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The independent student newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh | PIttnews.com | october 23, 2018 | Volume 109 | Issue 46

SODEXO, WHISK IT FOR THE BISCUIT PITT ADDRESS MARKET REINSPECTION, FOOD SAFETY CONCERNS

Christian Snyder and Hannah Schneider

The Pitt News Staff After Market Central was cited for violating multiple food safety guidelines in its most recent inspection, Pitt says it will seek a more direct oversight role of Sodexo as nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition demanding Pitt replace Sodexo as its food supplier.

“We are aware of the petition to replace Sodexo as our food services vendor, and we certainly share our students’ frustration,” Pitt spokesperson Joe Miksch said in an email Saturday afternoon. “Our focus right now is to make sure these issues are resolved as quickly as possible.”

The petition was posted Thursday by Pitt student Anthony Gavazzi. It calls for Pitt students to “emancipate” themselves from Sodexo.

“Pitt is a respected world-class university whose students deserve catering services that don’t potentially put their health at risk.

It is not a radical idea that students paying for a multi-thousand-dollar meal plan should not be forced to consume food that is undesirable and quite possibly unsafe,” the petition says.

According to the re-inspection report on Friday, only six categories were violated out of the 25 Food Safety Assessment categories reviewed by the Allegheny County Health Department — a decrease from the 14 cited in the Oct. 10 report. Two of the six were deemed “high risk,” two were considered

Threadbare’s programs manager Elise Miranda boxes attendees’ biscuits at the end of the apple butter- and biscuit-making class Monday evening. Anna Bongardino | VISUAL EDITOR

AN APPEELING TREAT: THE ART OF MAKING APPLE BUTTER

The Pitt News Staff

For this distillery, cider is surely the apple of its eye — but there’s room for apple butter, too.

At an apple butter- and biscuit-making class at Threadbare Cider House in North Side Monday evening, students of all ages sipped one of the distillery’s homemade ciders and stirred their pots of simmering apple butter spiced with clove, nutmeg and cinnamon.

Threadbare Cider House is a local distillery that celebrates both the culinary and aesthetic aspects of the apple and is teaching others to appreciate it too. The family company began five years ago creating simple whiskeys that had a splash of apple cider. This drink expanded into different kinds of yeasts and ferments, and soon after, the company expanded into a second barrelhouse See Market on page 2 built in the 1840’s with a 10,000-square-foot tan-

nery — a location they have now turned into a cider house.

The former tannery shows no trace of its previous role. The dining area features high ceilings, industrial beams and an accent wall behind the bar, painted white with the cider house’s name scrawled in black script.

The company’s work with apples is inspired

by Johnny Chapman, or Johnny Appleseed — a 19th-century pioneer nurseryman who planted apple nurseries throughout the mid-Atlantic and left them in the care of locals.

“To own land at that time, you had to own a prescribed number of apple trees,” said Devon Murdoch, an employee at Threadbare who bartends, serves and works at private events. “Appleseed said, ‘You can buy these off of me and you can own this land now.’”

Threadbare prides itself on making cider differently than other cideries — they use more delicate yeast than other cider companies, which allows for more delicate and complex flavors, but also yields more complications. Made this way, cider needs to be crafted carefully, with employees constantly checking up on the mixture.

According to Murdoch, the fermentation of the yeast is what allows for different flavor profiles in the cider.

“Depending on the yeast, depending on the style of cider — the flavor profile they want — it could take anywhere from two weeks to two months,” she said, referring to the time it takes the cider to ferment. “That’s where all the magic happens — it happens in those fermentation tanks.”

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Missy Chafin (left) of Ross Township and Margaret Mullinary (right) of West View spoon their apple butter onto a plate to taste it before taking it off the burner. Anna Bongardino | VISUAL EDITOR Threadbare doesn’t just serve apple products half of the lengthy process for the students. Each students’ four pounds of apples produced ap- either. They experiment with making different proximately one quart of apple butter after they fruit ciders like cherry, pear and watermelon, added spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves which doesn’t lend well to cider. In addition, they add different flavors for holidays, like this year’s and sugar to the puree.

Once the puree reached a darkened color popular Mother’s Day rosé cider.

“They’ll especially try to introduce seasonal and thick consistency, students taste-tested their creation before jarring it in a container to bring things … so we have fall spice, we’re gonna have home and serve with the baked goods of their a Christmas blend coming out soon, so they try to keep it seasonal,” Murdoch said. “We usually choice.

have our flagships, which is farmhouse, dry, dry hopped.”

With this space just celebrating its first birthday this October, Threadbare lets others utilize its space.

“We have dozens of events a week,” Miranda said. “People rent out the space to have parties or nonprofits rent out the space and they get a portion of the proceeds.

In addition to the community aspect of Threadbare, it also sees itself above other more traditional breweries, where cider typically comes from.

“We consider our cider more like an apple wine more than a beer … we are really trying to market ourselves as a cider business that operates more like a winery,” Miranda said. “Other cider houses will let you take home their cider in a growler. We only sell them in wine bottles.”

It seems Threadbare is able to turn apple products into anything — and that’s its intention. By aiming to emphasize the not-so-obvious aspects of apples, the cider house has found a way to create a business that revolves around the apple’s crispy skin and delicious flavor.

“We really wanna highlight the [varieties] of apples that aren’t as well-known … We really wanna taste apples for what they are and celebrate them in their differences and how they weren’t always the same back then,” Murdoch said.

contact surfaces in bus pans of clean utensils.

In response to this issue, Cole said dirty dishes were removed and the dishwashing machine vendor was called immediately to examine the dish machine and detergent dispenser. In response to general sanitation measures, Sodexo food safety and sanitation experts came this past weekend to provide additional food safety support and expertise.

“Sodexo has detailed procedures and requirements to ensure food safety and sanitation. We are working with our Health Safety and Environmental Specialists to reinforce these for all managers and staff,” Cole said. “We are also adding a registered sanitarian to the management team. This position will have the qualification equivalent to that of health inspector. They will be

responsible for directing all aspects of our food safety program on campus.”

Miksch directed feedback to the Pitt Dining website, which says students can call Panther Central at 412-648-1100 to report suspected food safety violations.

In the future, Miksch said, Pitt wants Sodexo to be more transparent.

“We have required Sodexo to generate a comprehensive plan that will improve transparency, address current inspection findings and reduce or eliminate further findings,” he said. “Our current focus is to ensure that the company fulfills its pledge to remedy current concerns related to food safety while improving communication with the University.”

The Allegheny County Health Department will return to Market Central Nov. 19 for a second reinspection.

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ed out to the community, the cider house also receives many incoming guests, who visit the site for family tours, dinners and cooking classes.

“Sometimes, Mondays and Wednesdays we’ll have a cheese class and an apple butter class.

It’s picked up more often in the past couple of weeks,” Murdoch said. “We’re trying to do a big focus on cooking — sharing skills of cooking.”

Aside from the fresh cider, one of Threadbare’s biggest hits is its homemade apple butter. Murdoch likes to let her guests participate in terms of flavor during her apple butter class, letting attendees chose the amount of spice they want in their apple butter.

“People come in with different taste buds and different experiences with what they want,” she said. “It all depends on the type of person coming in.”

Missy Chafin, a resident of Ross Township, and her family of apple butter-lovers know the taste elements of a reliably made apple butter.

“When you get [apple butter] from a store, its not dark at all, so it just tastes more like an applesauce. And you want it to taste … I guess, like, nuttier.” Chafin said. “It’s like an applesauce mixed with caramel.”

Elise Miranda, programs manager and parttime pastry chef, pureed the apples for the apple butter- and biscuit-class attendees, completing

Market, pg. 1 “medium risk,” one had low and medium risk violations and one was considered “low risk.” Of the eight General Sanitation categories, one category was violated but was not cited as having any risk. The ACHD held an on-site conference at the reinspection where, according to the report, Pitt and Sodexo “committed to prevent these violations from reoccurring.”

“We have demanded Sodexo resolve these issues as soon as possible,” Miksch said. “Moving forward, the University will be taking a more direct oversight role with Sodexo, and we are prepared to take all necessary actions if these issues continue.”

Miksch did not specify what a direct oversight role would be or what actions Pitt was prepared to take.

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But earlier on Monday, Miksch mistakenly emailed a Pitt News reporter working on a different Sodexo-related story a draft of Market-related answers written by Abdou Cole, resident district manager of Pitt Dining by Sodexo. Cole offered more specific information about the changes Sodexo has made and what changes will be made in the future, including hiring a registered sanitarian to Sodexo’s management team.

“We have reviewed and retrained kitchen staff on all … [Hazardous Analysis and Critical Control Points] requirements. Specifically, in this instance the guidelines for ‘Cooling’ procedures,” Cole said.

The high-risk cleaning and sanitation violation detailed a squeeze bottle in clean storage observed with dried food debris on the inside of the bottle. In the dish room, utensils were observed with soiled food

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HHS proposal threatens transgender rights The Trump administration laid the foundation for delegitimizing the identity of about 1.4 million Americans this weekend in another attack on the transgender community. The president already approved a controversial ban on military service for transgender people in July 2017, but now his administration seems bent on legally erasing the identity of this large group of people.

According to a memo obtained by The New York Times, the Department of Health and Human Services seeks to create a legal definition of gender that narrowly defines gender as an individual’s assigned sex at birth — either male or female. This policy would eliminate federal recognition of more than a million Americans who choose to identify with a gender they weren’t born into, an alarming leap backward in the fight for transgender rights.

Since The New York Times first published its report about the HHS memo, activists and transgender people have taken to social media to post with the hashtag #WontBeErased and protestors gathered in front of the White House yesterday.

The Obama administration implemented a series of provisions that expanded the definition of gender as it applies, for example, in the fields of education and health. It allowed the notion backed by many experts that identifying with a particular gender is a choice outside of the sex we have at birth.

But HHS plans to define gender as determined “on a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and administrable.” This would mean that in the eyes of the law a person could be male or female — determined at birth

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based on genitalia — and immutable.

The Trump administration already rescinded Obama-era protections for transgender students that allowed students to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity rather than their sex. The Justice Department also rolled back policies that allowed prisoners to be assigned to facilities that match their gender identity. And there are currently two more proposals in the White House that could be affected by a changed definition of gender.

The effort to restrict the definition of gender would affect four government agencies — departments of education, health and human services, justice and labor — that enforce Title IX, the federal law that prohibits discrimination based on gender identity. This could have very real, very serious consequences for those whose identities would be essentially erased from the law.

The Department of Education is currently reviewing a proposal regarding complaints of sex discrimination in schools and colleges, and HHS is considering a proposal about federally funded health programs. If the HHS’ new definition of gender is approved by the Department of Justice, it would be applied to these proposals and any cases of Title IX — and transgender people would not receive the protection from discrimination on the basis of gender identity that they’re currently provided by Title IX. This is an unacceptable policy for the federal government to propose, and people around the country agree. Of all the attacks on transgender rights that the current administration has made, this one is the most alarming — and could have the most damaging effects.

WHAT READERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT JOURNALISM

Brian Gentry

Contributing Editor Escorted by a security guard, Bob Woodward solemnly took the stage in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room on Wednesday.

He talked about serious matters of politics — the state of our nation, the dangerous actions that President Donald J. Trump is taking and the competence of other members in the administration.

Yet the more important focus of his talk was his discussion of the media, and he wasn’t reserved in his critiques there, either.

As a revered journalist who famously broke the Watergate scandal, Woodward knows a bit about journalism. He talked about the excitement he felt while breaking the scandal and gave advice for students interested in pursuing a career in journalism.

But he also talked about the declining public opinion of the media, especially in light of recent events. He focused specifically on the decline in trust in news sources, citing Trump’s claims of “fake news” as a major cause.

This widespread distrust poses a threat to the free flow and sharing of knowledge, and journalists need to work with the community they inform to rebuild their relationship. A healthy relationship between news outlets and community members allows people to stay informed of events — without this, the public would have no clue what goes on at the local or national level.

To be clear, “the media” is not a cohesive unit that dictates who publishes what and when. It’s an agglomeration of news outlets at all levels, from national sources like The New York Times to hyper-local ones like The Pitt News. And though these different outlets have different foci, they all have one goal in common — to report the truth and

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to hold people accountable for their actions.

It’s clear through an analysis of past polls that public trust in mainstream media has declined significantly. Based on annual Gallup polls, only 32 percent of Americans now trust mass media, down from more than 50 percent in 2000.

This is a sentiment shared by both parties, too — though 92 percent of Republicans believe that major news outlets sometimes report stories the outlets know to be false, 53 percent of Democrats feel the same way. For the record, those not registered with either party clock in at 79 percent.

Certainly one cause of this distrust is actual fake news on social media. Russian operatives organized a strategic misinformation campaign to influence the results of the 2016 election, which altered perceptions of important facts about the candidates. And highly partisan media, like Breitbart News Network or The Daily Beast, can reach millions of users and claim to provide news, despite extreme bias or a complete omission of other facts.

The presence of this misinformation on social media has a big effect on the quality of information that people get. Though a majority of Americans gets its news on TV, 18 percent get their news via social media often, and the widespread misinformation on Facebook and Twitter precludes distinction between fact and fiction.

A minor contributor to this distrust is the use of anonymous sources. While anonymity makes hesitant sources more likely to talk, these sources prevent independent verification of facts by readers and other news outlets, which can decrease the trust readers have in the sources.

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Gentry, pg. 3 dilemma that news sources face. While he relies extensively on anonymous sources in his new book, “Fear: Trump in the White House,” he called them one of the “poisons in the media system.”

Two percent of Americans list an article’s lack of citation of sources as evidence of distrust, indicating that it’s not that big of a deal. But anonymous sources are something Trump has pounced on as evidence of “fake news,” tweeting that when news sources “don’t name the sources, the sources don’t exist.”

Though Americans cite intentional misreporting of facts as another reason for distrust, major news outlets do not intentionally misreport facts. And when they do make a small error, they issue corrections almost immediately. The New York Times, for example, publishes a daily article containing all the corrections — most of them name misspellings, misidentification of locations or incorrect dates.

Of course, some of the burden to educate the public lies on the public itself — it must learn how to sniff out fake news and remain informed of real news. Various re-

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Investigative journalist Bob Woodward discussed the process of interviewing sources for his book “Fear” at Pitt Program Council’s “An Evening with Bob Woodward” last Wednesday. Knox Coulter | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER sources can be found at through the Center ally is “fake news.”

But fundamentally, recovering this for Media Literacy, Media Literacy Now and other educational organizations that trust with the community should hapaim to teach children how to critically ana- pen through journalists engaging with the lyze and consume media. Adults can turn community. In an interview, Woodward to fact-checking sites such as Snopes.com said his first job at the Montgomery Counand Politifact to figure out if something re- ty Sentinel, based in a Maryland suburb of

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Washington, D.C., taught him that this relationship was vital to the quality of stories that they published.

“We were in touch with the community in a way that no one else from the bigger newspapers could be,” he said.

On a local level, news sources can regain this trust by providing local news coverage about important events. PublicSource, a nonprofit journalism news outlet based in Pittsburgh, has embraced this model. It focuses on holding elected officials accountable, rather than just covering sports events.

In his talk, Woodward told an anecdote about showing up at a four-star general’s house at 8:17 p.m. on a Tuesday. But he says this in-person interaction is hard to find nowadays, with most journalists communicating via email or over the phone.

“We are not showing up in our business,” he said.

And this is fundamentally what journalists can do to mend the broken trust.

By showing up, we can hope to rebuild the trust we’ve lost.

Contributed reporting by Jon Kunitsky, Staff Writer

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Culture REMEMBERING HORROR FILM ICON Review: Courtney Barnett brings second album to Stage AE pittnews.com

ROMERO AT CARNEGIE LECTURE HALL

Maggie Medoff Staff Writer

As a slideshow of zombies, gory death scenes and a young George A. Romero gathering with family and fellow creators flashed across the screen, horror lovers filled the aisles of Carnegie Lecture Hall to honor the life and legacy of the director known for the cult classic film “Night of the Living Dead,” which was filmed near Pittsburgh and released in 1968.

The event, “Reflections on Romero,” was presented by the University of Pittsburgh’s Humanities Center and the Carnegie Museum of Art. The intimate group of attendees sat in the first eight rows of the lecture hall and focused on remembering the CMU alum and film legend.

“Night of the Living Dead” represented a significant shift in the horror genre when it was released, with reviewers such as Pauline Kael — a critic then with The New Yorker Magazine — saying it was “one of the most gruesomely terrifying movies ever made.” The zombies seen in popular shows and movies today, such as in AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” can largely be traced back to Romero.

Kate Burke, a local Pittsburgh resident and attendee at the event, said “Night of The Living Dead” was one of the only horror movies she enjoyed.

“What struck me the most about Romero’s movies were the endings,” Burke said. “He’s been such a major influence in cinema. He was a real innovator.”

And Romero had to be.

“It was the dark ages back then,” Gary Streiner, a producer and sound director for many Romero films, said. “There was really no one to learn from yet and all you could do was read cinematography manuals and try and figure out the equipment the best way you could.”

Streiner said when he began working with Romero in his senior year of high school, he would attend classes for half of the day and work on movie production for the second half.

Together they founded “Latent Image,” a production company that created commercials

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Panelists Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, Gary Streiner, Steven Schlozman and Russel Streiner speak at the “Reflections on Romero” event on Friday. They shared memories of the legendary filmmaker George A. Romero — who is known for directing “Night of the Living Dead.” Sarah Cutshall | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER and industrial films. The company gave them life and legacy of the director.

Following the first panel, a viewing of exAfter a montage of Romero’s life and work, a clusive “Dawn of the Dead” footage was shown. some of their first hands-on experience with panel discussion called “Early & Late Romero” There was no sound or dialogue and the film film and real studio work.

Romero had endless jokes, characters and began. The panel featured Desrocher-Romero, showed hundreds of Pittsburghers colliding with games to share with his team, Streiner said. He the Streiner brothers and Steven Schlozman, a each other, wandering the streets with wide zomtaught them a game called floor war, where psychology professor at Harvard and author of bie eyes and lazy bodies. the players would set up plastic soldiers on the the book “The Zombie Autopsies.”

The audience got a kick out of the acting in While Schlozman — or “Schloz,” as Romero the footage. The first few rows were roaring with floor and attempt to knock each one over with a handful of marbles. The team played games used to call him — spent less time with Romero laughter as a shirtless zombie with a large belly for hours, never letting their work cause them to than the other panelists, he had no shortage of ran into a storefront window with a deadpan face. good things to say about the man. lose sight of the importance of fun.

The panelists also spent time discussing “He had this uncanny ability to make every- some of Romero’s other noteworthy films, “One of the key factors to our success was body feel like they’d known him for life,” he said. including “Night Riders” and “Martin.” always laughter,” Streiner said.

Desrocher-Romero, one of three wives Russell Streiner, Gary’s brother and an actor “Those three films were the most comin many of Romero’s films, said that their success Romero had over the years, was married to plete visualizations of his mind and what he Romero since 2011 and also had a lot to say wanted to see on screen,” Christine Forrest, did not come easy to them.

“We had to do something to keep groceries about her husband’s infectious personality and Romero’s second wife and longtime life and on the table, so we decided to do something with charm. She met him in 2005, years before she work partner, said. had ever even seen his movies. After they had film,” he said about Latent Image.

Romero’s love of art, film and laughter Despite a low budget and relative inexperi- been dating for a while, Romero insisted they stuck with the speakers over the years. Their ence, “Night of The Living Dead” grossed $30 have a “Romero Film Festival” — just the two time spent with Romero wasn’t just a markmillion internationally in the decade after its of them. He thought it was time she finally saw er of youth, but a growth experience that insome of his work. release. formed deeper aspects of their careers and “He invited me to see a rough cut of ‘Night of artistic relationships later on in life.

Romero passed away in 2017 from lung cancer. In his wake, Gary Streiner, along with The Living Dead.’ I saw the film and my critique “While working with Romero, I got to Pitt professor Adam Lowenstein and Romero’s was, ‘It wasnt that bad,’” Desrocher-Romero said. live the American dream. It didn’t necessarwife Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, helped set up Desrocher-Romero disliked the horror genre ily involve yachts, but it’s the exciting reason Romero Lives, a coalition of more than 30 Pitts- for many years, but her husband’s work eventually I’m able to be here and speak to all of you,” burgh organizations dedicated to honoring the changed that.

Gary Streiner said.

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TAKE 5: CITY OF STARS, CARDIAC CLEVELAND

The Pitt News Staff

With the NFL season meeting it’s halfway point and the NBA season just underway, there’s a lot happening across the sports landscape. The Pitt News is back to give their best takes on some of this week’s hottest headlines in sports.

La La Land is City of Stars The Los Angeles Rams are widely regarded as the best team in the NFL right now, and their timing could not be better. In their third season since their return to LA from St. Louis, the Rams are making a huge splash around the league.

With a prolific offense that is the highest-scoring in the NFL since the start of last season and a defense that is riddled with star power from the front seven to the secondary, LA lacks weak points.

In a city that has been known for basketball and baseball, with the Dodgers and showtime Lakers reigning supreme for so long, few would have expected a Rams franchise that had been mediocre for so long to move to Hollywood and rise to the top so quickly.

Now the Dodgers will represent the National League in the World Series against the Boston Red Sox, with Game 1 set to commence Tuesday night. Add to that the new NBA season getting underway with an upstart Lakers roster, ready to make a splash with the addition of the best basketball player on the planet — LeBron James.

Even the Los Angeles Chargers, who have flown under the radar thanks to being in the same division as the flourishing Kansas City Chiefs, are off to a great 5-2 start this NFL season. As noted in a previous Take 5, NFL fans could potentially be looking at a “Battle for LA” in this year’s Super Bowl, with each LA team representing their respective conferences.

Sports in Hollywood are flourishing at a higher level than they have in recent history, and this is thanks in large part to the immense star power that is present in Los Angeles right now.

— Andrew Kelly, Staff Writer Cardiac Cleveland

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston (3) dives for a touchdown over Cleveland Browns outside linebacker Jamie Collins (51) in the second quarter on Sunday in Tampa, Fla. MONICA HERNDON/TAMPA BAY TIMES/TNS The Cleveland Browns entered this NFL sports and right now, the Browns are churning season as the league’s most irrefutably pathetic out nail-biting, extra-time thrillers on a weekly organization, having won just one game over the basis. In this rebuilding year, Cleveland’s young course of the previous two seasons. Each game, players aren’t necessarily showing that they can you could all but guarantee a Cleveland loss. But win, but the lovable losers are showing they have in 2018, a curious thing has happened — the what it takes to tie — and it’s created an entertaining spectacle that football fans can enjoy Browns have become must-see TV. It’s not that they’ve made a complete 180-de- each week.

— Trent Leonard, Sports Editor gree turn into one of the league’s best teams like New England, Golden State … Penn State? the LA Rams did a year ago. On the contrary, Over the past 10 years, there have been some Cleveland still ranks in the bottom half of team offense and defense, and they own a losing 2-4-1 truly dominant American sports dynasties. The record. But amazingly, four of their seven games NFL’s New England Patriots, the NBA’s Golden have gone into overtime — with one ending State Warriors and the NCAA’s Connecticut in a tie and three decided by late field goals — women’s basketball team are among the most and two other games decided by four and three commonly cited examples. However, nearly evpoints in regulation. The only game the Browns eryone you ask will leave out one program that, convincingly lost was a 38-14 drubbing to the in my opinion, tops all the rest — Penn State LA Chargers. Other than that, they’re just a few wrestling.

The Nittany Lions have been the most plays away from being 6-1, 0-7 or 2-1-4.

Overtime is the most exciting aspect of dominant program in collegiate wrestling’s most

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dominant conference, and it all centers around the best coach in the game — Cael Sanderson.

Before I get into Sanderson’s incredible tenure as a coach, I also want to acknowledge his insane career as a wrestler himself.

At Iowa State, Cael became one of few fourtime NCAA champs, which is incredibly challenging by itself, but he took it one step further by never losing a single match. Going undefeated in your entire college career is indescribably difficult and rivals Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 points in one NBA game as the most unbeatable record of all time.

In Sanderson’s nine-year career with Penn State, top-tier recruits have flocked to Happy Valley to learn under his tutelage. Six times Sanderson has coached the Nittany Lions to earn multiple individual champions in the same year. The next-closest program has accomplished the feat just once. There have also been seven multi-time individual national champions in Penn State’s dominant run, including Ed Ruth (2012, 2013, 2014), Zain Retherford (2016, 2017, 2018) and Bo Nickal (2017, 2018).

These accomplishments are incredible and while most people don’t follow the sport of wrestling and don’t understand how dominant Penn State has been, it doesn’t take an expert to appreciate and understand that runs like this don’t come often, if ever.

— Jack Clay, For the Pitt News Shuffling the NBA Food Chain The NBA appears to be as lopsided as ever.

Parity seems to be at an all-time low as the era of the super team has been fully embraced by teams around the league. The rich get richer, and everyone else is left to pick up the scraps.

Despite how lopsided the odds of winning the title are, the league as a whole is much deeper than it seems on the surface. Perennial bottom feeders like the Suns, Knicks and Mavericks have built through the draft to create teams that, despite losing often, provide stiff competition on See Hot Takes on page 7

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Hot Takes, pg. 6 a nightly basis.

In Phoenix, 2018 No. 1 overall draft pick DeAndre Ayton has teamed up with rising superstar Devin Booker. The Mavericks will feature highly touted Slovenian prospect Luka Doncic, whose guard skills in a 7-foot frame will pair well with the freakish athleticism of 2017 lottery pick Dennis Smith Jr. In addition to former cellar-dwellers showing real progress in their rebuilding processes, the next generation of young superstars are leading playoff and title contenders.

There is more to the NBA than just who wins the title in June. This is a friendly reminder that there are more than 2,500 NBA games outside of the NBA Finals, so don’t miss out on the exciting talent building the next generation of basketball.

— Stephen Thompson, Staff Writer Down go the Riverhounds The Pittsburgh Riverhounds entered Highmark Stadium on Saturday for the first time as playoff hosts. On a rainy, cold night at Station Square in the presence of 5,189 passionate fans, Pittsburgh faced off against Bethlehem Steel FC. In their first-ever home playoff game, the Riverhounds sought to prove that they have what it takes to be deemed a credible professional Pittsburgh sports team.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t their night. Despite a great first half that featured a goal from Ben Zemanski, the Riverhounds couldn’t finish out the game when they had the chance. Bethlehem equalized in the 70th minute with a goal from midfielder Michee Ngalina. The match needed extra time to decide a winner. Highmark Stadium erupted with a goal from Riverhounds defender Hugh Roberts in the 105th minute, as it appeared to be the winner.

However, the Steel weren’t lying down.

They tied the game again only four minutes later. Going to penalty kicks, both teams were on target for seven rounds. It was the eighth round that decided the match, and Riverhounds defender Raymond Lee sailed the penalty shot left to seal the defeat.

It was an admirable showing in their first home playoff game, but the weather and the pressure of the Steel eventually outmatched the Riverhounds. Nonetheless, Pittsburgh has the talent and ability to take what they accomplished this year into next season.

With the growth of soccer in the United States, the Riverhounds have the tools to make their mark in both Pittsburgh sports and American soccer.

— Ben Zimmer, Staff Writer

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1,2,3 and larger bed­ room available 2019 Central, and South Oakland (central air, dish­ washer, washer dryer included) 412‑551‑0094 2 br apt South Oak­ land. $1,095/mo +

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New kitchen, bal­cony, and A/C Call 412‑6661‑6622 2‑3‑4‑5‑6‑7 bedroom apartments and houses available in May and August 2019. Nice, clean, free laundry, in­ cludes exterior main‑ tenance, new appli‑ ances, spa­cious, and located on Semple, Oak­land Ave., Mey‑ ran Ave., Welsford, Bates, Dawson, and Mckee 412‑414‑9629. douridaboud­ propertymanage­ ment.com 3‑bed room available immediatley $1,495 central air dishwasher laundry 256 N Craig street 412‑271‑5550 3436 Ward Spacious 2‑Bed room, 1 bath equipped kitchen $1,195 + electric, heat included 412‑271‑5550 4 BR HOME ‑ SEM­ PLE STREET, LO­ CATED NEAR LOU­ ISA. EQUIPPED KITCHEN, FULL BASEMENT. NEW CENTRAL AIR ADDED. AVAIL­ ABLE IMMEDI­ ATELY AND RENT­ING FOR MAY AND AUGUST 2019.

(412) 343‑4289 or 412‑330‑9498.

Apartments for rent.

2, 3, and 4 bedroom apartments avail­ able. Some available on Dawson Street, At­wood Street, and Mc­kee Place. Newly

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re­modeled. Some have laundry on site.

Min­utes from the Univer­sity. For more info please call Mike at 412‑849‑8694 Before signing a lease, be aware that no more than 3 unre­lated people can share a single unit. Check property’s compliance with codes. Call City’s Per­mits, Licensing & In­spections.

412‑255‑2175.

North / South O Houses and Apart­ ments with Laundry and Central Air Call 412‑38‑Lease Oakland ‑ various South Oakland loca­ tions. Oakland Ave ‑ 2 BD/1 BA, hard­wood floors, free heat, avail­ able Au­gust 1, 2019.

S. Bou­quet ‑ 2 BD/1 BA available May 1.

Ward St. ‑ studio, 1, 2, 3 BD. Free park­ing, free heat, avail­able August 1, 2019. Call 412‑361‑2695

Shadyside Shadyside: 1Bed­ room‑available now.

EXCELLENT LOCA­ TION ‑ Summerlea St. Fully equipped kitchen, A/C, wall‑to‑wall carpeting.

Near Pitt shuttle bus stop. Between Walnut Street and Ellsworth shopping districts.

No pets, no smoking. $840. Rent includes heat. 412‑628‑1686.

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Two business days prior by 3pm | Email: advertising@pittnews.com | Phone: 412.648.7978

Employment Notices Employment Other 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 BR apartments available May & August 2019.

South Oakland, North Oakland, and South­ side on Bouqet St., Meyran Ave., At­wood St., North Neville St., and Sarah St. Call 412‑287‑5712 Hiring After‑School, Evening, and Week­ end Sitters. Great pay.

Flexible sched­ules and fulfilling work with a wide va­riety of families. Must have a car and insur­ ance. Contact Fran, College Nan­nies and Tutors, 440‑520‑4430, arlington­varecruiter@ college­nannies.com.

Local middle‑eastern restaurant looking for positive, energetic people to join our team! Excellent cus­tomer service, good character, and strong work ethic.

Filling all positions immedi­ately! Call (412)‑680‑9094 Part‑Time Job: Earn up to $200 a day driv­ ing and hanging out with senior citizens.

Apply here: https:­// www.fountain.com/­ papa‑technologies/ ap­ply/pittsburgh‑pa­ pa‑pal

Events October 26th Hal­ loween Costume Con­test with Oak Hill Apartments!

WHERE: Lotsa Stone Fired Pizza 3621 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 WHEN: 4PM‑7PM WHY: Prizes, give­ aways, and more! www.oakhillapts.com

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