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ATTEMPTED BRUEGGER’S ROBBERY Emily Wolfe News Editor

Children color in images of nesting dolls at Sunday’s Polish Festival in the Cathedral of Learning.

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Pitt researcher helps discover smallest known black hole

Alexander Hanna Staff Writer

Out in the vast blackness of space lie two stars dancing in space. These stars are partners, known as binary stars, that exist together in stellar multiplicity. They orbit around a single large mass that cannot be seen by the naked eye or even a telescope.

However, thanks to a group of astronomers, including one at the University of Pittsburgh, we now know that our third dance partner is one of the smallest black holes ever found.

Carlos Badenes, an associate profes-

sor of physics and astronomy, recently co-authored a paper detailing the discovery of a black hole in the Auriga constellation that is significantly smaller than the average black hole. According to a press release, lead author Todd A. Thompson of Ohio State University and affiliated authors, including Badenes, published “A noninteracting low-mass black hole–giant star binary system” in the journal Science on Nov. 1. With the advent of this discovery, scientists can now establish an unbiased size distribution of black holes, a task that has been evading scientists for decades.

Badenes stated that astronomers studied black holes by analyzing the black hole’s accretion, which is the black hole’s ability to eat material from matter around it. This accretion emits light that observers can see and study via X-ray wavelengths. However, Badenes highlights a problem with this method.

“The problem is that the more massive the black hole is, the more luminous the material is going to become,” Badenes said. “When you try to take a census of the black hole population using this method, you end up with black holes that See Black Hole on page 2

Police are seeking a suspect responsible for an attempted burglary of Bruegger’s Bagels on Forbes Avenue Monday afternoon, according to a crime alert issued to Pitt students the same evening.

University and City police responded to the incident shortly after 4:30 p.m., according to the alert. The victims reported that the man demanded they open the cash register and hand over the money inside. After the victims were unable to open the register, the victims said the suspect left the shop and fled north on Atwood Street.

Though they didn’t see the man holding a weapon, he had a hand inside his pocket, which they assumed contained a firearm, the alert said.

The alert described the suspect as a black man in his 40s with a short, slender build and stubble. At the time of the robbery, he was wearing a hat, a black leather jacket and carpenter-style khaki pants and had a red bag and a blue drawstring backpack.

The alert requested that anyone with information call City police at 412-4226520, referencing CCR #19-230613 in the call, or call Pitt police at 412-6242121 and reference report #19-03684.

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are always very massive.”

Badenes drew an analogy to a height census at the University of Pittsburgh.

“Imagine you were trying to get the distribution of heights among Pitt students, and the way you did this was to just go to the men’s locker room after the basketball team is done training,” Badenes said. “You’d end up with the mistaken impression that everyone at Pitt is very tall.”

Black holes that are extremely massive accrete material to the point of emitting light and radiation, which scientists use to find them. If scientists can only observe extremely massive black holes, observers then create the impression that the average mass of a black hole is also extremely massive. This is not the case, according to Badenes, asserting that smaller black holes exist.

“We’ve known that black holes like this should exist for a long time, it’s the fact that we can find them without going through the complicated messy physics of accretion that gives us a glimpse into what the unbiased distribution of black hole masses might be,” Badenes said.

Badenes discovered this black hole through a process of elimination. He and his collaborators utilized APOGEE, a large collection of star data that analyzes the light emitted from stars at certain wavelengths over a particular unit in time. One of the binary stars under observation would shift back and forth between emitting blue and red light, a phenomenon known as the Doppler effect. This observation can be used to determine the speed of the stars in space and determine that this is indeed a binary star. The research team then utilized physical models to determine the mass of the unknown companion.

“A more massive companion will make a larger shift … if the amount of light they make goes up and down there’s this system that pops out,” Badenes said.

“The interesting thing about that is that it gives you a period, if you have a pe-

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Carles Badenes, associate professor of Physics and Astronomy, contributed to the discovery of one of the smallest currently known black holes.

Image via University of Pittsburgh riod you can use the shift to put into an equation and get a mass estimate.”

Badenes stated that the calculated mass estimate was very high and that if it was a star, the team should be able to see the light emitted from it. Upon taking more data, Badenes and collaborators realized that there simply was no light to be found on any spectrum of light such as the X-ray or infrared spectra. From this, Badenes concluded with

his collaborators that the unknown mass was a black hole, as no light can escape a black hole.

The analysis and subsequent deduction of the presence of a historically small black hole opens up new dialogue for scientists and students. Benedes currently advises graduate student Christine Mazzola, who is engaged in this discovery. Benedes’ paper plays into Mazzola’s research into stellar multi-

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plicity, the study of stars that come in multiples together, as binary stars are an example of stellar multiplicity.

“The reason why I was interested in this project was because they used radio velocity measurements from APOGEE … I’m interested in finding the likely binary stars in the data sample,” Mazzola said.

Using mathematical models, the speed at which a star spins around a mass can be determined by the light it emits, referred to as its radio velocity.

Mazzola said she suspects that this discovery of a new way to find black holes will be studied further by grad students and astronomers alike.

Grad students aren’t the only ones who will study this new discovery — undergraduates have been introduced to this black hole in the lecture halls. Sandhya Rao, a research professor in physics and astronomy at Pitt, is tasking her students with reading about Badenes’ discoveries and writing about them in class.

“What I do for my students is that I ask them to write and describe one of the science articles on sciencedaily.com on black holes … a good number of [student submissions] were about this discovery,” Rao said.

Carlos Badenes’ discovery opens up a whole new way for physicists and astronomers alike to find and study black holes. These discoveries in astrophysics have been a common theme in the past few years, complementing the first image of a black hole back in April captured by a team at NASA. Rao also stated that other discoveries were made these past few years, including the biggest neutron star known to man and the presence of gravity waves, which were once only theorized to exist. All this knowledge and data lead to a better understanding of the way the universe works, yet Mazzola knows there’s more to be uncovered.

“This field is just too interesting and there’s too much you can do … I truly believe this will be a future prospect for students” Mazzola said.

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MARY CAIN’S STORY EXEMPLIFIES LARGER PROBLEM IN FEMALE RUNNING CULTURE

Leah Mensch Opinions Editor

It was primarily members of the running community who knew the name Mary Cain — until last week.

Runners knew her as the girl who became a professional athlete before even graduating high school, and at age 18, moved to Portland to train with the Nike Oregon Project and Alberto Salazar upon high school graduation. At age 17, Cain became the youngest athlete to ever make a 1500-meter running final at a world championship race in the spring of 2013. She was expected to be a podium contender in the 2016 Olympics, but after the spring of 2014, she stopped winning races. Eventually, she just disappeared, announcing in October 2016 that she was no longer training under Salazar. Cain was clearly struggling, but nobody really knew why.

Now, we do. Cain was trending nationally on Twitter the morning of Nov. 7, after publishing a New York Times op-ed railing against both Nike and Salazar. According to Cain, Salazar and the male coaching staff wanted her to become, “thinner, and thinner and thinner.” Eventually, both her mind and body couldn’t handle it anymore.

She began cutting and exemplified signs of suicidal ideation, though her coaches deliberately ignored her deteriorating mental health, she said.

Cain’s story has left people furious with Nike, especially considering its other scandals — doping, discrimination of pregnant athletes and advertising with Colin Kapernic, to name a few.

But Cain’s story — one of the pressure to be thin in order to compete adequately, and the criticism of a coach and community that blindly encourages weight loss and thinness — exemplifies an epidemic in the female running community that systematically runs much deeper than just Nike. Of course we can, and should, be angry with Nike, but if we want to fix body politics in running, we need to look beyond a singular sponsor.

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Miranda Zito staff illustrator Since the release of the op-ed, countless professional female runners or those who have a link to the community have come forward, publicly supporting Cain and offering anecdotes of their own.

Adam Goucher, whose wife Kara Goucher is an Olympic silver medalist, tweeted about a coach telling him that his wife needed to lose her baby weight in order to become “fast again.” During the time of this conversation, Adam Goucher was standing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon — his wife had just placed fifth overall.

“Kara had GIVEN BIRTH 6 months prior and just ran 2:24,” Goucher wrote. “No celebration on her tremendous run, just judgement on her body.”

Cain acknowledges that weight does play a role in running, but then again, so does mental and physical health — which cannot be maintained at a body weight too low. There’s a common misconception in running culture that having a regular period means an athlete isn’t “training hard enough.” And this isn’t just a problem in professional athletics.

“It’s not just happening at the Oregon Project,” pro runner Allie Kieffer tweeted on Nov. 10. “It’s not just at Nike. I have seen this negative culture

in colleges and even high schools. We need drastic change. Thanks to the brave souls who are joining the movement, because nothing changes if we sit in silence.”

In response and agreement with Kieffer, former NCAA runner Sarah Robinson tweeted Cain’s story with a concern of her own.

“Personally, I understood that losing your period meant you were in shape,” Robinson wrote.

“I never lost my period, no matter how many miles I ran and constantly doubted if I was in shape because of it. WTF.” Of course an athlete losing their period — medically known as athletic amenorrhea — isn’t normal. In fact, it’s extremely dangerous. If an athlete loses their period over long periods of time, the low estrogen levels often result in early onset of osteoporosis, infertility and low bone density.

Cain says that she suffered five different stress fractures in the three years she lost her period.

This misinformation, and lack of conversation about it in the running community, is preventing the drastic change to which Kieffer is referring. With emphasis on thin bodies and lack of discussion about menstruation, the competitive running community often feels less like a catalyst for joy and endorphins, and more of a catalyst for

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disordered eating and body shaming.

In fact, over a third of NCAA Division I cross country athletes reported attitudes toward food and health that put them at risk for developing anorexia, according to the National Eating Disorder Association. This doesn’t account for college athletes who are not Division I, high schoolers or professional runners.

I was in ninth grade the first time I overheard one of my older cross country teammates say that getting a period meant she wasn’t training hard enough. At the time, I believed this to be true — nobody told me it was wrong. Now I realize that she was just repeating back what she heard everyone around her saying. Like too many others, it took me several years to understand how crooked this theory was.

The thousands of runners and non-runners alike who contributed to the conversation following Cain’s op-ed got the hashtag #FixGirlsSports trending on Twitter. Even more so than a problem with Nike’s ethics, Cain’s story exemplifies an epidemic in female running culture. One that certainly does need to be fixed.

The truth is, I don’t know how to fix girls sports — nobody does. Especially when it’s a multifaceted problem that runs as deep as amenorrhea, eating disorders and even a population of coaches that prioritize success over mental and physical health.

But Cain’s story is a start, and it’s spread discussion of taboos in the running community far past the running community for the first time.

She was brave to come forward and share the horror she faced while running for Nike. Now, it’s up to us to continue keeping her story at the forefront. It’s our best hope for creating change in the female running community.

Leah is the opinions editor, and she writes primarily about essays and reading, mental health and the spices of the world. Write to Leah at LEM140@ pitt.edu.

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Culture review

‘FORD V FERRARI:’ not your average sports movie

Sinead McDevitt Staff Writer

In the same way that “Joker” is a comic book movie made with all the trappings of the types of films we’ve come to expect around awards season, “Ford v Ferrari” is a sports movie that is shot, acted and scored like an Oscar-bait film.

Directed by James Mangold and starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale, “Ford v Ferrari” tells the true story of Ken Miles (Bale), a British mechanic-turnedrace-car-driver, and former American race car driver Caroll Shelby (Damon) who was forced to retire due to medical issues. The two work together to create a car for the Ford Motor Company that can beat Enzo Ferrari in the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans — a 24-hour car race.

“Ford v Ferrari” is very much a classic sports movie, like “Rocky” or “Youngblood.” The plot goes like this — the protagonist has a sport that they enjoy, and with the help of a coach or some teammates, they overcome the obstacles and win, or they lose but they seize a moral victory. Miles fills the role of the underdog who wants to take part in the race, while Shelby fills the role of the coach whose glory days are behind him, but supports Miles’ efforts and tries to teach him to become a better person along the way.

Even if you have no prior experience with professional race car driving, the film gives its audience enough information on how the races work and delivers the information without resorting to clunky exposition. This allows the audience to understand the implications of everything that happens at the final race in Le Mans

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Polish festival kicks off Christmas celebrations

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without requiring the film to pause the ac- Staff Writer The smell of sauerkraut and fried tion to explain.

The cast is very well-acted. For the dough filled the air of the first floor of the most part there’s a lot of chemistry be- Cathedral of Learning, kicking off Polish tween actors, especially in the relationship Christmas celebrations.

The Polish Festival — hosted by the between Miles and his wife, as portrayed

by Bale and Caitriona Balfe. However, the Polish Nationality Room and other Polish supposed friendship between Miles and community organizations — took place last Shelby seems unbelievable. Bale and Da- Sunday. The event included polka music, a mon play off of each other well enough, choir performance, polka dancing and a I just didn’t particularly believe that they variety of food and gift vendors, bringing students and community members togethwere friends by the end.

The performances were well-done in er to share their love of all things Polish spite of the characters’ lack of motiva- and to kick off their holiday season.

The festival boasted several gift vention. While the opening couple of scenes provide enough context as to why Shelby dors selling items ranging from small nestacts the way he does, the movie never gives ing dolls to T-shirts boasting Polish pride the audience a reason why Miles wants to with “Polska” written across them — the be a race car driver or explains where his Polish word for Poland. Before festival passion for cars comes from. He could be goers could get to shopping and feasting, an adrenaline junkie as a result of being a they funneled past several women asking World War II vet, or maybe he’s inspired by for donations to help keep the festival free someone from his childhood. The movie for years to come.

Among the ladies was Judy O’Connor, never says either way.

There are a few plot threads that feel a 75-year-old resident of Squirrel Hill and underdeveloped, like the fact that there is the wife of former Mayor Bob O’Connor. never a follow-up or resolution to a point Judy O’Connor said she loves the festival early on in the film when someone accuses and is glad for the time she spends at the Shelby of quitting racing because he “lost event each season.

“This is the 35th year, I think,” she said. his edge.”

Interestingly, the film creates a won- “I’ve been doing this maybe for six years derful subversion of the typical underdog now and the people are just wonderful.”

Considering the festival was held on the storyline, almost by accident. Typically in a sports film, the underdog will have more same day as a Steelers game, she was imheart or more skill, but the opponent will pressed by the turnout. She assumed most have the upper hand, whether that’s money of the community members would be at or experience. This stacks the odds against the game and said she was pleased so many the protagonist, but they will either win people decided to come out this year.

“Today there’s a Steelers game, and I because they have what’s more important, didn’t think it would be this busy,” she said.

See Review on page 5 “But it’s amazing the people out here, and

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a lot of students are in here too and I think that’s wonderful.”

The event offered plenty of traditional food options, including several booths of fresh-baked bread. One in particular had darkly hued paczki. This traditional holiday treat is made of dough with extra butter and egg yolks, fried and stuffed with a flavored filling.

Gene Love, also known as The Fudge Guy, had a stand at the event, selling mainly fudge and other chocolates. Fifteen different kinds of fudge were on display, from peanut butter to “space dust” — basic fudge dyed blue and covered in sprinkles.

Love said he follows a traditional recipe depending on the flavor he’s making and made 600 pounds for this event.

“This is my fifth year here, and everybody seems to receive me pretty well,” he said. “So, I’ll keep coming back as long as they’ll have me.”

A portion of the festival included a choir and dancing by local Polish groups.

The choir sang Vivaldi’s “Domine Deus,” whose lyrics translate to “praises of God.” The choir and dance groups had their own special costumes that highlighted the color red — prominent in Polish culture as a representation of struggles on the way to freedom for the Polish flag. Ania Becker, anthropology and Slavic studies double major, explained the meaning behind the peculiar design of the dance costumes.

“Folk costumes in Poland are a really big part of Polish culture and each region has a specific costume that differs from other regions,” she said. “Especially during communism it became a big thing — folk singing, folk dancing became a big part of the Polish identity in Poland.”

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Polish dances even have a few parallels to American traditions. Becker said children are taught how to dance from a young age, and just as many American teens celebrate prom each spring, Polish dancers will learn the polonaise.

“Children join dance clubs when they’re little and they learn Polish dances,” Becker said. “The Polish version of a prom would be you would dance the polonaise, which is like a waltz kind of thing.”

According to Becker, a large part of recent Polish history has been defined by their ability to stay true to their roots.

For a large part of the past century, Poland did not have a fully independent country, so continuing to practice Polish traditions of song and dance kept the people and the culture together.

“A lot of folk aspects, like Polish cuisine, Polish literature, all of those things,” Becker said. “They really emphasize the importance of what makes them Polish, and folk costumes and jewelry and dancing and singing is part of that.”

As a native of Poland, Becker said she feels closely tied with the country. She said she enjoys this festival in particular because it can bring people like her, from Poland, and the people who have Polish ancestors together to celebrate.

“I have a very direct tie to Poland but a lot of people who have lived here for a while, they’re like third or fourth generation, they don’t speak Polish but they still think of themselves Polish and this festival kind of brings them in and let’s them experience Polish culture,” she said. “It gives them a taste of who they are.”

or lose but take home the moral victory.

In the case of “Ford v Ferrari,” it’s Ferrari, the European rival, who has a passion for racing, while Ford, the American company, has the superior wealth to back their challenge. It’s a small observation that ultimately doesn’t amount to much but subverts classic tropes.

The central conflict between Ford and Ferrari doesn’t really concern our main characters. Miles and Shelby’s main con-

flict is the question of whether or not it is better to trust one’s own instincts or if they should cave to corporate pressure from Leo Beebe (Josh Lucas), Ford’s director of special vehicles, who does not like Miles and seems determined to personally screw him over. This ultimately resolves in a way that’s the expected conclusion, but the path getting there is unexpected.

“Ford v Ferrari” is not a film that necessarily has a lot to say. The most interesting question it raises is about who exactly is the underdog in this kind of story, an

aspect that is underexplored. Beyond that it’s just a film about not giving in to corporate pressure, finding joy in what you love, how winning isn’t everything and how being a team player is important.

There’s nothing wrong with not having anything new to say though, and overall, this is a good movie, despite the fact that it has a few flaws. “Ford v Ferrari” may have crossed the finish line smoking, but at least it crossed it.

“Ford v Ferrari” opens in theaters nationwide on Friday.

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Second half comeback NARDUZZI PRAISES BROWN, CRITICIZES fuels Panthers’ first SCHEDULING CONFLICT season win, 81-73 Griffin Floyd Staff Writer

Coach Narduzzi’s Panthers have never beaten the North Carolina Tar Heels.

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Ben Bobeck

Senior Staff Writer On paper, North Carolina might not seem like the most challenging opponent with its 4-5 record (3-3 in ACC play). But Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi knows never to take the Tar Heels lightly, considering he’s gone 0-4 against them since coming to the Panthers in 2015.

And UNC presents a particularly difficult matchup this year because of its first-year head coach — long-time coaching veteran and 2005 national champion Mack Brown.

“Obviously he’s coached a long time,” Narduzzi said. “But he’s a heck of a guy. Very, very likable guy. You can see why he’s had so much success. I’m looking forward to a matchup with Mack Brown. He’s a legend.”

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Narduzzi began his weekly press conference by praising how his team approached the bye week coming off a close win over Georgia Tech in Atlanta.

“I can’t tell you how nice it is to have a win and then have a bye week,” Narduzzi said.

“Because I’ve been around some miserable weekends or weeks when you lose football games.“ Narduzzi noted that the bye week gave both his team and staff an opportunity to freshen up with only two practices throughout the week and the all-important fourth quarter of the season looming.

The Panthers will need as much rest and preparation as they can get when Brown brings his UNC team to Pittsburgh on See Narduzzi on page 7

Overcoming a deficit that stood at 19 points early in the third quarter, the Pitt women’s basketball team picked up its first win of the season in dramatic fashion at the Petersen Events Center on Monday night, storming back in the second half to beat Central Connecticut State 81-73.

Redshirt senior guard Aysia Bugg led the way with a dominant performance, scoring 26 points while adding four assists and two steals in 36 minutes. Without Bugg’s takeover, the Panthers (1-1 overall) would’ve fallen in their home opener to a Blue Devils team that looked nearly impeccable in the first half.

CCSU won the jump ball and set the tone in the ensuing possession with a 3-pointer from junior Emma McCamus. Junior center Ashley Berube gave the Blue Devils a 7-6 lead on a jumper midway through the quarter — one they wouldn’t relinquish for more than half the game.

The Panthers struggled on both ends of the court in the first half. CCSU played aggressive defense, swarming the ball all the way up the court, eating up the shot clock and not letting Pitt set up offensively.

After the game, Pitt head coach Lance White attributed the Blue Devils’ defensive effort to the success of their offense.

“Anytime they made buckets they got into their press, that slowed us down and made us walk it up the floor,” he said.

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20 minutes. The Panthers often doubleteamed Berube, who had 18 points on 8-10 shooting, allowing CCSU to kick it back beyond the arc, where they made 10 of 15 tries in the first half.

The red-hot start saw the Blue Devils leading 49-32 by the end of the second quarter. While White wouldn’t get into the specifics of his halftime speech, he did offer his train of thought.

“Whenever you’re dealing with a young basketball team, you’re trying to get them to grow up … that was the halftime talk. ‘Go get it,’” White said. “It was in a different type of tone.”

CCSU would stretch the lead to 19 on the first play of the second half, but from there on out it was all Panthers. A fiveminute stretch with seven Blue Devil turnovers saw the Panthers close the lead to three as they went on a 19-5 run.

“We quit doubling the post, relied on that one-on-one so we could get out quicker and be quicker to the ball,” White said.

The adjustment worked for the Panthers, who scored 24 points off of 14 forced turnovers in the second half. Boxing out was an issue for both teams — Pitt and CCSU had 14 and 15 offensive rebounds, respectively.

Pitt tied the game and then took the lead on a pair of layups from first-year guard Amber Brown, which made the score 61-59 with eight minutes remaining. The Panthers wouldn’t trail again for the remainder of the game.

The 3-point shot, so successful for the Blue Devils in the first 35 minutes of See Basketball on page 7

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Narduzzi, pg. 6 Thursday night at 8 p.m. Pitt has yet to beat the Tar Heels in the ACC, going 0-6 since joining the conference in 2013.

The Panthers’ last win in the series came in the 2009 Meineke Car Care Bowl under former coach Dave Wannstedt — a narrow 19-17 result. The tight finish in that game has been characteristic of the series as a whole. Each of the last eight meetings were decided by one touchdown or less dating back all the way to Pitt’s 20-17 loss to UNC at home in November 2000.

When asked jokingly if Thursday’s game should start with the two teams tied and five minutes left in the fourth quarter, Narduzzi responded in kind.

“Yeah, let’s do it,” Narduzzi said. “You want to call the ACC office and see if we can get that done? I don’t think that’s going to happen.”

Many Pittsburgh locals wouldn’t mind a shortened game, as it would leave them more time to take in Pitt’s professional neighbors at Heinz Field and the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex. When Pitt kicks off Thursday night on the North Side, the Steelers will do the same a few hours down the road in Cleveland, in the NFL’s weekly Thursday Night Football game. Narduzzi expressed annoyance at the conflicting schedules of the Steelers and his Panthers.

“It’s not good for the ACC playing on the same night as an NFL franchise in your same city,” he said. “It’d be different if the Cowboys were playing, you know, the Seattle Seahawks or something, or the New England Patriots. But it’s [two teams in] the same city, two hours away.”

He went on to criticize the NFL for not taking into account Pitt’s schedule, which had been released prior to the NFL’s.

“I think there needs to be, especially with

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some NFL franchises and college football and conferences, they have to start and look and say, you know, what makes sense for the city of Pittsburgh,” Narduzzi said. “And that obviously wasn’t done.”

As for the actual game that will be played, Narduzzi addressed the performance of both his offense and coach Brown’s, specifically first-year UNC quarterback Sam Howell. When asked if Howell was the difference in Carolina’s offense this season, Narduzzi deferred, emphasizing the importance of playing as a team.

“You can have a good quarterback that’s making plays, but if you’ve got nobody that catches the ball, if you don’t have running backs that are running the football, they have got an offensive line, one guy doesn’t make a difference,” Narduzzi said. ”[Howell]’s a good football player … but it takes more than one.”

Assessing the play of his own quarterback Kenny Pickett, Narduzzi praised Pickett amid an up-and-down season for the junior signal-caller. He added that he’d like to cut down on the turnovers after Pickett threw two interceptions against the Yellow Jackets. Rather than place the blame solely on Pickett, he likened the problem to the team as a whole, noting that one of the interceptions bounced right off a receiver’s hands.

Turnover issues aside, Narduzzi also addressed the need for Pitt’s offense to break out a bit — especially against Howell and the Heels.

“I think our offense has shown, when it becomes a high-scoring game, that they can match with it and not be conservative and do whatever,” he said. “I think, you know, you go into the game, you find out … But it depends on the style of the game, the weather of the game and everything else.

You take everything into account.”

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Junior center Cara Judkins (11) made three of three field goals during Pitt’s 81-73 victory over Central Connecticut State on Monday.

Thomas Yang assistant visual editot the game, dried up for them when they needed it most, trailing by six with three minutes to go. One last CCSU bucket cut Pitt’s lead to 81-73 with four seconds remaining, and that score would hold for the final.

Brown finished as Pitt’s second-lead-

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ing contributor with 13 points on an efficient 5-7 shooting, also adding a teamleading 10 rebounds.

The Panthers will continue their long home stand with a game against Georgetown this Saturday, with tip-off set for 2 p.m.

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For Rent South Oakland ** 3 Bedroom Town­house, fire‑ place, LAUNDRY, DISH­WASHER, off street parking, patio, yard, clean. Partially Fur­nished. Located on Blvd of Allies & Dawson Street. PITT Shuttle stop, only 15 minute to PITT CMU. $1995+. Avail­able 8/1/2020. NO PETS. Coolapart­ments@ gmail.com video tour at tinyurl.­com/blvdo‑ fallies ** 5 Bedroom/2 full bath; HUGE HOME‑ duplex style, three sto‑ ries. COM­PLETELY REMOD­ELED, 2 living rooms, 2 kitchens, 2 dining rooms, LAUN­DRY, DISH­WASHER and a huge yard to enjoy!

Huge Bedrooms!

Located on Dawson Street. PITT Shuttle stops di­rectly in front of house, only 15 minute level walk to PITT/CMU. $3,595­+.

Available 8/1/2020.

NO PETS. Call Jason at 412‑922‑2141. Pic‑ tures‑ Info: tinyurl. com/­dawsonhome ***AUGUST 2020: Furnished studios, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments. No pets.

Non‑smokers pre­ ferred. 412‑621‑0457.

115 Chesterfield Road ‑ nice 3‑bed­ room house. 1.5 bathrooms. Laundry in unit. Recently

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re­modeled. Parking.­ Good location, close to Cathedral of Learning. Rent $1300/month + utili­ ties. Available Feb. 1st 2020. 412‑881‑05 50/412‑584‑2665/412‑ 692‑1770 2‑3‑4‑5‑6‑7 bedroom apartments and houses available in May and August 2020. 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 2‑6 bedroom. All newly renovated, air‑conditioning, dish­washer, washer/ dryer, and parking.

Most units on busline and close to Pitt.

Avail­able Summer 2020. 412‑915‑0856 or email klucca@veri­ zon.net.

3 BD apartments available in South Oakland from $1195‑$1600 M.J. Kelly Real Estate mjkellyrealty@gmail.­ com. 412‑271‑5550.

4 BR HOME ‑ SEM­PLE STREET, LO­CATED NEAR LOUISA. EQUIPPED KITCHEN, FULL BASEMENT. NEW CENTRAL AIR ADDED. AVAIL­ ABLE IMMEDI­ ATELY AND RENT­ING FOR MAY AND AUGUST 2020.

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412‑ 343‑4289 or 412‑330‑9498.

416 Oakland Ave., Garden Court. Bright and spacious 2BR, 1BA. Hardwood floors, laundry.

Move May 1 or Au­ gust 1, 2020. Call 412‑361‑2695.

Apartments for rent. 3 and 4 bedroom apart‑ ments available. Some available on Dawson Street, At­wood Street, and Mc­kee Place.

Newly 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.

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brary. Rent is $800/ month + utili­ties.

Available November 15th 2019. Call 412‑ 881‑0550/412‑584‑26 65/412‑692‑1770 Parkview Ave and Blv of the Allies. Nice.

3BD 2.5 BA. Rent 1500+ utilities. Laun‑ dry in Unit. Available Aug 10th 2020. Call 412‑881‑0550/412‑58 4‑2665/412‑692‑1770

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Swisshelm Park. Spa­ cious 1 BR on quiet cul‑de‑sac, equipped kitchen and laundry available, 2nd floor, hardwood floors and fireplace mantel in liv‑ ing room. Large back yard and off‑street parking. $690 heat in‑ cluded. 412‑600‑1383

Squirrel Hill

For Rent: 340 S Bou­ quet Street Pgh Pa 15213 3 bedrooms/1 bath/­ cental air/ laundry on site Contact John at 412‑292‑8928

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3 BD, 1 1/2 BA town­house, on bus line. Se­niors and grad stu­dents. Call 412‑281‑2700 Avail‑ able Now!

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se­niors. We offer FLEXIBLE hours and great bene­fits. Please call 412‑363 5500 to schedule an inter­ view NOW! FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 12, 2019

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South Oakland Houses and Apart­ ments with Laundry and Central Air Call or Text 412‑38‑Lease

Dawson Village Apts. near CMU and Pitt.

One bedroom apts. $935 + electric. Avail‑ able for immedi­ate move in. On bus line, close to restau­rants and shops. Contact Jerry at 412‑722‑8546

Oakland Court‑ 2 bedroom house, 1.5 bathrooms. Air con­ ditioning. Laundry in unit. Newly remo­ dled. Good location, close to Hillman Li­

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