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Free bike share rides for first years

CULTURAL CONNECTIONS SEE FULL STORY PG. 4

Emily Wolfe News Editor

Save a 10A. Ride a bicycle.

All Pitt first-years and resident assistants will receive unlimited 30-minute bike rides with Pittsburgh bike share company Healthy Ride throughout the fall and spring semesters of the 2019-2020 academic year, Healthy Ride announced Monday.

The company worked with Pitt sustainability director Aurora Sharrard to develop the partnership, the first of its kind in Pittsburgh, which will be offered through the Office of Sustainability.

While Port Authority ConnectCard holders receive unlimited 15-minute rides, the partnership is the first of its kind in Pittsburgh.

“Sustainability is an important part of our campus culture and this is an exciting way for our first years to begin their own sustainability journey,” Sharrard said in the press release.

Currently, users can rent a bike from a Healthy Ride station using several methods, including a membership card, and return it to any station.

The bikes cost $2 per 30-minute rental, or $12 per month for unlimited 30-minute rides. With more than 4,000 students in the class of 2023, eight months of free rides is at least a $384,000 value.

According to the release, Healthy Ride drew a record number of riders in 2019 and anticipates a ridership boost from the partnership with Pitt.

The question of the program’s extension beyond this academic year — and beyond the firstyear class — depends on the success of the pilot program, Sharrard told The Pitt News in an email.

“Early feedback indicates students are thrilled to have access to unlimited 30-minute rides,” Sharrard wrote. “We will be monitoring activation and usage to fully assess the future of this pilot program beyond Spring 2020.”

Healthy Ride has a number of locations on or near campus where students can pick up a bike, including stations at Schenley Plaza, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and the Carnegie Library.

David White, the executive director of Pittsburgh Bike Share, said in the release he hopes first-year students will use the bikes to explore Pittsburgh and make bike trips a part of their transit routines.

The Balkan Babes ensemble performs Balkan music at Sunday afternoon’s Eurofest in Posvar Hall.

Thomas Yang assistant visual editor

Groceria Merante:

40 YEARS OF FOOD AND FAMILY

Tanner Smida

For the Pitt News Bates Street was a bit busier than usual on Saturday — it was a grocery store’s birthday.

Groceria Merante, the family-owned Oakland staple, celebrated its 40th anniversary over the weekend with a neighborhood block party on Saturday, bringing out a crowd of about 1000 people. Groups of people milled about, sampling fresh fruit, crunchy bruschetta and local honey. A bocce ball court entertained revelers who were confident in their hand-eye coordination.

Members of the Pittsburgh community stopped by to congratulate the owners of the shop, Julie and Filomena Merante, daughters of the original founders Philomena and Italo, now deceased.

Salvatore Merante — who opened Merante Bros. Italian Market, Groceria Merante’s predecessor, alongside Italo in the 1950s — signed autographs beneath a collection of colored balloons bearing a silhouette of his signature moustache.

In every direction, members of the Merante family bustled about in monogrammed red polos. The whole family — nieces, daughters-in-law, sons and hus-

bands — contributed to making the event a success.

Julie and Filomena Merante both said they love their culture and cuisine almost as much as they enjoy sharing it with others.

Multiple generations count themselves among their clientele, which has allowed the Merantes to witness their corner of Pittsburgh grow and change, watching as teenagers that once dined at their tables return with their own children years later.

New friendships form in the aisles of the packed corner store frequently as well.

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Average Pitt student debt nears $40,000 Emily Wolfe News Editor

Three out of five members of Pitt’s graduating class of 2018 left school with unpaid student loans. And according to a report that analyzes student loan debt by state and university, those loans were higher than ever before.

The report, released earlier this month by student loan refinancing company LendEDU, says each borrower in Pitt’s class of 2018 graduated with an average of $39,462 in debt — up nearly 3% and more than $1,000 from the previous year, when the class of 2017 graduated with an average of $38,322 per borrower. The increase moved Pitt up to number 14 on the report’s list of public U.S. institutions with the highest student loan debt. The year before, it was number 20.

That change happened during a year in

which LendEDU recorded a decrease of close to 2% in Pennsylvania’s overall student debt per borrower. Last year, Pennsylvania had more student loan debt per borrower of any state, plus Washington, D.C. This year, Pennsylvania had the fourth-highest debt.

When The Pitt News requested comment on the data, the University sent an extended statement which focused on its debt alleviation programs. Recent initiatives include the Panthers Forward program, which provided up to $5,000 in federal student loan relief last year to each of the 150 students selected as part of its inaugural class, and Pitt’s plan to match federal Pell Grants starting this fall.

“It is important to note that the impact of the initiatives rolled out in recent years is not reflected in this data, and we acknowledge there is much more work to be done,” a University spokeswoman wrote.

The spokeswoman added that despite “modest increases in state support” over the past few years, Pitt’s state funding has not recovered from a 19% decrease in 2011 which led the University to raise in-state tuition by 8.5%.

LendEDU will release information and statistics for the class of 2019 in late summer or fall of 2020. With Pitt tuition higher than ever before, it’s not clear if the University’s debt-forgiveness programs will combat the rising student loan debt.

The average U.S. graduate with student loans left college with $28,565 in debt in 2018.

But Pennsylvania’s average was much higher — $35,510 per borrower — despite the 2% improvement listed above.

Local Pennsylvania State Sen. Lindsey Williams (D-West View) announced in March her co-sponsorship of a bill to create

the PA Higher Education Lending Protection program, or PA HELP, which would help Pennsylvanians struggling with student loan debt to pay off their student loans. According to the Pittsburgh City Paper, Williams and her co-sponsors said that their plan would save a graduate with an average amount of student loan debt in Pennsylvania more than $10,000 over the course of 20 years.

The bill is currently sitting in the state senate’s education committee. Meanwhile, other American politicians have put forward their own, bigger debt aid plans, including several of the Democrats vying for their party’s presidential nomination. Paying for higher education has become a top issue for several of the candidates — most dramatically, Sen. Bernie Sanders, (D-Vt.) who announced a plan in June to cancel all $1.6 trillion of student debt in America.

Organizers confident as grad union decision nears

Erica Guthrie

Assistant News Editor Pitt and the graduate student union organizers each took their final legal step last week before the state labor board determines whether or not the University engaged in unfair labor practices during the elections held last spring.

Both groups submitted their responses in the form of a rebuttal at the hearing on May 2, at which the student organizers accused the University of voter intimidation.

But what the union organizers currently lack in solid answers for the future of the union, they make up for in confidence.

Mark Azic, a member of the graduate student union’s organizing committee and a Ph.D. candidate for economics, said he’s certain the judges on the Labor Relations Board will call for a revote after the complaints heard at a May 2 hearing.

“Given how close our election was, we only ended up losing by 37 votes out of 1400

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votes, and the amount of complaints we made ... we’re very confident that a judge is going to rule in our favor,” Azic said.

Last fall, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board determined that the graduate students at Pitt were employees, ruling against the University’s claim that they are solely students. Of more than 7,000 graduate students at Pitt, 2,000 were deemed to be the bargaining unit, making them eligible to vote in the union’s election.

After the elections this past spring, organizers alleged that the University participated in voter intimidation through using administrators as poll watchers and implementing unlawful list keeping practices. In one instance, the chair of the University’s Chemical and Petroleum Engineering department, Steven Little, sent out an email to the department disclosing the number of workers from their department who participated in the elections. Organizers say that both of these practices are illegal at the na-

tional level. However, since the University is a state institution, the decisions fall under the state’s labor board.

Organizers anticipate that the decision could come from the Labor Relations Board within the next month, according to Kimberly Garrett, a member of the organizing committee and a second-year graduate student in environmental and occupational health.

If the decision is in the union’s favor, the University would first have to post that they’ve engaged in unfair labor practices, Garrett said. After this, the process to have a new election could happen relatively quickly.

“It’s likely that then, the University, the Pennsylvania State Labor Relations Board and our union people would meet and discuss the best time, place, who would be poll watchers, stuff like that,” Garrett said. “I think that took about two weeks in the spring to determine where and when they would have the election. It could be as soon as a month

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after the decision is released.”

If the Labor Relations Board votes against the union, the organizers can try again in a year to hold an election to vote for a union.

“The fight is not over,” Garrett said.

Following the results of the spring elections, the organizing committee has kept up their momentum by holding meetings and reaching out to more graduate students.

“For the first election, there were parts of Pitt’s campus that we just didn’t know where people were located or we didn’t know that they were eligible to vote in time for the election,” Azic said. “So we’ve made a better outreach effort to do things like that.”

Despite the difficulties that they faced in the first election, organizers like Azic remain confident that the effort is a necessary part of securing the future of the union.

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Preventative sexual assault measures needed on campuses

Genna Edwards For The Pitt News

With school back in session, I must return to my usual routine of holding my pocketknife in my sweaty palm on my walk home from night classes. I carry a rape whistle in my pocket. I wear running shoes. I don’t listen to music — I have to hear every rustle around me.

I didn’t always do this.

A female Pitt student was chased up to Ruskin Hall this past spring. She had been walking home after a night of studying and ran for what she thought was her life, after two Denison University students on a scavenger hunt — ordered to “scare somebody” — jumped out of a car and ran towards her. Although this event didn’t end in an assault, it’s indicative of how hypervigilant women are forced to be on campus. There needs to be a way to lessen the constant fear women feel.

Though the University did release an official statement, give safety tips and increase access to bus services and Safe Riders, it does not feel substantial enough to prevent these incidents in the future. The overarching safety issue was not, and is still not resolved. The ubiquitous worry remains.

College campuses have become hotbeds for the sexual assault and rape of their female student bodies over the last few decades, creating an environment where women feel a heightened sense of fear. We need to prevent these incidents from happening in the future, and that means improving education and resources.

Universities as a whole need to provide students with more information regarding sexual harassment and assault. And as the Ruskin incident has taught us, perpetrators aren’t always aware of the effects of their behavior. Universities need to increase preventative measures and diversify educational tactics, and not only right after an alarming event takes place.

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Pitt placed the men on persona non grata status, meaning they are not permitted on any University property except in the case of permission from the Vice Provost and Dean of Students, according to the Pitt Student Code of Conduct. Further disciplinary actions against the men were left up to Denison University. Answers remain foggy regarding Deninson’s actions following the event.

The students involved were sent to the school’s disciplinary board.

“The public still remains unclear about the repercussions of the event for students involved, but according to an anonymous source, two students have been expelled who were directly involved with the incident at hand and other expulsions are being processed,” Deninson’s university paper noted on June 10.

This year, Pitt Public Safety is piloting a walking escort program for students from Hillman Library to lower campus areas from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Allied Universal guards will be the escorts, according to Pitt spokesperson Kevin Zwick. This is a start, but it isn’t enough.

Studies and programs have been implemented to test what good assault prevention might look like. A study by the New England Journal of Medicine in 2015 documented a program that cut the chances of attendees being raped by almost half. The program taught women self-defense and problem-solving techniques when faced with sexually aggressive men. A year after the program ended, the group who participated had experienced far fewer non-consensual encounters than the control group. A program like this could be easily implemented at a university level, as the test subjects themselves were first-year college students from the Universities of Calgary, Windsor and Guelph in Canada.

Another program likewise proved effective in lessening a woman’s chances of being assaulted, teaching her to detect risky behaviors in men

Emergency blue light phones can increase student safety on campus.

Thomas Yang assistant visual editor and respond accordingly. The Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act Sexual Assault Resistance program empowered participating women to engage in proactive behavior to increase their safety and ability to talk about their sexual desires. While this did decrease the likelihood of attempted rape by 63%, it’s not enough.

The issue with these programs, as many feminists before me have noted, is that it puts the responsibility of ending sexual assault on women.

Tools to fight back help, but programs like these still have a malicious undertone. Because unless every single woman participates in these programs, the reality is that the perpetrator will likely just move on to a less prepared woman. On a more general note, prevention programs targeted towards women don’t fix the reason assault typically occurs — a man doesn’t understand boundaries or decency.

In programs that have been made specifically for sexually aggressive males, the outcomes haven’t been satisfactory. Researchers at the University of California found that when men susceptible to engaging in coercive behavior are put through interventions, a “boomerang effect” occurs. The men feel their freedoms to have sex with whomever they want are being threatened, and thus to assert their autonomy they become even more hostile.

With studies like these, the future seems hopeless. What we need is a massive cultural shift and it will not happen overnight. We need programs and tools that combine general sexual education and bystander intervention training for all genders. If we can’t teach aggressive men that their attitudes are wrong, we need increased safety on campuses — more blue light phones and more

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police patrolling at night and near party-heavy areas.

Although I hate to say it, we may need required self-defense classes for all women. Though Pitt does offer a free self-defense class on a few occasions, it’s optional, and therefore not attended by everyone. Sexual assault isn’t our fault, but I would rather be safe by putting in work I shouldn’t have to than at further risk because those around me are still generations behind. Combining this sort of training with programs for men and bystanders will possibly allow every base to be covered.

Only then can we move forward.

On a cultural level, we need to stop this behavior from developing early on. Children should be taught about consent. Learning that “no” does, in fact, mean “no” from a young age is vital. The lessons we teach our children amplify with time — everything starts with them.

While campuses are not in charge of children, campuses do contain the future parents of America. The cycle can stop with us but we need to dig in.

We are currently not digging in. While Pitt’s actions may have calmed students and faculty after the incident, once a few weeks went by the past was in the past. Colleges are supposed to be places for learning, but living in fear of classmates, whether or not they’ve done anything wrong, stunts learning. This anxiety, paranoia, culture and practice of sexual assault on campuses all across the nation stunts learning.

Pitt handled the Ruskin incident. The case is closed. But we cannot forget about what happened. We cannot let the past stay in the past.

With the start of a new semester comes more chances for tragedies to occur.

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EUROFEST CONNECTS CULTURES ACROSS PITTSBURGH

Amanda Giamalis Staff Writer

The first floor of Posvar Hall on Sunday was neither quiet nor still — rather, it mirrored a European marketplace on a warm summer day.

Vendors from both Pitt and outside organizations lined the walls during Pitt’s Eurofest, a celebration of European heritage and cultures. From Pitt Study Abroad to Pittsburgh Scottish Heritage to local food and artisans, the wide variety of activities delighted crowds of students and families.

Little kids danced and vendors listened to performances from Eastern European music groups Gypsy Strings, NAT 28 and Balkan Babes as the colorful flags of the European Union decorated the ceiling.

Eurofest is partially sponsored by a grant from the U.S. delegation to the EU, which has allowed Pitt’s Center for European Studies to

host the open-to-the-public event with free admission for the past four years.

Assistant Director of the European Studies Center Allyson Delnore wrote the “Getting to Know Europe Grant” with the hopes of introducing Europe from an American perspective to the Pittsburgh community by fusing European culture with Pitt community and academics.

Standing among the colorful displays and bustling vendors, Delnore was visibly proud of the results of her hard work, but humbly chalked it up the success of the Center for European Studies and its programs for the community.

“The most important thing that we get to do is, basically, bring a piece of the EU to Pittsburgh … I think that’s what I find most exciting,” Delnore said.

The President of the Irish Nationality Room Committee, who gave his name as “Mr. Sean,” was present and ready to table for his commit-

tee. Decked head to toe in 30 shades of green, he expressed his enthusiasm for the many learning opportunities the festival features.

“What I like most is that it’s educational,” he said. “I’ve been here every year representing the Irish Nationality rooms and every year students come in for a learning experience.”

Some of these featured learning experiences were the “mini language lessons” courtesy of Pitt’s Less-Commonly-Taught Languages Center. Staged in the Global Hub, nine enthusiastic professors from this niche section of Pitt’s linguistic department held 15-minute lectures in which they taught the basics of their respective languages.

The LCTL department places emphasis on propagating not only the languages, but the culture of diminishing and smaller populations. In Europe, this places particular focus on Western, Balkan and “Euraisian” languages such as Serbian, Croatian, Greek, Turkish and

Merante, pg. 1 “You’ll see people in the aisles asking, ‘What are you making tonight?’ and talking as they shop,” Filomena said.

Today, the crowd of people that enters the Italian grocery is supplemented by many Pitt students living in the South Oakland area. Filomena said some are students who have visited Italy and wish to recapitulate aspects of their overseas experience, while others are exploring their ethnic roots or merely experimenting with the fresh offerings.

Whether a seasoned chef or beginner cook, Filomena said, anyone that walks through the door with an open mind and a curious palate has the wide variety of Merante recipes and a veritable treasure trove of experience at their disposal.

“We are happy to teach anyone that comes in about cooking,” Filomena said.

“And we have many recipes.”

This attitude is a resource that has proven useful to Filomena’s children and

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The Groceria Merante celebrated its 40th anniversary on Saturday.

Thomas Yang assistant visual editor Pitt students alike, especially those newcomers who find themselves far from home for the first time with no idea where to start in the kitchen.

For those interested in sampling some of the signature dishes that keep people coming back for decades, Filomena rec-

ommends their Merante Classic Italian sandwich with fried sweet onions.

“I’m sure that you’ll be coming back for another,” Julie said, laughing and handing a Merante Classic to a customer.

And if everything goes according to the co-owners plan, they will be around

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Irish.

Following these linguistic experiences were three featured lectures focusing on the cultural, political and historical explorations into the European Union, including “Diversity and Politics in Ireland” and “The Synagogue: A Missing Chapter in the Histories of European Architecture.”

Attendees also had the opportunity to see finished projects from Europe Day — a K-12 program backed by Pitt’s Center For European Studies which challenges children in local schools to research and report on different cultures and current events within the EU. The most creative and informative poster boards, short movies and papers for the 2019 season were placed on display right near the main stage.

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to keep Italian culture alive and well in Pittsburgh for decades to come. Members of the community have grown to love Groceria Merante for the warm atmosphere of a family store, including Linda and Jack Packard, who have lived in South Oakland for the past 37 years.

“It would be hard to summarize how wonderful this little family-owned grocery is and how big of a presence they have in South Oakland. Anyone who walks by within two blocks can smell the delicious aroma of peppers frying,” they said via email. “Everyone is met with a warm hello, a smile, and many times, a hug.”

The Merante family voiced their desire to keep things as consistent and traditional as possible since their opening day, and to maintain a standard of quality that has not gone unnoticed by the community. The Merantes were optimistic about the next 40 years with the Groceria Merante.

“We would like to still be doing what we are doing on the same corner,” Filomena said.

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PITT FOOTBALL RELEASES INITIAL DEPTH CHART

Trent Leonard Sports Editor

Ahead of Saturday night’s home opener against Virginia, Pitt football released its first official Week 1 depth chart on Monday afternoon. The suspense is now over, and though the chart didn’t unveil any shocking revelations, some of its inclusions and absences are certainly noteworthy.

First off, Pitt operates on the typical “two-deep” depth chart, in which a starter and one or two backups is listed at each position. This is worth mentioning because Georgia Tech head coach Geoff Collins made waves in the media last week by releasing a less common “above the line” depth chart for his team. This system neglects ideas of “starter” and “backup,” instead listing numerically every player capable of seeing game action at their respective position.

By going with the traditional two-deep depth chart, Narduzzi at least gave outsiders some clarity on what each starting unit will look like. But there are a few Pitt players who could’ve benefitted from a more experimental depth chart.

Sophomore V’Lique Carter, for example, is nowhere to be found on Pitt’s depth chart, despite the fact that he’ll undoubtedly see the field more than someone like redshirt freshman John Vardzel, who is listed as senior receiver Maurice Ffrench’s backup. Carter is a swiss army knife and will likely be utilized out wide and in the backfield, but his multi-positionality made it tough to account for him in a two-deep depth chart.

Format issues aside, Pitt’s depth chart

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revealed that some position battles are still essentially deadlocked entering the season. Five different starting positions list “or” between player names, indicating costarters who could split time.

In the backfield, junior A.J. Davis is listed alongside redshirt sophomore Todd Sibley Jr. as the starter. This comes as a bit of a surprise, as Sibley Jr. only has one career carry to Davis’ 48. If I were a betting man, my money would still be on Davis to act as the early-down bellcow, with Sibley Jr. acting as the Darrin Hall to Davis’ Qadree Ollison.

Pitt’s other co-starters come on the defensive side of the ball, which speaks more to the type of depth generally needed to succeed on defense than it does about any individual player’s level of achievement.

Redshirt junior defensive tackle Keyshon Camp is listed alongside senior Amir Watts, but both will get a considerable amount of action as they look to minimize each others’ workloads.

Pitt’s defensive backfield is pretty straightforward aside from the second cornerback slot, where both juniors Jason Pinnock and Damarri Mathis are listed as co-starters. Pinnock should see a slight advantage in playing time after tying for the team lead in interceptions last season, though the two will often play together in three-cornerback sets when pass-heavy opponents spread the field.

The depth at linebacker remains murky, as the team announced co-starters at both the “Star” and “Mike” positions. To clarify, “Mike” is the middle linebacker and “Star” indicates the coverage-based linebacker See Football on page 7

COASTAL POWER RANKINGS: MIAMI TO DETHRONE PITT

Miami Hurricanes defensive back Trajan Bandy wears the team’s iconic turnover chain. Al Diaz/TNS

Tyler Moran Staff Writer

1.) Miami Projected record: 11-1 overall (8-0 ACC): After finishing a disappointing 7-6 last season, the Hurricanes look to bring the program back to the top of the nation. Miami already sits at 0-1 for the season after losing to No. 8 Florida last Saturday. But don’t let this loss fool you — Miami’s defense is the real deal. It forced four turnovers against a championship contending team in Florida. Starting linebacker Shaquille Quarterman and cornerback Trajan Bandy return from last year to lead that side of the ball.

The offense returns impact players like running back DeeJay Dallas and tight end Brevin Jordan to compliment the defense. The biggest “x-factor” for the Hurricanes is first-year quarterback Jarren Williams. He won the starting job over former Ohio State quarterback Tate Martell and his ability to extend plays will make Miami tough to beat — as long as he also shows that he can throw the ball effectively.

Miami catches a break in its schedule by facing both Virginia and Virginia Tech at

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home. Florida will be the one and only loss for “The U” this season.

2) Virginia Tech Projected record: 10-2 overall (7-1 ACC): Last season was a rollercoaster of emotions for the Hokies, filled with lows that far outweighed the highs. Although Virginia Tech beat in-state rival Virginia and made a bowl game, it also lost to Old Dominion and finished with a sub .500 record. The team played well below expectations and could never find its rhythm.

That all changes this season. Senior quarterback Ryan Willis holds the keys to the offense and will throw to the electrifying receiver duo of Damon Hazelton and Tre Turner. The Hokies also return their top tackler in linebacker Rayshard Ashby to keep the defense intact.

Virginia Tech’s biggest challenge is that it plays its toughest games — against Notre Dame, Miami and Virginia — away from home. Still, this Hokie team has the talent to hang with and defeat all three of these teams if all goes to plan.

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Football, pg. 6 who plays toward the wide side of the formation. Redshirt junior Elias Reynolds, who started seven games in 2018 after starter Quintin Wirginis injured his knee, is listed alongside redshirt senior Saleem Brightwell at the “Mike” spot. Redshirt sophomore Cam Bright and redshirt junior Phil Campbell III are listed together at the “Star” position. This is one of Pitt’s least experienced spots on the roster, as Campbell previously played safety while Bright recorded only 13 tackles as a reserve last season.

The only linebacker with a sole claim to his starting job is redshirt senior Kylan Johnson, a graduate transfer from the University of Florida who joined the Panthers this summer. Johnson will man the “Money” linebacker, positioned on the short side of the field, and his experience at a high-level program figures to help Pitt’s linebacking corps immensely.

Johnson isn’t the only graduate transfer set to make an impact for Pitt this fall.

Redshirt senior Nolan Ulizio is set to start at right tackle after playing in 17 games

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Junior Damarri Mathis (21) is listed as a co-starter cornerback alongside junior Jason Pinnock. Thomas Yang assitant visual editor and making five starts for Michigan from 2015 to 2018. Like Johnson, he brings veteran leadership to a fairly young position group whose other starters include red-

shirt junior center Jimmy Morrissey, redshirt junior guard Bryce Hargrove, redshirt sophomore guard Gabe Houy and redshirt sophomore tackle Carter Warren.

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Rounding out the graduate transfers is tight end Nakia Griffin-Stewart from Rutgers, who figures to play a role in the passing game despite being listed behind redshirt senior Will Gragg. Pitt used its tight ends sparingly last year and it remains a mystery how the team will utilize this duo this year, considering they’ve combined for just 18 receptions in their careers.

Pitt’s starting quarterback position involves no drama or competition, as incumbent junior Kenny Pickett will return to the role. If he gets hurt, however, quarterbacking duties appear to be up in the air. Both redshirt freshman Nick Patti and redshirt senior Jeff George Jr. are listed beside each other as Pickett’s backup, making for a potentially awkward scenario if Pickett is forced to sit out a few series.

Though Pitt’s first depth chart removes some of the suspense surrounding Pitt’s roster, Saturday night’s game will inevitably feature a breakthrough star whose name was nowhere to be found beforehand, as Carter rose from third-string cornerback to leading tailback against Duke in 2018. Kickoff at Heinz Field is set for 7:30 p.m.

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2BR apartment,

Juliet St. Available

3X

$17.30

restaurant work, no

you. Ap­ply in person

unit, which includes

2X

$11.90

ria family! Part time

Greenfield/Squir‑

rel Hill. Spacious

16-30 Words

1X

$6.30

Come join the La Fe­

Univer­sity. Laundry Rent $600/mo per

1-15 Words

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schedule. Plus com­

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tions to advertising@

Shift Managers for all shifts. Flexible

R A T E S

re­sumes/applica‑

Services

Team Members and

Squirrel Hill

ser­vices available.

• ADOPTION • EVENTS • LOST AND FOUND • STUDENT GROUPS • WANTED • OTHER

Arby’s now hiring.

Located near Pitt Den‑ tal School and Carlow

notices

services

• EDUCATIONAL • TRAVEL • HEALTH • PARKING • INSURANCE

or 412‑441‑8080. cur­rently seeking

side Sales Representa­ tives for the newspa­

per. They will pro­vide advertising ser­vice to all Student, Univer‑ sity, and Clas­sified

Accounts, while also complet­ing assigned

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