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PINK THE PETERSEN SATURDAY, FEB. 1 5 P.M. VS. FLORIDA STATE

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PITT TO HOST FLORIDA STATE IN 13TH ANNUAL PINK THE PETE

PUTTING THE PARKING PROJECT INTO DRIVE (PG. 2)

Trent Leonard Sports Editor

Currently, the Pitt women’s basketball team is 3-16, with the last win coming against Ole Miss Nov. 30. Since then, head coach Lance White’s young group has dropped 12 straight contests, including eight against ACC opponents.

But the Panthers will receive a much-needed infusion of hope, strength and joy in an otherwise tough year this Saturday when they host No. 14 Florida State for the 13th annual Pink the Petersen game for breast cancer awareness.

One of the top teams in the nation, the Seminoles are led by the senior trio of Kiah Gillespie, Nausia Woolfolk and Nicki Ekhomu, all of whom average between 14 and 16 points per game. In their lone meeting last year, Pitt fell to Florida State 78-46.

Pitt will have the same goal as usual this time around — to beat the other team on the floor and snap its lengthy losing streak. But from the pregame activities to the ceremonies that honor breast cancer survivors, there will be larger factors at play than the on-court competition.

“This game isn’t about us. It’s about all the survivors, all the people going through it, everyone else that’s there,” former Pitt guard Jasmine Whitney said after last season’s game. “It’s bigger than us, so it’s a fun game to play in.”

As has been the case each year since the event began in 2008, a portion of the ticket proceeds will go to Susan G. Komen Pittsburgh, a local branch of the largest breast cancer organization in America.

Doors will open at 3:30 p.m. for the tipoff at 5, and pregame activities will include airbrush

Bob Reppe, Carnegie Mellon University’s senior director of planning and design, discusses planting trees alongside the CMU Melwood parking lot. Caela Go | staff photographer

PRESSING THE STUDENT PRESS: WHY WE WORK HERE Nathan Fitchett For The Pitt News

In honor of Student Press Freedom Day, we’ve decided to report on something that we don’t often cover — ourselves. We’re going to take a peek behind the curtain to talk to some of the people who make this paper possible and find out how and why these students devote their free time to student journalism.

The Pitt News — the University’s independent student newspaper — has been active since 1910.

We currently publish a newspaper every weekday during the fall and spring semesters — with print editions Monday through Thursday and an online-only edition on Fridays — and a print edition once a week during the summer. In the fall and spring we circulate 10,000 copies to 100 distribution points around campus, including special See Pink on page 9 editions.

The Pitt News editorial staff consists of more than 100 students who each work on a different section of the newspaper. There are six desks — opinions, sports, digital, culture, visual and news — with about 10-20 staff members on each. Each desk is run by an editor and one or two assistant editors, who in turn report to Janine Faust, a senior English writing major and editor-in-chief of the Pitt News. As the editor-in-chief, Faust oversees the 20-person editorial board at The Pitt News, leads creative projects and works to expand the paper’s presence on campus.

“I try to be there to support the different desks with their initiatives, I try to be there to solve problems, and keep things going and to motivate people,” Faust said. “When you’re an editor-in-chief, you should be a journalist, you should still be writing stuff and be on top of what’s going on, but you should also be willing to fall back and be more of a

support system for people.”

Even with a staff of 100, it still takes many hours of hard work to get the paper out daily.

Caroline Bourque, a senior English writing major and the managing editor, works closely alongside the editor-in-chief to keep The Pitt News running smoothly. She’s up several nights a week in The Pitt News office in the William Pitt Union, editing stories and critiquing videos and graphics before the 1 a.m. deadline for sending pages to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s printing facility.

“On a day-to-day basis, I read every story that goes through print. I read for factual errors, reporting errors, everything,” Bourque said. “Literally, I live here. 6 p.m. to midnight or 1 a.m., four days a week, plus with meetings, I’d say I’m in the office around 35 to 40 hours a week.”

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OAKLAND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MEETING DISCUSSES NEW RESTAURANT, PARKING LOT

Elise Roessner For The Pitt News

The Oakland Planning and Development Corp.’s community meeting on Tuesday covered a wide array of subjects, including a giant pencil, Mexican food and an unpaved parking lot.

Jarrett Crowell, community planning and outreach coordinator for the Oakland Planning and Development Corp., began the meeting by asking the two dozen community members present to complete the Oakland Community Survey. The survey asks several questions — including what public transportation residents use, where they buy their

groceries and how air quality affects their day-to-day life — that will help inform the Pittsburgh Department of City Planning’s plans for the development of Oakland.

He also announced that meetings to determine the specifics of the Oakland Neighborhood Plan will begin in April. “[Meetings for the plan] kicked off in October, they’ve been meeting monthly and working on some visioning exercises to guide the planning process as the plan comes to form,” Crowell said.

One ongoing project presented at the meeting was the proposed renovation of the CMU Melwood parking lot. The parking lot sits across from Carnegie Mellon’s recent

building acquisition on 477 Melwood Ave. — the former site of the Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ building.

The parking lot is currently split between the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, with the rights to half of the lot going to CMU for their shuttles and vehicles and the other half being utilized by workers at the adjacent Pitt maintenance building. Carnegie Mellon is working with Pitt to pave the whole parking lot, not just the side used by Carnegie Mellon vehicles, according to Bob Reppe, Carnegie Mellon University’s senior director of planning and design.

Reppe said there is currently no paving,

Journalism, pg. 1 Staff writers for The Pitt News don’t have quite the same workload as the editors, but they still have to do their part to keep the news cycle running. The staff writers are responsible for picking up assignments pitched and doing the groundwork — going to events, researching and writing the stories that get published every day. But staff writers can’t just publish their stories after they’re done writing them. After stories are written, they pass through several stages of editing before they are finalized for publication.

But student journalism isn’t just all about writing. The visuals desk is in charge of documenting events through photo or video, whether to supplement a written story or tell one on their own.

Thomas Yang, a senior microbiology major and assistant visual editor, helps edit and assign visuals to the team of photographers for each week’s stories, as well as independent projects.

Yang feels that the importance of the visuals desk lies in helping people foster an interest in photog-

The Pitt News has been active since 1910. Caela Go | staff photographer raphy and helping them develop that passion.

“Almost none of us are going to touch a camera in a professional context after graduating, we have no photojournalism program here at Pitt,” Yang said. “So, I think it’s important to expose people to something new as an undergraduate college student, because you only get to do this

once.”

Although the staff at The Pitt News do get compensation for their work, most don’t join or stick around for that reason. Some people stay for the friendships they’ve made, others for a love of writing. Jon Moss, a sophomore business major and news editor, has stuck with The Pitt News

adequate storm management systems or street trees on the parking lot site. According to the timeline proposed at the meeting, most of the main renovations on the parking lot will take place in June and July of 2020, with flowering trees being planted on the hillside in fall.

“Our target right now is paving in two days during June, it’s the sub-surface work to put in below-ground storage tanks and tying them into the sewage lines and building the bio-swells at the top of the hill that will take most of June and July … it should be ready for parking by the time the students come See OPDC on page 4 because he believes in the impact student journalism can have on the Pitt community.

“I think that some people just cast us off like, ‘Oh, it’s just a college newspaper,’ but I think we do a really good job of telling the stories here,” Moss said. “Whether its staff, students, faculty or just people in Oakland in general, we’re just trying to make an impact in the community so people know what’s going on around them.”

Students working at The Pitt News are working to help keep the Oakland community in the know, but Faust believes that student journalism is about so much more than informing the community.

“Your world expands when you get into journalism, you get into so many places and you get to talk to so many different people, I just fell in love with it almost immediately,” Faust said. “I can’t think of many other jobs where you get to move around as much, find out as much, or be required to learn as much. Sometimes that can be a pain in the butt, but it’s also just really cool, because you become so much more aware of the world around you.”

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SGB’S SORC PROPOSALS GIVEN TO DEAN BONNER

SGB has yet to reach a compromise with the SORC on the Center’s new Juan Duque, senior project manager at ZILKA and Associates Inc., discusses naming guidelines for student organizations that were introduced last sethe opening of a Pronto Mexican Fresh restaurant on South Craig Street. mester. Racchana Baliga | staff photographer Caela Go | staff photographer materials for clubs that want to “co-brand” Anushay Chaudhry through the building’s front wall. The pencil For The Pitt News — allowing the use of University tradewill be disassembled and then given to the pg. 2 Student Government Board kicked off marks or wordmarks as long as sponsorship Pittsburgh Historical Society for preservatheir meeting Tuesday night with an an- is not implied or stated. back in the fall,” Reppe said. tion.

Following Brown’s opening remarks, nouncement from President Zechariah The meeting also covered the proposed Duque said the removal of the pencil board member Cedric Humphrey said he Brown that he had met with SORC coorrezoning and facade construction of the from the original architecture won’t commet with the associate dean of the Dietrich dinator Lynne Miller to discuss SGB’s proformer Top-Notch Art Supply storefront on promise the structural integrity of the buildSchool of Arts and Sciences, John Twyning, posed solutions to new naming guidelines.

411 S. Craig St. The former art supply store ing. to discuss possible future policy changes According to Brown, he met with Miller will now become a new casual sit-down res“The curtain wall is anchored to the wall that would allow students to be paid for last week, but declined to elaborate on the taurant called Pronto Mexican Fresh — an of the existing structure behind it with an internships while also receiving academic content of the meeting. As of now, SGB’s offshoot of the Pittsburgh Mexican restauenclosed steel beam … that wall is pretty credit.

DSAS policy currently prevents proposals have been brought directly to rant chain Patron Mexican Grill. structurally secure, we’re just going to focus students receiving academic credit from Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner for reJuan Duque, senior project manager at on extending the seating area,” Duque said. internships to be monetarily compensated view, Brown said.

ZILKA and Associates Inc., represented Although the City of Pittsburgh’s muSORC’s registration guidelines pro- as well. Those who do take on internship the owners of Pronto Mexican Fresh at the nicipal code requires a tree to be planted in hibit the names of independent student credit when they are not taking other classmeeting. According to Duque, the restaufront of every new building, Pronto Mexican organizations from including University es still have to pay additional student fees. rant will include seating for 71 patrons as Fresh is working with the Pittsburgh Shade “Students have to pay the University trademarks or wordmarks like “Pitt” and well as an open concept kitchen, storage area Tree Commision to bypass this law. Accordtuition if they want to receive internship “Panther,” instead encouraging clubs to use and handicap accessible bathrooms. ing to Duque, it would be difficult to plant credit which includes a technology fee, phrases such as “at Pitt” or “at the UniverIn order for the space to function as a resa tree in front of the restaurant as there is transportation fee and wellness fee which sity of Pittsburgh.” According to a proposal taurant, it needs to be rezoned from a retail already a parking meter and lamppost ocis automatically applied to student’s tuition from SGB, the naming guideline is said to space to an assembly space. Duque defended cupying sidewalk space. even if they are not on campus during the potentially affect 15-18% (117) of student this proposed rezoning by referring to a list “There isn’t any room to plant a tree, and summer and don’t necessarily need to be organizations on campus. of restaurants that currently surround the even if we tried, we would have to be very, paying for that, ” Humphrey said after the The board released three possible soluproperty. very careful because of the power cables meeting. tions to the problem at its Nov. 5 meeting, One of the biggest exterior changes to the running underneath the sidewalk,” Duque Find the full story online at with its preferred solution being to utilize building involves the removal of the twosaid.

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Opinions from the editorial board

More support needed for high school journalists It’s Student Press Freedom Day, a day meant to recognize and celebrate student journalists, as well as support them as they battle an all too common threat — censorship.

The problem of censorship, while present for all kinds of students, is especially serious in high schools across the country.

There, student journalists are often subject to restrictions placed on their writing and aren’t taken as seriously as they should be.

These students — young journalists — are providing a tremendously important service to their schools for which they aren’t given proper credit.

Not every high school has a student newspaper, so the ones that do are very special. They provide young citizens the chance to gain real-world skills before they even graduate high school. High school papers also provide their students with the chance to get to know the triumphs, and problems, of their peers. These problems can be incredibly significant to the student body and easily overlooked without student press on campus.

For example, Kate Karstens of George Mason High School in northern Virginia wrote an article in 2016 for her school’s newspaper, The Lasso, which showed administrators’ failure to punish students who were chronically absent from class — an issue that certainly needed to be addressed.

Students at Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia, made a broadcast last year that showed the literally crumbling school building — obviously something else that not just students would be interested in, but parents and administrators as well.

A student newspaper at Plainfield High School in Indiana also attempted to cover an important story about a fellow student who was arrested and accused of several

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instances of sexual assault. It goes without saying that this is information of interest to students, parents and administrators alike, and had already been covered by professional media outlets in the area.

In each of these cases, the student newspapers were told to take down their stories or to not pursue them, as the information they conveyed was either too sensitive for students to handle or showed the school in too negative a light. But these aren’t reasons for censorship — they’re proof that schools need student journalists to share sometimes difficult realities with their peers.

Administrators are able to wield this sort of power against students to varying degrees — some states have laws that protect students’ ability to report on anything that’s ethical, while others allow schools to pick and choose what is published.

When any newspaper, from a small high school paper to The New York Times, publishes an article presenting a person or an organization in a not entirely positive light, there’s bound to be backlash from those people and organizations. Just because school administrators have a certain level of power over students doesn’t mean that they should use that power to make sure the school paper is another form of PR. If there are problems that students are noticing, then administrators should pick up the newspaper and listen.

We at The Pitt News understand the difficulties of learning to practice journalism and conveying the issues and concerns in a hyperlocal community. We want to encourage high school students to continue to speak out against threats to their ability to pursue stories that deserve to be told. We also want to encourage those with power over high schoolers to respect the work that they do.

STUDENT PRESS FREEDOM DAY: A GLIMPSE INTO STUDENT JOURNALISM

Julia Kreutzer

Senior Staff Columnist When I tell folks I work for The Pitt News, I often get asked one of two questions. The first is if I want to work for a “real newspaper” someday. I understand the sentiment. What they mean to ask is if I’m looking for a career in journalism post-graduation.

While I look forward to my writing career after my four years at Pitt are up, I’m hardly wishing my time at the University, especially at The Pitt News, away. In fact, working as a columnist for a publication with more than 2 million page views in the 2018-19 calendar year has been one of the highlights of my collegiate career.

Second, people want to know what I actually do. I realize that for many, it seems articles appear every day on our Facebook page with little context as to the work that goes into them, not only from the writers themselves, but also from so many of our editors, supervisors and other unsung heroes.

In honor of Student Press Freedom Day — a national holiday dedicated to celebrating student journalists and emphasizing the need to promote their independence and rights without censorship — I wanted to get those questions answered and shine some light on why we’re asking them in the first place.

Let’s start at the beginning of the process — an idea. Even within the opinions desk, one of the four major desks at TPN, each columnist covers

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very different material. From politics to astrology to campus happenings, we’re encouraged to pitch well-constructed arguments on anything we have strong feelings about. Unlike our friends on the news desk, we craft reflections, offer commentary and encourage discussion on important events or societal issues. We are also the most politically diverse desk, meaning that in addition to discussing a variety of topics, different columnists will approach them from very different angles.

Being a columnist has reinforced my habit of avidly checking the news.

My friends will tell you one of my most annoying habits is constantly being on my phone, but odds are I’m on The New York Times or The New Yorker app, or browsing news stories on our very own pittnews.com. More often than not, I pitch columns related to the current events stories I read on various news platforms.

Writing for this desk has been sort of a trial by fire in learning to formulate arguments. Having just voted for the first time in the 2018 midterms, needing to parse through various mediums’ coverage of political events and emerge with a defensible stance is a relatively novel concept for me. The opinions desk has been instrumental in my learning to make well-researched, comprehensive, meaningful arguments relating to issues that are often highly divisive, controversial or sensitive.

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Kreutzer, pg. 6 After I submit my first draft, the piece moves to the desk of the opinions editors, who after one or several rounds of edits pass it to the managing editor or editor-in-chief, who after one or more additional rounds of edits puts it in copy to be finalized by two copy editors and the copy chief. It’s then checked by the managing editor or editor-in-chief one last time before publication. After publication, we even get daily critiques on every story from our faculty advisor. That is, at minimum, seven people who have a stake and a say in a single column.

Beyond improving my writing skills, I’ve learned to stick to my guns and collaborate. That’s why students from all backgrounds and career paths can, and should, give contributing to student publications a chance. There’s a reason it’s called “the old college try,” after all.

It’s been one of the most formative experiences of my life. Independent student press is something worth fighting for, and it seems we might have to.

A particular constraint faced by student journalists — and one that Student Press Freedom Day specifically aims to shine a light on — is a pressure to simultaneously cover important stories while avoiding jeopardizing our own education.

Student journalists are being pulled in two directions. Being a student often makes it difficult to write stories that paint faculty members, students, organizations or our universities as a whole in a less than flattering light. It’s especially challenging when doing so seems to compromise our school spirit or upset those within our own community.

However, as journalists, we have a responsibility to hunt for and spread the truth. As a columnist, this means arguing for the things I care about, whether it’s related to national politics or to issues in our own backyard.

This straining dichotomy has become increasingly evident as student newspapers become the subject of national debates.

The Daily Northwestern, an independent paper that covers Northwestern University and the surrounding area, apologized for its coverage of

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protests against former Attorney General Jeff Sessions that took place in November 2019. In their apology, they explained why they took down photos of the protesters which some criticized as “retraumatizing and invasive.”

“On one hand, as the paper of record for Northwestern, we want to ensure students, administrators and alumni understand the gravity of the events that took place Tuesday night,” the paper said. “However, we decided to prioritize the trust and safety of students who were photographed.”

Yet, Glenn Kessler, a columnist for

The Washington Post, felt that this apology compromised the integrity of reporting and free press.

“How is it possible that a newspaper at what is allegedly a top journalism school would apologize for the basics of reporting?” he tweeted. “This is a travesty and an embarrassment.”

In some ways, student journalism is a double-edged sword. We are both full-time students and working journalists being held to the standards of both facets of our lives. It’s an issue with seemingly no clear answer. Yet if we want to be respected in both groups,

we must, at bare minimum, acknowledge the gray area we are floating in.

In honor of Student Press Freedom Day, I’ve developed some responses for my most frequently asked questions.

I’ll tell those who ask that we research, pitch, write, edit, illustrate and publish stories on a daily basis while also managing full-time course loads. I’ll tell them that being a student often gives me and my peers a niche perspective to cover stories that national papers can’t always touch. And when people want to know if I hope to work for a “real newspaper,” I’ll tell them I already do.

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TONEY’S 27 NOT ENOUGH AS DUKE DEFEATS PITT 79-67

Nick Carlisano Senior Staff Writer

On another somber night of basketball following the tragic death of Kobe Bryant on Sunday, Pitt men’s basketball head coach Jeff Capel and the Panthers traveled to Cameron Indoor Stadium to take on No. 9 Duke Tuesday night. Capel looked to show that after a mediocre — yet simultaneously promising — first season, his team may be ready to put up a fight against the big dogs of the ACC. The Panthers indeed brought the fight, battling back from an 18-point deficit to draw within three points late in the game. But even a career-high 27 points from sophomore forward Au’Diese Toney wasn’t enough for Pitt to steal a win against the Blue Devils (17-3 overall, 7-2 ACC), and Capel fell 79-67 in his return to the place where he played and coached for more than 10 years.

Before tipoff, Duke held a moment of silence for Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, who both died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, Sunday morning. The silence lasted 24.8 seconds in honor of the two numbers Bryant wore during his 20-year career for the Lakers, 24 and 8.

Both teams also wore commemorative warmup jerseys with the number 8 on the front and 24 on the back.

Once the game got underway, Pitt employed its signature hard-nosed defense, slowing Duke’s scoring pace while also struggling on offense. From the tip, though, first-year Duke center Vernon Carey Jr. showed he would be a problem for the undersized Panthers. The 6-foot-

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10, 270-pound behemoth scored 11 of the Devils’ first 13 points.

Pitt was not to be denied either. A transition 3-pointer from the first-year forward Justin Champagnie and a dime from Toney to junior center Terrell Brown cut an early Duke lead to two.

Toney followed that up with a contested three to give the Panthers a 12-9 lead.

The game’s first 11 minutes saw seven lead changes.

Momentum began to shift in favor of the home team when, with 8:33 remaining in the first half, sophomore Duke guard Tre Jones used his off arm to get to the rim and score.

In a display of anger and emotion due to what he believed to be a missed offensive foul call, Capel rushed over to the official and placed his hands on him, earning a technical foul that sent Jones to the free-throw line.

Duke proceeded to unleash a barrage of shots from beyond the arc. Choosing to play off rather than getting beat to the rim, the Panther defense watched as Duke nailed four threes in a row to crack open a 40-28 lead.

A highlight reel alley-oop from sophomore guard Trey McGowens to Toney briefly silenced the Cameron Indoor crowd, but the Blue Devils maintained a comfortable 11-point lead and went into the halftime locker room up 45-34.

The Blue Devils effectively shut down McGowens and fellow sophomore guard Xavier Johnson for the first 20 minutes, as the two combined for only seven points. Meanwhile, Toney went into the break with eight points on sevSee Men’s on page 10

Saturday will mark Pitt women’s basketball’s 13th annual Pink the Petersen game. Thomas Yang | assistant visual editor

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tattoo artists, balloon artists, face painters, Susan G. Komen Pittsburgh information tables and activities, a poster-making station and more.

The price of tickets is $5 in advance and $8 at the door, though breast cancer survivors are granted free admission for themselves and four guests. Attendance by survivors has increased steadily in recent years, starting with 187 in 2014 followed by 230, 242, 309 and 338.

Because of the event’s fanfare and accessibility, it’s typically one of Pitt’s most-attended games each season. Pink the Pete’s all-time attendance record came in 2009, when 6,443 watched the Panthers take down Cincinnati 68-53.

Pitt’s players will don pink jerseys while all in attendance receive free Pink The Petersen T-shirts. During pregame introductions, each member of the starting five will be paired up with a survivor to walk out on the court with.

At halftime, breast cancer survivors in attendance gather on the court, where they are honored by fans with a standing ovation.

Pitt’s proximity to the disease is perhaps closer this year than ever, as one of its own — junior guard Kyla Nelson — was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor of the appendix,

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a form of cancer, in September. She had surgery to remove the tumor on Oct. 1 and, after months of training, returned to the court Dec. 17 against Miami (Ohio).

“What an inspiration to so many people who have to battle cancer every day,” White said after that game. “To see somebody overcome it and get back on the court and get to play the sport that they love, I think that’s such an inspiration and I think we’ve all been touched by somebody who’s had it.”

Nelson played sparingly in the three games afterward, and hasn’t seen the court in any of Pitt’s last six games. But it’s likely, given the occasion, that she is inserted into the lineup at some point during Saturday’s contest.

As to what to watch for in Saturday’s game, first-year guard Dayshanette Harris has turned a corner over Pitt’s last two games, leading the Panthers with 16 and 18 points, respectively, in losses to ranked NC State and Louisville squads.

Regardless of how Pitt might perform against Florida State, consider clearing your plans for Saturday afternoon and take a hike up to the Pete. Get there early. Enjoy the festivities. Snag a free T-shirt — your wardrobe could probably use some extra pink. Come support not just the women who play on our home team, but also those fighting one of the toughest battles of all.

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eral impressive plays.

Duke opened the second half with yet another three to extend its lead. But if the Blue Devils’ impressive 3-point shooting defined the first half, then their ball movement defined the second half. Pitt’s defense couldn’t keep up with the speed of its ACC foe as Duke got to the rim at will. A Carey dunk and a putback slam from first-year guard Cassius Stanley extended the lead to as many as 18 points.

The Panthers started to find their groove on the other end of the floor, with Toney and Johnson speeding up the pace and getting to the rim in transition. Toney added another highlightreel dunk to his mixtape from the game and drained another 3-pointer, picking up the slack of his fellow sophomore stars.

As Capel’s squad has been wont to do since he took over, the Panthers clawed back to bring the deficit to single digits.

Johnson dished an assist to Toney for

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a 3-pointer and Pitt forced a turnover to give Champagnie a wide-open dunk, forcing Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski to call a timeout with his team’s lead narrowed to five.

With Pitt down 70-65 with just under four minutes to go, Duke got its lead back to double digits in a hurry. A Stanley three, a Duke block on the other end and a mind-boggling Pitt turnover on its next possession sunk the Panthers’ valiant comeback attempt.

In the end, despite Toney’s monstrous game, Duke’s nine threes from six different players and Carey’s dominance ultimately sealed the deal. Quiet games from Johnson and McGowens — only 11 combined points — prevented Pitt from putting together a complete offensive effort to combat the depth of the Blue Devils and Carey’s 26-point outing.

The Panthers (13-8 overall, 4-6 ACC) get another shot to match last year’s win total when they host the Miami Hurricanes at noon on Super Bowl Sunday.

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24 Fun-loving type 26 On the other hand 27 Geppetto’s goldfish 28 Angsty rock genre 33 Send-up 34 Burros 35 “That’s all __ wrote” 38 Spa treatment, for short

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39 Drawn from various sources 40 Upper-bod muscle 41 Words of regret 44 Tyke on a trike 45 Where thunderheads form 50 Get away from 51 Skateboard stunt 52 Circus clown’s collection

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53 “__ Dark Materials”: HBO fantasy series 56 Code carrier 57 Animation frame 58 Distant 59 SweetWater Georgia Brown, e.g.

60 Alias letters 61 Sleep cycle 62 Put to use

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Rentals & Sublet • NORTH OAKLAND • SOUTH OAKLAND • SHADYSIDE • SQUIRREL HILL • SOUTHSIDE • NORTHSIDE • BLOOMFIELD • ROOMMATES • OTHER

For Rent North Oakland 214 N. Craig Street.

Safe, secure build­ ing. 1BR, furnished.

Newly remodeled, no pets. Rent $850 and up, including heat. Mature or Graduate students.

412‑855‑9925 or 724‑940‑0045. Email for pictures: salonre­ na@gmail.com Apartments for rent. 2 and 3 bedroom apart‑ ments available. Some available on Dawson Street, At­wood Street, and Mc­kee Place.

Newly re­modeled.

Some have laundry on site. Min­utes from the Univer­sity. For more info please call Mike at 412‑849‑8694 Newly renovated, fully furnished, 4&5 BR, 2‑1/2 BA houses.

Near Pitt Dental School, Car­low Uni‑ versity. Laundry ser‑ vices available. $600/ mo per unit, includes util­ities. Available now & August 1.

Chris 412‑656‑5693.

North Oakland. Up to 5 bedroom available.

Bus line and walking distance. Multiple properties, all east

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side of Pittsburgh!

More info at www. na­tionalbuilderspitts­ burgh.com

South Oakland **August 2020, Oak­land Square. We have Studios, 1, 2 & 3BR apartments avail­able. Clean, walking distance to campus. Great location. $600‑$1300 ALL UTILITIES IN­ CLUDED! Off‑street parking available.

No pets, smoking or parties. Call 412‑882‑7568 or email tsciul­li123@ gmail.com 1‑2‑3 bedroom apart­ ments available for August 2020. Owner Managed. 40+ years on campus. Fully fur­ nished or unfur­nished, most units are newly remodeled Kitchens and baths , located on Atwood, Semple, Oakland Ave., Ward, Mckee Place, Juliet.

Call or text Tim @ 412‑491‑1330 www.­ TMKRentals.com 11 Virgila Place, Pittsburgh, PA. Beau­ tiful 3BR, 1 bath.

Fridge, Stove, Dish­ washer, Washer and Dryer. $1600/mo plus utilities. Call Peggy

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• EDUCATIONAL • TRAVEL • HEALTH • PARKING • INSURANCE

724‑877‑7761 2 BR apartment, newly painted, hard­ wood floors, appli­ ances. Private home ‑ 2 & 3rd floor. 2,000 sq. ft. Rent in­cludes all utilities. $790/mo.

412‑498‑7355.

322 S. Bouquet.

Huge 2 BR apart­ ments. Available May 1, 2020 or Au­gust 1, 2020. 412‑361‑2695 3444 Ward St. We have studios, 1, 2, and 3 bedroom apart­ ments. Bright and spacious. Free heat­ ing and free parking.

Move May 1, 2020 or August 1, 2020. Call 412‑361‑2695 Apartments for rent on Semple ‑one bed­room ‑ availabil‑ ity Aug 1 recently reno­vated and great loca­tion. $795/mo..

In­cludes heat, electric is metered sepa­ rately. Call or text 412‑720‑5023.

Before signing a lease, be aware that no more than 3 unre­lated people can share a single unit. Check property’s compliance with codes. Call City’s Per­mits, Licensing & In­spections.

412‑255‑2175.

Dawson Village Apts. near CMU and Pitt.

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One bedroom apts. $935 + electric. Avail‑ able for immedi­ate move in. On bus line, close to restau­rants and shops. Contact Jerry at 412‑722‑8546 Now renting for Fall 2020. Apartments and houses of all sizes.

Conveniently located throughout South Oakland. Rents start‑ ing as low as $620.

John C.R. Kelly Realty. Call to­day at 412‑683‑7300 www.jcrkelly.com Pet Friendly!!

Studios ‑ $695‑$705 1Beds ‑ $795‑$815 2beds ‑ $975‑$995 3beds ‑ $1,245 412‑455‑5600 or www.pghnexus.com South Oakland Houses and Apart­ ments with Laundry/ Central Air. Call or Text 412‑38‑Lease. AMO Man­agement.

South Oakland off‑campus hous‑ ing. 2,3, and 4 BR apartments/­houses for rent. Up­dated Kitch‑ ens and Bathrooms.

A/C and laundry.

Available August of 2020. 412‑445‑6117

Studio, 1, 2, 3, and 4 BD apartments avail­ able in South Oak­land from $800‑$2500 M.J. Kelly Real Estate mjkellyrealty@gmail.­ com. 412‑271‑5550.

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Shadyside Brett/Thames Manor Apts. (Ellsworth & S. Negley Ave.) near CMU and Pitt.

Stu­dio, One, Two bed­ room apts. Thames Ef‑ fecency: $790 Thames 1BD: $990 Brett 2BD: $1600 Available for immedi­ate move in.

On bus line, close to restau­rants & shops.

Con­tact Jerry at 412‑722‑8546

Squirrel Hill 3 BD, 1‑1/2 BA town­house on Beacon St. Updated kitchen.

Washer/dryer on premises. Nice back­ yard. On bus line.

Per­fect for Seniors and Grad students.

Call 412‑281‑2700.

Avail­able Now!

Rental Other Studios, 1, 2, & 3 Bedroom apartments available August 2020 & sooner. Oak­land, Shadyside, Friend‑ ship, Squirrel Hill, Highland Park, Point Breeze. Photos & current availabil‑ ity online, check out www.forbesmanage­ ment.net, or call 412.441.1211

Studio, 1BR, 2BR available. Heat in­ cluded. Parking Avail‑

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Employment Internships OFFICE INTERN Shadyside Manage­ ment Company seeks person w/ min 2 yrs. college, for upcom­ing spring semester, to interview & pro­cess rental appli­cants, do internet post‑ ings & help staff our action‑central of­fice. Part time or full time OK starting in January; full time over the summer. $13/ hour. Perfect job for current sopho­mores & juniors, graduating seniors set to enter grad school, returning grad stu­dents, and first year law students!

Mozart Management 412.682.7003 thane@mozartrents.­ com

Volunteering Animal Lifeline Thrift Store‑ 15% off all purchases w/ stu­dent ID Sat. Feb 1st 139 E. 8th Ave, Homestead.

10AM‑2PM. All proceeds go to animal rescue.

For Sale Pets FREE TO GOOD HOME,2 YORKIE PUPPIES RE‑HOM­ ING, AKC REG, CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL FOR MORE DETAILS ON:lwrnc­ marc01@gmail.com .

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