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September 9, 2015 | Issue 18 | Volume 106

PITT MAKES GENDER STUDIES MAJOR OFFICIAL

PITT PERFECT After a week of auditions, only a few lucky singers out of the hundreds of auditioners made the cut for Pitt’s a cappella groups.

Lauren Rosenblatt and Dale Shoemaker The Pitt News Staff

A member of a cappella group Pitches and Tones looks over sheet music during an audition. | Meghan Sunners | Senior Staff Photographer

Allison Bradley For the Pitt News

Robert Browne Gartei burst through the fifth floor doors of the William Pitt Union looking more nervous than excited. This was Browne Gartei’s second time in three years trying out for a Pitt a cappella group.

He clutched his head and jumped up and down as he exited his Pitches and Tones tryout.

Browne Gartei had previously tried out two years ago but didn’t make it — and now, as a senior, he wanted to take advantage of his last chance to be a part of the musical community at Pitt.

Although Browne Gartei expressed his emotions loudly, the rest of the fifth floor was quiet. Students — both veterans and aspiring members — chatpittnews.com

ted and filled out application forms for a cappella groups. Some students appeared confident and relaxed, while others were visibly nervous. One by one, each hopeful was called into a private room for their chance. Walking through the halls with uncertain steps, the potential newbies went from room to room, trying out for one group at a time.

From Aug. 31 through Sept. 3, Browne Gartei and between 150 and 200 other students, not including walk-ins, signed up for a five to 10 minute tryout for one of about 20 spots in each of Pitt’s six co-ed a cappella groups. A cappella is a type of singing — recently popularized by “Pitch Perfect” in 2012 — in which people arrange songs to be performed

using only their voices. Aside from Pitt’s co-ed groups, there is also one male-only group and one female-only ensemble.

Browne Gartei said he was going to try out for every group he could.

“I have a passion for singing, and I can’t ever give it up,” Browne Gartei said. “Every time I see a performance, it makes me want to try out again, even though I know I’m going up against better competition.”

This year, Browne Gartei hoped his auditions would go better than they had in the past. He sang John Legend’s “All of Me” for his solo performance confidently, but afterward, said his falsetto fell flat. He adjusted his tape-covered glasses while lamenting over his See A cappella on page 2

Mastering topics including sexuality, gender identity and Hillary Clinton can now earn you a major at Pitt.

While the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences has always offered a gender, sexuality and women’s studies certificate, as of June 16, this will be the first semester it will be expanded into a major. Frayda Cohen, senior lecturer and undergraduate advisor in the GSWS program, said she has been working toward developing the major since she began teaching in the program in 2007. The increased interest in classes over the past eight years has made the major possible, she said.

Todd Reeser, a French and GSWS professor, credits the creation of the major to the increased visibility of gender and sexuality issues and the idea that gender and sexuality now qualify as a discipline of their own, rather than as a part of other disciplines. “[Students] want to make intellectual sense of what’s going on in the world,” Reeser said. “Part of my job as a professor is to help students acquire a language and the concepts behind that language to talk about gender in smart and sophisticated ways.”

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News

SGB VOTES AGAINST PLASTIC BAGS Mark Pesto

Senior Staff Writer

Students can no longer receive free plastic bags from campus dining services, including Market Central’s Quick Zone, per a new Student Government Board resolution passed Tuesday.

SGB voted unanimously at last evening’s meeting to approve a resolution called the “BYO[Bag] Initiative Restructure,” which updates a resolution passed last year.

Under the new resolution, Sodexo and SGB are eliminating the previous quota of 15 free plastic bags per semester for students. Instead, Sodexo will charge a 25-cent fee per plastic bag after the add/drop period of each semester.

The initiative will go into effect Sept. 14, after the add/drop period ends.

“It’s an easily avoidable fee,” Nick Goodfellow, sustainability coordinator for Pitt Dining, said. “All you have to do is bring your own bag.”

Sodexo will also begin selling reusable grocery bags for $6 each at all campus dining facilities. The Office of PittServes and the Student Office of Sustainability have teamed up with Sodexo to purchase and sell these bags.

PittServes and the Student Office of Sustainability will donate 50 percent of all money made from the new plasticbag fee and from selling the reusable bags to the Pitt Green Fund Advisory to fund future sustainability projects, potentially including reusable drink containers.

SGB first introduced this resolution at its Sept. 1, meeting and tabled it for one week for public review and to give themselves time to discuss the resolution before voting.

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and Students for Sustainability cosponsored the resolution.

Abdou Cole, Sodexo’s manager at Pitt, could not be reached for comment.

Hoping to reduce plastic bag usage on campus, the resolution called the previous practice ineffective at reducing plastic bag waste because it was “ungovernable,” meaning neither SGB nor Sodexo could monitor how many plastic bags it gave to students.

“In our old system, we were only able to maintain a mass quota for all students,” Goodfellow said. “It was causing conflicts at the cash registers, and that’s the last thing we want.”

Goodfellow expects the transition to go smoothly.

“Everyone’s been supportive,” he said.

In other news, Allocations Chair Nick Reslink introduced a bill that would allow the Allocations Committee to choose an alternate member who would automatically fill any vacancies which occur during the school year. A Nominating Task Force would select this alternate member in the spring along with the committee’s regular members, but the alternate would not serve in any official capacity unless a vacancy occurred.

The bill is not directly related to the committee currently having four open seats, Reslink said, but it will allow the committee to have an official alternate policy in place. The person chosen for the alternate position will apply with the other committee members. Because the alternate may hold a committee seat, Reslink said, the alternate must meet the standards of the other members.

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Pitches and Tones auditions| Photo: Meghan Sunners | Senior Staff Photographer

missed notes, but remainedpositive.

“Despite my nerves, every group is extremely nice and welcoming and makes me want to join,” he said. “And even if I don’t get in, I know it’s not because of any negative attitudes toward me.”

Moments later, Browne Gartei heard a powerful male voice bellowing a ballad down the hall and laughed with a sigh.

“So I feel like he just took my spot,” he said. But with his spirits still high, he walked off to his next audition with Pittch Please, the all-male a cappella group.

Fortunately, for students like Browne Gartei, singers are allowed to keep their options open.

“You can try out for as many as you like or as few as you like. It’s really just about what’s the best fit for you,” Tom McIntyre, a junior linguistics major and president of the Songburghs, said.

The a cappella members holding auditions take nerves into account when choosing their favorite candidates, so they try to keep things light. Dylan Klein-Denk, a 2014 Pitt graduate and former member of C Flat Run, said C

Flat Run always asks about unique, nonmusical special talents on the sign-up forms “to get to know people a bit more and to loosen them up.”

“That’s a big challenge in auditions because it can be intimidating for one person to sing in front of five to seven people,” Klein-Denk said.

C Flat Run isn’t the only group that uses this strategy. The Pitt Pendulums pay just as much attention to personality as to musical ability.

“Of course we look for good voices,” Nasia Christogianni, president of the Pendulums, said. “But we’d rather have someone with a good voice who fits in with the group than someone with the best voice ever that doesn’t get along with everyone.”

One way the Pendulums find out who will fit best with the group is by asking, “If I opened your perfect refrigerator, what would I find?”

For the Pendulums, the experience of a cappella is about more than just singing.

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Pitt’s new major raises awareness of gender issues| Terry Tan | Staff Illustrator

members supporting the major. These adjunct faculty members have a range of involvement, from teaching classes to providing research opportunities to undergraduates to simply providing a connection to other disciplines.

Because the University does not release the number of students working toward a certificate or major, Cohen could not give an exact number of students that have declared the major.

However, she said this semester Pitt has approximately 250 students enrolled in GSWS courses, a number that continues to increase each semester.

“This is a place for students to really think about, from a theoretical point of view, how things are changing and how we can best address some of these developments,” Cohen said.

To complete the major, students must complete 30 credits from a possible 43 classes in GSWS and other departments, including three core courses, two lower level electives, four upper level electives and a senior capstone project. The upper level courses will range in topics from sex, race and popular culture to global LGBTQ+ literature to masculinity. pittnews.com

Reeser described the major as a “gumbo” of classes that offer a little bit of everything, as gender and sexuality touch on so many different aspects of life.

“Gay marriage, Caitlyn Jenner, Hillary Clinton running for president, reproductive rights — you see it all over Facebook all the time. People may not think about it as gender studies, but it is,” Reeser said.

According to Pitt spokesperson Anthony Moore, the proposal to develop a new major must go through a series of approvals and committees, including the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Council, made up of Dietrich school faculty and five Student Government Board members appointed by the SGB president.

From there, Dean N. John Cooper approves the proposal and sends it to the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Programs. Lastly, Provost Patricia E. Beeson must approve the proposal.

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A cappella, pg. 2 family. We’re more than an a cappella group. We just love sharing and making music together,” Kristin Arbutina, a member of the Pendulums and senior majoring in chemistry and studio arts, said.

The group also looks for students who are eager to learn. Cole Boillat, music director of the Pendulums, said students don’t have to be able to read music perfectly to join a group.

“Hopefully you’re an expert singer,” the sophomore joked. “But you don’t have to be an expert in everything else as long as we can teach you.”

Practices during the semester usually run for two hours at a time, twice a week. Unlike the characters in the movie “Pitch Perfect,” Pitt’s a cappella singers don’t have to do cardio — but the groups have other secrets to tune up their vocal chords.

“We spend the first half hour warming up and working on technical skills like vowel matching,” McIntyre, of the

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Songburghs, said. “The next hour we split up by sections and learn parts to a song, usually with a break halfway through. Then the last half hour we bring it all together to figure out the larger scale items, like dynamics and blending. Then we talk about business.”

Students looking to join one of the many groups on campus seem to understand this feeling of camaraderie.

Dan Harper, a freshman engineer from Hilton, New York, auditioned for five different organizations. The softspoken blond said he thought joining one would help him meet more people on campus. After singing “Stacy’s Mom”

by Fountains of Wayne for his prepared solos, Harper said he thought the auditions went “OK.” “If I could just make one group, that’d be great,” he said.

As it turns out, he did. The Songburghs accepted Harper as one of six new members on Sept. 7, according to an announcement on the group’s Facebook page.

“They told me I was accepted into the

group and were excited by my audition, and that I’d be getting a bunch of friend requests from members soon,” Harper said. He heard from the Songburghs on Sunday via phone call after waiting patiently all week long to hear back from all five auditions.

“I’m really excited,” Harper laughed.

“I’m looking forward to meeting new people and being part of the group and having fun.”

Browne Gartei, however, did not make it into any group.

“Unfortunately I did not make it,” he said quietly. “It was really competitive this year.”

As for the Songburghs, with eight current members, the group was looking to expand to 15 to 20 people. After this year’s auditions, the group stands at 14 strong. Similarly, C Flat Run also has eight returning members and was aiming to grow to 15 to 17 members. Currently, the group has 16 members. The groups usually allow members to be in more than one a cappella or singing organization on campus, and they usu-

ally schedule practices to accommodate cross-membership.

Each group is unique in its own right, but they often perform and interact with one another.

“We’re all pretty friendly, and we do concerts together, like the Halloween concert where all of the groups on campus will be singing together. And then we’ll do gigs here and there with other groups,” McIntyre said. “And then there’s the [International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella] when everyone will go and sing, and that’s when it gets competitive.”

Although the friendly environment and ICCA competition are the same, McIntyre said they don’t have sing-offs in outdoor pools like the characters of “Pitch Perfect.” Christogianni of the Pendulums said the movies aren’t completely off the mark, though.

“It’s brought light onto a cappella and gotten more people thinking that a cappella is cool rather than nerdy,” Christogianni said.

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Opinions from the editorial board

Student loans : Needlessly complex Do you know how much you owe on your student loans?

If the question boggles you, you’re not alone. According to a 2014 survey conducted by the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings Institution, six out of 10 freshmen do not know how much debt they had taken on to pay for their first year of college.

Student loans have quickly become a maze of confusion, and students often find themselves bewildered by the specifics of their loans and the options they have for repayment. The government should address the complexity of student loan programs and require colleges to properly educate students prior to allowing them to take out a loan.

The confusion surrounding the loan process — and the frustration that results — is highlighted by nearly 2,000 comments published by The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that were received through their student loan complaint system.

And yet, resources that can help students navigate the world of student loans do exist — and many can likely be found on their own campuses.

Pitt’s Office of Admissions and Financial Aid website hosts information covering options for repayment, the consequences of failing to repay your debt and how to deal with any issues you may have with repayments. However, this information is presented as a post-graduation resource — not as information that aids pittnews.com

students in making the initial decision to take out a loan.

The process that a student must undergo prior to taking out a loan is not designed to help them understand their repayment options nearly as well. For example, to receive a Stafford Loan — the most widely used student loan program for both undergraduate and graduate students, according to Pitt’s Admissions and Financial Aid website — students are required to sign a Master Promissory Note and complete an Entrance Interview.

This is a jargon-filled process that requires students to educate themselves on the loan they are taking out and leaves them ill-prepared to consider future hardships.

Last week, an article in the New York Times’ Upshot blog brought this miseducation to light when it described an anomaly in college education financing — students with smaller debts are more likely to default on their loans than those who have larger debts. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 51 percent of students who defaulted on their loans owed less than $10,000.

The problem, the article identified, was that students who spent less time in college took on less debt. As a result of their lack of degree, they were less financially able to pay their loans back.

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PRIVATIZATION CAN END PA.’S PROHIBITION Henry Glitz

For The Pitt News

If you’ve hit that pivotal age of 21, you’ve probably raided the Fine Wine and Good Spirits liquor store on Atwood Street. Perhaps you’ve winced at their prices — a stretch for a college budget. Begrudgingly, you’ve dished out the dough — what other choice did you have?

Imagine the same scenario — but with the option of walking out of the store and into one with lower prices.

With the privatization of Pennsylvania’s statecontrolled liquor stores proposed by House Bill 466, that scenario could have been a reality. But when Gov. Tom Wolf recently vetoed the bill, the scenario was once again relegated to dreams.

In 1933, following the nationwide repeal of Prohibition, Pennsylvania Gov. Gifford Pinchot hurriedly called the state legislature into a special session to deal with the relaxation of alcohol laws.

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board was the result of this lastditch effort at keeping Pennsylvanians’ hands off the bottle, a project that did not bode well with the free wills of legal-age drinkers. More than 80 years after its less-than-ideal founding, the PLCB faced one of the strongest challenges to its stranglehold on the sale of wine and spirits this summer during the state budget battle in Harrisburg.

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Glitz, pg. 6 A Republican-sponsored bill passed the state legislature in early July, giving Wolf the chance to finally put the last nail in the coffin of Prohibition and privatize the state liquor system. Only 18 states have clung to state control of liquor sales. The other 32 have moved on from Prohibition — to privatization.

But despite the historic opportunity to reverse a long-standing mistake, Wolf vetoed House Bill 466. The bill would have gradually replaced Pennsylvania’s more than 600 state stores with privately licensed stores.

With the decision, Wolf took an unacceptably partisan stance on the one topic in the pack of budget-related issues on which there should be a consensus.

State control of the alcohol industry in Pennsylvania is both “inconvenient and expensive” and must end.

College-aged residents of the state who exist on the cusp of both legal and financial access to alcohol are among the most inordinately affected by the PLCB. The fact, for example, that the Atwood Street state store, Fine Wine and Good Spirits, is the only retailer of hard liquor in South Oakland — an area where demand is undeniably enormous — and that it can charge the prices it does, is something that would not be possible if privatization allowed the introduction of competition. New locations would be free to open, and lower prices would be offered to bring in customers. For example, according to the Fine Wine and Good Spirits website, the cheapest handle of vodka you can purchase in Pennsylvania will cost you about $19.

In a privatized state like California, the same amount and type of liquor will cost you about $6.50, according to the Mission Wine and Spirit website.

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founders’ fantasies of widespread alcohol abstinence by consistently keeping prices higher and impeding practical distribution of wine and liquor. The negative effect of the PLCB on Pennsylvania’s liquor industry has been abetted in no small part by its employees’ unions and their largely Democratic allies in state government, who have consistently blocked efforts over the last 40 years to pass liquor reform through the state government.

An impending $1.2 billion state deficit was one of the many motivations for legislators to pass a privatization bill and use the proceeds from issuing licenses to patch up the budgetary shortfall. However, the state budget battle remains stuck at an impasse between Wolf and Republican legislative majorities. In this light, Wolf’s observations about the bill he vetoed are particularly Orwellian.

Not only does he believe “this plan would result in higher prices for customers,” but the Governor is also apparently reluctant to privatize before he can finish “maximizing [the] value” of the 82-year-old PLCB. In defense of his actions, Wolf attempted to steer conversation toward modernization. “Modernization of our state liquor system would provide additional revenues to the commonwealth and save important, family-sustaining jobs,” he said. “We can support and bolster consumer convenience without selling an asset and risking higher prices and less selection for consumers.”

Despite his assumptions of voters’ interests, Wolf’s veto refuses to take their desires into account. According to a March Franklin & Marshall College Poll, 49 percent of voters would like to see the privatization of wine and spirits, while 37 percent prefer the system remaining under government control.

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Sports column

INFUSION OF YOUTH KEY TO UPSTART MLB TEAMS

Stephen Caruso

Assistant Sports Editor

There aren’t many ways to escape a losing past. However, one way is to field players who don’t remember it.

At least that’s what the Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs are doing this year.

With recent histories of futility — including four 100-loss seasons between them since 2009 — it seemed 2015 would be just another disappointing year. Knowledgeable baseball fans knew both teams had younger, high-ceiling players who could be promoted soon, like Kris Bryant and Carlos Correa of the Cubs and Astros, respectively — but surely it was too early.

Yet the 23 and 20 year old, Bryant and Correa, have given their teams the push they needed to make the playoffs — and set them up as their league’s Rookies of the Year.

In many ways, both teams’ — and players’ — successes point to how baseball has changed since the mid2000s, when both teams last succeeded.

The steroid era was on the decline when the Astros made the World Series in 2005, led by noted steroid user Roger Clemens. Use of the drugs by older players, such as Clemens, Rafael Palmeiro, Gary Sheffield, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire extended careers and weighted league production toward older, rather than younger, players.

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measured in WAR, or wins-abovereplacement — a stat which attempts to measure numerically the number of wins a player actually provides relative to an average player — is going back to the kids after a spike centered around the early 2000s.

Barry Bonds’ infamous 73 home run season occurred at age 36, when most players are declining — not setting career highs. It also was the start

of his four-year MVP streak, when Bonds put up some of the gaudiest numbers in MLB history, ending at Bonds’ age-39 season, where he hit for a 1.4217 OPS — a general measure of hitting ability. That’s the best mark in a single baseball season — ever — by about .04 points, which is a considerable margin.

For comparison, of the rest of the top ten OPS seasons that don’t belong

to a juiced up Bonds — who has three more — Babe Ruth has four and Ted Williams has two. And of those top years, only Williams’ tenth all-time 1.2566 OPS came past 36, at age 38.

Steroids made production — especially offensive production — easy to find on the free market. As a player needs six years of experience to become a free agent in baseball, and the See Bryant on page 10

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MEN’S SOCCER PREPARES FOR DEMON DEACONS Joe Rokicki Staff Writer

Goalkeeper Dan Lynd has yet to allow a goal this season in four games. Jeff Ahearn| Assistant Visual Editor

The last time Wake Forest University played the Pitt men’s soccer team in Pittsburgh, the Panthers were new members of the ACC conference. The Demon Deacons easily disposed of the Panthers in September 2013, winning 2-0, and Pitt’s ACC record worsened to 0-3.

Fifteen conference games and two years later, Pitt will begin 2015 ACC conference play this weekend, again meeting Wake Forest. And despite an impressive 3-0-1 start to their season, the Panthers still have as many conference wins as they did in their previous meeting: zero. A victory Saturday night would be a benchmark victory for head coach Joe Luxbacher and his team.

But they’ll have to do it without junior defenseman Stephane Pierre, who will miss an extended period of time because of an ankle injury he suffered in Sunday afternoon’s victory against Saint Peter’s University.

These Panthers are playing at a much higher level than one year ago — they’ve registered 48 shots and six goals through four games thus far, which compares favorably to last year’s mark of 32 shots and four goals through their first four games.

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goalkeeper Dan Lynd has recorded his which cited the Panthers with 13 fouls. ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th career shutouts “We have to play better soccer, but to start the 2015 season, and now ranks in terms of passion and commitment, it fifth all-time in shutouts in school history. was great. It’s a physical game,” Luxbacher Lynd credits his teammates and back said. four defenders for playing strong in front No. 16 Wake Forest is currently 4-0 of him, but he has improved as well. He after defeating No. 19 Florida Gulf Coast has implemented an aggressive approach University 1-0 on Saturday and beating to his playing style, which may stretch the University of North Carolina at Asheacross the enville 5-0 Tuesday tire team. night.

“Going The Demon into the seaDeacons have son, one of the scored five goals things I wanton 41 shot ated to work on tempts this seawas owning Joe Luxbacher son. Senior formy box a little Michael Pitt men’s soccer coach ward bit,” Lynd said.

Gamble leads the “Dan Lynd Deacons with two has all the elements,” Luxbacher said. goals thus far.

“He’s calm, he never looks flustered and The Panthers sport an advantage over that carries over to the rest of the team the Demon Deacons in corner kicks. too.”

Wake Forest has attempted 19 — Pitt has The Panthers have fought through 28, that advantage seemingly a product of some frustrating, grueling matches in the its midfielders driving balls deep and creopening weeks of the season: a double ating chances up close. overtime draw at Lafayette College, a “I think everything is positive right boisterous match against Eastern Illinois now, and we’re more dangerous up top University in which senior Patrick Dixon than we’ve been since I’ve been here,” received a red card and Sunday’s match, Lynd said in reference to the production

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We’ve shown glimpses, but we’re not consistent.

from freshmen forwards Tobias Marshall-Heyman and Matt Nozedar, who both scored this weekend against Eastern Illinois and St. Peter’s, respectively.

Wake Forest junior goalkeeper Alec Farrell has only recorded three total saves on the year, compared to Lynd’s 11 — but he has allowed two goals on five shots on goal, compared to Lynd’s zero on those 11 shots. Wake Forest’s defense is a tough matchup for a potent, young Panther attack — the Demon Deacons have only allowed 17 shots on the season. The Panthers have allowed 24.

For Luxbacher, non-conference play has been about establishing a rotation within his team — figuring out who best fits where, and when. It’s a modest approach to an impressive stretch of character-building soccer. It has been a turbulent four games, which have seen offensive drought, ejection and injury.

Saturday’s match versus Wake Forest will be a palpable test for the Panthers’ depth and grit.

“It hasn’t been as pretty as you’d like, but you grind it out. We have to play better soccer,” Luxbacher said. “We’ve shown glimpses, but we’re not consistent. We’ve ground out a couple wins that could have gone either way.”

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Bryant, pg. 8 average age of an MLB rookie is usually 24 years old, players don’t hit the free market until they are well into their 30s, usually past their primes.

And besides extending primes, steroids can also help older players strengthen themselves to avoid and recover from injuries — a huge concern when giving big money to older, worndown players.

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But either way, steroids artificially extended careers, and made offensive help not exactly cheap — we are still talking about baseball contracts here — but immediate. It’s easier and quicker to hand out a $140 million deal to an experienced star on the market than develop a young one yourself.

But the end of the steroid era has shifted the market back to young players, especially young hitting — and what the Astros and Cubs have in

spades is young hitting. Besides the aforementioned Correa and Bryant, George Springer and Jose Altuve with Houston and Anthony Rizzo and Kyle Schwarber with Chicago have pushed their offenses to a competitive level. All are 25 or younger. Both teams are in their respective leagues’ top half in runs scored and home runs hit.

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Hosts/Food Runners– SoHo, a full service restaurant & bar located on the North Shore is seeking Hosts/Hostesses & Food Runners to join our team. Full and/or part time positions available for both daytime and evening shifts. No experience necessary. Please apply in person at 203 Federal Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 or via email at manager@sohopittsburgh.com

R INSERTIONS 1X 2X 3X 4X 5X 6X ADDITIONAL A 1-15 WORDS $6.30 $11.90 $17.30 $22.00 $27.00 $30.20 $5.00 T 16-30 WORDS $7.50 $14.20 $20.00 $25.00 $29.10 $32.30 $5.40 E S DEADLINE: TWO BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR BY 3 PM | EMAIL: ADVERTISING@PITTNEWS.COM | PHONE: 412.648.7978 (EACH ADDITIONAL WORD: $0.10)

Uncle Sam's Submarines, Pittsburgh's best little sandwich joint is looking for fun-loving and hard-working people to work

at our Oakland location. Applications for full or part-time positions are now being accepted at 210 Oakland Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15213.

Sofa, beautiful condition, seats 4, $100.00. Close to Campus. Call Al or Ursula at 412-682-5624.

Personal, professional masseuse needed. Long term position. 2X/week.

Washington County location. Call 724-223-0939 or 724229-8868 any time.

Pager: 888-200-8268

Rehab/personal care assistant needed to help man in North Oakland with daily activities and therapies at home and in pool.

Great opportunity for medical, nursing, and health and rehabilitation students. Good pay. Part-time/full-time available. Contact Mike 412-901-4307, felafelman@gmail.com Servers/Bartenders – SoHo, a full service restaurant & bar located on the North Shore is seeking Servers & Bartenders to join our team. Full and/or part time positions available for both daytime and/or evening shifts. Experience preferred.

Please apply in person at 203 Federal Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, or via email at manager@sohopittsburgh.com

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