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T he i n de p e n d e n t s t ude nt ne w spap e r of th e U n i v e rs i t y of P it t sburgh | P I t t n e w s.c o m | October 29, 2018 |­ Volume 109 | Issue 50

“Darkest day of Pittsburgh’s history.”

-Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto

Two people embrace in the crowd that overflowed outside Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall Sunday evening during a vigil that mourned the victims of the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre. Knox Coulter | staff photographer

11 dead, 6 injured in synagogue massacre

Community mourns victims at weekend vigil

The Pitt News Staff

Emily Wolfe

Eleven people are dead and six injured after an active shooter, yelling anti-Semitic slurs, attacked the Tree of Life Synagogue between Shady and Wilkins avenues in Squirrel Hill Saturday morning. It was the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in American history, with Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto calling it “the darkest day in Pittsburgh’s history.”

Robert G. Bowers, 46, of Pittsburgh, has been charged with 29 counts of federal crimes, including 11 counts of homicide at Tree of Life. He also faces dozens of state charges.

At a press conference Saturday afternoon,

Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich confirmed the number of fatalities and injuries and said four police officers were among the injured. None of those fatally shot or injured were children.

Authorities published a full list of victims at a press conference Sunday morning: The victims, who ranged in age from 54 to 97, were among the worshipers at Tree of Life.

A bris, a ceremonial circumcision event for newborn boys, was taking place when the shooting began according to WPXI. The Pittsburgh Public Safety Department first tweeted reports of an active shooter at See Massacre on page 2

Staff Writer

Knitted yarmulkes and black coats dotted Soldiers and Sailors Hall as thousands gathered for a standing-room only vigil, held to honor the victims of Saturday’s massacre at Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill. Hundreds more stood outside.

Rabbis from each of the three congregations affected by the tragedy came to the event — Jonathan Perlman of the New Light congregation, which lost three members in the attack, Cheryl Klein of the Dor Hadash congregation,

which lost one, and Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life congregation, which lost seven. All three wept as they spoke about the lives lost.

“I’m a victim,” Myers said. “I’m a survivor. I’m a mourner.”

He described the horror he felt Saturday morning as he witnessed the attack and the despair that he’s felt since.

“How do you stop hate?” he asked.

It’s a difficult question to find an answer for, but Myers had one. He addressed the political leaders in the room.

“Ladies and gentlemen, it has to start See Vigil on page 5

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Several hundred people gathered outside Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall during the vigil because the 2,300-person auditorium was filled. Knox Coulter | staff photographer

Massacre, pg. 1 Wilkins and Shady in Squirrel Hill at 10:34 a.m.

The University of Pittsburgh sent a text alert with the following: “Shots fired at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Wilkins Ave. Police operations are ongoing. Avoid the Squirrel Hill/Shadyside area.”

Bowers surrendered to the police after exchanging gunfire in the synagogue and remains hospitalized after undergoing surgery for multiple gunshot wounds. He is expected to appear in court as early as Monday, according to CNN. His remarks during an exchange with a SWAT officer revealed that he “wanted all Jews to die,” and that they “were committing genocide against his people,” according to the Pittsburgh Police criminal complaint.

Bowers’ social media history displays a history of antiSemitism, including activity on the social media platform Gab, an alternative to Twitter that is often home to conspiracy theories. Bowers’ Gab account has since been deleted.

“Robert Bowers represents the worst of humanity,” Scott Brady, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, said at Saturday’s conference. “Justice in this case will be swift and it will be severe.”

FBI members are investigating the shooting as a federal hate crime. At Saturday’s press conference, FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Jones said Bowers entered the synagogue with “an assault rifle and three handguns,” and according to

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the criminal complaint filed Sunday, the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms recovered three Glock handguns and one Cole AR-156 model rifle.

Pittsburgh Chief of Police Scott Schubert said the injured officers — two first responders as well as two SWAT team members who engaged the shooter inside the building — are all in stable condition.

Don Yealy, the vice president of Emergency and Urgent Care at UPMC Physician Services, said the six injured have been sent to three different hospitals. A 61-year-old female, a 70-year-old male, a 55-year old officer and another officer were sent to UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland. A 27-year-old officer was sent to UPMC Mercy and another unidentified injured person was sent to Allegheny General Hospital. Two of those injured, the 70-year-old male and the 55-year old officer, are in critical condition as of Sunday morning. One of the officers has been released.

Gov. Tom Wolf, who was also present at Saturday’s press conference, praised the bravery of the law enforcement officers who responded to the scene and expressed sympathy for the victims and their families.

“We must take action to prevent these tragedies in the future,” he said. “These senseless acts of violence are not who we are as Pennsylvanians, they are not who we are as Americans.”

Gov. Wolf also issued a statement in response to the situation earlier in the day.

“The shooting in Pittsburgh this morning is an absolute tragedy. I have spoken with local leaders and my administration and the Pennsylvania State Police will provide any re-

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sources to assist local law enforcement and first responders,” Wolf said in the statement.

President Donald Trump also put out a statement regarding the shooting on Twitter.

Jeff Finklestein, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, told KDKA reporters during a live broadcast, “A typical Saturday morning would have maybe 50-to-60 people, a guess.”

Rabbi Chuck Diamond, a former spiritual leader at the Tree of Life, told reporters at the scene of the shooting that it’s a difficult time for everyone affected.

“I called people that I knew, tried to see if they were OK. One is a doctor and he said he saw somebody’s name on the list who was taken to the emergency room who was, again, one of those people who was always there,” Diamond said.

Michael Eisenberg, the immediate past president of the synagogue, told KDKA there are three simultaneous congregation services on Saturdays at 9:45 a.m.

“On a day like today, the door is open. It’s a religious service — you can walk in and out,” Eisenberg said. “Only on the High Holidays is there a police presence.”

During his time as president, Eisenberg worked with the Department of Homeland Security and other synagogues to bring in the police presence during major holidays.

“Moving forward, this is a real occurrence and we need to learn from this. In light of this happening, it will be a catalyst for the future in most religious institutions,” Eisenberg said.

Joanna Li, Hannah Schneider, Christian Snyder and Janine Faust contributed reporting.

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Affidavit reveals details of synagogue shooting Hannah Schneider Assistant News Editor

cording to the federal criminal complaint.

Once inside the synagogue, the complaint says Bowers shot and killed multiple people at the ongoing service and injured many others.

According to the Pittsburgh Police Criminal Complaint, law enforcement officers received the first call at 9:54 a.m.

Two officers responded to the scene and observed a man, later identified as Bowers, who was armed with an assault-style rifle.

They confronted Bowers near the front entrance of the synagogue as he was exiting

After 11 people were killed and six were injured at a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill Saturday morning, the U.S. Attorney’s office filed 29 federal charges against suspect Robert Bowers. Among them are charges for murder, hate crimes and firearms offences.

The massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue joins a growing list of targeted violence at places of religious worship in recent years. Dylann Roof murdered nine African-American individuals in 2015 at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina. Roof was a white supremacist who posted racist manifestos online and purposefully targeted the black church.

He was sentenced to death in January 2017.

Former Ku Klux Klan leader Frazier Miller murdered three people at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City and Village Shalom in 2014. He was convicted of one count of capital murder and three counts of attempted murder, among other assault and weapons charges. Miller was sentenced to death in 2015.

Pittsburgh police officer stands amid law enforceAccording to the ment and emergency services vehicles outside criminal complaint filed the Tree of Life Synagogue Saturday morning.

Saturday evening in the Christian Snyder | editor-in-chief U.S. District Court for the the building, FBI Special Agent in Charge Western District of Pennsylvania, Bowers Bob Jones said at a press conference Saturentered the Tree of Life synagogue in the day afternoon.

Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh Bowers subsequently opened fire on the at approximately 9:50 a.m. Multiple people two officers, who returned fire, according were in attendance at the synagogue, acto the state criminal complaint. During the tively engaged in worship. exchange, one was shot in the hand and the Bowers was armed with multiple weapother received several cuts to his face from ons, including three Glock .357 handguns and one Colt AR-15 assault-style rifle, acSee Affidavit on page 5

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Victims identified in Tree of Life shooting Emily Wolfe

and as a practicing physician he was among the very best.” lies and the synagogue congregation raised more than Max Bernstein lives in Squirrel Hill with his brother, $300,000 in less than a day. Saturday night, a vigil orgaStaff Writer just down the street from the synagogue. He knew Cecil nized by students at Taylor Allderdice High School in The names of the 11 people killed by a gunman who Rosenthal — he saw him almost every day, as the older Squirrel Hill drew hundreds of mourners, who filled an oropened fire Saturday in the Tree of Life synagogue in dinarily busy Squirrel Hill intersection to sing and pray for man passed him on his way to the synagogue.

Squirrel Hill were released Sunday morning. the dead and for the community. Another vigil, organized “He was there every day,” Bernstein said.

Among the victims, who ranged in age from 54 to 97, by the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, drew thouSusan Kalson, the chief executive of the Squirrel Hill were a married couple from Wilkinsburg and a pair of sands to Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland Health Center, told The New York Times that dentist Richbrothers who lived in Squirrel Hill.

Sunday evening. ard Gottfried, another of the victims, loved working with Dr. Karl Williams, the chief medical examiner for AlSix people, including four police officers, were injured underserved patients, including refugees and immigrants. legheny County, read the names of the 11 killed in the atduring the attack and sent to UPMC centers for treatment.

“He was very devoted to community and to service,” tack at a press briefing Sunday morning. Autopsies have UPMC has not released the names of the begun, he said, and the medical examininjured, but they include a 61-year-old er’s office will release the causes and manwoman and a 70-year-old man, in addiners of the deaths as they are determined. tion to three male police officers, ages 55, “We are doing everything in our pow40 and 27. er to complete the process in a way that A fourth male police officer whose honors both civil and religious law,” Wilage remains unknown and who was also liams said. injured in the attack was released from Here, from the medical examiner’s ofUPMC Saturday, and another officer was fice, is the complete list of the dead: expected to be released later Sunday. Two Joyce Fienberg, 75, of Oakland of the injured, one officer and one civilRichard Gottfried, 65, of ian, are in critical condition as of Sunday Ross Township morning, UPMC told The Incline.

Rose Mallinger, 97, of Squirrel Hill Pittsburgh Public Safety Director WenJerry Rabinowitz, 66, of Edgewood dell Hissrich called the scene on Saturday Borough “one of the worst that I’ve seen.”

Cecil Rosenthal, 59, of Squirrel Hill “This is a very difficult time for the David Rosenthal, 54, of Squirrel Hill families and I expect you to give them (The Rosenthals are brothers.) some distance,” he told media at Sunday’s Bernice Simon, 84, of Wilkinsburg press briefing.

Sylvan Simon, 86, of Wilkinsburg According to WXPI, weekly Shabbat (The Simons are husband and wife.) services as well as a ceremonial circumciDaniel Stein, 71, of Squirrel Hill sion service for infant boys, called a bris, Melvin Wax, 88, of Squirrel Hill were taking place when the shooting ocIrving Younger, 69, of Mt. Washington curred Saturday morning. About three The victims belonged to three differMourners embrace after the Saturday night vigil for the victims of the shooting at dozen worshippers were present at the ent congregations, which all met Saturday Tree of Life Synagogue ends. Anna Bongardino | visual editor Tree of Life at the time. morning in the Tree of Life synagogue.

At Sunday evening’s vigil for the vicSeven of the dead were members of the tims, Mayor Bill Peduto commented on the “quadruple Kalson said. conservative Tree of Life congregation, three were memevil” of the shooting.

It was the evil of a mass murder, he Another victim, Daniel Stein, had recently become a bers of the Reconstructionist Dor Hadash congregation said, but also the evil of a mass murder whose victims are first-time grandfather, his nephew Steven Halle told the and one, Jerry Rabinowitz, belonged to New Light, another the innocent, the evil of targeting a group of people for Times.

He loved his family and his faith and attended serconservative congregation. their faith and the evil of committing such a crime in a vices every Saturday.

Rabinowitz, a doctor, was remembered Sunday mornsacred, peaceful place.

“He didn’t miss it for anything,” Halle said.

“The synaing by one of his patients, Law Claus. He described Rabi“We are dealing with that quadruple evil, the darkest nowitz in an email as being “more than just a physician” gogue was his life.” hour of our city’s history,” Peduto said. “But here’s another Five of the victims — Joyce Fienberg, Rose Mallinger, for Claus and his family. thing about Pittsburgh. We’re a resilient people. We will be Melvin Wax and Bernice and Sylvan Simon — lived “For over three decades he was truly a trusted confidant a city of compassion, welcoming to all people, no matter through or were born during the time of the Holocaust. and healer who could always be counted upon to provide what your religion or where your family came from. And Mallinger was 24 years old in 1945, at the end of World sage advice whenever he was consulted on medical matwe will recognize this moment as a moment when this naWar II. Fienberg was 2. ters, usually providing that advice with a touch of genuine tion needs to heal.”

A GoFundMe page set up to aid the victims’ famihumor,” Claus said. “He had a truly uplifting demeanor,

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Affidavit, pg. 3

Community members filled Soldiers and Sailors’ 2,300-person auditorium Sunday evening for a vigil mourning the lives lost in the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting. Maria Heines | staff photographer

Vigil, pg. 1 with you,” he said.

The crowd leapt to its feet in applause.

Political leaders in attendance included Gov. Tom Wolf, Pennsylvania Sens. Pat Toomey and Bob Casey, along with Pennsylvania Reps. Mike Doyle, Keith Rothfus and Conor Lamb. Also present was Mayor Bill Peduto, who expressed the depth of the mourning felt

by Pittsburgh after Saturday’s attack and condemned the anti-Semitism that drove it.

“We will drive anti-Semitism and the hate of any people back to the basement and away from the open dialogues around our city,” Peduto said, to another standing ovation.

Like the hundreds of people who attended the less formal vigil held in Squirrel Hill Saturday night, the people in Soldiers and Sailors Sunday evening came from all around Pittsburgh. The Port Authority operated extra bus services between Downtown, Oakland and Squirrel Hill to carry people to the vigil and did not collect fares on the 61 and 71 lines.

When Jeff Finkelstein, CEO of the Jewish Federation, asked any and all

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religious leaders in the audience to ascend to the stage, more than 30 came forward. They led the crowd in a recitation of Psalm 23 — several with tears in their eyes.

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,” the crowd chanted, “I will fear no evil.”

Among the religious leaders leading the reading of the Psalm was Presbyterian minister Leigh Benish. Sunday morning, she said, she spoke to her own congregation about the importance of the ability to express religion freely.

That evening, her belief in that freedom led her to the vigil.

“For me as a faith leader,” Benish said, “I felt it was important to support other people of faith, even if we don’t share that faith.”

The sentiment was echoed by numerous religious speakers, who voiced Christian and Muslim messages of support for the Jewish community.

Jamie Lynn Duane-Brady, 57, came to the event to show support for the community. As a child therapist who specializes in trauma, she’s seen how difficult these situations can be, especially for families with small children.

“You need to talk to them,” she said.

“It’s a hard thing, to figure out exactly

what to say to them. Not good to completely hide it from them, because they hear little bits and pieces.”

Marjorie and Vernon Phillips, older adults from Plum and Pittsburgh natives, were shaken by the news of the attack. Their granddaughter went to school in Squirrel Hill and had once attended a bat mitzvah at Tree of Life.

“I think this is horrific,” Marjorie said. “When I was a teacher I taught the kids not to hate. Well, I’m a hypocrite. I do hate. I hate what happened.”

Naftali Bennett, Israel’s minister of diaspora affairs, who traveled from Israel for the vigil, told the crowd that the strength of the community there gave him hope.

“Today, I did not see darkness,” Bennett said. “I saw light. I saw a community. I saw the Tree of Life, which will never be uprooted by hate.”

Finkelstein said the Jewish Federation would work in the coming days and weeks to bring the Jewish community — and all of Pittsburgh — together to mourn and to heal.

“I hope and pray for healing for everyone affected,” Finkelstein said. “At times like this, we need community. We are stronger than the tragedies that befall us because we are strong together.”

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bullet fragments and broken glass. Bowers then retreated into the building and made his way to the third floor.

The state criminal complaint says Pittsburgh SWAT then formed a small team and entered the building, where they found three women and eight men killed by Bowers. One man and one woman received gunshot wounds, and upon being found were carried out of the building by SWAT Medics and Officers and transported to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital for treatment.

The SWAT Operators entered the third floor of the building and encountered Bowers while searching for remaining victims, according to the state criminal complaint.

Bowers opened fire on the officers, shooting two more officers, critically wounding one. The remaining SWAT officers engaged in a multi-round gun battle while the two officers were carried out of the building.

According to the federal criminal complaint, both were transported to UPMC centers for treatment.

During the gun battle, Bowers was wounded and subsequently taken into custody, where he made statements to SWAT Operator David Blahut, as recorded on the state criminal complaint. Among these statements were multiple remarks showing hostility toward people of the Jewish faith, including comments that Jewish people needed to die.

“They’re committing genocide to my people. I just want to kill Jews,” Bowers said, according to the federal affidavit.

Based on the events in the federal and state affidavits, the U.S. Attorney’s office filed 29 charges against him. Among them were 11 counts of criminal homicide, six counts of attempted homicide and six counts of aggravated assault — two for the synagogue attendees and four for the officers injured.

For the last six charges, the state criminal complaint says probable cause exists to also charge Bowers with 13 counts of ethnic intimidation for the homicides and assaults he committed, based on of his selfdescribed hatred for people of the Jewish faith.

Bowers is set to appear in federal court on Monday at 1:30 p.m. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the 29 charges Bowers faces could merit a death sentence.

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Opinions

COMMUNITY SUPPORT NECESSARY TO RECOVER

from the editorial board

Pittsburgh will heal A man walked into the Tree of Life Synagogue Saturday morning in Squirrel Hill, where a circumcision ceremony called a bris was being held to celebrate new life.

Amid cries of anti-Semitic hatred, the shooter opened fire on the worshippers.

Eleven died and six were wounded.

We grieved with Parkland, Florida, Orlando, Florida, Las Vegas and countless other cities as their communities dealt with the aftermath of the tragedies that took place there. For those of us who didn’t have a connection to those places, we could only understand what we read. But when we experience the tragedy firsthand, the sorrow and loss is unbearable.

Pittsburgh now understands how devastating it is when neighbors, friends and family members are the victims of this kind of senseless act of violence.

We didn’t expect to be thrust into the national spotlight in this way. We didn’t expect we’d become another member of a long, growing list of cities that have been the victims of mass shootings. Squirrel Hill is a peaceful, historically Jewish neighborhood about a mile away from Pitt’s campus — too close to home for it to happen to us.

It’s this proximity that makes the shooting more hurtful for Pittsburghers than any other shooting. We didn’t learn about it through national news outlets transmitting the information from thousands of miles away — we learned about it through word of mouth and the sound of sirens down the road.

It hurt more because our city was attacked. We view Pittsburgh as a city unlike most — it’s a quirky coal and steel town in western Pennsylvania, a city of neighborhoods, a symbol of hope and grit. These are what form the Pittsburgh community.

When a member of the community takes

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away the lives of 11 other people, this image is shattered.

It hurt more because we can see the effects it has on our neighbors, our friends and our coworkers. We grieve collectively, attending vigils and comforting one another. We can witness and empathize with the raw emotion that everyone is feeling.

And it hurts more because it was an attack on Pittsburghers exercising their religion in one of America’s most deeply rooted Jewish communities. We recognize that anti-Semitism is a global issue, but to see it manifested so violently in our own backyard is painful. To think that a community member could harbor so much hate against his neighbors is unthinkable.

Community response to the tragedy demonstrates just how special the Pittsburgh community is. Thousands of people attended a vigil Sunday night at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in solidarity with the victims of the shooting and the tragedy has prompted a strong show of support from other local religious organizations who condemn the hatred we saw on Saturday.

The Muslim community of Pittsburgh started a crowdfunding campaign called “Muslims Unite for Pittsburgh Synagogue” to assist victims and their families. In the first six hours of the campaign, they raised $25,000. As of Sunday night, they’d raised nearly $100,000. The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh will work with Tree of Life to distribute the funds to victims’ families.

We grieve and mourn with Pittsburgh’s Jewish community, but we know our city will recover. This — an outpouring of love and support from people of all faiths — is how Pittsburgh will start to process and heal the wounds inflicted on our community.

Ana Altchec

Friday night Shabbat dinners.

Whereas other hate-motivated crimes may leave a community fearful to continue their This past Saturday, 11 people were murpractices, this one did not make me feel any less dered during morning services at the Tree of secure to be a Jew in Pittsburgh.

Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, a highly popu“What happened yesterday will not break us lated Jewish area in Pittsburgh. Six others were … it will not ruin us, ” Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, severely injured in the attack. of New Light Congregation said Sunday night But despite the horrific anti-Semitic attack at a vigil at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall. on the community, I do not feel like my pride “We will continue … to sing and worship and or openness in being Jewish has changed in learn together. ” any way. SurAs soon rounded by as the tragedy friends and occurred, I refamily, Jew and ceived a plethora Gentile alike, I of phone calls felt supported, and messages secure and from friends proud of my and family defaith in a time spite my distance that threatens from the attack. our stability.

Not only did I grew up friends contact in the progresme, but they sive and diverse were by my side town of Lawat the vigil at Solrenceville, New A vigil attendee lights two other attendees’ diers and Sailors Jersey, where candles during the Saturday night vigil for the to convey their there was never Tree of Life Synagogue shooting victims. compassion and a major JewAnna Bongardino | VISUAL EDITOR empathy. ish community, But what truly stuck out to me was that and I always felt like my religious practices everyone, not just Jewish people, spoke out were slightly hindered by this lack of Jewish against the shooting.

Th e appearance of thouconnection. sands of people at the vigil Sunday night at But the inclusive environment of Pitt has the Soldiers and Sailors auditorium — includallowed me to become more active in the ing the hundreds who could not fi t inside and community than I have ever been before. And opted to instead stand outside in the pouring despite the relatively small Jewish population, I always feel encouraged and comfortable par- rain — is a compelling example of the kind of taking in as many Jewish activities as possible. support and reassurance victims and Jews felt As a sophomore at Pitt, I currently from the Pittsburgh community.

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have an internship at Hillel. I also take a class at the Chabad House about Jewish values, and I am a frequent attendee of

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Sports weekend recap

WWE hosts first all-women PPV event pittnews.com

: Volleyball’s win streak snapped at 23

Kate Hall

position to tie up the match with a 21-20 lead. Instead, performance by a Panther at the ACC Championships in Duke rattled off five straight points to go up 24-20 — a history. point away from spoiling Pitt’s 23-match win streak. The For the men’s team, junior Nick Wolk was the PanWhile the football team found success Saturday, it was Panthers fought for two more points, but a kill from Duke thers’ top finisher, coming in 47th place with a time of a tough Halloweekend for Pitt’s other sports. The previsophomore Payton Schwantz — her team-leading 17th of 24:43. ously undefeated women’s volleyball team saw its win the match — ended the contest 3-1 in favor of the Blue Both teams will travel to Penn State Nov. 9 for their streak snapped at 23, and the men’s soccer team dropped Devils. next competition — the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional its third straight contest to end the regular season.

Duke had the advantage in hitting percentages with meet.

Women’s Volleyball Baseball It took the No. 5 Panthers just three Due to inclement weather surrounding sets to cruise past the Wake Forest Dethe area of Morgantown, West Virginia, mon Deacons Friday night, sweeping Friday night, the Pitt versus West Virginia their ACC opponent on the road to move fall game was canceled, ending the Panto 23-0 on the season and 11-0 in the thers’ fall season after two games. conference.

These two teams will next get the Pitt comfortably won the first set 25chance to play their Backyard Brawl rival13, although the second proved to be ry near the end of the spring regular seamuch closer. With 11 ties and three lead son, scheduled for May 14 at PNC Park. changes, Pitt found itself trailing 19-15 As a team, Pitt baseball will stay out of late but ultimately used a finishing 10-3 action until the beginning of the regular run to squeak a 25-22 win. The third set season March 8. was another tight one, with the Deacons Men’s Soccer trailing the Panthers by two points late Pitt men’s soccer closed out its regular in the set, 19-17. But with a 6-0 run, Pitt season at home Saturday night with a 1-0 was able to come out victorious again and loss to No. 23 Notre Dame. keep its win streak alive.

In the first half, Pitt managed to force Redshirt junior Stephanie Williams five shots while also defending four from tied with junior Nika Markovic for a the Fighting Irish. Neither team was able match-high 11 kills. Williams and Mar- Panthers Volleyball lost their first match of the season, 3-1, this weekend to Duke. to find the back of the net, so the teams kovic also reached their season-best hit- Thomas Yang | assistant visual editor headed into halftime in a scoreless tie. ting percentages at .579 and .529, respecThe second half was a similar defentively. .316 to Pitt’s .250, while also out-killing the Panthers 64- sive stalemate, but Notre Dame began to create more opThe Panthers stayed in North Carolina Sunday af60. Two Pitt players — Markovic and junior Layne Van portunities, outshooting Pitt 6-3 in the second frame. A ternoon to continue their final stretch of ACC weekend Buskirk — recorded a career-high number of kills, with late penalty on the Panthers in the 85th minute gave the games, this one against Duke. After four sets, Pitt’s unde18 each.

Irish a fighting chance. Notre Dame’s free kick soared feated streak was erased.

The team will travel to Georgia Tech next Friday and into the middle of the box and senior midfielder Thomas The Panthers got out to a promising start at Cameron then Clemson Sunday before returning back home.

Ueland got a foot on the ball to give the Irish their first Indoor Stadium, winning the first set 25-18. The second goal of the game.

Cross Country start was a rollercoaster, with Pitt coming back from an That proved to be the spoiler of Pitt’s senior night, as The Pitt men’s and women’s cross country teams both 18-12 deficit to take a 24-23 lead — just one point away finished 13th out of 15 teams at the ACC Cross Country the Panthers were unable to generate any offense in the from victory. But the Blue Devils rallied to win the last Championships at Boston’s Franklin Park on Friday. The final moments of the match. three points, tying the match up at one set apiece.

The Panthers ended their regular season with a 7-10-0 women’s team earned 320 points in the 6k race, while the The third and fourth sets were both nail-biters as the overall record and 2-6-0 record in the ACC. The team will men’s team finished with 358 points in the 8k race. lead bounced back and forth between teams. After the Junior Sam Shields headlined the weekend, earning travel to Charlottesville, Virginia, on Wednesday to take Blue Devils won the third set 25-23, the Panthers found All-ACC Honors with her 16th-place finish in the meet. on the Virginia Cavaliers for the first round of playoffs in themselves facing their first 2-1 deficit of the season.

With a time of 20:54, Shields’ finish was the second-best the 2018 ACC Men’s Soccer Championship.

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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.

(412) 343‑4289 or 412‑330‑9498.

6,7&8 bedroom hous­ es available start­ing August 1st 2019. Five minute walk to Pitt.

Call 412‑983‑5222.

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Apartments for rent.

Ken at 412‑287‑4438

free laundry, in­

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tion and showings or

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located on Semple,

rooms, and anything

ran Ave., Welsford,

2, 3, and 4 bedroom

able. Some available

at 412‑849‑8694

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.

Huge 5BR apartment in Panther Hollow.

Close to universi­ ties. Laundry and dish­washer. Large deck. $1,900/mo. plus utili­ties. Contact gbazz­i7@gmail.com North / South O Houses and Apart­ ments with Laundry and Central Air Call 412‑38‑Lease Oakland ‑ various South Oakland loca­ tions. Oakland Ave ‑ 2 BD/1 BA, hard­wood floors, free heat, avail­ able Au­gust 1, 2019.

S. Bou­quet ‑ 2 BD/1 BA available May 1.

Ward St. ‑ studio, 1, 2, 3 BD. Free park­ing, free heat, avail­able August 1, 2019. Call 412‑361‑2695

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

New kitchen, bal­cony, and A/C Call 412‑6661‑6622

dif­ferent amenities

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front and rear porch, 412‑321‑6282

Shadyside Shadyside: 1Bed­

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EXCELLENT LOCA­ TION ‑ Summerlea St. Fully equipped kitchen, A/C,

wall‑to‑wall carpeting.

Near Pitt shuttle bus

stop. Between Walnut Street and Ellsworth shopping districts.

No pets, no smoking. $840. Rent includes

heat. 412‑628‑1686.

Southside August 2019 avail­able 3 and 5 bedroom

house. New kitchen, AC, 2 new bath­

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dryer, and dish­washer.

1508 Sarah St. Call 412‑287‑5712

October 29, 2018

Employment Employment Other Hiring After‑School, Evening, and Week­ end Sitters. Great pay.

Flexible sched­ules and fulfilling work with a wide va­riety of families. Must have a car and insur­ ance. Contact Fran, College Nan­nies and Tutors, 440‑520‑4430, arlington­varecruiter@ college­nannies.com.

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Apply here: https:­// www.fountain.com/­ papa‑technologies/ ap­ply/pittsburgh‑pa­ pa‑pal Receptionist wanted ‑ Fox Chapel Golf Club. Perfect for stu­dents! Part‑time posi­tion evenings and weekends. Excellent communication skills and proficiency in MS Office. $10/hr.

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