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can in a post-9/11 world. Other courses include “Muslim Migration since WWI and Ethnic Tensions,” “Islamophobia: A Threat to All” and “Muslim Cool: Blackness, Hip Hop and Muslim Identity.” According to Veronica Dristas, the assistant director of outreach for the Global Studies Center, the Center started the series of courses as a result of the Arab Spring in 2011 to “better understand Muslims not just in other countries but also here in the U.S.”

Trailing by three, the University of North Carolina Tar Heels had 15.9 seconds to tie the Pitt women’s basketball team to remain alive in the ACC tournament. They used 15.8 of those seconds, and thanks to a clutch make by Jamie Cherry, the No. 12 seeded Panthers had to outplay the No. 13 Tar Heels for five minutes of overtime to finally secure their first ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament victory in their third year in the conference. Under head coach Suzie McConnellSerio, Pitt did just that, corralling itself and dominating the overtime period to advance to the next round of the tournament in a thrilling 82-72 victory Wednesday in Greensboro, North Carolina. To start the game, the Panthers jumped out to a quick 16-11 advantage, thanks to a combined 13 points from sophomores Aysia Bugg and Yacine Diop. Bugg knocked down a couple early threes, while Diop hauled in three rebounds in the first half. A late three by Cherry cut into Pitt’s lead at the end of the first quarter, but Pitt entered intermission with a one-point advantage at 19-18. A quick 3-point play by Stasha Carey grew Pitt’s lead in the second half to 22-18, but UNC went on a 13-2 run to take its first lead since early in the first quarter. Brenna Wise aided in Pitt’s comeback attempt, as she cut the Panthers’ deficit to one

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Pitt to host course on Muslims in America Dale Shoemaker News Editor

Pitt’s ninth installment of its series on Muslims is turning its focus to Islam’s role in the United States. Coming the weekend after spring break, “Muslims in a Global Context” — a free, biannual, one-credit course — is the result of a partnership between Pitt’s Global Studies Center and Carnegie Mellon University. This year’s course will run each day beginning the evening of Friday, March 18, to the morning of Sunday, March 20, in Room 2400 of Sennott Square.

Registration for the course — open on the Global Studies Center website — closes March 4. Since 2012, Pitt and CMU have collaborated to host eight mini-courses, each focusing on a different country, like Myanmar, Pakistan and India. Though previous courses have focused on areas with heavily Muslim populations, such as the Middle East, the Gulf States and Sub-Saharan Africa, this year’s course centers on the United States. The courses will zoom in on topics like the history of Islam in America, the African-American Muslim narrative and growing up Muslim-Ameri-

Gallagher calls on state legislature to pass budget Zoë Hannah

Assistant News Editor After eight months of impasse, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher has united with the presidents of three state-related universities in Harrisburg to urge state legislators to pass a budget. A statement Gallagher released Wednesday morning was his latest request for state lawmakers to restore Pitt’s state funding during the budget impasse. At the winter meeting of Pitt’s Board of Trustees on Friday, Gallagher said the lack of state funding will soon begin to affect the University more directly. The state budget, which was set to pass in July 2015, was expected to provide Pitt with $147 million this year, according to the release. Gallagher and the presidents at Pennsylvania State University, Temple University and Lincoln University are taking a firm stance on the subject. Wednesday, the four presented their case to Gov. Tom Wolf, state senators and house representatives, as well as jointly wrote an oped published Friday on PennLive and other

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newspapers in the state. Student governments at Pennsylvania State University, Temple University and Pitt have also joined together to organize social media campaigns and send letters to state legislators asking them to pass the budget beginning at the end of February, as reported previously in The Pitt News. “The state is playing a dangerous game of brinkmanship, and the long-term consequences are clear,” Gallagher said in a release. “Without state funding — and a plan for the future — the burden shifts to our students and their families.” According to the release, the $147 million makes up around 15 percent of the University’s education budget, which funds paying professors, buying equipment and everything else related to education, excluding research. The education budget is part of the operating budget, and tuition and state appropriation together make for the majority of the education budget, according to University spokesperson Ken Service.

Service said the University expected a higher allotment from the state this year, which is why this academic year showed the lowest tuition hike in 20 years at Pitt, but that the University may have to begin borrowing money if the state appropriation doesn’t come in soon. “In addition to the number of people we employ, there’s the research we do,” Service said. “The University plays a key role in providing an educated trained workplace for the commonwealth.” State Sen. Bob Mensch, R-Montgomery, who chairs the committee charged with drafting a state budget, did not return a phone call requesting a comment Wednesday afternoon. Gallagher also emailed Pitt’s faculty and staff a letter about his time in Harrisburg Wednesday, saying Pitt and other state-related universities are “committed to doing everything we can to keep an excellent education accessible, but our options are limited in the face of no funding or further reductions.” Throughout the impasse, Pitt’s administra- Chancellor Patrick Gallagher called on state lawmakers Wednesday. Will Miller See Gallagher on page 3 STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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“We felt that this course not only matters now with the current political debate and the events that have happened recently, but that this course was important even five years ago,” Dristas said. The Center this year has broken the course down into a series of one-hour-and15-minute lectures with various professors from Pitt and CMU who will each discuss a different theme. The Global Studies Center at Pitt, along with the Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies and Carnegie Mellon University’s Office of the Provost, are funding the course. The course is open to the public as well as the University community, though students who opt to take the course for credit must submit a five- to 10-page paper detailing “one dimension of Muslims in a global context that has been introduced in class” through CourseWeb or CMU’s education portal. Students who are over their credit limits and those who are not currently students can opt to audit the class. Students must take all 10 courses throughout the weekend in order to receive credit. Though it’s not formally involved with the course, Muslim Student Association President Heba Mahjoub said they are eager to sign up for the session. “Pitt’s campus doesn’t have that many Muslim-based courses, so people who want these classes don’t have an outlet,” Mahjoub said. Dristas said the course will challenge the stereotypes associated with Islam. “Presentations from a variety of speakers from around the world have helped students gain an understanding of the religious, cultural, economic and political influences affecting Muslims globally,” Dristas said. For Mahjoub, the course represents an opportunity for Pitt to teach “the opposite of everything society thinks.” “People make generalizations about our faith,” Mahjoub said. “They don’t realize that [Islam] has ties to Christianity and Judaism. They’re more similar than they are different. [The course] will help bring an understanding.”

tors have urged students, staff and faculty to call on the state legislators themselves. Paul Supowitz, vice chancellor for community and governmental relations at Pitt, said at a monthly University Senate meeting Feb. 16, that students should face lawmakers directly at Pitt Day in Harrisburg March 22. Pitt has also opened an online initiative to call on Harrisburg to pass the budget. The site outlines the impasse, the positive impacts Pitt has on Pennsylvania, how the impasse affects Pitt’s ability

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to excel and a digital form to send a letter to state legislators. The initiative, titled With Pitt, claims the impasse causes undue student debt: “One major impact of the commonwealth’s lack of adequate investment in the state-related universities is a dramatic increase in student debt,” the site says. “With Pitt, nearly 34,000 Pennsylvanians earn paychecks to help support their families and dreams,” Gallagher said in the release. “The bottom line is that in partnering with Pitt, Pennsylvania wins.”

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‘Muslims in a Global Context’ provides enlightenment, education While many of us were arriving home from elementary school on Sept. 11, 2001, our parents were watching hours of non-stop, repetitive coverage of the Twin Towers collapsing. That day is not only a poignant reminder of the lives lost to the attacks, but of the widespread antiMuslim sentiment that resembled darker eras of American history — much like the anti-Japanese sentiment during World War II that plagued the west coast. Fifteen years after 9/11, many students on our campus are trying to dispel the misconceptions they were raised around — seeking enlightenment about the culture thousands of Americans have shunned. According to the FBI, reports of anti-Islamic crimes rose by 1,600 percent in 2001 and a Gallup poll from 2010 shows Muslims are still more likely than Americans of any other religious group to experience racial or religious discrimination. In an effort to combat the misconceptions of Islam, Pitt’s Global Studies Center and Carnegie Mellon University are offering a free week-

end course, open to the public, which will educate their students about the religious, cultural and political influences of Muslims in America. While we can’t reverse the damage — the ruined lives, the fear-filled childhoods, the bigoted remarks — we can make Pitt a safe environment to convene and gain a better under-

topics such as hip-hop in the Muslim community and lectures that outline Islam in the United States specifically — undoubtedly an effort to combat misconceptions about American Muslims and overpower the racist rhetoric surrounding ISIS coverage, refugee politics and immigration discourse. Events like these give the community the opportunity to learn — and establish a foundation for genuine connection — with their Muslim neighbors and colleagues and prepares us for the globalized world we’re living in. Involving ourselves in lectures about culture in addition to religion and politics, we create a deeper, more human understanding of our Muslim peers. Don’t let racist reactions to the Paris attack and 9/11 — which often perpetuate anti-Muslim sentiment instead of coping with the fear those events incite — dictate your opinion of Muslims in America. Go spend a weekend with Pitt Global Studies and learn about your local and global Muslim neighbor. Bring a friend. Be enlightened, and further enlighten.

While we can’t reverse the damage — the ruined lives, the fear-filled childhoods, the bigoted remarks — we can make Pitt a safe environment to convene. standing of Islamic culture and heritage. The course, held biannually since 2012, is taking place for the ninth time March 18 to 20, in Sennott Square. Titled “Muslims in a Global Context,” the course focuses on a different region each year and hosts leading scholars who will discuss topics that go beyond abstract information about Islam. This year’s speakers will discuss

Letter to the editor To the Editor: As a queer woman of color, survivor of sexual assault and student at Pitt, I have been deeply disturbed by the events of the last 48 hours. That a speaker as vitriolic as Milo Yiannopoulos was brought to this campus under the guise of inducing productive conversation regarding free speech is appalling, and the damage and pain that has been caused to the University community is honestly unlike anything I’ve seen here. The individuals responsible acted without social responsibility or conscience, and for all intents and purposes, the University administration and Student Government Board could do nothing but sit and watch — I stress this point for those who would take their anger out on them. Legal precedent denotes that the rejection of funding to the speaker by SGB, based on the preemptive knowledge of the content of their lecture, is prohibited, and that such governing bodies are required to maintain a neutral stance in the decision-making process — Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth — and that hate speech like the kind purveyed at Yiannopoulos’s lecture is fully protected by the First Amendment — Brandenburg v. Ohio and Snyder v. Phelps. As a public University, the censorship of the event by administration would have been unconstitutional, and very little could — or should — be done to change that. The dichotomy that is legal freedom of speech is rooted in this — we must protect one individual’s right to purvey hatred, in order to protect See Letter on page 5

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Letter, pg. 4 another’s right to progressive protest, to challenge and to advocate for the social advancements we so desperately need. To restrict one in a court of law is to restrict the other. Ultimately, I believe Dean Kenyon Bonner was correct at last night’s public meeting in saying that the best counter to hate speech and offensive ideologies is more speech, more discourse. That Yiannopoulos was invited to our campus at all emphasizes a lack of understanding, a lack of empathy and a lack of discourse between members of the student body. It is entirely possible, and not at all unreasonable, to expect that the members of our community engage in challenging, meaningful discourse without sacrificing the integrity and safety of the University community. We demand more of our administration, and of our representatives, but the truth is that we as a student body must also do better. Yes, this incident has exposed deep fissures in the University community, but these rifts have always been visible to those who dared to look. That being said, student and university organizations like Campus Women’s Organization, Black Action Society, Rainbow Alliance and Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Education have been fighting to expose and bridge the gaps in understanding caused by these fissures since their inception. Minority- and advocacy-oriented organizations spend the entire year attempting to engage the community and each other in meaningful discourse on topics including, but not limited to, social justice, sexual assault and freedom of speech. Pitt College Republicans has not seen fit to engage these groups or contribute to this ongoing discussion with the entire Pitt community at large until now, with the invitation of Yiannopoulos. A man that deals almost

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exclusively in incendiary comments and insults meant to belittle, delegitimize and demean racial minorities, women, LGBTQ+ individuals and survivors of sexual and domestic violence. Had the leadership of College Republicans been genuinely interested in engaging in meaningful discussion with the members of our University on the topics Yiannopoulos addresses, I absolutely believe that groups like CWO, BAS and Rainbow would have engaged in the discussion rooted in “debate, logic and facts” that College Republicans claimed to crave so desperately. Rather, College Republicans are now faced with a repulsed University community and find themselves in the position to attempt to engage in discourse with individuals that they have deeply insulted by bringing in Yiannopoulos — individuals whose experiences and identities have been deemed invalid. The continuation of a conversation borne of such circumstances would undoubtedly be strenuous for all parties involved. However, the potential for change in how our student groups interact has me hoping that they are up to the task, because creating a campus in which all individuals feel safe and respected does not, and never has, equated the death of freedom of speech. Estizer Smith Judicial Committee, Student Government Board 2015-2016 Communications and Psychology, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Class of 2016

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In the pre-colonial pocket of modern Rabat, the walls of the Moroccan city’s Old Medina weave between slippery stone streets. Doors of varying heights, colors and sizes decorate these corridors, concealing homes within. The pathways corral the mangy, scrappy cats rummaging through trash and roaming the stone maze. I’m one of 68 study abroad students who have been living in Morocco for the past month, and I’m the only one from Pitt. Sixteen of us — including myself — are studying journalism and Arabic through a joint program of SIT Study Abroad and the nonprofit Round Earth Media. The goal of the program, which will end in May, is to write a feature-length article for a major news outlet. Alumni have gone on to publish in USA Today and Al Jazeera. As students, we come from colleges all over the United States, brought together by our offbeat interest in this developing country. We are each living with a host family for the next two months. I’m with the Ougaamous, who hosted two students before me. My host

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mom’s name is Malika and my dad is Mohamed. My two surrogate sisters — standing in for the two I have back in Connecticut — are named Ghizlane and Btissame. Combined, the Ougaamous speak the two main languages of Morocco: Darija, which is the Moroccan dialect of Arabic, and French. Only Ghizlane knows a smattering of English. After a weeklong orientation, my new parents have come to pick me up from the Center for Cross Cultural Learning. The CCCL resembles a traditional riad, with yellow pillars soaring through a courtyard-like area and colorful tiles spreading across the floor. Waiting for my host family, I’m vaguely reminded of waiting for my mom to pick me up from elementary school. But this time, I’m 20 years old and neither of my host parents speak English. I’m anxious to meet the people I’ll be calling my family for the coming months. Eventually, Malika and Mohamed come to get me and we leave the CCCL. I follow these two elderly Moroccans down the Medina’s narrow streets to my new home. My bursting backpack and red duffle bag wrap around my torso, poised to snap this lanky American girl in half.

Malika wears a red-orange djebella printed with a kaleidoscope design over her squat frame. A bright red scarf encircles her head, covering her henna-dyed hair. Mohamed has slouchy posture but walks with a bounce in his step. He leads the way in a pinstripe black jacket that clashes with his light brown shoes. We walk for eight minutes in semi-awkward silence that I will attribute to the Arabic-English language barrier. I’m thinking about my real family members, who are probably huddling in their heated homes thousands of miles away in snowy Connecticut. An average February day in Morocco is between 40 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit. After a series of right and left turns, we reach a tall, dark red door with a fist-shaped knocker. Mohamed unlocks the door and we enter a dark, short hallway, flanked on the left by a small kitchen. The hallway leads to a common area, which is sort of like the Arabic equivalent of an American living room. Speckled tiles converge into an orange, white and blue star design in the middle of the room. A more vibrant motif runs up the room’s walls. Sky blue shutters block off four adjoining rooms and sheets of milky,

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industrial-strength plastic make up a ceiling. One square opens up directly to the sky, which will be a problem when it finally rains in a few weeks. Mohamed shows me to my temporary bedroom, which is one of the adjoining rooms. Two beds hug the walls, with a dark brown TV table and a bamboo mat in the middle of the space. I drop my luggage on one of the beds before going back into the living room to perch myself on the blue L-shaped couch there. Ten square, white pillows line the back of the sofa, and I don’t lean back for fear of messing them up. I’m not alone in the room. It looks like I’ve recently acquired a nephew. He looks at me from his stroller with curious, big brown eyes. I’m certain this infant knows more Arabic than I do. But I’m trying to catch up. At the CCCL, I’m learning Modern Standard Arabic, or Fus’ha, which is the dialect of broadcasters and academics. It’s different from Darija, the colonization-induced offspring of MSA mixed with French. Darija speakers can understand Fus’ha speakers, but this doesn’t often work the other See Morocco on page 7

Morocco, pg. 6 way around. Learning a language is kind of like playing a game. You have to be OK with pronouncing words incorrectly and struggling through conjugations. It’s a game that requires you to be OK with losing — I’m not always OK with losing. While I’m sitting on the couch, Mohamed asks me something in Darija. I repeat every sound he’s saying in the hopes that I’ll somehow miraculously be able to understand him. In the background, statical loudspeakers project the call to prayer from a mosque a few blocks away from the house. The call is from the Qur’an, which is written in Modern Standard Arabic. Malika joins the conversation, and eventually, I can draw the word “atay” from her speech. This means “tea” in Darija. As a Muslim country, Moroccans generally don’t drink alcohol. Instead, they consume enormous amounts of mint tea, which they call “Moroccan whiskey.” The drink is a combination of gunpowder green tea, handfuls of fresh mint and a few blocks of sugar. It’s a cultural staple symbolizing the hospitality of cultures in Maghreb, the

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region that makes up Northern Africa. Moroccans drink mint tea with just about every meal and serve it when guests come over, often a few times per day. Malika goes to the kitchen to boil up a batch of this concoction. After a few moments, I get up and follow her. She dumps a pre-made pound cake on a plate. I take it to the living room and set it on the white plastic table that serves as our dining space. After a few minutes — in which m y nephew continues to stare at me — Malika returns to the common area. She sets down a silver tray carrying oversized shot glasses and a metal teapot next to the pound cake. Then she picks up the pot, raises

it about six inches above one of cups and pours the tea. Steam rises while the drink collects in the cup, frothing from the fall. Then she sets down the pot and pours the tea from the cup back into the kettle. She repeats this two more times. The cycle is meant to mix and cool down the tea. On the third time, she fills up a glass about three-fourths full and offers it to me. “Shukran,” I say, which means “thank you.” It’s the most comm o n expression I’ll use in my pitiful Darija vocabu l a r y. Other favorites include “shuhbat” — “I’m full” — and “la” — “no.” Before leaving the States, I thought I would rely on email and video chatting to keep in touch

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with those English-speaking folks back home. That was before I learned that the Moroccan government has a ban on video services, such as Skype. The loophole lies in Facebook Messenger, which still works. But to use this, I need Internet access, and unfortunately for me, the Ougaamous don’t have Wi-Fi. Pair that with the five-hour time difference between Rabat and the Northeast, and real-time communication is incredibly inconvenient. I’m learning that a bunch of things in Morocco are incredibly inconvenient juxtaposed with my American privilege. Living here, I’ve had to swap my veggie-heavy diet for one dominated by bread and sugary tea. I’ve learned that 10 p.m. is a normal dinner time for most Moroccans. I now know what a Turkish toilet is — spoiler: It’s basically a hole in the ground. The Study Abroad Office warns of culture shock, but their advice can’t prepare you for the real experience. Right now, I’m adapting to the Ougaamous being my surrogate kin. I can’t hold a substantial conversation with these people I now call my family. But maybe kind actions speak louder than foreign words. Malika slices a piece of cake and plates it for me. She gestures for me to eat and I do.

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Women’s Hoops, pg. 1 by scoring seven-straight points. Bugg would give Pitt the lead back, completing a 3-point play with just over three minutes left in the half to give the Panthers a 34-33 lead. She seared after that 3-point play, scoring the next five points for Pitt. Paired with a couple of made free throws by Destinie Gibbs, the Panthers utilized a 13-0 run to take a 41-33 lead into halftime. Bugg led Pitt at the half with 15 points, four rebounds and three assists, while Wise tallied 12 points and three boards. Cherry and Hillary Summers provided the majority of offense for UNC in the first half, tallying a combined 22 points. Both teams struggled to score in the third quarter, but Wise extended Pitt’s lead to double digits after a traditional 3-point play put her team up 46-36. But an 11-1 run, highlighted by a

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deep three from Stephanie Watts, tied the game at 47 with just over a minute left in the half. The score remained there heading into the fourth quarter. The Tar Heels and Panthers traded baskets early on, with Pitt taking the lead on three separate occasions thanks to baskets by Bugg, Carey and Wise. But a three by Watts gave the Tar Heels a 54-53 advantage with less than seven minutes remaining in the game. Summers followed that with a secondchance layup to widen the UNC lead to three. As she did so often throughout the game, Bugg came up big again, swishing a step-back three to tie the game at 56. After surrendering another layup to UNC, Carey gave Pitt the lead back temporarily, draining a three. The Tar Heels retook the lead on a layup, but Pitt’s Fred Potvin answered, converting on a shot from beyond the arc to give the Panthers a 62-60 advantage with four minutes left. Potvin would respond to another Tar

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Women’s Hoops, pg. 8 Heel basket that tied the game up, nailing her second-straight basket, as the Panthers regained a three-point lead. UNC diminished its deficit to one, but with 21 seconds remaining, Watts committed an offensive foul, giving Pitt the ball back. Wise converted two free throws to give Pitt a three-point advantage, leaving the Tar Heels 15.9 seconds to tie the game. After a miss by Watts, Cherry nailed a deep 3-pointer with .1 seconds remaining to send the contest into overtime. Carey opened overtime with five quick points via a three and a layup, giving Pitt an early two-possession advantage in the extra period. Diop would lay in a fast break two to extend Pitt’s lead to 74-67. Wise provided the dagger when, with Pitt leading by five, she lofted up a layup while the Tar Heels fouled her, and the ball rolled in. She converted her free throw, putting Pitt’s lead at an insurmountable eight with 1:22 left in overtime. Pitt outscored UNC 15-5 in overtime, as the Tar Heels were unable to provide any suspense. Wise led Pitt offensively with a careerhigh 25 points, also bringing in 10 rebounds and blocking two shots. Bugg finished with 20 points, seven rebounds and six assists in the win. Pitt returns to action early in the day Thursday, as the No. 12 Panthers face the No. 5 seeded Miami Hurricanes tomorrow at 11 a.m.

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men’s basketball stumbles at virginia tech Dan Sostek Sports Editor

The Pitt men’s basketball team was riding high Sunday, fresh off a victory over a ranked Duke team and looking like a comfortable lock for an NCAA Tournament game berth. But Wednesday night, it may have undone all of its goodwill earned against the Blue Devils. With only two players reaching double figures, the Panthers (20-9, 9-8) fell to the unranked Virginia Tech Hokies 65-61 (17-13, 9-8) in Blacksburg, Virginia. After losing the opening tip, Virginia Tech got on the board first, as Zach LeDay followed up a missed shot for a layin, giving the Hokies a 2-0 lead. Pitt’s Michael Young responded with a 3-point play, and senior James Robinson connected on a shot from beyond the arc to give Pitt a 6-2 lead. Jamel Artis would score on the next possession, increasing the lead to 8-2. But Virginia Tech fought back, scoring five straight to narrow the deficit to 8-7 after a Bibbs free throw. The Panthers’ lead grew to seven, thanks to makes by Michael Young, Cameron Johnson and Sheldon Jeter. Yet thanks to six straight empty possessions for Pitt, including some wideopen misses from beyond the arc by Chris Jones and Cameron Johnson, Virginia Tech once again edged closer to Pitt, trailing 19-18 heading into the final

media timeout. After the timeout, the Hokies took their first lead since 2-0, when Devin Wilson cut behind Pitt’s defense and laid it in to give Virginia Tech a 21-20 advantage. The Hokie lead grew to three after a pair of LeDay free throws, but the Panthers scored five straight on a three by Johnson and a layup by Ryan Luther, regaining a lead. Seth Allen connected from well beyond the three point line with just about three seconds left in the half, giving Virginia Tech a one-point advantage heading into intermission. LeDay led all scorers at halftime with 10 points and four rebounds, while Michael Young led the Panthers with seven points. Pitt retook the lead early in the second half, as Artis found Chris Jones cutting backdoor for an easy layup. Virginia Tech and the Panthers traded leads throughout the opening minutes, but with the score knotted at 32, Bibbs finally connected on a 3-pointer, giving the Hokies a three-point advantage heading into the first media timeout. That lead grew to seven after Seth Allen lobbed an alley-oop to LeDay, with the score sitting at 37-32 Virginia Tech. But the referees called a flagrant foul on the Hokies after Allen hit Robinson in the face, giving the Panthers two shots and the ball. Robinson would convert both free

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throws, but the Panthers were unable to score, and Virginia Tech scored nine straight points, punctuated by a deep three by Devin Wilson, to grow Pitt’s deficit to a game-high 12 points. Virginia Tech’s lead grew to 13, and remained in double figures throughout, despite a three by Michael Young with 6:07 left that narrowed the score to 5848. With 2:44 left, Pitt finally dented the advantage to single digits, as Artis converted two foul shots to leave the score at 64-56. Thanks to some late turnovers by Virginia Tech, Pitt narrowed the gap to just three. It had an opportunity to tie the game, as James Robinson had an open look at a three with 23 seconds left, but it rattled out. After a couple fouls, the Hokies were able to run the clock out. Young led Pitt offensively, finishing with 16 points, nine rebounds and an assist, while Robinson totalled 11 points, three rebounds and three assists. Artis, who entered the game averaging 15 points per game, struggled, scoring just five points on 1-8 shooting. LeDay led all scorers, tallying 20 points, 10 rebounds and two assists. On Sunday, the Panthers have one final chance to bolster their resumé prior to the ACC Tournament, when they travel to Atlanta to take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.

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3 bedroom apartment. $1450 (utilities included). 704 Enfield St. 5 bedroom house. $2200 + utilties. 35 Enfield St. Call 412-969-2790. ** 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 412-922-2141. Pictures- Info: tinyurl.com/pitthome **AUGUST 2016: Furnished Studio, 1-2-3-4 Bedroom Apts. No pets. Non-smokers preferred. 412-621-0457 **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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+++5 bedroom, 2 full baths, huge house, nicely updated, shuttle across street, washer/dryer, $2795+, August 1, photos www.tinyurl.com/pittnewsad1 coolapartments@gmail.com 724-935-2663 1,2,3,5,6, & 8 bedroom houses. August & May 2016. Bouquet, Atwood, Ward & Dawson. Please call 412-287-5712. 2 bedroom. 343 McKee Place. $1200 (heat included).

2 bedroom, 2 bathroom house. 3201 Niagra St. $1200. A/C, dishwasher, washer and dryer. 1 bedroom. 365 Ophelia St. $550+ electric. Call 412-969-2790. 2-3 bedroom apartments for rent located on Atwood St, Dawson St, and McKee Place. For more information or to schedule a viewing, please call 412-849-8694.

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

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4 BR townhouses, Semple St., available May 1st & August 1st, 2016. Equipped kitchen, full basement. 412-343-4289. Call after 5:00 pm. 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. 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 FOR RENT AUGUST 1 2016: Completely remodeled, spacious 3BR 1.5 BA home on tree-lined residential street. $1725/mo + utilities. Original woodwork, high ceilings, large bedrooms. Parking available. Panther Properties of PA, pantherproperties2@gmail.com. Photos: https://panther-life.com/properties/oakland/

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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 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 Large 6 BR house, 2 full bathrooms, washer/dryer, dishwasher, and many upgrades, Juliette St. 724-825-0033.

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. 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. 4 BR house for rent. $1800/month. Available August 1. 412-337-9916.

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. 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 3 & 5 bedroom. May 2016. Sarah St. Large bedroom, new kitchen, air conditioning, washer & dryer, dishwasher, large deck. 412-287-5712.

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 Before signing a lease, be aware that no more than 3 unrelated people can share a single unit. Check propertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compliance with codes. Call Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Permits, Licensing & Inspections. 412-255-2175.

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

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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.

Hofbrauhaus Pittsburgh has an opening in our event sales department. We'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! Must have a minimum of 2 years of restaurant/event/marketing sales experience. Send your resume to twilliams@prg.us.com

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Seeking tutors for all subjects to serve as a tutor to high school students (8-12). If you are proficient in a particular subject, please call Brian (412) 650-9213.

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