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KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA PLACED ON INTERIM SUSPENSION

EMPTY HALLOWED HALLS

Brian Gentry

Assistant News Editor

The first floor of the Cathedral, normally teeming with students on a weekday afternoon, sits nearly devoid Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday was the first day Pitt has cancelled all classes since 2009. Sarah Cutshall| visual editor

PITT ADDRESSES NEW ANTI-HAZING POLICIES Alexander Hanna For The Pitt News

The Office of Student Conduct held an event Tuesday to discuss Pitt’s commitment to an anti-hazing environment through an update of student policy and conduct.

Fraternity and sorority members gath-

ered in the Kurtzman Room of the William Pitt Union to learn the state’s new legal definition of hazing as well as how to determine if an activity is considered an act of hazing.

The new University policy came as a result of a state law update following the death of Penn State student Tim Piazza.

Piazza died in February 2017 after drink-

ing large amounts of alcohol and falling down a flight of stairs, where he sustained fatal brain injuries.

Under the new Pennsylvania law, passed Oct. 19, 2018, hazing is committed if a person coerces a student to break the law or to drink and endure physical See Hazing on page 3

Kappa Kappa Gamma, a Pitt sorority, was placed on interim suspension of registration at Pitt, according to the Student Affairs website.

University spokesperson Joe Miksch said KKG held a social event at which alcohol was served while the organization is on social probation, a violation of the rules of social probation.

“While we do not have all the details, an investigation has begun and the sorority has been placed on interim suspension of registration while the investigation takes place,” Miksch said in an email. “Student Affairs staff have communicated with affected students to provide any needed support and services.”

According to the Student Affairs website, social probation prohibits Greek life organizations from hosting activities “where alcohol is present, with non-members anywhere.” Social probation does not prohibit organizations from serving alcohol at member-only events.

Paige Lherbier, the president of Pitt’s chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma, declined to comment.

Pitt investigated more than 20 potential hazing incidents from 2014 to 2019, according to its most recent hazing reports, and found 12 groups responsible for violating the University Anti-Hazing Policy.

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SUPER BOWL SUNDAY: HOW IT ALL ADS UP Maureen Hartwell Staff Writer

With the 2019 Super Bowl just days away, some Americans anticipate a great football game or halftime show. But many look forward an even bigger event — watching the ads.

This year, host network CBS charged companies $5.25 million for a 30-second advertisement. This amounts to nearly $175,000 per second of airtime.

Whether it’s Budweiser knights, Dorito battles featuring Morgan Freeman or a discrete Tide ad, Americans await these celebrations of corporate advertising every February. Calum Matheson, a Pitt communication professor, said this engagement of the American populace is strategic.

“Even the ones that are funny or don’t make a direct pitch to sell a product, all of them are based in some way on an effort to persuade the audience to do something that they wouldn’t otherwise do,” Matheson said.

“Buy a product, support a cause, whatever it is.”

But according to Paul Johnson of Pitt’s communication department, companies have a goal beyond pushing the brand during game’s airing. He said the advertising doesn’t need an intrinsic connection with what the brand does.

Instead, Johnson said, it’s about getting people to think about the brand, even if the content of the advertisement seems irrelevant to the product sold.

“Even if your coffee has nothing to do with unicorns at all, maybe there will be a unicorn in the ad because the company thinks that unicorns will be particularly resonant this year for whatever reason,” Johnson said.

Johnson said the companies structure

their ads in a way that gives them a second life through the news media, which allow for prolonged conversation about the ads.

According to Eugenia Wu of Pitt’s business school, modern companies employ two themes when constructing their ads: humor and political awareness.

Nicole Coleman of Pitt’s business school said for years the tactic for targeting the audience has been humor. But recently, Coleman said, political awareness and controversy are the ways to keep the conversation going.

“You want your brand continually referred to. Not just by people talking over the water cooler the next day but by having the press, the free marketing that comes after,” Coleman said. “You’re not going to get that if you’re doing a humorous ad — you have to do something more risky.”

Matheson said companies consider what the ads accomplish, what kind of arguments they make and what kind of messages they contain before airing them. He also said companies analyze what their audiences look like in terms of social awareness.

But Johnson said companies sometimes miss the mark on how socially aware their consumers are. For this reason, Johnson said, companies can often be viewed as imposing their beliefs upon their consumers.

“If the ads are ‘woke,’ does that mean the marketing is telling these companies the average American is more liberal in their social attitude than we assume? Or are the advertisers potentially alienating some consumers because they see the future — do they think that’s where the money is?” Johnson said.

Johnson said, in his view, the American consumer is still rather conservative but companies feel an increasing obligation to demonstrate their social conscience, causing a bit of tension. Since the Super Bowl is a

uniquely American game, Coleman said the content also has a lot of patriotic themes.

“The past couple of years, there have been interesting rifts on patriotism. But what does patriotism mean nowadays given the political minefield we are in?” Coleman said.

According to Johnson, this patriotism can mean orchestrated displays showing support for the troops. Johnson said evidence in communication research shows that the government makes contracts with the NFL to organize these recent presentation.

“The flyovers and displays of patriotism featuring support for the troops are actually organized public relations campaigns coordinated between the NFL and the military,” Johnson said.

In fact, a 2015 oversight report showed the Department of Defense paid professional sports teams for displays to honor American soldiers.

Johnson said this affiliation plays into the warlike similarities between football and the military. He said since football is a violent game, it has been associated with masculinity in the same way the military has.

But Matheson said it’s difficult to pinpoint whether rhetoricians associate the Super Bowl with war because of militaristic similarities or the mere fact that both battles and sports are outgrowths of competition.

“It’s a really popular thing in rhetoric to talk about war as a fundamental metaphor for other things,” Matheson said. “The Super Bowl makes that a little complicated because it’s hard to say which metaphor comes first.”

Though this comparison is not fact among all rhetoricians, Matheson said what they do agree on is how corporations view the unparalleled audience size of the Super Bowl. Matheson said companies take advantage of this to draw in audiences that traditionally wouldn’t

watch a football game.

“Really, the Super Bowl is a giant advertisement — it’s an advertisement for the NFL, it’s an advertisement for the people who do halftime shows, it’s an advertisement for the products and companies that sponsor people,” Matheson said.

As unique as this phenomenon is in the modern context, Matheson said this isn’t the first time advertising itself has become an attraction. Pointing to 1800s businessmen like P.T. Barnum and Clark Stanley, who were famous for the circus and snake oil, respectively, Matheson said ads have kept audiences engaged for decades now.

Johnson, too, said the exploitation of audiences through ads isn’t a new concept. He said this notion really took off in the 1980s, an era he described as one of intensified consumerist materialism.

“The ’80s is this first convergence between football as one of the central sports in America and the heavy marketing approach to a consumerist spectacle,” Johnson said.

Matheson described the Super Bowl as the modern incarnation of these old ideas, noting that the ads are best understood as part of a long context of advertising and sales. He also said no money spent on advertising can be bad because it’s hard to quantify the effects of an advertisement.

Coleman said some companies this year are in the spotlight to maintain their reputations.

She said all eyes will be on Gillette in light of its recent commercial on healthy masculinity and Nike due to its Colin Kaepernick commercial. And every company will work to promote its image.

“But it’s not really just about the money from the ads. It’s about reputation, it’s about maintaining a bigger system,” Matheson said.

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Hazing, pg. 1 or mental brutality for the purpose of admitting them into an organization.

The previous version of the law did not explicitly define forced alcohol consumption as a form of hazing.

Jennifer Seng, the legal advisor to Student Affairs, told the audience she hopes to spread awareness and clarify the confusion about what exactly constitutes hazing.

“It’s important for you to be aware of and understand that in addition to violating the student code of conduct, there could also be some potential personal or criminal consequences as well if Pennsylvania law is violated,” Seng said.

Seng suggested trains of thought that allow students to assess if an action is considered hazing, including “Would I feel comfortable doing that?” and “Am I being sworn to secrecy?”

But according to Matthew Landy, the assistant conduct officer for the Office of Student Conduct, if a student is unsure about the answer to any of these questions, they only have to ask themselves one question.

“So, how do you know if it’s hazing?

Well, if you have to ask, then there’s a good chance that it’s at least borderline,” Landy said. “If you have to ask yourself that, then there may be an issue.”

Further explanation was given regarding what activities constitute hazing in the perspective of the new policies implemented. Any act that has the potential to hurt an individual done to prove worth to an organization is considered hazing.

These activities can include forced alcohol consumption as well as physical beatings.

After explaining what hazing is, Landy told attendees how to report hazing incidents on campus, describing the existing reporting system on the Pitt Police website.

Landy also familiarized students with the Rave Guardian app, a piece of software designed for reporting any activity related to hazing.

“You can include a tip. Say it’s not hazing, but you see something that you just want to report to the Pitt Police … you can do all those reports anonymously,” Landy said.

According to Pennsylvania law, pen-

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alties for participating in organizational hazing will result in fines no more than $5,000 for every offense of organizational hazing. Participants will also have to hand over their private property for the purpose of investigation if need be.

In order to increase accountability of student organizations, the University established a five-year institutional incidence report that will be updated biannually.

“It [includes] the following information: the name of the organization and the date the organization was charged with the violation and a general description,” Landy said.

Potential new members of Pitt fraternities and sororities will be able to evaluate their choices as a result of this institutional report, as they will have the ability to view a fraternity’s or sorority’s number of offenses and make an informed decision about the safety of a certain fraternity or sorority.

Brian Bevan, a junior mathematics major and member of Tau Kappa Epsilon, said both his fraternity and other Greek life members are ready to adopt new changes.

“We’re all 100 percent prepared to adhere to the rules that they provide through physical documentation and any events that we are attending,” Bevan said. “Anything that the University gives out we’re obviously going to respect, because when it comes to Greek life, it could be peoples’ lives at risk.”

According to Bevan, Tau Kappa Epsilon already uses multiple lines of communication including apps and weekly chapter meetings, and they’ll continue using these to bring new policy changes to their fraternity’s attention.

“We use GroupMe … that is the most effective form of communication, and everyone is in constant communication with each other, so that’s how we would adhere to new policies,” Bevan said.

While students are in communication with fellow members of their organization, Landy emphasized students should report these incidents if they hear about them.

“We give you this information in hopes that when you hear something about another student organization that you address it with them and that you address it with us,” Landy said.

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VENEZUELAN CRISIS US JUSTIFIED IN SHOULD NOT BE US RECOGNIZING GUAIDO OPPORTUNITY AS PRESIDENT

Jason Henriquez Staff Columnist

Doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results is a recipe for disaster. But to the U.S. government, it’s standard foreign policy.

According to a study published in the Journal of Politics of South America, the United States has supported 11 coups in Latin America over the past 50 years. Even a cursory examination of regional history shows that in every case

oppose these threats by the Trump administration. Despite the will of the people there and the historically detrimental results of foreign meddling, the U.S. government continues to play with fire.

Meanwhile, it enthusiastically collaborates with dictators like Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Trump decided opposition leader Juan Guaido is the interim president after he swore himself in Jan. 23, and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claims the National Assembly of Venezuela has

Juan Guaido, interim president of the Republic of Venezuela, and president of the National Assembly hold a public rally Jan. 23 in Caracas, Venezuela. jimmy villalta/tns

Josh Beylinson Staff Columnist

On Jan. 23, protesters in Schenley Plaza advocated for Juan Guaido over Nicolas Maduro. Bader Abdulmajeed| staff photographer a regime far more authoritarian and oppressive than the preceding government took power through force and violence.

The United States has now publicly announced its intent to make that number an even dozen.

The U.S. government’s posturing for both regime change and more sanctions on Venezuela are deeply unpopular in the Latin American country. Polls show that four out of every five Venezuelans

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the constitutional right to make him interim president because of Article 233 of the Venezuelan Constitution.

The article states if the president becomes permanently unavailable to serve for reasons such as death or resignation, the president of the National Assembly will take charge for 30 days until a new See Henriquez on page 6

In Venezuela, there are two leaders with a claim on the country’s presidency.

On one hand is Nicolas Maduro, an oldfashioned Chavista who has presided over one of the country’s worst economic disasters in modern times, while repeatedly assaulting the democratic institutions of the nation. On the other, there is Juan Guaido, a newcomer to the international stage whose claim to the presidency lies in the fact that he is the head of the National Assembly, Venezuela’s last democratically elected institution.

Maduro is backed by autocratic bulwarks like China, Russia, Cuba, Turkey and Iran, which spread their influence in the region through the dictator. Meanwhile, Guaido is backed by the United States, almost all nations in Central and South America — excluding Mexico and Bolivia — Canada and the European Union so far, all of which have pledged to restore Venezuela’s democracy. The

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majority of the Venezuelan opposition and our allied countries in Latin America have also stated they will not support foreign military intervention in Venezuela, so that option should be off the table. Sanctions against state-run oil companies within Venezuela are a much better plan.

Trump’s decision to recognize Guaido as the legitimate interim president of Venezuela is a necessary move and should bring monumental change to a country that has suffered greatly these past several years. In order for a peaceful regime change to occur in Venezuela, Guaido must be able to convince the military to stop supporting Maduro’s regime, as well as turn Maduro’s allies away from him. Without the military and international support, Maduro is merely a powerless and paranoid dictator with no de jure claim on a country that clearly rejects him.

For the United States and other major See Beylinson on page 6

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Beylinson, pg. 4 countries to reject the results of an election and recognize someone else as the nation’s leader is a bold move, but a justified one in the case of Venezuela. When the Libyan Civil War began in 2011, there was no clear successor after Muammar Gaddafi was deposed, while in Venezuela, there is a clear democratic successor to the current dictator. Maduro poorly managed his country’s economy and he has a history of clamping down on democracy.

But one of the most egregious things the Venezuelan dictator has done is destroy the function of the nation’s supreme court and legislature in the nation’s democratic framework.

As a result of decreased international oil prices in 2014, Venezuela’s heavily oilbased economy dipped. Instead of adjusting government spending in the socialist country, Maduro kept high government spending the same and inflation went out of control, due to Maduro printing mass amounts of money. Maduro is so cashstrapped he’s not even able to bring in freshly printed Venezuelan money from abroad, since he can’t afford to fly in the money.

“Venezuela has been running enormous, unmanageable GDP deficits of more than 10 percent for years, even back when oil prices were high,” Venezuelan journalist Francisco Toro said in 2016.

Maduro couldn’t reduce government services since he knew that would make him lose power, but now that he’s lost so much money he has no choice. Now even basic goods like food and medicine are in short supply and a whopping three million people have fled the country, either as political refugees or simply because they couldn’t feed and support their own families, destabilizing the region. Military officials hold key civilian positions in the country’s government, especially in the country’s oil sector.

Back in 2015 when the socialist country’s economy was crumbling and local polling agencies showed Maduro’s popularity at only 24 percent, Venezuela held legislative elections. Various opposition parties obtained two-thirds of the seats and formed a majority coalition that attempted to constitutionally vote Maduro

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out due to his policies.

But this process was never completed since Maduro had already filled the Venezuelan supreme court with regime loyalists, and they were able to halt this process.

Maduro must have felt emboldened by this show of his influence, as he eventually used the supreme court to dissolve the National Assembly.

Despite this, politicians in this congress decided to stick together and boycott the rushed special election for the new legislature. Meanwhile, Maduro’s government threw journalists in jail and ordered pro-government militias to shoot protestors. Maduro’s legislative allies ended up winning all the seats in the 545-seat congress, despite all the pushback Maduro received from his opponents.

The National Assembly nominated new members to a separate supreme court, meaning now Venezuela has two legislatures and two supreme courts. The nonMaduro supreme court is in exile, but has ruled Maduro to be a convicted criminal and backs Guaido.

There was also a presidential election in Venezuela in 2018. Maduro arrested and prevented the two most popular opposition candidates from running, as well as held elections earlier than the Venezuelan Constitution allowed.

International observers declared the elections to be an obvious sham, and the Organization of American States eventually affirmed this belief on Jan. 10 when it decided to not recognize the election results.

Guaido is clearly the legitimate leader of Venezuela. Articles 233 and 350 of the Venezuelan Constitution clearly indicate that when the presidency is vacant — in this case as a result of a sham election — the leader of the National Assembly fills the position. Guaido has stated he has no intentions to rule and what he really wants is for legitimate elections to occur, as prescribed in their constitution.

Guaido is clearly the rightful interim leader of Venezuela, but it isn’t the constitution that will replace Maduro, but the will of the people. Guaido himself put it best.

“Is it enough to lean on the constitution in a dictatorship?” he asked. “No. It needs to be the people, the military and the international community that lead us to take over.”

Henriquez, pg. 4 election is held. The opposition and its supporters claim the article should be invoked because of concerns about the legitimacy of Maduro’s election. But some observers believe President Nicolas Maduro is not permanently unavailable to serve according to the definitions listed.

The Trump administration denies Guaido’s claim to power is unconstitutional and states its choice for the president of Venezuela will unequivocally improve the nation’s problems. But history contains enough evidence of the terrible aftermaths of U.S. foreign policy to fill a library.

The CIA unapologetically admitted it influenced news media in Chile in 1973 to encourage the overthrow of democratically elected President Salvador Allende. Murderous dictator Augusto Pinochet quickly took power and his regime received the clandestine support of the U.S. government.

The U.S. government proudly endorsed the Argentine coup in 1976 that removed democratically elected President Isabel Peron and supported the new authoritarian regime. Tens of thousands of civilians disappeared and children were forcibly separated from their parents.

There are countless modern examples in other parts of the world in which U.S. involvement worsened seemingly horrible situations. Many experts say the power vacuum following America’s involvement in Iraq spawned ISIS. The overthrow of the Libyan government by the Obama administration is seen to have enabled the development of a vast slave trade in the country. The past three presidents have a laundry list of nations they have destabilized.

None of these countries ever requested the U.S. government’s supposed beneficence. In fact, the poor and vulnerable of these countries have only been hurt by it. Venezuela might have lost more than $20 billion from Americanled sanctions in 2018 alone. An evil regime intentionally starving its people may make for a popular narrative, but in reality a large portion of the nation’s shortages are directly a result of American intervention.

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On top of that, Venezuela suffers from Dutch disease, or the dependency on one natural resource. Its vast oil reserves that once enriched the population have since lost value with the fallen price of fossil fuels. As a result, the entire economy has endured a decline. The GDP per capita plummeted from $12,381 in 2013 to $6,042 in 2015 — which, combined with the crushing power of sanctions, has made life a living hell for Venezuelans.

Despite the poor conditions for most people in the country, the majority of the people do not prefer the opposition. The political parties that make up the opposition overwhelmingly support unpopular leaders across the globe like purported fascist Jair Bolsonaro. A proopposition polling firm confirmed in October that 70 percent of Venezuelans disapprove of the suspended National Assembly being led by Trump-supported opposition leader Juan Guaido.

Maduro handily won the past two elections. Although the opposition chose to boycott the most recent election, the voter turnout ended up being only 1.4 percent lower than that of the United States in 2018. The opposition had a chance to prove if there was any election fraud as its supporters so claimed, but it then demanded the United Nations not send observers.

Regardless of the opposition’s popularity — or lack thereof — it is not the place of the United States to deny the election results of another country. A president who did not win the popular vote should not be talking about the subversion of democracy when that very thing helped him get elected.

If the Trump administration — and the American government in general — really wants to confront dictatorship, it should focus on ending its close relationship with Saudi Arabia. It should stop lauding the destruction of democracy, the demolition of the Amazon and the systematic encroachment upon indigenous land in Brazil. It should pay its federal workers during future shutdowns so they don’t have to wait in bread lines to eat. It should save the lives of the 45,000 people who die in America each year due to lack of health coverage.

Until then, let the people of Venezuela choose for themselves.

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Culture

JOSH PECK TALKS YOUTUBE, NICKELODEON, AND OPRAH DURING CMU VISIT

Sarah Connor Culture Editor

“Drake and Josh” was an essential part of any millenial’s childhood. From the iconic episode when Josh Nichols runs over Oprah to the TV movie “Drake and Josh Go Hollywood,” most young adults associate the Nickelodeon show with their time growing up.

The show stars Josh Peck as the goofy Josh Nichols and Drake Bell as the suave stepbrother Drake Parker. Since “Drake and Josh” wrapped up in 2007, Peck has gained a massive social media following on his YouTube vlog page, where he frequently collaborates with YouTube stars like David Dobrik and Gabbie Hanna. He also produces his own podcast called “Curious with Josh Peck.”

Peck, now 32, who is obviously quite popular with the college student age demographic, brought his story to the stage of the McConomy Auditorium at Carnegie Mellon University on Wednesday evening.

Peck has been doing university visits, or “college talks” as he calls them, for almost two years now. In addition to CMU, he has spoken at Bucknell University, The College of New Jersey, Sacred Heart University, University of Rochester and Northwestern University.

Although classes at both Pitt and CMU were cancelled due to cold temperatures, Peck’s appearance was not, and it was sold out. Nearly 500 students made it out to the auditorium in the subzero weather to see the former TV star.

“It’s so cold,” Peck said, when he first came on stage. “When I got here, my mom called me and she was just like, ‘Are you alive?’”

This opening comment roused the first of many roars of laughter from the audience, as well as from Catherine Moore, a professor within CMU’s School of Drama, who moderated the event. It was set up much like an episode of a talk show, with Peck and Moore sitting on stage in two comfy chairs, conversing. Moore picked Peck’s

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Josh Peck came to Carnegie Mellon University on Wednesday evening and was interviewed by Catherine Moore, one of CMU’s drama professors.

Sarah Connor| contributing editor brain about his time growing up in the spotlight, his newborn son, and his switch to a social mediabased entertainment career.

“I was blown away by the immediacy of [social media] and its ability to go straight to an audience and affect them,” Peck said. “I remember that my agent and manager gave me a call and was like, ‘Yo, what is this, we’re here trying to sell you as not just a goofy guy, that you can do other stuff and you’re being an idiot in your car,’” he added, speaking of his start on the now-defunct social media platform Vine.

Peck continued telling the story of his career, sharing with Moore and the students that he fell in love with the environment of social media comedy.

“I was like, you know what, I don’t know what this is, but I know that being able to go directly to an audience and affecting them on a day-to-day basis is powerful,” he said. “And seeing their interaction and finding out what they liked or didn’t like, it was such a game-changer so I kept doing it.”

Moore echoed this comment by asking Peck if freely creating the content he wants for social media feels secure to him.

“Having that sense of ownership over what you’re doing, does that feel more empowering?

Does that make you feel like you actually have

control over your career instead of waiting for the people behind the table to decide what you’re doing?” Moore said.

Peck responded to this by describing how in many businesses, especially the creative industry in Hollywood, it can be difficult to gain attention unless there is a promise of bringing in a lot of money. However, social media can create a way around the business end of being a creative person in many ways. Whether you’re interested in art, drama, comedy or music, Peck believes that utilizing social media will only be beneficial to your career.

“I don’t know if there’s anyone here who is a drama major or wants to get into making their own stuff, it’s such an exciting time because you don’t have to be in LA or New York anymore,” Peck said. “You don’t have to have representation.

Just make dope sh-t and post it and just make it so that it makes you feel something. Make something that you like, not something that you think other people will like.”

This comment gained a round of applause, and Moore asked Peck about his heroes — to which he said Oprah Winfrey was one of them.

This was a tribute to his “Drake and Josh” character’s obsession with the talk show host.

One CMU student, Michael Kronovet, a sophomore statistics and machine learning ma-

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jor, enjoyed this Oprah mention, but admires Peck for more than just his work on Nickelodeon.

“I listen to his podcast and he’s extremely wellspoken, he’s a very intelligent, interesting guy,” Kronovet said. “I’ve seen his vlogs with David Dobrik and those are really cool, too.”

Kronovet and his group of friends sat patiently waiting before the performance started, while other groups of students filed into the theater.

Though this event was sponsored by the CMU Activities Board and was free to CMU students, there were a limited number of non-student tickets available for purchase, resulting in plenty of Pitt students visiting the event as well.

Michaela Dunleavy, a first-year chemical engineering student, was one of these Pitt students attending. She and her friends peeled off their winter coats and scarves as they shared their anticipation to see Peck.

“I saw it on Facebook and I was like, ‘I have to go,’” Dunleavy said. “I didn’t even know what’s going on. I didn’t know if it was a comedy thing or if it was going to be an interview but I didn’t care, I thought, ‘I’m going anyway.’”

Bringing Peck to campus was a dream for the CMU Activities Board. According to Manu Gopakumar, a junior electrical engineering major and the CMU Activities Board co-chair of lectures, the board has been saving up to bring him to campus for the past year.

“In his podcast, he mentioned visiting colleges and doing talks, I thought that he’s really popular with our generation,” Gopakumar said. “So because of that, we were thinking about getting him on campus last year but we didn’t have enough budget at the time. Over the summer, I decided I really wanted to make it happen this year.”

A highlight of the day for Gopakumar was getting to meet Peck, after a year of planning this event for his peers. When asked what Peck is like in person, he had a simple answer.

“Amazing. He’s just a nice guy,” he said. “People say it so often that it just seems like a cliche, but it’s very true.”

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Q&A: PITT GRAD RANDY LIEBERMAN PREPARES TO HOST SUPER BOWL LIII

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In the lead-up to this year’s Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and St. Louis Rams, former Pitt News sports writer Randy Lieberman reached out to us to provide an up-close angle at the event. Lieberman, a 2010 graduate with degrees in English writing and communication, currently serves on the Atlanta Super Bowl LIII Host Committee.

During his time at The Pitt News, Lieberman was best known for contributing weekly columns, where he voiced forward-thinking opinions such as Pitt football making better use of its throwback uniforms and that the victory lights should turn on for the basketball team in addition to the football team.

In our conversation, Lieberman talked about his journey to Atlanta, what makes the city a perfect sports destination and how the host committee helped make up for the NFL’s snubbing of Atlanta’s rich music culture, among other things.

TPN: How did you come to get this position?

RL: It was timing and connections, to be kind of frank with you. My background is in college sports. After Pitt, I went to grad school at Georgia State University down in Atlanta, and I did a graduate assistantship where I basically worked as a full-time member of the communication department … So, got my Master’s at Georgia State, I loved Atlanta, so I got a job after that in the conference office. I started in the Sun Belt Conference, then worked to the Big Ten Conference.

Then, my wife and I decided to move back down to Atlanta, where she’s from, she’s got a job with the Atlanta Braves,

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and so we moved down here in June and this position opened up in the beginning of July. Someone I knew while working for the Sun Belt connected me with this position and said, ‘Hey, this is a really good opportunity for you and I think you’d be a good fit.’ So I applied and basically got the job and then here we are, a couple days before kickoff.

TPN: What are the responsibilities of the local host committee?

RL: In summary, we are the liaison between the city of Atlanta and the NFL. So we handle just a lot of things between us, that the NFL wants, that the city wants.

We’re kind of that middle group that negotiates with the NFL and gets stuff done between the two entities, because in reality, the city is running the city and the NFL is running the NFL. So there has to be someone that kind of pushes the organization of an event of this caliber, so that’s why this host committee exists. So we take care of a lot of things that need to get done for the event itself, and we kind of oscillate between negotiating with both entities to make sure those things get done.

TPN: Will you be at the Super Bowl?

RL: Yeah, so fortunately, with our host committee roles, we were afforded a chance to have a ticket to the Super Bowl.

So yes, we will be there … that’s kind of a dream come true, to be honest. I think when I first set out in sports PR I kind of set a goal that I want to work a Super Bowl. So this is kind of a nice life moment where I get to check off something.

The only time I’ve ever experienced a Super Bowl is on TV. I’ve never actually been in a city where the Super Bowl was, either, so that’s two birds with one stone.

TPN: Do you have any rooting inter-

est in this Super Bowl matchup?

RL: Yeah, I’m a Steelers fan … my dad is from Squirrel Hill, so we grew up Steelers fans … Honestly, I just do not like the Patriots, so that’s an easy choice for me to root against them.

TPN: What makes the city of Atlanta great for hosting a Super Bowl?

RL: I’m biased, but there’s no better place than Atlanta. I’m not trying to lay it on thick here, either. This place is just a sports hub. That’s why I wanted to live here and work here, because really it comes from like, every single perspective — the people, the location, the businesses, the government, we have so much going for us. We have a walkable downtown, we have a lot of public entities in place. We have the biggest and most efficient airport in the world, a lot of people can get here very easily. Atlanta’s located in the South, too, so the weather’s pretty nice year-round.

And on top of that, we have MercedesBenz Stadium, which is just a state-ofthe-art facility. It’s really a marvel, like you go in and there’s this halo board in there, which has never been done before, you have the roof that can open for certain events, we really have the total package. And I think this Super Bowl is going to be a launching point because we had the College Football Playoffs Championship last year, Super Bowl this year, then next year we have the Final Four. So it’s kind of an unprecedented run we’re on right now. In 2026 we have one of the World Cup games coming here … we just have all these things in place to make us a destination.

TPN: Do you guys have anything at all to do with the [Maroon 5] halftime show?

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RL: That’s one question we’ve gotten a lot, and the answer is we do not. The halftime show is solely chosen by the NFL. Obviously, our local market was not too pleased, which is to put it lightly, with who the halftime act was. So, in response to that, our event — called Super Bowl LIVE, which is a six-day festival leading up to the game — we have Jermaine Dupri, a local legend here in Atlanta and all over, to produce all the talent for Super Bowl LIVE. So we tied in our local market with Super Bowl LIVE to kind of, not compensate, but just to give that Atlanta feel to the Super Bowl that it was perceived to be lacking … So I think we’ve done a good job in representing Atlanta’s music scene, and I think Big Boi will also do that in the halftime show.

TPN: Last question — do you have any memories that stand out from your time at The Pitt News?

RL: There was a lot of micro-moments, I would say … there were a lot of, like, off-the-record conversations I’d have with [former Pitt basketball head coach] Jamie Dixon. He was just the nicest dude ever. And when he was let go, I felt that a little more, just because of how good of a guy he was. I thought someone like him was a once-in-a-lifetime type of guy to be the head coach at your school.

I will say, my experience at Pitt definitely helped pave the way down this path. I know Pitt’s not really known for its sports management or sports journalism program because it doesn’t have one, but it has all the pieces in place — a radio station, a TV station, Pitt News — where, if I’d have gone to a smaller school, I probably wouldn’t have had the type of resources or experiences that brought me to this position.

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COVERING AMERICA’S GREATEST SPECTACLE FROM THE BEAT WRITERS WHO’VE BEEN THERE Ben Bobeck

For The Pitt News Before last year’s Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots, Martin Frank, Eagles beat writer for The News Journal, was interviewing Eagles wide receiver Alshon Jeffery.

According to Frank, Jeffrey, who can usually be soft-spoken and hard to understand, was sitting at a table around a few media personnel when he said, “I guarantee a win.”

“I wasn’t sure what he said, so I asked him, ‘Did you just say you guaranteed a win?’” Frank said. “And he looked at me and said something like, ‘Damn straight.’”

Insight like this is common for professional football beat writers, who spend all season ingratiating themselves with the players, coaches and executives and serving as a constant link between a team and its fans. Though few ever get to cover the Super Bowl, it’s a lot more work than just hitting the send button on a few tweets for those who do.

Even though it is a long season, covering their first Super Bowl is almost as memorable for the reporters as it is for the players. At least, that is the case for Ben Volin, current New England Patriots beat writer for The Boston Globe.

“You never forget your first,” Volin said.

“For me, that was the Saints beating the Colts down in Miami.”

This year, Volin will cover Super Bowl LIII when the Patriots take on the Rams this Sunday.

For these writers, their job is year-long, even during the athletic offseason. They cover staff changes among the coaches and in the front office, which players the team is pursuing in free agency or the first-year player draft and how the team seems like it will improve — or not — from one season to the next.

They develop a rhythm, a routine throughout the year as they work each press conference and every game. But all of their practiced procedure goes out the window when the Super Bowl rolls around and press conferences are crashed by national reporters and the entire NFL media circus.

But the excitement makes it all worth it for Volin.

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NFL senior director of event operations Eric Finkelstein takes questions from the media during a Super Bowl photo and interview opportunity inside the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta during preparation for the game on Jan. 22. curtis compton/tns “I’ve seen some incredible games,” Volin said. “The Patriots’ comeback over the Falcons, Malcolm Butler’s interception against the Seahawks, the Eagles’ incredible win over the Patriots last year, Peyton Manning’s last game, a down-to-the-wire Ravens win over the 49ers and Seattle’s Legion of Boom absolutely destroying the Broncos.”

Even though they get to watch the game, they are still there on business. But these are professionals, reporters experienced in handling the nuances and drawbacks of Super Bowl week.

“You have to fight for position at the podium in order to get your interviews,” D. Orlando Ledbetter, Falcons beat reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, said. “It’s a massive undertaking that ends up being a rugby scrum at times.”

The experience for beat writers who have covered the teams all season is also a downfall, in Frank’s opinion.

“The worst part about covering a Super Bowl is the amount of reporters from around the country asking questions that the beat writers have covered all season,” Frank said. “There also isn’t time for one-on-one interviews with players like you might get during the course of

the season.”

Before the Super Bowl, the NFL holds a Media Day where players and coaches are available for interviews. Once they have survived the ferocious battle for prime position, a new challenge awaits — cracking the shells of coaches and players who are not always there to help.

“Bill [Belichick] can be a challenge, because you never quite know if he’s going to cooperate or not,” Volin said. “When he does cooperate, there are few people better. He is sarcastic, witty and incredibly knowledgeable … Brady is pretty guarded and apolitical at this point, but he will give you some good answers and once in awhile you can grab him for a question or two at his locker.”

Over the years, Media Day has gained a reputation for being notoriously chaotic, and for the beat writers accustomed to having their questions answered promptly and thoughtfully each week, it means an adjustment.

The NFL scheduled the media conference for Monday, Jan 28, at 7 p.m. this year. For print journalists, it was just another obstacle toward a tighter deadline.

According to Ledbetter, there are also different restrictions for beat writers leading up to

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the game. One in particular stands out — beat writers aren’t allowed to attend practices. That means they have to rely on the Pro Football Writer of America pool reporters for any news from practice.

According to the the Pro Football Writers of America website, they are “the official voice of pro football writers, promoting and fighting for access to NFL personnel to best serve the public. The PFWA is made up of accredited writers who cover the NFL and the 32 teams daily.”

Even though they don’t always know what is going on at practice, the writers still have to be ready with unique stories no one else will be writing about. When it comes to the actual game this Sunday, Volin already has some ideas on what he may write about.

“Sean McVay’s age, will Brady ever retire and the Patriots’ incredible dynasty,” he said.

Ledbetter, meanwhile, believes the refs will get a lot of attention in the reporter’s stories after numerous missed calls this season and the blatantly missed pass interference in the Saints versus Rams NFC Championship game.

But they know anything can happen, like at Super Bowl LI, when the Falcons blew a 25-point lead to give the Patriots the 34-28 win.

That game is Ledbetter’s most memorable moment covering a Super Bowl.

“Tearing up my story about the Falcons winning the Super Bowl and writing the one about them losing the Super Bowl in horrific fashion,” Ledbetter said. “What a wonderful day.”

However, not even their own understanding of the unpredictability of the sport’s biggest game will stop them from offering predictions of their own.

Ledbetter predicts the Patriots will win and Tom Brady will ride off into the sunset, while Frank favors the Rams 32-27.

As for Volin, he’s picking the Patriots, but after last year’s game knows nothing is certain.

“I’m a little worried,” Volin said. “Everyone is picking the Patriots, and I feel we might be overlooking the Rams the way we overlooked the Eagles last year. But the Patriots’ offensive line has been dynamite and I think they’ll continue to run the ball and control the clock and pound out the win.”

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