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SUNOCO ROBBED TWICE THIS WEEK

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Dale Shoemaker News Editor

Pittsburgh police officers are seeking a man who robbed the Sunoco gas station in South Oakland early Tuesday morning — the second robbery at the gas station in less than a week. Officers responded to a call of an armed robbery around 2:05 a.m. at the gas station on the 300 block of Craft Ave., a release from Pittsburgh police said. A man entered the store and demanded that the store clerk place money from the register into a white grocery bag, according to the release. The man pulled out a silver handgun and pointed it at the clerk, the release said. After taking an undisclosed amount of money, the release said, the man then left the store and ran away toward Kennett Square in South Oakland. Police described the man as black and about 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing about 130 pounds. At the time of robbery, the man was wearing a black jacket, black jeans, white gloves and a mask, police said. Police responded to a similar incident at the Craft Avenue gas station last Thursday but are seeking a different suspect from Tuesday’s robbery.

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STUDENTS TO LEAVE THEIR PAW PRINT Danni Zhou Staff Writer

A group of this year’s graduating seniors is leaving a gift that will help generations of Pitt students. The group, called Project Paw Print, aims to help rising sophomores, juniors and seniors cover school expenses outside of tuition through a Senior Legacy Student Resource Fund, an annual donation-based fund the Office of Institutional Advancement started in the fall. Seven seniors, whom the Office of Institutional Advancement chose through a faculty and staff nomination process, are working to col-

lect donations from Pitt students and other community members as a way for the class of 2016 to leave its mark at Pitt. Project Paw Print members said the fund will serve as this year’s class gift to the University. But with the Fund, this year’s graduating seniors will leave a gift that sophomores, juniors and seniors can use through the foreseeable future for educational expenses, according to Ben Schultz, a member of the group. The group, which the Office will staff with more students next year, will continue to collect donations for future years’ funds. Although future students can benefit from

this gift, it will not serve as the class gift for the Class of 2017. To begin the group’s kick-off week on Feb. 24, Schultz and Nadia Pacheco Amaro, both seniors and members of the group, tabled for donations near Einstein’s in Posvar Hall. With only one donation collection under their belt, Schultz said he is optimistic seniors and other community members will want to help underclassmen succeed. “We worked to identify the needs of students and came up with the idea to raise funds. The Senior Legacy Student Resource See Paw Print on page 3

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ENGINEERS WILL MODEL POWER GRID FOR SOLAR PROBLEM

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Staff Writer After receiving federal funding in February, a team of Pitt engineers aims to create a model of an all-inclusive electrical grid that incorporates solar power. Right now, the electricity from solar power overpowers and damages some traditional electric grids, the systems that distribute electricity to homes and offices. With solar-produced electricity on the rise, undergraduate and graduate Pitt electrical and computer engineers from the Swanson School of Engineering will study how solar power and coal power can coexist on the same grid. “We are going to start with just one circuit — that might be a residential street with a few dozens houses on it — and a handful of solar panels, and try to model

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that better,” Tom McDermott, an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s Sw a n s o n School of Engineering leading part of the study, said. R e searchers expect the project, which started Jan. 1, to last 33 months. Pitt announced its involvement in February. According to McDermott, the entire

operation, which is based in Dallas, Texas, has received $4 million in federal funds. Pitt, as a part of the operation, received $250,000. Other partners in the threeyear federal grant are the Sandia National Laboratories, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Electric Power Research Institute

We are going to start with just one circuit ... and

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and CYME, a power software engineering company. McDermott said the project aims to make a model of a hypothetical solar grid that could help integrate solar power on the electric power grid. According to McDermott, there are also not enough sensors installed on grids to track all the abnormal voltages. Pitt’s challenge with its model is to reduce the large-scale theoretical model to a smaller model applicable to real electric grids while still maintaining the large, theoretical model’s accuracy. McDermott said the team is currently working on model order reduction, which is a technique for reducing the complexity of mathematical models when running simulations of hypothetical power grids. See Solar Panel on page 4

Paw Print, pg. 1 Fund is sustainable,” Schultz said. “It’s not something that can be used up in one year and then be forgotten. The fund can continue to grow and help students year after year.” Once the Senior Legacy Resource Fund reaches $10,000, any rising sophomore, junior or senior can apply for the awards that fall semester and will receive the funds the following spring. According to Annual Programs Coordinator for the Office of Institutional Advancement Alexandra Rigby, who is helping to advise the group, the group chose $10,000 so that it would have the freedom to fund multiple students if there are several qualified applicants. Rigby said the amount given to each student and the number of students receiving awards will vary year to year based on the applicants. Because the project is currently in the preliminary stages, the group has not yet determined specific applicant qualifications and does not have an estimate of when it will reach $10,000. Rigby will lend advice, but is leaving most of the decisions regarding events to gather donations up to the students. Other schools, like Villanova and Notre Dame, have similar student groups that focus on a class gift, but not all the schools focus on raising money for a resource fund like Project Paw Print. The project’s current efforts are to publicize Project Paw Print and its goal by using social media, tabling and hosting events, though the group has not yet scheduled dates for future events. According to Pacheco Amaro, a member of Project Paw Print, the group got off to a strong start after its first tabling event, but has not counted the donations yet. For now, the group is focusing on holding on several small events to gather donations. The group has not decided when it will make applications available or what semester students will start receiving awards. According to Rigby, the Project Paw Print senior members have set a goal of 35 percent participation from the senior class. To get more students involved and collect donations, Schultz said the group is planning campus events, including setting up a table near where seniors go to pick up their gowns. The class of 2016 will be primarily responsible for raising the funds, but Project Paw Print is encouraging all members of the Pitt

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community to donate. According to the Pitt Giving website, the group is hoping seniors will donate to help younger students follow in their “paw prints” and continue the Pitt legacy. “Not only will this fund help students afford educational expenses, but it’s also an opportunity for students to give back by donating themselves. We really wanted to find a way to pay it forward so that this can support students for years to come,” Pacheco Amaro said. According to Rigby, there will be an application available within the Student Affairs

Office once the group raises enough money to fund the first set of awards. Student Affairs will review the applications and determine the recipients based on the quality of their responses to the application questions. If Student Affairs chooses two applicants, for instance, the award amounts will be higher than if 10 applicants are chosen. To ensure Project Paw Print will carry on past this semester, the group will host shadow opportunities for interested underclassmen to learn how current members are raising money. “Although I will be reaching out to faculty,

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staff and other campus leaders soon [about recruiting new students], providing shadow opportunities is a projection into the future for this program and may not happen [this semester],” Rigby said. Katie McGovern, a sophomore majoring in African Studies and American Sign Language who plans to donate a small amount to the fund, applauds the program for allowing students to help one another. “We know the struggles of attending a university, so it’s our duty to inform and equip other prospective students in any way that we can,” McGovern said.

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CANCER RESEARCHER WINS MILLIONS Dale Shoemaker News Editor

With a new, multi-million dollar grant awarded Tuesday, a Pitt cancer researcher’s work into the link between viruses and cancer just got a bit easier. The National Cancer Institute chose Patrick Moore, the leader of Pitt’s Cancer Institute Cancer Virology Program, for its Outstanding Investigator Award. The award will give Moore a grant worth $6.4 million to further explore two viruses he and Yuan Chang, a professor in Pitt’s pathology department, an American Cancer Association researcher and his wife, had previously discovered cause certain types of cancer. The NCI allows institutions, like Pitt, to submit applications and nominate researchers for the award. Though Moore was given the award, he and Chang co-operate the Chang-Moore laboratory at Pitt, where they study cancer-causing viruses, in Pitt’s Cancer Institute. Moore’s grant will fund the work he does in that lab for seven years, alleviating the stress of having to constantly apply for smaller grants. Moore is the second cancer researcher from Pitt to win the Outstanding Investigator Award. Thomas Kensler, who studies how different foods can help lower the risk of developing certain cancers, won last year. Since the NCI created the award in 2014, only 60 people have received grants.

Solar Panel, pg. 2 Andrew Reiman, a third-year graduate student and research assistant at Pitt who is also working on the project, said the model order reduction allows the team to condense the information on the grid — for example, consolidating 12 homes into one “equivalent block.” “It would reduce the clutter in the system to free up computation power to study the parts that we do care about,” Reiman said. Laura Wieserman, an electrical engineering graduate student and another core researcher, is working on developing a nonlinear mathematical model that closer resembles how electrical current and voltage interact. Wieserman said the researchers will convert the model into distribution software platforms, such as MATLAB — a

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The award is granted to researchers who have outstanding records of productivity in cancer research and who plan to continue or embark upon “new projects of unusual potential” in cancer research. “To have the NCI recognize not just one but two of our faculty really reflects the strength of our research here at UPCI,” Nancy Davidson, the director of Pitt’s Cancer Institute, said in a statement. “We have a strong bench of talent here, and the work Dr. Moore is doing is making a real difference in our quest to end cancer.” Together, the husband-wife team will work to understand three key elements of their earlier discovery. First, Moore and Chang’s team will research how the virus that they found causes Merkel cell carcinoma — a rare type of skin cancer — turns normal cells into cancer cells. Moore will then investigate how the second virus that causes Kaposi sarcoma — a cancer that causes the body to develop lesions on soft tissues like internal organs — to make proteins that are linked to tumors. Finally, Moore will research new ways to find other viruses that cause cancer in people. Moore said he hopes the forthcoming research will lead to new insights into what role viruses play in cancer. “This is an exciting time in cancer research based on past discoveries, and I’m honored that the NCI has chosen to recognize my work with this award,” Moore said in a statement.

high-level language and interactive environment used by engineers and scientists. Using the program will help planning engineers create a better design to integrate solar power into our electric power grid. To test the model, Santino Graziani, a summer research assistant, will run sag tests, which drops the voltage and disconnects a battery to protect it. Graziani, a senior electrical and computer engineering student, said his summer work will make future predictions about how different inverters will react with one another. According to McDermott, the researchers hope their simulation model, which takes data from a number of different places, will be universally applicable. “We’ll try to expand [the model] if it works to be a bigger and bigger system like Oakland, then Pittsburgh and then the whole region,” McDermott said.

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Trans White House hire should inspire job protections The White House will soon host yet another “first.” President Obama’s administration announced Tuesday that it has hired its first openly transgender White House staffer. Raffi Freedman-Gurspan will work as an outreach and recruitment director for the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. Freedman-Gurspan’s hiring is another step toward guaranteeing inclusivity, and she joins only seven other openly trans people who have worked for the administration. While we should celebrate Freedman-Gurspan’s hiring, her employment also offers a moment to reflect on the uncomfortable truth that many trans people do not have jobs. Trans people continue to face particularly high levels of employment discrimination, leading to greater economic insecurity. Lawmakers need to expand employee protections to prevent trans job discrimination and help them earn a livable wage. According to the Human Rights Campaign, the trans unemployment rate is twice the national rate at 14 percent. Fifteen percent of transgender people earned a household income less than $10,000 in 2013, nearly four times the national average. Transgender people are uniquely vulnerable to workplace discrimination because of pressure to present as genders other than their own or follow — unjust, but firm — societal norms. According to the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, 26 percent of trans people have lost their job because of their gender. Half of the re-

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spondents said they have faced harassment while on the job. But only 45 percent of Americans are protected by state anti-discrimination laws that specifically target transgender employees. That means the majority of people have no protection for being who they are in their careers. Even for those who are covered, legal battles to win their cases are hard to pay for with fewer career prospects and on the losing end of a wage gap. Discrimination cases in general are often difficult to prove in court. The federal government must protect all workers by expanding the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to include transgender individuals. A 2011 poll found that 73 percent of likely voters support anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ employees. Five years later, even though there are more trans figures and role models in popular culture than ever, this number is likely even higher. Stopping blatant discrimination is should not face political opposition. Of course, that won’t be the case. Nothing related to LGBTQ+ rights is that simple. But regardless of how politicized gender is, nobody should be unable to find work because of their location and identity. We have collectively agreed on that concept when it comes to race and binary genders — legally speaking, at least. By bringing in Freedman-Gurspan, the White House sends a strong message — but it could go a lot further. The federal government must act to protect people of all identities from all sectors of the work force.

IT’S ON US TO DO MORE THAN ‘IT’S ON US’ Kirsten Wong Columnist

A conversation about sexual assault at Pitt is still just that — a conversation. On Feb. 23, Pitt launched its second annual It’s On Us campaign to promote awareness of sexual assault and support survivors on college campuses. The event revealed an 800-foot chain of paper pledges from University members, and hosted guest speakers talking about sexual violence. The project is part of the nationwide initiative President Barack Obama introduced in 2014 — an awareness campaign to put an end to sexual assaults on college campuses. While the program provides guidance for messaging, it lacks force. And a year into the campaign, Pitt is still rolling out paper chains — but there is no word of any institutional action. It’s On Us is well-intentioned and commendable for bringing awareness to the topic, but it is largely an empty gesture unless reform backs it up. It takes more than a pledge to stop sexual violence. While increasing public awareness of the issue is a critical first step to combating sexual violence, it cannot end there. If universities truly want to fight against campus sexual assault, they need to make awareness programs a requirement. Schools must address how they handle sexual assault, not

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just rely on symbols to spread the word. Last fall, the Association of American Universities Campus Climate Survey revealed 23.1 percent of female undergraduate students reported they had been sexually assaulted during their college experience. At Pitt, that number was 21 percent. Shortly after, Pitt joined the It’s On Us campaign in response to the shocking results. Unfortunately, the program does little to combat the real issues surrounding sexual assault. “This paper chain serves as a metaphor that the University community stands together against sexual assault and harassment,” campaign co-coordinator Topher Hoffmann told University Times at the chain’s unveiling. Sponsored metaphors are great, but fully addressing assaults requires a deeper self-evaluation of policies. The federal government pushed universities to change the way they address campus sexual violence in the 2011 “Dear Colleague Letter,” which introduced new regulations for how schools handle incidents. Primarily, it officially extended Title IX protections to sexual assault investigations. This regulation raised expectations on colleges’ sexual assault practices. But as of July 2015, the U.S. Department of Education reported that 126 universities were under investigations for possibly vio-

It takes more than a pledge to stop sexual violence.

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Wong, pg. 7 lating Title IX policies in their handlings of sexual assault. Instances of mishandled cases include administrators discouraging victims from reporting, retaliation, insufficient disciplinary action, failure to enforce no-contact orders and more. It should not take government action for universities to recognize the problem and deal with it effectively. Acknowledging that sexual assault happens on campus is bad for school image, but not supporting students is worse. The uphill battle to make universities be public about sexual assault perpetuates the idea that victims’ experiences are not enough to validate change. Under the Jeanne Clery Act, universities are required to report statistics regarding crimes that occur on campus and share the information with the public. At Pitt, there were nine reported rapes or sexual assaults between 2012 and 2014. When studies suggest the numbers for campus sexual assaults are much higher, these low numbers should stun us. One of the reasons so many victims do not report their assaults is the fear that administrators or authorities will not take them seriously. As a society, we need to eliminate these fears by doing everything we can to speak up about the issue and change the victim-blaming mentality we have of sexual as-

sault. It’s On Us takes this literally, but tangible action is necessary. We need more active participatory programs, such as mandatory bystander intervention trainings. Preventing sexual assault shouldn’t be something you opt in to, or only have to go to as a first-year. Universities have different reporting and investigation processes that can be difficult to maneuver for the victims. Universities need a single, standardized investigation process for the victim and the accused. This

More sexual assault reports should lead to punishment in order to truly show zero tolerance. Colleges can develop more educational programs to teach consent and reinforce Pitt’s definition of consent. Students should know as soon as they enter college what conduct is expected of them. Required information sessions on Pitt’s sexual assault resources and processes would ensure that everyone is both knowledgeable about the problem and equipped to deal with it. I applaud universities for bringing attention to the cause with It’s On Us, but there needs to be administrative action. Changing insufficient policies shows more solidarity with victims than a public awareness campaign. We need to act and combat rape culture with extensive policy efforts. We need consistency, transparency and education involved in our initiatives. After all, it’s on all of us to do better.

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way, schools are accountable for unfair processes and victims know what to expect of the process. Sexual assault is a federal crime and university responses should reflect that severity. According to a Huffington Post review of university and college data, only 30 percent of the students schools find guilty of sexual assault are expelled. Only 47 percent of them are suspended.

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NO REST FOR THE DETERMINED: ROWERS PREPARE FOR SEASON Ryan Reichardt For the Pitt News

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Wake up at 5 a.m. Get on the rowing machine. Go to class. Get on the rowing machine. “This is the base of what we do,” Pitt Crew Vice President Helen Ann Lawless said. The Pittsburgh club rowing team doesn’t take time off. Pitt rowers spend four months of the cold, dismal and gray Pittsburgh winter season inside, using between two and four hours a day, six days a week, to bulk up or tone down in Bellefield Hall. The training room in Bellefield is small with wooden floors, 25 rowing machines and some assorted weights that the team’s president, Matt Huff, said are just for show. Winters are spent on the rowing machines, or “ergs” as the team calls them. “Winter training is more physically and 100 percent more mentally demanding,” Lawless said.

Although Pitt Crew is technically a “club team,” the rowers are determined not to let people underestimate their ability. At the onset of its season, Pitt Crew meets up with over one hundred other college and university teams — many of them school-sponsored Division I programs. “When you put the word club in front of anything, people think we do less than we do,” Lawless said. The team members said it’s simple: if they don’t take themselves seriously, they’ll fall to teams that do. Despite this hardened goal, the hours spent inside still take a lot out of each team member. February, Lawless said, is an exceptionally tough month. “We call February burnout month,” Lawless said. “People start to lose sight of the fact that spring is just around the corner.” See Rowing on page 9

PITT HOCKEY FINISHES STRONG Chad Cameron For The Pitt News

Fresh off of spring break, most students are coming back to campus basking in the first signs of sunny skies and green grass. But the Pitt Division I Hockey club is still reminiscing about its historic win on the ice. The week after spring break marks the end of the season for the Panthers (17-13-2, 10-6-1 ACHA), who play in the American Collegiate Hockey Association. The team wrapped up its season on Feb. 21, with a 5-4 win over local rival Robert Morris. With the triumph, Pitt Hockey captured the first-ever College Hockey MidAmerica tournament championship in the history of Pitt’s program, which started in this iteration in the ’90s. The potential behind a solid group of starters and young standouts boded well for Pitt at the onset of the season. But injuries and ailments derailed the team and decimated its forward and defensive corps. “In the beginning of the season, we were ab-

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solutely plagued by injuries, losing guys every weekend — they’d be out for months at a time,” senior defenseman Travis Cully said, “which I think made it even better in the end to come out on top [in the mid-America tournament], through the adversity we faced this year.” Unable to cons i s t e nt l y play together, the Pant hers didn’t have forward lines or defensive pairings that meshed until halfway through the season. They missed a bid to the national tournament and head coach Stu Rulnick found

himself re-thinking his strategy. Rulnick relied on the veteran presence of his four senior co-captains to set new standards for the team past its midway point. The veterans — with the help of their teammates — did more than that. “To be honest with you, I think it’s huge,” Rulnick said about the leadership and consistency his captains brought this season. “Those guys have played together the last four years.” Cully said overcoming tough losses became a positive challenge as the season progressed.

We learned as a team what it takes to win.

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“Learning the lesson of working with four leaders, working with the coaches and younger players, I think just that experience alone speaks volumes for things you have to do later in life,” Cully said. Besides his four veteran captains, Rulnick relied on players such as junior standout Bobby Tritschler for leadership and scoring. “I think it gave me an opportunity as coach, to see how the younger kids that came in would react to playing ACHA DI hockey,” Rulnick said. The natural center not only had a strong year statistically with 10 goals and 10 assists, but the CHMA also named him the MVP of the 2015-16 CHMA playoff tournament. Tritschler, who will return as a senior to the team next year, will become a mentor for younger players. He said he’s keeping some key issues and values in mind to pass on. “Definitely work ethic. We learned as a team what it takes to win,” Tritschler said. See Hockey on page 9

Rowing, pg. 8 The goal is to row 20 to 25 km on an erg each day, with one or two practices a day, except on Sundays. That’s the team’s only off day. Winter training for the team means logging tens of thousands of meters each week. The men’s team members usually each hit approximately 120,000 meters a week, and the women’s team members mark close to 100,000 meters. “For us in the winter, we’ve just got to get those meters,” Huff, a senior biology major, said. “It’s the equivalent of running a half marathon every day.” Members pay dues to stay in the club and fund some of the extra expenses, Lawless said, while the Student Government Board, the University and some intense fundraising cover extra costs. The money, combined with the arduous effort they put into training — team captain Alex Snyder said rowing takes up 60 to 75 percent of his free time — is offset by the relationships the teammates form. “The guys I row with are some of my best friends,” Snyder said. “You rely on your teammates more than anything to keep you going.” Huff started rowing when he was in high school, but many people, according to Lawless, just come to the sport in college, decide they

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love it and never leave. Perhaps the most enticing aspect of the sport is that it takes no experience, just a willingness to work hard. Most of the Pitt rowers, on both the novice and the varsity team, come in with no experience. But some of the toughest days aren’t the most physically strenuous. When Pittsburgh’s gray skies dissipate and the river begins to thaw, the team still cannot get out on the water. Rowers remain inside on the rowing machines, staring out the window. “The river isn’t ready for us to go back,” Lawless said. “It is such a tease for us.” To relieve some of the stress, Pitt rowing also has an intramural basketball team that competes against other Pittsburgh intramural teams. Snyder said the basketball team provides an opportunity for less demanding exercise and for team building. For Snyder, the tallest rower at 6 feet 7 inches, the basketball team is the perfect way to unwind. “I just chuck up threes and try to dunk it,” Snyder said. In the beginning of March, they find a glimmer of hope down south. Pitt Crew uses spring break to find a sunnier workout locale at Camp Bob Cooper, a lake retreat in Summerton, South Carolina. While there, they practice three times a day

most days, logging 250 km out on the water by the end of the week. “All of it is really beautiful,” Lawless said. “It kind of gives you hope.” The biggest payoff for the rowers’ work comes in Philadelphia in May, with the national championship of rowing, the Dad Vail Regatta. The Regatta is a two-day rowing extravaganza complete with more than 100 colleges and universities from across the country. Competition at the Dad Vail Regatta is intense — powerhouse teams like Drexel and Michigan lead the pack. Teams from all across the country compete, and many of them are Division I teams, unlike Pitt’s club team. “This year, I’m expecting to make semis,” Huff said. Each hour on the rowing machine works toward a better finish at the Dad Vail Regatta. “If you do well, you know it was you,” Snyder said. “If the team did well, then we all worked hard.”

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Hockey, pg. 8 “That’s huge going into next season, with guys coming back and new guys coming in.” For his dedication, the CHMA awarded Rulnik 2016 CHMA Coach of the Year — marking the second time he has received the honor in the past three years. “That was totally unexpected, and that’s voted on by our peers, all the coaches in the league, so that’s truly an honor,” Rulnick said. With a strong core of players returning next season, the hockey team will have another shot at a bid to the ACHA tournament. A successful head coach and quality players means the Panthers can look back on the end to a rollercoaster season, poised to chase success even further next year. “We brought some new guys in, we cracked the whip a little bit,” Cully said. “And I think that’s what set in motion the ‘refuse to lose’ mentality that lasted throughout the rest of the season.”

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2BR, 3RD FLOOR apartment. Furnished or unfurnished with laundry. No pets. $950 including utilities. A No-Party Building. Available Aug. 2016. Call 412-683-0363. 310 Semple Street, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $1500 for 2 person occupancy, $1600 for 3 person occupancy including gas, water, and electric. Very close to campus. Off street parking available. 412-559-6073. marknath12@gmail.com 3104 Niagara Street 6 Bedroom House Available for Rent for $2500--BHK--no utilities but includes central air--Please call 412-721-8888 if interested. 311-1/2 Semple St. 2BR Unfurnished Apartment. For fall 2016 occupancy. Kitchen, bath, living room, basement, front porch, back patio. 2 blocks from Forbes Ave. Dishwasher, disposal. New gas range. New bathroom. Ceramic floor. New vanity and fixtures. Must see. $1200/month+utilities. Call 412-681-3636. PM 412-389-3636.

3303 Niagara Street 3 Bedroom House Available for Rent for $1400--BHK--no utilities included-Please call 412-721-8888 if interested.

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3444 WARD ST. Studio, 1-2-3 BR apartments available Aug. 1, 2016. Free parking, free heating. Call 412-3612695. No evening calls please. 4 BR townhouses, Semple St., available May 1st 2016. Equipped kitchen, full basement. 412343-4289. Call after 5:00 pm. 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 $1325+, 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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EFFICIENCY apartments, quiet building, laundry, shared bathroom, no partying. Short-term or longterm lease. $395-$450 includes utilities. Available immediately. 412-683-0363 FOR SALE: 307 S. Dithridge. 2BR, 2 full bath condo, open floor plan, 24 hr security, renovated pool & exercise room, indoor parking, laundry in unit. $279,000. Valerie Rose 412-359-9677

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. Large 5 or 6 BR house, 2 full bathrooms, washer/dryer, dishwasher, and many upgrades, Juliette St. 724-825-0033. M.J. Kelly Realty Studio, 1, 2, 3, & 4 Bedroom Apartments, Duplexes, Houses. $750-$2400. mjkellyrealty@gmail.com. 412-271-5550, mjkellyrealty.com Newly Updated 4bedroom, 1-bath townhouse. Laundry in basement. $1800+ Utilities. Call 412-292-1860

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NIAGARA ST. LARGE 3-5 PERSON HOUSE. Updated kitchen, dishwasher, laundry, A/C, back deck. Across street from bus stop. Available August 2016. Rent varies w/number of tenants. 412-445-6117 Nice 4 bedroom, 1 bathroom, plus study. Located close to Pitt campus and Schenley Park. Brand new kitchen and hardwood floors. Free washer and dryer included. $1850+ utilities. Available August 1, 2016. Call Peggy at 724-877-7761. South Oakland Duplex. 4 bedroom 2 baths. Central air, dishwasher, washer and dryer. Available August 1. (412) 915-0856. Spacious 4BR apartment within walking distance to Pitt for $2500 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. Studio and 1 Bedrooms. 216 Coltart. Heat included. Parking. Available Aug. 2016. Greve RealEstate. 412-261-4620.

3 & 5 bedroom. May 2016. Sarah St. Large bedroom, new kitchen, air conditioning, washer & dryer, dishwasher, large deck. 412-287-5712. 1 BR bungalo in Greenfield with deck and large backyard. $600+ utilities. Close to busline, downtown and Oakland. 412-377-3985. Ask for Karen. 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.

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 Research in the Falk Library at least several hours. $15/hr. Contact Rick at rickvernier@sbcglobal.net

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Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh has an opening in our event sales department. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for an experienced sales professional to show companies and groups the great time that awaits them at Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh. Every day we celebrate our German Heritage with live entertainment, craft beer brewed onsite and authentic German Cuisine. We need your help letting groups in Pittsburgh know we can help them celebrate Oktoberfest all year!

Send your resume to twilliams@prg.us.com Need school year and summer help. Flexible hours-basic maintenance of Oakland rentals-painting, light yard work, etc. Someone who can use a hammer or drill without killing themselves. $15/hour. Dave 412.688.0533. Now hiring professional and friendly individuals to provide backyard pest control treatments in the Pittsburgh area during the spring/summer. Good working environment, excellent pay. Paid training. Need valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license. Call 412-298-2139.

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