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Power out on Forbes Avenue Lauren Rosenblatt News Editor

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A thunderstorm-caused power outage late Sunday triggered electricity to be cut off from two Oakland traffic lights as well as several businesses on Monday, a day-long problem that persisted late into the evening.

Duquesne Light, which operates the power lines in the area, initially got the call of the outage at 8:15 a.m. The company suspected the outage was caused by yesterday’s storm but hadn’t confirmed a specific cause by Monday afternoon. Ashlee Yingling, a spokesperson for Duquesne Light, said the company would have an estimated time that power would be restored once they determined the problem causing the outage.

Around 11 a.m., Duquesne Light tweeted that “crews are working as safely and quickly as possible to restore power.” They urged customers to report any other outages.

Several hours later, Yingling said the company had not determined the cause of the outage but had “troubleshooters and an underground crew on site to determine the issue.” Danni Zhou Some workers on scene speculated a severe Assistant News Editor Students living in upper campus no longer thunderstorm on Sunday had caused the outhave to hike to Forbes Avenue for quality Texage.

By 6 p.m., Yingling said the company “de- Mex food.

The food chain Burritobowl, a rice bowl and energized” the underground circuits. Around then, several police officers and Duquesne burrito restaurant that often operates on college campuses, opened in the Petersen Events Center See Outage on page 2 August 22, replacing Cafe, a coffee shop.

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Burritobowl restaurant opens at the Pete Abdou Cole, the resident district manager for Pitt Dining Services, said the decision to replace the cafe was made based on student feedback, social media comments and suggestions from the Student Government Board’s Food Committee meetings, which regularly drew 50 to 60 students last year.

“Our recent student surveys indicated that more students than ever before were looking for

increased global flavors on campus,” Cole said in an email. The most recent survey was spring 2015.

Burritobowl — which has restaurants at Georgia State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Mississippi State University — serves rice bowls, burritos and Asian coleslaw. Cole said students can choose from a vaSee Burrito on page 3

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Light workers were gathered at the corner of Atwood Street and Forbes Avenue. The underground supervisor on scene on Monday said he did not know when businesses could expect the power to come back on.

The previous night, sixty mile per hour winds and hail struck several areas of Allegheny County. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued until 7 p.m. and a flood warning was in place until 9:30 p.m. Many trees fell, and several streets and basements flooded, including in Oakland.

In order to investigate, Duquesne Light briefly shut off the electricity connected to several restaurants and stores along Forbes Avenue between South Bouquet Street and Meyran Avenue. The power remained off Monday night.

The street lights at the intersection of Atwood Street and Forbes Avenue, as well as Meyran and Forbes Avenue, remained out as well. Along Forbes Avenue, several restaurants, including Chipotle, Golden Palace Buffet, Pamela’s Diner and Top Shabu-Shabu & Lounge, were also closed.

The restaurants on Forbes Avenue run on

at least two different circuits so other restaurants, such as Hello Bistro and Red Oak Cafe, remained open.

Subway, which runs on three breakers, lost air conditioning and lighting for the dining room from two breakers Monday afternoon but was able to remain open for part of the day.

The third breaker powers the restaurant’s essentials, owner John Khara said, including the toaster, refrigerators and the cash register. By Monday evening, the third breaker also went out and the restaurant closed early.

A McDonald’s employee, who declined to be named because he wasn’t authorized to talk about the outage, said the lights in the restaurant had been flickering since around 10 p.m.

Sunday night and that the power partially went out around 8 a.m. Monday morning.

The employee said the partial outage affected the restaurant’s appliances and refrigerators, forcing it to close on Monday.

A block away, on Fifth Avenue, the stop lights and restaurants were not affected.

There was also a tree down near Euler Way on Meyran Avenue, but the Pittsburgh Bureau Fire Department said they did not know if the tree was related to the power outage. They assumed the tree came down Monday night and Duquesne Light employees search the underground circuit for the cause of the power outage on Monday. Lauren Rosenblatt CONTRIBUTING EDITOR did not think anyone was injured.

Pitt student startup chosen to present in D.C.

Lauren Rosenblatt News Editor

Two Pitt alumni and one Pitt professor will travel to the nation’s capital next month to present their startup company, HiberSense, to Congress in the first-ever University Startups Demo Day. The startup was chosen to participate as one of 35 companies in the Demo Day, an event in Washington, D.C., for universities and their communities to showcase the entrepreneurial work of their students and faculty. The National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer, an association of university startup officers, is sponsoring the Sept. 20 event which 200 companies applied to attend.

Jacob Kring and Brendan Quay, both Pitt

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alums in the electrical computer engineering and energy along the way, Quay said.

The technology has three parts: sensors program, and Daniel Mosse, a professor in that monitor the computthe temperaer science ture and the department, movement created Hiof people berSense in in a certain the spring space, a web of 2015. The application company’s where a user cornerstone can give the is technolocompany gy that uses feedback on sensors and how they are automated feeling temvents to peraturekeep a room at a comfortable temperature, saving money wise and a central machine that automati-

This is our full time job. This is our life project.

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cally opens and closes air vents.

“There are people in the same cubicle or on the same floor where one is hot and one is cold basically all of the time. We are able to come to a compromise for them and make them both equally comfortable,” Quay said.

Pitt’s Innovation Institute nominated HiberSense for the Demo Day along with three other projects, according to Greg Coticchia, an adjunct professor in the business school and the director of Blast Furnace, a student startup accelerator from Pitt’s Innovation Institute.

According to Coticchia, Blast Furnace has worked with about 150 students since it began in 2015. In that time, participating students and faculty created 40 companies, See Startups on page 3

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Burrito, pg. 1 riety of different global tastes, including Korean Barbecue sauce, Athenian Greek dressing, basil pesto or buffalo sauce.

Because the previous coffee shop was one of the few on upper campus, Burritobowl will continue to offer smoothies and Starbucks coffee, Cole said.

To set up for the new restaurant, Sodexo, Pitt’s dining contractor, made several renovations to the space, including a new counter, cooking and service equipment and electrical work. They also put in a new color scheme and menu boards.

Cole declined to comment on the cost of the renovations.

Cole said Sodexo worked with privately-held food company Freshёns Fresh Food Studio, the owner of Burritobowl, to develop the menu based on student feedback and focus groups.

Joel Bracy, who worked at the Petersen Event Center’s Pasta Plus last year, said the layout of Burritobowl is similar to Chipotle, meaning customers can build their own burrito or bowl.

University members can choose from the list of burrito or bowl options or customize their own.

“I think Burritobowl offers more choices than Chipotle and Qdoba, like different kinds of peppers and meats,” Bracy, now an employee at Burritobowl, said. “Another thing that I think is cool is that we offer smoothie options.”

Startups, pg. 2 and a third of them went on to receive funding for their work.

The HiberSense project started in the spring of 2015 when Mosse approached the two students about helping with his idea. Quay joked the inspiration came from Mosse’s never-ending battle with his daughter to find a comfortable temperature for both of them.

The team became an officially incorporated company in December 2015. From there, they participated in the first Blast Furnace.

Now, they are a part of the PGH Lab, an initiative from the city of Pittsburgh to improve the city with technology. Through this, they are piloting their technology on one floor of the Urban Redevelopment Authority headquarters downtown. Once that ends in October, Quay said they hope to enter more competitions, including the Thrival Fair and Maker Faire, and continue to grow their customer base.

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According to Cole, the number of employees at Burritobowl will depend on customer traffic during different parts of the day, though Sodexo expects to serve more than 350 customers on an average day. Cole said that Sodexo is working to “meet the changing preferences of students” but that Pizza Hut, SubConnection and Burger King make up a good percentage of the revenue for the restaurants at the Pete.

Sodexo also trained employees the week before the restaurant’s opening with managers going to “Burritobowl School” at Freshёns corporate kitchen in Atlanta for certification.

Along with Bracy, two additional employees worked on Monday. Kim Hutching, who has worked at the Petersen Event Center for 20 years, said the number of customers overwhelmed her.

“Ever since we opened, we have been so busy,” Hutching said. “There is never a time of the day when we are not serving at least a few students.”

Not all students who have tried the new eatery are sold, though. Julia Siracuse, a junior electrical engineering student, said she likes Burritobowl’s food but that Chipotle might beat it out.

Although she found the ingredients to make her favorite Chipotle meal at Burritobowl, the burritos weren’t the same.

“I’ve eaten here a lot, and it’s decent, but I don’t think it’s as good as Chipotle,” Siracuse said. “The way they make the bowls and burritos aren’t like Chipotle’s style, and the sauces taste different.”

Right now, they are looking at using HiberSense in both offices and homes and are working to find a type of vent that is compatible in both types of buildings. Quay said they currently have units in about eight houses.

They are also hoping to refine their sensors to get better quality data and make sure there’s no data lost. Their main focus, he said, is to “nail” their current pilot program and do the same for any future programs they hope to get.

“This is our full time job. This is our life project,” he said.

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Pittsburgh should remain confident in Chief McLay

In a guest piece for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette last May, Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron McLay addressed how to improve police-community relations, a dynamic that has long suffered a severe and sometimes violent disconnect. His solution? “... restoring the integrity of police leadership systems, rather than solely by ‘fixing’ the brave men and women who do the heavy lifting,” McLay wrote.

With less than two years under his belt, McLay has done a better job of achieving that goal than any Pittsburgh chief in recent memory. The Fraternal Order of Police, though, would beg to differ. According to a report by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the union is considering whether to hand McLay a vote of “no confidence” at an upcoming meeting in September.

When asked last week for a comment on the unofficial vote, McLay described it as “background noise.” And he’s right. The vote, which has no effect on his employment, is only the latest in a long series of largely baseless conflicts between McLay and his officers, who have labeled his attempts at reform as detrimental to morale.

Within three months of McLay’s September 2014 hiring, he was already embroiled in undeserved controversy.

During the city’s New Year’s Eve, McLay spoke to activist group Fight Back Pittsburgh about unconscious bias and its effect on law enforcement.

When asked to pose for a photo with a sign reading “I resolve to challenge racism @ work #EndWhiteSilence,” McLay agreed. Union leaders immediately began criticizing McLay’s gesture, accusing him of insulting the entire police force.

“The chief is calling us racists. He believes the Pittsburgh Police Department is racist,” Howard McQuillan, the Pittsburgh police union president, told KDKA at the time, managing to completely misrepresent the sign’s message.

Then came this year’s Pittsburgh Marathon, when understaffing forced some officers to work overtime shifts that were supposed to be voluntary.

Later that month, officers threatened to boycott Be-

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yonce’s concert — both in protest of the pop star’s Black Panther-inspired Super Bowl performance and to spite McLay for the marathon incident.

Yet through the strife, McLay has stood firm as an effective leader.

After the sign controversy, McLay apologized to those offended but stood by the message’s true goals, which he did his best to clarify while standing by his beliefs. That’s leadership.

Following the marathon incident, he took full responsibility for the staffing errors and committed to change. That, too, is leadership.

And when officers threatened to boycott Beyonce, McLay forcefully reminded them of their duty to the public and ensured enough officers were present without running into the same mistake. That, in a word, is also leadership.

And after he was criticized for speaking about police reform at the Democratic National Convention in July, he ordered an investigation be done to determine if he did anything wrong. Again, McLay showed he was a true leader.

The impending “no confidence” vote is entirely symbolic. What does it accomplish that an olive branch would not? Not a thing.

McLay has continually said his focus is on building a better relationship between the Pittsburgh Police Department and communities while making himself accountable when things go wrong.

Hopefully on some level, McLay’s goal and philosophy of accountability is shared by the FoP. If so, a public, petty gesture that only serves to embarrass a leader doesn’t engender trust in police competency — it does precisely the opposite.

Pittsburgh needs unity between its citizens and the police force protecting them. To achieve that, it needs that force to focus on keeping people safe instead of wasting time on internal fighting made public. If this vote is successful, it says more about the FoP’s commitment to progress than McLay’s ability to provide it.

Even if the union claims to have lost confidence in McLay, he can rest assured: Pittsburgh has not.

Paul Ryan has a 21st century plan to end poverty

Matt Barnes

Senior Columnist The only topic political people in 2016 seem interested in discussing is the presidential election. But while the decisions in November are of undeniable consequence, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s agendas shouldn’t be the only ones on display.

Since taking the speakership last October, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) has worked closely with leaders in Washington, D.C., such as Budget Chairman Tom Price and House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady and beyond to outline a fresh approach to combatting poverty in the 21st century. For those working to alleviate the suffering of our nation’s poor, Ryan’s plan, “A Better Way” should take center stage and garner our attention and support.

Ryan’s platform calls for the end of an era in which each political party’s commitment to the “war on poverty” is measured by good intentions, money spent and quantity of government programs created. In the 21st century, we must demand empirically sound

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TNS anti-poverty policies and results through fresh policymaking that promotes work and dignity. Ryan’s plan is it.

At the onset of Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty in 1966, the national poverty rate was 14.7 percent. Fast-forward half a century and tack on $15 trillion in governmental support spending, and that rate had fallen to just 14.5 percent in 2013. A year later, the rate had risen to 14.8 percent — higher than it was in 1966. An American raised in poverty today is no more likely to rise out of it than they were fifty years ago, a reality affirmed and verified by researchers at Harvard, Berkeley and the U.S. Treasury Department. This lackluster performance would not be acceptable in any other societal realm or venture. So why are we tolerating it in our fight against poverty?

As a strong foundation for his alternative approach, Ryan’s proposals stress the inherent value of work and dignity, linking benefits to the pursuit of skills that lead to permanent employment. We cannot continue See Barnes on page 7

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But in July 2012, the Obama administration, through bureaucratic fiat, allowed states to waive work requirements put in place during the era of reform. The administration sought to grant states, despite the congressional statutes of the reform era, the ability to change work requirements administratively. While an easing of federal regulatory mandates is crucial to 21st century anti-poverty success, an emphasis on work and dignity must remain a national priority. Ryan’s platform calls for a clear return to and continuation of policies that reward employment seekers for those able to work.

Moreover, Ryan’s platform addresses the inconvenient truth that in practice, our current approach to allocating welfare benefits can hinder employment mobility for low-income families.

For instance, because of taxes and the current structure of welfare payments, a single mother with two children making minimum wage in Pennsylvania would be worse off financially if she obtained a job or earned a raise paying her $10.35 per hour than if she applied for welfare support, according to the Congressional Research Service.

To protect those most in need from this welfare cliff, Ryan’s agenda calls for greater state flexibility to customize packages for citizens. Doing so would ensure that mobility at work is never a

punishable offense. Accomplishing this through clunky federal bureaucracy is simply impractical.

Another key component to incentivizing work without dismantling crucial benefits is the promotion and expansion of the earned income tax credit, a refundable credit available to low-income workers. The EITC would act as a supplement to income from work, thus easing anxieties about potential loss of benefits from a raise or new job. For those experiencing difficult times and yearning to get back on their feet, the EITC provides financial assistance and actively encourages work, a boost on both a quantitative and qualitative level.

If we as Americans are serious about successfully combatting poverty more than we did over the past fifty years, we can no longer remain complacent and accept the conventional remedies of the past. We must accept that there’s a better way. By moving toward Ryan’s proposed path, we may confidently assert that regardless of starting point, America’s promise of hope and social mobility can ring true for all.

Matt is the former Opinions Editor of The Pitt News, a 2016 Pennsylvania Finnegan Fellow and a member of Pitt’s Student Conduct Peer Review Board. Write to him at mrb111@ pitt.edu.

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to rely on a system that has the potential to limit work in the face of assistance through welfare cliffs that can disincentivize upward employment mobility.

Before we can adequately debate any specific policies, we must comprehend the necessity of this shift in principles. Ryan’s plan is as broad as poverty is complex, but the goal is clear: Give Americans hope and provide confidence in the process.

There are obvious reasons to promote fulltime work, a key to Ryan’s plan, as a counter to long-term poverty. Of those Americans living in poverty, two-thirds do not experience fulltime employment, while only 2.7 percent of those who do experience poverty. Yet proposals stressing employment as an essential means of fighting poverty, such as work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients, become partisan issues — such as when Democrats accuse Republicans of being insensitive to the needs of the poor, or, more commonly, just in favor of the rich.

To know real progress in the war on poverty, we must move past this. Even the Brookings Institution, a liberal-leaning think tank, emphasized in 2013 that obtaining and sustaining full-

time employment is one of three essential tasks of getting and staying out of poverty.

Going forward, government policy must then abandon a system that prioritizes dependency and punishes employment mobility.

Working with a Republican Congress in 1996, Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act — better known as Welfare Reform. One of the act’s chief goals was to reduce dependency and foster greater employment opportunities. It worked.

In the years immediately following reform, single mother employment rates rose considerably. According to the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, between 1996 and 2000 the employment rate for never-married mothers jumped from 63 percent to 76 percent.

In turn, child poverty rates dropped to unprecedented levels. In particular, black communities benefited as the poverty rate for black children dropped from 41.5 percent to 30 percent. For those who would dismiss these achievements as the byproduct of a good economy alone, little evidence can be found.

Child poverty rates had hardly moved during the 25 years prior to reform. It is difficult to reason fairly that the strides made immediately after reform’s emphasis on employment were mere happenstance.

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s a child, Chris Gilbert spent many a Sunday morning sitting in a church pew. But right after, he remembers, he’d chow down on fluffy pancakes.

“Around noon, we met at Grandma’s house for brunch. That’s what we did,” said Gilbert, who’s worked as a chef at The Yard, a Shadyside gastropub, since its opening in 2014.

The Gilberts would gather around a table piled high with all of the standards — eggs, pancakes, bacon — and dig in. It’s an experience he sees as classic Americana.

“It’s comfort food. It’s nice to have,” Gilbert said.

With its late weekend start, varied options and social atmosphere, brunch has spread around Pittsburgh in the last five years. But beyond the bites, buddies and occasional booze, brunch has a long history — and may end up being a healthy addition to the American diet.

Peter’s Pub, the late-night Oakland institution, is the latest to join the growing trend with the addition of a brunch menu, Saturdays only, on Aug. 27. Including “classic choices” like french toast, as well as breakfast burritos and beer-based mimosas, the menu was partially inspired by Peter’s general manager Dave Brehl’s own childhood experiences.

“I think of growing up and going to hotel brunches [when I think of traditional brunches],” Brehl said. “But going to a bar hasn’t really been seen.”

Brunch’s exact roots are difficult to pin — the word first appeared in Harper’s Weekly in 1895, according to Smithsonian Magazine — but it has a few constants. It is held on weekends, usually Sunday but sometimes Saturday. The food options can vary but involve a smattering of breakfast and lunch food: yogurt, fresh fruit, eggs benedict and lox. And it was often served in hotels because of the widespread closing of family-run restaurants on Sundays.

Restaurant owners then tried to cash in on the wave of waffles and mimosas by adding their own brunch menus. From trendy gastropubs to local taverns, everyone started adding brunch to already-crowded tables. This rapid spread — from sparse to stock — is what surprises Arthi Subramaniam, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s food editor.

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A brunch spread at Peter’s Pub.

Brunch in the ‘Burgh Story & Photo by Stephen Caruso|Senior Staff Writer

“Who’d have thought that a bar that’s open at 2 a.m. would be up to open up for brunch?”

Subramaniam asked.

She also separated the rise of the meal itself from Pittsburgh’s growing fame as a “Mecca for food.”

Over the past few years, the city’s reputation for culinary competence has seen a marked upswing. Primanti’s used to be the pride of Pittsburgh. Now, Zagat, a restaurantrating organization, approved Täkō, Cure and Chaz and Odette, adding to Pittsburgh’s notable food culture. The cumulative growth of quality dining made Pittsburgh Zagat’s No.1 city for food in the country in its most recent rating, over New York, Chicago and the rest of the metropolises that usually dominate cultural rankings.

As a reviewer, Subramaniam looks for foods done right — with quality and sometimes surprising ingredients and execution, though the recipes themselves could be old favorites.

The addition of alcohol to brunch comes from the idea of the “hair of a dog” — trying to cover up the hangover from the night before with further boozing, an idea that has no basis in scientific fact. Either way, refreshing libations like the mimosa or bloody mary were added to menus.

Subramaniam noted how popular the bloody mary bar — with plenty of salty and pickled options — is in Pittsburgh brunches as well at places like The Yard and Meat and Potatoes, located Downtown.

Overall though, while Subramaniam ad-

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mits that a cocktail “jazzes [brunch] up,” it isn’t a requirement to make a standout spread.

Overall, the options should be “leisurely food.”

Peter’s head chef, Leonard Jaeger, designed the brunch menu with a focus on keeping things simple but intriguing. Take Peter’s chicken and waffles, done with a savory cornbread waffle instead of the typical fluffy Belgian cake.

“There’s a lot of ways to do the same thing,” Jaeger said. “Anyone can put something on a plate — to do it right is another thing.”

The addition of brunch at Peter’s, according to Brehl, was partially inspired by their own staff. Long Saturday night shifts at the popular bar were often followed by Sunday See Brunch on page 9

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Brunch, pg. 8 brunch outings by the staff. “[Brunch] brings our crew together,” Brehl said.

It’s the relaxing food — and welcoming environment — that attracts college students in droves. Gilbert mentioned that The Yard tends to turn over tables three to four times from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday.

“Brunch are the two busiest days of the week,” Gilbert said. “We get large groups that enjoy each other’s company.”

Those groups include plenty of students, a clientele Gilbert says The Yard looks forward to every fall. Kamila Setaro, a senior political science major, is one of those customers. She tries to brunch two to three times a month on Sundays with her friends or boyfriend. She sees food as a natural binder between individuals.

The communal feel draws other college students, like Pitt senior communications major Ariel Pastore-Sebring. Despite being a self-described foodie, she doesn’t let her love of food color her love for brunch. “[Brunch is] not a meal,” Pastore-Sebring

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said. “It’s become more of an activity, something to do … [that] social aspect is really healthy.”

Pastore-Sebring shares memories similar to Gilbert’s with a family brunch on Saturday or Sunday part of the b-roll of her childhood.

She looks at brunch as an opportunity to “cleanse yourself ” of the previous night.

All of this eating and drinking is stretched out over the course of the meal, as PastoreSebring and Gilbert noted from their own experiences. The average American spends a total of 67.8 minutes a day eating, accord-

Terry Tan STAFF ILLUSTRATOR ing to a 2011 tally by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Going off Gilbert’s estimates, the average brunch table at The Yard stays there for at least 90 minutes.

Spreading out the time between courses is good for the body, according to Jeffrey Lucchino, Director of Sports Nutrition at UPMC. He compares the body to a sponge: Eating fast activates a “snooze button,” contributing to lethargic behavior and bloating. Eating slow lets your head keep better track of your hunger.

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“Your brain needs 20 minutes to realize that something is being consumed,” Lucchino said. That delay means eating slow makes you become “fuller quicker” and eat less.

Brunch also invites a group to share food among themselves. With food sharing, you “can have almost everything on the menu” with a big group, as Subramaniam observed.

Pastore-Sebring saw brunch as a meal in a more European tradition, like an Italian antipasti or Spanish tapas. That let’s everyone have a nibble without breaking the bank — or their stomach.

As for the booze, even if it may make things cloudy, the effect on a hangover-addled brain and body can still feel beneficial — to an extent. “[Brunch] is catch up time for the palette and the brain,” Subramaniam said. “[But] if you order five bloody marys, I wouldn’t call that healthy.”

While all that booze might be helpful to Peter’s bottom line, sharing a few plates would be just fine as well. Brehl is hoping within a few months, they might have to open the upstairs of the pub for spillover crowds.

“That’s going to be our barometer,” Brehl said.

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Pitt Football: week one depth chart breakdown Dan Sostek

THE STARTING SEVEN

Senior Staff Writer With the first game of Pat Narduzzi’s second season at Pitt less than a week away, the Panthers head coach revealed the team’s two-deep depth chart for their opener against Villanova on Saturday. As expected, Nathan Peterman, James Conner, Ejuan Price and Jordan Whitehead showed up at the top of their respective positions –– but there were a few interesting names included as well. Here’s a further breakdown of each position group.

QUARTERBACK: No surprises at all at the quarterback position. As the first string signal-caller for Pitt’s final 11 games in 2015, redshirt senior Nathan Peterman was the clear-cut starter heading into this season. Backing him up is redshirt senior Manny Stocker, a transfer from UT Martin and NC State, where he played under new offensive coordinator Matt Canada. Stocker beat out redshirt freshman Ben DiNucci for the backup gig after converting from the wide receiver

Pitt released its two-deep depth chart for the regular season opener vs. Villanova at Monday’s week one press conference. Names like James Conner and Nathan Peterman were no surprise, but the Panthers will also feature a total of seven new starters at six different positions this year.

JESTER WEAH

Starting Wide Receiver 6-foot-3, 210-pound Redshirt junior From Madison, Wisconsin

QUADREE HENDERSON Starting Wide Receiver 5-foot-8, 190-pound Sophomore From Wilmington, Delaware

SCOTT ORNDOFF

Starting Tight End 6-foot-5, 255-pound Senior From Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

ALEX BOOKSER DEWAYNE HENDRIX OLUWASEUN IDOWU

Starting Right Guard Starting Defensive End 6-foot-6, 315-pound 6-foot-4, 260-pound Sophomore Redshirt sophomore From Pittsburgh, From O’Fallon, Pennsylvania Illinois

RYAN LEWIS

Starting Star Linebacker Starting Cornerback 6-foot, 215-pound 6-foot, 200-pound Redshirt sophomore Senior From Wexford, From Seattle, Pennsylvania Washington

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Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi didn’t dive into any specifics for his team’s game plan against the Villanova Wildcats at his week one press conference, but he made one thing clear: for him and the Panthers, the season opener can’t come soon enough.

“I’m excited to watch our whole football team play. I’m excited for them to go out there at 1:30 [Sept. 3] and show what they’ve done over the past year,” Narduzzi said. “It’s game time. It’s a new year.”

Narduzzi and the team are certainly amped to take the field against Villanova in week one, but

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they couldn’t escape questions on Monday about looking ahead to the highly anticipated rivalry game against Penn State in week two.

“We try and make sure they ignore you guys, that’s the first step,” Narduzzi said, referring to the assembled press. “That game doesn’t mean anything if you don’t take care of Villanova first. Our focus will be on them.”

The second-year head coach praised the Wildcats and their head coach Andy Talley, who enters his 32nd and final season at the school.

“He’s been in the [Football Championship Subdivision] playoffs 11 times. He’s won a national championship and has been named the national coach of the year twice,” Narduzzi said. “He’s an excellent football coach –– it’s an excellent pro-

gram.”

While Villanova is an FCS school, Narduzzi reminded the team of the Wildcats’ pedigree when taking on Football Bowl Subdivision schools.

“The last three FBS teams they have played, they have taken to the wire,” Narduzzi said. “They will come in here ready to go, and we must be ready to go.”

Although Narduzzi is looking forward to seeing the entire team take the field Saturday, there’s one player in particular fans can’t wait to see emerge from the tunnel –– redshirt junior running back James Conner.

Conner is back on top of the depth chart less than a year after tearing his MCL in the 2015 season opener then being diagnosed with Hodgkin

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lymphoma weeks later on Thanksgiving Day while attempting to rehab his knee. College football fans all across the country — and especially at Pitt — will be focusing on his return. For Narduzzi, it’s a moment he hasn’t had time to picture yet.

“When this thing started less than a year ago, James came up to the coaches and said, ‘I’m going to beat this thing, and I’m going to tell a story.’ To me, that’s like the last chapter when he walks back out on that football field,” Narduzzi said. “I haven’t really been thinking about it –– maybe I’ll think about it the night before.”

The Panthers open the 2016 season at Heinz Field 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, against Villanova.

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RUNNING BACK: The depth chart also confirmed the return of the face of the Pitt football program –– tailback James Conner –– to the starting role in the backfield. Conner heads a loaded group for the Panthers with the trio of freshman Chawntez Moss and sophomores Darrin Hall and Qadree Ollison backing up the redshirt junior. Despite coming off a recovery from Hodgkin lymphoma and a torn MCL, Narduzzi said he will not limit Conner “in any way.”

Conner looked ready to go during training camp, but only time will tell if he can return to his 2014 form when he was named ACC Player of the Year. If he can’t, Pitt will have no shortage of backs to step in and carry the ball for him –– which Ollison did last year on his way to ACC Rookie of the Year honors.

WIDE RECEIVER: Senior Dontez Ford will assume the mantle as Peterman’s go-to wideout left empty by Cincinnati Bengals receiver Tyler Boyd. Junior Jester Weah and sophomore Quadree Henderson are also listed as starters on the depth chart, giving

the Panthers three starting wideouts instead of two. Pitt will count on athletic speeddemons Henderson and Weah for proclivity for big plays and hope to get some production out of freshman Aaron Mathews –– the only first-year player listed at the position — a tall, local product out of Clairton who should be able to battle for jump balls.

TIGHT END: Scott Orndoff –– a 6-foot5, 255-pound senior who was second on the team last season with five receiving touchdowns –– is the clear-cut starter at the tight end spot with former fullback Jaymar Parrish backing him up. Similar to Ford, Orndoff will be tasked with picking up where former starter J.P. Holtz, a 2016 graduate and four-year starter, left off before signing with the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent.

OFFENSIVE LINE: The offensive line is clearly Pitt’s strongest position — they boast one of the best units in the nation. AllAmerican candidates Dorian Johnson and Adam Bisnowaty give the Panthers two blue chip NFL draft prospects on the left side of the line, while two promising sophomores Brian O’Neill and Alex Bookser man the right. Alex Officer returns at center, and former starter Jaryd Jones-Smith will serve as

Pitt’s top lineman off the bench, providing enviable depth at one of the most crucial positions in the game.

DEFENSIVE LINE: Another strong key position for the Panthers, Pitt’s defensive line sports two potential game-changing ends. The first is Ejuan Price, who the NCAA granted a sixth year of eligibility due to injury history throughout his career. Price tallied 19.5 tackles for loss and 11.5 sacks in his first injury-free season last year and will be playing for an NFL career this go around.

Opposite Price is Tennessee transfer Dewayne Hendrix, a sophomore that coaches and players alike have raved about throughout training camp, who will make his Pitt debut after playing only seven games in his Tennessee career. There was little shake-up at defensive tackle as Tyrique Jarrett returns as a starter while Shakir Soto moves to the interior to start next to him.

LINEBACKERS: The competition for a starting spot at the star linebacker position was among the biggest story lines of Pitt’s training camp this season, as Pitt coaches sorted through a handful of players competing to earn the final starting job alongside Money linebacker Mike Caprara and Mike linebacker Matt Galambos.

Walk-on sophomore Oluwaseun Idowu earned the initial nod for the star position, beating out his North Allegheny Senior High School teammate — converted wide receiver Elijah Zeise — and senior Bam Bradley for the job. Both Zeise and Idowu provide athleticism from the Star, bringing an added element to the group to compliment defensive stalwarts Caprara and Galambos.

DEFENSIVE BACKS: Pitt’s most dynamic player — sophomore safety Jordan Whitehead — headlines this positional group as last year’s ACC Rookie of the Year has a chance to be one of the best defenders in the conference this season. Whitehead led Pitt in tackles last season, and the shifty, hard-hitting safety will almost certainly improve on his surprisingly low total of one interception. Junior Avonte Maddox returns to start at cornerback for Pitt with senior Ryan Lewis joining him.

Prized freshman Damar Hamlin is not listed due to an undisclosed injury but will likely earn playing time this season if healthy. Terrish Webb is listed as the starter at free safety, but Narduzzi said to expect him and senior Reggie Mitchell to alternate based on specific in-game situations.

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