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SGB ENCOURAGES

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STUDENTS TO RESEARCH BOARD CANDIDATES Anushay Chaudhry Staff Writer

Student Government Board President Zechariah Brown opened SGB’s public meeting on Tuesday by encouraging people to start considering who should sit on next year’s board.

SGB’s upcoming board election will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 25. Voting will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m on election day, with the results announced at SGB’s weekly meeting that day.

“All of us as students have to make sure we’re looking at, analyzing and properly deciding which of the candidates should fill these roles for us,” Brown said. “There is a breadth of different ideas as well as experience that they are each coming from that really speaks to different points of the Pitt experience.”

Brown emphasized that students should seriously review candidate platforms before voting. Events such as Meet the Candidates and the presidential debate both have been recorded and uploaded to SGB’s Facebook page for students who were unable to attend.

During board reports, Executive Vice President Anaïs Peterson discussed the meeting they attended with Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner regarding Pitt’s stance on being a more socially responsible investor in renewable energy sources.

Earlier this year, SGB passed a resolution unanimously demanding the University divest from fossil fuels by April 2020.

However, Peterson said they are not hopeful

Numerous hands pet Ruby the therapy dog at Tuesday’s Therapy Dog session in the Cathedral of Learning. Romita Das | staff photographer

AFRICAN AMERICAN HER-STORY: AUTHOR TALKS NEW BOOK ON HISTORY OF BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICA Nathan Fitchett Staff Writer

The conference room fell silent as Aliya Durham spoke an African proverb before introducing author and historian Daina Ramey Berry.

“Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter,” Durham said, hinting at the motivation for Berry’s newest work.

Faculty, students and community members gathered on Tuesday afternoon to hear Berry discuss her new book, “A Black Woman’s History of the United States.” The event was held in the Cathedral of Learning as a part of Pitt’s See SGB on page 2 ongoing K. Leroy Irvis Black History Month

celebration’s series of events.

The event drew more than 50 attendees and was also livestreamed to Pitt’s Bradford campus simultaneously. Pitt is the first school to host Berry to talk about her new book, which she coauthored with Wesleyan professor Kali Nicole Gross, since its publication in early February. As such, Durham, an assistant professor and director of community engagement for Pitt’s School of Social Work, began the event by discussing Berry’s many accolades as well as the cultural and historical significance of Berry’s newest book.

Berry currently holds the George W. Littlefield Professorship in American History at the University of Texas at Austin as well as serving

as the associate dean of the UT Austin Graduate School. She has authored four other books and is a specialist on slavery, gender and the history of black women in the United States.

“A Black Woman’s History of the United States” is a collection of stories from the lives of black women throughout U.S. history that have overcome injustices and helped to shape the history of our country. The book primarily focuses on women whose stories have been largely forgotten or ignored by historians and seeks to make these women’s voices heard.

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SGB President Zechariah Brown discusses next week’s SGB election at Tuesday’s weekly meeting. Thomas Yang | assistant visual editor

SGB, pg. 1 of the University’s ability to meet that date.

“It’s disappointing to see both that the administration and the Board of Trustees are not following the resolution that SGB put out, as well as their complete disregard for the current state of our climate and how it’s affecting people in southwestern Pennsylvania,” Peterson said.

After the meeting, Peterson was asked about other steps, if any, that the University has taken to consider procedures regarding socially responsible investments.

“The Board of Trustees will be voting on the socially responsible investment process on Feb. 28. If an issue has a large enough community concern, the chancellor can create an ad hoc committee to research the issue, or if it’s a pressing enough issue the board can vote on that issue,” Peterson said.

Board member Eric Macadangdang announced that the Pitt Planned Parenthood Club will be hosting an event called Zero-Waste Period. The event will be held on Feb. 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Student Office of Sustainability located on the fifth floor of the William Pitt Union. The club, in collaboration with SGB and SOOS, will be distributing free, reusable menstrual cups and cloth pads to increase awareness about more sustainable options for menstrual products.

“I see this event as a great event because

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it tackles two issues — period poverty and sustainability issues on campus and elsewhere,” Macadangdang said after the meeting. “I hope people turn out to the event to utilize these products and learn more about these issues.”

Brown announced that Market Central is hosting a Black History Month-themed dinner on Feb. 27 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m.

After the meeting, Brown said SGB and Pitt Dining have been working with organizations like Black Action Society, African Students Organization and the Caribbean and Latin American Student associations to distribute free Market meal vouchers. Each student on campus, regardless of whether they have a meal plan or not, may receive one voucher. They can only be used on the day of the dinner. The event also counts for OCC credit.

Additionally, the last Chancellor’s Lunch, a routine meeting between SGB and the senior administration where issues of student concern and SGB’s initiatives are discussed, will take place. The date of the event has not yet been announced. According to Brown, topics of their last meeting included college affordability, the campus master plan and Pitt’s investments and alignment with sustainability and socially responsible investment procedures.

Brown encouraged students to suggest any questions or topics of concern using the “Fix It Pitt” tab on SGB’s website.

looked by popular history.

“People have not really cared about black women’s stories, and don’t realize that we were visible and a part of many historical movements, not just the ones in the 1960s,” Berry said.

In the book, Berry and Gross retell the history of the United States through the experiences of black women in different time periods and analyze how these stories have been documented throughout history, ranging from the 17th to 21st centuries.

Berry, Gross and a team of scholars carefully read through the manuscript to fact-check and provide feedback to make sure the stories included in the book were as accurate as possible.

Berry read some select passages from the book at the event, as well as some extra stories that were not included in the final manuscript.

One of the stories she discussed was of Isabel de Olvera, who is thought to be the first black woman to step foot on U.S. soil. Olvera was a free woman of African and Indian descent living in Mexico who in the late 1500s petitioned to join an expedition to the “New World” but, suspecting she might face prejudice for her race, boldly stated in her petition — “I demand justice.” However, Berry and her team were unable to confirm whether she successfully joined the expedition — they only knew she made the petition.

“Just like most of the stories here, sometimes black women appear as a flash in the historical record, and then have nothing else after that,” Berry said. “I don’t know whether or not she made it, we assume she made it, but this is just part of the challenge of doing African American women’s history.”

Another story Berry shared was of Millie and Christine McCoy, a pair of black conjoined twins born in America in 1851 to an enslaved mother. Because of the twins’ condition, they were stolen away and sent to Europe to be put on display. Following the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, their mother traveled to Europe to find them. After three years, she was successfully reunited with her daughters after spotting them at one of their shows. Berry wanted this

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story to convey the struggles of a black mother who was powerless to prevent being separated from her children.

“We tried to tell their story from the mother’s perspective, so the reader can think about what it’s like to have a child that’s taken away from you that has a physical body that is much different from most,” Berry said.

Berry emphasized the importance of telling these stories because of the lack of societal acknowledgement of the impact that black women have had on U.S. history.

“Telling these stories is important because you’ll learn about aspects of American history that you would not have learned about otherwise,” Berry said. “We add character and shape and sometimes the story before the story — black women were there and present, but they did not get their accolades for doing the things they were doing historically.”

Edoukou Aka-Ezoua, a project support coordinator for the Child Welfare Workforce Excellence Fellows Program in the School of Social Work, shared her thoughts on the importance of telling these stories of black women whose voices have not been previously heard.

“I think it’s important because history has always been told in a certain way, by certain people,” Aka-Ezoua said. “In order for us to understand history and understand these systems of oppression, it’s important to center the voices of those who have always been pushed to the margins. Black women’s history is a good example of what it looks like to center the experiences of individuals who have been fighting to have a voice and share their experiences for a very long time.”

After discussing several passages from her book, Berry answered the audience’s questions about different aspects of the history of black women and how their stories have been told.

After the short Q&A, she gave out copies of the book to attendees and did a book signing.

Berry shared what she ultimately wants readers to take away from her book after reading it.

“First, that African American women have contributed to American history in ways that have been previously overlooked and ignored,” Berry said. “And second, that the women we write about just want to be respected and to be acknowledged. That’s it.”

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LABOR BOARD TO HOLD HEARING ON PROPOSED GRAD UNION RULING Neena Hagen and Jon Moss The Pitt News Staff

Graduate students now have to wait until at least the end of May to see whether they will be granted a second chance to form a union.

The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board announced in a Tuesday order that it has granted Pitt’s request for oral arguments about whether a PLRB official properly applied the law in a proposed September ruling and other technical issues. According to the order, the arguments will center around two issues — whether the burden lies with Pitt or union organizers to prove that unfair practices, if committed, did not materially affect the outcome of the election, and whether the board should allow election watchers to keep a tally of voters. The board scheduled the oral arguments for May 28 at 1 p.m. at its downtown Pittsburgh offices.

Graduate students originally voted against a union last April 712 to 675 — a margin of 37 votes. Union organizers appealed the election’s results shortly afterwards, alleging illicit action by both Pitt and the board, leading to a round of May hearings to address conduct during the election.

Based on oral and written arguments, PLRB official Stephen Helmerich issued a proposed ruling in September finding the board innocent, but Pitt guilty of three unfair labor practices which potentially influenced the election’s results. Helmerich said Pitt’s anti-union actions included misinformation and intimidation, and “potentially affected a large enough pool of eligible voters for the effect on the election to be manifest due to the extreme narrowness of the result,” requiring a

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new election to be held. The University filed an exception to the proposed ruling in October, forcing the full threeperson board to rule on the matter.

Pitt maintains that it committed no illegal conduct during the April election. University spokesperson Kevin Zwick said Pitt requested the round of oral arguments when its attorneys filed the exception in October.

“The University believes that the complex questions presented by this case merit full consideration, including through both written briefs and oral arguments, which is why we requested them when we filed our exceptions in October,” Zwick said.

Although union organizers did not publicly raise concerns about Pitt’s request for hearings when it was sent to the board, organizers said Tuesday that the request is a stalling tactic.

Patrick Beckhorn, a teaching fellow in the anthropology department, said he was frustrated that the litigation battle over unionization is now taking another turn.

“It has now been over two years since we filed our petition,” Beckhorn said. “Now we are facing yet another delay as a result of the administration’s behavior.”

Graduate student union organizers began unionization efforts in 2016 and filed for a union election in December 2017. Organizers say a union would help graduate students win higher wages, better benefits and increased protections against discrimination.

“We look forward to the day — soon, we hope — when we will be able to hold a fair election free from the University’s interference,” Beckhorn said.

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PITT SHOULD PRIORITIZE LOCAL HISTORY

Loretta Donoghue Staff Columnist

As we make our way through the month of February, the University of Pittsburgh’s signature K. Leroy Irvis Black History Month event approaches.

Taking place in the final days of February, the event will feature a commemoration of black activism through the arts.

The University named its annual event in honor of K. Leroy Irvis, former Pennsylvania legislative leader, Pitt Law alumnus and emeritus trustee. A trail-blazing teacher, activist and politician, Irvis dedicated his life to fighting for civil rights and equality. In 1977, he became the first African American to serve as speaker of the house of Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Understanding Pittsburgh history and local heroes, like Irvis, is an important part of being an active Pittsburgh community member — Pittsburgh is a city rich with diverse arts and achievements. But without knowing the effort and struggles that led to these accomplishments, it is not possible to fully understand just how important they are. By honoring Irvis, the University has made a positive step in promoting local history, but they should implement a required program that integrates a variety of local history topics into all students’ curriculum.

Students need to know about Pittsburgh history in order to fully appreciate our City’s accomplishments. From scientific discoveries like one of the first successful polio vaccines to artistic ingenuity such as the late Crawford Grill, Pittsburgh innovations have changed the world. But we cannot truly understand the historical achievements of our region without knowing the history that led to them.

We cannot praise Pittsburgh’s thriving music scene and rich artistic heritage without recognizing the African American abolitionists that started this cultural awakening. We cannot take pride in our region’s role in the labor union movement without acknowledging the immigrant populations that made union strikes possible.

Learning local history is not just about taking pride in the good — it is just as much about acknowledging the bad in order to understand if and

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The Point in Pittsburgh during the 1910s. image via wikimedia commons how these negative aspects persist today. Mariruth Leftwich, the director of education at the Heinz History Center explains it best.

“The relevance of history is often in the hard history, not the celebratory history,” Leftwich said.

The same African American abolitionists that created Pittsburgh’s artistic culture faced heavy racism and discrimination in the Pittsburgh region.

Slavery, lynchings, disenfranchisement and limited access to housing, education and jobs were all unfortunate but very real parts of our City’s history.

We must recognize this dark past in order to understand the present-day racism in Pittsburgh.

According to the City of Pittsburgh’s Gender Equity Commission’s City-wide gender and race report, “racial inequality persists across health, income, employment and education in Pittsburgh.”

The report views these issues as a result of “individual and structural racism,” but to understand where this racism began, we must know Pittsburgh’s history of bigotry and discrimination.

Learning about local history is clearly an important step in taking pride in Pittsburgh’s achievements and recognizing our City’s shortcomings.

But few people are aware of Pittsburgh’s history — especially Pitt students, many of whom come from around the nation and world and may not be famil-

iar with the area, something Leftwich emphasized.

“Pittsburgh is a place that has an identity to it,” Leftwich said. “If you are an outsider, it’s kind of hard to understand and see where that comes from.”

While it is important for students to know local history, we are often very busy, are not equipped to teach ourselves and have no motivation to do so.

To bypass these barriers, the University should take charge and integrate local history into students’ curricula.

To be fair, the University has many opportunities for students to learn about local history. There are several classes dedicated to the subject, including Secret Pittsburgh and ReligYinz: Mapping Religious Pittsburgh. The University Library System hosts the Historic Pittsburgh website, which supports personal and scholarly research on local history. Additionally, there are Outside the Classroom Curriculum tasks that have students visit local museums, historical monuments and educational institutes.

As is, however, none of these opportunities are required — a student could go all four years of their college career without ever having to learn about Pittsburgh history. To implement a program that would require students to learn about local history, the University could simply make a local history

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class one of the general education requirements, or, perhaps even easier, could make a mandatory category of Outside the Classroom Curriculum center around local history.

OCC is a collection of experiences, programs and events at Pitt. OCC is open to all Pitt students, regardless of major, but OCC is not a requirement to graduate. Certain OCC tasks may encourage students to learn about local history, but there is not a dedicated local history OCC category with incentive to participate.

The Honors College OCC, on the other hand, is required for both the Honors joint degree and Honors distinction. Based on a points system, Honors students receive points when they go to mentor meetings, conduct community-based research and more. The Honors OCC shows that a mandatory system for getting students involved in community events is feasible, so creating a required local history OCC category would be as easy as recreating the Honors OCC. The University could even create the OCC program in a way that not only educates students about local history, but benefits the local community. Some of the OCC credit options could include tasks like visiting historically important businesses, talking to local historians or attending talks with important figures in Pittsburgh history. In doing so, students would learn, but they would also give back by supporting local business and citizens.

In an interview, Leftwich said that “the opportunity to encourage people to learn about local history, to give them credit to learn about local history, is a motivating factor.” She herself was unfamiliar with the details of OCC, but once the general idea was explained to her, stated that “there should be a local history version of that.”

By strengthening our pride and appreciation of Pittsburgh, local history helps students identify with their City and come to terms with how its past affects its future. As Leftwich emphasized, learning Pittsburgh’s past helps students “find their place in” Pittsburgh’s uniqueness.

Loretta primarily writes about politics for The Pitt News. Write to her at LMD120@pitt.edu.

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statements are meant to help a political group rally behind a specific candidate.

It seems, however, that the ACDC’s endorsement may have done the opposite — it may have united voters and politicians alike against Kass.

While the endorsement is possibly not worth much — candidates have been elected without securing the official endorsement from their party before — giving it to Kass, whose views don’t seem to align with the ideologies of the Democratic party, feels a bit like a jab at Democrats in the region. Not to mention it snubs other candidates with platforms more aligned with Democratic values such as the aforementioned Jessica Benham. Benham is a progressive Democrat whose platform focuses on issues like disability rights and activism. Being openly bisexual and autistic, she was rightfully upset when Kass received the endorsement.

“I do take it personally as someone with a preexisting condition that the endorsement goes to someone who calls themselves a Democrat and rails against the Affordable Care Act, something that allows me to have health insurance,” Benham stated. “She knocks people who aren’t straight, mocks people who believe in common-sense gun laws and supports Donald Trump.”

In addition to snubbing Benham by endorsing Kass, the ACDC has brushed off current state Rep. Summer Lee, who is the first African American woman from Allegheny County to serve as a state representative.

The committee neglecting to acknowledge candidates more representative of their bases’ interests shows that the ACDC is not devoting enough attention to the more liberal and progressive politics of many voters within the county.

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The Allegheny County Democratic Committee endorsed Heather Kass in her campaign for the 2020 state primary elections on Sunday, a choice that has generated a sizable amount of backlash.

Kass, a Democrat running for election in the state House of Representatives, received the ACDC’s endorsement despite having not been in the race for very long, and despite her history of offensive and insensitive comments.

The ACDC’s endorsement of Kass is a poor decision because her views are not reflective of the larger Democratic party and her receiving the endorsement will not unify Democrats in the region.

Kass only announced that she was running for the state House after current Democratic state Rep. Harry Readshaw announced that he would be retiring once his current term ended.

This contrasts sharply with some of the competing candidates, such as Jessica Benham, who announced her intent to run for state representative in the fall of 2019.

What is more concerning is the fact that Kass has made offensive comments on social media targeting disabled and LGBTQ+ people, belittling those who rely on welfare programs and implying that those suffering from addiction do not deserve help. These despicable statements demean potential constituents and do little to earn her support from the Democratic party. For the most part, Democrats hold views opposing those of Kass, so her comments have done little to bolster her voter base.

In fact, the ACDC’s endorsement of Kass has thus far proven to be deeply divisive of the Democratic party in the region — which is quite the opposite of the typical goal of a political endorsement. Generally, these kinds of

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Sports PITT OVERPOWERED BY FSU, SUSTAINS 3-GAME SKID Stephen Thompson Assistant Sports Editor

When Pitt and Florida State last met, the Panthers escaped with a 63-61 victory at the Petersen Events Center on Nov. 6. Since then, the season has gone in opposite directions for both teams. The Seminoles won 19 of their next 20 games and rose to a top-10 national ranking. Meanwhile, Pitt has struggled to keep its head above water in conference play.

And on Tuesday, the trajectory of both teams kept constant. The Panthers (15-12 overall, 6-10 ACC) were overpowered by No. 8 Florida State, (22-4 overall, 12-3 ACC) 8267 on Tuesday night. The Seminoles avenged their opening-night loss to the Panthers and remained in the hunt for a No. 1 seed in March’s NCAA Tournament.

On the other hand, Pitt is days removed from a lifeless loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday. In response, they defended and rebounded like the desperate team they are.

They matched Florida State on the boards and created enough offense off of Seminole turnovers to stretch their lead to as many as seven.

But the Seminoles are undefeated on their homecourt for a reason and they proved why as the first 20 minutes wound down. It took less than eight minutes for the margin to flip.

A 3-pointer from sophomore forward Wyatt Wilkes gave Florida State a seven-point lead of their own.

Blue-chip first-year Patrick Williams was essential to Florida State’s strong close.

He ended the half tie for the game’s lead in points at 10 on only six shots from the field.

After scoring 17 on in Saturday’s victory over Syracuse, Williams finished with a gamehigh 16 points and five rebounds against the Panthers.

Aiding the Seminoles was Pitt’s familiar struggles against zone defense. A 4:16 long scoring drought by the Panthers’ coincided with Florida State’s switch in scheme. The

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Sophomore guard Au’Diese Toney scored 15 points during Pitt’s 82-67 loss to Florida State on Tuesday.

Thomas Yang | assistant visual editor absurd length the Seminoles boast made allowed them to pack themselves inside of the 3-point line and dare the shooting-adverse Panthers to make shots from the outside.

Pitt did not. They mustered only an abysmal 18% from a 3-point range and could not force Florida State to expand their defense and open driving lanes.

Sophomore Au’Diese Toney and firstyear Justin Champagnie found success scoring and distributing off of baseline drives, but it was not enough to counter Florida State’s 50% shooting from the floor.

Only five points separated either team entering halftime, but the final period got out of hand quickly for the Panthers. In less than three minutes, the deficit grew to double digits. The Panthers remained within striking

distance for another five minutes, but were then blitzed by Florida State for six quick points in less than two minutes.

The Seminoles never looked back and cruised to a 22-point lead before head coach Leonard Hamilton emptied his bench for the final four minutes of gametime.

Toney stuffed the box score despite the loss, tallying 15 points and seven rebounds in 33 minutes of action. Champagnie, along with junior Terrell Brown and sophomore Xavier Johnson joined Toney in double-figure scoring. Champagnie and Johnson’s scoring was aided by 14 combined free throws, of which they made 12.

Like the duo of Champagnie and Johnson, Pitt relied heavily on the charity stripe.

Twenty-one of their 67 total points came

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from foul shots.

The Panthers have now dug themselves an even bigger hole with a third consecutive loss.

They returned to the ACC standings’ bottom quadrant and have looked unsettlingly hapless in the process. Four games remain and Pitt is right on the edge of securing their fourth-straight losing conference record.

Tuesday’s loss highlights the danger of raising expectations too quickly. Pitt appeared to be an NCAA Tournament-caliber team when they bested the Seminoles in November.

Now, even their standing for college basketball’s second-tier postseason is in question.

Pitt will attempt to right the ship when it hosts Virginia and its vaunted defense on Saturday at the Pete. Tip-off is slated for noon.

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PETRIKIS, WASHINGTON JR. TAKE HOME WEEKLY STUDENT-ATHLETE HONORS Marshall Worth Staff Writer

Pitt athletics announced its male and female Student-Athletes of the week on Tuesday, naming senior gymnast Alecia Petrikis and junior baseball player Ron Washington Jr. as the recipients.

Petrikis’ recognition expanded beyond Pitt’s weekly award, as she was subsequently named the East Atlantic Gymnastics League Specialist of the Week. She played a decisive role on Saturday in Pitt’s tri-meet victory over Towson and Yale, earning event-wide high scores on vault and floor exercises. Her vault win came to the tune of a 9.850 score, followed by a career and teamwide season-best 9.900 on the floor. Pitt edged out the Bulldogs and Tigers with a total score of 194.700, its third highest of the season.

She is no stranger to the EAGL’s hardware.

Petrikis has been stalwart on both the floor and vault in her previous three years at Pitt and has Senior Alecia Petrikis was recognized as the East Atlantic Gymnastics League first-team All-EAGL tournament honors from Specialist of the Week. Kaycee Orwig | senior staff photographer 2018 and 2019 to prove it. She placed on the firstteam All-EAGL vault last season and is a threetime member of the All-EAGL scholastic team as well.

The win moved Pitt’s record to 5-4 overall and 2-3 in league competition.

Petrikis joins fellow seniors Michaela Burton and Deven Herbine as the only female gymnasts to be recognized as Student-Athlete of the week this season, and accompanies Burton as Pitt’s only EAGL Gymnast of the Week winners. Burton has won twice this season.

Meanwhile, Pitt baseball’s offense got its season off to a thunderous start over the weekend, largely due to Washington’s hot bat. Two years removed from being named on the All-ACC Third

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Team, the junior outfielder made an early claim to once again be considered among the conference’s best through the season’s first weekend.

The 6-foot-1 power hitting Washington finished with only two home runs a season ago, but his pair of bombs from over the weekend matched that total only four games in. In total, Washington reached base in each of his four games played, going 7-17 with two home runs, one double, eight runs scored, eight RBIs and two walks. He was at the center of both of Pitt’s late-game comebacks, specifically playing hero against St. Joseph’s by delivering a game-tying home run in the ninth inning.

Pitt baseball is off to its best start through four games in two years, due in large part to its offense.

In four games over the weekend, Pitt scored a staggering 36 runs on 44 hits, good for 15th and 14th in the country, respectively. Coming off a 21-34 2019 season, including an ugly 8-22 conference record, the Panthers hope their hot offense can flip and script from last year and carry them through the rest of the season. Continued productivity from Washington would greatly help that cause.

Washington finished with only two home runs a season ago, compared to six his first season, but his pair of bombs from over the weekend matched that total only four games in.

Pitt gymnastics will play host to West Virginia in its final home meet of the season on Friday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. Petrikis and gymnastics’ four other seniors are set to be recognized in senior night ceremonies before the meet. Pitt baseball will return to Florida over the weekend for a three-game series against Eastern Michigan, which has started its season 1-2.

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For sale

• AUTO • BIKES • BOOKS • MERCHANDISE • FURNITURE • REAL ESTATE • PETS

services

• EDUCATIONAL • TRAVEL • HEALTH • PARKING • INSURANCE

3211 Juliet St. 2 apart‑ ments for rent. Avail‑ able 08/01/2020.

2 BR at $950/mo. in­ cludes all utilities.

3 BR at $1425/ mo. in­cludes all utilities. Se­curity Deposit re­quired. Call 412‑608‑8581.

322 S. Bouquet.

Huge 2 BR apart­ ments. Available May 1, 2020 or Au­gust 1, 2020. 412‑361‑2695 3232 Dawson St. Available August 1st.

5 BR, 2 Bath. Laundry included. $2600/mo.

Tenants pay all utili‑ ties. Call 412‑401‑5154.

3444 Ward St. We have studios, 2, and 3 bedroom apartments.

Bright and spacious.

Free heating and free parking. Move May 1, 2020 or August 1, 2020. Call 412‑361‑2695 4909 Centre Ave. Great location for this spacious 1BR apart‑ ment located be­tween Pitt and CMU. On buslines, near restau‑ rants, a block from Shady Side hos­pital.

Rent includes heat.

Laundry, stor­age & parking avail­able.

Updated kitchens and hard­wood floors.

Avail­able spring, sum‑ mer and fall. Contact Sue at 412‑720‑4756

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• ADOPTION • EVENTS • LOST AND FOUND • STUDENT GROUPS • WANTED • OTHER

daily between 8:00 and 6:00 4BR, 2BA. 311 Oak­ land Avenue $1900/ mo. 412‑337‑9916 call for Bob Before signing a lease, be aware that no more than 3 unre­lated people can share a single unit. Check property’s compliance with codes. Call City’s Per­mits, Licensing & In­spections.

412‑255‑2175.

Dawson Village Apts. near CMU and Pitt.

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

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

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

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

Spacious, well‑main­ tained S Oakland 3BR house, $1875/ mo + utilities. Central AC, DW, W/D. Large

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Deadline:

Two business days prior by 3pm | Email: advertising@pittnews.com | Phone: 412.648.7978

kitchen, pantry, high ceilings, decorative FP, out­door space.

Close to Pitt & shut‑ tle. Off‑street parking avail. Panther Proper‑ ties, 412‑328‑6236, pan­therproperties2@ g­mail.com. pan‑ ther‑life/oakland Studio, 1, 2, 3, and 4 BD apartments avail­ able in South Oak­land from $800‑$2500 M.J. Kelly Real Estate mjkellyrealty@gmail.­ com. 412‑271‑5550.

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

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

On bus line, close to restau­rants & shops.

Con­tact Jerry at 412‑722‑8546

Rental Other In historic area, near waterfront. Just re­ modeled, carpeted, large 2 BR, with equipped kitchen. No pets or section 8. $825 plus electric, heat included.

Call 412‑600‑1383.

Studios, 1, 2, & 3 Bedroom apartments available August 2020 & sooner. Oak­land, Shadyside, Friend‑ ship, Squirrel Hill, Highland Park, Point Breeze. Photos & current availabil‑

February 19, 2020

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

Employment Employment Other Medical and Heart Care, Students Welcome, 155 N. Craig Street, Dean Kross, MD, 412‑687‑7666 OFFICE INTERN Shadyside Manage­ ment Company seeks person w/ min 2 yrs. college, for upcom­ing spring semester, to interview & pro­cess rental appli­cants, do internet post‑ ings & help staff our action‑central of­fice.

Part time or full time OK starting now; full time over the summer. $13/hour. Perfect job for current sopho­ mores & juniors, graduating seniors set to enter grad school, returning grad stu­ dents, and first year law students!

Mozart Management 412.682.7003 thane@mozartrents.­ com

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