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News PITT LAW PROFESSOR MOUNTS

PRIMARY CHALLENGE AGAINST REP. DOYLE Brian Gentry

Assistant News Editor A Pitt law professor is preparing to mount a primary challenge against Rep. Michael Doyle, D-Pa., Pittsburgh’s representative in the U.S. House.

The professor, Jerry Dickinson, announced Wednesday his candidacy in the 2020 Democratic primary election in the 18th Congressional District, which contains all of Pittsburgh as well as many southern and eastern suburbs such as Monroeville and Bethel Park.

“The people deserve a new voice and a true people’s champion,” Dickinson said in a tweet announcing his campaign.

Dickinson hails from Shaler, a township across the Allegheny River from Lawrenceville.

He was a Fulbright Scholar to South Africa in

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2009, where he studied housing and urban development. He previously worked at Reed Smith, a law firm in Pittsburgh, and founded the firm’s Housing Rights Project to offer legal services to Allegheny County tenants going through eviction proceedings.

According to his campaign’s website, he plans to focus on social justice issues, including class mobility, workers’ rights, affordable housing, health care and criminal justice reform.

He also wants to make President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall a central issue.

Dickinson gave expert testimony to the U.S. Senate in 2017 against the border wall, and has also published numerous legal opinions in national Pitt law professor Jerry Dickinson plans publications such as The Washington Post and to challenge to Rep. Michael Doyle, The Atlantic.

D-Pa., in the 2020 Democratic primary The 18th District has trended more progreselection. image via university of pittsburgh sively in recent elections. Reps. Sara Innamorato

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and Summer Lee, two progressive Democrats, won their respective primaries in the Pennsylvania House races in 2017, unseating two long-time Democrats, Reps. Dom Costa and Paul Costa.

Since Trump’s election in 2016, Doyle has voted with Trump’s position on House bills 19.1% of the time, according to election analysis website FiveThirtyEight, and 0% of the time since the start of the 116th Congress in 2019. He was described as the 38th most bipartisan House member in the 114th Congress by Georgetown University’s School of Public Policy.

Doyle has served in the House of Representatives since 1995 and has not faced any significant challenges in general elections since his re-election in 1996 — in every campaign since, he has won with at least 65% of the vote. He currently serves on the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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PEDUTO SIGNS GUN CONTROL BILLS, LAWSUIT FILED IN COUNTY COURT Jon Moss

Contributing Editor Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto signed three controversial gun control bills into law Tuesday afternoon, including one that prohibits the usage of certain assault weapons within the City.

Several Pittsburgh residents immediately filed a lawsuit against Peduto and the City Council, arguing a state law preempts the new City law.

The legislation, cosponsored by councilmembers Corey O’Connor and Erika Strassburger, was approved by the City Council in a 6-3 vote last Tuesday and takes several approaches to restricting gun usage within City limits. The legislation was drafted partly in response to last October’s shooting massacre at Squirrel Hill’s Tree of Life Synagogue that left 11 dead.

The highest-profile measure is a ban on the usage of certain assault and semi-automatic weapons, such as the AR-15 assault rifle, and large-capacity magazines. The bill was scaled

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Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto signed three gun control bills into law Tuesday afternoon. Bader Abdulmajeed| senior staff photographer back from a full possession ban in an attempt to Peduto said as a result of inaction at higher skirt around a state law preventing cities from levels of government, Pittsburgh’s elected ofrestricting gun ownership. Any violation of the ficials felt it was necessary to enact gun control new usage ban carries a fine of up to $1,000. regulation on a local level.

The final legislation also introduces extreme“If Washington and Harrisburg refuse to recrisk protection orders to the City, which allow ognize this is a public health emergency and refor weapons to be temporarily seized through a fuse to stand up to gun manufacturers, then we court order from individuals deemed to pose an must take action to challenge laws and protect “extreme risk” to themselves or others. our people,” Peduto said in a press release.

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After the bills were signed into law, several Pittsburghers immediately filed a civil lawsuit against the mayor and the City. A 35-page complaint filed in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas argues the legislation was pre-empted by a state law prohibiting cities from regulating “ownership, possession, transfer or transportation” of guns or ammunition, and seeks a permanent injunction against the City.

“Pittsburgh’s ban on carrying loaded standard-capacity magazines in public has a chilling effect on plaintiff’s exercise of their right under Pennsylvania law to possess these magazines and to carry them in public for self-defense,” the complaint said.

Peduto told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review the gun control organization Everytown for Gun Safety, founded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, would represent the City at no cost. In a February interview with CityLab, Peduto argued the state pre-emption law restricts the ability of cities to ensure domestic tranquility as guaranteed in the Constitution.

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beer & wine ARSENAL CIDER HOUSE SERVES SUMMER DRINK YEAR-ROUND

Alexa Marzina Staff Writer

While apple cider is typically a fall beverage, fruity beers are undoubtedly a warm weather summer treat. Luckily, Arsenal Cider House serves up craft ciders year-round made by raw apple cider from Soergel Orchards.

The orchard is located about half an hour north of campus in Wexford, where its seven types of apples are pressed to release their delicious juices in order to be turned into apple cider.

While Arsenal’s hard cider can be found on tap and in cans at a few local bars, to find a particular seasonal flavor, it’s best to visit one of the official locations. Arsenal has cider houses on location at Soergel Orchards and Trax Farms in addition to its stand-alone brick-and-mortar store on 39th Street in Lawrenceville.

Upon entering what is easily mistaken for someone’s family home — which it used to be — guests are greeted by a rustic Civil War-era interior and a dozen varieties of hard cider on tap, which range from a traditional sweet apple flavor to a dry red wine-like blackberry selection.

The location is celebrating nine years of operation in June, and like a fine wine, Arsenal’s age only brings new and exciting changes.

According to co-owner Michelle Larkin, around this year’s upcoming Cinco de Mayo celebration, Arsenal’s Lawrenceville location will unveil a kitchen so patrons can gorge on some snacks other than pretzels while they imbibe their drafts or growlers. Right now, while the weather is warming up, Arsenal and its outdoor patio regularly get swarmed with thirsty customers.

“We’ll be so busy from April to October, but you’ll be able to know it’s January, not because it’s snowing, but because we’re not as busy,” Larkin said.

The cider house takes its “arsenal” moniker from adjacent Arsenal Middle School, which was built on the site of a U.S. arsenal by William Barclay Foster, who founded Lawrenceville.

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Arsenal Cider House serves cider and wine. image courtesy of arsenal cider house Thus, Arsenal Cider House takes on an old-time war-themed interior — an aesthetic it also incorporates on its to-go bottles.

Any cider on tap can be bottled in a resealable growler, adorned with a label allocating the “daily rations” to whoever’s name is on the bottle — plus their own (pretend) military ranking.

Larkin said this was inspired by troops in the arsenals who decided to drink their daily rations in the trenches too quickly.

“If any kind of battle broke out, they were [already] inebriated!” she said.

If Larkin is ever looking around the taproom sentimentally, it might be because the bar and its seating is located in what used to be her and her husband’s living room, kitchen, game room and dining room. But as of last year, the Larkins don’t reside above the cider house anymore.

With three kids — 10-year-old twins and a

15-year-old — the Larkins created their business to still work while also spending time as a family. Coincidentally, the cider house is also family-friendly, so babies, dogs and even parrots are welcome to enjoy the warmth of Arsenal’s outdoor patio.

Even in the colder months, the patio is still available and can be heated, so ciders with a winter feel can be enjoyed with a view. Since it’s a year-round beverage, hard cider can allow for a ton of variety in its flavor profiles. It can be sweet, sour, spiced, fruity, floral or basically take on whatever flavor is imparted into it. For 2013 Pitt graduate Liz Nieters, that’s an important quality in her beverages.

“I’m not a huge beer drinker, so the one cider [at most bars] is all there is for me,” Nieters said. “I like ciders that have a different kind of fruit infusion in them.”

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ence, ciders on tap can be hard to find. Having dedicated cider houses provide a place for folks who need to know that a gluten-free beverage option will be available for them.

For Dayton, Ohio, native Scott Corl, Arsenal Cider House’s reputation for excellence — like its 4.8-star rating on Google — is what brought him to the cidery.

“It may have been the first cider place I was told about when I came to Pittsburgh,” Corl said, laughing and sipping on a dark blackberry cider. “I just love blackberry [flavor]!”

Larkin mentioned despite Arsenal’s flavor variety, the top selling ciders are the more traditional apple ciders: Picket Bone Dry, Fighting Elleck and Archibald’s Ado. “They sample other stuff but when push comes to shove, they want the original,” she said.

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WINTER IS HERE: BAR OF THRONES OPENS DOORS IN MARKET SQUARE

Delilah Bourque Senior Staff Writer

Winter has come to Pittsburgh’s Market Square. While the weather has been warming up, Bar of Thrones, a “Game of Thrones”-themed pop-up bar, has opened in Downtown. The bar serves “Game of Thrones”-themed cocktails, along with beer, wine and certain food offerings.

A pop-up bar is just as it sounds: a bar that appears in a space for a short amount of time, before moving on to another space or vanishing entirely. Lots of pop-ups are popculture-themed, like The Upside Down, a “Stranger Things”-themed bar that ran from Aug. 18 to Oct. 1 in Chicago last year.

Bar of Thrones follows numerous pop ups in the same space — 268 Forbes Ave. — such as The Jingle Bar for Christmas, the XO Bar for Valentine’s Day and Clover Bar for St. Patrick’s Day. Each of these have been orchestrated by MW Hospitality, the company

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Interior of the “Game of Thrones” pop-up bar.

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that owns the space.

As “Game of Thrones” enters its eighth and final season, Bob Wilfinger, owner of MW Hospitality, expects business to boom.

“If this [last weekend was] an indication of the next four to five weeks, it will exceed what we did with the Jingle Bar,” Wilfinger said. “And I think this weekend is going to be freaking crazy.”

Wilfinger, owner of multiple Market Square restaurants including Nola On the Square and Wolfie’s Pub, was inspired to use the space at 268 Forbes to take advantage of the pop-up bar phenomenon.

Though pop-up bars are semi-permanent at best, the decor at Bar of Thrones is designed to invite visitors into the world of Westeros. The back of the bar is a replica of the Weirwood trees from Winterfell, complete with a slumbering face and lots of red leaves. The bar also features a full map of See Bar of Thrones on page 11

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NEW BREWERIES, BARS AND DISTILLERIES IN THE ’BURGH Joanna Li

News Editor The Cullen-Harrison Act, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, officially took effect on April 7, 1933. Now known as National Beer Day, the act legalized the sale of beer with an alcohol content of 3.2%.

Eventually, this led to the ratification of the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment — the prohibition of alcohol.

“I think this would be a good time for a beer,” Roosevelt said after signing The Cullen-Harrison Act. For those who are in agreement with the 32nd president, here’s a list of not-yet opened and recently debuted breweries, bars and distilleries in Pittsburgh to look out for: See Bars on page 9

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Exterior of the unopened Mario’s Saloon’s Oakland location on Oakland Avenue.

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Bars, pg. 8 Sly Fox Brewing Co. This eastern Pennsylvania brewery is opening a 6,000-square-foot space on 333 E. Carson St. to use as a brew lab for testing beers that are individual to the local market. The brewery was founded in 1995 in Phoenixville by Pete Giannopoulos, who was later joined by his brother John.

In addition, the brewery will also be opening a pub in downtown Pittsburgh. Sly Fox focuses on crafting “classic European and emerging American Styles.”

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412 Brewery 412 Brewery has been around Pittsburgh for many years. The brewery is currently located in McKees Rocks but just opened a new taproom on 847 Western Ave. in the North Side. The taproom will feature eight original brews along with cider or mead.

Platform Beer Co. Platform Beer Co. originates from Cleveland. This new space on 4805 Penn Ave. will feature a 100+ seating area. Visitors are encouraged to hold their beers as they walk through an open space to view

the brewing process. Platform Beer Co. offers kegged and canned beer year round in grocery stores and craft bottle shops.

Cinderlands Beer Already an established space in Lawrenceville, Cinderlands Beer plans on opening a brewery, restaurant and production facility in the Strip District at 2601 Smallman St. The beers offered at Cinderlands Beer range from fruited sours to tea and coffee beers, in addition to the signature Tartshake IPAs. “The Lawrenceville brewpub will serve as an incubator for our culinary and brew-

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ing teams to share innovative beers and creative menu items with the public, while the Warehouse will be the destination for familiar brews and classic dishes,” the website states.

Penn Brewery Taproom Penn Brewery recently opened a restaurant and taproom at 432 First Ave. The business prides itself as one of the first pioneers of craft beer. With classic lagers and German-style beers, the brewery has expanded since its opening in 1986 to include drinks like chocolate and pumpkin beers. The extension of the main brewery, located in Troy Hill, will include a space of 35 seats and 12 taps.

Kingfly Spirits Under construction for the past two years, Kingfly Spirits officially opened the first week of February. The distillery includes a 10,000-square-foot space and is located inside a former barn at 2613 Smallman St. Kingfly won the Double Gold award in 2018 at the New York International Spirits Competition for its “Bliss 1895 Spiced Rum.” Brew Gentlemen Brewery Known as BG Open Air, Brew Gentlemen will open an outdoor space as an addition to its brewery in Braddock, which is home to events like “Beer + Yoga.” The opening of this outdoor space is a means of marking the business’s fifth anniversary, and it is expected to open during the week of May 20-26. In addition, Brew Gentlemen will also be building a full-scale production brewhouse.

“Being deliberate has been a serious test of patience, and we’ve made a number of difficult decisions along the way in the service of our long-term vision,” the website said. “Still, we believe that the course we’ve mapped will provide an ample runway for years to come, allowing us to more fully realize our mission of brewing soft and balanced beers, creating meaningful experiences and participating in the revitalization of Braddock.”

Mario’s Saloon Mario’s Saloon, a popular bar in both the South Side and the East Side, will open its third location in Oakland. The bar takes over an old staple of the Oakland bar scene, Peter’s Pub, which closed in May of 2018 after 44 years. Though anticipated to open in August 2018, the bar is currently still under construction. Currently, both locations host events like team trivia on Thursday nights and karaoke on Monday nights.

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Bar of Thrones, pg. 7 Westeros behind the DJ, along with a wall of faces like the ones the Faceless Men from the show use to conceal their identities. As throwback pop music plays, a big-screen TV runs episodes from past seasons of the show above the bar.

The specialty cocktails, which range in price from $8 to $12, are all “Game of Thrones”-themed. The drinks, with names like Winter Has Come and Dragon Fire, span a wide variety of tastes. The Yinzerfell is a sweet mix of Smirnoff vodka, honey,

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lemon and green tea. Ned’s Dead is drier, with a layer of merlot atop a mix of Smirnoff mango vodka, pineapple and passion fruit.

Bar of Thrones also offers various beers and wine.

Shane Wilps, beverage manager at MW Hospitality and bar manager for Bar of Thrones and the other pop-ups, crafted the cocktails with Westeros in mind.

“A lot of the inspiration for the drinks was kind of two different tones. You wanted to keep simplicity just for speed of service.

Additionally, aesthetics, I think, were a large inspiration,” he said. “I wanted them

to look cool, and then I just wanted to make stuff that was summery, light and fresh and everyone would enjoy.”

At each pop-up in this location, some of the profits are donated to a chosen charity. Profits from sale of two of the themed cocktails — The Bastard and the Dragon Fire — will be donated to I Carry My Sister’s Heart, which provides support for families dealing with cancer. The nonprofit was started by Pittsburgh local Jennifer LaFace.

“I feel truly blessed that I Carry My Sister’s Heart has been designated to receive

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a portion of the proceeds from the ‘Game Of Thrones’ pop-up bar,” LaFace wrote via email.

According to Wilfinger, the Jingle Bar pop-up raised $4,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association, and he expects the donations to I Carry My Sister’s Heart from Bar of Thrones to exceed that.

“With the drinks that we sold over the last five days, I think [LaFace] will be happy with what we present to her,” Wilfinger said.

Bar of Thrones will be in Market Square until the end of “Game of Thrones’” season 8 on May 19.

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HOW IT WORKS: THE FERMENTATION PROCESS OF ALCOHOL

Sid Lingala and Erica Guthrie The Pitt News Staff

Alcohol is a drink of choice for many contemporary college students. But according to Linda O’Reilly, a biological sciences lecturer at Pitt, the process of creating alcohol can be dated back more than 5,000 years ago.

“It’s been known since ancient times, ancient Egyptians stomped on grapes, allowed them to ferment and drank the product,” O’Reilly wrote in an email.

The process to create alcohol, collectively known as fermentation, is a complex biochemical process that starts from a simple ingredient found in everyone’s kitchen — sugar. The alcohol byproduct that is created during fermentation is used in drinks such as beer and wine.

But while we use alcohol for consumption purposes, micro-organisms — such as yeast — that create the beer and wine we love to drink use the pathway that produces alcoholic substances for energy.

“The goal of the yeast is to extract the energy from sugar. The production of alcohol is actually a byproduct, and not as useful to the organism as the energy produced,” O’Reilly said.

According to Jeffrey Brodsky, a biology professor at Pitt, many sugar-rich materials can be metabolized by yeast to produce ethanol. And different foods can produce the myriad alcohols available in liquor stores.

“If you use potatoes, you get vodka. If you use rye grain, you get rye whiskey. Barley, corn mash, yeast will eat all of them,” Brodsky said. “They didn’t really have to mix the yeast with these products, as a lot of yeast are living in nature on these products.”

But fermentation isn’t unique to yeast. In fact, humans go through this process as well — but only as a last resort. Humans usually produce energy through aerobic pathways, since we breathe air. However, when air is thin and there’s not enough oxygen to go through the aerobic pathway, our bodies automatically switch to anaerobic pathways such as fermentation.

“The problem is when oxygen becomes limiting, there is no oxygen to be the terminal electron acceptor, the whole chain shuts down and the organism would have no way to make essential cellular energy and would die,” O’Reilly said.

But anaerobic respiration is less efficient than

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aerobic respiration — it produces less energy from the same starting molecule. That’s why it’s only used as a last resort. “[The process] is not very efficient at extracting the energy as the glucose is only partially broken down, but when the only option is death, it’s better than nothing!” O’Reilly said.

According to Brodsky, anaerobic respiration in mammals produces lactic acid instead of ethanol.

Lactic acid fermentation happens when you’re out of breath while you’re running and your muscles begin to burn.

Brodsky also explained a theory that proposes a reason why yeast evolved to produce alcohol in-

stead of something like lactic acid. He said it could be due to the antibacterial properties of ethanol. “[Yeast] may have evolved this pathway, not just as a means to survive under non-optimal growth conditions, but actually as a way to ensure that they sort of win in the microbial environment,” Brodsky said. “Because yeast is a primitive fungus, they have a very sturdy cell wall so the ethanol doesn’t hurt them. But it can hurt other microbes that may not have such a sturdy cellular wall or barrier.”

Xinyu Liu, an assistant professor of chemistry, said food industries are not the only users of the ethanol produced by yeast. Liu said ethanol also has significant promise as a biological source of

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fuel.

“The gasoline sold in the U.S. is almost 20% ethanol. So a lot of this ethanol is obtained by fermentation,” Liu said. “It’s basically an alternative to using fossil fuels. It just converts biomass — plants which you can grow — and is renewable.”

Liu said scientists are also looking at potential genetic modifications to yeast that would make ethanol production a more economic procedure.

“Let’s say you can engineer a yeast that is more tolerant in the heat or more tolerant to other things. That can make the fermentation process faster,” Liu said. “If you can fully convert a piece of corn in a day rather than a week, that’s economically very important.”

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MUST DRINKING ALWAYS LEAD TO DEBAUCHERY?

Grace McGinness

source of relaxation, but as evident from the prevalence of America’s binge-drinking culture among young adults, many Upon turning 21, there are many reapeople think of drinking more as a gatesons Americans engage in their freshly way for careless, sloppy parties rather acquired right to consume alcohol. Alcothan a tool for relaxing. hol can relieve inhibitions and become a Whether chugging warm beer or knocking back a neon-colored drink that smells strongly like nail polish is truly pleasurable can be debated, but what people decide to do once drunk to have fun is important. A party is a good place to start, but it is not the only option out there.

For all the people who don’t need or don’t want to throw a roof-blasting banger every weekend, here are some activities that are just as good — if not better — than screaming like a lunatic in a South O basement.

1. Board games Alcohol impairs cognition and emotional control, so it can naturally be assumed that card and board games become hilarious when every player is intoxicated. It may take 20 minutes to explain the rules to everyone with multiple repetitions, because someone inevitably won’t even be paying attention, but friendly competition can inspire intimacy among peers. It also improves brain function, so playing while drunk is like training with weights on.

Throw in some reduced motor skills, and games like Thomas Yang| assistant visual editor

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DRUNK HOROSCOPES

Allison Dantinne

Senior Staff Columnist

Taur us (April 20May 20): Beer. I hate to break it to you Taurus, but you can be a little bit basic, or maybe I should say … classic. You like what you like and are too stubborn to deviate from that choice, and to some extent your dedication is admirable.

When you walk into a party y o u

It’s easy to have a hard time figuring out the right drink for you. Why not bring the stars to the bars? It’s time to let your sign determine your drink order.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Moonshine. You’re homegrown.

Grassroots. Innovative. Even a little rebellious. Your standoffish and blunt nature can freak some people out, but that’s also part of your charm. And of course, we can’t forget the raw Aquarius energy exhibited by the show “Moonshiners,” a Discovery Channel docuseries featuring a backwoods southern man named Tickle and his crew roaming around Virginia. So if moonshine isn’t big Aquarius energy, I don’t know what is.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): Absinthe.

You go with the flow, Pisces, letting your emotions and spiritual connections take you wherever they please. You live in your own world, ebbing and flowing like the ocean, deeply connected to your subconscious. Absinthe, also historically known as la fee verte — the green fairy — brings out your dreamlike, almost magical demeanor. This mysterious liquor is perfect for a romantic, occasionally dark soul like yours.

Aries (March 21-April 19): Fireball. You’re spicy. A Eli Savage| contributing editor firebreather. You’re ready to yell at someone while sitting on know your drink will be present because, the suspiciously wet counter of a South frankly, everyone loves cheap, carb-filled Oakland kitchen at a party you just wanalcohol, just like they love you and your dered into. And you know what, you’re carb-filled self. probably still going to be fired up when Gemini (May 21-June 20): Tequila. As you’re sitting on Towers patio eating fries the communicator of the zodiac, you’re and cheese from The O. But that’s just great at parties. You’re social. You’re great you, Aries. You’re powerful and warm, but sometimes hard to take, just like the colSee Horoscopes on page 16 lege student’s favorite cinnamon whisky.

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Drinking, pg. 13 Jenga and Twister become a lot harder.

Increased difficulty translates to more fun, and with Twister you’re already on the floor, perfect for passing out. However, be aware of hard edges and sharp corners when setting up your game. We don’t want any split noggins staining the tarp.

2. Wine and cheese night It’s bougie, but if you’re willing to drop $10 to stand in a dark room that smells like sweat, then don’t knock the

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cheese platter until you try it. Official wine tastings may be a sham — um, yes, I’m picking up hints of wine with an undertone of grape — but eating different foods paired with a bottle or two will bring out the tastes of the drink. And who doesn’t want to eat while drunk?

Antoon’s wouldn’t be in business without the drunk party still raging at 2 a.m.

3. Art circle For the artistically inclined, a BYOB art night can liven up a small gathering.

Whether it’s scrapbooking, painting or scribbling, reduced inhibitions can lead

to greater creativity and artistic expression. When you wake up in the morning, don’t expect to find good art, but the process of coloring has been shown to be a great time for many stressed adults.

4. Picnics Picnicking is another outdoor activity perfect for a drink or two. Lying out in the sunshine on a blanket for the afternoon doesn’t carry too much risk with it, but both sun exposure and alcohol dehydrate, so be sure to pack water as well. If there is a playground

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nearby the picnic area, no one should stop a little childhood fun, but beware of wood chips. Many playgrounds use them to soften the ground for falls, but whoever had that idea was an idiot. Get drunk and fall hard enough, and the little chips can break right through the skin and become lodged there. A trip to the park then becomes a trip to the hospital.

5. Walk out on the town When you’ve had a few glasses of wine and the weather is comfortable, a walk through the neighborhood can be refreshing. Move beyond the patches of dead grass in the yard and experience the world anew with your altered perception. It is not recommended to go around complimenting how pretty everything is before barfing into the bushes, but if you do go out, be aware of yourself, your friends and the public drunkenness laws in your area. Drunk and disorderly citations are never a good time. Remember to look both ways when crossing the street and put your whipped cream vodka in the state store paper bag, so no one can guess that you’re sloshed.

6. Movie marathon Since everything is much more entertaining while intoxicated, rewatching old favorite movies will totally not bore you. Chugging Natty and crushing the can is exhausting, so take a rest by sitting on the couch in a dark room for two or more hours. After scouring every streaming service under the sun for the shows you actually want to watch, settle down with that one movie you watched 20 minutes of that one time. For an extra layer of fun, hold a competition to see who can stay awake the longest. I’m rooting for you!

7. Pool time Even if you can drag yourself up to the Trees pool, there’s no way you can swim while drunk. Alcohol may float on top of water, but you will sink like a rock and die. But you can wrestle into a swimsuit, plop down on the scummy tiles and watch the light reflect off the water. If you become thirsty from alcohol dehydration, there’s a big pit of water right there! If you need to go to the bathroom because your body is trying to urinate out the toxins you drank, there’s a big pit of water right there!

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Horoscopes, pg. 13 amongst a group of good friends or even just with the lone person sitting on the ratty couch. And you’re at your best when taken quickly. We all love you for it, Gemini. But tequila’s an abrasive flavor, famous for turning sour and leaving a bad taste in people’s mouths, just like you.

Cancer (June 21-July 22): White wine. You’re emotional to the extent of being moody, and to me, it makes sense that you’re the official drink of reality TV housewives ready to snap any minute at some woman named Heather. But like white wine, that’s only one side of you.

You’re also the drink to pair with a lovely seafood paella as you watch the ocean from your veranda. You embody the ups and downs of living an emotionally driven life, just like white wine.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Champagne.

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Ruled by the sun, you’re effervescent, charming, dramatic. You’re the star of the show and you know it — really, your ego wouldn’t have it any other way. You shine in social situations because of your natural charisma and warmth. You’re raising your glass from your opulent, new money house in West Egg at a party you threw to impress a singular person, because, just like champagne, you’re absolutely extra.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Whiskey.

You’re neat, practical and organized. You expect perfection from your liquor and are willing to wait for it. But, just like the majority of men I’ve met who stake their whole personality on drinking whiskey, you can be a bit boring and maybe too predictable. It’s the drink of people who are here for a long time, not a good time.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Vodka. A party drink. Versatile. An undecided yet balanced taste enhanced by any mixer. A

liquor most people enjoy in some capacity.

Libra is the sign most likely to scoop their drink out of a Sterilite storage container with a cup floating in it, just to have something to hold while wandering around the basement during a rager — and vodka is the liquor most likely to be in that storage container. However, you’re also a little petty, Libra — you’re probably one of the most likely to throw a vodka soda at someone at the bar for giving you a look you don’t like.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Red wine.

Passionate. Deep. Alluring. Sometimes a little dry. It looks like the blood of the freshly slain man who had the absolute nerve to ghost you. It’s the drink in your hand while traipsing through a white marble mansion in a black silken robe as the authorities investigate your latest husband’s death. It’s the hardest stain to get out of your favorite white shirt. Red wine

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has undisputed Scorpio energy.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Gin. Eccentric. Adventurous. Kind of piney?

Even ordering it sounds like some kind of adventure into a different land. It’s as fun as John Mulaney ordering fries for the table. Gin is also reminiscent of blunt, clear honesty — almost to a fault, just like you, Sagittarius.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Scotch.

You’re refined. Disciplined. Responsible.

The adult in the room. The friend who’s also the parent who tells you to drink water and not even think about texting your ex “hey” followed by four y’s and, dare I say it, that one emoji with the eye closed and the tongue sticking out. The Capricorns of the world truly keep the rest of us out of trouble.

Allison Dantinne primarily writes satire and humor for The Pitt News. Write to Allison at and163@pitt.edu

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PITT, HEINZ FIELD AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON ALCOHOL POLICIES

Stephen Thompson Senior Staff Writer

Ever since the destruction of Pitt Stadium in 1999, Pitt football fans have lamented the locale of the current football facility, Heinz Field. There are some reasonable complaints to be had about Pitt’s home stadium: the distance from campus, the at-times excessively large capacity and even the bright yellow seats that stick out when they are empty.

But despite its drawbacks, Heinz Field actually provides fans with a rare service: beer sales.

Because of its location outside of the University of Pittsburgh’s campus borders, Heinz Field is allowed to sell alcohol on Pitt football game days.

Pitt rules state that alcohol is restricted at “events involving groups within the University commuHeinz Field is the only location for Pitt’s home athletic events that sells alcoholic beverages. nity.” That would include any athletic events, but image via wikimedia commons in 2016 an exception was made for football games of the 129 Football Bowl Subdivision programs. year-to-year attendance drop ever, with average football game. That phenomena caught the at Heinz Field.

Part of the willingness to be flexible with their home attendance across the FBS down 3.23% attention of Crimson Tide head coach Nick The home of Panthers football was a recent alcohol policy stems from a problem that has from 2017.

Saban, who called out the students for a lack addition to the rapidly growing list of college athplagued even college football’s elite programs.

Even perennial national title contenders of enthusiasm. letic venues that sell alcohol. In the past decade, Across the country, fan attendance has been like the University of Alabama have struggled that list has grown from less than a dozen to 52 See Policies on page 18 declined drastically. 2018 saw the second largest to fill seats for the entirety of a three-hour

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SPORTS FAN BASES THAT SHOULD SHARE A BEER

Trent Leonard

Burnt Almond Torte. We had just started testing out some dessert inspired sours, and they have been some of our most successful releases,” Platform Beer Co. Vice President of Sales Matt Subel said in a press release. “We have gotten a lot of great feedback about Torte already, so for now, Pittsburgh and Cleveland can put their differences aside and just enjoy a really great drink together … at least until football season starts — then it’s back to normal.”

Prantl’s unlikely partnership with a Cleveland-based brewing company got me thinking — what other rival fan bases could benefit from quelling their differences over an ice-cold brew? Here are some of the unlikeliest combinations that could make an alcoholic peace offering to the other:

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Pittsburgh’s own Prantl’s Bakery announced last week that it would be partnering with Cleveland-based brewing company Platform Beer Co. to create a blonde ale inspired by Prantl’s award-winning Burnt Almond Torte.

I haven’t yet had the pleasure of tasting Prantl’s Burnt Almond Torte, but it’s apparently carved out quite a name for itself within the dessert industry. This local delicacy consists of an airy cake base with a thin layer of custard in the middle, frosted with buttercream and covered in candied almonds and sugar flakes. Its reputation has spread far beyond Prantl’s original Shadyside location — the torte was named “Best Cake in America” by the HuffPost in 2014 and “Best Cake in Pennsylvania” by the Food Network in 2018.

“As we were looking to create a space in Pittsburgh, we kept hearing about the

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Policies, pg. 17 There are a number of reasons why attendance has dipped in recent years. At Alabama, some home games kick off at 11 a.m. local time, which is an early start for students and tailgaters.

Also, the total cost for tickets, food and parking can reach unreasonable rates for a stillinconvenient experience. That assessment also fails to include nights in a hotel and travel expenses for fans traveling from out of town.

And with expanded television rights and an overall improved home viewing experience on television or through streaming services, fans

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have less of an incentive to spend the time, money and effort on an in-person experience.

Administrators have tried the typical lures to bring fans back to the stadiums, but promotions and giveaways don’t exactly sell out stadiums. So schools have turned to alcohol not only as an attraction but an additional source of revenue as well.

The money earned from alcohol sales can vary dramatically. The University of Florida began selling alcohol at its football and men’s basketball games in 2016, but because of conference regulations, it was only allowed at premium seating.

The intention wasn’t initially to add a massive revenue stream and as a result of the limited sales, only about $54,000 was generated in its first year. But schools that offer alcohol sales through their entire stadiums saw much larger sums.

The University of Texas leads the pack, generating upwards of $3 million from alcohol sales per year. Ohio State also took advantage of its thirsty fans. Ohio Stadium, the home of Buckeye football, raked in more than $1.2 million in alcohol revenue in 2017, up 5.6% from a season prior. Some venues also found that more drinking also leads to greater food sales.

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While Pitt has not released any data on its gains from alcohol sales, estimates at the time of the announcement expected the new policy to bring in an extra $500,000 per season.

Obviously, not every school is Ohio State or Texas, so inevitably there are venues that actually lose money because they have to split profits with vendors and pay for extra security to handle the additionally rowdy fans.

But the heightened security might not actually be as necessary as some think. At West Virginia University’s Milan Puskar Stadium, police reported a 35% decrease in alcohol-related offenses from 2010 to 2011, when beer sales began.

Even Ohio Stadium, which did report an increase in stadium arrests from the 2016 to 2017 seasons, acknowledged that most of the arrests ended with a fan being removed from the stadium and not sent to jail. Additionally, most of the people arrested were underage students attempting to buy alcohol.

It’s a somewhat counterintuitive approach.

University administrators want to cut down on drinking inside residence halls, fraternities and sororities, so to not just allow it, but actively encourage it at sporting events seems hypocritical.

But there is evidence to suggest that selling alcohol inside of stadiums can help cut down on dangerous binge drinking, which 38% of college students do at least once a month, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

According to NCAA Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Oliver Luck, alcohol sales, in addition to policies that restrict re-entry into stadiums, can help curb that dangerous practice and actually keep students safer by providing a controlled environment for them to drink in.

The logic is sound: if alcohol is sold in the stadium, people are less likely to overdrink before entering the stadium in order to “keep their buzz” for a three-hour game. The data is not yet conclusive, but evidence from Ohio State and West Virginia suggests these are policies worth exploring.

The Petersen Events Center, the home of Pitt men’s and women’s basketball, has not yet followed Heinz Field’s lead on beer sales, but a trend is forming that Pitt’s other revenue sport may soon follow.

While some may consider it unsavory, college administrators are recognizing the financial and safety benefits of selling alcohol at sporting events. And whenever Pitt fans find themselves bitter about the trek across the Veteran’s Bridge on fall Saturdays, they can be grateful that their quest for a cold beer won’t be as taxing.

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Beer, pg. 17 Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, a New York pizza-style Boston Lager When you think American sports rivalries, Yankees-Red Sox is one of the first that comes to mind. Since their first meeting in 1901, these two Atlantic Coast MLB teams have always had it out for each other. Boston, then known as the Americans, dominated the first leg of the rivalry until prized slugger Babe Ruth was dealt to New York in 1919.

This became known as the “Curse of the Bambino,” and fortunes switched over to the Yankees, who went on to win an MLB-record 27 World Series while Boston embarked on an 86-year title drought.

The Red Sox got the last — or most recent — laugh in this storied rivalry by winning the World Series in 2018. But instead of rubbing it in Yanks fans’ faces, this would be the perfect opportunity for Red Sox fandom to extend an olive branch in the form of a hometown beer with a New York twist.

There are plenty of breweries in Boston and ample pizzerias in New York. However, I can think of no better representation from each side than to have Samuel Adams join forces with famed Greenwich Village eatery Joe’s Pizza to create a New York pizza-style Boston Lager.

Listen, I don’t know how the brewing process works. I don’t claim to be a beer aficionado. But if it’s possible to make a cakeflavored ale — or other odd mash-ups like bacon-flavored ice cream, for that matter — then I don’t see why this couldn’t happen.

It would be a fitting way for Bostonians and New Yorkers to both enjoy something they hold near and dear to their hearts. So, technology, make it happen.

Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, a Chicago hot dog-flavored Pabst Blue Ribbon George Halas. Vince Lombardi. Walter Payton. Brett Favre. Bart Starr. Mike Ditka.

Cheeseheads. The Super Bowl Shuffle. The Lambeau Leap. Soldier Field.

These are just a few of the defining features on each side of the Bears and the Packers, the NFL’s longest and most storied rivalry. No two teams have played each other more, and the alltime series has almost been an even draw, with Green Bay holding the slight advantage with a 97-95-6 record. They’ve combined to put 65 players in the Hall of Fame (34 for Chicago and 31 for Green Bay) and have competed against

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each other in the same division since 1933.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that their teams compete in the barren, frozen tundra of the American Midwest, but Green Bay and Chicago fans always seem particularly cranky toward one another. They need to loosen up, and I’ve got just the concoction — a lager that combines the pride of Wisconsin with the panache of Chicago.

Pabst was established in Milwaukee in 1844, leading the pack of its renowned beer scene that led the city’s baseball team to be named the Brewers. Green Bay is two hours north, but I’m assuming Pabst is still its elixir of choice. As for Chicago, the city is known for its deep-dish pizza and hot dogs loaded with mustard, onions, relish, pickles, peppers and tomatoes on a sesame seed bun. They say two negatives make a positive — maybe a cheap beer infused with the flavors of a questionably dressed hot dog is just the thing these rival fans need to see eye to eye.

Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers, a Primanti’s-inspired Yuengling These two teams don’t care for each other one bit, and that sentiment typically extends to their hometown fans. Ask Philadelphians, and they’ll decry Penguins fans as intolerable braggarts who never pass up an opportunity to bring up their city’s rich sports history. Ask Pittsburghers, and they’ll point out that this is the same fan base that once threw snowballs at Santa Claus, and seems to boo its own team whenever the going gets the slightest bit tough.

The Primanti’s sandwich — meat, cheese, coleslaw, tomatoes and French fries all crammed between two slices of Italian bread — is the definitive Pittsburgh cuisine, with its first restaurant popping up in the City’s Strip District in 1933. Locations have now spread all over the east coast, but the sandwich will always be a true Pittsburgh dish. Yuengling, on the other hand, is America’s oldest brewery and holds its headquarters in Pottsville, about an hour and a half north of Philadelphia. But any Pitt student knows that’s well within “just outside of Philly” range, so we’ll consider it a Philly special.

This NHL postseason, the Penguins will be competing for their third Stanley Cup in four seasons. Meanwhile, Flyer fans have to settle for twiddling their thumbs all April and May, as Philadelphia missed out on a playoff berth. Primanti’s, you know what to do — reach out to Yuengling to craft a beer with all the bitterness of a Philly fan and all the flavor of a Primanti’s sandwich. Maybe after tossing back a couple cold ones, these fan bases will learn to get along.

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PANTHERS POUND PENN STATE LATE, SNAP FIVE-GAME SKID

Michael Nitti Staff Writer

A well-rounded defensive and offensive effort ended Pitt baseball’s five-game losing streak on Wednesday night. The Panthers took down in-state rival Penn State 7-2 over in State College.

The Panthers (9-22, 2-13 ACC) got their revenge against Penn State Nittany Lions (17-12, 1-7 Big Ten) after suffering a 7-3 defeat at the hands of the Nittany Lions back in mid-March. Timely hitting and masterful bullpen work earned the Panthers their first win of April.

After a scoreless inning and a half, Penn State got on the board in the bottom of the second. Pitt sophomore pitcher Chris Cappas yielded an inside-the-park HR off the bat of sophomore shortstop Kris Kremer.

For Kremer, it was his fourth HR and 20th RBI of the season, both of which lead the team. Cappas would only go two innings for Pitt, allowing two runs on two hits, with a walk and two strikeouts.

The Panther bats amassed just four hits in the first five innings of play, as Penn State sophomore pitcher Conor Larkin dealt 4.2 scoreless innings, striking out eight hitters along the way with two walks and a hit batter.

In the top of the sixth inning, senior catcher Cole MacLaren got things started with a walk, followed by a fielder’s choice from first-year second baseman Luca Lotito and a single by first-year third baseman Sky Duff to give the Panthers first and third with one out. Sophomore first baseman Bryce O’Farrell proceeded to single-home Lotito and Duff, tying the game at two.

Thanks to some stellar bull-pen work from Panther relievers sophomore Chris Gomez and first-year Brady Devereux, the Penn State bats were kept silent following their two early runs. Gomez recorded two scoreless innings with a strikeout and two hits allowed. Devereux

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Junior outfielder Nico Popa earned two runs during Pitt’s 7-2 victory over Penn State on Wednesday.

Thomas Yang| assistant visual editor also went two innings without allowing a run, striking out four while giving up a hit and a walk.

O’Farrell came up with runners on once again in the top of the seventh, this time with the bases loaded. After hanging in for a seven-pitch battle in which the count ran from 3-0 to 3-2, O’Farrell drew a walk, allowing junior right fielder Nico Popa to score and giving the Panthers a 3-2 lead.

The following inning led to more runs for Pitt, as with one out, bases were loaded once again — this time for MacLaren,

who came through with a two-run single, extending Pitt’s lead to three. A couple batters later, first-year second baseman Gregory Ryan Jr. grounded out to score redshirt junior shortstop David Yanni, putting Pitt up 6-2.

The Panthers tacked on one more in the top of the ninth, as first-year designated hitter Kyle Hess drove home O’Farrell, making the score 7-2.

After pitching a scoreless seventh and eighth innings, sophomore pitcher Chase Smith closed the door for the Panthers in the bottom of the ninth, retiring the Nit-

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tany Lions in order and giving the Panthers a 7-2 win.

For Pitt, Devereux was awarded the win for his effort. Meanwhile, Smith got the save, striking out seven batters over three innings, allowing no runs on two hits and walk. As a whole, the bull pen dealt seven scoreless innings, allowing five hits and two walks to go along with 12 strikeouts.

The Panthers will head back to Pittsburgh for a three-game weekend series with Wake Forest. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Charles L. Cost Field.

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