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James Robinson, Jamel Artis and Michael Young were key in Pitt’s 76-62 win over Duke. Jeff Ahearn ASSISTANT VISUAL EDITOR
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Senior Staff Writer No one in the history of Pitt basketball has started more games than James Robinson. And, on Senior Day, his last contest at the Petersen Events Center, he was going to come out on top. After the Panthers fell to the Louisville Cardinals Wednesday, redshirt junior Chris Jones,
who was a member of the same recruiting class as Robinson, said the squad promised the point guard it would beat No. 15 Duke on Sunday. Robinson’s teammates helped follow through on that vow, as Pitt(20-8, 9-7 ACC) dominated the Blue Devils (21-8, 10-6 ACC) 76-62 at the Petersen Events Center Sunday. “They were terrific. All their kids were
locked in,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. The game seldom seemed in doubt, as Pitt led wire to wire, besting Duke in every facet of the game. Pitt shot 50 percent to Duke’s 38 percent, while also outrebounding them 39-20. The performance came after two practices that both the players and Pitt head coach Jamie
Dixon highlighted. After that disappointing loss to Louisville, Jones called the team’s practice on Saturday an “angry practice.” His backcourt mate, Robinson, also lauded the practices. “[Saturday] was our best practice as a team,” Robinson said. “This late in the season, that says something.” See Men’s Hoops on page 8
News candidate count
As the number of SGB candidates dwindles, students are left without a choice.
recent referendums 2012
2013
2014
2016
Allowed slates to announce endorsements and affiliations
Decreased number of votes students were allowed from 5 to 3
SGB Term changed from calender year to academic year
Slates are permitted to run with four candidates
affiliation
63% 20% 78% Percentage of candidates affiliated with a president in 2012
Percentage of candidates affiliated with a president in 2013
Percentage of candidates affiliated with a president in 2014
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Percentage of candidates affiliated with a president in 2015-16
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Number of people who ran for 8 board positions:
16 10 8 8
candidates in 2012
candidates in 2013
candidates in 2014
candidates in 2015-16
this election, there were 23 applications, but only 10 candidates. Lauren Wilson Staff Writer
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or the third year in a row, Student Government Board elections aren’t much of a competition. Tuesday’s ballot will show only eight candidates running for eight Board seats and two candidates vying for the presidential seat. The last year more than 10 candidates ran for Board positions was 2012, when 16 students ran. The number of candidates competing for seats has fallen since then, meaning student voters don’t have much of a choice while filling out ballots. According to Mike Nites, 2014 SGB president, changes in SGB’s elections code may have pushed the decline, but today’s Board
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members attribute the decrease to the timeconsuming nature of campaigning. In 2013, 10 candidates campaigned for Board seats, and one person — Nites — ran for the president’s seat. In 2014, 10 candidates campaigned for Board seats while three candidates competed for the president’s seat. The current Board has kept their positions since Nov. 11, 2014 after a referendum passed in October of that year that changed the SGB term from a calendar year to the academic school year. Until this year, the elections code permitted candidates to campaign with a slate — a group of students that run on the same platform — consisting of up to three people. Slates often unofficially affiliated with one another to
form larger partnerships of five Board members and one presidential candidate, referred to as “mega-slates.” In 2012, the Board changed the Elections Code to allow candidates to publicly announce endorsements and affiliations, which Nites said was an “attempt to level the playing field.” He said this policy change might have caused a decrease in the number of president-affiliated Board candidates. “With just a few years of data to look at, it seems like the number of candidates not affiliated with a presidential candidate has remained about the same,” Nites said in an email. “But the number of candidates that are affiliated with a presidential candidate have dropped off because of the change.”
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When voting for candidates, students were previously allowed five votes, meaning it was possible for two affiliated slates to have more than half of the votes on the Board. In 2013, following a request from student leaders, the Board passed a referendum decreasing the number of votes a student can cast in an election from five to three. Since then, according to Nites, presidential candidates began running with a slate of three other candidates. “These changes were made because the student body voiced its opinion that no megaslate should be able to have control over the majority of the Board,” Nites said. “And independent candidates and slates unaffiliated with a presidential candidate should have a fair shot See SGB on page 4
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Pitt names Bonner dean of students Dale Shoemaker News Editor
After months serving in the position, Kenyon Bonner is now settling into his vice provost and dean of students office. More than a year after the job opened, Pitt appointed Kenyon Bonner, the former interim vice provost and dean of students, to the full position at the winter Board of Trustees meeting Friday. He will officially assume the role Tuesday, but met with students after the announcement at Student Leaders’ Recognition Dinner in one of his first appearances in the official role. Bonner filled the position as the interim vice provost and dean of students in January 2015 after Chancellor Patrick Gallagher promoted former dean Kathy Humphrey to senior vice chancellor for engagement and chief of staff. Since Bonner joined Pitt in 2004 as the assistant director of residence life, he’s climbed the ranks of the Division of Stu-
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dent Affairs. By the time he became interim vice provost and dean of students, Bonner had served as director of student life for 11 years, associate dean of students for seven years and had directed the RISE Mentoring Program. Bonner studied psychology and philosophy at Washington and Jefferson College, where he played basketball throughout his career. He later completed his doctorate in rehabilitation counseling from Kent State University. In 2013, Pitt awarded Bonner with the Chancellor’s Award for Staff for Excellence in Service to the University — the highest honor a staff member can receive, according to Pitt’s website. In October, Pitt formally opened up the position to applicants when it posted the job online and formed a search committee to narrow down candidates. In early February, the search committee met with and interviewed four finalists, including associate deans and other student life leaders from
Georgia, Texas and Michigan. Pitt tasks the vice provost and dean of students with integrating student life and academics and leading Pitt’s Division of Student Affairs, which incorporates Student life, Residence Life, Pitt’s health and counseling services, Pitt’s career development and placement programs and intramural sports, among several other offices. The dean oversees a staff of about 200 people. As dean, Bonner oversees the Outside of the Classroom Curriculum program, which he said was essential to students’ success. In his interview, Bonner outlined his plans to improve Pitt’s Outside of the Classroom Curriculum program, make Pitt more diverse and inclusive and fight sexual assault. According to Pitt Provost Patricia Beeson, Bonner’s other priorities involve expanding the OCC, evaluating Pitt’s academic and career advising services and making plans to increase diversity — and
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they’re ones Beeson is holding him to. “I’ve challenged him to find ways to use the diversity on campus to engage students,” Beeson said. She also said Bonner plans to hire new staff members to improve Pitt’s mental health services, but didn’t know what kind of positions he is looking to fill. For Beeson, Bonner is the right person for the job because she knows he can achieve his goals. “This is a great opportunity for the University and for my office,” she said. “He has a great vision for Pitt.” Beeson said she knows Bonner will succeed as dean of students because his work ethic is unmatched. He showed that in the last year as interim dean, she said. “Sometimes when someone’s an interim they don’t want to move things ahead, but Kenyon jumped in,” Beeson said.
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SGB, pg. 2 at the election.” Nites said if two slates run each term with three candidates and a few independent candidates run, the numbers will add up to about 10 to 12 candidates. Although 2013 legislation led to smaller slates, the Elections Committee passed a referendum in January 2016 to permit slates to run with four candidates, as long as one member is a presidential candidate. This year, two slates — the Keystone Slate and the Incline Slate — have three Board candidates and one presidential candidate. Alyssa Laguerta and Rohit Anand make up the H.A.T.S. Slate, which does not have a presidential affiliate. Though the competition was just as thin in 2013 as it is in 2016, it wasn’t always a bloodless battle. In the 2013 election, the president-elect, Gordon Louderback, along with five other Board members, was a part of the Druids, a society of active students on campus whose members have kept their identities a secret since the mid-1990s. Around the time of the election in 2013, former Druid members told The Pitt News they were concerned the group was becoming too political. Aaron Gish, elections chair during the 2013 campaigns, told The Pitt News in 2013 that the political implications of the group led to an unfair election season and filed infractions against the Druid-affiliated candidates. “When I took the position I was given the advice to expect that everyone in SGB has an ulterior motive,” Gish said in an email on Sunday. “While I thought that was rather over-the-top advice and certainly didn’t think it applied to nearly everybody in the office, I can say that the problem of politicking was quite real and was not confined to any one group of people in SGB.” Gish said he can’t pinpoint the reason for the recent lack of interest in running for SGB, but said, in his time at Pitt, students showed the least interest in the 2013 election. In 2013, only 13.7 percent of students voted in the election, a 54 percent drop from 2012. “I think it would be unfair to attribute [low interest] to any one person or group, but certainly any ‘scandal’ doesn’t help,” Gish said. Celia Millard, chair of SGB’s Elections Committee, said she was not familiar with the Druids
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involvement in the 2013 election. In an email, Millard said that she was initially worried about the low competition. “We [worried] that with fewer candidates, there won’t be active campaigning and excitement about voting,” Millard said. “We want the student body to get excited and as involved as possible to ensure a large voter turnout and overall increased awareness of SGB.” Though 23 students showed interest in running for Board, Millard said only 10 people completed the application. Millard said in an email that 13 people did not turn in their applications, which she attributed in part to the signature requirement — Board candidates must acquire 200, while presidential candidates must acquire 250 — and the fact that many of the applicants were first-year students. Despite her concerns about the signature requirement, Millar said SGB has not discussed the possibility of changing the application. “It’s there because that’s what candidates have to do in real elections, and we want to make sure that a large number of students on this campus are confident in signing their name to say that a person should run for SGB,” Millard said. She said she reached out to all the applicants multiple times with campaigning information, but to no avail. A larger barrier for applicants is the lack of information about SGB’s goals and actions on campus, according to Millard. “I think once the student body starts to become more aware and passionate about the changes that SGB can make on this campus, they won’t let signatures deter them from becoming a part of it,” Millard said. Once the campaigning began, Millard said her concerns about interest levels dissipated. “We may not have many people running, but the people who do run are very passionate, and that passion is contagious to all different kinds of students and student organizations across campus who believe in these candidates and their goals,” Millard said. The Elections Committee requires students running for SGB to collect 200 signatures from undergraduate non-CGS students, and those running for the president need to collect 250 signatures. Candidates fill out an online application with basic information and their initiatives, which the elections committee reviews. Candidates must have a minimum GPA of See SGB on page 5
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SGB, pg. 4 2.75. According to SGB president Nasreen Harun, the application process for SGB isn’t difficult, but the campaign process is demanding. “I don’t think you’re ever fully prepared until you’re in it, but I had seen at least two elections and I understood what was coming,” Harun said. When Nites ran for a SGB Board position in 2012, he said he spent between five and six hours a day speaking with student organizations in the month before the election. “Although the amount of time [spent campaigning] varies from year to year depending on the competition, it definitely does take a commitment,” Nites said. Board member Lia Petrose said in an email the time commitment required for a Board position may discourage students from campaigning for a seat. “Because it requires meeting with so many student groups, I would say the biggest challenge for anyone running is the sheer time commitment during election season, and even beyond,” Petrose said. Outside of the time commitment, Petrose said it can also be difficult to campaign without any prior SGB experience or pre-existing relationships within SGB, which candidates can use to form a slate. “Election season is challenging but it is especially challenging to accomplish alone,” Petrose said. “If students are already involved with SGB, they are likely to know and have relationships with other people who are thinking of running.” This year, no independent candidates are running for a SGB position. “Most of the people who run do have previous SGB experience, which I don’t think is a bad thing,” Millard said. “Being on Board is a huge responsibility and time commitment. The people who have previous experience on SGB and decide to run know exactly what they’re getting themselves into.” Although five candidates this year are already involved in SGB, Harun said that doesn’t mean they will not have a Board with members of diverse backgrounds and experience. This year, three of the eight Board candidates are involved with SGB, and both presidential candidates sat on the Board this past year. The non-SGB candidates have leadership experience with student organizations.
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“The unique thing about SGB is people come from being involved in so many different organizations, like Greek life, Res life and SAGs,” Harun said. “I think each person does bring a unique perspective.” Harun said SGB experience does help candidates, but for candidates already on the Board, campaigning on top of Board duties can be difficult. Once elected, Board members have a required minimum of 10 office hours per week and attend a weekly public meeting and a weekly planning session. They work on the initiatives
students bring to their attention and are expected to attend school events, including the Panther Leadership Summit and Pitt Day in Harrisburg. “For the SGB president’s position I think it’s critical to have SGB experience, but for Board position I think if you have the passion and desire to make a change and you care about Pitt it’s a good position for you,” Harun said. Steve Anderson, associate dean and director of Residence Life, said in an email that SGB still garners some interest among students, but running for a position can be intimidating. “When students learn who is running, they
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might not feel that their qualifications are competitive with those other candidates,” Anderson said. Both in the campaign season and the rest of the academic year, Millard said the current Board is working to increase transparency of the Board for students. “Not many students on campus know what SGB is and what we do,” Millard said. “We want to work to market ourselves in ways that not only increases our visibility on campus, but also makes us more accessible to students who may be unfamiliar with us.”
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Give country What students should think of the Rust music a Belt’s romance second chance
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Joining a long line of publications saying “Pittsburgh is it,” Vogue told the world Thursday about how Ace Hotel — a hyper-hipster boutique hotel chain — fell for our city. The writer and Pittsburgh transplant, Stephen Heyman, spoke to Matthew Ciccone, a developer who helped bring the hotel to East Liberty. In the next few years, Ciccone said a new generation of 18-year-olds will choose to study in Pittsburgh, like him, “instead of moving to Chicago to start a band, be a writer, start a business.” “The more that happens, the more interesting Pittsburgh will be,” Ciccone said. But haven’t we always been interesting? And beautiful enough, without a white buttercream icing, a la Vogue or Ace Hotel? We’ve all experienced the reluctance and inability of relatives to understand Pittsburgh’s appeal. To naysayers, Pittsburgh is just a steel town with harsh winters, devoid of culture or eloquence. They told us to go some place nicer, like Penn State. But we didn’t listen to them — before hot, highbrow hotels and Vogueworthy amenities. We bought big winter jackets, and we chose Pittsburgh. We’ve experienced the issues and relished in the quirks that our city has to offer at every stage. They taught us invaluable lessons. But we have something to offer Pittsburgh in return. We are students in a transitioning
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city shared by “Stillers” natives and bearded coffee shop squatters. We participate in dialogues about gentrification, refugees and growing class and racial divides. Outside of the classroom, we learn something new every time a protest passes us on the street, every time we spot a #BlackHomesMatter sign, every time a startup moves in, fails and someone comes back to try again. According to USA Today, Pittsburgh only began to take on this transitioning era recently. USA Today hones in on East Liberty’s “metropolitan chic” remodeling, which, after its failed urban renewal plan in the ’60s, is only just beginning to undergo this “monumental” redevelopment effort. We know that the city is getting younger. According to the 2011 Census, there was a 17.2 percent increase in people ages 20 to 24 between 2000 and 2010. Pittsburgh has found its way onto students’ radars not because it’s necessarily sleek and new, but because of the benefits of graduating in a city with growing pains instead of a valley with murky happiness. But we don’t value that opportunity enough. It’s harder to Instagram. There are issues in Pittsburgh, yes. But our city’s flaws and imperfections should be our impetus to grow and change. That means exploring areas of Pittsburgh that are rumored as dilapidated or dangerous or exploring past the tidy
and new SouthSide Works. It means understanding the many protests in our city and valuing them. It means sticking around after you toss up your mortarboard and responsibly investing in our city. Ace Hotel isn’t a problem. It’s a nice hotel with tasteful Teenie Harris art and locally sourced meals and amenities. The problem is painting a perfect, happy picture in the still-hanging smog. We’ve made list after list for everything from most livable city to the most romantic, but these awards overlook the areas that have lagged behind and that are still in need of our help. We have said it before and we will continue to say it: “For whom is Pittsburgh the most livable city.” Maybe we can’t blame the articles too much — as Heyman said, we aren’t magazine editors here — but we can disagree. So use your free bus pass, go out and do something about it. Being a student in a transitioning city is an experience many others don’t even know they’re missing. Through East Liberty housing protests, you’ve seen the importance of political involvement. Through Lawrenceville’s boutique businesses, you’ve seen the importance of chasing a crazy dream. Though it all, you’ve learned lessons that no one can teach in a classroom. Now go help the city. Ask Pittsburgh what Pittsburgh needs. You owe it that much.
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Tim Nerozzi Columnist
Almost two weeks ago, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper asked the Republican presidential candidates what music they enjoy. The more subdued Ben Carson, as expected, listens to classical music in the operating room. Marco Rubio bumps EDM, in line with Floridian aesthetics. Texas native Jeb Bush, though, was the only candidate who admitted to listening to country music. I know the feeling, Jeb. I’m rarely among people who appreciate country music. It isn’t a new experience, and it’s something I’ve come to accept. But many people outrightly think they’re too good for country music. These days, it’s common to hear about any given person’s hatred for country music. An answer I’ve come to expect when asking someone what types of music they listen to is “everything, except country music.” People my age especially call it redneck, ignorant or any of a number of other terms, usually insulting the intelligence of country music singers and their audience — a lofty conjecture when 45 percent of the population claims to listen to country music, according to Music Reports Inc. Country music is often treated as a weird genre only kept afloat by strange enthusiasts. This is in blatant contradiction to the data that suggests it is the third-best-selling genre of music, only See Nerozzi on page 7
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Nerozzi, pg. 6 selling less than rock and R&B. There is no reason for country music to have such a negative reputation, and the conceived pre-requisites to be a country music fan mirrors more socially acceptable forms of music, such as rap and hip-hop. To be fair, it’s not completely without reason. With songs like “Kiss My Country Ass” and “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy” becoming such hits, fans deserve a quizzical look at times. But we must look past the preconception that country music is a bunch of hicks touting their guns and trucks. Behind this apparent wall of ignorance lattery is a genre that is and redneck self-flattery so American, so down to earth, that to mple hillbilly disregard it as simple rself a great music is to do yourself disservice. Songs such as “Arlington” by Trace Adkins will leave you in awe of the men and women men who fought to defend fend our rights as Americans. icans. “Home” by Dierks Bentley reminds us of the amazing progress our country has made since its advent, and that despite contention and disagreement, we have remained the greatest country on the face of the planet. Country songs like these pay tribute to our country’s distinct and exceptional qualities like no other genre of music does. Every genre has its questionable content that inexplicably finds its way into popularity. Rap has Lil Wayne, rock has Fall Out Boy and country has Big & Rich. They’re not bad musicians, typically, but they’re not exactly what you’d be proud to show off in your Spotify stream. Let’s call them “guilty pleasures.” Country music is much like rap music in its content — a steep barrier to entry,
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and a propensity to turn off those who aren’t established fans. Both flaunt regional specificity — such as Dirty South and Flyover States. And both have lyrics and messages that can polarize some listeners. Within both country and rap is a strong sense of pride and a strong sense of place. At their bases, Gretchen Wilson’s “Redneck Woman” is akin to Lupe Fiasco’s “Hip-Hop Saved My Life” in their self-referential and proud nature. Country fans and rap fans aren’t afraid to talk about how they live or where they’re from. While a rock band or jazz performer may exist everywhere, with country and rap, geography is supreme. While hip-hop birthed in the cities and still and rap were birth are primarily generated from there, non-urban. country is fiercely fi The parallels run deepT er. Country is often derided as “Jesus mude sic,” as it often contains and plentiful lyrics exovert an tolling religious religio beliefs. But people often overlook the religious influence music. From T Tupac’s “Ghetto Goson rap music pel” to Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise,” it’s hard to ignore Protestant Christianity’s influence on rap. Rapper Lil Wayne even closes his shows by paying homage to God. Yet, very few would choose to describe rap music as religiously inclined. This religious aversion is often only part of a much bigger insult, usually one that implies country music as a whole enjoys being ignorant or stupid. People see the thick southern accents, the rural slang and they peg the entire genre as unintelligent. So, next time you accidentally tune to 104.7 on the radio and hear a Southern twang and fiddle, try giving it a chance. Who knows, you may find yourself in the same pontoon as Jeb and I.
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Men’s Hoops, pg. 1 That quality practice appeared to pay immediate dividends. Pitt came out in rhythm, scoring 10 unanswered points to begin the game. Similarly, the Panthers started the second half on a 9-1 run. While Robinson called the beginning of half runs “big time,” Krzyzewski said the runs reflected the rest of the game, in that Pitt was frankly better. “They just outplayed us for 40 minutes, so there were going to be streaks were they outplayed us even more and those were two of them,” Krzyzewski said. The offense executed smoothly and efficiently to start the game, while Duke had little success finding quality shots early on. At the first media timeout, Pitt led 16-6 with 13:31 left in the first half. The Panthers continued their hot shooting after the timeout, as Robinson and Cam Johnson both hit threes. Meanwhile, Duke’s only success offensively came from threes, as 15 of its first 17 points came from behind the arc. “The ball moved really well today,” Robinson said. “They changed up defenses throughout the game, but we did a really good job of sharing the ball.” Robinson finished with 14 points and 7 assists, masterfully operating Pitt’s offense in his final game in Oakland. He was one of five players who scored in double figures for Pitt, as Artis lead the team with 17. Noise levels from the Oakland Zoo only rose as Pitt continued its hot shooting, reaching its zenith when Sheldon Jeter slammed in a two handed transition dunk with four minutes left in the half. Eventually, Pitt’s offense cooled down for a stretch, while Duke started to find a rhythm, trimming Pitt’s lead to 39-32 at halftime. But Pitt was the aggressor to start
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Sheldon Jeter and Pitt picked up their first win over a ranked opponent Sunday. Jeff Ahearn ASSISTANT VISUAL EDITOR the second half again, as Michael Young slammed in two dunks — one an assist from Rafael Maia, the other in transition. A layup from Jones off a back cut and a three from Jeter gave the Panthers a 48-33 lead with 15:59 remaining. Pitt frustrated Duke defensively, as the Blue Devils rarely got in the lane, repeatedly struggling to find good shots, instead often settling for threes. “We were in the gaps, we forced turnovers, made them take shots they didn’t want to take,” Artis said. Krzyzewski also acknowledged Pitt’s active effort on that end after the game, noting that Pitt’s defense had a profound effect on the end result. “Their defense was outstanding,”
Krzyzewski said. “We just didn’t play well and they made us not play well.” The Blue Devils would work themselves back into the game, eventually trimming the lead to 10 off a Luke Kennard three. Oftentimes this year, Pitt has taken its foot off the gas late in games, letting teams inch closer to victory. Against Duke, though, the Panthers continued to accelerate. They quickly quelled any chance of a Duke run when Jeter hit a midrange jumper and Ryan Luther knocked down a three. “We wanted to keep pushing and keep pushing and be on the attack and I thought we did it defensively and offen-
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sively,” Dixon said. With 5:53 left in the game, Pitt took its biggest lead of the game, 74-51, when Artis knocked down a three. The crowd erupted, as it did repeatedly all evening, celebrating the swishing of big shot after big shot. Dixon will hope for more of the same, as Pitt takes the court again Wednesday when the Panthers travel to Virginia Tech to take on the Hokies at 7 p.m. With two games left in the regular season, Dixon said his team is playing its best basketball this season. “I kept saying, ‘We’re going to get better, we’re going to get better.’ People were laughing at me, but we’re getting better,” Dixon said.
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yarnall’s bat leads pitt to weekend sweep Steve Rotstein Staff Writer
Nick Yarnall hit baseballs so hard this weekend that he might have to check his aluminum bat for dents. The junior led off the top of the third inning for the Panthers Friday afternoon with a solo blast to center field. But his weekend was just getting started, as he would tee off on five home runs over the three-contest span. The Pitt baseball team has started the 2016 season strong, and, thanks to Yarnall’s searing bat, they continued their hot-hitting ways with a threegame sweep of Grambling State over the weekend, outscoring the Tigers 4817 during the series. The Panthers’ offense energized the team Friday with a three-run second inning. Senior Ron Sherman scored on an error, then sophomore Charles LeBlanc brought home two more with a single to give Pitt the early 3-0 lead.
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Yarnall’s home run led off the top of the third, then Pitt added three more runs in the inning on an RBI single by sophomore Frank Maldonado and RBI doubles by senior Aaron Schnurbusch and junior Caleb Parry. Just as the Panthers were about to break the game open, Grambling State showed signs of life. The Tigers took advantage of two costly errors from Pitt in the bottom of the third, and brought home four unearned runs to close the gap. Schnurbusch pushed Pitt’s lead to 8-4 in the top of the fourth on a solo home run to left-center field. But the Tigers wouldn’t go away quietly, as Nicholas Wheeler responded with a solo home run of his own to lead off the bottom of the fourth for Grambling State. Pitt increased its lead with two more runs in the top of the fifth when Maldonado tripled and junior Jacob
Wright followed with a two-run home run. Schnurbusch belted his second solo homer of the game in the top of the sixth to extend Pitt’s lead to 11-5. Grambling State put up one more run in the bottom of the sixth, but Yarnall added an RBI single in the top of the seventh before Sherman put the game away for Pitt with a bases-clearing double. The Panthers tacked on one more run in the top of the ninth to win the series opener, 16-6. Starting pitcher Sam Mersing got his second win of the season, allowing only one earned run in five innings and striking out six. Pitt’s bats came out ablaze again on Saturday afternoon, putting up three runs in the top of the first with the help of a bases-loaded single from Sherman. After Grambling State capitalized on a miscue by the Panthers to get on the board in the bottom of the third inning, senior Matt Johnson tripled in
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the top of the fourth and Maldonado brought him home with a single, one of four hits in the game for Maldonado. Grambling State cut into Pitt’s lead in the bottom of the fourth with a solo home run by Johan Mojica. Then, in the top of the fifth, it was Yarnall’s turn to lead off an inning again. The first baseman smacked a 2-2 pitch over the wall in right field, setting the tone for Pitt’s biggest inning of the season so far. With Maldonado at the plate and the bases loaded, senior Alex Kowalczyk came home from third on a passed ball, negating the possibility of a grand slam. Maldonado settled for a threerun homer instead, his first of the season. Later in the inning, Wright scored on a double-steal when LeBlanc stole second, bringing Yarnall back to the plate.
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** 5 Bedroom/2 full bath; HUGE HOMEduplex style, three stories. 2 living rooms, 2 kitchens, 2 dining rooms, LAUNDRY and a huge yard to enjoy! Huge Bedrooms! Located on Dawson Street. PITT Shuttle stops directly in front of house, only 15 minute level walk to PITT/CMU. $2,795+. Available 8/1/2016. NO PETS. Call Jason at 412-9222141. Pictures- Info: tinyurl.com/pitthome ****************** Large 6 bedroom house for rent. Fall occupancy. Atwood Street. Close to campus. Please call Gary at 412-807-8058
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2-3-4-5 BR units available August: most have laundry, dishwasher, carpeting; newly renovated 4BR house features hardwood and tile flooring, sunroom, deck, off-street parking. Rents start at $950+ utilities; call 412-559-3079. 2529 Allequippa Street Apartment Available For Rent By Trees Hall beginning August 1st--$1200 2 Bedrooms w/ Central air + BHK--Please call 412-721-8888 if interested.
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361 McKee Pl. 4BR + 2BA. $1650 +all utilities. Available May 1. 3828 Bates St. 3BR + 2BA house. Washer/Dryer, A/C, Dishwasher. $1500 +all utilities. Available Aug 1. 317 Meyran Ave. 6BR + 2BA. $2300 +all utilities. Available May 1. 422 Atwood St. 6BR + 2BA. Wash/Dryer. $2400 +all utilities. Available Aug 1. Call 412-721-1308. 4 BR townhouses, Semple St., available May 1st & August 1st, 2016. Equipped kitchen, full basement. 412-343-4289. Call after 5:00 pm. Large 1-2-3 BR apartments available August 1st. 3450 Ward Street. 312 and 314 South Bouquet Street. Free parking. Minutes to campus. Cat friendly. Call 412-977-0111.
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Available 8/1, 1 BR/1 Bath, 5 min. walk to Cathedral, A/C, hardwood floors, newly renovated, starting at $995+, 412.441.1211 Available 8/1, 3 BR/1 Bath, less than 1 mile to campus, updated, Dishwasher and AC, starting at $1330+, 412.441.1211 Available 8/1, 4 br/2bath, Less than 1 mile to campus, Split Level, Updated, Central A/C, $2420+, 412.441.1211
Completely updated 2BR apartment within walking distance to Pitt for $1850 per month. Apartment has A/C, stainless steel appliances, washer/dryer in unit, spacious living room & bedrooms, heated bathroom floor, hardwood floors and more! Call 412.682.7622 or email sarah@robbrealestate.com for more info on this amazing apartment for FALL 2016.
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Last ones remaining! 1 and 6 BR houses and apartments for rent. Right on Pitt shuttle line. $395 and $515/person. Available August 1, 2016. TMK Properties. Deal directly with the owner. Call Tim 412-491-1330.
M.J. Kelly Realty Studio, 1, 2, 3, & 4 Bedroom Apartments, Duplexes, Houses. $750-$2400. mjkellyrealty@gmail.com. 412-271-5550, mjkellyrealty.com Spacious 2BR apartments on Dawson St., single or double occupancy. Partially renovated & improved. August 25 availability. Very affordable rent. Limited parking spaces also available. Call 412-692-1770 to see apartment & parking spaces. 4 BR house for rent. $1800/month. Available August 1. 412-337-9916.
Updated 1BR apartment within walking distance to Pitt for $775 per month. Apartment has A/C, plenty of storage, spacious living room, eat-in kitchen, lots of character and more! Call 412.682.7622 or email sarah@robbrealestate.com for more info on this amazing apartment for FALL 2016. **Large efficiences, 1 & 2 bedroom apartments available for August 2016. Clean, walking distance to campus. Great location. $575-$630$900-$1100. Utilities included. No pets/ smoking or parties. 412-882-7568.
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Spacious 4BR apartment within walking distance to Pitt for $2800 per month. Apartment has central A/C, two full baths, eat-in kitchen, spacious living room & bedrooms. Call 412.682.7622 or email sarah@robbrealestate.com for more info on this amazing apartment for FALL 2016. 7 BR house AVAILABLE AUG. 1, 2016. NO PETS. One year lease. Meyran Ave. 5 minute walk to University of Pittsburgh. 412-983-5222. ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE AVAILABLE FOR RENT. 4BR Fraiser St. 2 full bathrooms, and driveway. $1550+. Newly renovated, with hardwood floors, free washer/dryer provided, equipped kitchen, and central air. Available August 1, 2016. Call 412-600-6933.
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1,2,3,5,6, & 8 bedroom houses. August & May 2016. Bouquet, Atwood, Meyran. Please call 412-287-5712. Large 6 BR house, 2 full bathrooms, washer/dryer, dishwasher, and many upgrades, Juliette St. 724-825-0033. 264 Robinson St. 6 bedroom, 3 bath, $2800+utilities. Available August 1st. 412-884-8891. 3 & 5 bedroom. May 2016. Sarah St. Large bedroom, new kitchen, air conditioning, washer & dryer, dishwasher, large deck. 412-287-5712. 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. Real estate advertising in The Pitt News is subject to the Fair Housing Act. The Pitt News will not knowingly accept advertising for real estate which violates the law. To complain of discrimination, call HUD at 1-800-6699777 or email fheo_webmanager@hud.gov. For the hearing impaired, please call TTY 1-800-927-9275.
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Studios, 1, 2, & 3 Bedroom apartments available August 2016 & sooner. Oakland, Shadyside, Friendship, Squirrel Hill, Highland Park, Point Breeze. Photos & current availability online, check out www.forbesmanagement.net, or call 412.441.1211
ATTENTION OCCASIONAL SMOKERS! UPMC seeks healthy adults ages 18-65 who occasionally smoke cigarettes. This research is examining how smokers respond to cigarettes that are low in nicotine. There are up to seven sessions lasting about three hours each. Research participants completing the study will be compensated up to $60 per session, or $20 per hour. For more information, call 412-246-5393 or visit www.SmokingStudies.pitt.edu OFFICE INTERN Shadyside Management Company seeks person w/ min 3 yrs. college, for upcoming spring semester, to interview & process rental applications, do internet postings & help staff in action-central office. Part time or full time OK starting now; full time in summer. $12/hour. Perfect job for graduating seniors set to enter grad school, returning grad students, and first-year law students! Mozart Management 412.682.7003. thane@mozartrents.com
A private, prestigious country club in the East Suburbs of Pittsburgh is currently searching for candidates to fill the following positions:Ala Carte Wait Staff,Banquet Wait Staff,Bartenders. The proper candidates are energetic, trustworthy, and able to adapt in any situation. Although no prior experience is required, it is certainly a positive. You must have reliable transportation. Along with competitive wages, the club also provides scholarship opportunities, free meals, uniforms, parking and flexible scheduling to all employees. All interested persons should email their resume to nleitzel@longuevue.org.
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3444 WARD ST. Studio, 1-2-3 BR apartments available Aug. 1, 2016. Free parking, free heating. 320 S. BOUQUET 2BR, great location, move in May 1, 2016. Call 412-361-2695. No evening calls please.
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