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PITT STILL INVESTIGATING SLURS AGAINST BLACK STUDENT

VLOGGER DAVID DOBRIK TALKS YOUTUBE AT THE WPU

Jon Moss

Assistant News Editor After returning from a Tyler, The Creator rap concert in the early hours of Sept. 25, Jamal Johnson just wanted to get ready for bed. But on the way to his room, the black first-year student found a racial slur written on a bulletin board on his Holland Hall South floor. Johnson said he found the statement “Jamal = Aunt Jemima,” equating him to the black female character serving as the face of a breakfast food company, which many consider to be an offensive embodiment of racist stereotypes. Johnson reported the writing to his floor’s resident assistant the following day, and met with the building’s resident director later that week. They told him that the Pitt Program Council hosted YouTube personality and vlogger David Dobrik Wednesday night in the William Pitt University’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion Union Assembly Room. Romita Das staff photographer would open an investigation into the writing. able people on the internet. Dobrik started his career on the now-deJohnson, a native of west Philadelphia, Mary Rose O’Donnell Students had already started lining up in funct social media platform Vine while still said that he expected college to be different Contributing Editor both the standby and ticket-holder lines at 1 in high school. His YouTube channel now from home, but did not expect to deal with A packed room of excited students p.m. to see Dobrik, a YouTube personality, consists of his series of exactly 4-minute-andincidents of racism directed at him. cheered and applauded as a 23-year-old man take the stage on Wednesday night in Pitt 20-second-long vlogs, which often feature co“I came to college just to get my educa- in a Pitt sweatshirt and baseball cap emerged Program Council’s “An Evening With David medic bits, pranks and surprising his friends tion, not to have to deal with being targeted from a back door. While he looked the part, Dobrik. ” The event took place in the Assembly with a brand new car. in my own residence hall,” Johnson, an Eng- he wasn’t another regular Pitt student — this Room in the William Pitt Union and about His vlogs mainly feature his group of See Slurs on page 2 was David Dobrik, one of the most recogniz- 500 students were in attendance. See Dobrik on page 7

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lish writing and political science double major, said. ODI reached out to Johnson and hosted an education session for his floor, which included a discussion around microaggressions — comments that unintentionally demonstrate prejudice — and how to combat them. But Johnson said what happened to him was more severe than a microaggression. “It was obviously a blatant act of racism,” Johnson said. University spokesperson Kevin Zwick confirmed that ODI held the session, which touched upon “Pitt’s core values, expectations and the harmful effect of racism and discrimination with a specific emphasis on the harm to underrepresented groups.” Pitt’s Office of Residence Life also contacted Johnson and offered to move him to a different residence hall. At the time, Johnson declined the offer and said that if he left, the perpetrator might feel that their behavior was acceptable. Another slur appeared on the floor on Oct. 8, two weeks after the first one, this time written on a blackboard on the floor. Several floor residents had written their names Scrabble-style on the board, and someone wrote “Aunt” before Johnson’s name, apparently referencing the Aunt Jemima character again. Johnson said he was distressed that someone, or multiple people, in the residence hall were targeting him for his race. “That’s where I sleep every night,” Johnson said. “Someone in that building feels that type of way about me.” Upset with the University’s response that the investigation of the first incident was still ongoing, Johnson posted pictures of the two slurs on Twitter later that day. The Office of Residence Life’s Twitter account responded to Johnson around one hour after his post, and said its investigation was ongoing. “We agree that this behavior is unacceptable and racism has no place at Pitt,” the tweet said. “Residence Life and the Office

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of Diversity and Inclusion are aware of and are actively investigating these incidents and working to resolve them.” Johnson’s tweet garnered about 400 likes and retweets, but some students on campus, including Black Action Society President Jenea Lyles, had already heard about what happened. Lyles, a senior microbiology major, said she first heard of the slurs against Johnson in a group chat in early October, and was upset that Johnson was being targeted. “I was disappointed, but not surprised,” Lyles said. “I’ve heard a lot of stories about people being uncomfortable in their residence halls because they’re being targeted because of their race.” Lyles added that she is pleased that ODI is investigating the two incidents, but would like the Office to keep Johnson better updated on how the investigation is progressing. “I would like more transparency with an update to Jamal,” Lyles said, “so Jamal knows that they are still looking out for him.” Zwick said the two incidents are being taken seriously and the investigation is ongoing. “Racist comments run in stark contrast to the University’s values and mission, and we remain dedicated to supporting an inclusive, safe and welcoming environment for every member of the Pitt community,” Zwick said. He added that students can reach out to multiple University offices if they experience incidents of harassment or discrimination on campus, including ODI or the Counseling Center. Zwick did not directly respond to a question about whether or not the University has identified which person or people wrote either of the statements targeting Johnson. “Any student who is found responsible for contributing to a hostile environment for our community will be held accountable,” Zwick said. Johnson said he moved across Fifth Avenue from Holland to Nordenberg Hall on Oct. 28, after finding it difficult to keep returning to where the statements were written. “I just dreaded walking and staying in the building everyday,” Johnson said.

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Pharma gifts lead to more prescriptions

Emily Wolfe News Editor

There were 58 opioid prescriptions written for every 100 Americans in the United States in 2017, according to Mara Hollander. And she thinks she and her co-authors on a new Pitt study have found part of the reason why. “That is a tremendous amount of prescribing in a country that is struggling with an opioid epidemic,” Hollander, a doctoral student in Pitt Public Health and the lead author of a new Pitt study on opioid prescriptions, said in a press release. Hollander said she and her co-authors have found a consistent factor that led doctors to prescribe opioids — gifts from pharmaceutical companies. The companies are required by law to report the value of the gifts they give to physician-researchers, which can include consulting fees, travel and lodging, education and more. The study, published Oct. 30 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, found that physicians across a number of specialties are more likely to prescribe opioids to their patients if the physicians have received gifts from pharmaceutical companies.

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The increase in likelihood varies across specialty, the researchers found. Primary care physicians, for instance, were 3.5 times more likely to prescribe opioids to patients if they had received gifts from pharmaceutical companies totaling more than $100. But psychiatrists and neurologists who received gifts on the same level were 13 times more likely to prescribe opioids. Opioid giants Insys and Purdue were responsible for more than two-thirds of the gifts granted to the 236,000 physicians included in the study, though a total of 18 companies provided gifts related to opioids. Senior author Marian Jarlenski, an assistant professor of health policy and management at Pitt Public Health, said in the release that although overdose death rates have leveled off in the last year, the opioid epidemic is “nowhere close to being over,” and politicians need to continue to seek solutions to the crisis with the new findings in mind. “I would encourage policymakers and state and federal health officials to really dig into these findings and develop interventions that address this relationship between pharmaceutical company gift-giving and opioid prescribing,” Jarlenski said.

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Katie Hill faces double standard in sex scandal

Women in the public eye face a different kind of scrutiny than their male counterparts do — especially when it comes to their appearance and expressions of sexuality. This is the reality of modern American society that women like Katie Hill, former congresswoman from California, know all too well. Hill recently came under intense public scrutiny when certain news outlets published intimate photos of her with a former campaign staffer. This ultimately led to her resignation — just 10 months after unseating her district’s incumbent candidate. The media’s handling of Hill’s photos are a form of victim-blaming that reinforces the double standard surrounding men and women’s expected expressions of sexuality. Hill’s case is somewhat complicated. She has been accused of having an affair with her congressional legislative director — a violation of House rules — which she denies. But she does admit to having had a sexual relationship with a campaign staffer, something not illegal as per House rules. The photographs released by Red State and The Daily Mail had to do with the consensual relationship that she admits to having and recognizes as inappropriate, yet doesn’t itself constitute grounds for resignation. On the other hand, there are plenty of men in power who have stayed in power following allegations of actual crimes. President Donald Trump has had more than a dozen allegations of sexual misconduct brought against him. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., allegedly had numerous affairs with his staffers and faces criminal charges for using campaign funds for dates with them. Both of these men and many more remain in office, while Hill resigned. She cited a double standard and fear for her own safety as reasons for her

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resignation. “I am leaving because of a misogynistic culture that gleefully consumed my naked pictures, capitalized on my sexuality and enabled my abusive ex to continue that abuse, this time with the entire country watching,” she said. The way that media outlets picked up the photos, allegedly from her estranged husband, and used them in such a sensational, harmful fashion not only makes Hill a victim, but also has threatened her safety. She is the victim of revenge porn, which is when materials like photographs and private text messages are intentionally released by a sexual partner to cause distress. Revenge porn is illegal in several states, including California, and has been found to have devastating effects on victims’ mental health that are very similar to those resulting from sexual assault. The photos and the extreme backlash they’ve prompted have led to many death threats in an attempt to terrorize Hill. “I am leaving because of the thousands of vile, threatening emails, calls and texts that made me fear for my life and the lives of the people that I care about,” she said in a farewell speech. “Today is the first time I’ve left my apartment since the photos taken without my consent were released, and I’m scared.” Hill, a woman, is scared for her life and has been forced to resign because of a sexual relationship that, while arguably immoral, was not nearly as damning or concerning as allegations of sexual assault that have been leveled against men who are not compelled to resign. This intense scrutiny and victim-blaming is what women face when the public is confronted with a side of them that they don’t expect to see.

THE STRUGGLES OF GROWING UP WITH AN ETHNIC NAME Devi Ruia

Senior Staff Columnist Growing up Indian American, society expected me to be a walking stereotype — a math prodigy, Harvard-bound member of “brown town” with fresh-off-theboat parents who “talk funny” and don’t let me have a social life. As a result, anything that made me less than “normal” was something that I wanted to avoid, so I absolutely hated my name. I dreaded every first day of school when teachers would stumble over how to say my full name, Devika — for the record, it’s pronounced Day-vee-ka. I’d tell them they could call me Devi, and then I’d spend the first month or so of school correcting them on the pronunciation. Sometimes some idiot would point out that it was “like Davy Jones,” which usually worked but wasn’t exactly the comparison I was looking for. I was pissed at my parents for naming me Devika, which my Dad, of all people, pushed for. Both of my parents were born and raised in America but my mom, Gita, was more well-versed in people having trouble with her name. She had a whole

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list of sort-of-ethnic-sounding-but-alsokind-of-white names that she wanted to call me. My dad, who spent his life as Rick — the most stereotypical, American dad name — had no idea about the struggles of having a “weird” name. He was absolutely set on calling me Devika and somehow that was the one argument he won with my mom. They seemingly learned from their mistake with me because my younger sister was named the easy-to-pronounce Karina. Both of my cousins got easy-for-whitepeople-to-say names too — Maya and Sean. Luckily everyone calls me Devi and always has, but this version of my name isn’t that much easier for people to say or to wrap their heads around at first. I get the constant double take when I introduce myself as Devi. I’ve gone years with people who’ve seen it written down pronouncing it “Dee-vee” or “Dev-ee.” I guess I’m resigned to a life of people, especially Starbucks employees, butchering my name in the weirdest possible ways, such as: See Ruia on page 4

Ruia, pg. 3 1. Dani Once a professor spent the first month of the semester calling me Devi, then inexplicably switched to calling me Dani for the remainder of the semester. I also had a girl who I had been in multiple classes with during high school randomly call me Dani during our junior year. It’s not that close to Devi, but I usually just go with it. 2. Daybee There’s a good chance the Starbucks barista who wrote this one was just not paying attention, but I will never get over turning over my cup to see ‘Daybee’ written out. I mean, that’s not a name. Who in their right mind would think that someone would be called that? Maybe I should just start telling Starbucks employees my name is Rick, like my mom does whenever she places takeout orders. I’d still get the double take, but at least they’d spell it right. 3. Deevee This one is pretty common from people who see my name written down more

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Devi Ruia Image via Wikimedia Commons often than they hear it said out loud. I correct people the first time because it’s totally understandable that no one is going to look at D-e-v-i and think that it’s pronounced “Davy.” After the first two or three times correcting people I usually give up though, which is a bit unfortunate because it happens pretty often.

I was pretty close to one of my teachers in high school who I had two years in a row. He called me “Deevee” up until the month before graduation when a friend of mine got fed up and corrected him. 4. Dave This one is mostly just a nickname of a nickname from my friends — my close

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friends and my family call me Daves — but I have actually gotten called Dave a couple of times by strangers. The same Panera employee who wrote my name down as Dave wrote my friend Autumn’s name as “Adam,” so I guess in retrospect mine wasn’t as bad. I do feel for the employees stuck writing down names all day because it can’t be easy, but I have zero sympathy for the people who know me and still can’t get it right. 5. Debbie This one makes even less sense than Dani. Just because it starts with a D doesn’t mean it’s correct, folks! 6. Daisy *See Debbie* Look, I understand that it’s not easy for people to wrap their heads around names that they’re not used to hearing. But if people can figure out how to say Daenerys Targaryen, I think that they should be able to wrap their heads around Devi Ruia. Devi primarily writes about politics for The Pitt News. Write to her at dvr7@ pitt.edu and follow her on Twitter for more humor and some hot takes @DeviRuia.

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Culture

Theresa Baughman showcases work from Arctic Circle Elizabeth Donnelly Senior Staff Writer

An electrifying blue light shines on the entryway of Late Space, a quaint art gallery on Penn Avenue in Garfield. Within, visitors peruse the abstract line drawings and photographs of glaciers and Arctic waters hanging on the walls. Miscellaneous works of art, like an iceberg sculpture and audio recordings, are scattered around the room. The gallery is quiet, with visitors pondering each piece, thoughtful looks on their faces as they try to understand the meaning behind Theresa Baughman’s art. Baughman, who graduated from Pitt in 2015 with degrees in studio arts and anthropology, ventured to the Arctic from Sept. 30 to Oct. 17, 2018, as an artist-in-residence with the Arctic Circle — a yearly expeditionary residency program for artists of all disciplines, scientists, architects and educators. On her trip, Baughman sailed around the coast of Svalbard aboard the Tall Ship Antigua, accompanied by 28 other researchers, an all-female group of land guides and a ship dog. Baughman said she was thankful she could go on this trip and meet the other participants — especially since many of them shared their expertise. “I was the youngest one on the trip and I am so grateful for that because I was able to learn from all these people who have more experience than I do,” Baughman said. “Even though a lot of them were very close to my age, they had already gone through different types of schooling or more schooling.” Baughman’s expedition culminated in the creation of several pieces of art, which are currently featured at Late Space for the entire month of November. The artwork she made on the trip includes photography, abstract drawings, audio recordings and other works all revolving around

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her voyage. Barbara Weissberger, a Pitt studio arts senior lecturer, taught Baughman in one of her classes and worked closely with her later in a directed study program. She said that Baughman’s work follows an individual style that takes time to progress. “Theresa is a deep thinker with a heightened sensitivity to materials and forms,” Weissberger said. “Her work is spare but behind the spareness is a slow accumulation of time, thought and experience.” One of Baughman’s main works of art from her trip is her photo collection done in a nothingleft-behind style, in which she made sure her art left no trace and did not harm the environment. For the piece, she wrapped large chunks of ice and rocks in an orange-gold foil blanket and then placed them in their natural surroundings, contrasting the bright gold against the solemn gray, white and black hues of the Arctic. Baughman photographed the ice, then removed the foil blanket, leaving no trace in the environment. While she created many pieces during her time abroad, Baughman said she had not envisioned how hard the environment would be to work in and initially, many of her materials were unusable in the Arctic climate. “When I got to the North Pole, everything kinda went out the window, which is to be expected in some ways,” she said. “My normal artmaking practice just didn’t work. My sculpture casting materials froze, my polaroid film froze almost immediately — there was no salvaging anything.” But instead of giving up or trying to make ruined materials work in difficult circumstances, Baughman instead resorted to different forms of artmaking — ones in which she did not have much experience, like photography.

Theresa Baughman’s expedition to the Arctic culminated in the creation of several pieces of art, which are currently featured at Late Space in Garfield for the entire month of November.Photo courtesy of Theresa Baughman “My practice and the things I made really became about finding comfort in uncomfortable places,” Baughman said. Bonnie Levinthal, a painter and printmaker from Philadelphia, accompanied Baughman on the Arctic Circle expedition. She described the trip as one of the most amazing things she will ever do in her life. Levinthal said she first met Baughman in the Oslo Airport and they hit it off immediately. “[Theresa] was, and is, friendly, beautiful and smart. Her sensitivity and vulnerability — I think we all felt a little vulnerable at times — to the place and the conditions we found ourselves in were wonderfully reflected in the work she made,” Levinthal said. The two artists bonded over their difficulties in the freezing climate — both dealing with their materials malfunctioning and the need to switch up their plans. They both had to adapt to the circumstances, which Levinthal said Baughman did by creating drawings instead of her typical moldings. “Theresa started to make some lovely little line drawings of shapes she found in the landscape,” Levinthal said. “She said she had never had much confidence in her drawing before, but I believe she came to embrace the process and is now very proud of the drawings she made.” Among all of her pieces, one of Baughman’s

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most distinct is a performance piece where she has a whispered conversation with a glacier. Baughman said that she didn’t even know if she wanted to include the piece in her exhibit at first, but over time she grew more comfortable with the idea. “She collaborated with the landscape, in one piece having an actual conversation with an ice floe. She engaged with the non-human entities that occupy that landscape — she the visitor observing, recording, learning,” Weissberger said. The exhibit consists of two small iPods set up with the recordings playing on a loop. Visitors are encouraged to put on the headphones and be transported to the Arctic via the swishing and slopping sounds of water hitting ice. With titles like “Can you hear the thoughts in my head and should I apologize for them?” and “A stranger stranges me,” the abstract recordings gave Baughman the opportunity to steer her art in a different, unfamiliar direction. “It was challenging to allow myself to be present and to be comfortable with that,” Baughman said. “It’s such a physical and dangerous place that you are kind of forced to be physically and mentally present at all times.” Theresa Baughman’s “In Blauw” will be at Late Space Gallery at 5013 Penn Ave. for the month of November, with an opening party on Friday, Nov. 8, and an artist talk on Nov. 14.

Students gather to share six-word stories Maggie Young

Contributing Editor People of all levels of literary prowess are likely familiar with Ernest Hemingway’s legendary sixword short story — “For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.” But how many people can say they’ve written such a story themselves? About 15 people gathered Monday afternoon in the Amy E. Knapp room on the ground floor of Hillman Library for Six Word Stories: an Interactive Exhibit. The event was run by The Open Door Project — a diversity and inclusion initiative launched by the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences — along with the University Library System as a part of Pitt’s Year of Creativity. Monday’s program consisted of a discussion of what it means to exist in today’s world and gave participants an outlet to articulate these sentiments in the six-word story format. This event was the first segment of the exhibit, with a followup ceremony scheduled for Nov. 14. anupama jain, an instructor in the gender, sexuality and women’s studies department, and Dawn Brubaker, an adjunct social work professor facilitated the discussion.

represented a certain identity — class, age, ability, nation of citizenship/immigration status, race and sexuality — that go beyond just someone’s name. Jain said these identities were brought about in hopes of prompting what would inspire participants’ six word stories. “The answer to this question of ‘Who am I?’ is absolutely unique,” jain said. “It’s about our lived experiences … So we have chosen identities, the communities we want to be a part of, as well as those that are [ascribed] to us. Part of what we’re thinking about here is — in six words — what might you say?” Participants were asked to move to the sign that best answered questions jain was asking, The Open Door Project hosted Six Word Stories: an Interactive Exhibit Monwhich pertained to people’s comfort level in talkday, where visitors were asked to write about themselves in only six words. ing about their own various identities. The series Ally Hansen staff photographer of discussion questions began with which of the According to jain, Monday’s discussion was cult] getting to those places that maybe aren’t as identities people were most comfortable talking a poignant and effective way to bring together comfortable or as familiar and talking about our about, followed by what they were least comfortpeople from the community to talk to each other identities and really being able to articulate ‘Who able talking about. about collective humanity in the modern day, in am I when I come into a space.’” After each question, jain made note of the addition to recognizing relevant issues. Prior to the discussion, Brubaker hung signs amount of people that flocked to certain signs, “We need to get people talking to each other on the wall throughout the room, each one See Six Words on page 9 and talking honestly,” jain said. “[It can be diffi- marked with just one word. Each sheet of paper

Dobrik, pg. 1 friends and cast of characters known as The Vlog Squad, which is made up of many former Viners and current YouTube personalities like Jason Nash, Zane Hijazi and Heath Hussar. Dobrik’s videos have also featured many celebrity guests such as Kylie Jenner, Howie Mandel, Courtney Cox and Snoop Dogg. Since he began making videos on his channel in 2014, Dobrik has amassed 14.3 million subscribers and more than six billion total views. PPC Former Executive Board Director Nikita Iyer interviewed the YouTube star that night, touching on a variety of topics throughout the evening. Dobrik revealed much about the inner workings of being a YouTuber. He said he spends about 12 to 15 hours editing the five hours of footage to become one of his lessthan-five-minute vlogs. Though he spends nearly half a day editing each of his videos, which receive millions of views, most of his income does not come from YouTube since the “adpocalypse” occurred.

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Students began lining up to see “An Evening with David Dobrik” in the William Pitt Union at about 1 p.m. Romita Das staff photographer The “adpocalypse” occurred in 2017 after major advertisers became concerned with the types of videos their ads were being shown on, and in response pulled all of their advertising from YouTube. To rectify this is-

sue, YouTube rolled out new guidelines that would determine whether or not a video is deemed “advertiser friendly.” According to the YouTube help page, videos are deemed not “advertiser friendly” and receive “little to

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no ads” if they include things like inappropriate language, drug-related content and harmful or dangerous acts. Dobrik’s vlogs often contain at least one of these things. Before the “adpocalypse,” Dobrik was receiving about 60 million views per month on his videos, which he said then equated to $275,000 per month in adsense revenue. “That was completely unheard of,” Dobrik said. “That was an income where I didn’t have to do anything else but crank out these videos.” After YouTube rolled out its stricter monetization guidelines, this drastically changed. “Now I’m getting around 200 million views per month. Right now — this month — the paycheck I’m going to get is $1,800, which is crazy,” he said. Dobrik has found income elsewhere, specifically with his line of “Clickbait” merchandise through the company Fanjoy — which plenty of people in the audience were wearing that night. “The majority of my income would be through merch. Thank you to the people who are wearing my merch,” he said. “That’s about See Dobrik on page 8

Dobrik, pg. 7 60-70% of my income.” Dobrik also said he does not make any money off of his famous SeatGeek brand deals. In many of his videos that are sponsored by the ticket-selling company, he surprises his friends with new cars and films their reactions. These videos are some of the most popular on his channel, with the most recent one — surprising Vlog Squad member Jason Nash with a brand new Tesla — currently at 9.6 million views. Dobrik uses the

money he receives from SeatGeek for the brand deal to buy these cars, rather than pocketing it for himself. Despite this paycut over the past few years, Dobrik expressed his love for making videos and said the money is not an end-allbe-all. “You can’t have your cake and eat it too. The stuff I post is what I love to post and I’m not going to sacrifice that just to make a bit more money,” he said, followed by audience cheers. Sophomore nursing student Sarah Forchielli was very familiar with Dobrik’s

videos before coming to “An Evening with David Dobrik” and said she was excited to see him in person. “I love him,” she said. “I think the [Vlog Squad] and their group of friends are so funny. Throughout everything he was saying I was laughing along.” Though Dobrik has seen great success on YouTube, he has recently ventured off the internet and onto the small and silver screens. He is currently a judge on the Nickelodeon competition show “America’s Most Musical Family,” served as the cohost of this year’s “Teen Choice Awards”

alongside actress Lucy Hale and had a voice role in August’s “The Angry Birds Movie 2.” Toward the end of the evening, Iyer asked Dobrik what his next career move was. He expressed his interest in becoming a late night host, but also said his next career path likely doesn’t exist yet. “When I was in high school, a lot of the teachers would say, ‘Most of the jobs that you will have aren’t even jobs yet.’ I feel like that’s where I’m at right now,” he said. “There really isn’t a lane I would want to follow yet. I think only time will tell.”

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Six Words, pg. 7 particularly how few identified as most comfortable talking about race compared to the larger amount of people who felt least comfortable talking about race. Lydia Collins, a Greenfield resident, said while she is uncomfortable talking about her racial identity, the discomfort is not what bothers her most. “As a woman of color, often the only one in the space, we are often asked to do such heavy lifting to talk about this,” Collins said. “Sometimes it’s not so much discomfort as it is I’m uncomfortable to continue having these same conversations over and over again.” Following the discussion of personal comfort, jain shifted the questions toward what people are most or least knowledgeable about and asked participants to contrast their comforts from their knowledge. Brubaker took this opportunity to widen the discussion about the impact that knowledge has on identities with the help of her own experience. Her experience comes mostly from her Ph.D. in social work, and her work with immigrants in writing her dissertation. When jain asked the group what identity they knew most about, Brubaker moved to the station that indicated the nation of origin/immigration status. However, Brubaker acknowledged that although she may be very knowledgeable about immigration status as an identity, her view is limited because she was born in the United States. “I felt uncomfortable going to [nation of origin/immigration status] as what I most knew,” Brubaker said. “While my doctoral dissertation is on it, I am from here. My privilege is here. I did not experience what the people I worked with for 20 years did. I can only say from a limited perspective what that process is and the violent oppression people are experiencing.”

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Following this discussion on acknowledging privilege, jain continued to prompt the group with questions such as what they are most impacted by, most influenced by along with other similar ways of introspection. Once the identity activity finished, participants were given about 15 minutes to write their own six-word short stories. According to jain, the goal was to have the participants think about what they learned about themselves and others and incorporate it into their narrative. “What I want you to think about is who is it that you want to share with the world today,” jain said. “This conversation about intersectionality, of course, is never going to capture the entirety, but it’s an opportunity.” Participants were encouraged to draft multiple stories, and jain encouraged them to think about it as “a poem about yourself to the world.” Once people selected their story and wrote it on a neon sticky note, the group moved to the first floor, where each of the six-word stories would be posted. The event organizers and facilitators then encouraged participants to share their stories and read them aloud. “More than what you see,” Collins read from her sticky note, “thriver.” “Just sentient stardust, trying her best,” another participant wrote. “Bisexual, married, rainbow flag still flying,” read another. Hillman visitors can look at the stories posted on the first floor — on the right side when you walk in — and even draft one of their own. The sticky notes will stay in place until the reception for the exhibit on Nov. 14, which will take place in the Thornburgh Room on the first floor. At the conclusion of the activity, jain said she was grateful that this event gave a creative space for people to share stories with each other. “This is a real example of getting to spend an hour and a half just encountering each other and trying to get to ‘who am I,’ genuinely and authentically,” jain said.

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Sports MEN’S BASKETBALL SURVIVES SEMINOLES, 63-61, WOMEN’S FALLS TO UCF, 74-58, IN SEASON DEBUTS men’s

Stephen Thompson Assisstant Sports Editor

Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton faced the postgame press in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night with a smile. “I was hoping you guys had left already,” Hamilton said. He was fresh off of an ugly seasonopening loss. His Seminoles (0-1 overall, 0-1 ACC) shot a lowly 39% from the field, including 30% from 3-point range, and committed 27 personal fouls in a fourthstraight loss at the Petersen Events Center, 63-61 to Jeff Capel and the Pitt Panthers (1-0 overall, 1-0 ACC). But it wasn’t ugly just for the Seminoles. Despite a renovated home arena, fresh uniforms and a reloaded roster, the “new look” Panthers still resembled last year’s team throughout the first half on Wednesday night. Poor shooting and wild turnovers plagued the offensive end, while Pitt’s stout defense managed to keep the score tight. Both teams turned the ball over nine times apiece and and shot a combined 15-54 from the field, covering for each other’s scoring deficiencies in the opening half. It was a shock for many watching, but Capel was unsurprised and claimed that even the nation’s elite can be subject to opening night jitters. “If you watched the games in the Champions Classic yesterday, both of those games were ugly,” Capel said. “It’s what to be expected, in my opinion, this time of year when you have a lot of new faces.”

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women’s Capel added that his team isn’t unusual when compared to Florida State or any of its ACC counterparts. There was massive turnover and the league’s young teams are still learning as they go. After scraping by with free throws to keep the deficit slim, Pitt turned defense into offense. The Panthers went on a 13-2 run to take a four-point lead with 1:24 remaining in the first half, highlighted by a fancy up-and-under and-one from graduate transfer Eric Hamilton and a trio of 3-pointers from sophomore guard Xavier Johnson and junior guard Ryan Murphy. For much of the first half, Johnson and fellow sophomore guard Trey McGowens were the focal point of Florida State’s defense. Driving lanes were clogged and the two dynamic, slashing guards struggled to find open looks at the rim. The duo combined to shoot 2-9 from the field in the first half while the Seminoles collected five blocks. But they finally shifted their focus during Pitt’s 13-2 half-closing run. Instead of attack, attack, attack, they facilitated and rebounded, opening up scoring opportunities for their teammates. That run gave Pitt its largest lead of the game at 25-21 — but it was short-lived. Florida State redshirt sophomore forward RaiQuan Gray turned an offensive rebound in two points, then senior guard Trent Forrest stripped the ball from Murphy and nailed a jumper on the other end to tie the game at 25. As the second half began, it seemed as though the game finally did as well. The Seminoles came out of the halftime locker

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Traveling down south to play against a tough opponent in the season opener, the Pitt women’s basketball team lost 74-58 to UCF in Orlando on Wednesday afternoon. The loss marks two straight years in which Pitt (0-1 overall) has started the season by falling to the Golden Knights (1-0 overall), as the Panthers also fell 61-58 last year at home. Under second-year head coach Lance White, five new players saw action in this year’s game. Pitt came out in the first quarter completely outplaying UCF, starting on a 10-2 run that became a 20-11 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Panthers shot 61.5% in the first quarter on 8-13 shooting from the floor, including 4-4 from 3-point range. Junior guard Gabbie Green made two 3-pointers in the first quarter to lead Pitt with six points. Redshirt senior guard Aysia Bugg, back in her first game since recovering from blood clots a season ago, had five points on 2-4 shooting and a 3-pointer. UCF shot poorly early on, going 4-16 from the field in the first quarter, but managed to mitigate that by going 3-7 from 3-point range, with redshirt senior guard Sianni Martin making all three of the team’s attempts. The second quarter saw the Golden Knights start to recover, outscoring the Panthers 19-13 to get the deficit down to three points, 33-30, at halftime. UCF senior guard Kay Kay Wright led the comeback by scoring 11 points on 5-6 shooting and a 3-pointer. Bugg led Pitt in the second quarter, scoring 10 points on 4-7 shooting for a teamSee Men’s on page 11 high 15 points at half. First-year guard Emy

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Hayford, who made a 3-pointer, was the only other Panther to score in the quarter. Pitt regressed to 5-12 shooting in the quarter while UCF went 8-14. After the Panthers scored four points to start the second half, with Green making a 3-pointer and first-year guard Dayshanette Harris making a free throw, the Golden Knights took their first lead of the game on a 17-2 run that put them up 47-39. Pitt responded with a 7-0 run of its own to pull back within one, only for UCF to rattle off seven straight points and end the quarter with a 54-46 lead. Both teams shot 50% from the field in the third quarter, though the Golden Knights made eight field goals to the Panthers’ four. UCF also grabbed four offensive rebounds in the quarter, leading to six points that helped it separate from Pitt on the scoreboard. The Golden Knights only furthered their lead in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Panthers 20-13 to win 74-58 in the end. UCF shot a clean 6-11 from the field and 6-7 from the free-throw. Pitt, on the other hand, struggled, shooting an abysmal 5-19 from the field, including 1-7 from 3-point range. Green was Pitt’s lone bright spot in the fourth quarter, scoring seven points to finish with a team-high 18 in her first game as a Panther. Bugg faded in the second half, not even attempting a shot in the third quarter and then scoring two points on 1-5 shooting in the fourth. She finished with 17 points, while sophomore guard Ismani Prapa was third on the team with eight points. The Panthers will next play on Monday at the Petersen Events Center, where they will take on Central Connecticut State at 7 p.m.

Men’s, pg. 10 room on fire, blitzing the Panthers for a 7-1 burst to open up a six-point lead. But then came junior forward Terrell Brown for Pitt. Brown checked in with just under 15 minutes remaining in the second half and Florida State leading by nine. He quickly found an easy dunk thanks to fine interior passing from sophomore forward Au’Diese Toney, then again scored easily after first-year forward Justin Champagnie found him underneath the basket. Capel had high praise for Brown, saying he played a complete game. “I thought Terrell [Brown] was terrific,” Capel said. “I thought it was one of the best games he’s played since I got here. He finished around the rim, he played with energy and passion, he was talking, you could hear him, and he played with confidence … I thought some of the things he did defensively were really good too.” And because Brown’s play provided the spark, a fire followed. Champagnie and Johnson hit consecutive 3-pointers to give Pitt its first lead of the second half at 41-40 with just over 10 minutes left to

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play. The final minutes were a dogfight, with neither team gaining more than a one-possession edge. Forrest knotted the score at 56 with 2:30 remaining, but it was Brown to the rescue again. He converted an old-fashioned 3-point play to give Pitt a lead at 2:00 that it would not relinquish. The Panthers made seven of their final nine free throws to close out the Seminoles. The Panthers shot a woeful 31% from the free throw line in last week’s exhibition against Slippery Rock. In response, Pitt’s coaching staff hammered the importance of free throws into their players’ heads over the past week. “Free throws win you games,” Murphy said. “Those are big-time plays. One step in the right direction.” It takes a special kind of chemistry and trust to overcome the ugly play that Capel mentioned, a trust which the Panthers developed over the summer during their trip to Italy and is paying dividends in games now. “It all started in Italy,” Brown said. “After that we went from being a group to being a team … You just get comfortable

and it translates onto the court.” The Panthers 34-15 bench scoring margin was spearheaded by Brown’s 13 points and aided by 13 more from Murphy, who added four rebounds and three assists. Murphy is known for his 3-point shooting ability, but showed he’s capable of affecting the game in other ways as well. Johnson also chipped in 13 points and six assists while going 5-8 from the free throw line. McGowens turned in a wellrounded game of 10 points, five assists and seven rebounds, though he also committed a team-high six turnovers. Pitt basketball is undefeated through one game and has passed the first of a long series of tests that it will face this season. Postgame, Murphy and Brown moved quickly from Wednesday to Saturday, using the “brick by brick” motto that Capel has made the calling card for this year’s team. “Coach has said ‘brick by brick’ and this is brick one,” Murphy said. “And we got brick two on Saturday,” Brown interjected. The Panthers welcome Nicholls State for a noon tip-off on Saturday from the Petersen Events Center.

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