11-27-2018

The Pitt News

T h e i n d e p e n d e n t s t ude nt ne w spap e r of t he U niversity of Pittsburgh | PIttnews.com | November 27, 2018 ­| Volume 109 | Issue 68

HOW FBI AND JOURNALISTS RESPOND TO MASS VIOLENCE

LIVE PERFORMANCE IN PHIPPS

Erica Guthrie Staff Writer

Within a minute of the call alerting the City that shots were fired in the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill on Oct. 27, police officers were on their way to the scene of the crime. Less than 10 minutes later, the Pittsburgh Public Safety Department tweeted out a message warning residents of an active shooter.

For first responders and news agencies, being prepared for mass acts of violence is necessary, especially since these acts are usually unpredictable. Each news agency maintains its own plans for how to respond and disseminate information about the acts, while law enforcement agencies focus on cooperation and prevention.

The FBI’s Pittsburgh field office is in charge of Sam Stucky (left) and John Stuart performed original songs during Monday night’s “Magic Meets Music: Live Perforinvestigating crimes and assessing threats in West mance Nights” in Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Bader Abdulmajeed | staff photographer Virginia as well as much of Western Pennsylvania. Greg Nelsen, assistant special agent in charge of the Pittsburgh field office, said when it comes to threats of mass violence, the FBI has a large network of resources to deal with local, domestic year, these four men were in the news When it comes to understanding the Maggie Young and foreign threats. for mass murder — brought about by individuals who pull the trigger, their For The Pitt News “Upon receipt of a threat, the FBI immediintentions are often linked to mental Adam Lanza, James Holmes, Elliot gun violence. ately collaborates with appropriate local, state and After 346 mass shootings in 2017, illness by politicians and members of federal law enforcement and intelligence agen- Rodger and Nikolas Cruz have all been 321 have occurred so far in 2018 — the public, like was the case with the cies and establishes an investigative plan which considered mentally ill. But unlike and studies continue to show an inrecent mass shooting at a Pittsburgh is dependent on the nature of the threat,” Nelsen most of the 43.8 million adults who creasing number of these incidents, live with mental illness in any given See Mental Health on page 2 See Responses on page 2 most of which are committed by men.

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said. “The FBI relies upon various sources of information to identify homegrown violent extremists. These include human sources, reports from the public, federal, state and local law enforcement partners.”

Suzanne Nadell, the news director of WPXITV — an NBC-affiliated television station in Pittsburgh — said the channel keeps its newsroom staffed at all hours in case of breaking news.

“We work to make sure we are always ready to respond to breaking news. We understand we are 24/7 content providers. We always have newsroom staff in the newsroom and a plan to get on the air quickly,” Nadell said. “Reporters know it’s part of their job and they could have to do this at a moment’s notice.”

Preparation for breaking news isn’t limited to live broadcasting networks. Print newspapers and online content producers like the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette also prepare to react in a timely manner in case of a large news event. The Pitts-

Mental Health, pg. 1 synagogue which claimed 11 lives.

While that can be the case, some experts believe other conditions play themselves out in the head of the mass shooter that make it difficult to prevent these events from happening.

According to a 2016 study published in the Annals of Epidemiology journal, only four percent of gun violence can be linked solely to mental illness. Edward Mulvey, a psychiatry professor at Pitt, said the American public tends to associate mass shooters with mental illness — but he disagrees.

“I don’t believe the mass shooting phenomenon is driven by mental illness,” Mulvey said. “The idea that there’s some kind of magical thing that if mental health could just take care of [mass shootings] it would go away, is a myth. These people aren’t usually engaged in treatment, they aren’t usually diagnosable.”

Richard Garland, a Pitt assistant

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burgh Post-Gazette’s assistant managing editor for local news, Lillian Thomas, said modern technology has enabled reporters to respond to events with mass fatalities much quicker than ever before.

“Even before I had started calling people, people were starting to move out towards the scene,” Thomas said. “People sort of self-report and then we have quick phone chain to let us connect with as many people as we need to get out in the field right away.”

Similarly, WPXI-TV’s reporters are also quick to respond to the scene of action before getting orders. Nadell accredits it to having reporters who understand their duties when a tragedy occurs.

“Part of it is planning, knowing that major news could happen at any time. Our journalists are also professionals who understand the duty that comes with their jobs. You don’t have to call people when tragedy strikes, they understand, they just show up,” Nadell said.

For some law enforcement officers, responding to incidents of mass violence can mean putting their own safety at risk. In the Tree of Life

shooting, officers who went in to rescue wounded victims were shot at, resulting in four officers being hospitalized.

On the other hand, news agencies rely on their reporters staying safe so they can relay information that will in turn be distributed to the public. Nadell said the safety of all involved in the incidents is always kept in mind, including the safety of the first responders.

“Safety of our crews is our priority. We keep a safe distance and rely on eyewitness and reports from officials until we can get closer ourselves,” Nadell said.

According to Thomas, when on crime scenes, reporters must obey the perimeter established by the responding police officers. Outside of the barriers, reporters should use their own knowledge of the situation to assess risk.

“We ask our reporters to use common sense and not to do anything that makes them feel uncomfortable,” Thomas said.

Cooperation between news agencies and law enforcement can be beneficial for getting imperative information out for the public. During the Tree of Life shooting, local news agencies quickly

reported that police were asking residents to stay inside of their homes until they apprehended the shooter.

In the following days, the City of Pittsburgh Public Safety put out a press release that praised the efforts of the local media for helping spread information deemed crucial for public safety.

“When we needed to deliver crucial information, you were there to serve the public. Everyone needed to work together as a city and community, and you served an essential role in that process,” the Oct. 29 press release said.

Immediately responding to and reporting on mass fatality incidents can be traumatic for some reporters, so news agencies like WPXI-TV make it a priority to openly discuss the sensitive nature of a topic while covering it.

“We discuss throughout all of our coverage how sensitive the topic is. We’ve found unless you make it a priority to have the discussion, it can get lost,” Nadell said. “So we talk about it, then talk about it some more and then talk about it again.”

The Pittsburgh Police could not be reached for comment.

professor of public health practice, said prejudice against an individual or a group of people that can stem from different places — including home, school and the internet — is often at the root of violence.

“One of the first things [people] say is [the mass shooter] has to have a mental health problem,” Garland said.

“But hate is the thing that drove him to do what he’s done.”

While it can be difficult to diagnose mass shooters by looking through a diagnostic lens, Mulvey said looking retrospectively at certain patterns and behaviors allows professionals to make connections. He said instances of “leakage” — where someone considering violence tells another individual about their violent beliefs or intentions — usually occur before someone commits a mass shooting.

According to Pitt psychology professor Daniel Shaw, a common thought process individuals undergo before deciding to commit mass murders is

“depersonalization” of victims. He said depersonalization — the process of allowing oneself to not see someone else as a human being — is what allows a shooter to justify what they are doing.

“You don’t see someone as a person,” Shaw said. “You start using a name, you call them ‘the people,’ things like that. That’s beginning to think of someone as subhuman, when they become an ‘it’ or a thing or a pronoun, it becomes much easier to see that person dead. If you’re socialized to see people as not human … that’s really dangerous.”

Often behind this depersonalization is the shooter’s explicit belief that the victims of these events deserve this kind of violence, Shaw said.

Mass shooters believe certain groups or individuals are “somehow beneath” them, which to them justifies their actions and allows for depersonalization.

According to Garland, these thought processes can often be traced back to childhood.

“There’s something that’s been going on at home or in the community that we missed,” Garland said. “People will say when they look at [the mass shooter’s] history that they have been bullied, they have been picked on, shunned by their community … it causes them to snap, but we don’t find out about it until after they’ve done something.”

While it’s helpful to examine behavior leading up to the event, Mulvey said analyzing the behavior of mass shooters isn’t enough to prevent these incidents from occurring. Garland, Shaw and Mulvey all said stronger legislative action is needed to deter mass gun violence.

“The easy solution is to say it’s mental illness and we need more mental health services,” Mulvey said. “But that’s really the politically easy thing to say. If you think about it in terms of actually changing the landscape on how we deal with these problems, that isn’t going to do it.”

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PITTSBURGH DODGED A BULLET WITH AMAZON HQ2 Delilah Bourque

Senior Staff Columnist When Google moved next door to Aletha Sims, who lives in the Pittsburgh neighborhood East Liberty, she noticed an immediate change in rent prices — they were going up.

“Who’s that [rent increase] affordable for?

Definitely not the people who lived here,” Sims said to Blavity.com.

Pittsburgh is no stranger to big tech companies looking for an environment of innovation.

Google came to East Liberty in 2010, and earlier this year Pittsburgh was on the shortlist for Amazon’s search for a second headquarters, or HQ2.

But Amazon announced on Nov. 13 that it chose northern Virginia and New York City as HQ2’s dual final destinations.

While it may seem like a missed opportunity for Pittsburgh, past dealings with large tech companies such as Google and Uber have raised prices and pushed people out of their homes and lives in the City. The deals offered to Amazon in both New York and Virginia could spell disaster to some of the residents in Long Island City and Arlington — and in some cases it already has.

In New York, two sites on Long Island that were originally intended to host around 1,500 units of affordable housing are now going to host Amazon offices. Multiple real-estate companies that were originally going to seek permission from the city to build housing, with dedicated areas for affordable housing, are now using their land for Amazon’s new campus.

It’s not just affordable housing that Amazon is disrupting in these cities — it’s the way of life. The New York City subway system is infamous for its constant state of disrepair, and in 2016 Washington shut down its entire metro system for nearly 30 hours for maintenance. Furthermore, New York and Washington rank second and sixth, respectively, on SmarterTravel’s list of most congested cities for road traffic. Both cities are already infamous for bad traffic and public transportation issues, and the incoming traffic from Amazon staffers and their families has the potential to

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exacerbate these issues even further.

In Virginia, Arlington has offered a lot to the corporate giant, ranging from the normal to the ridiculous. Arlington offers $22,000 to Amazon for each new job Amazon brings, up to a total of $550 million over 12 years — but also ensures the city will help Amazon seek approval for a helipad on its new campus, with no explicit reason given for what the helipad would be for.

Even though Amazon didn’t choose Pittsburgh as one of the sites of HQ2, there are still tech companies bringing problems to the city.

When Uber came to Pittsburgh to begin testing its self-driving car program in September 2016, Mayor Bill Peduto welcomed the ridesharing company.

the City too. Since Google moved from Carnegie Mellon University’s campus to East Liberty in 2010, more companies have followed. Languagelearning app Duolingo, which was founded by a CMU professor, is now headquartered about a mile from Google on Penn Avenue.

The influx of tech companies and their employees has forced many residents out of their homes. Between 2007 and 2015, East Liberty lost 940 low income residents due in part to multifamily apartment complexes becoming single family homes, and steeply rising rents in the neighborhood as tech employees move in. In some cases, it is more affordable to buy a home instead of renting — which forces

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“You can either put up red tape or roll out the red carpet. If you want to be a 21st-century laboratory for technology, you put out the carpet,” Peduto said at a press conference in Sept. 2016.

More than two years later, the self-driving car tests have not gone as expected. Uber made no agreement with the city promising to deliver any incentives, but lauded the jobs it brought to the area. In Tempe, Arizona — the other test site for self-driving Ubers — a pedestrian was killed while walking her bike across a street in March of this year. Four months later, Uber laid off all of its self-driving vehicle operators.

Other companies have brought problems to

out low-income residents who generally have lower credit scores and a harder time securing a mortgage.

Residents have been forced to seek housing outside of East Liberty, which puts them far from the neighborhood they called home.

“We finally moved out to Millvale,” one East Liberty resident, Aaron Vire, said in an interview with the Poverty & Race Research Action Council. “I had to buy a car to commute back here to my job, and then I had to take another job to pay for the car. I work 48 hours at one job, 32 at the other. I get very little sleep. And I miss my neighborhood.”

Luckily, the City of Pittsburgh is not sitting idly by, and is making some efforts to combat rising rents in East Liberty. The city announced

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plans in August for three new affordable housing developments, partially financed by the recently formed Affordable Housing Trust Fund — a fund of $10 million to provide funding for new affordable housing projects.

The developments would help people who lost their homes after Penn Plaza, an affordable housing project in East Liberty, was demolished in 2017. Originally, the site was meant to become a Whole Foods Market, but the company now owned by Amazon pulled out after community backlash.

The project faced additional controversy when tenants of the former apartment buildings alleged that developer Pennley Park began demolition when residents still lived in the building.

The announcement of the development projects, which are intended to replace the housing lost when Penn Plaza was demolished, comes with lots of hope. Local religious officials have made efforts to ensure that community members are included and considered when it comes to the projects. City Councilman and Reverend Ricky Burgess announced that two of the three developments would be completed by February of 2020. Burgess also guaranteed current residents of the building that they would be given the option to return at affordable rates.

Amazon’s HQ2 announcement has left New York and Virginia alike at the mercy of one of the largest companies in the world, which ranked 8th on Fortune’s 2018 500 list and reached a record market value of $1 billion in September 2018. While some were championing for Pittsburgh to make its way from a top-20 contender to one of the chosen cities, past dealings with companies like Uber and Google show that large tech companies hurt Pittsburghers.

The city is still trying to fix the affordable housing crisis left in East Liberty since Google moved in — and Pittsburgh dodged a bullet when Amazon chose elsewhere.

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Culture

Travis Scott at PPG Paints: Out of this world

Rapper Travis Scott performed songs from his new album “Astroworld” during a concert in Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena on Sunday.

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Thousands of fans surged into the PPG Paints Arena Sunday night to escape reality and spend a night in “Astroworld” — Travis Scott’s sublime, hallucinogenic amusement-park-themed album — to listen to the rapper’s most ambitious and introspective songs to date.

Coming off the heels of his last two highly successful albums, “Rodeo” and “Birds in the Trap Sing McNight,” Scott set out to pursue his most personal musical achievement yet with “Astroworld,” a nostalgic epithet for the Houston native’s childhood dreams and desires.

It comes as no surprise that Scott frequently talks about how much the real AstroWorld theme park in Houston meant to him. Built in 1968, Six Flags AstroWorld operated for many years, providing its signature “thrills and chills,” also its slogan, for the youth of Houston until it closed in 2005.

“They tore down ‘AstroWorld’ to build more apartment space,” Scott said in an interview with Heavy. “That’s what it’s going to sound like, like taking an amusement park away from kids. We want it back. We want the building back. That’s why I’m doing it. It took the fun out of the city.”

When asked in an interview with XXL what he did for fun after AstroWorld closed down in 2005, Scott replied with, “I started making music.”

In many ways, Scott exhibits a Citizen Kane-like characteristic of sentimental attachment to an object representative of his lost childhood. He cites AstroWorld as his “rosebud,” the burgeoning fire kindling his boyish desire — and rightfully aims to fire up that flame by bringing his newest works to the masses on his world tour.

Scott did not deliver short on his promise to fans on Sunday night, bringing the full-fledged endorphin rush and euphoria of AstroWorld to Pittsburgh. The concert swiftly opened with

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dynamic performances from rappers Gunna, Trippie Redd and Sheck Wes prior to the main attraction.

Out of nowhere, Scott appeared on the second stage across the Arena. He was riding an actual carousel illuminated in exotic purple and blue strobe lights through a sea of fog, hovering above the crowds of screaming fans as the song “Carousel” played.

He followed up with a grounded performance of “Stargazing” — a popular song from the new album with more than 100 million plays on Spotify — displaying a flair for pyrotechnics. Like a circus ringmaster, he deceptively enticed fans as he conjured fire and smoke at will, orchestrated to the precise beat changes in the song.

All of the songs he performed utilized distinct set pieces, backdrops and effects to enhance the tone of each specific song.

“Butterfly Effect” was a fast-paced, hyper-explosive performance, with real mini explosions popping up at every beat drop.

The background LED screen accompanying the song displayed a hotel with neon signs cyclically changing languages.

In contrast, the next track performed — “Astrothunder” — exhibited a relatively slower-paced, melodic tune, matched with more ambient lighting and increased fog. The background displayed the image of a butterfly, slowly flapping its flamedrenched wings. These effects amalgamated to create the sense of melancholic nostalgia that Scott tries to convey in this song, the title of which references one of the popular roller coasters at AstroWorld.

Scott’s style of rapping is often defined by his frequent use of autotune. While its distorted quality aids in characterizing the transcendental moods he tries to evoke in his songs, the lack of autotune in his live performances didn’t detract from — but rather enhanced — the feeling of catharsis.

This was especially true in his performance of “Skeletons,” which was made more resonant by the sound of his natural

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singing voice, which has more of a lower-pitched, empathetic flow.

Scott dedicated his performance of “Skeletons” to the late Mac Miller, a native Pittsburgh rapper and friend of his. Scott introduced the song with a warm request.

“Everyone put a cell phone light up for Mac Miller … I want to light this place up from top to bottom,” he said.

Without fail, the entire stadium lit up with passion in a powerful send-off to Mac Miller.

During “Houstonfornication,” the screens projected the roving Houston city line to match Scott’s lyrics about growing up in a vice-filled city that ultimately came to define him. Directly following that was “Stop Trying to Be God,” which was accompanied by visually immaculate and titillating imagery. The screens projected a zoomed-in iris, which slowly dissolved into a galaxy and then changed to a red color before dissipating into flames.

The climax of the show came when Scott took a ride with a fan in the floating roller coaster, which hung above the hordes of frolicking fans throwing their hands up with excitement. The dual projector screens displayed “LOOK MOM I CAN FLY” as they retracted and a giant, monolithic spaceman stood center stage, watching on as Scott took a literal gravity-defying journey. The background music fell silent as Scott sang “Can’t Say,” pausing at certain points to allow the audience to sing the lyrics.

To finish off what had already been an electrifying night, Scott galvanized audiences even further, closing out the show with his two biggest hits, “Goosebumps” and “Sicko Mode,” demanding every bit of energy left from all the hard-core ragers in the crowd.

For those who never had the privilege of attending the reallife AstroWorld, Scott brought the closest thing to an exhilarating trip there to fans at PPG Paints. He brought his childhood experiences at the park to life through the effects and, of course, the music.

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Staff picks: Holiday movies to go with a cup of cocoa Thanksgiving has passed and the holiday sales have begun. It’s time to put up a Christmas tree, get out the candles and pray for snow. December is less than a week away, which means the holiday season has most definitely started, and holiday movies are crucial to creating the perfect, festive winter. Here are our staff ’s favorites: “The Polar Express” // Sarah Connor, Culture Editor I will never forget my first field trip — my firstgrade class with Miss Palsa took a trip to the local movie theater to see “The Polar Express.” It was the winter of 2004, I was 7 years old and all of the magic of Christmas was alive and well.

All of the nostalgia aside, I still love this film 14 years later at the age of 21. It follows a young lad on a train ride from his small hometown to the North Pole on Christmas Eve night. The animation is modern and the characters look very human-like, making the train and the North Pole pop off of the screen and come to life. The music is also wonderful in this film, with original songs such as “Hot Chocolate,” a jazzy tune that features tap dancing waiters, and “Rockin’ on Top of the World,” a rock ’n’ roll holiday piece written and performed by Steven

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Tyler. “The Polar Express” is truly a one-of-a-kind Christmas classic.

“Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas” // Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot, Staff Writer It’s nearly impossible for me to pin down my favorite Christmas movie. But it’s been a family tradition for as long as I can remember to crack open and watch the direct-to-video holiday midquel to Disney’s animated classic “Beauty and the Beast” — subtitled “The Enchanted Christmas,” which came out in 1997.

The frame is set during the post-curse Christmas, and Mrs. Potts tells Chip and all of the guests the real story of who saved Christmas during the enchantment. The castle decorated for Christmas and the outdoor scenes in snowy environments set the holiday mood perfectly. New characters Angelique, the Christmas angel decoration, Forte, the pipe organ, and Fife, the piccolo, steal the show. If you love “Beauty and the Beast” and Christmas, then “The Enchanted Christmas” is a must-see for the holidays.

For me, there’s no Christmas without it.

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” // Sarah Gross, Staff Writer Christmas is my favorite holiday and has been

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for as long as I can remember. Naturally, I love all Christmas movies, but my favorite one has always been “Charlie Brown.” It’s got the signature charm and feel-good elements that come with all of the Peanuts movies, including beautiful music and a heartfelt message — and who can forget the nowiconic image of that sad little Christmas tree?

The original TV movie aired in 1973, following Charlie Brown as he tries to find the meaning of Christmas since he just can’t get into the holiday spirit. While he’s on this journey, aided by the everphilosophical Linus, the rest of the kids get ready for the holiday play.

The movie hits me with all sorts of feelings every time I watch it, and the ending always impacts me especially hard. That final image of the decorated Christmas tree and all of the kids standing around it singing “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” always turns me into an emotional mess. While this may not sound like how most people would like to spend their Christmas, I love it and it’s a movie that puts me into just the right holiday spirit.

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Sports TAKEAWAYS:

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PITT REVERTED TO ITS OLD SELF

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The No. 24 Pitt Panthers (7-5, 6-2 ACC) ended their four-game win streak when they fell to the unranked Miami Hurricanes at Hard Rock Stadium 24-3 on Saturday. Pitt’s regular season finale was every bit as ugly as the final score suggests and it may have hurt the Panthers’ chances at a premier bowl game.

Morrissey is missed The loss of starting center Jimmy Morrissey was keenly felt in both the run game and in pass protection on Saturday. Morrissey, the ACC offensive lineman of the week against Virginia Tech, suffered a season-ending ankle injury on a trick play in the final minutes of Pitt’s blowout victory over Wake Forest.

The redshirt sophomore and former walk-on has been a key factor in the Panthers’ success running the football all year, anchoring the offensive line and making gaping holes between the tackles.

With Morrissey absent, Pitt wasn’t able to run the ball up the middle effectively.

Morrissey’s absence added with a fast and disciplined Miami defense — ranked second in the FBS in defensive yards and 15th in scoring — resulted in only 69 rushing yards for the Panthers.

Offensive coordinator Shawn Watson’s crew had averaged 232.7 yards per game until that point, and without the catalyst of its success, it struggled mightily.

Morrissey’s impact was felt beyond the Panthers’ run game, however — he was also critical in pass blocking and diagnosing blitzes and defensive alignments for quarterback Kenny Pickett.

On Pitt’s first drive of the day, it was clear that blitz pickups would be a challenge for the new-look offensive line when the Hurricanes’ defensive end Joe Jackson faked as if he was dropping into coverage, before rushing forward and sacking Pickett on third down.

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Sophomore quarterback Kenny Pickett (8) fumbles the ball during Pitt’s game against Virginia Tech earlier this month. Knox Coulter | staff photograPickett was sacked six times to go along with 14 tackles for a loss — both season highs for the Panthers’ offensive line.

Can’t convert Against a top-notch defense like the Hurricanes, it’s crucial to get a fast start — but Pitt didn’t score until the third quarter.

The Panthers’ inability to score was in large part due to their inability to convert on third down, going 1-15 on third-down conversions, along with a failed fourthdown attempt as well.

Pitt dominated in total possession, keeping the ball for 35 minutes and 34 seconds. That should have been a recipe for success, but the drives weren’t going anywhere. As such, Miami had plenty of time to practice its punt-return prowess, capitalized by DeeJay Dallas’ 65-yard return for a touchdown to make it 10-0.

Nine of the 15 third downs faced were more than five yards from the line to gain, forcing the offense away from the run game due to penalties, dropped passes, a predictable run game and more sacks.

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ser has taken some ill-timed penalties this year, and this game was no different. He was called for a face-mask penalty while the Panthers were pinned deep, stopping a drive before it had even begun.

Bookser wasn’t the only veteran to make a mistake, however. In the third quarter, with the game still close, normally sure-handed Maurice Ffrench dropped a wide-open pass for a first down, forcing the Panthers to punt while driving into scoring territory.

Pittsburgh’s mental mistakes on offense should not take away from the performance of the Hurricanes’ defense. Miami’s defense did more than its part, stopping the run and pressuring Pickett into making mistakes or taking sacks.

Pitt didn’t come to play The biggest factor in Pitt’s loss was something less easy to pin on a specific play or individual — the Panthers were playing in Miami, on senior day, a year after they had ruined the Hurricanes’ shot at a 12-0 season and the No. 2 seed in the playoffs with a stunning upset.

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The Hurricanes have been in a tailspin, relatively speaking, since that game last year — going 7-8 and falling from the second-ranked team in the country to not being in the poll at all.

It’s clear the rematch had been circled on Miami’s calendar for several months.

Pitt was playing for nothing besides the chance at a better bowl game — an important thing, to be sure — but the game simply did not carry the same emotional weight for Pitt as it did for Mark Richt and his Miami squad.

According to The Miami Herald, senior defensive back Jaquan Johnson gave a speech before kickoff that had the whole team, defense especially, fired up — and they played like it.

“The first game was like when we got started to get in quicksand when we lost to LSU,” Johnson said in the post game press conference, detailing the sinking feeling the team had. “But we pulled our way out of it because we were united. We didn’t fight one another. We helped one another get out of this quicksand.”

Despite their trying season, the Hurricanes were able to stay motivated for each and every game, even though they had already punched their ticket to a bowl game.

The same can’t be said for the Panthers.

The game against Miami really was sort of a dry run for the ACC Championship game on Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina, as both the Tigers and Hurricanes have fast, big, athletic defenses and stifling — albeit streaky — offenses. Pickett and his teammates couldn’t handle the Hurricanes, but it remains to be seen how they will rebound against Clemson.

Pitt will likely fall out of the rankings following the ugly loss, but there is still hope — unranked Panther teams have had a stellar track record against the No. 2 team in the country in the past couple years.

With Clemson ranked No. 2, this year may be no different.

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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

Huge 5BR apartment in Panther Hollow.

Close to universi‑ ties. Laundry and dish­washer. Large deck. $1,900/mo. plus utili­ties. Contact gbazz­i7@gmail.com M.J. Kelly Realty.

Studio, 1, 2, 3 and 4 Bedroom Apart­ments, Duplexes and Houses.

N. & S. Oakland from $750‑$2500. mjkellyrealty@gmail.­ com. 412‑271‑5550. www.mjkellyrealty.­ com North / South O Houses and Apart­ ments with Laundry and Central Air Call 412‑38‑Lease Now renting fall 2019 various two bed­rooms units in South Oak‑ land, Bates, Coltart, Edith, Halket Place, Ward Street; rent start‑ ing from $975‑$1410 Contact: John C.R. Kelly 412‑683‑7300 www.jcrkelly.com info@kellyrealtyinc.­ com Oakland ‑ various South Oakland loca­ tions. Oakland Ave ‑ 2 BD/1 BA, hard­wood

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

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 Outstanding One Bed­rooms located throughout South Oakland; Fifth Ave, Meyran, Pier, Sem­ple, Blvd of Allies, Ward; Rents Starting at: $740‑$825 Contact: John C.R. Kelly Office: 412‑683‑7300 Email: info@kellyre­ altyinc.com Website: www.­ jcrkelly.com South Oakland off‑campus housing.

2‑6 BR apartments/­ houses for rent.

Up­dated kitchens and Bathrooms. A/C, laundry, and some with parking. Avaial­ able August of 2019.

412‑445‑6117

Employment Employment Other Child care assistance needed, working with infants, toddlers, or preschool. Flexible scheduling, $10/hour.

412‑462‑4463 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

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