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STUDENTS ADDRESS ENS MESSAGING AT SGB

STRIKE A POSE

Emily Wolfe Staff Writer

Student Government Board’s Tuesday night gathering in the basement of the William Pitt Union was, in the words of President Maggie Kennedy, “not your average public meeting.”

Six University officials filed into the seats usually filled by the board members, who joined other students in the audience to wait for their turn to ask questions in SGB’s second town hall meeting of the year. Besides one outstanding allocation from the past week, which was resolved with a quick vote before the start of the town hall, ordinary SGB business was deferred for next week’s meeting.

“These types of open forums, where we hear from students, really help us get a better sense of what students are concerned about,” Kenyon Bonner, the University’s vice provost and dean of students said, adding that they also “allow students to hear from different folks to better understand how the University operates and the people they can talk to make things happen.”

Most questions were fielded by Bonner See SGB on page 2

Chad Delahanty, a sophomore biology and neuroscience major, strikes a pose after winning Gamma Sigma Sigma’s “March in Her Shoes” fundraiser Tuesday night. Maria Heines | staff photographer

WEST NILE VIRUS TAKES A BITE OUT OF PGH Sid Lingala

ery, Dr. John Viehman, an attending physician in Infectious Diseases at UPMC Presbyterian and UPMC Magee, said a small percent of West The West Nile Virus is one of the most prevaNile Virus cases can be deadly. And naturally, an lent diseases in the United States — and this seaoutbreak can increase the prevalence of these exson, it has arrived in Pittsburgh. treme cases.

When the Allegheny County Health De“The biggest concern is that they will develop partment reported its sixth case of the virus this neurologic symptoms. Other patients will recover October, Pittsburghers were understandably conwell with time,” Viehman, who is also a clinical ascerned. sistant professor of medicine at Pitt, said. “If we Although the six patients are now in recov-

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see an increase in infections, we will likely see an increase in the severe neurologic infections — again, less than 1 in 100 infections — that can be debilitating for those who get them.”

The West Nile Virus, transmitted by bites from the Culex species of mosquitoes, came to the United States in September 1999 when a large number of birds died in New York.

Dr. Paolo Piazza, a research assistant professor See West Nile on page 2

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at the Pitt Graduate School of Public Health who conducted research on the antigens involved with the West Nile Virus, said the virus’ prosperity largely depends on the organisms it infects.

“Humans and horses are dead-end hosts as they are called because the virus that is transmitted to humans or horses will cause an infection, will cause a disease, but it will not be sufficient to allow for further transmission again,” Piazza said. “[Further transmission] happens very, very efficiently in birds and the number of bird species that are getting infected with West Nile Virus is quite large.”

Piazza also said most infected patients are either asymptomatic, showing no sign of disease, or in a few cases mildly symptomatic, with joint aches or a slight fever. According to Viehman, a small percentage of patients who develop neurological conditions can suffer from severe complications like confusion, headaches and other symptoms similar

SGB, pg. 1 and Steve Anderson, an associate dean and director of residence life. Also on the panel were Tom Hitter, assistant vice chancellor for policy development and management, Tyler Tenney, a policy specialist and current grad student in Pitt’s School of Education, Joe McCarthy, vice provost for undergraduate studies, and Allie Chornick, building manager of the William Pitt Union.

Questions of University transparency and student safety dominated the discussion. The first came from Matthew Walker, an English writing and economics major, who asked about University communication in serious situations.

“There are a lot of times we hear about terrible things that happen on campus or around campus from secondhand sources, rather than University administration,” Walker said.

He talked about the University’s silence on Officer Michael Rosfeld’s stint as a Pitt Police officer before he was charged with shooting of black teenager Antwon Rose II

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Though most patients with West Nile Virus do not require treatment, Viehman said patients who are suffering from fever-like symptoms can take Tylenol or Advil and rest for a few days. But worse cases of infection have less effective treatment options.

“For the people who develop the neurological complications, we do not have any great specific therapies,” Viehman said. “The best candidates have been an antiviral medication called Ribavirin and pooled antibodies called IVIG. Neither has shown to help in larger studies.”

Despite the prevalence of the virus in the United States, researchers haven’t yet synthesized a preventative vaccine. Piazza said although there is a West Nile Virus vaccine available for horses, the financial and social reasons are hindering the production of a vaccine for humans.

“So it’s not that the vaccine is difficult to make. It is that it is economically impractical to make,” Piazza said. “There is not enough people who might be willing to take the vaccine and … there is a backlash nowadays against vaccines.”

When Allegheny County hospitals receive patients with highly infectious diseases, they must notify the Allegheny County Health Department to prevent an epidemic. And with the hospitals receiving six infected patients, the Allegheny County Health Department had to work to prevent further outbreak of the disease by notifying the public and targeting infected mosquito populations.

Leah Lamonte, a vector control specialist at the department whose job is to control insectborne diseases, said she spent a majority of the summer trapping and collecting mosquitoes to test if they are infected with the virus.

“We then get the report back within a few days and then we know if an area is positive or not and so we watch those levels all summer,” said Lamonte. “And then that’s how we make decisions based on where we need to go, maybe take the truck out to do some spraying.”

Urban and suburban environments, especially like Pittsburgh during the summer, are conducive to mosquito reproduction and can increase the chance of disease transmission. The

catch-basin drains found at intersections are full of stagnant water, a breeding ground for mosquito-borne illnesses.

“There’s no predators down there,” Lamonte said. “They’re nice and protected … the mosquito feels comfortable laying her eggs there.”

Even a shot-glass worth of water can be enough to allow a mosquito to go through its entire life cycle. “[The public] has to work with us so that they don’t have mosquitoes breeding in their backyard. So my message is always dump [stagnant water] if you can. And if you can’t, treat it,” Lamonte said.

Lamonte said a lack of cooperation from the community could be an obstacle in fighting diseases like the West Nile Virus and that collaboration with the community can facilitate the reduction of mosquito breeding grounds.

“Fighting a disease like this requires cooperation of the public,” Lamonte said. “If they don’t cooperate with us in regards to getting rid of stagnant water on their property, there’s only so much we can do.”

in June of this year, and the murder of Pitt student Alina Sheykhet in October of last year, to which her ex-boyfriend Matthew Darby pleaded guilty this October.

“A lot of us were expecting some sort of communication from University officials and we really didn’t get anything, but that same week we got three emails about the state budget,” he said of Sheykhet’s death.

According to Bonner, Student Affairs did put out a statement to the University about Sheyket’s death. But, he told Walker, the University still wants to make itself more transparent.

“This is one of the reasons we’re so open to doing these town halls. Students want to know more, more often, which is something that we’re open to,” Bonner said, adding, “Communication is a very difficult thing to do, especially with the University as big as it is and with things happening all the time.

We try to be as transparent as possible and there are situations in which sometimes we miss the mark.”

Other students echoed concerns about University communication at critical moments. Tabitha Barnes, a junior who chairs

SGB’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, said many students she knows, particularly female students, are anxious about their safety after a flurry of burglaries in Oakland last weekend.

“One of those instances happened in my building,” Barnes said. “It’s a Universityowned building, and we didn’t even know that happened until yesterday. It’s a big fault that the University itself did not come out and be upfront about it. People do not feel safe.”

Jessa Chong, who sits on SGB, added that when alerts do get sent out, they’re often not timely enough to be of any use.

“These are always delayed,” she said. “I don’t think they’re as beneficial when they happen the next day.”

Pitt has two systems for alerting students.

All students are subscribed to the Emergency Notification System, which sends out alerts in emergency situations. Students have received three ENS messages since the start of the fall 2018 semester — a test of the system, a warning that there was an active shooter in Squirrel Hill and a notification once the shooter had been taken into custody.

The other system is for crime alerts, and students have to opt in to receive those messages. After several students at the meeting said they hadn’t heard about the crime alert system since their first-year orientation, Bonner took an informal poll of the audience. Most said they weren’t aware of the system.

“At least from this group of students, it sounds like we need to have more students sign up,” Bonner said. “We need to communicate how to do that.”

Kennedy, who took notes throughout the meeting, will meet with Bonner Thursday to discuss how SGB and the University can take steps on some of the concerns addressed at the meeting, she said.

“It’s important that students recognize that administrators are humans,” Kennedy said. “They’re people too. And so sometimes they might not always have the answers right away, but they do really care.”

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Allocations The Society of Women Engineers requested $3,445 to attend a conference. The board denied in full.

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Opinions from the editorial board

Peduto to release Amazon bid: Too little, too late

Amazon made a long-awaited announcement Tuesday. The retail giant will split its second headquarters between Northern Virginia and Long Island, New York — snubbing Pittsburgh of the supposed privilege. At a Tuesday press conference Mayor Bill Peduto had a notable announcement, too — the City plans to release its Amazon bid to the public, perhaps as soon as Thursday.

“Once we get an opportunity to see what New York and D.C. have offered, so we have some kind of comparison, I would think that we could release it as soon as 48 hours,” Peduto said.

But releasing the bid after Amazon’s final decision betrays the very people the decision would have affected — the average Pittsburgher. Pittsburgh was a prime contender to become Amazon’s second headquarters — a business decision that could have ushered in 25,000 new jobs, potentially revolutionizing the economic landscape of the City whether it helped the average Pittsburgh resident or not.

Peduto claims he couldn’t reveal the details of the bid due to several nondisclosure agreements — but according to Jules Lobel, a Pitt law professor, the bid is a public record and should therefore be publicly available.

“It’s something that was developed by the City in conjunction with others, but it involves public matter,” Lobel said. “So it should be transparent and should be open under the public records law.”

The vast majority of Pittsburghers don’t know the details of Pittsburgh’s Amazon bid at all — including City Council, which would have had to approve any tax incentives Amazon requested.

There are very few compelling reasons why Amazon would choose a major

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metropolitan area for its headquarters over a medium-sized city like Pittsburgh.

New York City and Washington, D.C., certainly have their perks — efficient public transit systems and flourishing tech sectors — but blue-collar cities like Pittsburgh have the core worker base that Amazon should value.

The average Pittsburgh employee who works in manufacturing and construction — which the majority of Amazon jobs fall under — makes only $13.40 an hour. Amazon recently announced that it would pay all its workers at least $15 an hour, but the employees at its second headquarters will be paid an average of more than $100,000 a year, mostly for cutting-edge tech jobs. Between Pitt and Carnegie Mellon, one of the best computer science schools in the world, Pittsburgh has thousands of qualified college graduates ready to snag those jobs.

And in the final locations, local universities are the most excited. Virginia Tech announced a plan to build a $1 billion graduate campus near the site of the future Amazon headquarters, and George Mason University plans to create a new institute focused on digital innovation.

But the decision is bittersweet — Amazon’s announcement has sent housing prices in Long Island and Northern Virginia through the roof. Had the same thing happened in Pittsburgh, thousands of working-class people could have been priced out of the City altogether.

Pittsburgh may have been snubbed of a chance to headquarter the largest company in the world, but the average Pittsburgher was deprived the right to know how that decision could have affected them personally.

TRUMP’S POLICIES DISREGARD SCIENCE , HUMAN RIGHTS , TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY Sandy Fairclough Staff Columnist

Throughout Donald Trump’s presidency, his demands for a border wall and tendency to grab women without consent have rightly earned him the labels of xenophobe and misogynist.

Unsurprisingly, given a recent policy proposal, it seems he deserves the transphobe label as well.

The Department of Health and Human Services stated in an October memo that it is working to redefine gender “on a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and administrable” — essentially defining sex based on genitalia at birth, and disregarding the concept of gender identity completely.

But if the department believes its proposal is so grounded in science, it should think again. Non-binary gender identities are well documented in the scientific community and cultures around the world — and policies that ignore or disregard these natural, cultural norms pose a huge threat to the safety and well-being of transgender people.

The policy proposal first and foremost fails to distinguish between sex and gender. Sex is defined along biological lines, usually determined by an individual’s genitalia, whereas gender is both psychological and social, and used to refer to men and women in a social context.

Many transgender individuals face mental health issues due to what’s

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known as gender dysphoria, a conflict between a person’s assigned gender and the gender they identify with. Psychology Today says that nearly half of those who identify as transgender experience some form of depression and anxiety.

And a study published by The Lancet attributes these statistics to feelings of discrimination, lack of acceptance, stigma and abuse they face daily. The attempted suicide rate among transgender people is 41 percent.

Being transgender is a huge emotional burden in a culture that doesn’t accept that as legitimate — but there are many societies that do recognize and grant legitimacy to transgender people’s gender identities.

Take for example the Navajo tribe, which recognizes genders besides male or female and even believe those individuals have wisdom beyond other members of society because they are “two-spirited.” In Samoa, fa’afafines are another example of those who defy Western gender norms — in Samoan tradition, fa’afafines identify as female despite being born with male anatomy, but aren’t considered male, female or even transgender.

“Gender roles, even sexual desire, is shaped to suit society. That means gender identity is often hugely shaped by culture,” an unnamed Samoan fa’afafine told Global Citizen. “Being a woman in Samoa is quite different from being a woman in Western society,” Not only is transgenderism a See Fairclough on page 4

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cultural phenomenon that spans societies across the globe — it’s an identity the scientific community believes to be legitimate.

“It’s not ‘I want to be a girl’ or ‘I wish I was a girl.’ It’s ‘I am a girl,’” Dr. Erin Belfort, a child psychiatrist, said. “Gender identity is such a core part of who we are and it’s established in toddlerhood. It’s not a choice. It’s not a lifestyle.”

The Trump administration’s definition is even too rigid to accommodate all of the accepted biological sexes — namely, intersex, a term used to refer to a variety of conditions in which people are born with genitalia that don’t match male or female.

“The idea that a person’s sex is determined by their anatomy at birth is not true, and we’ve known that it’s not true for decades,” Dr. Joshua D. Safer, an endocrinologist and executive director of the Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, told

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Creating an atmosphere of positivity and inclusivity is crucial for our transgender and gender nonconforming friends. Instead of defining transgender out of existence, the government should work to eliminate the prejudice and abuse that the transgender community faces.

This policy would reverse Obamaera policies put in place to recognize trans people’s rights. Under the Obama administration, many public areas such as prisons, homeless shelters and schools recognized transgenderism as an effort to eliminate the exclusion and prejudice that affect the trans community — but Trump’s policies would reverse all that progress.

Neither gender or sex is as black and white as Trump thinks they are — they’re both nuanced and complicated. People should have the right to choose how to identify and express themselves. And if Trump chooses to push against those basic freedoms, he is yet again responsible for blatant disregard of our most basic human rights.

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Record-setting Valerie Daigneault leads Pitt’s pool-dwellers Tessa Sayers

Assistant Sports Editor Valerie Daigneault has never missed a race.

On meet days, she gets so nervous she will show up to the pool three hours early. Sometimes, she is at her block waiting before the men’s swim team is done with their events. “‘They’re like, ‘Val why are you up here already,’ and I’m like, ‘Well I just don’t want to miss it,’” Daigneault said. “I just always like to be prepared. Sometimes I’m a little too prepared.”

Her over-preparedness seems to be paying off.

In two and a half seasons at Pitt, junior swimmer Daigneault has broken six team records — four relay events and two solo events. Her individual records include the 100-yard freestyle and the 200-yard backstroke, in 49.36 seconds and 1:55.15, respectively, both of which she broke at the ACC Championships last year.

Daigneault’s 100-free time was faster than the 2016 Olympic Gold Medalists 100M time by 3 seconds — about the same amount of time it takes the average person to tie their shoe.

“It’s a great feeling,” Daigneault said. “Sometimes it doesn’t click, then you’re like, ‘Wow I’m the fastest person to ever have swam at Pitt in the 200 backstroke and 100 freestyle.’ When you say it aloud like that it’s kind of a shock.”

This year looks like it will be much of the same for Daigneault. After going undefeated in the first three meets of the season, Daigneault’s win total is up to 11.

She also competed at the Inaugural ACC/Big 10 Challenge — an all-star event featuring only the top swimmers from each conference — on Nov. 11, earning a personal best swimming the 200-yard individual medley in 1:58, placing sixth.

“I feel so happy with how I’m competing,” Daigneault said. “I think it really helps being an upperclassman because you have your freshmen and you have your sophomores kind of looking up to you to be a leader inside and outside the pool.”

For her, that leader is her older sister, Gabby Daigneault.

Growing up in Montreal, Daigneault did everything Gabby did. So when Gabby joined the

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Junior Valerie Daigneault competes in the 100-yard fly at the Western PA Invite on Jan. 27. Thomas Yang | assistant visual editor swim team, it was a given Valerie would be there with her too. It didn’t matter she was an 8-year-old on a team for 9- and 10-year-olds — Daigneault wanted to keep up and she wanted to be there.

Daigneault is still following in her sister’s footsteps 12 years later. After watching Gabby sign to swim with Division I Villanova in 2014, Daigneault was determined to do the same. She signed with Pitt two years later.

“She’s gone through the same steps as me,” Gabby said. “Just seeing the hard work I put in she looks up to, it makes me incredibly proud and very gracious that she looks up to me in that way.

Daigneault and her sister have something else in common — they both chose schools where their dad, Jean-Jacques Daigneault, spent time as a professional hockey player.

Daigneault was born in California in 1997, shortly after her dad finished up a two-year stint with the Pittsburgh Penguins to play for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. When she was committing to Pitt, she had no idea her father had already laid down some family ties there.

“He played for so many teams that I wasn’t really sure,” Daigneault said. “But when I committed he mentioned it because my sister went to school in Philly and I went to school in Pittsburgh he’s like, ‘You guys obviously chose the schools where I played on purpose.’”

Her father — known as JJ Daigneault during his playing days — played for 10 different NHL teams during his 16-year career. Although Daigneault wasn’t a key member for the Penguins, he famously scored the game-winning goal for the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 6 against the Wayne Gretzky-led Edmonton Oilers in the 1987 Stanley Cup Finals. The Flyers would lose in Game 7, but Daigneault cemented himself as a Philly legend.

Daigneault’s mom, Janie Villeneuve, was also an athlete, and played basketball in college.

Daigneault credits her athlete success to growing up in a competitive family.

While she loves it, Daigneault said at times, things get hectic — especially when it comes to her swim meets.

“They want the best for me,” Daigneault said.

“And they’re like, ‘Come on, Val, you’ve got to win this.’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah. I know I’m trying my hardest.’ But their support for me to be the best athlete I can be is amazing.”

Daigneault also has the support of her coach, even though he’s not the coach she originally agreed to swim for.

She had been recruited and signed by thencoach Chuck Knoles. But Knoles retired March 1, 2016, to spend more time with his family.

When current head coach John Hargis was

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hired to replace Knoles, Daigneault decided to stay at Pitt and start her collegiate career with an open mind.

As Hargis got settled and started looking at his new recruits, Daigneault immediately stood out.

“Once she got on campus and we were able to start working with her,” Hargis said. “We knew she was someone that could be pretty special.”

While Hargis has seen steady improvement from Daigneault the past two years, he is even more impressed with her this year, from a swimming and a leadership standpoint.

After trying to convince her to win the 400 individual medley the past two years, Daigneault decided to make Hargis’ day earlier this year.

She walked into his office and told him she would let him put her in the 400 IM at some of the meets this year. One of the reasons Hargis thought Daigneault shied away from the event was because of how tough it is.

“For her to get on board with that and to see how she’s progressed with that, in just that event, is fun,” Hargis said.

Ultimately, all of Daigneault’s hard work is going toward one goal — competing in the 2020 Olympics.

She is currently looking to compete at the Canadian Olympic trials, which will be held March 31 through April 5, 2020, right after her collegiate swim career comes to an end.

The 2016 Olympic qualifying time for the 100 free was 54.43 seconds, the 200 back was 2:10.60 and the 200 IM was 2:14.26. Daigneault’s best collegiate times are at least three seconds faster than each of those, and her personal best 200 IM time of 1:58.90 is more than 10 seconds faster.

“The work I put in now is definitely going toward 2020 Olympic trials,” Daigneault said. “And then I hope the results show what I want them to show, but yeah it’s 100 percent a goal.”

Those who know her have no doubt she’ll accomplish it.

“I have to say, seeing what she’s done these past three years, I think anything is possible,” Gabby Daigneault said. “I know the Olympics are in her mind and when she sets her mind to something, I definitely think it’s possible.”

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TAKE 5:

BELL, BUTLER, BREES The Pitt News Staff In Pittsburgh news, the Panthers’ football team is on a roll with four straight ACC wins, vaulting them to the top of the Coastal standings. Meanwhile, Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell made a puzzling — and potentially carer-altering — decision Tuesday afternoon. Our Pitt News staff takes on these topics and more in this week’s Take 5.

Farewell, Le’Veon Bell The Pittsburgh Steelers’ estranged, yet talented, running back Le’Veon Bell had until 4 p.m. yesterday to report to the team. He was engaged in a lengthy holdout, demanding a pricey long-term contract rather than playing one more year under the $14.5 million franchise tag. The holdout lasted much longer than expected, but most people assumed he would show up yesterday as it was the last day he could report and still play this season.

He didn’t show up.

By not reporting, Bell now officially forfeits all $14.5 million of the salary he would have earned this year. This is unprecedented territory — never before has such a high-profile athlete sat out an entire season in the prime of his career due to contract disputes.

At this point, it’s pretty safe to say Bell came out the loser in this deal. He sat out to earn more money for himself in free agency next season, but he literally lost $14.5 million by doing so. He sat out to limit the hits on his body and stay in shape, but you don’t get any quicker and stronger as you age. And he sat out to prove that the Steelers’ organization needed him, but it turns out they don’t. Pittsburgh is first in its division and Bell’s replacement, Pitt product James Conner, is having a more prolific season than Bell ever did through eight games.

— Trent Leonard, Sports Editor It’s time to respect Pitt football The Pitt football team pulled off yet another win on Saturday, playing their second straight game of sound football in all phases. But after a tough start to the season, Pitt remains out of the top 25. The Panthers are a 6-4 team, so they’re certainly anything but a lock to be ranked, but their strength of schedule, and particularly the strength of their losses, gives them an excellent case to be in the mid-20s.

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The Panthers’ overall record doesn’t look great, but that’s mainly because of their incredibly difficult non-conference schedule, which included losses to highly ranked Penn State, Central Florida and Notre Dame teams. There are two other 6-4 teams in this week’s College Football Playoff Top 25 — Northwestern and Mississippi State. No. 22 Northwestern is a curious selection, considering they shared two common opponents with Pitt — Duke and Notre Dame. Northwestern lost to Duke and lost by 10 to Notre Dame, while the Panthers beat Duke and lost by five to Notre Dame.

But that’s none of my business.

The Panthers have also notched some quality wins, beating Syracuse, currently ranked No. 12, and Virginia, then-ranked No. 23. They also smacked a Virginia Tech team that was supposed to finish second in the ACC Coastal.

So a case can definitely be made for the Panthers’ presence in the CFP Top 25 — look for Pitt to crack the rankings if they can keep their hot streak alive through the end of the regular season.

— Andrew Kelly The Saints go marching into Atlanta Sunday’s 51-14 rout over Cincinnati became the New Orleans Saints’ eighth straight win on the season. In this stretch, the Saints have defeated formidable teams such as the Washington Redskins, Minnesota Vikings and the NFC-leading Los Angeles Rams. Ever since their anomaly of a loss against Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 1, New Orleans has looked like a serious Super Bowl contender.

The 8-1 start to the season can be chalked up to the Saints’ explosive offense, led by future Hall of Fame quarterback Drew Brees. Brees has thrown for 21 touchdowns and just one interception while boasting a league-leading 77.3 completion percentage. Dynamic running back Alvin Kamara has racked up 1,019 total yards and 14 total touchdowns, while receiver Michael Thomas has caught 78 passes for 950 yards and seven touchdowns.

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Wall‑to‑wall carpet‑ ing. Kitchen w/dish­ washer. Wash­er/Dryer. $2300/month + utili­ ties. 724‑934‑0653. **2, 3, 4 Bedroom Houses/Apartments in South Oakland.

Available for rent August 2019. Very clean with different amenities (dish­ washer, A/C, washer and dryer, 1‑2 Baths, off‑street parking, newer ap­pliances & sofas). Check out my Face­book page: https:­//www. facebook.­com/ KenEckenrode­ RealEstate/. Call Ken at 412‑287‑4438 for more informa­ tion and showings or email name, phone number, desired number of bed­ rooms, and anything else you want in housing to kenshous­ ing@gmail.com. **AUGUST 2019: Furnished studios, 1,2,3,4 bedroom apartments. No pets.

Non‑smokers pre­ ferred. 412‑621‑0457.

1‑6 bedroom. All newly renovated, air‑conditioning, dish­washer, washer/ dryer, and parking.

Most units on busline and close to Pitt.

Avail­able Summer 2019. 412‑915‑0856 or email klucca@veri­ zon.net.

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

South Oakland, North

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Oakland, and South­ side on Bouqet St., Meyran Ave., At­wood St., North Neville St., and Sarah St. Call 412‑287‑5712 2 units for rent: First floor ‑ 2BD, 1BA, $1,200 everything in­cluded. 2nd and 3rd floor apt. 4BR, 1BA, $1,500 everything in­cluded. Please call 412‑353‑6623 2‑3‑4‑5‑6‑7 bedroom apartments and

houses available in May and August

2019. Nice, clean, free laundry, in­

cludes exterior main‑ tenance, new appli‑

ances, spa­cious, and located on Semple,

Oak­land Ave., Mey‑ ran Ave., Welsford,

Bates, Dawson, and

Mckee 412‑414‑9629. douridaboud­

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ADDED. AVAIL­ ABLE IMMEDI­ ATELY AND RENT­ING FOR MAY AND AUGUST 2019.

(412) 343‑4289 or 412‑330‑9498.

Apartments for rent.

2, 3, and 4 bedroom apartments avail‑ able. Some available on Dawson Street, At­wood Street, and Mc­kee Place. Newly re­modeled. Some have laundry on site.

Min­utes from the Univer­sity. For more info please call Mike at 412‑849‑8694 Atwood Street. 1BR units ‑ $525/mo. Very close to cam­pus.

Units available now.

(412)‑561‑7964.

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lease, be aware that no more than 3 unre­lated people can share a

single unit. Check

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

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

property’s compliance

3436 Ward. Spacious 2‑Bedroom, 1 bath, equipped kitchen, $1,195 + electric, Heat included.

412‑271‑5550

Houses for rent. steps to campus. starting at $1800+ utilities. Fully equipped kitchen.

Laundy Available in august 2019. call Brian 412‑916‑4777

4 BR HOME ‑ SEM­ PLE STREET, LO­ CATED NEAR LOU‑ ISA. EQUIPPED KITCHEN, FULL BASEMENT. NEW CENTRAL AIR

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.

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plus utili­ties. Contact gbazz­i7@gmail.com 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 Newly remodeled first floor apartment with 2/3 BR and laun­dry in apartment. $1500 + utilities.

412‑683‑0363 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 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 Oakland house spa­ cious two and a half story, living room, dining room, eating equipped kitchen, 5 bedrooms two baths, front and rear porch, yard. $2,000 +utili­ties 412‑321‑6282 South Oakland off‑campus housing.

November 14, 2018

2‑6 BR apartments/­ houses for rent.

Up­dated kitchens and Bathrooms. A/C, laundry, and some with parking. Avail­ able August of 2019.

412‑445‑6117

Southside August 2019 avail­able 3 and 5 bedroom house. New kitchen, AC, 2 new bath­ rooms, washer and dryer, and dish­washer.

1508 Sarah St. Call 412‑287‑5712

Employment Employment Other child care assistance needed, working with infants toddlers or preschool, flexible scheduling, $10/hour 412‑462‑4463 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 CARLTON RESTAURANT Lo­cated in the One BNY Mellon Center, 500 Grant Street is accept­ing applications for Serving Assis‑ tants. We are seeking friendly, organized and reliable appli­cants to work in an upscale dining envi­ronment.

Please ap­ply in person Monday through Friday after 1:30

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