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thetartan.org @thetartan November 14, 2011 Volume 106, Issue 12 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Zuckerberg visits CMU on tour

JACKSON LANE “We beat them,” joked As- egie Mellon tens of thou- memes ... and I just really like Senior Staffwriter sociate Dean of the School sands of dollars each year. Facebook,’ ” he explained. of Computer Science Mark Yet, over 90 percent of the During the event, Zuck- Mark Zuckerberg, the Stehlik, who moderated campus doesn’t have any erberg frequently stated that founder and CEO of Face- Zuckerberg’s talk. chance to hear Mark Zucker- the future of Facebook and book, spoke to and answered Although Facebook em- berg speak while he’s on our social media would be the questions from approximate- ployees had requested that campus,” read the website’s application of the consumer ly 900 Carnegie Mellon stu- description. “Not offering all knowledge gathered by social dents on Tuesday in Wiegand members of the campus com- media to other industries. Gym at the University Center. “The students munity the opportunity to “We’re just starting to get The students in atten- watch the talk isn’t right.” to a place where everyone dance were mostly from the at Carnegie At the event, Stehlik fi rst has these advanced smart- School of Computer Science Mellon who asked Zuckerberg some ques- phones, and we recently just and the department of elec- tions about Facebook’s his- got to a place where you can trical and computer engi- have come tory with Carnegie Mellon assume that everyone has a neering; however, his talk to Facebook and recruiting, and then he Facebook or Twitter account was later uploaded to the opened the fl oor to pre-se- internet via an unauthorized are among lected student questions from See ZUCKERBERG, A3 live-stream video for all to the audience. see. our most “Most of the questions Carnegie Mellon was one productive were about Facebook, and if of three universities that a question vaguely touched Zuckerberg chose to visit on people.” on Zuckerberg’s personal this trip. The other two were life, he would bring it back Harvard University and the —Mark Zuckerberg to Facebook somehow,” said Massachusetts Institute of junior electrical and com- Technology. Facebook founder puter engineering major Alex “When we organized this and CEO Klarfeld, who was in the au- trip to go see a few colleges, dience during the speech, af- Carnegie Mellon was at the ter the event. top of the list,” Zuckerberg the event be held behind “When Zuckerberg was explained at his talk. “The closed doors, a member of asked what his favorite web- students at Carnegie Mellon the audience posted a video site other than Facebook who have come to Facebook recording of the event on the was, and his favorite internet are among our most produc- now-offl ine website ipaytu- meme, his responses were tive people.... I don’t know ition.com. along the lines of, ‘I don’t what you do to them.” “You and I both pay Carn- really know any internet

Mark Zuckerberg answers questions at a press meeting prior to his recruitment talk on Tuesday.

Celia Ludwinski/Operations Manager Fair mixes ice cream, jobs Byron, Kelly share politics BRENT HEARD dents, and she encouraged I learned was directly appli- MADELYN GLYMOUR Staffwriter those interested in getting a cable.” Assistant News Editor summer internship to make However, he recalled the Internships and free ice an appointment with their ca- internship search process Former Congresswomen cream: a combination for reer consultant. with a decidedly less favor- Beverly Byron (D–Md.) and students to enjoy on Tuesday As students entered the able tone. “Finding an intern- Sue Kelly (R–N.Y.) visited evening at the Career and room, they were greeted with ship is not easy,” Pipstein said, Carnegie Mellon last week as Professional Development a bag of candy and fl yers from calling the process “demoral- part of the Congress to Cam- Center’s “Internships: The In- the career center. Every in- izing at times.” He described pus program. side Scoop.” ternship had its own table, all how Lockheed Martin had Byron and Kelly spoke Held in the University of which were organized al- fl own him out to Texas for with a group of about two Center’s Rangos Hall, the phabetically, giving the event an interview, promised to get dozen Carnegie Mellon and self-described “ice cream so- an appearance similar to that back to him promptly, and local high school students cial and internship fair” gave of miniature TOC. never did. Pripstein’s advice about the side of elected of- attendees the opportunity to Some of the most notable for students searching for fi ce that they say voters do not converse with current Carn- names included the Smithso- an internship for the coming understand. egie Mellon students who nian, SpaceX, Thermofi sher summer was, “Start searching Kelly, whose house was held internship positions last Scientifi c, Highmark, Gold- early and get as many applica- damaged by the recent storms summer. man Sachs, Microsoft, and tions in as you can.” along the East Coast, spent Renée Starek, the Mellon Apple. These words were echoed the fi rst several minutes of College of Science career con- Eric Pripstein, a senior ma- by Celete Kato, a senior deci- her interview with The Tartan sultant and assistant director terials science and engineer- sion science and international on the phone trying to deal of the Career and Professional ing major, spoke of his expe- relations and politics major. with a furnace which had ex- Development Center, said rience working for Northrop Kato interned for Com- ploded. that the program began three Grumman, a defense contrac- mand Consulting Group, a se- “Stuff like that happens to years ago, with an MCS stu- tor, the previous summer. curity consulting agency that you in Congress, and no one dent who wanted to share her “The guy who was reading my works with government agen- stops to think about it,” Kelly internship experience with résumé asked about the tools cies such as the Secret Service said. “Furnaces blow up. Air- other students. they had and whether I could and border protection. Her planes get canceled. Fami- Starek stated that the use them,” Pripstein said. work at Command Consulting lies have babies, dogs die, all event “shows the broad range Thinking back to his educa- kinds of things that you think of options” available to stu- tion, he found that “the stuff See INTERNSHIP, A3 of as your normal path of life, and if you’re in Washington, D.C., what are you going to do?” “The people in Washing- ton operate in a bubble. The press in Washington operates in a bubble. They don’t real- ize that we’re people with the same problems that every- body else has,” Kelly added. However, according to By- ron, people in Congress help each other out. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons She told a story about the Former Congresswomen Beverly Byron (top) and Sue Kelly (bottom) time when her son was to discussed their experiences in the House of Representatives. be commissioned in the Air Force in Texas, but to attend other despite the fact that she “We were all friends. And the ceremony, she would and Dellums differ ideologi- I don’t see those friendships have had to miss a vote on a cally. developing today within the budget. Representative Ron “Those are the kind of two-party system, which is Dellums (D–N.C.) prolonged things that members do for unfortunate,” Byron said. debate on an unrelated bill each other,” Byron said. “How “The art of negotiation for a day so that Byron could can you explain that to a con- isn’t dead,” Kelly explained. visit her son without missing stituent? They don’t under- “It’s just at a stalemate right the vote. In return, a year and stand.” now because of the enormous a half later, Byron convinced Byron and Kelly said that push from the radical wings of the House Republicans to cut the reason Congress fi nds it both parties.” short debate and call a vote so hard to get anything done is Byron and Kelly, self-pro- Dellums could attend his son’s because cooperation between claimed moderates, still ar- wedding. ideologically diverse repre- Photo Illustration by Celia Ludwinski/Operations Manager They did this for each sentatives is on the decline. See CONGRESSWOMEN, A3 A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » November 14, 2011

Ilya Zhitomirskiy, Diaspora co-founder, dead at 22 Statistically PATRICK GAGE KELLEY began to spread around the October email from the team, Many publications claimed Publisher tech community.” described the network as a that the high response to the Zhitomirskiy was one of place “where you’ll have to- project may have been in re- Diaspora co-founder Ilya the four students at New York tal control over your privacy, sponse to the privacy-invasive Speaking Zhitomirskiy has passed away University who launched the identity, and data.” environment created by Face- Gerald “Jerry” Sandusky — a former assistant foot- at the age of 22. highly successful Diaspora Begun as a Kickstarter proj- book. ball coach at Penn State University — was arrested and TechCrunch broke the news project. ect with a goal of $10,000, the The cause of his death has charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse of young Sunday, reporting that “word The project, as stated in an project raised over $200,000. not yet been reported. boys. As a result of his arrest and charges, Penn State’s board of trustees decided to fi re the head coach, Joe Pa- terno, and the university’s president, Graham Spanier. CAMPUS NEWS IN BRIEF Here are some facts about the case: INI, EWF awards fellowships Scientists capture nature in 40 to CMU master’s students photos for second GigaBlitz the number of counts of sexual abuse Sandusky is charged with The Information Net- that will help me in a very Scientists from around but it’s around all of us, all of working Institute (INI) and competitive global market- the world have been docu- the time,” said Ken Tammin- Alta Associates’ Executive place,” Karaba said in a uni- menting biodiversity through ga, professor of landscape ar- Women’s Forum (EWF) on versity press release. high-resolution photos since chitecture at Penn State Uni- Information Security, Risk Cali will be the fi rst to re- June in preparation for the versity and one of the event 2002 Management and Privacy ceive the EWF-INI Tara Dar- second GigaBlitz, scheduled organizers, in a university the year Mike McQueary, a graduate assistant coach at Penn State, found Sandusky sexually abusing a awarded Dolly Karaba and byshire Fellowship, which for the week of Dec. 19–26. press release. “Gigapixel im- 10-year-old boy in the locker room Jonida Cali, both master’s provides research assistance The GigaBlitz project is or- agery is a means for us to re- students in INI, fellowships to a fi rst-year graduate stu- ganized by a trio of biologists cord and share data for sites for their graduate studies. dent specializing in informa- and their partners at Carn- that may be widely separat- Karaba will receive the tion security research. egie Mellon’s CREATE Lab. ed, but nevertheless are part 2009 The GigaBlitz project of our everyday lives.” EWF-INI Fellowship, an edu- The Archer Foundation, the year Pennsylvania’s attorney general launched an investigation cational award providing full an organization which helps asks people to capture high- Tamminga and the other of Sandusky tuition and a mentor. students to reach their edu- resolution panoramic images organizers of the GigaBlitz As a result of the fellow- cational goals, provided of their backyards, nearby project currently hope to 46 ship, she will be enrolled in $40,000 for Cali’s fellow- woodlots, or adjacent vacant expand the number of par- the Master of Science in In- ship. Darbyshire is a found- lots. ticipants and sites, while the number of years Paterno was coach before his recent formation Technology-Infor- ing member of EWF and Participants from across simultaneously trying to dismissal mation Security Program, co-founder of the Archer the globe can then access encourage previous partici- Compiled by conducted at Carnegie Mel- Foundation. these images and identify pants to revisit their sites and lon’s Pittsburgh and Silicon “We are thrilled to sup- species in them. update the changes in their Sources: www.CNN.com EMILY DOBLER Valley campuses. port Jonida in her pursuit of “The idea is that biodiver- habitats. “The INI program is help- educational and professional sity isn’t something you fi nd ing me gain wonderful expe- excellence,” Darbyshire said just in a distant national park Compiled by rience in areas of technology in a university press release. or some far-fl ung fi eld site, EMILY DOBLER

Lecture Preview FEATURE PHOTO The Humanities Center ics Seminar series, Shahab Lectures: Imagining Joudaki, a professor of phys- Liskov receives fourth annual Katayanagi Prize Planetarity ics and astronomy at the Uni- versity of California, Irvine, Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. will discuss his theories on Adamson Wing the outstanding problems in (Baker Hall 136A) physics. Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, a He will discuss how scien- professor of English at De- tists, and those outside of the Pauw University and author profession, understand the of The Seven Beauties of Sci- dark sector of the universe in ence Fiction, will be discuss- terms of dark energy, neutri- ing his new book and the nos, and infl ation. Dark en- current theories on science ergy and neutrinos are con- fi ction. His lecture is titled nected through their physical “Alien Earth: Science Fic- effects on distances and the tion, Posthumanism, and The clustering of matter; Joudaki Planet.” will review surveys of these Csicsery-Ronay will share effects on mass. his thoughts on how the in- In the second half of his ternational popularity of the talk, Joudaki will discuss a science fi ction genre has be- method of constraining dark come one of the main factors matter density through its behind the social imagination impact on ionization. He will of hyper-modernization. He share how experiments in the believes that it has become near future may constrain in- more than a literary genre, fl ationary models. that it is now a way of think- ing about the world. CAUSE Speaker Series Friday at 5 p.m. Biomedical Engineering Steinberg Auditorium Seminar Series (Baker Hall A53) Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Nick Salvatore, an Ameri- Doherty Hall 1212 can historian and a profes- SuPing Lyu, the senior sor of American studies at principal scientist and techni- Cornell University, will give Jessica Sochol/Staff cal fellow at Medtronic Cor- a lecture titled “Singing in a Barbara Liskov, Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, received the fourth annual Katayanagi Prize in computer science porate Science and Technol- Strange Land: C.L. Franklin, last Thursday as part of a public lecture in Rashid Auditorium. Liskov was awarded the Research Excellence prize for her work in programming ogy, will give a lecture titled the Black Church, and the languages and distributed systems. Her specifi c Katayanagi Prize includes a $10,000 honorarium. “Implantable Medical Devic- Transformation of America,” es and the Research.” modeled after his newest Lyu’s seminar will focus book. on two topics: the implant- His book paints a portrait able medical devices that are of C.L. Franklin, who was a Campus Crime & Incident Reports in today’s market and the de- civil rights pioneer, a minis- vices that are needed for the ter, and the father of Aretha Theft scription have been distrib- dow of a vehicle parked in the declined and warnings were future. He will discuss how Franklin. In the book, Sal- Nov. 3, 2011 uted so offi cers can be on the East Campus Garage and had issued. vatore describes Franklin’s lookout for her. stolen a laptop. The laptop’s industrial scientists and engi- University Police were LP-recorded sermons and case was later recovered and neers conduct their research called for a report of stolen explores the rumors about turned in. This investigation is Disorderly Conduct to develop products. Gradu- computer equipment from his alcoholism, extramarital Odor of Marijuana still ongoing. Nov. 7, 2011 ate students interested in in- Doherty Hall. The theft oc- affairs, and illegitimate chil- Nov. 3, 2011 dustrial careers are encour- curred overnight between Police were alerted to an aged to attend. dren. The book also connects Nov. 2 and Nov. 3. This case is Offi cers responded to Harassment incident that occurred at the his life and the rise of the Fairfax Apartments in which still under investigation. Mudge House for a report of Nov. 6, 2011 American black church. an odor of marijuana. After an unidentifi ed male, who “Beyond the Standard Salvatore received his contacting the students in- Carnegie Mellon offi cers was believed to be a Carnegie Model of Cosmology: bachelor’s degree from Suspicious Person volved, the offi cers issued the responded to Shady Oak Mellon student, became upset Dark Energy, Neutrinos, Hunter College and his mas- Nov. 3, 2011 residents in the room citations Apartments for an incident of over a malfunctioning dryer. and Primordial Non- ter’s degree and Ph.D. from for disorderly conduct. harassment by communica- The male became verbally the University of California, It was reported to Univer- Gaussianity” tion. A female reported that abusive to two of the apart- Berkeley. sity Police that a female lied to an unknown male had been ment staff members. Universi- Thursday at 9:30 p.m. the CIC building security of- Vehicle Break-In texting her and referenced the ty Police are working with the 8325 Wean Hall Compiled by fi cer about being a new clean- Nov. 5, 2011 area and building she lived in. staff in an attempt to identify As part of the Astrophys- EMILY DOBLER ing person. She attempted to Follow-up investigation iden- this person. get into the Disney Research University Police took a re- tifi ed the two men who were offi ces. A report was taken, port that someone had broken responsible. Prosecution was and a photo and physical de- into the rear passenger win-

Corrections & Clarifi cations

In the article “ ‘Cans Across the Cut’ cuts down local WEATHER hunger” (News, Nov. 7), the amount of money donated to the food drive in 2010 was stated incorrectly. The ac- tual amount was $2,607, not $9,026. The photo caption accompanying the article “Cheer team looks to add new members” (Sports, Nov. 7) mis- spelled Alexandra Riedl’s name. The caption was also incorrect in stating the cheerleaders’ stunt. The correct stunt is a “one-man,” not an “elevator.” The online version of “Refugee discusses personal story as part of StuCo class” (News, Nov. 7) has been TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY modifi ed to clarify the legal and ethnic status of the High / Low High / Low High / Low High / Low High / Low Nepali-speaking people of Bhutan. 59 / 50 50 / 36 41 / 30 47 / 38 54 / 43 Source: www.weather.com November 14, 2011 « The Tartan thetartan.org/news » A3 Students discuss Zuckerberg promotes Facebook internships, jobs INTERNSHIP, from A1 that “it’s really good to get a student’s perspective” on in- included proposal writing, ternship opportunities, and scheduling, showing a Hai- contrasted the experience tian delegation around Wash- with that of EOC and TOC. ington, D.C., and assisting in She also mentioned that the the redesign of the company’s free ice cream was a positive website and integration of so- component of the event. cial media tools. First-year economics and Kato applied for the po- statistics major Adrian Botta sition while enrolled in the also spoke well of the event, Washington Semester pro- saying that he attended be- gram at Georgetown. Her cause he “wanted to learn advice to students looking more about consulting fi rms for an internship was to fi rst and to network a bit.” “reach out to the internship While the event received advisors,” then “weed out an overall positive reception what you don’t want to do.” by attendees, some students However, Kato also em- expressed the sentiment that phasized that students many of the internships rep- should not be afraid to seize resented were technical in new opportunities, even if nature, offering fewer oppor- they seem like things the stu- tunities for writing and other dents may not enjoy. humanities majors. The attendees seemed to Students seemed pleased appreciate the messages and to have the opportunity to advice given by the present- hear about internships and ing students. receive advice from their Ronny Ho, a sophomore peers — or at the very least business major, remarked get some free ice cream. Reps discuss life in government CONGRESSWOMEN, from A1 me because I had been the Courtesy of Carnegie Mellon Media Relations chairman of the page board. Mark Zuckerberg (middle right), Facebook founder and CEO, stands with Mark Stehlik (far left), Tyler Hedrick (middle left), and Elizabeth Davis (far gued over which party was The Mark Foley scandal hap- right). Zuckerberg received a Carnegie Mellon track jacket during his recruitment speech last Tuesday. originally responsible for the pened after I was gone and decay of relations. Kelly laid resigned. His ads said, ‘She ZUCKERBERG, from A1 a bomb under the stage.” Lu had to ask his question in tems and devices is challeng- the blame on the Democrats; should have known.’ ” “The night before ... I duct person: “A lot of communica- ing for us, and we think we Byron said that the Republi- According to The New York with all of these social connec- taped together a wireless rout- tions are moving towards mo- can get a lot more leverage by cans had their share of blame. Times, Kelly was chairman of tions,” Zuckerberg explained er to my iPod and then hooked bile devices where Facebook focusing on API ... and build- However, both women the page board from 1998 to during his speech. “I tell the it up to some speakers,” Lu is sort of a third party applica- ing great apps that everyone blamed the disconnect be- 2001. The Washington Post company all the time that explained at the end of the tion, and I know third party can use everywhere.” tween constituents and their reports that Foley sent the the last fi ve years have been Although Lu later admitted representatives in part for the messages in question from mostly about ramping up this that what he did was “not the eventual losses of their Con- 1995 to 2003. No evidence graph of connections ... and “I duct taped together a wireless most intelligent thing to do,” gressional seats. was ever found that Kelly was the next fi ve years will [be] he explained that he wanted According to Byron, she aware of Foley’s actions, and about all the things we can router to my iPod and then to stand out to Zuckerberg lost in the 1992 primary elec- no charges were ever brought build on top of that.” hooked it up to some speakers.... from among the nearly 1,000 tion because unions used a against Foley. However, junior physics students at the event. short visit she took to Barba- Sophomore international major Joel Lu surprised every- I then snuck into the UC at night “I thought in order to [ask dos in order to refuel a plane relations and politics major one at the event when he de- him my question] I would to paint her as someone liv- Sandra Yeh, who attended scribed how he had hidden a and hid under the stage for a have to impress him enough ing the high life. the talk, said that the repre- device underneath the stage. while to set up the device.” to show that somebody has The situation was too sentatives’ stories made her “At the end of all the ques- his vision,” Lu said when he complex to explain in a com- think about the difference tions, a crazed Zuckerberg explained the idea behind us- mercial or sound byte, Byron between what the public sees fanboy stood up and started —Joel Lu ing the device. “The device explained. and what really goes on in shouting that he had a ques- junior physics major I thought that he would be “It’s like watching a big politics. tion for ‘Mr. Zuckerberg,’ ” making was a communica- engine coming down on “I was defi nitely more Klarfeld recalled. tions device that pushes con- you,” Byron said. “And there’s aware of what goes on in “Stehlik reluctantly al- event’s Q & A session. “I then applications usually retain tent to help people talk to nothing you can do about it.” our government,” Yeh said. lowed him to ask him his snuck into the UC at night and only 5 percent usage after a each other, so I made a device Kelly blames her 2006 loss “And of how media can re- question, since he was acting hid under the stage for a while month. Does that in any way that pushes content that also to Democrat John Hall large- ally be twisted to someone’s strangely during the entirety to set up the device.” threaten Facebook, and are helps people communicate.” ly on her connections to the advantage or disadvantage. of Zuckerberg’s talk,” Klarfeld According to Lu, he had you looking for electrical en- “On the whole, it was a Mark Foley scandal. It really leads me to question explained, describing the situ- intended to remotely activate gineering and computing and fairly entertaining talk, and In 2006, Republican Con- the Herman Cain scandal, for ation. “He stood up and told us the device, which would then computer science majors to I think it really got people gressman Mark Foley was instance.” all that he had ‘something’ for play his question to Zucker- fi nd a Facebook-centric device pumped up about working accused of sending sexually Yeh said that she also ‘Mr. Zuckerberg’ hidden under berg. However, he explained as a solution?” at Facebook,” Klarfeld re- suggestive messages to teen- learned about the daily work- the stage, and went on a long that the device did not work Zuckerberg replied, “We’re marked. “Though, after the aged Congressional pages. ings of the government. “You detailed explanation about because someone unplugged a pretty small company rela- whole fanboy incident, I do “I lost to a man who built learn that bureaucracy does how he snuck into Wiegand. the power cable before the tive to the companies that not think Zuckerberg will be a whole lot of websites,” infi ltrate every level of gov- I know that most of us were event. are building these phones.... returning to Carnegie Mellon Kelly said. “He went after ernment,” she said. pretty terrifi ed that there was When his equipment failed, Building whole operating sys- anytime soon.” CSA hosts event to celebrate Asian Heritage month KECHUN MAO The highlight of the event Besides the live concert, joyed the music, but did not Staffwriter was a show by the band Free CSA also offered free bubble know that it was specifi cally Bullet, comprised of six Carn- tea, Chinese board games, a Chinese Cultural Late Night The Chinese Student Asso- egie Mellon students — two and karaoke, one of the most event. ciation (CSA) hosted the Chi- from mainland China, one popular entertainment activi- Elliot Rosen, another fi rst- nese Cultural Late Night in the from Taiwan, one from India, ties in China. However, due year electrical and computer University Center on Friday one from Korea, and one from to certain technical problems, engineering major, said, “I had night. the U.S. the karaoke equipment did no idea, really. I was just there not work. for the music. I didn’t know it “Through this event, we was a Chinese culture thing, hope to spread Chinese cul- even though nearly everyone ture, to make CSA a more ac- was Chinese ... but the music tive club, to make Chinese was good because I don’t see culture more mainstream in live music that much.” this school,” said Chang Qi, a Free Bullet was formed one junior mathematics major and month ago, according to the the organizer of the Late Night band leader, Pei Pang, a senior event. mathematics major. She explained that last “The thing is that we are year’s Chinese Cultural Late a new band,” Pang said. “We Night was a combination of tried to get all the connections traditional and modern cul- we have to have shows. I’m ture, but this time CSA fo- very familiar with CSA.... Ac- cused more on modern Chi- tually my old band played for nese culture, as evidenced by them last year, but defi nitely the Chinese pop music. the new band is better than Jiaxing Yu, a fi rst-year elec- the old band. It’s just a revisit trical and computer engineer- to the show.” Nicole Hamilton/Comics Editor ing major, said, “It’s a nice Pang also mentioned that Free Bullet played for the Chinese Student Association’s cultural Late try to reach out for CSA, and it was hard for his new band Night event. people are really interested in to play Chinese pop music be- this. Except for the not very cause the group is so interna- Chinese elements into their Chinese Cultural Late Chinese band performance — tional. music in the future. Night is just one of the events otherwise it would be perfect.” “If we play a Chinese song, “My drummer actually celebrating Asian Heritage Since most of the songs it’s probably kind of sad to mentioned that he wants more Month throughout November.

Sky Gao/Staff Free Bullet played were [non-Chinese members],” he exotic elements in the songs,” There will be a Taiwanese Cul- Free Bullet’s lead singer Pei Pang entertained attendees of last Friday’s American pop songs, several said. Yet Pang said they might he said. “He thinks it’s pretty ture Night in the University Chinese Culture Late Night event. students said that they en- incorporate more Asian or cool.” Center on Nov. 19. A4 « thetartan.org/scitech The Tartan » November 14, 2011

HEALTH TALK Study shows ‘vegetative’ patients can be aware, conscious KATIE CHIRONIS in every other way, unable to re- level of consciousness. Copy Manager spond or communicate through However, there are still other means. challenges ahead. “On the one A recent research study con- This breakthrough result hand, it’s remarkable that some ducted by the Brain and Mind arrives in the wake of similar patients in what was thought to Institute at the University of studies since 2006, which have be a vegetative state are actually Western Ontario has deter- used functional MRI scanning aware enough to follow simple mined that some patients previ- technology to scan similar pa- instructions,” Plaut said. “On ously thought to be in a vegeta- tients’ neural activity. However, the other hand, there’s a tre- tive state are actually aware and fMRI technology is exceedingly mendous amount of work yet to conscious. A group of patients expensive, and the prohibitive be done to understand the level with severe brain damage (di- costs traditionally make it a of cognition and consciousness agnosed as “vegetative”) was diffi cult option for hospitals to that these patients are capable asked to perform simple activi- implement. of, and the extent to which ties, such as imagining a closed “What’s particularly exciting emerging methods for decoding fi st and other movements of about the recent results is that brain activity might allow for their hands and toes. When they employed EEGs, which is a richer communication.” comparing the patients’ relatively inexpensive and wide- The impacts on communica- brain activity to that of a ly available method for measur- tion and quality of life for these healthy control group, the ing brain activity,” said David patients could, in fact, be very researchers discovered Plaut, a professor of psychology signifi cant. Previously unable to that roughly 20 percent and computer science at Carn- speak, move, or blink, they may of the group exhibited egie Mellon, and a faculty mem- now be able to speak with loved similar brain activity to ber in Carnegie Mellon’s Center ones and answer simple yes or the healthy group sub- for the Neural Basis of Cogni- no questions, such as whether jects — yet they were tion. EEG (electroencephalog- they’re in pain. effectively paralyzed raphy) machines are a much Health professionals will cheaper alternative that can be soon be able to use this technol- implemented on a widespread ogy to diagnose patients’ mental scale. This changeover could be states, too; after being distanced an important innovation in de- from social interaction for so termining whether many long, patients may suffer from “vegetative” patients post-traumatic stress disorder, still have some depression, anxiety, or other mental health issues. This new technology has a lot of room for growth especially as brain-com- puter interface technology con- tinues to improve, and it could spell out drastic improve- ments for those affected by neural impairment in the future.

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SCITECH BRIEFS Conference will Squid and Asteroid hurtles vote on abolishing octopuses can past, allows rare the leap second switch camoufl age study opportunity The leap second, a single Scientists at Duke Univer- A 1,300-foot-wide asteroid second added to most years sity recently discovered that came within roughly 201,000 to keep UTC (Coordinated some squid and octopuses can miles of Earth on Nov. 8, giv- Universal Time) in step with switch between two different ing scientists their closest the planet’s fairly complicated types of camoufl age, depend- look at the asteroid yet. NA- orbit time, may soon be abol- ing on which predators are SA’s powerful radar was able ished. A World Radiocom- nearby. to capture images that were munication Conference held In the deepest parts of the compiled into a video of the in Geneva, Switzerland, will ocean, some animals have asteroid as it approached. vote in January on whether evolved to be transparent to Scientists were also able to or not to pull our clock out of avoid being seen by light; collect information about its sync with the sun’s location. other creatures have evolved speed, trajectory, and physi- Many countries prefer to to be red or black. A bulbous cal appearance, which helped keep the leap second, some short-armed octopus and a them to predict its course for for philosophical reasons, squid can switch rapidly be- the next 64 years. Asteroids others because they believe tween the two states. The so close to Earth provide sci- there are some risks involved. researchers simulated light entists with important clues Some believe abolishing the generated by predators using into how the rocks escape leap second inconsistently blue-fi ltered LED lights; they the asteroid belt between Ju- among countries may cause found that the two creatures piter and Mars. The asteroid certain satellite network sys- turned red under light and will travel past Earth again in tems to fail long enough for switched to their transparent 2075. there to be an air disaster. state when the light was off. Source: The Los Angeles Times Source: Nature Source: The Guardian

Study explains DNA suggests New diet drug sickle-cell malaria mammoth species shows promise in resistance interbred obese monkeys A group of German scien- What scientists previously A new drug has helped tists has discovered why car- thought were two separate obese monkeys lose weight. riers of the sickle-cell anemia species of North American The drug, which targets blood gene are protected from ma- mammoths may actually be vessels that feed fatty tissue, laria. one species. The two species was tested by researchers at Researchers compared — woolly and Columbian the M.D. Anderson Cancer two types of malaria-infected mammoths — may have inter- Center in Houston. Known as cells: “normal” red blood cells bred, and some researchers adipotide, the drug seeks par- and red blood cells contain- say they should be regarded ticular blood vessels that fatty ing the mutated “S” gene that as the same species. tissues need and causes the causes sickle-cell anemia. The new discovery comes cells found in those vessels to The researchers found that after woolly genes were found die. the sickle cells would col- in two preserved Columbian The 10 monkeys given adi- lapse before the parasite was mammoths. The researchers, potide lost an average of 11 able to remodel itself inside however, indicate that these percent of body weight over the blood cell, stopping the fi ndings need more verifi ca- a month. The drug did not spread of the disease. Being tion. The DNA they compared show many side effects, and a sickle cell carrier is impor- was found in the mammoths’ it has been shown to work tant for survival in parts of mitochondria — the research- in fi ve different species. The the world where malaria is ers plan to extract some from research team plans to even- endemic. Indeed, some stud- their cell nuclei next. tually test the drug in over- ies have found that up to 40 weight men with prostate percent of people in Africa Source: ScienceNews cancer. are carriers for the sickle-cell gene. Source: NPR

Source: Nature Compiled by MICHAEL SETZER November 14, 2011 « The Tartan thetartan.org/scitech » A5 Research suggests government HOW THINGS WORK regulation can foster innovation Maglev trains allow for fast travel BENJAMIN MADUEME and mobile vehicles — the prudent in selecting a per- Staffwriter number of successful U.S. formance standard … it can patents went up signifi cantly actually force companies to Government regulation for the next few years as com- invest in research that oth- can actually foster techno- panies were forced to adhere erwise they would not in the logical innovation rather than to the new standards. These absence of regulation.” hamper it, claims a study pub- numbers dropped to unim- The group’s fi ndings also lished this year by a team of pressive levels between the support what has come to be researchers from Carnegie mid-1970s and mid-1980s in known as the Porter Hypothe- Mellon and Wayne State Uni- what Hounshell claims was sis, an idea fi rst postulated 20 versity. The fi ndings further the general absence of signifi - years ago by Harvard-trained question the role the govern- cant air emissions regulation. economist Michael Porter. It ment should play in the inner However, the time period states that environmental reg- workings of the private sector. between the late 1980s and ulations can foster innovation

“We’ve done a whole se- into the 1990s once again and commercial competitive- Adelaide Cole/Art Editor ries of studies looking at how saw a large increase in pat- ness. government regulation forces ent counts as the U.S. govern- It remains to be confi rmed VIJAY JAYARAM and 10 cm above the guiding which allow for a magnetic technological change,” said ment developed more policies whether the theorem holds Staffwriter coils. The maglev remains lev- fi eld to exist even when the researcher David Hounshell, toward reducing automotive for other forms of regulation, itated for the duration of trav- energy supply is shut off. a professor in Carnegie Mel- air emissions and passed an but Hounshell reports that he Despite huge technologi- el, meaning that the negative Professor Eric Hellstrom lon’s department of social and amendment to the Clean Air and his colleagues have ob- cal advances in the past sever- impact of friction is effectively of Florida State University’s decision sciences. “A more Act, further tightening the served similar patterns else- al decades, common alterna- zero. This allows the train to Magnetic Field Laboratory conservative view is that gov- already strict bottlenecks on where, such as in the stan- tives to air travel are relatively maintain its speed for larger demonstrated this process ernment is not good at shap- dards affecting automobile slow. A trip that would take distances with a relatively with a modifi ed train set, ing technologies in any direct safety technologies. Realisti- a few hours on a plane could small energy output. showing that once a conduct- way, ... that the proper role “[Companies] cally, the researchers’ discov- take days (or be impossible) The lack of friction rais- ing material drops below of the government is to fund do turn out to eries are unlikely to convince by car, bus, or engine-pow- es an important question: the critical temperature of more basic research and to everyone that government ered trains. Enter the maglev Without anything to push off –294°F, it becomes a super- develop technologies that innovate the regulation — in the automo- train. against, how does the maglev conductor, allowing for levita- pertain to very explicitly stat- technology tive sector or otherwise — is The term maglev is de- train accelerate? The answer, tion. While cooling the tracks ed functions of government for the greater good. As Houn- rived from “magnetic levita- once again, lies in the power saves energy and allows the — things like military tech- and to achieve shell indicated, some conser- tion,” a powerful technology of electromagnetism. The train to levitate higher, it is nologies. [They] think that vatives and business owners that can accelerate trains up power supplied to the coils of much more expensive than regulations are always a detri- the kind of ... today think negatively of any to 361 mph. This is compara- the track alternates at a rapid the EMS method. ment.” Hounshell pointed to standards that form of government infl uence ble to the average speed of a pace, causing the portion of In terms of speed, energy his team’s study to dissuade in the free market. Still, oth- commercial airplane, which, the track behind the train to effi ciency, and maintenance, this popularly held view. wise regulation ers push for what they dub a according to Boeing, is 565 have one magnetic polariza- maglev trains far exceed the To conduct their study, the entails.” “smarter” kind of regulation, mph. To achieve such high tion and the portion in front limits of other types of land researchers focused primar- one that improves the coher- speeds, most maglev trains to have the opposite. Calcu- travel. As researchers around ily on the impact of what they ency and transparency of the utilize EMS, or electromag- lated precisely, this allows the the world improve the tech- called “performance-based —David Hounshell current rules. netic suspension. track to magnetically yank nologies of trains, costs, — technology-forcing” auto Social and decision “America’s CEOs are call- EMS works on the basic the train from the front (since which are currently around emissions policies from 1970 ing for smarter regulation –— principle that opposite mag- opposite forces attract) and $45 million per mile of track to the late 1990s. They gauged sciences professor the kind that will bolster busi- netic poles attract while like push the train from behind — will reduce as well. A group innovation in that area by the ness growth,” said Andrew poles repel. Inside the track (since like forces repel). This known as American Maglev number of auto emissions pat- tolerable air emissions levels Liveris, chairman and CEO of is a long series of magnetized constant magnetic system of Technology (AMT) has devel- ent applications successfully for U.S. automobiles. The Dow Chemical Company, coils known as the guide way. push and pull allows the train oped a “smart vehicle” that granted in a particular time “The kind of analysis that according to a news release An electromagnetism re- to achieve high speeds with- requires only $20 million per period, while regulation was we’ve done with respect to from Business Roundtable. search exhibit at Northeast- out an engine. mile — a signifi cant improve- measured by the tolerance emissions control really in- “Unfortunately, the current ern University explains that Currently in development, ment from conventional mod- levels of government policies dicates that companies do U.S. regulatory regime tends these coils generate a large a Japanese alternative to the els. toward harmful automobile respond to stringent regula- to be so complex and incon- magnetic fi eld of the same EMS maglev system uses EDS, Thanks to that oft-repeat- air emissions. tions,” Hounshell said. “They sistent that regulations often type as the magnets attached or electro-dynamic suspen- ed principle of “opposites at- The team discovered that do turn out to innovate the do the exact opposite. We to the underside of the train. sion. While tracks in EMS tract,” we may soon see the after the Clean Air Act of 1970 technology and to achieve can turn that tide by ensuring Since the track and the train require a constant source of day when maglev replaces was passed — which placed the kind of performance stan- pending and new rules are have like magnetic poles, they energy to keep the magnetic cars, buses, and conventional emission limits on both sta- dards that wise regulation clear, consistent, and wise for repel, causing the train to ac- fi eld fl uctuating, EDS tracks trains as the most effi cient tionary industrial factories entails. If the government is the long term.” tually levitate between one use super-cooled conductors, form of transport on land. A6 « thetartan.org/forum The Tartan » November 14, 2011

FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD Transit tweets require proper implementation

failure of the medium for this task. After looking through the Port Au- thority’s most recent tweets, I no- ticed three things. First, most of the tweets were JOSH SMITH various dialogues back and forth between individuals about specifi c The Port Authority of Allegh- problems. Second, tweets were be- eny County has a Twitter account, ing used to advertise discounts for @PGHtransit, intended to keep bus riders at a Wexford jewelry the patrons of Pittsburgh’s public store. Seriously. transportation informed of news re- Finally, and most indicative of lated to their commuting needs. In the poor implementation of Twit- theory, @PGHtransit should notify ter by the Port Authority, its tweet tech-savvy bus riders when a bus is this past Thursday stated, “Signing running late or when routes will be off per Twitter hours. We’ll be back changed due to parades, marathons, Monday. Customer Service open to- and other city events. morrow at 412-442-2000 & detours However, Brian O’Neill of the posted at portauthority.org.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Efforts are made to respond that the Twitter system is fl awed to individuals’ requests through due to the Port Authority’s inability tweets, and the Port Authority has to fi nd the manpower to manage its the ability to advertise irrelevant Twitter account. discounts and perks for bus riders, The issues with Pittsburgh’s pub- yet it doesn’t have the manpower lic transportation are so numerous, to maintain minimal Twitter ser- and sometimes so miniscule, that vices throughout the weekend? This it would be both impossible and in- clearly demonstrates that the prob- consequential to report every delay lem with this system isn’t its lack of that occurs. staff, but its lack of direction and Twitter, while one of the largest execution needed when it comes to names in 21st-century web services, using Twitter. has primarily caught on only with New technology by its very na- those on the cutting edge of technol- ture creates potential that individu- ogy. I’m a late adopter and only re- als and institutions want to take full cently signed up for Twitter myself. advantage of, yet poor implementa- Adelaide Cole/Art Editor This was mainly to understand what tion of the technology may be worse these darn kids are talking about, than not implementing it at all. FCEs of high quality vital when tenure is in question with all their “hash-tags” and their While there may be a host of third- Ashton Kutchers. party websites and apps that intend With the end of the semester ap- by Inside Higher Ed two weeks ago, is role in advancing a professor’s ca- After spending some time on to solve Pittsburgh’s transit issues, proaching, the registrar’s offi ce and still pending. reer, but it should be evaluated and Twitter and looking at the Port Au- the fact that I can’t name one shows professors across the university will What the Maranville case high- deemed reliable. thority’s account, it doesn’t seem fault with its effectiveness, its mar- soon be sending out their semesterly lights is the dual necessity of pro- If feedback from students indeed like Twitter is an effective medium keting, or both. Faculty Course Evaluation (FCE) re- viding meaningful feedback (on the led to Maranville’s dismissal, Utah for the Port Authority to notify bus As for the Port Authority, it has minders. As inconsequential as click- part of students) and interpreting it Valley administrators need to go users of irregularities. Although we two options to help the good peo- ing all of those online checkboxes appropriately (on the part of univer- back to their student comments and live in an area highly populated by ple who ride its buses: Either focus may seem, students have an impor- sity offi cials). “My professor doesn’t learn to separate the wheat from the college students and other youth Twitter efforts to inform the public tant role to play in determining the just give us the answers” or “I don’t chaff. In addition, administrators who may be tech-savvy, I feel that of relevant transit delays and route progress of our instructors’ careers. like working in a group” is not the need to take into account past feed- the demographics of the average changes, or get the buses to arrive Just ask Steven Maranville, a for- type of complaint that can help uni- back, professional achievements, Twitter user and the average bus on time. mer business professor at Utah Val- versity offi cials properly judge a pro- and all of the other aspects that rider have a very small overlap. ley University. fessor’s competence. It won’t help make for a successful professor. Yet, even if I’m mistaken about Josh Smith (jjs1@) is a staffwriter for In a lawsuit Maranville fi led our professors get better at teaching, Closer to home, Carnegie Mellon the adoption rate of Twitter among The Tartan. As a new Twitter user, he against the university last month, and it should not serve as an excuse students should make use of semes- bus riders, the poor implementation fi nds the 140 character limit exceed- he claimed he was denied tenure be- to deny a professor an otherwise de- terly FCEs and other means of pro- of such a system still highlights the ingly restricting when he cause students didn’t like his Socrat- served promotion. Many students viding instructor feedback to make ic teaching style. Allegedly lauded as spend fi ve minutes or less fi lling out sure our own administrators have a “master teacher” by his department a professor’s FCEs, and many more enough to make a good harvest. chair and praised by his fellow pro- simply don’t bother to fi ll them out. Taking time to fi ll out an FCE with fessors, Maranville said he was de- The idea of a short survey only a constructive feedback in mind will King of Pop’s physician nied a promised promotion because small percentage of students bother not only help the professor and ad- students wanted him to lecture in- to fi ll out that determines the future ministrators see where improvement stead of asking questions and assign- of a professor seems irrational. is needed, but it will also benefi t stu- betrayed medical ethics ing group work. The suit, reported Student feedback should have a dents in future classes. HEATHER THOMPSON During the trial, Murray admit- Junior Staffwriter ted that he had left his post and re- Penn State scandal is sign of unwise trust in leaders turned to fi nd the pop star in criti- When Michael Jackson’s per- cal condition. He delayed calling Over the last week, revelations mixed at best. While many commu- in and support their actions, their sonal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, for help several minutes as he tried regarding a single man’s molestation nity members are acting to show reasoning, and the decisions they was recently convicted for killing to revive Jackson single-handedly, and rape of young boys have shaken empathy for Sandusky’s victims, oth- present to us. Jackson, the King of Pop’s legions of and when the paramedics fi nally ar- not only the administration at the ers have taken to the streets to pro- But a few fi rings won’t reverse the fans became desperate in their wish rived, Murray did not inform them largest university in Pennsylvania, test the removal of Paterno — their sentiment that Penn State football to see the doctor put behind bars. that Jackson was administered a but also the trust in the entire Penn father fi gure, their revered coach, brings out in thousands across the While there is something quite illog- dose of Propofol, a surgical sedative. State University football enterprise. and the leader of their collegiate state. Paterno was head coach for ical about the fervent following this Nobody can be sure of who de- Last Saturday, a 23-page grand pride. This impenetrable support, 44 years. He built not just the team case has developed, there are deep- livered the fatal dose of Propofol. jury report detailed longtime as- expressed by so many, highlights itself, but also the image and the er issues here than a few rabid fans. Defense lawyers argued that it could sistant coach Jerry Sandusky’s im- the unhealthy culture that has de- brand that surrounds it. It comes down to who holds the re- have been the ill-behaved star who proper relations with at least eight veloped around the Nittany Lions. His fi ring will not remove his sponsibility for Jackson’s death. administered it to himself. Although boys over the course of the past 15 Juxtaposed against the sexual abuse infl uence. All of the coaching staff Yes, ultimately Jackson was a possible, this is beside the point. years. The report documented multi- scandals that the Roman Catholic worked under him, and most were drug addict, and as such he had a Jackson’s death, and Murray’s ple eyewitness accounts of Sandusky Church frequently weathers, we hired by him — his own son is the skewed view of what he needed and resulting manslaughter conviction, taking advantage of the children he question if academia should support quarterback coach. what he simply craved. However, as is about more than a celebrity’s drug met through the charity he founded, collegiate football raised to the level These coaches as well as others a physician, Murray took an oath addiction or even the celebrity him- The Second Mile, as well as “ma- of devout religion. in Penn State’s administration were to use good judgment and aware- self. It is about the trust that society terially false statements” made by While pride in Carnegie Mellon responsible for hiding Sandusky’s ness in his actions as a doctor. In should be able to have in doctors. As other Penn State administrators to sports teams is a phenomenon found wrongdoings, but who can say what this case, his actions were simply a personal physician, Murray should protect Sandusky. Until this month, in few of our students, we do hold other smaller incidents they have irresponsible. No matter how high- have devoted himself not just to Sandusky had only suffered the triv- academics in high esteem. However, hidden in order to maintain an image profi le his client was, Murray should pleasing his client, but also to pro- ial punishment of having his athletic we don’t believe that news of a fac- of honesty, perfection, and loyalty? have acknowledged the fact that viding his client with the best care center keys revoked. ulty or staff member allowing the They were considered infallible, and Jackson’s condition made his judg- possible and promoting his health. However, the response from the commission of heinous acts would now their reputation is shattered. ment extremely poor. On top of that, Ultimately, nobody is the victor in Penn State community, following incite riots in support of said faculty We encourage Penn State to disman- Murray made several mistakes in this trial. Both Jackson and Mur- the removal of the university’s presi- or staff member. We have not built a tle its remaining shields and restruc- addition to administering Jackson ray made sizable mistakes and both dent Graham Spanier and revered culture of blind trust in our leaders; ture into a more open, responsible dangerous drugs in an uncontrolled men paid for it: Jackson with his life football coach Joe Paterno, has been we follow them because we believe organization. setting. and Murray with his career.

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Through than you, from living comfortably. communication and compromise, In addition to that, government with Paterno, Sandusky we could resolve the issues that so welfare programs such as unemploy- bitterly divide our nation. This in- ment benefi ts, Medicaid, and Medi- MATT MASTRICOVA volves, among other things, each care are not “handouts,” as Henson class understanding the nuances and so derisively deems them — they are Don Delillo is well known in the diffi culties in the lives of those in the necessities for people who are not literary community for his parody of other classes. rich enough to afford a number of es- modern American culture. His debut As Kyle Henson stated in his ar- sential needs. novel, End Zone, served as a mirror ticle “Flat tax is in alignment with Henson stated that American citi- for the American public to observe founding fathers’ vision of United zens should only be guaranteed the how the Cold War and the military States,” the wealthy should be seen as rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit industrial complex invaded every role models in this regard. He states of happiness, yet he fails to mention aspect of American life. The charac- that it should be the “1 percent” that how these programs save lives daily ter Alan Zapalac noted that “I kept sets the precedent for understanding and thus allow people in poverty to seeing the same word everywhere I “how the other half lives.” live freely and, if luck be with them, was. Store windows. Leafl ets in the To begin with, the notion that pursue their dreams. streets. Advertising space on walls. Horatio Alger’s bibliography is a suit- Horribly misguided ideas such as I kept seeing it for about two weeks. able medium to learn how to succeed these are more unpatriotic than any MILITARIZE. It was everywhere — needs to be dispelled immediately. Occupy protest or piece of “socialist” printed, written, scribbled, chalked The fact is, “working your butt off” legislation that the Obama admin- on walls. I didn’t know what it was does not in fact always lead to suc- istration is considering passing. It all about.” cess. You could be a single parent of is hard to comprehend how a popu- While this observation was writ- two trying to get your kids through lation that is so focused on main- ten with the Cold War in mind, it is school and trying to hold down sev- taining a mindset of an “American” shockingly reminiscent of the cur- eral jobs, or you could be a college economy can so completely abandon rent state of American society. We graduate with over $20,000 of stu- the idea of social justice — the idea are not militarizing in order to fi ght dent loans trying to support an ailing that we have so proudly touted as the Josh Smith/Staff another Cold War or World War III. family member without health insur- American way. We are embroiled in a war much ance, or you could spend your entire Dressing up as Occupy protesters his legacy. Now, it’s come back to scarier and perhaps even more deter- life serving in the military and come at Halloween parties, showering pro- hurt him. minant of our nation’s future — class back to a nation with a failing econo- testers in McDonald’s applications It seems as if the student body of war. my that is unable to provide you with (fun fact: this past National Hiring Penn State has taken offense to the Perhaps classism is inevitable employment. Day, McDonald’s accepted less than fi ring of Paterno. in a capitalist society such as ours; The fact is, there are innumer- one-tenth of applications), and de- JEREMY KING After watching a few videos of however, in recent months, feelings able reasons why people live in pov- grading the unemployed and impov- the riots, it’s clear that these stu- of resentment between the rich and erty that have nothing to do with the erished undermines the sense of soli- What a week it has been for Penn dents are blinded by school spirit the not-so-rich have reached danger- choices those people made. So if you darity that this nation was founded State University. and fail to see the bigger picture. ous levels. The recent Occupy move- were lucky enough to be born into a upon. The once-beloved football pro- Many students claim to understand ments springing up around the coun- family that could ensure your educa- There is only one way to prevent gram, with Joe Paterno at the helm, the magnitude of the situation, but try have forced the government and tion, was rich enough to make sure the sentiments of mistrust and re- has always been considered worthy fl ipping a news car is not the way to society as a whole to come to terms you never had to support anyone but sentment from escalating any further of imitation and has achieved great go about remedying it. with a myriad of issues — including yourself or graduate with a substan- without tarnishing the reputation of success over Paterno’s 50-plus years Paterno deserved to be fi red; he the ever-increasing income gap, the tial amount of student loans, and the United States — reconcile our with the team. That is, until this basically turned his back on child steadily rising amount of student was well connected enough to guar- differences and stand, once again, as week. molestation happening in his own debt, the shrinking job market, and antee that you were hired directly a united nation. They say that money This week, allegations of the facilities. the ineffi ciency of our health care after graduation, then congratula- makes the world go around; go look most heinous sort were revealed Penn State students will tell you system — and by extension the ani- tions, you get to be rich. But you did at a dollar bill. E pluburis unum — against former defensive coordina- about all Paterno has done for the mosity between people of different not get there by “working your butt out of many, one. tor Jerry Sandusky, who has long school, his demeanor, and what he economic statuses. off” — you got there because of the been an iconic fi gure in Penn State has done for college football as a However, these strong emotions same factors that are keeping others, Matt Mastricova (mmastric@) is a football. Sandusky was even consid- whole. They have no way to respond do not need to end in violent upris- who may be working even harder staffwriter for The Tartan. ered to be the successor to Paterno when you ask them what he has many years ago, before he retired for done for the victims of Jerry San- reasons that are now known to us. dusky. POLITICAL CARTOON LETTER TO THE EDITOR For 15 years, Sandusky headed One thing I don’t understand a program called The Second Mile, about the way Penn State has han- a charity that was meant to help dled the scandal is why assistant Zuckerberg young boys who were having social coach Mike McQueary, who is cur- problems or failing in school. The rently the stand-in coach, is still em- program was nationally acclaimed ployed by Penn State. shows lack by many, including sports icon Cal Yes, he has recently been put on Ripken Jr. and former President “administrative leave,” but what George W. Bush. does that mean? of respect Little did they know that San- McQueary should have been the dusky was using the charity as a way fi rst one gone, because he is the with attire to sexually abuse young boys. person who reportedly witnessed a In the wake of the accusations, crime by Sandusky. If anyone should No doubt Carnegie Mellon stu- Penn State had a ton of diffi cult be charged for not reporting the dents were fascinated by Facebook decisions to make. If the stories are crime, it should be him. It seems as founder and titan Mark Zucker- true, many high-ranking Penn State if Penn State wanted to make a state- berg during his recent appearance sports coaches and employees knew ment by fi ring Paterno and higher on campus. He sets a shining exam- about the claims against Sandusky employees, but is trying to keep ple of spectacular entrepreneurial and chose not to report him to the some of Paterno’s regime at the uni- success and of the extraordinary proper authorities. Penn State has versity in order to continue to build wealth that has accompanied it. since decided to fi re many of those its football program. However, I hope that no stu- who are guilty of “neglect,” includ- I may be wrong, and McQueary’s dents at elite Carnegie Mellon will ing legendary coach Paterno. fi ring may be imminent, but the stu- seek to emulate Zuckerberg’s slov- Paterno, for all he has done for dent body does have one thing right. enly attire. I fi nd it incongruous for college football and Penn State foot- Penn State should fi re McQueary a corporate executive, even one ball specifi cally, clearly failed soci- as soon as possible; putting him on at the tender age of 27 like Zuck- ety by only reporting Sandusky to “administrative leave” is not good erberg, to eschew neckties and his athletic director. When someone enough. jackets in important public appear- accuses another of taking advantage I can only hope the students ances. of a small child, the correct thing to come to understand the need for rid- When we eliminate elements of do is to immediately call 911. Pa- ding the university of child molest- decorum and respect for one’s au- terno decided that the correct thing ers and those who protect them. It’s dience, we lose some of what has to do was to tell the athletic director, sad that it has had to come to this, made our society great. Is business who promptly swept the accusations but it looks like Penn State will need attire no longer associated with a under the rug. to clean house to make things right. business school? Paterno went on with his jolly good life, sitting up in the coach’s Jeremy King (jqk@) is a staffwriter Adelaide Cole/Art Editor Oren M. Spiegler box and continuing to strengthen for The Tartan. A PERSON’S OPINION Compiled by Jessica Sochol Mark Zuckerberg came to Carnegie Mellon this week. So we asked, What is the single most annoying thing about Facebook?

Sarah Shin José Luis Salazar Espitia Brennan Caverhill Ryan Lin Kathleen Dolan Flute Performance Physics Psychology ECE Business Administration Senior First-year Junior First-year Sophomore

“Too much stalking by people.” “Takes up too much of my time.” “Facebook is perfect.” “The random Spotify and social “Information overload!” reader updates on my newsfeed.”

November 14, 2011 « The Tartan thetartan.org/sports » A9 Tartans face a top-10 defense CMU club baseball enjoys record-setting 2011 season ALEX TAPAK munity College of Allegheny nant 2.57 ERA. MacNabb’s 24 Sports Co-Editor County (CCAC). The last day strikeouts and 28.1 innings of the 2011 fall season, Oct. pitched were a team best this Winding up a record-set- 16, featured a Carnegie Mel- past season. ting fall season last month, lon vs. CCAC Boyce double- The Tartans’ offseason the Carnegie Mellon club header, with the second game ends during spring break, baseball team is currently in going to extra innings. With when the team will travel to the offseason and looking that game tied 4–4 after the Tampa, Fla., for its annual forward to the start of spring regulation seven innings, the spring training tournament. training in March. The Tar- Tartans’ offense pounced on This tradition is a meaning- tans fi nished the fall at 10–2, Boyce in the top of the eighth. ful one for the players, as it a franchise record, dominat- provides the players with an ing the majority of their op- opportunity to bond and con- ponents. “To me it was nect with one another. “We had a great season, not only a “Spring break baseball is our best winning percentage vital to the preparation for ever,” said Head Coach Clau- special season our spring season. The com- dio Reilsono. “But to me it bination of beautiful weather was not only a special season because of our and good competition gears because of our record, but be- record, but up the team for our games in cause of the type of people we April and May,” catcher Evan have on the team.” because of the Fisch said. Due to the lack of a base- type of people The Tartans hope that ball fi eld on Carnegie Mel- their unprecedented 10–2 lon’s campus, the club team we have on the fall season will bump them Alan Vangpat/Senior Staff spends a lot of time traveling. into the top 15 in the National Senior running back Chris Garcia exits the fi eld for the last time in his career after injuring his left leg. On campus, the team uses the team.” Club Baseball Association Skibo Gym arena room and (NCBA) Division II rankings, FOOTBALL, from A10 catches gave him the team’s named an All-UAA Second the soccer fi eld. Players also due to be released just before top spot in receiving yards Team and Honorable Mention —Claudio Reilsono train at Stanton Heights Field, spring play is underway. ended with a Jake Nardone with 41. selection; he awaits another Head Coach Bellevue Park, and the Base- “We put a lot of work in touchdown reception. Senior “It was an emotional game possible All-UAA selection for ball Training Academy (west and the season went the way Seth Napierowski replaced and the team came out and his play this season. of the city). The club has or- Junior second baseman Joe we planned. However, we Kalkstein at quarterback and played hard for four quar- With the loss, the Carnegie ganized practices three times Barbish provided the game- know we’ve got to work even completed a 20-yard touch- ters,” Nardone said. “We all Mellon Tartans end the 2011 a week, with team weightlift- winning hit to give the Tar- harder with the tough confer- down pass to sophomore wide wanted to send [the seniors] season with an even record ing on off days. Games fall tans the 5–4 lead, and doubles ence schedule in the spring,” out Eric Dissinger, bringing off on a high note, but hav- of 5–5. Case Western Reserve on the weekends, typically as by juniors Adam Gruber and Barbish said. the Tartans’ scoring total to ing three turnovers against a improved to 9–1, winning the doubleheaders on Saturdays Wade Brogdon ran the score That schedule will feature 24. It wasn’t enough, how- great team like Case makes it Academic Bowl trophy for the and single games on Sundays. up to 9–4. Sophomore pitcher the mighty Penn State Nittany ever: Case Western Reserve hard to win.” fi fth straight time and clinch- “We had one of our best Brendan MacNabb recorded Lions, who have dominated added some late-game insur- Saturday’s loss was par- ing this year’s University Ath- seasons, in part due to our the complete game in the bot- the NCBA’s North Atlantic ance in the form of another ticularly tough for Garcia letic Association title as well. great defense,” said junior tom of the inning, sealing the South Conference. touchdown, resulting in the and fi rst-year offensive tackle “I am proud of the way utility player Pedro Cuacuas. win for the Tartans. “We have offense, defense, contest’s fi nal score of 38–24. Alexander Copeland, both the team prepared and per- “Our practices helped solidify Brogdon led the club in pitching, and a bench, and we Kalkstein regained his of whom left the game early formed,” Head Coach Rich our consistent defensive pres- hitting, batting .552 on the play with a ton of passion and passing confi dence, throwing with injuries. Garcia, a senior, Lackner said. “Naturally we ence.” season and stealing a team- heart,” Reilsono said. “Our for a total of 136 yards by the was playing in his fi nal game are disappointed in a 5–5 re- The team is active both in leading 12 bases. Junior left goal is for the last series of the end of the game. Blanks led as a Tartan. cord, but we have a strong nu- the fall (September and Oc- fi elder Kyle Woltersdorf was season against Penn State to the Tartans in rushing yards Garcia has had a remark- cleus of players returning and tober) and the spring (April the team leader in RBIs with be for all the marbles. Penn with 52, and Nardone’s four able career, having been are optimistic about 2012.” and May). Conference records 14, and he tied fi rst baseman State has won the conference from the two seasons are com- Eric Bruner for the team lead six years in a row. We are bined to determine playoff in home runs. looking to change that.” seedings in May. MacNabb and senior cap- This fall was highlighted tain Bennet Poepping led the Editor’s note: Adam Gruber is Season Preview: Basketball by some big wins against the pitching staff. Poepping won Sports co-editor for The Tar- Boyce campus of the Com- four games, posting a domi- tan. Men’s: tian Manoli and sophomore ers. The team will be led by The Carnegie Mellon point guard Rashaun Riley as junior Emily Peel, who was men’s basketball team is com- the returning starters. the only player to start every ing off a fairly disappointing Men’s basketball plays game last season. Joining Peel season. They fi nished last in their fi rst game of the season and returning to the starting the UAA with a league record at Juniata College on Tuesday. lineup are sophomore Jac- of 4–10 (7–17 overall). But Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m. quie Shaw and senior Jennifer with three starters returning, Larsen. the Tartans have high hopes Women’s: In order to succeed, the for the 2011–12 season. The women’s basketball Tartans are going to need Senior guard John Duhring team opens its season in the big things from senior point returns for his fi nal season as Radisson Classic on Friday guard Alex Hansen, the only the expected leader of this against Elmira College in returning point guard. team. He has played every Skibo Gym. The start time is game since his fi rst year, start- 8 p.m. ing in 46 of them. He is joined The women have fi ve play- Compiled by by sophomore forward Chris- ers joining the seven return- ADAM GRUBER

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Sports wrap-up Senior day sour for Tartans in defeat Men’s Cross Country Junior Evan Gates earns a spot at the NCAA Division III cross country championships Women’s Cross Country Junior Emily Wobb earns a spot at the NCAA Division III cross country championship Women’s Swimming and Diving The Tartans fall to Grove City College, 162–136 Men’s Swimming and Diving The Tartans win against Grove City College, 180–109

SPORTS COMMENTARY Magic Johnson, the 20-year anniversary

Alan Vangpat/Senior Staff Sophomore quarterback Rob Kalkstein lines up behind center as the Case Western Reserve defense readies. GREG HANNEMAN fourth quarters. In the fi rst “Their defensive line was ern Reserve punt, Carnegie Contributing Editor quarter, Carnegie Mellon got the best we’ve seen all year, Mellon put the fi rst points on ADAM GRUBER an early 7–0 lead on the fi rst and in critical situations we the board in the third quarter Sports Co-Editor possession of the game, as had one or two mistakes that when fi rst-year kicker Dylan senior fullback Chris Garcia Case took advantage of. We Munoz nailed a fi eld goal from Sixteen carries by team- capped a brisk fi ve-play drive couldn’t put a good drive to- 33 yards out. On the ensu- leading running back junior with a two-yard touchdown gether,” Kalkstein said. ing possession, the Spartans Patrick Blanks weren’t enough run. Then, the powerful Case The Tartan defense tight- answered the Munoz fi eld to overcome six sacks and two Western Reserve offense took ened up in the second quarter, goal with a fi eld goal of their interceptions on sophomore over, scoring three times in limiting Case Western Reserve own. Later, Olson completed quarterback Rob Kalkstein, as seven minutes to take a com- to a total of two all-purpose a highlight-worthy 21-yard Courtesy of Cliff1066 on Flickr the Carnegie Mellon football manding 21–7 lead at the end yards on four three-and-out touchdown pass on fourth Johnson was a vibrant and beloved superstar during his NBA career. team fell 38–24 on Saturday of the quarter. drives. Tartan defensive line- and seven to increase the Case ADAM GRUBER three-time most valuable to the Case Western Reserve The Spartan defense stood men Vincent Brown, Andrew Western Reserve advantage to Sports Co-Editor player, three-time NBA Finals University Spartans. The an- up to its No. 10 national rank- Medenbach, and Dallas Hart- 31–10. most valuable player, and nual contest between the Tar- ing. After the team’s fi rst man teamed up for two sacks Carnegie Mellon began to Nov. 7 marked the 20-year 12-time all-star. His creative tans and the Spartans, known drive, Carnegie Mellon was on Spartan quarterback Erik battle back in the game’s fi nal anniversary of one of the passing and fi rm leadership as the Academic Bowl, took limited to just two fi rst downs Olson. The scoreless second quarter. Kalkstein completed most pivotal days in sports were staples for great Lakers place under sunny skies at for the rest of the half. Kalk- quarter sent both teams into fi ve of fi ve pass attempts in and science history. basketball in the ’80s. Gesling Stadium. stein was sacked fi ve times the locker rooms with the a 13-play, 70-yard drive that Twenty years ago, then- As a rookie, Johnson’s Most of the game’s scor- and often seemed reluctant to score still at 21–7. See FOOTBALL, A9 Lakers superstar point guard Lakers faced Julius Erving ing occurred in the fi rst and throw the football. After forcing a Case West- Magic Johnson held a press and the Philadelphia 76ers in conference, one that was the NBA Finals. The Rookie dynamically heartbreaking, of the Year winner, Johnson frightening, and perplexing. was asked in game six to start Johnson ended his already at center for the injured Hall- ATHLETE PROFILE hall-of-fame-worthy career of-Famer Kareem Abdul Jab- much earlier than expected, bar. Johnson overcame what announcing he had been di- most would consider a gaudy Poepping bound for Tartans’ hall-of-fame agnosed as HIV positive. obstacle by scoring 42 points, ALEX TAPAK our coach, Claudio Reilso- motivational skills have made this the team’s way The press conference was grabbing 15 rebounds and Sports Co-Editor no. We just have a lot of fun been perfected through the of getting pumped up and a star-studded event to cel- adding seven assists. playing the best sport in the past four seasons he’s been ready for games. ebrate Johnson as the face of His rivalry with the Bos- This week, we met up world,” Poepping said. here, and he knows how to The funniest moment the campaign to fi nd a cure ton Celtics Hall-of-Fame for- with senior mechanical en- He is the team’s captain, connect to everyone on the from Poepping’s career on for AIDS. Besides being one ward Larry Bird is one of the gineering major and club and has contributed a lot in team in a way that makes the ball club is when a deer of the NBA’s all-time greats, greatest in NBA history. It baseball team captain, Ben- his three and half years of us want to succeed,” junior came onto the fi eld. “It kept transcending the game of was the spark to a lot of John- net Poepping. The Tartans Carnegie Mellon baseball. second baseman Joe Barbish crashing itself into the out- basketball and orchestrating son doubters. After a disap- fi nished the fall season with He is consistently one of the said. fi eld fence, apparently un- the high-octane Showtime pointing loss to Boston in the best record the franchise best hitters and pitchers on Poepping’s expectations able to discern that a fence Lakers offense, Magic John- the 1984 NBA Finals, where has ever recorded in a single the team and has developed for this Tartan baseball team will stop your momentum,” son and the Magic Johnson Johnson botched a chance to season. into the team’s ace. His goal are high. “I want to see us Poepping said. Foundation have been crucial win game one by not getting “My proudest moment for the next semester is “to win a championship because Then a member of the in the fi ght against a disease his shot off in time and turn- was helping our team to a continue pitching well and our coach really deserves team assisted the lost deer. that kills about 1.8 million ing the ball over late in game 10–2 start this fall. We’ve improve my running to bet- one. We are defi nitely capa- “The benevolent Tom Walko people every year. seven to lose the series, John- had some of the best turn- ter support our team as a ble,” Poepping said. grappled it by its neck and Johnson stood at the po- son was a target for heavy outs for games this year, and complete player.” Poepping has fond mem- dragged it halfway across dium, commanding the au- criticism. He used the criti- hopefully it continues into The quality of his play ories of the club baseball the fi eld to the exit,” Poep- dience, at one point drawing cism as motivation and came spring,” Poepping said. on the fi eld is corroborated team and its traditions. “On ping said. six members of the National back in 1985, led the Lakers Poepping has been play- by head coach Claudio Reil- our way to Florida for spring In the end, the deer was Basketball Association Hall to the Finals again, and beat ing baseball since he was sono. break, we always make a okay. of Fame up to the podium the Celtics in six games. fi ve years old. “I’ve never “As a player, it is a great stop at a Waffl e House once Poepping’s time with the with him. The sports world Doubters of his “clutch- not played baseball in the feeling for me as a coach to on the way there, and once Tartans has been memora- watched in awe, because 20 ness” were proven wrong in summer. I don’t know what know that, every time Ben- on the way back,” he said. ble. By the end of his career, years ago, nobody though the 1987 NBA Finals, once I would do without it,” he net comes up, the odds are in When the team travels he should hold many Carne- Johnson would be alive. again against the Celtics, said. our favor that he will come to games, Poepping is the gie Mellon baseball records, In 1991, HIV and AIDS where Johnson hit a baby When Poepping came to up with a big hit, a big game initiator of musical tradi- but it is his personality that were enigmas compared to hook shot over Robert Par- Carnegie Mellon after play- pitching, or a great defen- tions. Like clockwork, he will be most remembered. what we know about them ish and Kevin McHale to win ing at Sewickley Academy, sive play,” Reilsono said. plays R. Kelly’s “Trapped “As captain, Bennet is a valu- today. People accused John- game four 107–106. The he knew he still wanted to Poepping’s skill on the in the Closet,” or the Space able asset to the team and son of being bisexual or gay Lakers won that title in six play, so he went to the in- fi eld is equally matched Jam soundtrack. He has always manages to pull the because that was the per- games, and Johnson earned terest meeting. “[Club base- with his leadership team through tough game ceived demographic of AIDS. his third NBA Finals MVP. ball] is defi nitely my fondest abilities. “His situations. He will be missed He admitted to having mul- But Johnson would have to memory of my college expe- when he graduates after the tiple sex partners, but the overcome no obstacle greater rience so far,” Poepping said. spring season, but he is a lack of knowledge about HIV than the HIV he would have In practices, you can of- defi nite future CMU hall-of- caused people to question. to fi ght. His career was ended ten fi nd Poepping discussing famer,” said junior utility His attempts to return to the in its prime, and basketball the team’s upcoming games player Pedro Cuacuas. game were futile due to play- fans were heartbroken and with the coach, planning ers’ concerns about catching stunned. But who better to lineups and strategies with the virus simply from contact beat a disease than a man him. “I enjoy the with Johnson. with the competitive fi re it guys and But after 20 years of the takes to be a legendary ath- Magic Johnson Foundation’s lete? efforts, the world is more Twenty years later, John- knowledgeable about the son stands strong, still fi ght- HIV and AIDS disease, and ing for the cause. This press treatments of exponentially conference celebrated that better quality have been pro- fact, that he was a role model duced. for a fan base that loved him While it was a celebration and is now a national role of what Johnson has contrib- model. uted to the eradication of this With all of the work the disease, the event was a fo- Magic Johnson Foundation rum of admiration for a truly has accomplished, we can ex- great man. pect that 20 years from now, What he did on the bas- we will be celebrating John- ketball court is legendary. son in a similar fashion. De- At 6'10", he played an inno- fying odds, he will be up on vative game at point guard. that podium, commanding He is a fi ve-time champion, the room, inspiring so many. Celia Ludwinski/Operations Manager

...this week only Reading 3 Four creative writing students show off their work at the latest student reading. Film Factory 4 The Steeltown Entertainment Project presents its annual Film Factory Showcase. Florence 5 Ceremonials, Florence + The Machine’s newest album, doesn’t live up to the band’s past work. Factory Installed 6 The Mattress Factory’s newest exhibit tests viewers’ perceptions of art. TPC and 1,2,3 8 AB Concerts brought Tokyo Police Club and 1,2,3 to campus for its fall concert. ArtHang 9 A group of students work to make student art more public around campus. 10 Bastards 9 This new, student-created literary journal aims to be every writer’s “little black book.”

4 5 8 10 regulars...... diversions

Advice Comics 3 Everything you need to know about turning 21 11 Explore online dating and the birth of the and being ridiculously good looking. internet in this week’s comics. Paperhouse Puzzles 5 Technological developments have changed the 13 See if you have what it takes to complete this way music is produced. week’s killer sudoku. Dollar Movie Horoscopes 7 Find out what movies AB Films is bringing to 14 Your future might be written in the stars, but it McConomy Auditorium this week. is definitely saved on a Mac. Did You Know? Calendar 10 Audience members get laughs at last year’s 15 Find out what’s happening on campus and performance of Rocky Horror Picture Show. around Pittsburgh this week.

PUBLISHER Patrick Gage Kelley EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Michael Kahn OPERATIONS MANAGER Celia Ludwinski PILLBOX EDITOR Anna Walsh ASSISTANT PILLBOX EDITOR Allison Cosby COMICS EDITOR Nicole Hamilton ART EDITOR Adelaide Cole PHOTO EDITOR Tommy Hofman LAYOUT MANAGER Stacey Chin COPY MANAGER Katie Chironis COVER Patrick Gage Kelley

The Tartan . Box 119 . UC Suite 103 . Carnegie Mellon University . 5000 Forbes Ave . Pittsburgh, PA 15213 . www.thetartan.org . © 2011 The Tartan Reading shows off student talent Advice for awkward people Creative writing students read diverse selection of work About turning 21 and being really good-looking

The second of three creative writing student piece which he prefaced by saying it was “not a Dear Patrick, Dear Patrick, readings for the fall semester was a delicious poem.” It was indeed anything but. He proceeded for showcase of the range of talents that Carnegie about three or four minutes to spew out phrase after I just turned 21, and now I suspect there may be Mellon offers. It was held in Baker Hall 260, nonsensical phrase. He read phrases that sounded I’m ready to celebrate! I’ll more to life than being really, affectionately known as “the Glad.” like, “I are the the the that my horse can’t my a are be having my fi rst alcoholic really, really, ridiculously your.” It made the audience feel as though they had drink (after all, it’s illegal good-looking. Can you help The theme for the night was “Masquerade Ball.” stepped into the mind of a schizophrenic. Although before you’re 21), and I me fi nd out what that is? Even though a theme is usually attempted at these the purpose behind the piece was nebulous, it was was hoping you could offer readings as a way of stirring up excitement, there great to listen to such creative cacophony. Maybe its some tips. Thanks, was nothing in the way of decor that indicated the purpose was to have the audience contemplate its Beautiful-Looking night’s theme. purpose. Thanks, Übermensch, Busy Imbibing Rich Empty, Seeking True Hosting the student reading in the Glad had its pros Supinka, like Sherwin, had very interesting poems Toxins, Happily Drinking Enlightenment, Eschews and cons. Although it does serve as an academic with meanings that were a bit hard to decipher. Alcohol, Yearning for Lefts home to creative writing students and has a cozy, Nonetheless, the poems were engaging, especially Bourbon Or Yorsh coffee-shop feel to it, the space is tiny. It is extremely her poem inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Dear BLUE STEEL, awkward for audience members to maneuver their Man.” She blended mathematical concepts Dear BIRTHDAY BOY, way around the room to pick up a slice of pizza, beautifully with poetic visualization. I feel you, brother. We especially considering how packed the space was Congratulations on surviving incredibly handsome fellows with eager audience members. Like Supinka, Price had works that incorporated for 21 years! Now you go through existential numbers, including one that described a highly can fi nally have your fi rst crises just like the normals, “I am really interested in what the upperclassmen specific procedure for drinking coffee. He turned it (legal) drink. Here’s the although ours are usually have to say,” said Ivy Krislov, a sophomore creative into an art. deal — you better not pay precipitated by awards writing and technical writing double major, before for a drink tonight. Tonight, shows and gasoline fi ghts. the event. After the reading, Crochet said in an interview you — regardless of your Try devoting yourself to that the event was “exhilarating. I am not the most gender — are the hot chick a worthy cause, like kids The night featured four readers: Noelle Crochet, a comfortable with public speaking, but it is great to at the bar. Everyone else who don’t read good and senior creative writing and English double major share my work in such a welcoming environment.” should buy you drinks. The want to learn to do other with a minor in film studies; Brian Sherwin, a senior bartender will give you at stuff good too. (Okay, just creative writing major; junior Carolyn Supinka, a Krislov said that she “will definitely come out to one least one drink for free, and assume I make a few more BHA student in creative writing and art; and fifth- [student reading] in the future. It was really cool.” after that just walk up to Zoolander jokes here.) year creative writing major Andre Price. All readers any group and yell “IT’S MY had unique and interesting pieces; for instance, The next and last creative writing student reading 21ST BIRTHDAY!” Try going outside instead Crochet read a loosely-structured ghazal, a Persian for the fall is on Dec. 1 in the Glad. Come out to of sitting around quoting poetic form that uses rhyming couplets with a refrain support the showcasing of talented Carnegie Mellon Now, the key here is not to movies. Be more like in which each line shares the same meter. English department students. drink too much. Everyone’s Hansel and less like David going to tell you to take 21 Duchovny. Stop looking at Sherwin had the most unusual pieces. One piece shots, but they’re idiots. If yourself in the mirror and go that stood out most from the entire night was a Juan Acosta | Staffwriter you check your mail, you’re have an adventure out in the going to fi nd a letter from sun. Admittedly, with winter University Health Services coming, we’re probably telling you not to drink not going to actually see alone. Yes — at Carnegie the sun until March. You’d Mellon, the administration actually probably be better has to tell you to spend off staying inside, admiring time with friends. Go with your refl ection, and quoting some friends that you know movies. I guess there won’t drink too much, and really isn’t more to life than will take care of you when being really, really, really, you inevitably black out. ridiculously good-looking. Don’t bring those guys who would take that opportunity Don’t kill the Malaysian to pull out a Sharpie and go prime minister, to town. Patrick Hoskins

Just take a few aspirin

Kechun Mao | Staff before passing out, Need advice? Send queries Junior Carolyn Supinka read several of her poems at last Thursday’s creative writing student reading. Patrick Hoskins to [email protected]. community3 pillbox 11.14.11 Steeltown Film Factory inspires local fi lmmakers Organization begins annual screenplay competition, works to encourage local fi lm industry

The Regent Square Theatre offers a musty, old First Kiss, tells the story of a 14-year-old romantic named Melissa Martin, the short fi lm features juniors Grace Hollywood feel in its crumbling walls and red-velvet aura. Adam Schoenberger searching for his fi rst kiss. The Rao and Gina Le Vine, students in the School of Drama. On Wednesday night, the small building’s lobby was fi lm will be shot in Pittsburgh this December and is an While the writing was remarkable, the execution of this crammed with a mix of a young grungy crowd and what “unabashed ode to the agonies of adolescence.” The fi lm just did not seem to follow suit. The cinematography looked like the older version of these 20-somethings, production is made possible with the bountiful help and was strangely disjointed, featuring quick paneling of the complete with blazers and scraggly beards. This was resources provided by Carnegie Mellon’s Filmmaking camera and confusing cuts between characters. The fi lm the Steeltown Entertainment Project’s Film Factory Club, in which Kuang is an executive offi cer. had amazing potential, yet it seemed to fall short of its Showcase, part of the Three Rivers Film Festival. It was high expectations. packed with attendees either already in the fi lm industry Although First Kiss was not chosen to receive funding or just beginning to claw their way in. This was a night from the Film Factory, Kuang will be producing it for Other notable speakers were Lauren Elmer, a graduate of to celebrate the burgeoning talent of the blooming fi lm her senior thesis and is now fundraising through a the University of Pittsburgh with a B.A. in fi lm studies, industry of Pittsburgh. crowd-funded platform called Kickstarter, where donors and Chris Preska, a Pittsburgh native. Elmer is manager can support online. In order to successfully shoot her of post productions for Sony Pictures Classic, and According to the brochure handed to people upon fi lm, she hopes to raise $6,000 by Nov. 26. She noted showed a beautifully shot and endearing short fi lm called entering, the Steeltown Entertainment Project offers Kickstarter’s fi ckle success rate, though, saying, “I’ve Smile about a girl who is in love with her orthodontist. opportunities to entertainment professionals in order to seen a lot of great projects get funded, and a lot of great Elmer’s own aesthetic seemed to match that of her fi lm: build a more sustainable fi lm and media industry in the projects not get funded.” Kuang created a short trailer Short, curly haired, and adorned in a baby doll velvet Pittsburgh region. The host of the night, Carl Kurlander, for First Kiss, which can be viewed online at kickstarter. dress, she commanded the attention of the room with an a professor at Pittsburgh Filmmakers and writer and com. The warm and colorful aesthetic of this short unexpected but pleasant air of experience. She advised producer of shows including Saved By the Bell, raved preview alone alludes to the tickled feeling that the fi lm the audience of hopeful fi lmmakers to work with other about the talent of this town through anecdotal stories. will surely provide. The trailer was shown during the writers in order to develop their ideas and begin building In reference to the accelerating growth of the industry, Film Factory Showcase before the work of last year’s a team. This idea of building a network is what the he thanked the audience for “being part of the monster, winner premiered. Steeltown Entertainment Project hopes to implement because it really has become a movement.” here in Pittsburgh. Christopher Dimond, a Carnegie Mellon graduate with This movement is fed by the incubation of projects like a master’s degree in dramatic writing, won the 2010 The following speaker, Chris Preska, created the award- the Steeltown Film Factory, which awards winners with competition with his fi lm, Flour Baby, which tells the winning sci-fi series The Mercury Men, which can be $30,000 to produce their short fi lm. In 2010 Yulin Kuang, story of a Catholic school girl who faces the typical found on Hulu or on OnDemand. Preska developed a senior creative writing major and fi lm and media childcare assignment of a fl our baby in a not-so-typical the web series on an extremely tight budget of $7,000 studies minor, was a top three fi nalist. Her screenplay, situation. Directed by Carnegie Mellon faculty member for a total of 10 episodes. He showed the fi rst episode, a thrilling black and white piece featuring pounding beats and suspenseful moments reminiscent of The Twilight Zone. Preska shared the phrase he continuously used on set: “limitation breeds creativity.” He set high expectations for the series and claimed that he was just stupid enough, and just ambitious enough, to do it. “There was no one to tell me I couldn’t … including myself.”

He shared that he has a poster of an Alex Ross painting depicting Super Grover from Sesame Street in his offi ce, and paralleled his own blind ambition to that of Grover. “I love it because in my mind, that’s what Super Grover sees,” he said. “It’s a symbol that you can be greater than your circumstances might typically allow.” The second season of The Mercury Men is currently being developed, now with a signifi cantly higher budget.

Pittsburgh may be referred to as an underdog city in the world of fi lmmaking, but even so, opportunities abound. Pittsburgh is breaking its way into the industry, as best evidenced by the fi lming of The Dark Knight Rises here this past summer. Students are encouraged to keep their eyes open.

File Photo courtesy of Jonny Paterson Samantha Ward | Junior Staffwriter Yulin Kuang, a senior creative writing major and film and media studies minor, was one of the top three finalists in last year’s Steeltown Film Factory competition. 4film pillbox 11.14.11 Florence falls short of past work Paperhouse Ceremonials ignores Florence + The Machine’s best sounds On music technology

Maybe the epic sound of her debut album Lungs is the silence in between / What I thought and what I Before the current crop of streaming services, before the reason why Florence Welch of Florence + The said,” and “Only if for a Night,” which has a haunting the iPod, portable CD players and even before the Machine has been repeatedly depicted as larger than melody similar to that in “Howl.” Sony Walkman and mass-produced vinyl records, you life. Everyone reports the same thing — she dances had to go to a concert hall to hear music. Music was on stage with no shoes, decorates rooms with found As a whole, though, Ceremonials falls fl at. There is a luxury, performed by orchestras, and was therefore bird cages, and once made an art project that spelled no follow-through on the angry, punk-infl uenced only as portable as all of the musicians. As technology out “You’re a twat” in artifi cial fl owers. Even her tracks scattered throughout Lungs in songs like “Kiss has developed, however, it has infl uenced both our success story has a bit of magic to it: Her now- with a Fist.” The blues infl uence from tracks like consumption of music and the production of music. manager found her in the bathroom of a pub, singing “Girl with one Eye,” is also absent from Ceremonials. Etta James. The songs that replace these sounds seem forced. Enter Edison and the gramophone, the ancestor to what These tracks try to create breaks between the many would be vinyl records. At the time, it was heralded as Ceremonials, her recently-released album, follows up over-the-top, gospel songs with others that take a wonder of the modern world, a wonderfully accurate on this sense of wonder, but does nothing to explore a gothic direction. Welch sings about real devils, reproduction of voice. Vinyl brought music to the masses: the other sides of Welch that are so interesting. witches, and ghosts in a soft, spooky voice, rather It could be mass-produced cheaply and offered high While Lungs is a multifaceted book full of beautifully than belt out lines about her personal demons. The sound accuracy. The accuracy of vinyl — and the reason written short stories, Ceremonials is a complete subdued witch-pop song “What the Water Gave that audiophiles still prefer it — is because a compact disc novel — one that drags on for too long. Me” comes a little too close to sounding like “Bat reproduces a continuous signal, whereas there are infi nite For Lashes,” while “Seven Devils” takes “spooky” a values within which to create sound on a vinyl record. Ceremonials expands the otherworldly gospel sounds little too literally: The accompanying piano repeats that Welch fi rst created in tracks like “Hurricane a melody that sounds like it’s straight out of a When music reached the age of cassette tapes, we had Drunk” and “Cosmic Love.” Sometimes, this effort Hitchcock fi lm. applied math to sample music accurately enough so that is surprisingly successful. Her fi rst single, “Shake there was no theoretical difference between the discrete it Out,” is a more resolved, stronger version of the Hopefully this record is merely an impressive signal stored on magnetic tape and the indentations on feel-good anthem “Dog Days are Over.” The song sophomore slump in Welch’s career. Until the next the grooves of a record. Music of the time refl ected this seems much more sure of itself — instead of the album, though, blast “Shake it Out” and let Florence change: Just think of the musical difference between the delicate, atmospheric harp in “Dog Days,” Florence + The Machine shake all the devils off your back for sounds of the ’60s and the sounds of the early ’80s. I’ve concentrates on the percussion and highlights her a dance-like-no-one-is-watching fi ve minutes. And heard many references to the difference in audio quality soaring voice. You can almost see Welch dancing don’t forget to take off your shoes. from cassette to early CDs, a difference that most certainly barefoot on stage as she sings: “It’s hard to dance affected the production of music at the time. with the devil on your back / so shake it off.” Alina Narvaez | Junior Staffwriter What changed between a CD and a MP3? They’re the Other notable tracks include “No Light, No Light,” same, right? The simple answer is no. The math necessary in which Welch drops the memorable line, “You are to store music on a CD and an MP3 are similar, but an MP3 requires something more, something commonly referred to as a codec. I claim that the music of today is written rhythmically and sonically to be accurately captured by the math of MP3. We have entered a point where the music adapts to technology, not the other way around, a notion that may threaten the art of music.

Matt Baron | Special to The Tartan top 10 on WRCT 88.3 FM most played albums of the last week 1 St. Vincent — Strange Mercy 2 Thomas Marriott — Human Spirit 3 Tom Waits — Bad As Me 4 Emika — Emika 5 Coldplay — Mylo Xyloto 6 M83 — Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming 7 Icebird (RJD2 + Adam Livingston) — The Abandoned Lullaby 8 Opeth — Heritage Courtesy of JessicaSarahS via Flickr 9 Evidence — Cats & Dogs Florence Welch, the singer-songwriter behind Florence + The Machine, is known for her dreamy theatrics. 10 Megafaun — Megafaun music5 pillbox 11.14.11 Factory Installed tests viewers’ perceptions of art New exhibit at Mattress Factory features site-specifi c works, pushes art’s physical limitations

Tucked away from view on residential Sampsonia Way space it is given and does not appear to embody in the Mexican War Streets neighborhood of Pittsburgh, the description of “powerful experiences” which the the Mattress Factory hardly seems like an artistic gem museum has assigned to the exhibit. at fi rst glance. But on the inside, the museum is a sanctuary of contemporary installation art — “art you Other pieces in the exhibit also seem either too lofty can get into,” as the museum literature says. or too simplistic for some viewers to understand. Nika Kupyrova’s “Roadkill” consists of a few unidentifi able It is important to note that the Mattress Factory is no objects laid out across a white tiled fl oor. The white-and- ordinary art museum. The most fascinating part of pastel color palette creates an interesting aesthetic, but visiting the Mattress Factory is the way in which the the strange objects lining the fl oor and the incongruous works of art incorporate the physical space surrounding title of the work leaves some viewers confused. Likewise, them: walls, windows, ceilings, and fl oors. In this way, Mariana Manhaes’s “Thesethose,” in which wired the art literally surrounds viewers and seeps into their machinery connected to large infl ating and defl ating environment. Ultimately, the museum has proven that plastic bags create strange whirring and breathing art does not have to be confi ned to a gilded frame on a noises, also may puzzle viewers with its odd array of wall, testing its viewers’ understanding of the physical objects and sounds. limitations of art. On the other hand, several pieces in the exhibit offers The Factory Installed exhibit is no exception to this motif powerful messages and captivating perspectives. Than of environmental art. All of the works are site-specifi c; Htay Maung’s “My Offering” portrays the hungry hands each artist hand-picked an area of the museum for of victims of the 2008 cyclone in Burma; dozens of his or her installation. Veronica Ryan’s “The Weather plaster hands holding bread lined the walls in a powerful File Photo by Alexandre Kaspar Inside,” for instance, features literal cutouts from the appeal for donations. Also fascinating, though for a very factory’s walls displayed throughout the room, and Pablo different reason, is Valbuena’s light-projection piece, The Mattress Factory specializes in installation art, like Valbuena’s “Para-Site [mattress factory]” creates optical which creates black-and-white illusions using the “Infinity Dots Mirror Room,” a permanent piece by illusions by projecting black-and-white patterns onto a structure of the museum windows — a somewhat eerie Yayoi Kusama. pair of factory windows. yet entrancing visual experience. also their perceptions of art as a medium to express that Despite the physical scale of the installations, however, Despite minor drawbacks, the Factory Installed exhibit reality. The Mattress Factory is an excellent place for some of the pieces seemed bland or hard to grasp. — and the entire museum, for that matter — is a those who want to expand their artistic palates and be Ryan’s composition, though it spans the entire room, captivating and thought-provoking atmosphere that exposed to new and interesting forms. features relatively small pieces and a white and gray can only be done justice by personal experience. The color palette. Though this certainly creates an ambiance contemporary art at the Mattress Factory succeeds not of its own, the piece seems reluctant to take up the only in challenging viewers’ perceptions of reality, but Rachel Cohen | Junior Staffwriter

6art pillbox 11.14.11 dollarmovie McConomy Auditorium, University Center Nicole Lee | Junior Staffwriter

Another Earth Captain America Dr. Strangelove Revenge of the Nerds Thursday, Nov. 17 Friday, Nov. 18 Saturday, Nov. 19 Sunday, Nov. 20 8 10 12 7:30 10 12:30 8 10 12 8 10 12

Brit Marling, a recent Georgetown Chris Evans stars as Steve Rogers, an This 1964 comedy gives a satirical and Directed by Jeff Kanew, this movie University graduate, serves as unlikely hero due to his small stature. ironic take on the Cold War. Directed, gives an interesting and comedic take screenwriter and lead actress for Despite being rejected for military produced, and written by Stanley on college social life. Released in 1984, this independent fi lm. She stars as service for World War II, Rogers gets the Kubrick, the fi lm follows a nuclear the fi lm follows two fi rst-year computer Rhoda Williams, a smart and curious chance to serve his country after being attack on the Soviet Union ordered by a science nerds, Gilbert and Lewis, who young woman who plans to study injected with a “super-soldier” serum. United States military offi cial. However, are harassed and bullied by the Alpha astrophysics at MIT. However, after Now muscular, tall, and formidable, the United States government tries to Beta jock fraternity. In retaliation, the tragedy strikes, she is forced to Rogers earns his title “Captain America” prevent the attack in fear of a nuclear nerds form a fraternity of their own and reevaluate herself and her plans. When as an integral force in the American war and apocalypse. The fi lm was use their “nerdy” skills to fi ght back a duplicate Earth appears in the skies, army. The fi lm also partly serves as a nominated for four Academy Awards, against Alpha Beta. The fi lm is one of Rhoda is presented with the once-in-a- prequel for the upcoming movie The including Best Director and Best Bravo TV’s “100 Funniest Movies.” lifetime opportunity to travel there in the Avengers, which stars other Marvel Picture. midst of her recovery and reconcile with superheroes such as Iron Man, Thor, her past. and the Hulk.

film7 pillbox 11.14.11 Tokyo Police Club puts on energetic show Danceable concert by Canadian indie rock band is well received by Carnegie Mellon students

Patrick Gage Kelley | Publisher

Above: Students came out to Wiegand Gym to see Tokyo Police Club, AB Concerts’ fall show. Right: Vocalist and bassist David Monks was very conscious about interacting with the audience.

Patrick Gage Kelley | Publisher Carnegie Mellon was struck by indie rock talent this local bands.” Streja added, “It was a lot of hard work, but “They are really great! Too many bands lack energy. It past weekend as it played host to local band 1,2,3 worth it.” is always great to see the performers have more energy and the Canadian band Tokyo Police Club. The well- than the crowd,” said senior mechanical engineering publicized event was presented by AB Concerts, which 1,2,3 did a great job as an opener. Lead singer Nic major Chris Simundson, who spent the entirety of Tokyo began planning this event in August. The head event Snyder has a unique voice with a broad range that Police Club’s set dancing away. coordinators were Lynn Streja, senior human-computer covers everything from a falsetto high to a raspier low. interaction and information systems double major, and The band has a very indie feel, which had audience Others who were less familiar with the band seemed Luyba Zeylikman, senior economics and psychology members bobbing their heads up and down and swaying pleased nonetheless. Samuel Nalbone, a junior double major. from side to side. mechanical engineering major, said, “They were pretty good. I had never heard of them, but they were really Walking into Wiegand Gym gave the impression that As the band played its last song, each member moved great.” the audience was in store for an impressive show, off the stage one by one, leaving Snyder behind for a thanks to the striking stage constructed in the center mini solo performance. “I thought [1,2,3’s performance] A small group of attendees danced throughout the of the gym. The professional setup enforced the feeling was pretty good. I liked how they all got off stage,” said show, while others made several entertaining but failed that the audience was in for a great show, a feeling sophomore biology major Luke Diorio-Toth. attempts at crowd surfi ng (no one was hurt, though). that was undoubtedly justifi ed by the night’s end. The Not everyone was paying attention to the music, smoke-fi lled gym and the light effects also helped build “It was a little mellow, and they could have gotten the though — in the back of the gym, some people sat on anticipation for the concert to come. There was a large crowd going a bit more, but it was still good,” said Dixie the fl oor in small circles talking throughout the concert, screen set up by cmuTV, which served as a great way for Kee, a junior computer science major, after the band’s while next to the merchandise tables, there were global the audience to see several perspectives of each band. set. “Lots of falsetto. Lots of cardigans.” medical brigades selling cookies and other baked goods. Although the gymnasium was only about half-full Despite the setup, not everyone was pleased with the After a brief intermission, Streja and Zeylikman throughout the concert, the audience — which included venue. First-year electrical and computer engineering introduced the headliner, Tokyo Police Club. Its set plenty of University of Pittsburgh students and sleeping major David Lu said after the show, “The performers defi nitely had more danceable music, fi lling the gym baggers, in addition to Carnegie Mellon students — were good but the venue was not that good, ’cause the with energy. While the band members focused on seemed to have a great time. gym resonated.... So there were a lot of notes with the their instruments, they were also always conscious of fi rst group that weren’t heard too well.” interacting with the audience, frequently instructing the crowd to clap and sing out loud at times. Juan Acosta | Staffwriter The local Pittsburgh band 1,2,3 opened for Tokyo Police Club. In an interview, Zeylikman said, “We went through The lighting of the show was spectacular — the band’s a lot of choices for [opening] acts. We chose 1,2,3 lead vocalist and bassist, David Monks, even gave a because we feel like they are about to hit it big, so we shout-out to the amazing display of lights. wanted them here before they do. We also like to support 8music pillbox 11.14.11 ArtHang puts student work in public space Student organization shares work with campus community, curates, installs exhibits

Students walking through the fi fth fl oor of the Gates ArtHang began last semester, when “a group of us in want to teach ourselves and teach the people coming [to Hillman Complex or hanging out in the Zebra Lounge the sophomore class in the art school felt discontented participate] how to properly install works, so we want it might have noticed a few new colorful additions to their about how much student work we were seeing around to be an educational thing, as well,” Record added. walls. Student art is now being displayed prominently in campus, and we really wanted to see more,” Caroline both spaces, thanks to the efforts of a few sophomore art Record, a sophomore art major, said. “We thought it ArtHang has also been getting plenty of submissions students and their new initiative, called ArtHang. would be a valuable thing for the artists and also for the — so far, the project has received over 58 artworks community.” for the Zebra Lounge show alone. Although most of the submissions have been from art students, the While there is already student art on display at The organization hopes to display more works by non-art Frame (a student-run art gallery on the corner of Forbes majors. The projector in Gates in particular could “be a and Margaret Morrison), sophomore art major Claire way in for non-art students who make different kinds of Gustavson explained, “What we were interested in video work,” Record said. “We’re collaborating with Film was bringing art to the places where students already Club to get some of their shorter silent works that they were on campus and ... integrating art into the public do.” spaces.... The Frame is defi nitely a great resource, but we think that ArtHang is performing a separate ArtHang already has plenty of plans for the future, the function.” fi rst of which is “trying to become a student organization,” Bennett said. Aside from this more Even though the project was fi rst conceived last administrative goal, the students hope to expand the semester, the students did not initiate their plan number of spaces around campus where they can of hanging art around campus until this semester. exhibit work. “We’re starting with things like eating Currently, ArtHang has an exhibit in Zebra Lounge spaces and dorm spaces and then as we get more called Zebra: Twelve, and, in a different exhibit, is using credibility, more experience, [we’ll be] trying to push into a projector at the top of the Helix in the Gates Center places more like the UC and some academic buildings, to display nine different video works. “Gates is a great where it is harder to get permission,” Gustavson said. venue for exploring ArtHang projection and media Once they are more established, the group hopes to do because it’s in a place where there’s primarily not art an art show exclusively for non-art majors on campus, majors, so then you’ve got the [computer science] majors and eventually organize an art show off-campus for that are viewing the art that might not otherwise see any Carnegie Mellon art majors. art projects,” Michael Bennett, a sophomore art major, said. “We have so many dreams and so many plans,” Record said. Despite how new the project is, plenty of people have already become involved — about 15 students have Alan Vangpat | Senior Staff participated in ArtHang through administrative, Anna Walsh | Pillbox Editor curatorial, and installation work. Although they each Sophomore Caroline Record hopes ArtHang will help had some minor experience with installation before expose the campus community to student artwork. beginning ArtHang, “for the most part, this is defi nitely our biggest [installation] project,” Bennett said. “We

art9 pillbox 11.14.11 Did you know? Bastards make it to print The School of Applied Design holds a Carnegie Mellon students publish original literary journal masquerade on Dithridge Street in the 100 Conservatory of Music. Approximately 50 couples attended the event, which Ines Pujos and Marci Calabretta fi rst dreamt up Print lasted until 2 a.m. All attendees were Oriented Bastards — a literary journal for graduate Nov. 9, 1911 required to don masks for the evening; and undergraduate students across the country — a after the eighth dance, guests were year ago, as they were doing homework together. unmasked, and the night of fun This year, their dream has become a reality, as they continued. released the fi rst issue of Print Oriented Bastards last Friday in the Gladys Schmitt Creative Writing An editorial about students’ time Center. conflicts discusses a recent Kiltie 50 Band trip to Rochester. Students Pujos, a senior creative writing student, and were forced to either attend the trip Calabretta, a 2011 alumna who majored in English or withdraw from the band. Students and creative writing, received the 2011 Charles Nov. 8, 1961 were frustrated by such an ultimatum, C. Dawe Memorial Award to help fund the literary arguing that school should be their journal, which has the tagline of “Every Writer’s main focus. Little Black Book.” In a literal sense, the journal fi ts this tagline perfectly: Its slim, compact shape is slightly smaller than the length of one’s hand, and it Delta Upsilon fraternity initiates has a simple black cover. President Richard Cyert into its group 25 at its Founders’ Day House Meeting. The journal is also on its way to fi tting the moniker Cyert is enthusiastic about the role of “little black book” fi guratively. Although most of Greek organizations can play in the contributors to the journal are, unsurprisingly, Nov. 11, 1986 promoting social activities on campus. Carnegie Mellon students and alumni, the issue also includes writers from Knox College and Columbia College Chicago. The editors hope to increase the diversity of the journal’s contributors, though; at The women’s soccer team earns an the release party on Friday, Pujos said that they are invitation to the ECAC Mid-Atlantic “sending this [issue] to all the graduate schools and File Photo by Alexandre Kaspar 10 tournament for the first time in Carnegie undergraduate schools across America ... to promote Ines Pujos and Marci Calabretta first thought of Mellon’s history. The women win two young artists and writers.” creating the journal Print Oriented Bastards when games before losing to Johns Hopkins Nov. 12, 2001 Pujos read the line “print oriented bastards” in an University in their third game of the Print Oriented Bastards’ ambitions of becoming essay for a class. tournament. Although the team did a reference point for writers is best realized in its diversity of content. Poetry, fi ction, art, prose not win the tournament, the team was tall. If the editors of Print Oriented Bastards want poetry, and photography are all represented, with more successful than in the previous to continue to put the “little” in “little black book,” subject matter ranging from hickeys to physics season. perhaps they should consider limiting the content to to softball games. The journal shines most in the literary, rather than the visual, arts. According to the Nov. 6 issue of Time, its poetry section; among the most successful poems is fi fth-year creative writing major Andre Pennsylvania is ranked the 10th most Overall, though, Print Oriented Bastards’ fi rst issue Price’s “To My Landlord,” in which he combines a 5 expensive state in which to attend is well on its way to accomplishing its goals. Many dilapidated house with beautiful images of nature. a private college. Carnegie Mellon’s a writer will enjoy slipping this journal out of his Senior creative writing major Caroline Kessler uses tuition in 2006–2007 is almost $11,000 or her bag to thumb through for inspiration. Those Nov. 13, 2006 a conversation about congregating stinkbugs to above the national average. The interested in picking up a copy of Print Oriented explore her relationship with her brother in “An College Board reports that college cost Bastards can fi nd them in the Gladys Schmitt Evening with My Brother.” increases continue to outpace inflation. Creative Writing Center in Baker Hall. Although the poetry section is the largest and strongest, the prose section also has several gems — Anna Walsh | Pillbox Editor Scotch’n’Soda performs The Rocky “Lights,” by Francesca Thompson, a fi ction writing Horror Show during Homecoming major at Columbia College Chicago, provides an 1 weekend. The show was full of intimate and lyrical look into how tragedy can affect callbacks from the audience. In one a small, tight-knit community. instance, someone yelled, “That’s Nov. 8, 2010 my roommate!” while the two main The weakest point in the journal is the visual art. characters acted out a sex scene on While “Ninfa” by Mariluz Orbay-Cerrato, a graduate stage. student in the English department, is stunning, the other images aren’t as arresting. 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“So What Does it All Mean?” “What Becomes of the Broken leo Hearted?” Do they “Go the Distance” or do they “Start july 23–aug. 22 Anew?” The answer can only be found in music. Crossword courtesy of BestCrosswords.com

ACROSS OWN Make sure you write out your to-do list instead of trying D 1. On ____ with 1. Warts and all virgo to memorize it. You wouldn’t want to pull a Rick Perry this aug. 23–sept. 22 5. Silk cotton 2. Heating fuel week, would you? 10. Pole, for one 3. Rifle adjunct 14. Big rig 4. Vulgar person 15. Sported 5. Punishes You’re pretty awesome, but I don’t think you know that, and 16. Taylor of “Mystic Pizza” 6. Tombstone lawman libra that’s a problem. Take it from the heavens above: You rock. 17. Metrical foot 7. Brain wave sept. 23–oct. 22 18. Ain’t right? 8. Small tuned drum 19. Inter ____ 9. Hymn 20. Portico 10. Bed support 21. Pasta 11. Light air You like to plan ahead and make sure that all the ‘I’s are 23. Blotto 12. Et ____ scorpio dotted and ‘T’s are crossed, and that’s a good thing. This 25. Not ‘neath 13. By way of oct. 23–nov. 21 week your plans will be severely interrupted. Don’t freak 26. Cotyledon 22. Goddess and sister of Ares in Greek out, just collect yourself and try again. 31. Capital of Belarus mythology 35. MSNBC rival 24. Land in la mer 36. ____ nous 26. Great quantity 38. Organization 27. Eventually become sagittarius I think Elton John is right. It’s gonna be a long, long night. 40. Citrus coolers 28. Diciembre follower nov. 22–dec. 21 42. Singes 29. Suit to ____ 44. Singer Vikki 30. Former French currency 45. Indian millet 32. Japanese computer giant 47. _____ Gay 33. Blank look You are waitlisted for a number of important classes, but 49. Feel bad about 34. Monetary unit of Turkey capricorn there is no need to fret. Practice your begging skills and 50. Swimming holes 37. Switch ending dec. 22–jan. 19 your charm, and you’ll be on the roster in no time. 52. Polite behavior 39. One hunted 54. Aliens, for short 41. Hit sign 56. “Fancy that!” 43. Lazy person 57. Reiterant 46. “Hard ____!” (sailor’s yell) aquarius You are the best dressed out of all the signs. When it 62. Asian sea 48. 100 square meters comes to being a fashionista, you’re the very best. In all 66. Capital of Norway 51. Phases jan. 20–feb. 18 fairness, though, you do go to Carnegie Mellon and don’t 67. Hood-shaped anatomical part 53. Tantalizes have to work that hard to reach such a status. 68. All there 55. Hiding place 69. Type of gun 57. Queue after Q 70. Glacial ridge 58. K-6 Don’t be ashamed of who you are or what you like. This 71. “____ Brockovich” 59. Soprano Lily pisces week, wear your personality on your sleeve, and don’t hide feb. 19–march 20 72. Adds 60. Actress Chase from anyone. 73. Fragment 61. Not e’en once 74. Actress Ward 63. Describes a gently cooked steak Nicole Hamilton | Comics Editor 64. Indigo 65. Actress Olin 66. CIA forerunner 14horoscopes pillbox 11.14.11 MONDAY11.14.11 FRIDAY11.18.11

Shale Play: Our Brains on Frack. Baker Hall 136. Light-Up Night. Downtown Pittsburgh. 5 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Downtown Pittsburgh kicks off the holiday season with its Classifieds Anne D’Zmura, the current artist-in-residence in the evening of festivities. Local bands will play on the Roberto ADOPTION: Active, loving couple hopes School of Drama, is currently leading a group of students Clemente Bridge, while both One Oxford Centre and to adopt. Are you, or someone you know, through a theater-devising process that explores the PPG Place Plaza will have their offi cial tree-lighting pregnant & considering making an adoption the political, social, economic, and environmental ceremonies at 5:30 p.m. One Oxford Centre will also plan? If so, we would love to speak with ramifi cations of Marcellus Shale drilling. D’Zmura, the have free horse-drawn carriage rides, have live reindeer head of directing at California State University, Long on display, and celebrate the opening of Pittsburgh you. We promise to provide a lifetime of love, Beach, will discuss her past experiences in the fi eld Memories, an exhibit of historic photographs that stability and opportunity for a baby. Please call of ecodrama and present a workshop. The lecture is celebrate Pittsburgh during the holiday season. Lori and Mike 1-888-499-4464. sponsored by Carnegie Mellon’s Center for the Arts in Society. Night of the Creeps. Andy Warhol Museum. 7 p.m. An homage to 1950s horror fi lms, Night of the Creeps performance, acupuncturist and practicing Buddhist Tyler TUESDAY11.15.11 is a 1986 movie in which alien brain parasites turn Phan will give a lecture about the work. The event is part humans into zombies. The fi lm’s writer and director, Fred of the Warhol’s 2011 Pittsburgh Biennial: Gertrude’s/LOT Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey. Consol Energy Center. Dekker, and one of its stars, Tom Atkins, will be present exhibition, on view until Jan. 8, 2012. 7 p.m. to introduce the movie and answer questions after the The Pittsburgh Penguins, who are currently fi rst in the screening. The movie is being shown in conjunction with André Rieu. Consol Energy Center. 6 p.m. NHL’s Atlantic Division, will play against the Colorado the exhibit Heroes and Villains: The Comic Book Art of Dutch composer, violinist, and conductor André Rieu will Avalanche, who are third in the Northwest Division. The Alex Ross. lead his Johann Strauss Orchestra, which he founded Pens are currently 11th in the NHL in goals scored per in 1987. The orchestra is known for its unorthodox game, with an average of 2.8. SATURDAY11.19.11 approach to performing classical music: Its performances involve plenty of enthusiasm and joking with the audience. WEDNESDAY11.16.11 Dashboard Confessional. Mr. Small’s Theatre. 8 p.m. Singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba, the founding member MONDAY11.21.11 From Waste to Reuse: Dialogue and Brick Cleaning of Dashboard Confessional, will give a solo acoustic Workshop. Miller Gallery, second fl oor. 5 p.m. performance. Dashboard Confessional has had three gold Pittsburgh Speakers Series: Valerie Plame Wilson Members from the Braddock-based art collective albums since 2001 and was featured on MTV Unplugged and Ambassador Joe Wilson. Heinz Hall. 8 p.m. Transformazium will lead this workshop on cleaning bricks in 2002. The opening act for his performance will be Valerie Plame Wilson was a CIA operative until her for reuse. They will discuss how you can save energy and Jarrod Gorbel, an indie rock musician who used to be the identity was leaked to the press by government offi cials resources by using deconstructed and cleaned building frontman for the quartet The Honorary Title. in 2003, allegedly in retaliation to an op-ed her husband, materials, and the way that process can create more Ambassador Joe Wilson, wrote in The New York Times local jobs. Transformazium is part of the Miller Gallery’s SUNDAY11.20.11 that claimed the war in Iraq was unfounded. In their presentation of the Pittsburgh Biennial, a city-wide lecture, the couple, whose story was documented in the celebration of local art. Lilith Bailey-Kroll and Tyler Phan: Death in the Age 2010 major motion picture Fair Game, will lay out the of Bardo. Andy Warhol Museum. Noon. CIA leak controversy and take the audience through two THURSDAY11.17.11 Local artist and yoga instructor Lilith Bailey-Kroll will decades’ worth of world politics. perform a physical interpretation of the Tibetan Bardo Mustard’s Retreat. Pittsburgh Performing Arts Center. Thödol, literally translated as Liberation Through Hearing Ra Ra Riot. Carnegie Lecture Hall. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. During the Intermediate State but best known to the This indie rock band from Syracuse, N.Y., has been Mustard’s Retreat is a folk music duo composed of David Western world as The Tibetan Book of the Dead. The praised by Spin as “one of the best young bands we’ve Tamulevich and Michael Hough. The two musicians have text, composed in the eighth century by the Buddhist heard in a really long time” and appeared on Late Night been playing together for 35 years and were praised as “a guru Padmasambhava, guides the reader through the With Jimmy Fallon last month. Ra Ra Riot’s concert is pleasure to hear” by The Michigan Times. experiences that one has after death. Before Bailey-Kroll’s presented in conjunction with the Andy Warhol Museum.

ONGOING

Three Rivers Film Festival. Pittsburgh Filmmakers theaters. Through Nov. 19. Now in its 30th year, the Three Rivers Film Festival presents independent American fi lms, new documentaries, and critically acclaimed foreign fi lms throughout Pittsburgh. The festival presents movies daily at the Harris Theater, the Melwood Screening Room, and the Regent Square Theater. For the full schedule of fi lms, go to www.theaters.pittsburgharts.org.

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Courtesy of the Carnegie Museum of Art and Jim Judkis “G-20 Police Line,” by Jim Judkis, is one of the photographs currently on display in Picturing the City: Downtown Pittsburgh, 2007–2010. The exhibit, which is on display at the Carnegie Museum of Art, contains 80 works that were produced when The Heinz Endowments asked photographers to record the renaissance of downtown Pittsburgh. The exhibit will be on display through March 25, 2012.

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