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‘IT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE MY LAST YEAR’: GALLAGHER TALKS MONKEYPOX, LARGE CLASS SIZES AND MORE

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20 minutes last Wednesday about his final year as chancellor, monkeypox on As Chancellor Patrick Gallagher pre- campus, Pitt’s partnership with Carlow pares to step down from his role this University for overflow student housing summer, he remarked that leading a ma- and more. This was the first time Gallajor University during a pandemic has not been easy.

“It was a challenge,” Gallagher said.

“But, I would say what was interesting about COVID, it was something that none of us had sort of experienced at that scale and when it’s a global pandemic, nobody was spared the effects of COVID.” Gallagher spoke to The Pitt News for Assistant News Editor

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Chancellor Patrick Gallagher during an interview in April in the Cathedral of Learning. Pamela Smith | Visual Editor gher took questions from The Pitt News since his announcement in April that he was stepping down. Gallagher will leave his post this summer after nine years on the job.

Gallagher said his final year hasn’t felt much different from a normal school year, since he still has a myriad of responsibilities.

“It’s the slowest two-week notice,” Gallagher said. “But, the side effect of that is it doesn’t feel like my last year. We have all kinds of things happening at the University, nothing really kind of waits for the transition to sort of happen.”

These responsibilities include planning for the larger class sizes. Gallagher said Pitt had 50% more applications

Along with large enrollment numbers, Gallagher said Pitt’s seen a lot of growth due to de-densifying during the COVID-19 pandemic and adding isolation housing. He added that this growth requires flexibility in dining and hiring additional staff as well.

“If you’re going to grow, you want to do it very thoughtfully, you want students to have a great educational experience here,” he said. “That means we have to have the faculty and we want to have the classrooms… and you also need all the infrastructure to support a large class.”

Gallagher said while he hopes that application rates return to their historical levels, college admissions are changing.

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“The trick really is how do you [expand] with all of the rapid changes and uncertainties that are happening in the world of college admissions, so that’s the short term plan,” Gallagher said. “The longer range plan — and of course, my successor will play a much bigger role — is finding the right size. Maybe there is a case to be made for growth if that demand is there.”

In terms of his goals once he leaves, Gallagher said he wants to leave his successor with as much momentum as possible and finish projects that he started, such as the new budget model and BioForge, rather than beginning new projects.

“I think a lot of great things are happening. You don’t want to just stop everything and tread water,” Gallagher said. “You actually want to think of it like a relay race. You run hard to the end and then you pass the baton.”

While Gallagher said he’s noticing how taxing the COVID-19 pandemic has been for everyone, he feels the campus is returning a new normal. However, Gallagher said monkeypox requires that the University come up with another set of rules since the disease is so different from COVID-19. Pitt reported the first student monkeypox case last month.

“A lot of monkeypox is very different from COVID. So part of our strategy is not to just pull out the COVID playbook,” Gallagher said. “We can’t assume we know how to handle this, you know, it’s a different disease. It’s transmitted differently, the risks are different — both health risks and transmission risks. The good news is there’s a lot that can be done medically.”

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PITT REDUCES ISOLATION HOUSING CAPACITY TO 25 BEDS Alexandra Ross Senior Staff Writer

Pitt has reduced its isolation housing from 100 beds to 25 beds this semester, according to a University spokesperson.

“Given the high rate of vaccinations on our campus and the more mild cases we are now seeing as a result, we’re glad to see that most people are able to isolate in place at this stage in the pandemic,” the spokesperson said.

Students expressed mixed reactions to the 75% reduction in isolation housing, with some saying 25 beds is not enough and others saying Pitt is ready for the change. The spokesperson said Pitt’s care team evaluates each COVID-19 case on an individual basis, including those in off-campus students, and that most people are able to isolate in their residence at this time.

Pitt’s isolation housing is only used for COVID-19 cases, not for other contagious diseases such as monkeypox. Pitt reported its first monkeypox case last month.

According to the COVID-19 Medical Response Office, 96% of students, faculty and staff across all Pitt campuses are vaccinated against COVID-19.

The spokesperson said Pitt already reduced COVID-19 isolation housing in the spring 2022 semester from about 300 beds to about 100 beds. COVID-19 cases remained mild and University isolation housing never reached 50% capacity throughout that semester, according to the spokesperson, who said this contributed to the decision to reduce the number of isolation beds again.

“Based on that [spring 2022] experience, and in consultation with our health and safety experts, we were comfortable further reducing the number of beds set aside for isolation housing at the start of this term,” the spokesperson said.

To first-year business major Bronwyn McCoy, the new number of isolation beds available “doesn’t really make sense” and “should definitely be better,”

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especially given the number of students on campus.

“I feel like 25 is not a great number just with how big of a school this is,” McCoy said. “I mean, it’s a huge school.”

Pitt has not released official enrollment numbers for the 2022-23 academic year, but said in a July media release that more than 8,000 students would move into University housing in August 2022.

As of Aug. 30, the spokesperson said 95% of housing units were available.

Pitt did not address any reductions in isolation housing in its COVID-19 updates emailed to the Pitt community. In an Aug. 18 update, the CMRO said Pitt

community members exposed to COVID-19 would no longer need to quarantine after an update in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance.

The August update did not reveal any changes to isolation housing or policy.

The CMRO’s frequently asked questions on isolation and precautions, updated Aug. 16, says people who test positive for COVID-19 or are showing COVID-19 symptoms “should follow guidance from contact tracers or Student Health Services on where to isolate.” The website says to isolate for at least five full days and does not provide information about on-campus isolation housing op-

tions.

Cassidy Jackson, a first-year biology major, said she felt it is a good time in the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce isolation housing.

“With COVID cases going down and the vaccines… I think that [reducing the isolation housing capacity] makes sense,” Jackson said.

Still, she said she is glad to see a limited number of isolation housing units still available to students.

“I feel like it’s good that they still have some,” Jackson said. “That’s definitely necessary.”

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PITT’S CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY Punya Bhasin

the time, and I think that is why it’s come back chance to just focus on one thing.” to Gen Z and stopped being stigmatized as an Chris Matthews, another “yarner” in Knittsburgh, said he believes the club has old person activity,” Matthews, a junior linguisFor some, the art of crocheting and knitting grown in popularity due to social media and tics and Italian major, said. is just a hobby for older generations, but KnittsThe members of the club knit and crochet Gen Z’s growing interest in sustainability. burgh is quickly changing that narrative at Pitt. a variety of items including stuffed animals, “You’re making your own clothing a lot of Oliver Petersen, the club’s vice president, connected with his grandmothers through knitting, and it helped him carry on a fun family tradition.

“Both of my grandmothers used to do a lot of knitting and crocheting and they can’t anymore because of health problems, but they love that I can knit and always try to pass on their knowledge of it to me,” Petersen, a sophomore biology major, said. “Knitting is something that has been passed down through generations in my family, and I get to feel that connection and feel closer to my family when I knit.”

Knittsburgh helps students learn how to knit and crochet and provides a community for “yarners,” a term coined by club members, to chat and escape from the stress of school. The club meets every Thursday on the second floor Julianna Paul holds a pile of her knitting and crochet projects. Romita Das | Senior Staff Photographer of the Cathedral of Learning from 9-10 p.m.

There are no required dues and people can attend whenever they are available.

Julianna Paul, the club’s president, said when she first joined during her first year, the club met over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic and there were only 12 members.

Now there’s more than 200 members, which Paul largely attributes to a rising need for a “therapeutic hobby” on campus.

“I think knitting and crocheting has especially skyrocketed in popularity over quarantine because people needed good stress relief,” Paul, a junior biology major, said. “I think, especially for students, it can be sort of an escape from everything that’s going on and gives you a News Editor

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sweaters, scarves and hats which are all prominently featured on the club’s Instagram.

Matthews also said he learned many life lessons through crocheting, including the importance of taking a break from technology.

“Now when I’m on flights and stuff like that, instead of playing on my phone for two hours, I crochet, and it’s much more healthy and better for my mind and my mental health than staring at screens,” Mattews said.

Petersen, who is also one of the teachers in the Knittsburgh club, said teaching beginners is the most rewarding experience for him.

“I was lucky because my mom taught me knitting and her mom taught her, and so I got to get good at knitting from a young age and develop that hobby,” Petersen said. “So being able to teach people the basics … people who literally have no idea how to knit, and then watch them be able to get to a point where they can independently complete a project is so rewarding and it’s almost like passing down a tradition.”

Petersen said the club plans to incorporate more philanthropy into the club by creating knit bags, sweaters and hats and donating them to places in need of knitwear, such as women’s shelters and homeless shelters.

Paul added that the club is for everyone and it gives students a chance to say “I made that.”

“Anyone can do it [knitting] — it takes like a day to learn and from there it is all about just practicing and perfecting your skills,” Paul said.

“I think that everyone is a little surprised by all the different people who join, people who you would think would never in a million years knit, and I think the reason it is so inclusive is because it gives people the gratification of saying ‘I made that.’”

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YOUTH SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY SPOTLIGHTS LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL TALENT Anoushka Parnerkar Staff Writer

Ella Mizera and Theo Fantozzi, college students who met in high school, are pushing against the narrative that reading William Shakespeare’s writing is boring by helping high schoolers perform his plays.

Mizera, a junior theater arts major at Pitt, and Fantozzi, a sophomore theater major at the University of Rhode Island, started the Youth Shakespeare Society of Pittsburgh in 2019 as high school juniors at Shaler Area High School in Pittsburgh.

YSSP is an organization dedicated to youth performing Shakespeare plays.

The duo wanted their high school to branch out from its typical musical theater performances, Mizera said.

“We just felt like there wasn’t enough opportunity in our high school. We wanted to do something more than what they were putting on, which was mostly musicals,” Mizera said. “And we also had this really deep love of Shakespeare, which not a lot of high schoolers do.”

In order to solve this problem, they created YSSP, according to Fantozzi.

“Our solution was to create what we were looking for ourselves *** an affordable, equal opportunity for young theatremakers throughout Pittsburgh,” Fantozzi said.

Mizera said YSSP gives high school students in the Pittsburgh area an opportunity to interact with Shakespeare’s text — which their English teachers usually force them to read in class — in a new way. Since the organization’s founding, they have performed some of Shakespeare’s most notable plays, including “Hamlet,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Macbeth” and “Twelfth Night.”

YSSP will add “Romeo and Juliet” to their repertoire in January, an avantgarde take on the traditional play. Rather than simply retelling the story, Sarah Ake, a junior at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in Midland, Pennsylvania, said YSSP is doing a fantasy take on the old classic. Ake added that they are excited to perform the play from

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a new perspective.

“I think that we’ve come up with such a unique concept for the show that really makes it stand out from the rest,” Ake said. “It’s not just a show, it’s an experience for the audience. If you come you’re really going to feel like you’re in Verona and not just an outside view.”

The company will perform “Romeo and Juliet” from Jan. 13 to Jan. 15 in Oakland’s Carnegie Music Hall. Carnegie Music Hall is one of the biggest performance spaces in Pittsburgh, and one of the largest spaces the company has performed in, Mizera said.

In addition to acting in productions, students take leadership roles in directing, stage crew, managing sounds and lights and helping with costumes.

Ake is the assistant director and set designer for “Romeo and Juliet.” Ake said there are plenty of ways that students can get involved in YSSP, as they are still in the process of casting and organizing a stage crew.

Ake added that YSSP creates a supportive and safe environment for budding artists.

“They offer opportunities where everyone feels comfortable making mistakes and learning,” Ake said.

YSSP is completely free for the children who participate, Mizera added.

“One of the things we try and do in YSSP is lower all barriers to entry, including cost. Anyone can come in, everyone who auditions gets cast,” Mizera said.

“That’s the beauty of it. It’s not restricted to people whose parents can drop them off or have money to have someone teach them.”

Students at YSSP practice in any space they can get for free, no matter how nontraditional it may seem. Mizera said the cast is currently rehearsing in a photography studio that a relative of a YSSP student owns.

“We love non-traditional rehearsal spaces and performance spaces,” Mizera said. “Right now we’re in a photography studio in the West End. A relative of someone who’s going to be in Romeo

and Juliet said, ‘Hey, you could use this for free,’ and we’re like, ‘We love free things!’”

For Fantozzi, YSSP is a community where like-minded individuals can learn

and thrive alongside one another.

“YSSP is about igniting passions and connecting to the theater of today through words of the past,” Fantozzi said.

A performer from “Twelfth Night” onstage at a Youth Shakespeare Society of Pittsburgh’s summer performance. Image courtesy of John Craig, Youth Shakespeare Society of Pittsburgh

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THE RISE OF DOUG MASTRIANO DIGS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S GRAVE DEEPER INTO CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM

Ebonee Rice-Nguyen Senior Staff Columnist

As the midterm elections approach, Pennsylvania finds itself front and center of the political stage with the nomination of Republican Doug Mastriano for governor.

As the weeks have passed media outlets have released more and more concerning details about Mastriano — images of him adorned in a Confederate uniform, an ad campaign on the far right social network GAB, and even an endorsement from an ultra-Orthodox rabbi who believes Hitler was part lizard. While it is easy to write off Mastriano as a punchline for Pennsylvanian politics, his campaign is evidence of a concerning strategy for the Republican party, one that doesn’t distance itself from Christian nationalism, but leans into it.

Prior to the pandemic, people considered Mastriano an ultra-right fringe politician, but as the COVID-19 pandemic progressed, Mastriano led the charge in criticizing state quarantining policies and mask mandates and gained a loyal following. Using Facebook videos, Mastriano was able to connect to thousands of viewers during the isolating months of the pandemic.

Through these intimate videos — which he likened to FDR’s “fireside chats” — Mastriano was able to bond with Americans who were feeling isolated and anxious during the early months of the pandemic. It was this foundation of listeners that took Mastriano from the fringe of the Republican party to the spotlight.

In 2020, Mastriano gained a stronger following as he continued to challenge the presidential election results. Aligning himself with former President Donald Trump, Mastriano quickly became a leader in the “Stop the Steal” campaign.

As Mastriano continued to spout criticism of COVID-19 lockdowns and supposedly “rigged elections,” he staged all of these issues under the umbrella of a religious battle. Mastriano has built his campaign on the belief that America has a true Christian identity, one that Christians need to reclaim. For Mastriano, the separation of state and church is a myth. The candidate has even

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gone so far as to state, “In November we are going to take our state back, my God will make it so.”

While Mastriano denies the claim that he is a Christian nationalist, he has repeatedly claimed the bedrock of America’s identity is a Christian one. Mastriano visited Washington, D.C. on Dec. 12 to participate in the “Jericho Marches” where conservative Christians, QAnon followers and white nationalists gathered to pray for God to keep Trump in office. While there, Mastriano asked his followers to, “Do what George Washington asked us to do in 1775. Appeal to Heaven. Pray to God. We need an intervention.” The phrase “Appeal to heaven” originates from a John Locke argument for the right to violent revolution in the face of tyranny.

America saw how that ideology manifested at the Jan. 6 capital insurrection, an event Mastriano attended, and where one insurrectionist said the group was headed by an “Appeal to Heaven” flag.

Mastriano has done little to pull back on the extreme Christian rhetoric as the midterm election approaches. Instead, he has leaned into his relationship with Trump, indicating that Trump’s rise to power using Christian nationalist thinking wasn’t a fluke, but rather a new standard for the Republican party.

One of the main pillars of Trump’s campaign was his promise to white evangelical Christians to return Christianity to power. In January 2016, Trump visited Dordt University, a Christian college in Sioux Center, where he made sure to remind audiences that “Christianity is under tremendous siege.” The former president then went on to say, “Christianity will have power, you don’t need anybody else. You’re going to have somebody representing you very, very well. Remember that,” a statement that is both disturbing and eerily similar to the present statements spouted

by Mastriano.

The presence of Christian symbols and imagery were unmistakable at the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, as were the Confederate flags and antisemitic t-shirts interspersed through the crowd. The Trump presidency not only allowed but emboldened the relationship between

extremism and white evangelical power. Trump also intensified anti-immigration rhetoric and Islamophobia within his party. But one of the largest stains his presidency left was the reshaping of the Christian faith as an ethnic identity, one that was under attack.

In the years of his presidency, Trump consistently represented himself as a protector of the Christian right. A PEW study conducted in 2020, found that eight out of ten white evangelical Protestants said the phrase “fights for what I believe in” was an accurate phrase to describe Trump.

Since 2008, white evangelicals groups have shrunk in population size and their core beliefs have become the minority in an America that is moving closer and closer to religious non-affiliation. As this group has gotten smaller, they have begun to feel threatened, believing themselves to be under attack from the left. It is this same line of thinking that supports the “Great Replacement Theory”and other white genocide theories that all justify the white nationalist agenda. But the Trump presidency was slow, if not resistant, to criticize these lines of thinking, allowing them to slip under the door and forever engrain themselves in the modern republican party.

While the Trump presidency has ended, politicians like Mastriano have shown that they have no issue carrying the torch in his name. Politicians such as Majorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert have painted themselves as warriors of this Christian identity. This new line of Republican politicians indicate that the party is not afraid to espouse conspiracies or extremist thinking in fear of losing support — they now know there are those who will follow them, no matter how extreme. While their viewpoints were considered too extreme for the Republican party in previous midterms, the polarization of today’s politics has allowed these viewpoints to assimilate into the mainstream. The Trump presidency revealed a new strategy — say the thing that will garner the most attention and say it as loud as you can.

Mastriano has embodied this strategy. He has publicly announced that he would prohibit all abortion, even in instances of rape, incest or

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the possible death of the parent. He condems gay marriage and allowing same-sex couples to adopt children. He has denounced Islam and said, “Not all religions are created equal.” He has again and again used phrases like “our people” in interviews, solidifying who he stands for and who he is against. One supporter of Mastriano, Stan Hudson, told Politico that, “The people on our side, conservatives and the Christian community, they’re looking for a fighter, someone who will carry the banner of Judeo-Christian values. It seems the people of Pennsylvania have found that fighter in Mastriano.

While GOP insiders were reluctant to support Mastriano at first, they have now united around him, cementing him as the face of the Republican party no matter how much he encourages Christian nationalism. This means that even if Mastriano does not win, the Republican party can likely never go back toward a more moderate position. Instead, they will continue to move more and more toward the extremism that Trump opened the door to. In the following elections Republicans will need another Mastriano to protect this Christian identity, no matter the cost.

Ebonee Rice-Nguyen writes primarily about political, social and cultural issues. Write to her at EJR76@pitt.edu.

Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano speaks at Turning Point Action’s “Unite and Win” rally Downtown on Aug. 19.

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PITT SHOULD RETIRE PICKETT’S NUMBER — JUST NOT RIGHT NOW

Brian Sherry Staff Writer

The City of Pittsburgh treated its residents to an impressive light display last December. This light display wasn’t related to the holidays or even a Steelers victory, but rather, a Pitt student. The Heisman trophy, superimposed on the tallest building in the city, illuminated the night’s sky- along with the number eight.

It seemed that the entire city united to support former Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett’s candidacy for Heisman. Pickett may have finished third in the final voting, but don’t tell anyone from Pittsburgh that. The former Panther dominated in his final year at Pitt, culminating in an ACC Championship and a New Year's Six bowl bid.

Pickett’s accomplishments put an arguably irrelevant Pitt football program back into the national spotlight for the first time in decades. With all the success Pickett had throughout his tenure at Pitt, it seems obvious that the program would retire his number, eight, in honor of this legend, right?

Not exactly. To be fair, most colleges rarely retire player’s numbers, and Pitt is no exception to this. Pitt has retired only 10 numbers ever. These numbers include Heisman winner Tony Dorsett, NFL Hall of Famer Dan Marino and legendary coach and player Mike Ditka. How does Pickett’s accomplishments stack up to these Panther legends?

Clearly Pickett’s on-the-field accomplishments place him in this category. Pickett holds the Pitt record for most passing yards and touchdowns, surpassing Marino in both categories. Granted, Marino may have played in fewer games at Pitt than Pickett, but the record is impressive nonetheless.

The former Pitt quarterback also left his mark on the ACC, earning the conference’s single season passing touchdown record during the 2021 campaign. Pickett’s talent even

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drew the attention of the Steelers, who drafted him as the only quarterback taken in the first round of the 2022 draft.

Pickett also led Pitt to several winning seasons. The former Panther signal caller led Pitt to two ACC championships appearances, helping the program win its first ACC championship. The current Steelers quarterback also accumulated some memorable wins along the way. Pickett led an upset of No. 2 Miami in just his first game in blue and gold.

And no Pitt fan could forget when Pickett

cesses. It seemed the city didn’t care about college football — until Pickett came along.

Fans became invested in the Panthers again with the rise of Pickett. Pitt’s 2021 home attendance numbers jumped to 317,556 toal fans, rising by nearly 14,000 fans from 2019.

The entire city of Pittsburgh is once again excited about Pitt football, and none of this would have been possible without Pickett.

But still, there are some former Panthers who deserve the honor before Pickett. Former defensive lineman Aaron Donald, spe-

after the NFL star. Pickett may have changed the Panther’s culture, but Donald dominated the game more than any Pitt player in history.

Nonetheless, Pickett should have his number retired — just not right now. Pickett ultimately might not even get the honor, considering Pitt hasn’t retired a number since Larry Fitzgerald in 2003. The fact that Pickett’s season came less than a year ago definitely plays a factor in Pitt fans’ desire to see his jersey retired. Only after time passes will fans truly know Pickett’s legacy and if Pitt should retire the number eight.

Kenny Pickett on the sidelines of the Backyard Brawl on Sept. 1. Hannah Wilson | Senior Staff Photographer caught a touchdown pass to end UCF’s regular season 27-win streak.

But Pickett’s off-the-field presence sets him apart from every other former Pitt player. Most of the current 10 players with retired numbers all played in a time where Pitt dominated. The Panthers consistently competed for national titles and awards during the ‘70s and ‘80s. But the Panthers lost steam in the ‘90s, falling into irrelevance behind Pittsburgh’s professional sports suc-

cifically, deserves his number 97 retired first.

The Pittsburgh native dominated during his four season tenure at Pitt. Between winning the Bronko Nagurski trophy and being selected No. 13 by the Rams, Donald established himself as one of the best defensive players in college football history.

The former Pitt defensive lineman continues to dominate in the NFL, earning three defensive MVPs and a Super Bowl ring. Pitt football even named its performance center

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23 D.C. United’s first home 26 Obscures 28 Belinda Carlisle album with French songs and Irish musicians 30 Corkers 31 Pub freebie 32 Confection that reportedly improves heart health 34 Small tower 35 Lots 36 Companion of Dionysus 37 Fit 38 TY preceder, maybe 39 “Never __ the comments” 40 Scoring instructions 44 Saved for later, in a way 47 One of the Istari, in Middle-earth 48 Tinkerer 50 Disinfectant distilled from needles 51 Humdinger 52 Feature of an assured fit 53 On point 54 Scottish dogs

9 Piñata feature 10 Look that causes discomfort 11 Member of the Siouan family 12 Images on Clemson Tigers merchandise 13 Cook with a lot of Apples?

14 Shout of support 20 “My goose is cooked” 22 Lead-in to draw or hold 24 Furnace part 25 Dennings of “2 Broke Girls” 27 Tear __ 28 Midwinter honorees 29 Grated ingredient in cranberry relish, DOWN often 1 Stopped lying?

30 MVP of the first 2 __ artery two Super Bowls 3 Maintain 4 “Bruised” director 31 Clown whose voice inspired 5 Party exercise Krusty of “The 6 Rather Simpsons” 7 Suffix for records 8 Defeats soundly, 32 Binary 33 Down __ in sports slang

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9/14/22

By Rich Norris

Wednesday’s Puzzle Solved

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34 One of six in a fl. oz.

37 “Toss a can my way” 39 City on the Seine 41 Don DeLillo title inspired by an Andy Warhol print series 42 Hold dear 43 Runs without moving

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45 Market unit 46 Singersongwriter Suzanne 47 “Sideways” subject 48 S.A. country bordering five others 49 Novelist Rita __ Brown 50 Sound of a sock

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