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Fall is here, and Pittsburgh has a seemingly endless stream of upcoming events to celebrate. Here is a compilation of arts and entertainment activities to look forward to in September and October.

Youthful Frights: Exploring George A. Romero’s Young Adult Horror George A. Romero is a horror movie legend in Pittsburgh’s film industry, and there’s no better way to learn that (and get hyped for Halloween) than to explore his archive in Hillman Library.

The University Library System is hosting an exploration of Romero’s young adult horror on Sept. 20 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Zoom.

Shakespeare In the Park: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Pittsburgh’s Shakespeare In the Park is back for September across four Pittsburgh parks. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” explores themes of love and magic — and watching PSiP is a great way to enjoy our final days of hot weather in the City for free.

Everybody Has a Secret Face: Queer Horror & Poetry This workshop centers on the queer perspective in horror movies and poetry writing.

Free and open to all Pitt students, faculty and staff, the Center for Creativity will encourage participants to explore horror film imagery for poetry inspiration on Oct. 18 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Squirrel Hill Night Market The Squirrel Hill Night Market, hosted by Uncover Squirrel Hill, is a free outdoor street festival offering live music, food trucks and more than 75 local artists and makers. Inspired by the many nighttime markets in Asia and other parts of the world, the event takes place from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Oct. 1.

Let's Move: Halloween Walk and Shake For those who love physical activity, there’s no better way to enjoy the fall season than dressing up in a Halloween costume and taking a walk. The ULYP Health and Wellness Committee and FitIsh Nutrition will host a “Let’s Move” in Highland Park on Oct. 29 from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

Reading Series: Very Berry Dead This reading series show takes place on Oct. 1 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Richard E. Rauh Studio Theatre in the Cathedral of Learning. The play, written by Jose Perez IV and directed by Alison Mahoney, tells the haunting story of a crowded family graveyard, some family secrets and a small town filled with drama.

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Hello Fall Painting With A Twist in Robinson is hosting a fall painting class on Sept. 17 at 2 p.m., which is a perfect activity to get excited for the season with your friends. Professional painters lead classes in painting fall and Halloweenthemed pictures, charging $37 per person.

Mid-Autumn Festival The Asian Studies Center is celebrating the fall season with the Mid-Autumn Festival on Sept. 12. Taking place from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Global Hub in Posvar Hall, the free event offers mooncakes, candy, tea and lantern-making for Pitt students.

Halloween Hooplah This urban pumpkin patch in Bakery Square will offer a plethora of free fall activities on Oct. 5 from noon to 5 p.m. Visitors can participate in a scavenger hunt, pumpkin and face painting, watching Halloween movies, fortune-telling as well as eating kettle corn and cotton candy.

Haunted Museum After Dark For those over 21, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History is hosting this event as a way to celebrate Halloween on Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. for $24 admission. Non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages and snacks will be available for purchase, and guests can dress up in their best Halloween costume.

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‘A SENSE OF BELONGING’:

GLOBAL TIES WELCOMES INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TO CAMPUS Patrick Swain Staff Writer

Amy Qi, a senior psychology and anthropology major, said she felt like an outsider when she arrived from China to attend Pitt in 2019. She now works as a lead Global Ties mentor to help international students like her feel at home.

“I was thinking that this U.S. college life has nothing to do with me, that I’m just here to study, to take classes. I wasn’t in the mindset to socialize,” Qi said. “After I become a mentor, I can see students from different cultural backgrounds have similar struggles. I realized people are not that different.

Through Global Ties, I become more openminded to all those things.”

Global Ties, a program within Pitt’s Office of Cross Cultural and Leadership Development, is dedicated to welcoming international students to the Pitt community. Led by a team of student mentors, Global Ties hosts events to help international students make friends, learn American traditions, explore Pittsburgh and acclimate to life in the United States.

This fall is the first fully in-person semester for Global Ties since spring 2020. Karen Wang, a lead Global Ties mentor and senior nursing major, said they have gradually phased in physical events after COVID-19 curbed their regular programming.

“We’re slowly bringing back events, so those more logistically difficult and further away we haven’t gotten the chance this year to do,” Wang said.

The mentors hosted a fall social last Friday, inviting international students to mingle over ice cream and board games.

Throughout the year, participants will have the chance to sleep under the stars on a camping trip, dance at a masquerade and take part in American festivities on Halloween and Thanksgiving. In the past, Global Ties has led getaways to Amish country, high tea at the Frick Mansion, football crash courses and trips to Washington, D.C. Qi said Global Ties provides valuable services for students and helps build a culturally rich student body at Pitt.

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“One of the most important goals for Global Ties is to provide this bridge or platform for international students to meet other international students… and to feel a sense of belonging here at Pitt,” Qi said.

“Another side is to educate and promote this cross-cultural awareness… to make Pitt more inclusive and more diverse.”

While the majority of international students in Global Ties come from China, Qi and 18 other mentors also serve students coming to Pitt from South Korea, France, India, Germany, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and a handful of other countries across the globe this semester.

Maya Connors, a sophomore mechanical engineering major who works as a Global Ties mentor, said they create a close-knit community despite international students’ differing national origins.

“By giving them a mentor, it makes them more comfortable… with the premise of being at Pitt,” Connors said. “We offer these social events where they can meet other people from different backgrounds and begin forming social circles there, or just get the confidence to form social circles outside of there and know that they have someone behind them.”

During the years that Global Ties existed solely online, the mentors had to get creative with their activities to continue making an impact on new international students. Wang said they searched for common ground among the students to bridge divides.

“People from similar areas in the world, they could come to these Zoom sessions, or similar majors,” Wang said. “We tried to find commonalities that might generate some type of discussion and connection that way online, but of course that’s not nearly going to be the same as in-person connecting.”

Though the activities were restricted to Zoom, the mentors were still able to create a sense of community, Qi said.

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STUDENT LOAN DEBT FORGIVENESS PLAN

Alexandra Ross Senior Staff Writer

Sarah Chu’s $25,000 undergraduate student loan debt hasn’t been paid off yet, and neither have the loans she’s taking out to attend the Rutgers School of Public Health, but she can already feel their weight lifting off her shoulders — at least, $10,000 worth.

“I haven't filled out the forms yet, but the idea of that having 10K being canceled just feels really good, especially as a continuing [grad] school student,” said Chu, who graduated from Pitt last academic year.

President Joe Biden announced on Aug. 24 that single individuals who make less than $125,000 — or households who make less than $250,000 — will qualify for up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt cancellation. Pell Grant recipients meeting the same income requirements may qualify for up to $20,000. The application is set to open by early October.

While current students may qualify for the cancellation, Pitt must have disbursed their federal student loans before July 1 — therefore, no first-years will qualify. For students the Department of Education deemed dependents during the 2021-22 school year (different from a dependent claimed on federal taxes), parental income will determine eligibility.

Lily Young, a junior computer science major at Pitt, estimates that she will have accumulated $50,000 to $60,000 in debt by the time

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she graduates in 2024. Young said she often stresses about money, especially her debt.

“The debt is very stressful to me, like money is a big stress factor for me, especially being a college student,” Young said. “I literally am always focusing on what I'm spending in a day.”

But Young said being a computer science major helps with debt anxiety because it will improve her job prospects after graduating.

“I think I'm definitely in a minority where I'm not going to have to worry as much when I get out of college about getting a job,” Young said. “If I had a different major, I think I'd be much more concerned about being able to pay my student debt back.”

According to Forbes, more than half of undergraduates leave college with student loan debt, owing about $29,000 on average. A study from One Wisconsin Institute found that borrowers take 21.1 years on average to repay their student loan debt.

Young said she plans to apply for the student loan debt relief and it will have a significant impact on her financially. “$10,000 is a lot, like, that's huge,” Young said. "That would definitely make a big difference. I mean, that's literally like, around onefifth to one-sixth of it [her debt].”

Not every student has a favorable view of the plan. Nate Kegel, a Dietrich class of 2020 alumnus who will graduate from the University

of Pennsylvania Carey Law School in spring 2023, said he supports debt forgiveness, but the plan’s means testing is not exclusive enough against future high earners such as himself.

“There's about 700 people at my law school and 2,000 people in the MBA program at my school,” Kegel said. “Virtually all of them are going to take jobs that will exceed the means testing, but all of them are going to get the $10,000-$20,000.”

Since previous income determines eligibility instead of future income, Kegel said he will qualify for debt relief despite making roughly $230,000 per year when he starts working in corporate law next fall. He said it’s “unfair” that his student debt will become a tax burden for others in the U.S. who don’t have the economic advantages that come with his degree.

“Spreading the burden of my student debt on people who either didn't go to college, or, you know, they made the choice to go to a less expensive school, maybe obtain more scholarships, it just seems unfair to me,” Kegel said.

Kegel, who said he will graduate with roughly $90-100,000 in debt from attending law school, said he will definitely still apply for the debt relief, despite his disagreements with it.

“I don't think that there's a reason for me not to [apply],” Kegel said. “I don’t really see any utility for myself in volunteering to pay extra taxes, so I'm gonna take the money.”

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Chu said the economic instability that has come with the COVID-19 pandemic — which inspired a pause on student loan repayment, interest and collections through the end of this calendar year — makes this debt cancellation even more impactful.

“Being able to… have this money off, especially since we've been through a pandemic and financial instability, would be very helpful,” Chu said. “We're still in this sense of financial instability nowadays.”

Student loan debt cancellation that makes college more affordable and accessible is a positive, according to Young, especially given the cost of higher education in the United States.

“In America we pay ridiculous amounts for education,” Young said. “I think college is kind of a way to keep poor people poor, and so I think like, any way to make education more accessible to people, or make it so that education isn't such a need, I think those are great things to be able to do.”

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CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK SNOB

Anna Fischer

Senior Staff Columnist Acknowledging that you have a problem is the first step towards solving it. Hi, my name is Anna Jean Fischer, and I am a book snob.

And this is where you, dear reader, respond, “Hi, Anna” and listen to me tell my story. Welcome to BSA — Book Snobs Anonymous.

My mother likes to tell everyone that I began reading with ease at age three, which, considering that age five is the target age for reading, is probably a wee bit of an exaggeration. One thing is for sure, though — I’ve been around books from birth. My mother used to read a book a week, if not more, and instead of TV or games, I was encouraged to read.

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wards reading than I was in our childhood.

As a seven-year-old older sister, I obviously concluded that my brother was an inferior ignorant swine who refused to read. So, I took the problem into my own hands. Every night, I read him a chapter of “A Wrinkle in Time”

by Madeleine L’Engle — a great book by the way, I highly recommend — but he was often more interested in seeing how far he could launch his pillow with his feet than in listening to the story.

In middle school, I was introduced to online fanfiction. I devoured words voraciously, whether print or virtual, and spent many nights in my pre-teen years pulling all-nighters to read. Once my work-load increased in highschool, my reading for pleasure took a sharp decrease, which is a common phenomenon. But that doesn’t mean I wasn’t reading.

I adored my high school literature classes and read every single book on the syllabus. I found myself particularly upset when I learned that people read the Sparknotes summary instead of the book, and felt the first glimmer of disgust of a marked book snob. Didn’t they know what they were missing out on?

When we were plunged into a global pandemic, I finally had time to read for myself.

If you have been reading The Pitt News for a while, you may have seen my column last year, “I read 88 books last year… and here are the best 5.” My reading for this year hasn’t slowed down, either, but it’s certainly gotten more pretentious.

A quick glance at the book shelf that sits in front of me as I write, reveals such tomes as “Infinite Jest” by David Foster Wallace, “Ulysses” by James Joyce, “The Brothers Karamazov”

by Fyodor Dosoyevsky and my current read, “Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy. All of these books are wonderful, complex novels, but they are certainly a level of high literature that not many people — especially people who aren’t fellow literature majors — are reading on the regular.

The first week of classes is fraught with icebreakers and introductions, particularly in small discussion-based classes. In one of my

classes this week, the professor asked us to share what genre we liked to read and a book we read over the summer. I went first, sharing my love of classic literature and my summer read of “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre Dumas, just a brief 1200 page read.

Almost every other person preferred contemporary romance, fantasy and horror, genres that never make it onto my TBR, or to be read list. At one point, the class was discussing the “spiciness” levels of books they’ve read, and I felt the pretentious book snob fire of hatred burning in the very depths of my soul.

In the moment, I felt disappointed in my peers for their literary choices, but as the day and week wore on, I began to feel far more disappointed in myself. Who am I to judge what people enjoy? Who died and made me the queen of reading preferences?

My love of books turned me into an ugly, judgemental person full of pretentious disgust. Looking back on that class, I didn’t like the person I saw. And that’s okay. It’s good to acknowledge the ugly parts of yourself. This week, I’ve been doing a deep dive into my lifelong journey with books. In doing so, I focused on the childhood seeds of my book snobbery, but I’ve neglected to reflect on the beautiful parts of a childhood filled with reading.

I forgot how much relaxation and magical escapism supposedly more “simple” genres such as young adult books, dystopian novels and fan fiction used to bring me when I was younger. Most of those all-nighters were results of Wattpad romances that got my tiny tween heart fluttering. Is that what my peers are feeling when they’re reading contemporary romance? Am I the one missing out? Has my judgment deprived me of some amazingly heartrending pieces of literature?

Looking even further back, my brother refused to read when I pressured him to do so.

As it turns out, he’s incredibly intelligent, but just doesn’t enjoy reading in the same way that I do. He’s starting his first year at the engineering school of the Colorado School of Mines, and is taking exclusively STEM classes on a full ride. When it comes to STEM, I’m the inferior

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ignorant swine out of the two of us. Reading does not determine a person’s value, even if it’s something that I love. In fact, without my pressure, my brother read FOUR books this summer.

I’ve acknowledged my book snobbery — this Anton Ego critic inside of me whom I despise. But, I’m taking steps to change. I recently read my first contemporary fantasy book in a very long time — “The Ocean at the End of the Lane,” by Neil Gaiman. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

While my shortcomings reside in the realm of literature, I encourage everyone to look inside at the things that are ugly about themselves. Acknowledging that you have a problem is the first step toward solving that problem. Whether it’s being a music snob or a judgy sports fan, realizing that your passion can cause you to miss out on others’ experiences allows you to take the first step toward becoming a more accepting human being.

That being said, feel free to send me any — and I mean any — book recommendations, and I’ll add them to my TBR. Who knows, maybe your recommendation will make it into my Top 5 Books article this year. Keep an eye out.

Anna Fischer writes about female empowerment, literature and art. She’s really into bagels.

Write to her at ajf132@pitt.edu.

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Sports PREVIEW:

Frankie Richetti Senior Staff Writer

The second edition of the Johnny Majors Classic will serve as a good measuring stick for the Panthers following a hard-fought victory over West Virginia last week.

The No. 17 Pitt Panthers will have their hands full for the second straight week as the No. 24 Volunteers jumped into the AP Top 25 after their 59-10 drubbing of Ball State. This will be the fourth time Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel and Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi have matched up against each other dating back to Heupel’s time at UCF. Both coaches are pretty familiar with one another, so this matchup boils down to which team can execute.

Here’s what to watch for Saturday.

Can Pitt patch up its run defense?

Pitt’s run defense was uncharacteristically bad last Thursday, giving up 190 yards on the ground to the Mountaineers.

That can’t happen again, especially against a potent Volunteers offense, who averaged 37.9 points per game last season.

West Virginia played fast at various points in the game and it gave the Panthers fits, allowing 5.8 yards per carry. If Pitt doesn’t get its issues against the run solved quickly, they could be in for a repeat performance against the Vols, who

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like to play up-tempo.

Tennessee had three different running backs — junior Jabari Small, sophomore Jaylen Wright and first-year Dylan Sampson — run for a touchdown last week. Small will get the starting nod after he rushed for a team leading 796 yards and nine touchdowns last season.

Pitt’s issues against the run mainly stemmed from linebackers filling the wrong gap, allowing the Mountaineers to run clean through holes.

Other times, it was just a case of bad tackling. Either way, if Pitt wants to win this game, the Panthers need more from their outside linebackers.

Panthers starting linebackers — junior Bangally Kamara and senior Shayne Simon — showed flashes of their ability in week one, but they need to put together a more consistent performance against the Volunteers.

Otherwise, Pitt could be in for a repeat performance of last week.

shotgun for just about 200 yards.

Slovis also took five sacks out of the formation. That needs to be cleaned up, but in terms of moving the ball, it’s clear it’s where he looked the most effective.

The entire game was a feeling out process for Slovis and offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti Jr. Slovis was under center for much of the first half, and Pitt couldn’t find any sort of rhythm.

But the Panthers may have found something late in Thursday’s game, with 18 of its final 20 snaps of the night coming out of the shotgun.

Slovis is at his best when things are simplified for him, and he showed that on Thursday. Going under center and playing off the run will still be an emphasis in Cignetti Jr.’s offense for the Panthers this year. But for Pitt to win this particular game, they are going to need Slovis to get in a rhythm early, especially considering Tennessee is

likely to put up a lot of points.

Pitt needs to abandon last week’s game plan, in which they tried to use their run game to set up their passing attack, and instead give Slovis the opportunity to get in a groove out of the gates.

Will Bartholomew be utilized more?

Pitt sophomore tight end Gavin Bartholomew finished with just one reception last week.

Bartholomew — a Freshman All-American last season — needs to be utilized much more against Tennessee. There’s no excuse for him to have been targeted just one time against the Mountaineers for how good he is.

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Will Pitt operate out of shotgun to open the game?

Pitt senior quarterback Kedon Slovis looked much more comfortable out of shotgun formation rather than being under center last week.

On the Panthers game-tying drive late in the fourth quarter last week, Slovis went 5-5 for 73 yards and a touchdown. Every pass was out of the shotgun. In total, Slovis was 12-15 in the

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