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Sophomore wide receiver V’lique Carter (19) pulls in his first receiving touchdown catch out of a streak from the backfield during Saturday’s 17-14 win over Delaware. Thomas Yang assistant visual editor

VOTING GROUPS WORK TO REGISTER STUDENTS BEFORE OCT. 7 DEADLINE Ashton Crawley For The Pitt News

Though the 2020 presidential campaign is still more than a year off, voters in Pittsburgh can still prepare to vote in a number of local and statewide races Nov. 5.

Tyler Viljaste, the chair of the Student Government Board’s Community and Government Relations Committee, said those elections are just as important.

“Even in the Oakland area, students live here, they’re tenants, they’re affected by the choices that local politicians make,” Viljaste, a sophomore studying politics, philosophy and finance, said.

In November, students voting locally will be able to choose between candidates for district attorney, county executive, County Council, county controller, school district board of directors, Superior Court and City Council.

Viljaste’s committee organized several programs for SGB’s recent Civic Engagement Week, including a Voting 101 informational event where students could register to vote last Tuesday, National Voter Registration Day. Though each state’s voter registration deadline differs, Pennsylvania’s deadline is Oct. 7. Students can choose whether they want to register to vote at their school address or their home address.

“A lot of times when students come to campus they don’t really know how to go about voting because this isn’t their home,” Viljaste said.

“Registering to vote takes, like, two minutes. It’s a pretty easy process, which is why I think everyone should be at least registered to vote.”

In order to vote in Pennsylvania, students must be 18 on the day of the election and have been a citizen of the United States for at least a month as well as a resident of the district in Pennsylvania in which they’re voting for a month prior to the election.

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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — The University’s Board of Trustees approved several measures at its meeting Friday morning at Pitt’s Johnstown campus, including the reappointment of a trustee and amendments to the University bylaws. The board’s governance and nominating committee considered these items at its meeting two weeks ago. Chancellor Patrick Gallagher also provided a report on University initiatives for the 2018-19 academic year, preceded by a demonstration from Pitt’s Fossil Free Coalition.

Appointments and Amendments The board voted unanimously to reappoint Herbert Shear, a trustee since 2011, to serve on the board until 2021.

The board also approved several changes to Pitt’s bylaws, such as amending the first chapter to allow for an outgoing board chairperson’s re-election for a one-year term — codifying board Chairperson Eva Tansky Blum’s current special one-year term. The bylaws’ first chapter was also changed to specifically empower the board chairperson, as well as the chancellor and chief executive officer, to execute legal documents, or to delegate this power to others in writing. Before the change, this legal power had extended to other individuals, including the provost and chief financial officer.

The board amended chapter two of Pitt’s bylaws to lengthen the tenure track for physicians with clinical responsibilities in the School of Medicine from seven years to 10, matching the length all other faculty members face. The University said in the meeting book that this change was made to create “a more uniformed approach.”

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abstained from the vote, the board unanimously approved the bylaw revisions.

The board also unanimously approved revised mission statements for the Board of Trustees’ athletics and institutional advancement committees, which were approved at the respective committees’ June meetings, as well as the governance and nominating committee.

Pitt Alumni Association President Lisa Golden, a 1993 graduate of the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, then presented an annual report on the PAA’s past year.

Golden outlined three goals for the PAA — enriching the lives of alumni and students, creating a more robust visible Pitt network and advancing Pitt’s mission.

“All of our programming should strive to accomplish these three things,” Golden said.

Golden also noted that Pitt’s philanthro-

Members of the Fossil Free Pitt Coalition demonstrated and presented their demand at Pitt’s Board of Trustees meeting at Pitt’s Johnstown campus on Friday. Photo courtesy of Fossil Free Pitt Coalition py and alumni relations efforts have recently spent 13 years in alumni relations at Lehigh been organized, with a new vice chancellor University, her alma mater. for alumni relations, Nancy Merritt, hired Golden closed her report by highlighting by the University in August. Merritt was the PAA’s current initiatives — adopting a serving as assistant vice president for alumni three-year strategic plan, focusing on alumrelations at Carnegie Mellon University pri- ni digital engagement, implementing career or to her appointment and also previously and professional development programs

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“Admittedly, our recent approach to engagement might be considered one size fits all,” Golden said. “If we’re going to move the needle on engagement, we need to create opportunities that are meaningful to an alum’s special life and interests.”

Chancellor’s Report As Chancellor Patrick Gallagher prepared to take the podium Friday at Pitt’s Board of Trustees meeting at Pitt’s Johnstown campus, shouts rang out from the back of the meeting room.

About 10 members of the Fossil Free Pitt Coalition, a group of student organizations that has pushed for the University to divest its endowment from fossil fuel investments, raised a large, orange banner reading “Injustice is a Risky Investment.” Each proceeded to read from a prepared statement.

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Registration, pg. 1 application to the County Election Office to vote in Pennsylvania. They can also sign up at one of the voter registration booths run by various voting or politics-based organizations at high-traffic locations around campus. Many student organizations ran drives to sign students up throughout National Voter Registration Day. John Altvater, a junior and the president of the Political Science Student Association at Pitt, volunteered at the PSSA’s booth in front of the William Pitt Union on Tuesday.

“Voter registration is essential to the process as a whole,” Altvater, a political science major, said. “People complain about not being able to go out and voice their concerns and opinions and this is the first step to being able to do that, so that’s why we’re out here today.”

Ciara Markoski, a first-year studying history and political science, was at the booth in front of the Union as well. Markoski joined the PSSA and the Pitt Democrats this year because she’s “always been passionate about politics,” she said.

“I feel that everyone should have a say in their government, whether it’s federal, state or local,” Markoski said. “Every election is important.”

In front of Towers on Fifth Ave. that same day, NextGen America, a “youth voter” advocacy organization, was running another voter registration drive. Zach Frey, a first-year studying neuroscience, said he volunteers with NextGen to make sure that college students are represented in the voting process. ”I think that a lot of students think that their voices don’t matter or that it’s not important to

Trustees, pg. 2 FFPC demanded the board hold a vote at its next meeting on Feb. 28, 2020, to divest from fossil fuel investments and set a deadline of April 2020 for divestment to be complete — specifying that unclear “appropriate action” would be taken if its demands aren’t met. Chief Financial Officer Hari Sastry later said his goal is to have socially responsible investing criteria, as well as investment exclusion guidelines, in front of a board committee by the end of the year.

Board Chairperson Eva Tansky Blum shouted back that the students were out of order and said there are processes for students to bring their concerns to the board — despite there being no public comment period at board meetings. The students were promptly escorted out of the meeting room

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Pitt students line up to register to vote outside the William Pitt Union.

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Many students also choose to vote by absentee ballot. In Pennsylvania, students can apply online for an absentee ballot starting this year. Students from other states can go to Vote. gov to find their state’s registration site and apply for an absentee ballot.

The 2019 ballot will feature a mix of incumbents and challengers. Lisa Middleman, an Allegheny County public defender, launched a bid this summer against incumbent district attorney Stephen Zappala. John Weinstein, the county’s current treasurer, and Rich Fitzger-

ald, its executive, are both running unopposed for re-election to those positions. Republican Brooke Nadonley is running against Democratic incumbent Chelsea Wagner in the race for county controller.

Most Oakland voters live in county districts 10 and 11, so they’ll also see DeWitt Walton or Paul Klein — the unopposed Democratic incumbents running for County Council in those districts — on their ballots, along with Bethany Hallam and Samuel DeMarco III, both running unopposed for the council’s two at-large seats.

Most of Central and South Oakland lies in City Council District 3, where incumbent

Bruce Kraus also faces an independent challenger in Oakland resident Jacob Nixon. The rest of Pitt’s campus lies in Districts 6 and 8, whose City Council representatives are not up for re-election this year.

While voting is a big part of the political process, it’s not the only way for students to make their voices heard while in college, Viljaste said.

“Obviously, you can be an activist as well.

You can get involved in organizations on campus or outside of campus that work to change things,” Viljaste said, “but voting is something so simple and something that everyone should be doing.”

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Once the action ended, Gallagher provided a report on University initiatives for the 2018-19 academic year.

Gallagher addressed growing concerns around the University’s streams, noting that Pitt had to significantly raise tuition amid historically smaller appropriations from the commonwealth government. He cited that in 1995, the commonwealth covered 56% of in-state tuition, but now only pays for 34% — which has led the University to launch a slate of new financial aid programs in the past year, including the Pitt Success Pell Match, where Pitt will match federal Pell grants.

“We have really not had the historical pattern of providing high levels of financial aid by the institution to support those affected,” Gallagher said. “Simply put, we are caught in a transition of being a highly

supported state school, which can offer low tuition for everyone, and a more weakly subsidized one where the institution has to provide more financial aid.”

Related to financial aid, Gallagher also provided a short update on University admissions. He noted that nearly all of the growth in Pitt’s student body is coming from out of state. The number of students from California more than doubled compared to last year, and the populations of Texans and New Yorkers increased by almost 19% and 15%, respectively.

But in addition to serving the Pittsburgh region and the nation, Gallagher said Pitt must also keep its doors open to the world and remain globally engaged.

Amid a crackdown from the federal government on international scholars, Pitt recently suspended its Confucius Institute program after experiencing difficulty ob-

taining visas for 15 Chinese scholars slated to arrive this fall. Gallagher also said there has been a drop in the number of international students across the nation’s universities.

“Simply because there’s rising tensions doesn’t make the world smaller,” Gallagher said. “Members of the University community — including many who were not born in this country but work alongside us — must and will be supported in the vital globally engaged work that they do everyday.”

Gallagher affirmed Pitt will rise to the challenge of keeping its doors open to the world amidst the fraught political environment.

“These are, as they say, interesting times,” Gallagher said. “But great universities are designed to be in the middle of interesting times.”

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Democratic calls Embrace the exclamation point! for rifle bans are There’s a taboo amongst us, and it had nothing to do with religion, politics or sex. It’s punctuation. Yes, we’re talking about the exclamation point.

Everyone seems to have a different take on the exclamation point — from using it on an online dating platform to limiting its use in the workplace. Some people feel that overuse causes it to lose meaning, while others feel that it’s a feminine form of punctuation. But it isn’t use of the exclamation point that needs to be adjusted. Instead, it’s the negative perception of it. It’s time to see the exclamation point for what it is and embrace it.

According to Meredith Golden — a professional who manages other people’s online dating profiles — it’s easy to know when to use the exclamation point on Tinder. Which, she says, is never. Other professionals agree that exclamation points shouldn’t be used excessively in professional workspaces, as they may appear unprofessional.

“This isn’t Vegas on a girls trip,” product strategist Tami Reiss told The New York Times. “The triple exclamation point is great when your best friend just got engaged, but at work, it can come off as juvenile.”

Reiss even created a Gmail plugin app that has the capability to notify users when they’ve “overused” the exclamation point. In her opinion, overuse means any sentence followed by more than two exclamation points.

Studies have found that women use exclamation points much more frequently than men, making the excla-

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mation point an implicitly feminine punctuation mark. This could explain why Reiss uses wholly feminine examples when she talks to The New York Times. And since the punctuation mark is more feminine, advising someone to curb their use of the exclamation point is, in many ways, equivalent to saying, “behave like men in order to gain respect at work.” But we should instead have an open mind about the punctuation mark’s positive qualities and possible contributions to the workplace.

The exclamation point represents enthusiasm and cheer in the digital world, where punctuation is a signifier of tone. We strive to cultivate enthusiasm and joy in our lives, for the sake of our own mental health, yet we write off the use of the exclamation point in dating and the workplace. In their email etiquette guide, writers David Shipley and Will Schwable discuss the role of the exclamation point.

“Exclamation points can instantly infuse electronic communication with human warmth,” they write.

And using it in the workspace might do exactly that, if only given the chance. Punctuation shouldn’t be regulated, and people shouldn’t be valued more or less based upon the level of enthusiasm they show in an email or in a dating profile. If you like the exclamation point, then use it, and use it with confidence.

The world needs more enthusiasm and happiness right now, and even if it’s as small as the action of using an extra exclamation point, it’s worth it.

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Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke visited Schenley Plaza on Wednesday, Sept. 25, during a campaign tour of Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Sarah Cutshall visual editor

Michael Clifford Staff Columnist

A firestorm of applause in an otherwise sputtering campaign was, perhaps, one thing Beto O’Rourke had going well on the debate stage earlier this month. Posted to Twitter as a T-shirt graphic shortly thereafter, a single comment of the former Texas congressman turned heads on both the left and right toward Democratic solutions to the issue of gun violence.

“Hell, yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47,” O’Rourke said, gesturing emotionally toward the debate crowd and the American public, likewise sensitive himself towards the is-

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sue after a major shooting killed 22 in his hometown of El Paso, Texas, in August. “We’re not going to allow it to be used against our fellow Americans anymore.”

Conservatives have expressed outrage at follow-up comments from O’Rourke clarifying his stance. Even some liberals think it could damage, if not doom entirely, the prospect for additional gun control. For the sake of competent policy, Americans should hope that proposed gun legislation like this is not put into action.

In an election fraught with internal fights between left-wing Democrats and more moderate candidates, gun control has been a less divisive See Clifford on page 5

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Clifford, pg. 4 topic when it comes to different proposals targeting the issue. Already 15 years expired, the bill that has brought perhaps the broadest support among candidates is the return of the 1994 assault weapons ban, passed by a fully Democratic Congress and written by leading candidate Joe Biden, then a senator from Delaware.

Contrary to most evidence, some people, like O’Rourke, believe that such a policy would be an effectual counter to crime.

While concern for people who have lost loved ones or have been injured in shootings is a rational response, it makes it easy to understand why many support immediate gun takeback, as O’Rourke suggests, rather than exploring other gun control options. Media coverage of shootings is inundated with misleading claims, such as that there have been more mass shootings than days in America in 2019 — which have the effect of exaggerating the exact scale of the problem in the call for action. However, the definition of “mass shooting” in this methodology is deceptively broad, admission courtesy of the sources that purvey them, as it includes all incidents that resulted in four or more people shot and/or killed. Incidents of domestic violence,

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gang violence and others are not analyzed.

Rather than “mass shootings,” the appropriate term for the type of situation most often described is “active shooter incident,” which the FBI defines as one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area. At least an order of magnitude removed from the hundreds of shootings said to occur on an annual basis, 27 such incidents were identified for 2018, and even then, just 10 met the actual federal definition of a “mass killing” — the end result being three or more deaths. This interpretation of what constitutes mass gun violence describes incidents such as the El Paso shooting in August, the Parkland high school shooting and the Sandy Hook massacre. While each life lost matters, the claimed “crisis of public health” requiring immediate action — usually additional restrictions on gun rights — is nowhere to be found here.

Next, and more importantly, nearly all of the Democratic proposals on gun violence involve banning or stringently regulating rifles, not handguns or shotguns. The former are used in crimes far less frequently than O’Rourke’s account suggests.

The FBI’s descriptions of each of the 27 active shooter incidents in 2018 indicate that a rifle — which encompasses the much narrower

category of AR-15s and AK-47s so condemned — was confirmed as the weapon of choice only 6 times. The 34 people who were killed in those incidents are not unimportant, but they also fall far short of accounting for a significant share of the nearly 16,000 homicides in the United States in 2017. O’Rourke thusly reveals his viewpoint as an absurdly one-dimensional interpretation of the much more nuanced issue of civilian firearm ownership.

The total number of rifles Americans own is unknown, but it is certainly in the millions.

Having said that, even if guns in general weren’t any more than a recreational device, use of a right has never required justification. The burden of proof is on the advocates to prove how a significant abatement of gun homicides — where all rifles compose just 5.1% of the total — would ever be achieved by the revival of the ban on “assault weapons,” and making that case convincingly remains troublesome. Gun control advocates shouldn’t, in any case, expect to find confirmation from a comprehensive search of the evidence. A review by the RAND Corporation in 2018 found neither sufficient reason to expect nor conclusive evidence to support the idea that such bans would have a large effect on either homicide or suicide.

The limited or missing potential for desir-

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ability in banning rifles pales in comparison to the practical issues encountered where it has been tried before. If a registration rate for assault weapons hardly higher than 4% to New York State’s 2013 SAFE Act called the possibility for national registration into question, the roughly 10% success rate of New Zealand’s mandatory gun buyback program should settle the question, at least for now. Discounting its egregious empirical and Constitutional basis, the viability of a buyback or confiscation program, especially on a mandatory basis, requires more than a suspension of disbelief.

In the spectacle of organized political debate, bypassing opportunities to cash in on popular programs is a difficult one, even if those programs wouldn’t help the nation or its citizens in any measurable or conceivable way. The most important takeaway from the latest episode of the tumultuous election season is that statements like Beto O’Rourke’s should not be taken as a serious step towards efficient policy. Instead of discussing ways to prevent violence, the failed Senate candidate, with a hammer perpetually in search of a nail, is quite possibly dooming any chance Democrats have of gaining ground in Texas in the 2020 election — which might just be the best for America.

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PITT FOOTBALL NEEDS TO REGROUP, REFINE BEFORE DUKE Elliott Borawski Staff Writer

Pitt football narrowly avoided an upset Saturday afternoon at the hands of the Delaware Blue Hens. The 28-point favorite Panthers got a tougher game than anticipated, but won 17-14, with a 12-yard touchdown pass from first-year quarterback Nick Patti to junior receiver Taysir Mack deciding the game early in the fourth quarter.

The Panthers can relax after this weekend’s game, but need to improve on their mistakes if they want to compete on the road against Duke next weekend.

Mental errors Despite the small margin of victory, Pitt outplayed Delaware. The Panthers totaled 443 offensive yards compared to only 170 for the Blue Hens, but it was preventable mistakes that kept the Blue Hens alive.

With a 7-0 lead, Patti, who got his first career start in place of injured junior Kenny Pickett, threw an interception halfway through the second quarter. Patti’s miscue set up Delaware in good field position, which they used to tie the game up.

The Panthers also ended the game with 13 penalties for a total of 113 yards. These critical errors extended drives for Delaware and killed the momentum for Pitt.

One of those errors was an offsides penalty by senior tackle Amir Watts that gave Delaware a first down on a fourth and three play in the first quarter. While Delaware did not score on the drive, it was another undisciplined mistake.

At the end of the third quarter, Pitt picked up a penalty when redshirt sophomore linebacker Cam Bright hit Delaware’s sophomore quarterback Nolan Henderson when he ran out of bounds short of the first-down marker. Delaware was given another first down that the Panthers could have easily avoided.

The Panthers overcame their wrong doings and overall played a solid defensive

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Redshirt sophomore Todd Sibley Jr. put up 106 yards rushing against Delaware on Saturday, making him the first Pitt halfback to break the century mark on a game this season. Thomas Yang assistant visual editor game, but Pitt cannot simply rely on superior talent and athleticism during ACC play. They will need to be smarter on the road against Duke, which is fresh off a 4510 win over Virginia Tech this past week.

New faces The Panthers should be confident in knowing that they have playmakers on offense waiting in the wings. Leading that depth were two of Saturday’s stars — Patti and redshirt sophomore Todd Sibley.

While Patti struggled at times in his first career start, he came through when it mattered most, orchestrating a three-

and-a-half minute drive to clinch the win.

Patti finished the day with 271 yards passing and two touchdowns. Pitt should have confidence knowing that it has depth at quarterback to account for injury and regression.

As for Sibley, he too got his first career starting role, replacing injured junior running back A.J. Davis. In his first game of heavy usage, Sibley ran the ball efficiently for 106 yards on 22 attempts, averaging 4.8 yards per carry.

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into his own as the number one option for the Pittsburgh offense. He finished Saturday’s game with five receptions for 124 yards and the game-winning touchdown.

Mack leads Pitt in receiving yards with 426 and has posted two 100-yard games in his last three games.

Mack is a tall, physical receiver who has the ability to make tough catches in traffic. He will be the focus of defenses coming forward in the ACC, but expect him to continue his streak as a reliable target for offensive coordinator Mark Whipple and his quarterbacks.

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weekend recap

Volleyball machine rolls through Virginia Tech Ben Mankowksi Staff Writer

Pitt volleyball dominated the weekend and opened ACC play with a resounding 3-0 sweep of Virginia Tech, both soccer teams fought to draws in conference games and Pitt swimming and diving opened its season winning 11 of 12 races in a relay-only meet.

Swimming and diving Pitt swimming and diving started the weekend off by winning 11 of 12 races, dominating a relay-only meet with cross-Oakland rival Carnegie Mellon.

Trees Pool was decorated with Pitt’s updated colors for the first time as the women won a perfect six for six races, while the men went five for six.

First-year Kayla Graham was one of the many first-years to shine on Friday night, taking first in the women’s butterfly. Seniors Samy Helmbacher and Eben Vorster began their final season as Panthers with a win after competing internationally over the summer.

The 11 race wins on Friday showcased strong

depth for the Panthers, who travel to Coral Gables next for a two-day meet with Miami on Oct. 4 and 5.

Men’s soccer The Pitt men faced off against Syracuse in a double-overtime thriller on Friday night, batting the Orange to a 1-1 draw.

The Panthers found themselves down early after the Orange scored off of a header in the 18th minute to jump out to a 1-0 lead. The score was evened up at 1-1 in the 37th minute thanks to first-year midfielder Veljko Petkovic netting his third goal of the season. Petkovic led the team with four shots on goal throughout the game.

The Panthers gained an advantage in the 51st minute after an Orange player earned his second yellow card, but they were unable to capitalize.

Petkovic, in the 94th minute, was issued his second yellow card, resulting in an even playing field once again.

The first overtime was dominated by the Orange’s three shots on goal, but the Panthers held strong on defense to force the second over-

time. Syracuse controlled the ball in convincing fashion with another three shots on goal but still had nothing to show for it. Pitt’s strong defense forced the game to end in a tie after double overtime.

Redshirt junior goalkeeper Arie Ammann was a stalwart in goal for the Panthers, recording a career-high nine saves on the night.

Men’s soccer looks forward to a home match against the University of Denver on Monday at 7 p.m.

Volleyball vs. Virginia Tech No. 4 Pitt volleyball continued ACC play at home on Sunday afternoon against Virginia Tech.

The Panthers flexed their muscles and made quick work of the Hokies, capturing a victory in straight sets in front of a home crowd.

The first set was won by the Panthers 25-14 behind an outstanding .500 hitting percentage, backed up with eight combined kills from junior Kayla Lund and sophomore Sabrina Starks.

After falling behind in the second set, Pitt rallied and surged late to win the set 25-22. The third set started 5-5, but the talent of the Panthers pre-

vailed, ending the set with a score of 25-18.

With the win in the third set, the Panthers completed the sweep of Virginia Tech.

Senior Kayla Lund led the Panthers with 12 kills and hit .579 for the match.

Women’s soccer at Miami Women’s soccer fell behind early to Miami on Sunday night, as the Hurricanes ravaged the Panthers’ defense for a third-minute goal.

The Panthers came into the second half down but unfazed and netted three goals to counter a pair of scores from the Hurricanes, leaving the score knotted at 3. Overtime ensued after regulation time ended with a 3-3 score.

Overtime one was dominated by the Hurricanes, who outshot the Panthers five to two, but the Panthers held strong despite the pressure to force a second overtime. It was the same story in the second overtime, resulting in a 3-3 tie between the Hurricanes and Panthers.

The Panthers will return to the Sunshine State next weekend to take on Florida State. Kick off against the Seminoles is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday.

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2X

3X

4X

$6.30

$11.90

$17.30

$22.00

$7.50

$14.20

$20.00

$25.00

5X $27.00 $29.10

6X $30.20 $32.30

Add. + $5.00 + $5.40

(Each Additional Word: $0.10)

Deadline:

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

yard worker. High­ land Park area. $20/ hr. Contact Jerry 412‑760‑7813 Part Time Banquet Servers needed at The Priory Hotel. Starting rate of $11 an hour. If interested please email zach@priory.com or call 412‑224‑6306.

Personal, profes­sional masseuse needed.

Long term position.

Washington County location. Call 724‑223‑0939 any time.

South Fayette Twp. School District High School Substi­ tute Spanish Teacher Complete job descrip­ tion is available at: www.southfayette.org South Fayette Twp. School District 3680 Old Oakdale Road McDonald, PA 15057 Deadline: October 4, 2019 or Until Posi­tion is Filled EOE

Services Educational The Phlebotomy Training Center www. justphlebotomy.org 2 evening classes weekly, 5 weeks + excellent Clinicals.

Call 412‑521‑7334.

September 30, 2019

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