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Oakland protestors condemn violence in Ferguson

Pitt’s vampire ninja has stint on reality television Emily Ahlin For The Pitt News

Protestors gathered in Oakland to protest against the police brutality in Ferguson, Mo. Theo Schwarz | Senior Staff Photographer

Sabrina Romano Staff Writer National issues resonated on campus as students and community members participated in a peaceful march around campus to promote awareness of police brutality.

The protest came as a response to the shooting of Michael Brown in Fer-

guson, Mo., and incidents in Gaza, but functioned to raise awareness of police brutality, according to flyers distributed prior to the rally. It began at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, and after approximately 40 minutes of protesting in place, the roughly 40 protesters marched from the corner of Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard to the Cathedral lawn, into the Cathedral and then up Forbes

Avenue. The protest ended by 9:30 p.m. at the same location it began.

Word of the protest spread by mouth, fliers and the Internet, according to attendees, and attracted a variety of Pittsburgh natives and students. One protester John Robins said he heard people talking about the event two

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Joel Brady is more than your average Pitt instructor — he’s also a ninja.

Brady teaches a variety of liberal arts classes at Pitt and spent his summer vacation competing on NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior.”

Branded “Vampire Ninja” on the show thanks to one of the classes he teaches “Vampire: Blood and Empire,” his performance during the qualifying and city final rounds during the show’s stop in Denver earned him a trip to the national finals in Las Vegas.

According to “American Ninja Warrior”’s page on NBC’s website, the show begins its season in various cities across the United States, hosting qualifying and final rounds, before sending the top 15 finishers from each city to Las Vegas. Once in Las Vegas, each contestant strives to make it to the end of the fourth and final stage of the course, known as Mount Midoriyama — a man-made mountain-meets obstacle course.

The first contestant to reach the top is

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PROTEST weeks ago.

“The idea behind the march isn’t just to see justice for Mike Brown but to see a world where the police as an institution don’t exist,” Robins said.

Pitt police officers, who declined to be named, said they monitored the protest while it occurred and said they would not get involved unless someone was hurt.

Ken Service, the University’s vice chancellor of communications, spoke about Pitt police’s preparations earlier in the day.

“The University police are aware and will take whatever steps they deem necessary,” Service said. “They don’t typically disclose their preparations ahead of time. But they are aware.”

Service also spoke about the responsibilities of the Pitt police.

“I don’t think there is anything to fear,” Service said. “[Pitt police] do an

August 28, 2014 | The Pitt News | www.pittnews.com admirable job, so I don’t believe there is any cause for concern.”

For protester Elizabeth Ogunsanya, the cause behind the protest was enough reason to come out. “Why wouldn’t I be protesting? If this is peaceful and legal and if something needs to be changed, why would I not be here?” Ogunsanya, a senior anthropology and biology major, said.

For Ogunsanya, the visibility of the protest could highlight the events in Ferguson and Gaza, as well as bring awareness to police brutality.

“School just started up. There are a lot of students who probably haven’t seen the news,” Ogunsanya said.

Dr. Harvey Holtz, a professor emeritus of sociology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, saw the protest information online.

“There is a new Jim Crow that exists in the U.S.,” Holtz said. “It exists in one, in the mass incarceration of AfricanAmericans, especially young males.

Things have not changed very much throughout the history of the U.S. Only the form of oppression has changed.”

Alaa Mohamed, a junior studying sociology, said she heard about the protest from her professor.

“Even if it is just staying silent, something will change eventually. So much stuff happened in Ferguson and Gaza last summer and I’ll do what little I can do to try and promote awareness,” Mohamed said.

Organizers have been handing out and posting fliers promoting the demonstration around campus for the past few weeks.

The flier reads, “Stand with the Ferguson rebellion!” and, “The militarization of the police is not the problem, the police themselves as an institution are the problem.”

Mohamed said she disagrees with the message on the flier, which promoted the destruction of police as an institution.

“If you think about it, the police were in our shoes at one point. It starts with education,” Mohamed said.

Mohamed said it was important for college campuses to be mindful of police brutality. “If we’re not aware now, when

are we going to be aware?” she said.

The fliers posted around Oakland drew Ava Negri to the protest.

“I hope [the protest] spreads awareness and that people can stand up for what they believe in. Students should speak out,” Negri, a junior education major, said. “We have the power to express ourselves.”

But she said she didn’t completely agree with the statement on the flyer regarding destroying the police.

“Personally, I thought the statement was a bit aggressive, but our police force is militant and Ferguson shows that,” Negri said. “They are there to serve and protect, not to infringe on First Amendment rights.”

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EDITORIAL

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OPINIONS

Legalize medical marijuana statewide

In recent years, the currents of social progress have swept through the country.

Medical marijuana legalization has been a part of this change, as 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized or are in the process of legalizing it, including neighboring New York and New Jersey. It is time that Pennsylvania joins them.

State senators Mike Folmer, RLebanon County, and Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery County, agree.

They are the co-sponsors of Senate Bill 1182. Also known as the “The Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act,” the bill would legalize and regulate medicinal marijuana in Pennsylvania. Recently, Folmer spoke at a town hall meeting in Export, Pa., and said, “This isn’t about the high. This is about care.”

Medical marijuana has been proven to help control epileptic seizures, decrease anxiety, slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease and ease pain associated with multiple sclerosis for patients under professional medical care.

Despite the benefits, this medically auspicious initiative isn’t without challengers. While the bill passed unanimously through the Senate Law and Justice Committee this summer, members of the House have expressed opposition.

Steve Miskin, spokesman for the House majority leader Mike Turzai, said, “ ... the vast majority of members in our caucus believe the states should not be in business of deciding what is or is not medicine,” when the bill passed in June.

Miskin is correct, which, paradoxically, is why he is wrong about

this bill. Yes, medical decisions should be left primarily to medical practitioners and patients. If medical professionals find that a particular treatment is effective and not threatening, they should not only allow — but pursue it.

Contrary to popular myths about marijuana, an April 2014 Journal of Adolescent Health study found that states with legalized medical marijuana did not see an increase in teenage cannabis usage. Additionally, the Journal of the American Medical Association internal medicine released a study on Monday that also debunked negative views on the matter. The study found that between 1999 and 2010, states allowing medical marijuana had 25 percent fewer fatal prescription drug overdoses than those that did not.

Instead of obstinately rejecting proven scientific progress, Pennsylvania should work to join its 23 proactive peers. By not passing Senate Bill 1182 his summer, Pennsylvania failed to help its citizens. As Pennsylvania citizen Cara Salemme said on Pittsburgh Norml’s, an organization devoted to reforming marijuana laws, website this summer, “The seizures don’t wait for the fall session to start again.”

This fall, our representatives cannot wait either. According to a recent Franklin and Marshall poll, 84 percent of Pennsylvania’s citizens favor the legalization of medical marijuana.

Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Maine, Oregon, Vermont and many other states have legalized medical marijuana — it’s time to add Pennsylvania to the list.

Hashtag activism: There’s more to charity than ice buckets Jess Craig For the Pitt News

Charities and ice-cold water are no strangers to each other.

The ALS Association — a nonprofit organization that raises money and promotes awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease — adapted the Ice Bucket Challenge from a previous social media trend, the Cold Water Challenge, during which individuals challenged each other to jump into semi-frozen bodies of water or to opt out and donate to cancer research. The trend went viral and challenges escalated until the craze abruptly ended in May 2014 when a 16-year-old accepted the challenge to jump into Minnesota’s Eagle Lake and never resurfaced.

While the ALS Association has made efforts to minimize injury and death — restricting the challenge to dumping a bucket of ice water on one’s head — it has solidified an even greater threat: “slacktivism.”

Slacktivism, according to Washington Post writers, Huffington Post bloggers and other reliable online resources, such as Urban Dictionary and Wikipedia — and, for the academics among you readers, the Oxford English Dictionary concurs — is the combination of the words “slacker” and “activism.” The term is used, with negative connotation, to describe actions via social media that require little time or economic involvement and claim to “support” political and social causes.

The problem with the #IceBucketChallenge and previous other viral attempts to raise awareness and money for global issues, such as

Pitt Basketball Head Coach Jamie Dixon, DeJuan Blair, Sam Young and Michael Young take part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. | Courtesy of Pitt Panthers Facebook Page

#BringBackOurGirls and #StopKony, is that they, like many other trends weaved with social media, promote a superficial and societywide façade.

As of Aug. 25, the Ice Bucket Challenge has raised $79.7 million.

It would seem, then, that the Ice Bucket Challenge was successful.

However, it was the ALS Association’s goal to not only raise money but to spread awareness about the disease as well. Where are the reports and headlines about that?

People are more interested in participating in the latest social media fad than they are about giving to charity, and the viral nature of these campaigns reaffirms that posting a video of yourself dumping ice water on your head or reposting the Kony video in 2012 counts as charity and activism. It inflates the sense that you are helping, that you are giving back and that you are making a difference.

Keep in mind that many people posting the videos are dousing themselves in ice water instead of donating money. In fact, those people are supporting the water companies more than anything else.

“You’ve internally placed a monetary value on the cost of goods, the

time spent and for posting on your social channels. This monetary value has little long-term effect and, next time you’re thinking of donating to a charity or for a cause, you might think back to that time you created a video,” wrote Ben Kosinski for the Huffington Post.

This new global marketing scheme might receive a lot of attention. It might even raise millions of dollars. But, in the end, it attracts participants who are looking to conform to the latest fad and acquire Facebook likes and retweets along the way. No doubt social media can be a great avenue for education, but #StopKony, #BringBackOurGirls and #IceBucketChallenge are tied to going viral.

If the ALS Association benefits and participants are getting social media highs, isn’t it a win-win?

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge points to a larger problem with contemporary charity and activism — it involves giving people money, being satisfied you’ve done something and moving on with your life. It is superficial and lazy.

To me, charity has always been a hands-on, face-to-face interaction

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— playing Bingo with local nursing home residents, visiting patients in hospice care and teaching Spanish-speaking adults how to speak and write English. It is also self-initiated. I don’t do charity work simply because someone nominated me to do it or because, if I don’t participate, I’ll be left out.

Participants in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge are missing out on the satisfaction of knowing they changed someone’s life or sim-

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What happens when the Ice Bucket Challenge craze ends and the money raised is used up? Will the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge be a recurring fad? Have recurring fads ever happened before? A few years from now, when research has gotten much closer to a cure but hasn’t quite grasped one — because finding cures is painstakingly slow — and the ALS Association finds itself again with no support and no funding, Facebook and Twitter users won’t be easily excited because the Ice Bucket Challenge will, by then, be a “been

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there, done that” fad.

Simply put, the participants lose the satisfaction that real charity provides, and the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a one-time, unsustainable deal. Even though a lot of money has been raised and much attention has been given, a price cannot be put on the value of personal, genuine service towards such a cause.

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becomes famous. But, in this simplified, viral world, there are still patients and people out there who need the same charity and volunteer aid that they did 100 years ago. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is not directly taking this away from patients, but rather indirectly putting the focus on impersonal measures instead of in-person care.

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ARTS and ENTERTAINMENT

REVIEW

ʻWhat Ifʼ an inherently flawed, but pleasant romantic comedy Ian Flanagan Staff Writer

“What If” Directed by: Michael Dowse Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Adam Driver Grade: BFor all the romantic comedies that claim that love is messy, far fewer actually believe it. “What If” seems to think it’s a cut above the rest, but for all of its undeserving selfsatisfaction, the film is so agreeable and keen to please that it’s hard not to enjoy.

“What If ” wastes no time in reaching its obligatory boy-meets-girl scenario. In its first scene, Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe), a med school dropout stuck in a dead-end job, strikes up a comfortable, crackling conversation at a party with Chantry (Zoe Kazan), an animator. Wallace has been numbed by heartache for a year after a sour breakup, while Chantry is in the midst of a committed five-year relationship. Only in movies can true romantic chemistry be based solely on how effortlessly a couple can conjure up FROM PAGE 1

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named the “American Ninja Warrior” and claim $500,000 in prize money.

Brady lost during the jumping spider obstacle during the first stage of competition in Las Vegas.

“The jumping spider [obstacle] always takes out half the field in Vegas, and it certainly got me — I got a nasty brush burn but made out okay, since people rip their ACLs and sprain stuff all the time on the show,” Brady said.

The jumping spider was the fourth of eight obstacles in the first stage of the Las Vegas national finals. Brady had practiced jumping up and spreading his arms for the first part of the challenge: jumping off of a trampoline and sticking a landing between two vertical walls placed closely together.

amusing banter — and these two pass the litmus test for having something special.

But it seems all is for naught when, as Chantry writes down her number, she offhandedly mentions her boyfriend, leaving Wallace in subdued disappointment as he throws her number away soon afterwards.

The two meet by chance again and decide they should continue their friendship.

To discuss the plot further would be explaining everything so obvious and predictable about where this premise can go.

Wallace eventually encounters Chantry’s territorial boyfriend, Ben (Rafe Spall), and rebound-ready sister (Megan Park) and he continually seeks advice from his unpredictable roommate and best friend Allan (Adam Driver) as his feelings for Chantry become more unshakable.

“What If” could have examined the fragility and discomfort of these on-the-fence friendships but it ultimately fails to pick apart their tricky delicacy. It’s less about accepting friendship from the opposite sex, even if romance was your first intention, and more about the uncertainty of waitBrady didn’t know he was going to be on the show in Denver until two weeks before he competed.

“I hadn’t heard back from the show whether I would be invited and then I got a message on my phone two weeks before Denver saying, ‘Joel, this is the casting producer from “American Ninja Warrior.” We’ve been trying to reach you for weeks — can you give us a call back?’” said Brady, who dubbed the voicemail the “Coolest. Message. Ever.” in an email.

Ninjas are historically stealthy and secretive, and Brady’s advantage on “American Ninja Warrior” was simple: rock climbing. A rock climber for 20 years, Brady competed on the show with some of his longtime friends.

“We call ‘American Ninja Warrior’ our senior circuit. Our crew represented half the field that made it through Denver to Vegas, so we’re pretty proud

Radcliffe mostly holds everything together in ‘What If.’ MCT Campus

ing for someone who presently can’t be with you. It is all too safe and simplified — a thorny subject boiled down to rounded edges. But even with the thematic depth of a sitcom subplot, “What If” is elevated

by its sharp, fast-paced dialogue and a likable cast.

Radcliffe is the biggest reason why the

of that, probably to the level of obnoxiousness,” Brady said in an email.

One friend of about 15 years, Brian Arnold, also competed in Denver this season, calling Brady his “climbing hero.”

“He was demolishing every competition he showed up at,” Arnold said in an email, in reference to the bouldering competition he met Brady at. “I never had a chance of beating him!”

Brady also reunited with friend Meagan Martin, a self-described professional rock climber.

“There are a lot of people who train specifically for the show, build their own courses and do obstacle-specific exercises,” Brady said. “We just want to go up to them and whisper in their ear, ‘You should just be a rock climber.’”

On the night before the competition, Brady attempted some obstacles his friends had made, as the types of chal-

lenges contestants face are not available at a typical gym. The task he didn’t try — the jumping spider — became his ultimate downfall.

Apart from rock climbing, Brady prepared for the competition by jumping up and down inside his hotel elevator in Las Vegas.

“All I really accomplished was completely weirding out the other guests,” Brady said.

But Brady’s friends think he’ll make it further next year if he opts to tackle the challenge again.

“Joel has competed at such a high level in climbing that he knows how to improve on his weakness, and he has the drive,” Arnold said.

Besides teaching and tackling stunts on television, “American Ninja Warrior,” Brady said, is the second coolest

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TV

Emmys ignore buzzy new shows, opt for more of same

Repeat winners Cranston and Louis-Dreyfus reprised their ‘Seinfeld’ lip-lock. MCT Campus

Britnee Meiser Staff Writer

On Monday night, The Emmys disproved many of the consensus predictions — by honoring the same shows they’ve always honored.

“Breaking Bad” and “Modern Family” came out on top at the 66th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, while critical favorites such as “True Detective” and “Orange Is the New Black” were unfairly overlooked.

As it delivered its final season last year, which arguably featured some of the actors’ best performances of the entire series, it was not a surprise that “Breaking Bad” dominated with wins in categories including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Bryan Cranston), Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Aaron Paul) and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Anna Gunn).

Unfortunately, the extended mania surrounding the show’s final season caused some astounding snubs in the drama categories. Mostly absent from the drama winners’ circle, aside from a win for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Cary Fukunaga, for that stunning long-take in “Who Goes There”), was HBO’s crime drama “True Detective.”

Initially, it was a surprise that “True Detective” was contending as a drama, rather than a miniseries — they’ll have a whole new cast for next season — but that shouldn’t have hindered its ability to win. The show’s opening season was complex and compelling and it showcased exceptional performances by lead actors Woody Harrelson and Mat-

thew McConaughey.

Harrelson and McConaughey were both nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama category, though it was McConaughey who was positioned to win. This awards season has been a prosperous one for McConaughey, who recently won an Academy Award for “Dallas Buyers Club,” but the praise certainly hasn’t been misplaced. Even Jimmy Kimmel jokingly called McConaughey out about the number of speeches he’s had to prepare for award shows.

Although Cranston’s win was by no means a disappointment, McConaughey’s strikingly dark and poignant portrayal of washed-out detective Rust Cohle should have received more recognition, especially since he only had one shot at the role.

Meanwhile, “Modern Family” continued its reign as America’s top comedy, winning Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy (Ty Burrell) and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy (Gail Mancuso). While its wins were also deserved, as the show continues to deliver laugh-out-loud spurts of wit and Phil Dunphy puns, there was little attention left for fanfavorite “Orange Is the New Black.”

“Orange Is The New Black” did get a bit of recognition with Uzo Aduba’s Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy win at the Creative Emmys, but with its bold writing and cast of women who are never afraid to “go there,” this Netflix original was favored to take Outstanding Comedy Series, too.

Similarly slighted was Louis C.K.’s “Louie,” which was deservedly nominated for four

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WHAT IF film glides when it should be stumbling.

His committed performance and everyman charm makes him the strongest player in the cast. Radcliffe, with Pottermania now three years behind him, is still in the middle of ditching the glasses and expanding his repertoire. Films like “The Woman in Black” and “Kill Your Darlings” are more thrilling just for Radcliffe’s dedication to shrugging off his childhood fame and becoming an

August 28, 2014 | The Pitt News | www.pittnews.com actor to reckon with. Driver also never fails as the hilariously wacky best friend.

Kazan’s performance is good enough, but her quirkiness and unthreatening cuteness — nearly identical to her appeal in the similarly styled “Ruby Sparks” — feels like just another cliché, much like the film’s pointless animation sequences and generically pleasant soundtrack.

Speaking of clichés, perhaps the film’s greatest offense is its painful final minutes. Not because the sickening fairy tale epilogue wraps everything up in a bow so

tight that the film almost chokes itself, but because the film could have ended with the raw sweetness and light catharsis of its penultimate scene. It would have made for a substantially better film.

Regardless of its many slips, it’s hard to dismiss “What If” entirely — it’s far too inoffensive and well-written to be considered distasteful. The dialogue, while at times almost too eager to please for its own good, still presented its share of unexpected laughs. Sometimes that’s enough. “What If ” seems harmlessly unaware of its own

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thing he’s done — second to becoming a father to his three kids. He plans to compete again next season, instead of trying CBS’s “Survivor” or ABC’s “Wipeout.” NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior” season finale is Sept. 15.

“I’ve thought about doing ‘Survivor’ before, but that would be a bit difficult to be away from my wife and three children for so long,” Brady said. “‘Ninja Warrior’ is a very serious show. Like ninja serious. And yes, I’ll try again next year ... it’s sort of what I do now.”

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EMMYS Primetime Emmy comedy awards but only won for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy.

Louis C.K. is one of the most talented comedians on television at the moment — his monologue about God and atheism on Saturday Night Live was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy as well — and that talent has yet to be acknowledged by the Emmys.

“The Normal Heart” won an award for Outstanding Television Movie over “Sherlock: His Last Vow,” but that is the only category in which it triumphed. The latter surprisingly came out on top in the miniseries and movie categories for Outstanding Lead Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Outstanding Supporting Actor (Martin Freeman) and Outstanding Writing (Steven Moffat).

Although “Sherlock” has a loyal following and is critically praised, the poised winner of the night was “Fargo,” which did win for Outstanding Miniseries and Directing (Colin Bucksey) but was otherwise overshadowed.

Either way, Martin Freeman knows how to pick his projects.

And, as always, there were wins that came completely out of nowhere (Julianna Margulies and Kathy Bates), wins that were expected and deserved (Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jim Parsons) and shows we all love that were totally ignored, except for a tribute by “Weird Al” Yankovic. Looking at you, “Game of Thrones.”

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FEATURE

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SPORTS

Kiesel recounts summer teaching and coaching Dan Sostek Staff Writer

Upon her return to the United States from Vietnam this summer, Brianna Kiesel came away with a newfound sense of appreciation.

“One of my main takeaways was that we should be grateful for everything we have here,” Kiesel said. “They didn’t even have clean water there. We should take every opportunity we have to be thankful.”

The star senior guard for Pitt’s women’s basketball team had never travelled outside the country before this summer when she signed on to be one of four Pitt athletes to represent the University in Vietnam as a participant in the Coach for College program, which promotes higher education for children in other countries.

“I’d like to go into coaching in my future, and I love kids,” said Kiesel, a member of last year’s ACC All-Academic team. “It just seemed like the perfect opportunity.”

Kiesel, who graduated in April with a degree in administration of justice, is now pursuing her second degree in legal

studies with a certificate in communications. She is currently the 10th highest scorer in Pitt women’s basketball history. Her selection for the program did not come as a surprise to Pitt women’s basketball head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio, who praised her senior guard.

“When she talked about wanting to go, it just spoke volumes about her as a person,” McConnell-Serio said. “She’s the first person on our team that volunteers for community service. When she works camps, she’s outstanding.

She’s the type of person that’s always helping other people.”

The Coach for College program was founded in 2007 by former Duke women’s tennis player Julia Parker Goyer.

It’s designed to encourage adolescents in rural parts of developing nations to consider furthering their education, fusing academics and sports to help promote this. More than 23 DI schools, with the addition of DIII Bates College, have participated in the program.

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The Pitt senior with some of her students in Vietnam. Courtesy of Brianna Kiesel

Arvas and Hannesdottir score to push Pitt past Robert Morris Kevin Wheeler Staff Writer Although the goals for the Pitt women’s soccer team came late, they came quickly.

The Panthers defeated the Robert Morris University Colonials Wednesday in every stage of the game and two backto-back goals secured their 3-1 victory at Ambrose Urbanic Field at the Petersen Sports Complex.

The main concerns of head coach Greg Miller coming into the game was his offense’s ability to keep possession of the ball. To his delight, the Pitt offense seemed to be in control of the game from start to finish and quickly became the catalyst for

the team’s overall energy throughout the game. The offense kept the ball in the Robert Morris half, which gave Pitt’s defense the ability to clear the ball in the rare times that it did cross midfield. The Panthers (21) recorded 23 shots on goal and 14 corner kicks, versus only six shots and one corner kick for the Colonials.

This is unusual for Pitt’s offense, considering it has been such a glaring weakness for the team in the past. The offense has put up three goals per game in two of its three games thus far — getting shut out in between — showing that the finishing ability is present, but it just isn’t consistent.

Miller was happy with the three goals, but wants his team to capitalize on op-

portunities when they’re given to them.

“When we did it and the way we did it isn’t exactly great,” Miller said. “We didn’t exercise enough patience tonight. I thought we were a little bit too frantic and trying to force things.”

The team squandered a lot of opportunities, which he knows could hurt them in the future with a brutal conference schedule that includes last year’s national runner up and another team that made the final four, among other NCAA tournament teams.

“You can have possession and have a lot of corners and take a lot of shots but, at the end of the day, you need to put the ball in the goal and we didn’t do that effectively

enough,” Miller said. “We didn’t put the game away when we should have ... and we can’t afford to do that going forward.”

Roosa Arvas, a junior midfielder/forward, led the Panthers with two goals.

In the 52nd minute, freshman forward Taylor Pryce drove the ball up the right side of the field and fired a shot that deflected off of Arvas and a Colonial defender. The ball rolled just out of the reach of Beck Schoenecker, the RMU goalkeeper, to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead and control of the game. Arvas was credited with the goal on the play.

But the lead wouldn’t last. The Colo-

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Elem. Educ. major preferred. Karen @ 412 600-1308.

Looking for volunteer to coach basketball at Sacred Heart Elem.

School in Shadyside.

Clearances required.

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Administrative Part/Full Time Positions-Students Welcome, Shadyside PA. International company located along bus-line in Shadyside.

Our company offers the opportunity to benefit from the knowledge of our high-achieving team of recruiters at HoLampCo International. If you are dependable, responsible, w/good phone manners w/ability to make outbound calls to confirm information & proficient in Microsoft Office 10, we look forward to meeting you. We are flexible w/hours, but a consistent schedule is required including a minimum commitment of 15 hrs/week.

Please contact us at 412-954-0000 Mon.Fri. before 9:30AM or after 4:00PM. Arby's now hiring.

Team Members and Shift Managers for all shifts. Flexible schedule. Plus full pay.

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CASHIERS WEEK END DAYLIGHT. SQUIRREL HILL AND STRIP DISTRICT. IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SOME SPENDING MONEY, E MAIL ME ( PAAMIE@ AOL.COM) OR TEXT ME (412-303-4214) PAMELA’S RESTAURANTS GET PAID TO PARTY! XTAZA NIGHTCLUB Pgh’s hottest nightclub is hiring promo girls. Must be highly motivated, engertic, and love to party! Please contact 421-201-1100 or email dave.xtazapgh @gmail.com Larry and Carols Pizza. 410 Semple Street. Now Hiring Cooks and Drivers.

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PART-TIME DELIVERY DRIVER (SHADYSIDE) Needed for busy florist. Job includes deliveries made with company van, stock work, and some gardening.

Candidate must be a self-starter and able to work in a busy environment. A valid drivers license and good driving record are also a must to drive the company van. Flexible schedule, no evenings or Sundays. For more information, please call Toadflax at 412-6212500.

Rehab/personal care assistant needed to help man in North Oakland with daily activities and therapies at home and in pool.

Great opportunity for nurses, health sciences, physical education, or sports medicine students.

Good pay. Part-time/full-time available.

Also yoga and personal trainers welcome to apply. Contact Mike 412-9014307, felafelman@gmail.com

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Uncle Sam’s Submarines, Pittsburgh’s best little sandwich joint is looking for fun-loving and hard-working people to work at our Oakland location.

Applications for full or part-time positions are now being accepted at 210 Oakland Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15213.

WEB DESIGNER STUDENT POSITIION AT PITT MASS SPEC LAB- The purpose is to design high quality web content (e.g. art): Some items include the lab map, photos, descriptions of instruments, pictures of instruments, example of data (chromatograms, etc) requires at least 6 hours a week. Pays ~$7.50 to start. Email resumes & cover letters to AML143@pitt.edu

STUDENT RENTAL For sale by owner.

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Rented through 07/2015. $3,000/mo. income goes to new owner. Call Nicholas 607-221-7332 asking $239,000.

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