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CHANCELLOR FOLDING FOR CELEBRATION RELEASES 30-YEAR MASTER PLAN Sarah Shearer

Assistant News Editor Pitt as we know it may look a lot different by the time the next generation of applications rolls in. The University released a Campus Master Plan in a Board of Trustees meeting Friday, including plans for new academic buildings, housing and rerouted transportation methods.

The projected master plan has been in the works for over a year, with Pitt faculty, students and community members all contributing their ideas and feedback.

“We began this process by collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders,” Chancellor Gallagher said in a press release. “Now, with a draft plan in place, we are again turning to our community members and community partners for their input and ideas. It is an inspiring and exciting process and one that, we hope, will propel both the University of Pittsburgh and the City of Pittsburgh toward an even bolder and brighter future.”

Though Pitt will only perform changes and renovations on existing Pitt buildings, the University Campus Master Plan does involve significant modifications to those buildings, including renovations and expansions.

They will also introduce an Integrated Health Sciences Complex, including a redevelopment of Lothrop

Students fold origami at the the Asian Studies Center’s Chuseok celebration Sunday afternoon. Levko Karmazyn | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

A Shore thing: Lagoon, ice rink to come to PGH Erica Guthrie

Staff Writer Pittsburghers looking for a sandy beach to relax on will soon have one close to home. A 2-acre man-made lagoon is coming to the city’s North Side as part of the planned mixed-use Esplanade development planned along the Ohio River.

The crystalline lagoon, a joint effort between Pittsburgh-based real estate developers Millcraft Investments and lagoon-builders Crystal Lagoons, draws inspiration from Iceland’s Blue Lagoon. Located on a 15-acre brownfield plot in Pittsburgh’s Chateau neighborhood, developers aim on adding a recreational aspect to the new development, which will also feature retail and residencies.

“We think it’s going to be a wonderful recreSee Master Plan on page 2 ational element to the project,” Lucas Piatt, presi-

dent and CEO of Millcraft Investments, said in an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

“Really at the core of the project is health and wellness and recreation.”

During summer months, locals and tourists alike will be able to swim, kayak, paddleboard and relax in the 2-acre public access lagoon. During colder months, the swimming area will close and a portion of the lagoon will transform into an ice-skating rink. Thermal baths will be open year-round.

“Esplanade’s lagoon will be situated in the coldest weather climate of any Crystal Lagoons amenity worldwide to date,” Millcraft and Crystal Lagoons said in a joint press release. “Crystal Lagoons has seen a growing demand for development of ice skating-capable concepts in colderclimate cities, since the company’s crystalline la-

goons can naturally freeze or can freeze with the addition of supplemental technology.”

Developers have not yet released a date for the public opening, but once they break ground on the lagoon, Crystal Lagoons expects to complete construction in less than a year. Christopher Souza, Crystal Lagoons’ regional director, said the lagoon will be the first urban lagoon in the country when it opens.

“For us, this is our first lagoon that is not only open to the entire public, but it’s in a city like Pittsburgh,” Souza said. “From the day Millcraft begins to build the lagoon, it should take no more than eight months. Actually, it could be a bit quicker because of the size.”

Piatt told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he See Lagoon on page 2

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is envisioning a floating screen for movies in the middle of the lagoon, and possibly even a stage for performances.

Although prices for entry have not been determined yet, Millcraft community and public relations manager Chelsea Peluso said that a variety of options will be offered for those who want to enjoy the lagoon.

“We will be offering day passes, memberships, different packages, community days,” Peluso said, “Making sure this is completely accessible to the community, to the area and to visitors of Pittsburgh.”

But many residents are concerned the development will raise the cost of rent in the area, forcing long-term residents out.

“I feel like most of the people who would come there are from the suburbs,” Hunter Steele, a resident of Spring Hill and junior nursing student at Chatham University, said. “We need affordable housing, as compared to these really expensive houses being put in and people being forced out of their homes.”

The lagoon is expected to bring an element of sustainability to Esplanade. Unique features, such as Crystal Lagoons’ evaporation control film technology, will enable the lagoon to consume up to 50 percent less water than a 2-acre park.

“We’re not like a normal pool filtration,” Souza said. “We use 1 percent of the additives

you would for a normal pool and 2 percent of the electricity you would for a normal pool of the same size.”

Millcraft Investments, which is responsible for developing multiple properties in downtown Pittsburgh, is working in alliance with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to help create the mixed-use development. The URA functions to help create economic development in the City by assisting developers in creating plans for their new communities.

Mixed use developments are a common style of urban planning, as they are both pedestrianfriendly and incorporate different uses of property into one development. Esplanade plans to feature recreation, retail, office and residential spaces on the 180,000-square-foot plot.

Developers are also considering a small grocery store, drugstore, restaurants, distilleries and breweries as part of the retail establishment.

A marina will be put in on the waterfront, and office spaces will be available on land. A small museum is also in talks to spotlight different “Pittsburgh firsts.”

The development, situated on the former J. Allan Steel site, is also set to bring a climatecontrolled ferris wheel to Pittsburgh. Peluso said that the ferris wheel was a way to make a tribute to the famous Pittsburgh native who created the ride.

“We are paying homage to George Ferris, who actually resided in and passed away in the North Side,” Peluso said.

Lothrop Hall is among the facilities due for redevelopment under Pitt’s Campus Master Plan. Thomas Yang | assistant visual editor

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Hall, Crabtree Hall and Falk Clinic in order to further connect the programs.

Several Oakland streets will also undergo redesigns in order to better serve students. Specific advancements include providing better crosswalk access on Bigelow Boulevard, a pedestrian bridge to a “proposed UPMC bed tower” on O’Hara Street and “mid-block pedestrian connections” on Forbes Avenue, according to plan drawings.

Renovation drawings also include plans for an “athletics-oriented neighborhood.” The upper-campus area features an expansion on the Petersen Sports Complex, Trees Hall and Petersen Events Center improvements, the implementation of a Human Performance Center and a 400-meter outdoor track bordering Center Avenue.

Renovations aren’t limited to upper campus — the Schenley Quad is also set to receive enhancements as well as the landscaping around the William Pitt Union. The master plan did not specify what these changes would be.

Plans involve rerouting crosswalks for enhanced student pedestrian and Concept rendering of the planned Esplanade development on the North bicycle transportation and new housShore. Image courtesy of Crystal Lagoons ing options on campus, which will be called the South Campus Housing Hub

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and North Campus Housing.

The plan states these housing buildings will be designed to “bring students back on campus and keep housing affordable.”

The plan is projected to span approximately 30 years. Greg Scott, Pitt’s senior vice chancellor for business operations, said the plan is designed fluidly to work and change in the community.

“It is a crucial tool in ensuring that short-term projects are working in conjunction with long-term plans and goals two or even three decades into the future,” Scott said in a press release. “A good campus plan builds in flexibility, it accommodates change and it is also responsive to the greater community in which it resides.”

Scott has directed the master plan’s development since its inception. According to him, the plan is focused on enhancing Pitt academically and otherwise.

“This plan will help the University excel academically, lead in research and innovation, and strengthen its ties with the community we call home,” Scott said.

Students and community members interested in learning more or voicing their opinion on the plan are invited to attend any of the five public meetings Oct. 8 and 9.

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ATTENTION TO ALL GUN VIOLENCE

Kavanaugh disqualifies himself

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who accused him of sexually assaulting her at a party in high school, finally brought their stories public in a long-awaited Senate testimony on Thursday. From the outset, Ford made a solid case for herself, citing specific details from Kavanaugh’s alleged assault and the emotional torment it has caused her for decades.

But despite all the convincing evidence Ford levied against Kavanaugh, Kavanaugh’s own temperament that incriminated him most. The federal judge was combative throughout the testimony, talking back to senators and evading questions — raising even more suspicion about his guilt and painting himself as an ill-fitting candidate to sit on the Supreme Court, which requires objectivity and composure.

When Senators repeatedly questioned Kavanaugh about excessive alcohol consumption, Kavanaugh alluded to his liking of beer, and eventually said he had never blacked out from consuming alcohol. But then he lashed out at Senators for asking him those questions.

“You’re asking about a blackout, I don’t know, have you?” he said to Senator Klobuchar.

Kavanaugh’s high school yearbook entries, which senators also questioned him about, shows he engaged in many problematic activities — for example an entry which said “100 kegs or bust,” suggesting dangerous drinking habits. Another entry titled “Renate Alumnus,” which many assume referred to Kavanaugh’s self-professed relationship with a female student named Renate Dolphin, signifies a callous attitude toward respecting women.

But Kavanaugh merely chalked up these concerning entries to his immaturity as a

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teenager.

“If we want to sit here and talk about whether a Supreme Court nomination should be based on a high school yearbook page, I think that’s taken us to a new level of absurdity,” Kavanagh said.

Not only did this testimony put a spotlight on Kavanaugh’s indifference to problematic behavior, it also highlighted a very obvious double standard. If Ford had been as disrespectful to senators as Kavanaugh throughout the hearing, senators and the general public would likely view her very negatively.

Kavanaugh even used his family as a scapegoat to justify his palpable anger toward the confirmation process.

“This has destroyed my family and my good name,” Kavanaugh said. “There has been a frenzy on the left to come up with something, anything to block my confirmation.”

But if anything, Ford should be the angrier of the two. Experiencing sexual assault is far more emotionally damaging than not getting confirmed for the Supreme Court — a privilege, not a right, which very few experience.

And if Kavanaugh truly believes that the confirmation process has destroyed his family, then he should automatically withdraw his name — every Supreme Court nominee is thrust into the public eye and faces scrutiny.

If he can’t handle the publicity, both positive and negative, then he’ll struggle tremendously as a Supreme Court Justice.

It’s certainly possible that Kavanaugh’s testimony — however horrifying — could have held up in criminal trial.

But this isn’t a trial, it’s a job interview — and after viewing Kavanaugh’s testimony, he simply doesn’t make the cut.

Neena Hagen

Assistant Opinions Editor Based on mainstream media coverage, the public might think mass shootings are the only type of gun violence.

After the 2017 Parkland High School shooting, The New York Times plastered tragic images of crying children on the homepage of its website. That same year, a shooting in Las Vegas killed 50 people — and CNN covered the details for hundreds of hours on its news program.

But while these shootings are tragic, they don’t represent the bulk of gun vio-

lence that takes place in America today.

In reality, there are many different types of gun violence — mass shootings make up only a tiny percentage — and calling for simple, blanket solutions to such a multifaceted issue won’t solve anything, just exacerbate existing problems.

The UPTV nonpartisan political television show “The Bully PulPitt” sought to expand students’ views of gun violence on Wednesday night with its “Let’s Talk — Gun Violence” event in the William Pitt Union Lower Lounge.

The discussion aimed to educate parSee Gun Violence on page 5

Junior English writing major Jack Habib (right) discusses suicide statistics at Wednesday night’s “Let’s Talk Gun Violence” event in the William Pitt Union.

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Gun Violence, pg. 4 mass shooting, homicide and suicide.

According to fivethirtyeight.com, a statistics website, suicides account for nearly two-thirds of gun deaths.

Indiana implemented red flag laws to combat suicide in 2004 — allowing the state to confiscate guns from people who might be a danger to themselves or others — resulting in an 8 percent decrease in suicides since the law’s inception.

But there are better solutions to suicide outside of regulating guns themselves — 80 percent of suicide victims had untreated mental health disorders when they chose to end their lives. According to the National Institutes of Health, easy access to mental health services reduces suicide rates — but the Affordable Care Act cut mental health care funding, likely contributing to an uptick in recent suicides.

Still, even sweeping laws like red flag laws and health care expansion aren’t enough to significantly reduce gun violence — especially when gun violence manifests in certain demographics very differently.

“Race and class have a lot to do with gun violence, too,” Julia Schantz, a senior sociology and political science major, said in one of the group discussions. “It’s not just a gun control issue.” While white middle-aged men are the most likely suicide victims, African Americans in racially segregated neighborhoods with low educational attainment and poverty are nearly 30 times more likely than white people to be victims of homicide — which accounts for one-third of gun deaths nationwide.

With homicides so concentrated in specific populations, blanket nationwide bans on assault rifles — as many Democrats in federal and state governments advocate — won’t work. The federal government implemented the ban in 1994 and then lifted it in 2004 because it didn’t reduce gun violence at all — it simply took away rights from responsible gun owners.

“Gun violence should be legislated on a local level,” Paul Anderson, a junior civil engineering student at Carn-

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egie Mellon, said at the event. “That’s the way the constitution was intended.

We shouldn’t have a nationwide assault weapons ban.”

In fact, like with suicides, the most effective solution to combating homicide has nothing to do with gun control at all — it’s an initiative called Operation Ceasefire, a collaborative effort between police, religious leaders and social scientists in Boston to reduce murder rates among black youth.

The organization focuses on the people committing murder instead of the guns themselves — issuing severe crackdowns on all members of murderous gangs and offering assistance to anyone who wanted to turn their life around. As a result, murder rates in Boston declined by 63 percent — and all other cities that have tried similar programs, like Stockton, California, and Indianapolis, have seen murder rates decline by at least 50 percent.

Implementing community policies like Operation Ceasefire also allows community members to have a closer relationship with police officers — which is extremely important since police brutality runs rampant in communities of color. While there are no official data on Operation Ceasefire’s effect on police brutality, improving community relations will likely humanize black lives in the eyes of law enforcement.

There’s no simple solution to gun violence in America, but certain methods are certainly more effective than others.

“The national conversation about mass shootings is just fear- and emotion- driven,” Cameron Hallihan, a junior neuroscience major, said at the event.

Merely clicking on articles and turning on the TV won’t solve the very real gun violence issues that communities face. Likewise, blanket, nationwide “solutions” fail to address the cultural and economic reasons why these issues exist in the first place.

Instead of inundating everyone’s news feed with gruesome images from mass shootings, the media should promote solutions that actually work — because saving lives is certainly newsworthy.

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FLYERS MASCOT STRIKES WEEKEND RECAP: VOLLEYBALL, FEAR INTO FANS

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Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees rank among the most terrifying characters of all time. But the newest face of horror is more chilling than all three, and he’s not a movie antagonist — he’s a hockey team mascot.

With the month of October upon us, it’s officially the season of scaries. To kick off the festivities, the Philadelphia Flyers mistakenly thought it would be a good idea to unveil a new mascot — Gritty.

Coming in at roughly 7-feet tall and seemingly 300 pounds, Gritty is more than just an eyesore — he’s a blight on the brain. Nobody’s sure what animal or interdimensional being he’s supposed to be, but we can all agree he’s ugly.

He sports shaggy orange hair with a long orange beard, as well as orange fur covering him from head to toe. Gritty’s absence of a nose and his wide, creepy smile are both unsettling. But undoubtedly the most frightening thing about Gritty is his orange googly eyes.

Have you ever made eye contact with someone and felt like you just looked deep into the soul of a psychopath? That’s Gritty. Googly eyes are supposed to be fun — something kids laugh at and include in macaroni art — but when you mix them with the other ghastly components of this monster of a mascot, the eyes suddenly give off evil intentions.

The Phillie Phanatic is objectively one of the best mascots in professional sports. He’s a furry, green, flightless bird with an extendable tongue that fans of all ages adore. Gritty might try to embody the same traits as the Phanatic in terms of his goofiness, but there is no getting past the pure eeriness of his face.

A local Twitter account called “Benstonium” posted a thread of stock images into which he photoshopped the new Flyers mascot — and to say they are chilling is an understatement. The pictures depict Gritty in the background of several environments — a public park, a foggy for-

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est and an ajar window — menacingly watching over unsuspecting bystanders. It’s bad enough he’ll be in a sports stadium — the terror of contemplating his monstrous form elsewhere is downright terrifying.

Would you ever want your kids to come close to this menace? Gritty looks like someone you would find passed out in a Philadelphia alleyway the morning after the Eagles won the Super Bowl. You might not be scarred for life upon spotting him (though no one can blame you if you are) but you will without a doubt choose to walk in the opposite direction.

It didn’t take long for Gritty to make an enemy within the Metropolitan Division — in just his first day on the job, he got into a spat with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Twitter last Monday. To be fair, the Penguins did start the altercation. But Gritty escalated the beef to new levels with an ominous t h re at

after Gritty by threatening each other over the internet — and possibly deciding oodles of orange hair all over their body is stylish.

It’s only a matter of time before the league offices for the NHL step in and stop this maniac. As families and friends make their way to the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia this season to watch their beloved Flyers take the ice, they’ll likely be greeted by this orange weirdo and faint from shock before they even get to their seats.

When you go to any game and see the mascot, you might want to take a picture with them for the memories. However, the only memories you’ll have with Gritty will be in your nightmares, and it’s likely that most of the pictures Gritty will ever be in will be mugshots. Stay safe, Flyer fans.

toward the Pittsburgh mascot, tweeting, “Sleep with one eye open tonight, bird.”

Gritty is making threats online, already cyberbullying others of his kind. It’s been only a week and he has quickly proven to be a bad influence. With the number of young people using social media constantly growing, that leaves more and more kids to take

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SOFTBALL CONTINUE DOMINANCE Andrew Kelly

For The Pitt News

VOLLEYBALL (FRIDAY) Sylvia Freeman | STAFF ILLUSTRATOR

Michael Nitti

Miami 0 Pitt 3

VOLLEYBALL (SUNDAY)

Florida State 1 Pitt 3

SOFTBALL (DOUBLE)

Saint Francis 2 Pitt 12

SOFTBALL (DOUBLE)

Saint Francis 3 Pitt 7

MENʼS SOCCER

Virginia 1 Pitt 3

WOMENʼS SOCCER

Pitt 0 Virginia Tech 2

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column: 3 Takeaways from Pitt’s 45-14 loss to UCF Trent Leonard Sports Editor

After getting blown-out at home by in-state rival Penn State and losing to the lowly North Carolina Tar Heels last week, it seemed the Pitt football team could stoop no lower. But the Panthers produced their worst game of the season Saturday against the University of Central Florida, allowing a seasonhigh 568 yards and gaining a season-low 272 yards.

It was another ugly showing from Pitt at a time when many people expected the team to rebound. All things considered, here’s where the Panthers (2-3 overall, 1-1 ACC) stand after Saturday’s poor performance.

Pitt has no identity To be a successful football team, you must have an identity.

National powerhouses Alabama and Clemson pride themselves on stout defense, while other power teams like Oklahoma and West Virginia put up gaudy offensive numbers year in and year out.

Not since 2016 — when Pitt’s dynamic offense averaged an incredible 42 points per game under former offensive coordinator Matt Canada — have the Panthers been elite on either side of the ball. Through five games this season, Pitt has been a below-average team both offensively and defensively. The Panthers’ offense ranks 109th out of 130 college football teams with 327.2 yards per game, while their defense sits at 101st, allowing 457.5 yards per game.

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Pitt’s lack of two-way production was on full display Saturday, with the team routinely going three-and-out, then letting UCF junior quarterback McKenzie Milton gouge their defense to the tune of six touchdowns. The Panthers’ leading rusher, senior Qadree Ollison, picked up just 49 yards on 11 carries.

Sophomore quarterback Kenny Pickett also contributed an uninspirational statline, completing 16 of 26 passes for 163 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

To be fair, UCF is one of the best teams in college football. The Knights entered Saturday’s game as one of the hottest teams in the country, riding the nation’s longest win streak at 16 games. Despite not being in a Power Five conference, they’ve established themselves as one of the premiere college football programs over the past several years.

But there’s no excuse for the Panthers’ inexplicable ineptitude so far, especially when the team came into the season with high expectations. Right now Ollison is the only bright spot on this Pitt team, as he ranks fifth in the ACC with 404 rushing yards. The team will have to commit to feeding Ollison the ball if they want to form any semblance of an identity moving forward.

Narduzzi’s time is winding down After Saturday’s loss, Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi’s overall record now stands at 23-20. For a program that tends to hover right around .500, that might not seem like such a terrible mark. But talk to almost any Pitt fan and you’ll hear a senti-

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ment that has become resounding in recent weeks — Narduzzi is wearing out his welcome.

For starters, there’s the argument that Narduzzi has not lived up to the hype as a defense-oriented coach. He was brought in as a defensive coordinator from Michigan State, who typically produced quality defensive teams in the low-scoring Big Ten conference. But in his four seasons at Pitt, the defense has regressed, with their best season coming in his first year.

There’s also the argument that Narduzzi’s best seasons came early on, with most of the players and coaches from the previous regime. The Panthers were far more competitive early in Narduzzi’s tenure, with their first 10 losses coming by a combined 74 points. Narduzzi’s last 10 losses, on the other hand, have come by a combined 184 points.

This is Narduzzi’s fourth season, the season where a coach’s handprint truly shows with his own players and coaching staff. If that’s the case, Narduzzi certainly isn’t making a good impression. He was given a contract extension in the offseason, but a poor finish this year — along with mounting disapproval from fans and local media — may put pressure on athletic director Heather Lyke to begin thinking about a coaching change.

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Services Other WOMEN – EMPOW­ ERMENT SELF‑DE­ FENSE on campus!

October 7‑28 (four Sundays), 10 am – noon at Falk School. $120. Financial assis­ tance is available!

Questions and regis­ tration: LionessMar­ tialArts.com or 412‑241‑6519

October 1, 2018

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