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Oakland considers Housing projects

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If approved, a new Oakland apartment building could house 489 students by the start of the 2018 school year.

But not everyone is happy about this news.

At a community development meeting Wednesday, representatives from Campus Advantage outlined their plans to bring a new 10-story building with one, two and three-bedroom apartments Head coach Pat Narduzzi speaks to a recruit on the phone on National Signing Day. Jeff Ahearn ASSISTANT VISUAL EDITOR to 3407 Forbes Ave., across from Arby’s.

Campus Advantage will market the apartments specifically to students, but other residents could live there as well.

Oakland Planning and Development provost and dean of students job. quarantine themselves and coordinated the Corporation invited Oakland residents Dale Shoemaker Vogel is one of four finalists for the position, health center to monitor the students’ sympNews Editor to offer feedback at the meeting in the which has been vacant since January 2015. Protoms, the dining hall to deliver meals and other Last year, when the Ebola virus terrified Oakland Career Center before the City vost Patricia Beeson appointed Kenyon Bonner, people to bring the students’ homework to Planning Commission briefing Feb. 23, the United States, two students from Southern former director of student life, last year to fill them.

Methodist University worried they might be and official hearing March 8. the position in the interim. Bonner, who inter“I’m not sure what I would’ve done if they infected.

The meeting’s 75 attendees — primarviewed on Tuesday, and two other administrahad said no, ” Vogel admitted.

“But I’m pretty The students had flown back to their camily Oakland residents and stakeholdtors in higher education are also candidates. persuasive. ” ers — discussed the company’s plans for pus in Dallas with two volunteer nurses who During a public interview Wednesday On Wednesday, Vogel said a dean of stuthe new building, including retail and had shown signs of the disease. Amidst their morning, Vogel discussed student wellness — dents must be able to coordinate in the midst fear, Joanne Vogel got to work. restaurant space, as well as outdoor upspecifically in terms of sexual violence — stuof crisis, a skill she said sets her apart from the Vogel, as associate vice president and dean See Development on page 2 See Dean on page 2 other candidates competing for Pitt’ s open vice of students at SMU, asked the two students to

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see is a victim advocacy arm,” Vogel said. “I think if you can get to people who perpetrate crime, and not create more victims, you can treat less dents receiving value from the cost of tuition and victims. I’m a firm believer in that you have to integrating graduate student and undergraduate know something about everyone.” student life.

Jack Heidecker, a member of Student GovBefore applying for the job at Pitt, Vogel ernment Board who attended the interview, said served for 11-and-a-half years in student affairs Vogel’s adeptness at discussing Pitt and her goals at Rollins College in Florida and for 14 months at helped her stand out.

Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

“We want someone who works well with During her interview, which Pitt faculty, staff students and understands their needs and action and two students — both members of the Stuitems that can make the student experience betdent Government Board — attended, Vogel ter,” Heidecker said. offered herself as a candidate with a deep unIn her interview, Vogel made clear she has derstanding of the job. Vogel said she would researched Pitt, and emphasized the position’s know how to connect the role to Pittsburgh. potential to collaborate with other faculty and “Are you going out in the city, and are you staff. engaged?” Vogel said. “You have to be out Robin Kear, a liaison librarian in Hillman making relationships, you can’t simply say, Library who attended Bonner’s interview on ‘I’m the dean of students at Pitt and I’m goTuesday and Vogel’s interview on Wednesday, ing to stay on campus. It’s a reach out, not a said she can see why both would make good reach in.” deans.

Her vision for the dean of students role “There are great advantages to an internal stretches deep into her training as a counselcandidate and their knowledge of Pitt, but there or and mental health expert. Aside from her can be advantages to a fresh face,” Kear said. bachelor’s degree in history and political sciAt Pitt, which is about 70 percent underence, Vogel holds a master’s degree in mental graduate to 30 percent graduate students, Vohealth counseling and a doctorate degree in gel said the dean of students should work to counselor education and supervision. Well- Joanne Vogel, pictured at the end of the table, interviews for the vice provost and establish herself as the dean of both levels of ness in all its forms — including both mental dean of students job at Pitt. Wenhao Wu SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER students, not just undergraduates. and financial — is the compass Vogel said she When a dean launches various programs, would use to lead Pitt’s students.

Having a campus resource that can help stu- especially programs related to safety, Vogel said, “Yes you don’t want to price yourself out ... but “I take everything back to wellness,” Vogel you are getting more, being in a place like Pitt, so dents cancel their credit cards and renew their she should include both groups of students. said. “Whether that’s emotionally, whether that’s “When we talk about student safety and it can justify the cost,” Vogel said. “But I think we driver’s licenses if they get mugged is just as imenvironmentally. Is the environment safe? I’d say have to look and look deeply into what we can portant, Vogel said, as making sure victims of risk — it’s not just undergraduate students, it’s financially and occupationally, how engaged are deliver on. As long as you feel that it was an in- sexual assault receive the medical and emotional all students,” Vogel said. “Is this the position for you?” undergraduate students or all students? I’m more vestment, that you got a return on your invest- support they need.

Like Bonner in his interview on Tuesday, Vo“I’ve looked a little [at Pitt], but what I didn’t interested in being the dean for all students.” ment ... those are important things to students gel addressed the high cost of tuition, specifically

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at Pitt, and said the dean of students must work to show students the price tag is worth it.

“I’m watching tuition rates rising to dollars that just don’t bring in diverse candidates, that also don’t bring in diverse students and are a deterrent,” Vogel said. “Are we really able to give students back what they’ve invested?”

Vogel noted the Princeton Review and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance rankings that label Pitt — despite its status as the second most expensive public school in the country — a top-value school.

and families.”

On other issues, such as sexual assault, Vogel said tweaks to language and organizational structure can improve student life.

“My thing is, I want students to know where to go,” she said. “If I call it the peace center, which is the opposite of violence, that isn’t going to resonate.”

As dean, Vogel said she would work to increase victim advocacy resources and expand such resources to include victims of all violent crimes, including muggings and robberies.

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ing the purchased lot had been abandoned and can now serve as a space for the community to enjoy.

If the City Planning Commission approves the project, Campus Advantage, which owns more than 45 properties around the country, said construction will start by October 2016 and finish by August 2018.

Oakland resident Carlino Giampolo questioned Wanda Wilson, executive director of OPDC, about why developers are permitted to make money off more student housing when it is detrimental to the community’s non-student residents.

Giampolo said universities around Oakland are pushing long-term resi-

per-level courtyards with greenery. But they also questioned how Campus Advantage’s plans would benefit long-term residents.

Jen Bee and Ronnie Macejewski, representatives from Campus Advantage, responded to attendees’ criticisms, stat-

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dents out of the neighborhood, blaming Nordenberg Hall, which houses up to 559 first-year students, for increasing the number of young people in the area.

“We can testify against this, but those words of ours fade away,” Giampolo said.

One Oakland landlord, who refused to give his name, said large companies See Development on page 3

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Development, pg. 2 that want to build in Oakland will force smaller investors out and asked when additional student housing projects would stop. Bee said Campus Advantage would take community comments into consideration before starting construction.

Though Oakland’s residents and stakeholders questioned the new project Wednesday, Bee and Macejewski said Campus Advantage is already forming plans for the Forbes Avenue residency.

According to Bee, the project architect, the building’s first floor will include one retail building and one fast food restaurant, the second floor will serve as a parking garage and the building will have outdoor courtyards.

Apartments will be fully furnished, with widescreen televisions and private bathrooms in each bedroom and washer and dryer units in every apartment.

Bee said per-bedroom rent will range from $750 to $1,350 per month depending on the unit.

Macejewski, Campus Advantage senior vice president, said the high rental rates are due to the building’s proximity to campus.

“You’re not building for everyone, and when you’re building close to campus, it costs more,” Macejewski said.

The lot is placed in a zone where building heights, floor-to-area ratios and percent-of-property construction are often limited. According to Wilson, Campus Advantage is exempt from meeting with Oakland’s Zoning Board of Adjustment because the building doesn’t require any special accommodations.

Campus Advantage can build 102 feet high — 20 percent higher than the zoning code allows — because of the potential building’s environmental design.

Bee said the building also qualifies for Leed Silver, a distinction for environmentally friendly and resource-conscious buildings, under the U.S. Green Building Council.

Bee said she wanted to hear from the community before moving onto the briefing and hearing with the City Plan-

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ning Commission.

“We will listen to the community’s comments, we will balance those with the zoning codes and we will speak again with Wilson who has a good handle on the community,” Bee said.

Wilson said she felt the meeting was successful, as it opened a dialogue between the community members and Campus Advantage.

“We want people to engage in a transparent and public process,” Wilson said.

“It’s important to have a conversation.”

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Opinions

op-ed

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Encourage women to join STEM by training men President Obama sees the urgency in encouraging women to pursue STEM fields, but money alone won’t accomplish that task.

Last week, President Obama announced his initiative to increase computer science instruction in classrooms to get more women and minorities in science and technology fields.

While this is a noble gesture, throwing money at schools to push women into fields like medicine, technology, engineering and computer science isn’t going to solve the problem. Women are entering male-dominated fields where men often reject or demean them in the hostile work environments bred by a culture of hypermasculinity.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women make up 47 percent of the U.S. workforce, but women make up only 16 percent of chemical engineers, 12 percent of civil engineers and 39 percent of chemists and material scientists. When you don’t see similar faces in the room, it’s hard to feel accepted.

Sapna Cheryan, a psychology professor at the University of Washington studies why girls in high school are significantly less likely than boys to sign up for a class in computer science, take the Advanced Placement exam in computer science or express interest in computer science as a career.

She found that cultural stereotypes about scientists strongly influenced young women’s desire to take classes in STEM fields. These stereotypes include computer scientists being young men

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whose genius is the result of genetics, not hard work. She also found that girls felt they should be feminine and modest about their abilities, or risk feeling unwelcome.

Cultural stereotypes about what a “scientist” looks like often follows both men and women into college and future careers. Eileen Pollack, a Yale graduate who studies Physics, described feeling “so much pressure to dress and act like a man” that she became extremely uncomfortable about her identity as a woman.

Pollack describes her summer working as a programmer at a lab and having to listen to a “barrage of sexist teasing.”

Pollack may have graduated in the ’70s, but the statistics on women in STEM haven’t improved since her day. In fact, they’ve gotten worse. According to the American Association of University Women, women held 26 percent of computing jobs in 2013, while women held 35 percent of computing jobs in 1990.

You would assume with the concerted efforts to involve women in STEM, there would be an increase in the number of women in STEM fields. This disparity hints at a flaw that money can’t fix.

We must change the system by training men to treat their female counterparts as equally qualified, professional coworkers.

Large companies have worked to promote STEM to women, such as Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, who offers unlimited maternity leave to employees. Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, proudly endorses that women join STEM fields, telling girls to “be the nerd” and to

devise their own inventions. While leadership and support are helpful in promoting certain initiatives like maternity leave, it isn’t enough.

In order to extinguish the culture surrounding women in STEM, we need to create environments that don’t shame women or make them feel unwelcome solely for being women. We need to dispel the cultural expectations that depict men in science and math roles and reshape what a scientist looks like.

Men make the calls, and until men decide to make the call to treat women like colleagues of equal status, it doesn’t matter how large of a budget our government delegates to pushing women into STEM fields. Human resources departments need to establish better training against sexism, and bosses need to see claims of sexism as legitimate concerns, not empty complaints. Computer science professors should work to call out and curb the boys’ club in universities before it seeps deeper into the job market.

Leaders of companies need to incentivize working in technology or math by openly proclaiming their successful companies as welcoming to women. Our government should direct funding to training men in the workplace on how to treat female coworkers.

Getting women involved in science and technology starts with changing the culture within those fields. By deflating the male-dominated culture that exists within STEM, we can truly foster an environment that encourages women to pursue their passion.

February 4, 2016

israel is asset, friend to u.s.

Emily Levy is an undeclared first-year student. She is not a member of The Pitt News, and has submitted this as an op-ed.

Imagine you have a thick, heavy book on your lap.

You’ve never opened the book before, but you know people have discussed it for years. The book is full of conflict and controversy, yet people seem to admire it. The book is titled “The State of Israel.”

Parents and teachers often tell us to “not judge a book by its cover,” but we fail to use this golden rule when learning about Israel.

The politically controversial “cover” is — too often and unfortunately — all people choose to read, even though what lies beneath is far more interesting.

In the past couple of months, Israel has been devastated with terrorist attacks. On Tuesday, Hadar Cohen, a young female officer, was brutally murdered by three Palestinian terrorists as they attempted to stab Israelis outside of Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate.

Through it all, I remain an openly proIsrael student. I am often asked, “Why Israel? Why support the country so confidently?”

While there are no easy or simple answers to these questions, it is imperative, in a time like this, that I try to answer them anyway. Avoiding the questions would be the equivalent of saying they don’t matter.

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Op-Ed, pg. 4 As an American, my answers revolve largely around the relationship America has with Israel.

For decades, the United States and Israel have maintained a strong and important friendship providing incredible benefits — economically, militarily and democratically — for both countries.

Israel has been a persistently strong force against radical leaders in the Middle East. Not only does this benefit the entire world, but it also directly benefits the United States. Israel shares crucial intelligence on uprising terrorism with U.S. officials, ranging anywhere from the whereabouts of Hamas leadership to providing essential knowledge regarding nuclear powers.

Their relationship is heavily based on sharing vital information, which helps protect the lives of United States citizens each day. Without Israel’s bond, the United States would be at an extreme, dangerous loss.

But this friendship is not one sided.

America has been an essential partner to Israel, especially when it comes to developing and funding weapons and technologies to help defend and protect Israelis.

In March 2011, Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, which holds the capability to destroy short- and mediumrange rockets while they are still in the air, became active. This system has been primarily funded by the United States.

Because of the conflict that Israel faced — and still faces — the Iron Dome became a necessity to block rockets and mortar shells terrorists began firing from Gaza.

According to the nonprofit group International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, during Operation Protective Edge, the most current Israeli push against Hamas in Gaza, the Iron Dome intercepted around 1,400 missiles within a nineday period.

Economically, the partnership has only grown in the past 30 years since the two nations signed the U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the two-way

trade has grown to earning close to $40 billion per year, highlighting the economic benefits for both countries. The Chamber of Commerce has also reported that, even though Israel only represents 2 percent of the Middle East’s population, it is the top importer of U.S. goods within the region.

While the United States and Israel share an important partnership, that does not diminish the fact that these past few months have been unquestionably challenging for Israel. Hundreds of Israelis have been murdered and wounded from stabbings, shootings and merciless terrorists attacks. The number of deaths keeps rising, and it does not seem like it will slow down soon.

When such travesties concern an American ally, it is pivotal that the friendship between them remains intact.

Although confusion can arise from misinformation spread by many U.S. news outlets, what is happening in Israel are true and terrible acts of terrorism.

Recently, CBS published an article titled “Three Palestinians Killed as Daily

Violence Grinds On.” It was not noted in the headline that these Palestinians were killed because they were attempting to stab and attack Israeli civilians. Too often, popular media sources release articles with headlines like this one, exhibiting unfair bias. It is morally insulting when the highlight of these events are on the deaths of the terrorists rather than on the innocent men and women who lost their lives.

Israel currently suffers a very dangerous and severe series of events. Because of these crises, it is important that the United States continue to be an ally.

The partnership between the two nations is one of politics and security, technology and economics, but above all, one rooted in shared democratic and peaceful values.

“Why Israel?” will always be difficult to answer. The information within the book that sits in your lap is one that needs to be updated constantly, undoubtedly confusing you along the way. Regardless of the book’s complexity, it is a significant story that deserves attention.

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Culture

garner, glaser honored with exhibit Noah Coco

For The Pitt News Just as Jackie Robinson had Branch Rickey, Pittsburgh native and jazz pianist Erroll Garner had Martha Glaser.

The University will unveil a display in the William Pitt Union today that showcases jazz memorabilia featuring Garner and Glaser, his manager and a civil rights champion. The memorabilia and documents come from the Erroll Garner Archive, which Garner’s niece, Susan Rosenberg, gave to the University last summer.

The jazz department will hold an opening ceremony for the new exhibit today at 4 p.m. in the display case in the lobby of the William Pitt Union.

The ceremony is scheduled to begin with opening remarks from jazz studies professor Michael Heller, who led graduate students in analyzing the archive and in creating the exhibit. Following Heller, Ed Galloway, head of the University Library Services Archives Service Center, who coordinated the installation, will speak on behalf of the ASC about the Erroll Garner archive.

Exhibit curators Miriam Meislik, Billy D. Scott and Jeff Weston will discuss their process analyzing the archives and creating the exhibit. Meislik comes from the ASC, and Scott and Weston are jazz studies graduate students.

“Archives bring the past to the present, and it is a process that is very alive,” said Scott, a

Garner was born in East Liberty in 1921. By the ’50s, he emerged as one of the greatest jazz pianists in the country. Despite his once-prominent role in American jazz history, he is often underrepresented in contemporary jazzz history studies. One of the goals of this new exhibit is to “create an opportunity to bring Garner back ck into a place of prominence in jazz discourse, scourse,” Heller said.

“We are very excited to draw out Garner’s connection to Pittsburgh urgh and to use it as a way for the University rsity and jazz program to engage with the he community more broadly,” Heller said.

Scott and Benjamin Barson, n, also a first-year jazz studies Ph.D.. student, will play piano and baritone ritone saxophone, respectively, to perform some of Garner’s original nal compositions, like “Mambo Garner, er,” “Nervous Waltz” and “Misty” — pererhaps Garner’s most popular and endururing composition.

Glaser was a “fierce advocate for [Garner]” -Michael Heller jazz studies Ph.D. candidate. “You not only gain respect for those who came before you, but you also get a feeling of how to relate that back to matters in the present.”

Pittsburgh has a vibrant jazz legacy, thanks in part to Garner.

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‘Caesar’ pales in comparison to other Coen films Tarun Sathish Staff Writer

Take a look in the mirror, Hollywood — you might not like what you see.

That’s the sentiment behind the Coen brothers’ latest film, “Hail, Caesar!,” which follows Eddie Mannix — a slim, mustachioed and suited Josh Brolin — as a major Hollywood studio “fixer.” His job is to make sure his stars’ lives keep running smoothly and sweep any problems under the rug.

When the megastar of the studio’s big-

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gest production, Baird Whitlock (George Clooney), gets kidnapped by a group of disgruntled screenwriters — who also turn out to be communists — Mannix has to scramble to find him before too much time on the movie is lost and, perhaps more importantly, before the gossip tabloids get word.

The plot is so short and simple it’s practically a tagline. In fact, the movie has more to do with Mannix’s stress over looking for Whitlock and addressing problems on other movies filming on the studio lot, than

the attempt to find Whitlock itself. We see Mannix deal with problems on each of his five films and then still find more energy to make it through the day.

“Caesar” is, in a way, a love letter to the Hollywood of days past. The film’s shots are bright and full of warm, inviting colors — even the night exteriors have a warmth to them. The walls of Mannix’s office are golden yellow. Compared to the black and gray pallet of the Coen brother’s previous film, “Inside Llewyn Davis,” “Caesar” is a technicolor rainbow.

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While the Coen brothers managed to utilize all forms of light and color throughout the movie, the story in the first hour or so seems messy. Following a trend of shrinking time frames — “Llewyn Davis” examined a single character in a week’s time — “Caesar” has perhaps the largest Alist cast in recent memory, but takes place over just 28 hours.

The film jumps from one movie set — and actor — to another without connection to what happened in the previous scenes.

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Jazz, pg. 6 The archives, which Rosenberg compiled through her Erroll Garner Project after Glaser died in 2014, are currently being incorporated into the University archive system under the supervision of Galloway.

“When we received the collection it was already grouped into categories, and I had an inventory of what was there, and we transformed that into a collection guide, which we published online,” said Galloway. The collection guide can be found under the “Course and Subject Guides” section in the ULS. The International Academy of Jazz Hall of Fame located in the William Pitt Union has housed and displayed memorabilia from some jazz greats, such as a trumpet from Donald Byrd, Sonny Rollins’ saxophone and James Moody’s flute.

“That material was installed in the early ’80s and has pretty much remain untouched [since],” Galloway said.

The archive details Garner’s professional career and personal life, showcasing shirts, watches and Garner’s selective service card, as well as original sheet music, correspondence with celebrities and more than 8,000 tracks of recorded music including entire studio sessions.

The first 2,500 tracks are now digitized and

Review, pg. 6 Each world exists on its own, unbothered by what’s occurring across the studio lot. The actions in each are less plot lines and more sideshows that Mannix walks past.

This is a trend that continues throughout the movie that the film’s marketing no doubt intentionally masked. One scene with Scarlett Johansson, playing the recently impregnated actress DeeAnna Moran, lasted 12 minutes before the movie carries on as if she didn’t exist. The same for scenes containing Channing Tatum, Ralph Fiennes, Frances McDormand and Jonah Hill, among others. The only star we are reminded of after each venture to another movie set is Brolin, whose stern, stressed and frustrated character progresses the movie alone.

But there’s a method to the Coen’s madness — many pieces introduced early on return later.

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available to the public at the ASC reading room.

The most significant and enlightening part of the collection is the wealth of legal documents between Garner and various record and film entities. The documents, now in Pitt’s ULS, reveal the legal struggles and race relations that Glaser and Garner faced together. One of the more revealing episodes is the four-year legal battle between Glaser and the Vernon Music Corporation over the rights to “Misty,” which includes thousands of documents and ended in Erroll winning $25,000 in damages.

“Garner and Glaser were some of the only artists to initiate lawsuits against major record companies and win,” Heller said.

It was in this behind-the-scenes work that Glaser became a civil rights champion for Garner and the greater African American community. Known for including a clause in contracts that would not allow Garner to perform for segregated audiences, Heller said Glaser was a “fierce advocate for her client.”

To have the luxury and privilege of accessing Pitt’s large Garner archive “not only says a lot about Pitt’s role in developing a new frontier and area of research,” Scott said, “but also how Pitt has come along in becoming one of the institutions to feature a jazz exhibit like this. It is good for the jazz program and all academic programs.”

Having a massive A-list cast play seemingly small roles in the movie resembles the real atmosphere in a Hollywood studio lot.

These characters seem grandiose because in our reality, the actors playing them really are. It creates a feeling of being surrounded by stars on every corner, stars that aren’t connected to much outside of their work, thereby immersing the viewer in Mannix’s life.

The film works in part as a nod to the audience. The bombastic scenes filmed on the lot, the Communist Party plotline — a much funnier subplot here than it was in the meager “Trumbo” — and even the actual size of the sets the Coen brothers used, are all intentional. The filmmakers are poking fun at how comically large Hollywood was in 1950, and still is today, while making a movie that’s in itself bombastic.

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Sports young panthers

Dan Sostek Sports Editor

Pitt inks 2016 recruiting class on National Signing Day

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fter some drama, surprises and countless “Pitt is It” tweets, Pitt finalized its 2016 recruiting class

during National Signing Day. The Panthers class includes 24 players — as well as transfer tight end Chris Clark and senior Ejuan Price, who the NCAA granted a sixth year of eligibility — and Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi’s first recruiting class boasts a strong top-to-bottom list of talent.

Here is Pitt’s 2016 signees from Wednesday, as well as comments from Narduzzi on each player.

BRANDON FORD OL — Upper St. Clair (PA) 6’5” 295 lbs @_BFord98 Ford was the first player in the 2016 class to commit to Pitt, as well as the first player to send in his letter of intent Wednesday morning, doing so via email.

He helped lead Upper St. Clair to 224 rushing yards per game his senior season and also saw time at defensive tackle.

COACH SAYS: “He is a big, very athletic giant.”

THOMAS MACVITTIE QB — Moeller (OH) 6’5” 225 lbs @ThomasMacVittie One of the top quarterback prospects Pitt has brought in over the past years, new offensive coordinator Matt Canada was able to hold onto MacVittie despite the signal caller’s relationship with former coordinator Jim Chaney. MacVittie had an impeccable senior year, throwing for 16 touchdowns and one interception.

COACH SAYS: “[He’s a] drop-back

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guy, but you can say he’s a dual-threat quarterback because he can run and he will hit you.”

JUSTIN MORGAN OL — Poly Prep (NY) 6’6” 365 lbs @_heavyhittajus Morgan is the biggest player in the Panthers’ class, with Narduzzi calling him deceptively athletic for his size. Various scouting services rated him the consensus top offensive lineman in the state of New York.

COACH SAYS: “He can hug you and you might be gone. He’s a huge man ...”

MAURICE FFRENCH WR — New Brunswick (NJ) 5’11” 185 lbs @Jiggy_MF6 Ffrench is a dynamic athlete from New Jersey who tallied more than 2,000 yards from scrimmage his senior year. He garnered interest from Penn State later on in the recruiting process, but turned down the offer. A two-way player, the team expects Ffrench to see most action as a wideout, but would not rule out some time at defensive back.

COACH SAYS: “We have needs at the receiver position. I think he can come in there and maybe fill in for a Tyler Boydtype guy.”

ZACH GILBERT DE — South Mecklenburg (NC) 6’1” 240 lbs @ZackAttack_715 The son of former Pitt star Sean Gilbert, the defensive end started all four years in high school, tallying 40.5 career sacks. While he also has lined up at tailback, the team expects Gilbert to follow

his father’s footsteps and become a fixture in the trenches for the Panthers.

COACH SAYS: “Zach is a super, super kid. He’s going to be a big-time player for us. I can’t wait to get him on campus.”

BRYCE HARGROVE DL — Coventry (OH) 6’4” 260 lbs @BryceDeenie Hargrove is a late bloomer, as the big defensive lineman didn’t even start playing high school football until his junior year. He adapted quickly though, recording 14 sacks over his two seasons, including nine in his first campaign. He attends the same high school that produced Steelers linebacker James Harrison.

COACH SAYS: “[He’s] another really big athlete, and that’s something we didn’t get a lot of last class.”

PHIL CAMPBELL RB/DB — South Brunswick (NJ) 6’0” 185 lbs @PCampell24 Campbell is one of a group of versatile commits in this year’s class. While Narduzzi noted he’ll likely play safety, the New Jersey product could see action at running back after running for 848 yards and 14 touchdowns this season.

COACH SAYS: “He’s an athletic safety, but he could be a tailback as well, so we’ll see where our needs take us.”

AARON MATHEWS WR — Clairton (PA) 6’4” 190 lbs @Mathews_A1 Originally committed to Penn State, Mathews flipped on Monday, jumping at the chance to play wide receiver at the college level. He is the latest Clairton product

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to join Pitt, following the footsteps of Tyler Boyd and Terrish Webb. He has played an array of positions, ranging from wideout to defensive back to quarterback.

COACH SAYS: “Aaron is going to be a huge addition to our wideout corps ... He brings a lot of toughness to the game.”

THERRAN COLEMAN DB — Brashear (PA) 6’0” 190 lbs @All4DaLockdown A talented local player, Coleman led Brashear to consecutive City League championships the past two seasons, playing quarterback along with cornerback.

He earned back-to-back City League Player of the Year awards as well and expects to bolster Pitt’s defensive back depth.

COACH SAYS: “He’s probably the most mature player we have in our program, really.”

ELIAS REYNOLDS LB — Poly Prep (NY) 6’2” 225 lbs @_HITMAN7_ Reynolds is a former Rutgers commit who decommitted in November. Narduzzi noted the versatility of Reynolds, who Scout ranked the top prospect in New York. Reynolds can play linebacker, tight end and special teams, which could help him see the field early in his career.

COACH SAYS: “Another guy that we really don’t have enough of in our program. A guy that can play special teams, a guy that can play linebacker, a guy that can be an H-back.”

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Recruits, pg. 8 6’1” 175 lbs @BigGucciBrice Garner is one of a trio of Central Catholic signees in the 2016 class, joining fellow defensive back Damar Hamlin and defensive lineman Rashad Wheeler.

Garner participated in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl, a premier high school all-star game. He was a key component of Central Catholic’s PIAA title this year.

COACH SAYS: “[Bricen is] probably one of the most underrated players in this class.”

HENRY MILLER DB — Gateway (FL)

departed superstar Tyler Boyd. Flowers caught 19 touchdowns as a senior, and finished with over 3,300 receiving yards in his high school career.

COACH SAYS: “He provides us a big target in the future. He’s a guy that’s been committed since the summer and has bought in since the beginning.”

AMIR WATTS DL — Wendell Phillips Academy (IL) 6’3” 270 lbs @AmirWatts345 Watts is a highly regarded lineman that committed to the Panthers over schools like Penn State and Nebraska. While he played defensive tackle, he still came up with 135 tackles his senior year and put up 34 tackles for loss. Watts played in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl.

COACH SAYS: “He could come in here and play defensive end, we’ll see what he looks like when he gets here.”

ZACH WILLIAMS OL — North Marion (FL) 6’5” 275 lbs @sluggawilliams Williams played tight end as a junior

before switching to offensive line as a senior. In his final season, he thrived as a lineman, anchoring a unit that paved the way for two 1,000 yard runners and a 40.8 point per game clip. Narduzzi did not rule out Williams seeing some time at tight end.

COACH SAYS: “Maybe some people called him a slow tight end, but we saw something in him in terms of tape.”

KEYSHON CAMP DL — Lake Gibson (FL) 6’4” 275 lbs @Camp_thatdude Camp verbally committed to USC, but decommitted and was avidly pursued by Pitt defensive coordinator Josh Conklin.

Despite receiving offers from Alabama, Michigan and Missouri, Camp signed with Pitt Wednesday, adding a top-flight talent to an already strong recruiting class and improving Pitt’s middling depth at defensive tackle.

COACH SAYS: “A big, big football player ... You may have seen, if you follow See Recruits on page 10

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6’3” 205 lbs @_HJMII Despite a late push by Miami to flip him, Miller stuck with the Panthers on Signing Day. Miller also played quarterback but established himself as an elite press corner at Gateway. He has the size to switch to safety and will probably shift depending on where Pitt needs depth.

COACH SAYS: “Henry is another tall lengthy, defensive back — 6-foot-3. Does a lot of different things.”

KAEZON PUGH LB — Aliquippa (PA) 6’1” 210 lbs @tunein23 Pugh had an astounding senior season, earning player of the year honors from the Beaver County Times and Pittsburgh Tribune Review as a star running back and linebacker. He ran for 2,451 yards and 35 touchdowns in his senior year, while kicking 42 extra points and starting at linebacker.

COACH SAYS: “I think this guy is going to blow up when he starts eating in our program and lifting with coach [Dave] Andrews.”

RUBEN FLOWERS WR — Lima (OH) 6’3” 185 lbs @OneAndOnly_11_ Flowers is a tall, athletic receiver with a basketball background. He will be one of Pitt’s many wideouts that will try to step up and replace the production of

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Recruits, pg. 9 Twitter, he made a big, big snow angel in the middle of Heinz Field. That was him.

That was his body.”

RASHAD WHEELER DL —Central Catholic (PA) 6’3” 280 lbs @ShadWheeler_12 One of the more enthusiastic recruits in the class, Wheeler was a dominant force on Central Catholic’s defensive line this season, and even returned an interception for a touchdown in his team’s 2417 WPIAL championship game win over Penn-Trafford.

COACH SAYS: “Rashad is a guy that’s been a great recruiter in that high school for the last 5 to 6 months.”

CHASE PINE LB — Lafayette (VA) 6’2” 220 lbs @PineStar11 Pine had the Pitt community on edge after taking an official visit to Virginia Tech this past weekend, but reaffirmed his commitment to Pitt Wednesday morning. The Virginia Gazette named Pine Player of the Year after a senior season in which he racked up 80 tackles, 11 sacks and 25 tackles for loss. He participated in the Semper Fidelis AllAmerican Bowl.

COACH SAYS: “He’s a big, very physical linebacker that is going to play a lot of football for us.”

DAMAR HAMLIN DB — Central Catholic (PA) 6’1” 185 lbs @HamlinIsland Perhaps the biggest commit of the class, Pitt beat out Penn State and Ohio State for Hamlin, the consensus top ranked cornerback in the state of Pennsylvania as well as a consensus top 225 recruit in the country. Hamlin should make an immediate impact after compiling 89 tackles, two interceptions and three fumbles in his senior year.

COACH SAYS: “He’s one of the best athletic corners you could ever recruit.”

GEORGE HILL ATH — Hubbard (OH) 5’11” 200 lbs @Ayooo_George Hill is one of the most electric players

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in the class, as well as one of the highest-regarded athletes in the country. Although he only played in eight games as a senior, he still totalled more than 1,000 yards and 14 touchdowns. Hill will likely see playing time on both offense and defense, following the blueprint Jordan Whitehead set last year.

COACH SAYS: “He’s a flat-out athlete. Probably one of the fastest guys we have.”

RASHAD WEAVER DL — Cooper City (FL) 6’5” 255 lbs @R_Weaver80 Weaver initially pledged to Michigan, but reopened his recruitment after the Wolverines dropped his offer. While he officially announced his decision to commit to Pitt on National Signing Day, Narduzzi said he knew since the weekend that Weaver would pick Pitt.

COACH SAYS: “He’s a guy that adds depth to our defensive line. He’s a big defensive end that can run.”

PATRICK JONES DL — Grassfield (VA) 6’5” 250 lbs @P_jones9 One of two early enrollees, Jones graduated early and can take part in spring practice. Ranked the No. 1 defensive end in Virginia by Scout, Jones finished his senior year with 12.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks before departing for Pitt.

COACH SAYS: “He can play tight end, he can play defensive end. If we need his services on offense, we’re going to see what his ball skills are like.”

CHAWNTEZ MOSS RB — Bedford (OH) 5’11” 195 lbs @_XfactorTez_ As the other early enrollee, Moss can participate in Pitt’s spring drills. Rivals rates Moss the 35th-best running back in the country — thanks to a two-year span at Bedford that saw him rush for more than 3,000 yards, including a 2,000 yard junior season.

COACH SAYS: “He’s the only true tailback in this class, so there’s a lot of pressure on him.”

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