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The independent student newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh | PIttnews.com | august 28, 2018 | Volume 109 | Issue 13

PITTGLOBAL TRANSITIONS UNIVERSITY FOCUS ABROAD

SOUTH ASIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE SHOWCASE | VIDEO ONLINE

Mario Cattabiani III Staff Writer

The Office of the Provost aimed to shrink Pitt’s environmental footprint with the Year of Sustainability. Four years later, the goal is to broaden its horizons with the PittGlobal initiative.

“PittGlobal was chosen to celebrate Pitt being at home in the world and promote the University as a global convening point,” Pitt spokesperson Kevin Zwick said in an email.

Leaders from some of Pitt’s cultural organizations hope to see Pitt stick to that promise during the year of PittGlobal. Albert Tanjaya, a junior computer science major and vice president of external affairs for the Asian Student Alliance, said that he hopes that with PittGlobal, the administration provides greater support and resources to cultural organizations for events around campus this school year.

“We don’t know what they plan to do with that theme,” he said. “It’s too early to tell, but I really do hope that they put a lot of bite in their message.”

Sarah Omobuwa, a senior marketing major and president of the African Student Organization, said that she, too, is hopeful PittGlobal will be a success.

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Senior Audreela Deb (left) speaks with sophomore Aarti Patel (right) about Pitt Dhirana — a club that focuses on Indian classical arts and raises money for the Birmingham Free Clinic.

Sareen Ali | staff photographer

THRIFTSBURGH RETURNS TO SAVE STUDENTS MONEY Kieran Mclean Staff Writer

Plastic cowboy boots covered in paisley prints. Pumpkin-colored skinny pants. Designer brand “Scotch and Soda” T-shirts sold for the same price as Champion-brand shirts. The University of Thriftsburgh — Pitt’s student-run thrift store — is back in business in O’Hara 111, and

despite being one of the cheapest games in town, it’s already turning a profit.

Thriftsburgh, which sells tees for $3, jeans for $5 and winter coats for $10 regardless of the clothing brand, branched into household appliances for its third annual Rummage Sale on Sunday afternoon in the O’Hara parking lot.

Hundreds of students lined up around the block to buy secondhand microwaves, silverware and

plastic drawers, netting the group more than $5,500 in profits.

“It was the the biggest sale we’ve done so far,” Thriftsburgh president and senior human resources major Forest Goebel said.

Thriftsburgh was founded by graduates Anna Greenberg and Paul Heffernan in 2015.

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Global, pg. 1 “As an organization, especially as an ethnic organization, it feels like we kind of have to pull teeth to get recognition on campus,” she said. “So I’m kind of glad to see they’re emphasizing the global aspect and looking into different cultures and minorities around the world.”

During the academic year, the University will feature programs and events designed to foster global engagement. Departments from across the University are invited to submit proposals for programs and projects that will incorporate international perspectives.

The Year of PittGlobal committee reviews each of the proposals as they are submitted. If approved, projects will be awarded matching funding of up to $5,000.

The committee — made up of 21 members including students, staff and faculty — is led by co-chairs Randall Halle, director of the Film and Media Studies program, and Belkys Torres, executive director for global engagement at the University Center for International Studies.

There are already several events scheduled for the upcoming school year, including International Week, which begins Oct. 13 and runs until Oct. 19. Students from not only Pitt, but across the country, will celebrate and experience the benefits of international education and ex-

Thriftsburgh, pg. 1 The group has since grown to a board of three members, which consists of Goebel, urban studies major Breanna Decaro and junior environmental studies and communication major Kevin Pealer. It also recruits volunteers around campus for major events.

Board members and volunteers with Thriftsburgh collected the appliances for the 2018 Rummage Sale as donations from students moving out of Oakland at the end of the last school year, with the help of Pitt Sustainability group’s “Clutter for a Cause.” The program’s previous two years, while successful, didn’t match this year’s profits.

The group made just over $3,500 at their 2017 Rummage Sale. Although Goebel doesn’t have financial information for 2016, he said that the group sold at least five times as much merchandise as its first Rummage Sale. He attributed Thriftsburgh’s profits to increased online exposure, the group’s increased storage space and its growth of inventory.

“We went from three racks in 2015 to all of this now,” Goebel said.

It made slightly more than $13,000 in prof-

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Eli Savage | staff illustrator change. Events for International Week — and the rest of Year of PittGlobal — are still in the planning stages, Zwick said, but will be added to the PittGlobal website as they’re finalized.

Pitt’s yearly themes were initiated by former Provost Patricia Beeson.

“For those of us in higher education, global engagement is not a choice. It is an imperative,” former Provost Patricia Beeson said in a press release announcing the Year of PittGlobal. “We are a world coming closer together, so we need to

engage and connect more than ever before.”

Beeson announced her return to Pitt’s economics faculty in Nov. 2017. She will be succeeded by Ann E. Cudd, who will begin her tenure as Pitt’s provost and senior vice chancellor this fall.

Pitt has seen success in global engagement.

Not only did Pitt welcome more than 3,200 international students during the 2016-17 school year, but it also has more than 8,000 alumni living outside of the United States.

Along with Pitt’s extensive global reach,

its for the 2017-18 school year, which is the only year so far that Thriftsburgh has recorded financial information. Most of its money is spent paying its student workers $10 per hour to run the store and funding sustainable initiatives around Pittsburgh, such as the $6,000 it gives each year to the Pitt Green Fund — a sustainability office project that funds student environmental initiatives and gave Thriftsburgh its seed funding.

The organization encourages its shoppers to donate their unneeded items as well.

“It makes me more inclined to give my stuff away,” Claire Jefferson, a senior communication and sociology double major from Beaver Creek, Ohio, said. “I know the people here, and I don’t know them at Goodwill.”

Jefferson, a self-described thrifting fan, also appreciates the group’s continuity as it enters its fourth year on campus. As a resident assistant, she took the first-years on her floor to the same Rummage Sale she’s attended before.

“I’ve always loved thrift shopping,” Jefferson said. “I got to see my first-year students go [to the Rummage Sale] and be as excited as I was as a freshman.”

The profits Thriftsburgh makes from donations go back to the community. Goebel wants

the club to support environmental and economic sustainability initiatives around campus.

“Universities function a lot like countries do,” Goebel said. “You put a lot of money where money’s made, into things like sports, etcetera … we want to help fill the gaps.”

The gaps, Goebel believes, include student food security and textbook costs. The group partnered with the Pitt Food Pantry last year to give monthly $10 gift cards to anyone who shops at the Pantry. Winter coats cost $10 at Thriftsburgh and are the most expensive items the club sells.

“We tried to scale it to our most expensive thing we sell,” Goebel said. “The idea is that you could use the gift card to buy a winter coat here, or a pair of shoes.”

Thriftsburgh’s other biggest events are its Halloween sale and its spring Birthday sale. It made just less than $1,000 during the 2017 Birthday sale, while simultaneously clearing most of its inventory before summer. And while its Halloween sales don’t match its Rummage or Birthday ones, Goebel says the compensation is ethical.

“Halloween is a holiday of consumerism, where a lot of people buy low-quality clothing and throw it out the next day,” Goebel said. “At

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it is also committed to its study abroad programs — boasting more than 350 options from which students can choose.

Ariel Armony, vice provost for global affairs and director of the University Center for International Studies, said global engagement is imperative in higher education and the PittGlobal programs can accomplish this.

“This initiative will highlight Pitt’s position as a global research university, our groundbreaking innovation and new partnerships and our strong commitment to language learning as a tool to encourage cultural awareness and open-mindedness,” Armony said in an email.

As a leader in international studies programs, Armony said Pitt “brings together the brightest minds to freely engage in dialogue and activities with the goal of improving life, health, prosperity and social mobility here and around the world.”

And despite not knowing exactly what the year of PittGlobal will entail, Asian Student Alliance publicity chair Bobby Chung commended the administration for adopting a more global perspective this year.

“The fact that they have set this as their theme and they are kind of recognizing international students, that’s already their first step in the right direction.”

Thriftsburgh made more than $5,500 in profit at Sunday’s rummage sale, selling primarily household items and clothing.

Sarah Cutshall | staff photographer least with us, they’re giving something a second life.”

He remembers someone bought a secondhand pantsuit in last year to go as Hillary Clinton. He used Thriftsburgh garments himself to go as a high school gym teacher.

Becky Hammond, a junior shopper on exchange from the University of Sussex in England, appreciated the store’s accessible pricing.

“I’m a student, I can’t really afford much,” she said. “This is a nice, inclusive part of [Pitt].”

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Boundaries necessary when employing school resource officers Back-to-school usually means new backpacks and highlighters — but for some Pittsburgh students, it also means armed security officers walking the hallways.

At the Woodland Hills Junior Senior High School in Churchill and the Rankin Promise School in Rankin, armed “school resource officers” are employed to help protect students from the threat of external violence. Churchill and Rankin police departments supply the officers, who have the right to arrest students in school. The officers will wear polo shirts and khakis this year instead of uniforms and will be armed with handguns but not tasers, as per the agreement approved on Aug. 23 between the school board and the police departments.

School resource officers who are armed to protect a school from outside threats should have as little contact with students as possible.

Officers who deal with student misconduct become less efficient in their responsibility of addressing dangers outside the school and disturb the learning environment by conjuring fear in students.

The change in uniform does little to overshadow the history of abuse by resource officers toward students at Woodland Hills.

Last year a 14-year-old student accused a resource officer of punching him in the face and knocking his teeth out. Videos from 2009 and 2015 show officers slamming students to the ground and tasing students. These actions prompted five students to file a federal classaction civil rights lawsuit in 2017 against the school, which details both verbal and physical abuse toward five African-American students, some with special needs.

The school recently announced it will work to change the disciplinary process and newly hired Superintendent James Harris says “the high school discipline will be handled by the administrative staff at the high school, and not handed over to the police.” This is an

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important separation to make but still ignores the problem a police presence in school hallways poses.

To create a safe environment free of brutality, there needs to be an enforced divide between students and school resource officers. Rather than consider them connected to students or responsible for discipline, it would be better to call them security officers and set their main function as external security. Removing them from the hallways and posting them in central offices or toward building entrances and exits vulnerable to external threats removes unnecessary contact between students and weapons.

Maintaining a clear boundary also means staff should not be allowed to request intervention by officers in cases that are not immediate safety risks or serious crimes. Likewise, officers should refuse to involve themselves in situations that should be treated as matters of administrative discipline.

Officers stationed in schools should also undergo training in adolescent psychology to better prepare them to deal with situations unique to a potentially unfamiliar school environment. According to a 2013 report by Strategies for Youth, an organization that aims to improve interactions between police and young people, “youth feel officers do not hear them, routinely ignore their point of view and proceed on the assumption that every youth encountered is guilty.” Simple training could help officers understand and maintain appropriate contact with students.

Woodland Hills has a responsibility to its students to prevent further incidents of brutality against them while ensuring their safety from outside threats. Woodland Hills, and other schools around the country that employ student resource officers, would do well to enforce definitive boundaries and offer adequate youth training to work toward this end.

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CYCLISTS ONLYo Brian Gentry

Contributing Editor My bike route from Benedum Hall back to my apartment is typically an uneventful, safe ride — a straight shot down Bayard Street until I arrive at my place.

Last Friday was different. In total, four vehicles either swerved into my lane or made a right turn in front of me, blocking my path and almost causing a collision.

These incidents weren’t due to erratic bicycling. Perhaps they happened because some drivers who shared the road with me disregarded the bike lanes, or because no bike-friendly infrastructure existed in the area other than a chevronadorned bicycle painted on the road, serving only as a suggestion to share the street.

The attitude that some cars harbor toward bike infrastructure is counterproductive. Drivers in Pittsburgh should support the development of bicycle infrastructure in the City, because it will not only make rides safer for cyclists — it will also ensure that bicycles come into less contact with cars, alleviating any stress that drivers face.

Pittsburgh is in desperate need of improved bike infrastructure. Until the installation of new bike lanes on Forbes Avenue, there was no safe way to get through Pitt’s campus without a long detour through South Oakland. Outside of the bike path along the Allegheny River and bike lanes along Penn Avenue, there are relatively few ways to get into outlying neighborhoods from Downtown.

Pittsburgh could benefit from development in this infrastructure because bike ridership is soaring. Like many cit-

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ies across the United States, Pittsburgh has experienced an increase in bicycle commuters since 1990. But the trend here is exceptional — in the last 25 years, only Detroit has experienced a larger increase in the percent of commuters who go by bike, and Pittsburgh currently ranks eighth in percent of bicycle commuters at 2.6 percent.

In the past, bike lanes have followed wherever there is a demand for them.

Portland, Oregon, began expanding its bikeways in the 1980s and ’90s as commuters turned toward biking as a viable commuting option. Since that era, the total length of all bikeways in the city has topped 250 miles, and Portland has the largest share of bike commuters of any U.S. city. Pittsburgh was at 77 miles in 2017, leaving plenty of room to expand.

It would not be too costly to develop more bike routes between major neighborhoods. A bike lane costs on average about $100,000 per mile, and given that the City only needs bike lanes connecting major neighborhoods, a full bike lane overhaul in Pittsburgh wouldn’t cost more than a few million dollars spread over several years. This is a relatively small portion of the City’s $529 million expenditure in 2018 alone.

In the meantime, bicyclists in Pittsburgh need to make do with the minimal bike infrastructure in place. But even this is difficult when drivers don’t respect what little infrastructure exists.

Bikers encounter cars stopped in bike lanes, which force bikes out onto the main road. I frequently see cars at the intersection of Craig and Bayard stopped inside bike boxes, the green rectangles in See Gentry on page 4

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The City of Pittsburgh added bike lanes to parts of Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard last August.

Kyleen Considine | senior staff photographer front of the white stop lines that allow bikes to get a head start at green lights and cross in front of sitting cars to turn left.

Both the lack of support and lack of respect for additional bike infrastructure make biking more dangerous. And as cyclists have written before, this encourages bikers to break the law. For example, many bikers feel safer running through a red light when there’s no cross traffic rather than waiting at the light and sharing the undefined lanes of the intersection with cars.

I personally break minor laws when I encounter potentially dangerous situations. When cars park on the side of the road, I get onto sidewalks to get out of the way of traffic rather than veering further into the road, something that’s illegal under Pennsylvania law. I also preempt changing lights to get through intersections before someone turns right or pulls a Pittsburgh left — when the first car in the left-turn lane goes before any other car — in front of me.

But drivers don’t always understand the thought process behind these minor infractions, and this increases the ten-

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sion between cars and bikes. As a result, cyclists nationwide often face an undeserved reputation as rule-breakers who don’t care about the safety of others, as evidenced by a recent Washington Post letter to the editor in which a Washington, D.C., resident criticized bikers who commit these small crimes.

The easiest way to solve this problem is to build more areas for bikes to minimize contact with cars. This can come in the form of more dedicated bike lanes, or in a stronger form as protected bike lanes, which have some sort of barricade separating the road and bike lane.

Pittsburgh’s progressive bike proposals are promising. The bus rapid transit project, which the City expects to complete by 2021, will include a renovation of the current bus lane on Fifth Avenue, transforming it and regions of Uptown into a two-way, protected bike lane providing bike access all the way from I-579 Downtown through campus.

But these efforts need the support of both bikers and drivers alike. It’s to the benefit of both that we prioritize the improvement of bike infrastructure.

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WPTS RADIO STARTS SCHOOL YEAR WITH ROCKIN’ SHOWCASE

Sarah Connor Culture Editor

Behind the long lines of first-year students waiting to board buses for the annual O-Week late-night trip to Target Thursday night, the loud beats of local musicians boomed. Students gathered in crowds to jam along with some of Pittsburgh’s rising rappers and rock bands — all on the William Pitt Union lawn.

WPTS Radio, Pitt’s student-run radio station, held its annual Radio Showcase Thursday night. The evening of pizza, candy, raffles and of course, music, featured three local artists — rapper Treble NLS, punk band Sleeping Witch and Saturn and rock band The Zells.

Divyanka Bhatia, a junior information science major and the production manager of WPTS, introduced the acts and played a large role in managing the station’s DJ appearances on campus during O-Week. She also worked in conjunction with WPTS music director Calder Buisch to set up the Live Music Showcase.

“We started planning it in July so we could book the bands in time,” Bhatia said.

“We like doing this event during O-Week so we can introduce freshmen to the radio station and get them aware of the [local music] scene and some of the bands that are out there.”

Buisch — a senior politics and philosophy major — described the official processes of holding a music festival on campus.

“We came up with what we wanted to do a month ago, we planned out the bands we wanted to have. So after that there was an interim period of getting contracts in from the University,” Buisch said.

In order to provide their audience with some fresh sounds, the WPTS staff chose bands that were gaining popularity in the local music scene but were not previously

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The two radio workers were excited to share the details on local artists, the radio station’s main focus for this year’s musical vision at WPTS. “Sleeping Witch and Saturn has been one of our top charting artists, Treble NLS will be in our lineup soon and as soon as The Zells release their album we’ll get that one in as well,” he said.

Despite enjoying some of their favorite local musicians, the best part of the showcase for these two was not the music.

“I really enjoyed the turnout,” Bhatia said. “I was stressing about that all day and Punk band Sleeping Witch and Saturn performs at WPTS’ Local Music Showcase on I was very happy with how the event ended William Pitt Union lawn Thursday night. up happening. It was actually great that the Ben Hoover | courtesy of 92.1wpts Target run was happening, too, because there were kids in line waiting for buses taking videos of the bands — and enjoying the music too.”

One unexpected responsibility for Bhatia and Buisch was monitoring the mosh pits that formed in the audience of at least 100 students.

“The crowd was really getting into it, I had to make sure people weren’t getting plowed over,” Buisch said.

Guests to the showcase were clearly having fun. Bethany Brubeck, a sophomore engineering student, took in the event while snapping photos.

“I thought it was awesome. I really The crowd at WPTS’ Local Music Showcase dances during Thursday night’s love seeing bands that I have never heard performances. of much more than if I would have heard Ben Hoover | courtesy of 92.1wpts affiliated with WPTS. “This sort of happened on accident, them on Spotify or iTunes or something Following the solo rap performance of but everyone that we booked had projects like that,” she said.

Brubeck said she was set on attendTreble NLS, one of Buisch’s personal favor- that they released within a month of the ite local acts — Sleeping Witch and Sat- showcase, which added to the excitement,” ing the event as soon as she heard about it from friends at WPTS. The decision urn — took the stage in front of a growing Buisch said. crowd in the WPU Lawn.

Treble NLS released a project at mid- proved to be a good one for her.

“It was really clear that there was a lot The punk band played a mixture of night just after the showcase ended, while original tunes and a cover of Joy Divi- Sleeping Witch and Saturn dropped their of energy between the performers and the sion’s hit “Shadowplay,” causing cheers and new EP two weeks prior. The last act of the audience, there were so many people there moshing to break out from the crowd of evening — rock band The Zells — will re- just having fun,” she said. “It was such a fun experience.” excited spectators. lease a new album on Sept. 7.

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NEW COACHES ALLOW PITT FANS TO DREAM BIG

Alexa Marzina Staff Writer

During Pitt’s Big East Conference era, the debate among college sports fans wasw hether Pitt was better at basketball or football. Based on the respective 0-18 and 3-5 ACC records from last season, it’s safe to say that as of right now, Pitt fans should broaden their horizons — across the board, Pitt sports can expect to see success this year with new coaches and talented recruits.

Under Athletic Director Heather Lyke’s regime, seven Pitt sports teams received new coaches. To some local basketball referees, it seemed like Lyke was simply wiping out former AD Scott Barnes’ staff to start her tenure with a team of new faces. But if those coaches weren’t delivering or chose to flee to other schools rather than building up Pitt’s program with Lyke, they aren’t a loss. And while many of Lyke’s hires bring a new energy for fans to look forward to, the one team nearly guaranteed to succeed this year did not replace its coach.

The Panthers volleyball team hasn’t been below a .500 record in eight years, and won its first ACC title this past season with a 26-7 overall record. With head coach Dan Fisher staying around until 2022, there are a lot of wins to look forward to. But hopefully the momentum from the volleyball team carries over to the other athletic teams, which have new coaches.

New head men’s basketball coach and former Duke associate coach Jeff Capel is at the forefront of coaches to look out for this upcoming season.

With 162 wins and multiple NCAA tournament appearances as a college head coach, Capel is an obvious upgrade compared to former head coach Kevin Stallings, who led the Panthers during the 2017-18 season — their worst season in program history, finishing 0-18 in the ACC. According to Lyke, Capel is capable of rebuilding the basketball program and making it a top contender in the conference.

“His relentless work ethic, passion for the game and clear vision of how to build a

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program capable of competing at the highest levels in the ACC and on the national stage are impressive,” Lyke said of Capel.

Watch out for redshirt junior guard Malik Ellison — though he hasn’t yet donned the blue and gold for a game, Capel named him team captain this year due to his standout work ethic.

On the women’s basketball front, firsttime head coach Lance White describes himself as crazy — but in the good way.

“A lot of times, the person that’s the crazy one, they set the tone,” White told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “But it’s those other people who get people in, who validate that first leader to then make it a movement. Then, you wanna be a part of that rather than sitting on the side.”

White was named the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2016, and if his infectious positive attitude can win over both the

Sylvia Freeman | staff illustrator team and the crowd, Pitt women’s basketball could see major improvement. Though fanfavorite senior forward Yacine Diop transferred to ACC rival Louisville, the Panthers still have solid talent in junior guard Jasmine Whitney and seniors Kalista Walters and Aysia Bugg.

Lyke also managed to secure a promising replacement for Pitt baseball coach Joe Jordano, who resigned in June as the winningest coach in Pitt baseball history. Former Florida State associate head coach Mike Bell — who made four College World Series appearances with three different schools as a coach since 2005 — will now lead the team. The Panthers had their best season since 2013 last year with a 29-26 record, so Bell needs to set a precedent of excellence early on if he wants to rival Jordano’s winning record.

This year, Pitt softball won its first ACC Coastal Division title under the direction of former coach Holly Aprile. Coming into this

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year with a 16-6 conference record, the Panthers look to new head coach Jodi Hermanek from Ohio University to help them improve even more — her Bobcats even beat Pitt 6-1 last year.

Randy Waldrum, former coach of the Houston Dash in the National Women’s Soccer League, is returning to coaching collegelevel athletics as the new head coach of women’s soccer, and he hopefully can’t produce worse results than the team’s 3-12-3 record last year. Waldrum replaces Greg Miller, who served as head coach of the women’s soccer team for six years with the program. Under Miller’s coaching, the team struggled in the ACC — with an overall conference record of 7-45-1 — and as a program with a record of 32-69-8. Miller’s departure marked Lyke’s first layoff as athletic director.

Returning head football coach Pat Narduzzi seemingly garnered a fruitful recruiting class for Pitt football despite the Panthers’ 5-7 record last year. The 2017 losses to Syracuse and UNC were flukes — due to dealing with two injured quarterbacks and a ridiculous fumble misstep, respectively — and not indicative of the team’s future success. The ceiling for sophomore quarterback Kenny Pickett is sky-high and if the Panthers can finally step up their defense, Pitt football could surprise many people. Expect at least eight wins this season — with predicted losses only to Penn State, Notre Dame and two other opponents during guaranteed slipup games, knowing the Panthers — and another not-sosurprise-win over Miami following last year’s 24-14 upset.

These outlooks may rest on the side of hopeless optimism rather than realism, but thus marks the current atmosphere in Pitt sports. With so many changes and new faces within the athletic department, now is the time to dream big — when there are no results to skepticize yet.

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Squirrel Hill Ludwick & Monitor Street - 3 bedroom, 1 bath, updated fully equipped kitchen, newly finished hardwood floors, front porch, basement, lots of storage space, free washer and dryer, off-street parking in attached garage. Near busline, Giant Eagle, and universities. Pets okay. $1350. Call 561-818-1007

Employment Employment Other Caregiver needed to help 84 year-old man in North Oakland with personal care at home.

No experience necessary. Paid in cash.

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

Part-time/full-time available. Day, evening, overnights available. Contact Mike 412-901-4307, felafelman@gmail. com Cohen Trigger Point Center, a boutique chiropractic clinic with a friendly, caring staff in the heart of Oakland is looking for a reliable, part time administrative support person to assist with scheduling, patience check in and other administrative tasks. The office is conveniently located in Oakland on the bus line in close proximity to Pitt and CMU university campuses.

Hours: Tuesday: 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm; Thursday 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm and Saturday 8:30 am – 12:30 pm.

Please contact Maria at 412.656.6902 or josh@cohentriggerpoint.com

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Deadline:

Two business days prior by 3pm | Email: advertising@pittnews.com | Phone: 412.648.7978

experience necessary, we will train you. Apply in person at 5527 Walnut St. 412-682-4501 FOX CHAPEL RACQUET CLUB. Part-time employment. Prestigious Private Club is currently hiring end-of-season Lifeguards. $100 signing bonus. $15/ hr. Aug 25-Sept 9.

The Club offers a rustic, friendly, family oriented environment with Competitive pay, Committment bonus, Referral bonus,

Flexible schedule.

Experienced, Certified lifeguards apply in person or via email: len@foxchapelracquetclub.com.

355 Hunt Road, Pittsburgh, PA. 15238 House cleaning - $15/ hour, 5-6 hours per week- Oakland. References required. Text 412-414-7290 for details Part-time general labor, maintenance, and landscaping for private home in North Oakland. Call 412-901-4307.

Services

tration: LionessMartialArts.com or 412-241-6519

Services Other

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Phlebotomy Training Centerwww. justphlebotomy.org 2 evening classes weekly, 5 weeks + excellent Clinicals.

Call 412-521-7334.

Events

WOMEN – EMPOWERMENT SELF-DEFENSE on campus!

October 7-28 (four Sundays), 10 am – noon at Falk School. $120. Financial assistance is available!

Questions and regis-

Do Invite Yourself to find your own connection to God! Feel free to show up in jeans at the Friends Meetinghouse, Sunday, 9/9/18, 10AM. Coffee, tea, homemade goodies... sorry, no oatmeal!

Nearby at 4836 Ellsworth Ave. quaker.org/pghpamm

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Come join the La Feria family! Part time restaurant work, no

LAST MINUTE FALL RENTALS: Looking for an apartment at the last minute? Call John CR Kelly Realty for details on available units: 412-683-7300 or visit: www.jcrkelly. com

Shadyside 3BR, 3 Bath apartment on Emerson St. Computer room, study room, kitchen, laundry. 1 parking

August 28, 2018

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