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The independent student newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh | PIttnews.com | December 9, 2016 | Volume 107 | Issue 93

Pittsburghers rescue unused food Peace, love

and a little tax evasion Emily Brindley

Assistant News Editor

Scott Marshall works as a driver for 412 Food Rescue, food recovery organization. Stephen Caruso CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Stephen Caruso

Contributing Editor Following a friendly honk, a green truck pulls up outside South West Meals on Wheels in Carnegie at about 9:30 a.m. Then, it backs through the parking lot, right up to the kitchen door.

Scott Marshall, 41, jumps out of the cab.

His bald head is complimented by a large beard — grown after he left his last job as a bartender. Overall, he’s spent 25 years in the food industry, from working on his family farm to busing tables.

Marshall now works for 412 Food Rescue, a Pittsburgh-based charity dedicated to saving food for those who need it most. As he passes down cases of ripe bell peppers with missing stems and sea salt brownies in dented packages, Marshall is crestfallen.

“We have plenty of food, the problem is getting it to the right people,” Marshall said.

To haul the food to the places it’s needed, 412 Food Rescue needs big data, logistical know-how and a lot of individuals’ altruism and energy. By bringing all three together, the organization has saved more than 700,000 meals worth of food — with a cash value of

more than $2 million — for those who need them most.

The plan is simple. Take food that can no longer be sold from stores, but is still completely edible, and bring it to the soup kitchens, homeless shelters and housing projects where people can’t afford their daily bread.

According to a 2012 study from the National Resource Defense Council — an environmental advocacy group — about 40 percent of food produced in the United States is wasted, even though 50 percent of land and See 412 on page 2

Though the founder of Peace, Love, and Little Donuts was sentenced Thursday for bankruptcy and income fraud, the Oakland franchise will remain open and unaffected.

The donut chain’s co-founder Ronald Razete, who founded the chain with his wife, was charged with underreporting his income on the United States Individual Income Tax Return Form 1040 for 2010. He was also charged with hiding assets or property from the U.S. government in a petition of liquidation bankruptcy in August 2011.

Razete was convicted Thursday of these charges, and sentenced to five years of probation for each charge, to be served concurrently. He was also fined more than $40,000 to be paid by Dec. 12.

Max Andrzejewski, the owner of the Oakland franchise of Peace, Love and Little Donuts, emphasized that his shop has no connection with Razete.

“Because we were the first [franchise], we didn’t do a contract to him, so we have no legal ties to him,” Andrzejewski said.

Razete and his wife Marci founded Peace, Love and Little Donuts in 2009.

The original store is in the Strip District, See Tax Evasion on page 3

412, pg. 1 80 percent of freshwater use is dedicated to feeding the country.

“What’s the point of producing all this food if we’re throwing 40 percent of it away?”

Marshall said.

Trying to make sense of that question, Marshall’s day started about an hour and half before the drop off in Carnegie, behind a strip mall with a Subway and payday loans service in Millvale. He parked his yellow Jeep there at 8 a.m., next to 412’s truck in a small parking lot off a tight cobble stoned alley.

A digital reader showed “37 degrees,” which could easily have been the outside temperature. It was actually measuring the refrigeration unit in the back.

Sorting through the salvaged sustenance — abandoned by previous owners because they could no longer profit from it — Marshall was astonished. His origins on a small family farm in northern Indiana County helps him appreciate how much water, sweat and soil is wasted with every slightly bruised apple thrown in the trash.

“We’ve been trained to only buy the perfect piece of fruit,” Marshall said.

Marshall’s truck is the latest vehicle for

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social activists across Pittsburgh to tackle the issues that bug him. According to Jennifer England, the non-profit’s program director, 412 started in early 2015. Workers were doing rescues with their own cars rather than the 5-month-old truck.

The 48-year-old Greenfield resident and Pitt alumni — she received a master’s degree in 1997 — joined 412 after it was founded by Leah Lizarondo and Gisele Barreto-Fetterman. The pair got the idea while picking up a fluke order of mislabeled — and thus, unsellable — food at a Costco for Braddock’s Free Store 15104, a store where shoppers can walk out with whatever they want, free of charge.

Food gets pulled from the shelf for multiple reasons — it might have broken or dented packaging, be blemished or bruised or be nearing its sell-by date.

In the last case, speed becomes a necessity for the charity.

“If [the food has] a shelf life of 10 days and you’re picking it up on day five, by the time it gets to somebody’s dinner table, it’s done, you’re out of time,” England said.

To aid the task of quickly moving the unwanted food from places ranging from Gordon Food Service to Trader Joe’s to Bruegger’s Bagels to food pantries and charities,

Mari Murphy slides a box of food from the back of 412’s truck. Stephen Caruso CONTRIBUTING EDITOR 412 uses full-time employees — including Marshall and England, who are paid — and volunteers, including Pitt’s Food Recovery Heroes.

The organization’s main tool is the truck that Marshall drives, donated to 412 by numerous philanthropists including Pirates star

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Andrew McCutchen — whose jersey number 22 graces the doors on both sides of the cab.

As one of two drivers, Marshall crisscrosses Pittsburgh to pick up and drop off whatever food is available that day, fielding calls and changing course as new reports See 412 on page 3

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but the chain now has 22 locations across several states, concentrated primarily in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Breaking down the numbers According to court documents from the United States of America v. Ronald V. Razete case — filed in June — Razete reported his 2010 income from Peace, Love and Little Donuts as just over $16,000 when he had actually earned more than $194,000 that year. Razete’s reported income was about 8.4 percent of his actual income.

Because the average full-time employee in the United States works 2,000 hours each year — equal to 40 hours per week with two weeks of vacation — Razete’s reported income was equivalent to a rate of $8.13 per hour, slightly more than the 2010 Pennsylvania minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

In comparison, Razete’s own actual earned income in 2010 was equivalent to $97.16 per hour, nearly 13.5 times the 2010 minimum wage.

come in. That ad-hoc style defined 412 for much of its early existence according to England.

“I’d love to tell you that we sketched out a smart business plan with all the logistics set in stone, but really we just dove right in,” England said.

But now, with the aid of Google Docs, a portable scale and an iPad, Marshall keeps track of each pound of food he unloads.

The organization keeps the information to show its work and attract new donors. As of September 2016, 412 has rescued 853,054 pounds of food.

England mused that they had probably passed a million pounds of rescued food by Dec. 8, as their deliveries have increased exponentially.

“We were not getting 100,000 pounds a month until around July,” England said.

Tech has helped that growth. The charity recently launched an app that notifies users of small food rescues — for example, six cases of prepared meals and three bags of rolls in Oakland — near them. The user than can pick up the food and deliver it to an address supplied by the app.

The bigger food rescues — sometimes thousands of pounds worth — are handled

by Marshall and the truck.

412 doesn’t hold onto the food they rescue. According to England, their goal has always been to work with perishable food, which also tends to be more nutritious. That means whatever Marshall puts in the truck must find a new home before his day is done. “[Our] truck, when we start this morning, it’s empty,” Marshall said. “Every day when it comes back, it’s also empty.”

As he starts to unload the truck in Carnegie, Mari Murphy, from South West Meals on Wheels, comes out to meet Marshall with some her fellow volunteers. She combs through the truck, sliding boxes of food she can use — like some packaged lemon and rosemary chicken from Trader Joe’s — to prepare for those who can’t cook for themselves.

Murphy knows that all the food is still edible — as long as she’s quick. She’ll turn around most of it into meals within the next few days, so she only grabs what she is short of.

The day Marshall stops by, she’s making an egg bake with whatever she had lying around — some peppers and onions mostly.

It’ll be delivered within the hour.

After leaving Carnegie, Marshall drops off the last of the unprepared food at two public housing locations for their food pantries and for residents to shop through. With a truck filled only with some apples, tangerines and pastries, Marshall crosses the Liberty Bridge into Downtown to drop off the ready-to-eat food at St. Mary of Mercy’s Red Door Ministry.

Run by Heidi Potter, the ministry serves lunch to the homeless out of a little open window next to the namesake red door. Marshall’s stops are one of the few consistent donations that Potter receives, which makes his face, red from the cold, a welcome sight.

“412 is the only one bringing the fresh pastries, that’s extra,” Potter said. “[It’s] awesome, because it’s a regular thing.”

His day done, Marshall hops back in the truck and drives back to Millvale. Though his time is split between 412 and responsibilities at the family farm, Marshall can’t see himself ever disengaging from his food recovery work. After all the good fortune he’s had in his life, he said he’s pulled to offer a taste of that luxury to others.

“I don’t know what it’s like to go hungry,” Marshall said. “Getting to choose [the food you eat] is a privilege.”

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Top 10 study tips for finals Meme culture: a barrier week for online discourse As finals week approaches, we are all figuring out ways to survive this dreadful time of year while also attempting to keep our fingers and toes from freezing in the first onslaught of winter’s fury. We’ve listed a few ways to cope with the inevitable process of emotional breakdowns, sleep deprivation and, of course, lack of hygiene.

Forget the conventional wisdom you’ve learned from your peers and the internet — studying is an art we’ve mastered so you don’t have to. We don’t have any tips on staying warm though — you’re on your own for that.

1. Put a desk in your bathroom Save precious time by putting a desk directly in your bathroom. Depending on your diet, you will be anywhere from 12 to 66 percent more productive.

2. Drink a gallon of coffee We don’t mean this metaphorically or in jest.

Don’t waste your precious time and energy buying or making several cups of coffee when we all know the end result is just another caffeineinduced headrush that kicks in one hour before your final paper is due. Literally just drink one whole gallon of coffee before you start studying.

You’ll practically be drowning in coffee!

3. Become a professor This is a classic move for the Type-A folks out there. Study so much that you get your degree in that subject before your final next week.

Now that you’re an expert on the same level as your professors, you can ace the exam and then spar with them over whether or not their doctoral thesis was a simmering crock of nonsense.

4. Become a hacker Hone your skills on the “deep web” and pluck the answers right out of your professor’s laptop. Then, make Julian Assange proud by making a Pittleaks website for the rest of us. But if anyone asks, we had nothing to do with this plan and totally don’t endorse internet hacking — blame Russia.

5. Isolate yourself from society

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Friends are nice and all, but it’s hard to get work done if you’re distracted. Find a secluded space in Hillman, or better yet, buy a plane ticket to Antarctica. Whether you’re in a tree house in the Amazon rainforest or hunkering down in an end-of-the-world bunker somewhere in the deep South, just make sure you’ve got a Wi-Fi connection so you can zip that paper over to your professor in time. And then, hey, you’re already on vacation!

6. Don’t chew your food Turn all of your meals into smoothies. This study tip doubles as a dieting tip, because you can finally start that juice cleanse you’ve been reading about. Just remember: masticating rhymes with procrastinating.

7. Sit beside people who skipped class They probably skipped so they could study more. That guy who hasn’t showed up since syllabus week? You definitely want him in your corner.

8. Take 32 naps at 15-minute intervals Fall asleep while reading your notes and you might even have a dream about your biology exam. Don’t worry, you’ll still get all of your needed eight hours for the day.

9. Change your clothes, shower Reward yourself for 18 hours of nose-to-thegrindstone hard work by hitting up the laundromat, or, at the very least, scrubbing down with the paper towels and soap in Hillman’s bathrooms. Put some deodorant in your bookbag, pack some extra socks, douse yourself in Febreze. Just, seriously, guy-who’s-been-sitting-inthe-same-seat-at-the-library-for-two-straightdays, you smell like sweat and Red Bull — do us all a favor.

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Mariam Shalaby Columnist

Occasionally, as I scroll through my Instagram feed, I find a meme to show my mom. Yesterday, I texted her a photo of a cat poking its head comically through the crack of a door with the caption, “When I hear my parents talking about me in another room.”

My go-to conversation starter when I text my cousin who lives in Egypt is a funny meme — the internet-adopted slang term for a funny or timely viral image, sometimes with words pasted on it. Somehow, memes connect us across the Atlantic. One day, it may be Joe Biden and Barack Obama joking about locking Donald Trump out of the White House. Another, it may be Kermit the Frog urging you to give into temptation.

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in response to something witty, funny or just plain ridiculous. But at the same time, I’ve noticed meme culture has evolved past that entirely.

Memes have become a simplified form of communication, in both purely social as well as political discussions.

We use them today both online and in person.

While meme culture provides a succinct and intuitive method of expressing one’s opinion or sentiment — political or otherwise — it also trains us to abandon our skills of articulate and considerate argumentation and instead rely on a mode of expression that never truly gets to the point of what we want to say.

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giving dinner. As a child, my aunt once told me in a serious tone, “Mariam, there are three things you should never talk about at the dinner table: death, religion and politics.”

I didn’t get it. What were we supposed to talk about — especially if not politics?

I suppose my aunt meant to keep our dinner conversations civil. My grandmother had recently passed away at the time, and the sting of her death was still raw. My family is Muslim and her family is Catholic, so perhaps my aunt saw potential for discord there. And our families’ political opinions did not align either.

But despite this, we did talk about death, religion and politics. It was uncomfortable at times, but we learned a lot about each other and from each other as well. I truly attribute this to the efforts we all made to kindly present our opinions with clarity and articulation.

This past holiday, something different happened. We sat around the dining table, as usual, but there was one word that made its debut appearance: meme.

“Did you see the meme where the black bear sitting at a picnic table, fork and knife in hand, says ‘Black, white, Mexican, Asian, gay, straight, Christian, Muslim … all taste like chicken?’”

“Have you all seen the meme about Joe Biden being sad to leave the White House?”

“What about that one with the …” and so on and so forth. We were all laughing together, and there was no discomfort, but the substance seemed lacking.

Aside from my family being so late to hop on the train of meme culture, there was something a little off-putting to me about our interaction that night. And I see it happening everywhere, not just at home. My classmates at Pitt constantly scroll through meme after meme, showing them to each other.

I can’t even remember the last time I heard two people on the internet truly discussing issues with each other — without the escape route that is referring to a meme instead of expressing a personal opinion verbally.

And if there is online discussion, it’s not long before I see someone divert the serious conversation by posting a meme

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or GIF in response. In fact, a majority of my news feed consists of viral videos and memes that contribute little to the public discussion except for offering a few laughs. When memes become a replacement for true argumentation and collaborative discourse, you can be sure that the art of language is dying.

Some may argue that the proliferation of meme culture and memes as a means of communication is not the death of language but the evolution of it. I disagree — while memes are great for fun and games, they are not a good replacement for an actual expression of ideas.

They provide us with the satisfaction of conveying our opinions in a light and fun way, without the discomfort that comes with trying to assert our opinions in serious, constructive ways. Not only do we rid ourselves of discomfort through this simplistic messaging style, we also begin to lack the confidence necessary for expressing our own thoughts, delineating the beauty of a real discussion.

Before meme culture, we were forced to develop the skill and confidence necessary to engage in considerate, compassionate and well-thought-out arguments.

While we may not have completely lost the ability to learn from each other, ask ourselves questions about our convictions and tweak them when necessary, the internet has certainly made it increasingly easy to ignore these steps altogether. And with a screen in front of us shielding the direct contact we have with one another, it gives us an outlet to be more hostile without any consequences.

Ultimately, developing opinions is part of being human. But memes are just as easy to brush away as they are to show to someone. So the connections we used to make and the questions we used to ask about our thoughts are lost.

No one is forced to truly consider a meme’s underlying message, but we do truly consider the sincere opinions our friends express to us. There is a time and a place for everything. We need to encourage discourse amongst ourselves and our peers instead of resorting to memes and viral videos as a substitute.

Kermit the Frog may say “That’s none of my business,” but what we really should be saying is, yes, my opinions are my business, but let’s have a discussion.

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Sports

hanging ‘em up: A FAREWELL TO pitt sports Dan Sostek

Senior Staff Writer

the NCAA Tournament that year, but the notion seemed certain. Pitt was a basketball school. Jamie Dixon would be here forever. The football program might even go 6-6 forever.

I started writing for The Pitt News after that basketball season, starting as the women’s tennis beat writer. Covering sports for a college paper is always tricky

ceed and easier for the football team to do so.

Football coach Paul Chryst left, and in his place came an energetic, promising first-time head coach in Pat Narduzzi. The Youngstown, Ohio, native, unlike many of his predecessors, was the first domino of a reversal in the program that began to manifest in 2014.

When I first arrived at Pitt in August of 2012, I knew a handful of truths about the school’s athletic programs.

The football program was in perpetual turmoil. People didn’t seem to like this Todd Graham guy. A good running back in Ray Graham coming off an injury. A new, quiet head coach from Wisconsin. Nobody seemed particularly excited.

Men’s basketball was the polar opposite. Despite coming off the worst season of his tenure at Pitt, the Panthers had Jamie Dixon, one of the best coaches in the nation.

They had a mysterious giant from New Zealand coming in, a shorthaired, clean-shaven Kiwi named Steven. The best recruit Dixon had ever landed! No CBI this year!

Early returns confirmed early biases. The first Pitt game I ever attended was the football opener against Youngstown State. Rain and lightning delayed the start, but Pitt probably wished it had delayed the game in whole. The Panthers lost to the Division I-AA Penguins, an embarrassment of epic proportions that imprinted the first lesson every Dan Sostek interviews Pitt head football coach back in 2015 Pat Narduzzi. Jeff member of the first-year class had SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER to learn: a Pitt victory in football is never a sure bet.

In his first season, Narduzzi moved the because, as a student, you inherently enter The basketball team was different. The the job as a fan of the team you’re covering. program forward, going 8-4 after three Panthers were supposed to win every game But as I moved up the ladder from straight 6-6 seasons. He appeared on ESPN they played. That was Pitt basketball unwomen’s tennis to volleyball to baseball broadcasts and national podcasts. He sat der Jamie Dixon. An elite program with an to women’s basketball to editor, I tried to next to his star running back James Conelite fan base and an elite coach. And the shed biases, and in doing so tried to look ner as the player announced that he was 2012-2013 team was good. I camped out in at the program from the press box rather diagnosed with cancer. the Petersen Events Center lobby, staying While Narduzzi’s star grew brighter, than the bleachers. awake all night to watch Michael CarterSlowly but surely, I saw the change Dixon and the basketball program’s faded.

Williams sputter as fans taunted him for a sprouting up. The move to the ACC was After missing the tournament prior to the shoplifting incident and an unranked Pitt the catalyst. The new conference made it football coach’s first season, he barely eked team upended the No. 6 Syracuse Orange. harder for the Pitt basketball team to suc- into the tournament the next season and The Panthers lost in the first round of

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fell in the first round in a disheartening loss to Wisconsin. It was his last loss as a Pitt coach, as he bolted to TCU. Pitt replaced him with Kevin Stallings, a vanilla hire that angered Pitt fans and, in retrospect, completed the flip. Pitt is a football school now, and Narduzzi is the face.

It’s cliche, but it’s wild just how much can change in such a short span.

I saw the same happen with me working at The Pitt News these past four years.

I met some of my best friends.

Passive voice was finally eliminated from my writing — damn it. As a result of trying to drive half of my new friends crazy, I developed a warped, twisted affinity for the bands Nickelback and Creed. I met talented writers, athletic department members, thoughtful and inspirational athletes. Pulling all-nighters became easy.

The work also forced me to develop and embarrassingly encyclopedic knowledge of pretty irrelevant teams. I can rattle off the leading scorers of random Pitt ACC contests, or recall the name of the Iowa kicker who hit the 58yard field goal to beat the PanAhearn thers for Narduzzi’s first loss — it was Marshall Koehnen. When watching a game at home I’m painfully aware of when a player is nearing a career high or milestone. I’ve filled my mind with so much knowledge that would be useless to someone not embarking on a career in sports writing.

It wasn’t always pretty. As an editor, I yelled the words “I quit” quite frequently.

Being stuck in the William Pitt Union until 1 a.m. three to four times a week frequently drove me stir crazy.

Still, The Pitt News afforded me the See Sostek on page 10

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Henderson, Johnson, Price named All-Americans Steve Rotstein Sports Editor

Sporting News and USA Today each named a pair of Panthers to their 2016 college football All-America teams Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon.

Both publications named sophomore Quadree Henderson a first-team All-American as a return specialist, the first kick returner in Panthers history to receive the honor. Sporting News also selected senior offensive guard Dorian Johnson as a first-team All-American, while senior defensive end Ejuan Price made USA Today’s second team.

Henderson led the NCAA during the regular season with three kickoff return touchdowns and added a fourth touchdown on a punt return, tying him with Pitt offensive lineman Dorian Johnson (53) earned first-team All-American USC’s Adoree’ Jackson for the most total honors from Sporting News. Jeff Ahearn SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER return touchdowns in the nation. His average of 31.1 yards per kick return ranked dominant rushing attack, which ranked with 229.8 rushing yards per game. He fifth in the country, and he had five kick fourth among Power 5 schools with 35 and the rest of the Panthers’ offensive line returns of at least 80 yards. rushing touchdowns and No. 26 overall also did a stellar job protecting quarterJohnson helped pave the way for Pitt’s

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back Nathan Peterman, allowing only nine sacks in 12 games.

Price, meanwhile, led the nation with a career-high 21 tackles for loss and tied for sixth with a career-high 12 sacks, surpassing his total of 11.5 from last season. He also set a career high with three forced fumbles and finished the year with 42 total tackles.

The No. 23 Panthers are set to take on the Northwestern Wildcats in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 2 p.m.

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Sostek, pg. 8 ability to cover nationally televised events, travel to conference tournaments, interview legends like Dan Marino and Tony Dorsett and reach a group of passionate, and only sometimes mean-spirited, fans.

I grew as a writer, and while I am still a quivering ball of awkwardness outside the office, I’m more confident as an interviewer and a reporter, and it’s thanks to The Pitt News.

I’m going to miss hopping on the Wil-

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liam Pitt Union elevator, hitting the fourth floor button and Nickelbombing the production room with a full-volume Spotify play of “How You Remind Me.” I’ll sure as hell miss having a Taco Bell in the basement of my workplace, although my intestines probably won’t.

With my college paper tenure coming to an end, and every memory looking out the back door, it’s hard to say it, but it’s time to say it.

Goodbye, goodbye.

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3247 Juliet St. 2 BR. On street parking. $1100 plus gas & electric.

3722 Parkview Ave. 3 BR. Washer, dryer. $1800 + gas and electric.

3316 Juliet St. 4 BR. Washer, dryer. 2 full baths. $2140 + gas and electric.

4 bedroom house near Playhouse & Mcgee Hospital. Spacious, equipped kitchen w/ dishwasher. Two large bedrooms. Freedom of expression encouraged! You can paint mural, engineering technology improvements. Material costs deducted from rent. $1800/mo+ utilities available immidiately. Contact Ron at 412-983-0279.

5,6,7 bedroom houses available. Located on Niagra, Chesterfield, Lawn, and Ophelia.

Contact Brent 412-680-6209.

3408 Parkview Avenue 412-455-5600 CALL NOW Close to Campus!

Studios, 1,2,3 BRS Avail May- Aug Pet Friendly & Parking

6,7&8 bedroom houses available starting August 1st 2017.

Five minute walk to Pitt. No pets. 1 year lease. Call 412-983-5222.

August 2017 rental.

3 BR/1 BA apartment. 2 off-street parking spaces included. Wall-wall carpeting. Kitchen w/dishwasher. Washer/Dryer.$1700/month+ utilities.

724-934-0653.

430 Atwood Street 412-455-5600 CALL NOW 1BR $675 & 2BR $895 4 Blocks from Campus Avail May-Aug. Pet Friendly!

August 2017 rental.

4 BR+TV room/ 2 BA apartment.Wallto-wall carpeting.

Kitchen w/dishwasher. Washer/Dryer. $2200/month+ utilities. 724-934-0653.

421 Semple St. 2 BR. $1120 per month plus gas and electric.

3227 Hardie Way. 2 BR. Plus gas & electric. $890 per month.

Laundry on site.

412-596-8732

Dawson Street 3 bedroom house. Full backyard. Washer and dryer. $870+utilities. Available August 1. 412-334-2461.

House for rent.

Available Feb. 2017.

Ideal for students. 34 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, large eat-in kitchen, front and back porches, large basement/storage.

W/D included. Near universities/hospitals. On Pitt and PAT buslines. 1 block from minimart. Comfortable home. $1500+.

412-337-3151.

John CR Kelly Realty has studio, 1, and 2 bedroom apartments available for rent for Fall 2017. Starting from $635-$795. Located on Meyran, Pier, Ward. 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. Cat friendly. Call 412-977-0111.

Large property management company needs person to create professional floor plans for rental units. Paid by job.

Work around your schedule. Email interest to leasing@lobosmanagement.com.

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2,3,4 bedrooms available for August/September 2017.

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Please call Mike at 412-849-8694 for more information & for viewing.

Numerous 2 & 3 bedroom apartments located on Meyran, Halket, Fifth, Ward, and Bates. Starting from $995-$1775.

Available August 2017. Call John CR Kelly Realty.

412-683-7300.

Studio, 1 Bedroom & 2 bedroom. 216 Coltart. Off Street Parking. Available Aug. 2017. Free heat.

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AVAILABLE NOW – SHADYSIDE/FRIENDSHIP $200 MOVE IN SPECIAL! Holden St. 2BR – Roof Deck! $1450 Maryland 3Br $1545 New SS Appliances!

South Fairmount 1BR Private Entrance – $795 All Apartments are Pet Friendly!

Call 412-455-5600 for a showing AVAILABLE NOW – SQUIRREL HILL LUXURY RENOVATIONS! MODERN! GRANITE! SS APPLIANCES! ALL NEW! Eldridge St. – 1Br $895 Shady Ave –2BR $1295 or $1650 Murray Ave – 3BR $1695 4BR $1750 All Apartments are Pet Friendly Call 412-455-5600 for a showing 3,4,5 BR Sarah St & Wrights Way. Close to Pitt. Call 412-287-5712. Avail Aug 2017.

1-6 bedroom. All newly renovated, airconditioning, dishwasher, washer/dryer, and parking. Available Summer 2017.

412-915-0856.

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82 year old man in North Oakland one block from Pitt needing help with personal care and assisting with therapy at home and daily pool exercise. Great opportunity for health and rehabilitation science students. Part-time/fulltime. Insurance not necessary. Free live in housing option. $10-$12/hour. Contact Mike 412-901-4307 or felafelman@gmail. com.

OFFICE INTERN Shadyside Management Company seeks person w/ min 3 yrs. college, for upcoming spring semester, to interview & process rental applicants, do internet postings & help staff our action-central office. Part time or full time OK starting on January 2; full time in summer. $12/hour.

Perfect job for continuing soon-to-be seniors, 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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Phlebotomy Training Centerwww. justphlebotomy.org 2 evening classes weekly, 5 weeks + excellent Clinicals.

Call 412-521-7334.

South Fayette Twp. School District. Substitute Teacher Positions. Substitute Paraeducator Positions. Positions available for all grade levels and areas of content.

Complete job descriptions are available at: www.southfayette.org South Fayette Twp. School District 3680 Old Oakdale Road McDonald, PA 15057 EOE.

Receptionist needed for tax season. Oakland and various Pittsburgh locations. Apply at hrblock.com.

Help Wanted, COOKS, SERVERS & BARTENDERS! Part-time/Full-time.

Experience not necessary but preferredwill train. Stop in and apply today, located in the Shadyside Business District, 412-621-1188. 5431 Walnut Street.

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