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January 27, 2016 | Issue 93 | Volume 106

FIRE BURNS OAKLAND PARKING GARAGE Dale Shoemaker News Editor

Controlled Chaos, a hip-hop group at Pitt, performed at the Campus Women’s Organization Condom Casino Tuesday night in the O’Hara Student Center Ballroom. Nikki Moriello | Senior Staff Photographer

FACULTY, GRAD EMPLOYEES LAUNCH UNION PUSH Lauren Rosenblatt Assistant News Editor

Pitt faculty and graduate student employees formally announced Tuesday morning their plans to start a campaign to form multiple labor unions. Partnering with United Steelworkers, an organization that has helped Point Park University and Robert Morris University unionize, faculty and graduate student representatives announced at a press conference on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. that their campaign was officially underway. USW has been organizing two sep-

arate campaigns for the faculty and graduate employees at Pitt, but Tuesday marked the launch of both groups’ efforts. For the faculty and graduate employees to unionize, they must first gauge the level of interest on campus to form a union then apply through the Pennsylvania Labor Board to hold a union election. If more than 30 percent of both faculty and graduate employees sign cards of interest, USW will apply to hold an election at Pitt. Then, a simple majority of those eligible must vote to form a union. The union at Pitt then has the right

to collectively bargain for a labor contract with the University. At Pitt, 5,281 faculty members and about 3,000 graduate students are eligible to sign interest cards, though the Labor Board will decide who is eligible to vote in a union election. Maria Somma, an organizer from United Steelworkers, said the faculty and graduate student employees are a long way from sending out cards for the campaign and are still in the process of spreading awareness. Pitt spokesperson Ken Service said Pitt would work with the faculty and See Union on page 3

A one-alarm fire has caused damage to a management office in an Oakland parking garage. Two fire units responded to a call about the blaze at 2:35 p.m. Tuesday after a security guard on duty noticed the blaze. Fire crews were able to contain the blaze to the level two office. No one was injured, and it is unclear what started the fire. The garage, which is located on the 200 block of Meyran Avenue, showed damage on an outer wall on the side facing Semple Street. Inside the structure, unidentifiable burnt remains and an incinerated office chair could be seen outside the office. Inside the level two office, the fire burned away the insulation on the walls, destroyed all furniture inside and broke the window, which faced Semple Street. On the first level, another office directly below the burned one was partially flooded with water from the fire hoses. The lower office served as storage for road salt. A Pittsburgh Parking Authority employee who was on the scene shortly after fire crews had put the fire out declined to comment on the blaze. A representative from the Authority could not be reached by phone Tuesday evening. Shortly after 5 p.m., Dave Melani from Fire Water Response 360, a company that assesses and fixes fire, water and smoke damage, arrived at the garage to assess the damage. Melani declined to give an estimate on the damage.

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COMPOST DUMPSTER Lauren Wilson Staff Writer

This week, Pitt will install its first long-term composting dumpster outside Posvar Hall, Student Government Board environmental chair Joe Streets announced Tuesday. At its weekly public meeting Tuesday night, Streets announced that Facilities Management, along with PittServes and his committee, would place a three-cubic-yard composting dumpster near the parking garage below Posvar Hall. Pitt’s grounds crews and Facilities Management staff will use the dumpster to compost food waste and yard waste from events on campus. Streets said the groups had not set a specific date for when they would place the composting dumpster, but said it would be in place before Feb. 5. According to Streets, the University rented a similar composting unit from AgRecycle, a composting company, during orientation week to make several orientation events zero-waste. Streets and the committee met with Pitt’s Facilities Management and waste management in December to discuss the composting dumpster. The dumpster, which SGB will rent from January until April, cost about $500. Streets said they decided to rent for three months because they were not sure how useful it would be during the summer semester. He said if “all goes well,” SGB will rent the dumpster again in the fall. In other action, SGB’s Allocations Committee named Stephen Berry, a sophomore economics and political science major, as its 13th and newly appointed member. Berry interviewed for the open committee position in the fall but didn’t get it, and Allocations Chair Nick Reslink emailed him encouraging

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him to reapply. Since the school year began, six Allocations Committee members have resigned. In response, SGB voted in September to allow the committee to keep an alternate on retainer should another member resign. Reslink, however, said he expects Berry’s appointment to be the last for this Board’s term, which ends in May. Connor Moon, an undeclared first-year, will serve as the committee’s alternative in case of another resignation. For his part, Berry said he looks forward to working with his assigned student organizations. “I think the student activities fund is one of the most important things SGB does,” he said. “I feel like this has a big impact on the student body, and I want to help student groups continue to access this,” Berry said. Of 18 applicants, Reslink, Vice Chair Max Kneis and SGB President Nasreen Harun interviewed eight candidates. Reslink said the interviewing process for the position was tailored for a candidate joining the committee later in the term. “The interviews were technical in nature,” he said. “There were sample allocations requests, and we had them work through it. The goal was to pick a candidate [that] demonstrate[d] ability to pick up on rules quickly.” In other action, Pitt’s Diversity Council will host an education panel Thursday at 9 p.m. in the O’Hara student ballroom. Since last semester, Board Member Jacky Chen served as SGB representative on Pitt’s Diversity Council, a coalition of student organizations who advocate for the cultural community and minorities at Pitt. Asian Student Alliance, Black Action Society and Campus Women’s Orga-

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Union, pg. 1 graduate students forming the unions but declined to comment on whether or not Pitt would support their efforts. “We remain confident that the best way to continue to advance our mission is for the entire University community to continue to work together in this cooperative and respectful manner,” Service said in a statement. Hillary Lazar, a graduate student teaching fellow, said she does not anticipate any difficulty working with the University but that it is always something to look out for in these types of campaigns. According to Lazar, about a year ago, several graduate student employees joined to form the Graduate Student Organization Committee. In May, the committee voted to work with USW based on its successful endeavors at other universities. Although Lazar could not give an exact number of the graduate students involved, she said they have representatives from at least 20 departments. “[The graduate student employees] contribute to the extraordinary teach-

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ing and groundbreaking research of the University of Pittsburgh — something we are immensely proud of — but we deserve to be recognized for our indispensable roles,” Lazar said. Citing concerns about tenure for professors, English professor Peter Campbell said he joined the union push, in part, to ensure all Pitt faculty have job security. “By forming a union, we can work collectively with the University administration to design effective and inclusive policies that help us be the best researchers and teachers we can be — and we hope [Pitt will] support us and work with us in our organizing efforts,” Campbell said. The ultimate goal is to acquire representatives from every department and every college at Pitt, according to Somma. “This is based upon workers. They’re controlling and dictating the flow, they’re controlling and dictating the message, and they’re communicating with their colleagues,” Somma said. “This is going to be a grassroots, worker-led program.” See Union on page 4

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SGB, pg. 2 nization sit on the council. Chen said he wanted to get involved to help the council. “I thought it would be beneficial to create a bridge between us and Diversity Council,” Chen said. “I can relay problems people have on campus and use my connections to help program events, like the education panel.” According to Chen, the panel will discuss diversity at Pitt and how Pitt retains minority students.

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Chen said it is important to discuss diversity to make changes at the University. “We are one of the lowest on the bar in terms of diversity compared to schools that are similar to us,” Chen said. “These are things people aren’t aware of, so it’s good to start discussion and advocate for minority students.” Allocations PantheRaas requested $2,030.54 for a dance competition in Chicago. The Board approved $1,930 and denied $100.

Medical Brigades requested $1,413.70 to travel to the Yale Global Health Conference. The board approved the request in full. University Handbell Ensemble requested $8,886.60 for new bells. The Board approved $8,719 and denied $147.60. Steel City Bhangra requested $3,208.96 for a competition. The board approved $2,644.08 and denied $564.88.

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Union, pg. 3 Somma could not put a timeline on the process but added that Duquesne, another university that USW worked with, took several months to unionize. Back in October, Robin Clarke, a professor in the English department, informally announced the faculty’s desire to unionize. Somma said the faculty campaign was “still building” and that it was important to remember the thousands of workers the campaign is focusing on. Pitt students have showed support for both the graduate student campaign and the faculty union, hosting events to discuss their grievances and touting a petition of support around campus. According to Alyssa Lieberman, a junior and columnist for The Pitt News, there are more than 300 student signatures on the petition, and she and other student organizers are working on putting it online to gather even more. Kai Pang, a senior economics and philosophy major and one of the student organizers, said he wanted to help form the union for graduate students because he wanted to stand in solidarity with his teaching assistants. “Pitt is about excellence in education and the free pursuit of knowledge,” Pang said. “For this to happen, graduate employees need to have a say in the conditions of their workplace, and they need to be able to bargain for basic rights.” For Lazar, one of the main goals of the union is to ensure all faculty and graduate employees at Pitt get the support they need, including in managing their workloads. “Right now, we’re at a phase where we’re just trying to get our foot in the door,” Lazar said. “I want to make sure graduate student employees have a ... voice in decisions that impact [our] careers and lives.” Despite potential disputes, Lazar said it was important to remember the graduate student employees want most of all to provide a better learning environment at the University. “We’re invested in the quality of the research, the quality of the learning that we’re contributing to,” Lazar said. “We’re invested in Pitt.”

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Title IX waiver transparency protects students Discrimination is best done in the light. The federal government will soon lift the shade on schools hoping to avoid accommodating their LGBTQ+ students. On Thursday, the Department of Education announced that it will launch a database of colleges and universities which have applied for exemptions to Title IX regulations on religious grounds. Under Title IX, federally funded education programs are prohibited from discriminating on the basis of sex or gender. But until now, students and parents have had no way to find out whether schools had applied for a waiver, leaving them to blindly enroll in hostile, unaccepting environments. Students have a right to know whether they are welcome at the institutions they pay thousands of dollars to attend every year. Discovering that your campus wants you gone should be the least of any firstyear’s worries. While its best known impact is likely the requirement that male athletic groups have a female counterpart, Title IX’s umbrella of protection goes much further than sports. The anti-discrimination rules extend to university employment, admissions and housing policies, and they require the provision of non-discriminatory facilities like restrooms and locker rooms. Despite always being able to file for exemptions to the rules on religious grounds, few schools took that route until 2014. That year, new federal guidelines expanded Title IX protections to transgender and gender nonconforming people. Fifty-six schools across 26 states have received these waivers since that extension, according to a December report

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by the Human Rights Campaign. We should commend the federal government for making the distribution of these waivers more transparent, but simply creating a tool like this is pointless if nobody realizes it exists. Parents and high school guidance counselors helping young students must embrace consideration of these waivers, and the beliefs they represent, as a significant factor in college selections. Furthermore, revealing the inner workings of a misguided system does not make it any more defensible. Equal protection to all is not something we should be able to waive — it is supposed to be the guiding moral of our country. Providing institutions the opportunity to choose which civil rights protections are worth following does a disservice to the people these laws are meant to protect. The benefits of making this system public are not just limited to the people Title IX waivers directly affect, though. According to a Pew Research Center survey, 54 percent of religious Americans say there is no conflict between their faith and homosexuality. People who are religious and would like to attend a school centered around their religion, but who are also accepting of people different than them, obviously exist. They, too, have the right to choose an environment that doesn’t pit their beliefs against each other. Acceptance of trans and queer individuals is far from universal, and campus culture toward those communities can be hard to identify on a guided tour. Making sure students vulnerable to prejudice know that a school has the legal right to discriminate against them is part of ensuring their safe, healthy future.

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RACE, MORE THAN CHECKBOXES Kirsten Wong Columnist

“What are you, Chinese? Or white?” I never understood those questions growing up. Throughout my childhood, I made it clear that as a biracial American, I was both. Mistaking their curiosity for judgment, I was desperate to answer the question and move on. The differences in how mixed-race Americans like myself identify often change depending on how people view us, as well as how we view ourselves. The shifting perspectives blur the fixed boundaries that society usually splits race into. At a time when many of us accept gender

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and sexuality as fluid constructs, we should approach race with a similar level of acceptance. These attributes are not chosen, but how people reconcile them is. When 9 million Americans identify themselves as more than one race, it is critical to acknowledge the varying racial identities that largely get filed under “other.” The U.S. Census Bureau first allowed Americans to choose more than one racial category in 2000. While an esimated 6.9 percent of the country’s adult population is mixed race, the number is rapidly increasing and will diversify even more in the future. If projections are accurate, the mixed American population See Wong on page 7

Wong, pg. 6 will triple by 2060. Growing up in a predominantly white community, I tried as hard as possible to blend in. My Chinese father immigrated from Singapore when he was 22 years old, and my mother, having European ancestry, grew up in New Jersey. As a family, our household was very Americanized, and race was never an issue we dealt with. Based on my own understanding, I was simply American. But just because I never questioned my racial identity doesn’t mean other people didn’t. Although I never thought of my race as something I get to choose and identify with on my own terms, the growth of mixed-raced Americans should force us to change how we view race. Instead of seeing race as a definitive black-or-white classification, we should view it as existing on a spectrum. This racial spectrum will then allow us the freedom of characterizing each and every one how they wish to be characterized, not by the assumptions of others. When other kids would point out my race and use it as a way to make me feel different, I resented that feeling of isolation. It was this sense of exclusion that caused me to identify more as white and try to fit in as much as I

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could with my fellow white peers. Flash forward to my college years, and I had never felt more at ease being in an environment that welcomes diversity and all forms of differences. Seeing all kinds of ethnicities and people of different backgrounds here at Pitt gave me a sense of belonging and the need to no longer hide my mixed-race identity. It was not until adulthood that I fully embraced it and accepted my Asian background as a part of me — and I’m not the only one experiencing this shift in identity based on a new environment and self-perception. Last year, Pew Research Center released a report showing the number of people who identify themselves as multiracial is growing three times as fast as the general population. The study also showed that multiracial Americans tend to feel more connected toward one race or the other depending on the pressures of parents, peers and society’s views of them. For instance, the study showed that 69 percent of multiracial adults with a black background said most people viewed them as fully African-American. These people end up with a set of experiences and face discrimination that align exclusively with that community, regardless of their actual heritage. Adults who had a white and Asian back-

ground tend to connect more with whites than Asians. A majority of American Indian and white, the largest multiracial group, identify as white. These results exemplify how the social and societal pressures that determine how multiracial people are treated and view themselves are based off of arbitrary presumptions. The tension between fitting in with a group of people and having no control in how people view them causes people to question who they really are and where they fit in. Instead of embracing both elements of their backgrounds as a unique distinction that is beneficial in many ways, they may see themselves as the “other” category with no communal presence. If one sides with their non-white background, they run the risk of discrimination and exclusion. If one sides with their white background, they might lose their cultural heritage for the sake of acceptance. Not only is this dilemma damaging to embracing cultural and ethnic diversity, it reinforces the racial borders that divide people by the color of their skin. By letting people identify themselves freely, we give them a voice to say who they are. We’ve come a long way since the 1967 Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court decision to fully

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legalize interracial marriage. The demographic lines will continue to fade, and America will only expand its mixed-race population. We should not be lumped in as the “other” — rather, we should be able to select the races that we express for ourselves in forms, applications and everyday life. Psychologists and sociologists have been arguing that race is a social construct for years, yet we still determine race by categorical demographics. The social, economic and political meaning behind those races have not been dimensional either, severely limiting the individuality of people by burdening them with historical pressures that don’t actually fit their backgrounds. Scientifically, there is no such thing as race. As Bill Nye once famously said, “The color of our ancestors’ skin and ultimately my skin and your skin is a consequence of ultraviolet light, of latitude and climate ... Humans are all one people.” By accepting this notion, we will eliminate the pressures to identify with one race or the other, as well as other forms of discrimination that occur due to race. Racial identity is something we should all be able to define ourselves — not by the narrow categories the world uses to define race.

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The last time Pitt and Clemson faced off, Blossomgame thrived, going for 18 points on 6-9 shooting and hauling in six boards. He’s been sensational this season, averaging 16.4 points and 6.9 rebounds per contest. He’ll be a tough matchup for Jamel Artis at the three position.

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Nelson-Ododa, as well as improved play by Sheldon Jeter and Michael Young, the odds of Pitt falling behind in the rebounding category are much more slim. And Pitt tends to go however well it rebounds — the team is 13-0 when it holds the advantage on the glass. If the Panthers win on the boards, they’ll win the game, even with Clemson’s 4-0 record at home against ACC opponents.

Sterling Smith PITT Forward

After a quiet handful of games, Smith, a graduate transfer, exploded with one of his best games of the season on Saturday, tallying 16 points and nailing four 3-pointers against the Seminoles. Smith is a solid defender and a good rebounder, but it’s when he’s shooting well that the Pitt offense really clicks. It’ll need a few long range shots from him on the road in Greenville.

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Pitt is 1-1 against Clemson since joining the ACC, suffering a 62-71 loss at the Petersen Events Center in their most recent meeting last January. In that matchup, Clemson outrebounded Pitt by 15, but this is a different Panther frontcourt than a year ago. With the additions of Rafael Maia and Alonzo

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More often than not, the Panthers have heavily relied on Artis to carry scoring loads and be the goto guy on offense. He came through for the team on Saturday when he nailed the go-ahead 3-pointer against Florida State. Against Clemson, Artis will also have a tough assignment on defense shutting down Blossomgame. Both listed at 6-foot-7, 220 pounds, the Artis vs. Blossomgame battle promises to be challenging on both ends.

SHAKY ACC SEASON TOUGH TO CALL Chris Puzia

Contributing Editor After No. 24 Duke lost to Miami on Monday, there’s a good chance the Blue Devils will lose their ACC ranking for the first time since 2007. Duke’s struggles after dropping three out of four games since mid-January, coupled with winning records by usually weak teams like Clemson and Virginia Tech, reflect a larger theme in the ACC this year for men’s basketball. No team is safe, and there will be no easy wins (except Boston College — sorry, Eagles). The season’s unpredictability makes conference assessment hard, but it may be worth taking a look at the wild ACC season. Here are a few takeaways from the early returns of conference play. Does anyone want to win this thing? It might seem like only No. 2 North Carolina (7-0 ACC) does right now. But some of those wins, including close victories at Virginia Tech and against Wake Forest, suggest lackadaisical play for a team with Final Four aspirations.

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UNC forward Brice Johnson is a perfect microcosm of the team’s tendency to slack off: to kick off conference play, he shot just 1-8 for three points with two turnovers. Then, just five days later, he amassed 39 points and 23 rebounds in a dominant performance. After UNC, the next eight teams are all within two games of each other, including Pitt, whose 5-2 ACC record sits tied for third with Miami, Clemson and Notre Dame. Any of those teams are within striking distance of the top spot, and coaches and players know struggling teams like Virginia (4-3) and NC State (1-6) can pick up their play quickly and compete. Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried said the relentlessly tough ACC schedule has contributed to his team’s slow start after it beat Pitt on Jan. 19. “This is my fifth year in this league, and I don’t think there’s any doubt that, from top to bottom, one to 15, this is the deepest and best the ACC has been,” Gottfried said. The best example of the conference’s current parity is Pitt’s Wednesday game against Clemson. If the Panthers win, they stay at third in the conference, but if they lose, they drop to seventh. Mission for March

With that kind of depth in the conference, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi currently predicts the ACC will send an NCAA-best eight teams to the NCAA Tournament: North Carolina, Virginia, Miami, Louisville, Pitt, Duke, Notre Dame and Clemson. Additionally, Lunardi says Florida State and Syracuse are on the bubble, and a few more key wins could launch them into the tournament picture. Overall, 10 of the conference’s 15 teams have a shot at March Madness. While attrition through tough competition will make it very difficult for all 10 to make it, a number that high is still impressive. Last year, six ACC teams made the cut. Still, with so many matchups against quality opponents, anybody can build a solid tournament resumé. “There are enough hopefuls and more than enough quality matchups left for the ACC to hover around its current bid total all the way into March,” SB Nation’s Chris Dobbertean wrote. NBA talent in the ACC It makes sense that a conference with a glut of quality teams also boasts several future NBA draft picks.

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UNC’s Johnson might be the best of the bunch, but Duke’s top NBA draft prospect, Brandon Ingram, could have him beat. Ingram and teammate Grayson Allen create a troublesome scoring tandem for opponents, even if the opponents haven’t struggled to beat the Blue Devils lately. “[Allen and Ingram are] two extremely talented players on a painfully underachieving team,” wrote Bleacher Report’s Kerry Miller. “It’s tough to decide which one is more important to the team’s success.” From Louisville’s Damion Lee to Notre Dame’s Demetrius Jackson to NC State’s Cat Barber, the Panthers will often face teams with at least one star player each time out. Two players in the conference, Barber and Allen, average more than 20 points per game, and the former already torched the Panthers for 31 points. Pitt has a couple of those caliber players itself in forwards Jamel Artis and Michael Young, who are combining for 33 points and 11 rebounds per game. Pitt will face off against Clemson this Wednesday at 7 p.m., most likely adding another exciting chapter to an already tumultuous ACC season.

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3-5BR apartment available for Spring semester. Central air, dishwasher, great location and discounted price. 412-915-0856

3444 WARD ST. Studio, 1-2-3 BR apartments available Aug. 1, 2016. Free parking, free heating. 320 S. BOUQUET 2BR, great location, move in May 1, 2016. Call 412-361-2695. No evening calls please. 4 BR townhouses, Semple St., available May 1st & August 1st, 2016. Equipped kitchen, full basement. 412-343-4289. Call after 5:00 pm.

4,6&7 bedroom townhouses available in May and August 2016. Nice clean, free laundry, includes exterior maintenance, new appliances, spacious, located on Bates & Juliet. 412-414-9629. 6 or 7 BR house. Washer & dryer available. NO PETS. Available August 1, 2016. One year lease. Meyran Ave. 5 minute walk to University of Pittsburgh. 412-983-5222.

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Available 8/1, 1 BR/1 Bath, 5 min. walk to Cathedral, A/C, hardwood floors, newly renovated, starting at $995+, 412.441.1211 Clean, Newly Remodeled Houses and Apartments. 1-9 Bedrooms. Call 412-680-4244 or email s.cusick@comcast.net www.superiorpropertiesgroup.com. Efficiency apartments, quiet building, no partying. Shortterm or long-term lease. Laundry, all utilities included. Shared bathroom. $400-$450 includes utilities. Available immediately. 412-683-0363 House for RentJuliet Street. Available January 2016. Big 3-bedroom, 2story house 1.5 bath, fully-equipped eatin kitchen/appliances/new refrigerator, living, dining room, 2 porches, full basement, laundry/ storage, parking on premises, super clean, move-in condition. Near universities/hospitals/bus. $1700+. 412-337-3151

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John CR Kelly Realty has studio 1 and 2 bedroom apartments available for rent for Fall 2016. Call 412-683-7300 to make an appointment today! Large 1-2-3 BR apartments available August 1st. 3450 Ward Street. 312 and 314 South Bouquet Street. Free parking. Minutes to campus. Cat friendly. Call 412-977-0111. Large 6 BR house, 2 full bathrooms, washer/dryer, dishwasher, and many upgrades, Juliette St. 724-825-0033.

M.J. Kelly Realty Studio, 1, 2, 3, & 4 Bedroom Apartments, Duplexes, Houses. $750-$2400. mjkellyrealty@gmail.com. 412-271-5550, mjkellyrealty.com

Spacious 5 and 3 BR houses by Blvd. of Allies and Ward St. New ceramic kitchen, updatd baths, washer and dryer, patio. Shuttle at corner. No pets. Available Aug. 1, 2016. 3BR, partial furnished, $1975+. 5BR $2995+. LOTS photos/videos at tinyurl.com/pittnewsad1 and tinyurl.com/pittnewsad2. Email coolapartments@gmail.com. Various 1-bedroom apartments on Meyran, Pier & Ward Streets. Starting from $675-$795. Available August 2016. Call John CR Kelly Realty. 412-682-7300 Various 2-bedroom apartments on Meyran, Halket, Fifth, Ward & Bates Streets. Starting from $995-$1,675. Available in August 2016. Call John CR Kelly Realty. 412-683-7300.

Niagara St. large 5BR, 2BA apartment. Updated kitchen, dishwasher, laundry, A/C. Across street from bus stop. Available August 2016. Reasonable. 412-445-6117

2-3-4 bedroom South Oakland apartments for rent. For more information or to schedule a viewing, please call 412-849-8694.

Studio and 1 Bedrooms. 216 Coltart. Heat included. Parking. Available Aug. 2016. Greve RealEstate. 412-261-4620.

2 BR apartment, newly painted, hardwood floors, appliances. Rent includes all utilities. $750/mo. 412-498-7355

3 & 5 bedroom. May 2016. Sarah St. Large bedroom, new kitchen, air conditioning, washer & dryer, dishwasher, large deck. 412-287-5712. Studios, 1, 2, & 3 Bedroom apartments available August 2016 & sooner. Oakland, Shadyside, Friendship, Squirrel Hill, Highland Park, Point Breeze. Photos & current availability online, check out www.forbesmanagement.net, or call 412.441.1211

ATTENTION OCCASIONAL SMOKERS! UPMC seeks healthy adults ages 18-65 who occasionally smoke cigarettes. This research is examining how smokers respond to cigarettes that are low in nicotine. There are up to seven sessions lasting about three hours each. Research participants completing the study will be compensated up to $60 per session, or $20 per hour. For more information, call 412-246-5393 or visit www.SmokingStudies.pitt.edu

SQUIRREL HILL TANNING SALON Looking for motivated sales person, reliable and strong work ethic. Sales and customer service experience. Computer proficient. 15-25 hours. Must be 18+ years of age. Hourly rate* + Commissions and Bonuses. Start $7.75. After passing Smart Tan Certification, $8.00. APPLY ONLINE AT: http://www.anytimetantanningclub.com/Employment OFFFICE INTERN Shadyside Management Company seeks person w/ min 3 yrs. college, for upcoming spring semester, to interview & process rental applications, do internet postings & help staff our action-central office. Part time or full time OK starting January 2; full time in summer. $12/hour. Perfect job for graduating seniors set to enter grad school, returning grad students, and first-year law students! Mozart Management 412.682.7003. thane@mozartrents.com

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SEASONAL MARKETING ASSISTANT Shadyside property management firm established in 1960 neeeds a Seasonal Marketing Assistant to work with Word, internet, & spreadsheet files from now until July 15th, four days/week from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Saturday and/or Sunday hours a must; some flexibility on days and hours will be considered; most hours will be solitary on the computer with no phone work; 40 WPM and strong computer skills required; no experience needed & we will train you at our Shadyside office; free parking. $12/hour plus generous season end bonus. MOZART MANAGEMENT www.mozartrents .com 412-682-7003

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