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CHANGES TO COME ‘PITT TONIGHT’ SPOTLIGHTS PITT WOMEN TO BIGELOW BLVD Joanna Li
News Editor After Pittsburgh received a $500,000 grant in late March from Pennsylvania’s Multimodal Transportation fund, the City could see safety improvements on Bigelow Boulevard between Forbes and Fifth avenues starting in the fall. The full project is expected to cost $4.5 million. Now, with just $1 million to raise to reach the funding goal, the City will begin reviewing what construction can start as soon as possible, according to Karina Ricks, director of the City’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure. “I would say the project is in the almost-ready-togo stage,” Ricks said to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “There is still a gap [in funding] we have to bring together, but we’re going to look and see what we can start now.” The idea of the project, which was announced in November 2017, is to move the crosswalk closer to Forbes Avenue to avoid being directly adjacent to Pitt shuttle buses parked outside the Cathedral of Learning. Cutouts will be created near the current Fifth Rhythm and blues musician Clara Kent performs as “Pitt Tonight’s” musical guest at the show’s third annual Avenue Pitt shuttle stop to move the campus shuttle women’s empowerment episode on Sunday. Kaycee Orwig | senior staff photographer buses away from traffic. Two lanes for motor vehicles will remain, one in each direction, with planters on each side and bike alongs along the curb. In addition, limited parallel-parking space will remain outside of the Cathedral. According to Paul Supowitz, the University’s vice chancellor for community and government relacancer and the death of Antwon Rose II. event hosted by the TEDx student organization on Brian Gentry tions, the University is in support of the plan. “Purple was the color the family designated that campus, which hosts independent TED-like live Assistant News Editor “We think we’re moving ahead with a project that Brian Burley walked onto the stage on the sec- we would use in order to continuously remember his seminars and conferences. This year’s theme was will enhance safety for everyone,” Supowitz told the name and remember his fight for justice,” Burley said. internal ignition, and speakers touched on their perPost-Gazette. “We’re almost to the point where we have ond floor of the O’Hara Student Center on Sunday Burley was the first of eight speakers at Sunday’s sonal experiences and their drive — ignition — that to do something. This is a very heavily used corridor with a purple rose adorning his lapel, simultaneousTEDx University of Pittsburgh talks, an annual See TEDxPitt on page 2 ly recognizing his uncle’s diagnosis with pancreatic and the pedestrians far outnumber the vehicles.”
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kept them motivated throughout their lives. Brian Burley, author and founder of YNGBLKPGH Burley, a Pittsburgh native, focused on his book he released in 2017 called “YNGBLKPGH,” or Young Black Pittsburgh, titled after his organization of the same name. This book contains profiles of young black people in the Pittsburgh area and seeks to make their stories known to the public. He was inspired to write the book after a study released by the Pittsburgh Foundation showed that 86% of non-sports-related stories written about black men in Pittsburgh focused on crime. “The thing that I saw as most important was to have these folks who represented the millennial generation closer to the next generation telling the story and talking about how they got to where they are now,” Burley said. “Then on top of that, writing a handwritten open letter to the next generation, imploring them to act.” His book has sold more than 3,000 copies since its release, and he said it has changed the way its readers think about race. “When you choose to act, you can change the circumstances of your entire situation and of those
around you,” Burley said. Judy Bannon, executive director of Cribs for Kids, Inc. Bannon discussed the lucky experiences throughout her life that led to her becoming the executive director of the nonprofit Cribs for Kids, an organization that provides cribs to families in the states surrounding Pennsylvania. Bannon said she had a comfortable life with a well-paying job in 1989 prior to the founding what was then known as SIDS of PA, which sought to reduce the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome. When offered the chance to head the organization, she took the opportunity immediately, as her younger brother had died in 1975 from SIDS — something that greatly affected her mother, whose words stuck with her. “Her exact words were, ‘No parent should ever have to bury a child,’” Bannon said. Since then, the organization has undergone a name change to its current title, Cribs for Kids, and its budget has grown from $13,000 to more than $7 million. And the organization’s mission had a measurable impact on the area, she said, as the SIDS incidence rate declined in Allegheny County by more than 50% in the first eight years. She attributes much of her success to “serendip-
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tices to become habitual, making sustainability second nature to the companies. He said companies must ask themselves what their purpose is in order to actually practice sustainability ownership. “If the answer to that question is ‘We exist to maximize shareholder value,’ then you are precisely wrong,” Bhattacharya said. “The purpose of business is to create value for all its stakeholders and the purpose of business is to accept profit as a consequence of that value creation.” Terry Smith, professor of contemporary art history and theory Smith gave an art history lecture at this year’s TEDxPitt, focusing on the ignition of a renowned Ghanaian artist, El Anatsui, who has had a significant career in Nigeria. One of Anatsui’s works, “Three Angles,” is currently displayed outside the Carnegie Museum of Art as a multimedia expression of history and change. Smith said Anatsui’s work hints at a constant inspiration that drove him to continue creating artwork, with consistent motifs from his native Ghana and techniques that depict physical movement in the art. This article covers the first half of the Sunday TEDxPitt talks. The second half will appear tomorrow.
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DON’T DISCOUNT MAYOR PETE Devi Ruia
Staff Columnist There’s a good chance that you hadn’t heard of Pete Buttigieg before this year — the average person can’t be expected to know the mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Buttigieg — or Mayor Pete, as he is known in South Bend — announced in January that he was launching a presidential exploratory committee. Since then, Buttigieg has launched into the national arena. Many have said Buttigieg is inexperienced. After all, he is by far the youngest person running, and at 37 years old he has never held a national political office. But despite his youth, Buttigieg has an impressive resumé and shouldn’t be discounted in the 2020 race. He is a Rhodes Scholar, a Harvard graduate, proficient in seven languages other than English, a skilled pianist and an Afghanistan War veteran. We are at a point right now in politics where experience may be important, but it isn’t the be-all and end-all in determining a candidate’s validity in seeking political office — even the office of the president. Buttigieg brings an impressively diverse resumé to the table, and he has gained important traction with voters in recent weeks. A new Democratic primary poll released Thursday by Quinnipiac University has Buttigieg tied for fifth place among Democrats and those that lean Democratic, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. While he is still only polling at 4% with Democratic primary voters, he’s above Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Cory Booker, DN.J. This may just be one early poll, but it’s significant for Buttigieg, as he came into this race with very little experience or name recognition and is now holding his own in polls with wellknown senators. Buttigieg has been almost everywhere in recent weeks — everywhere meaning all over TV and Twitter. He’s been doing interviews and meeting celebrities such as Mandy Moore,
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who even donated to his campaign. Despite his increased presence, Buttigieg is still getting less media coverage than most of his fellow 2020 candidates, according to analysis by Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight. Buttigieg’s increase in the polls and his rise in Google search interest can therefore be credited more to his genuine appeal to voters than to media coverage. Buttigieg isn’t deeply entrenched in the politics of D.C. and he doesn’t have any looming skeletons in his closet. He may have no national experience, but this is part of his draw, as his lack of time on the national stage means he doesn’t have the baggage of some of the candidates that have been in the public eye for years. “He is the one candidate … Everyone who interacts with him is blown away,” NBC political correspondent Kasie Hunt said about Buttigieg, according to a tweet by Lis Smith, Buttigieg’s communications adviser. Buttigieg is subverting expectations of his candidacy by just being himself. Many comment on his persona — he comes across as intelligent and unrehearsed, an authentic politician in a time when many voters don’t feel like such a person exists. Not only does Buttigieg have an appealing personality, he has good policy ideas. While, like nearly all of his opponents, he has yet to release a specific policy plan, he is open to ideas that include abolishing the electoral college, raising the minimum wage and nominating new Supreme Court justices to offset the current conservative majority. Buttigieg is also using his youth as an advantage in terms of policy. “I think, you know, belonging to the generation as a millennial — I think I made the cut by a few weeks, being a millennial,” Buttigieg said in an interview with Dan Pfeiffer, a former senior adviser to former President Barack Obama, on the political podcast Pod Save America. “But I do feel like I belong to the school shooting generation. You know, I was in high school when Columbine happened, the generation that is going to be dealing with things like climate change
Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has thrown his hat in the race for the 2020 presidential election. Alex Wong/Getty Images/TNS for the rest of our lives.” Buttigieg has made what he calls intergenerational justice a core piece of his campaign, including taking long-term issues like climate change as seriously as short-term ones like Senate filibuster reform. Using his personal connection as a member of the generation that is going to be most affected by a lot of the long-term policies that our next president will help shape is a smart move on Buttigieg’s part. Millennials and members of Generation Z — the generation most current Pitt students are a part of — will make up 37% of the eligible electorate in 2020. This group is projected to be the most diverse and best-educated
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generation, and skews liberal. The key to winning the Democratic primary could very well be the millennial and Gen Z vote. Buttigieg is already doing a great job of tapping into it, not only by drawing on his personal connections to issues that this demographic cares about, but through Twitter. Whether you agree with its importance or not, Twitter is going to play a role in the 2020 election, especially with younger voters. Many people on Twitter, qualified and unqualified, comment on politics and a lot of people form opinions and get their information from the site. Buttigieg is becoming beloved on Twitter, but this is more due to his husband’s Twitter game than his own. Chasten Buttigieg, Pete Buttigieg’s husband, is earning praise for his funny and earnest look at what it’s like to be the spouse of someone running for office — not to mention blessing the public with lots of dog pictures and a look at what Hogwarts house his husband belongs in. This is gaining him attention from many on Twitter and making Mayor Pete more popular as a result, especially in the past couple of weeks. While this could seem like only a fleeting moment in the spotlight for Buttigieg, it may very well be more than that. Buttigieg revealed Monday that his campaign had raised more than $7 million in the first fundraising quarter. Other candidates have raised more in even less time, but they came into the race with established donor lists and name recognition that Buttigieg lacks. “We (you) are outperforming expectations at every turn,” he tweeted on Monday. And his campaign is doing exactly that. Even if Buttigieg doesn’t win the Democratic nomination — and he does face many more obstacles to winning than most candidates — he has still no doubt raised his national profile. He is a politician to watch, whether he wins the nomination or not. Either way, he should be taken seriously by 2020 voters.
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‘PITT TONIGHT’ CELEBRATES WOMEN WITH ANNUAL EMPOWERMENT EPISODE
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Senior Staff Writer In the darkened William Pitt Union Assembly Room, an unusual array of images graced the stage. Some slides flashed quotes from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Others featured statements from female Pitt students who wanted to send a message of thanks to the strong women in their lives. As “Pitt Tonight” host Andrew Dow noted, Sunday night’s episode was all about empowering women. “Welcome to ‘Pitt Tonight.’ This is our women’s empowerment episode,” Dow said as the band’s saxophone faded out. “Are there any ladies in the house tonight?” The hundreds of women in the audience cheered. The late-night show featured several skits and comedy routines poking fun at sexism in modern society, and Dow spoke with prominent women in the Pitt and Pittsburgh communities about female representation and their role models. Several audience members celebrated the occasion wearing T-shirts that read, “This is what a feminist looks like.” One comedian, Ossia Dwyer, who opened the show with her stand-up routine, took a jab at her male classmates as a way of empowering herself. “In honor of the women’s empowerment episode, I decided to dress like every guy who’s ever made fun of me in a lab,” she said, gesturing to her jeans and flannel shirt. “Light applause, I like it. Not excited for a woman to come out here.” The show tackled pressing social justice issues in a lighthearted way. One skit featured Dow and fellow “Pitt Tonight” performers Charlotte Bloys and Clare Donaher. Donaher, who played a chauvinist male character named Mark, highlighted the pervasive problem of mansplaining in everyday conversations. The three launched into an argument
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about unsolicited dick pics, and Bloys explained to Donaher’s character that sending explicit pictures to women was sexist and unethical. Dow chimed in to say the exact same thing. “Wow, that makes so much more sense when you say it like that,” Donaher said to Dow after ignoring Bloys’ identical explanation. Humor served as the vessel for explaining most of the concepts throughout the night. But the mood turned serious when Dow invited his interviewees to the stage. One of them was the Wilkinsburg mayor, Marita Garrett, who decried the lack of diversity in Pennsylvania’s elected officials. “Pennsylvania ranks 49th in the nation for women representatives in local government,” Garrett said, to boos from the audience. “So Pennsylvania ranks lower than Alabama? Eek,” Dow said. “We gotta fix that.”
Dow asked Garrett if political decisions would be more fair to women in Pennsylvania if they were adequately represented in government. “It really shows we’re represented by majority white men,” Garrett said with a wry smile. The show’s second guest, Pitt student Krithika Pennathur, founded Pitt Unmuted, an organization that gives a voice to survivors of sexual assault. She said listening to minorities and hearing their struggles is the first step to alleviating their issues. “A lot of what we have to do [when it comes to women’s issues] is take a step back and listen,” Pennathur said. Pennathur said her ability to listen has defined her success as a leader. “I have these titles like ‘president, leader, founder,’ but really, the key to empowering survivors is hearing their stories,” Pennathur said. “These stories are so valuable … [Survivors] don’t have to tell us their stories, but they deserve to have a place where they can.” Pennathur has been a hero to many women on Pitt’s campus, Dow said. But as far as her own heroes, Pennathur said she “hasn’t met all of them yet.” She said she likes to wait for inspiring women to come to her. “I was so excited to come out tonight,” Pennathur said, “because there are a lot of strong women in the audience who can inspire all of us.” The crowd cheered. Pennathur called on Pitt campus leaders to do their part to empower women, and said hosting a women’s empowerment episode on “Pitt Tonight” was a great first step. Kelsey Prem, a senior civil engineering major who attended the event, echoed Pennathur’s point. She was heartened to see “Pitt Tonight” creating an episode just for women, and hopes it’ll continue to in-
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vite diverse guests on its show. “Having a lot of diverse guests on the show tonight shows that clubs are becoming more aware of women’s and minority issues,” Prem said. Prem also praised Pennathur for creating a safe space for women on campus, and said more club leaders should try to foster an environment where women feel safe and able to share their experiences. “Just recognizing that there is inequality in the world and just opening up your clubs to diverse backgrounds is one thing,” Prem said. “An even bigger and better step is to actually create safe spaces specifically where women can speak up … and I think that’s what ‘Pitt Tonight’ accomplished.”
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BILLIE EILISH FINDS FORM WITH NEW ALBUM Delilah Bourque Senior Staff Writer
Minimalistic bass beats, breathy vocals and moody lyrics carried LA-native Billie Eilish from an internet streaming sensation to No. 96 on the Billboard Hot 100. Released when she was just 15 in 2016, Eilish’s first single “Ocean Eyes” now has 16.2 million streams on SoundCloud alone. Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl is a self-described fan, who compared Eilish’s popularity as the “same revolution” that happened to Nirvana when he was the same age as his daughters and Eilish. Eilish’s debut album “WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?” released Friday, follows the success of single “Ocean Eyes” and the 2017 EP on which it appeared, “dont smile at me.” The style of music on the album is varied, a deliberate attempt on 17-year-old Eilish’s part to create an album where fans of any kind of music could find a song they liked. Eilish also partnered with Spotify to develop a museumlike exhibition for the album, which reflects her synesthesia, a brain condition that causes her to see colors or smell when she listens to music. “I wanted it to literally be like an exhibit, a
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museum, a place to smell and hear and feel,” Eilish said in an interview with Billboard. “Every room has a certain temperature, every room has a certain smell, a certain color, a certain texture on the walls. A certain shape, a certain number.” Eilish, who cowrites with her older brother Finneas O’Connell, has a brand of sort-of goth pop, mixing influences from pop and hip-hop with dark lyricism and the occasional sound effect or vocal distortion. “bad guy” is a fan-favorite that shot right up to the top of Eilish’s top songs on her Apple Music page. The song relies on techno beats and pithy lyrics, like when Eilish adds a cheeky “duh!” just before the beat drops in the chorus. One of the singles, “bury a friend,” capitalizes on Eilish’s edgy reputation, asking the titular question, “When we all fall asleep, where do we go?” The song is deliberately nightmarish, with distorted vocals, sometimes sounding like Eilish is underwater and high-pitched screeching sounds that are eerily similar to the violin music used in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho.”
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MLB OPENING WEEKEND RECAP Dominic Campbell Staff Writer
Baseball’s opening weekend featured spectacular plays, dominant pitching and long-anticipated player debuts. And after an offseason where experts predicted the American League to maintain a stranglehold on baseball’s upper crust, it was National League powers who impressed. One of the biggest stories this offseason was star outfielder Bryce Harper choosing to sign a 13-year, $330 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. Harper left his mark in Philadelphia’s opening series with the Atlanta Braves. The first hit for his new club was a 465-foot home run on Friday afternoon. He also hit a home run in Sunday’s game against the Braves, fueling the Phillies to a three-game sweep of the reigning division champions. National League Central playoff contenders collided in Milwaukee as the Brewers and the Cardinals lived up to its billing and provided some great moments. In game one, Brewers outfielder Lorenzo Cain robbed Cardinals first baseman Jose Martinez of a game-winning home run in the ninth inning. Brewers outfielder and 2018 NL MVP Christian Yelich is off to a historic pace in the young season, homering in his first four games. Yelich is only the sixth player ever to do that. His final hit of the series was a walk-off two-run double to win the series for the Brewers, three games to one. But the biggest shock this weekend came between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees. The Orioles surprised everyone by winning the series 2-1 at Yankee Stadium. Considering how both teams played last season, with the Orioles winning a meager 47 games to the Yankees’ 100, it was expected that the Yankees would at least win the series and probably sweep at home. While the Yankees did lose the series, they saw five time All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki get his first hit since 2017 after spending a large part of the last two seasons on the injured list. In the same game, Tulowitzki also hit his first home run in almost two years.
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Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jake Arrieta throws a first-inning pitch against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday in Philadelphia. Yong Kim/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS The Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers played lineup this weekend. The Padres broke in two the only interleague series of the weekend and fea- new signings at the corner infield spots in first tured the return of Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish back baseman Eric Hosmer and third baseman Manny to the starting rotation. Darvish sat out most of Machado, who signed for eight years, $144 millast season after suffering an elbow injury in May. lion, and 10 years, $300 million, respectively. Darvish was shaky in his return on SaturIn addition to Hosmer and Machado, three day, pitching only for a career-low 2.2 innings, highly rated rookies made their debuts. The most throwing 75 pitches, walking seven batters anticipated was shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr., the and giving up three runs. No. 2 prospect in baseball entering this season. The third and final game of the series saw Tatis did not disappoint, picking up two hits in both teams explode for a combined 21 runs and his debut. 28 hits. Texas secured a walk-off win on a ninthThen on Saturday, rookie pitcher Nick Marinning wild pitch and captured the series 2-1. gevicius who, despite striking out five and surrenThe reigning world champion Boston dering only one run on three hits in five innings, Red Sox opened 2019 in ugly fashion against earned a loss in his first major league start. the Seattle Mariners. Boston’s pitching staff The last of the Padres’ notable weekend allowed six runs or more in each of its four debuts belonged to starting pitcher Chris games in Seattle and won only once. Paddack, who retired the first 10 batters he Despite the bad series, the Red Sox front faced as part of a strong, five-inning, sevenoffice managed to solidify its shortstop of the strikeout showing. The Padres won 3-1 that future, Xander Bogaerts, to a six-year, $132 afternoon, their third win of the four-game million contract extension. series with the San Francisco Giants. The San Diego Padres unveiled a revamped The Toronto Blue Jays also debuted two
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rookies over the weekend against the Detroit Tigers. The first was starting pitcher Taylor Thornton, who struck out a team-record eight batters in a major league debut over five innings and only two hits. Elvis Luciano, another Toronto rookie, didn’t only make his debut, but history as well. He is now the youngest player in team history to make their debut and the only player in MLB history born in the year 2000. He surrendered only one hit over 1.3 innings of work in a 4-3 loss on Sunday. The New York Mets started strong in Washington against the Nationals, especially at the plate. The Mets offense scored 18 runs in three games against All-Star starting pitchers Stephen Strasburg, and Patrick Corbin and Max Scherzer. Mets rookie Pete Alonso, the top-ranked first baseman prospect by MLB Pipeline, was a major contributor to that offensive outburst. Alonso batted .500 in his first MLB series and drove in two runs. His six runs scored are now tied for the most through three games in franchise history. The 2018 NL championship-winning Los Angeles Dodgers opened their 2019 campaign with a wholloping of the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Dodgers scored 42 runs over four games and hit 14 home runs. The eight they hit on Opening Day are an MLB record. Finally, the Pittsburgh Pirates took on the Cincinnati Reds this weekend, splitting the first two games. In both games, the Pirates had dominant starting pitching performances. Game one saw Jameson Taillon allow only one run in his first six innings, before imploding in the seventh. The Reds scored four that inning en route to a 5-3 win. Pitcher Trevor Williams started game two and threw six scoreless innings while striking out six. Williams owns a 1.20 ERA over his last 14 starts dating back to last season. The first weekend of regular-season baseball rarely is able to accurately forecast the marathon season yet to be played. But for now, National League powers in Philadelphia and Los Angeles are flexing their muscles, while the American League’s elite struggle to find their footing.
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and Mckee Place. Newly remodeled. Some have laundry on site. Minutes from the University. For more info please call Mike at 412‑849‑8694 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. Brand new remod‑ eled spacious duplex. 5BR, 2BA, second and third floors with wooden floors. Laundry room in apartment. $3000 +utilities. Call 412‑871‑5657 Dawson Village Apts. near CMU and Pitt. One bedroom apt. available for immediate move in. On bus line, close to restaurants and shops. *CALL IN FOR SPECIALS!* Contact Jerry at 412‑722‑8546 M.J. Kelly Realty. Studio, 1, 2, 3 and 4 Bedroom Apartments, Duplexes and Houses. N. & S. Oakland from $750‑$2500. mjkellyrealty@gmail. com. 412‑271‑5550. www.mjkellyrealty. com Now Renting Fall 2019! Various Two BR units in South Oakland, Bates, Coltart, Edith, Halket Place, Ward Street; rent starting from $975‑$1410
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hardwood floors. $100 Amazon gift card upon move in. Avail‑ able spring, summer and fall. Contact Sue at 412‑720‑4756.
Now Renting for Fall 2019 One Bedrooms located conveniently throughout South Oakland Rents Starting at: $740‑$825 Contact: John C.R. Kelly Office: 412‑683‑7300 Email: info@kellyre altyinc.com Website: www. jcrkelly.com
Brett/Thames Manor Apts. (Ellsworth & S. Negley Ave.) near CMU and Pitt. Studio‑One‑Two bed room apts. available for immediate move in. On bus line, close to restaurants and shops. *CALL IN FOR SPECIALS!* Contact Jerry at 412‑722‑8546
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Recently reno’ed S Oakland 3BR house, $1750/mo + utilities. Spacious, beautiful, well‑maintained. Dishwasher, washer/ dryer, central AC. Close to Pitt campus & shuttle. Off‑street parking available. Panther Properties, 412‑328‑6236, pan therproperties2@ gmail.com. pan‑ ther‑life.com/oakland
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Shadyside: 1 and 2BR, great location, hardwood floors. Free heat. Immedi‑ ate occupancy. Call 412‑361‑2695 Shadyside: Studio ($740) or 2 Bedroom ($1190). Quiet, clean, well‑maintained apartment house. Great location ‑ in heart of Shadyside! Fully equipped kitchenette, A/C, laundry, wall‑to‑wall carpeting. Near Pitt shuttle and city busline and shopping. No pets, no smoking. Available Aug. 1st. 412‑628‑1686.
Rental Other Studios, 1, 2, & 3 Bedroom apartments available August 2019 & 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 Employment Other Medical and Heart Care, Students Welcome, 155 N. Craig Street, Dean Kross, MD, 412‑687‑7666 OFFICE INTERN Shadyside Manage ment Company seeking person w/ min 2 yrs. college, for upcoming spring semester, to interview & process rental ap‑ plicants, do internet
postings & help staff our action‑central office. Either part time or full time OK now; full time over the summer. $13/hour. Perfect job for sopho‑ mores/juniors, seniors planning to enter grad school, returning grad students, and first‑year law students! Mozart Management 412‑682‑7003 thane @mozartrents.com SUMMER WORK Shadyside Manage
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@mozartrents.com Team Scotti (insur ance broker for major league baseball) seek ing an information technology intern to assist in technical sup‑ port, troubleshooting issues, organization and maintaining IT resources. Help with upgrading network equipment, assisting IT and other depart‑ ments with reports, tracking hardware and software inventory and other duties as assigned. Ideal candidate would have strong computer skills and a passion to learn. Familiarity with Access is required. Ability to work in a team environment as well as independently is necessary. Contact Dave Webster at dwebster@team‑ scotti.com for further information.
Shadyside 4909 Centre Ave. Great location for this spacious 1BR apartment located be tween Pitt and CMU. On buslines, near restaurants, hospital. Rent includes heat. Laundry, storage & parking available. Updated kitchens and
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