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CHANCELLOR SEEKS FUNDING AT HARRISBURG HEARING
SPEAKING IN SNACKS
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Contributing Editor Chancellor Patrick Gallagher testified Tuesday in front of the State Senate Appropriations Committee in Harrisburg with other executives from Pennsylvania universities, hoping to increase state funding for higher education for the 2019-20 fiscal year. He spoke as part of a panel with executives from Pennsylvania state-related universities, including Penn State, Lincoln and Temple. State senators were largely noncommittal about the amount of money Pitt would receive for next year and spent a large portion of the hearing discussing other issues facing the University, such as student debt and establishing a panel to study Com- The Center for Less-Commonly-Taught Languages hosted a coffeehouse in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room monwealth funding to higher education institutions. Tuesday afternoon. The event gave students the chance to order drinks and snacks from around the world in the Pitt initially requested a 6.5 percent increase in language of the snacks’ origin country. Levko Karmazyn | staff photographer funding from the Commonwealth, but the University’s funding will be held flat next year, according to Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed budget released Feb. 5. Pitt received a 2.8 percent increase last year. Its guest speaker Tuesday evening was Jose Garth said this background gave him insight for his Maureen Hartwell According to an analysis by the State Higher Staff Writer Garth of Planned Parenthood of Western Penn- current role in PPWP because he realized how perEducation Executive Officers Organization, Pennsylvania, who spoke on sexual violence prevention vasive misogyny can be. Pitt Unmuted, a student group that helps facilisylvania offers some of the lowest financial support strategies to a small group in a Cathedral of LearnHe said he keeps seeing toxic masculinity in tate environments where survivors of sexual assault to higher education out of all states in the United ing classroom. middle and high school boys. Young male students can share their stories, began in 2017 with a focus States in 2017 at $138 per student, second only to Garth, PPWP’s violence prevention program experience a lot of “unlearning” — a regression of on collecting written and visual submissions from New Hampshire at $93 per student. The national manager, began the roundtable discussion by ex- social awareness — which gives rise to unhealthy its members. But the group also looks for ways to plaining his background as a sexual education behaviors that begin before kindergarten and See Harrisburg on page 2 actively prevent sexual violence. instructor in the Pittsburgh public school system. See Violence on page 2
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average is $289 per student. State Sen. John Blake, D-22, asked each of the executives what the most important factor was in requesting more money than the governor had allocated. “The request is really driven by trying to maintain or grow the state support so we can maintain affordability for Pennsylvania students,” Gallagher said. Pitt’s initial budget request included tuition increases of about 3 percent for in-state students and 5 percent for out-of-state students, even with a solicitation for more state funding. It is unclear how tuition prices will be affected if Pitt does not receive its requested funding. In an interview after Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting, Gallagher said he was unsure when tuition prices would be confirmed for next year. “Because we’re kind of tied to when the State moves, we’ve only really, typically, been able to announce that after we know what the State has done,” Gallagher said. “Based on the discussions I’ve had with lawmakers in Harrisburg, they would love to see an on-time appropriation process.” On March 26, Pitt will hold its annual Day in Harrisburg, an event where students and administration lobby state legislators for increases in funding to the University from the Commonwealth. State Sen. Ryan Aument, R-36, who chairs the State Senate Education Committee, said he was
interested in creating a higher education funding commission to reevaluate the Commonwealth’s funding methods. Pennsylvania had a similar group, the 15-member Basic Education Funding Commission, from 2014 to 2015, which recommended a formula for how to distribute state funding to K-12 school districts. Gallagher said he was open to the idea and Pitt would be happy to participate. “I just want to applaud the idea of the commission,” Gallagher said. “I think that all of us would welcome something looking at the portfolio of higher education programs in the Commonwealth.” Gallagher pointed to new financial aid programs, like the Pitt Success Pell Match Program, as ways the University is trying to help students. Details about the program’s funding also surfaced for the first time during the hearing. Gallagher said money would be pulled from cost savings, existing aid reprogrammed from merit-based into need-based aid and anticipated revenue growth through increased tuition or admitted students. “I think this correlation now between Pennsylvania offering the lowest per capita in higher ed funding on a per student basis is directly correlated with [high student debt] because the cost burden has shifted to the students and their families,” Gallagher said. “We’re trying to do as much innovation as we can, but I would agree with you this is a core problem.”
Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania Violence Prevention Program Manager Jose Garth spoke with Pitt Unmuted Tuesday night about toxic masculinity and gender issues. Sarah Cutshall | visual editor
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worsen each year. “What’s crazy to me is how indoctrinated we get from year to year,” Garth said. Garth described how he witnessed the school environment facilitate toxic behavior, noting that teachers would sometimes misgender students and security guards would inconsistently enforce rules. “I had a kid trying to beat me up for 30 minutes and I couldn’t find them,” Garth said, explaining a bad experience with the security at one of Pittsburgh’s public schools. “But when a girl shows up in spaghetti straps, they come out of the woodwork.” One of Garth’s programs through PPWP, called “The Act Like A Man/Act Like a Lady Box,” aims to break down gender norms. Garth said these activities, which he has used on various age groups, demonstrate the stereotypes placed on men and women, specifically concerning sexual activities. Through these activities, Garth presents the phrases “act like a man” and “act like a lady” and then asks for feedback on what each instruction entails. He said the discussion often shifts toward what sexual activity is permissible by each respective gender. Garth said many of his groups consider women “slutty” for participating in many of the same sexual activities that men do without judgment. This transitioned into a bigger question of what “slutty” really means. Garth said as long as people are safe and honest Chancellor Patrick Gallagher testified Tuesday with executives from other about their relationships, it shouldn’t matter how state universities including Penn State, Lincoln and Temple in front of the much sexual activity they engage in. Without honstate Senate Appropriations Committee in Harrisburg to advocate for their esty and communication, he said, “we end up being requested funding. Christian Snyder | editor in chief
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the unethical slut that we fear we are going to be.” Garth then broadened the discussion to how toxic masculine behaviors and ideals like athleticism, womanizing and violent behavior have crept into American culture. To combat this, Garth said the next wave of feminism needs to focus on understanding the origins of toxic masculinity. “I know it may sound kinda backwards to make feminism about masculinity,” Garth said. “But feminism isn’t a woman’s thing — it’s a human thing.” Garth brought the discussion back to how safe sex is good sex, even if the conversation about it isn’t always that sexy. “Nobody ever goes home and says ‘I just had the safest sex in the world! So respectful,’” Garth said. Julia Lee, Pitt Unmuted’s external events coordinator, said the organization originally only accepted visual and writing submissions but started collaborating with on-campus and offcampus groups to bring the conversation to life. “The things that victims of assault go through are very sensitive and personal to them,” Lee said. “Especially at a place like Pitt, it can be easy to feel like you’re lost or not being heard.” Lee said the organization seeks to mitigate this isolation by bringing together those who have and even those who haven’t experienced assault. “To have a place to support each other is really important, especially given how prevalent this issue is and how often it happens on campus,” Lee said.
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Focus on hate crimes, not Smollett After Jussie Smollett claimed he was attacked by white supremacists the night of Jan. 29, he is now facing charges for allegedly staging the attack himself. Some commentators like Tucker Carlson have seized onto these developments to bolster claims of widespread hate hoaxes while discrediting the occurrence of hate crimes. But hate crimes in the United States are indisputably on the rise, and Smollett’s alleged hoax attack is far from representative of the real public safety threats posed by white supremacy and hatred. Regardless of this one incident, we have to pay more attention to dangers of hateful organizations and violent individuals, not on an alleged hoax. A 49-year-old Coast Guard lieutenant was arrested Feb. 15 while studying killers like the Unabomber and the Virginia Tech gunman and plotting an attack that would spark a race war. Prosecutors say he stockpiled weapons, drew up a list of Democratic politicians to be killed and wished “to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country.” The Naval Criminal Investigative Service opened an investigation this week into an infantry Marine over multiple tweets of Nazi propaganda and white supremacist imagery. One tweeted image depicted blocks of explosives arranged in the shape of a swastika. The recent investigations into military personnel with ties to white supremacist organizations underscore FBI concerns over white supremacist infiltration of the armed forces. A 2018 ProPublica investigation into the violent neo-Nazi organization Atomwaffen revealed multiple members transferring skills learned in the U.S. military to other racist and violent members.
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Since May 2017, three Atomwaffen members have been charged with five murders, including the death of Blaze Bernstein, a gay, Jewish college student whom authorities believe was stabbed more than 20 times. The threat of hateful individuals willing to commit violent crimes extends beyond the armed forces. A 2018 FBI report on hate crimes revealed the number of hate crimes reported to the federal law enforcement agency had risen by 17 percent from 2016 to 2017. The report’s findings marked 2017 as the third year in a row that the number of hate crime incidents had grown. But FBI statistics on hate crimes don’t even tell the fully story of hate crimes in America. A 2017 Bureau of Justice Statistics report suggested over half of hate crime victims never report the incidents to law enforcement. In a statement to the BBC, Senior Counselor to the Attorney General Matthew Whitaker underscored the severity and violence posed by hate crimes. “The Department of Justice’s top priority is to reduce violent crime in America, and hate crimes are violent crimes,” he said. The risk to public safety posed by hate crimes has grown in the last three years and we must devote more attention than ever to confronting that threat. Despite Smollett’s hoax attack, we must remain credulous of possible hate crimes to stay proactive in countering these threats. Treating reported hate crimes with skepticism only harms our ability to accurately assess and respond to real violent crimes that occur on a daily basis. Law enforcement agencies in the United States reported 7,175 hate crimes in 2017. Smollett’s hoax attack makes these attacks no less real for their victims.
TUMBLR’S PORN BAN HURTS SEX WORKERS
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Cammy Morsberger Staff Columnist
The International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers was Dec. 17, 2018, but it was also the day social media website Tumblr decided to ban pornography from its platform. This means that any content deemed explicit — displaying nudity, as outlined by their new policy — will be removed. But this effort to create a safer, more friendly interface for a younger audience has extreme drawbacks. By banning NSFW content, Tumblr will inevitably hurt sex workers, adult models and their businesses in the process. These individuals
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rely on their blogs and online presence as a source of income, and Tumblr’s new policy curtails their freedom of expression and threatens their stability. Sex workers are able to make money on Tumblr by monetizing ads, generating substantial web traffic and selling exclusive content. But due to the policy change, many accounts will be removed, meaning that many people will lose a large source of income. These users are understandably worried for their livelihood. In an interview with Wired Magazine, sex worker Liara Roux explained the danger of expelling See Tumblr on page 5
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Tumblr, pg. 4 sexual content from Tumblr, especially content from smaller subcultures. “As mainstream sites slowly remove sexual content, which often is how queer and other marginalized communities are able to connect, it will become difficult for both sex workers and these communities to have an online space to exist,” she said. A Bell Labs research study of online pornography found 50 percent of 130 milllion Tumblr users examined were exposed to pornography on the site, meaning that a large majority of blog posts have been or will be removed. And if this type of content is so pervasive, then it will be even harder for the site to find and delete all of it. The intentions of the site-wide ban were fair. CEO Jeff D’Onofrio, in a blog post detailing the change, cited that it was Tumblr’s goal to “[create] the most welcoming environment possible for our community,” and that “posting anything that is harmful to minors, including child pornography, is abhorrent and has no place in our community.” Despite D’Onofrio’s intentions, the computer algorithm, which automatically flags unacceptable posts on the website, has often confused harmless posts for inappropriate ones. According to some users, the system wrongfully targets safe posts, such as animal pictures. And there were already site policies in place to prevent minors from viewing adult content. For instance, Tumblr had previously required a minimum age of 18 to view blog posts deemed sexually graphic, meaning that restricted content would be inaccessible to minors. Another feature which filtered out “adult” content was the default “Safe Mode,” which any user could apply to their account. In this way, the social media site was already taking preventative measures to reduce exposure to young users. But even when content is blocked, pornography is still incredibly present. Because of Tumblr’s reblogging feature, pornography “spreads widely in the network,” according to the previous study. By simply following accounts that like or repost such content, many 18+ users are “unintentionally exposed” when those posts appear on their feed. It is important to note that Tumblr is,
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by design, a space for mature content. Given that a lot of imagery on the website is graphic and a large portion of its users are consumers of such media, sex workers — like all Tumblr users — should be defended. Sex work is voluntary, consensual and can be safe to produce over the Internet. Because of the pervasiveness of pornography on Tumblr, banning sexually explicit blogs does not eliminate the issue entirely, if at all. And because pornography is so prevalent on the website, it is unlikely that Tumblr can sweep it all away effortlessly. Now that sex workers have been suspended from the platform, some users have created specialized blogs providing job assistance and advice about temporary housing opportunities, business promotion and costume sales. While it appears that sex workers still have a large network of support on Tumblr, they will still have to search for income elsewhere, but options are continuously dwindling. Craigslist was among the few remaining sites where such content was not restricted. A bill passed last March called the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act caused websites like Craigslist to eliminate pages that often hosted illegal activity, but it also shut down legal sex work in the process. This bill and others, such as the Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act, are inadvertently harming sex workers engaging in safe and consensual interactions. Without the safety of posting content online, sex workers could be forced to search for clients in physical spaces, where they are at a higher risk for violence. A 2017 study found that the personals section of Craigslist actually reduced the overall female homicide rate by 17.4 percent. Without these websites that offer security, the lives of sex workers are in danger. For now, it seems that Tumblr will remain firm in their decision that punishes sex workers, but there is clear pushback from the community. One particular petition to overturn the ban has nearly 600,000 signatures and counting. Banning sexual content may seem reasonable and safe, but it can have unforeseen and devastating consequences. Tumblr should continue to provide a platform for sex workers, offering them the creative liberty and protected spaces it extends to all its other users.
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VENTURE OUTSIDE OF EUROPE FOR STUDY ABROAD Anna Bongardino Contributing Editor
Young self-designated travelers who have just returned after a few months abroad often say things along the lines of “Study abroad changed me. It was amazing!” Many of us tend to roll our eyes in response. While two, four or even six months in a country may seem like a short time, the things students learn abroad can have lasting effects — especially for those who study abroad outside of places like Europe or Australia, which are similar to the United States. I spent four months in Morocco last spring semester. During the time I was abroad, I made friends from colleges and universities across the United States and all over Morocco. I stepped foot in the desert and rode a camel for the first time. I attended a Moroccan wedding that lasted into the early hours of the morning — as is custom in Middle Eastern culture. I learned the Arabic alphabet and refreshed my French vocabulary through daily conversation with Moroccans. I lived with a host family and spent several hours of one Sunday afternoon in a public bathhouse with my host mom and many other naked woman bathing in the heated tile rooms. It wasn’t until I returned to the United States and had conversations with the people I left behind that I realized how much I had changed and more importantly, how much more I had learned about myself and the world outside of Pennsylvania. Morocco wasn’t the first place I’d traveled outside of the United States. I’d been to places like Canada, England and France, but I had never traveled outside of North America or Europe before. But why did I choose somewhere so different? And why should you? While house-made pasta in Rome or the nightclubs of Barcelona might sound tempting, consider booking your
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one-way flight to somewhere that would allow you to experience more than you could in Pittsburgh. Don’t get me wrong — by no means are Pittsburgh and Paris identical. From what I’ve heard other students say, studying abroad in Europe can be a great experience if you’re looking for a less stressful class schedule, close proximity to a wealth of other European destinations or a lowered drinking age. In my experience studying abroad with SIT — a company that offers most of its study abroad programs outside of Europe — my courses enhanced my experience in my host country, but they weren’t as rigorous as they would have been at Pitt. While most study abroad programs are notorious for easier courses, going outside of the most popular destinations allowed me to spend less time studying from books and more time on experiential learning. In small interactions each day, the world became my classroom in a way that wouldn’t have been possible if I chose one of the typical study abroad destinations. I learned how to eat out of a communal bowl with pieces of bread instead of utensils. I slowly acquired the skills to bargain with vendors in the medina — the old walled-in section of North African cities. When the last day of my program finally arrived, I realized I was still learning as much as on my first days in the country. Wherever you study abroad, you’ll certainly witness large shifts in your knowledge and experiences over the course of your time abroad. I had gone from forgetting how to ask “What’s your name?” in French during my first week in the country to reading a French magazine about African politics in the Casablanca airport on the day I left. When I got back to the Pitt this fall, I enrolled in French and Arabic courses, newly inspired to become proficient in languages oth-
er than English. But learning about the intricacies of a culture through daily life can be even more valuable than some of the more obvious knowledge and skills travelers tend to develop, like language acquisition and the ability to navigate unfamiliar streets and transportation systems. I grew accustomed to the adhan — the Islamic call to prayer — blasting from the mosque below the windows of my Casablanca apartment five times a day. When I first returned to the United States, I even found myself humming the rhythmic tune on occasion. Often, when I tell people I studied abroad in Morocco, they’re surprised or impressed — sometimes both. Maybe studying abroad or studying abroad outside of Europe isn’t for everyone, but it’s not as challenging as you might think. One of my biggest fears when I chose to study abroad in Morocco was that I would experience a lot of culture shock when I landed in Rabat at the end of January. In truth, I was too jet lagged and exhausted to notice whatever differences in culture might have been immediately noticeable. I was surrounded by a cohort of 60 other American students in a hotel for the first few days of orientation. Although we had just met, we went through all of the excitement and the challenges of adapting to a new culture together. While I had traveled to a few other countries previously, I had never been abroad for more than two weeks — and I had certainly never left the country or flown by myself before. For some students in my program, the four months they spent in Morocco was the first time they left the United States. While the first few days seemed slightly more difficult for them, I watched their attitudes quickly transform, and they flourished in their sur-
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A camel poses for a selfie with Anna in Zagora, Morocco. Anna Bongardino | contributing editor roundings over the course of the following weeks and months. Even the most seasoned travelers will experience routine mishaps like lost luggage, food poisoning or petty theft. But these things happen anywhere you travel and can still happen even if you stay in Pittsburgh. I won’t argue that traveling to another country is easy or without its costs, but it is worth every inconvenience and penny spent. You only have to be willing to step outside of your comfort zone and challenge yourself to adapt to new situations. For the homesick-prone among us, this might just mean going to a summer program in London. For the more daring and adventurous souls out there, I challenge you to take a chance and go somewhere different. You might be surprised by what you take away from your experience. I never considered myself to be a potential future expat, but I’ve been planning to return to the Middle East or North Africa for another long-term stay since the day I returned to the United States.
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Sports TIM O’TOOLE: DIFFERENT WAYS TO SKIN A CAT Cale Berger Staff Writer
Tim O’Toole was hired to Jeff Capel’s Pitt basketball staff last summer as associate head coach, bringing a resumé that included time under basketball’s brightest minds and a knack for developing big men. But before he carved out a name for himself as a passionate presence on the sidelines, O’Toole was just a low-paid graduate assistant at Fordham University, on the fence between a life in finance or a life in basketball. While at Fordham pursuing an MBA in finance, he interviewed for a job with investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald in 1989. When the firm’s president told O’Toole that he could make upwards of $300,000 in salary after just two years, he thought back to an adage his father often shared with him. “He used to tell me all the time ‘Make your vocation your vacation,’” O’Toole said. “If you can make your vocation your vacation, if you enjoy everyday what you’re doing, you’re going to be a heck of a lot further than most people.” It was after this reflection that O’Toole knew what his true passion was. He declined the lucrative job offer, and committed fully to a career as a basketball coach — a decision that he by no means regrets, but one that has had an unimaginable impact on his life. Cantor Fitzerald’s New York offices were located within the World Trade Center, populating the 101st through 105th floors. They lost 658 employees on Sept. 11, 2001. If he had taken the job offer, O’Toole likely would have been working there the day of the 9/11 attacks. “You have these moments in life where you know you’re lucky, or that you have guardian angels,” he said. “The reality is that if I was there, I was dead.” O’Toole grew up in White Plains,
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Associate head coach for the Pitt Men’s Basketball team Tim O’Toole coached at Fairfield University, before being named to Jeff Capel’s coaching staff. Thomas Yang | assistant visual editor New York — about an hour north of the city — and was the head coach at his alma mater of Fairfield University in Connecticut at the time. Being in the tri-state area, he attended countless funerals. It’s a period that he thinks about often, and one that certainly puts life and the game of basketball in perspective. “My son Collin has two ‘L’s’ in his
name as opposed to one,” he said, “because I never want him to forget that there were two trade towers that used to be here.” To honor his friends and near-colleagues that were lost on that day in 2001, O’Toole tries to make every day count, taking nothing for granted, a lesson that he tries to instill in the players he coaches.
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“We’re lucky,” he said. “No matter how good or bad we think we got it, we have an opportunity … If you don’t have energy and fire behind it, it makes it a hell of a lot harder.” He tackles every day with a sense of vigor and enthusiasm that is not lost on a young Pitt team, and O’Toole’s impact and energy was noticed on his first day. See O’Toole on page 9
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O’Toole, pg. 8 Sophomores Terrell Brown and Khameron Davis had not yet formally met O’Toole, but they were playing pickup in the practice gym of the Petersen Events Center the day he was named to Jeff Capel’s coaching staff. “We go down, someone misses a shot, we get a rebound and we’re running the fast break,” Davis said. “And from the corner of my eye I see someone running from the out of bounds, and I’m like ‘Who is running?’ I look to the side and coach O’Toole is running the sidelines as we’re playing.” Sure enough it was O’Toole, sprinting up and down the sideline, stride-forstride with the players on the court as they transitioned from offense to defense. “It came to a point where some of us were more focused on him running,” Brown said. “Like he’s really keeping up with us.” While Davis and Brown certainly found his behavior peculiar, O’Toole himself found it completely normal, likening it to a coaching style he has used often throughout his career.
“For the most part I deal with the big dudes, and they’re baseline-to-baseline guys,” he said. “I wanted to make sure that if I was going to say something to those guys, I better know what I’m talking about. And the best way to do it is if you’re running up behind them.” O’Toole’s hands-on style may be slightly unconventional, but his tutelage under some of the game’s greatest coaches has taught him that there are many different approaches that can lead to winning basketball. O’Toole was an assistant for Syracuse in 1991. On the first day of practice, he found his locker right next to head coach Jim Boeheim. When Boeheim asked him if Syracuse did things differently compared to his previous stops, O’Toole assured him that coaching for the Orange was nothing like he had done before. They had fast-paced, competitive practices that O’Toole compared to the Indy 500. That’s when Boeheim gave him some friendly advice. “There’s a lot of different ways to skin a cat,” he said. Fast-forward four years, and O’Toole was coaching under Mike Krzyzewski at
Duke. Again, his locker was right next to another legend. Unlike the zone-oriented Boeheim, Coach K was all about man-toman defense. After a practice, Krzyzewski posed a question that was eerily familiar. “Am I a lot different than Jim?” he asked. When O’Toole explained to him the differences he had noticed, Krzyzewski responded with an even more familiar answer. “Remember,” he said. “There’s a lot of different ways to skin a cat.” O’Toole was stunned. Thirteen years later in 2008, O’Toole was interviewing with Mike D’Antoni, then the head coach of the New York Knicks running his fast-paced ‘Seven Seconds or Less’ offense. D’Antoni was fresh off of coaching the U.S. Olympic team with Krzyzewski and Boeheim, so he too was curious of what O’Toole had to say about coaching alongside his contemporaries. “Am I different than Mike and Boe?” he asked. O’Toole said of course. D’Antoni replied in the most poetic way possible. “Remember, there’s a lot of different ways to skin a cat.”
It was after this third interaction that O’Toole finally caught on. “Three of these monsters tell me this,” he said. “I better learn at least one thing.” Now, O’Toole is drawing on all of that knowledge and passion in an attempt to help a young Pitt team that has lost 10 consecutive games in conference play. “I don’t want one person that comes to the Petersen Events Center to leave this building with a loss,” he said. “So then when we come here and there’s human beings, and they’re loud … you almost want to jump up and down and be grateful, because that’s the choice they make.” For O’Toole, coaching is all about sharing that knowledge, energy and passion that he attacks life with on to the players, because he knows all too well that you can take nothing for granted. “O’Toole really does care,” Davis said. “Though his methods are, you know, different — ultimately it’s all for the benefit of you. And I do believe that.”
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walking distance to campus. Great location. $1200. All utilities included. Washer/dryer on site. Off‑street parking available. No pets/ smoking or parties. Call 412‑882‑7568 or email tsciulli123@ gmail.com 1,2,3,4,5,6 bedroom houses in South Oakland. Available August 1st or May 1st. Newly remodeled. Bouquet, Meyran, Atwood, Semple St. Call 412‑287‑5712 for more information. 2 and 3 bedroom located on Meyran. Newly renovated, air‑conditioning, dishwasher, and washer/dryer. Avail‑ able Summer 2019. 412‑915‑0856 or email klucca@veri‑ zon.net. 2 Bedroom Apart ment. Rent: $1690 + electric. Avail‑ able August 1, 2019 on Louisa St. 412‑441‑1211. info@ forbesmanagement. net. www.forbesman agement.net. 2BR houses and apart ments available in August. Unfurnished, no pets. Atwood/S. Bouquet. Call 412‑492‑8173 3408 Parkview Ave. Studios, 1‑2‑3 BRS Available June &Aug. Pet Friendly & Park
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ing. CALL NOW! 412‑455‑5600 3436 Ward. Spacious 2‑Bedroom, 1 bath, equipped kitchen, $1,195 + electric, Heat included. 412‑271‑5550 3444 Ward St. ‑ Stu dio and 1bedroom apartments. Free heating, free parking. Available May & August 2019 move‑in. Call 412‑361‑2695 4BR apartment available on Dawson. $2300/mo plus some utilities. Washer/dryer in buildings. Call or text 724‑350‑5000. Apartments for rent. 2 and 3 bedroom apart‑ ments available. Some available on Dawson Street, Atwood Street, and Mckee Place. Newly remodeled. Some have laundry on site. Minutes from the University. For more info please call Mike at 412‑849‑8694 August “Best Value” Few remaining, Fur nished 2‑bedroom apartments in South Oakland. Call/ text Tim TMK Properties 412‑491‑1330. Visit our website www. tmkrentals.com August 2019 rental. Studio & 1 Bedrooms. Heat included; parking. Charles Greve Company Real Estate 412‑261‑4620. Before signing a lease, be aware that no
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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. Brand new remod‑ eled spacious duplex. 5BR, 2BA, second and third floors. Laundry room in apartment. $3000 +utilities. Call 412‑871‑5657 M.J. Kelly Realty. Studio, 1, 2, 3 and 4 Bedroom Apartments, Duplexes and Houses. N. & S. Oakland from $750‑$2500. mjkellyrealty@gmail. com. 412‑271‑5550. www.mjkellyrealty. com Newly Updated 4‑bedroom, 2‑bath townhouse. Laun‑ dry & new bath in basement. $2000+ Utilities. Call 412‑292‑1860 North/South Oakland Houses and Apart ments with Laundry and Central Air. Call or text 412‑38‑Lease
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info@kellyrealtyinc. com Now Renting for Fall 2019 One Bedrooms located conveniently throughout South Oakland Rents Starting at: $740‑$825 Contact: John C.R. Kelly Office: 412‑683‑7300 Email: info@kellyre altyinc.com Website: www. jcrkelly.com Oakland Court‑ 2 bedroom house, 1.5 bathrooms. Air conditioning. 1 Good location, close to Hillman Library. Rent $750/month + utilities. Available August, 2019. Call 412‑881‑0550.
Shadyside 4909 Centre Ave. Great location for this spacious 1BR apartment located be
tween Pitt and CMU. On buslines, near restaurants, hospital. Rent includes heat. Laundry, storage & parking available. Updated kitchens and hardwood floors. $100 Amazon gift card upon move in. Avail‑ able spring, summer and fall. Contact Sue at 412‑720‑4756.
furnished house, Air Conditioned for $1,200 plus utilities on North Avenue, Millvale. Need Secu rity Deposit and Credit Check. Please call: 412‑315‑8024.
Shadyside: 1 and 2BR, great location, hardwood floors. Free heat. Immedi‑ ate occupancy. Call 412‑361‑2695
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115 Chesterfield Road ‑ 1 nice 3‑bed room house. 1.5 bathrooms. Recently remodeled. Good location, close to Ca‑ thedral of Learning. Rent $1300/month + utilities. Available August 5th, 2019. 412‑881‑0550.
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Fall Rentals ‑ 1 bed
room apartments very close to campus,
hour laundry, secured
buildings. Rates start
ing at $775 with some utilities included. Call us today at
Studios, 1, 2, & 3
available August 2019 & sooner. Oakland, Shadyside, Friend‑ ship, Squirrel Hill,
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Employment Employment Other Busy executive individual seeking part‑time personal assistant. Must be personable, friendly and have great communication skills. Must have a good computer skill Hours are 20‑30Hrs Weekly. Salary is $25.50/hr. applicant apply to jobinquiries820@ gmail.com Comfort Keepers, a Post‑Gazette Top Workplace, is seeking caring individuals. Caregivers work alongside seniors to provide companion ship, light housekeep ing, personal care ser vices. Flexible hours available. If interested call 412‑363‑5500 Medical and Heart Care, Students
Now Renting Fall 2019! Various Two BR units in South Oakland, Bates, Coltart, Edith, Halket Place, Ward Street; rent starting from $975‑$1410 Contact: John C.R. Kelly 412‑683‑7300 www.jcrkelly.com
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Welcome, 155 N. Craig Street, Dean Kross, MD, 412‑687‑7666 Need school year and
summer help. Flexible hours‑basic main
tenance of Oakland rentals‑painting,
light yard work, etc. Someone who can
use a hammer or drill
hour. Please inquire 412‑889‑8934
Personal, professional masseuse needed. Long term position. 2X/week. Washington County location. Call 724‑223‑0939 or 724‑229‑8868 any time.
without killing them
Services
412.688.0533.
Educational
selves. $15/hour. Dave OFFICE INTERN Shadyside Manage
ment Company seeks person w/ min 2 yrs.
college, for upcoming spring semester, to
interview & process rental applicants,
The Phlebotomy Training Center www. justphlebotomy.org 2 evening classes weekly, 5 weeks + excellent Clinicals. Call 412‑521‑7334.
do internet post‑
ings & help staff
our action‑central
full time OK starting in January; full time over the summer.
$13/hour. Perfect
job for sophomores & juniors, seniors
planning to enter grad school, returning grad
students, and first‑year law students!
Mozart Management 412‑682‑7003
thane@mozartrents. com
Overnight caregiver for young man with cerebral palsy in Squirrel Hill. 9
PM‑8:30 AM. Flex‑ ible days available, 1‑2 days a week.
No experience with
cerebral palsy needed, just responsible and
compassionate person to check on him if
he gets up during the
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