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PITT APPOINTS COUNSELING CENTER DIRECTOR

REDEYE THEATRE PROJECT

Erica Guthrie

Senior Staff Writer Pitt’s University Counseling Center director position has been vacant since former UCC director Edward Michaels was arrested May 23, 2017, on charges of possession of child pornography. Now, 19 months later, the University has announced the appointment of a new director for the UCC. Pitt announced Friday that Jay Darr has been appointed as the new director of the UCC, located on the ground floor of Nordenberg Hall, according to a press release from the University, relieving Iru Brodie-Mends from the role of interim director. Darr will be the fourth full-time counseling center director at the University since 2010, and is due to begin his new position on Feb. 18.

Kenyon Bonner, Pitt vice provost and dean of students, said Darr, as the director, will play an imperative role in the UCC’s mission to support students’ wellbeing.

“I look forward to supporting Dr. Darr in his efforts to provide high-quality and timely mental health services to meet the evolving needs of our diverse student population,” Bonner said in the press release. “We looked for a transformational leader with an exceptional clinical background who we believed could leverage the immense talent, expertise, and experience of our counseling staff and implement strategies to strengthen our already robust UCC

Derek Lamb (left) and Jacob Wiersch (middle) comfort Maya Iliff as she mourns the death of their horse “Pic(ke)t” in “’Neath God’s Dusky Dome,” the fifth act of The Redeye Theatre Project 14.3 Saturday night at the Studio Theater.

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CHANCELLOR GALLAGHER RECEIVES RAISE, ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE Anna Bongardino Contributing Editor

The University’s Board of Trustees granted Chancellor Patrick Gallagher — along with the senior vice chancellors of most schools at Pitt — a 2.25 percentage salary increase during a December 2018 conference call. Gallagher will also receive an additional $500,000 in August as a part of a five-year retention incentive agreed upon during his initial hiring in February 2014. This additional compensation is comprised of $100,000 deferred from his salary each year since 2014 as an incentive for the chancellor to retain his position until 2019.

The combination of the 2.25 percent increase in the chancellor’s salary — to a base salary of $550,000 — and the payout from his retention See Counseling on page 2 agreement will result in a salary of more than

$1,000,000 for Chancellor Gallagher during the 2019 fiscal year. The chancellor’s first raise after his hiring in 2014 was granted in a December 2017 Board of Trustees meeting to be received in the 2018 fiscal year.

According to Bethany Miga, director of executive communications for the Office of the Chancellor, the additional $500,000 the chancellor will receive in August is best described as a retention incentive rather than a bonus.

“There is no good word for this, but it is not [a performance bonus],” Miga said. “He came in at a certain level and as part of that day-one agreement they were going to step him up. This is a one-time thing.”

According to Miga, it is not clear if previous University of Pittsburgh chancellors have received similar retention incentives in the past, but the

University says this agreement will not be replicated if Chancellor Gallagher remains in his position for another five years.

The chancellor is not the University’s highest paid executive. Arthur Levine — Pitt’s health sciences and medical school dean — will receive a 2019 base salary of $891,667. Mark Nordenberg, former chancellor of the University and current chair of the University’s Institute of Politics, received a base salary of $814,255 in 2016 . Both Levine and Nordenberg have worked for the University for more than 20 years.

“Dean Levine [and Mark Nordenberg] have been here for a very long time,” Miga said. “[Their salaries are] due to experience and length in position.”

According to The Chronicle of Higher See Chancellor on page 2

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Education, Chancellor Gallagher’s Universityrelated compensation of $536,520 for the 201516 academic year ranked 85th out of 253 chief executives’ salaries at public universities in the United States.

The chancellor’s 2019 base salary of $550,000 in addition to the $500,000 payout for his fiveyear retention incentive this year, results in a total compensation of approximately $1,050,000. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, Penn State President Eric Barron was the 11th highest-paid executive official at a public university during the 2016-17 academic year with a total compensation of $1,038,170.

In the public Association of American of Universities report for the 2016-17 academic year, the salaries of Pitt’s main campus professors and associate professors ranked 18 and 19, respectively, out of the 34 institutions examined.

The chancellor’s salary fell around the upper third of the salaries of other public university presidents and chancellors, while professors and

Counseling, pg. 1 services and programs.”

Darr, who served in the U.S. Army between 1998 and 2001, most recently worked at the University of North Texas as a licensed counselor and liaison for the Division I athletics department and men’s Greek life. At the University of North Texas, Darr coordinated Therapy Assistance Online, which provided students with online modules designed to help them deal with mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression. In addition, the American College Counseling Association named Darr Counselor of the Year in 2018.

He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, both in sociology, at West Virginia University. Darr then received a M.Ed degree with a specialization in school counseling and a Ph.D. from the Executive Counseling Education and Supervision Program with a specialization in crisis management from Duquesne University. He is also a licensed profes-

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associate professors ranked slightly below the 50th percentile. Assistant professors, instructors and lecturers at Pitt ranked in the lowest 15 percent in AAU’s data.

Pitt’s assistant professors ranked 29 out of 34.

Out of the 21 institutions that had instructors and the 29 institutions which had lecturers, Pitt ranked 19 and 28, respectively.

The executive compensation policy, which gave top university officials a 2.25 percent raise for the 2019 fiscal year, applies to the chancellor and the senior vice chancellors, but not to Provost Ann Cudd, who began work in her current position during the fall 2018 semester.

University Controller Thurman Wingrove said a 2.25 percent salary raise pool approved in the University’s Fiscal Year 2019 Operating Budget can vary from year to year. Raises are based on performance, adjustment in equity for employees who have worked for the University for a longer time and market adjustments that account for cost of living.

“The 1.5 [percent raise] is for satisfactory performance. That’s more or less guaranteed if you’re performing satisfactorily. The other 0.75 sional counselor in Pennsylvania, Texas and North Carolina.

Marian Vanek, the executive director of the wellness center, said in the press release she was thrilled to have Darr join the team.

“He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Pitt,” Vanek said. “I am looking forward to working together to continue to enhance the counseling center experience at the University.”

Prior to beginning his work in college counseling in 2015, Darr was the CEO at a renewable energy company called SDL Citadel from 2009 to 2015.

He also previously held roles as a senior learning specialist and care manager at Cigna, a health insurance company, and was the program manager at Pittsburghbased NGO Healthy Start, Inc., which provides support to families with young children.

Currently, the UCC lists eight counselors, six psychologists and a drug and alcohol specialist as part of their team, including a staff psychologist, sports psychologist and a sexual assault servic-

Following his 2.25 percent raise, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher will have a salary of more than $1,000,000 in the 2019 fiscal year.

Thomas Yang |assistant visual editor is available at the school level or the administrative department level to distribute to employees based on merit, market and equity needs,” Wingrove said. “You have certain star performers, really strong performers that you want to be able to retain and reward.”

Director of Media Relations Joe Miksch said the University decides the raises for executive employees through a multi-step process involving equity, market and merit-based evaluations.

“There was a company that did evaluations of peer AAU institutions and similar positions

to kind of see where our folks were competitively within that cohort of schools that are similar to ours,” Miksch said. “The chancellor evaluates his team of senior vice chancellors and the Board acts on his recommendation for their salaries and their level of increase.”

According to Miksch, raises and bonuses for University professors and administrative staff are determined separately. In any given year, the percentage of raises given to executive employees is not permitted to exceed the percentage received by the rest of the University’s faculty.

“Increase pool for faculty was 3 percent when the most recent salary adjustments were made.

This is higher than the pool for staff because of an academic initiative intended to aid in faculty retention and address competition in the academic market,” Miksch said.

University officials said the chancellor’s increase in pay was comparable to salaries of chief executives at other public universities.

“You need to attract people to leadership positions. You need to have the school in good hands,” Miksch said. “You have to pay them. They’re in line with their peers at peer institutions.”

Jay Darr was named Counselor of the Year in 2018 by the American College Counseling Association. tpn file photo es coordinator. Students in the past have protested and petitioned the university over what they perceived as a lack of counselors and long wait times.

Counseling services include individual therapy, couples therapy and group therapy. Psychiatric services are available to students through the wellness center.

Darr said he is humbled by the op-

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portunity to serve as the director for the UCC. “I look forward to listening to, being inspired by, and collaborating with the Pitt community to enhance student well-being and success,” Darr said in the press release.

Brian Gentry and Christian Snyder contributed reporting.

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FORGIVE KEVIN HART ALREADY

Cammy Morsberger Staff Columnist

Kevin Hart was supposed to host the 2019 Academy Awards in February, but shortly after Hart accepted the offer to host in early December, social media users reposted a handful of Hart’s homophobic tweets from nearly a decade ago.

His tweets are problematic but a decade old, meaning society’s response to this situation was wrongly hysteric. It was only days after the internet blitz that Hart stepped down, and consequently, we were unable to have an authentic, open discussion on his remarks.

The tweets contain homophobic comments, including one that reads, “Yo if my son comes home & try’s 2 play with my daughters doll house I’m going 2 break it over his head & say n my voice ‘stop that’s gay.’”

Due to heavy backlash, Hart dropped out of the Oscars, appeared on television discussing the incident and apologized numerous times online and in interviews.

In search of previous apologies, several publications cite that there are none.

But Hart admitted in past interviews that he does not intend on bringing the subject of homophobia or gay people up again, and this reformed mentality serves as his apology.

Hart stated in a 2015 interview with Rolling Stone that he “wouldn’t tell that joke today,” because, due to a lack of sensitivity, he “just look[ed] for the laugh.”

But since then, he has apologized on multiple platforms, including in his announcement that he wouldn’t be hosting this year’s Oscar’s.

“I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words

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from my past,” Hart wrote on Twitter a day after the tweets were posted.

He addresses criticism and moves on in an effort to stay respectful and politically correct in a world that constantly demands it.

But Hart’s apologies will apparently never be enough. In an interview on The Ellen Degeneres Show, Hart said he has

NOBODY HAS TO FORGIVE KEVIN HART

Jason Henriquez Staff Columnist

Critics of Kevin Hart are oft characterized as entitled and oversensitive, but Hart has proven those descriptions are actually befitting of him.

Recent criticism of his 2010 and 2011 homophobic statements by members of the LGBTQ+ community prompted con-

Members of the LGBTQ+ community protested the choice of Kevin Hart as this year’s host of the Oscars because of a series of tweets in 2010 and 2011 and his subsequent response to them. via eva rinaldi | wikimedia commons addressed the jokes while promoting films like Get Hard. Hart’s hesitation to apologize again was due to frustration — he feels he has repeatedly confronted his own tweets, only to be met with anger from those who wish to “cancel” him.

Ellen Degeneres defended Hart in the See Morsberger on page 4

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troversy over his hosting of the Oscars and resulted in his resignation. Now, he is supposedly the newest victim of “cancel culture,” or the collective decision to stop supporting a particular public figure, either because of personal distaste or desire to give them consequences for their actions. Its prior usage as a mainly

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lighthearted and sarcastic phrase has now been overtaken by defenders of allegedly problematic media personas.

In a Study Breaks article titled “Cancel Culture Is #Cancelled,” contributor Melissa Lee writes that educating people works better than sanctioning them when they make a misunderstood statement. “[Cancel culture] relies heavily on the idea that people aren’t allowed to make mistakes,” Lee says. “[O]nline users would rather … well, cancel people instead of educate them.”

But Hart did not make an innocent slight against the LGBTQ+ community, and he hasn’t proven himself to be open to education.

“One of my biggest fears is my son growing up and being gay. That’s a fear,” he said in 2010. “Keep in mind, I’m not homophobic, I have nothing against gay people, be happy. Do what you want to do. But me, being a heterosexual male, if I can prevent my son from being gay, I will.

Now with that being said, I don’t know if I handled my son’s first gay moment correctly. Every kid has a gay moment but when it happens, you’ve got to nip it in the bud!”

A year later he tweeted, “Yo if my son comes home & try’s 2 play with my daughters doll house I’m going 2 break it over his head & say n my voice ‘stop that’s gay.’”

Such poor excuses for jokes intentionally appeal to an anti-LGBTQ+ audience that would feel justified in their desires to hit their homosexual children. Threatening violence against your son for his sexuality — supposed or otherwise — is serious. Parents have quite literally killed their children for it before.

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Morsberger, pg. 3 interview, even calling the Academy, requesting they reevaluate their decision to find a new host. According to Hart’s Instagram post, the Academy warned that without an apology, the show would move forward without him.

Instead of apologizing again, as he has done, Hart decided to step down. But Degeneres’ support for Hart is meaningful. Degeneres, an openly gay woman and a popular spokesperson for gay issues, expressed her approval, saying she knows Hart personally and knows he’s “not that guy.”

But Don Lemon, a CNN reporter and another active member of the LGBTQ+ community, recently spoke out against Hart.

“Someone like Kevin Hart … can be a leader, the ultimate change agent,” Lemon admits on his program. “He can help change homophobia in the black community — something Kevin’s old Twitter jokes addressed, but in the wrong way.”

Lemon argues that Hart and his jokes maintain a harmful mindset, also pushing for Hart to be an activist as recom-

Henriquez, pg. 3 Supporting violence against gay children, even halfheartedly, is unacceptable.

No one should have to teach a grown man in his thirties that saying or doing that is morally wrong.

Of course it is “unrealistic to expect your favorite celebrity to have all the right answers and opinions” as Lee writes. But understanding that beating your young child because of how they were born is not an unreasonable standard.

Kevin Hart had many chances to apologize before being pressured to do so.

“I wouldn’t tell that joke today, because when I said it, the times weren’t as sensitive as they are now,” he said when Rolling Stone confronted him about his 2010 quote. “I think we love to make big deals out of things that aren’t necessarily big deals, because we can.”

He had the chance to learn, but only wanted to defend himself. People tried to educate him, but he refused to issue a proper apology, instead calling his critics oversensitive. When the media gave

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pense for past actions.

“Apologizing and moving on does not make the world a better place for people who are gay or people who are transgender,” Lemon stated in a segment on “CNN Tonight.” “Being an ally does.”

But it’s not Hart’s responsibility to advocate for these causes. By repeatedly addressing his tweets, stepping down and demonstrating his maturity, Hart has done what is necessary to face his errors.

Lemon’s perspective is relevant, given that both he and Hart grew up in hyper-masculine environments, where “gay” behavior was punished. Both were taught that being gay is wrong.

That being said, Hart may have inadvertently lost the real meaning behind his offensive words. In Hart’s past, slang words “fag” or “homo” were synonymous with “bad.” He was separated from the impact behind his language, and those terms lost their value. This effect, “semantic satiation,” occurs when a word is repeated so often that its linguistic meaning is forgotten.

So Hart could claim ignorance. He’s a comedian, and the tweets are jokes.

Whether audiences laughed or not, Hart

intended for the statements to be funny, given that he included the same homophobic themes in his stand-up special, “Seriously Funny,” in 2010.

Comedians have long relied on controversial subjects to appeal to audiences. Ricky Gervais, a British stand-up and actor, is well-known for his lewd comedy involving violent, controversial or taboo topics. One famous act in his stand-up special “Ricky Gervais: Out Of England,” includes reading and commenting on a medical pamphlet on gay sex.

Despite this, Gervais has hosted several award shows, hosting the Golden Globes four times since 2010. Now, Piers Morgan, among others, are pushing for Gervais to host the Oscars. While Gervais has received backlash but continues to thrive in the public eye, refusing to offer apologies or giving a sarcastic one, Hart is immediately labeled an enemy of the people. Regardless of whether Gervais deserves his popularity, this demonstrates how society is often reactionary and wrongly casts out those in the public eye.

Gervais’s career relies on unexpectedly morbid or offensive comedy. Hart is known for his outrageous personality,

but not for indecency or for deliberately offensive comedy. These differing reputations mean that Hart is “canceled,” yet Gervais can keep making a career out of humiliating and disparaging others.

Time is an important element in the narrative. Hart’s tweets are a decade old, and a great deal of understanding can emerge in a shorter span of time. Instead of listening to an individual repent his mistakes, we instinctively attacked him.

Instead of allowing Hart to speak on his past, we decided his words for him — we already lit the stake.

We must avow that Hart has evolved his thinking and his mindset on this issue.

Hart and his career will ultimately be unaffected, but this proves that culturally, we respond to past mistakes too sensitively. In a bid to attack personalities like Hart, we only hurt our ability to thoughtfully approach and learn from these topics. If we preserve internet “gotcha” culture, disallowing individual growth, we can’t create social change.

The best apology is said not with words but with action — Hart’s has grown and changed since his tweets years ago. His conduct indicates his regret, and it’s time that we forgive him.

him ample opportunities to show genuine remorse and growth, he resorted to complaining. He has appeared to want to use his recent television appearances to “keep” apologizing, but has instead used his platform to victimize himself and groan about how “cancel culture” has canceled him.

As of now, the best apology he has provided is two sentences, partly spoken in the third person.

“Once again, Kevin Hart apologizes for his remarks that hurt members of the LGBTQ community. I apologize,” he said on his “Straight from the Hart” podcast.

Hart’s critics should concede that he has received criticism from racists who cheer at any opportunity to take a black person down. They should also concede that other public figures have done things far worse and only received a slap on the wrist. But these facts do not signal that members of the LGBTQ+ community have no right to their own feelings.

These feelings are not the result of

offendedness or oversensitivity. Members of the LGBTQ+ community face actual harm from a world that is openly hostile to them. Kevin Hart’s “jokes” encouraged and legitimized violence against them for a few cheap laughs.

The fact that he has the nerve to whine on television about how he is essentially entitled to their support regardless of what he inflicted upon them warrants disgust. Members of the LGBTQ+ community have every right to withhold their respect from someone who has willingly and repeatedly withheld it from them.

Kevin Hart’s supporters say that even if his LGBTQ+ fans have the right to not support him, he should not lose his career over past mistakes, and he should still be able to host the Oscars.

But his career has thrived even after the media discovered his hateful statements. He has a sizable role in the movie “The Upside” that came out last Friday and two more movies coming out later this year. On top of that, he chose to resign — the Academy only required

him to apologize.

And “cancel culture” has largely failed to administer appropriate consequences for people’s actions. Louis C. K. has almost instantaneously continued where he left off on his comedy career after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct and now uses his platform to complain about school shooting survivors. R. Kelly’s profits rose after the documentary about his brutal acts, “Surviving R. Kelly,” aired.

Despite the reactionary backlash to the increasingly mythical “cancel culture,” people have the choice of whether or not to support someone famous. No one can take that away from them. If the media will not hold people in the spotlight responsible for their actions, but rather give them days’ worth of airtime to relentlessly complain, members of the public should be able to make that decision for themselves.

Kevin Hart — and other adult public figures who break down over the slightest criticism — do not fear “cancel culture.”

They fear accountability.

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Sports

WEEKEND SPORTS: WRESTLING,

GYMNASTICS NOTCH QUALITY FINISHES

Trent Leonard and Kate Hall

The Pitt News Staff Several of Pitt’s athletic teams put on a strong showing over weekend, with the gymnastics team breaking multiple program records and the wrestling team continuing its dominant start to the season. In addition, several athletes on the track and field team took home individual victories.

Gymnastics Pitt gymnastics started its season Saturday by hosting a quad meet at the Fitzgerald Field House.

The Panthers finished second out of four total squads, with their team score of 194.750 setting a new program record for a season opener. Two Panthers also earned individual titles.

Going against West Virginia, Utah State and Eastern Michigan, Pitt turned in a quality team performance, with senior Brittany West and firstyear Olivia Miller leading the way with first-place finishes in the balance beam and all-around competitions, respectively.

Pitt’s best performances came on the beam, where three Panthers placed in the top five. West’s first-place score of 9.800 was especially remarkable, considering this was her first meet since 2017 after missing last season with an injury.

She was followed by senior Lucy Brett, who finished second with a 9.725 and Miller, who tied for fourth with a 9.700. Pitt won the event with a team score of 48.575.

Miller went on to post scores of 9.800 on vault and bars and 9.750 on floor, giving her a total score of 39.050. That was good enough to win the individual all-around competition for the day.

On vault, Pitt had six gymnasts compete with only one placing in the top three. In a three-way tie for third place, sophomore Haley Brechwald received a score of 9.850 — tying her career-high for a fifth time. West Virginia swept the top two in the category with senior Kirah Koshinski receiving a 9.925 and senior Jaquie Tun with a 9.900.

The Panthers finished the event with a team

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score of 48.950.

The Panthers placed two girls in the top five on the uneven parallel bars. In a three-way tie for second place, Miller and Brett finished with 9.800 points each, tying with first-year Esperanza Abarca from West Virginia.

On the floor exercise, Pitt had just one gymnast crack the top five. Senior Charli Spivey tied for fourth with sophomore McKenna Linnen from West Virginia at 9.850 points — a career high for Spivey. In the last event of the day, Pitt closed out the meet with a 48.375 total on floor.

The Panthers’ final score of 194.750 edged out the previous home opener record from 2018, 194.125. The crowd level at the Field House also broke records, as it was the highest turnout in Pitt gymnastics home opener history with 1,249 fans in attendance.

Up next, Pitt will head to New Hampshire this Friday, Jan. 18, for the New Hampshire quad meet. The team will face fellow EAGL squad and host team New Hampshire, as well as Bridgeport and Temple.

Wrestling The No. 18 Pitt wrestling team tore through the Dakotas this weekend, topping No. 23 North Dakota State on Saturday before blowing out South Dakota State on Sunday.

Pitt improved to 7-0 for the first time since the 1986-87 season with a win against the Bison, avenging last year’s 28-11 loss with a 22-11 victory. After getting down 11-9, the Panthers stormed back to take the final four matches in the 174-pound, 184-pound, 197-pound and heavyweight divisions. No. 13 heavyweight junior Demetrius Thomas continued his impressive season with a resounding 14-5 victory in the final bout.

Sunday’s match wasn’t nearly as close, as the Panthers shut out the Jackrabbits 34-0. The win once again avenged a loss from last season — Pitt fell to then-ranked No. 12 SDSU at home in 2018, 25-13.

First-year Brendon Fenton contributed the

Sophomore Haley Brechwald, pictured here at a Jan. 20, 2018, meet vs. New Hampshire, received a score of 9.850 on vault. This score tied her career high for a fifth time. Thomas Yang | assistant visual editor team’s biggest victory of the day, dominating his 149-pound bout by a 14-0 margin.

The win extended Pitt’s undefeated streak to 8-0 on the season, while dropping the struggling Jackrabbits to 1-5.

Next up, the Panthers will look to stay undefeated when they take on Oklahoma State at home Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.

Track and Field In its first meet since Dec. 7, the Pitt track and field team continued its indoor season by traveling to Penn State to participate in the Nittany Lion Challenge. Although there were no team standings, the Panthers took first in three events while placing well in several others.

Pitt had two relay teams take home titles over the weekend. The women’s 4x800 relay team of sophomore Emily Burd, senior Erin O’Connell, senior Erin Keelan and first-year Caelan Miller

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won the event with a time of 9:26.35. The men’s quartet of junior Drew Glick, senior Nate Sloan, first-year Evan Addison and sophomore Zach Lefever also won the 4x800 in a time of 7:48.23.

The women’s team shone especially in the 400m race. Sophomore Nikki Scherer finished first in a time of 56.23, followed by first-year Flora Ahiarakwe in third and junior Aysha Muhammad in seventh.

Pitt’s other top-three finishes included junior Shyheim Wright finishing the men’s 60m hurdles in 8.07 seconds to take third, first-year Sydni Townsend taking second in the 800m run with a personal-best time of 2:13.70, and the women’s 4x400 relay team taking second with a time of 3:46.48.

The Panthers will travel to Blacksburg, Virginia, next weekend to participate in the Hokie Invitational on Jan. 18 and 19.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LOSES NAIL-BITER TO BOSTON COLLEGE

Dominic Campbell Staff Writer

While the Pitt women’s basketball team played a more competitive match than in its first two ACC games, the Panthers still couldn’t get the win against Boston College and fell in a close 59-55 contest Sunday afternoon at the Petersen Events Center.

The Panthers (9-8 overall, 0-3 ACC) scored more than 50 points in conference play for the first time this season. But a few missed shots on offense — especially from the foul line, where they shot just 50 percent — cost them a chance to end their lengthy ACC losing streak at 10 games.

Pitt looked like the better team out of the gate, quickly taking a 10-3 lead in the first quarter. Seniors Cassidy Walsh and Kauai Bradley were Pitt’s initial contributors, scoring four points each during the run.

Junior guard Taylor Ortlepp’s 3-pointer put a stop to the Panthers’ run, and a basket

Lorri Johnson became the first woman in Pitt basketball history to have her jersey retired. Thomas Yang | ASSISTANT VISUAL EDITOR in the paint from junior forward Emma Guy got the Eagles back in the game cutting the lead to two. Pitt countered with a 3-pointer from junior guard Jasmine Whitney and a mid-range jumper from senior forward Danielle Garven to end the first quarter with a 15-8 lead.

The second quarter saw a resurgence

from Boston College, with the Eagles eventually taking the lead entering halftime. After both teams traded opening baskets, Boston College scored six unanswered points to take a 20-19 lead with 5:35 to go in the quarter.

The rest of the quarter was split almost even, with the Eagles having a 9-8 advantage and going into the half with a 29-27 lead.

Whitney converted an and-one layup which briefly gave the Panthers the lead, although Boston College responded with a bucket from Guy and a 3-pointer from sophomore guard Milan Bolden-Morris.

The highlight of the half came just before the buzzer sounded. With time ticking down, Whitney was forced to take a contested shot from just beyond half court. It somehow banked in, cutting Pitt’s deficit to two points at halftime.

Pitt retired the No. 24 jersey of former player Lorri Johnson during halftime, making her the fifth basketball player — and first woman — in program history to have their jersey retired. Johnson scored a schoolrecord 2,312 career points from 1987-1992.

Head coach Lance White was excited to see a female player finally gain the recognition of having a jersey retired.

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Now renting fall 2019 various two bed­rooms units in South Oak‑ land, Bates, Coltart, Edith, Halket Place, Ward Street; rent start‑ ing from $975‑$1410 Contact: John C.R. Kelly 412‑683‑7300 www.jcrkelly.com

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6X $30.20 $32.30

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Deadline:

Two business days prior by 3pm | Email: advertising@pittnews.com | Phone: 412.648.7978

Squirrel Hill

Newly remodeled sec­ond and third floor, 5 BR, 2 BA apartment with laundry room in­ side apartment. $3000 + utilities. Has a sky‑ light. 412‑683‑0363

dryer are included.

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Oakland near Magee Hosptial. 1,2,3 BR available immedi­ ately. Long or short term lease, furnished or unfurnished. By the week, month or semester. Call 814‑403‑2798 or 412‑881‑1881.

412‑983‑0400

August 2019 rental.

Studio & 1 Bed­rooms.

Heat included;­ parking. Charles Greve Company Real Estate 412‑261‑4620.

including washer and

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Newly remodeled first floor apartment with 2/3 BR and laun­dry in apartment. $1500 + utilities.

412‑683‑0363

duplex. All ap­pliances

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cupancy. Short‑term.

Call 412‑361‑2695

Atwood Street. 1/ 2BR units available now. Close to Pitt.

Parking available.

412‑561‑7964. Leave message.

5 BR, 2 full bath

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of Pittsburgh. $2800/

416 Oakland Ave. HUGE 2BR, 1BA. Hardwood floors. Available August 1, 2019. Call 412‑361‑2695

3444 Ward ‑ Studio/1,­2,3 bedroom apart­ments. Free heating, free parking.

Avail­able Aug. 2019.

412‑361‑2695

Insertions

minute walk to Univ.

M.J. Kelly Realty.

Studio, 1, 2, 3 and 4 Bedroom Apart­ments, Duplexes and Houses.

N. & S. Oakland from $750‑$2500. mjkellyrealty@gmail.­ com. 412‑271‑5550. www.mjkellyrealty.­ com

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Outstanding One Bed­rooms located throughout South Oakland; Fifth Ave, Meyran, Pier, Sem­ple, Blvd of Allies, Ward; Rents Starting at: $740‑$825 Contact: John C.R. Kelly Office: 412‑683‑7300 Email: info@kellyre­ altyinc.com Website: www.­ jcrkelly.com Two houses available ‑ both 4BR, 2BA. $1900/mo. If paid by 1st, rent $1800/mo.

412‑337‑9916

Shadyside Shadyside ‑ 2BR, great location, hard­ wood floors. Free heat. Immediate oc­

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4 bedroom/1 1/2 bath townhouse on Murray Avenue across from Starbucks. $1395+utilities.

Washer/dryer, granite countertops, off‑street parking, dish­washer, backyard, and covered front porch. Available Au­gust 1st. Call 724‑309‑4193.

Rental Other 3BR, 2BA spacious house available in Brentwood. Fully fur­nished, recently up­dated, A/C, hard‑ wood floors, washer/ dryer in basement.

2 cov­ered porches. $1095+utilities. 8 miles from Pitt! Call 412‑884‑5792 or 412‑608‑3039.

Studios, 1, 2, & 3 Bedroom apartments available August 2019 & sooner. Oak­land, Shadyside, Friend‑ ship, Squirrel Hill, Highland Park, Point Breeze. Photos & current availabil‑

ity online, check out www.forbesmanage­ ment.net, or call 412.441.1211

Employment Employment Other Local middle‑eastern restaurant looking for positive, energetic and experienced peo­ple to join our team! Excel‑ lent customer service, good charac­ter, and strong work ethic.

Hiring immedi­ately!

Call (412)‑680‑9094 Medical and Heart Care, Students Welcome, 155 N. Craig Street, Dean Kross, MD, 412‑687‑7666 OFFICE INTERN Shadyside Manage­ ment Company seeks person w/ min 2 yrs. college, for upcom­ing spring semester, to interview & pro­cess rental appli­cants, do internet post‑ ings & help staff our action‑central of­fice. Part time or full time OK starting

in January; full time over the summer. $13/hour. Perfect job for sophomores & ju­niors, seniors plan­ning to enter grad school, returning grad students, and first‑year law stu­dents!

Mozart Management 412‑682‑7003 thane@mozartrents.­ com Part‑Time Job: Earn up to $200 a day driv­ ing and hanging out with senior citizens.

Apply here: https:­// www.fountain.com/­ papa‑technologies/ ap­ply/pittsburgh‑pa‑ pa‑pal The Pitt News is cur­rently seeking stu­dents to work as In­ side Sales Representa­ tives for the newspa­ per. They will pro­vide advertising ser­vice to all Student, Univer‑ sity, and Clas­sified Accounts, while also complet­ing assigned office duties. Submit re­sumes/applica‑ tions to advertising@ pittnews.­com, or stop by our office at 434 William Pitt Union!

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