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The Pitt NewsMarch 22, 2016 | Issue 126 | Volume 106

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F or Pitt and men’s basketball head coach Jamie Dixon, the 2015-2016 sea-son was unlucky No. 13.

After 13 seasons at the helm, Dixon has accepted an offer from Texas Chris-tian University — his alma mater — to become its new head coach, Pitt ath-letic director Scott Barnes announced at a press conference Monday.

Dixon finished his career with a 328-123 mark. He has coached at the University since 1999, starting as an as-sistant coach and eventually earning a promotion to head coach following the departure of Ben Howland in 2003.

Dixon played basketball at TCU from 1984-1987.

The head coach met with his play-ers Monday afternoon to inform them of his decision, though Barnes revealed initial discussions between himself and Dixon about the coach’s future started “in recent weeks.”

Under then-Athletic Director Steve Pederson, Dixon signed a contract ex-tension in 2013 that ran until 2023, with an undisclosed buyout attached.

Barnes described that number as “as big of a buyout as I’ve ever seen in the marketplace.”

According to Barnes, the Univer-sity agreed to negotiate the total down to facilitate a deal, noting that Dixon clearly wanted to return to his alma mater.

“We softened that buyout because, again, where his heart and his head was was at TCU,” Barnes said. “And because of that, it wouldn’t have been good for our program and our student athletes or him and his family to hold him hos-tage by what was a way-beyond-market buyout.”

Barnes added that despite decreas-ing the amount, the school still man-aged to “take care of [its] fiduciary re-sponsibilities.”

During his tenure at Pitt, Dixon earned numerous accolades, including the Naismith College Coach of the Year in 2009, the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year in 2010 and the Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year in 2011.

He won two regular season Big East conference titles in 2004 and 2011 and

a B i g E a s t T o u r -n a m e n t c h ampi on -ship in 2008.

Pitt Chancellor Patrick Gallagher re-leased a statement regarding Dix-on’s decision, thanking the coach for his 17 years of service.

“He was a great leader who cared deep-ly for our student-athletes and our en-tire basketball program,” Gallagher said

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NewsNewsCOOKING UP EQUALITY

As Deborah Harris watched female chefs teetering in heels on a cooking show challenge where contestants thought they were going to a nightclub, she realized sexism is a main ingredi-ent of the culinary industry.

! e gender, sexuality and women’s studies department hosted Harris, an associate pro-fessor of sociology at Texas State University, to discuss her book, “Taking the Heat: Women Chefs and Gender Inequality in the Profession-al Kitchen,” in the Cathedral of Learning 4 p.m. Monday as part of the Year of the Humanities and Harris’ lecture series.

Julie Beaulieu, a lecturer in the GSWS de-partment, said the department chose to invite Harris to campus because her talk aligned with the department’s message and meshed well with the Politics of Gender and Food class the it o" ers. ! e class explores the intersections of politics and food, much like Harris’ lecture did.

“Food is something that we do every day but don’t think about critically a lot,” Beaulieu said.

Harris said the societal pressures on women in male-dominated spaces — pressure to prove grit, conform to traditional methods and act less-than-feminine — make for unequal kitch-ens and thwarted female talent.

“Why is it the gender we typically associate with cooking in the home? Why is it when it cooking is a profession, it is so male-dominat-ed?” Harris said about the focus of her research. “It’s this higher echelon of cooking that has been dominated by men.”

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2012 report, women only made up about 20 percent of executive and head chef positions — and Harris and co-author Patti Giu" re found there are even fewer female chefs than female CEOs. In Pittsburgh, too, only one female chef made Pittsburgh Magazine’s Chefs of the Year 13-person list in 2014, the last year the Maga-zine published the list.

Beginning in 2008, Harris and Giu" re re-searched and analyzed more than 2,000 chef pro# les and food reviews, and conducted 33 interviews with female chefs for their book, which came out May 2015.

As she combed through food media ar-ticles, Harris saw a di" erence between adjec-tives commonly used to describe male chefs —

“experimental,” “visionary,” “decadent” — and those used to describe female chefs — “pleasing diners,” “homey,” “like a home-cooked meal.”

She said this tangible separation is the prod-uct of a society that associates home-style cook-ing with women and elegant, gourmet cooking with men.

According to Harris, female chefs o$ en feel they’re only expected to be capable of cooking for a household set-ting — and that, historically, this feeling comes from male oppression in the culinary industry beginning around the French Revolution.

When that household structure meant people could get free, high-quality meals without the hassle of traveling to a restaurant, Harris said, male chefs began to fear that the association be-tween culinary arts and women would devalue the art.

“! ere is always this threat of [women’s] work being devalued because of this constancy of associating cooking with women’s work, un-paid work in the home,” Harris said.

To challenge this, male chefs drove a rivet between high-end “haute” cuisine from home cuisine, which initiated an e" ort to exclude

women from culinary school, large competi-tions and high-end restaurants, according to Harris.

“At this point in history, chefs were just servants,” Harris said, referring to the French Revolution. “To-day, chefs are the

new rock stars.”Taylor Abbonizio, a senior psychology ma-

jor, said she notices sexism when she kicks back

to watch competitive cooking shows between classes, so she was interested in a sociological, research-based analysis of kitchen misogyny.

“I always think it’s interesting that all the women [on competitive cooking shows] are talking about how they have to work so much harder and prove that they’re good cooks in re-lation to the men,” Abbonizio said.

Fi$ h-year senior Elise Fengler said Harris’ re-

search will “get the ball rolling” on issues of gender inequality in professional kitchens — something she

said she didn’t con-sider as a problem until

she heard Harris speak.“I don’t think it’s gotten as much

spotlight as it should, so I think this is a good jumping point to get people more aware of the topic,” Fengler said.

Harris said the solution to this insidious gender inequality lies in seizing the “hot pop culture moment” chefs are currently in

and demanding change in kitchen subcultures.“A lot of the women have made this part of

their work and are reporting really good results from that in their kitchens,” Harris said.

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OpinionspObama’s visit to Cuba sparks necessary discussion

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DON’T CONFUSE TRAVEL FOR IMPERIALISM

“ Ellen Page’s Gay Imperialism is Not Activism”

No, that’s not a headline from some sort of neo-masculinity-fueled hate blog. That’s the title of an article writ-ten for Harlot Magazine, a self-described “pro-PoC, pro-Black Lives Matter, pro-immigrant, pro-indigenous, pro-queer” online publication that has taken issue with Ellen Page’s documentary on inter-national LGBTQ+ rights.

Page’s documentary, called “Gay-cation,” explores what it means to be “lesbian, gay, bi or trans all around the world.” Harlot emphasizes how this is just another instance of “white suprem-acy settler colonialism” disguised as human rights to narrate and justify the

imperial enterprise that has been a re-peated and long-standing tradition.

Harlot goes on to explain that Ellen’s journey to explore what it means to be lesbian, gay, bi or trans is a journey to “impose what it means” in order to af-firm a more “palpable political order-ing.” The article further suggests that her trip is completely distasteful and an exemplification of privilege and modern imperialism.

This is a small microcosm of a grow-ing mindset in progressive movements opposing members of western civiliza-tions indulging in exotic, foreign cul-tures. What these people don’t seem to understand is that globalization and for-eign travel are some of the most power-ful ways to open minds and form deeper

Tim NerozziColumnist

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President Obama’s Cuba visit this week was met with cheers and jeers, but his trip makes room for a conversation all Ameri-cans should consider.

A! er nearly six decades, an American president has ended the diplomatic isola-tion between the United States and Cuba.

While opponents are labeling his trip as just another check on the president’s legacy bucket list, that shouldn’t diminish the valuable conversations we must have about human rights issues in Cuba, Guan-tanamo Bay, trade and travel that this visit foregrounds.

Because of our broken ties with Cuba for the majority of the last century, Ameri-cans know very little about Cuba, despite its proximity to the United States. At least at Pitt, we can stay in touch with Cuba and its culture through our study abroad in Cuba program, but that program is one of the only academic exchanges to Cuba in the country.

Cuba is not just an island with a prison, and it’s not just a country with classic cars and cigars. " ere are people in Cuba with families in the United States that are our neighbors, and there are people in Cuba who have had little contact with the out-side world because of their oppressive gov-ernment.

Many people, such as Cuba’s Minister of Foreign A# airs Bruno Rodríguez Par-rilla, argue the president’s visit will not incite any change or reform because Cu-bans are already empowered enough. Par-rilla said a! er the 1959 revolution that put the current government in power, Cubans aren’t in need of any help, but we shouldn’t ignore the poor conditions in Cuba be-cause of the facade its government paints.

We have to remember that Cuba’s gov-ernment may not be on the best of terms with the United States, but we shouldn’t

de$ ne Cuba’s inhabitants by the diplo-matic sins of its leaders. " e international community agrees there are many human rights issues there in particular that raise red % ags. According to Human Rights Watch, Cubans who criticize the govern-ment continue to face prosecution, and the government prevents human rights groups from accessing its prisons.

According to the International Com-mittee of the Red Cross, Guantanamo Bay violates the Geneva Conventions because of its lacking prisoner-of-war camp sta-tus, where prisoners fall outside the law. Because there are no labels, prisoners are interrogated, punished and forced to an-swer questions from which the Geneva Conventions provides protection.

We can’t turn a blind eye on the degra-dation and abuse of prisoners and Cuban citizens. " e newly rekindled relationship with Cuba provides for this conversation as well as a discussion about the half-century old embargo and stringent travel restrictions.

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Ga-zette, Obama announced moves last week to further li! U.S. restrictions on Cuba. " at includes easing travel restrictions and restoring Cuba’s access to the global $ nancial system by ending the trade em-bargo.

“What we did for 50 years did not serve our interests or the interests of the Cuban people,” Obama said about the embargo.

Ending the embargo, facilitating travel, shutting down Guantanamo and allowing for conversation to improve living quality and human rights in Cuba are all topics in the spotlight because of Obama’s visit — and topics we should discuss.

With those discussions, maybe then the United States and Cuba can $ nally $ nd some common ground.


Nerozzi, pg. 3connections with cultures other than one’s own.

The article in question justifies the open hostility to the documentary by stating that “access to transnational mo-bility by white (able) bodies relies on the detainment, delimitation and ejection of minoritized populations.”

Its other arguments aside, the article is inherently wrong in its claim that em-barking on global missions and traveling abroad as a white, cisgendered person is central to white supremacy and settler colonialism today. The picture used of Ellen Page and her friend in Japan is ex-tremely relevant, as the Japanese are far more known for their international va-cations than Americans who are stereo-typed as isolated to our continent.

It’s interesting to observe two differ-ent fronts of the progressive movement, LGBTQ+ rights and cultural awareness, colliding and finding conflict where there should be none. The entire spec-tacle ends up as a self-cannibalization of the movement.

Harlot is not alone in its assertions

about the west’s modern-day role in colo-nization via travel. Jezebel, the feminist news and opinion blog, has gone so far as to compare the expansion of British fash-ion designers to foreign fashion meccas to colonization.

“Imperialism” is the new buzzword, replacing “cultural appropriation.” To me, it’s baffling that anyone who claims to fight for diversity and racial relations would stand against international travel and globalization. The compartmental-ization of cultures and building of walls between nations is exactly what egalitar-ians should stand against, not for.

Anti-travel sentiments can also have devastating effects on a country’s econo-my. No matter how obnoxious a foreigner is, they are going to be spending money at their destination, probably a lot of it.

Egypt has historically relied on tour-ism for a significant part of its economic stability. The country has such a rich culture, past and present, that people from all over the world flock to the coun-try to see the sights. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council Data, Egypt’s tourism industry contributed 14.8 percent of the national gross domes-

tic product. But back in October of last year, a

Russian plane came down over Egypt, an incident that immediately raised eye-brows about security in air travel, and the country’s tourism industry plummeted to a 10-year low.

Amani El-Torgoman, board mem-ber of the Egyptian Tourism Federation, called the situation “devastating,” and to-day Egypt is the 43rd country on the list of countries that have the largest tourism industry, falling from spot 28 in 2005.

According to a study conducted by Matthew J. Stone and James F. Petrick of Texas A&M University, traveling resulted in personal growth, increase in life skills and knowledge. Travel to exotic places also exposes us to different cultures that could help shape our receptiveness to different perspectives, experiences and religions.

In the confines of our nation, we are often isolated to the degree that we can’t experience the multiple dimensions of cultures that exist beyond our borders, and even within our country. Not only does travel provide this insight, but it fosters a sense of respect for cultures un-

like our own.While Harlot may suggest that when

we do travel, we place a western narra-tive, are we better off not experiencing the sights and personalities of other cul-tures?

The media and books won’t expose us to the realities of other countries. They won’t allow us to explore the realities quite like actually going abroad does. Our “western narrative” may not account for the actual experiences of the inhabitants of those places, but we still get the chance to look through a lens not completely shrouded with our everyday perceptions of American life, and in this process, we can then shed our preconceptions.

Travel is important for both the indi-vidual seeking to broaden their horizons and countries who rely on tourists’ mon-ey for financial security. There are few other ways to learn more about other cul-tures than by delving into them yourself.

The worst thing we can do to further cross-cultural relationships is to be afraid of new experiences and people.

Hop on a plane, walk around the world and don’t let anyone try and tell you it’s wrong.


Culture Courtesy of Elaina Zachos

TALES FROM MOROCCO: NAVIGATING THE DESERT

! ese days, I don’t ride the 71C — I ride camels.

Last month, my study abroad program took journalism students from seaside Rabat, Morocco to the landlocked south. We made stops in the Moroccan cities of Meknes, Fez, Ouarzazate and Marrakesh, as well as the country’s cedar forests in If-rane and its desert in Merzouga.

We spent most of the six days on the road, and slept in a di" erent city each night. ! e blue coach bus stamped “North Africa Tours” announced our presence ev-erywhere we went, making us an easy tar-get for vendors selling cheap scarves and fake fossils at tourist traps.

We breezed through centuries-old medinas and browsed local cooperatives to buy souvenirs and gi# s. We also met a

Moroccan man known for playing the part of Osama bin Laden in American movies. But, through it all, I’ll remember Merzou-ga the most.

Merzouga is a small village in south-eastern Morocco. It’s home to the Erg Chebbi, which is one of the country’s two Saharan ergs, or large seas of sand dunes. ! e dunes can be more than 160 yards high in some places and span 31 miles north-to-south. ! ey stretch 3 to 6 miles east-to-west, right next to the Algerian border.

To start the journey, we leave Ifrane in the morning, where snow dusts the peaks of the High Atlas Mountains. By a# ernoon, we reach Rissani, Morocco, a dusty suburb of the Sahara. We stop for lunch at a multi-storied restaurant, where waiters serve us medfouna. Medfouna means “buried” in Arabic, and it’s basically a savory stu" ed $ atbread. Some call it “Berber pizza,” a# er the native tribes of North Africa.

A# er % nishing up, we make our way to a sandy lot a couple blocks away from the

restaurant. ! ere, four silver Land Rovers wait for us, along with people dressed in bright, traditional garb who work at the auberge , the remote desert inn where we will be spending the night.

Our group splits up and we climb into the vans. I jump in a Land Rover with four other students — Kelsey, a petite Pittsbur-gher who goes to Villanova University, Mackenzie, a Denison University student, Wes, a photographer from Dickinson Col-lege and Savin, a sassy Italian who goes to Xavier University.

I’m sitting directly behind our Moroc-can driver. A patch of his curly black hair pokes through his dark purple turban. His hands wrap around the steering wheel, arms covered by his dark blue ca# an. He turns on the car and Arabic rolls out of the stereo. His sky blue Nikes press the pedal — we’re o" .

We start driving through the town, following a dirt road bordered by dusty storefronts. But a# er a couple minutes, the town shrinks into a mirage in the

rear-view mirror as we approach the des-ert. ! e old buildings fade away, replaced by barren lands sprinkled with rocks and tu# s of dry grass. Tawny sand dunes draw us to the horizon.

! e Sahara is the third largest des-ert in the world, right behind Antarctica and the Arctic. Roughly the size of the United States at 3.6 million square miles, it spans northern Africa from Mauritania in the west to Egypt in the east. ! e arid climate gives way to sandstorms and dust devils, making it one of the harshest envi-ronments on the planet. About 2 million people live day in and day out in the des-ert, but tourists like us pass through on a leisurely basis.

A# er driving for a few minutes, we reach a tra& c barrier on the road. ! en the driver steers to the right and we’re o" -roading.

Wes and I roll down the windows. Breeze ripples our hair and the driver turns up the volume on the radio. ! e

Elaina ZachosStaff Writer

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“Tales from Morocco” is a reoccurring column on reporter Elaina Zachos’ semester studying culture, tradition and daily life in the North African nation.


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Morocco, pg. 5music rivals the wind snapping through the car. Kelsey slides on a pair of turquoise sun-glasses to ! ght the bright sun.

Soon, we’re turning circles in the sand. I can see another one of our Land Rovers in the distance to my le" , stirring up sand like a Saharan parasailor. Mackenzie, Wes and I slide around in the middle seats, brac-ing ourselves against the car doors. Wind dances around Mackenzie’s white cotton shirt and teases her topknot.

I look back to see Savin pointing his ! lm camera out the window. Wes is doing the same, following the other Land Rovers in our caravan with his Fuji! lm electronic range! nder. We are laughing and scream-ing as we zoom up to another Land Rover.

Badrdine, our Moroccan program assis-tant, holds an ombre scarf out the passenger side window, tightly wound around his ! st. # e wind pulls the fabric taut, making it al-most $ ush with the van. Both Land Rovers slow down and the scarf slackens, churn-ing in the wind like smoke from an extin-guished candle. I reach out my window and try to grab the rogue textile, but the wind whips the scarf just beyond my reach. Our

driver steers to the right and we bend away from the other Rover.

# e rocky brown-gray dirt fades into or-ange sand as we drive through the Sahara. # e sun hovers above the not-so-distant dunes, low in the sky but not quite about to set. Within half an hour we reach the au-berge.

Mackenzie, Wes and I have to climb out of the middle seat before we can $ ip it for-ward and free Savin. We grab our belong-ings and rush toward the hotel. Sand leaks into my mesh sneakers as we make it up stone steps to the lobby, which is a large square room with a fountain in the middle and a reception desk taking up space in one of the corners.

Some students head for the bathroom — the medfouna was not kind to them. # e rest of us drop o% our bags in an empty common room before going back out to the desert.

# e sun is lower in the sky now, stretch-ing our shadows into shady giants. We walk back to where the Land Rovers dropped us o% , but instead of vans, camels now wait for us. # eir massive legs are folded under them and their humps are covered with woven saddles. Rope harnesses string them

together in lines of two or three.One of the Moroccan guides leads

Mackenzie to a camel, then another helps Kelsey to the same string of animals. I step over the camel behind Kelsey and grab hold of the metal bar that serves as reins. # e animal stands up, rear ! rst, pushing me for-ward before stepping up with its front legs and straightening out. One of the guides grabs a rope dangling in front of my camel and starts walking. We’re o% again.

Riding a camel is a serene experience. A guide leads us up and down the rolling dunes. We lean forward when going uphill and backward going downhill. # e camels’ cloven hooves sink into the sand with each step.

From the west, the setting sun stretches our shadows again, this time casting the shapes of the camels into mammalian AT-AT walkers. We dismount and climb up a neighboring dune on foot. # e ! ne sand at-tempts to swallow our feet, and we have to run to make it up the dune.

# e guides have laid out some blankets for us on top of the dune. On the horizon, the sun is a neon orb, $ oating just above the distant dunes. It dips lower, slowly sneaking behind the sandbanks. Within a few min-

utes, it dissolves, leaving a pale sky behind, a subtle rainbow fading from grayish purple to bright yellow.

We stay up on the dune for a few more minutes. Badr challenges us to roll down the sandbank, and a" er some “I’ll go if you go’s,” three girls tumble down. Wes follows them with his camera, snapping action shots and jumping out of their brakeless way.

We take more pictures and stare at the a" ermath of the sunset for a couple min-utes before heading back to the awaiting camels. # e guides pick up the now empty blankets and bring them to where the dune slopes down. # ey lay them down, angled, and grab two corners on the lower part of the slope.

“Berber sledding,” one of them says.We stand there for a second, not sure

what to do. # en someone takes one of the blankets and the rest of us follow suit. I hop on a blanket behind a dark-haired girl named Amelia. A guide pulls on the cor-ners and runs backward, dragging us down the dune.

We scream like we’re on a roller coaster , even though the ride only lasts for a few seconds .


Jamie left us.”In terms of filling the vacancy on the

sideline, Barnes said it’s his obligation as an athletic director to be prepared for departures.

“If you’re an AD worth your salt, you better have a list [of potential replace-ments] in your pocket at all times in to-day’s day and age and today’s market,” Barnes said. “So certainly there are folks we’ve had in mind, and we’ll pursue ag-gressively.”

Barnes referred to Pitt as a “nation-al job,” noting that he won’t limit Pitt’s search to any one area or look for any-one with specific geographical ties. He said the department enlisted a search firm within the last couple days and

added that hiring a sitting Division I head coach is a priority.

Barnes considers the opportunity to coach at Pitt a prestigious one, as it has numerous factors working in its favor.

“Maybe I’m looking at it through rose-colored glasses,” Barnes said. “But you think about the facility, you think about the fan support, you think about the platform that is the ACC, and, oh, by the way, the incredible success that Pitt has had over a number of years. This is a fantastic job, and I think it is viewed that way by coaches around the coun-try.”

Rose-colored glasses or not, Barnes would prefer to wrap up the coaching search before the sun sets Tuesday.

“Tomorrow would be great,” Barnes joked. “I’m already behind.”

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PITT WRESTLING SEASON ENDS

Dom Forys nearly reached his goal of earning All-American status over the week-end, but the sophomore wrestler came up just one win short.

While Forys still put together a strong showing at the NCAA Wrestling Champion-ships Friday, his performance re! ected the Pitt wrestling team’s up-and-down season — admirable, but just missing its lo" y goals.

Still, Forys said if the narrow loss accom-plished anything, it gave him a clear mindset for his junior campaign a" er capping o# a 25-3 season.

“It was a success in that I learned a lot of things from the weekend that I can apply to the coming o# season, for next season. I have a motivation now, there are things I can get better at. I need to set my goal [next year] to be a national champ,” Forys, who wrestles at 133 pounds, said.

He added that the loss helped illustrate how close he is to achieving his dream.

“Now I know there’s just a tiny string separating me from being the top guy,” Forys said.

For Pitt as a team, nationals will again be the goal, but it will want to make a bigger splash, as only Forys and freshman LJ Bent-

ley won a bout this year. $ e Panthers % nished the season 10-7

overall, with a 2-3 mark in ACC competi-tion. Pitt started o# its season hot, defeating No. 15 University of Wisconsin Dec. 12, and sweeping Pitt Duals Jan. 9. But the team ran into trouble facing a gauntlet of nationally ranked opponents, dropping six of its last seven dual matches.

Between Jan. 17 and Feb. 5, Pitt faced — and lost to — three top-10 teams in Okla-homa State University, North Carolina State University and Virginia Tech.

Pitt head coach Jason Peters said part of the midseason lull came from starting sever-al freshmen out of necessity, such as Bentley and TeShan Campbell. $ e team will work on its strength and conditioning, Peters said, to maintain early season success next year.

“Being freshmen, they don’t really real-ize how long the season can be. We wanted to redshirt them and couldn’t, but they got valuable experience to carry them through to next year,” Peters said. “We’ll continue to improve technically, and some guys like Cody [Wiercioch] need to get stronger. His strength was de% nitely exposed. If they all commit to getting stronger, that will help us.”

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Nice 4 bedroom, 1bathroom, plus study.Located close to Pittcampus and SchenleyPark. Brand newkitchen and hard-wood fl oors. Freewasher and dryer in-cluded. $1850+ utili-ties. Available Au-gust 1, 2016. CallPeggy at 724-877-7761. South Oakland Du-plex. 4 bedroom 2baths. Central air,dishwasher, washerand dryer. AvailableAugust 1. (412)915-0856. Townhouse for rentin South Oakland. 3bedrooms, 1.5 bath-rooms. Dishwasher,fi nished basement,Central air condition-ing, 2 car garage, out-door deck. Close toPitt Shuttle & Laun-dromat. 8 VirgilaPlace. Contact4127368095 for ques-tions.

1 BR bungalo inGreenfi eld with deckand large backyard. $600+ utilities. Close to busline,downtown and Oak-land. 412-377-3985. Ask for Karen.

4909 Center Ave. Up-dated 1 BR with newkitchen, dishwasher& hardwood fl oors. Laundry, storage andparking available. Close to Pitt & shop-ping district. Avail-able now and for Au-gust. 412-720-4756.

Second fl oor duplex.Solway Street. Avail-able 6/1/16.$1495/month +utili-ties. 3 BR 1 Bath.Kitchen. Large diningroom/livingroom/basement.Washer/dryer.Garage. Nearbus/shopping district.Ray 412-523-2971,[email protected].

3 & 5 bedroom. May2016. Sarah St.Large bedroom, newkitchen, air condition-ing, washer & dryer,dishwasher, largedeck. 412-287-5712.

Studios, 1, 2, & 3Bedroom apartmentsavailable August2016 & sooner. Oak-land, Shadyside,Friendship, SquirrelHill, Highland Park,Point Breeze. Photos& current availabilityonline, check outwww.forbesmanage-ment.net, or call412.441.1211

SMOKERSNEEDED! Researchers atUPMC are looking toenroll healthy adultcigarette smokersages 18-65. This re-search is examiningthe infl uence of briefuses of FDA-ap-proved nicotine patchor nicotine nasalspray on mood andbehavior. The studyinvolves a brief physi-cal exam and fi ve ses-sions lasting twohours each. Eligibleparticipants who com-plete all sessions willreceive up to $250, or$20 per hour. This isNOT a treatmentstudy. For more infor-mation, call 412-246-5396 or visit www.-SmokingStud-ies.pitt.-edu

Undergrads needed totest tutoring system: 18 or older, nativeEnglish speaker,adequate academicbackground as deter-mined by a briefquestionnaire. 2-5hrs; $10/hr., possible$20 bonus. [email protected]

Now hiring profes-sional and friendly in-dividuals to providebackyard pest controltreatments in thePittsburgh area dur-ing the spring/sum-mer. Good workingenvironment, excel-lent pay. Paid train-ing. Need validdriver’s license. Call412-298-2139.Rolling Fields GolfClub in Murraysville.Multiple positionsavailable immedu-ately. Including bar-tenders, beveragecart, and pro shop as-sistant. Contactproshop@rollingfi eld-sgolf.com or 724-335-7522.

2 bedroom. 343 Mc-Kee Place. $1200(heat included).

2 bedroom, 2 bath-room house. 3201 Ni-agra St. $1200. A/C,dishwasher, washerand dryer.

1 bedroom. 365 Ophe-lia St. $550+ electric.

Call 412-969-2790.

Available 8/1, 3 BR/1Bath, less than 1 mileto campus, updated,Dishwasher and AC,starting at $1325+,412.441.1211

Available 8/1, 1 BR/1Bath, 5 min. walk toCathedral, A/C, hard-wood fl oors, newlyrenovated, starting at$995+, 412.441.1211

Newly Updated 4-bedroom, 1-bathtownhouse. Laundryin basement. $1600+Utilities. Call 412-292-1860

1,2,3,5,6, & 8 bed-room houses. August& May 2016.Bouquet, Atwood,Ward & Dawson. Please call 412-287-5712.

3303 Niagara Street 3Bedroom HouseAvailable for Rentfor $1400--BHK--noutilities included--Please call 412-721-8888 if interested.

Very large estate lo-cated 1/2 block fromRuskin Hall. Offer-ing a 2nd & 3rd fl oorwith a semi-privateentrance with 6 BR, 3BA, large kitchen,common lounge greatfor studying or enter-taining guests. Lotsof closets, original re-stored hardwoodfl oors, partially fur-nished. Free limitedparking. Free laundryroom included. Freeinternet. $700 per per-son. Can divide eachfl oor into 3 BR each. No lease required butrental term availablefor duration of schoolyear. E-mail [email protected].

2-3 bedroom apart-ments for rent lo-cated on Atwood St,Dawson St, and Mc-Kee Place. For moreinformation or toschedule a viewing,please call 412-849-8694.

3 bedroom apart-ment. $1450 (utilitiesincluded). 704 En-fi eld St.

5 bedroom house.$2200 + utilties. 35Enfi eld St.

Call 412-969-2790.

**Large effi ciences,1 & 2 bedroom apart-ments available forAugust 2016. Clean,walking distance tocampus. Great loca-tion. $575-$630-$900-$1100. Utili-ties included. Nopets/ smoking or par-ties. 412-882-7568. 310 Semple Street, 2

bedrooms, 1 bath.$1500 for 2 personoccupancy, $1600 for3 person occupancyincluding gas, water,and electric. Veryclose to campus. Offstreet parking avail-able. [email protected]

3444 WARD ST. -Studio, 1-2-3 BRapartments availableAug. 1, 2016. Freeparking, free heat-ing. Call 412-361-2695. No eveningcalls please.

******************Large 6 bedroomhouse for rent. Falloccupancy.Atwood Street.Close to campus.Please call Gary at412-807-8058

+++5 bedroom, 2 fullbaths, huge house,nicely updated, shut-tle across street,washer/dryer,$2595+, August 1,photos www.tinyurl.-com/pittnewsad4 [email protected] 724-935-2663

2529 AllequippaStreet ApartmentAvailable For RentBy Trees Hall begin-ning August1st--$1200 2 Bed-rooms w/ Central air+ BHK--Please call412-721-8888 if interested

3104 Niagara Street 6Bedroom HouseAvailable for Rentfor $2500--BHK--noutilities but includescentral air--Pleasecall 412-721-8888 ifinterested.

2BR, 3RD FLOORapartment. Furnishedor unfurnished withlaundry. No pets.$950 including utili-ties. A No-PartyBuilding. AvailableAug. 2016. Call 412-683-0363.

Hofbrauhaus Pitts-burgh has an openingin our event sales de-partment. We’re look-ing for an experi-enced sales profes-sional to show compa-nies and groups thegreat time that awaitsthem at HofbrauhausPittsburgh. Every daywe celebrate our Ger-man Heritage withlive entertainment,craft beer brewed on-site and authenticGerman Cuisine. Weneed your help lettinggroups in Pittsburghknow we can helpthem celebrate Okto-berfest all year!Must have a mini-mum of 2 years ofrestaurant/event/mar-keting sales experi-ence.

Send your resume [email protected] Work:Shadyside Manage-ment Company needsfull-time dependablelandscapers, painters,and assistant roofersfor the summer. Must be at least 18years old. No experi-ence necessary. $10/hour. Mozart Management,412-682-7003. E-mail: [email protected] HELPNEEDED, Ice com-pany close to cam-pus. Weekends neces-sary. Production/driv-ing/maintenance posi-tions available. Goodpay, part-time/fulltime. Contact MastroIce Company 412-681-4423. [email protected]

4 BR townhouses,Semple St., availableMay 1st 2016. Equipped kitchen,full basement. 412-343-4289. Call after 5:00 pm

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