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The Pitt News T h e in de p e n d e n t st ude nt ne w spap e r of t he University of Pittsburgh

SGB GOING GREEN

March 17, 2016 | Issue 123 | Volume 106

Zoë Hannah and Albert Giovanazzi The Pitt News Staff

The one-year anniversary celebration for University of Thriftsburgh, Pitt’s on-campus thrift shop, produced no waste, thanks to the Student Government Board’s environmental committee.

Wednesday, Thriftsburgh took over the first floor of the O’Hara Student Center for dollar sales, music, snacks and birthday cake in celebration of its first anniversary. The hosts served all food using compostable silverware and plates, successfully making the event a zero-waste party.

Joe Streets, SGB’s environmental committee chair, said he worked with Thriftsburgh’s employees to ensure their event was environmentally friendly and plans to offer this service to other student groups as well.

At SGB’s weekly public meeting Wednesday, which came a day late this week, Streets said he’s working to ensure that next week’s TEDx University of Pittsburgh event would be low-waste as well.

Streets said the committee has worked with paper and plastic recycling in the past, but is now also using a compost dumpster to help student groups host no-waste events — events that only produce trash that can be composted, recycled or reused. “[We are] targeting events at which we would like to compost,” Streets said.

The committee’s goal is to properly sort and dispose of Pitt’s trash in an effort to keep campus clean and environmentally friendly. It has worked with several campus organizations including SGB’s food committee, the Real Food Challenge and the Engineering Student Council to organize low-waste events throughout the See SGB on page 2

Students gathered on Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum to enjoy the spring weather.

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STATE MONEY FOR PITT PENDING Dale Shoemaker News Editor

If Gov. Tom Wolf signs a Pennsylvania Senate bill today, Pitt will receive more than $143 million in state funding.

Following the state’s 2015 budget impasse, which has now lasted eight months, the Pennsylvania House and Senate pushed SB 915, a bill that replenishes Pitt’s state funding, Wednesday.

The Senate passed the measure with an overwhelming 48-2 vote in favor, and the House passed the measure 145-45 with 10 members of the legislature abstaining. Wolf will sign or veto the bill on Thursday.

The state legislature has delayed funding to Pitt and the three other state-related schools since the beginning of the fiscal year, which began July 1, 2015. The legislature’s failure to pass a state budget caused Pitt to not receive the funding over the summer. Without the money, Pitt has said it has had to dip into reserve funding.

The bill, which is aimed specifically at Pitt and not other state-related schools, would appropriate $140,693,000 for “general support” and an additional $2,500,000 for “rural education outreach.”

The other state-related universities — Tem-

ple, Lincoln and Penn State — have not received state funding as of Wednesday. Wednesday’s bill, because it is an amendment to Pitt’s charter as a state-related university, affects only Pitt.

Pitt’s bill represents a 5 percent increase in state funding for the fiscal year. Legislators passed the bill as an amendment to the 1966 law that established Pitt as a university related to the state. The language of the original bill allows legislators to appropriate funding to Pitt.

In a statement he issued earlier this month, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said Pitt was expecting to receive a total of about $147 million See Budget on page 2

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from the state, an amount that makes up about 15 percent of the University’s annual education budget. Wednesday’s bill, if Wolf signs it, would give Pitt 97 percent of that funding.

With Gallagher’s March 3, statement, Pitt also launched WithPitt, a website where students and other members of the University community can learn about how the state budget impasse affects Pitt and find sample letters they can send to state representatives and senators. On Wednesday, Gallagher urged the University community to contact Wolf to ask him to sign the bill.

Noting that the governor has supported issuing and increasing funding to Pitt, Gallagher said in a statement Wednesday night that “there are still revenue questions that may impact his willingness to sign this bill into law as passed.”

“While today’s action was an important step, we will have to wait to see the outcome of his decision before we know the fate of our funding for the current year,” Gallagher said in the statement.

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The committee hopes to create a “green event certification process,” a program in which the committee will help student groups ensure their events are environmentally friendly, and then receive a certification they can post on event advertisements and flyers.

In addition to its low- and zero-waste projects, the committee is working to clarify the role of the Student Office of Sustainability in the SGB governing code.

Streets said he hopes to refine the committee’s purpose in the code because its ambiguity now has hindered the organization’s impact on campus. The SOS is only mentioned once in the SGB governing code, according to the SGB governing code. The environmental committee hopes to provide a resource for students interested in sustainability through the SOS. “We are trying to change the code because the role of the Student Office of Sustainability is unclear,” Streets said.

In other action, Board member Megan Murphy announced that the Chevron Science Center and Langley Hall have University print-

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ers as of last week. Murphy and Rohit Anand, transportation committee chair, have been working since last spring to install the printers, which cost around $5,000 each to purchase and install.

“Science majors spend a great deal of time in both buildings and often have several classes back to back in each,” Murphy said in an email.

“The installation of these printers alleviates the stress of needing to travel elsewhere to print.

This will save a great deal of time and allow students to allocate more of it toward studying before classes.”

Additionally, chairperson for TEDx University of Pittsburgh and Board member Jacky Chen said the event — which will take place March 26, in the William Pitt Union — is being finalized. He said the organizers have secured food to provide for attendees including a barista from Caffé d’Amore, food from Papa John’s Pizza, veggie plates and more.

Chen also said this year’s event will be significantly better funded than it was last year because of sponsorships from UPMC and the U.S. Army, making a livestream room and several high-stakes raffles available to attendees.

After initially planning to vote on an amendment to the allocations manual this

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week, the Board agreed to postpone voting on the amendment until next week, according to SGB President Nasreen Harun. Harun said the Board needed more time to finalize the wording in the amendment relating to sports nationals funding.

“A wording issue came up, so we decided to table the bill in order to make it more unstable when differentiating between sport and nonsport organizations,” Harun said.

Allocations: The Pittsburgh Fencing Association requested $1,652.82 for transportation to the South Atlantic Conference Championships.

The Board approved the request in full.

The Pitt PanthEARs, a student group committed to raising awareness about hearing and hearing aids, requested $1,350.29 to send two representatives to this year’s AudiologyNOW! conference, which the group attended last year.

The Board approved the request in full.

The Panther Women’s Rugby Football Club requested $2,172.48 to send 32 team members to the first round of the playoffs. The Board approved the request in full.

The Jain Student Association requested $5,607.00 to send their members to a national conference.

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Opinions from the editorial board

Congress must keep Supreme Court nominee out of political arena Who is Merrick Garland?

Expectedly and unfortunately, our “public servants” have responded with “political piñata.”

Yesterday, President Barack Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to fill the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court of the United States. Despite this decision being a momentous one that could affect our generation more than our parents’, Congress, the president and the media are more concerned with the guerilla warfare that has consumed Washington, D.C., than preserving the sanctity of the Supreme Court.

Let’s be clear — the Supreme Court has always been political. But the current cesspool that politicians on both sides have materialized has subsequently tainted the one branch that was founded to be exempt from the breed of poison politics we’re seeing in Washington today.

This feud trickled down from the White House and Capitol Hill and crept its way into the court, twisting the conversation from “Who is Merrick Garland?” to “What’s the best obstruction to further our agenda?”

We’ve seen the abject refusal from Congress to accept any of President Obama’s court appointees most recently. We’ve seen the disillusion-fueled fission of the Republican party after perceived betrayals by Republicans in Congress.

We’ve seen politics at its worst cause stalemate after stalemate, division after division. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, a Pitt alum, exemplifies that inconsistency and unreliability in his own poisonous rhetoric.

Hatch — the most senior Republican senator —is also guilty of talking out of both sides of his mouth, illustrating the party politics that have blinded many of the obstructionists from doing their jobs and

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protecting the Constitution.

Newsmax Media asked Hatch how he felt about an Obama nominee on March 13, when Hatch answered, “[Obama] could easily name Merrick Garland, who is a fine man.” He went on to add that Obama “probably won’t do that because this appointment is about the election.”

Of course, Hatch was wrong — Obama came through with Hatch’s initial preference.

But yesterday on Twitter, Hatch rejected the president’s pick, saying, “It’s not about the individual. It’s about protecting the integrity of the court.” He furthermore stated on CNN that the Supreme Court should be kept out of the political arena.

While Garland is vastly qualified to be a justice — he was valedictorian of his class at Harvard University and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School — he is also a moderate. Obama isn’t trying to excite liberals with a Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2.0, but rather is putting even more pressure on Republicans to admit defeat by offering what seems like a compromise.

It’s a game, and they’re playing it at the cost of the American people.

Government is doing us a disservice with their stringent differences and dogmas they’re so reluctant to veer from. They are perpetuating the party battle that has infiltrated the already dichotomous election year, and the media latches on to the catfight like a leech.

We can’t count on mainstream media to tell us who Merrick Garland is. We can count on the media and politicians to tell us who he isn’t — “he’s too moderate,” “he’s establishment,” “he’s not liberal enough.”

The appointment of our newest Supreme Court Justice needs to be about jurisprudence. Not ideology.

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PENSION CRISIS CRIPPLES PA SCHOOLS Arnaud Armstrong Columnist

The Allentown School District had been struggling for a long time. In fact, the Center for American Progress estimated it the third most underprivileged school district in the country. But after several years of budget cuts, the situation dramatically worsened.

By my freshman year in 2010 at William Allen High School, exploding costs were taking a severe toll. By my sophomore year, schools had cut hundreds of teachers, eliminated dozens of classes and grew class sizes. In an effort to cut costs, schools brought in several professors from local colleges to teach a class twice a week.

By my senior year, there were so few classes left available to me and my peers that we would spend as much as half of the day in lunchroom study halls with hundreds of other students.

With little else to do, we found ourselves spending much of our school days playing cards to pass the time.

The cause of this strife? Pensions.

While this may not be a particularly attractive issue, it’s an extremely dangerous one for our state.

Thanks to years of financial mismanagement in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, state schools face a pension crisis that is crippling their ability to function. Forced to slash spending, these schools — and the students attending them — are left with too few teachers, overcrowded classrooms and a decreased quality of education.

To understand the cause of this problem, we have to look back to 2001 and Gov. Tom Ridge’s administration. At this time, the state Public School Employees’ Retirement System was in great shape thanks to a booming stock market. As a result, politicians did what they often do — assume that the prosperity will last

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forever and increase public employee benefits.

Additionally, the legislature allowed the PSERS to go underfunded for years in order to use the money for other state projects.

Needless to say, this plan was ill-advised.

Within a few months, the 9/11 attacks had stunned the country, creating severe apprehension in the stock market. In fact, according to a report on the pension crisis from the Pennsylvania Office of the Budget, the value of the Pennsylvania State Employee Retirement System decreased in value by 10 percent while the PSERS investments grew a disappointing 3 percent in value. The state was therefore forced to begin slowly raising the required pensions contribution rates for school districts in order to compensate for weak return on investments.

Unfortunately, the 2008 recession dramatically exacerbated the problem. With the stock market tumbling, the state increased required district pension contributions at a much faster rate. This wasn’t enough, though, and as the stock market bottomed out school districts were left responsible for the badly underfunded PSERS. The state had kicked the can down the road too many times, and it was forced to come to terms with the problem at the worst possible time.

It has gotten so severe that the contribution rate of school districts has risen from only 4 percent in the 2008-2009 fiscal year to 27.82 percent today, according to analysis of PSERS and Pennsylvania School Board Association data. Just as troubling, the PSBA is projecting that this rate will continue to rise, albeit at a slower rate, until 2035. In simpler terms, school districts are now responsible for providing about 28 percent of the required annual contributions to the pension system.

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Culture REEXAMINING HUMANITIES’ ROLE Rio Maropis Staff Writer

What it means to be a human doesn’t warrant a black-and-white response.

Monday’s “Poetry and Race: How the Humanities Engage with Social Problems” will highlight this theme by examining how African-American poetry engages with contemporary social issues, like police violence.

As part of Pitt’s Year of the Humanities theme, the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium will hold readings at 7 p.m. by six poets published in the University of Pittsburgh Press. A discussion on the humanities’ role in race and society will follow.

For Terrance Hayes, the event couldn’t come at a more pertinent time. “[African-American poetry] does change.

We’re in a different moment,” the event’s moderator and acclaimed Pitt English professor and poet said. “The conversations are deeper, and nuanced, and maybe surprising to people who haven’t thought about it very much.”

The discussion comes at a critical time

in our nation’s recent history. In the event’s release Hayes cited instances of “systematic police violence against African Americans” in New York, Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri, that make “Poetry and Race” a timely necessity.

In addition to serving as a platform for African-American art, the event is also the first endeavor for Pitt’s new Center for AfricanAmerican Poetry and Poetics, which will officially open in the fall. The center, where Hayes and associate professor Dawn Lundy Martin will serve as founding directors, aims to be a “creative think tank” for African-American poetics as well as an artistic incubator for writers, scholars and other artists, according to its website.

Poets Toi Derricotte, Ross Gay, Rickey Laurentiis, Nate Marshall, Lyrae Van CliefStefanon and Afaa Michael Weaver — all of whom the University of Pittsburgh Press has published — will read excerpts from their individual works.

“We wanted to highlight the great work of

the press, the work that the poets have been doing, and to bring that to the city and to the students,” Hayes said.

The idea for “Poetry and Race” has been in the works since the fall, following Provost Patricia E. Beeson’s April declaration that the 2015-2016 school year would be the Year of the Humanities. Hayes worked in collaboration with Peter Kracht and Ed Ochester, the University of Pittsburgh Press’s director and editor, respectively, to organize “Poetry and Race.”

In line with the CAAPP’s and the Year of the Humanities’s mission, “Poetry and Race” is about rethinking how society treats the humanities, particularly in regard to social interactions.

“Listening to how [the poets] express themselves through the poetry might increase [students’] awareness of how the arts are connected to all of us and to social issues, and to the humanities,” Maria Sticco, the University of Pittsburgh Press’ publicist, said. “These poets are offering a real insight into the issues

of race and how we can all better understand each other.”

In order to capture a holistic portrait of African-American poetry’s social commentary, Hayes, Kracht and Ochester chose poets from across three generations.

“We had a lot to choose from, and we thought that would be an interesting way to build it,” Hayes said, emphasizing their variety’s value.

Not only do the poets’ generations set them apart, but so do their native regions — which include Chicago, New Orleans, Indiana, New England and Pittsburgh — and the styles in which they write.

“Even though they’re six poets of AfricanAmerican descent, their other identity claims are different,” Martin said.

Derricotte, Weaver and Gay are all recipients of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, one of the most prestigious awards for contemporary poetry, which comes with a $10,000 grant.

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‘FENCES’ FINDS FRESH AUDIENCE AT READING Matt Maielli Staff Writer

The title of August Wilson’s “Fences” might sound like a dividing play, but Wednesday afternoon it united an auditorium full of people.

Visiting anthropology professor Philip Kao’s Intro to Cultural Anthropology class hosted a two-day “Fences” excerpt reading, which drew about 70 students and non-students, as part of a larger, monthlong event commemorating Wilson’s most famous work.

August Wilson, the influential black Pittsburgh playwright, penned 10 plays — most of which take place in Pittsburgh, and predominantly comment on the black American experience.

The reading unfolded during the class’ Mon-

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day-Wednesday time slot, at 11 a.m. in the Frick Fine Arts Building in Room 125. Kao started the Wilson-themed event series to form a “community book project,” geared toward undergraduates.

“A lot of colleges have, when you go to orientation, [an event where] everyone reads a book and it’s a conversation — it’s a community,” he said.

The series began in February with history associate professor Laurence Glasco leading a biographical talk about Wilson’s life on Feb. 29, and will end Thursday, March 31, with a literary tour of the Hill District, Wilson’s home and frequent source of inspiration.

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Local actors voiced characters in a staged reading of August Wilson’s play “Fences.”

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Poetry, pg. 6 cally has a distinctly different effect on listeners and society than visual art.

“Poetry often happens in public space. It’s an aural form, often, so it has the power to affect in a different way than say, looking at a work of art on a gallery wall,” Martin said. “It has the opportunity and power to reach a broad base of people.”

Echoing the Year of Humanities’s initiative, Hayes emphasized language’s role in helping us better understand the humanities, and each other.

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“Poetry’s major engine is language, so, of course, social change doesn’t really happen without the effect of communication,” he said.

“Language is the key to everything. It’s at the root of the humanities.”

Martin also noted how current events have shaped the way she writes her poetry.

“Increasingly, my own poetry looks more directly at racial injustice in this country, because it’s more at the forefront of our lives,” she said. “We’re at a particular historical moment where things are really changing, and racial strife has kind of re-risen to the surface of our culture.”

According to Martin, there is no one particular point to “Poetry and Race’s” readings.

Despite its African-American poetics, the event is more a celebration of the six poets’ accomplishments than a “themed seminar.”

“Although they’re African-American, or of African-American descent, they might all approach the issue of race and social change, and race and what it means to be human, in very different ways,” Martin said.

Hayes anticipates that some people may expect the event to be a cliched conversation, one that’s been done before. He wants to make sure that “Poetry and Race” exceeds those precon-

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ceptions.

“My challenge as a moderator is to not have it confirming what everybody believes it’ll be,” he said. “I want to surprise people and deepen their sense of what it means to be looking at these poets in this contemporary ... to make that a little deeper than what people’s preconceived notions are.”

“Poetry and Race’s” theme and efforts may seem inspired by recent unsettling violence, but the reality is actually more uplifting.

“This conversation really contributes significantly to this question of what it means to be human,” Martin said.

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PITT BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK Dan Sostek Sports Editor

Wisconsin will provide a test for Pitt big Michael Young. John Hamilton | Staff Photographer

With madness impending, the Panthers are heading midwest.

The Pitt men’s basketball team heaved their bags onto a Lenzner bus at the Petersen Events Center loading bay Wednesday afternoon, preparing for their impending flight to St. Louis to kick-start their 2016 NCAA Tournament journey.

The team has a date against No. 7 seed Wisconsin 6:50 p.m. Friday. At a media availability Wednesday, Pitt head coach Jamie Dixon, point guard James Robinson and forwards Sheldon Jeter and Jamel Artis spoke about matching up against Nigel Hayes, the similarities they share with their opponent and the importance of passing well.

FORWARD THINKING Perhaps the biggest matchup in Friday’s game comes at forward, with both teams’ main scorers playing that position.

Jeter isn’t intimidated by Wisconsin’s bigs,

though, and said Pitt has been stronger and more versatile than the Badgers in the post, at least depth-wise.

“We have to take advantage of our advantages,” Jeter said. “To me, one of our biggest advantages is the four spot with me, Ryan [Luther] and Mike [Young] being stretch fours, and being able to stretch out and shoot.”

However, three of Wisconsin’s four leading scorers are forwards.

Its interior scoring comes mostly via junior forward Nigel Hayes, who averages nearly 17 points per game, and freshman forward Ethan Happ, who averages around 12.

Hayes, who played in the National Championship game last year, stands out to Dixon as a key matchup. The forward has been on the Pitt coach’s radar since Hayes’ high school days.

“I really thought he was going to be a good player, and he’s really progressed,” Dixon said. “I think he’s had a really good year. It’s going to be a hard matchup.”

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BOYD, OTHERS WORK OUT AT PRO DAY

Jeremy Tepper

Senior Staff Writer With 24 NFL teams in attendance at Pitt football’s Pro Day, a lot of money was at stake for Tyler Boyd.

Boyd — who starred at wide receiver for the Panthers for three years — ran a disappointing 4.58 second 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine earlier this month, souring some on the chances he had to be a first day pick.

Boyd admits he was anxious at the combine, but relaxed on Wednesday at the team’s UPMC Sports Performance Complex in South Side, and the results attest to that. Scouts clocked him at around a 4.45 or 4.47, depending on their stopwatch.

“The big thing is to just go up to the line and just relax, be yourself, don’t be anxious,” Boyd said. “Just relax and make sure you stay fundamentally sound and stay on point on the little things.”

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Mosley-Smith, Artie Rowell, Darryl Render, Lafayette Pitts, David Murphy, J.P. Holtz and Nic Grigsby.

NFL personnel from three-quarters of the league, including teams like the Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts, were in attendance to evaluate these eight players’ prospects of making the leap to the NFL. Though Boyd only chose to take part in the 40-yard dash, as well as individual workouts with teams, Pitt players had a chance to impress scouts in the bench press, broad jump, vertical leap and various cone drills.

Having not been invited to the NFL Combine, this was defensive tackle Mosley-Smith’s chance to impress teams in the offseason. He admits that he felt pressure, but it’s nothing that he hasn’t dealt with previously.

“We were prepared for the pressure and work well through pressure. Playing football, that’s all it’s about,” Mosley-Smith said. “When you go into a game, there’s going to be a lot of pressure and you’ve got to face adversity and

push yourself through it no matter what.”

Mosley-Smith led all participating Panthers in the bench press, pushing up 27 reps of 225 pounds. Rowell, an offensive lineman, was second with 25 reps.

Though Mosley-Smith said 30 reps was his goal, he was pleased with his effort. As each player completed the bench press, they were cheered on by their teammates around the weight room.

“Believe it or not, all of them yelling and screaming helps you put out a couple extra reps,” cornerback Pitts said.

Pitts put up 12 reps, which he was content with. Further, he clocked in at the 4.4 to 4.5 second range in the 40-yard dash. Going into Pro Day, Pitts was focused on having a solid performance in the broad jump and vertical leap, and he was pleased with his numbers — 10 feet 2 inches and 33.5 inches, respectively.

Grigsby, a former Pitt linebacker, was especially impressive in the broad jump and vertical leap, putting up 10 feet 4 inches and 36.5 inches in each drill. Those numbers would have both

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ranked fourth among linebackers in the NFL Combine.

To best prepare for Pro Day, Mosley-Smith said players must do different workouts that have specific focuses for the drills — like working out the hamstrings for the 40-yard dash.

Though defensive lineman Render said he embraces those different workouts, it didn’t feel like he was conditioning himself for the gridiron.

“The last couple months I’ve been training to be a track runner and a bodybuilder, not a real football player,” Render said. “I really can’t wait to put on the pads again and get out there and really show what I can do on the field.”

Though most of Pro Day is composed of workouts geared toward speed, strength and agility, players did get an opportunity to show their football skills. After the participants completed their drills, NFL scouts pulled some of them aside for workouts.

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Basketball, pg. 8 Jeter said to combat players like Hayes, Pitt has to play at a level it hasn’t yet consistently achieved for 40-straight minutes.

“Even when we’ve had good games, we’ve still had long stretches in which we haven’t played good,” Jeter said. “If we start the tournament off with a great game, it’ll be a great way to start a run.”

SCOUTING SIMILARITIES Scouting the opposing Wisconsin Badgers, the Panthers see a lot of themselves in their opponents.

“They get scoring out of their four, their five,” Dixon said. “We go with Mike [Young], we go

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with Ryan [Luther], we go with Sheldon. I think there’s interior scoring.”

With Hayes and Happ manning the forward spots, there are sure to be some battles down low.

Dixon also said the two teams’ guards, particularly Robinson and Bronson Koenig, are more similar than people think, and Robinson agreed.

“We match up very well,” Robinson said.

“They have some guys that can step out and shoot the ball, and we have some guys that step out and shoot the ball.”

Under new head coach Greg Gard, Wisconsin sometimes trots out three-guard lineups, forgoing a traditional center and moving Hayes to the five.

Jamel Artis isn’t concerned about dealing

with a trio of quick guards.

“We have versatile wings and versatile forwards, so I don’t think that will be a problem. We can always switch 1-4, 1-5 so we’ll do well at that,” Artis said. “And, you know, they got to guard us.”

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT Players and coaches often heap praise upon practices, talking about how great they were leading up to crucial contests.

Robinson elaborated on what exactly makes a practice “good,” citing the team’s workout on Wednesday.

“We had a lot of assists, low turnovers, executed well and were solid on defense,” Robinson said. “You know, all the characteristics you want going into a big game like Friday.”

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Jeter said the practice’s primary focus was on those first two items, as he said the team wants to get back to compiling around 20 assists per game, the way it did earlier in the season.

He found that emphasis beneficial.

“Today was probably the best practice we had all week,” Jeter said.

Fixing the team’s ball movement woes is crucial if they want any chance at a tournament run, and the players all seem to be on the same page.

“We know what we have to do,” Artis said.

“We have to share the ball ... Don’t take tough shots that you aren’t supposed to take. Hold teams to under 35 percent, and when we do that, we win games. Get 20-plus assists, and we’ll be fine.”

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Equipped kitchen, full basement. 412343-4289. Call after 5:00 pm.

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

Available 8/1, 3 BR/1 Bath, less than 1 mile to campus, updated, Dishwasher and AC, starting at $1325+, 412.441.1211 Available 8/1, 4 br/2bath, Less than 1 mile to campus, Split Level, Updated, Central A/C, $2420+, 412.441.1211 2529 Allequippa Street Apartment Available For Rent

By Trees Hall beginning August 1st--$1200 2 Bedrooms w/ Central air + BHK--Please call 412-721-8888 if interested.

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EFFICIENCY apartments, quiet building, laundry, shared bathroom, no partying.

Short-term or longterm lease. $395-$450 includes utilities. Available immediately.

412-683-0363 FOR SALE: 307 S. Dithridge. 2BR, 2 full bath condo, open floor plan, 24 hr security, renovated pool & exercise room, indoor parking, laundry in unit. $279,000.

Valerie Rose 412-359-9677

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

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NIAGARA ST. LARGE 3-5 PERSON HOUSE. Updated kitchen, dishwasher, laundry, A/C, back deck. Across street from bus stop. Available August 2016.

Rent varies w/number of tenants.

412-445-6117 Nice 4 bedroom, 1 bathroom, plus study.

Located close to Pitt campus and Schenley Park. Brand new kitchen and hardwood floors. Free washer and dryer included. $1850+ utilities. Available August 1, 2016. Call Peggy at 724-877-7761.

South Oakland Duplex. 4 bedroom 2 baths. Central air, dishwasher, washer and dryer. Available August 1.

(412) 915-0856.

Newly Updated 4bedroom, 1-bath townhouse. Laundry in basement. $1800+ Utilities. Call 412-292-1860

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.

Spacious 4BR apartment within walking distance to Pitt for $2500 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.

M.J. Kelly Realty Studio, 1, 2, 3, & 4 Bedroom Apartments, Duplexes, Houses. $750-$2400. mjkellyrealty@gmail.com. 412-271-5550, mjkellyrealty.com Studio and 1 Bedrooms. 216 Coltart.

Heat included. Parking. Available Aug. 2016. Greve RealEstate.

412-261-4620.

1-2-3-4 BR house on Cato St. Available Aug. 1st. 1 yr. lease. $495-$600 including utilities and internet.

No smoking, no pets.

Deposit and lease required. 412-657-9025 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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Before signing a lease, be aware that no more than 3 unrelated people can share a single unit.

Check property's compliance with codes. Call City's Permits, Licensing & Inspections.

412-255-2175.

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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

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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 Research in the Falk Library at least several hours. $15/hr.

Contact Rick at rickvernier@sbcglobal.net

Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh has an opening in our event sales department. We’re looking for an experienced sales professional to show companies and groups the great time that awaits them at Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh. Every day we celebrate our German Heritage with live entertainment, craft beer brewed onsite and authentic German Cuisine. We need your help letting groups in Pittsburgh know we can help them celebrate Oktoberfest all year!

Must have a minimum of 2 years of restaurant/event/marketing sales experience.

Send your resume to twilliams@prg.us.com

Now hiring professional and friendly individuals to provide backyard pest control treatments in the Pittsburgh area during the spring/summer. Good working environment, excellent pay. Paid training. Need valid driver’s license. Call 412-298-2139.

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1 BR bungalo in Greenfield with deck and large backyard. $600+ utilities.

Close to busline, downtown and Oakland. 412-377-3985.

Ask for Karen.

Need school year and summer help. Flexible hours-basic maintenance of Oakland rentals-painting, light yard work, etc. Someone who can use a hammer or drill without killing themselves. $15/hour.

Dave 412.688.0533.

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