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Pitt interviews third dean candidate spring 2016 career fair review casual friday untrue employment the other world of sports meet melissa yancy planning for chaos tackling a story Ampersand: a startup that suits Pitt’s own ‘30 under 30’ inside the greene zone women’s basketball immoral internships

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Cover by Kate Koenig

VISUAL EDITOR

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notre Dame admin interviews for Pitt’s dean job Josh Ye

Staff Writer When William Stackman heard of a sexual assault at Notre Dame University in 2010, he surveyed every student on campus.

The university-wide survey yielded 750 pages of data with student comments on sexual assault, which Stackman, associate vice president for student services at Notre Dame, said is essential to understanding a campus’ issues.

If hired as dean of students and vice provost at Pitt, Stackman said he would use the same attitude to tackle mental health, academic integration and diversity and inclusion issues on campus.

Stackman publicly interviewed for the position Thursday. Provost Patricia Beeson appointed Kenyon Bonner, former director of student life, last January to fill the position in the interim. Bonner and Joanne Vogel, an associate vice president and dean of students, interviewed Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, and Cara Appel-

William Stackman interviewed for the dean of students job at Pitt on Thursday. Kate Koenig VISUAL EDITOR

Silbaugh, an associate dean of students at Georgia Institute of Technology, will interview Friday for the full-time role.

At his interview, Stackman said he motivates himself through cultivating resources to support students’ growth at universities around the country, including Tufts University, Temple University and Texas A&M University.

Through 30 years of experience working in student activities and services, Stackman said he noticed an often-overlooked dark side to campus life.

“There are many students who are not doing well. They are making poor decisions. They are hurting themselves. They are hurting each other,” Stackman said. “To intervene in a way that can help them to reflect and grow and become stronger, sometimes it means that we have to hold them accountable for what they do.”

Stackman shared a story of a student who, after realizing his mistakes, thanked See Dean Interview on page 24

Pitt adds third day to spring 2016 career fair

Dale Shoemaker News Editor

Armed with their resumés and best business attire, Pitt students will mingle with potential employers for an extra day at this year’s spring career fair this month.

Pitt’s Office of Career Development and Placement Assistance will host its Spring 2016 Career Fair Feb. 17-19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the William Pitt Union. Because of an increase in demand from science, technology, engineering and math employers, CDPA has expanded the fair to three days instead of two.

Students can register online beforehand to speed up check-in, or they can register the day

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of the fair.

Joel Anne Sweithelm said CDPA hopes to draw at least 2,000 students to the William Pitt Union to meet with more than 200 employers — similar to the fair’s draw in previous years.

The first two days of the fair, Wednesday Feb. 17, and Thursday Feb. 18, will feature employers from the science, technology, engineering and math majors, including Amtrak, Mylan and Thermo Fisher Scientific.

The third day of the fair, Friday Feb. 19, will feature employers from the business, humanities and social science majors, including UPMC, Yelp and the Peace Corps.

Regardless of their major, all students can attend all three days of the fair, said Cheryl Finlay,

the director of CDPA. Based on feedback from students who attended the Fall 2015 Career Fair, CDPA launched a campaign several weeks before the Fair to squash worries and misconceptions — such as students not feeling like the fair will help them get hired. CDPA also offers its “career closet” to students who need professional clothes to wear to meet recruiters.

In response to such concerns, Finlay advised students to attend the fair anyway and said that networking with company representatives can pay off in the future.

“By making a positive, lasting impression with a career fair recruiter, you have a better chance of that recruiter remembering you when

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you apply for the position,” Finlay said in a statement.

CDPA will also update its mobile application that helps students find specific employers at the fair. The app features a map of the employers’ booths, a schedule of events and a list of all companies that will attend the fair.

Finlay said the fair is important for first-year students and alumni, not just juniors and seniors preparing to enter the job market.

“It’s a great opportunity for all students to practice approaching an employer at a career fair, talk about their career goals and learn about the different types of internship and career opportunities that are available,” Finlay said.

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Casual Friday A Berning sensation Customers of the Aartistic Inc. tattoo shop are feeling more than one kind of Bern. The Vermont shop’s owner, Tyre Duvernay, is offering patrons a free tattoo of presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ head. Duvernay told his local ABC station that when he saw another shop offering free Donald Trump tattoos, he began advertising free cover-ups of them. That eventually grew into the new venture, which is sure to satisfy the legions of millennials who fear that their Sanders laptop stickers don’t do enough to mobilize voters.

Pushing pencils A 19-year-old in Nepal had even more lead in his system this week than our country’s water system. Raja Thapa has broken a world record by fitting 138 pencils into his mouth at once, shattering the previous record of 98 and revealing that the hardest task in Nepal is not, in fact, climbing Mount Everest. In related news, Pitt officials have not confirmed rumors that next year’s convocation recordbreaking will involve having the most people do the Whip and Nae Nae while holding selfie sticks with their teeth.

Where’s the crunch?

Nestlé, makers of Kit Kat, are facing a lawsuit for selling one of the candy bars without a crunchy center.

The victim of the not-so-sweet surprise was Saima Ahmad, a 20-yearold law student living in London.

After Ahmad’s bar exam ended in

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disappointment, she decided to take action — her lawsuit demands the company compensate her with a lifetime supply of Kit Kats to make up for her “monetary and emotional” loss.

While Nestlé would likely prefer to wrap the matter up quickly, Ahmad has pledged to not waifer from her position.

Strip search During a normal patrol last Saturday, a British police officer encountered a whole new type of siren.

Police Community Support Officer Mike Ober noticed a propped-open door and an empty parking lot at a social club, and he decided to investigate. But while Ober checked out the scene, the occupants were checking him out. The club was actually hosting a 50th birthday party, and partygoers confused Ober with a “stripogram” they had ordered for the birthday girl. Ober says he “beat a hasty retreat” and even passed the real stripper on his way out.

Best supporting actor A pair of friends have accomplished the dream of children everywhere. Two men disguised as one obese person successfully tricked a movie theater into giving them only one ticket. One of the men wrapped his legs around the waist of the other, pretending to be his friend’s belly and various folds. It remains unclear whether the disguise cost more money than the ticket they saved, but it’s really the principle that counts. The Pitt News has no snark to offer these men, only applause.

Low unemployment rates are misleading

Arnaud Armstrong For The Pitt News

The future of the American worker is in jeopardy.

If you talk to the average college student today about their post-graduation plans, you’ll probably detect a note of anxiety and uncertainty.

This emotion was expected and commonplace several years ago in the aftermath of the Great Recession. Today, though, with the unemployment rate hovering at a normally respectable 5 percent — the lowest in eight years — according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, one would expect more optimism.

Nonetheless, this anxiety persists because the U.S. economy is still struggling, and relief is nowhere in sight for the American worker.

This anxiety isn’t limited to college students. According to Gallup’s economic

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Terry Tan STAFF ILLUSTRATOR confidence index — an average rate of Americans’ feelings about the economy — American confidence in the U.S. economy is a disappointing negative-12 for the week ending Jan. 24.

Frustratingly, this lack of confidence has been par for the course since the start of 2015. Confidence had actually been in positive territory for much of January and February, but it didn’t last.

To understand Americans’ pessimism, we have to unpack some of these figures.

When we hear about 5 percent unemployment, we are hearing what is called the U-3 unemployment rate. This is a basic measure of how many Americans in the labor force are currently employed. Problematically, this number ignores several key measures in unemployment.

For example, if an individual gives up looking for work, they are no longer conSee Armstrong on page 22

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Sports Business Association preps students for workplace Steve Rotstein Staff Writer

Before Melissa Mele and Kelley George decided to put a non-sports fanatic in charge of Pitt’s Sports Business Association, previous leaders couldn’t seem to keep the club itself in business. “[Mele and George] needed that outside look, that person that could tie in everything other than sports to the organization,” Alexis Bovalino, the SBA’s current president, said. “I never thought I was going to take over the club. It just kind of fell into place.”

Since taking the post this year, Bovalino has worked to build on what founders Mele, a former student, and George, a senior, established in January 2015.

After going in and out of existence at Pitt, the SBA, a student-run organization that offers resources and support to students going into sports business, appears to be settling in.

The Association now has about 30 active members, with around 40 more who attend events. Bovalino has adopted a strategy for offering those members networking and educational opportunities with local contacts, including Dick’s Sporting Goods and the Steelers.

“The SBA had been around on and off for a while, but the problem with it every time is that there’s never a succession plan, so the club always dies out,” Bovalino, a junior marketing and human resources management major, said. It last disbanded in fall 2013 during Mele’s sophomore year.

George is just finishing up an internship at Heinz Field, where she works in the office directing calls and works guest services during games. She said it was hard to keep the organization alive at Pitt because there isn’t an existing curriculum to attach

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Members of the Sports Business Association show off products. Photo courtesy of the Sports Business Association. the SBA to.

“A lot of clubs here, you can tack it onto a specific major,” George said. “[Sports business is] not a part of the everyday curriculum and the everyday conversation.”

Pitt-Bradford has a sports management major, and since George and Mele started the organization, Pitt’s main campus instituted a sports management class, which George said is a start. “[Now it’s] just kind of figuring out where it fits in,” George said.

Looking for someone whose lone qualification wasn’t a love of sports, Mele and George initially recruited Bovalino in 2014 to be the SBA’s vice president of marketing.

“I was new to the business school and knew nothing about sports, other than the fact that I’m passionate about Pittsburgh teams,” Bovalino said.

Bovalino has since split the SBA’s events into three categories: professional events, including site visits to local sports arenas and a diversity conference coming up on

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Feb. 5, community service events, including a charity flag football tournament, and social events — last week, the group went to the Pitt-Virginia Tech basketball game together.

While most of the professional events partner with Pitt Business and are limited to students in the business school, the other events are open to anyone. To be an active member in the club, there is a onetime $10 fee, and open meetings are usually held in 2400 Sennott Square on Sundays at 7 p.m.

Bovalino became president of the SBA this January but has been involved since 2014, when plans to re-launch the club first began.

After handling the marketing side of things for the SBA last year, Bovalino created a newsletter in December 2015 to circulate among the club’s corporate contacts, which range from FitCrunch to the Pittsburgh Pirates’ entry-level sales program, B.U.C.S. Academy.

Chuck Ziants, who recently became assistant manager of B.U.C.S. — which stands for Building Ultimate Careers in Sports — at 25 years old, has spoken to the club to offer career advice.

Ziants has been involved in inside sales and new product development with the Pittsburgh Pirates since graduating from Bethany College in June 2013. Now, he focuses on teaching people how to sell to businesses — wisdom he imparted on the SBA. “My thing is building the professional brand. You have to get comfortable with being uncomfortable,” Ziants said. “Most kids my age didn’t really know how to speak, so I decided to hone in on speaking for a living, which set me apart.”

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Q&A Yancy balances work with play

Lexi Kennell

For The Pitt News In between working as a non-profit hero in a children’s hospital and writing fiction, modern day Clark Kent, Melissa Yancy, became this year’s recipient of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize.

As a result, the University of Pittsburgh Press will publish Los Angeles resident Yancy’s manuscript “Dog Years” this year and award her a $15,000 cash prize.

Each year, the University of Pittsburgh Press selects collections of short fiction to publish under a standard contract and cash prize. Acclaimed author Richard Russo chose Yancy’s “Dog Years” out of nearly 300 entries.

“The smart, intricate, carefully crafted stories in Dog Years reminded me of Lauren Groff ’s Delicate, Edible Birds for both their ambition and extraordinary beauty,” Russo said in a release.

The 37-year-old Phoenix native graduated from Linfield College in Oregon and went on to earn her MFA from the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern Carolina.

Through her time spent in pediatrics, Yancy has raised money for education, medical research and clinical programs by working with corporations and non-profit foundations. Her official title is Senior Director of Corporate, Foundation and Re-

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search Relations.

Yancy spoke with The Pitt News about how she balances two separate careers, why she chose to submit her collection and advice she has for young writers.

The Pitt News: Congratulations on winning the Drue Heinz Literature Prize! What made you enter your manuscript, “Dog Years?”

Melissa Yancy: I’ve entered before, as well as a number of other collection contests over the years, but each time the collections have changed based on new work.

I think this particular group of stories was the first time I entered with that exact collection.

TPN: What are your favorite stories from your collection and why?

MY: I think my favorite is the title story, Dog Years. I like that story because it’s about this really over-the-top sort of modern subject. It’s about two geneticists who have a son who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a genetic disorder, and they’re basically researching this genetic disease. It could be the premise of a bad B movie.

The story is about their day-to-day lives and the passage of time and I think the kinds of things that frustrate everybody, whether you’re a parent or not, the sort of speed at which time passes and your inability to control it. I think for their lives, because they’re in an extreme situation where their son is degenerating each year, it’s an experience in the maximum form. But on the day-to-day level, it’s really about the typical frustrations that everybody has with time.

TPN: What genre would you consider “Dog Years” to be?

MY: It’s pretty standard literary realism.

There’s really no fantastic elements. It’s in a pretty traditional vein of short fiction.

Find the full story online at

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Don’t let fear dictate your resume Miriam Wipf

For The Pitt News On any college campus, I guarantee you’ll find more than a few students who can’t describe their ideal future.

According to Fritz Grupe, founder of MyMajors, 80 percent of college-bound students enter college as “undecided,” and of those who do declare a major, 50 percent change it at least once.

Today, the struggle behind declaring a major exposes our uncertainty toward serious decisions and realistic future plans.

The problem is: we should have started planning, working — doing almost anything useful — long ago.

For me, the first three years of college seemed like a random collection of classes and many, many moments of soul-searching, asking myself how I wanted to spend

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my life.

I came into Pitt with the intentions of majoring in biology, learning Chinese and graduating with a job at a Chinese company. After my first college-level chemistry class, I remembered I didn’t actually enjoy math and science as much as I tried to convince myself I did.

I had to reevaluate my entire collegiate plan, which was unrealistic and gave into my parents’ pressure. I often look back and wish I had spent more time setting both professional and academic goals, ones that held true to who I actually was. But no one had ever asked me to seriously consider these things.

As a rising senior in college, adulthood and all of its newfound freedom, independence and responsibilities slapped me in the face. I feel unprepared, but I don’t feel alone. According to Achieve, an indepen-

dent education reform organization, about 83 percent of high school graduates felt gaps related to how high school prepared them for life after graduation.

Perhaps these gaps in career readiness happen because, for teenagers, adulthood is so far away one moment and at our doorstep the next. It just hasn’t knocked yet.

According to the same survey from Achieve, seven in 10 recent high school graduates said they would have taken more challenging courses if they’d known the expectations of college and the working world. But, like many of us, they realized too late the importance of learning to embrace upcoming challenges and obligations.

This summer, while working for the Neighborhood Learning Alliance, a Pittsburgh-community nonprofit organization, I had the opportunity to lead weekly job

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trainings for a classroom of low-income, high school-aged youth. In the roughly three-hour sessions, I wanted to do something for these kids that no one had ever done for me — explain the realities of college, impending adulthood and the importance of taking the initiative.

I needed to tell teens and young adults no one is here to coddle them anymore — the effort you put in equals the results you receive. In front of a classroom of disinterested and inexperienced youth, I felt like the furthest thing from a teacher, but I knew I had something important to say.

These job trainings presented children with the opportunity for real-world learning, something 90 percent of academic survey respondents suggested was important to deterring uncertainties surrounding college and work.

See Wipf on page 13

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Q&A: Brady McCollough finds story in sport Conner Blose

For The Pitt News Well before Brady McCollough appeared on CNN to discuss his interviews with former football players, he tackled subjects a little closer to home.

As an elementary school sports fanatic, McCollough was already hard at work — he made his own magazine with profiles of his favorite players and confronted his father, a mild sports fan, with tough interview questions on cross-country car trips.

Years later, he found his home writing about football for the campus newspaper at the University of Michigan. Fascinated by the atmosphere and field access, McCollough stepped outside of everyday game coverage to write about Michigan wide receiver Jason Avant.

He’d been writing feature stories and profiles, calling coaches and players’ families over the phone, but for the first time

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McCollough got to immerse himself in an athlete’s life. He travelled to the south side of Chicago to meet Avant’s grandmother, who raised him. “[I got to] actually be around the people that shaped him and go and see the places he saw. It was important for me to get that sensation of really being an authority on a story,” McCollough said. “That was something I became sort of addicted to ... feeling

that I’m getting inside of a story.”

Now an award-winning sports features and enterprise reporter at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, McCollough still sidesteps sports coverage tropes.

His series, From 10 to Ben, profiles prolific Steelers players 10 to 40 years after they’ve left the field.

The profiles ranged from 74-yearold former linebacker Andy Russell to special teams player Reggie Harrison, who went on to be a truck driver. But his story on former

Learn how to tell stories and focus on the craft.

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wide receiver Antwaan Randle El grabbed national headlines.

In McCollough’s story, Randle El, a Super Bowl-winning athlete whom McCollough describes as “electric [and] versatile enough to run a route on one play and throw a beautiful spiral on the next,” admits that he wished he’d played baseball instead, because of head injuries suffered from his football career.

The Pitt News’ Conner Blose talked with McCollough, who also teaches Sports Writing at Pitt, to discuss the interviews, his career and his advice.

The Pitt News: What sparked your interest in sports reporting?

Brady McCollough: I was a huge sports fan. At the University of Michigan, I was reading the student paper as a freshman, and my interest was really piqued by the student writers covering the football team.

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A start-up that suits Zoë Hannah

Assistant News Editor Tom Yanez boarded the Shanghai Metro in search of a custom-made suit, but ended up forming a friendship that would stitch together a startup business.

Yanez, a junior marketing and Mandarin student at Pitt, was studying abroad in China in fall 2014 and went to see a tailor, Youzhi Hao, for a custom suit.

With one shirt button missing to accommodate Yanez’s short torso, the outfit — a grey wool suit and white cotton shirt — is a comfortable suit he still wears in the fall and winter months.

There, Yanez realized men don’t need to settle for generic, ill-fitting suits sold at department stores and menswear

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stores. With his help, young business professionals in the United States can have their suits tailor-made all the way from Shanghai.

Along with Caleb Smith, an accounting student at James Madison University, Yanez founded Ampersand, LLC — a one-on-one consultation company for tailor-made clothes — last summer. Ampersand has expanded its client base to eight customers at three universities and recently began making women’s dresses and overcoats.

Ampersand diverges from other clothing companies because it allows customers to design clothes and get custom sizing for the same amount as an off-the-rack suit — around $200.

Yanez used the skills he learned at Pitt to develop a business relationship with the tailor.

“It was a lot of going to restaurants, drinking too much beer, smoking too many cigarettes,” Yanez said of his friendship with the tailor. “A couple times a week, I would go down to his shop and learn how to take measurements and do research [for the business].”

Yanez said he negotiated a deal with Hao, in which Hao discounts Ampersand’s orders so the company can make a profit. Yanez sends his customers’ orders to Hao, who sends the clothes to the customer’s address within 18 days.

Back in America, Yanez works with Desjoire Smith, a Howard University stu-

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dent, and Caleb Smith, at JMU, who consult clients on their respective campuses.

Desjoire Smith, Caleb Smith and Yanez met at their high school — a boarding school just outside of Philadelphia called George School.

At consultations, the three Ampersand employees find out what customers want, let them pick out their fabric from more than 300 swatches and give professional advice, like avoiding a black suit for an interview.

“Everything comes with our honest opinion,” Yanez said. “Wearing a suit that’s tailored to you — it changes the game.”

Potential customers at Howard, JMU See Ampersand on page 11

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Ampersand, pg. 10 and Pitt can text or email their school’s representative to set up a consultation.

All three employees, who are paid on commission, give consultations and sell suits at their respective schools, but Pitt’s market has had the most success with six clients who have purchased 15 shirts, two suits, an overcoat and a dress.

Evan Turman, a junior studying marketing, finance and economics, was hesitant at first about buying a suit from Ampersand. For the first time, he wanted to stop buying off-the-rack so he could find a more personalized style.

Turman, one of Yanez’s friends, became one of Ampersand’s first customers.

Turman invited Yanez and his fabric binders, filled with hundreds of colorful linen, cotton and wool swatches, to his home on Bouquet Street for a consultation in the fall. Yanez walked Turman through each material, guided him in picking out colors and taking his measurements.

Turman bought two Ampersand shirts — button downs with floral-print cuffs and collars — and a suit — a navy light wool blend — with three patterned pocket squares for a total of about $290.

“The cost that he’s charging his customers is extremely affordable,” Turman said. “In the back of my head I was wondering, ‘How good is the quality going to be?’”

Turman said the personalization aspect of Ampersand’s products was the most impressive part of his experience.

“When I buy a suit or a business [casual] shirt, I gotta make sure I have swag,” Turman said. “The fact that you have the ability to pick out a shirt means you have a little more confidence when you wear it.”

Yanez said helping clients add a bit of original style, like a colorful cuff, to con-

servative clothes is his favorite part of the job.

“I really like classic looking things with a little bit of a twist or flair,” Yanez said.

“Ampersand is individuality ... it’s not really one style ... you just find your own.”

According to his mother, Polly Yanez, clothing and personality have always been one of the same for her son.

“I think he enjoys experimenting with fashion,” Polly Yanez said. “Not just to do whatever the dominant culture is dictating.”

Polly Yanez, a chemistry and biology teacher at the George School, said she hopes her son’s business doesn’t draw from his focus on school.

“The grades, in my view, are really important,” Polly Yanez said. “However, the business is hands-on experience, and if he can balance those two, then he can be very successful.”

If Ampersand tanks within the next year, Yanez said the experience would still be invaluable. Yanez spends about 15 hours per week running the business, which he said is difficult to balance with school. But the sacrifice gives him something tangible in his business classes.

Wearing a suit that’s tailored to you — it changes the game.

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-Tom Yanez “It makes school and classes more interesting for me because I can think about concepts in class and how they relate to the business,” Yanez said in a text message.

“It’s no longer in abstract.”

Looking to expand, Yanez said he’ll remain picky about consultants who are

personable and fit the brand.

Yanez hopes to train consultants at Northeastern University and Boston University, where he has friends from high school, by next year.

According to Associate Dean of the College of Business Administration Audrey Murrell, Ampersand’s caution is a good thing. Ninety-two percent of all startups fail within the first three years, according to the 2012 Startup Genome Report.

“Premature scaling means getting big too soon or too fast,” Murrell said in an email. “For example, spending money on marketing, hiring, et cetera, before the business had mapped out a working business model.”

Murrell said Yanez’s “great deal of talent and passion for his business venture” are positives, but the only thing that can ensure Ampersand’s success is a thorough perception and application of international business.

“Understanding key business issues such as managing global supply chains and international economics will be key to

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Photos courtesy of Tom Yanez their long-term success and sustainability,” Murrell said of the startup.

Yanez said he has a good understanding of the risks and the benefits to outsourcing labor, so he’s confident in Ampersand’s success.

“Volume totally isn’t an issue — we don’t have stores, we don’t have inventory,” Yanez said. “So there’s not a lot of risk here on the ground.”

Yanez said he’s adding women’s clothes to the catalog, donating a suit to a contest at the career fair and hoping to expand his market to Pitt’s athletes.

“People come in all shapes and sizes — especially athletes,” Yanez said. “Finding stuff off the rack is nearly impossible.”

For all of his potential customers, Yanez said the versatility of the products and ease of the process make choosing to buy from Ampersand an easy decision.

“We’re not trying to impose standards on you,” Yanez said. “We really give you the freedom to be you.”

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Pitt med student graces ‘30 under 30’ Lauren Wilson Staff Writer

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When Chris Murawski injured his ankle playing baseball in high school, he didn’t know the subsequent surgery would lead him to a career in orthopedic surgery — and to a spot on Forbes Magazine’s “30 Under 30” list.

By his senior year of high school, Murawski knew he wanted to go into medicine, but at the age of 25, Murawski, a medical student at Pitt, has published 52 papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented his orthopedic research 61 times.

Just two years into medical school, Murawski has appeared in Forbes’ “30 Under 30 of Health Care,” an annual feature that recognizes the top young medical professionals in the country. The list, which came out in January, named him a top contributor to the health care sector.

Murawski’s career, which focuses on foot, knee and ankle research, began when surgeon John Kennedy inspected his ankle injury. Murawski mentioned his interest in

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orthopedics, and the doctor invited him to spend his summer working at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.

“I graduated high school on a Thursday, and the next Monday I was standing in an operating room,” Murawski said.

Murawski stayed in the operating room all summer, and then spent every summer during his undergraduate career working with Kennedy, where he observed clinical practice and surgery, wrote research papers and collected data.

During the summer, Kennedy and Murawski worked on at least 20 projects at a time, which led to a very close relationship.

“Dr. Kennedy has treated me like a son,” Murawski said. “He gave me a lot of opportunities early on.”

As an undergraduate at Pitt, Murawski started his research career with Freddie Fu, chair of orthopedic surgery at Pitt’s Medical School. Fu and Murawski first met at the Hospital for Special Surgery and then worked together for two years studying See Murawski on page 19

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Wipf, pg. 8 vey respondents suggested was important to deterring uncertainties surrounding college and work.

This data suggests that not enough high schoolers were pushed outside of their comfort zone and charged with the responsibility to take control of their own future. A few of the students stared at me incredulously and asked, “How old are you?”

I explained to the unaware and unsuspecting teenagers before me that I was 20 but often felt like a 15-year-old. I sensed their resistance to learning from someone barely older than them but reaffirmed to myself that what I had to say was meaningful and significant — before they knew it, these kids would be my age, hurtling toward responsibility.

In essence, I told them that being an adult blows, but only you can make it suck less. Even small things, such as saving a certain percentage of your paycheck or dabbling in extracurricular activities, can give you a significant advantage over your peers and make you feel more prepared for what lies ahead.

I asked a few of the kids if they had a backup plan, just in case playing in the NFL or “marrying rich” didn’t quite work out. Almost all of them shrugged.

Even though I was unbelievably anxious to stand in front of a classroom of teenagers, if there was anything this summer job had taught me, it was that I should jump at any opportunity that arose, even if I was scared or unwilling. I wasn’t going to prepare myself for postcollege reality if I didn’t look beyond my current horizon.

As a senior in my final months of college, I try to tell others what I didn’t know.

I reach out to my young friends and stress the importance of even the slightest amount of preparation — if not just for a miniscule peace of mind that you’re doing something worthwhile. Explore diverse employment opportunities — ones that allow you to explore areas you might not have originally considered.

The way I see it, there’s a past, present

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and future version of yourself. And even as enjoyable or tempting it may be to slack off in the present, sooner or later you will be that once future version of yourself. Little things now can equal big things later on.

Setting goals wasn’t just the name of one of my subpar PowerPoint presentations this summer. Planning milestones shapes a better future, one that you organize for yourself because you recognize the inevitability of time and its implications — before it’s too late.

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McCollough, pg. 9 team. Then I went into the Michigan Daily, the student newspaper, and it just grabbed me.

I loved being able to be around the teams, players and coaches. I worked my way up through the Daily before covering the football team during my junior and senior years. I wondered how to pursue this for a living and then got a few internships at the Tampa Tribune, the San Antonio Express-News and the Dallas Morning News. My first job was at the Kansas City Star.

At the time, the Kansas City Star was definitely one of the best sports writing sections in the country with some big names that are known nationally like Wright Thompson, Joe Posnanski, Jason Whitlock and Jeff Passan. I was surrounded by people who were passionate about telling stories in an interesting and creative way.

It was just a great learning ground. I had some really good mentors, some big names ... I was totally enamored by the long form feature writing. I covered the University of Kansas beat and then saw the job open up in Pittsburgh. It has been a really fun journey but a totally unexpected one.

TPN: Do you have a most memorable story?

BM: My first internship at the Tampa Tribune was the first time that I heard the word enterprise story. I never heard that word before, but I started learning how the business works and how to think about bigger topics than just covering a team. The one outside the box story that sticks out is about LeBron [James] coming out in the NBA Draft. It was still early for the idea of kids going pro out of high school and the issues around that. I ended up doing an issue piece on that based around LeBron, and they ran it as the sports centerpiece. My dad was in town visiting, and he was blown away by my story in a metro newspaper. I need to advance myself in this field by finding new angles that are deeper and look into an issue or the heart of a person’s story. That one jumps out to me, at 21 years old, that somehow there was my name next to a photo of LeBron James and me writing about that issue.

TPN: What gave you the idea to make the 10 to Ben news interactive so visual heavy?

BM: Before we even conceived of it in the paper, my editors were thinking of how they could design it and how they could present it

on the web with an interactive display. It was a good example of how we’re evolving as editors and writers. We think about things not so much from the print perspective but from how do we do these in a way to draw web readers. I thought it was a great design to see from our interactive team, and I think the journalism of it was conceived by having two anniversaries this year, the 40th and 10th for two Steelers Super Bowls.

What can we do to honor those anniversaries and tell a story? There is so much stuff going on right now with concussions and the different views of the NFL. I thought it was an opportunity to assess the retirement and post-football life for two generations. I’m so proud of the way the Post-Gazette told the story in such a vibrant and modern way on our website … we’re all learning at newspapers how to best present our content and grab readers. The reader must seek it out, scroll over and click certain pictures. The players’ stories are buried in the 15,000 word project. Next time I would try to highlight that aspect [Randle El] of it and I think this story is really going to grab people. After the Randle El story took off, we took the story and made a separate headline on our website so that people could get to it once it went viral.

TPN: Was it difficult to get former players to open up?

BM: The older players were more open to talking and wanting to be involved. The younger guys are still kinda close to their NFL careers and kinda wary to do media stuff because they’re so close to it. They just want to disappear for a while. I think it was harder to find the younger players from the 2005 team [and] to get their attention and to get them to talk. The older guys have some more time on their hands and love reminiscing on some of the defining moments of their lives, whereas the young guys are, a lot of them, dads with kids jumping all over them, trying to start their post-football careers, or just not interested in talking as much as they would be in maybe 20 or 30 years when they’re reminiscing. One thing that made it easier was that I presented my conversation in a way that asks about their Super Bowl team and how close you guys were as a way of getting into the conversation.

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McCollough, pg. 16 feel might not be available ... where you’re like, alright, it’s not going to happen?

BM: With professional athletes, and even college athletes ... you’re dealing with a situation — it’s basically like celebrity journalism at a certain point. It’s like when the PG wants me to profile Andrew McCutchen, I need to do that because he’s the guy everybody wants to read about ... but that’s the equivalent of, for Pittsburgh, GQ wants to profile Leonardo DiCaprio ... Andrew McCutchen wasn’t that interested in talking to me when I went down to spring training to profile him and so I ended up having to work pretty hard to get 10 minutes with him.

You try to think about trying to write a 3,000 word story with a 10-minute interview. But, my paper sent me down to do it ... and I did it by just, kind of, doing the things that I’d always been taught and learned. You develop the instincts. I went to his hometown ... I luckily spent time with his father and you know, his dad was really the thrust of that story ... but certainly it wasn’t that easy ... you just kind of have to think on your feet.

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TPN: What was your initial reaction to the Randle El response?

BM: I was shocked when I heard it. I planned it that it would be the ending piece, the final whammy in the newspaper. I think I didn’t realize just how much that would cause a stir nationally. If I had, I would have played it up more in my over view story. For the PostGazette to invest so much time in this project, it’s a shame that we needed the Washington Post and some other outlets to blog our content for it to take off. I think it’s important for us to evaluate how the whole thing went and figure out how can we do better next time and find a way to get the juicy attention on our own.

TPN: What has been the public view since this story came out?

BM: It really took off last week. My Twitter and social media have never been so blown up by a story. I think it just shows that people are starting to pay attention to football and that it’s not all glory. There is an underbelly that people are seeing and having to pay attention to. I went on CNN, so that was kind of cool.

TPN: How was it being on CNN? BM: It was terrifying, absolutely terrifying.

T P N : What’s it like working in an industry that’s facing some big setbacks, especially at a paper like the PostGazette, where a lot of its contemporaries are struggling?

BM: I was confronted with major layoffs

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at the Dallas Morning News — the first real big layoffs that paper faced back in 2004, you know that was jarring. Then I moved on to my first job at the Kansas City Star where probably within three years or so, there were layoffs. Then, by the time I left they’d lost more than half of the sports staff. Coming to the Post-Gazette, we actually haven’t had layoffs and so that’s been a great thing ... the realities of what’s happening with the industry and the losses of circulation and advertising money, with the advent of the Internet, all of that has kind of constantly been peppering my experience in journalism. But I’m not at all daunted by it. I feel fortunate to have maintained my position throughout that period, extremely fortunate. I think all of us who are getting to do this job that we love so much every day are even more passionate about it than ever because we realize how lucky we are, you know, ‘cause we get to do this for a living — this really important job for our country, our democracy. We are passionate and devoted to figuring out how to make money in the future, how to become profitable so that we don’t go away down the line, so that the doomsday See McCollough on page 19

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Murowski, pg. 12 knees, surgical techniques and healing processes.

“He has incredible energy and very scientific mind,” Fu said. “I think he will be a leader in medicine in some way.”

Murawski said he’s honored to represent Pitt in the “30 Under 30” list, but that it doesn’t change the way he sees his lifestyle or work.

“There’s no replacement for hard work,” he said. “[The article] doesn’t mean things are going to be handed to me.”

Despite his success, Murawski said he tries to maintain a lively social life, making time to spend with his friends and to go to the gym. His key to happiness, he said, is time management.

“I think if you’re organized, and you have time management and things like that, you can really do what you want,” Murawski said.

“Everybody’s busy, but there’s always time for things you want.”

Although not every day, Murawski said he often spends full days in the lab working on a scholarly project, which all Pitt medical students complete throughout their academic careers.

Murawski’s project leads him to the lab after his classes, where he studies musculoskeletal regeneration and seeks ways to halt or reverse cartilage and bone aging.

His mentor, MaCalus Hogan, an orthopedic surgeon and professor at Pitt’s School of Medicine, said his working relationship with Murawski has been a “two-way street” for knowledge.

“I think he is a young man who is definitely wise and aware beyond his years,” Hogan said. “He certainly has a lot of eagerness and excitement for what the future holds for medicine.”

Murawski and Hogan first met at the Hospital of Special Surgery, where Hogan was a clinical fellow. The two have worked together on foot and ankle research in the orthopedic department of Pitt’s School of Medicine.

In regard to his current work, Murawski said he looks forward to taking his findings from the laboratory to the real world.

“I think what’s fun about research is that it starts with a question, and ultimately, you hope to have results and a conclusion, but at

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the end of the day, research asks more questions,” he said. “It’s not the means to an end.

It’s something that spurs further interest and questions.”

Set to finish medical school in 2018, Murawski hopes to start working as an orthopedic surgeon, following in Kennedy’s footsteps.

“I think no matter what you do, what drives you is that there’s an opportunity to, in some way, make a small contribution to patient care,” Murawski said. “Whether it’s now or in the future.”

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TPN: What’s your advice for young journalists?

BM: Really, really learn how to tell stories and focus on the craft. As much as it is important to be well-rounded and to understand how to use the new technologies that are out there for storytelling — maybe I’m just an old fart at heart — but I believe in the power of storytelling ... From a sports context, we can write things for people in Pittsburgh that ESPN and Sports Il-

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lustrated and the New York Times can’t write ...

And certainly you become even more relevant when you can factor in alternate, new, fresh storytelling forms, when you can tell a story through video and web-interactives ... but also just traditionally learning story structure, learning story arc, learning just the ways to report a story and learning it in a way that really brings a story to life ... there’s an art for that and it takes a lot of work, but I think that really focusing in on how the best people in the business tell stories ... I think that would be the thing. I still think that that ultimately is what’s going to keep us going.

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Kenny Greene is a sophomore finance and economics major, but he would drop school in a second if it meant getting his big break.

“If anything, I could see music not only substituting college but [a typical career],” Greene said. “Plan B is to take [my major] and use it out in the world and make it resourceful if I don’t have music as my professional career.”

The West Philadelphia native and Michigan State transfer only started recording music in June of last year but already has three mixtapes, five singles and a handful of collaborations. In addition to working toward two degrees, an equal — if not more — amount of his time is invested in making it in the music world. He’s currently signed to Tyler Nicolo, a Phillybased producer working under Revel Music Group, a recording and publication company.

Despite his music dreams, Greene still puts his finance and economics studies to good use. His finance classes taught him that everyone who hands him a contract ultimately wants something in return, he said. Keeping that in mind makes him focus on the small details of every show he books and each executive he meets.

Greene redefines the typical 9-to-5 workday. While he starts at 9 a.m. each day, his work day ends at 5 a.m. He wakes up, goes to class and does homework during they day so he can come home and throw himself into his music until the early hours of the next morning.

His obsession started young — Greene picked up the trumpet at 7 years old, then moved on to drums. As a high-energy child, drums gave him optimal outlet for his in-

tensity and later helped him create beats and advance his songwriting and “soulful, alternative R&B” sound.

“I always had a peculiar interest toward songwriting and lyrics and how I could express feelings to people,” he said.

Greene reached out to Nicolo last year after hearing his work with independent hip-hop duo Moosh and Twist. Ten seconds into Greene’s single “Sorry I’m Not Sorry (S.I.N.S.),” Nicolo knew Kenny Greene was a name to remember.

“Without a doubt, I see Kenny’s career going in an upward direction. He’s going to do something,” Nicolo said.

T h e two are const ant ly playing off each other, sending texts from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and exchanging ideas for beats and songs.

Greene is homeward bound most weekends to play shows in Philly or to meet up with Nicolo and conceptualize his ideas in the studio. Greene even transferred to Pitt from Michigan State University this semester to be closer to his studio.

The move has its drawbacks — attending a 55,000-person university made it easier for Greene’s music to reach fellow students. Greene said it’s harder to find his niche in a city with a stronger, but smaller music scene. Even so, he’s been able to perform more than a dozen shows at popular venues in both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, including The Altar Bar, The Fillmore and the Theatre of Living Arts.

“I’ve done everything for myself,” Greene said. “I have a knack for getting deep into any city I go to and just taking advantage of that. If I hear of a big, popular venue I’ll go and find out who’s opening or that, when.”

If it feels like it comes from my heart, I’m going to say it.

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Greene, pg. 20 In Greene’s opinion, he only has one good song in his set list out right now.

His music video for the song “Mood Swings,” a melodic and introspective anthem, has amassed almost 7,000 views on YouTube since June of last year. It’s the track Greene wants his audience to know him by.

Greene self-funded the song’s video. He knocked down the price to less than $200 by recruiting one of his friends, Hunter Bartlett, to direct and edit the video, and whose camera Greene used to shoot. Greene found his own props, threw them into the back of his mom’s car and drove to a deserted part of Detroit to execute his vision.

“Kenny has so much energy, it’s hard to keep up with him,” Nicolo said. “When it comes to creating in the studio, he is a ball of ideas, creativity and a ‘Let’s try anything’ attitude.”

Greene has made a habit of keeping his friends close in his personal and professional life.

Nikki Kurtz, one of Greene’s closest friends from high school and a student at the Savannah College of Art and Design, created his website and designs all of the artwork for Greene’s mixtapes and singles. Their friendship began in 2014 when Greene first saw artwork Kurtz had posted on her Instagram. “[Greene] asked if I would be able to help him out with one of his mixtape covers, ‘The Greene Effect.’ I eagerly said yes, and we started exchanging our visions for imagery,” Kurtz said in an email. “The quality has only gotten better with every new project.”

Whenever Greene has an idea for a song, he immediately calls Kurtz and asks her to start working on the cover, which is both challenging and fun for her. “[Greene] pushes me out of my comfort zone and encourages me to try new things” she said. “I am always trying to learn new techniques, and I use his projects to expand on my skill.”

Greene’s upcoming first full-length record, “Chameleon,” will be a window into his deepest contemplations, but he said he won’t show it to the world until he’s completely satisfied with it. “[My inspiration is] my soul. If it feels

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like it comes from my heart, I’m going to say it,” he said. “That’s where those lines come from. My inspiration is Kenny Greene.”

The songs on his SoundCloud page don’t encapsulate the artist. Greene has more to say than what happened at last weekend’s party, but the rapper said he stows all the good stuff in his “vault,” a place within his mind where “no one, not even [his] mother or friends” has a key, except him.

“If you heard some of my new stuff that I recorded over break, it doesn’t sound the same,” he said. “It doesn’t sound like the

same human being. It’s a new wave.”

The backing beat to “Mood Swings” is infused with violins and guitars, free of huge drops or buildups. The song depicts Greene’s struggle to find a concrete version of himself — is he a humble artist working his way up or a pompous rapper victim to the temptations of his own game?

“If it feels like it comes from my heart, I’m going to say it,” Greene said. “I think a lot of things in my life have transpired, so I feel like I have a lot to talk about.”

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mining Greene’s future. There’s work to do — and not just for class. With promises of newfound musical maturity and expertise, Greene said his forthcoming “Chameleon” will impress his Philly fan base and music executives alike.

“Right now, I’m going into my career with a headstrong, steadfast attitude of ‘Believe in Kenny Greene.’ Kenny Greene is me.

That’s my name, that’s what I’m branding.

You have to believe in that because if I won’t, you won’t.”

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Armstrong, pg. 4 sidered a part of the labor force and are then not considered officially unemployed. Additionally, this measure does not account for those who are only employed part-time because they cannot find fulltime employment.

When we factor these in, this more representative measure, called the U-6, showed an unemployment rate of 9.9 percent in December.

One way to better understand this

number is to study the labor participation rate, a simple measure of the percentage of Americans over the age of 16 who are in the work force.

At the start of the Great Recession in 2008, the labor participation rate was steady at about 66 percent for several years, according to the BLS. Today, the number stands at 62.6 percent, the lowest participation rate in 38 years.

Gradual retirement of the baby boomers does account for some of this decline, but it is no coincidence that the decline began with the recession and has only re-

cently ceased.

This decline in labor participation isn’t supposed to happen during periods of economic growth, especially after a recession. According to a recent report on this phenomenon from Express Employment Professionals, an association that aids job seekers, a decline in unemployment should correspond with growth or, at the very least, stabilization of labor force participation.

This is demonstrative of a phenomenon that has been visible since the start of the recession. The job market is discourag-

ing more and more young Americans who then give up and go home to live with parents, as evidenced by recent Pew Research analysis of U.S. Census data.

The country’s current economic malaise is also present in employed American’s incomes.

Since the start of the recovery, wage growth is much slower than expected in a normal recovery. In December, hourly wages grew only one cent from the previous month, closing out a 2.5 percent rise in inflation-adjusted wages from the previous year. For comparison, that rate reached 3.8 percent in mid-2007 before the start of the recession.

The problem is, if unemployment was as low as we hear, we would see far more robust wage growth.

As The Economist explains, when unemployment is low, companies fight to retain workies . This causes businesses to driveup wages. This has not been the case in the aftermath of the recession, though.

Wages have been stagnant for the last five years.

For explanation, look at the labor participation rate. Low unemployment hasn’t positively impacted wages because unemployment actually remains too high.

But why has recovery dragged?

The problem lies with feckless government handling of the economy, particularly in the last seven years. The Affordable Care Act is a prime example of this counterproductive meddling with our economy The ACA forces all businesses with 50 or more employees to either provide health insurance or pay a penalty. To avoid having to provide health insurance or pay the penalty, many businesses instead move employees from full-time to part-time work and pass on costs to the consumer. Everyone hurts in this cycle.

Another classic example of the federal government’s economic mismanagement is the chronic overregulation of the private sector.

According to the Government Accountability Office, federal regulators added 2,400 new regulations in 2014. The Obama administration also issued 184 major regulations between 2009 and 2014 at a cost of $80 billion to the private sector, according to analysis from the Heritage Foundation.

Examples include green-energy mandates on walk-in coolers and freezers and manSee Armstrong on page 23

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SBA, pg. 5

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Grant Colbert, a junior majoring in finance and supply chain management, said the club has widened his idea about the opportunities available in athletic s.

“Every athletic team is going to need a finance department. Every athletic apparel company is going to have a supply chain department,” Colbert said. “And SBA has brought in real people telling us the importance of LinkedIn and resumés and networking. Before SBA, I didn’t even have a LinkedIn.” According to Bovalino, preparation for the corporate world is one of the club’s top selling points. She said members have opportunities to learn about their prospective professions, as well as actually get experience.

“Unlike a lot of organizations, we are trying to get our members involved early, so that as they get older, they can get internships,” Bovalino said.

Having a title in the organization has certainly paid off for past members.

“We realized this past fall that the club is working because our executive board got positions,” Bovalino said.

“One of them was studying abroad in London and got an internship with ESPN there, Kelley got an internship with Heinz Field [and] Melissa got hired by the United States Golf Association.

Everyone was really starting to delve into these next roles.”

George met the woman who would go on to hire her at Heinz Field while building the SBA and working in Pitt Athletics. She also met employees from Steelers’ management at a conference that the SBA hosted.

Ziants emphasized the importance of building connections early as a way to maximize potential success.

“If you’re interested in going into sports management, at the end of the day, the degree is a means to an end,” Ziants said. “It’s what you do with that degree, and the connections you build while doing it, that are going to make you successful in life.”

dating rearview cameras in new cars at estimated costs of $485 million and $583 million, respectively.

And, of course, there are always taxes.

Today, the combined federal and state corporate tax rate can reach as high as 39 percent. This makes the U.S. corporate tax rate the highest of all the countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which includes Australia, Japan, Mexico and all of Western Europe.

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Is it any wonder that so many American corporations are moving their jobs and headquarters overseas to dodge tax rates?

While most students aren’t aiming for jobs in manufacturing, they are a vital plan B for the growing number of them who can’t find jobs in their fields. With companies like Nabisco, Ford and General Electric moving jobs and assets out of America, doors of opportunity are closing for future generations.

Just last week, the Bureau of Economic Analysis revealed that U.S. GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2015 was an anemic

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0.7 percent. This is just one more disappointing indicator in what seems to be a very disappointing economy.

With unemployment still high, labor participation declining and economic growth stagnating seven years after the recession, the outlook for young Americans continues to look grim.

If the United States is to once again provide the opportunity or prosperity it once did, we must take power back from bloated federal bureaucracies and return it to the people in the private sector who drive our economy and create opportunity.

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Dean Interview, pg. 3 Stackman for expelling him over a conduct issue. “[The student] came back and told me that it was a real wakeup call,” Stackman said.

Lori Smith, Student Affairs manager and program administrator at Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health, said she appreciated how Stackman emphasized building a support system for students early on in his interview.

“He understands the complex nature of student affairs of our time and all the rapid changing issues that are impacting students’ lives,” Smith said. “Issues emerge quicker than anyone can anticipate. We can’t wait for situations to occur and react to it.”

Stackman said proactivity is only possible when university administrators recognize the connections between mental health, diversity and inclusion.

As the number of international students increases, Stackman said more and more of them struggled with mental

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health issues. He said paying attention to the needs of people who come from different backgrounds is vital to helping them feel welcomed and comfortable.

“So what we are doing right now is setting up a meeting with [the Office of ] International Studies to talk about how to do more programming and outreach for our students,” Stackman said.“Diversity

sor at the department of family medicine at Pitt, said she appreciates Stackman’s attention to diversity and inclusion. “[Inclusion] is also about how to take care of people from different backgrounds and help them adjust,” Lin said.

Lin said many institutions of higher education solely present diversity statistics, neglecting students from adverse or

Smith both said.

Nasreen Harun, president of the Student Government Board at Pitt, said his diverse resumé sets him apart as a leader.

“He has seen so much in other schools,” Harun said. “There is no pattern for the schools he works at. I think he has a lot of experience, and that is what makes him different.”

I think he has a lot of experience, and that is what makes him different.

-Nasreen Harun, SGB

to me means that we do everything we could to make people feel welcomed, cared for and supported,” Stackman said.

Chyongchiou Lin, an associate profes-

atypical backgrounds.

Stackman’s experience in multiple universities gives him a comprehensive perspective on student affairs, Lin and

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

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

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

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

M.J. Kelly Realty Studio, 1, 2, 3, & 4 Bedroom Apartments, Duplexes, Houses. $750-$2400. mjkellyrealty@gmail.com. 412-271-5550, mjkellyrealty.com NIAGARA ST. LARGE 5BR, 2BA APARTMENT. Updated kitchen, dishwasher, laundry, A/C. Across street from bus stop. Available August 2016.

Reasonable.

412-445-6117 Various 1-bedroom apartments on Meyran, Pier & Ward Streets. Starting from $675-$795. Available August 2016. Call John CR Kelly Realty. 412-682-7300

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Available 8/1, 1 BR/1 Bath, 5 min. walk to Cathedral, A/C, hardwood floors, newly renovated, starting at $995+, 412.441.1211

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Spacious 4BR apartment within walking distance to Pitt for $2800 per month.

Apartment has central A/C, two full baths, eat-in kitchen, spacious living room & bedrooms. Call 412.682.7622 or email sarah@robbrealestate.com for more info on this amazing apartment for FALL 2016.

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.

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

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

Call 412-361-2695.

No evening calls please.

Completely updated 2BR apartment within walking distance to Pitt for $1850 per month.

Apartment has A/C, stainless steel appliances, washer/dryer in unit, spacious living room & bedrooms, heated bathroom floor, hardwood floors and more! Call 412.682.7622 or email sarah@robbrealestate.com for more info on this amazing apartment for FALL 2016.

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

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

Large 2-bedroom, $1200, 1-bedroom, $750. Owner pays heat. Available Aug. 2016. Call 412-2471900, 412-731-4313. *3 BEDROOM, REMODELED HOUSE -FURNISHED* Beautiful, large, clean and spacious.

New fully equipped kitchen. Wall-towall carpeting.

Washer/Dryer included. Whole house air-conditioning. Garage Available. $1600+utilities. Aug. 1. Call 412-247-1900, 412-731-4313.

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

412-915-0856

7 BR house AVAILABLE AUG. 1, 2016.

NO PETS. One year lease. Meyran Ave. 5 minute walk to University of Pittsburgh.

412-983-5222.

ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE AVAILABLE FOR RENT. 264 Robinson St. 6 bedroom, 3 bath, $2800+utilities.

Available August 1st. 412-884-8891.

Available 8/1, 3 BR/1 Bath, less than 1 mile to campus, updated, Dishwasher and AC, starting at $1330+, 412.441.1211 Available 8/1, 4 br/2bath, Less than 1 mile to campus, Split Level, Updated, Central A/C, $2520+, 412.441.1211

North Oakland - 264 Melwood Avenue Newly remodeled 2 room studio apartment - $750+ utilities.

Furnished 3 bedroom apartment - $1700+ utilities - FLEXIBLE LEASES. 412-462-7316 3 & 5 bedroom. May 2016. Sarah St. Large bedroom, new kitchen, air conditioning, washer & dryer, dishwasher, large deck. 412-287-5712.

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

Undergrads needed to test tutoring system: 18 or older, native English speaker, adequate academic background as determined by a brief questionnaire. 2-5 hrs; $10/hr., possible $20 bonus. Contact rimac@pitt.edu SOCCER Assistant Coach needed for a girls’ varsity high school team, City of Pittsburgh, midAug. through Oct. Assistant Coach must be 21 years of age or older. Pay TBD. Contact lappdaniel@hotmail.com.

OFFICE 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 in action-central office. Part time or full time OK starting now; 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

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ALEXSFLOWERS.COM now ALEXSEASTENDFLORAL.COM Valentine’s Day delivery. 412-687-4128.

Order in person, phone, online. alexseastendfloral.com in Shadyside.

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

SMOKERS NEEDED! Researchers at UPMC are looking to enroll healthy adult cigarette smokers ages 18-65. This research is examining the influence of brief uses of FDA-approved nicotine patch or nicotine nasal spray on mood and behavior. The study involves a brief physical exam and five sessions lasting two hours each. Eligible participants who complete all sessions will receive up to $250, or $20 per hour. This is NOT a treatment study.

For more information, call 412-246-5396 or visit www.Smoking Studies.pitt.edu

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