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CREATING A GLOBAL HUBBUB

PITT DEMS KICK OFF THE YEAR WITH VISIT FROM REP. CONOR LAMB Benjamin Nigrosh For The Pitt News

meetings and studying, similar to many other places at the University. But what makes the hub stand out is its media walls, which display a calendar of campus cultural events, opportunities for studying and interning abroad and learning new languages, footage of scenes from around the world and fun

Before Rep. Conor Lamb began his formal speech at the first Pitt College Democrats meeting of the year on Tuesday evening, he grabbed the microphone from the podium and faced the students to ask one question.

“Why men great ‘til they got to be great?” he said.

With that quote — borrowed from a song by popular artist Lizzo — Lamb lit up the room in the William Pitt Union Ballroom A with laughter. The former federal prosecutor and U.S. Marine came to campus in an event organized by the Pitt College Democrats on Tuesday night.

Within the first moments of his speech, Conor Lamb, U.S. representative for Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional district, detailed a few of his recent exploits in trying to become more in touch with the times.

“If anyone wants an internship,” Lamb said, “If you can design a whole speech around that question, we may have the key to 2020 right there.”

Grace Dubois, president of the Pitt Democrats and former intern in Lamb’s office, played a key role in bringing the congressman to campus.

“We want to get students engaged in politics,

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Richard Sherman from the Office of International Services, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Ann E. Cudd, and Vice Provost for Global Affairs Ariel Armony (pictured left to right) cut the ribbon to open the new Pitt Global Hub in Posvar Hall. Issi Glatts | senior staff photographer

GLOBAL HUB TAKES THE WORLD STAGE Nicole Marzzacco

opening of the Pitt Global Hub on Tuesday.

Located by Posvar Hall’s Bigelow Boulevard Posvar Hall said hello to a new host of entrance, the hub consists of two floors cultures on Tuesday — with help from the which provide students with the opportu“hello table,” where students could learn to nity to learn more about the world around them. greet people from other parts of the globe.

The new fixture is part student lounge The table was one of several ways students could learn about other cultures at the and part academic resource center. It features tables, nooks and comfy furniture for

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News Lamb, pg. 1 and we’ve found that this is the best way to do that,” Dubois, a junior political science and economics major, said.

Dubois said she was excited to have the congressman on campus speaking to students. She said it is difficult for young people to become inspired to take action in politics when politicians are seen as unreachable figures. But when students are able to interact with those that are going to control the policies that affect their lives, she said, change will happen.

“We are the future. We don’t have any sense of what we want from our politicians or what we want from our future,” Dubois said. “We need to be able to have those conversations.”

Lamb said in his speech that it is important to him to meet with young people in the hopes that he could inspire them to take political action into their own hands.

“I don’t want to pass up any opportunity to speak to students about politics,” Lamb said. “I

think it’s going to be really important for young people to be involved in 2020. I’d like to tell them about what I’ve experienced in the past two years, but also hear from them about what they need.”

Lamb spent most of his time speaking generating a call to action for young people to become more politically active.

“We need to get inside of people’s hearts, not just their minds,” Lamb said. “Unfortunately, we are never going to have as much money as the other side. We are never going to have something equivalent to the echochamber of Fox News, we are just going to have to go on Fox News and make these arguments.”

According to the Pitt College Democrats Vice President Sophia Constantine, a junior urban studies major, the more knowledgeable the community can be, the more change that it can affect.

“It’s important for politicians to come [to college campuses] so that students can learn more about civics,” Constantine said Following his speech, Lamb opened up the floor to receive questions from the crowd. Their

questions ranged a wide variety of topics, from the legalization of marijuana and background checks for purchasing guns to his favorite pizza restaurant in the Pittsburgh area — decidedly, Mineo’s.

To the question of which Democratic candidate on the presidential ballot would get Lamb’s vote, the rep responded that he would vote for former Vice President Joe Biden.

One student asked if Lamb would support a federal assault weapons ban, to which Lamb responded in the negative.

Lamb proceeded to detail a bill that he supported which would increase the effectiveness of criminal background checks. He cited that recent mass shootings, such as the one that took place in a church in Charleston, South Carolina, could have been prevented from more in-depth background checks.

“The FBI and the police have three days from that moment to determine what happened with that ambiguous criminal record,” Lamb said.

“They are way too backlogged to solve those cases … Our bill would change that from three

days to ten days. And if the FBI asks for it, they can get another ten days.”

Another student asked Lamb to comment on the present state of the criminal justice system.

“There is a lot we need to do on sentencing,” Lamb said. “Too many sentences are too long, especially for people that get characterized as repeat offenders.”

Lamb said that there needs to be harsher sentencing for what he called “the worst offenders,” — specifically those who commit violent crimes.

He said that it is more difficult to create cases on these criminals, and easier to make cases on other crimes, such as drug crimes, and so there is an imbalance in how these crimes are processed.

After giving students the time to ask about his stance on present political and social issues, Lamb brought his ideas back to his opening speech — the power of young people to affect these changes in policy. He gave a final note to drive home the fact that each person listening to him has the ability to create the changes that they want to see.

“You need to vote,” he said.

PITT TO DEVELOP SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING STRATEGIES

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Assistant News Editor Chancellor Patrick Gallagher announced Thursday the University will begin developing socially responsible investing strategies for Pitt’s endowment.

The announcement follows the July release of a report examining several aspects of socially responsible investments within institutional endowments across the country.

In the letter to University community members, Gallagher said he directed Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Hari Sastry to work on drafting three different strategies for implementing SRI. Gallagher framed socially responsible investing as a calculated risk for the University endowment, noting the importance of the endowment and

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that SRI practices are a fairly new way to manage investment.

In recent years, Pitt has been under pressure from student groups, such as the Fossil Free Pitt Coalition, to divest its endowment from fossil fuel investments. SRI practices include taking both financial and non-financial criteria — such as human rights issues, influences of climate change or contributors to societal ills — into account when managing an investment portfolio.

Gallagher charged Sastry with developing environmental, social and governance criteria to “positively screen” investments in accordance with University investment objectives and institutional values. Once developed, the criteria will Chancellor Patrick Gallagher talks to members of the Fossil Free Pitt Coalition, wearing orange T-shirts over formal dress, at Pitt’s 2017 winter Board of See Investing on page 3 Trustees Meeting in the William Pitt Union. tpn file photo

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During the grand opening and dedication ceremony on Tuesday, numerous Pitt departments offered food samplings and hosted games from around the world. Students were invited to place blue dots on a map to show where in the world they came from and gold dots to signify their favorite place.

Samantha Moik, the UCIS engagement coordinator for the European Studies Center, was present to help run ESC’s virtual reality exhibit. Students could look through a cardboard box headset and explore the streets of an Irish city displayed on a phone inside. Moik said she and her colleagues have been preparing the virtual reality exhibit for the opening since June.

“We’re really excited for [the hub] to be opening and seeing how this space could be maximized for students to get more involved in such an open and inviting space,” Moik said. “We have some events planned for the semester we look forward to after this opening.”

Pitt students, staff and faculty can apply to host themed events in the space. According to the hub’s website, online booking will be available soon.

“I hope students utilize the hub to learn more about the world around them and the opportunities as Pitt students to engage more with the world,” Moik said. “It’s a great place for students to meet and learn more about what Pitt has to offer globally.”

The idea for the hub developed in 2015 following efforts by the University Center of International Studies to find a way of making Pitt a “global” university. Executive Director of Global Engagement at Pitt Dr. Belkys Torres served as the project lead executive director on the Global Hub. “What we learned when we were talking to student groups in particular, they were asking for resources that we were already providing,” Torres said. “The challenge for them was trying to figure out how to access that information.”

The hub was created after a two-year process, which required the collaborations of faculty and student coordinators, as well as joint efforts from the language departments, Study Abroad Office and the University Center for International Studies.

Karen Lue, a 2015 Pitt alumna, serves as

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Visitors placed sticky notes on a map of the world expressing their opinions on topics that divide and connect people around the globe. Issi Glatts | senior staff photographer

the Global Hub Manager for the space. Lue is hoping to hire four undergraduate ambassadors for the hub, who will work towards improving student involvement and crosscultural interaction, as well as setting up networking inside the hub.

“This is our pilot year for the hub so we hope students come through and interact with the hub,” Lue said. “We’re depending on their feedback this year to hear what they want to see going forward.”

The hub plans to have a different featured country per semester, supplemented by artifacts from library exhibits and the Nationality Rooms.

“I really hope that we reach all of the goals of this space, as far as getting students to come and learn about global and international opportunities. Hopefully get some students to enroll in different certificate programs, or maybe apply for a study abroad they haven’t thought about,” Lue said.

Many students came to the hub to see the newest addition to Pitt. One was junior Sarah Dacko, a nutrition major looking forward to spending time inside the hub and learning more about other countries without having to visit them.

“I hope to learn more about the world and their cultures to see how they compare to the U.S.,” Dacko said. “It’s such a cool place to escape from the reality and stress of school.”

be voted on by the Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees.

Sastry is also charged with screening and presenting proposed investment exclusions to the full Board of Trustees.

Gallagher said the University must be careful when weighing the social value of excluding investments with the potential monetary value of including them.

At a larger level than SRI practices, Gallagher also tasked Sastry with further expanding and leveraging the University’s Sustainability Plan. The Sustainability Plan, released in 2018, is meant to introduce “deep and lasting changes” to create a University that is environmentally, socially and economically responsible.

Pitt spokesperson Kevin Zwick said that the CFO’s office has begun to review its charge from the Chancellor, but will not have any specific actions prepared for next month’s full Board of Trustees meeting. Zwick added that the CFO’s office intends to provide updates to the University community as its work progresses.

The 61-page July report, which served as a foundation for the Chancellor’s letter, weighed the positives and negatives of factoring SRI considerations into managing the University endowment, which supports research funding, scholarships, advancements in technology and student life initiatives, among other projects.The committee convened by the Chancellor to write the report, which consists of Pitt students, faculty and staff, was formed in late 2017.

In the report, the committee noted that SRI practices have become increasingly common in managing endowment-type funds and detailed SRI efforts being spearheaded at several other universities, such as Yale and Northwestern. The report detailed three ways that SRI practices can be used in managing an endowment: negative and positive screening — including or excluding certain investments due to certain characteristics — and engaging in the corporate governance process, such as sponsoring shareholder resolutions to advocate sustainability practices.

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University’s investment practices applauded the steps outlined in the Chancellor’s letter.

Anaïs Peterson, a senior urban studies major and executive vice president of SGB, said she was excited that the Chancellor provided an update on investing the University endowment in a socially responsible way.

“I am thrilled that the Chancellor has put forward a statement regarding the SRI report, drawing more attention to the information that was detailed in the 61-page report, and I’m excited that this is happening so early in the semester,” Peterson said. “I hope that this semester students, faculty and administration can continue working together to draft ESG principles.”

The Fossil Free Pitt Coalition said in a statement that while the group does appreciate the Chancellor’s outlined next steps, they are disappointed that fossil fuel divestment is not mentioned by name. The student group has widely circulated a petition in recent years calling for the University endowment to be divested of fossil fuels.

“We are disappointed that he continues to avoid naming the specific issue of fossil-fuel divestment. Not once in this response does he mention divestment by name,” the coalition said. “The Chancellor continues to use vague, general language regarding revisiting Pitt’s investments in this response.”

The coalition added that positively screening new investments for the University endowment does not mean the same process would be performed on existing investments.

“His proposition to … positively screen investments does not guarantee that fossil-fuel divestment will ensue,” the coalition said.

In his letter, Gallagher also thanked the numerous organizations involved in the SRI conversation — student activists like Peterson, the Fossil Free Pitt Coalition, the University Office of Sustainability and the University Senate.

“I want to reiterate my deepest appreciation for your thoughtful contributions,” Gallagher said. “Your work has given us a wonderful starting point — one that enables us to better align activities in our endowment’s investment portfolio with our University’s core values.”

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FRESHMAN YEAR IS HARD, AND SOCIAL MEDIA MAKES IT WORSE Sarah Connor

Contributing Editor While I was scrolling through Twitter on the bus ride to my internship one morning this summer, I came across a viral tweet from a girl my age at another university.

“It’s a Friday night in September 2016,” Twitter user @megprattt wrote. “I’m in my freshman dorm, straightening my hair and putting on matte liquid lipstick to get ready for a night out. Obviously I’m wearing a choker. Kill the Lights is playing. There’s a bottle of pink lemonade Svedka on my desk. Life is good.”

The tweet received thousands of retweets and likes, and hundreds of responses from other college kids saying they related to it, and even some comments of people tagging their friends and saying “ugh, can we go back to this?” As a college senior, I was also a first-year in Sept. 2016, and though I do have some good memories from that time, I never look back on my times in Holland Hall — back when it was all girls, I know, I’m old — and think “wow, I wish I could go back.”

Your first year of college is inevitably hard, and I want all current first-years to know that if you’re not having the time of your life right now like everyone else seems to be, that’s okay. And you’re not alone.

These first few months of school can be tough, and social media and high expectations can make it so much worse. When I think of the beginning of my first year, I think of sitting on the floor of room 736 in Holland, watching movies with a close family friend from home attending nearby Carlow University. I remember scrolling through Instagram, seeing plenty of my peers from high school rushing Greek organizations, going to parties, and making new “forever friends,” all in the 3-5 weeks since we first moved in. It made me feel like I was behind because I was still close with my old friends and preferred hanging out with them over going to frat parties. I felt like I was doing college wrong.

I had gone to some parties, I had made some new friends, but I was not entirely happy. I’ve

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Eli Savage | contributing editor struggled with an anxiety disorder since I was 15, and moving somewhere new, trying to decide on a major and looking for new friends stressed me out.

I’ve never been one to fake it, but some people might post deceptive things their social media, whether they realize it or not. Pictures on Instagram are not indicative of how people are really feeling and what they are really going through, and that can be very easy to forget.

I remember seeing posts from an acquaintance from high school, the daughter of one of my mother’s friends, who went to a massive university in the South known for its football and Greek life programs. She seemed to be living her best life, exploring her campus and making new friends. Her posts made it seem like she would never look back to her life in Moon Township, PA, where we grew up.

I also remember chatting with my mom during a phone call about the girl who went to the South

and was having the time of her life, and how she had heard from the girl’s mother that she was just as homesick and struggling as much as I was.

I would never wish hardship on anyone, but I was still so relieved to hear this. I thought I was the only one who was having a tough time and missing out on the typical college experience. I thought I was the only one calling my mom in tears because things weren’t going as planned. But I most certainly wasn’t, and now, when I chat with my friends about our first-year experiences, so many of them echo this.

This reality is not specific to Pitt. A 2018 study from the American Psychological Association surveying eight different countries found that one in three first-year college students reported experiencing a mental health disorder. This problem is widespread. If you’re feeling depressed or anxious, you are most certainly not alone.

Beyond remembering that social media hardly

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ever tells the whole story of someone’s life, overwhelmed first-years shouldn’t be afraid to reach out to others to talk about their experiences. First Year Mentors and RAs will likely have plenty of advice on how to handle college schedules, homesickness and making friends. If you feel you need more serious help, consider reaching out to Pitt’s counseling center.

It is also very okay to stay in touch with your “old life.” There is a lot of pressure to find a new group of friends, and go out and do “college things” like attending frat parties and football games or going out on dates and having hookups. Nobody is required to do those things. Not doing the traditional college activities does not make you any less of a college student. For me, staying in touch with my friends from home and my family, and starting therapy was what helped me get through that first year. For you, it might be joining a club similar to one from high school, calling home every day or focusing on classes that make your first year a bit easier.

This all sounds bleak, but it does get better. I made it through my first year unscathed, and I ultimately found my perfect place in college in my sophomore year when I moved off campus with my friend from Carlow. Almost every night, we danced around our kitchen in our South Oakland apartment with Britney Spears playing as we made pasta and chicken nuggets that didn’t make my stomach hurt, which was a nice change from the Market Central food. These are the memories that me think “life was good.”

I also joined the Pitt News staff in my sophomore year, which helped me declare a writing major.

TPN introduced me to so many people with similar interests, who I am close friends with now. We go out to Hemingway’s after long nights of editing.

We go to Starbucks to complain about senior year workloads and grad school applications. We have the time of our lives together, but you won’t know that just by checking my Instagram, you’d have to be there with me in the moment, and I like it better that way. Everything fell into place for me, it just took time.

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from the editorial board

Tweets won’t save the Amazon

Whenever a major global crisis occurs, we fall into the same online coping mechanisms. Petitions circulate, celebrities encourage their followers to donate to charities and hashtags are created and used again and again.

The Amazon has been burning at a rate of one and a half soccer fields per minute for several weeks now. News of the situation grabbed attention worldwide, leading to the usual internet cycle of donations and retweeted articles about how to save the planet. However, in the case of the Amazon and most other global crises, social media posts and crowdfunding do little to change the situation in the long run and instead act as temporary solutions to systemic problems.

The Amazon rainforest spans nine countries in South America, with the majority of its coverage in Brazil.

Known as the lungs of the earth, it absorbs carbon dioxide and releases

oxygen, and in this way helps regulate the global temperature. The Amazon is an extremely biodiverse area that is home to one fourth of the Earth’s plant and animal species, as well as 34 million people, including 420 indigenous tribes that speak 86 languages and 650 dialects.

It’s easy to understand why so many people are concerned and calling for action at the destruction of this global treasure. Many have tweeted apolitical solutions, such as going vegan to stop Brazil, one of whose major industries is the meat industry, from deforesting the Amazon for agricultural purposes.

But going vegan or donating to organizations dedicated to rainforest conservation won’t ultimately help save the Amazon. A change in attitude and policy in Brazil and the surrounding Amazonian countries will more permanently help conservation efforts.

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announced his two-step process for combatting the Amazon fires on Monday at the G7 summit. The first step was to collaborate with Amazonian countries to fight the blaze. The second step was reforestation and protecting biodiversity.

“The next phase would be possible because of the collaboration between the Amazonian countries and the G7 countries,” Pinera said. He added that all actions would have to respect the Amazonian countries’ sovereignty.

It’s good to see people concerned about the state of our environment.

But in regards to the Amazon rainforest, internet activism has its limits. The average person who wants to really help the rainforest via Twitter can help fund and promote advocacy groups and political lobbyists in Brazil and internationally to get politicians and world leaders to take action.

The rest is out of our hands.

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Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has made several moves since assuming office this year that consolidate much of the regulatory power over the Amazon within Brazil’s agricultural ministry. Bolsonaro’s preference towards economic growth over conservation has caused the rate of deforestation to increase. Brazil’s space research center, the National Institute for Space Research, has been tracking wildfires in the Amazon since 2013.

Their data shows that there were 88% more fires this year than last year, meaning deforestation has rapidly increased during the time Bolsonaro has been in office.

In addition to a change in the Brazilian attitude on environmental conservation, international and regional diplomacy and cooperation is necessary to stop this alarming trend towards increased deforestation.

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Fall athletes to watch

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Amanda West: Women’s Soccer First-year forward Amanda West has made the most of her brief career so far.

The rookie striker has tallied four goals in her first two matches.

In the season opener on Friday, she etched her name into Pitt history by becoming the first woman to ever score a hat trick in her first match as a Panther. Her final of the trio was an 82nd minute, goahead strike into the left corner — which secured a 5-4 victory over Loyola Marymount.

That’s not to mention her assist, which helped bump up West to seven points on the game — the most by a Panther in a single game since 2001. Then, two days later in second overtime against Bucknell, she once again put home the game-winning goal.

Pitt has scored six goals this season.

Four have been scored by West. Two of them have made the difference in winning the game. In short, Amanda West’s heroics through Pitt’s first two matches are unprecedented — and a strong omen of what’s to come.

Layne Van Buskirk: Volleyball In her three years at Pitt, senior Layne Van Buskirk has known one thing — winning. Panthers volleyball has posted a dominant 81-18 record since she first arrived on campus in 2016 and they won their first outright ACC volleyball championship in program history just last year.

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tial in anchoring the middle of the Panther defense — averaging 1.42 blocks per set, good for 15th in the nation. She currently sits eighth in the all-time Pitt record books for blocks and has the fifth highest single game block total in program history as well.

She made her presence felt on offense as well. Using her long arms to play well above the net routinely, Van Buskirk recorded the third highest hitting percentage in program history last season, placing her in the top 10 nationally in that category.

As she enters her final season, the individual accolades for Van Buskirk are impressive, but there is one more way she can cement herself in program lore — by winning in the NCAA Tournament.

The Panthers have made the NCAA Tournament for each of the past three years. They even hosted the opening rounds last season at the Petersen Events Center, but have yet to make it out of the second round.

Van Buskirk should have all the help she needs, with a roster that returns almost a full starting lineup — but look out for the power player to separate herself nationally in her closing season.

AJ Davis: Football There is a strong legacy of accomplished running backs in the annals of Pitt football history. Tony Dorsett, Curtis Martin, James Conner and most recently Qadree Ollison and Darrin Hall are some of the first names that come to mind. But See Fall on page 7

Senior defender Cheyenne Hudson (10) is one of only five returning Pitt women’s soccer players this season. Bader Abdulmajeed | senior staff photographer

WOMEN’S SOCCER’S GLOBAL EXPANSION HIGHLIGHTS TRANSITION TO 2019

Dominic Campbell Staff Writer

With the current season already underway, the Pitt women’s soccer team is looking to improve upon last season’s results and keep the program trending upwards under decorated second-year head coach, Randy Waldrum.

Waldrum came to Pitt as one of the best coaches in women’s collegiate soccer history, with two national championships at Notre Dame and a career win total nearing 400 under her belt. Waldrum reached the 400 victory milestone in the opener last season against Ohio and posted a winning record during the non-conference schedule, but things took a turn for the worse once the ACC conference play came.

The Panthers lost all 10 games, scoring a goal in only one. In that game, they squandered a two goal lead to Miami and lost 3-2.

After last season’s disastrous finish, the program is clearly in the middle of a massive rebuild which began after former head coach Greg Miller

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led the team to a record of 32-69-8 in six years before his termination in 2017.

Only a handful of players remain from the team that Waldrum inherited a year ago, including redshirt sophomore Vildan Kardesler, junior defender Aideen O’Donoghue, redshirt junior goalkeeper Amaia Pena, senior redshirt defender Cheyenne Hudson and redshirt senior midfielder Juliana Vazquez.

Those five also happen to have the most experience out of anyone on this young Pitt squad. Of the more than 30 players on this year’s team, 17 are first-year players. Add in two redshirt freshmen and five sophomores — that makes 24 underclassmen players on the team.

A team as young as Pitt isn’t ideal for a program trying to compete for championships, but it is for Pitt, who desperately needs new energy and players that fit with Waldrum’s style as head coach, and early results show that he’s done just that.

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Fall, pg. 6 the problem with having so much talent in one backfield is that sometimes players can get buried.

No one knows that better than junior running back AJ Davis. Davis, a former Under Armour High School All-American from Lakeland, Florida, has waited his turn behind Conner, Ollison and Hall for two years now, but he is poised to be a featured part of the Panther’s 2019 campaign.

While first-year offensive coordinator Mark Whipple is expected to give last year’s stagnant passing offense a jolt of energy, don’t expect him to shy away from the running game. Pitt still figures to be a run-happy offense, despite the departure of Ollison and Hall, who both rushed for more than 1,000 yards last season.

Pitt’s first depth chart of the regular season, released on Monday, lists both Davis and redshirt sophomore Todd Sibley as starters. Both Sibley and Davis were highly touted recruits coming out of high school, but seeing as Davis holds the slight edge in terms of career carries, expect DaLayne Van Buskirk (7) recorded the third highest hitting percentage in program history last season. Sarah Cutshall | vis to carry the load early on. visual editor

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Bed­rooms starting at $775‑$1125. Good locations still avail­ able.

Contact: John C.R. Kelly Office: 412‑683‑7300 Email: info@kellyre­ altyinc.com Website: www.­ jcrkelly.com

Squirrel Hill Greenfield/Squir‑ rel Hill. Spacious 1‑bed­room, 1st floor apart­ment. Entirely reno­vated, C/A, living room, bathroom, din­ ing room, equipped kitchen with pantry, basement laundry.

On busline. Avail‑ able 9/1/19. $895+ Gas& Electric.

412‑653‑6860.

Rental Other Loft available at Heinz Lofts. 9mo. sublet. 2BR, 2BA, multiple amenities, pet friendly. $1700/ mo. 916‑834‑3826

Employment Internships RESEARCH ASSIS­ TANT internship trainee positions (un­paid), with the option for credit, are avail­able immediately in the Biobehavioral On­cology Program of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. We are seeking multiple

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students to each vol­ unteer up to 10 hours a week. Positions have the potential to con‑ tinue into the spring semester. Can­didates should pos­sess good people skills, com‑ puter skills, dedication to research, attention to detail, organization‑ al skills, strong work ethic, and the ability to work au­tonomously or as part of a team.

Individuals with expe‑ rience in ei­ther a wet lab setting (biology), or dry lab setting (psychology, public health) are strongly encouraged to apply.

Interested individuals should contact Ms. Jessica Manculich at man­culichjf@upmc. edu. Please provide a re­sume, availability, and a brief statement of your background and goals.

Employment Other Arby’s now hiring.

Team Members and Shift Managers for all shifts. Flexible schedule. Plus com­ petitive pay. Walking accessible from cam­pus. Call Sherry 412‑980‑9627 or stop in at our location 3435 Forbes Avenue.

Come join the La Fe­ ria family! Part time restaurant work, no experience neces‑ sary, we will train you. Ap­ply in person at 5527 Walnut St. 412‑682‑4501

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Employment Other Help Wanted! Gen­ eral gallery work.

Immediate help needed! Flexible hours, PT, days & weekends. Contact Mo at 412‑818‑3943 or 412‑441‑8080.

MALE CARE­ GIVER/COMPAN­ ION for young man in SQUIRREL HILL with cerebral palsy.

Needed for four evenings per week 4‑9pm. $16P/H. We are looking for some‑ one who is engaging, per­sonable, enthusi‑ astic and responsible.

Please inquire at 412‑889‑8934.

The Pitt News is cur­rently seeking stu­dents to work as In­ 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 office duties. Submit re­sumes/applica‑ tions to advertising@ pittnews.­com, or stop by our office at 434 William Pitt Union!

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