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Lawyer advises student activists

Zoë Hannah Staff Writer

During protests about student debt and fossil fuels throughout the semester, senior Kai Pang prepared himself for potential run-ins with law enforcement.

“I don’t think there’s ever a point where I feel 100 percent comfortable [protesting] out in the streets,” Pang said. “There are a lot of misconceptions that people might have about how to handle dealing with law enforcement.”

To combat misinformation, Pang, a board member in Pitt’s chapter of Americans for Informed Democracy, hosted the first “Know Your Rights Training” presentation in room 232 of the Cathedral of Learning. About 30 students attended the training at 9 p.m. on Monday to hear a local lawyer’s advice on protesting safely.

Rachel Rosnick, regional vice president of the National Lawyers Guild — an organization of lawyers working toward enacting social change — spoke to students about their rights as activists.

“By knowing their legal rights, young activists can avoid unknowingly and unintentionally waiving those rights,” Rosnick said before the presentation. The NLG frequently offers other educational events at Pitt, like a Legal Observer training session at Pitt’s law school.

Rosnick split her presentation into three sections: how to interact with Pittsburgh law enforcement, how to get a permit for a protest and what to do upon arrest.

During the hour-long session, Rosnick offered tips to students like, “If [police] tell you you are being detained, you have to stay ... you don’t

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SGB, Pitt host student tenant workshop Emily Brindley Staff Writer

Before Kevin Kerr graduated from Pitt in 2014, he said he had to duct tape a light switch in his off-campus rental to keep the outlet from catching fire.

Now, as chief of staff for City Council President Bruce Kraus, Kerr helps inform Pitt students about their rights as tenants.

“That stuff is not okay, and it cannot be tolerated as okay,” Kerr said, referring to poor housing conditions. “You have to expect better.”

The Student Government Board and See Activists on page 2 the Office of Community and Govern-

mental Relations invited Kerr and six other panelists from around the city to speak at a student tenant workshop Monday at 6 p.m. in the Kurtzman room of the William Pitt Union.

Kannu Sahni, director of community relations at CGR, moderated the panel, which included Jeff Braun, an attorney from Neighborhood Legal Services Association — a nonprofit law firm for residents in Allegheny County — and Liz Grey from Oakland Planning and Development Corporation, among others.

About 20 students attended the workshop, most of whom were preparing for their first year off-campus.

Freshmen Kristen Huggler and Alyssa Villani came to the workshop to get advice about moving into a South Oakland house with three other women.

They learned Monday night that they would be living in violation of city code that limits the number of unrelated tenants in a house or apartment to three people.

“It’s good to hear what could happen,” Huggler said. “We had no idea we could get kicked out.”

Hanson Kappelman, the co-founder of Oakwatch — a resident task force that addresses housing in Oakland — said one of See Tenant Rights on page 2

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have to answer any questions, but you’re not allowed to leave.”

Freshman chemistry major, Joseph Zubrow, said they felt better prepared after the presentation.

“Going forward, I feel confident,” Zubrow said. “It’s nice to sort of have a game plan now.”

Lauren Klingman, AID’s business manager, attends protests often but said she had a vague understanding of her legal obligations when talking with police officers.

“I started protesting before I even knew these rights,” Klingman, a junior social work major, said. “[It] definitely [had] not been explicitly told to me.”

Large-scale protests, like the national Million Student March against student debt in November, led Pitt to join what Pang called a “wave of activism” on campuses across the country from Missouri University to Yale.

Klingman said students have a lot to speak up about, but should know their rights before they

Tenant Rights, pg. 1 the reasons students often violate codes is because they’re uninformed.

Kappelman said some tenants may feel too uncomfortable to report issues with their rentals to landlords or officials.

“Do not be cowed by things that landlords might say,” Kappelman said. “Stand up for yourself. Find help.”

South Oakland landlord Dourid Aboud with Bluestone Realty wasn’t at the workshop, but said some landlords might intimidate students because they don’t make an effort to connect with their student renters.

“I can talk to these kids ... and that’s why they rent from me,” Aboud said. “I try to break that barrier.”

President of SGB Nasreen Harun said SGB has hosted the workshop the past two years and will hold another on Dec. 8, in the O’Hara Student Center.

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“I’ve always felt pretty safe, but definitely for people of color, I think there’s a higher risk when dealing with authority,” Klingman said.

Rosnick touched on issues from pat-downs to permits, explaining that if police deem any protest a riot, they can revoke the organizers’ permit for the event.

“Just because you have a permit does not mean everyone is totally safe from everything,” Rosnick said.

After the presentation, Troy Salvatore, a senior engineering major, said he got the sense that students should be prepared for anything when they take to the streets.

“Expecting things to not go the way you intended is just a rule of thumb,” Salvatore said. “[There’s] a different social momentum in the past year or so toward millennial activists.”

For Pang, education in legal rights is about more than just Pitt’s community — it’s about activism all over the country.

“I very much support the Yale and Mizzou protests,” Pang said. “Those tensions are surfacing, and those tensions need to be addressed.”

Harun urged students to document the condition of the apartment before and after the lease begins.

“I know a lot of people will try to talk to their landlords over the phone, and it might not be the most productive conversation,” Harun said, “but if you put [complaints] in writing it adds an element of professionalism and expertise.”

SGB Governmental Relations Committee Chair Pat Corelli said he wanted students to know that landlords are legally obligated to fix serious issues in their apartments — like a hazardous outlet.

“I think the biggest thing that I want students to take away from this is what rights they have and what they should be doing to make sure they can keep using those rights,” Corelli said.

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Point-Counterpoint: The causes and effects of the gender wage gap

The wage gap is unavoidable, not unfair

Timothy Nerozzi Columnist

A common talking-point in identity politics is the difference in earnings between men and women.

The so-called “wage gap” seeks to describe the idea that men enter the workforce with a built-in advantage, receiving an automatically higher pay for the same work, hours and qualifications, simply because society values men more.

The most commonly quoted statistic backing this is from Institute for Women’s Policy Research, which states “female full-time workers make only 79 cents for every dollar earned by men, [with] a gender wage gap of 21 percent.” This statistic, however, doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. The Washington Examiner reports, “The wage gap actually comes from the different career choices men and women make on aggregate — whether it be the hours they work or the occupation they choose.”

The “pay gap,” in its current terminol-

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discrimination causes the wage gap, nothing else

ogy, is not a difference in wages, but rather a difference in earnings. The pay gap only compares gross income of all working men in the United States compared to the gross income of all working women — which is just too general. The actual difference in earnings stems from lifestyle and career differences between men and women.

As the Washington Post puts it, the incredibly simple equation used to illustrate this lack of income equality is “a ratio of the difference between women’s median earnings and men’s median earnings.”

This is a bare bones piece of simple math that informs readers in absolutely nothing of substance. The equation does not account for essential confounding variables, such as differences in career paths.

Things are relatively equal between the genders at the beginning of careers. In many urban areas the pay gap is actually reversed, with young women in major urban areas out-earning their male peers, according to The Guardian. It’s as time goes on that choices and life events begin create a disparity in earnings.

While women are more likely to go to college, they are far more likely to pursue their passions, as opposed to men who are more likely to pursue degrees for the sake of monetary gain, according to a 2015 report from the Census Bureau. The Wall Street Journal points out, “Even within groups with the same educational attainment, women often choose fields of study, See Nerozzi on page 5

Alyssa Lieberman Columnist

From the suffragettes to second-wave feminists, women and allies have faced vehement opposition from those comfortable with the oppressive norm.

Today, feminists face a different hurdle in their campaigns — those who claim that women have won the battle for equality, particularly in the workplace. While it would be nice if that was the case, it simply isn’t. The wage gap between men and women still exists today, despite what these false prophets might have you believe.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average wage gap between men and women is currently 79 cents. That means for every dollar a man makes, a woman makes 21 cents less, adding up to a $10,762 wage gap between full-time working women and men. It varies by state, with the largest pay difference in Louisiana, where women make an average of 65 cents to every dollar made by their male counterparts.

The disparity cuts even deeper for women of

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color.

Some conservatives attempt to claim that this statistic, as an average, does not demonstrate a wage gap because it does not account for differences in professions. This argument does not hold up, as wage gaps still exist between men and women of the same industry.

Though the problem affects some areas of work less than others, the average man makes more than the average woman in every industry, according to a report from PayScale, an independent organization that collects salary data.

Female graduates of Columbia’s business school — ranked the sixth best business school in the country by Bloomberg’s Businessweek — make an average of $100,000 less than their male counterparts after graduation. Women in finance make an average of $7,000 less per year than men. While in the service industry, women managers make nearly $3 less per hour.

Still, even if the wage gap did only exist between male and female dominated industries, that wouldn’t make it alright, as the mere existence of these divides solidifies our society’s sexism.

Conservatives continue to replace these facts with skewed statistics and excuse the wage gap as a phenomenon that arises from natural tendencies in men and women. To them, these differences ultimately lead women to pursue different careers. This claim is problematic as it implies that men are simply better at higherpaying jobs than women, essentially using a sexist argument to claim that sexism is over.

The only reason that more men end up in STEM related fields than women is because soSee Lieberman on page 5

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Nerozzi, pg. 4 such as sociology, liberal arts or psychology, that pay less in the labor market. Men are more likely to major in finance, accounting or engineering.”

The Wall Street Journal goes on to discuss how that emphasis on money affects men and women in the workplace. Men are more likely to negotiate for higher pay at an interview, leading to higher wages and bigger raises.

In a similar vein, men are more likely to take dangerous and hazardous jobs, which offer high wages to encourage employment.

In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 92 percent of on-the-job fatalities are men. Men are placing enough of an emphasis on earning high wages that they’re literally dying for it.

Finally, children and maternity can take a toll on a woman’s professional life. If women have children and receive maternity leave, they will have to miss out on an average of twelve weeks of continuous work. This is less time to prove themselves, network and generally aggregate professional resources.

No matter how long we make maternity leave, nor how much money we compensate women during it, there is no way for them to make up the time lost from the hours they miss. Women, on average, have their first child at the age of 26, which is during= their peak earning and corporate-climbing years as professionals.

These differences paint a clear picture of why women earn, on average, less than men.

Women pursue more balanced, non-financial focused lives. They tend to major more in humanities in college and focus on family later.

Many try and chalk this up to some form of gender discrimination, saying that women are discouraged from entering STEM fields.

According to the Association for Psychological Science, a study conducted at our very own University of Pittsburgh found that women who scored well on both math and science tended to still avoid STEM. “Students who also had high verbal abilities — a group that contained more women than men — were less likely to have chosen a STEM occupation than those who had moderate verbal abilities.”

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Additionally, the research stated, “Our study shows that it’s not lack of ability or differences in ability that orients females to pursue non-STEM careers, it’s the greater likelihood that females with high math ability also have high verbal ability,” and ultimately choose to pursue that skill instead.

In this way, maybe the women that are creating this “pay gap,” as activists like to call it, are not the disenfranchised, exploited victims as liberals paint them to be.

We need to take a step back and stop treating young girls as pawns for policy makers to move into the correct category of

Lieberman, pg. 4 ciety conditions women to be less confident in their intelligence. Societal forces that discourage women from being vocal, or tell us that boys are just better at certain things — like math — shape women’s perceptions their abilities.

In fact, data from Assessing Women and Men in Engineering — a project that collects data on K-16 education — shows that men are more likely to attribute success to themselves and failure to an outside source, while women are more likely to blame themselves for their failures and

TNS education. Instead, we need to offer them a wide variety of outlets through which they can explore what interests them, a goal that the Girl Scouts pursues by offering job shadowing and informational opportunities, such as the Imagine STEM program. It’s organic, and lets girls decide what career they want to pursue for themselves, whether that’s STEM or the fine arts.

We can campaign all day long to try and make women chase money as much as men, but at the end of the day, everyone should have the right to be or do what they want. As a professional communications major, I’m probably going to be doing my part to level out the wage gap myself.

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Write to him at thn17@pitt.edu

credit others for their success.

Despite the fact that studies show boys and girls do equally well in math and science classes in middle and high school, stereotypes condition women to see themselves as unable to handle a rigorous field or curriculum, such as engineering.

If and when conservatives realize that the “difference of jobs” argument doesn’t hold up, they often move on to argue that men and women are paid differently within the same field because women have familial obligations that men don’t.

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This societal trend does not justify the wage gap but is another example of arguing against sexism with sexism. Women do not inherently care about their families more than their husbands — they are simply limited in a society that encourages women in the workforce to take on more familial responsibilities.

We struggle without basic legislative support, as the United States does not guarantee paid maternity leave or any substantial paternity leave to new parents. Rather, our society makes it easy for men to work and have a family while making the lives of working mothers a living hell and then blames them for missing projects during maternity leave.

In Norway, we see the opposite case — they have a policy of mandatory maternity and paternity leave for all workers, thus making equal familial responsibility possible for mothers and fathers. Unsurprisingly, employment trends in Norway for men and women are much closer to equal than they are in the United States.

What is most terrifying about the arguments delegitimizing the wage gap is not their implicit sexism, but their encouragement of the notion of post-feminism. Those who argue against the existence of the wage gap do not believe that men and women should not be paid equally, but believe that gender equality has already been reached in the work force.

This sentiment is terrifying, as it encourages women to kick back and relax at a time when women’s rights are constantly under attack — Congress is trying to defund Planned Parenthood, sexual assault rates are still extremely high and data from the Labor Department has shown that the wage gap is not only present but increasing.

It is time to stop arguing over skewed statistics and accept the facts — while the women before us have made massive strides toward equality, sexist policies are still on rampage in our lives.

We cannot, and will not, rest until we have not just equal pay, but also equal treatment in society.

Alyssa primarily writes on social justice and political issues for The Pitt News.

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Culture State budget woes vary among filmmakers Elaina Zachos Staff Writer

Lights, camera, no action on the state’s budget is shoving film production crews out of Pittsburgh, hurting the hospitality industry and pulling the curtains on the city’s reputation as the next Hollywood.

With Pennsylvania’s state budget in flux since July, the state’s reserved $60 million film tax credit is frozen and bigger budget productions are rolling into problems. As it stands, filmmakers that spend at least 60 percent of their production costs in Pennsylvania can apply for a 25 percent credit for the state-mandated film tax.

Until the state budget is approved, though, the state Department of Community and Economic Development cannot review applications or award tax credits.

“We simply do not know whether the program limits that will ultimately be approved for the credits will be higher than, lower than or the same as the limits

Photo Director Stefano Ceccarelli sets up a scene for “Kiss Me Goodbye.” Elaina Zachos | Staff Writer that were in effect last year,” Dan Carrigan, Pennsylvania’s Department of Community and Economic Development press aide, said in an email.

As part of past state budget nego-

tiations, Carrigan said the state government reduced or nixed certain tax credit allocations entirely.

Film folk refer to Pittsburgh as the “Hollywood of the East” because of

its cinematic industrial landscape and skilled manual laborers, but as long as lawmakers continue to bicker about the See Budget on page 8

‘Brooklyn’ sails above stereotypes Ian Flanagan Staff Writer

From its universal ideas to its Oscar-baitperiod-piece aura, everything about “Brooklyn” feels familiar — in a good way.

The film’s magnetic central performance in Saoirse Ronan alone could warrant Academy attention, but “Brooklyn” is an otherwise elegant examination of an Irish girl’s immigration to the United States.

Writer Nick Hornby, who also adapted the source material for “Wild,” based the script on the 2009 Colm Tóibín novel of the same name.

“Brooklyn’s” plot could equate to maudlin mediocrity, yet the film resists all temptations to

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sink into sentimentality, managing to be sweet and gentle without sacrificing seriousness.

The film’s trailer spoils “Brooklyn’s” narrative outline, but I’ll try to be more sensitive. Set in 1952, seeking the American dream appears better to Eilis Lacey’s (Ronan) older sister Rose (Fiona Glascott), but Eilis’s small-wage job leaves more to be desired.

The early-twenty-something lass journeys to America at Rose’s urging. En route, she befriends her cabinmate who councils her about life in Brooklyn, New York.

Displaced from the acquaintance to smalltown Ireland, Eilis faces homesickness and the alien chaos of New York City at its peak popu-

lation. She stays in a boarding house run by Madge Kehoe (Julie Walters), and adjusts once she finds romance with Tony (Emory Cohen), an earnest Italian boy she meets at a dance.

“Brooklyn” employs the necessary conflicts between her old home and the new one, but handles its simple themes of change and personal responsibilities with sincerity, never submitting to easy emotional stabs or banal observations of the tired American dream.

Director John Crowley, who works mostly in theater, crafts his fifth film as a refined portrait of an Irish immigrant, emphasizing character and mood over action.

Matched with cinematographer Yvez Bé-

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langer — who brought a similarly unblemished guise to recent Oscar magnets “Dallas Buyers Club” and “Wild” — “Brooklyn” is a historical piece with costume designs from a bygone otherworldliness in ’50s New York City.

The cast also buoys the film’s success. Reliable British names such as Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters and Domhnall Gleeson — all of whom lent smaller roles to the “Harry Potter” franchise — populate the larger supporting parts.

Ronan’s work in the lead is easily the film’s highlight, mastering her soft-spoken character’s gradual transformation from outsider to New Yorker. In the film’s third act, as she reSee Brooklyn on page 8

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Budget, pg. 6 state budget, no future film project applications can receive tax credits. The impasse’s effects are already appearing, and Pittsburgh lost the Starz TV show “American Gods” last month.

“If [the state doesn’t] get something done soon, we will lose even more [productions],” said Dawn Keezer, director of the Pittsburgh Film Office.

Keezer said the office has $200 million in applications pending at the DCED, which houses the Pennsylvania Film Office. As a result, filmmakers are taking their productions to locales where “the incentives are not in question every year, such as Georgia, Louisiana and New York,” Keezer said.

Filmmaker’s decision to go elsewhere has considerable effects in not only Pittsburgh’s film community, but other local establishments as well.

Originally, “American Gods” was supposed to film at 31st Street Studios in the Strip District with a 200 to 300 person

crew.

Instead, Chris Breakwell, the studio’s owner and CEO, said, “The money that would have been circulating here in Pittsburgh is not going to be circulating.”

Breakwell speculated that the FreemantleMedia might take the show to Atlanta or Toronto, which both have sturdier film tax credits at the moment. Atlanta offers a 35 percent film tax credit as part of an uncapped budget. Toronto’s film tax credit incentive is 40 percent.

With productions leaving, local film crews go unemployed and the hospitality sector loses business. Rob Mallinger, general manager of Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh located Downtown, said filmmakers aren’t frequenting the hotel, so business is “relatively slow as that is concerned.”

The film industry is also reshaping the way people view Pittsburgh, Breakwell said. Films take Pittsburgh from an industrial town to an attractive cultural hub. “[The film industry] raises the culture of Pittsburgh,” Breakwell said. “You can’t put $60 million on marketing.”

Not all film projects are hurting from

the impasse though. Smaller projects like the 12-minute “Kiss Me Goodbye,” which examines religion in a dystopian society, finished filming in various Pittsburgh locations on Nov. 21. Unlike larger commercial projects seeking tax credits, the impasse hasn’t affected the indie film as greatly.

“We don’t totally have everything covered yet,” said producer Molly Duerig , “[But] we’ve covered enough to shoot film and get it developed.”

The filmmakers spent most of their budget to send film to ColorLab in Maryland for processing and scanning, disqualifying them from the 60 percent instate cost tax credit rule.

Duerig said they’re shooting to get the film featured at the Toronto International and Raindance film festivals, but “Kiss Me Goodbye” is still an indie production by local filmmakers. Without mainstream filmmakers flocking to Pittsburgh from out of state, the “Hollywood of the East” is in peril of losing its title.

“The reputation of being a great place to film will be tarnished,” Keezer said.

Brooklyn, pg. 6 turns to America from a trip back to the homeland, Eilis is the experienced traveler and passes on her newfound wisdom to a first-time immigrant. At 21, Ronan’s early adulthood is complimented by her Irish-American roots, making her an ideal casting choice.

Emory Cohen’s convincing turn as Eilis’ mawkish American boyfriend is a recurring high note for “Brooklyn.” His charisma provides the romance of the film with its proper gravitas, as he meets Ronan’s efforts halfway. Their first meeting at an Irish dance is awkward and understated, which makes their romance lifelike from the start.

For all of its narrative simplicities, “Brooklyn” is a brief but engaging tale about embracing opportunities — an optimistic look at an immigrant’s rebirth in America. Crowley’s portrayal is about an Irish woman, but holds relevant weight as the nation prepares to accept a wave of Syrian refugees. Audiences should applaud “Brooklyn” for avoiding these politics, as well as other coming-to-America cliches, as critics surely will come awards season.

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Sports

Military Bowl offers plenty of intrigue Dan Sostek Sports Editor

When Pitt learned it’s bowl destination on Sunday afternoon, many Pitt fans were frustrated that the team earned a trip to one of the two lowest tier ACC-affiliated bowls.

The Panthers finished with a better record than all four ACC teams who received higher tier bowls than them, but geographic and financial factors likely relegated the team to the Military Bowl in Annapolis, Maryland.

Despite the disappointment, Pitt’s matchup against No. 21 Navy will mollify fans, as the game promises to be a marquee contest for a bevy of reasons.

KILLER KEENAN The Midshipmen quarterback will wrap up a historic career against the Panthers in Annapolis, as Reynolds is the all-time NCAA leader in career touchdowns, with 83 career rushing touchdowns. The run-first quarterback has rushed 220 times for 1,093 yards and 19 touchdowns this season alone, and received Heisman Trophy consideration.

Reynolds is the third triple-option quarterback Pitt will face, and is the most dangerous one it’s seen yet. He’ll prove to be an immense challenge for the Pitt defensive coaching staff.

Facing one of the best players in NCAA his-

Tyler Boyd and Keenan Reynolds are two reasons to check out the Military Bowl on Dec. 28.

Left: Wenhao Wu | Staff Photographer, Right: TNS tory is always an exciting proposition, and to see him play his final career game against Pitt is a cherry on top.

BYE BYE BOYD?

Amid speculation regarding whether or not he will enter the 2016 NFL Draft, the Military Bowl could very well be the last ride for one of the best players to ever wear a Pitt

uniform: junior receiver Tyler Boyd. Pitt fans should catch the potentially last opportunity to watch Boyd as a Panther, and appreciate See Football on page 10

Pitt baseball releases 2016 spring schedule

Chris Puzia

Assistant Sports Editor Pitt announced its 2016 baseball schedule Monday, unveiling another series of steep challenges in the competitive ACC. The regular season starts on Feb. 19, with the Historic Dodgertown Classic in Vero Beach, Florida, where Pitt opens up against Niagara. Head coach Joe Jordano said in a release that the schedule will give his team a chance to test itself before ACC

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play begins.

“This schedule continues our philosophy of trying to play quality opponents prior to the start of the ACC season while combining quality opportunities for our young players to gain valuable experience as well,” Jordano said.

The season-opening tournament will also see the Panthers square off against Toledo and Ohio State before facing Niagara once more.

Looking ahead, the highlight of the schedule comes near the end of the conference season, when the Panthers host reigning national champion Virginia for a threegame series from April 30 to May 1.

Last season, Pitt finished 20-32, with a 9-20 conference record, as the team still searches for its first winning season since 2013, when it posted a 42-17 record in its final Big East year.

ACC play begins for Pitt on March 11,

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the start of a three-game road set against North Carolina. Last season, Pitt took the series from the Tar Heels on a walkoff from Eric Hess. The team will open its home conference slate one week later, when it hosts Florida State.

The Seminoles are one of five College World Series regional qualifiers the Panthers will see this season, along with Notre See Baseball on page 10

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Football, pg. 9 just how dynamic of a talent he has been over his three-year career. He also needs 127 yards to finish with 1,000 yards receiving in each of his three seasons at Pitt, adding some statistical intrigue into Boyd’s performance as well. If he is planning on leaving, the ever-electric Boyd will want to go out with a bang.

NAVY IS NICE Despite the Military Bowl slotting in the lowest tier of ACC bowls, the Panthers are facing a ranked team, a proposition that wouldn’t have occurred had Pitt received some of its other projected locations. In the Pinstripe Bowl, they would have faced an average Indiana team. In the Sun Bowl, it would have been an unranked Washington State. Taking on a team that’s been as good as the 9-2 Midshipmen will be a good litmus test for the state of the program heading into next season, and will give the younger players — like running back Qadree Ollison and safety Jordan Whitehead — a chance to shine on a bigger stage.

FIRED UP Emotions will definitely be high for Pitt

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heading into their bowl game, as it marks the first opportunity for the Panthers to take the field since star running back James Conner announced he has Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

The team will likely look to win the game for their teammate as he undergoes treatment. I’d expect head coach Pat Narduzzi to also play up the fact that, despite having a better record than four other teams, higher tier bowls passed up the Panthers. The Panthers will play with a heavy heart and a chip on their shoulders, giving them extra motivation to win.

CLOSE QUARTERS While the game is much closer to Navy’s campus, Annapolis is a manageable trek for Pitt fans. Tickets are also free for students, and coach busses will chauffeur students from various cities to the game for just $25. With the Panther’s past five bowl locations being Fort Worth, Detroit, Birmingham, Birmingham and Birmingham, Annapolis’s proximity will give Pitt fans a chance to show up in respectable numbers.

The bowl allotted Pitt 7,333 tickets to sell, and the school should be able to unload almost all of them.

Baseball, pg. 9 Dame, Clemson, Miami and Virginia.

Last season, Pitt opened its ACC schedule hosting top-ranked Virginia. In the first game of the series, T.J. Zeuch threw eight shutout innings to preserve a 1-0 win before the Cavaliers took the other two games in the series.

Jordano said the difficult schedule will not intimidate the Panthers.

“It is certainly challenging, and I know all of us are looking forward to a quality season,” Jordano said.

One of those challenges comes in a 12game stretch from April 1 to April 20, when the team will only play three home games compared to nine on the road. One of those away matchups comes on April 12, when Pitt will travel to play the rival West Virginia Mountaineers, who finished 27-27 last season.

Later in the season, Pitt will host West Virginia in a rematch on May 17, as part of a four-game homestand to close out the regular season.

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

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

Clean, Newly Remodeled Houses and Apartments.

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

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

Call after 5:00 pm.

6, 7, or 8-bedroom 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.

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 John CR Kelly Realty has 1-2-3-4 bedroom studio apartments available for rent for Fall 2016. Call 412683-7300 to make an appointment today!

Announcements -ADOPTION -EVENTS -LOST AND FOUND -STUDENT GROUPS -WANTED -OTHER

Looking for male sublet for spring semester. 367 Atwood St. Apt 1. $600/month. Washer/Dryer. Parking spot available. Clean and quiet roommate.

Please call Patrick at 412-780-6777.

Renovated Large Three Bedroom Townhome for Rent.

Available January 2016. The kitchen features frost free refrigerator with automatic ice maker, fullsize range, self-cleaning oven, dishwasher, garbage disposal and microwave. The bath has been completely updated. All floor coverings and window treatments are brand new. Your own washer and dryer are included. On University of Pittsburgh shuttle and PAT bus lines. Two blocks to Magee Women’s Hospital. $1,275/mo, contact 724-422-2250.

Various 1-bedroom apartments on Meyran, Pier & Ward Streets. Starting from $675-$795. Available August 2016. Call John CR Kelly Realty. 412-682-7300 Nice 6BR house available Aug. 1, 2016.

Laundry on site. To make an appointment call 412-812-9382.

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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 3&4 bedroom apartments on Bates, Atwood, Semple & Meyran Streets. Starting from $1,675- $2,600. Now renting for Fall 2016.

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

Apartments for rent beginning August 2016. A/C, dishwasher, washer/dryer.

412-915-0856 3 & 5 bedroom. May 2016. Sarah St. Large bedroom, new kitchen, air conditioning, washer & dryer, dishwasher, large deck. 412-287-5712.

College or graduate school students needed to work with elementary school children in a fun, structured after school program in the South Hills. $11-$13 per hour, flexible hours, must have own transportation. Email resume or letter of interest to jhroberts66@comcast.net

December 8, 2015

SEASONAL MARKETING ASSISTANT Shadyside property management firm established in 1960 neeeds two Seasonal Marketing Assistants to work with Word, internet, & spreadsheet files from approximately December 15th to 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.

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

ATTENTION OCCASIONAL SMOKERS! UPMC seeks healthy adults ages 18-65 who occasionally smoke cigarettes.

This research is examining how smokers respond to cigarettes that are low in nicotine.

There are up to seven sessions lasting about three hours each. Research participants completing the study will be compensated up to $60 per session, or $20 per hour. For more information, call 412-246-5393 or visit www.SmokingStudies.pitt.edu

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

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