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thetartan.org @thetartan February 18, 2013 Volume 107, Issue 18 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Scam warning for CMU Arts Pass program under review CMU campus area

alvin mathew community warning people Junior Staffwriter about the woman. “She’s stopped a couple times,” Many Carnegie Mellon Scheimer said, “but then re- University students have re- appears.” University Police cently been targeted by an already knows the identity individual soliciting money of the woman; she has been in the Oakland area. The given a Defiant Trespass Or- suspect, described as an der by Carnegie Mellon that African-American wom- warns her against continuing an, has reportedly been her activity. But this has not fabricating stories to solicit stopped her from continuing money from students and to harass people in the area. Pittsburgh residents. Most recently, a female The suspect, who ap- student from Squirrel Hill pears to be in her 40s, has emailed the police about an been seen driving a purple African-American woman in Chrysler Sebring sedan and a car who stopped her and a black Chevrolet Blazer SUV asked for cash. in the Oakland area, as well Carnegie Mellon officer as a silver Toyota Camry and Daniel Janeda notes that a minivan. Carnegie Mellon the woman is highly skilled University Police, University at her craft, and her use of a of Pittsburgh Police, and the 3-year-old child during her Pittsburgh Bureau of Police attempts “makes people com- have been trying to stop her, passionate to want to help but they need assistance. her.” Despite some aware- According to lieutenant ness about this woman, she Gary Scheimer, the univer- has remained very effective sity has had issues with the in her attempts. suspect since 2011. According to Scheimer, Scheimer noted that the the woman has been tried suspect has posed as vari- in court multiple times. ous individuals, including “a Scheimer said that a Universi- flight attendant who ran out ty of Pittsburgh detective has Photo illustration by Kelsey Scott/Operations Manager of gas, someone who had filed charges against her, and The Arts Pass program allows Carnegie Mellon students free access to museums and art galleries all around Pittsburgh. to go to a hospital,” among she is due in court soon. How- Lauren williams and venues throughout Pitts- Botanical Gardens. Students Graduate Student Assembly, others. ever, past charges against the Junior Staffwriter burgh, including Carnegie can gain free access simply by CFA Dean’s Office, and the Although it seems that the woman have been “dismissed Museum of Art, Carnegie Mu- showing their Carnegie Mel- Office of the Dean of Student students approached were multiple times” because vic- Carnegie Mellon Univer- seum of Natural History, Carn- lon Student ID card, and the Affairs. not susceptible to the scam, tims are not willing to spend sity student government is egie Science Center, Carnegie museum or venue then bills Without the Arts Pass, stu- the suspect has allegedly valuable time and effort pros- currently sponsoring a survey Science Center’s Highmark Carnegie Mellon per student dent admission to these loca- been very convincing. ecuting a woman who did not to measure the usage of the SportsWorks, the Andy War- visit. tions costs anywhere between According to police re- steal much money from them Arts Pass Program. The Arts hol Museum, the Mattress The program is spon- $10 and $20. ports, the woman stays in her in the first place. She usually Pass Program offers students Factory, the National Aviary, sored by the Student Dormi- car and fakes a breakdown. will take small amounts of free admission to museums and Phipps Conservatory and tory Council, Student Senate, See ARTS, A3 She is “persistent and has cash, occasionally soliciting even given her cell phone $50 from a victim. number and had people go Another part of the prob- to ATMs.” Furthermore, she lem with prosecuting her has has commonly brought along been that some feel her only Obama for America scientist speaks a young boy of about 3 or 4 crime is lying, which would years old, whom she calls her not warrant a major penalty. madelyn glymour der to maximize its chances of you guys are capable of solv- But the most important de- son, to manipulate individu- Janeda notes there is a “slip- Contributing Editor getting the 270 electoral votes ing.” cisions, Ghani said, took place als into helping her out. pery slope because she’s ask- necessary to win the election? Ghani first discussed how not at the state level, but at Already, there have been ing for money.” “You don’t need to solve Ghani — and the rest of the the campaign identified the the individual level. “I’m not dozens of cases of people be- However, Scheimer feels the entire problem to do Obama campaign’s technical states in which money would taking actions in a state. I’m ing scammed. She has been a line has been crossed with something useful,” Obama staff, headed by chief technol- be most effectively spent. not trying to convince a state spotted throughout the Oak- the particular individual be- for America chief scientist ogy officer Harper Reed and “That’s the reason data and to register to vote. Every ac- land and Squirrel Hill area, cause she is partaking in “a Rayid Ghani told the packed chief innovation and integra- machine learning and analyt- tion a campaign takes is at a and University of Pittsburgh coercive action with theft by audience in the Gates Hill- tion officer Michael Slaby — ics are so important: because very individual level, with a Police have also been trying scam, so it’s just a matter of man Complex’s Rashid Audi- solved the problem with data it’s all about resource alloca- couple of exceptions.” to thwart her attempts. Most getting victims to come tes- torium on Thursday. A Carn- mining and machine learning. tion,” Ghani said. “I have a According to Ghani, the recently, she has attempted to tify.” The fact that she has egie Mellon graduate, Ghani “We used a lot of heuristics limited amount of resources campaign made contact with get money from individuals also disregarded the Defiant faced a problem that was easy because we had to solve the and I need to spend them in about 135 million people via in the Squirrel Hill area. Trespass Order will help the to phrase but hard to solve: problem before the election. different states to maximize phone calls and door-to-door Scheimer noted that in Au- police build a case against Where should the Obama We could have spent years on my chances of getting 270 canvassing. They used data gust 2011, University Police her in a future trial. The po- 2012 presidential campaign this thing. But this is an exam- votes. We had a lot of money from publicly available voting chief Thomas Ogden sent out put its money, advertise- ple of other problems ... very but it’s still finite, and you can an email to the entire campus See CRIME, A3 ments, and volunteers in or- similar in nature that a lot of only put it in so many places.” See SCIENTIST, A3 Town hall maps out direction in search for new VP, CFO Murphy currently chairs sition and to make sure that president Jared Cohon, who the committee and also as we move forward, we have worked at Yale University and serves as interim VP/CFO un- your input.” Johns Hopkins University. til a successor is named. With that, Murphy posed “We tend to presume that The town hall follows the three discussion questions the ideal candidate will come university’s public posting of for the audience before open- in with an understanding and the open vice–president and ing up the floor to questions: enthusiasm [for] … the struc- chief financial officer position “What are the great reasons ture of a large private institu- on several public job boards. to come to Carnegie Mellon? tion like Carnegie Mellon,” The university is also What are the challenges of said Murphy. contracting with executive the VP/CFO position? And However, as audience search consulting firm Stor- what are some of the core member and Vice Provost beck/Pimentel & Associates qualities that committee for Education Amy Burkert, to aid with less publically vis- should be looking for in can- pointed out, “[Carnegie Mel- ible forms of recruitment. didates?” lon’s] aspirations and the Commenting on Storbeck/ Attendance at the open league in which we want Pimentel’s role in the search, town hall consisted primar- to play is much higher than Murphy noted, “Often people ily of other members on the what the university actually don’t want to be identified search committee, who both has these resources to do, as candidates, particularly if asked questions as audience and it won’t be a walk in park they’re currently in high pro- members and joined Mur- for CFO to navigate this real- file positions.” phy in answering questions ity constantly.” Storbeck/Pimentel also posed by the attendees. Carnegie Mellon’s endow- facilitated Carnegie Mellon’s The town hall sparked a ment of $1 billion is a frac- recent recruitment of Subra great deal of discussion in tion of the endowments of Photo by Jonathan Carreon/Contributing Editor Suresh as its new president. particular about how the the other private institutions Members of the university community discuss issues surrounding the selection process for a new VP and CFO. As the VP/CFO search committee should weigh en- in its peer group. committee now begins to trepreneurship and business “We’re always looking at jackson lane bers of the university com- The VP/CFO search com- consider applications re- skills against previous experi- our peers and seeing how Senior Staffwriter munity during an open town mittee consists of 17 universi- ceived in response to these ence in higher education. with the endowment draw hall meeting on the progress ty faculty and staff members public job postings and from According to Murphy, and gifts that they get, they Carnegie Mellon Univer- of the university’s vice-presi- and was established follow- Storbeck/Pimentel, Murphy the university has gener- can pay for things that we sity’s Vice President of Cam- dent & chief financial officer ing former chief financial of- emphasized that the purpose ally only recruited execu- can’t afford,” observed Bar- pus Affairs Michael Murphy (VP/CFO) search commit- ficer Deb Moon’s departure in of the town hall was to “hear tives from higher education took questions from mem- tee’s efforts last Thursday. late 2012. your thoughts about the po- backgrounds, such as retiring See SEARCH, A3 A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » February 18, 2013 feature photo news in brief Morewood Gardens visited by dogs Research studies brain’s decision making Research by Carnegie lem. What’s most intrigu- Mellon alumnus James Burs- ing about this finding is that ley (DC ‘12) and Northeast- participants did not have any ern University student Ajay B. awareness that their brains Satpute yielded surprising re- were still working on the de- sults about unconscious brain cision problem while they activity. Brain imaging stud- were engaged in an unrelated ies conducted at Carnegie task,” he said. Mellon showed that decision- Bursley’s research was making parts of the brain re- conducted on 27 healthy main active despite preoccu- adults, whose brains had pation with other tasks. been monitored when given “This research begins to a decision while still juggling chip away at the mystery of multiple other tasks. our unconscious brains and In order to carry out his decision-making,” said J. Da- research, Bursley received vid Creswell, assistant profes- a Small Undergraduate Re- sor of psychology and direc- search Grant (SURG) and tor of the Health & Human Summer Undergraduate Re- Performance Laboratory, in a search Fellowship (SURF) university press release. from the university.He also “It shows that brain re- received a Rothberg Research gions important for deci- Award in Human Brain sion-making remain active Imaging. even while our brains may The research conducted be simultaneously engaged was published in the journal in unrelated tasks, such as Social Cognitive and Affec- thinking about a math prob- tive Neuroscience. Teacher awarded Einstein Professorship

Edmund Clarke, univer- mated method for finding sity professor of computer design errors in computer science and electrical and hardware and software in computer engineering, was 2007 when the Association named Einstein Professor for for Computing Machinery 2013 by the Chinese Acad- awarded him the Turing emy of Sciences. Award. According to a univer- Clarke also directs the sity press release, The Ein- National Science Founda- stein Professorship Program tion’s Computational Model- hopes to enhance the train- ing and Analysis of Complex ing of future generations of Systems project, which gave Chinese scientists through a new perspective on embed- exchanges with Einstein pro- ded computer systems, and fessors and current top Chi- other diseases like cancer. nese scientists. Each year, Clarke received a bach- the Chinese Academy of Sci- elor’s degree in mathemat- ences invites 20 scientists ics from the University of and technologists to present Virginia, a master’s degree their work in China in order in mathematics from Duke to interact with faculty and University, and a Ph.D. in students. computer science from Cor- Clarke was acknowledged nell University. He has also for his work as a pioneer of taught at Harvard University model checking — an auto- and Duke University.

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Kate Groschner/Photo Editor Ts ue day Wns ed e day T hursday The event “Puppy Love” brought dogs to visit the entrance of the Morewood Gardens residence last Wednesday. Students who attended got to play High / Low High / Low High / Low with the dogs, meet members of the Morewood staff and community, and eat some hot dogs and assorted free food. 39 / 22 25 / 18 30 / 26 Campus Crime & Incident Reports Alcohol Amnesty cited for underage drinking. student was evaluated and both students, stated that Feb. 9, 2013 left in the care of roommates. they were fighting over rela- Alcohol Amnesty applied to tionship problems. Neither University Police were Underage Drinking this incident. individual was injured. Both called to Hamerschlag House Feb. 10, 2013 individuals were advised to to respond to a female heard go to their separate residences screaming from inside a room. A University Police officer Theft and cease contact with one Upon arrival, officers located on patrol noticed an intoxi- Friday Saturday Sunday Feb. 10, 2013 another. Student Life will fol- High / Low High / Low High / Low an intoxicated female in her cated student who was at- low up with both students. boyfriend’s room. She was tempting to vomit near the The police were summoned 42 / 37 41 / 30 38 / 34 treated and left in her boy- intersection of Forbes Avenue to the Residence on Fifth re- Source: www.weather.com friend’s care. Alcohol Amnesty and Beeler Street. The officer garding the theft of a wallet. Harassment/Assault was applied to this incident. stopped the female student A student stated that she left Feb. 13, 2013 and her two friends who stat- her purse in a study lounge University Police respond- Corrections & Clarifications ed they were attempting to get on the fourth floor. When she ed to a kitchen area at the Underage Drinking her home safely. The student returned to retrieve her purse, University Center where an In the article “Senate discusses spring trip funding” (Feb. Feb. 9, 2013 will be cited for underage she discovered that someone employee caused a loud dis- 11, News) it was reported that the JFC could potentially fund drinking. had stolen her wallet. up to 5 percent of travel costs for organizations. This figure A student contacted Uni- turbance while arguing with should be 50 percent. versity Police concerning the her supervisor and physically The photo accompanying the article “Psychologists study whereabouts of his intoxi- Alcohol Amnesty Domestic Situation struck her supervisor. There brain after injury” (Feb. 11, Science & Technology) was credit- cated roommate. The police Feb. 10, 2013 Feb. 12, 2013 was no injury. The employee ed to Wikimedia Commons. It should be courtesy of Nathanial located the male after search- was gone upon police arrival. Burton-Bradford via Flickr. ing the area with a description University Police along A Carnegie Mellon escort Her employment has been ter- In the article “Police make arrest in response to high num- provided by the male’s room- with campus EMS were sum- and shuttle driver observed a minated and she is receiving a ber of thefts” (Jan. 28, News) the theft at Kappa Alpha Theta mate. The male was found moned to the Alpha Pi Epsilon domestic situation occuring in citation for harassment. house was reported as stolen cash, but a laptop was stolen in- sleeping in lobby of Fairfax Fraternity house in response the Morewood Gardens park- stead. Apartments. The male is being to an intoxicated student. The ing lot. The male and female, student senate meeting minutes Elections board Spring break trip funding discussion Election bylaws Elections timeline Money allocations

Five members of the Student Senate funding of After a discussion about The specific language re- Petitions to run for Sena- Allocations were made Undergraduate Student spring break travel expenses the Senate’s responsiblity to garding bylaw changes is cur- tor or an executive position to the Lacrosse Team and Senate along with Gradu- was a topic of significant student organizations, spe- rently being drafted. There were released last Friday, Global Medical Brigades ate School Assembly rep- discussion, largely resulting cific petitions were heard. will be no limits on campaign and petitions can be on pa- for $8,000 to cover travel resentatives were elected from the decision by the Joint The Senate currently funds funds, however, there will be per or online. To run for expenses, in addition to as chairs of the elections Funding Committee to cut 50 percent of travel costs for a limitation on things that executive, president, or $2,500 to CMU Bhangra to board. These individuals all funding for spring break an organization, and is mak- can be given out as part of a vice-president, at least 100 cover their travel expenses. will oversee the student travel last year. ing decisions based on the campaign. There will be a $1 signatures are required from An allocation of $3,000 was body elections process. This Organizations that have potential value that the spe- limitation on gifts, and a $500 across all colleges during made for the Global Busi- board will have support had difficulty raising funds cific spring break trip would total spending limit on gifts. the petitioning period. To ness Brigade for Panama, from people specializing in have petitioned Student Sen- bring to the university. The rules that prevent study run for Senator, at least 25 along with $800 to the Chi- technology as well as in the ate for the money, and are abroad students and outgoing signatures are required from nese Student Association. relevant rules and regula- being heard on a case-by-case seniors from voting are cur- the undergraduate college tions. basis. rently being reviewed. one is running to represent. Compiled by Petitions are due March 4. Brent Heard February 18, 2013 « The Tartan thetartan.org/news » A3 Machine learning alumnus Rayid Ghani presents lecture ey. To do so, the campaign proved him wrong. performed many small, con- “Turns out, every time we trolled experiments with fun- did an experiment reducing draising emails. the email frequency, we lost “It wasn’t enough to build a money,” he commented. model and just watch and see Ghani’s lecture was well- what happened,” Ghani said. attended by machine learning “You had to convince some- students, most of whom were body to do that work. You excited to hear from someone couldn’t just say that it’s go- using machine learning in the ing to work, so go ahead and field. do it. We had to almost prove “I liked that he was really everything using randomized using machine learning to ad- experiments.” dress a problem that is a prac- These studies determined tical problem,” said Edward whether emails that came McFowland III, a machine from First Lady Michelle learning Ph.D. student in Obama were more successful Heinz College. than those from Obama cam- “It’s really a practical ap- paign manager Jim Messina. plication of machine learning. It also determined whether I think we motivate a lot of our emails should have a link in machine learning algorithms them, and how much the cam- with practical applications, paign should ask of a particu- but rarely do we actually go Jonathan Carreon/Contributing Editor out and apply our algorithms Ghani graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a master’s degree in machine learning. He applied these skills to his work for the Obama campaign. lar person in order to maxi- mize their contribution. to the actual problems, see SCIENTIST, from A1 The campaign performed who could be persuaded or gregate up and calculate the One result of the experi- them working in real life.” small experiments to deter- convinced to vote for Obama number of votes you’re going ments surprised Ghani. Machine learning Ph.D. forms. mine what factors made a per- — and not waste money on to get from a particular zip “In the beginning, when student Alex Loewi agreed. Each person the campaign son likely to be persuaded in those who were unlikely to code.” I started the campaign, I “It felt vindicating. We came into contact with was either direction. vote or switch sides. Ghani said that the cam- thought we were sending too work on this with the concep- assigned three scores: one in- They drew data on support The campaign also used paign used individual scores many emails to people,” Ghani tion that it will be useful, and dicating his or her support for from polling, as well as from the individual scores to target to make decisions about can- said. very rarely feel like it actually President Obama, one indi- proxy data such as party affili- communities. vassing, online ads, and televi- He worried that bombard- is.” cating his or her ability to be ation. “The nice thing about do- sion ads. ing people with too many Ghani was one of the first persuaded, and one indicating Once individuals had been ing everything at an individual In addition to getting vot- emails would cause them to people to receive a master’s the likelihood that he or she scored, the campaign was able level: You can aggregate up,” ers, part of Ghani’s job was to unsubscribe. degree in machine learning would vote at all. to efficiently target people Ghani said. “You can easily ag- find ways to raise more mon- But, he said, experiments from Carnegie Mellon. Arts Pass program studied VP, CFO selection discussed ARTS, from A1 tions measuring students’ Additionally, the pass can SEARCH, from A1 between Carnegie Mellon’s rience in higher ed?” Smith awareness of the Arts Pass be a valuable resource for stu- ambitions and its available asked. Student government has program and how frequently dents new to the Pittsburgh bara Morycz, committee resources, committee mem- Murphy announced that been looking into changing they used their Carnegie Mel- region. Sophomore biology member and Assistant Vice ber and professor of phi- the committee will be re- the program and sent out the lon ID to gain access to in- and psychology double ma- President of Budget and Fi- losophy Joel Smith posed viewing applications starting recent survey administered cluded venues and programs, jor Matthew Early said, “As nancial Planning. the question of whether a in March. by Carnegie Mellon’s Office among other options. someone who is not originally “But we’ve been fortunate particular candidate’s entre- They expect to narrow of Institutional Research to Potential changes to the from Pittsburgh, the Arts Pass enough to be able to find cre- preneurship skills merited down candidates to a list improve their current data. program include partnering Program has provided a great ative sources of funding for additional consideration in of three finalists by the first Surveys were emailed to the with Pittsburgh Connections opportunity to experience things that don’t just natu- this process. week of May. student body this past week. or expanding the pass to in- the local culture. More stu- rally fall into our laps out of “If candidates present The start date for the new As an incentive for participa- clude more artistic rather dents should consider using the budget.” themselves as coming from vice president and chief fi- tion, students who completed than museum-like venues, it as way of enriching their Given how the 2008 eco- a very entrepreneurial back- nancial officer selection is the survey were entered into such as galleries or Benedum time here.” Nadamuni added, nomic crisis and the pos- ground and can think cre- slated for July 1, the same a raffle to win one of two Center shows. “There’s a “Freshmen need to get off sibilities of federal spend- atively about financial situa- day that Suresh is set to take Amazon Kindle Fires. Student whole spectrum out there campus. They think CMU is ing sequestration have tions…. Can that experience office as Carnegie Mellon’s body president Will Weiner that’s not being tapped,” Pittsburgh. It’s not Pittsburgh, exacerbated this discrepancy make up for a lack of expe- ninth president. said, “We’re trying to under- Weiner said. it’s just a part of Pittsburgh.” stand the landscape. We don’t Senior biology major Changes, however, are not necessarily know why people Mridula Nadamuni frequently going to take place in the near are using Arts Pass, how well uses the pass and thinks that future. people are informed about Carnegie Mellon should con- According to Weiner, “It’s Arts Pass, and what are the tinue to sponsor the program. pretty up in the air right now. things people would like to “It has made my Pittsburgh We’re not necessarily sure see.” experience more interesting,” what we want to change, or if The survey included ques- she said. we want to change anything.” CMU area targeted in scam

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CRIME, from A1 staying in her car so she can If you see this woman and flee quickly if necessary. you are not in any danger of lice believe the woman has Many Carnegie Mellon harm, the police ask that you been so convincing that not students have already heard call University Police if you every case has been reported, of this issue and have known are on campus and the Pitts- as individuals have thought friends who were solicited by burgh Police (911) if you are she legitimately needed help. the woman. not. Je-Hoon Oh, a first-year However, newer stu- Try to discern where she is chemistry major, was glad to dents are unaware of the going and the make and mod- have been alerted to this on- solicitation. el of the vehicle she is driving. going scam, noting that he Reaction to the scam was If you are given the wom- believed the woman’s actions that of concern. an’s number, you can verify to be “classless.” Sam Farley, a first- it belongs to her by going to University Police ask stu- year chemistry major, was www.800notes.com. dents to be vigilant and aware shocked. “Wow, that’s weird. Janeda, however, stresses of this woman’s behavior. Re- I’m concerned for the child, that safety is “number one” garding the variety of vehicles actually,” he said. for anyone who comes in con- the woman has used, the po- Yassine Mouline, a first- tact with the perpetrator. lice urge students and faculty year electrical and computer Police just need a student to understand that she may be engineering and biomedical to come forward and be will- driving in other vehicles. engineering double major, ing to aid them in their quest She usually pulls up to agreed with this sentiment, to prevent this woman from curbs to provoke her would- saying, “That’s completely pestering individuals in the be victims; she likely prefers messed up.” area. A4 « thetartan.org/forum The Tartan » February 18, 2013

From the Editorial Board No need for marijuana to remain illegal in Pa. though they are still not preferable to those not under the influence, people who would otherwise drive drunk might drive high instead if marijuana were legal, keeping us a Kyle Henson bit safer. Another oft-argued benefit to Senator Daylin Leach (D-Pa.) the legalization of marijuana is recently proposed a bill to the Penn- increased revenue for the govern- sylvania state legislature to legalize ment. By slapping excise taxes on the possession of small amounts of marijuana, the government can marijuana. It’s about time. Since gain massive amounts of revenue. states like Washington and Colorado This could be used to solve a lot of legalized weed in the last election, the budget shortfalls our state is fac- the rest of the country, Pennsylvania ing. Another benefit to legalizing included, needs to follow suit. marijuana would be the advent of I can’t think of one good reason organic marijuana. As unregulated why marijuana should be illegal. Ac- as marijuana is, it can be exposed to cording to The Economist, cannabis many harmful chemicals while be- is significantly less harmful than ing grown. This unnecessarily adds Annette Ko/Art Editor, art based off photo from The Bridge website both alcohol and tobacco, two legal health risks to your friendly neigh- drugs. Overdosing on marijuana is borhood stoners. Marijuana users unheard of, whereas getting sick could opt to grow their own weed JFC must give students more time to join The Bridge from drinking — better known as al- in a safe manner, or buy from store- cohol poisoning — is something that fronts regulated by the Food and The Joint Funding Committee Because The Bridge is fairly new, been able to tell members to join The many college students experience at Drug Administration. (JFC), the student group that allo- many organization leaders do not Bridge. least once in their lives. Regarding The criminalization of marijuana cates revenue from the student ac- use the website. Organization mem- Short on time, some organiza- tobacco, smoking causes cancer and has also caused unnecessary strain tivities fee to campus organizations, bership on The Bridge often does not tions also flocked to Facebook and endangers others via second and on our justice system. It is an abso- recently stated that it would use The accurately represent true member- email in an attempt to increase mem- thirdhand smoke, which lingers in lute injustice that even one cop has Bridge to help decide how the rev- ship since most students do not join bership by telling students who are fabric and furniture. died trying to prevent the sale of enue is divided among organizations their respective extracurricular ac- not currently members to join them One common argument against marijuana. We need to better uti- for the 2013-14 academic year. tivities' pages. on The Bridge. marijuana is that it’s a gateway drug lize our resources to prevent violent The Bridge is an online tool that While the JFC encouraged orga- With the possibility that students which leads to the consumption of crimes and keep real criminals off of connects students to organizations nization leaders to have their mem- joined organizations they do not other, more harmful drugs such as the street. and events on campus. Students bers join their respective organiza- belong to, budgets could be misal- heroin and cocaine. While this may Many people incarcerated for can join organizations through tions on The Bridge, they did not located. be true regarding marijuana now, it selling marijuana don’t actually The Bridge, which lists members of provide ample time for organizations Admittedly, the JFC had good in- won’t be true if it’s legalized. If reg- want to break the law or hurt other groups publicly. The JFC says it will to contact their members. tentions to count organization mem- istered businesses sold marijuana, people. They’re not truly a danger to consider the number of students Many organizations meet weekly, bership, and its method for allocat- it would be taken off of the street society and they regularly cost our listed in an organization when deter- and some do not regularly schedule ing funds may have caused more and removed from the culture that justice system tons of money. The mining budgets. meetings. The email informing orga- students to use The Bridge. But we surrounds other, more dangerous legalization of marijuana would get While The Bridge has the poten- nizations to contact their members urge the JFC to give students more drugs. Legalization would add a lay- these supposed criminals out of our tial to accurately measure organiza- was sent on Tuesday. Budget consid- time to join their respective organi- er of separation between marijuana justice system and open up more re- tion membership, the JFC could have erations began Friday. With less than zations on The Bridge so that bud- and the other drugs that it’s a sup- sources for preventing actual harm- given organizations more time to al- a week for organizations to contact gets can be allocated to campus or- posed gateway to. ful crimes. low members to join the website. members, leaders may not have ganizations as accurately as possible. Along with other arguments The bill to legalize marijuana is against marijuana, people claim not likely to succeed due to Republi- Harvard scandal reveals need for increased clarity that having high drivers on the road can opposition and minimal Demo- would be particularly dangerous. Yet cratic support. Even if it does pass, Harvard University announced also play a role in ensuring the clar- discuss the exam with others — this there’s no reason that this couldn’t governor Tom Corbett (R-Pa.) has its investigation into allegations of ity of what constitutes cheating. includes resident tutors, writing cen- be illegal like drunk driving. said that he’d veto this bill. In Penn- cheating for the final exam of its In- The course Introduction to Con- ters, etc.” Furthermore, a study done by sylvania, where all liquor stores are troduction to Congress course in Au- gress has a reputation of being an Despite these guidelines, Platt two economists affiliated with the run by the state, it’s ridiculous that gust 2012. Over half of the class was exceedingly easy class, which, ac- and the teaching fellows held office University of Colorado and the Uni- we can’t authorize private posses- initially accused. In early February, cording to students, Platt openly ac- hours before the exam was due, in versity of Michigan found that high sion of a simple and mostly harmless the university announced their final knowledged. According to a student, which they discussed the questions. drivers are safer than their drunk herb. decisions regarding the fates of the Platt said, “I gave out 120 A's last se- If the directions stated that stu- counterparts. While drunk driv- students accused of cheating. mester, and I'll give out 120 more.” dents could not talk about the exam, ers swerve and speed, high drivers Kyle Henson (kahenson@) is a staff- Professor Matthew Platt grew He told students that coming to lec- the instructors should have consis- wait for stop signs to turn green. Al- writer for The Tartan. suspicious when many exams were ture was not necessary, as they could tently upheld that rule. similar. Some exams even had the share notes. Many accused students Furthermore, the exam was the same typos. Students were accused claim that the similarities in the final last of four take-home tests for the of collaboration or plagiarism, and tests come from these notes. class. The students received similar many were recently forced to with- Some students claimed that the instructions on all of those tests, but draw. Some students are now on prompt for the exam — which was a had collaborated on the first three probation and lost credits for courses take-home test — was confusing. without reprisal. Once again, consis- that they had almost completed dur- It read: “The exam is completely tency should have been a priority. ing the Fall 2012 semester. open book, open note, open internet, Academic honesty seems obvi- However, the case is not that sim- etc. However, in all other regards, ous, but each teacher has different ple. Academic integrity ultimately this should fall under similar guide- standards for his or her class. Teach- rests on the shoulders of students, lines that apply to in-class exams. ers must make those rules explicitly but professors and their assistants More specifically, students may not clear, and then stand by them. East Liberty renovations do not account for residents Since Steve Mosites founded The count the cost of living for the area’s The area’s median household in- Mosites Company in 1992, the com- current population. come is $35,205 while the median pany has attempted to rejuvenate The company’s plan for new retail household income across the coun- East Liberty. Now, the company that stores may interfere with the lives try is $46,326. pulled Target and Whole Foods into of the area’s residents. These plans According to city-data.com, the East Liberty (and built Rivers Casino include renovating the territory median rent in East Liberty was and Heinz Field) in order to gener- on Centre Avenue and Penn Circle $421, a full $151 less than the aver- ate commerce in Pittsburgh seeks South to add residential-type shops. age rent in Pittsburgh, as of 2009. In to continue its job. According to the Although it is admirable that Mosites an area with a population largely be- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mosites is is attempting to renovate the area, it low the poverty line, increased costs promising to add a 366-unit apart- has not taken into account the local are unacceptable. ment complex, a great deal of re- shops and venues already there. Rising housing costs may leave tail stores, and a new transit center More importantly, renovations many residents, as well as the stu- across from the Target in East Liberty and the inclusion of retail stores will dents from Carnegie Mellon living by mid-2014. most likely increase housing costs. in the area, scrambling to find either The previous and current renova- Currently, 20 percent of the people money or a new place to live. tions to East Liberty are beneficial who live in the ZIP code 15206, We hope that these supposedly to the city’s growth; however, The which includes East Liberty, live be- speedy renovations will keep in mind Tartan is unable to endorse Mosites’ low the national poverty level, ac- the lives of the current residents in plan because it does not take into ac- cording to the 2010 census. the district. Braden Kelner/Forum Editor

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Rachel Cohen Kelly Harrington Jonathan Carreon Office: University Center 314 Mail: Pillbox Editor Asst. Systems Manager Contributing Editor Phone: (412) 268-2111 The Tartan Fax: (412) 268-1596 Box 119, UC Suite 103 Kairavi Chahal Jonathan Leung © 2012 The Tartan, all rights reserved. Web: www.thetartan.org 5000 Forbes Avenue Comics Editor Asst. Photo Editor * Denotes executive committee member Library of Congress ISSN: 0890-3107 E-mail: [email protected] Pittsburgh, PA 15213 February 18, 2013 « The Tartan thetartan.org/forum » A5 Suggestive photos could haunt you Veteran’s hardship shows need for benefits reform

satvika neti efits. However, he was not informed Junior Staffwriter of this policy. His filed disability claim with the VA has also been in One of the most historical mo- backlog for several months. ments of recent years was the kill- The Shooter is not the only vic- ing of Osama bin Laden. Everyone tim of a convoluted system; gaining remembers the shooting of the Al benefits from the VA is rarely simple. Qaeda leader and the global rami- Bureaucracy and inefficiency com- fications of this clandestine opera- bine to form a mountain of red tape tion. Nearly two years ago, bin Lad- that veterans must wade through. en’s death created an international After their service to our country, chasm between the United States these loyal men and women should and Pakistan. The details of his kill- be treated with more consideration. As President Obama said last Veter- Braden Kelner/Forum Editor ing, however, have revealed a flaw within our own nation that goes ans Day, “No one who fights for this photo-sharing services, and is what of the inventor of the camera phone beyond international relations: the country overseas should ever have many people think could appeal to to prevent sexting. What needs to subpar treatment of our veterans. to fight for a job, or a roof over their those who want to share racy photos happen is increased education on the In a recent Esquire interview, the head.” without them circulating past the in- pitfalls of sexting. U.S. Navy SEAL who killed bin Lad- While the Shooter’s belief that he tended recipient. It can come off as a People, especially minors, need en came forward to speak about the deserves the same benefits as some- josh smith fun, safe way to sext, with a reduced to be made aware that no matter the military’s support — or lack thereof one who has served 20 years may be fear of the pictures haunting you for medium, anything that is shared and — for him and his family. Referred to presumptuous, the problem is that The dangers of sharing sexual years to come. stored digitally can live forever. Ac- as the “Shooter,” he resigned three some people who have served their photos or sending sexually explicit Facebook, as it is apt to do when- cording to BuzzFeed, there are ways years before the 20 years of service time do not receive their deserved text messages always grab the atten- ever a new web trend goes viral, to find locally-stored Snapchat pho- required to guarantee retirement benefits because of how difficult the tion of news outlets nowadays. New created an application called Poke. tos on your phone in order to save benefits such as healthcare and pen- bureaucracy can be. technology has an undeniable ef- Essentially copying the Snapchat them forever. This poses a risk to sion. When he asked to be given pro- fect on how people flirt and to what model, Poke never took off, while anyone who would use the applica- tection for his family, the military extent people share themselves. Snapchat is currently the 20th most tion for sharing suggestive material. offered to put him in a quasi-witness Everyone The issue has come up again with a popular free application in the You can’t expect anything you do protection program but offered him remembers the seemingly harmless smartphone ap- iTunes App Store. Being affiliated on the Internet to be temporary, and no further assistance. plication known as Snapchat. with the largest social network for thus Snapchat’s promise can’t be a The Shooter’s story of the mili- shooting of the Snapchat first launched in 2011, sharing information and photos with guarantee. There will always be indi- tary’s poor treatment could seem Al Qaeda leader but it only truly became popular in friends may have turned people off viduals who try to hack services and as though he is seeking preferential the second half of 2012. The applica- from using a service meant to share applications to get what they want, treatment for being the one to kill and the global tion allows you to take pictures, dec- private photos and videos. which includes your naughty photos. bin Laden. People may argue that orate them, and send them to other Given the popularity of Snapchat, However, users can prevent others service members who resign before ramifications of friends who use the application. The many concerns have been raised from sharing their photos by not tak- their terms are over cannot reason- the clandestine hook, though, is that the recipient over its potential use as a sexting ing naughty photos in the first place. ably expect to receive full benefits. of a photo can only view it for a set tool, especially when considering its Snapchat, while seemingly juve- Although his decision to resign pre- operation. time period (no more than 10 sec- young demographic. The mascot of nile, has both its fun purposes as well maturely in order to protect his fam- onds) before it disappears from the Snapchat is a cartoon ghost, named as its risqué uses. Using Snapchat for ily is understandable, that decision There is something seriously phone. If a screenshot is taken while “Ghostface Chillah” according to tame things can be entertaining, as carried consequences that were to wrong with a system that would the photo is being viewed, the sender Forbes, and the images on the com- I’ve found with my growing use of be expected. abandon its constituents, however of the photo will be alerted and can pany’s website and application page the application, and the idea that it Despite this discrepancy, the sto- impersonally. This abandonment is take actions accordingly. are of preteen girls. There’s an appar- is purely a sexting application should ry still highlights serious problems a treatment endured by many ser- While the above description ent effort by the creators to appeal to be dispelled. The issue of sending within the veterans benefits system. vice members less notable than the sounds like the perfect criterion for a the young demographic, but this be- racy photos isn’t with the applica- Every combat veteran of the Iraq Shooter. They are all people that carefree sexting application, respon- comes perverted if the application’s tion, but with the user who is unedu- and Afghanistan wars is entitled to have risked their lives to protect and sibility doesn’t rest on the applica- rumored uses are utilized. cated about the dangers and conse- five years of free healthcare after serve the United States. tion’s creators to police the applica- However, it cannot be the com- quences of sexting. returning from service. No mat- “I just want to be able to pay all tion content to prevent sexting. pany’s responsibility to stop its users ter when the Shooter resigned, the those bills, take care of my kids, and The lack of stored photos is what from sexting with the application, Josh Smith (jjs1@) is editor-in-chief of Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) work from there,” the Shooter said, sets the application apart from other any more than it’s the responsibility The Tartan. should have given him these ben- and he should be able to. Give off-campus housing a chance

Kavita mehta housing unit has a landlord to call if off campus are at school for the ma- Junior Staffwriter anything is wrong. If you do your re- jority of their days attending classes, search correctly (through online re- visiting Club Hunt, or participating Last week, The Tartan printed views and people’s word of mouth), in extracurricular activities. Some- Catherine Spence’s “Consider cam- you could even find a landlord who where, somehow, those students will pus living,” in which she argues that responds to maintenance requests hear the same news that students liv- on-campus housing is more ben- faster than the university. Thus, even ing on campus hear. eficial than off-campus housing for if Facilities Management Services Besides, off-campus housing usu- students. There are pros and cons to does not come off campus to repair ally offers more space to students. living on and off campus. However, I damaged items, a specialist provided They do not have to be cooped up do not agree with some of Spence’s by the landlord will. in small dormitory rooms through- arguments, including her main one: In her article, Spence acknowl- out their entire college experience. I think off-campus housing is better edges the most common argument While on-campus dorm sizes range than on-campus housing. for living off campus: Since there is from Hamerschlag House’s standard Spence states that bathroom ne- no option to live on campus in real doubles to Mudge House’s prime cessities are always at one’s disposal life, people should move off campus quads, off-campus housing definitely on campus. However, toilet paper, and get used to it now. She argues gives students more room to spread paper towels, and soap are not re- that people should not do this until out their belongings and relax. filled every day in the communal they must. However, living off cam- Even though on-campus housing bathrooms of on-campus housing. pus really does provide invaluable is more convenient for students in On the other hand, students who preparation for the real world. It terms of proximity and promotes a live off campus can personally en- teaches students life responsibilities certain sense of community, the pros sure that they do not run into this while they still have the financial and of off-campus housing evidently out- problem by storing extra bathroom psychological safety net provided by weigh the pros of on-campus hous- necessities. parents and the university. ing. There is no reason for students While it is true that the univer- Students living off campus will to pay more living on campus when sity’s Facilities Management Services not be less informed about campus they could have a better college ex- will not be there to fix a broken win- activities compared to students liv- perience living off campus while dow, door, or chair off campus, every ing on campus. Most students living learning to be more responsible. Tammy Ying/Junior Artist A PERSON’S OPINION Compiled by Justin McGown and Kelsey Scott The Oscars are almost here. So we asked, What is your favorite guilty pleasure movie?

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Researchers explore how creative collaborations form Michael Setzer collaboration between art- that happened to appreciate SciTech Editor ists. Path-based regression folk than another folk artist. works by randomly working “There is sort of a desire to When postdoctoral fellow through a large set of data connect to people outside your of machine learning Burr Set- that includes users, user com- area of genre, which we found tles was in graduate school, he ments, songs, and genres. The was an interesting thing that was missing his passion; The program starts with one user; bubbled up,” Dow said. Set- rigor imposed by the Univer- it then randomly makes a path tles added, “In hindsight, this sity of Wisconsin-Madison through the data from that makes a lot of sense, but there left the once-avid musician user until it hits another user. wasn’t a precedent for it in the swamped with research and For instance, the program may literature.” classes. To get his musical fix, start at user “A” then randomly To answer what made a he and a few friends decided move to one of user A’s songs, collaboration successful, Set- to try and write a song every then to a comment user B left tles and Dow utilized a sur- other day for an entire month. on that song, and then finally vey asking participants about The group chose February, to user B. Settles and Dow their least and most success- and since then, the endeavor used the lengths and maps of ful collaborations. Along with has bloomed into February Al- these paths and compared the asking users to quantify their bum Writing Month (FAWM), results to artists that actually experience (e.g. on a scale of now a popular creative col- worked together to determine 1 to 100, how much work did laboration website that cranks which factors or “connectors” you put in?), users were en- out thousands of songs ev- were most common in collabo- couraged to give comments. ery February. Settles and as- rations. As with path-based regres- sistant professor of human- The findings fell in line sion, the survey yielded some computer interaction Steven with some common social results that were in line with Dow recently analyzed FAWM theories — for example, com- common social theories: For to answer some fundamental munication between users was instance, plenty of communi- questions regarding creative a key predictor for collabora- cation was key for a successful collaboration. tions. This communication collaboration. The pair came with dif- may come in the form of users Furthermore, the artists ferent skill sets, with Settles’ commenting on other’s songs, were happiest with their col- background in computer sci- “following” each other, or di- laborations when the work ence and machine learning rectly messaging each other. was split completely evenly. As and Dow’s focus on social sci- The study also found that us- predicted, artists who do the ence. They used their diverse ers collaborating together lion’s share of the work often backgrounds to answer two were more likely to have a end up dissatisfied. Surpris- main questions: How do cre- similar, but not exact, amount ingly, however, the users who ative collaborations form, and of musical experience. did little work also had nega- what makes a collaboration Perhaps even more surpris- tive feelings regarding the col- successful? ingly, Dow and Settles found a laboration. “If you don’t put Michael Setzer/SciTech Editor In FAWM, artists often col- negative correlation between your work into the collabora- laborate to create their 14- users who tagged songs with tion, it’s bound not to be suc- collaboration. areas of creative collabora- “In the end, I think we made song album. Settles and Dow the same genre. For example, cessful,” Dow said. The study Settles and Dow believe the tion. Both believe the mixture a lot of contributions in both utilized path-based regression a user who tags his or her song also indicated that a shared future application of methods of quantitative and qualitative directions that neither of us to determine which factors as folk was more likely to team interest in genre did not nec- similar to theirs could be far- analysis resulted in a success- could have made alone,” Set- were most likely to predict up with a heavy-metal singer essarily predict a successful reaching, especially in other ful collaboration of their own. tles said. how things work scitech briefs Psychologists Dogs are able to Apple may be reveal algorithm recognize other developing new The science behind what behind eHarmony dogs on screen wristwatch Psychologists at eHarmo- According to a research Rumors that Apple is makes your teeth sparkle ny, a matchmaking website, team led by Dr. Dominique working on a new wristwatch are arguing a claim made Autier-Dérian from the Na- made of curved glass have Niharika Singh some help from dental.net. tooth, which keeps the tooth by a psychology journal that tional Veterinary School in been confirmed by unnamed Junior Staffwriter Our teeth are made of layers; stronger in the future. These matchmaking sites do not Lyon in France, dogs can dif- Apple insiders. The watch the outermost one is com- properties of fluoride are also use valid algorithms to pair ferentiate between non-dog may operate on Apple’s iOS Many people would agree prised of hard enamel. This the reason it is added to water people together. The site’s se- and dog faces. Researchers platform. Corning Glass Tech- that food is one of the great hard substance protects the supplies, and has been instru- nior research scientist, Gian showed nine domestic dogs nologies, the company that pleasures of life. However, softer inside and nerves of mental in improving the den- C. Gonzaga, recently spoke 144 pairs of pictures of vari- manufactures the extremely one of the principle tools we our teeth. When taken care tal health of most people in at the Society for Personal- ous animal faces, including durable Gorilla Glass used in use to eat — our teeth — are of, this enamel can last us the last few decades. ity and Social Psychology to human faces, on a computer iPhones, has recently devel- poorly rewarded for the work an entire lifetime. However, In addition to fluoride, explain how the algorithm screen. oped Willow Glass, a glass they perform. In return for modern-day diets that are toothpastes also contain other works. They observed that all nine that is as bendable as piece of their work in crushing food extremely high in sugars and common materials. Tooth- According to Gonzaga, dogs were able to recognize paper. and enabling us to eat all carbohydrates can cause sev- paste can contain abrasives, six main factors are used their own species, despite While there is much se- sorts of delicious substances, eral dental problems. which help remove plaque to determine two individu- the large variety of breeds. crecy regarding the details they are attacked by acid and Sugars and carbohydrates and polish the teeth. These als’ compatibility: level of This result demonstrates that of Apple’s potential new dental bacteria. Fortunately, release sulfur molecules that abrasives need to be able agreeableness, preference dogs are able to group various wristwatch, Peter Bocko, the toothpaste can help mitigate are responsible for dreaded to scrub away harmful sub- for closeness with a partner, dog breeds into one category, chief technology officer for the harmful effects that can bad breath. In addition, these stances without causing per- degree of sexual and roman- based only on visual cues. Corning Glass Technologies, befall teeth. This common- substances are consumed by manent damage to the tooth tic passion, level of extrover- This is particularly impres- confirmed that Willow Glass place substance contains bacteria living in the teeth enamel. sion and openness to new ex- sive because, with over 400 is flexible enough to bend many ingredients that give it and enable them to multiply Toothpaste also contains perience, the importance of known breeds, dogs have the around a wrist like a watch. its potency and make it so es- quickly. These bacteria re- detergents, which give rise to spirituality, and one’s level of largest morphological vari- Like Google Glass, a new sential to dental health. lease acids that eat away at the foam created while brush- happiness and optimism. The ety among all animal species. watch by Apple could bring According to researchers enamel. If the enamel erodes, ing. Toothpaste manufactur- more similarities two people The researchers concluded us even closer to wearable at New York University, tooth- it exposes the nerves under- ers also give importance to have in these categories, the that mating between breeds computing. So far, however, paste is not a recent invention; neath which can lead to ex- the texture of toothpaste. Hu- more likely they are to devel- was still possible, despite the the technology giant has re- humans realized long ago the treme pain and discomfort. mectants are the substances op a relationship, according species being “stretched to its mained silent on the issue. importance of keeping teeth Also, if the acid keeps build- used to ensure that tooth- to Gonzaga. morphological limits.” clean and healthy. This sub- ing up, it may reach the root paste stays moist and doesn’t stance originated about 6000 and render the tooth useless. dry out while in the tube. Source: Discovery News years ago in several forms. In The bacteria that cause all Thickeners are used to make Source: Science Daily Source: Science Daily China, twigs, flower petals, these problems live in plaque the toothpaste stick together salt, water, and bones were and food debris in our teeth. when squeezed from the tube mashed and put on the end of Toothpaste can help remove and stick to the brush. Final- FDA approves Disabled turtle Russia suffers from a sharp bamboo leaf to apply these bacteria, helping to pre- ly, preservatives and flavors artificial retina that receives new set of damage after large to teeth. In Egypt, salt, pep- vent several dental problems. ensure that toothpaste stays gives vision to blind prosthetic limbs meteorite per, mint leaves, and iris flow- According to thefactsabout. fresh and is enticing to users ers were mixed into a paste co.uk, one of the most well- no matter what their taste The Food and Drug Ad- When Yu, a 25-year-old A 15-meter meteorite broke and used. In India, twigs from known ingredients in tooth- preferences might be. ministration (FDA) has re- loggerhead turtle, was found through the atmosphere and trees known for special dental paste is fluoride. This element With the variety and styles cently approved a new tech- washed up in a Japanese fish- exploded above Chelyabinsk, properties were chewed upon is naturally found in several of toothpaste available to us nology, called the artificial ing net five years ago, her Russia. The meteorite, which and rubbed against teeth. All foods like tea, fish, vegetables, today, it is possible for every- retina, that can give limited front flippers had been bru- was the largest to hit the coun- these methods led to healthy and fruits. It is necessary for one to find a type suited to vision to people who are tally ripped apart from a fight try in over a century, injured teeth that did not suffer from healthy teeth as it helps draw their exact needs. The various blind. The artificial retina, with a shark. The keepers at 1,200 people and caused ap- dental problems. in minerals like calcium to the benefits of toothpaste make it which has been under devel- an aquarium in Kobe, Japan proximately $33 million in Now, let’s brush up on the enamel and helps repair the an essential part of our lives. opment for over 20 years, is a have been working on a high- damage. Some scientists drew science (pun intended) be- tooth. Fluoride also attaches Now, if only we could all floss sheet of electrodes implanted tech cure that could help the comparisons to another me- hind dental problems with itself to weakened parts of the regularly too. in the eye. turtle swim again. teorite that occurred in 1908, The artificial retina is To date, they have tried which caused damage to part of a system called Argus 27 models of prosthetic fins, buildings over 100 miles away. II that includes glasses that all of which either caused the Even more astounding is have an attached camera and turtle pain or fell off when the fact that a 50-meter aster- a portable video processor al- she tried to swim. Their lat- oid made a record-breaking low visual signals to bypass est version made of rubber close pass with Earth on the the damaged portion of the and a material used in diving very same day. The good news retina and be transmitted to wetsuits, was finally success- is that according to NASA’s the brain. Although the arti- ful in allowing the loggerhead Near-Earth Object Program, ficial retina does not give the turtle, an endangered species, there are currently no expect- blind person real vision, it al- to swim. “My dream for her is ed large impacts for the next lows him or her to make out that one day she can use her 100 years, as most projectiles boundaries and identify out- prosthetic fins to swim to the burn up in the atmosphere lines of objects, particularly surface, walk about, and dig long before causing harm. those with a large contrast in a proper hole to lay her eggs lightness and darkness. in,” said Naoki Kamezaki, di- Source: Reuters rector of the aquatic park. Source: The New York Times Compiled by Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Source: Reuters Brooke kuei February 18, 2013 « The Tartan thetartan.org/sports » A7

sports commentary Usual favorites fall in NBA Carl Glazer big three — guard Ray Allen, The Houston Rockets have Staffwriter small forward Paul Pierce, been lacking star power since and power forward/center their great but injury-prone While the NBA season is Kevin Garnett — who started center Yao Ming retired in well past the halfway point the super-team era when they 2011, but the team was finally (most teams have played over joined forces in 2007, winning able to change that this off- 52 games out of the 82-game a title in 2008. season. schedule), this is still a good In the off-season, Allen After signing point guard moment to reflect upon the jumped ship and signed with phenom Jeremy Lin from the season to date. Celtics rival Miami Heat. Ru- New York Knicks, the Rock- This season has seen the mors of the team breaking up ets took everyone by surprise fall of two traditional pow- spread after Garnett was said and traded for shooting guard ers — from title contenders to to be a free agent. Garnett re- James Harden, sending vet- fighting for their playoff lives signed, but the writing on the eran guard Kevin Martin, two — and the rise of two young wall is that the current Celt- first-round draft picks, and teams that are exceeding all ics are not going to be around other considerations to the expectations. These stand- much longer. Oklahoma City Thunder. ings mix-ups have made the Leader of the future, point Harden, who came off the first half of the season a joy to guard Rajon Rondo appears bench in his time with the watch while setting up some to be the piece the team will Thunder, made an immediate fantastic playoff battles in the build around eventually, but impact with the Rockets, scor- future. his season-ending ACL tear ing 37 and a career-high 45 The Los Angeles Lakers en- and the team’s subsequent points in his first two games tered the season with champi- winning streak have raised with the team. onship aspirations, much like doubts about even that future. The Thunder was willing every season. Currently the Celtics oc- to trade Harden because it did This off-season, they cupy the eighth playoff spot not believe he was worth a picked up all-star center with a sizable lead after their max-level contract, but so far Dwight Howard and two-time winning streak, but the effects Houston appears more than MVP point guard Steve Nash of losing two starters — Ron- happy with their decision to to complement legendary do and rookie forward Jared give the 23-year-old Harden guard Kobe Bryant and all- Sullinger — for the season an all-star-level salary, given star power forward Pau Gasol. will eventually take its toll. his stellar performance, atti- On paper this team For all the struggles the tude, and leadership thus far. seemed unstoppable, but Lakers have endured, the Los All-Star Game weekend reality proved to be very dif- Angeles Clippers have sur- gives us the chance to reflect ferent. After a 1–4 start, the passed almost all expecta- upon the NBA, where stars Lakers fired head coach Mike tions. can single-handedly carry a Brown and eventually hired The strangely assembled team through the playoffs, Mike D’Antoni, who was the team comprised of both very but a bad apple or two in the coach in Phoenix when Nash young talent and older vet- locker room can quickly spoil won his two MVPs. erans is led by forward Blake title hopes. The Lakers are still four Griffin, center DeAndre Jor- The Lakers and Celtics games under .500 for the sea- dan, and point guard Chris came into the break with mul- son and several games back Paul. tiple all-stars but are strug- from the Houston Rockets The Clippers took the NBA gling to make the playoffs, for the final playoff spot, but by storm, leading the top- while the Clippers and Rock- they have recently changed heavy Western Conference ets are lauding their big ac- their playing style to try and after posting a 17-game win- quisitions and watching their recapture some wins, with ning streak and a perfect 16–0 teams’ futures take a turn Kobe passing more than at December. from hopeful playoff team to any point in his long career They have since slipped to perennial title contenders in and Nash turning into more of third after injuries to Griffin, the next two to three years. a spot-up jump shooter. Paul, and key bench player So sit back, relax, and The Boston Celtics are an- Jordan Crawford. But with watch the last third of the sea- other storied franchise cur- Paul in the lineup, the Clip- son unfold, before the play- rently experiencing a fall from pers look to pick up right offs show us once and for all grace. Last season’s run to the where they left off and make which teams are pretenders Conference Finals appeared some serious noise in the and which teams will end up to be the last hurrah for the playoffs. fighting for the ultimate prize. A8 « thetartan.org/sports The Tartan » February 18, 2013

Strong season for Tennis team begins spring season Abby Smith of Pennsylvania and fell 6–3. ski, snowboard club Sports Co-Editor Tsu and Hamstra won their Vinay Viswanathan exander Warzinski in 24th doubles matches, while Ham- Junior Staffwriter place and sophomore Caleb Carnegie Mellon’s varsity stra and Pratt each won their Levine in 27th. tennis team has made quite singles matches against Cal U. Over the course of the Emerson, who also placed the racket in recent weeks. On Feb. 9, the men’s team winter, the 21 determined second at the team’s previ- The nationally ranked men’s defeated Division I Bucknell members of the Carnegie ous race at Elk Mountain in squad is undefeated with University. Beisswanger and Mellon Ski & Snowboard January, said that the team a 6–0 record, as the team’s Alla won 8–4 in doubles play Club team have hit the slopes has been “dominant among spring portion of the season to give the Tartans an excel- to compete in a variety of several local teams, and we has officially begun. lent start. Kumar, Miller, and events, namely the slalom have done especially well for Yesterday, the women’s Rao all won in singles to con- and giant slalom for skiers a team that has people with team defeated Indiana Uni- tribute to the 5–4 victory. and the slope-style and gi- little racing experience.” versity of Pennsylvania 8–1. “We’ve had a few great ant slalom for snowboard- The snowboard members The team went 3–0 in doubles wins for the guys’ team, which ers. With practices at Seven also performed well. At the with wins from junior Katie is especially important go- Springs Mountain Resort past competition, the team Cecil and sophomore Angela ing into some tough spring and competitions across the placed second, only falling Pratt, sophomores Bryn Ra- break competition in Califor- region, the team has proven behind the United States schke and Chelsea Motie, and nia,” Kumar said of the team’s first-years Abbey Hamstra and victories. Brooke Tsu. The day before, the wom- “[We have been] dominant The match also benefited en’s team took down Slippery from singles victories from Ce- Rock University in a 9–0 victo- among several local teams, and cil, Motie, Pratt, Hamstra, and ry. The ladies won all of their Jonathan Leung/Assistant Photo Editor we have done especially well for sophomore Lydia Utkin. The women’s tennis team opened its spring season Feb. 8 against singles and doubles matches “This weekend was a really Slippery Rock University, while the men opened Feb. 2 against West to win on their home court. a team that has people with little good test for our team and a Virginia Wesleyan College. Cecil paired with Pratt to win racing experience.” great way to prepare for the 8–0 against the No. 1 doubles indoor championship,” Ham- Thomas Cooper paired to win tennis team defeated Haver- team from Slippery Rock. stra said. at No. 2 doubles in a tiebreak- ford College 6–3. Although Motie and Hamstra also won —Shepard Emerson, While the women cel- er 9–8. the team encountered three their doubles match against First-year skier ebrated the win, the men’s Senior Harsha Rao gave losses in doubles matches, the the No. 2 team. team continued its unde- the Tartans a 3–1 advantage men rallied back with stellar Cecil, Motie, Martin, Pratt, feated streak with a 7–2 vic- with his win in singles play, singles matches. Alla, Miller, Hamstra, and senior Alex itself this year, performing at Naval Academy. Telmer and tory over the Stevens Institute and Alla followed with anoth- Hasegawa, senior Jooho Yu, Tapak all won their respec- what is arguably its highest senior Ruari Egan have led of Technology. Sophomore er singles win. and Heaney-Secord all sealed tive singles matches to con- level in years. the team in men’s alpine and Bryce Beisswanger and first- Senior Duke Miller sealed victories for the Tartans to re- tribute to a resounding Tartan On Feb. 9–10, both the women’s alpine, respectively. year Abhishek Alla won the the win for the Tartans with main undefeated. victory. ski and snowboard segments Telmer said that this has first match of the day against his singles victory. First-years Unfortunately, the wom- The tennis team heads to of the squad competed at been the “best season so far, the Stevens Tech No. 3 dou- Yuvraj Kumar and Kosuke en’s team faced tough com- Skidmore College on March 1 Blue Knob in the Allegheny [with the team] consistently bles pair. After Stevens Tech Hasegawa also won for Carn- petition just the day before for the Intercollegiate Tennis Mountains, against teams placing in the top three as a tied the match, sophomores egie Mellon. against eighth-ranked Divi- Association Team Indoor Na- from around the Mid-Atlantic team each weekend and hav- Christian Heaney-Secord and On Sunday, the men’s sion II California University tional Championship. region. The ski team placed ing members placing first in second in the men’s category some of the weekends.” and fourth in the women’s. “We place[d] second as a The women were led by team for the season, and one Swim teams place 2nd, 4th at UAAs junior Anna Cederquist, who of our guys and one of our placed second in the individ- girls got second overall for Elizabeth Martin backstroke, earning third with time of 3:24.47. lection time. ual single-course race. Other the season,” he added. Junior Staffwriter a career-best time of 51.56 “Our performance reflect- The women proved their strong performers in the The ski and snowboard seconds and provisionally ed all of our hard work we put relay prowess elsewhere, win- women’s race were first-years team practices nearly every The Carnegie Mellon men’s qualifying for the NCAA meet. in this season. We left every- ning the 200-yard medley Niki Kawakami and Robin Wednesday at Seven Springs and women’s swimming teams Sears also was a UAA thing in the pool and fought relay on Friday, setting a Uni- Song, who achieved 12th and Mountain Resort, in addition competed in the University champion, winning the 100- through adversity to wrap up versity of Chicago pool record 14th places, respectively. to having workouts through- Athletic Association (UAA) yard freestyle and provision- our season with an excellent and bettering last year’s NCAA “Our team did pretty well, out the week on campus. Championships, hosted by ally qualifying for NCAAs. conference finish,” Razanav Championship selection time. with no disqualifications,” The team participates in the University of Chicago last Earlier in the meet, Sears was said. Phan’s time of 2:06.31 Kawakami said. “I think we five competitions sponsored Thursday to Saturday. just 0.03 seconds away from The women also had im- earned her second place in were successful.” by the Allegheny Collegiate The meet was highlighted breaking the school record in pressive races at UAAs, fin- the 200-yard IM. Phan was a Carnegie Mellon’s club Ski Conference during Janu- by the men’s team’s second- the 50-yard freestyle, touch- ishing in fourth place. Senior major contributor and swam ski team offers racing oppor- ary and February. place finish and a series of ing the wall in 20.90 seconds. Breanna Stillo finished second on several relay teams, all of tunities to both those with The conference spans individual championships for First year Matthew Nielsen in the 400-yard medley, set- which qualified her for the significant racing experience Pennsylvania, Maryland, and both the men and the women. earned All-UAA status in the ting a school record with a NCAA Championship. and newcomers alike. “Many West Virginia. It includes A series of strong perfor- 400-yard Individual Medley time of 3:52.62. During the First-year Kira Singhaus’ of our members this year are the U.S. Naval Academy, mances led the Tartan men (IM) by finishing third. His preliminaries, Stillo broke time of 2:05.38 was unde- freshmen or new members. the University of Pittsburgh, to a silver victory. Sophomore time was a season-best and her personal record in the 50- feated in the 200-yard back- [Junior Eric Telmer] and I Pennsylvania State Univer- Anton Razanav and junior helped him qualify for NCAAs. yard freestyle and qualified stroke, ranking her provision- are the only two returning sity, West Virginia University, Edward Sears brought home Sophomore David Campbell for NCAAs. On Friday, Stillo ally qualified as well. skiers from two years ago,” West Virginia Wesleyan Col- individual championships. In also provisionally qualified for swam to another All-UAA “The team did very well at Kawakami said. lege, Davis and Elkins Col- the 1,650-yard freestyle, four NCAAs in the preliminaries. performance with a third- UAAs,” sophomore Wendy Liu The top performer on the lege, Bucknell University, Vil- finished in the top 10. The relay events were the place showing in the 100-yard said. “We had two conference men’s team was first-year lanova University, and West Razanav repeated as the highlight of the first day. The breaststroke. Her time broke champions, broke at least five standout Shepard Emerson, Chester University. 200-yard backstroke champi- 200-yard freestyle relay team her own school record and school records, and so many subject of last week’s Athlete The Ski & Snowboard on and qualified for the NCAA placed third to earn All-UAA qualified her for the NCAAs. people got best times. Our Profile and winner of the in- Club team will travel to Tim- Championships in March. On status, and the 400-yard med- The 400-yard medley relay team has gone through so dividual competition at Blue berline, W.Va., for the region- Friday, Razanav also earned ley relay team touched in a team set a new school record much together and it is really Knob, followed by junior Al- al competition this Friday. All-UAA status in the 100-yard provisional NCAA-qualifying and met last year’s NCAA se- culminated at UAAs.”

Athlete Profile Swimmer Soleil Phan qualifies for NCAA Championships Abby Smith complishment this season was Sports Co-Editor “finally breaking 57:00 in the 100 butterfly,” which she did at Junior professional writing the Kenyon Total Performance major Soleil Phan has made a Invitational at Kenyon College splash as one of Carnegie Mel- on Nov. 30, also breaking her lon’s top female swimmers on own school record. Phan was the varsity swimming and div- victorious numerous times at ing team. invitational meets throughout Phan most recently com- the season. peted at the University Ath- These accomplishments letic Association (UAA) Cham- only add to Phan’s list of hon- pionships at the University ors, including finishing first of Chicago, where she placed on the team last year in four second in the 200-meter in- different events and being dividual medley (IM) and named All-America Honorable helped lead her 400-meter Mention her first year, UAA relay team to a second-place Champion in 2011 in the 100- finish. Phan’s performance in yard butterfly, and All-UAA the 200-yard medley relay as- second team in the 200-meter Jonathan Leung/Assistant Photo Editor sisted her team to a first-place relay that same year. Also in Junior Soleil Phan, specializing in freestyle and butterfly, has qualified for several relay and individual events in the NCAA Championships in March. finish and a University of Chi- 2011, Phan competed in seven cago pool record. events in the NCAA Champi- ognized by her fellow swim- by her teammates. “I think ing Mean Girls, Phan said she design as a future career. Phan also broke her own onships. “Making NCAAs my mers. this year our team has trained “can’t imagine swimming “Not only is [Soleil] an school record in the 100-yard freshman year was one of the “Soleil is one of the hardest faster than any other year,” without the team.” awesome swimmer and per- butterfly during the prelimi- best experiences I’ve had as a workers and consistent per- she said. Phan has been swimming son, but she’s also incredibly naries after finishing in 56.79 swimmer,” Phan said. formers on our team, and her But the Tartan swim team competitively since she was artsy and designs apparel,” Liu seconds. She finished the Phan hopes to repeat that cheerful attitude makes it such is not all about the rivalry and nine years old. “My favorite said. “She also takes a lot of championship heat in fourth experience this year and make a pleasure to swim with her,” races in the pool. Phan em- part is being able to compete pictures for the team.” and provisionally qualified NCAAs both individually and said junior Wesley Kim. phasized that the team is “so both individually and for your For now, Phan sets her for the NCAA Championships. on relays. Coming into the sea- Sophomore Wendy Liu close that we’re like a family. team. I’ve been swimming for sights on the national meet Phan also qualified for NCAAs son, she knew that “this year said, “Soleil has a very posi- The support that I’ve seen this more than half my life, so I on March 20. Although she in the the 200-yard butterfly was going to be a faster field, tive presence on the team and group give each other is unlike couldn’t imagine life without cringes as meet announcers and helped lead a 800-yard so giving a 110 percent effort leads the team both through any other,” she said. “We hold it,” she said. (and even a few joking team- freestyle relay to meet the at every practice was one of example and voice. Not only each other accountable for ev- When Phan is not gliding mates) mispronounce her qualification time as well. my goals that I knew could is she an awesome swimmer, erything both in and out of the through the water like a sail- name “So-leeeeeel,” she hopes Phan specializes in the help get me there.” but [she is also] an incredibly pool.” fish, she can often be found to hear her name be called freestyle and butterfly events. Phan’s talents, ambition, focused and fantastic person.” From large team dinners shopping or designing. She as she is proclaimed a NCAA She said that her biggest ac- and positive outlook are rec- Phan’s focus is also driven to coach Matt Kinney quot- hopes to pursue her love for champion. Lunar Gala: VENIN Annual fashion show features student designers, models • B8

02.18.13 Volume 107, Issue 18 ...this week only 3 Phipps The opening of the Center for Sustainable Landscapes is a new stride in green buildings. 4 Carmina Burana Conductor Robert Page presents his last concert with the Carnegie Mellon choirs. 5 Allstar Weekend Wednesday’s fun, energetic concert excites teens with the band’s high-energy sound. 6 12 Angry Men Scotch’n’Soda presents the classic drama with a more diverse cast. 7 Bientôt l’été A simple and unexpectedly deep video game fosters emotional connections. 8 Lunar Gala The annual fashion show features student designers, models, and performers. 10 Reading 8 Three alumnae from the Carnegie Mellon English department present their work.

4 5 6 10 regulars...... diversions

3 Advice 11 Comics Everything you need to know about Steam for Read about tactful breakups and admirable Linux and choosing a guy. career goals in this week’s comics. 5 Paperhouse 13 Puzzles Paperhouse talks about the new Black Marbles The puzzles are hard this week, so you’ll have album, A Different Arrangement. to think to solve them. 7 Dollar Movie 14 Horoscopes AB Films presents three movies this week, This week’s horoscopes are best served with lo including The Perks of Being a Wallflower. mein or fried rice. 10 Did You Know? 15 Calendar Did you know that the Margaret Morrison See what’s going on in Pittsburgh and on Nursery is also used for psychology research? campus this week.

PUBLISHER Jennifer Coloma EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Josh Smith PILLBOX EDITOR Rachel Cohen Assistant Pillbox Editor Laura Scherb COMICS EDITOR Kairavi Chahal ART EDITOR Annette Ko PHOTO EDITOR Kate Groschner COPY MANAGER Evan Kahn COVER José Lopez

The Tartan . Box 119 . UC Suite 103 . Carnegie Mellon University . 5000 Forbes Ave . Pittsburgh, PA 15213 . www.thetartan.org . © 2013 The Tartan Conservatory goes green Advice for awkward people Center for Sustainable Landscapes opens at Phipps About Steam for Linux and choosing dudes

Dear Patrick, Dear Patrick, I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times: I want The facility produces water through a rainwater to live in Phipps Conservatory. Is there anything collection system that stores and filters water Running Linux was the I’m interested in these that the botanical gardens can’t accomplish? The through the use of lagoons, constructed wetlands, only thing keeping me two dudes and can’t answer seems to be a resounding no, especially with and permeable parking pavement. Electricity is from spending all my free choose between them. the recent addition of their new green building: the produced and conserved with photovoltaic panels time playing video games, Worse still, they’re Center for Sustainable Landscapes (CSL). (solar panels), a vertical wind turbine, and a direct but Steam for Linux just friends, and I don’t want digital control building management system. came out, and now I’m to do anything to mess Officially open as of Tuesday, the CSL — the center’s worried I’ll spend all up their friendship. I think fashionable acronym — is a crucial, innovative step The results of these efforts are 200 gallons of water my time playing games I’d have a shot with either in the nationwide craze for sustainability. and 125 kilowatts of electricity produced each day — instead of going to class one; all that’s left to do is quite an impressive amount for such a small facility. — or, more importantly, choose. How? The building — which was designed by a If the CSL is able to uphold these standards for a bars. What can I do to conglomeration of Pennsylvanian designers, year and collect the data necessary to back those resist the Steam sale’s Thanks, engineers, architects, and contractors — is the qualifications, it will qualify for the international siren song? Either Valentine Excites winner of two international awards for sustainable Living Building Challenge, one of the most honorable Romantic Yearning, buildings: the Leadership in Environmental and and competitive awards that can be bestowed upon Thanks, Requires Organizing My Energy Design (LEED) Platinum and the Sustainable a green building. Uselessly Laboring, Choices Or May Shortly Sites Initiative certifications. Yearning Silencing Terminate Any Romance While the $23 million project is breathtaking Steam’s Endless According to the information that is presented on paper, the realized vision is unfortunately Serenade Dear EVERY ROM COM throughout the building, the LEED Platinum underwhelming. While visitors can easily see STAR, certification is the highest level of recognition for the lagoons and solar panels, it’s hard to truly Dear ULYSSES, environmentally friendly buildings. appreciate the vast strides that the facility has made Why choose? Hey, man, in sustainable building and landscape: The dull As far as I know, there are it’s the 21st century; we’re According to CSL docent Sibylle Ingold, the concrete building is unfinished, not very visually only two known methods pretty free-wheeling. You’re Sustainable Sites Initiative award was given to engaging, and lacking in visitor resources, save for a for resisting a siren’s song: all consenting adults recognize that the CSL is a zero-water, zero-energy docent and interactive computer. The result doesn’t Stuff your ears with wax or (hopefully), and as long as facility. As the friendly docents who guide the daily do justice to the amazing environmental efforts of the tie yourself to a ship’s mast. they’re cool with it, you may 1 p.m. tours will explain, that means that the Conservatory. Metaphorically, of course. not have to choose. Don’t building has a net usage of zero gallons of water and Stuffing your ears with wax worry about ruining their zero watts of electricity. That being said, I have high hopes for this incredible would mean uninstalling friendship. You’ll make them project. Phipps as a whole consistently presents Steam and all those games. more than friends: You’ll exhaustively-researched, well-organized, well- Pretend you’ve never heard make them Eskimo brothers. funded, and creatively presented efforts. This project of it. Wait to install it again in particular has the added importance of being until after the semester is Okay, maybe you’re not a building that has attained three international over. But the dulcet tones down with that. Or they’re awards. of cheap games are already not. (Bunch of squares. Did ringing in your ears. Austin Powers teach us Phipps isn’t going to drop the ball; it’s just possible nothing?) Either way, you’ll they tossed it into the public court a little too early. The only solution, then, is actually have to choose. You to have your crewmen strap could make a pro/con list, or you to the mast — in other actually get to know them, or Laura Scherb | Assistant Pillbox Editor words, willpower — by whatever. But if they’re really which I mean having friends so interchangeable that you For more information on the CSL, please visit willing to drag you to class can’t choose, then you may phipps.conservatory.org. You can also follow updates and bars. I know, friends as well just flip a coin. That’s to the entire Conservatory @phippsnews and ask suck. But it must be done! how I solve all my difficult questions directly about the Center for Sustainable If you keep strong, you may decisions, like which bar to Living with #askcsl on Twitter. finally lay eyes on your sweet go to. Penelope. By which I mean some drunk chick at a bar. The answer’s the one with cheap beer, Reading The Odyssey Patrick Hoskins in high school is finally The Center for Sustainable Landscapes’ rainwater paying off, run-off is stored in this lagoon, which uses the Patrick Hoskins Need advice? Send queries roots of reeds to filter the water. to [email protected].

Laura Scherb | Assistant Pillbox Editor

community pillbox 02.18.13 3 Page presents his final performance Stunning rendition of Carmina Burana marks conductor’s last concert at Carnegie Mellon

Never before has a passage of music sounded more energy reflects the piece’s text, which journeys from radiated more intensity than nearly anyone else onstage. like a sexual climax than in Carnegie Mellon alumna philosophical ruminations on wealth to great raucous Also commendable were Manriquez and Carver, both Elisabeth Turchi’s magnificent rendition of “Dulcissime,” numbers about drinking, gambling, and sex. This drama, master pianists by their own right who came together a movement of Carl Orff’s famous classical “scenic coupled with Page’s characteristic chutzpah, made for a under Page’s baton to celebrate his last concert. cantata” Carmina Burana. And what better way than passionate night. through great primal passion — and through one of the Although Carl Orff wrote Carmina primarily for the most famous classical pieces of all time — to celebrate This passion took a few different forms over the course of chorus, many of his vocal parts sit in an uncomfortably the final concert of Robert Page, the venerated maestro Saturday night. It was certainly contagious in the choir, high range in the human voice. Turchi mastered this and director of choral studies at Carnegie Mellon. and one could easily pick out singers head-banging range the moment she stood from her chair. The piece’s during movements with driving beats. But as junior single tenor solo depicts a stumbling drunk singing in a His exit marks a turning point for the College of Fine composition student and back-row head-banger Sean stratospheric wail. He acted out the part of the drunk by Arts. Page is indubitably one of the greatest choral Salamon astutely observed, “How can you not rock out to frequently breaking the fourth wall, once even looking conductors of our time, and can be credited significantly Carmina Burana?” at the score over Page’s shoulder (the maestro turned to for shaping the world-renowned voice department at the him, apparently aghast). The tenor’s acting more than School of Music. Carmina Burana is one of his signature Considering that the student singers had only a month made up for the slight weakness in his voice. pieces: He won a Grammy for his recording of Carmina to prepare — and that the soloists didn’t rehearse with with the Cleveland Orchestra with Michael Tilson the choir until two days before the show — they did Lazich had a sonorous and luscious voice in his lower Thomas, and conducted the piece with the Prague Radio an incredible job. Page elicited spitting diction and an range, but his part goes rather high as well. There were Symphony Orchestra in 1997. enormous vocal force for all the choral movements of the some points in the performances when one was worried piece, especially from the men. Most impressive of all he wouldn’t make all his notes, and the tension he The joint Carnegie Mellon choirs, the Carnegie Mellon were the short solos from certain chorus members. exuded in the upper register of his voice was unnerving. Percussion Ensemble, School of Music faculty pianists He also had a tendency to slide from one note to another Luz Manriquez and Mark Carver, and featured soloists It’s rather unfortunate that the School of Music didn’t — a practical rather than a stylistic choice — which including Turchi (CFA ’99) presented the piece to a have the resources to perform the full-scale version of was largely a turnoff. He also acted out his part, but after packed house at the Pittsburgh School for the Creative the work. What would have been moments to highlight a the tenor’s solo, his movements seemed like a cheap and Performing Arts (CAPA) on Saturday, with a repeat large ensemble in the full version of Carmina came off as imitation of McCartney’s. performance yesterday at St. John Vianney Church in dry and flat in this arrangement. South Hills. The two other alumni soloists were tenor The soloists aside, the last few movements of the cantata Dillon McCartney (CFA ’92) and baritone Dimitrie Lazich. That is to say, the arrangement was entirely at fault. The were riveting. During the reprise of “O Fortuna,” Page Carnegie Mellon Percussion Ensemble, a conglomerate — usually hunched over like a noble crow — seemed Carmina Burana — especially the movement that serves of undergraduate and graduate percussion performance to grow a head taller. The audience saw, for at least a as its beginning and end, “O Fortuna” — is practically a majors, subtly showcased some of the best talent of minute, the great conductor as a spry young man. His stereotype for heightened drama, having been used as the night, managing to accentuate the piece’s drama heart and music have never grown stiff with age. incidental music for Gatorade commercials, the BBC’s without stealing the spotlight from the singers. Master’s World Cup coverage, and Pittsburgh Pirates games. This student in percussion performance Lily Hoi, in particular, Evan Kahn | Copy Manager

music 4 pillbox 02.18.13 Allstar Weekend shakes it up Paperhouse Boy band thrills teens with high-energy concert On Black Marble

Teens of Pittsburgh were in for a great treat last One boy knocked his way to the front, abandoning My favorite new album at WRCT has been coldwave band Wednesday when California-based pop band his girlfriend in the back with all the preteen girls, Black Marble’s A Different Arrangement. Like much of Allstar Weekend performed at the Altar Bar. The where he proceeded to sing his heart out along with Black Marble’s other source material, the album’s vocals band is famous for its catchy pop songs, such as the lead singer. The band’s alternative rock style and are reminiscent of a low-key Ian Curtis, further developing “Hey, Princess,” which was featured on the Disney the lead singer’s inspirational messages between the sound of their earlier Weight Against the Door EP. Channel. songs made for a very enjoyable performance. Here, the typically subdued tension between the angular synthesizers and human melancholia is at its zenith. Allstar Weekend was no stranger to the venue; the There was a sizable time gap between Cute Is What band had performed there last year as well. This stop We Aim For’s performance and Allstar Weekend’s A Different Arrangement surveys a wide variety of on the tour was Allstar Weekend’s last; the band is appearance. The audience started to get restless and sounds, from the radiant, bouncing ebullience of “A Great taking a hiatus after this concert, so Wednesday’s chanted for Allstar Weekend to come on stage. When Design” to the haunted-playground bop of “Limitations,” performance was a chance for fans to say goodbye to the band finally appeared, it was met with shrill juxtaposing sampled rim-drum tracks with layers of the beloved boy band. screams. sentimental synth melodies. Warm basslines shapeshift across the album’s runtime and vintage synthesizer The show kicked off with a native Pittsburgh band Allstar Weekend kicked off with one of its arrangements are airy and, at times, so distinctly sculpted called the Sleeper Pick. The four-person pop rock characteristic high-energy pop songs. Lead singer they seem otherworldly. band was a good attempt to start off the show, but Zachary Porter tended to dance around a lot, because the audience was unfamiliar with its songs, doing hip thrusts as he sang, while lead guitarist “A certain handmade feeling is what we’re after,” Stewart it was hard to raise the energy of the crowd and Cameron Quiseng preferred to stand still and explained in an interview with Hardly Art, the record label. people started getting restless. smile seductively at the audience. It was slightly “The music doesn’t have to be complex, but it’s more disappointing that this band had the weakest vocals important to carry some residue of the process, especially Thankfully, the next band, Beneath the Sun, had a of the bunch, although most of the audience didn’t when working with what [can sometimes] be construed as larger fan base. With the band members’ outrageous seem to mind. cold-sounding electronics. It’s humanizing.” hair and fresh new talent, fans were eager to scream along to their music. In the middle of the concert, the band members Black Marble’s latest album certainly embodies an analog announced that this was their last tour as Allstar quality that brings life to otherwise unfeeling electronic The next performance was given by YouTube star Weekend and thanked their fans. They also popped music. The textural complexities to which Stewart refers Tiffany Alvord. Although she was very talented and out with “Musical Twerks,” an Allstar Weekend can only be fully appreciated after multiple listens, allowing sweet, her songs were met with derision from the tradition where they pull out members of the the soundscapes to sink in further, quietly addictive. audience. Her music style was very different from audience to dance on stage. Porter’s comment that that of the rest of the bands, as her voice was only the girls could use his mic stand as a stripper pole If Weight Against the Door constituted a long, cold night, accompanied by her acoustic guitar. Amid laughter was a little inappropriate considering that most of then A Different Arrangement heralds the moment when and remarks of, “Why is she here?” Tiffany Alvord his fans in the audience were in high school, but the radiator finally sputters to life, flooding the room with struggled to capture the attention of fans who were they seemed to love the comment. When the boys heat as the sun rises over a horizon of Brutalist tower really only interested in the boy bands to follow. left the stage, fans started screaming for an encore, blocks. The homemade soundtrack to a still, uncertain and the band finally reemerged in denim overalls and dawn, A Different Arrangement is a striking evolution in The second-to-last band, Cute Is What We Aim finished with a dance for the fans. Black Marble’s sound. For, caused a huge stir in the crowd. Many people had come just to see them, so there was a huge After the concert, the crowd was given a chance Chloe Lula | Staffwriter surge in the crowd when they appeared on stage. to meet and greet all of the above bands that had performed. All of the musicians were selling merchandise, and most of them were by their tables talking to fans. They were all very friendly and open to chatting, giving out autographs, and talking about top 10 on WRCT 88.3 FM their music. most played albums of the last week Overall the concert was very enjoyable. The upbeat 1 Beagle Brothers — Dancers of the Drunken Two-Step/ songs excited the crowd, and the pop rock music Architects of the Bloomfield Sound was a good mix to let loose to on a Wednesday night. 2 Tame Impala — Lonerism 3 Majeure — Solar Maximum 4 Submotion Orchestra — Fragments Sophia Chang | Junior Staffwriter 5 Lindstrom — Smalhans 6 Flying Lotus — Until the Quiet Comes 7 Alt-J — An Awesome Wave 8 Rotten Sound — Species at War Allstar Weekend lead singer Zach Porter energized 9 Delicious Pastries — Pretty Please his audience at the Altar Bar last Wednesday. 10 Neighbours — Neighbours Sophia Chang | Junior Photographer music pillbox 02.18.13 5 12 Angry Men examines human nature Strong performances and powerful story come together for compelling show

Scotch’n’Soda Theater put on a production last Friday The play itself was remarkably tightly woven and major Erika Tang was also very noteworthy in her and Saturday of 12 Angry Men, a drama concerning dramatic; every detail was intrinsically important or portrayal of Juror 9, an observant old woman who seems 12 jurors who are tasked with determining the guilt or revealing. Throughout the piece, there was a very real to go off on miscellaneous tangents, but whose words innocence of a boy charged with homicide. sense of frustration and tension between each of the carry a deeper significance. Lastly, master’s student in jurors, which fluctuated between the scenes of the play. design Shree Lakshmi Rao’s portrayal of Juror 11, an Despite the title, the cast of jurors included women as Audience members were intently sitting upright in their immigrant with strong moral principles, was also very well as men. Compared to traditional productions, this seats as they watched the play, which spoke to its tense moving. production featured a much more diverse cast, which atmosphere. played to its benefit; the cast resonated much more In addition to the strong performances, the play featured with a modern-day American audience, touching upon Keeping true to the title, the focus of the production was several striking and memorable scenes. In one scene, themes related to race and gender. the jurors themselves. The cast portraying the jurors was Jurors 3 and 8 attempt to reenact the scene of the very talented; each actor gave a unique and memorable murder, with Juror 3 pointing a switchblade down at The staging was relatively understated, with much performance. Of special mention is junior Bachelor of Juror 8’s chest. This scene comes after an exchange of the attention going toward the people in the jury Computer Science and Arts student Andrew Bueno, who between two other jurors, in which it is stated that room. However, it was extraordinary to note that the played Juror 8, the dissenting juror who was the first anyone has the potential to commit murder. The other set featured running water and electricity, showing the person to vote “not guilty.” Bueno gave an outstanding jurors’ collective jump as Juror 3 motions to “stab” Juror great deal of effort that was put into every aspect of the performance as the calm and controlled yet passionate 8 startled the audience, making the subsequent short bit production. objector who manages to sway the opinions of his fellow of comedic relief all the more hilarious. jurors. Although the play was generally enjoyable, the In another scene, the jurors decided one by one to turn implementation of the ’50s-era dialogue was less than Opposing Bueno’s character was Juror 3, played by their backs to Juror 10, played by senior decision science seamless. The actors’ rendition of the slang expressions senior decision science major Kevin Handerhan, who major Christopher Sparks. Juror 10 is a garage owner sounded somewhat awkward and forced at times, but it gave a solid performance as a vociferous older man who is highly intolerant of people who live in the slums. became less of an issue as the play went on. fostering bitterness toward his son. Senior economics The jurors’ actions were in response to Juror 10’s rant on the untrustworthiness of poor people. In the end, with no one listening to him, 10 backed into a corner and remained silent for the rest of the play. This scene spoke greatly to the power of the simplest of human gestures in making a difference.

The play raised very important questions regarding the American judicial system and the meaning of “reasonable doubt.” It made one wonder what would have happened in the same case without a conscientious objector; as the play pointed out, “People make mistakes all the time.” Those mistakes have led to innocent people being sentenced to death.

12 Angry Men was more than just a commentary on the American judicial system. The play was also an examination of human nature: our hypocrisies and prejudices, as well as our better angels of responsibility and morality. It looked at what makes us tick, and how the smallest things can affect our decisions.

Scotch’n’Soda’s production of 12 Angry Men was truly a unique experience. Its greatest strength lay in the simple, undiluted power of its personalities, which created a strong emotional connection between the characters and the audience. As director and junior voice major James Alexander states in the playbill, “You don’t need flashy special effects or musical numbers to hold an audience’s attention, because a powerful script with a talented cast can be just as compelling.” Haley Bryant | Junior Photographer Despite the title, Scotch’n’Soda’s production of 12 Angry Men featured a cast of mixed gender, including fifth-year architecture major Richman Neumann (Juror 12, left) and master’s design student Shree Lakshmi Rao (Juror 11, Xiyu Wang | Junior Staffwriter right).

theater 6 pillbox 02.18.13 Bientôt l’été is charming, simple, and sweet Video game is uniquely centered on emotionally connecting with a stranger

You are flying through a field of stars. You hit a key on You also have the ability to close your eyes, which expanse of space is not only a risk, but also a great the keyboard, confused. A string of words appears before reveals what this world truly is: a hologram. According artistic undertaking. you: “This is not a game to be won. Do not want or think. to the developer Tale of Tales’ description of the game, Just be.” this is all taking place in an Intergalactic Holocom Being a self-described gamer, if the premise of this Transmitter II in deep space. This may be a bit weird, game was proposed to me directly, I would be extremely So begins the game Bientôt l’été — or in English, It’s but the main point of the game becomes apparent when skeptical and would probably avoid it to some degree. Nearly Summer. The game then asks you to decide you turn around, looking away from the sea. However, going into this game without a firm grasp of between a male or female avatar. In most games, this what to expect, I was pleasantly surprised. Admittedly, would be where the major choices end. But in Bientôt A little distance behind the starting point is a house, the actual conversations themselves were random and l’été, the choices have barely begun. which you can enter. When you do, you sit down at a confusing. According to the blog of programmer Michaël table with an empty chess board (with nothing but a Samyn, that was the point. But in my experience, this After you decide, your avatar is dropped on an ethereal king, if it’s your first time), a wine glass, an ashtray, and mirrors actual relationships, at least to some extent (even beach, dressed simply in white. Seagulls fly around, some cigarettes. The game then searches the Internet though for some reason most of my dialogue options waves lap at your feet, ambient music plays in the for a companion (someone playing the opposite sex). were about wine). background, and the game provides a supremely This other player appears as a digital apparition across calming experience. You can walk along the beach in the table from you. If you’re coming into Bientôt l’été expecting a normal either direction. As you do, the music changes from the video game, prepare to be disappointed (and probably simple, light ditties to include deep bass notes, giving This is the crux of the game: to have a simulated shocked). Come into it with an open mind, expecting an eerie feeling. The horizon then slowly fades away, conversation with another person over a game of more of a calm experience than something to play and revealing a sky of spinning stars and planets. Walk far chess. When I realized that the conversation and small beat, and you will be treated to something remarkable. enough and you will come across an impassable barrier interactions that occur within the house were the This is a prime example of an “artistic game” — — the avatar of the opposite sex staring back at you, driving points of the game, my mind was blown. Having something to be admired and pondered, rather than mimicking your movements. a game with the purpose of establishing some sort of treated with a competitive mindset. As the game connection with someone you can’t see, playing as two reminds you when it begins, it is important to “just be.” characters who are — again, according to computer game developer Tale of Tales — deeply in love, and attempting to maintain a relationship across the vast Ryan Black | Junior Staffwriter

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Anyone who read this book in high school remembers We can all agree that Jim Carrey has made some very The Iron Lady is a run-of-the-mill biopic with nearly no it. Stephen Chbosky’s text was so formative to so many bad decisions. But we can also agree that, when given flavor, detailing the glory years of Margaret Thatcher’s young people around the turn of the millenium that an intelligent script, he has an exciting, unique, and reign. But at least there’s Meryl Streep, right? Streep I’m surprised it took this long to adapt to a film. Alas, tragicomic personality (see Eternal Sunshine of the has garnered such an absurd amount of esteem among we are treated to a perfectly reasonable adaptation of Spotless Mind, The Cable Guy). I Love You Phillip Morris acting appreciators that this reasonably wretched film Chbosky’s book. The author, a Pittsburgh native, also gives Carrey a great opportunity to play those chops was allowed to win Streep an Academy Award for her directed the film, starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, again. He stars as a con-artist and impostor willing to work. The film follows Thatcher through a variety of and Ezra Miller. It chronicles the struggles of Charlie, a escape from multiple prisons to be with the love of his life-changing events and her personal struggles as a high-school social outcast, as he tries to fit in. College life (Ewan McGregor). powerful woman. students are a little outside the target audience and the film plays unironically. But it’s an honest attempt at true, emotional filmmaking that mostly works: a major accomplishment these days.

games pillbox 02.18.13 7 Laura West, set to a peppy remix of a song by French pop group Yelle. The dresses featured plenty of ruffles ACT 1 ACT 2 Lunar Gala 2013: VENIN bares its fangs and were all made of the same unusual material: paper. As Lunar Gala’s website explains, “Her collection aims to EXPRESSION IN WHITE ELECTRIC LICK Annual student fashion show stuns audiences with professionalism, student innovation redefine what a wedding dress can be. By constructing Laura West (senior design major) Choreographers: Nancy Geronian (junior the wedding dress out of a more sustainable material, statistics major) paper, she aim[s] to put more importance on the QUARTZ Alyssa Gerharter (senior computer science major) memories of the day rather than the artifacts that are Samantha Chiu (sophomore BHA student) [ by Anna Walsh | Contributing Editor ] left over.” Since the dresses were all made of the same Antonio Ono (sophomore design major) ECT material, the designs for all eight dresses were very Erica Tong (senior architecture major) Pulsing music sets the beat for the model strutting down similar. YOUNIQUE the catwalk. She strikes a pose for the myriad clicking Women’s Boutique PUNK cameras recording her outfit: black leggings, a black “Quartz,” by sophomore design major Antonio Ono Scott Alberstein (junior design major) long-sleeved shirt, and a high silver collar reminiscent and sophomore Bachelor of Humanities and Arts A MINOR IN BLUE Nigel Alcorn (junior design major) of a visor on a suit of armor. She struts back down the student Samantha Chiu, featured a collection of eight Edie Ofstedal (first-year music major) catwalk toward the fog billowing out at one end. all-white outfits with geometric details that, according Julia Emmons (first-year music major) MODCLOTH to Lunar Gala’s website, “focuses on the tensions Women’s Boutique This high fashion event didn’t take place on a runway between structure and gravity, light and form, and the TWOFOLD in New York or Paris. It happened in Wiegand Gym last manufactured world versus the natural world.” Oshie Merski (sophomore design major) OPPIDAN WINTER Saturday, as part of Carnegie Mellon’s annual Lunar Rain Chan-Kalin (fifth-year architecture and Gala. Although Kate Spade was originally listed as a boutique SENSE & SENSIBILITY philosophy double major) whose clothes would be modeled in the show, clothing Angela Thomas (first-year biology major) Although Saturday’s show was under four hours long, line Younique showed instead. MILK & TINDER the members of Lunar Gala have been working on the DS COMPANY Amanda Yuan (junior English major) fashion show since last April, according to Alexander The rest of the designers in the first act fit the theme of Choreographer: Lila Fagen (junior design major) DeRonde, an executive producer for Lunar Gala and a a lighter spectrum, with several of the lines featuring JUPE/PANELLA senior Bachelor of Humanities and Arts student studying pastel colors, lace and chiffon fabrics, and interesting NECROMANCING Women’s Boutique communication design and decision science. geometric shapes. “Sense & Sensibility,” a line by first- Ibrahim Garcia-Bengochea (fifth-year architecture year biology major Angela Thomas, stayed true to her major) PUSSYCAT José Lopez | Staff Photographer This year’s theme of venin — the toxic substances found muse of Jane Austen with dreamy, pastel dresses and Women’s Boutique Below left: Laura West designed wedding dresses out of tissue paper. Above: “Twofold” by Oshie Merski in the venom of snakes — was inspired by the Chinese dapper bow ties and pastel pants for men. SIROC featured hot pink leggings paired with geometric gray shirts. New Year, DeRonde said. “The past three years have Andrea Gershuny (first-year art major) SOULSTYLZ been pretty vague themes because we don’t like to Another highlight was “Mobier,” a shoe collection by Christin Bongiorni (first-year art major) Choreographer: Andrew Capodieci (master’s constrict the fashion designers,” he explained. “But this and we went into this year knowing that we wanted to important in the larger Pittsburgh community.” fourth-year architecture majors Morgan Stampf and Lorena Lopez (junior art major) student in robotics) year, we wanted to do something a little bit different, have a theme with the show.” Scott Harrison. The shoes were structurally impressive: Heather Cowie (first-year art major) Participation in the gala was selective. Designers had They were all highly geometric tan shoes with black Angelique Rein (sophomore Japanese student) WANDERLUST He and the other members of the Lunar Gala executive to submit their proposed lines in the middle of the ribbon details that were probably impossible to walk in, Alanna Fusaro (junior design major) board — including fellow executive producers Chris fall semester; ultimately, 19 lines were selected for but looked like works of art. VALIANT Ioffreda, a senior design major, and Joanne Yun, a senior the fashion show. Over 200 students auditioned to be Alex Wolfe (fifth-year computer science and arts CINE technical writing major — decided that as part of the models, but only about 60 were chosen. The second act of the show featured darker colors major) Lilian Kong (senior design major) theme, the designers’ lines would progress from light and heavier fabrics. “Oppidan Winter” by fifth-year to dark. “We wanted half the designers to fit into the Once selected, the participants had to put in hours architecture and philosophy double major Rain Chan- DECADE BINARY light spectrum and half the designers to fit into the dark of work every week. Maureen Griswold, a Lunar Gala Kalin mixed heavy winter fabrics with dark-colored Men’s Boutique Maureen Griswold (senior design major) spectrum,” DeRonde said. designer and senior industrial design major, explained, chiffon in well-crafted outfits for both men and women. “You had to go to every rehearsal, and rehearsals were MOBIER PROXY The emphasis on theme wasn’t the only change to this once a week usually in the evening [for about three The second act also included the most raucous moment Morgan Stampf (senior architecture major) Rachel Ciavarella (sophomore design major) year’s show. Lunar Gala’s board decided to add multiple hours] … and last week before the show there was of the evening, when men and women modeled for Scott Harrison (senior architecture major) elements to the show, including video art created practice every day.” Pussycat, a lingerie boutique. Audience members exclusively for Lunar Gala; 360-degree photographs of cheered wildly for their friends, and when all the models ADVECTION every outfit; promotional videos by cmuTV; and a mobile All of that work culminated in Saturday’s event, which for the boutique came out together at the end, they Colleen Clifford (sophomore architecture major) application that Gala attendees could view to learn more featured three dance groups, five local boutiques, six broke their serious poses for the first time in the evening about the designs. visual artists, 19 student-designed lines, nearly 60 to dance along to the music. L’APPEL DU VIDE models, and almost 200 outfits. Andreea Manolache (fifth-year Bachelor of By incorporating more technology into the event, “we Suddenly, a dancer for hip-hop dance team Soulstylz Science and Arts student) thought we could really strengthen our image and For the fashion show, Wiegand Gym was transformed came out on stage and began dancing between the lines John Brieger (junior computer science major) draw in some people that maybe wouldn’t normally be into a dramatic space, with the catwalk striking out into of models. The rest of the dancers in the troupe soon José Lopez | Staff Photographer interested [in the show],” DeRonde said. the middle of the gym from a black curtain backdrop joined him, and they kept the audience cheering with with mounted video screens. The seating area was their impressive, high-energy dancing. a visor on a suit of armor. Dark and experimental, it everyone to attend the official after-party at Club Whim The board also decided to turn to an outside public packed, so for those who were sitting farther from the was a far cry from the white paper dresses that began in the South Side. As the audience members poured out relations firm, Pretty Living PR, for help in promoting the runway, there were multiple video cameras recording The final line of the evening — “Proxy,” by sophomore the show, and exemplified the wide range of designs of the gym, dancing to Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop” as it event. “[Lunar Gala is] the largest student-run event on the models as they strutted down the catwalk, and the design major Rachel Ciavarella — was by far the most featured in the show. blared over the speakers, they chattered excitedly about campus, and we sort of realized that we’d reached a wall footage was broadcasted on several of the screens. experimental line of the evening. Models wore simple, all the fashion talent they had just witnessed. Carnegie when it comes to campus publicity, because we really all-black outfits with wild appendages; one model was At the close of the show, the executive producers Mellon may not have a fashion design program, but exhausted our resources on campus,” DeRonde said. “We The show kicked off with “Expression in White,” a encased in what looked like a white plastic ribcage, thanked a long list of people and raffled off a Kate Spade Lunar Gala proved yet again that there is still plenty of José Lopez | Staff Photographer wanted to turn the fashion show into something that’s collection of wedding dresses by senior design major while another wore a high silver collar reminiscent of handbag before closing the evening, encouraging fashion talent on campus.

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The Thistle gets a new yearbook Three writers refer to Pittsburgh roots in their poetry office in the hopes of recruiting more students to participate in the Carnegie Three Carnegie Mellon alumnae came to Baker Hall’s at Carnegie Mellon and how she felt that current 100 Tech yearbook. Photos are needed years ago Adamson Wing on Thursday to read their poetry as students should take advantage of their experience. and requests include the beautiful and part of the English department’s Alumni Reading Smith’s down-to-earth reading style complemented Jan. 30, 1913 not-so-beautiful things on campus, Series. the sharp wit of her poetry, making her the most as well as photos of Panther Hollow, successful of the three readers. Schenley Park, and the students and Lillian-Yvonne Bertram (DC ’06), Sarah Smith (DC staff that make up the campus. ’05), and Anne Marie Rooney (DC ’07) all pursued The last reader was Bertram, who began with a further education after graduating from Carnegie poem about Pittsburgh. “Strip District Eclogue” An interview with Marilyn Hammond, Mellon. Bertram earned her master’s degree in drew from Bertram’s experiences within the city. a home economics teacher and fine arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana- 50 supervisor of the Margaret Morrison Champagne and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at Of the three poets, Bertram was the most abstract. years ago Nursery, sheds light on the purpose the University of Utah; Smith earned her MFA at the Bertram’s poems were often based in generous of an on-campus nursery: The University of Texas at Austin; and Rooney earned poetic license fitted within precise form; in a couple Feb. 27, 1963 children are carefully selected to give her MFA at Cornell University. Bertram, Smith, and of poems her experimental style detracted from the psychology students the chance Rooney have all recently published books; Bertram’s powerful emotion of her poetry. Bertram’s location- to evaluate real children for a more But a Storm is Blowing From Paradise, Smith’s I Live based poems, like “Strip District Eclogue” and her practical approach to their studies. in a Hut, and Rooney’s Spitshine were all published two fractals (a form of poetry she invented), had in 2012. the most impact out of the poems she read; her An editorial article urges the language made it easy for the listener to imagine her administration to name the newest The Adamson Wing was filled almost to full capacity in those settings. 25 campus dormitory after alumna Judith for the reading; students and faculty from Carnegie years ago Resnik, who was killed in the 1986 Mellon’s English department made up the bulk of Bertram, Smith, and Rooney finished the reading Challenger space shuttle explosion. the audience. with a Q & A session, describing their creative Feb. 16, 1988 She held a Ph.D. in electrical processes, inspiration behind their poetry, and engineering from Tech, was a member Rooney’s poems were decidedly dark; words like their perspectives on pursuing education past an of a sorority, wrote for The Tartan, and “black” and “darkness” wove a common thread undergraduate degree. In terms of writing poetry, played classical piano. throughout her poetry, capturing the essence of Bertram said, “It’s like trying to call a cat; it doesn’t the traditional tortured artist. At times, it felt a really come when you want it to.” The weekly Person’s Opinion asks little heavy for the lighthearted atmosphere of the students, “Why is it so cold?” Answers Adamson Wing. It’s clear that all three artists keep strong ties range from comments on the time to Carnegie Mellon: Although a good portion of 10 Rooney ended with some unpublished poetry, the reading carried a serious, thought-provoking years ago of year to “Because God hates Pittsburgh” and “Because Punxatawney including a poem dedicated to Carnegie Mellon’s tone, the many poems dedicated to the university Feb. 17, 2003 Phil hates Pittsburgh.” Some students Greek Quad, where Rooney said she had spent a lot and to Pittsburgh made the reading an enjoyable are more optimistic and claim that of time her first year at the university. celebration of Carnegie Mellon alumnae. patience is the secret to withstanding Pittsburgh winters. Smith continued the readings with selections from her book, I Live in a Hut, and ended with an Brian Trimboli | Assistant News Editor The University Athletic Association unfinished poem dedicated to her mother, who was names 59 varsity athletes to its All- in attendance. Smith’s work was characterized by Academic Recognition list for the a dry, sarcastic wit that drew regular interjections years5 ago winter sports season of 2008. To of laughter from the audience. Her poems were be eligible for the honor, students generally more narrative than Rooney’s, relying Feb. 18, 2008 must have completed a full year of less on figurative language and more on detailed coursework and earned a 3.2 QPA. descriptions of relatively normal scenes that, despite Recipients of the award represent a their mundane nature, captured the full spectrum of variety of sports for both sexes. human emotion.

The School of Drama presents a But like Rooney’s work, Smith’s poems were rendition of the musical Hair that is, sardonic and dark; she warned before reading what as senior directing major Christian she called a Valentine’s Day poem that “like many year1 ago Fleming describes it, “Vibrant. Visceral. things in I Live in a Hut, it’s a little bleak.” Indeed, Introspective.” Students are equally most of Smith’s poems deal with love lost rather than Feb. 20, 2012 impressed with the casting of the play love found. and the instrumental accompaniment. Smith’s last poem was what she called “sort of Jonathan Carreon | Contributing Editor an advice poem,” directed at current Carnegie Carnegie Mellon alumna Anne Marie Rooney read Catherine Spence | Staffwriter Mellon students. Titled “Situational Humor,” the her poetry in the Adamson Wing last Friday. poem captured the essence of Smith’s experience community 10 pillbox 02.18.13 Sudoku Puzzle: Hard Difficulty Kakuro Puzzle: Hard Difficulty

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comics 14pillbox 02.18.13 MONDAY2.18.13 discuss and read portions of her latest book, News From SUNDAY2.24.13 Heaven. A book signing will follow the reading. The event The Black Shades. Garfield Artworks (4931 Penn Ave.). is hosted by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures and is free to the Oscar Night. McConomy Auditorium. 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. public. AB Special Events and ABC Campus Crew present an Kentucky-based garage rock band The Black Shades will Oscar viewing party with free food and chances to win perform at Garfield Artworks with The Lopez and Nick FRIDAY2.22.13 prizes. The event is free for students. Lawless. Film Screening: Danube Hospital. McConomy ONGOING TUESDAY2.19.13 Auditorium. 6:30 p.m. Danube Hospital is an experimental documentary by Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the Brown Bag Chamber Music Concert. McConomy filmmaker Nikolaus Geyrhalter about one of the largest World’s Fairs, 1851–1939. The Carnegie Museum of Art. Auditorium. 12 p.m. hospitals in Europe, located in Austria. The film is Through Feb. 24. The School of Music will put on an hour-long concert presented by Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival This exhibit features works ranging from jewelry to featuring student soloists and chamber music ensembles and the Miller Gallery. furniture that showcase changing tastes in aesthetics and as part of its Brown Bag series. The event is free design within the span of nearly nine decades. and open to the public, and audience members are Scotch Ball. Phipps Conservatory. 8 p.m. encouraged to bring their lunches. The Carnegie Mellon Ballroom Dance Club presents the Power Pixels. Wood Street Galleries. Through April 7. annual Scotch Ball. Students, faculty, and staff are invited The Wood Street Galleries is hosting an exhibit by visual School of Art Lecture Series: Tehching Hsieh. Kresge to dress up for an evening of live jazz music, dancing, and artist Miguel Chevalier that features two self-generative Theater. 5 p.m. performances. Tickets can be purchased at the University video installations. More information and gallery hours are Taiwanese performance artist Tehching Hsieh will give a Center Information Desk. available at woodstreetgalleries.org. lecture as part of the School of Art Lecture Series. Hsieh’s performances typically last for long periods of time — Obvious presents: Goth-Trad. Belvedere’s Ultra-Dive Feminist and... The Mattress Factory. Through May 26. often a year — and are considered explorations of time (4016 Butler St.). 9:30 p.m. This exhibit features works by six female artists from and struggle. The lecture is free and open to the public. Obvious presents Tokyo-based dubstep musician Goth- around the world, aiming to show that feminism is a Trad. The event is $10 at the door and is for ages 21 and multivocal, multigenerational, and multicultural movement, WEDNESDAY2.20.13 up. not a single-issue set of political beliefs. The exhibit was guest-curated by Hilary Robinson, a former professor of The Color Fleet. brillobox (4104 Penn Ave.). 9:30 p.m. SATURDAY2.23.13 art theory and criticism at Carnegie Mellon. Pittsburgh indie pop/rock band The Color Fleet will perform at brillobox with Grand Piano and The Dressed Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll XXXIX. Benedum Center. Frets. The concert is for ages 21 and up. 8:30 p.m. Compiled by Allison Cosby | Contributing Editor This year’s Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll lineup includes Charlie THURSDAY2.21.13 Thomas’ Drifters, Kenny Vance & The Planotones, The Want your event here? Flamingos featuring Terry Johnson, Kathy Young, Josh Email [email protected]. Jennifer Haigh reading. Carnegie Library Main Branch. White Jr., and Pure Gold. More information and tickets 6 p.m. are available at trustarts.org. New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Haigh will

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Kate Groschner | Photo Editor Guest lecturer Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. — one of the world’s largest Shakespeare collections — spoke in the Giant Eagle Auditorium on Friday as part of A Celebration of the Humanities. The afternoon-long event included student presentations and remarks by Dietrich College Dean John Lehoczky and aimed to foster a sense of pride in Carnegie Mellon’s humanities programs.

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