA of 2.5 or higher. Incoming first-years have to be able to pass the Presidential Physical Fitness Test, while current students need to pass the Army Physical Test in order to keep their scholarships. ROTC students all start off at the rank of cadet and have the opportunity to move up the chain of command to that of colonel in a campus organization. Battalion students are also eligible for scholarships through ROTC. They are awarded based on merit and grades, not financial need, and include two-, three- and four-year scholarship options, with some including food, housing and textbooks. Zach Horn, a senior political science major, is currently attending Pitt on a full ROTC scholarship and serves as a battalion commander in Three Rivers Battalion. He will be commissioned to the entry-level rank of second lieutenant after he graduates next year. He anticipates becoming a platoon leader, where he’ll work alongside a platoon sergeant to command roughly 40 individuals. “There’s a weird balancing act because I’m going to be around 24, and I’ll be working with somebody who’s had 10 years experience in the Army,” he said. Army ROTC students who apply for and receive a scholarship or who enter the Army ROTC Advanced Course are required to complete a period of service with the U.S. Army after they graduate. Those who do so may serve full-time in the Army or part-time in the National Guard or Army Reserve. Students who only
SGB, pg. 1 “The more you know … the safer you can be,” Callahan said. “Especially since every year you have new students coming in who weren’t able to attend the previous fair, so it’s definitely good [to come].” Board member Ciara Barry spoke about the upcoming Financial Literacy Conference to be held Oct. 20 in the University Club. The conference will assist students in understanding how to better budget their money and make smart financial decisions. “Being a finance major, you experience
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complete the ROTC Basic Course are not required to serve. Horn was inspired to join ROTC because his father is in the National Guard and loves his work. Horn felt that leadership and discipline are the most valuable traits he’s gaining through the program. “Is everybody else getting up at five every morning?” he said. “You’re accountable for being [in the program], so if you don’t show up, that’s on you.” Horn hopes to serve active duty in the engineering branch, one of 17 branches — including aviation, infantry and medical services — cadets can be placed into. He doesn’t find out where he’s placed until December, the same time he’ll also find out his duty location. According to Horn, cadets choose their top three branches as well as desired locations to be stationed. They then get ranked alongside 5,000 other cadets through an algorithm that takes into account how well they did in ROTC, school and extracurricular activities. “You get calculated. You get put in your spot. So I really don’t have so much say in what I’m doing yet,” he said. In the meantime, the ROTC program holds social events for cadets, including a traditional military ball each semester and staff rides to battlefields. Boissonnault says that the program also engages in community activities such as outreach programs with local elementary schools. “I’ve met a lot of good friends through here,” Horn said. “I’ll tell you now, some of these people will be at my wedding whenever I get married.” Cadets commit a lot of time to the program, but in the hard work they find ways to build their camaraderie. “You get really close doing all the stuff together. Es- Caitlyn Gibbs starts training at 5:45 a.m. three mornings pecially when it’s hard,” Gibbs said. “You bond through a week. Training activities include crossfit, running and weight training. Wenhao Wu ASSISTANT VISUAL EDITOR the struggle of it all.”
firsthand how difficult it is to manage your funds. I also just saw that [financial literacy] is missing in a lot of different majors’ and schools’ education. They don’t really get an overview of how to do this,” she said. Barry said as of right now, students will be able to attend one of two presentations at the conference. One presentation will be geared toward upperclassmen and will focus on salary negotiations and compensation packages. The other will be about personal finance methods, budgeting and credit. “It’s just a way to bring in experienced leaders in the industry to talk about and educate students on how they can best go about
managing their money and understanding their compensation packages,” she said. Allocations: The Panther Swim Club requested $1,744.95 for their Ohio State University Swim invitational for lodging. The board approved it in full. The Students for Liberty requested $3,488.11 for their Evening with Barry Goldwater Jr. for honorarium, ground transportation and services. The board approved it in full. The Carpathian Ensemble requested $625 for purchase, rental and service. The board approved in full.
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Chinese Bible Study requested $408.96 for a conference. The board approved in full. Women’s Soccer requested $73.85 for competition expenses. The board approved in full. Phi Eta Sigma requested $1,127 for a conference. The board approved $809.33 and denied $317.67. Pitt Women’s Club Basketball requested $1,454.67 for uniforms, warmups and practice jerseys. The board approved $71 and denied $1,383.67. Club Football requested $2,644.72 for their Miami Ohio away game for ground transportation. The board approved in full.
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Don’t forget about Puerto Rico in wake of Maria When it made landfall in Puerto Rico Sept. 20, Hurricane Maria was the largest storm the island faced in the last 80 years. Almost the entire population of the island — nearly 3.5 million American citizens — still do not have electricity. Many also do not have running water, and 95 percent of cell service on the island is wiped out. But in the aftermath of the historic storm, President Donald Trump — on a quick break from criticizing athletes exercising their freedom of speech — offered an interesting take on the situation. “Texas & Florida are doing great but Puerto Rico, which was already suffering from broken infrastructure & massive debt, is in deep trouble…” he wrote on Twitter Sept. 25. He continued to berate Puerto Rico, criticizing their electrical grid — which he said was “in terrible shape” even before the storm — and holding the territory’s more than $100 billion debt over its head. Puerto Rico’s debt is an unavoidable fact at this point. In fact, much of Puerto Rico’s debt is a product of U.S. entanglement. Complex U.S. tax codes have enticed big business to develop in Puerto Rico, but when were by President Bill Clinton rescinded in 2006 the island was left with nothing. As a result of that debt, Puerto Rico has never accomplished nationwide infrastructure reform, which amplified Hurricane Maria’s impact. But debt should be of little importance in the face of a disaster. Trump’s response shows a complete lack of empathy for people who aren’t his voting
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base. While residents of Puerto Rico are American citizens with many of the same rights as citizens born in the 50 states, Puerto Ricans don’t have the right to vote in U.S. elections — thus, their opinions of him don’t have as much political importance as citizens of U.S. states. The U.S. even sent their largest naval hospitals to non-U.S. territories like Haiti after other natural disasters — and it’s a good thing we did. Our responses to disasters should not be dependent on the political victories they can deliver. What’s truly important when it comes to Puerto Rico is to listen to the locals who are calling for faster Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, aid. We won’t argue on Puerto Ricans’ behalf about the future of their territory’s political status, nor will we argue about the severity of its debt. All that we know is that when humanitarian crises strike American territories, our nation has to take responsibility. Individually, we must speak up and use our political voting privileges that Puerto Ricans unfortunately do not have to show we will stand for all citizens. But on the national level, the responsibility starts with our leader being proud of his citizens and committing himself to their cause — not berating a disaster-stricken island whose citizens never asked for their second-class status. Our president must realize there are better, more impactful ways to show patriotism than standing for the national anthem. He could start by caring equally about all American citizens, regardless of their eligibility to vote.
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Raka Sarkar SENIOR STAFF ILLUSTRATOR
NO PRISON REFORM WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY
corruption, and others for sexually assaulting inmates. For The Pitt News In Chester County Prison, former In Washington, Pennsylvania, a guard Erik Messner smuggled in contracounty jail captain was charged this band for profit. At Rockview State Peniweek with stealing more than $2,000 tentiary, a guard was sentenced to less from inmates. Charges like this are than two years in prison for forcing an nothing new — especially in Pennsyl- inmate to perform sex acts on him. In vania. Bedford County Prison, former guard According to Prison Legal News, at Ryan Clapper put an inmate’s shackles least 14 Pennsylvania prison and jail in the freezer before putting them on guards were arrested between 2012 and See Patria on page 4 2014. Some were arrested for acts of
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Patria, pg. 3 her because she complained about her shackles being too cold the previous time — and he bragged about it afterward. When people discuss prison reform, they usually talk about large, institutional changes to the system that would make it more effective. But there are smaller steps that we can take — to begin with, holding prison guards accountable for actions that clearly violate inmates’ basic human rights. In Pennsylvania, prison guard Harry Nicoletti was charged with 117 counts of prisoner abuse involving 31 alleged victims, but managed to escape prison time altogether. Another Pennsylvania prison guard, Tory D. Kelly, was charged alongside Nicoletti for prisoner abuse and for allegedly assaulting another prison guard who testified against him. His crimes went practically unpunished — he received 12 years’ probation, but no prison time. Nicoletti’s defense attorneys depicted him as a hard-working family man, and called into question the validity of the inmates’ accounts by accusing them of lying and exaggerating. During the trial, a prisoners testified against Nicoletti. One said he would “perform sex acts on [prisoners], beat them, spit on them, flush their heads in toilets and contaminate their food.” The discrepancy between Nicoletti’s account and the inmates’ is apparent. In this case, the judge ruled in favor of Nicoletti, disregarding an overwhelmingly large number of prisoner abuse incidents. In fact, the judge told Nicoletti, “I’m sparing you from the danger
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that you imposed on the individuals you were in charge of.” Semantically speaking, the judge himself admits that Nicoletti caused a dangerous environment for inmates and was responsible for these crimes. But Nicoletti’s conviction on 27 counts was met with a mere five months of probation. Christopher Zoukis, author and active prison education advocate, seeks to explain why he didn’t receive prison time. “The lenient sentences may reflect the jury’s acquittals on more serious charges and the defense’s strategy of portraying victimized prisoners as being liars and untrustworthy,” he said in a 2013 article. And he might be right. So many decisions that judges make are highly political, and will greatly impact their career. When cases involving prison guard abuse reach court, judges will frequently rule in favor of guards due stereotypes used against inmates who are often depicted as deceptive and unreliable in court. Unfortunately, this pattern spans across the nation. At a state prison in Texas, nurse Domenic Hidalgo demanded sexual favors from inmates in return for essential prescription medications. Sexual relations between inmates and guards are a crime punishable by up to two years of prison in Texas — but Hidalgo avoided jail altogether. Alysia Santo, writing for the Marshall Project, explained why his sentencing was so lenient. “Proving sex abuse in prisons is difficult. An inmate’s word may hold little credibility, and prosecutors often re-
fuse to prosecute,” she wrote in Newsweek. “The most common punishment for corrections staffers caught sexually abusing inmates is the loss of their jobs.” Many states, such as Arizona, California, Delaware and Nevada, have laws that make sex between inmates and guards legal if the corrections officer says it was consensual. Other states like Vermont have no laws prohibiting sexual relations between inmates and corrections officers. Sex between inmates and guards is outright illegal under Pennsylvania law. And the prevalence of abuse by officers and other officials combined with the lacking enforcement of justice is dangerous. With corrections officers abusing and bribing their inmates and some even going so far as threatening anyone from reporting their malicious acts, it is no wonder that reform within our prison systems is virtually nonexistent. How can we, as a society, expect prisoners to aspire to make positive contributions when the officials who are supposed to guide them are the ones abusing them? How can our justice system possibly claim to serve fairly and justly when it has failed to hold prison guards and officials accountable? Ultimately, we must realize that our prisoners are also humans. They feel pain. They feel vulnerable. They feel slighted. Many of their rights are disregarded and many of their horrific experiences in jail are rejected by a severe lack of accountability for corruption within their prisons. For prison reform to actually work, we must reform those who work in them first. Only then can we expect our society to be safer and more secure.
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NCAA’S TRANSFER RULES UNFAIR TO STUDENT ATHLETES Dominic Campbell Staff Writer
Liam McFadden STAFF ILLUSTRATOR
Nick Saban, head coach of Alabama football and four-time national championship winner, is poised to be paid an astounding $11 million this year and has an eight-year deal that will pay him $65 million through 2025. These lucrative contracts are highly desired by all college coaches, and you can’t blame any coach if they choose to move on to a better position at a better school. Who wouldn’t want the hefty paycheck and press attention a person like Saban — the highest paid coach in the league — receives? But there is a major disconnect between switching schools for coaches versus student-athletes. Unless a coach signs a non-compete provision, which determines which schools a coach cannot go to if they leave, they can usually leave a school whenever they please. Students, on the other hand, face major obstacles. If a coach decides to leave his position, he is not going to be blocked. He is an employee, and there isn’t much the NCAA can do to stop someone from quitting their job to go somewhere else. Former Pitt football head coach Todd Graham is one of these coaches who left on a whim. Graham came to Pitt in 2011
after a successful tenure at Tulsa. Excited fans came to see the Panthers play the next season, hopeful for a winning record. All they got was an inconsistent football team, which failed to close out numerous games, and ended up a mediocre 6-6. Before their bowl game, Graham decided to leave the program without telling anyone. Actually, he did tell people, but in the most unprofessional way possible — over text message. Graham didn’t even send the message directly to his squad. He sent the text to Pitt’s director of football operations at the time, Blair Philbrick, who then forwarded it to his players.This came two weeks after he called three of his assistants “mercenaries” because they left to join the University of Arizona football staff. Graham’s exit hit the squad hard. They had spent an entire season adjusting to the new coach and his philosophies, and then he left without warning. The team ended up losing that year’s bowl game to SMU, 28-6. For student-athletes, the situation is much different. If they find a better opportunity to play at a better school or get more playing time at a smaller school, they can’t merely send a notice of resignation via text message. Instead — if they do decide to transfer — the process is See Column on page 6
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Panthers maul Mountaineers in shut out, 7-0 Brandon Glass Staff Writer
Pitt men’s soccer snapped West Virginia’s 10-game Backyard Brawl unbeaten streak, dominating the Mountaineers 7-0 in the Panthers’ highest scoring game since 1998. The Panthers (4-5-0, 0-3-0 ACC) held the momentum all night against their rival Mountaineers (6-2-2, 0-0-0 Big 12) on Tuesday at Pitt’s Ambrose Field, for the two teams’ first regular season matchup since 2011. The game started slow, with neither team controlling the ball long enough to get a shot off until the 10th minute. Pitt freshman forward Edward Kizza took a smooth pass from a teammate, beat the
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defender and faced the goalie before missing just wide of the goal. The offense picked up 30th minute, with Pitt junior midfielder Javi Perez taking a shot but missing high. In the 32nd minute, sophomore midfielder Alex Peperak scored his first goal of the season on a sliding kick in front of the net — one of three Panthers who netted their first of the season. “Pep[erak] stepped in in his first start and got his first goal,” redshirt senior defenseman Mauriq Hill said after the game. “Coming off a devastating loss at Clemson, it’s a [big] responsibility.” Three minutes later senior defenseman Pol Planellas rocketed a shot on goal from 40 yards out past the Mountaineer junior
goalie Stephen Banick. “Right from the beginning the guys stayed organized,” head coach Jay Vidovich said. “They showed that they wanted to win the game.” The Panthers maintained heavy pressure and kept the ball on West Virginia’s side for most of the remainder of the half. This resulted in two more goals for the Panthers. Pitt starting junior midfielder Joshua Gaspari found the back of the net on an assist from starting first-year forward Alexander Dexter in the 38th minute. Three minutes later, Dexter got in on the scoring, taking a pass from Perez and socking it in. The half ended at 4-0, with seven shots
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on goal and no corner kicks for the Panthers. Hill said Vidovich told the team at half “that we can be a good team and just take 4-0, or we can be a great team, and not concede, and keep it going. The first 15 minutes try and get another one and keep going.” The Mountaineers decided to go in a different direction to start the second half, replacing Banick with senior goalkeeper Jose Santos. “Teams have been doing a lot of substitutions and trying to wear us down in the second half,” Vidovich said. “We just want to make sure that we stay strong mentally.” The Panthers continued right where See Men’s Soccer on page 6
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Column, pg. 5 long and tumultuous, and includes a year on the bench. The NCAA describes this as “an academic year in residence,” meaning they want the student-athlete to get used to their new school academically before they start playing. But if an athlete joins a school, and it allows them to compete their first-year with no restrictions or adjustment time for academics, then why do they need an adjustment period when they transfer? Former Pitt basketball forward Sheldon Jeter had to deal with this outrageous rule on his way to becoming a Panther. He started his career at Vanderbilt under then-coach Kevin Stallings. After his first year, he realized he wanted to be closer to home in Beaver Falls, making Pitt a good choice. Unfortunately for him, Stallings blocked his transfer to Pitt, effectively not allowing a college student to transfer to a school close to his family. Jeter eventually played for Pitt after attending Polk College in Florida for a year. Stallings also left Vanderbilt after the 2015-16 season to become the next head coach of the Panthers, but he obviously didn’t need to wait out a year to join the team he wanted. Pitt was involved in another transfer-blocking controversy recently with former Panther
guard Cameron Johnson. When this past season ended, Johnson had earned his bachelor’s from the University in an impressive three years. He was also redshirted, meaning he has two years of eligibility left. As a graduate transfer, Johnson would be eligible to play immediately if he chose to transfer. As a player who has aspirations to be drafted into the NBA, he decided to transfer to national champions and ACC opponent, the University of North Carolina. But Pitt blocked Johnson, saying it was against their “athletic department policy.” The main reason for this block was because UNC is in the same conference as Pitt. Pitt ended up caving on this decision in June and allowed him to go to the Tar Heels and play immediately starting in the fall. But the simple fact that a university can block a graduate from attending a different school is evident of an unfair system. The problem with this whole system is that players are treated differently than their superiors when it comes to switching schools. Students — athletes included — should be allowed to pursue whatever college prepares them best for their career, but the NCAA doesn’t allow that. Mark Emmert, president of the NCAA, said student-athletes are not employees whatsoever and that “athletes are students to be treated like
any other student.” But that doesn’t seem to be entirely true. The NCAA also describes playing a sport as a hobby, vocation or a free-time activity. It doesn’t state that a student’s athletic program is more important than any other club or organization they may join or partake in while at school. There is no ban or other restriction on other students wanting to join a similar club on a different campus, so why should there be for a student athlete to join another college’s sports team? The NCAA doesn’t want players to have freedom to transfer. Student-athletes are assets in the multibillion dollar industry college sports has become. Losing a star player to another school is a huge loss, not only for the team, but for the finances and image of the college. There is obviously a difference between coaches and athletes. Coaches are employees and athletes are students. It can be a hard thing for athletes to deal with a coach unexpectedly leaving, just as it can be for a coach losing his star athlete or other athletes to another team. Still, these student-athletes don’t deserve the treatment they’ve been given. They have the same rights as other students and the NCAA should recognize that. If the NCAA does not employ these athletes, they should not be able to meddle with a student-athlete’s transfer decision.
Men’s Soccer, pg. 5 they left off, though. Less than a minute into the period, Kizza scored his third goal of the season on a pass from Gaspari, pushing it to the right past the Mountaineers backup goalie. Kizza wasn’t finished scoring. A few minutes later, on another Pitt foray into the Mountaineers’ side of the field, he sent a shot from the left side of the box to the lower corner of the net, once again making easy work of Santos. Redshirt freshman forward Tim Ekpone scored Pitt’s last goal of the match off a pass from Dexter at 65:10, yanking the game from the Mountaineers’ reach at 7-0. Perez attempted one more shot at 73 minutes that was saved by Mountaineer Steven Tekesky. As the clock wound down further, Pitt made a series of substitutions and ultimately walked away with a 7-0 victory. The Panthers will stay in town for an ACC face off with the Syracuse Orange at 7 p.m. Friday at Ambrose Urbanic Field. Pitt is still looking to snag its first conference win this year.
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