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DOGS AND DIVESTMENT

SPEAKS AT ALUMNI BREAKFAST Alaina Vento

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tion of the hearing discussing other issues facing the University, such as student debt, the changing landscape of technology in the workforce and the growing importance of technical education.

State Sen. Andrew Dinniman, D-19, along with other state senators, was concerned with the rapid rate of technological change that education has to keep up with.

“One of the things that I hope will end here, that I’ve witnessed for the 14 years I’ve been here, is we simply give out the money based on the way we’ve always done in the past,” Dinniman said. “The plain fact is, the present is not the past, the present is very different, the rate of change we’ve never experienced in human history

At 44 years old, janera solomon is now unemployed for the first time since high school.

It’s a conscious decision — after 11 years serving as the executive director of the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty, the Pitt alum retired from the position in December to head in a different, unknown direction.

“Things feel really important at one particular moment, and in the next it’s not. New things become important,” she said. “At certain moments you have to make shifts, or else how do you know what you’re capable of?”

A dozen students assembled early Tuesday morning in the Cathedral of Learning to hear solomon speak on her non-conventional career path and Pittsburgh’s theater scene during the Honors College’s Alumni Breakfast Series. solomon is the former executive director of the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, a non-profit community theater featuring many art forms, ranging from contemporary dance to multimedia, which she led for 11 years before retiring this past December. She is a Guyanese immigrant who came to the United States when she was 9, as well as a Pitt alum, having graduated from the University in 1988 with a B.A. in Multi/Interdisciplinary Arts — a selfdesigned degree combining Africana studies, economics, history, philosophy and English.

She was approached by the theater in 2007 for the executive director position due to her previous work with Toronto-based consulting firm Lord Cultural Resources,

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Fossil Free Pitt protestors and the Pitt Therapy Dogs share the same space in the Cathedral Tuesday evening.

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GALLAGHER ADVOCATES FOR MORE STATE FUNDING Janine Faust and Benjamin Nigrosh

The Pitt News Staff Chancellor Patrick Gallagher testified Tuesday in front of the State Senate Appropriations Committee in Harrisburg with other executives from Pennsylvania universities, hoping to increase state funding for higher education for the 2020-21 fiscal year.

During his speech to the Committee, Gallagher, who spoke as part of a panel with executives from other Pennsylvania state-related universities, including Penn State, Lincoln and Temple, focused on how state-related universities have been increasingly contributing to financial aid. He also said schools play a role in attracting

new people in the face of the state’s stagnating population growth.

Pitt has requested a 5.5% increase in funding from the Commonwealth for 2021. However, in Gov. Tom Wolf ’s proposed $36.1 billion budget released in early February, all four state-related universities would receive flat funding. Pitt received a 2% increase, or around $3.5 million, in funding last year after initially requesting a 6.5% increase, or $9.1 million.

Following this, tuition rates went up 2.75% for most in-state students and 5% for most out-of-state students for the current academic year.

State senators were largely noncommittal about the amount of money Pitt would receive for next year and spent a large por-

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SGB approves new Diversity and Inclusion chair

Anushay Chaudhry Staff Writer

Student Government Board kicked off their weekly meeting Tuesday night with an announcement from President Zechariah Brown approving the newly appointed SGB Diversity and Inclusion Committee Chair Varsha Suresh.

Suresh is taking over for previous chair Ravi Gandhi, who resigned from the position late last week.

“We’re very sad to see Ravi go, but I’m incredibly elated to see Varsha take over [their] position,” Brown said. “I’m excited to see what the diversity and inclusion committee looks like and continues to look like under Varsha’s leadership.”

Suresh mentioned she was excited to take charge of several of Gandhi’s proj-

ects, including initiatives like absences for religious holidays and details finalizing an LGBTQ+ student center.

“This transition is a little bit sudden and it’s towards the end of the year, but we definitely want to continue in the direction of all of Ravi’s initiatives and add a couple more,” Suresh said after the meeting.

During committee reports, Community and Governmental Relations Chair Tyler Viljaste reminded students that Pitt Day in Harrisburg will be taking place March 17, with buses leaving at 7 a.m. and expected to return by 7 p.m.

The annual event gives students, faculty and alumni the opportunity to meet with state legislators and advocate for budget increases — which Viljaste de-

scribed as a solution to Gov. Tom Wolf ’s proposed budget to keep the funding for state-funded schools “completely flat,” meaning that students may face tuition increases.

“State funding has been an issue every year,” Viljaste said after the meeting.

“We always go to Pitt Day in Harrisburg to advocate for increased funding because we’re in a really interesting position as a state-related school.”

According to Viljaste, state-related schools, such as universities, get their funding through a different allocations process as opposed to public state schools.

“Our budget is somewhat like a political football,” Viljaste said. “There have been times where we have been able to get budget increases, and I think that has a lot

to do with the advocacy we do at Pitt Day in Harrisburg.”

Brown announced that the March 17 SGB public meeting will be canceled due to concerns over the late arrival of students returning from Harrisburg.

In response to a student email, Wellness Chair Nina Duong announced that Forbes Street Market does not accept food stamps, but that this is a new issue that the Wellness Committee was working to solve. A member of the Wellness Committee has spoken to the manager of Forbes Street Market and said the grocery store is currently working on allowing students to use food stamps for payment.

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Pitt cancels some spring break study abroad programs due to coronavirus

Jon Moss

News Editor Pitt students looking to fly out of the Steel City over spring break for study abroad will now be grounded, following a new directive from University administrators.

Provost Ann Cudd announced Tuesday afternoon that Pitt has cancelled all University-sponsored spring break study abroad and spring break study away programs that require air travel, which will affect 162 students. The announcement comes in the wake of the worsening global SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus crisis, which has thus far claimed more than 3,100 lives.

She also expanded a mandatory recall to 27 students currently studying abroad to include those in France, Germany and Spain. Pitt said last Friday that it was

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mandating 41 students in Italy, South Korea and Japan return home “as soon as practicable.”

After arrival, the University is asking students to practice social distancing, a virus containment technique where a distance of 3 feet is maintained from people who are coughing or sneezing, for 14 days.

Pitt previously announced last month all study abroad programming in China for the term has either been cancelled or had the location changed.

Cudd said in the announcement that the decision is not one the University takes lightly.

“We know that they will have numerous implications for the students and faculty whose travel plans will now change,” Cudd said. “We feel that it is prudent to be cautious and to take all reasonable precautions to protect our community. We

also hope to avoid the potential for any member of our community to become stranded abroad, should circumstances shift suddenly.”

Cases of the virus, and the COVID-19 disease it causes, have been reported in more than 45 countries around the world.

The University, as well as the City, announced last Thursday that they have each updated their pandemic preparedness plans and are ready for a possible coronavirus outbreak.

After last Friday’s meeting of the Board of Trustees, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said the University has taken a “hope for the best, prepare for the worst” posture.

“Since the risk is so variable, we’re leaning on the [U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], the World Health Organization and tying our response to what they’re doing,” Gallagher

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said. “The situation could be entirely different tomorrow. It’s an evolving situation.”

Pitt researchers are working to alleviate the spread of the disease. At a Senate Council meeting on Feb. 13, Paul Duprex, the Jonas Salk chair for vaccine research and director of Pitt’s Center for Vaccine Research, said Pitt scientists will receive samples of SARS-CoV-2 to develop a vaccine or other intervention method.

Duprex said vaccine development will not be easy, but it is important work.

“We have a disease which is new, we have a disease which is spreading and we have no ability to intervene in that infection,” Duprex said.

Pitt students can contact the Student Health Service at 412-383-1800, and Pitt faculty and staff can contact the Employee Health Clinic at 412-647-4949.

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Funding, pg. 1 before, and all your institutions are going to be different whether you like it or not.”

Gallagher said during his testimony that there has been “a lot of discussion about tuition freezing.” Pennsylvania graduates shoulder the second-highest amount of debt per state in the United States. Pitt itself rests at No. 14 on LendEDU’s list of public U.S. institutions with the highest student loan debt.

However, Gallagher said Pitt’s net tuition revenue actually decreased last year despite the tuition increase and smaller amount of funds from the Commonwealth. A school’s net tuition revenue is the tuition revenue per student received by the college, which is basically equal to published tuition minus the financial aid provided by the school.

“The problem when you freeze tuition is you might freeze in a problem,” he said.

“And one of the problems is the amount of unmet financial need that we are seeing amongst some of our students.”

Gallagher said Pitt has put a lot of institutional funding towards helping students afford tuition and pay off student debts. At a Board of Trustees meeting in 2019, Gallagher cited how funding from the Commonwealth for Pitt went down to 34% today from 56% in 1995, leading the University to launch a slate of new financial aid programs this year. He touched upon those in his speech to the committee, including the Pitt Success program, which matches federal Pell grants to students with the largest amount of financial need, and Panthers Forward, which allows recent graduates with federal loans to receive up to $5,000, which they then “pay forward” to future graduates in coming years.

Gallagher told the State Senate that because of this, Pitt’s largest and fastestrising cost is financial aid.

“And that’s probably a good kind of cost increase to be having because it means we’re pushing aid to students and families that need it,” he said. “Of all the financial aid providers there are for students — federal, state, local — they’re all pretty much flat. The only one that has sort of grown has been institutionally provided financial aid.”

Gallagher also referred to Pitt’s efforts to focus on growing Pennsylvania job

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markets and bring in people from other states — Pitt’s out-of-state student population has been rising for several years now.

Pennsylvania’s population, while not shrinking, has flatlined recently — it’s had the 44th-slowest growth rate out of 50 states in the last decade, meaning the population is growing older. The small amount of growth is due to 16 counties in the southeast — in all other regions, populations have dropped by about 125,000.

And while employment has increased in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area, other western counties combined lost a net of 13,000 jobs, according to Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.

Gallagher discussed Pitt-Bradford’s community efforts to focus on aligning with employers in the region during his speech.

“A lot of this is outreach focused on making sure that our economic programs and our community engagement programs are aligned with the manufacturing and business community there,” he said.

“One of the interesting focal points that we’re seeing very high demand for there is the health care region and qualified health care workers.”

Gallagher told the Committee that he understands the difficulty of trying to spread funding across several different priorities and that the General Assembly is likely thinking about how to more wisely reallocate money. He advised, however, that they make more investments in students to draw more people to Pennsylvania and increase economic growth.

“There’s two ways to raise the percapita spending per student. One is to prosper as a commonwealth and be able to make those investments, and the other is one is to watch our population go down and have less people to divide by,” he said “And I hope we choose the first one and not the last.”

Gallagher said there has been no time in history when human ability and talent were more tied to opportunity.

“We often get mesmerized by the technology, but it’s really — you ask any company, you ask any employer — the number one thing they talk about is talent and people and workforce,” he said. “And so I think that kind of return on investment, that kind of impact is one where we would be healthier, happier and economically better off.”

Solomon, pg. 1 which specializes in helping museums, cultural centers and heritage sites with community-based projects. At the firm, she fostered an interest in the relationship between the arts and communities.

According to solomon, The Kelly Strayhorn Theater is on the intersection of the wealthiest and poorest sections of Pittsburgh on East Liberty’s Penn Avenue. She strived to bring these two social classes together through the theater. When she expressed her vision to a program officer, they told her it would never occur.

“They told me, ‘People don’t socialize across racial lines in Pittsburgh,” she said.

“I told them, ‘That’s too bad because that’s what I’m planning to do.’”

Before solomon’s involvement, the theater had closed numerous times for brief periods and struggled to find a dedicated director. According to solomon, the community wanted it to be a cultural hub, but no one knew how to do it. She had a specific goal to build a multi-racial, multi-class, international, family- and queer-friendly program. During her time there, she achieved

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this by helping establish international dance festivals, as well as arts festivals curated for the LGBTQ community and people of color, including My People and Sun Star festivals.

“I did not have this much gray hair when I started,” she said. solomon said through the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, her cultural aspirations came to life. With her direction, the theater has expanded into the Alloy School — a theater that holds classes and performances — which is also located on Penn Avenue. She found partners to help with funding, which rose the budget from $300,000 from when she started, to $1.35 million at her departure. solomon implemented the “pay what makes you happy” motto at the theater for every performance to attract audiences of any income.

Despite these achievements, she said that she faced numerous obstacles along the way, such as acquiring funding and doubts from program directors and family members. Although she ultimately found success, solomon emphasized that her career was not a linear path.

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MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT ACCESS TO MENSTRUATION PRODUCTS, PERIOD

Anne Marie Yurik Staff Columnist

If you don’t get your period, odds are you don’t have an inconvenient, monthly reminder that pads and tampons are not easy to access for everyone who menstruates. Accessing menstruation products is still a hardship for many people here and in other countries.

Even though conversation around period poverty — the inadequate ability to obtain or access menstruation products because of financial hardship — is by no means new or revolutionary, action towards the issue is varied in the United States. Today, 35 states still tax women for sanitary products, and free access to pads and tampons in places like universities, schools, libraries and park centers remains inconsistent.

These inconsistencies mean that access is unreliable on the whole, despite the fact that the root of the problem hasn’t changed. New legislation is necessary, but until government support of free menstrual products becomes more uniform, institutions such as schools, park centers and even businesses should step in to provide. Doing so might hopefully bring more exposure to the issue and encourage large-scale change.

Pitt set an example this past fall, installing free menstrual product dispensers in a few bathrooms on campus following student campaigns, which is a good start. Numerous other universities, schools and even independent workplaces have done the same for the people who learn and work in their space.

But the people of Scotland don’t have to rely on their administrators or employers at this point. The Scottish government took matters into their own hands in 2018 and made menstrual products free to students in all high schools, colleges and universities in the coun-

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try. This came after a survey by Young Scot revealed that one in four student respondents in the country had experienced period poverty.

Now, the Scottish government is looking to make sanitary products free for all citizens. Scotland’s parliament advanced legislation on Feb. 25 on a bill that proposed universal access to free menstruation products.

If an entire country can have a discussion surrounding access to period products, our schools, and eventually our government, can do the same.

Scotland recognized that people can fo-

clothes, the fear of an unexpected period or the price associated with period products, the hurdles presented by a natural monthly occurrence are many. Universal access to menstruation products such as tampons and pads is essential, impacting women as well as transgender and nonbinary people.

Menstruating is just as natural and inevitable a process as using the bathroom, which is why it’s important that the resources available reflect that. When people go to the bathroom in a public space, they don’t have to worry about paying for toilet paper or even having

Taboos and stigmas surrounding periods contribute to the prevention of access to the materials people need, when they need them. cus, perform and genuinely live better when they aren’t worried about having access to period products. While the U.S. government is not currently supporting efforts at individual schools and other institutions that are providing free menstrual products, it’s apparent that more needs to be done to bring the issue to their attention.

There is no guarantee that more schools, park centers or businesses providing tampons and pads will make the U.S. government step in, though it is the right thing to do. But regardless, I find that continuing to punish people who menstruate through legislative inaction is even worse.

Whether it’s bleeding through their

toilet paper dispensers on hand. Tampons and pads, on the other hand, are not as easy to come by, even though menstruation is just as natural.

Taboos and stigmas surrounding periods contribute to the prevention of access to the materials people need, when they need them.

Even as a 21-year-old woman, I notice the embarrassment, discomfort and humiliation that goes hand in hand with periods. I used to hide tampons in my sleeve when leaving class to go to the bathroom, or I would panic that I somehow bled through my clothes onto my seat, nervous about standing up when class was finished.

Recognizing not only how much my peri-

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od panic would distract me from concentrating and learning, but also induce deep feelings of embarrassment, it is easy to see how much something as natural as a period can get in the way of our daily routine.

If schools and business began providing period products, people would have increased exposure and more acceptance towards these products. Seeing something that is rarely talked about in the open could help destigmatize periods and further open the topic up for much needed discussion.

Universities aim to create the best possible learning environment, and it’s clear that access to period products can play into creating better conditions for learning and growth. Even if universities, companies and other businesses don’t want to make up for the lack of legislation and provide period products, they should want to enhance their students’ and employees’ experience and improve working conditions.

Scotland has the right idea by working towards becoming the first country to offer free sanitary products. They realized that period equity is essential to help ensure that people who menstruate are successful and unencumbered by the financial price tag and emotional burdens of a natural bodily function.

Until we can get there legally and put forth proper legislation, we need to realize what Scotland did, how it got there and work together to make a change. We need to talk about periods, demand access from smaller institutions and increase awareness about the financial, emotional and physical burdens that come with menstruation. Menstruation is not just a woman’s burden and free pads and tampons are not a luxury, period.

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from the editorial board

It’s time to condense the primary process Much to the relief of Americans across the country, the primaries held on Super Tuesday went down without too much drama — we’re looking at you, Iowa caucus.

While this round of primaries went smoothly, in the past, primary elections have been lengthy at best and disastrous at worst. At this point in our country’s history, the primary election system is due for a revamp. The United States should condense the far-reaching spread of primary elections into a single, nationwide day of primaries.

Primaries were created in the early 1900s as a way to select potential candidates for the presidency. While primaries weren’t initially common in most states — they started out in just 12 states — by the time they caught on, they weren’t much different than they are today.

Primary elections are intended by political parties to narrow the field of presidential candidates who could be the party nominee by consulting the American public and allowing them to vote in support of their preferred candidates. Primaries are different from caucuses only in that caucuses involve discussion

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before votes are cast for a desired candidate.

The primaries this year are spread out over a lengthy period, with the earliest election happening on Feb. 3 and the final election being held on June 6. This creates a span of four months between different primaries, which allows for massive inconsistencies between the primaries of different states.

For one thing, as we’ve seen this past week, candidates tend to drop out of the running if they’re not receiving enough support. Both Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar dropped out of the running this week, just days before Super Tuesday. Both candidates will likely still gain votes due to the fact that their names will still appear on the ballot, as well as the fact that any absentee ballots sent in before they dropped will still count towards them.

Additionally, as Buttigieg won the Iowa caucus in February, he will keep the 14 delegates he won, keeping them away from the candidates who remain in the running.

The fact that candidates who have dropped out of the race can still receive votes and hold delegates demonstrates why it would be better to hold all primaries at the same time. Doing

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so would mean that voters would be able to rally behind their chosen candidate in unity with other voters, while not having to worry about their vote being wasted if the candidate drops out of the election before the end of the primaries.

Super Tuesday is a great model for how a consolidated primary could work. Fourteen different states held their primaries on Super Tuesday this year, including California, Texas, North Carolina and Virginia — states notable for their high numbers of delegates. Having this many states voting at once creates a more complete idea of which candidates have the most support.

Holding a large sample of primaries all on the same day is certainly beneficial, but it would be even better to consolidate all primary elections to the same day. Doing so would alleviate voters’ worries about if their chosen candidate will drop out before their designated primary, as well as give an immediate and clear picture about the support for every candidate.

The primary system is old, and we live in a rapidly changing world where everything happens at lightning speed. It is high time we updated the primary system to reflect this.

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Sports

Miller, Walker earn StudentAthlete of the Week honors at pittnews.com

Men’s basketball might PITT WRESTLING EARNS lengthen losing streak TRIO OF NO. 1 SEEDS at Georgia Tech IN ACC TOURNAMENT

Junior center Terrell Brown (21) at February’s home match with Georgia Tech. Carolyn Pallof staff photographer

Camryn Simons

With the Panthers losing their past six games and the Yellow Jackets on a twoFor The Pitt News game winning streak, the second meeting Pitt men’s basketball is currently ridbetween the two teams will be important ing a six-game losing streak. The Panthers for standings and momentum for the next are sliding at the wrong time, but their season. schedule grants them a small break. On The Panthers are fresh off of a tight 73Wednesday, they get a rematch with the 77 loss to the NC State Wolfpack this past last team they beat.

Saturday. Pitt started strong in the first In their last game of the regular seahalf, making six of the first 10 shots and son, the Pittsburgh Panthers (15-15 overleading for much of the opening minutes all, 6-13 ACC) will travel to Atlanta to of the game. However, familiar struggles take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets with free-throw shooting and scoring (15-14 overall, 9-9 ACC) on Wednesday night at 9 p.m.

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Senior Demetrius Thomas earned top seeding for the 2020 ACC Tournament alongside redshirt junior Gregg Harvey and redshirt sophomore Micky Phillippi. Joy Cao staff photographer

Stephen Thompson Assistant Sports Editor

When the ACC Wrestling Championships come to Pittsburgh this weekend, a trio of Pitt wrestlers will compete as No. 1 seeds on the floor of the Petersen Events Center.

Redshirt sophomore Micky Phillippi (133 pounds), redshirt junior Gregg Harvey (174 pounds) and senior Demetrius Thomas (285 pounds) all earned top seeding for the 2020 ACC Tournament this Sunday.

These are the most top seeds the Panthers have had in the ACC Tournament since 2015, which was also the last time the ACC Championships were held in Pittsburgh.

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Pitt also boasts a single two-seed and a couple of three-seed wrestlers. Redshirt senior Kellan Stout (197 pounds) is the lone two-seed, while fellow redshirt senior Taleb Rahmani (157 pounds) and redshirt sophomore Nino Bonaccorsi (184 pounds) make up Pitt’s pair of three-seeds.

The Panthers finished the regular season No. 8 in the National Wrestling Coaches Association poll, sandwiched between two ACC tournament foes — No. 9 Virginia Tech and No. 7 North Carolina.

The day-long ACC Championship meet will begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Semifinals are set to begin at 3:30 p.m. and the Championships are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

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Basketball, pg. 6 droughts allowed the Wolfpack to remain within close digits and ultimately take the lead in the second half of the game.

Georgia Tech has won six consecutive games at home and is 6-3 in its last nine conference games.

In its previous match up with the Yellow Jackets back in February, Pitt won 73-64. With a home crowd behind them, the Panthers showcased their offensive and defensive potential, a rare phenomena with this year’s unpredictable squad.

An energetic performance from junior center Terrell Brown kept the defense locked in, as Pitt’s defensive unit forced 22 turnovers that afternoon.

And on the offensive end, first-year guard Justin Champagnie carried the struggling Panthers’ offense. Champagnie recorded only the fourth 30-point scoring game in Pitt history and added nine rebounds for good measure.

He has scored in double figures 13 times in ACC play and averages 12.3 points per game. His ability to score on the three-point line and make plays within the paint makes him a crucial player for the upcoming game against Georgia Tech.

In order to win on Wednesday night, the Panthers will have to overcome the shooting struggles that have determined the last few games and the season overall.

Pitt is currently shooting 41% from the field, tied for the lowest in program history with the 1968-69 season. In five of the past six games, the Panthers have shot under 40% from the field.

It’s a tall task for Pitt’s recently vapid offense. The scoring struggles will be met by defensive strengths from the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Georgia Tech ranks No. 19 nationally in defensive efficiency and No. 19 in effective field goal percentage defense.

Champagnie and sophomore guards Trey McGowens and Xavier Johnson combine for 54.7% of the team’s scoring and will go head to head with Georgia Tech’s top guards. Junior guard Jose Alvarado and sophomore guard Michael Devoe, who combine to score 39.7% of the Yellow Jacket’s points, will provide a worthy test for the Panther backcourt.

The Yellow Jackets currently sit in a four-way tie for fifth place in ACC rank-

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ings. Winning against Pitt would give them 10 ACC wins for the first time since the 1995-96 season.

Wednesday night’s game is important for the Panthers in order to create the energy necessary for a strong run in the ACC tournament and find some positivity to carry over into next season.

Prediction: Despite winning against the Yellow Jackets earlier in the season, the Panthers will be unable to end their losing streak on Wednesday night. They have lost much of the energy gained during this

year’s strong start. As the losses began to pile up, Pitt was unable to regain the momentum.

Not having the home-court advantage will negatively impact the roadweary Panthers when they head south on Wednesday. The Panthers have only won two of the 10 true road games that they have played this season and score less points in away games than at home.

A lack of energy and inability to score crucial points during crunch time will cause Pitt to fall short at Georgia Tech in its regular season finale.

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

Spacious 2‑BR apart­ ments on Dawson Street, single/double occupancy. Partially renovated. AUGUST 25 availability or IM­ MEDIATE availabil­ ity. Limited parking spaces available. $460‑$480/room.

Call 412‑692‑1770 to see apartment & park­ ing spaces.

Spacious, well‑main­ tained S Oakland 3BR house, $1875/ mo + utilities. Central AC, DW, W/D. Large kitchen, pantry, high ceilings, decorative FP, out­door space.

Close to Pitt & shut‑ tle. Off‑street parking avail. Panther Proper‑ ties, 412‑328‑6236, pan­therproperties2@ g­mail.com. pan‑ ther‑life/oakland

R A T E S

Insertions

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2X

3X

4X

5X

1-15 Words

$6.30

$11.90

$17.30

$22.00

$27.00

16-30 Words

$7.50

$14.20

$20.00

$25.00

$29.10

6X $30.20 $32.30

Add. + $5.00 + $5.40

(Each Additional Word: $0.10)

Deadline:

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

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

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

On bus line, close to restau­rants & shops.

Con­tact Jerry at 412‑722‑8546

Squirrel Hill 3 BD, 1‑1/2 BA town­house on Beacon St. Updated kitchen.

Washer/dryer on premises. Nice back­ yard. On bus line.

Per­fect for Seniors and Grad students.

Call 412‑281‑2700.

Avail­able Now!

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

Employment

person w/ min 2 yrs. college, for upcom­ing spring semester, to interview & pro­cess rental appli­cants, do internet post‑ ings & help staff our action‑central of­fice.

Part time or full time OK starting now; full time over the summer. $14/hour. Perfect job for current sopho­ mores & juniors, graduating seniors set to enter grad school, returning grad stu­ dents, and first year law students!

Mozart Management 412.682.7003 thane@mozartrents.­ com Seeking door‑to‑door paint salespeople for the Pittsburgh area.

Part and full‑time work in spring, sum­ mer, and fall. Train­ing provided. Pay is commission based.

Reliable transporta­ tion necessary.

Contact Jim at 412‑680‑0102

Services Educational The Phlebotomy Training Center www. justphlebotomy.org 2 evening classes weekly, 5 weeks + excellent Clinicals.

Call 412‑521‑7334.

Employment Other OFFICE INTERN Shadyside Manage­ ment Company seeks

March 4, 2020

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