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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Pitt grads find life after college scary, rewarding Sabrina Romano Staff Writer

Charlie, a therapy dog, helps students relieve stress in the Cathedral of Learning Tuesdays from 7-8 p.m. Heather Tennant | Staff Photographer

The Talbert Report

Fighting the evils of neutrality

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Battle of Pennsylvania Penn State highlights future Pitt schedule

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After four years of networking with Deloitte LLP, Olivia Domachowski will graduate from Pitt this spring, skip over the job search and land on track working with the company. “I will be going to private and public companies to audit their financial statements to make sure they are free of material misstatements,” Domachowski said. Domachowski secured a full-time job in August at the end of her internship with Deloitte LLP, an audit, financial advisory, tax and consulting firm with a location in Pittsburgh. Next September, Domachowski will be on the audit staff in the Pittsburgh office using the skills she learned at Pitt. For many of her classmates, the transition from college to career won’t be so immediate. Research from sociologists at New York University and University of Virginia shows that almost one-quarter of recent graduates are living at home. Additionally, threequarters of recent graduates have received financial assistance from parents. Pitt graduates and seniors lining up for graduation are aware of the bleak job market, and, even though the school year has just started, many have made post-graduate plans or have a vision of where they

would like to be in a year. Yet, some statistics continue to give students hope. Researchers Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa created a pie chart in 2011 that displays employee outcomes and incomes of 1,000 adults two years after they graduated college. Twenty-six percent of recent college graduates were employed full-time and earning more than $40,000 per year. Twenty-one percent were employed full-time and making between $30-40,000 per year. Fifteen percent were employed full-time but making between $30-20,000 per year. Another 15 percent were employed full-time but making less than $20,000 per year. Seven percent were unemployed. Four percent were underemployed, and 12 percent were part-time. For some students, looking to the fast-approaching future doesn’t always mean considering careers just yet. Bethany Jones has been determined since she visited Las Vegas last year to move out of Pittsburgh. “I was like, I have to live here at some point in my life,” said Jones, a senior math and economics major. “Why not right after college, because if I don’t like it I can always leave?” Jones does not have a job lined up but hopes to be a financial analyst. “While I’m looking [for a job] I will probably just get a

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

NEWS

Board looks to eliminate Saturday finals with student vote Abbey Reighard and Dale Shoemaker The Pitt News Staff

A Student Government Board referendum may eliminate Saturday finals if the Board can show student interest and negotiate with administrators. Students can vote on the referenda, which went live at midnight, through the MyPitt portal until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, according to Board President Mike Nites. The first referendum, with enough student support, would change the semester finals schedule if University administration approves the suggested change. If the referendum passes, final exams will take place from Monday to Friday, instead of Monday to Saturday. The Student Government Board pro-

posed the elimination of Saturday finals to University administrators in January. Elections Chair Lauren Barney and Nites have collaborated on the project since last September. “Your vote in affirming that you would prefer Monday to Friday is telling SGB that you want us to continue working on that project and to petition administrators to try to find some solution to eliminate Saturday finals,” Nites said at the Board’s public meeting in Nordy’s Place. A second referendum would change SGB’s terms from a calendar year term to an academic year term. Under the current SGB Constitution, the Board’s term begins on the first day of the spring semester and ends the day before the first day of classes of the following spring semester. With the referendum, Board members’ terms would

instead begin at the end of April after the spring semester closes and end at the conclusion of the following spring semester. If the SGB term referendum passes, Nites said that SGB’s term would align with other University bodies, including student groups, at Pitt. This would allow current Boards to more effectively communicate with other organizations, Nites said. Nites said he expects a decent voter turnout for both referenda because students can vote for them on the same webpage. At least 3 percent of the student body must vote on the referenda for them to pass, according to Nites. Once 3 percent of the student body votes — a simple majority, or 51 percent of the votes — will determine passage of the referenda. Read the rest online at Pittnews.com.

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Pittsburgh Fencing Association: $1,014.44

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commitment almost stopped her from applying. “If I didn’t apply, I might have looked back and [thought] I should’ve just done that,” Koenig said. Volunteering does not come with a reduction in student loans, but some loan companies allow volunteers to defer their loans until they come return, Koenig said. She will take advantage of loan deferment. For seniors who are preparing to transition to post-college life, Koenig has some advice. “Once you have your plan figured out, execute it in a timely manner,” Koenig said. “It’s nice to know things sooner rather than later.”

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job [in] the Strip or at a store,” Jones said. Jones isn’t planning on moving until the end of the summer after she finishes her summer internship as a financial analyst at Bank of New York Mellon Corporation in Pittsburgh. The company has not yet offered her a job. Caroline Koenig is not only ready to leave Pittsburgh, but also the country. Early next year, Koenig, who graduated in the spring with a degree in neuroscience and chemistry, will be starting her position as a Peace Corps volunteer. Koenig said she’s not sure what country the Peace Corps will assign her to,, but she would prefer to volunteer in Africa on a public health project. After a medical volunteer trip to Belize during her freshman year, Koenig said she started thinking about applying to the Peace Corps. Since she plans to attend medical school, the 27-month

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EDITORIAL

OPINIONS

The College Boardʼs new SAT is a step in the right direction According to a report released Tuesday by the College Board, the average SAT scores this year showed little signs of improvement from years past. “Flat and stagnant would be the words that we would use,” said Cyndie Schmeiser, the College Board’s chief of assessment. Students averaged a 497 in reading, 513 in math and 487 in writing in 2014. When combined, that’s an average SAT score of 1497 out of 2400. And of all test-takers this year, 42.6 percent reached the College Board’s “College and Career Readiness Benchmark,” which is a score of 1550 — a percentage that has also remained static over the years, according to the College Board. However, while scores have remained unimproved, the number of test-takers has increased. 1.67 million students took the SAT this year, compared to 1.65 million last year. Much of this increase is due to

a higher number of minority test-takers — 793,986 minority students took the test this year, which is 31,475 more than last year. Unfortunately, the gap between scores among minority students and non-minority students is fairly large. Of all black students who took the SAT, only 15.8 percent met the College Board’s benchmark score, and of Hispanics, only 23.4 percent. On the other hand, trends regarding Advanced Placement test scores this year looked promising. Of the 1.48 million students who took at least one AP exam in 2014, 13.2 percent scored a three or higher — which is almost doubled from 7.6 percent in 2004. There was also a 7 percent increase in the number of minority and low-income students who took an AP exam this year. So, why are scores on the AP tests increasing, along with the amount of minor-

ity and low-income test-takers, but SAT scores remain stagnant? The answer is that the SAT exam, as many now know, favors students in higherincome brackets — and, proportionally, white students. The College Board’s own data shows this. Scores are directly proportional to income because test-prep for the SAT is expensive. Books and classes can cost a student and his or her family hundreds of dollars. Many low-income and minority students simply don’t have the resources, or even the time, to prepare for the SAT in its current structure. Thankfully, the College Board has caught on. An overhaul of the SAT is set to take place in 2016 — one that will test students more on what they learn in school, instead of what they gain from text prep outside

of school. The new version of the test will help encourage deeper engagement with their schoolwork, according to the College Board. They plan to make the test shorter by focusing more on academic words, decreasing multiple-choice answers from five choices to four and making the essay portion optional. Overall, the changes will make the SAT more like an AP test — reflecting what students learn in classrooms and giving them a chance to prepare for the test during actual school hours. This is essential, especially for low-income and minority students who simply don’t have the means to prepare for the SAT outside of school. While this change will not even begin to scratch the surface of the problems facing our education system, it is a positive step in the right direction towards equality in education.

THE TALBERT REPORT

Discussion on Internet policy is stuck in neutral Eli Talbert Columnist

Until recently, the incident that provoked the most comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) website was Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” in 2004. But a new record of 3.7 million comments has nearly doubled that. What could possibly attract more attention than Jackson’s areola? Only the meeting of Americans’ obsession with the Internet and irrational hate of corporations. In other words: “net neutrality.” Infuriatingly, the American people seem to dislike the reasonable ability of corporations to create so-called “fast lanes” — essentially, a separate route around congested Internet traffic. But, like with most things, Americans are dead wrong. Thankfully, we have politicians to think for us. The controversy centers on the FCC’s

newly proposed rules to replace the ones a federal court recently struck down on a legal technicality. The former rules made communication companies treat all similar content on their networks equally, like streamed videos, for instance. But, unlike the old ones, these newly proposed rules — while preventing Internet providers from blocking specific legal content — allow companies to provide content at different speeds. At least, this is what net neutrality advocates and their ilk would like you to think. What the American people don’t seem to realize is that the FCC’s new rules are actually a disguised government takeover of the Internet. If people would simply stop thinking about the purpose of the rules and focus more on the idea of regulation, they would see the light. In fact, when the conservative group American Commitment helpfully re-

framed the new rules in its petition to “regulate the Internet” by “left-wing extremists,” it managed to obtain 814,000 signatures in opposition. Thankfully, lobbying groups such as American Commitment are aware of the horrible tyranny the federal government had over the Internet from 2010 to 2013 when the older, stronger rules were in effect. Even if groups like American Commitment have somehow misconstrued the issue at hand, there are plenty of legitimate reasons to despise net neutrality. For one, how will Internet providers function without the ability to charge content providers for faster service? If Comcast can’t charge Google or Netflix so that their videos or other content can get to consumers faster, how will Comcast ever improve its service? If net neutrality is enforced, Comcast would be forced to improve service using money from

their measly profit margin of 11.83 percent. In fact, if net neutrality advocates had their way, the FCC would regulate the Internet similarly to the way it regulates radio and phone lines, which is a horrendous proposition. Neutrality advocates also claim that the new rules will prevent Internet providers from censoring content with which they disagree. Laughably, they believe that ethical role models such as Verizon — which even has its own foundation (the Verizon Foundation) dedicated to giving to charities of all types — would act to increase profit by silencing criticism. The concern is that they would purposefully stream sites that slower than their own. But even if corporations did stream other content slower than their own, if we can’t

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TALBERT trust corporations to decide which content should be on the Internet, who can we trust? Proponents of net neutrality go as far as appropriating the idea of a free market in their mad quest for power. They argue that, without net neutrality laws, content providers will reduce free competition as they will then make preferential deals with Internet providers. Small startup websites with limited funds will not be able to take

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off if internet providers force them to make a preferential deal to be competitive. Though this dealmaking may seem like a valid concern, it is rather simplistic. It is not like we are a speed-obsessed society who will simply give up if a web page takes 10 seconds longer to load than YouTube or Facebook. At the very least, net neutrality proponents should appreciate that the FCC Chairman, Democrat Tom Wheeler, is the main proponent of the new, looser rules. If a Democrat is taking a stand against his fellow liberals, you know that they have gone too far. It is only those with an obvious

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partisan bias that make a huge deal about how, in his previous career, Wheeler was a lobbyist for cable companies and made millions from investing in them. After all, Wheeler has assured that he has made a clean break with his former bosses. And further laying rumors to rest, Wheeler told the press that, “I am not a dingo,” in response to comedian John Oliver’s quip that having a dingo babysit your kids was like having a former lobbyist become head of the FCC. Overall,, this is just one more battle between the proponents of the free market

system and those who want to regulate it to death. There are no valid reasons for economic regulation, especially for one as flimsy as censorship. America should suck it up and get unstuck from the idea of net neutrality. Only then can we can appreciate the benefits of having an Internet where YouTube loads faster than The Pitt News. Without net neutrality, watching cat videos will get that much easier, so just say “No” to neutral. Email Eli at ejt26@pitt.edu.

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MEN’S SOCCER

SPORTS

Pitt loses second straight game after conceding early road goal Mark Powell Staff Writer

The game seemed to be over before it had even started. Thanks to an early fifth-minute goal by the Pitt men’s soccer team’s opponent, Pitt had to fight back for almost the entire game, and that early goal proved to be enough to down the visiting Panthers. A late second-half goal ended the Panthers’ hope to salvage a draw, as Xavier was able to hold on and beat Pitt 2-1 in a slow-moving game in Cincinnati on Tuesday night. The loss drops Pitt to 3-5-3 for the season. While the record is still an improvement over last season’s, the team’s style of play during the last few games, especially offensively, has let it down. The Panthers entered the season hoping to reverse the lack of offensive success they experienced last season, employing a tic-tac-toe style of passing, which emphasizes crisp passes in the midfield.

Despite an own goal by Xavier, Pitt could not overcome an early deficit. Heather Tennant | Staff Photographer

Tuesday night was a far cry from their promising start in their season opener against Presbyterian. The Panthers have proven unable to string together more than one successful offensive performance, and, against the

Musketeers, they appeared more inclined to play defense and pass over the top. Meanwhile, Xavier was happy to win the possession battle and created several early opportunities in the first half. Alex Risdale scored for Xavier in the

fifth minute of the game, as several defensive miscues by the Panthers in their own half gave Xavier its first chance at goal of the game. The game was stagnant during the next 35 minutes, as neither team was able to settle into its preferred offensive strategy. Still, the Musketeers almost added to their lead in the 41st minute when Will Walker took on a Pitt defender one-onone, shooting low and wide. Thankfully for the Panthers, goalkeeper Dan Lynd was up for the challenge and made a diving save. Pitt’s defensive miscues were not surprising, considering they were missing three of their back four — Ryan Myers, Julian Dickenson and Andrew Wright. A pleasant surprise for the Panthers was defender Steven Machi, who filled in on the back line. Machi also made his way forward on a few occasions to try and help Pitt’s floundering offense and contributed

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COLUMN

Throw reason out the window in the MLB playoffs Imaz Athar Staff Writer It was past midnight, and the game was tied 1-1. The San Francisco Giants and the Washington Nationals were in the 18th inning of Game 2 of the NLDS. Nothing particularly exciting had happened over the past few innings — a few hits here and there, a few one-twothree innings. The pressure mounted, but neither team could break through it, and, at times, it seemed like neither team wanted to. There comes a point during certain sporting events when you realize that

it’s time to turn off the TV and that watching something amazing happen isn’t worth the never-ending wait. There were times during the Giants-Nationals game when my finger grazed over the “power” button, but I couldn’t press it. I have to admit first that I never watch baseball and have never understood the appeal of the game. There’s no guarantee that either team will score, and it seems like nothing ever happens. The time between each pitch is unnecessarily long, and two entire innings could pass before your favorite player comes up to bat for the second time. And you never really know how long

the game will last. Moreover, scandals or lawsuits always seem to dominate baseball headlines. When a player is doing well, we only talk about his alleged use of steroids, making America’s original sport less and less authentic Until now, there was no way you would find me watching a regular season baseball game. But when the temperatures drop, and the wind turns brisk during October — the month of the MLB playoffs — baseball is all I want to watch. Saturday night’s Giants-Nationals game reminded me why I watch playoff baseball.

At the beginning of the 18th inning, Giants first baseman Brandon Belt was at the plate. Nationals pitcher Tanner Roark threw the pitch, and, with a hard swing of the bat, Belt cracked the ball to right field. Giants players cheered in the dugout, and the answer to why I didn’t turn off the TV was right before me. As cheesy as it may sound, playoff baseball is magical. Watching a player come through for his team when the stakes are high and seeing the player’s teammates congratulate him as if they were all kids playing

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REVENGE TOUR?

Youngstown St., Iowa, Akron announced as non-conference opponents for 2015 Chris Puzia Sports Editor Pitt announced its non-conference football schedule for the 2015 and 2016 seasons Tuesday. In the 2015 season, Pitt will play home games against Youngstown State (Sept. 5) and Notre Dame (Nov. 7), according to an Athletic Department release. Pitt’s away non-conference games will include Akron (Sept. 12) and Iowa (Sept. 19). The football team last played Youngstown State on Sept. 1, 2012, in a 31-17 loss, and last played Notre Dame Nov. 9, 2013, in a 28-21 win. Pitt lost earlier this year to both Akron (21-10) and Iowa (24-20). In the 2016 season, Pitt will play home games against Villanova (Sept. 3), Penn State (Sept. 10) and Marshall (Oct. 1), in addition to a Sept. 17 away game at Okla-

homa State. The Marshall and Oklahoma State games come as part of home-andhome series, with Pitt traveling to Marshall for a game in 2020 and having a home game against Oklahoma State in 2017. “Our rivalries with Notre Dame and

they are strong power-conference teams that provide us with excellent exposure in different parts of the country.” The Penn State series also includes future games, as the teams are scheduled to alternate home-and-home games at Penn

“[Penn State is] a series that resonates well beyond our borders.” E.J. Borghetti Penn State are college football classics, filled with great history and intensity,” said E.J. Borghetti, Pitt’s Senior Associate Athletic Director. “While Oklahoma State and Iowa aren’t traditional rivals for us,

State in 2017, at Pitt in 2018 and at Penn State again in 2019. Pitt last played Penn State in 2000, when Pitt won 12-0 at home. Penn State leads the overall series 48-42-4. The 2019

game at Penn State will mark the 100th time the two teams play each other. The time between the most recent game and the future game will be 16 years, which is “sixteen years too long,” Borghetti said. “It’s a series that resonates well beyond Pennsylvania’s borders. I think the renewal will be one of the greatest sporting events — college or pro — of 2016.” In addition to non-conference opponents, Pitt also announced its home and away ACC games for the next two years. In 2015, Pitt plays Miami, North Carolina and Virginia at home, and will travel for games at Duke, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech and Syracuse. In 2016, the home games from 2015 will be played on the road, and vice versa. Pitt also plays one crossover opponent from the ACC Atlantic division each year, Louisville at home in 2015 and Clemson away in 2016.

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COLUMN in the backyard — this reminds me of why I love sports in the first place.

Playoff baseball is also extremely patriotic. Baseball is often labeled a national pastime, and many associate American ideals — such as hard work, self-sacrifice for overall good and pushing through in times of adversity — with

the sport. Many of these “American” principles get lost during the long 162game regular season because not every game is significant. During the playoffs, the only focus is the game itself, and you realize why many associate baseball with American ideals in the first place. Look at the Kansas City Royals, for example. When games are close, the Royals bunt and steal bases. By bunting, players sacrifice themselves so that their teammate can advance to the next base. By stealing bases, players do whatever they can to win the game. Every year in the playoffs, there’s a team like the Royals, and I can’t help but feel patriotic when I watch a team like that play. In a few weeks, playoff baseball comes to an end. College football and the NFL enters the exciting portions of their seasons, as bowl games commence, and meaningful late-season NFL games occur. LeBron James and Kevin Durant will carry the NBA to new heights of popularity, and we’ll all fill out bracket after bracket and bite our nails during March Madness. Then, summer will come around — the temperature will shoot up, and the air will become as stuffy as you can ever imagine it to be. I’ll turn on the TV, and a regular season baseball game will be the only sporting event on. Once again, I’ll be back in my personal sports hell. So, for now, I’m going to enjoy the ever-consuming magic of the MLB playoffs before it wears away.

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SOCCER to the Panthers’ weak first-half shot total. The second half started with a more wide-open style than both teams had played in the first half. Pitt got some good fortune in the 56th minute, as Xavier attempted to defend a sharp Panthers cross from the left-hand side, and one of the players accidentally headed the ball into his own team’s net. Pitt’s offensive execution was more fluid starting the second half. Led by forward Patrick Dixon, the Panthers were able to keep the ball and engineer more chances at goal, starting in the midfield. Xavier had several opportunities once they were able to settle in midway through the second half. However, unlike the first half, Pitt’s defense was strong and they didn’t give the Musketeers much room to operate in the final third. But Xavier kept pushing, and, in the 78th minute, the Panthers conceded a questionable free kick from outside the box on the right wing, and Todd Pratzner was able to get on the end of it and head it in. The goal seemed to inspire the Panthers’ offense, and Kevin Murray nearly evened the score in the 82nd minute but was denied by Xavier goaltender Eric Osswald. However, that would prove to be Pitt’s best chance to equalize, and the Panthers dropped their second game in a row. The loss ended their four-game, non-conference unbeaten streak.