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Students deliver letter to Chancellor

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September 25, 2015 | Issue 30 | Volume 106

Elizabeth Lepro

Assistant News Editor

When student activists gathered in the Cathedral to deliver a message to the Chancellor Thursday, they left their protest signs and megaphones at home.

Instead, about 20 student members of Americans for Informed Democracy and Free the Planet assembled on the first floor of the Cathedral at 12:30 p.m. to deliver an open letter to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher’s office about their concern that there hasn’t been enough student input in the University’s strategic Plan for Pitt.

Speaking quietly so as not to disturb the quiet in the Cathedral, the students each wielded copies of the letter to pass out along the way to Gallagher’s office.

Gallagher, Provost Patricia Beeson and Vice Provost David DeJong unveiled the Plan for Pitt last week at a presentation in Alumni Hall. Although DeJong said student leaders were involved in the engagement part of developing the Plan, students See Letter on page 3

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Symposium smooth after controversy Mark Pesto

Senior Staff Writer

Pitt’s Inaugural National Security Symposium went smoothly yesterday despite controversy over the withdrawal of ex-panelist Norman Finkelstein’s invitation, according to organizer Brian Sisco.

“We’re focusing on who’s here, not on who’s not here,” Sisco said.

Expert panelists Dan Simpson, associate editor of the Pittsburgh Post-

Gazette and a former U.S. ambassador, and Marjorie Cohn, a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, spoke in the afternoon to a crowd of 30 to 40 people in Ballroom B at the University Club.

Simpson, Cohn and Luke Peterson, a visiting professor in Pitt’s history department and the symposium’s moderator, discussed a wide range of national and international topics, from American foreign policy to the role of religion

in the 2016 American presidential election. The event, hosted by the Graduate School for Public and International Affairs students, had the theme “Media, Democracy, and Citizenship.” Sisco said he wanted to hold the event as a platform for discussing issues relating to the media’s effect on policy, among other topics.

A little more than a week before the See Symposium on page 3

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Correction: In an article published Sept. 18, The Pitt News wrote that Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron McLay said the police force was “broken.” McLay did not say the police force was broken, but rather that he wanted to fix “what was broken” within the organization. The Pitt News regrets this error.

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symposium, Sisco and the other GSPIA organizers withdrew an invitation to Norman Finkelstein, a contentious scholar and critic of Israel, who had been scheduled to appear alongside Simpson and Cohn. Finkelstein then accused Pitt’s administration of covertly cancelling his appearance because they didn’t like his scholarship.

Sisco maintained yesterday that the student planners of the symposium withdrew Finkelstein’s invitation because they couldn’t afford to pay him, and Interim Vice Provost and Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner said the student organizers acted independently..

Peterson, who originally told Finkelstein that the University had nixed his appearance, said Wednesday evening — after previously declining to comment — that he had given Finkelstein erroneSee Letter on page 4 ous information in his rush to inform

like Sage Lincoln, who attended the presentation, felt Gallagher had not included a wide variety of students when putting together the strategic initiative.

Gallagher is in China this week, so Nick Goodfellow, a board member of AID and Lincoln, a member of Free the Planet, delivered the letter to administrative assistant Alison Watski..

Watski said she would pass the letter to Gallagher and Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief of Staff Kathy Humphrey.

The Plan laid out goals for the University over the next four years. At the presentation, DeJong and interim Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner said they gathered student input on the plan by showing four videos on technology in the classroom, online classrooms and diversity to members of the athletics department, Greek life and various organizations around cam-

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him as soon as possible.

Finkelstein doubled down on his accusations in two blog posts Thursday, comparing Pitt’s attitude toward free speech to that of North Korea and comparing Peterson to Galileo, whom the Inquisition famously forced to claim that the Sun revolves around the Earth.

“The whole thing has been a really big misunderstanding,” Sisco said Thursday.

At the symposium, no one seemed to have Finkelstein’s allegations in mind.

The event’s discussion centered on “the role of media in shaping public opinion and influencing civic engagement pertaining to contemporary national security issues.”

According to Simpson, who was the U.S. ambassador to the Central African Republic from 1990 to 1992 and to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1995 to 1998, the United States’ determination to interfere in other countries’ affairs makes it hated internationally. He said the United States should instead

devote its attention and resources to improving infrastructure, healthcare and education at home.

“There is no doubt in my mind that it is our foreign policy that has created so many people who want to do us harm,” Cohn said, drawing applause from the audience.

Cohn attributed the United States’ interventionism to the entitled attitude of American supremacy.

“What gives us the right to be the world leaders?” Cohn asked. “People say I’m in favor of a two-state solution [to the Israel-Palestine conflict]. I’m not in favor of any solution because it’s not my business! It’s up to the Palestinians how many states they want!”

Cohn advocated for pulling American soldiers out of most international military bases.

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Letter, pg. 3 pus. DeJung and Bonner did invite a representative from Free the Planet — Claire Matway, who was the co-president of the organization at the time.

Matway said she attended the strategic planning session in the spring after receiving an email from Humphrey. At the session, Matway said she sat at a table with other undergraduate students, some of whom were from club sports and Greek life.

Bonner and DeJung, who were both present during the session, instructed the students to watch the videos on technology in classrooms and the increased diversity in elementary schools. DeJung and Bonner said the students, who were a mixture of graduates and undergraduates throughout the room, could talk about the videos, or any other topics, with the people at their tables, and then as a large group.

Matway, a senior urban studies major,

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said the meeting didn’t feel that strategic— she wasn’t given an explanation of what she would be asked to comment on at the session, and had not come prepared.

“I don’t know if the discussion we had was all that profound or helpful,” Matway said. “I came away thinking this was a thing the administration had done just to say that they had done it.”

Vice Chancellor for Communication Ken Service said the videos the students watched at these sessions were the same ones members of the Board of Trustees were watching.

Lincoln, Goodfellow and other students involved in writing the letter said the student leaders that Bonner and DeJung mentioned at the presentation last Thursday are not representative of the entire campus.

“Recruiting feedback this way is exclusionary to most of the student body,” Lincoln and others wrote in the letter.

The students said the University has only mentioned student feedback in the

form of student leadership. Even then, students are mentioned at the end of a list that includes the Board of Trustees, the administration and different stakeholders within the University.

“Students cannot be an afterthought,” the open letter says.

“The University’s primary purpose is to educate and meet the needs of its students, who pay thousands of dollars and go into debt for their education,” the letter goes on. “While we hope that all administrators have students prioritized, it is impossible to truly understand the student experience from fancy offices and conference rooms.”

Gallagher could not respond to the letter yet since he is away visiting a campus in China, but Service said he has looked at the student’s concerns.

“There have been ample opportunities for student involvement,” Service said.

These opportunities, according to Service, include open forums for students on Pitt’s campus like the forums held during the

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search for a new chancellor in September 2013, which were open to all faculty, staff and students. There is also a link on the strategic planning website that allows for feedback online.

The letter addresses the online form for feedback submission, but says “while we appreciate the opportunity to give feedback at impact.pitt.edu, this is not a sufficient way to allow students to become involved.”

The students want to see engagement on a “large-scale,” according to the letter.

Lincoln, a senior geology, ecology and urban studies major, attended the Plan for Pitt presentation last Thursday which is when she decided that student engagement needed to be a bigger priority moving forward, since students are the foundation of the University. She brought up the issue to members of AID and Free the Planet.

Lincoln, who also helped write the letter, said the University should reach out See Letter on page 5

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Letter, pg. 4 more directly to a variety of students on campus by sending email blasts, engaging directly with student organizations and not limiting student involvement to “leaders.” “[It’s] the University,” Lincoln said.

“They run everything, they have a lot of different means to engage students.”

Alyssa Lieberman, a member of Free the Planet and an opinion writer for The Pitt News, and Goodfellow said they have delivered letters to the Chancellor’s office before regarding cutting ties with the corporation VF, which allegedly uses sweat shops.

Lieberman said Gallagher has not responded.

Goodfellow said he hopes that this letter will trigger a response.

“We really expect they would take [the most recent letter] into consideration, it’s not a drastic request,” Goodfellow said.

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more varied assortment of student groups, Goodfellow said he anticipates there will be more feedback about what’s troubling students on Pitt’s campus, like rising student debt.

“Topics including hunger and food affordability on campus and transparency in the University’s finances are two of many large-scale issues that students believe should be incorporated into the strategic plan,” the letter says.

Goodfellow said because he works with AID, he takes the time to try and enact change at Pitt, but said not every student has the legitimacy of a student organization to voice their concerns.

“While we’re able to do this,” Goodfellow said, motioning to the posse of students surrounding him, “there’s a majority of the student population that isn’t.

Nobody from the administration cares to listen.”

Service asked why these students have not availed the opportunities already available at Pitt.

“The critique that the letter makes, from what I understand,” Matway, who did not write the letter but is a member of Free the Planet, said, “is not that the University provides no opportunity for student input ever, but in this specific instance, the process involved students in a way that wasn’t genuine.”

Service didn’t read the letter the same way Matway did.

“Why do these students think they deserve special treatment?” Service asked.

In response, Goodfellow said the students aren’t looking out for only themselves, but for those members of the Pitt community who aren’t in the William Pitt Union on a daily basis but instead might just go to class and return home, for example.

“We’re not asking for the University to listen to us specifically,” Goodfellow said.

“We’re asking for the University to listen to [all] student voices.”

Goodfellow said the University doesn’t advertise the open forums in the same

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way it does other events. “[The University] markets a lot of things,” Goodfellow said. “If they wanted student input, they would’ve marketed [the forums] at least as much as Recyclemania.”

Alex Stash, a sophomore environmental studies major, said students shouldn’t have to form groups to deliver letters of concern as a statement to Gallagher.

“We want to already be included,” Stash said.

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Give third party politics a chance Andrew Boschert Columnist

What do Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have in common?

The obvious answer is very little — but they do share one important distinction.

The media perceives both as being anti-establishment. One, a radical liberal idealist, the other, a wealthy faux-haired charlatan, these men could not be further from one an-

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other. Yet they’ve both been gaining popularity over their more mainstream counterparts.

There is a glaring oversight to their anti-establishment image — both are running under the most dominant political parties. Running as a Democrat or Republican is as mainstream as you can get.

The problems with our political system are not byproducts of unsatSee Boschert on page 7

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Casual Fridays Explosive resignations A disgruntled Vermont chocolate factory worker made it clear Monday night that he was no longer having a blast at work — so he called in a bomb threat. Kristofer Pregent, aka Willy Wonka’s unhappiest Oompa Loompa, stole a co-worker’s cell phone to call in the false threat and afterwards threw it in a toilet.

The act blew up in his face, and he was charged with false public alarm, petit larceny and unlawful mischief.

We wonder if he had any ties to Pitt’s 2012 string of bomb threats.

A game of hide-and-seek This past Tuesday, a reporter discovered a pair of missing boys skipping out on school. Officials first marked the brothers missing when

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they didn’t get on the school bus heading for their charter school. A newspaper reporter covering the disappearance found his big scoop when he discovered the boys hiding under a blueberry bush. It didn’t turn out to be a berry good hiding spot. The reporter is currently working on a story about what the boys were doing down there with the weeds.

Selfish selfies PETA is going bananas over a monkey’s selfie. British nature photographer David Slater trained a macaque monkey to take selfies during a 2011 trip to Sulawesi and has landed himself in a hairy situation as a result. PETA has filed a lawsuit seeking a court order that

would make the monkey the copyright owner of the photos, throwing a monkey wrench into his plans of fame. More appalling than the question of copyright, however, is the fact that the monkey kept the first selfie. Guess it was a money monkey shot.

Un-supported case A Maine officer apologized Thursday to a pair of female lawyers for getting “hot under the collar” about their undergarments. Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce told the women that they would need to remove their underwire bras to pass through the metal detector into the jail. The women stood firm and refused to remove their bras. In the future, the jail plans to get more

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handsy — and use metal detecting wands, but the sheriff might still have to serve some time for that sexist line.

The evil half Don’t you just hate it when you get arrested for a crime your evil twin commits? Last month, Steven Felton was convicted of robbing 10 gas stations, convenience and beer stores in eastern Pennsylvania. During his trial, Felton declared his innocence, claiming in true “Hannah Montana” fashion that his “evil twin” brother had carried out the robberies. The evil twin could not be reached for comment. Felton has been served with at least 60 years in prison — and we think it’s only fair for the twins to split the time.

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Boschert, pg. 6 isfying candidates — it’s the parties themselves that are the problem.

And for that, there is only one solution. It’s time to vote third party.

For what it’s worth, I actually agree with Sanders on his astute observations and apparent principles. I admire his support of reining in police violence, instituting stronger worker protections — specifically paid parental leave — and a desire to keep money out of politics. But are we really to believe he’ll swoop in and save our dysfunctional government?

I seem to remember, not too long ago, a promising senator with solid ideas. He seemed to be a man of principle. He was a constitutional scholar. He promised that he would change things for the better. His speeches were inspiring, and his campaign promised “the most transparent administration in history.”

How did Barack Obama’s administration end up working out?

How can we prop up candidates who claim the system is broken when they’re as much a part of the problem as anyone? The rate of reelection for Congress was at 90 percent in the 2012 elections, despite the fact Congress has a disapproval rating of 75 percent. Why the cognitive dissonance?

The blame lies solely on the culture of partisanship we have allowed our elites to craft.

In the 2010 Midterm Elections, Democrats suffered huge losses in Congress, shortly after President Obama took office. National Public Radio’s post-election summary ascribed the loss to easily identifiable political targets, such as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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of their political failings to “the other guys.” It’s masterful duplicity, allowing each party to continue to do very little for the average citizen while perpetually sponsoring pro-corporate legislation like the Affordable Care Act. In fact, taxpayers continually subsidize already profitable businesses to the tune of billions of dollars, but politicians rarely consider axing this from the budget.

If there’s one thing Democrats and Republicans have in common, it’s that they love big business and only occasionally care about the electorate, usually right around election time.

Take, for example, the prostration of Republican candidates to industry

— WellPoint, Aetna, Cigna and UnitedHealthcare — paid a total of $1.95 billion in dividends to shareholders in 2014 from insurance provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Voting third party is often viewed as throwing your vote away or as a vote for the other guys.

Besides being awfully convenient for established parties, the fact that we see voting as preventative, rather than proactive, is the entire problem. Voting for a party out of fear that something worse could happen, rather than voting for positive change, speaks to the deep cynicism we have developed for our political system.

In a country where we are suppos-

The problems with our political system are not byproducts of unsatisfying candidates — it’s the parties themselves that are the problem. leaders like the Koch Brothers, or the Clinton’s close relationship with billionaire George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management.

Or worse yet, take for example the recent Affordable Care Act. While conservatives lambasted it for its supposed cost and anti-business measures, the problems run deeper. Essentially, the Affordable Care Act’s main mandate was that you buy health insurance or face fines. Insurance companies saw a huge surge in profits, but citizens got little positive change in their healthcare system.

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edly grateful for our democracy, voter turnout is abysmal. Roughly 40 percent of citizens abstained from voting in 2012. Increased awareness of third parties, whose political views might actually match one’s own, would likely alleviate such apathy. In fact, in a Gallup poll, 58 percent of U.S. adults expressed a desire for more political parties, citing the poor representation they currently receive.

So why are we so hesitant to vote for parties more in line with our beliefs?

In the past, third party voting has only found success when it has affect-

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ed the outcomes of mainstream parties in the general election.

Voting third party has had a long history of splitting the vote and losing elections for parties. Ross Perot won 20 percent of the national vote in 1992. Theodore Roosevelt’s run in 1912 with the Progressive party resulted in a split in the Republican Party. While a strong campaign, Roosevelt’s run fell flat because of limited campaign funding.

Princeton professor of American history Sean Wilentz points to third parties’ ability to bring underrepresented issues to the foreground.

“There’ll be an issue that’s being neglected or that is being purposely excluded from national debate because neither party wants to face the political criticism that it would bring,” he said in an interview with PBS Newshour. “A classic example was slavery.”

Minority parties also fought for women’s suffrage, child labor laws and the 40-hour work week.

With our current parties ignoring so many issues, this should be a time for a third party to stick.

Andrew Boschert writes about a variety of topics, including pop culture and college.

Write Andy at amb306@pitt.edu.

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Sports

Guilty or not guilty, athletes should not be held above reproach Stephen Caruso

Assistant Sports Editor

One year ago, ex-NFL running back Ray Rice was all over the news.

Now, another league’s star is embroiled in an equally ugly case, with little to no media backlash.

Rice was a star athlete in the NFL, but Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks is the absolute star of the NHL. Kane was the first overall pick in the 2007 NHL draft, a rookie of the year, a three-time Stanley Cup champion, a four-time All Star and a silver medal winner for the U.S. Olympic hockey team.

His popularity is unmatched — literally. No. 88 Kane jerseys sold the most in 2014.

That popularity has not waned folChicago Blackhawk Patrick Kane has been at the center of sexual assault accusations since August. TNS

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women’s soccer wins in OT, continues win streak Jeff Carpenter Staff Writer

“This was a monumental win for our program.”

That’s how head coach Greg Miller responded to Pitt women’s soccer’s 2-1 overtime win against Wake Forest at Ambrose Urbanic Field Thursday night.

“This is the biggest win, certainly since I’ve been here,” Miller said.

“For the team, who have just bought in, believed, and to just get a win like this to validate that is really special.”

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buried a goal in the 100th minute of the game to defeat the Demon Deacons (4-4-2, 1-1-0) and bring their winning streak total to seven games.

The Panthers utilized some lineup changes heading into tonight’s game.

Junior defender Emily Pietrangelo played at right back for junior defender Siobhan McDonough. Pietrangelo filled in admirably for the captain in her second start of the season.

“I was really excited, getting called up from the bench is a big step and a big opportunity … it was fun out

there,” Pietrangelo said.

After missing her second straight game from an undisclosed injury, McDonough expects to be back soon, although a return this weekend at Louisville might be out of the question.

The first half saw the two clubs exchange chances throughout, with no result. The closest opportunity came off the foot of freshman forward Jarena Harmon. The team’s leading goal scorer found herself behind the Wake Forest defense and shot the ball just wide of the left post.

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Harmon made her next chance count in the 67th minute. A solid run culminated in the first goal of the game when senior forward Roosa Arvas split the defense on a nice pass to the sprinting Harmon.

Harmon powered the ball past Wake Forest sophomore goalkeeper Lindsay Preston for her sixth goal of the season.

Arvas’ helper put her into first place all-time in the program for assists with 19, passing Katelyn Ruhe See Women’s Soccer on page 10

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Women’s volleyball enters ACC play against NC State, UNC David Leftwich Staff Writer

Good times never felt so good as the Panthers kick off their ACC schedule with two visits from North Carolina teams.

Pitt volleyball, winner of three straight games, hopes to keep its momentum going as it faces a hot North Carolina State University Wolfpack team, winners of nine in a row.

The Panthers (10-2) have two matches this weekend at the Fitzgerald Field House. The first is Friday at 7 p.m. against NC State (11-1), and the second is against University of North Carolina (3-6), which will take place Sunday at noon.

To prepare for these matches, Pitt wanted to improve on its perfor-

Column, pg. 8 lowing the accusation that Kane raped a woman in his New York home on Aug. 2.

The details of the case are messy so far. A DNA test found none of Kane’s DNA “from the waist down” on the accuser on Sept. 20, but did find it on her shoulders and under her fingernails. On Sept. 23, the evidence bag labeled with the accuser’s name — which should have contained the rape kit — ended up on the alleged victim’s mother’s doorstep.

Since then, the alleged victim’s attorney, Thomas Eoannou, has dropped the case over concerns of the mother’s story about finding the bag, in light of the Erie County Police claiming to have all the evidence accounted for. But before his exit, Eoannou made an interesting point.

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mance from last weekend, in which it went 3-0. It improved its attacking consistency and had a hitting percentage of more than .300 as a team.

However, redshirt junior middle blocker Jenna Potts knew the team would also have to improve defensively with tough matchups coming up.

“We are still working on risk management, which is what we worked on last week in practice that helped us a lot over the weekend,” Potts said.

The team will need both its offense and defense working harmoniously, as both NC State and UNC have impressive resumés in their own right.

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Wednesday. “It has been absolutely devastating to my client.”

Forget the evidence tampering, though and the lack of media coverage — because, let’s face it, the NHL is squarely at the bottom of the big four sports in the United States. Even forget the lack of action by the NHL and the Blackhawks against Kane — though EA Sports did remove him from the cover of its upcoming NHL video game.

There is a bigger issue at hand.

Blackhawks fans — and hockey fans in general — are defending Kane enthusiastically.

Fans greeted Kane with cheers when he took the ice at Blackhawks training camp on Sept. 18. Meanwhile, #ISupport88 has gained traction on Twitter.

While it isn’t trending, a search reveals plenty of tweets using the hashtag declaring that Kane “should stay strong,” and that the accuser is a “hoe” who simply wants some of Kane’s money.

As Eoannou said in his press confer-

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ence, “this is a classic example of why rape victims don’t come forward.”

With Eoannou’s dropping of the case, Twitter critics will become more vile. But this isn’t about whether the case was credible or not. This is about how we as a society respect victims and apply our empathy.

When sexual assault allegations come forth against someone, we rush to defend the accused. Plus, sports can reveal traits — machismo, arrogance, hero worship — that make it easy to blame the victim.

How many defended Ben Roethlisberger, Kobe Bryant and Jameis Winston as the victims of “gold diggers,” just like with Kane?

A lot.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers still selected Winston with the second overall pick in the NFL draft last year, his rape allegation swept together with other minor crimes — like a citation for shoplifting crab legs — as “off the field

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issues.”

As for Roethlisberger, the NFL slapped him with a four-game suspension — reduced from six by the league — to start the 2010 season. He then led his team to the Super Bowl, with commentators crafting a tale of him overcoming adversity.

We made a multi-million dollar star quarterback a victim, instead of the person claiming they were violated in an emotional, psychologic and physical manner. That’s why the survey results that Pitt just released showed that most college students who have been sexually assaulted don’t come forward because of shame or the difficulty of dealing with the emotional consequences.

It’s even worse, though, that adoring fans heap these athletes with extra praise for being accused of wrongdoing.

I’m not saying I think Kane is guilty.

The case is getting more confusing as See Column on page 10

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Women’s Soccer, pg. 8 — who graduated in 2011 — for the lead.

Wake Forest tied the game up in the 81st minute, as midfielder Katie Dry lofted a shot from outside the box on the left flank over the head of junior Pitt goalie Taylor Francis. It was a well-placed shot that led to a momentum shift to close out the second half.

Wake Forest had a final opportunity late in the box, but Pietrangelo and redshirt freshman defender Seyla Perez broke it up. The two formed a wall to block a prime scoring opportunity with just 25 seconds remaining to send the game to overtime.

The overtime period saw both sides exchange blows. After capitalizing on its late momentum to close the second half, Wake Forest applied constant pressure to the Panthers’ backline.

The Demon Deacons finished with nine shots, while the Panthers tallied

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10. One of those overtime shots came off of Pietrangelo’s foot, who set up a nice give-and-go with Harmon.

Pietrangelo took a shot in the box that glanced off the right post. From that moment on, the Panthers took control of the game.

As overtime was winding down, Pitt picked up the ball in the midfield and took off. Pietrangelo found sophomore forward Taylor Pryce with a through ball, clearing the Wake Forest defense. Although Preston turned away Pryce’s initial shot, Pryce corralled the rebound and found the back of the net on her second shot of the sequence.

“Credit to [Pryce] for really running and sprinting in the 100th minute, and although she didn’t connect on the first one, she persevered,” Miller said. “She collected her own rebound and finished it off.”

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Column, pg. 9 time goes on. But the accuser — and any other person who comes forward with such allegations — deserves just as much support and respect as the #ISupport88 hashtag gives Kane.

Detractors point to the Duke lacrosse case — where a woman falsely accused the team of raping her — as why we should shy away from sensationalizing rape accusations. The North Carolina courts found all three accused players innocent in the aftermath of a case that forced them to transfer to new schools and tarnished their names for life.

But their case is the exception that proves the rule. According to the Washington Post, only 2 percent of rape cases filed to police turn out to be false.

Even if Kane’s case joins the ranks of the falsely accused, it does not invalidate past, present or future cases against

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famous athletes.

American culture has given athletes the ability to bounce back from anything. Roethlisberger and Bryant, on charges that ended up being settled out of court, have gotten off more or less scot-free and are on their way to their respective halls of fame.

If it turns out Kane is indeed innocent, he’ll be just fine, too. Kane is already the most popular player in the NHL, so a false accusation can’t hurt him.

But I’m not asking for sensation. I’m asking that people treat these cases with respect for both parties. A false accusation and a real sexual assault are both damaging.

We can’t throw our moral outrage behind the person who we already adore. We need to step back and realize that this is a horrible situation that the accuser doesn’t want to be in either.

It’s good to have empathy, but don’t misdirect it.

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August & May 2016 1,2,3,5,6, & 8 bedroom houses. Please call 412-287-5712

Undergrads needed to test tutoring system: 18 or older, native English speaker, adequate academic background as determined by a brief questionnaire. 2-5 hrs; $10/hr., possible $20 bonus. Contact rimac@pitt.edu

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ATTENTION OCCASIONAL SMOKERS! UPMC seeks healthy adults ages 18-65 who occasionally smoke cigarettes.

This research is examining how smokers respond to cigarettes that are low in nicotine.

There are up to seven sessions lasting about three hours each. Research participants completing the study will be compensated up to $60 per session, or $20 per hour. For more information, call 412-246-5393 or visit www.SmokingStudies.pitt.edu SMOKERS NEEDED! Researchers at UPMC are looking to enroll healthy adult cigarette smokers ages 18-65. This research is examining the influence of brief uses of FDA-approved nicotine patch or nicotine nasal spray on mood and behavior. The study involves a brief physical exam and five sessions lasting two hours each. Eligible participants who complete all sessions will receive up to $250, or $20 per hour. This is NOT a treatment study. For more information, call 412-2465396 or visit www.SmokingStudies.pitt.edu

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University of Pittsburgh researchers are recruiting family members of people with Type 1 diabetes for a research study.

The study screens relatives for risk of Type 1 diabetes and eligibility for further studies that are aimed to delay or prevent diabetes in those with high risk.

Eligibility includes: -Ages 1-45 years, have a sibling or parent with Type 1 -Ages 1-20, have a cousin, aunt/uncle, or grandparent with Type 1 Those interested please call 412-6927241 or e-mail david.groscost@chp.edu College or graduate school students needed to work with elementary school children in a fun, structured afterschool program in the South Hills. $11-$13/hr., flexible hours, and must have own trnasportation.

Email resume or letter of interest to jhroberts66 @comcast.net Part-time cleaning person. Apply in person. 237 Atwood St. $10-$12 per hour.

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Compass Self Storage is in search of qualified full time and part time managers for our self storage facility in the Pittsburgh area. We are looking for individuals to join our team with a background in customer service, sales, restaurant, commercial or residential property management. Previous self-storage experience is a plus. Most weekends required.

Please send resume to KHagadon@compassselfstorage.com Currently Hiring a Part Time Position for Shadyside Florist and Boutique. An interest in plants is preferred. Candidate must be self-motivated and able to work in a busy environment. Must have a valid Driver’s License. We are considering responsible applicants. No Sundays or evenings. Please contact Toadflax at 412-621-2500 for more information and complete an application at 5500 Walnut St. Pittsburgh, PA 15232.

Little's Shoe Store looking for Cashier, part-time/full-time.

Must be professional, customer oriented and available days, nights and weekends. Ask for Gina 412-521-3530.

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ACROSS 1 Stirs 5 He wrote about “a midnight dreary” 8 Gobble (up) 13 Die, with “out” 14 Blog entry 15 Capital of India 16 Capital __ 17 Colorful fish 18 Took the wrong way?

19 Old Tokyo 20 Haul to the kitchen, as groceries 22 Word before or after dog 23 High-five relative 24 Poison remedy 26 Poison test site 27 Steamy stuff 30 Queen of the Goths in Shakespeare’s “Titus Andronicus” 32 *Vandalized, in a way 33 Romantic activity 34 Words of wisdom 35 Country on the Strait of Hormuz 36 Ravel classic 39 *Head of the produce section?

43 Old-style warning 44 Rather little 45 Understand 46 Deli staple 49 Like Beethoven’s “Pastoral Symphony” 50 Horse show concern 52 They’re graphically represented three times in this grid ... and the answers to starred clues are the six longest common words than can be spelled using only them 53 2000 World Series venue 54 Yearbook, e.g.

56 Bakery buy 57 Newspaper fig.

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58 Little garden party?

59 Mazatlán Mrs. 60 End in __ 61 Facilitated 62 Suffer 63 Squealed DOWN 1 *Yielded 2 “Is it worth the risk?”

3 Knowledgeable about 4 Word before or after blue 5 Online annoyances 6 Oklahoma county in which a 2008 Pulitzer-winning drama is set 7 Work __ 8 Many AARP mems.

9 “Darn it!”

10 Ill-fated 1967 mission 11 Brush up on 12 *Place for oats 14 Member of the force 21 Darwin, for one 25 Fruit named for a Turkish town

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28 14-Down’s need, at times 29 Legendary flier 31 “Morning Joe” airer 33 Like Congress 36 *Emotional burden 37 1992 Mamet play 38 Fast-growing U.S. ethnic group

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40 Reigning emperor of Japan 41 Regan’s poisoner, in Shakespeare 42 *Wiped out 47 “__ luck!”

48 Asteroids maker 51 Subdue 53 “Buzz off!”

55 Went first

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