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Assistant Sports Editor Pitt Athletic Director Scott Barnes said he already knows Pitt’s fans and alumni care more than Utah State fans — now he’s asking them to prove it.

The former Utah State athletic director spoke to more than 150 Pitt fans and alumni about the Athletic Department’s six strategic goals in Alumni Hall Tuesday night at the first Pitt Athletics Town Hall Meeting in the Connolly Ballroom. Barnes planned the meeting to make the department’s plans for the upcoming year more transparent.

Mapping out his goals, Barnes said he’s going to “scrub” the organization to make the most out of Pitt’s staff and compete financially and ranking-wise in the ACC. “The purpose ... is to identify opportunities to strengthen our organization in order to become more effective and efficient,” Barnes said. “How do we deploy our staff to meet those strategic [goals] that we have?”

Barnes laid out goals for focusing on fan engagement, expanding the revenue base,

Opal Tometi, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, spoke Tuesday at Pitt. Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

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Opal Tometi remembers exactly where she was and how she felt the day George Zimmerman’s “not guilty” verdict came in.

“I had just watched [the movie] ‘Fruitvale Station,’ and when I walked out of the theater, my phone was blowing up with texts about the acquittal,” Tometi said.

Tometi, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, was immediSee Town Hall on page 8 ately reminded of her younger brother,

who was 17, the same age as Trayvon Martin when Zimmerman shot and killed him in Florida in February 2012.

To protect her brother and honor Martin’s death, Tometi started the nowfamous hashtag behind the national #BlackLivesMatter movement.

Tometi recounted her story to a crowd of about 250 students Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room. Pitt’s Black Action Society sponsored the event, where Pitt alumnus Robert Timmons II read poetry and I Am Saved Christian Dance

Company performed an African dance, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. “Black Lives Matter has been an affirmation of inherent beauty, dignity and human rights,” Tometi said. “Embrace the color, embrace the diversity and encourage it.”

Shadeni Cargill, a psychology major at Pitt, began the event by singing the Black National Anthem , which was written in the 1800s and sung at segregated schools in the 1900s. Aminata Kamara, the Social Action Chair for See BLM on page 4

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FROM STORAGE TO SNAPSHOTS People have been donating pieces of history to Pitt’s Nationality Rooms program for years. Now, those items will finally see the light of day | by Alexa Bakalarski, Staff Writer Deep underground, in the basement of the Cathedral of Learning, a Lithuanian string instrument has been silent in storage for more than 80 years.

Larger than a violin but slightly smaller than a guitar, the kanklès has 12 strings, including a broken one that swings out from the instrument. Pitt received the instrument, which has five stylized flower designs carved into its wooden face, sometimee in the late ’30s.

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Now, the he kanklès, w i t h its top p carved in thee shape off a wave — along with ith dolls, books, oks, newspaper clippings, handkerchiefs, sculptures and about ut 1,000 1 000 other items donated to Pitt’s Nationality Rooms program over the years — will soon see the virtual light of day.

Michael Walter, Nationality Rooms tour coordinator, is creating an online gallery of donated items that are too fragile to display in the rooms. When the gallery goes live, visitors can search for items by the ethnicity of a nationality room or the type of object, such as textiles or dolls.

“If they were just moldering away, it does no one any good,” Walter said.

Walter aims to have the online gal-

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by April, even if not all of the items are inventoried or photographed by then.

“For the time being, a virtual gallery is a way to get some of this stuff out,” Walter said.

The Nationality Rooms program receives donations from a wide array of sources, such as collectors, professors and people who inherited cultural objects from relatives. tives E a c h item i on the online gallery has its own s t o r y.

T h e kanklès spent sp decades cad in storage storag because it could not be bolted down or displayed in a ca case in the Lithuanian room because of space constraints.

Similarly, in 2003, the Nationality Rooms program removed a Czechoslovakian medal from the Czechoslovak Room which was from the 1939 World’s Fair and was created to gain support for freeing Czechoslovakia from Nazi occupation. Although none of the items in the archive are for sale, copies of the coin sell on eBay for between $20 and $90.

“These are descendants of the culture, and they’ve given objects left by

parents and grandparents to the University to display,” Maxine Bruhns, director of the Nationality Rooms program, said.

“These are personal things.”

A Serbian manuscript of the gospels of Prince Miroslav remained in storage because it was too large for the Yugoslavian room’s display case.

“It lends perspective to the culture that’s depicted in the rooms,” Bruhns said, on the importance of donated items to the Nationality Rooms.

At Pitt, Ruth Crawford Mitchell started the Nationality Rooms program during the construction of the Cathedral of Learning at the request of Pitt’s 10th chancellor, John G. Bowman. As the first director of the program, Mitchell contacted ethnic communities within Pittsburgh to create nationality classrooms as a way to share their heritage.

Over the years, as the Nationality Rooms program has evolved, the donated items have accumulated.

Bruhns and Walter began the online gallery project last spring, as they found themselves running out of storage space and wanting to take inventory. The last time someone inventoried the items was 1995.

Because the people who conducted the 1995 inventory made some of the labels incorrectly, Walter and the student assistants sometimes struggle for a long time to identify and research an item.

“Some of the stuff was easy to identify, others not,” said Max Adzema, a Nationality Rooms tour guide who graduated from Pitt this past December.

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days to identify a watch.

Adzema became involved in the project this past summer after asking Walter what he could do to help with the Nationality Rooms program.

“I want [students] to help because it’s an opportunity for some really great pre-career training,” Walter said.

For Mariah Flanagan, a junior who helped with the project, the experience primed her for her desired future career as a museum professional.

“I learned a lot from this process, specifically in how to handle and store collected objects, ethics in collection processes and database organization,” Flanagan, an anthropology and museum studies major, said in an email.

Regardless of whether or not the items are virtually or physically displayed, sharing them with the community remains important for the Nationality Rooms program.

“The Nationality Rooms and the Cathedral have been constants in the lives and stories of Pitt students for almost 70 years and will be for who knows how many more,” Flanagan said. “As members of the Pittsburgh community, it’s important to cherish in and learn about the city’s history and the people that made it what it is today.”

Walter said he and the others in the Nationality Rooms program hope to find a space to permanently display more of the items in storage in the distant future.

“It’s a living program,” Walter said.

“It’s still generating something. It’s not like a set piece locked in glass.”

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The Community Relations Committee of the University Senate announced these projects Tuesday in the Hillman Library at its first monthly meeting of the year.

According to the Committee, which is composed of a student, University and community representatives, Pitt will launch the survey sometime in February and will host the panel Jan. 28.

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After receiving a $34,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board in June, Pitt will launch a new student survey focusing on student drinking habits next month. Pitt will use the survey results to supplement Pitt’s current AlcoholEdu program and create online modules outlining the dangers of binge drinking.

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BLM, pg. 1 the Black Action Society, followed with opening remarks, noting the impact of the Black Lives Matter message.

“Black Lives Matter is a simple statement to get the conversation going,” Kamara said. “It starts a dialogue.”

Tometi opened her talk with a message on the importance of culture, saying it is “who we are and who we can be.”

Harnessing their sadness and anger after the Zimmerman acquittal, Tometi founded the movement to end systemic racism with her friends, Alicia Garza, special projects director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance of Oakland, California, and Patrisse Cullors, a community organizer from Los Angeles.

The hashtag #BlackLivesMatter spread across Twitter, and Tometi took to the streets of Brooklyn, New York, where she lives, chanting the slogan.

A December 2015 Newsweek cover story about white men dying from prescription and opioid overdoses outraged many members of the black community.

Tometi said this story is a dismissal of communities of color, but it is also a

telling sign that the movement is creating friction and tension.

She encouraged students to become activists in the movement by joining organizations and student groups committed to the cause, or even by starting a chapter of the Black Lives Matter movement in Pittsburgh.

Pitt students have participated in the Black Lives Matter movement without a chapter by hitting the streets in protest several times since a Staten Island grand jury ruled to not indict the officer who choked Eric Garner to death in 2014.

Zuri Kent-Smith, a first-year majoring in microbiology, posed a question to Tometi about how to respond to critics of the movement, specifically those who cite black-on-black crime. Tometi reasoned that it is a symptom of the structure, and if people are hurt at every stage of the system, they may release their trauma in the form of violence.

“It really re-energizes me to keep moving forward,” Kent-Smith said. “I’m already involved in activist movements, but now I’m thinking about taking more initiative and taking on leadership positions.”

Tometi called on King’s legacy by bookending her talk with quotes from King, emphasizing his well-known themes of protesting peacefully and intervening for justice.

David Garrow, professor of law and history and distinguished fellow at Pitt, has written a series of three biographies on King, and specializes in the black freedom struggle. In his books, Garrow shares lessons from the Civil Rights movement that activists today can apply to the Black Lives Matter movement.

“King was always, without exception, resolutely inclusive in terms of race and ethnicity,” he said. “He always welcomed white participation. At the time of his assassination, he was doing outreach to Hispanic and Latino people, and one of his closest advisors, Bayard Rustin, was openly gay.”

Tometi echoed this call for inclusion of all people in the Black Lives Matter movement.

Students applauded and snapped when she spoke about including all blacks, regardless of gender identity, religious beliefs, location, age or immigration status.

“Differences do not have to lead to disparities,” Tometi said.

Tometi emphasized moving away from heteronormativity and male dominance, as well as welcoming people of all races to work as allies in the movement, creating a “multiracial democracy.”

Morgan Cooper-Okerchiri, a senior majoring in finance and supply chain management, emphasized the power of allies in the movement.

“I think it’s important that people are starting to understand what this is about,” she said. “We have so many white allies here, and it’s important for them to not feel ashamed. Black Lives Matter is supported by all of our allies.”

Gabrielle Wynn, a senior communication major and president of the Black Action Society, gave the closing remarks to Tometi’s talk. She shared what the Black Lives Matter movement means to the black community at Pitt.

“It really helped give a phrase to encompass everybody,” Wynn said. “It really has just reaffirmed that black lives matter and that they need to matter on Pitt’s campus.”

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Academy slow to respond to #OscarsSoWhite This year’s Academy Award nominations heralded the return of a familiar pale face: #OscarsSoWhite.

It’s a repeated racial injustice decried by us everyday people who will never be anywhere near one of those statues. But would the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have responded to the outcry on social media if major celebrities didn’t begin to boycott the event?

Probably not.

After black celebrities Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith boycotted the Oscars for the lack of minority representation in the nomination pool, Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs released a memo on Monday, promising “dramatic steps to alter the makeup of our membership.” The Academy will conduct a review of membership to bring “muchneeded diversity in our 2016 class and beyond.”

“I am both heartbroken and frustrated about the lack of inclusion. This is a difficult but important conversation, and it’s time for big changes,” Isaacs’ memo read.

But where was Isaacs’ memo last week, after the nominations were released and the hashtag began trending?

It wasn’t until after major black celebrities began to publicly boycott the event that she gave the Academy’s response.

While the review might end up yielding a more diverse nomination list in the future, there remains the deeper question of why the Academy is only just now conducting this review.

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tion. Currently, 94 percent of the Academy’s nominating voters are white and more than 70 percent are male. Why? Do minorities and women not have good taste? What’s the Academy’s excuse? #OscarsSoWhite is not a new issue — in fact, it happened last year, too. But when Vulture asked Isaacs about the lack of nominee diversity during that ceremony, she brushed it off as a nonissue.

“Not at all. Not at all,” Isaacs said when asked if her organization ignored diversity problems among nominees.

“The good news is that the wealth of talent is there, and it’s being discussed, and it’s helpful so much for talent — whether in front of the camera or behind the camera — to have this recognition, to have this period of time where there is a lot of publicity, a lot of chitter-chatter.”

According to Time Magazine, only 6.7 percent of the 1,668 acting Oscar winners have been non-white. This problem didn’t sneak up on Isaacs or the Academy, and only they can change the system — and the industry — that created the problem.

Boycotting an organization clearly apathetic to your problems is an important act in preserving dignity. Lee and Pinkett Smith have made it clear that not all members of Hollywood are willing to accept being silenced, and in doing so, reiterated the need for representation.

The accolades we give to art should speak to our values. Let’s make sure all of us are at the judges’ table.

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OBAMA’S CHOICE: PIPELINE OR EARTH

Alyssa Lieberman Columnist

When discussing the environment, President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union sacrificed logic for applause.

During his hour-long speech before Congress last Tuesday, Obama spent much of his time urging for climate change action and rallying support for clean energy.

But the president surely misspoke when he claimed that passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership would “protect workers and the environment.” That, or he misunderstands the definition of “protect.”

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relation — they are completely antithetical.

If Obama truly wants to fight for the environment, he cannot simultaneously fight for TPP. Despite labeling climate change the greatest threat to future generations and speaking urgently on the need to take action, the president has a mixed — if not outright lacking — environmental policy record. Increased natural gas and oil export allowances by his administration have left a bad taste in environmentalists’ mouths.

Regardless of the economic growth that followed, these policies have only deepened global dependence on unsustainable energy.

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Lieberman, pg. 6 more forcefully than he’s acted, and among Obama’s top demands has been a call for collaboration with fellow nations. In December, he got his wish.

To combat climate change, world leaders met for a climate change convention in Paris and agreed to attempt restricting global warming to two degrees above pre-industrial temperatures. To do this, each country will establish emission reduction plans. After 2018, each country will have to submit new plans — plotting progressively increased reductions — every five years.

Unfortunately, participation in this framework is voluntary and there is no punishment for nations that don’t comply. It is a toothless commitment at best.

“The deal reached in Paris is weak, containing no concrete increase in the level of ambition to address climate change, and simply urges countries to do more over time,” said Richard Chatterton, the head of climate policy at Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

TPP’s introduction would only increase the danger of defection. The goals of unbridled free trade — exorbitant consumption by corporations and transportation of goods using nonrenewable resources — directly oppose the regulatory goals of those focused on climate change.

M a i n stream politicians — President Obama included — can’t embrace this fact.

We cannot successfully fight cli-

mate change without pushing for actual enforcement — a 2015 analysis by Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment showed that it will require drastic change outside of carbon emission reductions to meet the two degree goal.

The global initiative might be too late to help certain parts of the world. Island nations, such as the Marshall Islands, are already disappearing, eroding because of rising sea levels. Despite contributing very little to the climate change that is destroying their homes, they are already facing the consequences.

In a time when we need to hold corporate polluters more accountable, TPP would grant corporations more power than ever.

Under the proposed agreement, corporations could sue the government when they interfere with their business’ bottom line — or, for oil companies, when governments enact carbon reduction goals or environmental legislation.

A n d , while scientists s t at e that 80 p e rcent of available fossil fuels need to remain untapped for us to reach the two degree goal, the TPP would guarantee the automatic approval of Liquid Natural Gas export permits to TPP countries. This freedom would increase natural gas export and production, which will likely lead to an increase in fracking. Major environmentalist organizations, such as Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace, sensibly expect this to lead to increased coal production in the United States, given that it pairs coal producers with new markets abroad.

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For as confident as President Obama appeared during his State of the Union, there is a clear conflict of direction. He must choose free trade or a clean planet, and the first option cannot exist without the latter. Global cooperation means little if there is no globe left.

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pushing through an agreement that will only speed it up?

The disparity between these two treaties shows where our government’s true interests lie. A weak climate change deal is poised to usher in a strong, binding free trade agreement with harmful environmental impacts. Considering that the president counts both of these elements as goals, addressing climate change is not truly his top concern.

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Sports Town Hall, pg. 1 improving athletes’ graduation rates and re-allocating resources. So far, Barnes said the athletic department has failed to solicit sufficient donations from Pitt’s alumni. “[Moving to the ACC is] a significant lift,” Barnes said. “How are we going to bring the resources to compete at that level?”

Pitt is second in the ACC in total alumni, but second to last in total alumni donations.

“I’m licking my chops,” Barnes said.

“That is an opportunity.”

Through fundraising, the Athletics Department plans to fund $8 to 10 million for facility improvements. A $4 million renovation is already underway at the swimming and diving facilities at Trees Hall, set for

completion this fall.

Barnes said after the presentation that the numbers of new donors and gift-giving are up, but added that there hasn’t been a culture at Pitt for major gift fundraising in the past. The engagement rate out of 306,821 alumni was about 2.6 percent last year, close to half the average percentage for donor engagement.

Other efforts to increase revenue include amping up ticket sales. Barnes’ strategic plan includes an initiative to sell a record-breaking 53,775 season tickets for the upcoming football season.

The increased revenue will also go toward hiring more staff. The Athletics Department has made new hires in football, men’s soccer and softball, but is still lagging behind the average number of staff members at other

ACC organizations by about 20.

“If you take the ACC ... and you think about the average institution in the ACC and its staff positions — not coaching positions, staff positions — that we don’t have, that’s it,” Barnes said. “We’ve got to find the revenue to fill that gap.”

In August 2015, the Athletics Department instituted a fan experience committee, which Barnes said has significantly opened up lines of communication between fans and the administration.

“All of a sudden [fans] have a vehicle ... now they’re a conduit,” Barnes said. Many of the audience members Tuesday night were members of the committee and Pitt alumni.

During a question and answer session after Barnes’ speech, alumni raised concerns about the lack of Pitt branding and

marketing at Heinz Field, where the logo in the center of the green is small compared to other universities.

Barnes couldn’t offer any specifics about dressing up the stadium, but said there was “definitely room to grow” with on-field branding.

Based on past fan input, Barnes also said he’s seriously looking into selling alcohol in the stadium during Pitt games.

Since Pitt moved to the ACC, football fans have jumped at the chance to once again play rival teams like Penn State.

Barnes fielded questions about adding rival nonconference teams to Pitt’s basketball schedule.

“We’re failing a little bit in the fan interest,” Barnes said. How do you [increase] fan interest? Those rivalries.”

WOLVES POUNCE EARLY FOR 78!61 PITT LOSS

Jeremy Tepper

Senior Staff Writer Just under two minutes into Tuesday’s game, North Carolina State guard Anthony “Cat” Barber knocked down a jumper that Pitt guard James Robinson could not match after missing an open shot.

What seemed like an innocuous sequence early in the game would foreshadow what was to come. NC State trumped Pitt’s inability to convert on offense, leading to a 78-61 Panthers defeat at the Petersen Events Center Tuesday night.

The Wolfpack finished the game shooting 48 percent, compared to the Panthers’ 37 percent. Fresh off a win against Boston College, Pitt’s rough performance came as a surprise to head coach Jamie Dixon. “[Coming into the game], I really felt good about what we were doing, and certainly that came to a quick end at the start of the game,” Dixon said.

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NC State executed quickly on offense and found solid shots in transition and in half court. At the 15:17 mark, Pitt called a timeout, as the Wolfpack held a 12-4 lead after making six of their first eight shots. NC State head coach Mark Gottfried pointed to his team’s quick start to spearhead its play for the rest of the game.

“I thought the biggest key was the way we started the game.” Gottfried said. “The first half, both offensively and defensively, was probably our best half of the year.”

While Pitt generally found makeable shots, it regularly missed at the rim or from mid-range. Dixon was blunt about his team’s inability to finish.

“It was jump shots,” Dixon said.

“They were sagging, they were in the lane, we didn’t finish.”

The struggles only continued the rest of the half, with two threes from NC State forward Maverick Rowan and a converted layup and foul shot by Bar-

ber bringing the score to 25-6 roughly 10 minutes in.

Pitt’s offensive possessions became formulaic, as one after the next stalled out due to a missed open shot or a careless drive to the basket. Meanwhile, the Panthers’ defense found no solution to slow the Wolfpack offense. When a NC State possession failed to produce a basket, it was usually due to an offensive folly, rather than Pitt’s defensive abilities.

Pitt forward Michael Young said his team’s offensive struggles corroded its defensive play.

“We definitely let that dictate our defense,” Young said. “We came out lackadaisical and not ready to play.”

Within the last two minutes of the half, Barber went on a 7-0 run, ending with a nifty stepback jumper to give NC State a 44-16 lead.

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Basketball, pg. 8 fits. When he wasn’t driving to the hoop with ease, he was troubling his defender with slick ball handling to set up a jump shot. Barber finished with 31 points off of 8-18 shooting, converting on all 14 attempts from the free throw line and assisting on seven buckets.

“Barber certainly controlled the game,” Dixon said. “We couldn’t keep [him] in front of us.”

At the half, the Panthers trailed 44-19, shooting a mere 25 percent from the field, compared to NC State’s 58 percent.

Though Dixon said he thought his team could come back from the deficit, he knew it would take perfection to overcome a nearly insurmountable spread.

“You can’t put yourself in a situation being down 25 at the half,” Dixon said. “It really made it almost an impossibility to come back.”

About four minutes into the second half, Pitt forward Jamel Artis converted a layup while drawing a foul, knocking down the free throw as well to bring Pitt within 20 points. An Artis three from the top of the key cut the lead to 53-37 with 12:46 left in

the game, as Pitt started the half on an 18-9 run.

Seconds later after a TV timeout, Sheldon Jeter tipped in a missed shot to pull Pitt closer. But its momentum ran dry when Artis fouled Barber on a missed 3-point attempt and he preceded to convert all three free throws.

The three free throws brought the deficit to 17, where it remained steady for the rest of the game. Any comeback attempts were partly thwarted by NC State’s dominance on the boards — the visitors outrebounded Pitt 46-30, with 14 coming from Lennard Freeman and 10 from Abdul-Malik Abu. Young said that the Wolfpack’s interior players know that their primary job is to rebound, which led to their success.

“They’re rel e nt l e s s .

Their bigs don’t really look for touches that much,” Young said. “They have a relentless amount of energy when the ball does go up.”

Pitt will return to play Saturday, when it travels to Tallahassee to face off against Florida State at 4 p.m. Come game time, Artis said Pitt has to be the aggressor and not let Florida State dominate from the onset.

“It’s a sad feeling, but I think we learned our lesson tonight,” Artis said. “We’ve just gotta come out and hit [Florida State] first.”

We came out lackadaisical and not ready to play.

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Senate, pg. 3 According to Wilds, the city police are under “tremendous pressure” from local residents to issue more citations to students, particularly in response to “informal parties.” Permanent South Oakland residents have voiced these concerns to police at recent Oakwatch meetings, which serve as a sort of community forum for people who live in Oakland.

The January panel, focused mainly on improving communication with community groups, will discuss Pitt initiatives, such as the University’s connection with Oakwatch.

“Essentially, we want to create, on a national level, guidelines that various universities and governments will be able to follow to have this kind of interaction,” Kannu Sahni, Pitt’s director of community relations, said.

Pitt will partner with the Responsible Hospitality Institute, a nonprofit promoting safe and profitable public spaces, and the International Town Gown Association, an organization that helps universities work with the communities around them, to host a panel on Jan. 28 to discuss ways to bring a similar structure to other college campuses.

Sahni, Councilman Bruce Kraus and co-chair of Oakwatch Hanson Kappelman are representing Pittsburgh on the panel.

According to Sahni, RHI and ITGA have planned the next panel for March in Charleston, South Carolina.

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on the dangers of underage drinking, co-chairs of the community relations committee Linda Hartman and Pamela Toto are looking at the safety of pedestrians and bikers on the roadways.

Hartman, reference librarian for the Health Sciences Library System, said students and community members need more education on the hazards of biking.

“Being a driver, I don’t think [bike lanes] are something that’s on my radar yet,” Hartman said. “I see the bike lane, but I guess two and two haven’t quite come together yet that when I’m making that turn, I need to check my mirror [for bikers].”

Wanda Wilson, executive director for Oakland Planning and Development Corporation, suggested a type of “ticket cam” or ticket simulation in which students hand out papers in situations where a driver could have been issued a ticket, such as speeding or running a red light.

“It would be cool if lots of people saw lots of people getting tickets in a very visible area,” Wilson said. “You know lots of enforcement is happening, but it’s not in everyone’s consciousness.”

In other action, Paul Supowitz, vice chancellor for community and governmental relations at Pitt, announced that the Oakland task force will begin construction on a new bus stop cover this summer in South Oakland .

The cover, made of glass with white poles, will be on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Atwood Street and will remain open for pedestrian traffic.

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6br/4BA melwood & Center entire Victorian house, dishwasher, 4 parking spots, laundry, gameroom tinyurl.com/ pittnewsad3 $3995+ coolapartments@ gmail.com Available 8/1, 3 BR/1 Bath, less than 1 mile to campus, updated, Dishwasher and AC, starting at $1330+, 412.441.1211 Available 8/1, 4 br/2bath, Less than 1 mile to campus, Split Level, Updated, Central A/C, $2520+, 412.441.1211

North Oakland - 264 Melwood Avenue - 4 bedrooms. Rent $1,700 + utilities Flexible lease - Available. Call 412-462-7316.

** 5 Bedroom/2 full bath; HUGE HOMEduplex style, three stories. 2 living rooms, 2 kitchens, 2 dining rooms, LAUNDRY and a huge yard to enjoy! Huge Bedrooms! Located on Dawson Street. PITT Shuttle stops directly in front of house, only 15 minute level walk to PITT/CMU. $3,295+. Available 8/1/2016. NO PETS. Call Jason at 412-922-2141. Pictures- Info: tinyurl. com/pitthome

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**AUGUST 2016: Furnished Studio, 1-2-3-4 Bedroom Apts. No pets.

Non-smokers preferred.

412-621-0457

*1 & 2 BEDROOM REMODELED FURNISHED APARTMENTS. Beautiful, clean, large, and spacious. Fullyequipped kitchen and bathroom. Wallto-wall carpeting.

Large 2-bedroom, $1200, 1-bedroom, $750. Owner pays heat. Available Aug. 2016. Call 412-247-1900, 412-731-4313. *3 BEDROOM, REMODELED HOUSE -FURNISHED* Beautiful, large, clean and spacious.

New fully equipped kitchen. Wall-towall carpeting.

Washer/Dryer included. Whole house air-conditioning. Garage Available. $1800+utilities. Aug. 1. Call 412-247-1900, 412-731-4313.

1-2-3-4 Bedroom Houses & Apartments. 376 Meyran, 343 McKee, St. James, Bates St. $1,095-$2,000. Call 412-969-2790

1,2,3,5,6, & 8 bedroom houses. August & May 2016.

Bouquet, Atwood, Meyran. Please call 412-287-5712.

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2-3-4 bedroom South Oakland apartments for rent. For more information or to schedule a viewing, please call 412-849-8694.

2BR/BA apartment. $1250 includes heat.

Available Aug. 2016.

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412-261-4620.

3-5BR apartment available for Spring semester. Central air, dishwasher, great location and discounted price.

412-915-0856 3444 WARD ST. Studio, 1-2-3 BR apartments available Aug. 1, 2016. Free parking, free heating.

320 S. BOUQUET 2BR, great location, move in May 1, 2016.

416 OAKLAND AVE. - 2BR, hardwood floors. Move in Aug. 1, 2016. Call 412-361-2695. No evening calls please.

4 BR townhouses, Semple St., available May 1st & August 1st, 2016. Equipped kitchen, full basement. 412-343-4289.

Call after 5:00 pm. ****************** Large 6 bedroom house for rent. Fall occupancy.

Atwood Street.

Close to campus.

Please text 412-807-8058

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6 or 7 BR house.

Washer & dryer available. NO PETS. Available August 1, 2016. One year lease. Meyran Ave. 5 minute walk to University of Pittsburgh.

412-983-5222.

Apartments for rent, 1-5BR, beginning August 2016. A/C, dishwasher, washer/dryer.

412-915-0856 Available 8/1, 1 BR/1 Bath, 5 min. walk to Cathedral, A/C, hardwood floors, newly renovated, starting at $995+, 412.441.1211 Clean, Newly Remodeled Houses and Apartments.

1-9 Bedrooms. Call 412-680-4244 or email s.cusick@comcast.net www.superiorpropertiesgroup.com.

House for RentJuliet Street.

Available January 2016.

Big 3-bedroom, 2story house 1.5 bath, fully-equipped eatin kitchen/appliances/new refrigerator, living, dining room, 2 porches, full basement, laundry/ storage, parking on premises, super clean, move-in condition. Near universities/hospitals/bus. $1700+.

412-337-3151 Houses for rent on Lawn, Atwood and Ophelia Sts. Available Aug. 2016.

412-417-4664 or 412-915-8881.

R INSERTIONS 1X 2X 3X 4X 5X 6X ADDITIONAL A 1-15 WORDS $6.30 $11.90 $17.30 $22.00 $27.00 $30.20 $5.00 T 16-30 WORDS $7.50 $14.20 $20.00 $25.00 $29.10 $32.30 $5.40 E S DEADLINE: TWO BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR BY 3 PM | EMAIL: ADVERTISING@PITTNEWS.COM | PHONE: 412.648.7978 (EACH ADDITIONAL WORD: $0.10)

Large 1-2-3 BR apartments available August 1st. 3450 Ward Street. 312 and 314 South Bouquet Street.

Free parking. Minutes to campus. Cat friendly. Call 412-977-0111.

M.J. Kelly Realty Studio, 1, 2, 3, & 4 Bedroom Apartments, Duplexes, Houses. $750-$2400. mjkellyrealty@gmail.com. 412-271-5550, mjkellyrealty.com Niagara St. large 5BR, 2BA apartment. Updated kitchen, dishwasher, laundry, A/C. Across street from bus stop.

Available August 2016. 412-445-6117 4,6&7 bedroom townhouses available in May and August 2016. Nice clean, free laundry, includes exterior maintenance, new appliances, spacious, located on Bates & Juliet.

412-414-9629.

January 20, 2016

Large 6 BR house, 2 full bathrooms, washer/dryer, dishwasher, and many upgrades, Juliette St. 724-825-0033.

John CR Kelly Realty has studio 1 and 2 bedroom apartments available for rent for Fall 2016. Call 412-683-7300 to make an appointment today!

Spacious 5 and 3 Bedroom houses by Blvd Allies and Ward St, New ceramic kitchen, updated baths, Washer and dryer, patio, Shuttle at corner, No pets, Available August 1 2016, 3br partial furnished $1975+, 5br $3295+. LOTS Photos Videos at tinyurl.com/ pittnewsad1 and tinyurl.com/ pittnewsad2 email coolapartments@ gmail.com

Various 2-bedroom apartments on Meyran, Halket, Fifth, Ward & Bates Streets. Starting from $995-$1,675. Available in August 2016.

Call John CR Kelly Realty. 412-683-7300.

Various 1-bedroom apartments on Meyran, Pier & Ward Streets. Starting from $675-$795. Available August 2016. Call John CR Kelly Realty. 412-682-7300 2 BR apartment, newly painted, hardwood floors, appliances. Rent includes all utilities. $750/mo.

412-498-7355 3 & 5 bedroom. May 2016. Sarah St. Large bedroom, new kitchen, air conditioning, washer & dryer, dishwasher, large deck. 412-287-5712.

Studios, 1, 2, & 3 Bedroom apartments available August 2016 & sooner. Oakland, Shadyside, Friendship, Squirrel Hill, Highland Park, Point Breeze. Photos & current availability online, check out www.forbesmanagement.net, or call 412.441.1211

East End/Point Breeze apt. 1 BR with small deck and equipped kitchen.

Close to Frick Park and busline. $375+gas/electric.

Available February 1st. Call 412-242-1519.

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 412-246-5396 or visit www.SmokingStudies.pitt.edu

Housecleaner wanted for Oakland home.

8hrs/wk. References required.

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SEASONAL MARKETING ASSISTANT

Shadyside property management firm established in 1960 neeeds a Seasonal Marketing Assistant to work with Word, internet, & spreadsheet files from now until July 15th, four days/week from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Saturday and/or Sunday hours a must; some flexibility on days and hours will be considered; most hours will be solitary on the computer with no phone work; 40 WPM and strong computer skills required; no experience needed & we will train you at our Shadyside office; free parking. $12/hour plus generous season end bonus.

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OFFFICE INTERN Shadyside Management Company seeks person w/ min 3 yrs. college, for upcoming spring semester, to interview & process rental applications, do internet postings & help staff our action-central office. Part time or full time OK starting January 2; full time in summer. $12/hour.

Perfect job for graduating seniors set to enter grad school, returning grad students, and first-year law students!

Mozart Management 412.682.7003. thane@mozartrents.com

MOZART MANAGEMENT www.mozartrents .com 412-682-7003

Hi April, I love you.

- Bruce

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