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The independent student newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh | PIttnews.com | September 15, 2016 | Volume 107 | Issue 26

ACC RELOCATES TITLE GAMES Steve Rotstein Sports Editor

After North Carolina lawmakers passed legislation barring transgender people from using bathrooms that match their gender identities, the ACC announced on Wednesday it would move all of its neutral-site championships out of the state.

The decision, which will be in effect for at least the 2016-2017 academic year, comes as a result of North Carolina’s House Bill 2, which was passed in March and has been nationally criticized as a discriminatory law.

This means the Pitt football team will have to find a new destination for the goal it set at the start of training camp –– to make it to Charlotte for the ACC championship game.

The NCAA was the first to relocate all seven of its championship games scheduled in North Carolina during the 2016-17 academic year — including March Madness.

In response, the North Carolina GOP reStudents explored service opportunities at Pitt’s Volunteer Fair on Wednesday. leased a statement condemning the decision.

Meghan Sunners SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER “This is so absurd it’s almost comical. I genuinely look forward to the NCAA merging all men’s and women’s teams together as singular, unified, unisex teams,” the statement from North Carolina GOP spokesperson Kami Mueller said.

Janine Faust givers in order to improve the support services “Under the NCAA’s logic, colleges should make or physical limitations.

For The Pitt News cheerleaders and football players share bathFor now, the project aims to compile con- available to caregivers and their families.

Everette James, director of Pitt’s Health Pol- rooms, showers and hotel rooms.”

Backed by a $1 million grant, Pitt researchers crete data on the lives and needs of family careTwo days after the NCAA’s decision, the ACC are launching a study into the effects of provid- givers, to inform the direction of later initiatives icy Institute, said the project is beginning at an followed suit. and public services. Researchers don’t have a set ideal time, given the high amount of responsibiling long-term care for elder relatives.

“Th e ACC Council of Presidents reaffirmed The Stern Foundation and the Emily Kelly timeline for how long this first survey will take. ity shouldered by many family caregivers. our collective commitment to uphold the values “It became clear to us that the caregivers’ Pitt’s Health Policy Institute, the University Roseburgh Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation of equality, diversity, inclusion and non-discrimare providing the money to back Pitt’s new Care- Center for Social and Urban Research and the burden was rising to a point of national con- ination,” the ACC Council of Presidents said in a giver Project, an effort to study family members RAND Corporation are also participating in the cern,” James said. statement. “We believe North Carolina House Bill The increasing burden placed on caregivers 2 is inconsistent with these values.” who work full time or nearly full time to provide project, which aims to bring awareness to the care for an older relative with cognitive, mental high — and rising — demand placed on careSee Caregiver on page 4 See ACC on page 10

PITT GETS GRANT FOR CAREGIVING

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CONSTRUCTION ON FORBES COMING TO AN END Preena Patel

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The construction on Forbes began last April and will be completed in October. Wenhao Wu SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Restoration of Pittsburgh’s oldest apartment building is finished after a summer of work, despite the scaffolding still covering storefronts on Forbes Avenue in South Oakland.

Since the city issued a permit for the project in April, construction workers have been refurbishing the Iroquois Building, a building that primarily houses offices located on the corner of Forbes Avenue and Atwood Street. Though some of the scaffolding has been removed, other sections, shrouding several businesses on the first floor of the building, may remain until the end of October, according to UPMC spokesperson Gloria Kreps.

Though Allegheny County property records list Presbyterian University Health System Inc. as the owner of the building, UPMC, which occupies most of the building, oversaw and answered questions about the project.

For the last five months, Forbes Avenue and Atwood Street remained open, and retail stores from Starbucks to the Selection Boutique have been operating under the cover of tarps.

As a result, some businesses taped signs on the scaffolding to alert customers that they were still open.

David Gancy, the owner of Red Oak Cafe — which is located right in the middle of the construction — said the initial stages made the See Construction on page 8

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Caregiver, pg. 1 is due to the changing demands of taking care of an elderly relative. In the past, a caregiver’s tasks included helping with menial household chores and self-care such as eating and bathing.

Now, many caregivers also provide medical care in the form of giving injections and managing medication, according to Richard Schulz, a Pitt psychiatry professor and the director of the Institute on Aging. Medical advances, shorter hospital stays and an increase in new home-care technologies have pushed responsibilities from hospitals to homes, according to the Family Caregiver Alliance.

James said the project will include professionals from within the University and beyond, and from a variety of fields such as nursing and urban studies, in order to ensure they address all aspects of the caregiver experience.

“It makes sense for so many people to be helping us out. We have the perfect environment to conduct this sort of research,” James said. “Pittsburgh has a large elderly population, and we have a large concentrated hospital and insurance network.”

Allegheny County has long been one of the oldest counties in the country. A 2014 report from the University Center for Social and Ur-

ban Research found that as the population declined, the number of people who made up the older generation increased to 18 percent, making Allegheny County one of the oldest. Researchers predict that the proportion of elderly residents will increase to 22 percent by 2030.

Nationally, members of the baby boomer generation — Americans born right after World War II, when the birth rate in the country spiked — are soon going to reach an age where they need assistance. The American population aged 65 and up is expected to double in the next 15 years.

This makes now the perfect time to start caregiver research, said Jeffrey Wasserman, director of RAND Health.

“There already is a large demand for caregiving, and it’s just going to grow while the supply of caregivers shrink,” Wasserman said.

The Caregiver Project drew inspiration in part from a report from the Committee on Family Caregiving for Older Adults, a part of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, which Schulz chairs. The report, “Families Caring for an Aging America,” included the work of about 20 specialists and took about two years to complete.

For some family caregivers, caring for a loved one strengthens the bond between the

caregiver and their older relative.

But for many people, the responsibility and the amount of necessary work causes significant distress.

Caregivers of older adults often work around-the-clock to take care of their loved ones, which leaves little time for relaxing or having a social life. The report showed that certain risk factors –– such as low socioeconomic status, lack of social support and a care recipient with high levels of suffering –– are more likely to predict negative health side effects for the caregiver.

Caregivers may also have to quit their jobs in order to support family members, which can lead to financial strain. Because of these factors, caregivers of older adults are more likely than the average person to experience elevated levels of stress and emotional discomfort.

In its report, the Committee on Family Caregiving for Older Adults recommended the incoming governmental administration develop a strategy to provide support services to family caregivers.

“We have no system in place that allows us to identify how many caregivers there are, what they do, what they earn and so on,” Schulz said.

“It’d be relatively easy to take advantage of some existing national surveys to get a better handle

of the number of families with a caregiver in the U.S.” The Caregiver Project is implementing one such survey in western Pennsylvania to compile information on the needs of caregivers and the amount of resources available to them. James said the survey, which is funded by the grant, will give the researchers “more information on how to go about implementing a system to relieve the burdens of a caregiver.”

In addition to nationwide initiatives, the committee also recommended state governments implement programs to address the needs of older adults and their caregivers.

A Pennsylvania state-run program, called the Pennsylvania Caregiver Support Program, is an example of what the committee had in mind for other states. That program helps caregivers or people who are 55 or above who care for related children by providing assistance, education and counseling and reimbursement for supplies.

In Pittsburgh, the ultimate goal of the project is to act as a catalyst for encouraging more research on family caregivers in America, according to James.

“We plan on making western Pennsylvania the headquarters for caregiving research in the U.S.,” James said.

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Opinions from the editorial board

UChicago’s faculty letter the true defense of speech On Aug. 25, the University of Chicago sent all incoming students a letter declaring the institution’s dedication to free thought — by telling them which thoughts aren’t acceptable.

In the letter, the university claimed that by denouncing trigger warnings and safe spaces, it is offering a defense of free speech on its campus. By preventing students from attempting to “retreat from ideas and perspectives at odds with their own,” the university wrapped itself in the rhetoric of conservatives unwilling to understand the perspectives of others.

Now, 150 professors at the university are standing up for the students whose school essentially told them to suck it up and called it a service to intellectual freedom. In a letter published by The Chicago Maroon, the university’s student newspaper, faculty rightfully argued that writing-off trigger warnings and safe spaces as the product of oversensitivity does a disservice to those who request them.

The signers have sent a signal that freedom in academics requires listening to those actually trying to learn. If they aren’t able to accomplish that task, it isn’t the students who needs to change.

The university’s letter did not technically ban trigger warnings because it can’t. Individual instructors make the decision whether to offer trigger warning for their course content, and there’s nothing the school can do to stop them. The letter is functionally hollow, and all it accomplished was telling students their mental stability is something their school should be able to judge.

This response from professors makes the shocking point that students are not a bunch of coddled children, but people capable of deciding their own limits. Trigger warnings are nothing more than a notification that information may be disturbing. Professors offering those notifications aren’t feeding political cor-

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rectness or even saying much about their own free speech beliefs. They are simply making sure the information students learn is productively teaching them something rather than assuming nobody in a lecture hall has been traumatised.

“Those of us who have signed this letter have a variety of opinions about requests for trigger warnings and safe spaces. We may also disagree as to whether free speech is ever legitimately interrupted by concrete pressures of the political. That is as it should be,” the response letter said. “But let there be no mistake: such requests often touch on substantive, ongoing issues of bias, intolerance and trauma that affect our intellectual exchanges. To start a conversation by declaring that such requests are not worth making is an affront to the basic principles of liberal education and participatory democracy.”

More often than we’d probably like, history classes, for example, confront instances of terrible violence. The decision to remove yourself from one of those situations because it evokes memories of trauma is not a sign of weakness or a demand for special accommodation.

Rather, it is recognition that we all have points where information stops being enlightening and becomes counterproductive.

When a high school teacher warns students that a class movie includes violence or strong language, offering the chance to step out if disturbed, that’s a type of trigger warning. Why is it that once someone attains a high school diploma they lose the right to ask for breathing room?

The argument may be that college students are supposed to be grown-ups, but that implies that adults never feel pain or relive horrible experiences. These professors recognize that isn’t true, and they are asserting the rights of students and faculty to decide what happens in their classrooms.

Editor’s Note: the editorial that appeared In the print editon of The pitt news Sept. 14, 2016, was a duplicate of the one that appeared in print Sept. 12, 2016. yesterday’s editorial appeared correctly online at www.pittnews.com. The Pitt News regrets this error.

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CLINTON’S TRANSPARENCY A MYTH

Stephen Caruso SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Matt Moret

Assistant Opinions Editor Of all the negative assessments people have made about Hillary Clinton’s campaign this election season, one label holds up: secretive.

During a campaign rally for Clinton Tuesday, President Barack Obama took the time to “vent” about the media’s presentation of Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump. Obama highlighted characterizations of Clinton as hiding information, saying, “You want to debate transparency? You’ve got one candidate in this race who’s released decades’ worth of her tax returns. The other candidate is the first in decades who refuses to release any at all.”

That’s a fair example of Clinton opening up while Trump sidesteps, because that’s exactly what happened. It’s undeniable that compared to her opponent, Clinton’s nose hasn’t grown nearly as large during her campaign. Of course, that’s a lot easier when you avoid answering questions whenever possible.

And that’s the problem with pointing to Hillary’s lack of gaffes as proof of effective communication. Honesty is not the same thing as transparency. One involves presenting information that is

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accurate, while the other has to do with how readily that information is presented in the first place.

While Obama criticizes the media for presenting a false equivalence between Trump and Clinton, he is operating with one himself.

Trump is not a standard by which to judge anything involving the word honesty. He often peddles in casual bigotry, insists the meaning of his words are different than what is in the dictionary and then denies the realities of his own record. This is not a man who places a high value on truth. Still, Clinton is undeserving of any credit for being open about her past.

I don’t think Clinton lied about Benghazi, nor do I think she lied about the circumstances surrounding her emails. But I do wonder why last Thursday was her first press conference in over nine months. I am also frustrated that she didn’t allow reporters to travel alongside her on the campaign trail until a week ago, and that her campaign felt it necessary to hide her pneumonia, preferring to let it blow up as all health scares generally do.

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STEPHANIE TAYLOR

When Stephanie Taylor, a senior studio arts and art history major, received a $3,500 Brackenridge research grant this summer, she wasn’t focused on making new art. She wanted to rework what already existed.

“I did summer research and I am currently trying to make sense of it,” Taylor said. “The work is about reusing imagery to make something else out of the initial imagery.

Taylor, who usually paints portraits to make money, focuses on printmaking and screen printing in classes, exploring how multiples can interact with each other.

This summer, Taylor visited Wyoming and found a fraying twig — once part of a sage bush — on the side of road. Finding the twig’s shape interesting, she traced it on paper and tried to think of different ways to represent the small piece of nature. She created the end result, a rabbit, through screen printing. After tracing the image, Taylor pulled ink through a mesh screen, keeping the original drawing the same while changing the colors and the image’s positioning on the paper. Taylor said she was playing with how changing the colors that you use in the same templates can change and create a different image. This screen print is still a work in progress.

When live models sit for too long, they get bored, Taylor said, so she honed in on that in this portrait of a man named Bob. Created in a figure painting class at Pitt, Taylor said she purposefully painted a dark background to invite the viewer to focus on Bob’s sleepiness and the wrinkles on his face.

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“Usually, I take what’s there and I push it forward. And I try to enhance the mood with color and shading,” she said.

During her time at Pitt, Taylor’s art has been featured in the Spring 2015 Studio Arts Student Exhibition, this spring’s Physics Artist in Residency Award Program (where she made art that reacted to the physics department’s research) and the Studio Arts Summer 2016 Creative Research Exhibition. In its first Artist Spotlight, The Pitt News asked Taylor to talk about the inspiration behind her latest work.

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Photos courtesy of Stephanie Taylor

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SEE ONLINE FOR FULL GALLERY. “Lisa and dennis”

A recreation of a portrait taken on the couple’s 30th wedding anniversary. The husband in the painting, Dennis, gave Taylor a tiny picture that was taken outside on the night of their wedding. Taylor isolated their faces and made the background out of focus like a gradient of dark colors. By blurring out background details, she wanted to focus in on the figures.

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Construction, pg. 3 restaurant dark inside because the black tarp covered the store’s windows.

Although Gancy said he and the customers couldn’t hear the construction outside, he did notice changes in customer flow.

“It was substantial on the weekends when hospital visitors or Oakland visitors couldn’t find where we were located,” Gancy said. “But our regulars knew that we were still open.”

Designed in the early 1900s, the Iroquois Building was the city’s first apartment complex for upper-class residents.

Although UPMC oversaw renovations to the building when it first purchased it 20 years ago, the aging bricks, the roof and the bays connecting the buildings needed to be refurbished, according to Jim Johnston, a construction worker for Jonah Development who was working on the interior of the Iroquois Building to construct Piada, an Italian street food restaurant set to open later this fall.

Mosites Construction Company, which oversaw the rest of the work, fixed deficiencies in the mortar, changed the molds around the building and the ornamental molds on top of the building and painted the bricks. All defects were due largely to the building’s age. The project cost $400,000, according to the city’s April 2016 issued permits summary.

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UPMC uses the building for departments such as Medical Ethics, UPMC Graduate Medical Education, Emergency Medicine, Human Resources and IT. The University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education - also listed in property records as an owner - occupies one of the nine sections of the building.

Across Atwood Street at Dave and Andy’s Homemade Ice Cream, owner Andy Hardie said he’s watched the workers restoring the building from his front window. Hardie has owned the shop for 33 years, so he knows the importance of the antique office and business space.

“It’s a historical building. They couldn’t just tear it down and build something bigger,” Hardie said.

Although Hardie’s store was not blocked by the scaffolding, he did have to make adjustments to accommodate his building and his customers because of the construction.

“Loading times were a little difficult because everyone would park their cars on this side of the street,” Hardie said, “But it’s hard to say whether it affected business or the flow of customers. It must have affected businesses whose signs were covered.”

Natalie Condo, a senior biological sciences major and regular at Red Oak Cafe, said the

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construction didn’t deter her from visiting the shops along Forbes.

“If I wanted Starbucks, I could still get Starbucks,” Condo said. “And I thought it was cool to walk under those things. I thought it was kind of fun.”

After reconstruction and the removal of some of the scaffolding, Gancy said the Iroquois Building looks more modern but still maintains its classic features, like the the small clock at the top center of the building’s exterior and the intricate designs scrawled along the columns and window sills.

“Now uncovered, it was worth the work they put into it,” Gancy said. “It’s beautiful.”

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PREDICTION: OKLAHOMA STATE 38, PITT 24 Dan Sostek

Senior Staff Writer

Head Coach Pat Narduzzi is eager to move on from last week and focus on Oklahoma State. John Hamiliton STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Pat Narduzzi is tired of talking about Penn State, and he wants to make sure his players aren’t spending too much time basking in the glory of last week’s win.

“There’s a 24-hour rule,” the Pitt head football coach said Wednesday. “You can have fun Saturday night and wake up in the morning with a smile. When they came in here at 4 o’clock on Sunday, they came in to work. It’s game on again, and we started the next week.”

Nevertheless, players from Pitt and Oklahoma State will be running onto the field on Saturday on polar opposite sides of the happiness spectrum.

While the Panthers conquered their in-state rival Penn State in their first matchup in 16 years, the Cowboys suffered an upset Saturday after an officiating error gave Central Michigan an untimed down, during which it converted a long hook-and-lateral touchdown.

With the thrill of victory and agony of defeat still lingering, the two teams will face off in Stillwater, Oklahoma, at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN. Moving on from Penn State With Saturday’s game looming for the Panthers, Narduzzi got frustrated by Penn State questions in at a media conference Wednesday and quickly changed the subject.

“I’d really like to get on to Oklahoma State because they’re a great football team,” Narduzzi

said after fielding another question about his team’s clapping signals in the Penn State game.

“Oklahoma State has this quarterback [Mason Rudolph], they’ve got [wide receiver] James Washington, No. 28, that can run down the field, and we’re talking about clapping.”

The coach thinks too much soaking in on that win could lead to a blowout.

“If you focus on that, [Oklahoma State] will punch you in the mouth the next week,” Narduzzi said. “We’ve got to move on. It’s all about what can we do this week.”

Getting physical For years under head coach Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State’s program has developed a reputation of dynamic offenses and athletic defenses.

On his weekly coach’s show, Gundy said his team needs to be prepared for what Pitt’s program is known for: toughness. “[Pitt] is a very physical, Pennsylvania style of team,” Gundy said. “They believe in that physical style of play. It will be a real challenge for our guys in the running game, but we’ll find out where we’re at pretty quick.”

Gundy projected three players on Pitt’s defense and two on Pitt’s offense will be drafted but didn’t specify who. He also noted how the team has worked hard to prepare for Pitt’s constant motion and shifting on offense.

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CONNER, LEWIS EARN NATIONAL HONORS Steve Rotstein Sports Editor

After battling both injury and cancer over the past year before coming back to score a pair of touchdowns against Penn State last Saturday, Pitt running back James Conner was recognized this week for his courage.

On Wednesday, the redshirt junior became the first weekly nominee for the 2016 Capital One Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award, the requirements for which include overcoming an injury or physical handicap, preventing a disaster

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or living through hardship.

Meanwhile, redshirt senior cornerback Ryan Lewis was named the Jim Thorpe Player of the Week as the best defensive back in the nation after last week’s games. The recognition comes just two days after Lewis was selected ACC defensive back of the week for week two.

Conner, who overcame a torn MCL and Hodgkin’s lymphoma since last September to return to the field for the Panthers in week one, has quickly reestablished himself as one of the best running backs in the country.

After a slow start in his first game, Conner finished with only 53 yards rushing, though he did score two touchdowns in Pitt’s 28-7 win over Villanova. Conner told ESPN he was “embarrassed” with his performance when he reviewed the film after the game.

In week two, his fortunes changed. Conner rumbled for 117 yards on 22 carries while scoring two more touchdowns in the Panthers’ back-andforth victory over in-state rival Penn State.

In just the second start of his career, Lewis made a game-sealing interception on a deep ball

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in the end zone by Penn State redshirt sophomore quarterback Trace McSorley. The Nittany Lions had driven within range of a game-tying field goal, but McSorley instead went for a go-ahead touchdown, leading to the biggest play of Lewis’ career.

“During the play, all the receivers were running deep, and I see the quarterback with his eyes downfield looking like he was going to throw the ball deep,” Lewis said in a Pitt LiveWire video. “So, I just read his eyes, ran down when the ball was in the air, jumped up and made the play.”

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Clemson University President James P. Clements, who is also the chair of the ACC Council of Presidents, said in a statement the ACC presidents engaged in a “wide-ranging and vigorous discussion” of the issue in the two days since the NCAA’s decision.

“The decision to move the neutral-site championships out of North Carolina while HB2 remains the law was not an easy one but it is consistent with the shared values of inclusion and non-discrimination at all of our institutions,” Clements said in the statement.

ACC Commissioner John Swofford emphasized that while not everyone agrees with the decision, it was one the league had to make.

“The ACC Council of Presidents made it clear that the core values of this league are of the utmost importance, and the opposition to any form of discrimination is paramount,” Swofford said in a statement. “Today’s decision is one of principle, and while [it] is the right one, we recognize there will be individuals and communities that are supportive of our values as well as our championship sites that will be negatively affected.”

According to the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, the ACC Football Championship has had an economic impact on the city of over $63 million the last two seasons, with over $32 million in direct spending.

The ACC did not give a date for when the conference will announce the new locations. According to ESPN’s Brett McMurphy, Orlando has emerged as an early front-runner to replace Charlotte as the site of the 2016 ACC Football Championship.

unusual,” Gundy said. “It takes a lot of work. We worked hard on it today, and we’ll have to put a lot of time into it over the next two days to try to get prepared.”

In his Monday press conference, Gundy said the team has studied Pitt extensively, and thinks they’re being overlooked nationally.

“They’re a team that should be ranked in the top 25 with what they have returning,” Gundy said.

“They’ve played well so far this year, so it will be a real challenge for us in a lot of different areas.”

Spreading it out Quarterback Mason Rudolph leads the Cowboys’ passing attack, as the junior is expected to be one of the top signal-calling prospects in the 2017 NFL draft.

Rudolph has been solid but not spectacular in the onset of 2016, throwing for four touchdowns and one pick. Narduzzi noted that Rudolph was a concern but added that the entire offense is going to require extra effort from Pitt.

“They like to chuck it deep, so we will be ready for that,” Narduzzi said. “They get into some max splits where they are really spreading you out. At the same time, we need to try to stop the run because they like to run the ball. It will be a challenge.”

Besides Rudolph, the offense features blazing wide receivers Jalen McCluskey, James Washington and the son of the best running back in program history, Barry Sanders Jr. Sanders sits behind Chris Carson, a top draft prospect, and Rennie Childs on the depth chart.

Oklahoma State’s offense took a step back against Central Michigan last week, managing to only score 27 points. But they

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were ablaze in week one, hanging 61 on FCS school Southeastern Louisiana. Pitt isn’t underestimating how potent the offense is.

“They score a lot of points,” Narduzzi said. “They like to score points.”

Everybody hurts Pitt has already had its fair share of injuries early on this season.

After their win against Penn State, Narduzzi announced that starting defensive end Dewayne Hendrix and linebacker Elijah Zeise would both miss the entire season after suffering injuries in the season opener against Villanova.

“It’s unfortunate because they are two great young men and great players and we are going to miss them on the playing field,” Narduzzi said.

Besides losing those two, a pair of other Panthers’ statuses are still up in the air.

Blue chip freshman Damar Hamlin has not seen the field yet due to an undisclosed injury, and top wideout Dontez Ford left the Penn State game with his right arm in a sling.

Narduzzi wouldn’t commit to anything regarding Hamlin’s health, but said “there’s a chance” he’ll play this season.

Narduzzi said Ford’s status is still waffling.

“He’s right now up in the air, we’ll see where he is this week,” Narduzzi said. “He’s a tough kid, so I expect to see him out there.”

Final Prediction: This is a tough matchup for the Panthers, who struggled to defend Penn State’s passing attack last week. Oklahoma State’s spread offense could wear Pitt’s defensive backs thin, while the speed of the Cowboys’ skill position players might be too much to handle.

In a raucous environment against a team desperate to bounce back, the Panthers will likely suffer their first loss of the year.

Prediction: Oklahoma State 38 Pitt 24

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Compensation for this position will start at $10 per hour plus gratuity based on experience.

Interested candidates should submit their resumes to Courtney Burns at courtney @thepriory.com.

Please no phone calls.

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(Each Additional Word: $0.10)

Deadline: Two business days prior by 3pm

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Earn up to $25/hr. plus bonus opportunities. This is a great and an easy opportunity for leaders of fraternities, groups, and teams.

Email requests to rchristoff010@gmail.com.

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Email: advertising@pittnews.com

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Phone: 412.648.7978

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