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PRIX CONTINUES OAKLAND TRADITION

by Kirsten Wong, Senior Staff Writer Photos by Anna Bongardino, Visual Editor

Off Rally on July 2, ending Vintage cars line up on the Bob O’Connor Golf Course on Sunday. with the Vintage Races Sunto race sprint cars and go-karts back in the 1980s. He also worked day. Throughout the week, the events include a Downtown parade, a gala, car shows and tune-ups. on building road race cars for the professional series.

“I didn’t grow up in a racing family but one of my neighbors The 2.33 mile circuit is considered to be one of the most chalraced and I used to go over and hang out when I was little,” he said. lenging courses nationwide, containing 23 turns, hay bales, man“Th en when I was at Pitt, I got involved with other students who hole covers, phone poles and stone walls. Racing groups are categotaught me how to put the cars together. We’ll go to the races and if rized by engine size and year of manufacture. anyone needs help with their cars we’ll help. If not, then we’ll watch.”

While modern tracks are Kyler also travels around the state to Harrisburg, Lincoln and often built with large complexes Port Royal to watch sprint car races. and cost millions of dollars to All of the proceeds from the event go to charity — for the Aubuild, the Schenley track is lined tism Society of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Valley School — and with features matching the spirit about 1,000 volunteers run the events. of the original sports car racing Steve Knapp, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, is a spectator who days. The start and finish line is likes to combine his love for art and vintage cars when attending located near Bartlett and Bearaces. con Streets with several hard “I live for this. I like that any money you spend here goes to a turns and and curbs throughgood cause and everything’s volunteer. This is one of the best deals out. in the country.”

On Saturday and Sunday, As a former graphic artist, he enjoys attending vintage races and there were 14 to 15 races per then draws the cars afterward. day that lasted about 30 minutes “I do a lot of racing art. All I want to do is draw cars. I’m starteach. Each driver had to coming to do that again.

I joined a local art club and display in a few art plete 10 laps that looped around galleries.

I would love to retire and come here someday,“ he said.

Several cars race down the Serpentine Turn in Schenley Park Sunday after- the Panther Hollow Bridge to Despite going to several races each year, Pittsburgh is his favorGerman Hill. With several arnoon. ite. eas open to spectate, crowds Kyler remembers his first time coming to the race after a late formed at every turn to watch night of tinkering with his own sprint car. past weekend for the nation’s largest vintage sports car racing event. the racers bank through and accelerate out of the turns.

“Th e first time I came here I worked on a sprint car on Saturday During PVGP Race Weekend, the International Car Show The course is the only race in the country that still runs on public night and got home at three in the morning and I said ‘I’m getting stood alongside the races, displaying more than 2,500 vehicles, instreets and attracts about 150 vintage racers each year. up at one’ and then I woke up at like seven or eight the next mornFor Kevin and Nancy Sweeney, Pitt alumni who graduated in cluding Lamborghinis, Corvettes and vintage cars from different ing and came here.

I’ve been coming ever since,” he said.

1976, it’s a tradition to come back every year to spectate. They’ve countries. Attendees could pose inside sports cars with music, food Although he no longer races anymore, he goes to as many races trucks and vendors right across the Bob O’Connor Golf Course. attended the event more than 12 times. as he can to watch and occasionally works on vintage car projects The events bring in people of all likes from around the country, “I love hearing the engines, seeing if anything happens in the of his own. such as former racers and vintage racing enthusiasts. race, watching racers lapping each other,” Kevin said.

“You come here once, you’re coming back,” Knapp said.

Russ Kyler, a Pitt alum from Spring Church, Pennsylvania, used The PVGP involves 10 days of motorsport events with a KickSpeeding around the 90-degree turn at 60 mph, the bustling race track swarmed with bright-colored vintage sports cars rushing to the finish line.

Sitting on the edge of Flagstaff Hill, crowds cheered on their favorite vintage car racers for the 35th annual Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix as the cars cut around the winding streets of Schenley Park.

Over 200,000 vintage car fans gathered in the park during the

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OAKLAND’S BUSINESSES ADAPT TO LESS STUDENTS IN SUMMER Henry Glitz News Editor

mer,]” she said. “Now everybody’s here for the summer.”

Another Oakland business, Dave and Andy’s Homemade Ice Cream parlor on Atwood Street, sees the summer as prime time to sell its product.

Andrew Hardie, who owns Dave and Andy’s, said the summer months are among his business’ best.

“This is our time of the year,” Hardie said. “I’m sure we’d be busier if students were still here, but we get plenty of business as it is.”

Long lines leading out through the ice cream

The warm summer sun beat down this week as business owners across Oakland opened their doors for a day mostly like any other day. The only difference was a conspicuous lack of their main customers — students.

Mid-July is undeniably a relatively quiet time of the year in Oakland. With just a few summer sessions going on at Pitt and many off-campus leases ending at the end of the month, many of the neighborhood’s houses stand temporarily unoccupied.

But as Filomena Merante, co-owner of Groceria Merante at the corner of Bates Street and McKee Place in Central Oakland, chatted with customers and flitted between shelves in her store yesterday, she hardly gave the impression of idleness.

“We get a lot of visitors to the city coming here,” she said. “Just last week, for the [Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix,] we had a lot of Sid Ali, owner of Frenchi’s Deli in Oakland, says his store people coming over.”

According to Me- sees less traffic in the summer. John Hamilton EDITOR IN CHIEF rante, the store’s fast pace of business over the weekend for the Grand parlor’s familiar green front door persist through Prix isn’t out of the ordinary during the summer the hot months, making the summer months the months. Groceria Merante, which relies throughshop’s busiest, even with the decreased Oakland out the year on a customer base that’s a mix of stupopulation. dents and permanent residents of the neighbor“This is our busy season, so we don’t offer hood, doesn’t necessarily depend on the presence much in the ways of discounts or any special proof the entire student body to turn a profit. motions,” he said.

What’s more, Merante said, the students who However, other store owners in the area who are more likely to frequent the store stay during rely more exclusively on student support, like the summer anyway.

Frenchi’s Deli and Market on Atwood Street, see “A few years ago, there was a difference in business [between the school year and the sumSee Oakland Business on page 4

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PITT INCREASES TUITION, BUDGET

Caroline Bourque Senior Staff Writer

Pitt trustees voted Monday to increase in-state tuition by two and a half percent and out-of-state tuition by three percent, along with an increase to the University’s operating budget.

In-state students enrolled in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences will see their tuition increase by $442, while out-ofstate tuition will increase $864, starting in the fall.

The trustees on the Budget and Executive Committees also set both the operating

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budget and capital budget for the coming fiscal year. The operating budget increased from $2.1 billion to $2.2 billion — nearly a five percent increase. Trustees also approved a $251 million capital budget — more than double last year’s — for renovations and maintenance.

This approved budget comes with the assumption that Pitt will receive state funding equal to last year, though the funding is still pending approval.

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without a single customer, the weekends are often as busy as they are during the school year.

Ali said the few days before Independence Day specifically were some of the busiest since the end of final exams in April.

“On the Fourth, we were busy until maybe seven or eight in the morning,” he said.

When it’s not quite so busy, Ali said he stocks the shelves, cleans, updates his business’ presence on social media and prepares the store for the return of the whole student body to Oakland in late

a much bigger shift in their day-to-day business practices.

“This is a student’s spot,” Sid Ali, who owns Frenchi’s, said. “When Pitt closes its doors for the summer, it slows down here too.”

Ali, whose business is located much farther down Atwood Street from the main roadways of Forbes and Fifth Avenues, said business around lunchtime — already slower than the evening during the school year — becomes even scarcer during the summer.

“It’s another world,” he said. “There are some days when I just think, ‘Damn, why did I open today?’”

To stay afloat during the long summer months, Ali typically shortens the store’s open hours. He also relies on familiar faces more than when fall Julie Merante, is a co-owner of Groceria Merante, which and spring classes are thrives in the summer despite less students. TPN FILE PHOTO in session. Some, he said, even come to visit August. Among the planned new additions to the from other states. store is a crepe maker — something Ali says will Despite sometimes having to resort to ungive returning students something new to look orthodox methods to stay commercially active, forward to.

Frenchi’s also has its fair share of fluctuations in “When they come back, I want to get them the number of customers throughout the sumexcited,” he said. mer. While weekdays can often drag on for hours

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Stay in Oakland next summer, it’s worth the sublet Since we still operate over the summer, many Pitt News editors and writers get the chance to spend their school-free months in Pittsburgh. And in our last print edition of the summer, we wanted to reflect on a trend we’ve noticed here year after year — we’re far lonelier in Oakland from May to August.

Because Oakland’s population is primarily comprised of students, there’s a mass exodus each summer back to parents’ houses or hometowns. But as we’ve learned by being in Pittsburgh for the entire summer, the city has a lot to offer while its students are away, from free festivals to classes to community events — and if you can, it’s worth sticking around to see for yourself.

Living in Oakland for the summer affords you the opportunity to really learn what Pittsburgh is like. It’s easy to fall into the student bubble of our college town, and the summer is a perfect time to get out. You will learn what Pittsburgh heat is like, or how friendly the long-term Oakland residents are, or become so comfortable with the public transportation that your friends will turn to you to direct them.

In addition to the educational experience, Pittsburgh in the summer is fun, with free festivals and events throughout the warm months.

One of the most visible events that happens in Pittsburgh every summer is the Three Rivers Arts Festival. The free annual 10-day festival hosts musical acts from around the world, public art installations, film screenings and a diverse artists’ market that features local crafts. Throw in Picklesburgh, the Three Rivers Regatta and the Pitts-

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burgh Vintage Grand Prix and you have a summer packed full of events you can only find in Pittsburgh.

But not everything in life is free, and living in Oakland over the summer provides students the opportunity to continue working the jobs they do during the school year in order to fund costlier endeavours. With new restaurants and local businesses popping up nearly every day, summer is a great time to work hard and save what you can.

If you have the chance to stay in Pittsburgh for the summer, you’re in luck — the benefits you receive as a student, such as free rides on public transportation and access to facilities such as Trees Hall or Hillman Library, are still valid.

And classes continue all summer on campus, so if you’re in the city already, why not consider taking a class or two?

Taking summer classes can make the traditional fall and spring semesters much easier, and often helps students work toward multiple degrees. Pitt offers flexible scheduling in the summer, and has classes ranging from full term to four-week programs. One of the most convenient aspects of summer classes is their staggered start dates, which allows you the flexibility to travel if you can.

For us, it all boils down to independence. Living on your own in Pittsburgh will make you more comfortable on campus for the rest of your time at Pitt. But it will also empower you — living here as a resident is different than living here as a student, and so by living through both you will learn invaluable life lessons about independence and autonomy.

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TRUMP TRENDS Jordan Mondell Contributing Editor It’s a sweltering Friday evening in Oakland as I sit on my porch. I’m craving something sweet, creamy and icy. I pull up Google and dig into my recent searches — yes, this is a weekly occurrence — for “ice cream near me.” The options abound.

I could pay $8 for a fancy, not-so-fantastic double chocolate milkshake, smothered in gooey fudge and gobs of whipped cream. It would make a pretty Instagram picture and probably give me the ultimate cavity. I could also go to a place that’s cheaper in price and a little less glamorous for homemade mint with rich chocolate chunks on a fresh, crispy waffle cone.

I pick the latter.

These decisions are getting harder every day, as food that weighs wow-factor and visual appeal over flavor grows in popularity. Ice cream, an allAmerican favorite treat, unfortunately falls victim to this trend.

Up until around 1929, there were only three standard flavors of ice cream — chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. The fourth widely available flavor was rocky road — a chocolate base with marshmallows and peanuts throughout. Now, there are thousands of flavors and a stunning array of variations in how the delicious dairy concoction is prepared — milkshakes, floats, sundaes and banana splits are among the most popular.

Of course, these treats are nowhere near as decadent as what some call “viral foods,” which gain their popularity through social media. Sites like INSIDER food have taken over Facebook feeds with their short videos featuring overly indulgent restaurant dishes. Ice cream is a popular featured dish, especially during the summertime.

One video features a restaurant in Chicago

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that serves emerald green matcha milkshakes topped with flavored cream and sugarcovered whole donuts.

Another restaurant in Miami serves ice cream sundaes the size of an infant — they’re topped with fudge, caramel, waffle cones, sprinkles, candy and lit sparklers.

There are locations in Pittsburgh that do the same to their food, following the trends popular on Instagram, perhaps in the hopes of making it big in one of these videos that garner nearly half a million views each.

This is not to say that trying new dishes — especially ice cream — is a bad thing. NatuRoll, a new ice cream joint in Lawrenceville, opened its doors in September of 2016 and has since See Mondell on page 7

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gained quite the popularity for its unique treat — Thai rolled ice cream. Millie’s in Shadyside puts a unique twist on classic American favorites. Though their treats are simple, they often experiment, with flavors like cherry pie, peach, balsamic and black pepper sorbet and Vietnamese coffee.

These flavors are different than those at your run-of-the-mill ice cream shop, but aren’t created for the purpose of going viral.

The best of all, though, is a little place on Atwood with a glowing neon sign. So traditional they only accept cash, Dave and Andy’s has been in operation since 1983, serving Pitt students and yinzers alike. Their ice cream is all made in-house, along with waffle cones that include their signature — an M&M at the bottom to prevent melting dairy drippage. Their no-frills approach alING IBUT NTR

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lows the small parlor room to take care of what matters: taste.

On any given weekend night during the summertime, these shops experience lines out the door and down the block, with good reason.

Sure, they don’t have fireworks jutting from their scoops or candy-coated churro cones, but it’s because they don’t need to. The ice cream speaks for itself — which is all I, personally, can ask for.

Trends come and go frequently, including ones in food. This summer, do the right thing.

Skip the Instagram trend and save yourself the insanity of a sugar rush.

Some things never go out of style, and a tasty cone on a hot summer day is one of them.

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PITT TEAM LAUNCHES TEST BALLOON TO PREPARE FOR ECLIPSE Lexi Kennell Culture Editor After an intense downpour the morning of the test launch, the dark clouds parted, uncovering a bright blue sky just in time for the Pitt Shadow Bandits to release their research balloon to float up to the top of the earth’s atmosphere.

The Pitt Shadow Bandits — a team of Pitt students, faculty and staff — held a high-altitude balloon test launch on Friday to serve as practice for the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse.

The team will be traveling to Springfield, Tennessee, to launch a research payload as part of NASA’s Eclipse Ballooning Project, alongside nearly 60 other teams across the nation.

The last total solar eclipse that could be viewed from the U.S. was in 1979, and the last one that was visible coast to coast — like the one in August will be — was in 1918. So this is the first opportunity to livestream a total solar eclipse — broadcasting it to viewers not lucky enough to be in the total eclipse path. Pittsburgh will only see a partial eclipse — hence why the team is traveling to Tennessee.

The team launched the test balloon at 11:20 a.m. Friday at the Allegheny Observatory after a few hours of set up. The team is researching shadow bands — rapidly flickering waves of light that can be seen on plain-colored surfaces before and after a total solar eclipse. Their goal is to either confirm or disprove the standing theory that shadow bands are caused by atmospheric turbulence.

Dr. Dave Turnshek, the director of the Allegheny Observatory and a professor in Pitt’s Physics and Astronomy Department, said that if they find shadow bands above the earth’s atmosphere, then the theory is wrong because above the earth’s atmosphere is not subject to atmospheric turbulence.

“I reviewed the theory and so on and I say, you know, it’s probably right but it’s not

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100 percent convincing,” Turnshek said. “So we decided that what we were going to do is search for shadow bands above the earth’s atmosphere.”

The Shadow Bandits’ balloon will be carrying a 12 pound payload equipped with a GPS iridium satellite, microcomputers, streaming

Shadow Bandits recovered the balloon’s payload from a farm near Saltsburg — about 35 miles east of Pittsburgh — at 2 p.m. on Friday, approximately two hours after the launch.

The cameras on the payload will stream live video of the eclipse from the balloon. Along with video from other participating teams, this

Members of Pitt Shadow Bandits hold up a balloon as it is inflated by Lou Coban, an electronics technician at the Allegheny Observatory. Anna Bongardino VISUAL EDITOR

video and still cameras, temperature sensors and photo-iodides — arrays of sensitive light detectors. The team will monitor identical photo-iodides on the ground and in the air during the syzygy — when three celestial bodies align — in order to sense the variations in light levels for the shadow bands.

The balloon takes about 1.5 hours to rise to an altitude of between 85,000 and 105,000 feet — reaching the edge of the earth’s atmosphere — before the payload parachutes down to earth, often taking up to 30 minutes. The

will provide the first-ever opportunity to view a total solar eclipse live from near-space as the path of totality moves across North America.

And with all of the sensors and cameras on the payload, the project requires a lot of designing and technical skills. So according to Dr. Sandhya Rao, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, the team is primarily made up of engineering and physics majors.

“They put out a call for students who wanted to work on this project,” Rao said. “NASA

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basically gave funds to support undergrads who want to work on this.”

Marshall Hartman, who graduated this past spring as a mechanical engineering major, said there was an application process to become part of the team, but that professors were already interested in him joining.

Hartman said that it took him a while to catch up with the programming that the project requires, but once he did, there were other factors to worry about. Hartman said that most of the issues are out of their control, like weather and issues with the website stream.

“There’s always some unexpected barriers that we run into, but that’s been part of why I like this project, too, because it’s all about facing new problems and trying to figure out how to solve them,” Hartman said.

In addition to the technical problems, Turnshek has additional concerns surrounding the Tennessee trip.

“Lots of things could go wrong in Tennessee. For example, we might not be able to get food and the students could go hungry,” Turnshek said jokingly. “But seriously, we have to worry about having access to helium down there, to fill the balloon.”

The team went to Tennessee on a scouting trip to arrange getting helium there instead of in Pittsburgh. But Turnshek said the team is still debating whether or not it’d be more assuring to bring it from Pittsburgh, the only issue being that it would require renting a trailer.

Whatever happens, the team is sure they will find helium for their balloon and food for themselves down in Springfield. But because all of the directors of the observatory will be in Tennessee, the Pittsburgh residents who stay behind and want to see the eclipse from the Allegheny Observatory are out of luck.

People who opt to stay in Pennsylvania will only see a partial solar eclipse that will begin at See Eclipse on page 11

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PODCASTS AND PROSE: TPN’S SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT PICKS good reads...

“The Mysteries of Pittsburgh” by Michael Chabon This novel should be required reading for any college-aged kid living in Pittsburgh. In the novel — a depiction of one young man’s summer with his friends following his senior year of college — Chabon brings Oakland to life in ways so stunning that if you read the book sitting somewhere in Schenley Park on a warm day, you may easily find yourself blurring fiction with reality. The book is nearly 30 years old now, but feels like it could have just as easily been published yesterday with the way it captures the experience of youth and the fleeting warmth of a remarkable summer.

The novel’s protagonist, Art, takes us on a journey exploring friendship, love, sexuality, family and, most of all, what it’s like to be young in this wonderful city of ours. The entire book holds a sense of nostalgia to it — the kind that comes with remembering a summer past.

-Sarah Morris, For The Pitt News

“So Sad Today” by Melissa Broder

“Oil and Honey” by Bill McKibben

In 2012, author Melissa Broder experienced cycles of panic attacks that lasted for months. As therapy, she began the Twitter account @sosadtoday, where she used witty tweets to express her internal dread. It quickly gained a major following. As a result, Broder published this collection of essays that delve deeper into issues revolving sex, depression, illness, love and self-esteem. The book is wellwritten and harrowing — personal anecdotes combined with beautiful prose make it impossible to put down.

-Jordan Mondell, Layout Editor

Although this book isn’t fictional, it’s definitely still a page-turner. And not only that, it is very topical. McKibben weaves two of his personal stories — fighting to halt the Keystone XL Pipeline and helping an old friend run an organic bee farm — to provoke readers to care about what is happening to our earth.

Between sea level rise, glacial retreat and droughts in the Midwest, the earth is suffering the consequences from our mistakes. This book made me understand what is so important about the protests against pipelines and why 300 people were injured and more than 487 arrested for protesting the North Dakota Pipeline in the last year. If you care about the honeybee die-off, the decline of local farming and the well-being of our planet, “Oil and Honey” should definitely be on your reading list.

-Lexi Kennell, Culture Editor

...good listens “S-Town”

“Pod Save America” and “The Ben Shapiro Show”

From the creators of the true-crime podcast “Serial” — an innovative podcast in its own right — “S-Town” expands the true-crime genre into something more entertaining and profound. The podcast’s producer, Brian Reed, starts the first episode by investigating a crime in a small Alabama town after receiving a tip from eccentric clock maker John B. McLemore. As Reed explores the mysteries and crimes of the town, the show evolves into an exploration of McLemore’s life — told emphatically and expertly. S-Town” is like a novel, meandering from story to story, often ending storylines without true closure.

“S-Town” features unexpected twists, treasure hunts and crime mysteries that will keep any listener hooked. But it’s the emotional, human story that left a lasting impact on me, and makes it one of the best stories told on this still-young medium.

-John Hamilton, Editor-in-Chief

This summer I started listening to the podcasts “Pod Save America” and “The Ben Shapiro Show” — a highly liberal and a conservative podcast, respectively. I listened to Pod Save America because I thought it would be helpful to stay informed about events in Washington. As I listened to the show — headed by former Obama speechwriter, Jon Favreau — I figured it would be a good idea to listen to an opposing viewpoint to get a little perspective. I subscribed to “The Ben Shapiro Show,” a podcast hosted by a high-pitched talking, Harvardeducated conservative. I initially hated listening to the podcast, disagreeing with almost everything he said — and more than once seeing flaws in his own arguments. But over time I began to enjoy the contrast. Listening to Shapiro first, and then “Pod Save America” afterward, I had the opportunity to see commentary on daily news from both ends of the spectrum. I saw how views often become skewed as the result of bias — helping me decipher what is actually happening in politics.

-Saket Rajprohat, Columnist

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Eclipse, pg. 9 1:10 p.m., reach its maximum — covering 81 percent of the sun — at 2:35 p.m. and will end at 3:55 p.m. NASA strongly suggests wearing eclipse glasses when viewing the rare — and blinding — astronomical event.

“This is an opportunity of a lifetime,” Rao said. “Just be aware that this thing is happening.”

The last opportunity to view a total solar eclipse from the U.S. was back in 1979, when Jimmy Carter was president, a gallon of gas was only 89 cents and Gloria Gaynor had just

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released her hit single “I Will Survive.”

According to Rao, Turnshek’s father took him and his friend to see the 1979 total solar eclipse at Virginia Beach. “[Turnshek] was in ninth grade and his dad took him and a friend. That friend is actually going to be with us in Tennessee,” Rao said.

Turnshek took photographs of the last total solar eclipse seen in the U.S., and this upcoming eclipse is the first big opportunity since.

“None of us are eclipse chasers,” Turnshek said. “But when there’s an eclipse in the U.S., we’re gonna take advantage of it.”

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FALL SPORTS PREVIEW:

CROSS COUNTRY

too far back as the No. 4 runner.

Wolk — consistently the third-fastest Panther on last year’s team — had an outstanding first year campaign, becoming the first-ever Panther to earn ACC Freshman of the Week Honors after his performance at the Tommy Evans Invitational, where he finished 4th in the 6.4k run.

Rounding out the top five will probably be junior Matt McGoey and either senior Billy Caldwell or junior Sebastian Curtin.

Caldwell and Curtin went back and forth last season, and each should take a step forward this year to help the team further.

After moving up four spots in the ACC last season, the Panthers should be able to take another step forward this fall. If head coach Alonzo Webb and men’s assistant Bryan Men’s Cross Junior Gillian Schriever finished 106th at the 2016 NCAA Championships and Jackson can keep Country will lead the women’s cross country team this fall. Photo courtesy of Barry their athletes moOf the two Shenck, Pitt Athletics tivated, the team teams, the men’s can continue to squad looks to Stepping into the leading role will be improve and challenge the ACC’s best. have the better chance at cracking the a trio of well-proven athletes in seniors top five in the conference, as they return Women’s Cross Country Aaron Lauer and Ryan Hughes and sophnearly every runner from a year ago.

The women’s team has also been imomore Nick Wolk. Lauer was right on the The key loss from the 2016 team was heels of Runco at times last season, fin- proving over the last couple years, as its redshirt senior Michael Runco, who led ishing just seven seconds behind at the seventh place finish at the 2016 ACC the team all of last year on his way to ACC Championships, and Hughes wasn’t placing 31st at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic See Cross Country on page 13

Regional with a time of 31:27.9.

But while his absence will be tough Staff Writer to handle, it’s about the only hole the About a month and a half from the Panthers will have this year. The team’s start of the season, the men’s and womonly other senior last year was Sewicken’s cross country teams are well into ley, Pennsylvania, native Alex Archer, their training for the upcoming season. who finished 118th at the ACC ChampiBoth squads are preparing to build onships and didn’t compete at the Midoff last year and rise up the rankings in Atlantic Regionals. the difficult Atlantic Coast Conference. Each fell toward the middle of last year’s standings, with the men finishing ninth at the ACC Championships while the women placed seventh.

With many of the Panthers best runners returning, both teams will have a solid chance at accomplishing that task.

Here’s a rundown of what each group returns and what they need to do to improve:

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TOP 5: ACC MEDIA DAY TAKEAWAYS Ryan Zimba Sports Editor With less than two months until the start of the 2017 college football season, Pat Narduzzi and the Pitt football program are preparing for fall camp and the opening week game against the Youngstown State Penguins.

This weekend, Narduzzi, senior cornerback Avonte Maddox and redshirt junior offensive lineman Brian O’Neill attended the annual ACC media day in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The three touched on wide-ranging subjects over the course of the day, giving the press an idea of what they can expect to see this fall. Here are the five biggest stories from the event: 1. Max Browne is the starting quarterback ... for now Several things stuck out when the team released their depth chart last week, but listing Browne as the starting quarterback is the one with the biggest impact, even though Narduzzi maintains that Browne’s competition with redshirt sophomore Ben DiNucci is far from over.

Browne — a former five-star recruit — transferred to the Panthers this winter for his fifth and final year of eligibility. This past season, he played for the University of South Carolina Trojans of the Pacific-12 conference, starting three games before being replaced by freshman Sam Darnold.

Browne’s only performance in a Pitt uniform thus far was a lackluster 13-for-28 outing in the Blue-Gold Game on April 15. Narduzzi said this week that Browne has improved over the summer — along with the rest of the quarterbacks — thanks to new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Shawn Watson.

“Shawn Watson ... has done a great job of See ACC Takeaways on page 14

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Cross Country, pg. 12 Championships was two places higher than in 2015.

Having lost seven seniors, it might seem like the women’s team would have a harder time backing up its 2016 season, but the experience the Panthers return with this fall could actually lead to better results in November.

Of the seven graduated seniors, only one, Dee Dee Adams, was a consistent contributor. Last year, she finished 67th at the Mid-Atlantic Regional and 6th among Pitt’s runners with a time of 22:07.

All five Panthers who finished ahead of Adams will be returning this season, including junior Gillian Schriever and senior Melanie Vlasic.

Schriever earned All-ACC honors in her sophomore year after finishing fifth at the ACC Championships. At the end of the season, she became the first Panther since 2004 to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country National Championship, finishing 106th with a time of 20:52.1 — the second-best finish in Pitt history.

This season, the coaching staff will be hoping for her to continue her rise through the ranks and notch All-American status.

Vlasic — who finished 24th at the Mid-Atlantic Regional — could also be a big factor for the team. A couple of seniors — Kelly Hayes and Ariel PastoreSebring — should retain their spots in the top five with senior Ellen Crook also looking to contribute.

Overall, while the women lost more athletes than the men, they’re in just as good of shape heading into the fall.

The core of the team is intact, and with Schriever leading the way, the Panthers should have a chance to beat any team they face.

The season begins Saturday, Sept. 2, with the Duquesne Duals in Schenley Park. Other major races include the Joe Piane Invitational in South Bend, Indiana, and the Pre-National Invitational in Louisville, Kentucky, before the team moves on to the ACC Championships on Oct. 27.

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ACC Takeaways, pg. 12 identifying the strengths and weaknesses of that quarterback group and I’m very happy with the depth that we have at that position,” Narduzzi said at his press conference.

With little starting experience though, Browne still has a lot to prove going forward.

3. Close not good enough for Narduzzi After four years in the hectic ACC Coastal, the Panthers have yet to stand atop the division and make it to the ACC Championship.

They’ve been close several times, finishing with at least a share of second place in each of Narduzzi’s two years.

Now entering his third season, Narduzzi is raising the expectations for his program.

“We’ve been close the last two [years], but close isn’t good enough. We have to get it,” Narduzzi said.

Four different teams have won the division since the Panthers joined the ACC in 2013, with Miami and Virginia being the only other programs not to make it to the title game. One could argue the Panthers have had the talent to get there, but it will be tough for the team to win the division this year given the losses it sustained on both sides of the ball.

The ACC preseason poll, released Monday, reflects this turnover. The Panthers were picked

to finish fourth in the coastal, behind Miami — the overwhelming favorite — Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech.

More than likely, Narduzzi and the Panthers are still one or two years away from making it to the conference championship game. But, as the team has learned, anything can happen in the Coastal.

third year as a starter and 2015 ACC Rookie of the Year Jordan Whitehead returning at safety.

But despite the added experience, the unit still has to prove they have the talent to keep up with power-five competition. It shouldn’t take long to find out, as the team faces two highpowered offenses in Penn State and Oklahoma State in September.

4. Defense learns from last year’s struggles Seven months after the end of the 2016 season, Pitt’s secondary deficiencies are well documented. The unit gave up the second most passing yards in all of college football last season and was the main culprit in several of the team’s defeats.

Senior cornerback Avonte Maddox isn’t dwelling on the past though, instead looking to use last year’s experience to make him a better player.

“We can use [last year] as a great motivation,” Maddox said. “I look at it as a learning lesson, a time where you can learn about short memory, how to grow as a team and how to go out and compete the next play no matter what happens.”

Despite losing starters Terrish Webb and Ryan Lewis, the secondary as a whole should be more experienced, with Maddox entering his

5. Alex Bookser punishment still undetermined One of the upperclassmen expected to lead the Panthers’ offensive line this fall, Bookser was arrested in May on several charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol.

Narduzzi offered no update on a possible punishment, saying he would announce his decision sometime before the start of the season.

Bookser is the third player to be arrested on DUI charges in Narduzzi’s tenure. In 2015, he suspended senior defensive end Rori Blair and former wide receiver Tyler Boyd for the opening game against Youngstown State after they faced similar charges.

With the much-anticipated rivalry game against Penn State in week two, it will be interesting to see whether or not Narduzzi elects to have him play.

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2. Expect change on the offense The Panthers offense was one of the best in college football last season, putting up an average of 40.9 points — 10th best in the country.

But with quarterback Nathan Peterman and running back James Conner both gone, this year’s unit will look a lot different.

“We have to do what our personnel can do,” Narduzzi said. “You lose a James Conner and you lose a Nathan Peterman who was very experienced and playing with the Buffalo Bills now. Those are all things you have to keep in mind of what they can do.”

Though perhaps a bigger loss than those stars is former offensive coordinator Matt Canada, who left for LSU in December. Canada was the mastermind of the offense, adding jet sweeps, shovel passes and other unique plays to the Panthers’ traditional power running game.

Watson will try to replicate the success, and

Narduzzi will give him the freedom to make the changes he wants.

“Shawn’s got to come in and do his thing,” Narduzzi said. “We tried to keep the terminology similar, as far as formations and all that, but he’s got to put his twist on this offense.”

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