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PITT BOARD APPROVES BUDGETS FOR 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR
Christian Snyder and Grant Burgman
The Pitt News Staff The Pitt Board of Trustees approved the 2019 operating and capital budgets Monday morning, according to an email Chancellor Patrick Gallagher sent to the University community. The new budget — which includes a $4.4 million increase from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania — keeps tuition rates stable for the majority of in-state students, but increases tuition rates for other students. All graduate and out-of-state undergraduates students at the Pittsburgh campus will face a tuition increase, and all engineering undergraduate students at both the Pittsburgh and Johnstown campuses will face increases as well. “The tuition rate for out-of-state undergraduates on our Pittsburgh campus will increase by about $1,400. Tuition will remain flat for Pennsylvania students, excluding the Swanson School of Engineering. These students will pay $19,726 to support costs associated with the program,” University spokesperson Deborah Todd said in an email on Monday.
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sylvania’s 14 state-owned universities on Thursday, July 16. Last year, the Board of Trustees raised both in-state and out-ofstate tuition for Pitt students by $442 and $864 respectively. Graduate student tuition rates vary according to the school and program. The yearly rate for the School of Medicine’s graduate program will increase by nearly $1,000 for in-state students and almost $2,000 for out-of-state students. Yearly tuition for undergraduates in the Swanson School of Engineering will rise from $25,586 to $26,224 for in-state students and from $42,458 to $44,474 for out-of-state students. The new rates for other schools can be found here. Gallagher’s email also said that the Board passed a $2.3 billion operating budget. That Deborah Todd money will go toward “investUniversity spokesperson ing in vital areas, such as research, academic excellence and economic development,” he said in the email. Pitt’s decision to freeze the cost of inThis year’s $2.3 billion operating budstate tuition comes after the State System get is an increase from last year’s $2.2 bilof Higher Education’s board of governors lion budget. Pitt’s 2018-19 capital budget approved a new tuition increase for Penn-
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The tuition rate for out-of-state undergraduates on our Pittsburgh campus will increase by about $1,400.
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will see a similar increase. The budget allocates a $339.5 million capital budget, which Gallagher said will allow Pitt to “address deferred maintenance and make needed renovations” to University facilities. A press release from the University indicated that the capital budget will support investments such as renovations to Hillman Library and Salk Hall, and the redevelopment of 5000 Baum Boulevard — the future site of Pitt and UPMC’s Immune Transplant and Therapy Center. Other projects will include expanding the utilization of the Petersen Sports Complex and supporting energy-saving sustainability projects. An $819 million dollar research base will also be distributed from Pitt’s budget this year, which is up $11 million from last year’s record-setting $808 million. The new budget also funds a 2.25 percent increase to the faculty and staff salary pool, according to a statement sent to faculty and staff Monday afternoon.
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“Faculty and staff members who performed satisfactorily may be eligible to receive a maintenance increase of 1.5 percent. Additional funds of 0.75 percent are available for faculty and staff eligible for a merit, market, or equity increase,” the message from Senior Vice Chancellors Greg Scott and Art Ramicone said. Gallagher thanked lawmakers in Harrisburg for the increase in Pitt’s state funding this year. “I am thrilled to extend this valuable partnership with the state and grateful
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that leaders in Harrisburg have voted to strengthen their investment in Pitt and, in turn, our Commonwealth’s future,” Gallagher said in the email.
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TWO MEN FILE SUIT AGAINST PITT, G-DOOR AND MICHAEL ROSFELD Grant Burgman
News Editor Timothy Riley and Jacob Schilling are suing the University of Pittsburgh, Oakland bar Garage Door Saloon and Michael Rosfeld — the former Pitt police officer on trial for homicide after shooting and killing Antwon Rose Jr. June 19. The complaint against Rosfeld references an incident at the Garage Door Saloon on Dec. 9 in which Rosfeld arrested them on charges of simple assault, disorderly conduct, defiant trespass and public drunkenness. The charges were later dropped Dec. 21 when Rosfeld’s affidavit did not match evidence and accounts of the case. The complaint states that the charges were thrown out after “the footage contained on the security cameras
Two men are suing Pitt, Michael Rosfeld and Garage Door Saloon over an alleged incident of excessive force in December. Anna Bongardino | visual editor
from the Garage Door did not support any of the allegations contained in the Criminal Complaint and in fact contradicted the allegations.” Rosfeld originally claimed that he responded to the incident at Garage Door Saloon to aid another officer. When he arrived the officer had the men held against a wall and he claimed the men smelled of alcohol and were yelling at the officer and owner Mark Welshonse. The complaint alleges that Rosfeld was “not fully qualified to perform his duties as a Pitt Police Officer” and that Rosfeld’s “prior work history and conduct raised red flags and/or concerns pertaining to his ability to work safely with the public in performing his duties as a Pitt Police Officer.” Rosfeld is already on trial after his See Sued on page 4
ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY LEADERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST UPMC Kieran Mclean Staff Writer
Nurses, activists and local seniors packed themselves into Pittsburgh’s City Council chambers Tuesday afternoon to speak out against a controversial proposed expansion of UPMC Mercy in Oakland in an exhaustive four-hour hearing. More than 150 people surrounded the seated council members and spilled into the atrium as they pleaded for the council to deny UPMC Mercy its proposed expansion until the health care giant agrees to enter into a community benefits agreement with stakeholders. Hospital Workers Rising, a project of SEIU Healthcare PA — the state’s largest union of nurses and health care workers — organized the opposition to the expansion. City Council is set to vote on a resolution that would allow UPMC to amend its 2012 master plan to modify the use of their property. The modification would allow them to
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expand a parking lot and former NRG power plant next to UPMC Mercy into a new, 300,000-square-foot Vision Rehabilitation Center. “This needs to be done from the bottom up, not the top down,” Lisa Frank, vice president of SEIU Healthcare PA, said of UPMC’s decision making process. “UPMC relates to its community the way a king would to his subjects.” The Vision Rehabilitation Center is the first in UPMC’s planned $2 billion investment to build three new hospitals across the City. Dr. José-Alain Sahel, the current chair of UPMC’s Department of Ophthalmology would lead the center. He plans on experimenting with new technologies like artificial retinas and gene therapy, and spoke at the hearing to emphasize that the Vision Rehabilitation Center would need to be attached to UPMC Mercy. “They need to be in the same building. We need access to [Mercy’s] facilities,” Sahel said.
UPMC Mercy President Michael Grace, a nun from the Sisters of Mercy Order and representatives from construction unions and business advocacy groups came out to support the expansion project as well. Local activist groups, health care workers, city officials and concerned citizens spoke against it. “We’ll hold job fairs, community events and make sure the community has access to trade skills and apprenticeships,” Grace said. But the vast majority of attendees is against UPMC’s expansion and wants the council to strike down the resolution. “We need an agreement. Before UPMC spends one dime on specialty services for high-income patients, they need to take care of [low-income] people and the more than 50,000 seniors in Allegheny County,” Erin Ninehouser of the Pennsylvania Health Access Network said. Demands from the speakers included access to health care for all Pittsburgh residents regardless of their insurance carrier,
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more primary care facilities in low-income areas and for living wages and unfettered access to unions for all its employees. District 34 Democratic Nominee Summer Lee cited the $16 billion health care giant’s 2009 closure of its Braddock hospital as evidence for why UPMC needs to be bound by an agreement. “I come from a low-income community with limited access to transportation,” Lee said. “UPMC abandoned our community for a more affluent one.” She also refuted arguments that the business advocacy group Uptown Partners and various construction unions made that the Vision Rehabilitation Center would be a catalyst for economic growth. “‘Revitalization’ doesn’t help people,” Lee said to cheers from the room. “They need better wages.” Tim Owens, an ex-marine and World War II veteran in his 90s, came out in full uniform to advocate that UPMC recognize See UPMC on page 4
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Sued, pg. 3 involvement in the death of 17-yearold Rose Jr. Rosfeld fired three shots at Rose Jr. who was fleeing from a vehicle Rosfeld and another officer pulled over suspecting it was involved in a shooting in North Braddock earlier that night. Rose Jr. was unarmed at the time Rosfeld opened fire. He died later that night after being taken to the hospital. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala officially charged Rosfeld with homicide June 27. Riley and Schilling are also suing Welshonse, claiming that they were “unreasonably and forcefully extricated from the bar” by Welshonse while they were celebrating Riley’s birthday at the bar. Welshonse did not answer when The Pitt News called for comment and has not responded to messages left by The Pitt News. The complaint alleges that Welshonse never asked the men to leave and instead the men were “unreasonably forcibly extricated from the
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bar without warning.” It goes on to say, “Mr. Schilling and his friend did not engage in any conduct that was dangerous to any of the general public, nor did they do anything that would warrant their forceful removal from the bar.” Rosfeld left the Pitt police in January, shortly after the charges were dropped in regards to the Dec. 9 alleged incident at the Garage Door Saloon. Pitt spokesperson Joe Miksch said via email that the University of Pittsburgh does not comment on pending or ongoing litigation. Southside Sin City, Inc., which the complaint says is the corporation that does business as the Garage Door Saloon, and Pitt police Chief James Loftus were also named defendants in the suit. Riley and Schilling’s attorney Robert Peirce is not representing Daniel Humphrey, the 26-year-old son of Pitt vice chancellor for senior engagement Kathy Humphrey who was also arrested the night of Dec. 9. Peirce is reportedly seeking monetary compensation for damages and attorney costs.
UPMC, pg. 3 all Pittsburghers’ insurance. Owens lost his International Union of Engineers insurance last year during UPMC’s separation with Highmark. “We, the City of Pittsburgh, should not be taking the brunt of this fight between two companies!” Owens said to a standing ovation from the crowd. He advocated for an expanded health care union, telling the story of a nurse’s aide who assisted him after an operation last year who didn’t make enough to feed her family without food stamps. “I said to her, ‘Girl, you need a union!’” Owens said. Dr. Sarah Goodkind, a faculty member at Pitt’s School of Social Work, cited her research in favor of living wages for hospital employees as well. “I worked on a study on hospital workers living on low wages,” Goodkind said. “Too many of them live paycheck to paycheck.” Allegheny County Controller Chelsea Wagner spoke out against UPMC’s recent union busting. “UPMC’s expansion cannot continue to
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be at the expense of hardworking Pittsburghers,” Wagner said. “They have an expectation of unchecked growth, beholden to no one.” Representatives of the Sierra Club, Pittsburgh United, the Pennsylvania Health Access Network and the Pennsylvania Alliance of Retired Americans spoke out in favor of a community benefits agreement as well. Eva Resnick-Day of the Sierra Club said that UPMC, as one of the largest energy buyers in the City, has an obligation to invest in wind energy as part of an agreement. “Air pollution is a silent killer in Pittsburgh, and black children are six times more likely to die from bad air,” ResnickDay said. “And fracking wells are not helping that. We need to take kids out of recurring hospital trips and put them back in our schools.” After the meeting, Councilmembers Bruce Kraus and Darlene Harris said they would vote “no” to the resolution without a community benefits agreement. Councilmembers Anthony Coghill and Deb Gross remain undecided. Council will vote on the proposal, but a date has not been set for the vote.
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CITY SHOULD KEEP IMPROVING BUS ROUTES TO DOWNTOWN Brian Gentry Columnist
I recently took a double-length P3 bus from Pitt’s campus to the Target in East Liberty. At first, I worried about the time it’d take to reach my destination while the bus took almost a minute to drive down every block on Fifth Avenue, stopping at every bus stop and every traffic light. But out on the busway the bus averaged over 35 miles per hour, thanks to the spaced stops and lack of lights, resulting in a fast commute despite traffic to East Liberty — which is why the city’s proposal to emulate similar service on some bus lines that go through Oakland is such a big deal. If the proposed project goes through, the 61A, 61B, 61C, 71B and P3 bus routes would transform into even faster, more efficient lines. This is a critical advance in public transit. If implemented correctly, this will not only make commutes more enjoyable but also expand downtown access to more communities. But this is only the first step toward inclusive, rapid transit and it is vital that the city delivers on its promise to provide quick access to Downtown for the communities that need it most. The proposed changes to these bus routes will make them Bus Rapid Transit, or BRT routes. Buses operating as BRT vehicles drive in dedicated lanes, and their stops have machines that allow riders to purchase tickets in advance. BRT also incorporates real-time sensors into the road network to detect the approach of buses and lengthen a green light to allow the bus to pass through without stopping. The goal of BRT is to eliminate inefficiencies associated with standard buses. Due to integration with car traffic and frequent stops, buses on the same line will often arrive within a block of each other — a phenomenon known as bus bunching. And the issue is especially marked in Oakland, where bus bunching occurs at almost all times of day.
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tpn file photo For a relatively small city like Pittsburgh, BRT is the only option for more rapid transit. Subways, like those in New York, have technical challenges and huge cost barriers, averaging $500 million per mile of track. Light rail, like the system in Portland, Oregon, is less expensive, but still costs over $100 million per mile. BRT is a better choice for small- and mediumsized cities. It builds on existing infrastructure, only requiring a transformation of the bus stops serviced by the line, repainting of the lanes and implementation of smart sensors to function. And it’s a lot cheaper — the plan for Pittsburgh carries an estimated cost of $195 million. BRT programs have shown success in other cities. In 2008, Cleveland opened its Euclid Avenue HealthLine, a BRT service that connects downtown Cleveland with University Circle — the site of a major hospital — and east Cleveland. Since then, the city has seen an average of $114.54 of economic development for every dollar spent on the bus line — a total of almost $6 billion. The City of Pittsburgh predicts similar success here. With almost 35 percent of commuters working in Oakland and another 45 percent downtown, a huge portion of riders would benefit from reliable service between the two regions. Not only that, but the project would spur economic devel-
opment along the route in Uptown and neighborhoods further east. But the city needs to ensure that BRT actually provides the service it promises. The other busways in Pittsburgh — the West Busway towards Carnegie, the South Busway toward the South Hills and the East Busway towards Braddock — carry commuters each day. And though the East Busway earns a $3.59 profit per dollar spent in transit-oriented development since its development, the other two have only had a nominal impact. Not only that, but previous versions of the proposal neglected the needs of the communities it claimed to serve. The original plan would have transformed only the 61D, 71B and P3 lines into BRT, while the rest of the 61s would have ended in Oakland. And, as local community groups advocated, this would have cut service to economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. The 61A, 61B and 61C lines service neighborhoods in the Mon Valley, a region that used to be a hub for the steel industry but which has since declined along with the industry. Braddock, along the Monongahela River and the terminus of the 61B line, has a median household income of under $25,000, well below the median household income in neighborhoods like Squirrel Hill, Point Breeze
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or Highland Park, all of which have median incomes over $50,000. To ensure that it delivers the rapid transit system it promises, the City needs to meet the needs of the residential communities it is serving. This means maintaining service to poorer communities that rely on direct transit to Downtown and following through on all the bells and whistles of the system. Of course, there are downsides to this plan. The $195 million price tag is large, but some of the funding will come from federal grants, and if done correctly, the efficiency savings and economic development in serviced areas will outweigh the cost invested. It will also cut downtown service to the 61D, 71A, 71C and 71D lines, which will turn around at Craft Street in Oakland instead. This forces Downtown commuters coming from neighborhoods serviced by these lines to transfer in Oakland, spending extra money on a transfer. But commuters riding these truncated lines have alternatives within walking distance, while commuters along the other 61s and the 71B have no other options. BRT is a feasible option for transit in Pittsburgh. This proposal offers the opportunity to propel Pittsburgh into a future with rapid transit — the City just needs to ensure it does its part.
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5 OBSOLETE JOBS
WE NEED TO BRING BACK
Kim Rooney
Contributing Editor We’re halfway through the summer, and most students either have jobs by now or have contented themselves with other activities. Whether you’re working, interning, volunteering, researching or taking a muchneeded break from school, it’s never too early to think about next summer — or, if you’re graduating, your post-graduate career. There’s a plethora of best-paying job lists from the likes of Forbes and Business Insider, and when the Bureau of Labor’s July report showed the unemployment rate rose to 4 percent this month, you may feel tempted to pore over such lists. But before you do, consider the jobs that fell by the wayside in the past decades or centuries. In a world that values modernity and the concept of progress, it’s easy to think these jobs are obsolete for a reason. Yes, technological and societal developments created more efficient alternatives — but vinyl albums and Polaroid cameras both made comebacks in recent years, showing that we can take the best of the past and bring it into the present. So let’s look at five jobs we should dust off and bring into modernity. Milkman Now that we can buy milk from the nearest grocery or convenience store, it’s odd to think about people delivering milk to our doors every day. Refrigerators that can keep milk and other goods cold overnight led to milkmen’s demise — and the job is also predicated on someone being at home to receive the milk, lest it spoil on the ground next to the door. It seems wasteful to deliver daily containers, and according to the Department of Agriculture, milk consumption is on the decline. And we already live in an age where grocery delivery services are in abundance. But part of the milkman’s charm was in their simplicity — and that’s what we could keep. Because isn’t it hard to make time to go to the grocery store? And even delivery services require an ordering process. Instead, wouldn’t it be nice to have a service that can regularly deliver items with shorter expiration dates, right to your Towers door? Items like, say, milk? Of course, milk-manning today would take into account people with dairy allergies or intolerances by adding soy and nut milk options. And now that more and more people live alone and work from home, wouldn’t it be nice to see a guaranteed familiar face every week or two? Wouldn’t it? Please... I’m so lonely. Knocker-upper No, not that type. Knocker-uppers served as hu-
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man alarm clocks, otherwise known as that one roommate who hits snooze five times every morning, each time with the alarm at full volume. You know who you are. So why not get paid to do it? Knocker-uppers used batons, sticks or even peashooters in England and Ireland during and after the Industrial Revolution, when alarm clocks were expensive but you still had to get to the factory in time. And let’s face it, it’s easy to hit snooze on an alarm clock. (That’s why your roommate does it several times every single morning.) But it’s much harder to sleep through someone pounding on your door. For those of you who have roommates, you probably aren’t on the same schedule. But maybe it’s time to turn into a morning person. After all, according to Forbes, the benefits of being an early riser range from earning better grades to increasing planning and organizing skills. Who knows? Maybe you’ll turn into such a morning person that you can wake up a little earlier and make a little on the side through the knocker-upper hustle. Just remember to be safe and wear protection — even strips of reflective tape can make you more visible to groggy drivers in the darker hours of the morning. Lectors Starting in the 19th century, lectors read to factory workers to distract them from the repetitive work. Of course, now we have plenty of other distractions, but young companies are looking for new ways to create comfortable workplace environments — what’s more comfortable than having someone reading to you? More personal than an audiobook, less soul sucking than rewatching the same episode of “Parks and Rec” for the 20th time, lectors had excellent pronunciation and could act out multiple parts. They read based on the workers’ demands, from newspapers to classic literature. You could even get them to read that book from your gen ed literature class that you swear you’ll get to soon, things just keep getting in the way. But maybe you don’t want to listen to Pride and Prejudice just because a majority of your coworkers are on a Jane Austen binge. It’s your workplace experience, too, isn’t it? But a majority of your coworkers chose the book for a reason, and it might be worth listening to — if not to expand your repertoire of literary knowledge, then at least to better understand your coworkers.
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FRANCE WINS WORLD CUP Ben Zimmer
For The Pitt News The 2018 FIFA World Cup came to a close Sunday as France defeated Croatia 4-2 to claim its second World Cup trophy. The victory earned France a spot among the upper echelon of World Cup champions and placed it alongside Brazil, Germany, Italy, Argentina and Uruguay as a multiple tournament winner. The match took place Sunday at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, with an attendance of more than 78,000. Under manager Didier Deschamps, France scored goals due to both the prowess of its offensive stars and the fortuitous twists of fate that occurred during the game. France met Croatia — a team long regarded as talented — in the final. But despite the top-notch players it has seen through the years, Croatia has never triumphed over the top-tier teams and advanced
this far in the tournament before. The Slavic team topped its group with wins against Nigeria, Argentina and Iceland. Croatia had an arduous path to the final compared to France, with three consecutive matches in the knockout rounds going to extra time. The first two against Denmark and Russia went to penalties, and Croatia’s semi-final against England was decided in 30 minutes of extra time. Croatia reached the final with the distinction of being the second-smallest country to achieve the feat, after Uruguay in 1930 and 1950. The final began with Croatia dominating as they pinned France back into their defensive end for the first 10 minutes, continually making offensive chances. France was able to possess the ball in the Croatian end, but couldn’t make any threatening moves near the goal. French attacker Antoine Griezmann finally cre-
ated a chance for his team, drawing a foul from a Croatian defender near the 18-yard box. Griezmann delivered the free kick into the crowd of people around the penalty area, resulting in a headed own goal from Croatian player Mario Mandzukic — the 12th own goal of 2018 World Cup. But Croatia was used to being down a goal in this tournament. It trailed in all its knockout games, coming back to equalize and eventually win against Denmark, Russia and England. This game was no different, as Ivan Perisic scored to even the match at 1-1. Controversy arose in the next French attack as the ball seemingly went wide off of a corner kick. After cries of handball from the French players, referee Nestor Pitana called timeout to review the previous display using Video Assistant Referee. This World Cup marks the first time VAR has been used. The technology has been at the center of attention since the announcement that it would be
France defeated Croatia 4-2 in the World Cup final on Sunday. photo via wikimedia commons included in the tournament, as all associated with the game were keen to witness how effective it could be. After review, Pitana awarded the penalty to France, concluding that Perisic had his hands in an unnatural position and that it was indeed a handball. Griezmann scored easily from the penalty spot. Despite ominous clouds and the threatening rumbles of thunder at the end of the first half, the See World Cup on page 9
PANTHERS REMINISCE ON TIME WITH COACH APRILE Tessa Sayers
For The Pitt News Olivia Gray will never forget the moment former infielder McKayla Taylor hit a walk-off grand slam to beat Virginia Tech and send Pitt softball to the ACC semifinals. It wasn’t just because the Panthers were going to the semifinals — it was because of the emotion the team and coaches showed. “The passion I saw in [Coach] Holly Aprile and the excitement she had for us and the come-from-behind win … is something I’ll never forget,” Gray, a rising senior infielder, said. “That was a huge Head softball coach Holly Aprile announced her resignation after 15 years at Pitt. Aprile accepted the same position at Louisville. photo courtesy of pitt athletics game for us and Holly’s emotion and our team’s emotion after that game is somehead coach Holly Aprile. Instead, it was helm. Two months after the win, Aprile University of Louisville — and although thing very special.” the last time the team would celebrate announced her resignation at Pitt to ac- Pitt hasn’t confirmed the rumor, former That game seemed like it would be an underdog victory with Aprile at the cept the head coaching position at the See Aprile on page 9 the turning point for Pitt softball under
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World Cup, pg. 8 game progressed. The match turned in France’s favor, as Paul Pogba scored 14 minutes into the second half to bring the French lead to two goals. The French surge continued, with the fourth goal coming from a strike from Kylian Mbappe. With the goal, Mbappe became the second teenager to score a goal in a World Cup final, after then-17-year-old Brazilian soccer legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento — also known by his nickname, Pelé — in the 1958 final. Croatia saw a glimmer of hope when Mario Mandzukic took advantage of a lapse of judgment from French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. Lloris attempted to deliver a pass away from Mandzukic but Mandzukic stuck his foot out to redirect the ball back into the net. But Croatia was unable to build on this gift as France retreated back into its own zone and went on the defensive for the rest of the match. France shut out all space, leaving Croatia with few attack options. The French tactics worked and the match ended 4-2. The victory marks the first major tournament win for France since their 2000 UEFA European Championship victory and also a bounce back from being runners-up in the European Championship in 2016 after losing to Portugal in the final. “It is really beautiful. It is marvelous. We did not play a great match, but we showed a strong mental
quality,” Deschamps said to Reuters News. “We also scored four goals. We merit it. I am very happy for this team. We are coming from very far and it has not always been easy, but thanks to hard work, they are here and are on top of the world for the next four years.” The third-place match between Belgium and England ended in a 2-0 victory for Belgium, with goals from Thomas Meunier and Eden Hazard. Both teams made changes to their lineup from the semifinal matches. Despite losing the final, Croatia captain Luka Modric won the Golden Ball as the best player in the competition. England striker Harry Kane won the Golden Boot as the top scorer with six goals. Belgium goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, won the Golden Glove as the tournament’s top keeper, recording 27 saves — the most in this year’s World Cup. The win puts France as the favorite in the next World Cup, with rankings after the final placing them first above Brazil, Spain, Germany and Belgium. Kylian Mbappe spoke for all the French players after the win as they move forward as champions. “I’m very happy. I was able to show my ambitions and our collective ambition, which was to win,” Mbappe said to Reuters News. “It was a long road, but it was worthwhile and we are world champions and very proud.”
Aprile, pg. 8 catcher Giorgiana Zeremenko said assistant coach Griffin Joiner will move to Louisville with Aprile. “I think this is a great step for [Aprile] and her career,” Zeremenko, who graduated this year, said. “And I couldn’t be more excited for her and Coach [Joiner] to go down to Louisville.” Aprile was in her 15th season with the Panthers. Her first five years were spent as assistant coach, before she was hired as head coach, where she remained for the past 10 years. Aprile finished her career as head coach at Pitt with a 271-234 career record. Aprile led the Panthers to a 33-18-1 record in 2018, and a 16-6 record in ACC play. To top off a record-setting season, four players received NFCA All-Region Honors, four players were named to the All-ACC Team and Aprile was named the 2018 ACC Coach of the year. Amid the success, her departure came as a shock. “We had no idea,” Gray said. “We were focusing on winning titles. But it happens all the time, it’s just life with softball and coaching and any sport, really. It was
kind of a shock, but I mean it happens.” Under Aprile the Panthers were the ACC Softball Champion Runner-up in 2015 and 2018, reached the NCAA Tournament in 2015, earned their first national rankings in program history in 2017 and won their first ACC Coastal Division title in 2018. Aprile also helped her players succeed individually. Since she took over as head coach, 10 players were named All-Region Selections, 12 earned All-ACC Selections and eight were named ACC All-Tournament Selections. “Everything that she did was always with the team’s best interest,” Zeremenko said. “Nothing was solely ever done for her own good. Everything was for us. And you could see that in everything.” Aprile instilled a winning culture in the Pitt softball program, and current players are confident that will continue even after she is gone. “We have a great culture here built around Pitt softball and Coach Holly built that up for us,” Gray said. “We’re just going to continue to build the program and keep our eye on the prize I guess, so to speak.”
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6TH ANNUAL DEUTSCHTOWN MUSIC FESTIVAL TAKES OVER NORTH SIDE
Darren Campuzano and Sarah Connor
The Pitt News Staff Pittsburgh’s annual Deutschtown Music Festival began Friday the 13th this year — but the fear of bad luck didn’t stop thousands of Pittsburghers from indulging in the tastes and sounds of the City’s largest summer rock-fest. Instead of throwing salt over their shoulders, spectators were throwing salt on the rims of their favorite cocktail at the nearby Threadbare Cider House, while others were pumping their fists in the air to the beat of local performers such as teen singer-guitarist Elias Khouri, who played Friday on Foreland Street while backed by The EK Band. “You know what they say — it’s Friday the 13th,” Khouri said right before kicking off his set full of hard rock covers. “And I’m pretty superstitious right now.” And before anyone could say “black cat crossing,” Khouri and the band began the familiar opening riff to Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition.” The free two-day Deutschtown Music Festival brought together dozens of local upand-coming musicians from various genres and dispersed them throughout bars and restaurants across the North Side for intimate, live performances. Now in its sixth year, the event included close to 370 acts.
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Colonel Eagleburger’s Highstepping Goodtime Band stops the crowd with their high energy performance. Lisa Coe | staff photographer Jack Dusha, a 65-year-old Clarksville resident, planned to attend Deutschtown since October, and arrived right after the festival was set up. He stood at the foot of the Foreland Street stage, windmilling his cane to Khouri’s rendition of “I’d Love to Change the World” by Ten Years After and lip-synching to Santana’s “Black Magic Woman.” “This is like holiday. I have never planned for a vacation this far in advance before in my life and I’m 65 years old,” Dusha said. “[It’s] a wonderful time — very, very friendly.
I was here last year and never saw one incident of trouble.” Ben Soltesz, a local live music appreciator and an organizer and co-founder of the event was responsible for transforming the historically German neighborhood into a concert extravaganza. He found inspiration to start the festival after attending the R.A.N.T (Rock All Night Tour) in Lawrenceville. “It was kind of a South by Southwest-style festival. So, I went down to that and it was cool … I thought it would be great to do this
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on the North Side,” Soltesz said. “We started out really small with about 45 bands the first year — and every year we just keep getting bigger and bigger.” Soltesz says he formed the first festival lineup by requesting bands he previously saw in concert. Now, bands are required to apply to play at Deutschtown and the festival’s band coordinator listens to each artist before deciding who makes it onto the final concert bill. “This year we received over 560 band submissions,” Soltesz said. “Some of them from all over the place, but a lot of them are local, so they know what the deal is. We really try to fit everybody in.” The easy-going, folk rock four-piece known as Jenny and the Jags was one of the bands included on the finalized schedule. The band tours across pubs in neighborhoods like Millvale and Squirrel Hill but played Friday afternoon at the Highmark/ Allegheny Health Network Park stage, one of seven outdoor stages reserved for the Deutschtown festival. Lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Jenny Sines said the size of the event made it different from any other gig her band did in the past. She advised budding musicians to make some noise in order to get recognized. See Deutschtown on page 14
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ARTISAN PITTSBURGH WELCOMES FANS FOR JEFF GOLDBLUM DAY 2018 Delilah Bourque Staff Writer
Everyone has celebrities they adamantly adore. For some, they’re heroes of westerns like John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, while for others they’re sex symbols like Angelina Jolie and George Clooney. For a certain group of people, there is one man who perfectly embodies all that a celebrity should be — stylish, charming, talented and a tad eccentric. That man is Pittsburgh-native Jeff Goldblum. Artisan, a tattoo shop, art gallery and cafe on Penn Avenue, held its first of what will hopefully be many celebrations of the pop culture icon July 13 — the day which Pittsburgh City Council declared “Jeff Goldblum Day” in 2004. Goldblum is not the only native celebrity to earn a day in their honor — hundreds of others, including local rapper Wiz Khalifa on Dec. 12 and baseball star Dick Groat on June
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12, are on the list. Ultimately, what was supposed to be a small event with a few tattoo specials was made much more by the business owners and patrons excited to celebrate all things Jeff Goldblum. Artisan was not the sole business involved in making Jeff Goldblum Day a success — Row House Cinema in Lawrenceville sold out tickets to a “Secret Jeff Goldblum Film” to finish the day. Shauna Burd, business manager of Artisan, said she worked in conjunction with tattoo artist Matt McKelvey to organize the event after McKelvey met Goldblum earlier this year and felt inspired. “Jeff Goldblum Day. Why? Why not?” Artisan owner Jason Angst said in an interview with WTAE. “He’s funny, he’s strange, he’s eccentric.” More than 2,000 people had marked themselves as “interested” on the event’s Facebook page by the time of the celebration. Multiple news media outlets attended, includ-
Artist Shervin Iranshahr paints a portrait of Jeff Goldblum as a part of Friday’s Jeff Goldblum Day festivities. Jon Kunitsky | staff photographer Goldblum — who was born in 1952 in ing news channel WTAE and the Pittsburgh West Homestead — caught fame after starPost-Gazette. “I was very surprised by [the interest in the ring as Dr. Ian Malcolm in the original “Juevent]. I originally thought it was just going rassic Park” (1993), a role which he reprised to be a couple different tattoo flash ideas and in multiple sequels, including this year’s “Jumaybe a couple of friends, but it’s become so rassic World: Fallen Kingdom.” His celebrity much bigger than that and it’s lovely,” Burd status has evolved in recent years to that of a said during a free moment between T-shirt pop culture icon due to his idiosyncratic and sales and tattoo sign-ups. See Goldblum on page 14
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Deutschtown, pg. 10 “Just rock as hard as you can, man,” Sines said. Along with her wisdom to go hard on stage, Sines encouraged local artists to sign up for the festival next year. “Not only are you going to have an amazing time and meet some new fans and friends, but you’ll meet a lot of cool musicians, inventors and things, too,” she said. While Jenny and the Jags tour as an indie rock band, another group that performed Friday — the Urban Impact jazz band — found The Deutschtown Music Festival to be a welcoming and safe setting to create an opportunity for musicians-intraining to play in front of an audience. Made up of volunteers and young practicing musicians, this orchestra is part of the performing arts program of the Urban Impact Foundation. UIF is a faith-based non-profit providing athletic and performance opportunities along with school and career guidance to at-risk youth members of the North Side community. “Urban missionary” and bassist Lorenze Jefferson serves as the mentor and
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bandleader to the students, who range in age from sixth graders to college-age young adults. Jefferson felt that Urban Impact stood out in a roster of more than 300 festival musicians because they are a “part of a bigger picture.” “We’re just a piece of Urban Impact. The young people who come up here and play — they haven’t been playing for a long time, they’re really, really fresh in becoming artists or working out their craft,” Jefferson said “That’s probably the most unique [thing] about it — not a lot of experience but a lot of effort and dedication and practice.” Youngstown State sophomore and music education major Ethan Barnard played trumpet alongside Jefferson. After going through UIF’s performing arts program, Barnard now volunteers and said the best part of playing with the band at performances like Deutschtown is seeing younger kids catch onto concepts in music. “I’d say we’re one of the youngest groups here probably at the festival and I think we bring a lot of talent to the picture, even with our youth,” said Barnard. “I think there’s something to be said for young people just sharing their gift with anyone who’s willing to listen.”
Goldblum, pg. 12 quirky behavior and style. The actor describes himself as an avid Pittsburgh Steelers football fan and starred in a production of “The Music Man” at the Benedum in 2004 — the catalyst for the original Jeff Goldblum Day. He also celebrated his Pittsburgh roots as the star of the 2006 mockumentary film “Pittsburgh,” which follows the star around the City trying to secure a green card for his girlfriend. It was not hard to find people who excitedly gushed about just why they had such an ardent love for the 65-year-old actor. Nicole Palmer — a Pittsburgh resident native to Morgantown, West Virginia — was waiting in line for a tattoo with many other guests as she shared how she first became a Goldblum fan. “I remember watching ‘The Fly’ when I was really young and it was one of the first horror movies that really terrified me,” Palmer said. “I’ve kind of been obsessed with him ever since.” While Goldblum himself didn’t show up at Artisan for his special day, representations of him could be found everywhere throughout the building. A cardboard cutout of the Grandmaster, Goldblum’s character in the
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2017 blockbuster “Thor: Ragnarok” stood in the back, ready to appear in photos with cheerful event-goers. Three coffee drinks were made specifically for the event, including a classic cafe latte with a twist of turmeric, honey, almond milk and cardamom, making it “The Goldblum Latte.” Another, “Must Go Faster,” was focused on fueling the caffeine aficionado with numerous espresso shots. The final drink, titled “Life ... Uh ... Finds a Whey,” was made with sweetened condensed milk and espresso. Not far from the espresso bar, guests waited near a table where Artisan barista Alicia Hull gave astrological compatibility readings comparing attendees’ Zodiac signs with the actor’s to determine how well they would get along romantically. Few seemed to mind or mention that Goldblum has been married since 2014. Hull described herself as a long-term Jeff Goldblum fan and said she got involved with the event from connections made while working at Artisan. “I thought I could combine both [astrology and Jeff Goldblum] into one really strange thing that would be right in line with the kind of things Jeff Goldblum would want to see at something celebrating him,” Hull said.
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