The Pitt News The independent student newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh | PIttnews.com | september 27, 2017 | Volume 108 | Issue 33
Men’s soccer shuts out wvu, 7-0 page 5
SGB CONSIDERS CITY-WIDE IMPROVEMENTS Madeline Gavatorta Staff Writer
The Pitt Student Government Board said Tuesday night that the new Pittsburgh Student Government Council had begun convening for the 2017-18 academic year. SGB President Max Kneis said in his president’s report the Pittsburgh Student Government Council — which consists of student governments from across Pittsburgh, including Carlow University and Carnegie Mellon University — had their first meeting this past Thursday. Kneis said the group plans to meet monthly from here on out and discuss how the city can improve experiences of college students in Pittsburgh. “If there is anything that the city of Pittsburgh could do to improve the experience of all students, we’re looking at ways to do that,” Kneis said. Kneis also voiced SGB’s approval for the newly named K. Leroy Irvis Hall. The building was known as Pennsylvania Hall until Pitt’s Board of Trustees renamed it in June to honor the late Irvis, who was the first AfricanAmerican clerk of Pittsburgh’s Court of Common Pleas. “It’s really great to see the University kind of moving forward and really taking a look at how we can we make our campus reflect the diversity of the body that we have here,” Kneis said. Board member Ian Callahan reminded those present about the SGB Safety and Wellness Fair — intended to educate Pitt students on how to improve their transportation, home and personal safety — happening this Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the William Pitt Union lawn. Several organizations including the Pitt Police, Allegheny Health Department and the University Staff Council will be there.
Pitt men’s soccer dominated West Virginia Tuesday evening, 7-0, in their highest scoring game since 1998. Evan Meng STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
STUDENTS SOLDIER ON TO FUTURE Jesse Madden
For The Pitt News
Caitlyn Gibbs’ schedule requires her to be at Bellefield Hall at 5:45 a.m. three days per week, where attendance is taken. Then she and 150 other Pitt students head over to the Cathedral lawn for running and weighttraining activities until 7 a.m. No, she’s not just a fitness freak. She’s preparing for a career in military intelligence. Gibbs, a sophomore Spanish and Russian dual major, is currently taking 18 credits and serving as the resident assistant for Pitt’s Reserve Officer Training Corps Living Learning Community in Tower C. She said better time management is one of the most See SGB on page 2 valuable things she’s picked up as a cadet in
Pitt’s ROTC program. “It’s kind of a culture shock if you weren’t used to waking up at five and working out all the time,” she said. “But you adjust, and you find the time to do things.” Pitt became one of the first universities, in 1918, to offer a ROTC program — a college-based officer training program preparing students to serve in the U.S. forces after they graduate. The Panther Battalion expanded and changed as the years went on, eventually growing beyond Pitt and merging with other ROTC programs at Robert Morris University and Duquesne University to become the Three Rivers Battalion in 2008. Gibbs was inspired to join because her parents are both defense contractors, people who provide services to the military.
She aspires to go into military intelligence after graduation and relay information between units. Because she is going into such a time-consuming field, she had to rework her sleep schedule. “I definitely am one of the people that takes naps,” she said. “You stay up late, you get all your work done, then you take a nap. You budget that sort of thing to be productive.” Retired Marine Corps Officer Christopher Boissonnault — the scholarship and enrollment officer for the Battalion — is responsible for recruiting students for the battalion who often come to work and socialize in Bellefield Hall. “Out of 275 programs, we’re the only See ROTC on page 2