09-25-2018

The Pitt News

T h e i n de p e n d e n t s t ude nt ne w spap e r of t he University of Pittsburgh | PIttnews.com | september 25, 2018 ­| Volume 109 | Issue 27

NOT A MIRAGE: PAINTING FOR PITT AT PAMELA’S | PG. 5 OAKLAND NO LONGER FOOD DESERT Hannah Schneider Assistant News Editor

After serving as the only grocery store on campus for nine years, the IGA’s closing in April 2017 left Pitt’s campus a food desert for more than a year. To buy groceries, students had no choice but to travel outside the Oakland neighborhood — and for those without cars, grocery shopping often became a multi-hour excursion by bus.

But grocery scarcity is no longer an issue on Pitt’s campus. The Grocery PopUp opened yesterday in the old New Balance storefront on Forbes Avenue, marking the end of a drought on campus since the closing of the IGA. According to Joe Miksch, director of media relations at Pitt, the concept of opening a temporary store evolved from discussions the administration had with the Student Government Board. In light of recent student protest over the campus grocery drought, SGB expressed urgency about having groceries available in the time prior to the completion of Forbes Street Market.

“Since Forbes Street Market will not open until next month, we wanted to find a way to make groceries available in Oakland and the pop-up concept seemed to be the best way,” Miksch said in an email.

“There was no demolition or renovation needed in the space. It is truly a temporary.”

The location received two violations from the Allegheny County Health Department

Emma Finucane paints a front window at Pamela’s Diner on Forbes Avenue as part of Pitt Student Alumni Association’s Paint the Town event in preparation for Homecoming. Kaycee Orwig|staff photographer

PITT PARTNERSHIPS EMPOWER COMMUNITIES THROUGH ENERGY

Ashley Priore

For The Pitt News

Pittsburgh is a historically dirty city. The City was an industrial hub of metalworking, iron and steel factories for more than a century — but while these factories brought economic prosperity to the area, they also generated massive air pollution. After some time, Pittsburgh was known by nicknames like “Hell With the Lid Off” due to its pollution and inefficient energy use.

That’s all changed though, as was evident Monday at the University Club during an event called “Empowering Communities Through Energy Efficiency,” hosted by international environmental advocacy group Ecologic Institute.

“It’s really collaborative, but sometimes we don’t embrace Pittsburgh as a model for other citSee Grocery on page 2 ies,” Katrina Kelly-Pitou, strategy manager at the

Center for Energy in Pitt’s engineering school, said. “Pittsburgh is the international voice on climate change.”

Kelly-Pitou manages the Swanson School of Engineering’s ongoing partnership with the national government of Denmark, which was announced in March. Denmark is a leader in energy conservation, and is hoping to build energy-efficient headquarters and facilities for major tech companies. The city of Pittsburgh, the Danish Energy Agency and Pitt’s engineering school partnered to deploy some of these leading technologies here in the Steel City.

“Denmark is proud to work with an American city undergoing such rapid change,” Lars Gert Lose, Danish Ambassador to the United States, said in a March interview about the partnership.

“I hope this cooperation can help Pittsburgh rep-

licate the clean energy initiatives we have established in Denmark and create economic growth that supports sustainability and resiliency.”

Such international partnership isn’t new in Pittsburgh. Kelly-Pitou discussed Mayor Bill Peduto’s “Pittsburgh to Paris” climate change plan, which focused on building a sustainable and thriving city — and in May, Pittsburgh had a seat at the Clean Energy Ministerial Global Forum on behalf of the United States.

“Pittsburgh is the center of ecological modernization across borders,” Kelly-Pitou said. “This just means that if you take care of your environment, it provides wins for your environment.”

Ecologic Institute U.S. President Max Gruenig agreed, saying Pittsburgh’s position of leadership could help promote accessibility to clean energy See Energy on page 2

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during an inspection on Sept. 17. The first violation, marked “low risk” by the ACHD, was for missing ceiling tiles. The second violation was for a failure to submit plans for the facility and a failure to provide 10 days notice of the planned opening date for the store in order to schedule its required “pre-operational inspection.”

“The health department visited the site and had a concern about one missing ceiling tile, which was replaced immediately,” Miksch said. He did not comment on the second violation for failing to submit plans for the facility.

But besides taking care of a few minor violations, the temporary store was easy to set up. Abdou Cole, resident district manager for Pitt Dining by Sodexo, said ongoing work on Forbes Street Market meant food vendors were already secured — it was just a matter of relocating them to the temporary location.

“We contacted the health department, went through the necessary inspection and then contacted our vendors who were already in place to service the Forbes Street Market. It was a matter of bringing orders in early that we had already placed for the main store,” Cole said in an email.

“Our team worked in partnership with the University’s auxiliary services team to bring the vision to reality.”

The reaction amidst the student population has been largely supportive of the pop-up. Cole said more than 600 customers came to the pop-up store during its first day. Senior finance and marketing major Gillian Kling said the temporary store was a good way to alleviate student tensions during the campus’ grocery drought.

“I know there’s been a lot of issues with them opening Maggie and Stella’s before the Forbes Market, so I think this is a great way to kind of appease that and still have a good option for students to go get their groceries,” Kling said.

Kling enjoyed the nearby location, fresh produce and organic choices fea-

in the future.

“We are here because Pittsburgh is such a hub of innovation,” Gruenig said during his opening remarks. “The Ecologic Institute reminds citizens that the Center for Energy’s project with local government is global to ensure all sectors of the greater community have their voices heard.”

Kelly-Pitou also discussed the importance of community-based interactions in sustainability, saying she wants to make decisions for the community regardless of politics.

“We want to make sure that the decisions we make take the partisan out of the politics here,” Kelly-Pitou said.

In Pittsburgh, these initiatives highlight accessibility by choosing isolated or financially distressed neighborhoods to deploy cutting-edge programs.

“We are focused on the Lower Hill, Uptown area,” she said. “People pay more toward their electricity and heating bills [there] than any other part of the United States.”

But this panel didn’t stop at City limits, or even at the edges of the United States. KellyPitou said she wants to expand the scope of the work to strengthen domestic partnerships and create more international ones.

“Sometimes I think what we do as a City is even bigger than what we talk about,” Kelly-Pitou said. “We are really trying to do a better job of connecting with all universities so students can get involved [in sustainability] earlier.”

Those connections also stretch beyond universities — Kelly-Pitou said the Swanson school is looking to partner with more international governments in the future.

“We are starting to partner with universities in Germany. All of the students here have an international focus,” Kelly-Pitou said, noting that Pitt’s program has become fundamental in the City’s approach to green energy.

While the event focused on global connections and government partnerships, the overarching point was the same from each speaker.

“We are always trying to incorporate social planning in our work,” Kelly-Pitou said.

“We have to protect our planet.”

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The University stocks several fruits and vegetables in the pop-up grocery store that opened in the old New Balance storefront on Monday.

Sarah Cutshall | staff photographer tured at the store. But the limited space brown rice, quinoa, vegan cheese and organic whole milk. means limited options.

Among the top 10 items bought by “I wish they would have more of it.

Obviously it’s a small space, but I wish students yesterday, only one was not a there was more,” Kling said. “I think it’s produce item. Cole listed granny smith a good basis. But it would be great if they apples, avocados, local apple cider, baby had more options, which probably they’ll carrots, fuji apples, strawberries, sweet get into when they open the actual loca- potatoes, gala apples, red grapes, bananas and pomegranates as the most popular tion.”

Graham Dore, a sophomore studying items. These items — and more — will be neuroscience and psychology, said he’ll featured at the permanent location upon likely start buying groceries on campus its opening on Nov. 1.

“We are featuring items that are going to avoid traveling to Aldi or Giant Eagle.

But regardless of the convenient loca- to be offered in the new grocery store. tion, he said he wished there were more At the same time, this is a good evaluation and a test market of what products diverse options.

“So far, it looks a little bit small. I students want, which will influence our like the selection that they have, it seems product line in the new store,” Cole said like reasonable prices,” Dore said. “They in an email.

Though current options are limited, could have more selection. It doesn’t seem like they have nearly as much as most students visiting the store were happy with the selection of produce and you’d get at, like, Target or something.”

The pop-up store features a chalk- pre-packaged food — even mentioning board where students can suggest items their excitement to Cole throughout the they would like to see sold in the store. day.

“I spoke to many students who were According to Cole, most of the items suggested are already scheduled to be elated about the pop-up,” Cole said in an on the shelves by Tuesday — including email. “Our employees handled it proguacamole, gluten-free breads and crack- fessionally and with the joy of interacters, rice cakes, dried fruits, sliced breads, ing with happy students.”

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Opinions from the editorial board

Texas schools to erase important historical figures In an effort to decrease the number of names students have to memorize, the State Board of Education in Texas took a preliminary vote on Sept. 14 to “streamline” its curriculum and remove several important historical figures from mandatory study lists — including Helen Keller, Hillary Clinton and Barry Goldwater.

By choosing which historical figures and events are worth the time it takes to teach them — removing Clinton and Keller will free up an estimated 30 and 40 minutes of classroom time, respectively — the board is denying students the opportunity to learn about individuals and events that have directly influenced their lives. This ignorance makes them less informed and less able to participate in current politics.

Every year, the board nominates parents, teachers and businesspeople to review the state’s mandatory curriculum and propose changes to keep the material updated. For a body of volunteers tasked with keeping students up to date, the group seems to have slid backwards instead of forwards this year.

These decisions don’t mean that teachers in Texas can’t mention Keller or Clinton. They just mean that teaching about these people’s lives and impact on the country won’t be mandatory.

The move to eliminate Hillary Clinton from the list seems mostly politically motivated. She’s earned her 30 minutes in the history classroom as the first female presidential nominee of a major party in the United States and an outspoken First Lady.

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But it’s not far-fetched for a majorly red state like Texas to take the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate off the curriculum.

Removing Helen Keller, however, is a decision that suggests exposing children to a variety of people from different backgrounds should be avoided. A statement from the group that made this decision claims that “Helen Keller does not best represent the concept of citizenship. Military and first responders are best represented.”

According to data from the Texas Education Agency, during the 201718 school year almost half a million students received special education services for a disability. About 11,000 of those were deaf, blind or had auditory or hearing impairments. To remove an icon like Keller, who advocated for the blind and deaf, would suggest to these students that they have no place in history. Despite the board’s statement, military and first responders are not represented among the names the board chose to keep in the curriculum. It decided to keep former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial and mandated the teaching that Moses, a biblical figure from the Old Testament, contributed to the founding of U.S. laws and politics.

Texas has the chance to annually review and update the material it gives its students, but they’ve missed the mark this year. When the final vote is taken in November, the board would do well to remember what the changes it proposes will mean to its students.

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INTEGRATE HAREDI JEWS WITH SECULAR SOCIETY Josh Beylinson For The Pitt News

Israel is a nation bordered by its enemies, so it makes sense for enrollment in the military to be mandatory for two to three years for most of the adult population. Despite this, a segment of ablebodied citizens doesn’t contribute to society in the way many other Israelis must in order for the nation to defend itself against outside threats.

These Israelis, known as Haredi Jews, are exempt from the military draft and instead study the Torah inside isolated communities. Military service is where Jews of various backgrounds come together and bond and it’s linked to the strong sense of community present in Israel. Haredi Jews do not take part in this coming-of-age custom and this contributes significantly to the social divide between Haredi and non-Haredi Jews.

If Israel is to survive in the future, the burden of military enlistment must be shared equally among the population. The Haredim must integrate with mainstream Israeli society soon, or else Israel will become a country of two divided Jewish demographics unable to work together for the common good of the nation.

Haredi Jews are an extremely devout portion of the Jewish population. The community is infamous for its black suits, fur shtreimels, or hats, and complete devotion to Torah study. Since the Torah is the holy book of Judaism and the source from which Judaism is derived, Haredi Jews see their erudition as a source of pride.

This group first received its privileged status in 1948 when a few hundred students were exempt from military service in order to rebuild the vast base of religious texts and knowledge destroyed during the Holocaust. Back then, Haredi Jews made up a tiny segment of the Israeli population.

Now the situation has grown out of control.

A report issued by the Israeli Democracy Institution in 2014 states that Haredi Jews number about one million within Israel, or about 12 percent of the total population. Haredi Jews are the fastest-growing segment of the Jewish demographic in Israel, have a massive youth population and are predicted to make up one third of the Israeli population by 2065 due to an especially high birth rate.

Currently, about one in four 18-year-olds will

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A group of Haredi Jewish people hold a demonstration on Wall Street in opposition to the Israeli draft law in 2014. photo via wikimedia commons

avoid military service by joining a yeshiva, which is where the Haredim go to study the Torah. That means the hundreds of thousands more Israelis of that age will not enlist if current population trends persist by 2065. This would severely limit Israel’s ability to defend itself in the future.

A law currently being proposed in the Knesset, Israel’s general assembly, would force many Haredim to enlist once they turn 18, but once adults Haredi are unsuited for military life due to their long isolation in religious communities.

According to the U.S. State Department’s 2009 report on International Religious Freedom, one quarter of Israeli students do not study general topics such as science, English and mathematics due to the fact that the Israeli government allows the Haredim to educate their own children. This isolates Haredi children from other Jews in Israel and contributes to the separation that the nonHaredi and Haredi feel toward each other. Along with this, the poor quality of secular education makes the Haredi unfit for the workplace, which is why so many Haredi end up studying at a yeshiva.

While Haredi men normally don’t work,

women in the community are the traditional breadwinners who work to sustain the yeshiva scholars — the men — in their family. This is the reason why labor participation rates hover around 50 percent for Haredi Jewish men, which is still an abysmal number considering that the unemployment rate in Israel is 4.2 percent for people seeking employment.

In order for all the Haredim to enter the labor force, the community members have to be educated in a modern sense and must also venture outside their secluded religious communities to experience secular Israeli society. An integration of Jewish society in Israel must happen and it must happen within the next decade or two.

To integrate Haredi Jews into secular society, Haredi schools that don’t meet the general education requirements of Israeli public schools must close down and have their students sent to public schools where they can experience life outside of their communities and talk to nonHaredi children. These children will grow up feeling more included in Israeli society and be educated in non-secular subjects. Once this is done, Haredi will feel inclined to join the mili-

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tary with the rest of their peers and after military service will be more likely to join the labor force.

Once this is implemented, the Israeli government can then pass laws that would restrict the amount of students that may study at a yeshiva. Also, the Knesset should then pass a law that would have the people that won’t study serve in the military in a combatant or noncombatant role, or serve the government through an organization such as the civilian service program — likely an attractive option for members of the Haredi community.

Increased integration with Israeli society is linked with increased enlistment numbers, which is seen in the fact that enlistment numbers jumped from 288 in 2007 to 2,300 in 2015, a time period when many Haredi Jews gained employment because of reduced government welfare.

Haredi Jews will claim that the true spirit of Judaism is constant studying of the Torah, just like the Jews of old. Their argument against military service and labor participation is based on this view of Jewish history. However, this notion of Judaism is simply not true.

Only a small minority of Jews in the past were able to dedicate their lives to studying the Torah, while the rest of the Jewish population were farmers, doctors, bankers and artisans, along with a host of other professions.

If that weren’t the case, Jewish communities wouldn’t be able to support themselves. Integrating the Haredim into modern society would be truer to the spirit of Judaism than widespread and constant study of the Torah.

Hopefully, with increased contact and integration into the outside world, many young Haredi Jews will choose to leave their strict communities and join modern Israeli society, reducing the amount of Haredim in Israel, increasing the size of the labor force to supply a growing Israeli economy and ensuring a safe Israel through a larger military.

Jews must adapt to the current world if we are to live on, not cluster and isolate ourselves in religious communities which reject all forms of modernization. One can only hope that the Haredim realize this before it’s too late.

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Culture

PITT STUDENTS PAINT THE TOWN Sarah Connor Culture Editor

The windows of Oakland businesses are usually decorated with signs advertising $6 pizzas and printouts for local clubs. But Monday morning, members of Pitt’s Student Alumni Association and Blue and Gold Society were painting their school’s signature colors on the windows of Fifth Avenue businesses.

This process — a tradition called “Paint the Town” — is a yearly event focused on decorating the places Pitt students frequent in preparation for Homecoming Week, which is from Oct. 1 to Oct. 7 this year.

Members of the SAA propped themselves up on the booth seating at Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and crouched in front of the glass door, painting words and designs like “H2P,” panther paw prints and “Hail!” all in navy blue and golden-yellow paint.

The group’s leader, Kendall Oakley, a senior communication and nonfiction writing major, is a veteran of Paint the Town.

“We’ve been doing this for a while — and a lot of this just comes from a simple email. Just letting them know that we’re going to be doing it again and asking for permission to do it at these vendors usually gets us the permission that we need,” Oakley said.

Oakley, a member of both SAA and the Blue and Gold Society, described that doing the

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First-years Lily McIntire (left) and Alden Paine paint “H2P” on Popeye’s door Monday for Paint the Town — an event hosted by Pitt Student Alumni Association — in preparation for Homecoming.

Sarah Connor | contributing editor paintings year to year is not too complicated, as unteers for events like this, and it seemed like a long as the groups abide by the regulations pre- fun thing to do,” Yee said. “We get to look at the paintings for weeks after, too.” set by the businesses.

Yee was painting next to sophomore reha“Some vendors want us to paint on the outside of the windows, others prefer if we paint on bilitation science major Erin Casey, who was the inside,” Oakley said. “It is a lot of communi- holding up a panther paw print stencil outline for another student to fill in with blue paint. cating with the vendor.”

Casey helped out with the painting last year Following an hour-long painting spree by more than a dozen club members, the group and was happy to get back out into the Oakland took its artistry a few doors down to Pizza Mi- storefronts to share Pitt pride.

“Last year, I painted at Sushi Fuku and a few lano, which is also located on Fifth Avenue.

Katherine Yee, a first-year psychology major, other places,” Casey said. “I remember seeing was doing her part to paint a blue letter “P” in a the painting in the skywalk pop up one morning and thinking, ‘Wow, that’s really cool that we get massive display of the word “Pitt.”

“SAA always has a sign-up sheet out for vol- to do this.’”

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Casey was unsure how the paintings eventually come down from the windows, stating that she does not recall ever scrubbing windows herself — and that some of the paintings pleasantly stayed up longer than she anticipated.

“The skywalk stayed up for months afterwards, which was so great,” she said.

Oakley had experience with the removal of the paintings, even though that was a mystery to many of her fellow painters.

“The paint can come off with some Windex and water,” she said. “Blue and Gold Society does their own little version of [the Pitt Make A Difference Day service event], so we all come out the Sunday after PMADD and basically just clean all the windows.”

Though the window-cleaning eventually becomes as much of an affair as the windowpainting, Oakley was still excited for the events of Homecoming Week and was unphased by the responsibilities it brings for the organizations she is involved with.

“I cleaned the windows last year and it was so much work, but that’s just what we’ve got to do. The paintings are still fun for us and everyone on campus,” she said. “There’s so many various events happening during homecoming — it’s anything and everything you can think of from so many groups. A lot of alumni come in, too. Painting is just what we do to kick off the week.”

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Sports

PANTHER SPOTLIGHT: QADREE OLLISON, STEPHANIE WILLIAMS, JOHAN PENARANDA

Griffin Floyd

For The Pitt News With intraconference ACC play now two weeks in, fall athletics are finally in full swing for the Pitt Panthers. Beyond the volleyball team, which continued its undefeated start to the season, Pitt athletics had an uninspiring week. The football and men’s and women’s soccer teams were left without a win, cross-country had a middle-of-the-pack finish and the softball team went 1-1. Individually, however, there were several outstanding performances.

Qadree Ollison, Football Qadree Ollison has recently found himself back on center stage for the Panthers’ offense — something that hadn’t been the case since 2015, when quarterback Nathan Peterman was in his first year at Pitt, freshly transferred from Tennessee. Ollison began his college career as the Panthers’ starting tailback while James Conner battled cancer during the 2015 season.

Following his fight with cancer, Conner returned with a vengeance, reclaiming the starting job and leaving Ollison on the bench, despite Ollison having topped 1,000 yards as a redshirt freshman. After an injury to George Aston, Pitt’s starting fullback, Ollison became the next man up — and he had yet another subpar offensive season as a blocker rather than rusher.

After a tremendous start to the season, however, Ollison reclaimed the starting job, along with the magic that earned him the title of 2015 ACC Rookie of the Year. Since gaining 73 yards on seven carries in the opener against Albany and later averaging nearly six yards per carry against Penn State’s suffocating defense, Ollison has been in the spotlight as the lead running back in Pat Narduzzi’s run-heavy offensive game plan.

Ollison has always been a physical running back, as his time as a lead blocker would suggest. In the offseason, however, he focused on

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Redshirt senior running back Qadree Ollison (30) celebrates after running for Pitt’s first touchdown against Georgia Tech Sept. 15.

Thomas Yang | assistant visual editor shedding weight, losing 20 pounds from last start to the season, reaching 13-0 last week. year’s billed weight. As a result, he has been able Redshirt junior Stephanie Williams was at the to hit the hole explosively and get to the edge forefront of the effort as she reached 1,000 kills on outside runs, with gains of 63 and 31 yards for her career. The star outside hitter had 13 in recent games. Although he has gotten faster, kills against the University of Virginia Cavaliers Ollison has still managed to retain his power, Wednesday, getting her to the 1,000 milestone punching in several touchdowns and convert- while hitting 0.400. The game against the Caving first downs in short-yardage scenarios. On aliers was a crucial one as the Panthers began the season, he has 57 carries for 355 yards, an conference play.

Against the Virginia Tech Hokies on average of more than six yards per carry.

As a senior this year, Ollison has been Friday, Williams added another four kills, ranked as high as 17th in the nation by posi- reaching 1,004 for her career. Her imprestion and he is projected to be a late-round pick sive offensive performance was only half of in the draft. If he continues his stellar play, now the story, though. While playing Virginia as an entrenched starter, his stock will only rise Tech, the Panthers had a weaker showing on the offensive side, as Williams’ kill numbers as the season continues. demonstrate. Instead, her defensive prowess Stephanie Williams, Volleyball The Pitt volleyball team continued its hot was on display as she collected 11 digs dur-

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ing the two-game slate, six of which were against the Hokies.

Williams has been one of the Panthers’ most important players for the past few years, and her strong two-way play was a big reason why the team was able to comfortably sweep both conference rivals 3-0 on the road. The Panthers are now ranked eighth in the nation, and have their sights set on back-to-back conference championships — perhaps even more under Williams, one of their more talented veteran leaders.

Johan Penaranda, Men’s Soccer The Panthers lost their only game of the weekend on Friday, 1-0 against Louisville.

While a loss is still a loss, there was one huge positive in the outcome — the play of true first-year goalie Johan Penaranda, who went on the road against the sixth-ranked team in the nation and only gave up one goal.

The only goal he allowed was on a penalty kick, despite the fact that the Cardinals’ all-around play was smothering. The Panthers recorded 12 shots on goal and nine corner kicks, while only allowing seven shots on goal and four corner kicks from the Cardinals. Despite his relative inexperience, Penaranda has started almost every game for the Panthers this season.

Penaranda also had an impressive outing against the University of Detroit Mercy earlier in the week, as the Panthers defeated the Titans 2-0 for the first shutout of his career.

Throughout the season, he has managed to keep the Panthers in the game — all of their losses have been by one goal and against ranked opponents.

With a roster primarily composed of underclassmen, Pitt’s future is looking bright with Penaranda at the helm. If the Panthers can get their offense going, Penaranda could be the start of something very special.

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WAIVER WIRE WEEKLY: KEENUM TO REGAIN MOMENTUM Check out pittnews.com every week for a new waiver wire as part of The Pitt News’ inaugural blog series.

Adin Link | Staff Writer If you are worried that your fantasy season is about to get away from you, don’t worry — our Waiver Wire Weekly is here for you. Last week, some of the players featured included Matt Breida, Giovani Bernard and Mike Williams, who all outscored their projections and could have earned you a win in your fantasy matchups. We’re on a roll (knock on wood) — so here are our picks for Week 4 of the fantasy season. *The “%OWN” statistic — which denotes what percentage of fantasy leagues the player is owned in — is based on ESPN standard leagues from Sept. 24.

Quarterbacks Case Keenum, Denver Broncos, *%OWN: 17.1% A familiar face on waiver wire weekly, Case Keenum is still available in more than 80 percent of standard fantasy leagues! There is no doubt that Keenum struggled in Week 3. He faced a stout Baltimore Ravens defense and was held to less than 200 passing yards and only 5.7 fantasy points. However, Keenum will look to regain momentum this week as he faces a Kansas City Chiefs defense that has been absolutely carved up by opposing teams so far this year. The Broncos’ offense is loaded with talent in veteran pass catchers Demaryius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders, in addition to young guns Courtland Sutton, Jake Butt and Phillip Lindsay. With so many weapons to utilize and an extremely inviting matchup, Keenum is a great play in Week 4.

Andy Dalton, Cincinnati Bengals, %OWN: 28.6% Andy Dalton has quietly been putting together a successful 2018-19 campaign so far, earning more than 240 yards passing in every game this year, with his passing yardage increasing every week. This past week Dalton threw for 352 yards and scored two touchdowns against a formidable Carolina Panthers defense. Dalton now faces the Atlanta Falcons, who have been pretty good to opposing quarterbacks so far. In Week 2, Cam Newton scored

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Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley catches his second touchdown pass of the day during the second quarter on Sunday in Atlanta, GA. CURTIS COMPTON/ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION/TNS 27.6 fantasy points, while Drew Brees scored over 40 fantasy points against the Falcons in Week 3. Dalton also has a nice cast of players around him with one of the best receivers in the game, A.J. Green, and a emerging former Pitt standout, Tyler Boyd.

Running Backs Aaron Jones, Green Bay Packers, %OWN: 51.3% In his first game back from suspension, Aaron Jones had a pretty mediocre day. He carried six times for only 42 yards — but he actually has some pretty big upsides. The starter in place of Jones during his suspension, Jamaal Williams, had been disappointing for the most part. Even though Jones struggled to get started in his first game of the year, he still earned more carries than Williams, suggesting his role may already be feature back. Considering it is not easy to come off of a two-game suspension and play well, trust that with Jones’ flashes of greatness last year, he will become the Packers’ main option on the ground.

Kerryon Johnson, Detroit Lions, %OWN: 69.8% While this is a high %OWN statistic, Kerryon Johnson still made our list as his %OWN may just be above 90 percent in the next two weeks. Johnson was last year’s SEC player of

the year as he had an incredible junior season at Auburn. The Lions had very high hopes for Johnson as they made him a second round draft choice, and until this past week, it had seemed that Johnson may be a flop. In Week 3 against the New England Patriots, however, Johnson showed off what made him such a dominant force at Auburn. The Lions have seemingly searched for a franchise running back since the great Barry Sanders, and they may have just found their guy.

Wide Receivers Calvin Ridley, Atlanta Falcons, %OWN: 40.8% Surprisingly enough, the Falcons wide receiver from the University of Alabama who had seven catches for 146 yards and three touchdowns on Sunday was not named Julio Jones. Instead, it was rookie Calvin Ridley who exploded against the New Orleans Saints and instantly inserted himself into relevant fantasy value. Ridley is a dynamic pass catcher who is quick and runs crisp routes. Another benefit for Ridley is that he is not the number-one option on the Falcons offense. With each team’s premier defensive backs keeping their eyes on Jones, Ridley is able to draw better matchups that he can exploit.

Tyler Boyd, Cincinnati Bengals, %OWN:

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23.7% Tyler Boyd was one of the best wide receivers in the nation during his junior season at Pitt. He was selected in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft and has flashed his potential up to this point in his career but hasn’t made a real impact — until this season, in which he has posted back-to-back career games. Last Sunday, Boyd caught six passes for more than 130 yards and a touchdown. Becoming a true number-two receiver behind A.J. Green, Boyd is finally fulfilling the role the Bengals’ front office had in their plans.

Tight Ends Ricky Seals-Jones, Arizona Cardinals, %OWN: 9.6% Coming onto the fantasy scene only for a bit last season was Ricky Seals-Jones, who is back once again this week. Though he only logged one reception on Sunday, it went for a 35-yard touchdown. It is true that Seals-Jones hasn’t made a real fantasy impact yet, but the opportunities are there. Seals-Jones leads the Cardinals in total routes run so far this season, so if you’re a fantasy owner, you just have to trust the production will eventually come.

Also remember the Cardinals are making a quarterback shift to Josh Rosen, which will definitely help Seals-Jones since rookie quarterbacks often get eased into an offense by making shorter throws to tight ends and running backs.

Dallas Goedert, Philadelphia Eagles, %OWN: 1.9% While regular starting quarterback Carson Wentz was nursing his injured knee from last season, Nick Foles preferred Eagles tight end Zach Ertz. While Ertz was also a favorite target of Wentz last season, Dallas Goedert was drafted by the Eagles in the first round and is new to the offense. He’s not owned in many leagues because Philadelphia already has a star tight end in Ertz, but in Wentz’ first game of the season he linked up with Goedert seven times for 73 yards and a touchdown.

It is possible that Wentz has found a new goto tight end in Goedert.

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For Rent South Oakland 2 br apt South Oak­ land. $1,095/mo + electric.

New kitchen, bal­cony, and A/C Call 412‑6661‑6622 2‑3‑4‑5‑6‑7 bedroom apartments and houses available in May and August 2019. Nice, clean, free laundry, in­ cludes exterior main‑ tenance, new appli‑ ances, spa­cious, and located on Semple, Oak­land Ave., Mey‑ ran Ave., Welsford, Bates, Dawson, and Mckee 412‑414‑9629. douridaboud­ propertymanage­ ment.com 3‑bed room available immediatley $1,495 central air dishwasher laundry 256 N Craig street 412‑271‑5550 3436 Ward Spacious 2‑Bed room, 1 bath equipped kitchen $1,195 + electric, heat included 412‑271‑5550 4 BR HOME ‑ SEM­ PLE STREET, LO­ CATED NEAR LOU­ ISA. EQUIPPED KITCHEN, FULL BASEMENT. NEW CENTRAL AIR ADDED. AVAIL­ ABLE IMMEDI­ ATELY AND RENT­ING FOR MAY AND AUGUST 2019.

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(412) 343‑4289 or 412‑330‑9498.

Before signing a lease, be aware that no more than 3 unre­lated people can share a single unit. Check property’s compliance with codes. Call City’s Per­mits, Licensing & In­spections.

412‑255‑2175.

Shadyside 3BR, 3 Bath apart­ ment on Emerson St. Computer room, study room, kitchen, laundry. 1 parking space. Landlord will pay for sticker park­ing. No pets. No smoking. Available Aug. 1st. $1500/mo.

First month secu­ rity deposit at lease sign­ing. Preferred gradu­ate student!

Call Mike Dayton at 412‑580‑1612.

Employment Research Studies Participants needed for a research study of reading and lan­guage.

You will be asked to come to the LRDC on multiple oc­casions to complete tests.

You will be paid $10/ hour for ev­ery hour of your time. For more infor­mation, please con­tact Nadait at 412‑624‑7083 or nig48@pitt.edu.

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Employment Other 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 BR apartments available May & August 2019.

South Oakland, North Oakland, and South­ side on Bouqet St., Meyran Ave., At­wood St., North Neville St., and Sarah St. Call 412‑287‑5712 Driver/Helper needed to transfer lady from wheelchair to car, Drive to CMU, Free Parking, and wheel to the back of the stu­dent center by 9:15 AM on Saturdays and returned about noon. Flat rate pay­ ment ne­gotiable. Call 412‑420‑3411 Office Help Wanted Mon‑Sat 8am‑5pm. $12/hour Craig Distributing Co. 313 N. Craig St. Pittsburgh 15213 Permanent Part‑Time Administrative/Stu­ dents welcome.

If you love research and enjoy the inter­net.

We might be right for you. The position is to do spreadsheets (no math) on a project ba­sics. HoLampCo In­ ternational is located in Shady side. Please give us a call. OOPs must know Mi­crosoft

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Only phone calls no re­sumes please. Our webpage is www.ho­ lampcoresources.com

Services Services Other WOMEN – EMPOW­ ERMENT SELF‑DE­ FENSE on campus!

October 7‑28 (four Sundays), 10 am – noon at Falk School. $120. Financial assis­ tance is available!

Questions and regis­ tration: LionessMar­ tialArts.com or 412‑241‑6519

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