Volume 101, Issue 9 Carnegie Mellon’s Student Newspaper Since 1906 November 6, 2006 Students held on $1 million bond for break-in economics and social and deci- lance tape opening an unsecured wanted to check out their seats. police, the county sheriff, and the SUV. by Brittany McCandless sion sciences, for attempting to door. They later said they were the FBI. Bomb-sniffing dogs also Harper said there was no evi- News Editor scale a fence at the stadium’s After the two walked around filming a music video and wanted searched the stadium and found dence the pair had been drink- Gate 5 about 2 a.m. yesterday the stadium with a folding to shoot the last scene on the no explosives. ing, and police found no signs of Two Carnegie Mellon students morning. chair, security officers appre- field. Police then searched the sil- alcohol in the car. were arrested early yesterday The two are now being held hended them as they returned to Because of a recent threat to ver Lexus SUV the students were Police also searched both stu- morning as they tried to break on $1 million straight bond each Gate 5. Durvasula was standing NFL stadiums, Pittsburgh police driving. They found a video cam- dents’ on-campus residences in into Heinz Field hours before a after being arraigned in front of on the chair, trying to climb the took the break-in seriously. era and tripod before towing the Morewood Gardens and Doherty Steelers game at the stadium. District Magistrate Gene Riccardi fence. At a press conference yester- car. Apartments. Police arrested Sudeep Paul, last night. When apprehended, the pair day, Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate According to KDKA-TV news, Friends of the two have not a senior in business administra- Heinz Field security officers said they were students who had Harper said police called in the a police affidavit later noted two received any information about tion and economics, and Anand told Pittsburgh’s KDKA-TV news tickets to Sunday’s Steelers game Joint Terrorism Task Force, made different dogs responded posi- Shankar Durvasula, a junior in that they saw the men on surveil- against the Denver Broncos and up of the city, county, and state tively for hits of explosives inside See HEINZ, page A3 Students bring tech support to third world

sulting in the Global Community by James Tetlow (TCGC), an elective course that Staffwriter sends university students abroad for 10 weeks as technology con- Technology is everywhere sultants with government minis- — from fl at-screen TVs to one tries and nonprofi t organizations of the Robotics Club’s new- in developing communities. est mobots. But for developing “They didn’t have power half communities around the world, the time, sometimes no water, technology can be much harder and tuberculosis was a big prob- to fi nd. That is why robotics pro- lem,” said Conrad Woodring, a fessor Bernardine Dias founded recent graduate who went to the TechBridgeWorld, an organiza- island of Ebeye in the Marshall tion devoted to the implementa- Islands as part of the course. tion of technological solutions Woodring and his partner, for developing communities. Daniel Dvinov, worked as techni- “To me, it is about empow- cal consultants for the Bureau of ering students and children Kwajalein Atoll Health Care Ser- around the world,” Dias said. vices, helping to manage a satel- “I love those ‘ah-ha’ moments lite program. Woodring said one when their eyes light up.” of the hardest part of the course Dias, who grew up in Sri was getting used to the local pace Lanka and came to the U.S. for of life. college, founded the program in “The culture moved so much 2004. slower,” he said. “People have a The initiative began the pre- different way of learning things, vious fall as a single class for and it was tough learning the cul- students interested in bringing tural boundaries.” technology to underdeveloped Other students in the program nations. It was fi rst taught by were involved with organizations Dias and Rahul Tongia, a senior in areas such as Palau, Chile, and systems scientist in computer Sri Lanka. Their duties ranged science and engineering and from teaching hospital techni- public policy. The class is now cians in Palau basic computer titled Technology for Develop- skills to writing an informational ing Communities and has been brochure in English for a non- Alan Gerber/Photo Staff joined by several other classes profi t organization in Sri Lanka. MBA student John Centeno said his analytical thinking skills helped him win $6000 in a poker tournament he recently attended in Bala Cynwyd, Pa. and an independent study pro- “The project is very tough, very gram for graduate students. challenging,” said Bridget Lewis, Dias still teaches the class. a senior in human-computer in- Student wins in poker tournament “It’s about helping organiza- teraction and physics. “There tions with implementing new were times when I wanted to go technology planning,” said Joe home, and others when I was Mertz, TechBridgeWorld’s as- like, ‘This is amazing!’ ” $6000 in a poker tournament. The event was hosted by “Minimally, we want to ex- sociate director and a professor Lewis and her partner, Mingi by Claire Morgenstern Centeno, a second-year MBA Susquehanna International pose [students] to how we in computer science and public Kim, worked as business consul- Assistant News Editor and economics student in the Group (SIG), a leading trading make decisions,” Simkin said. policy. Tepper School of Business, and and fi nancial services fi rm, at the “Poker players need to make Mertz directs Technical Con- See TECHBRIDGE, page A3 MBA student John Centeno’s his roommate Brian Cole com- company’s headquarters in Bala expert decisions out of un- mid-semester break was not peted in a Texas hold ’em tour- Cynwyd, Pa. certainty and allocate capital much of a break. nament along with 81 students The event was a way to recruit based on those uncertainties.” TechBridgeWorld: Outreach Locations He applied his analytical think- from other top colleges and uni- top talent, explained SIG assis- Centeno, co-founder of Tep- Colombia USA Haiti Ghana India China Marshall Islands ing skills, decision-making abili- versities throughout the country. tant director Todd Simkin, while per’s graduate poker club, and ties, and his knowledge of trad- Cole is also an MBA student in the showing students in the fi eld how ing and allocating capital to win Tepper School. the company operates. See POKER, page A5 Leadership Profile: Jamie Moroco

of losing loved ones anymore. by Rachita Chandra “I have since realized through Staffwriter my work at Magee that a cure for cancer will never exist,” she Rho Lambda, a leadership and said. “But ... there is much work honor society for sorority women, to be done.” Peru Chile Sri Lanka Palau Micronesia Cook Islands features individuals in a Women’s Moroco currently works in a Leadership Series based on their lab at the Hillman Cancer Cen- David Kjos/Assistant Art Editor contributions to campus life and ter, one of the largest networks their achievements as role models for cancer care in the country. in the Carnegie Mellon and greater She researches genes and their International Festival is a Pittsburgh communities. Jamie targets relating to cancer. Moroco is the organization’s cur- “I love working there because rent honoree. I get to do experiments all day, prescription for success Moroco, a senior biological and I know that as small as my science major, volunteers at a lo- contribution may seem right ens of cultures with over 40 cam- cal hospital performing cancer now, I know it will do some by Michael R. Fitzgerald pus events. research and has led her sorority good and be worth it in the long Staffwriter Emily Half, associate dean of through the process of becoming a run,” Moroco said. Student Affairs, said the festival nationally affi liated organization. In addition to performing Last week, Carnegie Mellon’s takes a full year to plan. The orga- When she’s not in class, Moroco cancer research, Moroco is University Center was turned into nizing committee starts soliciting volunteers in the Magee-Womens president of Alpha Chi Omega, a world of international explora- topics for the annual November Hospital breast cancer clinical re- the sorority previously called tion—with a free lunch included. festival in the previous Decem- search program. When her uncle Zeta Psi Sigma. Last spring, she Running from Thursday to Sat- ber. was diagnosed with cancer a few helped Zeta, which used to be urday, the 16th annual Interna- The keynote speaker was Rich- years ago, she decided she wanted the university’s only indepen- tional Festival “Body, Mind, and ard Heinzl, founder of the inter- Jiaqi Tan/Photo Staff to research the disease so people Spirit: Prescriptions for Global Jamie Moroco is this month’s featured leader. didn’t have to go through the pain See PROFILE, page A3 Health” exposed students to doz- See FESTIVAL, page A5 www.thetartan.org A2 THE TARTAN • NOVEMBER 6, 2006 Weather Executive Privilege

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Hi: 53 Hi: 59 Hi: 59 Hi: 63 Hi: 62 New event policy a Lo: 49 Lo: 52 Lo: 46 Lo: 60 Lo: 49 Page plus for students Crime 2 Bradford Yankiver &Incident Theft police arrival, the actor ap- I bumped into former student body October 28, 2006 peared to be gone. president Tom Sabram last week. As at 7:16 p.m. we caught up, I mentioned that this year has felt more subdued than past Suspicious Person years. There has not been a single A wallet and cell phone were October 30, 2006 widespread controversy, unlike what reported stolen from a basket- at 6:19 a.m. we have seen in years past. Tom jok- ball court in Wiegand Gym on ingly reminded me there is plenty of the fi rst fl oor of the Univer- Police received a report of a time left. sity Center. A student left the suspicious person in the Kirr All of the major controversies I can objects unattended while he Commons area on the fi rst remember from my time here can be played basketball, and when fl oor of the University Center. connected by one thread: All of them he went to retrieve them, they The actor was described as an involved students engaging in some were gone. older white male with a beard. form of expression that offended the He was wearing a knit cap. Po- sensibilities of other students. Suspicious Person lice determined that the man Given that connection, there was October 29, 2006 was homeless. The actor re- some level of concern among student at 9:50 a.m. quested that police drive him organization leaders when President to Western Psychiatric Insti- Cohon formed a committee to review Police received a report of tute, where he was admitted. the Controversial Speakers Policy in a suspicious person loitering August of 2005. around a dumpster on the fra- Theft Last week, Associate Vice-Provost for ternity quad. The actor was November 1, 2006 Enrollment Michael Murphy delivered Deren Guler/Photo Staff described as a white male, at 11:08 a.m. the committee’s recommendation to around 50 years old, wearing Prescriptions for global health the Undergraduate Student Senate for a red hat and glasses. The per- A black bag containing a consideration. The proposal incorpo- son was a city employee emp- laptop was reported stolen Richard Heinzl, founder of Doctors Without Borders in North America, delivers the keynote address rates a revision of the Carnegie Mellon tying the recycling bins. from an offi ce on the sixth of the 16th annual International Festival in Rangos Ballroom last Friday. The theme of this year’s University Policy on Free Speech and fl oor of Warner Hall. The theft festival was “Body, Mind, and Spirit: Prescriptions for Global Health.” Heinzl’s speech included a Assembly and Controversial Speakers, slideshow to illustrate his organization’s work throughout the world. Fire Alarm occurred sometime during the a set of concrete guidelines for planning October 29, 2006 day on October 31. campus events, and a newly proposed at 3:00 p.m. policy on the presence of independent Suspicious Person security personnel on campus. A fi re alarm was set off in the November 2, 2006 The policy in place today is a strong basement activity room of Boss at 9:33 p.m. statement in favor of free expression. House. The alarm appeared to It’s a policy of which we should all be have been activated by food Police responded to reports proud. StatisticallySpeaking Cohon created the committee to re- cooking in a microwave. of a non-affi liated male who had been seen in the Uni- view this policy in 2005, just months This past weekend, Carnegie Mellon hosted its 16th annual after a set of lecturers drew outrage Suspicious Person versity Center several times. from some parts of the Jewish commu- October 30, 2006 Each time, the actor insisted International Festival. Here are some global snapshots and stats on nity that spring semester. I was afraid at 1:05 a.m. on using the facilities. Police the cultures represented at Carnegie Mellon: it would let the discomfort of conflict gave the actor a state citation curtail the open-mindedness of our Police received a call from a for trespassing. The actor will community. female student who believed have to appear before the mag- It was a legitimate concern. that she was being followed istrate, and will receive a fi ne Percentage of the world’s population that lives in China: 20 Malik Zulu Shabazz — who is out- by a suspicious white male. and a penalty. He was told that right racist against whites and Jews The actor was described as he may be arrested if he ever Percentage of the world’s population that lives in the six and the was most controversial of that college-aged and approxi- returns. largest countries by area (Russia, Canada, China, the United semester’s speakers — was a member mately 5'8'' with dark hair. of the Black Panther Party for Self The caller entered Cathedral Compiled by States, Brazil, and Australia): 50 Defense, which is unrelated to the Mansions to avoid him. Upon Claire Morgenstern Black Panther Party. In the weeks after Shabazz made his stop at Carnegie Approximate percentage of Carnegie Mellon students Mellon, a member of the Progressive Corrections from other countries: 20 Students’ Alliance, Daniel Papasian, organized a lecture given by a mem- Clarifi& cations ber from the real Black Panther Party, Number of countries in the world: 225 Ashanti Alston. Then dean of Student Last week’s article “Men’s burgh student. Kelly attends Affairs, Murphy — who ended up soccer drops two games at Mercyhurst College. chairing the committee to revise the home” included an incor- If you would like to submit Approximate population of the world: 6.5 billion Controversial Speakers Policy — gave rect subhead. The subhead a correction or clarification, serious consideration to canceling the read “Team records first two please e-mail The Tartan lecture in the interest of pre-empting losses of the season,” but the at [email protected] or a situation that had the risk of exac- team had already lost non- [email protected] with erbating the controversy on campus. UAA games this season. the date of the issue and Fortunately, Murphy considered our Last week’s feature photo name of the article. We will right to hear, consider, and make our “Making a case for Casey” print the correction or clar- Sources: www.xist.org, www.wholesomewords.org, www. Compiled by own decisions and did not cancel the incorrectly identified Maeve ification in the next print cmu.edu, www.census.gov, www.factmonster.com Eshna Bhaduri lecture. Kelly as a University of Pitts- issue and publish it online. Now with the committee’s proposal open for public review and discussion, it’s clear that respect for those rights were in the mind of everyone involved, committee and general community member alike. Reading the proposed policy, the Fish trainer and poetry slam champ to speak committee has done us a great ser- vice. Though the text has lost some of When: Today at 4:30 p.m. Where: McConomy Audit- (Adamson Wing) Title: “ ‘She would be its crisp, potent language, the policy’s by Shawn Fakhari orium, UC When: Thursday at 4:30 p.m. better off in the South’: spirit of open-mindedness and free- Staffwriter Title: “Mellon: An American When: Wednesday. Book Working-Class Black Women dom of inquiry was resoundingly af- Life” signing at 4:45 p.m., lecture at Subject: Poetry perfor- and their Families’ Response firmed. Furthermore, the guidelines it The topics of this week’s lec- The Basics: The lecture will 6 p.m. mance and signing to New York State’s Use of sets forth for organizing campus events tures will include societal re- discuss the life of Andrew W. The Basics: Patricia Smith, Southern Parole” are clear and constructive. sponses, recent literature, and Mellon, philanthropist and Title: “Fish School — Adven- a four-time National Poetry The Basics: Cheryl D. If the policy lacks anything substan- fish training. founder of the Mellon Institute tures in Pet Fish Training” Slam champion, will perform Hicks will present the lecture, tive, it is that it should more explicitly of Research. The presenter, The Basics: This lecture will poems and sign copies of her which focuses on issues of race require protestors to be peaceful in Title: “The Health Care David Cannadine, will speak explain how to train fish to do book, Teahouse of the Almighty. and gender. Hicks is an as- their disapproval. Their right to protest Crises in the Developing Wor- about his new biography tricks like any other household Her book, the most recent of sistant professor of history at is affirmed, as it should be. It should be ld: Spotlight on Nicaragua” of Mellon titled Mellon: An pet. Dean Pomerleau (SCS ’92), the four poetry books she has Williams College with a Ph.D. clear that they do not have the right to The Basics: Oscar Aragón, an American Life. In 1967, the a software engineer, and his written so far, received praise from Princeton University. prevent others from hearing a speaker ophthalmologist and founder Mellon Institute and the son Kyle, a fourth grader, work from Publishers Weekly and The lecture will discuss the re- with whom they disagree. of an educational center in Carnegie Institute of Technol- together as fish trainers. Their is a National Poetry Series sponses of families of working- If controversy does arise this year, Nicaragua, will discuss the coun- ogy combined to create Carnegie techniques are based on previ- winner. Smith has also been class black women who this policy proposal leaves me confi- try’s issues relating to health Mellon University. Cannadine is ously researched scientific stud- recognized for her work in jour- served parole between 1920 dent that our community will be ready care. Aragón created Alianza a historian of modern British ies of fish intelligence. They are nalism by the American Society and 1935, when many black to allow the controversy to run its Americana, an organization history and a professor at the also the creators of Fish School, of Newspaper Editors and women who were charged in course appropriately. designed to help Nicaraguan Institute of Historical Research Inc., a company that offers man- won the Distinguished Writing New York served their parole youth. He is the center’s direc- at the University of London. A uals, e-books, and a customized Award for Commentary in sentences in the South. Bradford L. Yankiver, publisher of The tor and an English teacher. book signing will be held in training system on its website, 1997. Where: H&SS Auditorium, Tartan, welcomes all responsible ques- Where: Baker Hall 136A the Connan Room prior to www.fish-school.com. Where: Maggie Murph Café Baker Hall A53 tions and comments, which may be sent (Adamson Wing) the lecture. Where: Baker Hall 136A When: Thursday at 5 p.m. When: Friday at 5 p.m. to [email protected].

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Chile in Valdiva. in Accra, Ghana, working with Project Kané, Mills-Tettey also “We’re actually going to ap- A witness at the PAT bus In addition to the TCGC pro- children at the Abossey Okai taught an undergraduate course ply this in a real-world situation, by David E. Chen shelter in front of the Cut gram, Mertz also teaches Tech- Anglican ‘A’ Primary School as in robotics to students at Asheshi with the intention to use it in a Staffwriter was able to describe that nical Consulting in the Commu- part of the pilot study for the pro- University in Ghana as part of the good way and making a differ- actor’s vehicle to a University nity (15-391), in which students gram. TechBridgeWorld initiative. ence,” Varadharajan said. Cur- A man assaulted a student, Police security guard who learn technical consulting skills Many children in Ghana read Other V-Unit projects have fo- rently the pair is exchanging e- produced a gun, and threat- was patrolling the area. by expanding the information well below their grade level and cused on helping children with mails with the professor to work ened to shoot two other stu- University Police followed technology of local nonprofi t or- speak a native language at home disabilities. Robotics graduate on the program’s software so that dents during a social event the suspect’s vehicle and ganizations. One benefi t of the while attending classes in Eng- students Nidhi Kalra and Tom it matches the school’s needs. at the Theta Xi house on pulled it over after it be- course is that it can help prepare lish. Lauwers designed and imple- “We came up with this project, October 29 around 1 a.m. The came caught in traffi c at the students for TechBridgeWorld’s The study involved 18 chil- mented an electronic Braille writ- and that was an experience on its man was unaffi liated with intersection of Morewood overseas programs such as TCGC dren from grades two through ing tutor in collaboration with own,” said Xu. Varadharajan will the university, according to a and Fifth avenues. Police or a V-Unit project. four who worked with the read- the Mathru School for the Blind be graduating soon, but Xu will University Police crime alert arrested him and trans- The V-Unit is an independent ing tutor. Twelve students used in Bangalore, India. Lauwers and remain at Carnegie Mellon and issued on October 31. ported him to the Allegheny study program for graduate stu- the reading tutor 30 minutes a Kalra are currently designing a plans on keeping in touch with The gun confrontation oc- County Jail. The suspect did dents whose purpose is for stu- day for three weeks at a local In- new version of the slate, which the teacher after the project is curred as the actor was leav- not resist arrest, the crime dents to “grow a vision” of what ternet café, while the other six will have a much larger Braille fi nished. ing the Theta Xi house, on alert stated. computer science and technol- children used the reading tutor cell so that children will be able While TechBridgeWorld has the fraternity quad, during a Police also found a dark- ogy can do for society in non-tra- at home about two or three times to use it more easily. traditionally focused on educa- party. colored .22 caliber BB gun ditional and under-funded areas. a week. “The biggest advantage is that tion, the organization is looking A Theta Xi brother alerted inside the vehicle. Students are expected to apply “The children were great,” when you’re fi rst teaching people to grow in new directions. guests that someone had The assault victim did not their skills in computer science Mills-Tettey said. “They felt re- Braille, the feedback is delayed,” “One of our immediate goals pulled a gun, according to require any immediate medi- and technology to issues faced ally special because they got the Lauwers said. “This system gives is disaster response,” said Dias. Joanna Fanuko, a sophomore cal attention. The two other by a local or foreign partner or- chance to leave school and use a instant feedback on what the “I was in Sri Lanka when the in business administration victims were not harmed. ganization. computer.” user typed, so you can tell the tsunami hit. There was so much who attended the party. The suspect has been Ayorkor Mills-Tettey, a gradu- Many of these students had child what happened.” chaos, and so little resources.” “[My friends and I] were released on bail and is await- ate student in robotics, designed never used a computer before, Lauwers said the electronic Dias also wants to focus more sort of freaked out by it, and ing a preliminary hearing a fi eld study for his fi nal project and none of them spoke English slates have been very popular at on health care initiatives, though we ran to the corner of the next week, according to Uni- in the class. He later went to as their primary language. the school. he said it depends on what stu- room,” Fanuko said. versity Police Chief Creig Ghana to implement the study. “It brought home how these Robotics graduate students dents are most interested in. The actor ran to a car Doyle. The study, now titled Project kids don’t really have a lot of op- Vinithra Varadharajan and Ling TechBridgeWorld will be pre- parked on Devon Road and “This is a very unusual in- Kané, involved using an auto- portunity in their lives,” Mills- Xu are developing another tool senting a lecture on the Braille drove down Forbes Avenue cident,” Doyle said. “I can’t mated reading tutor developed Tettey said. “Even this small for disabled children. The two writing tutor project this Tues- towards Oakland in an at- remember the last time we at Carnegie Mellon as a teaching opportunity meant a lot to them.” are working with the Western day at 11 a.m. in Newell-Simon tempt to fl ee the scene. had any gun incident.” aid for Ghanaian children. Students in Technology for Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Hall 3305. Students try Heinz Field break-in Leadership Profile: Jamie Moroco HEINZ, from A1 he said. Finance Association, and PROFILE, from A1 Lambda President Emily Rhodes, “It’s pressing at times. But I’m Both were charged with crimi- Durvasula is in charge of orga- a senior biology major. Rhodes not going to lie — I like to be the where they are now. They also nal conspiracy, and Durvasula nizing the 2007 Tepper Venture dent Greek organization, become said Moroco always supports center of attention,” she said. were unclear as to why the pair with criminal trespassing, accord- Challenge for the Undergraduate nationally affi liated. other sororities and participates “The more I do, the better orga- wanted to enter Heinz Field. ing to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Entrepreneurship Association. “I’ve learnt as president that in their philanthropy events. nized I am, because I have more “I think they were just playing last night. Police had increased security the key to getting a job done is “Jamie is always willing go the to remember.” around,” Durvasula’s roommate “I’m not sure exactly what for yesterday’s 4:15 p.m. Steelers through delegation,” she said. extra mile to make sure that her Hailing from a town an hour said, who asked that his name they’re going to do with them,” game, including additional offi- “It’s impossible to get work done organization is well represented,” outside Pittsburgh, Moroco has not appear in print. Carnegie Mellon Police Sergeant cers and a team of police dogs. if you try doing it all yourself.” Rhodes said. stayed very close with her family The roommate noted that he William Ricci said yesterday. Last month, a 21-year-old gro- As president of Alpha Chi Moroco is also pushing herself and hopes to stay close to home had not received any information Following the pair’s arraign- cery store clerk was accused of Omega, Moroco wants to change academically. Along with her reg- even after graduation. about the two students’ where- ment last night, police sched- posting messages on the Internet the way sorority life is portrayed ular course load, she is taking a Her future plans include lab uled a preliminary hearing for saying that radioactive “dirty abouts, nor had he spoken to and hopes to break the stereo- graduate-level class in advanced research, possibly on cancer, and either of them since the incident Thursday. bombs” would be detonated at types people hold of it. molecular biology. teaching college students. occurred. The only contact he Both students are members seven football stadiums, includ- “If a bad thing happens in the She is also an active member of “If I could, I would go audition had with police, he said, was of Carnegie Mellon’s Mock Trial ing the Georgia Dome, where sorority, people know about it. biological sciences student advi- for American Idol and if [I was] when they came to search the team, according to the organiza- the Steelers palyed the Atlanta But the good things are not pub- sory council and currently in the better at it, I’d probably [study] apartment that he shares with tion’s website. Falcons on the weekend in ques- licized,” she said. process of applying to graduate drama,” she said. “But I can’t re- Durvasula. Paul is also the activities tion. “I think they’re in jail now,” director of the Undergraduate No incidents were reported. “Jamie is an excellent leader in school in molecular biology for a ally cure cancer with a drama the Greek community,” said Rho concentration in cancer biology. degree.” A less stressful Spring 2007 class registration

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THE TARTAN • NOVEMBER 6, 2006 A5 MBA student uses business skills to win $6000 in poker

POKER, from A1 fect information,” Centeno said. “It helps Cole believes that the growth of online mous, said he’s made about $5000 in the with decision-making under uncertainty poker sites has also made poker playing past three years that he’s been playing Cole, who is on the club’s board, de- and understanding basic probabilistic more common. However, he expects that online poker. cided to attend the conference at the and psychological conditions. There’s a current legislation to ban fund transfers Senior business major Donald Nor- urging of a recruiter from SIG who lot of transferability.” from customers to online gaming sites man plays for higher stakes. He estimates visited campus. Cole stated that poker has improved will lessen its popularity. that he’ll make $100,000 this fi scal year “We had a good conversation, and his ability to make quick mathematical Centeno has also noticed a rise in the alone. I like to play poker,” Centeno said. calculations, read people, and constantly number of people playing poker. Last Norman, whose parents do not sup- He said he didn’t realize the amount assess information. year’s MBA poker tournament, he said, port him fi nancially, has paid his tuition of money — about $75,000 total — “All these skills translate well into the was capped at 500 players; this year, it’s entirely with his poker earnings. He plans 1500. He thinks the social aspect of the to put his future earnings toward buying game is partly responsible for the surge. a Ferrari and a yacht this summer. “It’s a networking thing,” he said. Norman said that poker has helped to “Poker is the new golf.” improve his interperative analysis skills, “You shouldn’t play poker with your Centeno has been playing since 2002, which he fi nds important as a business when he was a college senior. Since then, major. rent money and you shouldn’t play he estimates that he’s won $7000–$8000 “When I found out poker was a skill overall. Most of this money was made af- game I thought, ‘If anyone can make more than you can afford,” ter graduation when he played poker full money off it I can,’” Norman wrote in an time for three months. e-mail. “I’m a business major and a busi- —John Centeno “I derived the majority of my income nessman fi rst and foremost.” from poker during that time,” Centeno Next year, his goal is to make $500,000 said. in poker winnings. He said that he adds that information “If I only make [$200,000], I’ll [defi - to his resume, along with being president nitely] be disappointed in myself,” Nor- that the company was offering in prizes. business world and my studies,” he wrote of the university’s graduate poker club, man stated. “I think I can retire by the Cole said that the chance to win some in an e-mail. “This summer I worked at when he thinks it’s applicable. time I’m 26 if I keep improving.” money and be interviewed by the fi rm Constellation Energy’s trading business, But poker is not just a graduate stu- Despite these successes, both Centeno added to the event’s appeal. and the ability to quickly synthesize in- dents’ sport. Undergrads are also getting and Norman have experienced poker’s Centeno came in fi fth place. First formation and make decisions is key.” in on the game. downside. Centeno has lost $2500 in half prize, which was $25,000, went to an The pair are not the only ones who have Janice Weinberg, a sophomore infor- an hour; Norman has lost $1000 in a sin- MIT student. caught on to poker’s benefi ts. Simkin re- mation systems major, estimates that gle hand. Both Centeno and Cole believe ported that fi ve years ago, about 5 per- she plays online poker about fi ve hours For these reasons they urge students to that the skills they’ve acquired cent of students’ résumés that he viewed a week. She said she knows “a good play responsibly. as poker players regularly help mentioned that they played poker. Today, amount” of fellow students who also play “You shouldn’t play poker with your them in their coursework as he estimates that it’s about 80 percent. poker online. rent money and you shouldn’t play more MBA students. He believes that the popularity of tele- Weinberg said she’s broken even since than you can afford,” Centeno said. “You “In poker, you’re constantly vised poker tournaments has added to she started playing. Another H&SS soph- should be focused on making the best de- Ho-Jung Kim/Art Staff making decisions based on imper- the game’s appeal. omore, who requested to remain anony- cision at any given time.” Campus International Festival promotes global health Students exposed to cultures of over 40 countries; highlights include guest speakers, fi lms, yoga, ethnic food

FESTIVAL, from A1 stat with several stories of advancements Order of the Prairie Wind; Khadra Mo- yoga breathing technique, Latin-fusion lighter fare, there were several oppor- in quality of life and emergency care that hammed, director of the Pittsburgh Refu- and African-Caribbean dance, acupunc- tunities to gorge. Pi Delta Psi’s scallion nationally acclaimed organization Doc- the Internet has catalyzed. gee Center; Kevin Henry, a drum circle ture, shiatsu, aikido, and Zen medita- pancakes highlighted Friday’s “Student tors Without Borders. Heinzl’s speech drew a large crowd. facilitator and Udu drum expert; and tion. Cultural Food Fair: Health Food” event, “I think travel should be a part of ev- Half, who has also been the head coordi- several Carnegie Mellon and University The arts also played a role in the week- held in the UC’s Wean Commons. eryone’s education,” he told a full house nator of the festival for seven years, esti- of Pittsburgh faculty and staff members end, with an exhibit in the University “People just kind of swept in and ate of students, faculty, and staff in Rangos mated that 250 people attended Heinzl’s who spoke about psychology, history, Art Gallery titled “Art as Therapy” and everything in only 20 minutes,” said Ballroom last Friday. He addressed is- speech. medicine, and theater. a reading of School of Drama graduate sophomore industrial design major Kate sues in many of the countries whose fl ags “I’ve been at the university for seven On Friday, students could view the playwright France-Luce Benson’s Silence Edgar. adorned Rangos’ walls. years, and this year is the biggest turnout recently acclaimed fi lm The Lost Boys of of the Mambo. On Saturday, the International Ba- Heinzl spoke about the Internet’s ef- since I’ve been here,” Half said. Sudan, a movie about two young Darfur The reading told the story of a Haitian zaar and Marketplace brought together fect on small villages, the biggest health She suspects that the lecture’s move refugees adapting to the American sub- woman with a haunting past and was outside vendors to share an even wider problems affecting developing nations from Thursday night to Friday at lunch- urbs. Saturday featured Al Gore’s envi- set in 1986 Haiti. It was a psychological variety of international meals. Custom- today, and his unique medical education time contributed to the increased atten- ronmental documentary An Inconvenient Jekyll-and-Hyde affair featuring perfor- ers paid a small fee for culinary delights at McCallister University in Canada. dance. Truth on McConomy Auditorium’s big mances by barefoot players thrusting from the Phillipines, Hawaii, Croatia, His speech was optimistic. He said 4 Other speakers at the festival included screen. shoulders and bobbing hips to the beat of Spain, India, and the Middle East. million people in the world have never Reverend Kyoki Roberts, a Soto Zen Bud- Students also had the opportunity an offstage hand drum. Planning for next year’s International made a phone call, but countered this dhist priest and founding member of the to take workshops on the Astanga For international explorers looking for Festival begins next week.

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E-mail [email protected] for more info. Science& Technology A6 THE TARTAN November 6, 2006 SciTechBriefs Lightest notebook PC released

Japan’s Sony Corp. has intro- Getting duced the “Type G” Vaio, the world’s lightest notebook PC. It weighs just under two pounds and is equipped with a 12.1-inch liquid crystal display screen. This model will run about 12.5 under the hours on battery and will sell for about 220,000 yen ($1881). At the moment, there are no plans to sell this laptop overseas. skin: The Source: CNN Game encourages kids to exercise

Step2Play, created by Gym- Kids, is a step exercise machine darker side designed to combine playing video games and exercise. The gamer’s controller will work only if the child keeps a constant rate of exercise and can be used with any Playstation game. Ian Campbell, medical di- of tanning rector of Weight Concern, said that although the device would be “useful,” it is “a terrible in- dictment on society.”

Source: BBC News Justin Brown/Assistant Photo Editor feel better about themselves,” and phaeomelanin, which are the skin red and painful. This is new cases of melanoma were by Shawn Wertz Morgan said. “I can’t explain responsible for brown and yellow because the human body’s re- reported in the U.S. That’s ap- New bird fl u strain Science & Technology Editor it, but you just feel better when skin tones, respectively. When sponse to intense UV exposure is proximately the equivalent of found in China you’re tan. I know I do.” a person tans, he or she exposes to pump blood into the base of the fi lling Heinz Field with people The people who walk out of Hot Having a slight tan used to be a him or herself to ultraviolet (UV) skin, known as the capillary bed. and diagnosing them with a po- Researchers at the University Tamale Tanning and Massage sign of good health. But research radiation, either from the sun or As the capillary bed fi lls with tentially fatal condition. of Hong Kong have identifi ed all have one thing in common: conducted by the U.S. Food and from a tanning bed’s UV bulbs. blood, skin becomes noticeably But there are some who are a new dominant strain of the They’re tan. Whether in the dead Drug Administration suggests After short periods of exposure red. more at risk than others. Ju- H5N1 virus, commonly known as of winter or in the middle of sum- that tanning, whether in the to UV rays, melanocytes begin to But sunburn isn’t all that a new dith Arluk, a dermatologist in bird fl u, which they call the Fu- mer, they look as if they’ve spent sun or in a bed, can signifi cantly produce melanin in order to pro- tanner needs to worry about. Forest Hills, just east of Pitts- jian strain. The gene from recent hours on the beach. increase a person’s chance of get- tect themselves against future Medical research shows that burgh, said that burns are more human cases reported in China, The tanning salon, located in ting skin cancer, leaving some UV exposure. The more UV expo- there is strong correlation be- common in people who are fair- Hong Kong, Laos, and Malaysia its tropical location 10 minutes doctors to question just how sure, the more melanin, and the tween having sunburn early in skinned. Arluk also said that a also belongs to the Fujian strain. south of downtown Pittsburgh, is healthy a “healthy tan” is for your darker a person’s tan is. life and the development of skin person’s skin type determines Guan and his colleagues believe owned by Shannon Morgan, who skin. Beginning tanners can run cancer later on. And that goes for how the sun affects him or her. that the new strain is resistant to herself sports a tan year-round. Out of all human organs, skin the risk of getting too much UV veteran tanners, too. There are six different skin current vaccines and may have As owner, she caters to a diverse has the greatest surface area. It’s exposure because some do not There are three different types types, ranging from extremely emerged from the widespread clientele. also the heaviest, typically ac- have enough melanin built up in of skin cancer: basal cell, squa- fair to extremely dark. The poultry vaccination in southern “Right now a lot of people are counting for nearly 15 percent their skin. This only applies to mous cell, and melanoma. Out fairer a person’s skin, the China. coming in to get ready for vaca- of a person’s body weight. On Caucasian tanners, because those of the three, melanoma is the greater the risk of being burnt tions and to get a base tan before average, a square inch of skin with darker skin already have most aggressive form because it by overexposure and the Source: Science magazine they get completely fried,” Mor- contains 650 sweat glands, over high levels of melanin. can spread from the skin to other greater the risk of developing gan said. But not everyone goes 1000 nerve endings, and up to When tanners are exposed to places in the body. cancer later in life. As a result, tanning as a means of pre-vaca- 60,000 melanocytes. UV rays for too long, they experi- The Census Bureau’s most doctors like Arluk see patients tion prep. Melanocytes are cells that pro- ence what is typically known as recent statistics indicate that Tomatoes a source See TAN, page A7 “A lot of people tan because they duce the pigments eumelanin sunburn, a condition that leaves during last year alone, 60,000 of salmonella

Dozens of people in 21 states The naked truth: Six skin types tan differently were affected by a salmonella outbreak caused by contami- Type I Type II Type III Type IV Type V Type VI nated fresh tomatoes. The outbreak affected at least 183 Always burns Burns easily and Burns, but then Burns minimally Rarely burns Never burns people and 22 people were hos- painfully tans pitalized. The FDA will be inves- tigating the source of the con- Never tans Always tans to Tans to dark brown Naturally tamination in an effort to fi nd Tans minimally Tans to light brown moderate brown deep-pigmented the farm or group of farms where the tomatoes were grown.

Source: Associated Press

Philadelphia to send off elephants

After 132 years, the Philadel- phia Zoo’s board of directors has decided to place their four elephants in the Maryland Zoo

Justin Brown/Assistant Photo Editor in Baltimore and an elephant sanctuary in central Tennessee. U.S. News & World Report Even with the care given by the Carnegie Mellon SCS Ph.D.s ranked fi rst by zoo keepers, the quarter-acre habitats in the Philadelphia Zoo a while. Frank Pfenning, head computer science. computer science school is at are not suffi cient for the world’s by Michael M. Whiston of the university’s Computer Sci- Pfenning said that the depart- the top for other reasons. largest land mammal. Asst. Science & Technology Editor ence graduate program, said that ment views computer science as The public relations one reason for the success of SCS relating to many different sci- manager for Source: The New York Times The results are in for America’s is the support that it provides its ences, including psychology, sta- top computer science Ph.D. pro- students. tistics, and biology. grams. This year, winners are Pfenning said that SCS admits In particular, Carnegie Mel- Dolphins may have praising their interdisciplinary students with the idea that “every lon received a grant in 1999 to research for their achievements. single student that we can admit partner with the University remains of legs U.S. News & World Report re- will be able to succeed through of Pittsburgh to form a Robert Kaminski/Photo Editor cently released its 2006 rankings the program.” Ph.D. program in chem- Stanford’s School of En- Stanford’s computer science A bottlenose dolphin with an for America’s top Ph.D. programs In particular, SCS matches istry and computational gineering, David Oren- department also offers a vari- extra set of fi ns has led Japa- in computer science. Carnegie each student with an advisor dur- biology, the study of stein, said that Stanford ety of different fi elds, accord- nese researchers to believe that Mellon University tied for fi rst ing the fi rst year of study. cellular processes us- is located in a prime ing to Orenstein. ocean-dwelling mammals once place with the Massachusetts In- Pfenning said that this makes ing mathematics and area for advancements “It’s a broad and deep de- had hind legs and lived on land. stitute of Technology, Stanford students feel engaged in the en- computation. in industry. partment,” he said. “There are The dolphin’s second set of fi ns University, and the University of vironment that they will be in for The SCS program can “That means we are a lot of opportunities for inter- are located on the ventral sur- California at Berkeley. Each re- six years. cover anything from ma- exposing students to disciplinary collaboration.” face near the tail and are the size ceived the maximum score of fi ve “We match the student right chine learning and data problems current in the Orenstein said that interdis- of human hands. points. away so they will be essentially analysis to bioimagery fi eld,” he said. “There’s a ciplinary collaboration allows Whale and dolphin fetuses U.S. News bases its rankings in good hands from the fi rst day,” and molecular biol- real strong relation to the students and professors to show signs of hind protrusions on the opinions of department Pfenning said. ogy. “We believe marketplace.” form teams that might not oth- that disappear before birth. The heads and directors of graduate SCS faculty also meet twice that Computer Orenstein said that erwise come together to work dolphin will undergo X-ray and studies across the country. These a year to discuss the progress of Science reaches this advantage stems on problems. DNA tests at the Taiji museum. individuals belong to schools that each student. In these meetings, into many from Stanford’s strong These problems are in many have awarded at least fi ve doc- faculty members discuss each different sci- alumni connections. He fi elds, ranging from biology Source: Associated Press toral degrees between the years student’s achievements and fu- ences,” Pfen- said that Stanford is in to business to artifi cial intel- 1999 and 2004. ture direction. The advisor then ning said. an area with many in- ligence. The results are nothing new; provides feedback to the student On the dustry resources, such as In artifi cial intelligence, Compiled by U.S. News has ranked Carnegie in the form of a letter. other side Sun and google, located in Stanford computer science re- Kathy Chiapaikeo Mellon’s School of Computer Sci- Another attribute of SCS is its of the coun- nearby Silicon Valley. ence (SCS) at or near the top for interdisciplinary approach to try, Standford’s Like Carnegie Mellon, See COMPUTER, page A7 THE TARTAN • NOVEMBER 6, 2006 A7 Tanning not so attractive How Things Work: Electronic Voting Machines TAN, from A6 and Wednesdays. The subjects spent half of their sessions in daily who used to get burned one bed and half in another. The and have developed melanoma. difference between the two beds David Chen “I see it every single day,” said was that only one actually emit- Arluk. It is because of her expe- ted UV rays. Tomorrow, voters across the rience that she discourages her Mood was measured before country will cast their ballots patients from tanning. “I tell and after sessions. The results and decide which political can- my patients to just burn their suggested that greater stress didates will take which offi ces. money, because it’s not any bet- relief and relaxation occurred But things will be a little dif- ter to burn their skin.” after UV exposure compared ferent this year for the area’s Arluk has seen other effects to non-UV exposure. Further voters: They will be using new of tanning as well. Devoted tan- proponents of tanning say that electronic touchscreen devices. ners often end up with thin skin, tanning makes them feel good Electronic voting machines are and they tend to bruise easily. because exposure to UV rays re- steadily replacing traditional “They get all kinds of problems,” plenishes vitamin D. paper and mechanical ballots Arluk said. But John Zitelli tells a differ- across the country. So how does all of this relate ent story. “Tanning bed people Most of these voting devices to people like clients of Shannon encourage others to do more tan- are technically described as Morgan’s Hot Tamale? ning because they need vitamin Direct Recording Electronic Tanning beds use UV bulbs D, which is ridiculous. You really (DRE) voting machines be- to emit rays similar to those need only minimal exposure to cause they store votes electroni- from the sun. When they went get enough,” Zitelli said. “If you cally. DRE machines are differ- on the market in the late 1970s, walk to your car and it’s sunny ent from some other electronic tanning beds used UV B bulbs, out — that’s all the exposure you voting machines which have which emit short-wave radiation need to get enough vitamin D.” electronic interfaces but do not and can actually cause burn- Zitelli called himself an “end- record data electronically. ing. When this was discovered, of-the-line” doctor. Over the past Allegheny County has se- the tanning industry began re- 27 years at his practices in Sha- lected Electronic Systems & placing the original UV B bulbs dyside and South Hills, he has Software, Inc., as the vendor with UV A bulbs, which emit seen the most serious cases of for the county’s new electronic long-wave radiation and are less skin cancer. voting machines. The company likely to cause burning. Zitelli makes sure his family is the creator of the iVotronic But research from the Federal avoids overexposure to UV pro- Trade Commission suggests that tection, and tells his patients to machine. David Kjos/Assistant Art Editor The iVotronic electronic vot- there is a strong link between do the same. ing machine has a full-color voter is downloaded from the may also select to write in a If the voter does confi rm the UV A radiation and melanoma “I’ve seen the ones where touchscreen that serves as the BAC to the electronic voting ma- vote. By selecting the “Write- ballot, the machine then saves occurrence. UV A rays have also the cancer invades through the primary interface between the chine. When the initial screen is In” button, a keyboard appears the vote to three internal fl ash been proven to weaken the im- bones and into the brain,” Zitelli voter and the machine. loaded, the BAC is removed and on the screen. The voter can memory chips. mune system. But what about all said. “I’ve had to cut off hands, The machine is designed for the voter is instructed to follow then type in a name. At the end of an election, those people who tan because it limbs, and even noses because of universal accessibility. For the the on-screen directions. A “Next” button and a “Back” the electronic voting machine makes them feel better? skin cancer.” visually disabled, it features Instructions on how to navi- button are displayed on appli- is closed with the BAC and a A 2004 study conducted by re- And with approximately buttons with Braille instruc- gate the voting screen are dis- cable screens so the voter can supervisor password. During searchers at Wake Forest Univer- 60,000 new cases every year, tions and headphone support played to the voter. The naviga- move forward and back be- the closing process, summary sity Baptist Medical Center sug- the price of tanning could mean as an alternative to the touch- tion is based on buttons on the tween pages. vote data from the machine are gests that exposure to UV light a lot more to a lot of people than screen. touchscreen. When the voter reaches the transmitted to the BAC. The may produce a relaxing effect. just dollars and cents — it could A “Vote” button above the The fi rst button the voter last selection page, a “Review” vote data are also written to a For six weeks, 14 subjects went mean a trip to an “end-of-the- screen allows the voter to fi nal- presses is the “View Ballot” but- button prompts the voter to con- CompactFlash card. to tanning sessions on Mondays line” doctor. ize and cast the ballot. ton, which loads the electronic tinue to the summary screen, A printer pack may be used to The electronic voting ma- ballot. A voter then decides by where changes can be made. print the result summary data chine is activated by a device pressing a button if he or she From the summary screen, or to transmit the data via a SCS ranked fi rst again called a Ballot Activator Car- wants to vote “down the ticket” the voter may either make built-in modem. COMPUTER, from A6 language, researchers are de- tridge (BAC). The BAC is in- for a particular political party changes or cast the ballot with The BAC, any printed data, signing tools to interact with serted into the BAC slot located or split the ballot. the use of an on-screen button and the CompactFlash card are searchers are currently working dictionary databases, or cata- right beside the electronic If a voter decides to split his or the “Vote” button above the brought to a central location for to build STAIR (Stanford AI Ro- logs of words. screen by a poll worker. Activa- or her ballot, he or she is given screen. tabulation, where an electronic bot), a robot designed to assist Researchers are currently tion by a poll worker makes it a list of candidates. The voter If the voter chooses to cast vote tabulator calculates the re- people in their homes and of- working on techniques that will more diffi cult for the voter to then touches the candidate the ballot, another screen is sults. fi ces. The researchers intend for enable non-technical users to vi- vote more than once. or proposition to be selected. displayed asking the voter to But for machines in Penn- the robot to be able to create a sualize word information. The BAC communicates with When a candidate or proposi- confi rm his or her choice. The sylvania, it is currently against bookshelf using tools like screw- Orenstein said that when it the electronic voting machine tion is selected, a check mark voter must press the “Confi rm” state law to print out a voter’s drivers and a hammer, throw comes to providing students once it is plugged into the slot. appears to its left to provide button, or else the vote does not results; voter information will away trash, or even retrieve a with a wide and deep education The appropriate ballot for the visual confi rmation. The voter count. exist in electronic form only. colleague from his or her offi ce. at Stanford, “it’s not just a sche- Additionally, in the fi eld of matic, it’s a reality.”

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ing the crucial Bob Casey versus Rick Santorum race for U.S. Senate. Senator Santorum has been dogged by ultra- leftist smear campaigns, which have Benjamin Hackett been successfully overshadowing the many years of great work Santorum has You have seen the commercials, been put in on Capitol Hill. As we approach deluged by radio ads, and been mailed a true crossroads in American culture all sorts of political advice concern- and civilization, losing Rick Santorum ing the 2006 midterm elections. Now, would weaken us nationally in two ar- kindly allow time for some clarifi ca- eas this nation can least afford it: secu- tion on the stakes and potential conse- rity and foreign policy. quences of the 2006 midterm elections. Santorum often gets criticized for Pennsylvania is a liberal-leaning battle- his straight talk and strong ideologi- ground state, is facing some interest- cal beliefs. Yet, it is exactly this type of ing and important elections. Under ex- talk that is needed in the white-wigged amination, here are the Pennsylvania Senate. Santorum is strong on the cur- gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races. rent — and future — struggle between First, in the race for governor, politi- Western civilization and the incorrigible cal newcomer Lynn Swann is hoping to wing of radical Islam. unseat incumbent governor Ed Rendell. Santorum understands the Islamic Rendell is a career politician to whom caliphate that Iranian president scandal just does not stick. Long ac- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, insurgent cused of various misdeeds, personal leader Muqtada al-Sadr, and others and professional, Rendell has managed wish to establish worldwide. In a re- to brush them all off. Rendell remains cent speech, he explained a concept popular all around Pennsylvania, es- that many Americans are unwilling to Julia Li/Art Staff pecially in Philadelphia, where he was believe, stating, “There is no escape once mayor. because our enemies are fully commit- Rendell’s re-election would support ted to our destruction, and they will not Welcome to participatory democracy a liberal Pennsylvania political estab- stop until they have either destroyed us lishment that holds a bleak outlook on or have been destroyed.” On Tuesday, the emphasis is on ‘participatory’ America’s future. At a speech in Wash- Many claim that these honest ac- ington this year, Rendell painted a counts are sensationalist. They are of- Surely anyone who’s walked around personal reservations you may have people under 30 increased by 4.6 mil- morbid picture of America’s prospects. ten regarded as fear-mongering, using campus or even up towards the Uni- about our voting process is to be active lion in 2004, according to the Center Rendell spoke about America’s future the threat of an enemy to scare Ameri- versity of Pittsburgh lately has been in civics. for Information and Research on Civic fall and its failure to remain competi- can voters. However, the role these stopped and asked politely if he or she It can be discouraging to be a voter to- Learning and Engagement. Midterm tive worldwide. Rendell dogged on speeches and reports serve is to spread has registered to vote. Everyone on this day. Issues like abortion, immigration, elections have historically had a lower America’s hard-working students. He the truth about a gathering worldwide campus has heard about the importance and the war in Iraq can often lead to turnout among all voters — especially explained the superiority of other na- storm. of voting; even so, those of us who were screaming matches. That’s why we en- young voters — so it is especially impor- tions’ students while ignoring the differ- Bob Casey Jr. is running on little more old enough to vote in the presidential courage you to make educated decisions tant to shut the mouths of the naysayers ences between our full public schooling than his father’s popular name in Penn- election of 2004 may have been disillu- based on, at least, what you read on can- by voting in this midterm election. sioned when the country went to Bush, didate websites or in newspapers. Take a chance to invest in not just the or conversely when the state of Pennsyl- It is unlikely that one vote will change future of your civic participation, but vania went to Kerry. the course of history, but one action can also the future of your country. Part of Many claim that these honest accounts are While midterm elections are rarely as certainly infl uence the actor; by learn- the reason we vote is to enact change or exciting as presidential races, there is a ing about candidates and voting ac- maintain those policies and politicians sensationalist. They are often regarded lot on the line in 2006. Be counted. cordingly, we become more active and that we believe are good. Chances are enlightened about the political climate. that if you are a U.S. citizen attending a as fear-mongering, using the threat of an Cripple Bush, or keep him strong We giggle in front of the television when university here, then you are planning to the cheesy “The More You Know” ads start your professional life in the States. enemy to scare American voters. However, Whether you vote blue, red, green, or come on, but they have a point. How can It would be a damned shame to wake up otherwise, you can affect what happens we recognize the need for change if we after your graduation, $120,000 poorer, the role these speeches and reports serve to the Bush administration in the next don’t take the time to form an opinion and realize that you hate the country two years even though Dubya himself is on what needs changing? you live in. is to spread the truth about a gathering not on the ballot. The yelling, screaming, and fear- The cop-outs are more numerous than On NPR’s “All Things Considered” last mongering that are so often the tactic the candidates, but the most popular ex- worldwide storm. Friday, David Brooks, a columnist for the of the far left and the far right insult cuse in the book for political inaction is New York Times, announced his predic- American intelligence — and the high- “I don’t like anyone who’s running.” tion for the Senate and the House — a volume “debating” is often, sadly, mim- Bull. 27-seat increase for Democrats in the icked in the form of campaign ads. One Spend fi ve minutes with yourself and system and more exclusionary interna- sylvania. His political experience is House and 50/50 split in the Senate. candidate running for Congress in Colo- then fi ve minutes online, and you’ll fi nd tional systems. limited at best, and non-existent in the A Senate evenly split or a Senate with rado even stooped so low as to design a someone you can support. What do you Governor Rendell’s continued por- realm of foreign affairs and the global more Democrats than Republicans could mailer to look like a sex offender noti- believe in? Do you think it’s humane to trayal of doom and gloom extends to struggle against radical Islam. Concern- effectively cripple the Bush administra- fi cation. The point of the mailer was to water-board detainees if it will save in- his outlook on the health of the world’s ing Casey, Santorum said, “From every- tion’s initiatives in the next two years. A announce that the candidate’s opponent nocent lives? Do you think America’s economic engine, the United States. thing I can see, Mr. Casey is unready 27-seat gain for House Democrats would was soft on crime, but it made it look as working class deserves a higher mini- Rendell completely ignores the expand- and unqualifi ed for high offi ce at a time mean the House would hold 229 Demo- if his opponent was a sex offender mov- mum wage, or do you think it will cost ing U.S. trade exports, which topped $1 when our survival as a free people is at crats and 205 Republicans, assuming ing to the area. jobs and cause more poverty? trillion in value in 2004. Rendell ignores stake.” I cannot help but agree. one of the Democratic pick-ups will Between sleazy, insulting ads and If you can fi nd neither donkey nor the fact that defi cits do not always mean The stakes are far too high to elect not be the one independent seat in the partisan screaming matches, we un- elephant to suit your views, turn to a economic shrinkage, but rather — in unprincipled fence-sitting politicos at House. If Brooks is right, and Democrats derstand if you get a headache at the third-party candidate. From the Green the case of some trade defi cits — show a time when the United States needs rule the House and split the Senate, thought of voting. But once again, the Party to the Pan-Sexual Peace Party to great American economic buying power strong leadership on the local, federal, Bush’s more controversial or conserva- only way to show you don’t appreciate the Pirate Party, we guarantee that you co-existing with the rapid growth of and international levels. tive plans for the rest of his term will be this behavior is to vote against candi- can fi nd like-minded people. U.S. exports. Disagree with conservatives like halted. dates who employ these odious tactics Still unsatisfi ed? Start your own party. On the state level Rendell often talks Swann and Santorum on social issues Whether you want to see Bush weak- in their ads or who can’t debate without What good will that do? Probably not about, and delivers, tax increases to fi x if you must. However, remember that ened or want to prevent the kind of over- resorting to insults. much, admittedly. Take comfort in the his expected budget defi cits. But the government, in its proper small form, turn that Brooks predicts, the ballot is wisdom of John Quincy Adams: “Always numbers do not bear out his logic. State should be primarily concerned with the the only way to ensure that your opinion We are not Generation Apathy vote for principle, though you may vote tax revenues have gone up by nearly 8 security of its citizens and the preserva- is taken into account. alone, and you may cherish the sweetest percent since the GOP tax cuts, which tion of this Union. Amnesty for illegal Even the few who aren’t salivating at refl ection that your vote is never lost.” undercuts Rendell’s calls for higher immigrants, the premature removal Get past the negative energy the thought of helping or hindering Bush taxes to fi x his invented crisis. of forces from Iraq — which al-Qaeda should consider voting insurance for the Cast the ballot Lynn Swann offers a hope for a return now refers to as the largest front in the We understand if you have a little bit future. Civic participation works best of conservative governance to the com- war on terror — higher taxes, and the of healthy distrust for the government, and remains strongest when it begins at With all of this said, we’d like to say monwealth. Running on a campaign of continued destruction of American cul- but the best way to change it is to par- a young age; in other words, get in the we hope you’ll grace the polls with your restricting and lowering property taxes, ture are exactly what you are voting for ticipate in its processes. Distrust was habit now. By taking an hour off to cast presence tomorrow. If you’ve cast your government reform through the shrink- when you vote straight Democrat this written into the Constitution, after all; your ballot, you are working to ensure absentee ballot already, more power to ing of government, and economic ex- November. it is why we have the Bill of Rights. You that you will continue to vote well into you. If you’re voting for the fi rst time, pansion by support of industry, Swann There are differences; there is a lot on might be inclined to believe that your your adult life. congratulations, and welcome to par- serves as a welcome refresher to what the line. vote ends up in a trash pail, but even Voting among our generation is actu- ticipatory democracy. As the adage government’s role should be. Even the that is in the hands of the voters. Don’t ally on the rise, but many people still goes, it’s the absolute worst form of gov- New York Times calls Swann a “classic Benjamin Hackett (bhackett@) invites like the Electoral College? Fight to en- think we young adults are tuned in to ernment in the world. Except for all the Reagan conservative.” readers to join him and learn more at act change. The only way to resolve any nothing but our iPods. Votes among others. On a national level, many are watch- BenjaminHackett.com

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Advertising Manager Phone: (412) 268-2111 The Tartan / Box 1017 Fax: (412) 268-1596 Carnegie Mellon University PATRICK GAGE KELLEY, Asst. Dossier Editor MATT CAMPBELL, Asst. Copy Manager Web: www.thetartan.org Pittsburgh, PA 15289-1017 E-mail: [email protected] THE TARTAN • NOVEMBER 6, 2006 A11 Africa gets (RED) while American companies make green Presidential efit financially. The result of this marketing campaign is that these American companies will Perspectives increase their bottom line by John Gross selling products with a minimal percentage going to the Global Keeping our A month ago, U2 lead singer Fund. For the $249 PRODUCT Bono and Bobby Shriver, a (RED) Nano, roughly 4 percent college green member of the Kennedy family, of the cost is actually going to launched the marketing cam- the worthy cause. How can we and sustainable paign of PRODUCT (RED) in as a society praise them for this the United States. PRODUCT practice? These companies are (RED) is an effort to raise aware- leveraging the buying power of ness about AIDS, tuberculosis, Americans versus helping AIDS and malaria. This global effort victims directly. would bring millions of dollars How can we as a society ac- Karl Sjogren & Andrea Hamilton and resources to the women and cept this practice of tying a con- children in Africa who cannot tinental tragedy into the manip- We’d like to highlight our new afford healthcare. The help will ulation of American consumers sustainability task force and so- also target other impoverished and their buying habits? What licit your web developing skills. countries, such as Rwanda and if every company partnered Green practices and focus on Swaziland, which together have with a disease it wanted to fight sustainability are central val- already received $10.25 million against? Every viable item avail- ues to this university. Carnegie in the past year. able in the marketplace would Mellon University is a national Collecting million of dollars in Jennifer Kennedy/Art Staff be marked up with a “dona- pioneer in all things “green.” But contributions to the Global Fund from donating to a worthy cause, right to organize legally with the will generously donate $10 to tion tax.” A company’s ability we can do more. It’s great to have to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and such as fighting AIDS in Africa? workers’ union. Coincidentally, the Global Fund. Converse has to donate to charities shouldn’t dorms and office buildings that Malaria, (RED) has aligned itself Apparently, it is. Lesotho is the same place where specially designed its website to hinge on Americans purchasing are environmentally friendly, but with several American companies In March, Gap publicly an- the PRODUCT (RED) Gap T-shirt allow consumers to customize a its products. And although this we have to reflect upon how we including Gap, Apple, Converse, nounced its devotion to Africa’s is being produced out of 100 per- shoe ranging from the color of may be extreme, it’s not that far- have incorporated our green val- and Motorola. After joining health problems by signing a five- cent African cotton. Gap’s abil- the shoelace to the color of the fetched. The (RED) campaign ues into our daily lives. with (RED), these companies year deal to sell (RED) products. ity to profit from the devastation stitching. The cost of each pair plans to add several new com- In our quest to create a more have harnessed the wallets and On the surface, it appears that in Africa is even more shocking. of shoes ranges from $47 to $295 panies to its list in the next year, sustainable university, we’ve emotional support of American Gap genuinely cares about in- With a respectable 50 percent of and the average price is $150 and it has already signed with overlooked the low-hanging fruit: consumers by marketing their creasing the general welfare of Gap’s profits being contributed to per pair. Just like the other com- Myspace.com to start website how each university entity runs PRODUCT (RED)-labeled items Africans. Historically speaking, the Global Fund, Gap has priced panies, Converse has generously advertising. If this campaign its daily business practices. Are through advertisements in print this isn’t the case. Gap has been its PRODUCT (RED) clothing agreed to give 5–15 percent of is successful, we can expect all our printers on PowerSaver and on television. American con- manufacturing clothing in facto- items from $28 to $350, with an the net retail sales of these prod- more of them in the future. The mode? Are we ordering from sumers can buy (RED) products ries located in Africa for decades, average of about $60 or $70. ucts to the Global Fund. United States distinguishes itself green suppliers? Do we have a from one of these fine retailers, in countries including South To become part of this grow- Have you seen a common among nations with its compas- well-implemented recycling pro- and a “generous” portion of that Africa, Kenya, Tunisia, Egypt, ing population of “charitable” theme yet among these compa- sion and global aid. And other gram? These are just some of cost will be given to the estab- Madagascar, and Lesotho. And companies, Apple and Converse nies? I assume that each company countries will take as much as the questions a sustainability task lished Global Fund. working conditions at these plants have also agreed to sell specific has benevolent intentions to help they can when we are willing to force would ask. Students would But, as a consumer, I’m con- are — and have been — far from PRODUCT (RED) editions of Africa, but based on the numbers foot the bill. make up the task force, which cerned. Whatever happened to ideal. As recently as 2002, allega- their items. The special edition and percentages, I cannot assume would serve as a consulting firm companies just simply donating tions became public that factory iPod Nano is priced at either $199 that helping Africa is all they are John Gross (jpgross@) is a junior to the entire university. The stu- to charity? Is it that unreason- management at the Lesotho plant or $249 depending on capacity, after. There is simply too much business major and Art Editor of dents will meet with department able for companies not to profit had interfered with the workers’ and for every one sold, Apple room for these companies to ben- The Tartan. heads and business managers of various departments and organi- zational entities on campus. Hunt should be redesigned for the 21st-century student They’ll discuss business pro- cesses and supplier logistics, all Old aluminum box seems trapped in 1960s academia with an eye to sustainability im- provements. The task force will search that this building was constructed consider listing the outlet-to-desk ratio, a give a place that is open, comfortable, not be an advocacy body. It will to facilitate is gone now, and newer styles stat that is vastly more relevant and says and conducive to getting that work done. not exist to spread awareness of learning are restricted to dusty corners. volumes more about the state of library Happily, Hunt is not complexly laid out about the green lifestyle. It will Hunt must be redesigned to facilitate resources. — it is a big aluminum box that, as we exist to focus on the financial many different kinds of work — both col- Certainly in a modern library, some have seen with the Maggie Murph Café, concerns of this university, mak- Andrew Peters laborative and individual. Right now, it spaces can afford to be noisy (the Maggie lends itself quite successfully to renova- ing sure our dollars are being well is merely a series of hallways with tables. Murph Café, for instance), but there must tion. Now, I am not foolish enough to spent, considering the universi- Now that I have moved farther away from Sure, you can do group work there, but be space for groups and individuals to work believe the changes I suggest are free. Of ty’s values. The task force will campus and the difficulty of my course- the first two floors are often prohibitively in an environment that is both quiet and course, they could cost as much as a few be charged with offering recom- work is steadily increasing, I actively seek noisy, and wherever you are, there will be comfortable. Why can’t space be set aside million dollars. But if a concerted effort mendations, not condemnation. a place on campus where I can consistently a maximum of two outlets, so only two for a series of conference rooms, meet- were made in planning the budget and If you’re interested in serving do my work without interruption or incon- in your group can use laptops, unless of ing rooms, classrooms, lounges — with looking for outside donors, in much the on the task force, or helping us venience. Though a library would seem to course you remembered to bring a handy walls that are soundproof to ensure an same way as Purnell or the University craft its mission statement and be that place, this university’s main library power strip with you. If you want to write environment that maximizes productivity, Center were built, I believe the money bylaws, please contact us. It will is ill-equipped to handle the ever-changing something down or sketch out group ideas, but movable to create a dynamic, multi- could be raised within several years. If be composed of passionate, busi- needs of a 21st-century student. hopefully you brought your own white- functional space? Think setting aside so money cannot be found anywhere, the ness-oriented students who want All Hunt Library boasts are stacks upon board, because even the lone conference much room for defined spaces is absurd? administration might think of at least ask- to cause positive change. You stacks of unused books, and while I think room in the basement doesn’t provide a Consider Mack Scogin’s law library on ing students how they feel about library should be one of them. it is necessary that the library has many space conducive to brainstorming or plan- the campus of Arizona State University. resources so that if a funding opportunity Finally, we’re in the market for volumes, they take up massive amounts of ning, let alone the other spaces. The best Scogin, the man who is currently designing opens up, the administration will at least an executive assistant. More spe- space and provide little or no utility to the place to work is a tiny table shoved in the the Gates Center, put up a library on the know what to kind of facility to shoot for. cifically, a web developer who majority of library users. The University of back of the basement, jammed between ASU campus that features three computer I don’t expect immediate action (anyone can help us get several projects Pittsburgh’s Hillman Library has invested the 1889 edition of Zeitschrift Des Verien clusters and 27 meeting and study rooms. at Carnegie Mellon who does is either off the ground this year. One of in moving bookcases that make books Deutsche Ingenieure and a pile of unused Though the student population of ASU is dreaming or visiting), but I do expect a the largest initiatives we’d like to available, but pack them tightly enough paper boxes. Those who have used the much larger than Carnegie Mellon’s, the concerted effort. take on this year is the creation of that they aren’t taking up precious space. space know that other students eager for law school library serves only about 600 In the meantime, I open this challenge a Carnegie Mellon CampusWiki This is creative, but it’s certainly not new a good space to work trek into the depths full-time students. That is an environment to all student and faculty architects and — a Wikipedia of campus knowl- technology. Libraries have been doing this of the basement only to leave disappointed that is conducive to learning. designers: Fix Hunt Library. Show us edge. The potential for such a for years as they realize that the needs of that you found their secret space first. Even Hunt’s hours of operation are what an innovative, 21st-century library website is enormous. We want a library users are changing. For both Hunt If you like to work silently, hopefully symptomatic of “old-school thinking.” I looks like. Tear down walls, move books, determined student to help make and the Carnegie Mellon campus at large, you enjoy uncomfortable study carrels and congratulate the library for being open put in wiring, rip out ceilings, and make it happen. effective use of space is crucial, seeing that don’t enjoy using your laptop. For the 124 until 3 a.m. on weekdays, but its hours on the library the center of campus aca- An ideal applicant would be room for expansion is virtually nil. study carrels in the quiet study areas of the weekends are not logical. The library does demic life. Maybe your designs will never a self-starter; we don’t like to In our library, technology has come as third floor, there are only 26 outlets. Not not open until noon and closes at nine. be fully realized, but no one will ever micro-manage. He or she should an afterthought. The cluster — albeit won- only is this woefully inadequate for mod- I have seen dozens of students rattle the be moved to action if students merely have excellent communica- derfully equipped — is tucked away, the ern study, it’s also hazardous, as the out- locked doors of Hunt early on a Saturday grumble quietly or walk away frustrated tions skills and be well-versed music is shoved into a back corner, and lets are spaced such that students have to or Sunday, wanting to get their work done when they have no to adequate space to in HTML, PHP, XML, and other the lone “instructional center” is merely walk over and around cords so they don’t early in the day. I don’t know the logic be- got work done. common Internet technologies. carved out of the existing book space, fall and hurt themselves — or worse yet, hind the hours — can they not afford staff? But whatever you do, leave Maggie Experience in WebISO integra- with flimsy panels and open bookcases hurt a laptop. I know that glossy, inane col- Are they suggesting that certain times are Murph alone — I love those cookies. tion would be ideal, although not for walls. Power outlets are few and far lege guides makes it seem to prospective unfit for study? I still have no idea, though required. Open-source platforms between, limiting the number of places students like there is some sort of contest I have asked on occasion. This university Andrew Peters (aepeters@) is a sophomore or wiki experience is a huge plus. where students can use laptops for ex- among universities to see who can accrue can’t load us down with mountains of in ethics, history, and public policy, and This is a paid position. If inter- tended periods of time. The old style of re- the most volumes, but perhaps they should group and individual work and then not The Tartan’s Assistant Personnel Manager. ested, please contact us ASAP.

With the midterm elections this week, The Tartan wondered, A PERSON’s OPINION Compiled by Olga Strachna and Joey Gannon Why is voter turnout among young people so low, and what should be done to increase it?

Charles Hartman Marina Meyster Dorian Adeyemi Kyle Mountain Blake Darby First-Year Junior Sophomore First-Year Junior CIT Civil and Environmental Engineering H&SS CIT Materials Science and Engineering

“There’s not enough free time to actually “College students don’t realize that ... we “They feel like their vote doesn’t count, “Most students don’t really care about “They don’t vote mainly because of apa- get out and vote at the appropriate voting are a generation that can make a huge and we can change that by abolishing the politics that happen outside of school. We thy, and this can be changed by giving location. Students should be able to vote on difference. The university should arrange electoral college.” should create more clubs that deal with them free stuff if they vote, such as T- campus so it saves traveling time.” lectures and documentaries that deal with politics.” shirts or food.” politics to make the students more aware.” A12 THE TARTAN • NOVEMBER 6, 2006 Swimming takes second and third at home meet Basketball team plays at Anna Kochalko took fourth in by Erin Gagnon the 200-yard butterfl y (2:13.08). Pitt in an exhibition game Sports Editor “In the sprint events it’s always hard to predict who the winners half thanks in part to sophomore Carnegie Mellon’s swimming will be. It usually comes down to by Doug Fricker forward Ryan Einwag and Ko- and diving teams hosted the the touch at the wall,” Connell Staffwriter zak each connecting on a pair Carnegie Mellon Invitational said. “The 50 or 100 could be de- of three-pointers. Einwag led last weekend, attended by Johns termined by nothing more than a The Carnegie Mellon men’s the Tartans with 13 points, and Hopkins University, Emory good or bad start, and races can basketball team went up against Kozak contributed 12 points for University, and Case Western be as close as a hundreth of a fi fth-ranked Division I University the game. Reserve University. second. I personally had a pretty of Pittsburgh last Wednesday at Senior co-captain guard Brad The Carnegie Mellon women disappointing fi nish in the 50; the Petersen Events Center. The Matta added 10 points and six placed second overall with 734 only a fi fth of a second separated hosting Panthers won the exhi- rebounds, and sophomore point points, behind Emory, which second through fourth places.” bition game 103–45. guard Corey O’Rourke led the amassed 977 total points. Johns The women’s 200-yard free- The Tartans returned only team with three assists and two Hopkins fi nished third (689) and style relay ‘A’ team of senior four players who averaged more steals on the night. Case fi nished fourth with 537 captain Jenny Sieger, fi rst-year Max Jordan/Photo Staff than 10 minutes of play per game “I think we gained confi - points. Sara Andrews, junior Amy Sophomore Tom McConnell swims the 1650-yard freestyle on Saturday from last year, and Carnegie dence as the game went along,” morning. McConnell fi nished sixth with a time of 17:09.90. The Tartan men’s team came Pischke, and Connell took third Mellon’s inexperience showed Wingen said. “We got over the in third, with 808 points, behind with a time of 1:41.86. Con- On the men’s side, senior cap- yard backstroke (53.92). against the Panthers. Pittsburgh jitters, after a time and we didn’t Emory and Johns Hopkins, who nell and Sieger joined up with tain Dave Krzeminski placed fi rst The Tartans collected two sec- jumped out to an early 21–2 lead shoot the ball well all night long, had 943 and 810 points, respec- sophomore Colleen Murphy and in the 100-yard butterfl y with a ond-place and two third-place before junior guard Geoff Kozak but in spurts we shot it better in tively. Case fi nished in fourth for Kinzler to take fourth place in the time of 51.19 and second in the fi nishes in the men’s relay events. was able to score on a lay-up for the second half. We executed the men with 473 points. 200-yard medley relay (1:54.75). 200-yard butterfl y with a time of The 400-yard medley relay ‘A’ the Tartans’ fi rst fi eld goal at the our offense pretty well at times For the women’s team, junior Connell, Kinzler, sophomore Al- 1:55.74. team of Dukes, Seo, Krzeminski, 12:05 mark. in the second half, so we’ll look Alex Kinzler collected three po- lison Retotar, and Sieger took First-year Andrew Seo added and Bailey won silver with a time Pittsburgh, led by preseason at those things on tape and re- dium fi nishes, placing fi rst in the third in the 400-yard freestyle a fi rst-place fi nish in the 200- of 3:32.23. Sophomore Ryan Big East Player of the Year center inforce them and try and make 200-yard breaststroke (2:26.08) relay with a time of 3:43.17. yard breaststroke (2:10.11) and a Piper, Seo, Krzeminski, and Papa Aaron Gray, a 7'0'' senior, used them more consistent.” and second in both the 100-yard Tartan sophomore divers third-place fi nish in the 100-yard next took second place in the its size advantage to control the Despite the lopsided score, the breaststroke (1:07.72) and the Charlotte Jennings and Alex breaststroke (1:00.14). 200-yard medley relay. paint and the rebound depart- team took something from the 200-yard IM (2:14.26). DeFazio took fi rst and second in In the men’s 100-yard freestyle, Papa, Bailey, junior Patrick ment throughout the night. On game. “The next 24 games we Fellow junior Lauren Con- the one-meter and three-meter Carnegie Mellon sophomore Ron Snyder, and Krzeminski placed offense Pitt was able to pass well can always look back, when we nell won silver in the 100-yard dives with scores of 375.85 and Papa and junior Michael Bailey third in the 200-yard freestyle and work for an open shot, while are in a slump, or up against ad- freestyle with a time of 54.47. 313.60, respectively, in the one- took second and third with times relay with a time of 1:27.03, and defensively they stayed right on versity, and we can basically say Connell also took home a fourth- meter dive, and scores of 210.55 of 48.17 and 48.41, respectively. Bailey, sophomores Brad Hen- Carnegie Mellon, making the we went against the University place fi nish in the 50-yard free- and 191.05, respectively, in the First-year Reece Dukes added a derson and Jon Spring, and Papa Tartans earn every shot they of Pittsburgh, a top-fi ve team in style with a time of 24.96. Junior three-meter dive. fourth-place fi nish in the 100- took third in the men’s 400-yard made. the country,” Matta said. “We freestyle relay with a time of The Panthers took a 48–17 fought hard and we did the best 3:16.84. lead into halftime, holding we could, and we came out with First-year divers Matt Kuhn Carnegie Mellon to 13.9 percent some positive outcomes.” and Joe Kopko took fi rst and sec- shooting in the fi rst half. The game was a learning ex- ond in the one-meter and three- “Pitt certainly was as good as perience for the Tartans, who meter dives with scores of 356.75 we thought they were going to are coming off a memorable and 318.25, respectively, in the be,” Carnegie Mellon head coach 2005–06 season in which they one-meter dive, and scores of Tony Wingen said. “They played won their fi rst-ever University 220.80 and 170.55, respectively, every bit as well as their rank- Athletic Association title en in the three-meter dive. ing. We knew it was a tall order route to posting a 20–5 regular With only three meets under for us to come in here and com- season record. Carnegie Mellon the teams’ belts, the Tartans are pete with them. Tonight’s game defeated Princeton 51–46, and still working out the bugs within and every day in practice for this played in the Division III post- the competition. “The competi- team is a learning experience. season tournament last year, tion this weekend specifi cally We’re very young right now, losing to Baldwin-Wallace in the was very intense as compared we’re inexperienced, and every fi rst round. to other meets we will swim this day we’re trying to get better, The Tartans open up their reg- season,” Connell said. “All three and I think tonight’s game was in ular season on Friday, November teams have some excellent swim- that vein. We learned a lot about 17, when they travel to Washing- mers and we will see both Emory ourselves here tonight.” ton & Jefferson University for a and Case again at [University The Tartans calmed down and 10 p.m. tipoff in the annual West Athletic Association champion- shot the ball better in the second Penn Classic. ships], so it’s good practice and provides some great races for us early in the season.” Soccer wins game by two The Tartans return to the wa- ter on Saturday when they host a dual meet against Grove City Max Jordan/Photo Staff College. Events are scheduled to First-year Jason Huber swims the 200-yard breaststroke on Saturday at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational. begin at 1 p.m.

Zhiquan Yeo/Photo Staff Senior midfi elder Ashley McMakin (#8) takes on three Emory players during Sunday’s home game.

SOCCER, from A14 of the fi eld, just outside the 18- yard box, and Howard dribbled Megan [Hughes] in the back, and and took a shot that defl ected off our two central midfi elders Ash- Emory’s goalie and slowly trick- ley [McMakin] and Lisa [Pascoli] led into the net. are seniors so they went out and “Jess Howard’s goal was huge,” played this game like it could be Willard said. “For basically the their last, stayed composed, and entire 45 minutes of the second played together.” half, I really wasn’t comfortable “We were inspired by our se- even with a three-goal lead. niors going out,” junior forward/ Soccer’s a funny game and two midfi elder Jessica Howard said. halves can be completely differ- “There was a lot of motivation ent, which was the case today. just coming from playing for Jess’s goal was very key because, them. We came out strong be- in my mind, they had very good cause of that and because of our chances to tie the game; Sarah last game and the fact that we’ve DeWath cleared a ball off the only beat Emory twice in the last line [in the 51st minute] which 14 years.” could have made the score 3–3 Emory’s aggressive play after all was said and done. brought them back into the game When Jess put that ball in it took in the second half. They con- some of the pressure off us, and trolled the half from the kickoff we started playing a little more and netted goals in the 53rd and composed and took some of the 64th minutes to cut the Tartan momentum away from Emory.” lead to one. “Being up 4–2 instead of “Emory came out and they 3–2 — it’s only one goal, but ev- played incredibly hard,” Wil- eryone was able to relax a little lard said. “This was their last bit,” Howard said. “Everyone game of the season. We got a kind of picked it up and knew we little fl ustered and weren’t play- were going to win this game.” ing the way we should play. We “The season as a whole has were just making mistakes that been a roller coaster,” said Wil- you make if you’re under pres- lard. “We were a young team at sure and you’re not composed, the start and it’s taken us a long and they really took it to us. A lot time to fi nd our way as a team, of credit is due to them. We also and the last few games we’ve needed to take a little bit of re- been playing like the coaching sponsibility and stay composed staff knew we could play. It’s when things were coming down great for these kids who’ve been to our end, which we didn’t do a working very hard to come out very good job at.” and end the season playing the The Tartans had very few of- way they know they can play.” fensive attacks in the second The Tartans end the regular half, but the tandem of How- season with a record of 8–7–1 ard and sophomore midfi elder and 3–4 in the UAA. Mary Ashe produced Carnegie They will fi nd out today if they Mellon’s fourth goal. In the 84th earn a bid to the Eastern College minute, Howard received a lead Athletic Conference tourna- pass from Ashe on the right side ment. THE TARTAN • NOVEMBER 6, 2006 A13

SPORTS COMMENTARY Penguins ‘Steel’ing the spotlight Football extends winning streak FOOTBALL, from A14 First, he suffered a concus- you’ve got one of the youngest Doug Fricker sion in a motorcycle accident and most talented tandems in and make his reads and throw that left him with a surgically hockey. Malkin became the the ball. So when you’re getting One is the reigning Su- repaired face in June. Some- fi rst player since the 1917–18 balls thrown around, you have per Bowl champion and the how he managed to recover season to begin his NHL ca- the opportunity to make a play. other had the second-worst quickly and fully from that, reer with goals in each of his Thankfully I was able to make record in the National Hockey but then came his emergency fi rst six games. them when they were there. But League (NHL) last season. Yet appendectomy that kept him Let’s not forget Jordan our line [and] our underneath you wouldn’t know it from the out of the season opener and Staal, who’s only 18 years old coverage was great. That frees us way the Pittsburgh Steelers another concussion in the loss and the team’s number-one up to do our job. We didn’t even and Penguins are playing at to Atlanta. draft pick from the June 2006 have to worry about the run as a this point in their respective Last year’s Super Bowl draft. Staal made the team defensive backfi eld because we seasons. The Steelers are cur- champions were able to win out of training camp and has knew that the front fi ve would rently 2–6, while the Penguins with their balanced offense contributed right away. His take care of it.” are 7–4 and in second place in and dominating defense. fi rst three NHL goals were Scoring touchdowns on their the Atlantic Division — only Once they had a lead, they all shorthanded, and he has fi rst four possessions, the Tar-

one point behind the New Jer- would run the ball to eat up moved up to the team’s second tans, who last week won their Jiaqi Tan/Photo Staff sey Devils. Bad execution and the clock and seal the victory. line because of his strong play. fi rst UAA championship since Senior James Rogers (#44) tackles a Bethany player. The Tartans are poor management decisions Last year’s team had discipline Marc-André Fleury, the Pen- 1997, built a 28–0 lead late in undefeated at 9–0, one game away from a perfect season. have hurt the Steelers, while and determination, while this guins’ 21-year-old goaltender, the second quarter. After junior an infl ux of bright young stars year’s team is having trouble is blossoming into a star as Colby Whitman put the fi nish- couple of really good receivers — At the start of the second half, is making the Penguins one focusing for four quarters, not well after struggling at times ing touch on a 10-play, 62-yard and the quarterback threw a re- three consecutive three-and- of the most exciting teams to to mention a full 16-game sea- during his fi rst two seasons. opening drive with a three-yard ally good ball. We knew that an outs, followed by Lewis’ second watch in the NHL. son. The jury is still out on the touchdown run, Sivek capped offense that throws it that much interception as Bethany was ap- The Steelers look like a com- But check it out sports Penguins, with the season each of the next three drives with is bound to make some plays. proaching the Tartan red zone, pletely different team now fans, there is a team in Pitts- just over 10 percent complete. short rushing scores of his own. It was just important for us to kept the Tartan defense in line from last February, fi nding burgh playing well this fall, They have the offensive fi re- The scoring streak briefl y limit those big plays, and when for a third shutout on the sea- new ways to lose each week. and they’re exciting to watch, power necessary for success, paused after a Doug Facemyer the time came, people made the son. Early in the fourth quarter, The proverbial fi nger can be too. Filled with youth, the but they’ve let in the most interception late in the second stops when we had to.” however, Bethany senior quar- pointed at almost everyone af- Pittsburgh Penguins have ex- goals two seasons in a row quarter, but Whitman charged Following halftime, the Tartan terback Matt Blumer hooked up fi liated with the team after the ploded out of the gate behind and return virtually the same in for his second touchdown on offense picked up right where with wide receiver Milton Joyner Steelers managed to lose close the great play of center Sidney defenders. The playoffs are a the fi nal Tartan possession of the it left off. At the beginning of for a 27-yard touchdown pass to games against the Cincin- Crosby and forward/center defi nite possibility with this inch the Bison to a marginally nati Bengals, Atlanta Falcons, Evgeni Malkin. group, something that can’t be better 42–6. and Oakland Raiders. All Become familiar with these so easily said about the Steel- “We think we have a very strong running Although the shutout was lost, three losses were games they names if you aren’t already, ers. team-defense earned the unit a arguably should have won. because they’re the real deal. If what has happened so attack. We had success with it early.” measure of redemption on the en- The Steelers dominated the Last year, rookie Sidney far with the Steelers and the suing extra point attempt. Junior Falcons and the Raiders on pa- Crosby became, at age 19, the Penguins is any indication —Rich Lackner defensive lineman Michael Reg- per, but shot themselves in the youngest player ever with a of what’s to come, the city of gie blocked kicker Rob Miele’s foot with costly turnovers and 100-point season. He’s as good Pittsburgh isn’t going to know kick and Lewis recovered the penalties, two things unchar- as advertised and is the future how to react. I can think of only fi rst half to send Carnegie Mellon the third quarter, an eight-play, football. Then, after charging up acteristic of teams coached by of the Penguins franchise. one more thing that could add into halftime with a 35–0 lead. 60-yard drive culminated not fi eld for 10 yards, he pitched the Bill Cowher. Add in Malkin, a 20-year-old to this unexpectedness, but Carnegie Mellon’s offensive only with the Tartans pushing ball to senior linebacker James Two big drop-offs from last rookie from Russia who is the Pirates winning the World output surfaced, in part, thanks their lead to 42–0, but Sivek’s Rogers, who dashed the remain- season have occurred in the playing alongside Crosby on Series next year is completely to a defense that stepped up two-yard touchdown romp that ing 68 yards for an electrifying, areas of special teams and the the Penguins’ fi rst line, and out of the question... or is it? nearly every time Bethany threat- propelled him over the 1000- albeit superfl uous, two points. offensive line. The Steelers ened to crack the scoreboard. yard plateau. Sivek’s fourth score “It’s a very exciting play when did not re-sign wide receiver/ Despite giving up 232 yards on the day also gave Carnegie you’re up. It just shows that we kickoff and punt returner An- through the air, Carnegie Mel- Mellon its fi fth touchdown in six never really quit,” Lewis said. twaan Randle El this off-sea- lon’s defense managed to keep possessions. Rogers’ two-point conversion son, and to compound mat- the Bison scoreless through “We think we have a very fi nalized the lopsided contest ters, they didn’t go out and get three-plus quarters. Before Lewis strong running attack. We had as the 44–6 victory vaulted the a proven replacement for him. personally ended one Bethany success with it early,” Lackner Tartans to 9–0 on the season: This has come back to haunt drive with his fourth intercep- said about a ground game that the only record that concers the them, especially in their losses tion of the season, the defense not only included 139 yards on team. to Cincinnati and Atlanta. The stifl ed the Bison on consecutive 23 carries from Sivek, but com- “We’re not into personal offensive line hasn’t been as fourth-down attempts inside piled 254 rushing yards. “Now stats — we’re into team stats, dependable as last season, and Tartan territory early in the fi rst [Bethany] throws the ball well, we’re into winning football Pro Bowl center Jeff Hartings quarter. and we felt that driving the foot- games,” Lackner added. “But I’ve is currently injured, causing “You always want to bend, not ball and running time off the always said good things will hap- the running game to struggle break,” Lewis said. “We knew clock leaves less time once we pen when your team performs and quarterback Ben Roeth- they had some playmakers — a got ahead.” and your team wins.” lisberger to lose protection, which leads to more sacks and more turnovers. Injuries have taken a toll on the Steelers, but the bottom line is that the team lacks the confi dence needed for it to suc- SCHEDULEMAN.ORG ceed. Everything that Roeth- lisberger has gone through in the past few months has added to the current situation. Jimi Okelana/Art Staff TRY IT OUT TODAY Volleyball hosts UAA championships YOU MIGHT BE 1 OF 25 PEOPLE TO WIN VOLLEYBALL, from A14

tion match 3–0 (30–21, 30–23, 30–22) to fi nish out the tourna- ment. 4 FREE Senior right side Catie Fisher and junior middle hitter Abbie Toney posted 12 and nine kills, MOVIE PASSES respectively, in the third-place match. For the defense, senior libero Kat Fox and Bradford had 19 and 14 digs, respectively. Bradford also had three blocks, Resolve conflicts quickly + Save multiple schedules while senior setter Brea Carlock and fi rst-year setter Samantha from multiple semesters + Share schedules via Carter each had 16 assists. Although the Tartans were Facebook or with a direct URL link + Export your ranked to fi nish fourth, they schedules to Apple iCal, Google Calendar, and Outlook had hoped for a better fi nish playing at home. The Tartans Hannah Rosen/Photo Staff ended their regular season with Senior Kat Fox (#2) sets up to return the ball during a game against the a 20–15 overall record. University of Rochester on Friday.

Friday, November 10 — Soc- start on either Sunday, Novem- When do I register for classes? cer playoffs posted at noon. ber 12, or Monday, November 13, depending on varsity soc- Sports in Season cer playoffs. Brackets will be available at noon on Friday, Graduate students...... Monday, November 13 Bowling — The playoffs were November 10. (anytime after 6 am) held last week. The champion Seniors ...... Monday, November 13 Administration will be listed here next week. Volleyball — The regular sea- son ends Wednesday night. Juniors...... Tuesday, November 14 Director: Mike Mastroianni, Water Polo — Water polo has Playoff schedules will be Sophomores ...... Wednesday, November 15 x8-2214 or mma8@ started in the UC dive pool. posted at noon on Thursday. First-years...... Thursday, November 16 Assistant Director: Mike Grzy- Schedules can be picked up in winski, x8-2214 or immike@ the IM Offi ce. Foosball, Table Tennis, Team Non-degree ...... 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Sports A14 THE TARTAN November 6, 2006 Tartans steamroll Bison in final home game Men’s soccer defeats UAA will be the only one listed in the opponent Emory 2–0 record books, Sivek did not see his achievement as a personal mark. “I just would like to give a lot of credit to the other [running] backs and the offensive line,” Sivek said, who, upon learning that he had reached the mile- stone, rushed over to thank his offensive linemen. “I’ve always known it’s such a team game — the greatest team game — and honestly, without them there is no way I would have gotten this record.” On defense, the day appeared to be a coronation for Lewis. The senior, who on October 26 was named one of 17 national fi nalists for the Draddy Award, an honor that recognizes exceptional ath- Olga Strachna/Photo Staff letic and academic achievement, Senior Will Schlough (#4) jumps for a header during Sunday’s game snagged two interceptions, against Emory while senior Andrew Park (#9) looks on. broke up two other passes, and did his best impression of an “We had a couple of hard losses option quarterback during the by Erin Gagnon that could have gone either way, day’s most exciting (despite the Sports Editor that we could have won,” Browne Jiaqi Tan/Photo Staff Tartans’ 36-point lead at the said about the Tartans’ recent Travis Sivek (#35) tries to escape a tackle on Saturday; Sivek had four touchdowns during the game. time) play: a 98-yard return of Yesterday, the men’s soccer slump. “Basically, the only thing a blocked extra point. But he too team took on Emory University different between this game and football really is. University Athletic Association spread the praise around. at home in its last regular sea- the others is that I told the guys by Adam Lazarus From a distance, Travis Sivek (UAA) — not only tied a career- “Our defensive line had un- son game, beating the Eagles we are playing for pride this Staffwriter and Aaron Lewis carried Carn- best four-touchdown game, but believable pressure the entire 2–0. The Tartans fi nished their time.” egie Mellon to Saturday’s 44–6 the junior became just the second day,” Lewis said. “[Bethany’s regular season 11–5 and 4–3 in Emory stepped up its offense, On an ideal day to celebrate the thrashing of the Bethany Bison in running back in school history to quarterback] could never set up the University Athletic Associa- matching the Tartans’ eight individual, the Tartans reminded their regular season home fi nale. top the 1000-yard mark for a sin- tion (UAA). The Eagles dropped shots for the half, but was unable us just how much of a team sport Sivek — the leading rusher in the gle season. And while his name See FOOTBALL, page A13 to 11–6 for the season and 2–5 in to put a shot past Bazin. Bazin the UAA. had eight saves throughout the Coming off a three-game los- game. “The team is tired down ing streak, the Tartans battled after 45 minutes, so you know, Volleyball takes fourth in UAA championship the Eagles through a scoreless we just kept going. [Emory] fi rst half. Tartan sophomore seemed to get a little bit winded, goalkeeper Matthew Bazin and and we took advantage of our by Sam Kim Eagles junior goalkeeper Keith chances,” Browne said. Staffwriter Meehan each had two saves for Even with a two-goal lead, the half. Carnegie Mellon continued to Last weekend, the Carnegie Fifteen minutes into the sec- pressure the Emory goal, tak- Mellon women’s volleyball ond half, Carnegie Mellon fi - ing six shots during the last 20 team hosted the University nally put a shot past Meehan to minutes of the game. Schlough’s Athletic Association (UAA) give the Tartans at 1–0 lead with shot in the 76th minute went championships. The Tartans fi n- 30 minutes remaining. First- just wide and his header a min- ished fourth overall out of eight year midfi elder Patrick Lutz fed ute later was saved by Meehan. teams. Second-ranked Wash- the ball to senior midfi elder Will Browne took the last shot of the ington (Mo.) University escaped Schlough, who turned and shot game in the 85th minute of play, with a narrow victory against the ball through traffi c from 18 a low shot that ricocheted off the the 13th-ranked Emory Univer- yards out. The shot was high, corner post; Browne’s rebound sity in the fi nal round to win the over Meehan’s fi ngertips, and was foiled by Meehan. Meehan tournament 3–0 (30–20, 31–29, settled in the upper corner of had fi ve saves throughout the 32–30). New York University the net. The goal was Schlough’s game. defeated the Tartans in the third- fi fth for the season. With the win, the Tartans end place match. Ten minutes later the Tartans a turbulent regular season on a On Friday, Carnegie Mel- added an insurance goal, bring- high note. “This season has had lon started off strong in its fi rst ing the score to 2–0. Lutz brought a lot of ups and downs,” Browne match against Case Western Re- the ball up the fi eld, and crossed said. “We defi nitely had the team serve University, defeating the through three Emory defend- to do it this year, to have a better Spartans 3–1 (29–31, 30–13, 30– ers to senior Jonathan Browne. record than we did, but, all in 27, 30–11). “I think we did well,” Browne’s low shot, sliced into all, I’m proud of everyone that senior outside hitter Amanda the right corner of the Eagles played. Everyone showed that Bradford said. “We had a little net, was Browne’s seventh goal they had heart this season, espe- slump against Case, but we re- this season. cially in this last game.” covered.” The Tartans carried momen- tum from the fi rst match to easily Hannah Rosen/Photo Staff Carnegie Mellon women’s defeat the University of Roch- Amanda Bradford (#4) returns the ball during a game Friday morning in Skibo Gymnasium. ester in the second match of the soccer beats Emory 4–2 day 3–0 (30–20, 30–25, 30–18). sity]. It’s a matter of who shows women’s team played strong in On Saturday, the Tartans lost “They are doing really well right up today.” the fi rst two sets, but the Bears’ the semifi nal match to Emory now. They’re starting to click,” Although the Tartans en- defense proved to be too much in 3–0 (30–23, 30–24, and 30–16). Coffi n’s fi rst goal came in the head coach Kim Kelly said after tered the evening game against the end. The Tartans lost to the Carnegie Mellon added a loss by Doug Fricker sixth minute, on a header off a the game. “If we play like how we Wash. U. with confi dence, they Bears but placed second in their against NYU in the consola- Staffwriter cross from junior forward Kasey can, it’s going to be a great match fell short, losing to the Bears pool play to advance to the semi- Stever. In the 16th minute, Ste- against [Washington Univer- 3–0 (30–23, 30–20, 30–16). The fi nals. See VOLLEYBALL, page A13 The Carnegie Mellon wom- ver assisted on Coffi n’s second en’s soccer team wrapped up its goal when she passed the ball regular season on a good note back to Coffi n, who then blasted yesterday with a 4–2 victory over a shot from 25 yards out into the ATHLETE PROFILE: Nat Greenstein the visiting Emory University net over the outstretched arms Eagles on senior day at Gesling of the Eagles goalie. Rose’s cor- Stadium. Sophomore forward ner kick in the 19th minute set senior kicker Nat Greenstein. really spend basically all of my pretty good-looking dates, but Abby Coffi n scored a hat trick, up Coffi n’s third goal. Coffi n ran Following the game, Greenstein free time working. It is pretty I would defi nitely have to say and junior midfi elder/defender toward the ball and powerfully was named UAA Athlete of the hard. winning the UAA was some- Amanda Rose broke the school’s headed Rose’s kick into the net Week. Last week, Greenstein thing I am really proud of. Plus, career assist record in the win. to put Carnegie Mellon up 3–0. met with The Tartan to talk T: Any rituals or superstitions it is my senior year, and every- The Tartans put together their “In the fi rst half we came out about his success and the you have before a game? thing just seemed to fall into best half of soccer this season and we played together as a Tartans’ season. G: I have to do the same place; it was really nice. in the fi rst half against Emory. team,” head coach Sue Willard stretching routine before every Carnegie Mellon jumped out to a said. “We have four seniors on Tartan: When did you start game, and I have to fi nd the T: What’s your favorite place 3–0 lead in the fi rst 20 minutes the team, Andrea [Maresca] and playing football? How did you same people, and kind of spread that you have gotten to travel to of the game, thanks largely to end up as a kicker? out the same for stretches. Then with the football team? the feet and head of Coffi n. See SOCCER, page A12 Greenstein: I started playing we all stopped getting our hair G: St. Louis was fun, but Chi- in high school to get girls. No, cut building up to the UAA cago is always a good time. I do Jiaqi Tan/Photo Staff actually I was a soccer player, championship game. That gets not think anyone has ever gone Full Name: but I was on vacation and missed pretty crazy; some of the guys to Chicago and not had fun. Nathaniel Greenstein tryouts, so I ended up going out ended up with really giant hair. Age: for the football team. I was a T: How do you relax at Carn- 21 backup at a couple of other posi- T: How do you focus and han- egie Mellon between football Hometown: tions, but really just stuck with dle high-pressure situations like and school work? Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. kicking. in the game in St. Louis? G: Really I just hang out with Major/College: G: I think of my roommate, my roommates, who I would Physics/Mellon College T: Did you always plan on Mulhurn, naked. like to shout out to. Mulhurn, of Science playing football when you went It is really hard, a lot of peo- Jon, Kevin, Annie, Lisa, and to college? ple come up to me and just tell Kasey — they are really a lot of G: I was not really sure, but me to relax, tell me that it is an fun and help me relax. by Christina Collura then my high school team won easy kick, or that I will make it Staffwriter states, and schools started look- without any problems, but re- T: What are the plans for ing at me, and I was getting ally I just do not want to talk to the rest of the Carnegie Mellon On October 28, the Tartan recruited, and then I kind of de- people. I try to pretty much just football season? football team won its fi rst cided it was something I wanted stay to myself, kick into the net, G: Well we would like to keep University Athletic Association to do. and try not to dwell on whether a steady pace for our last couple (UAA) title in nearly 10 years. or not I can make it. of games, and then obviously The game against Washington T: How do you handle Carn- do well in the playoffs. We head University in St. Louis went egie Mellon’s academics com- T: Any accomplishments that into the NCAA Division III play-

into overtime, and was fi nally bined with football? you are particularly proud of? offs, which are single elimina- Zhiquan Yeo/Photo Staff won by a 22-yard fi eld goal by G: I am a physics major, so I G: Well, I have had some tion, and really tough. Amanda Rose (#18) pressures Emory defender Brittany Manseau during Sunday’s home game. MY TEACHER SAID MY GRANDMA IT WOULD GIVE SAID IT WAS ME HAIRY PALMS! A SIN! SSEXEXDD.I.Y.:. I.Y. MY FRIEND SAID IT WOULD KILL KITTENS!

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“Globalization” has become a common term nated documentary that tells the story of two The Carnegie Tech Mandolin Club had not been receiving that refers to topics like economics and tech- Sudanese boys who survive the loss of their par- the support it needed from its students. As is the tradition nology, but now it is beginning to include the ents in a civil war, get attacked by lions, and are 100 in these times, blame was placed solely on the first-years, medical field as well. “Body, Mind, and Spirit: shot at by African militiamen, eventually ending November 7, 1906 or “plebes,” for not giving enough of their musical talents to Prescriptions for Global Health,” the theme of up in a refugee camp in Kenya. The boys then the club. Good thing that attendance eventually did rise — a Carnegie Mellon’s International Festival this move to America, and the remainder of the film school is only as good as its Mandolin Club, after all. year, was a way to introduce the public to cur- reveals their adjustments and cultural struggles rent global health with contemporary issues. life in the United States. To raise funds for a trip to the newly created United Nations The three-day event, in New York, Techies held a shoe-shining fundraiser. which ran from In its 16th year, the Another film, An 50 Those volunteering in the event visited the fraternities and Inconvenient Truth male residence halls looking for a few good men who Thursday through , November 6, 1956 Saturday in the International Festival’s was featured on needed a shine. Regardless of the profit made, there was University Center, fea- Friday night. An a consensus that the fundraiser would help Techies keep tured a variety of lec- goal is to create Inconvenient Truth their squeaky clean image. tures, activities, and is a story about performances all deal-‘‘awareness, celebrate global warming; ing with the issues the movie was of global health. The diversity around the released in hopes Patty Powers expressed her disgust towards certain event opened with a that it would be a unwanted visitors in the Skibo dining hall. Recently, an Benefits and Fitness major warning to the 25 abundance of flies had made their way into the cafeteria, world, and educate the increasing the number of cups of soup being sent back Fair, which provided global community November 10, 1981 Carnegie Mellon fac- public on global issues about the condition to the chef. Also on Powers’ list of problems was the ulty and staff with of our planet. Its cre- constant smell of garbage and an obese dead rat found at information on health affecting fellow human ators predict world the bottom of the stairs to the dining establishment. At least and fitness options ,, catastrophe in 10 the rat was enjoying the food. and benefits open to beings every day. years if people avoid them through the uni- fixing the problems versity. Participants that humans have A Tartan writer wanted to stick it to the man: Outraged by were also offered free created. The film, the recent swarm of business suits seen around campus, flu shots and the opportunity to donate blood to however, comes across as neither negative nor 10 the columnist talked about his recent failure with the Business Opportunities Conference. Maybe it was his the American Red Cross. preachy; it is really just a story about former November 4, 1996 Vice-President Al Gore’s crusade to stop global refusal to sell out to the system, or maybe it was his major Karin Arnds, a private practicing therapist warming. After his defeat in the 2000 election, (philosophy). Regardless of what caused the poor writer’s and member of Carnegie Mellon’s Student Gore made a lifelong commitment to saving bane, he was still proud that he “refus[ed] to cave in until he Counseling Center, led a workshop on autogenic our planet. This film, released at this year’s ha[d] a family to support.” training, a deep relaxation technique that uses Sundance Film Festival, presents Gore as the the mind and body to heal the effects of stress. public has never seen him, rallying Americans Participants of the workshop learned the theory to join him in this environmental battle. A suspicious man was caught stealing clothes off a behind autogenic training and some exercise scarecrow on the fraternity quad. While the crime may techniques to help them achieve extreme relax- In its 16th year, the International Festival’s 5 appear idiotic, the man sure could cook up a quick story. ation and inner peace. goal is to create awareness, celebrate diversity When asked what he was doing, the thief stated that he around the world, and educate the public on November 5, 2001 was recovering a shirt that was stolen from him a year ago The main attraction and keynote speaker was global issues affecting fellow human beings by the same people. Along with this, he also claimed that the founder of Doctors Without Borders in every day. “Body, Mind, and Spirit: Prescriptions his name was imprinted in the clothes. Unfortunately, the North America, Richard Heinzl. He began the for Global Health” was just one more way to police checked and found no such imprints. Maybe next organization in Canada in 1988, and it quickly further the goal for the students and staff at time the poor man will just say the scarecrow gave him the spread to the U.S. Heinzl urged the crowd to get Carnegie Mellon. clothes. involved in community health problems, to look at the world outside their hometowns, and to Jennifer Damico | Junior Staffwriter A shady-looking character was seen ambling through make a commitment to helping others. the University Center and then spotted again rifling 1 through garbage cans outside of the Purnell Center. On Thursday night the festival featured the Police questioned the man and discovered that he was movie Lost Boys of Sudan, an Emmy-nomi- November 7, 2005 a Carnegie Mellon alumnus who had returned for the weekend to celebrate Homecoming. Perhaps his actions were a throwback to the days in which, like every college student, he would do anything for free food.

Jen Johnson | Staffwriter Joe Klobusicky | Staffwriter

campus pillbox 11.06.06 3 Disco hip-hop and a master whistler Blackalicious and Andrew Bird to play Carnegie Mellon

Coming off a successful fall concert in 2005 with Talib Kweli On 2002’s Blazing Arrow, Blackalicious boldly mixes neo-soul, through sonic cacophony, and on “First Song,” Bird plucks, and J-Live, AB Concerts signed Phantom Planet and The afrobeat, and West Coast rap together. With special guests bows, whistles, and sings through folk-y chords and eerie Secret Machines to co-headline its spring concert. But with ranging from Ben Harper to Gil-Scott Heron to Cut Chemist, vocal melodies. a sudden strike of bad weather that forced a last-minute Blazing Arrow proved Blackalicious was — and still is — a move into the Wiegand Gym, attendance was poor, and the musically ambitious group to be taken seriously. Friday night’s show is sure to be a great one. With strong university’s response lackluster. Add on a funding cut from attendance and community support, it will put AB Concerts the Carnegie Mellon administration, and all of a sudden, AB On 2005’s The Craft, Blackalicious makes a push into pop and back on the map as a savvy part of AB, well connected to Concerts was stuck in a rut. even disco-influenced hip-hop. Chock full of synthesizers, both the industry and the student body. And if we’re lucky, clavinets, strings, and heavy reverb throughout, The Craft is the concert could put Carnegie Mellon — and even the city But things are looking up for AB Concerts and student no less impressive but more accessible than Blazing Arrow. of Pittsburgh — back on the map as a go-to city for popular life: This Friday night will be Carnegie Mellon’s annual And just when you think Blackalicious has abandoned its touring artists. fall concert, and we are treated this year with rap group innovative roots, MC Gift of Gab raps, “Never let ’em hold extraordinaire Blackalicious as the concert’s headliner and you back from anything you want now / Life is but a ride, so Matt Siffert | Staffwriter singer-songwriter Andrew Bird as the opener. The mix of acts, find them treasures that are unfound,” letting us know that although lacking in cohesion, will bring the hip-hop and the redefinition, and not monotony, is their driving force. alt-rock/hipster crowds at Carnegie Mellon together for the first time in years. Equally stylized and fresh is Chicagoan Andrew Bird, who, although trained classically on violin, has gained Blackalicious, which hails from the Bay area, has five records unprecedented street cred from alternative music press all Andrew Bird and Blackalicious to its name. And although often grouped together with over the globe. After breaking off from his group, Andrew more mainstream acts for which it has opened in the past Bird’s Bowl of Fire, he immediately began generating buzz for When: Friday, 8 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m. (The Roots, Public Enemy), Blackalicious is more like The his 2003 release, Weather Systems. Both a talented songwriter Where: Wiegand Gymnasium Perceptionists and Sole, a stripped-down mixture of funky and master instrumentalist (... and whistler), Bird is equally Price: $5 with Carnegie Mellon ID, $15 without drumming, earthy bass lines, and a sprinkle of keys as texture. lauded for his energetic and outrageous live performances. On Tickets may be purchased at the UC Info Desk or online The lyrics, too, are less mainstream; they tell stories and sing “Dark Matter,” armed with an electric guitar, a glockenspiel, at ticketmaster.com. uplifting messages. Both are rare in today’s hip-hop world. his whistling, and ever-contagious croon, Bird pounds his way Learning to [Citizen] Cope D.C. phenom comes to Mr. Small’s Theatre

Citizen Cope, the pseudonym of frontman Clarence in Tennessee, Texas, and Mississippi, the years during artists he has had the opportunity to collaborate with. He Greenwood and the name of his band, is currently on tour which he developed much of his musical style were spent has released at least two singles collaborating with guitarist promoting his new album, Every Waking Moment. Lucky in Washington, D.C. Spending his time in the heart of D.C.’s Carlos Santana — one of them being “Son’s Gonna Rise” — for us, his next stop is Mr. Small’s Theatre & Funhouse in go-go scene allowed Cope to heavily incorporate go-go into and opened for Nelly Furtado while promoting his first album, Pittsburgh. his music. Citizen Cope. Promoting The Clarence Greenwood Recordings took him on another adventure, opening for Robert Randolph In case you missed his hit “Son’s Gonna Rise,” distributed “Go-go is D.C.’s homegrown funk, a conga-driven style and the Family Band. as one of iTunes’ free singles, Citizen Cope is a guitarist, where the slowed down beat is king,” Cope explained on his keyboardist, and DJ who seamlessly blends together the website. Last.fm, a music recommendation site, suggests that those genres of folk, R&B, hip-hop, and rock. Now, as the fusion of who like Jack Johnson and Dave Matthews Band might enjoy genres is becoming more prevalent in mainstream culture, Another unique quirk of his style is his oddly-tuned guitar, Cope’s blues/folk/rock as well. It also mentions that Cope was Citizen Cope’s cult following may grow into something bigger. a product of first learning how to play on a guitar that was featured on the Easy Star All-Stars album Radiodread, which missing the E-string and had the B string tuned to a B flat. was a reggae, ska, and dub cover of Radiohead’s album OK “Music was something coming out of a radio or off a record, Computer. something that made me feel these things I couldn’t explain. Shuffled around from one label to another, Cope started out It was magical to me, and I thought it was something you by signing with Capitol Records and followed with stints at Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, Cope’s Thursday had to be ordained with,” Cope wrote on his website (www. Dreamworks and Arista before finally settling with RCA. show is cancelled. Sorry kids, but the remaining Friday show citizencope.com). is 21+ only. Opening for Cope will be Alice Smith, a rising Despite having songs licensed for commercials and movie artist who shares his penchant for genre-blending, but with After the success of his second album, The Clarence soundtracks, you’ve probably never heard Citizen Cope on a pop and soul. Best of all, this blues-rock-tastic experience is Greenwood Recordings, and the appearance of “Son’s Gonna mainstream radio station. Ascribing the lack of airplay to his only a 1F bus ride away. Rise” in a Pontiac commercial, Cope, ordained or not, has integration of many genres, Cope decided to “take his music been making quite a splash in the rock and R&B genres. His to the people.” It sounds clichéd, but Cope is serious about his Shweta Kumar | Staffwriter gift, according to his record label, is that “he takes snapshots focus on touring. of the world around him, and turns them into universal truths. He sets them to the simplest of melodies, and weds those in Spending over 16 months on the road can be arduous, at the Alice Smith and Citizen Cope turn to the most soul-stirring grooves.” very least. “Out there for so long, it’s a lonely existence, even when you’re surrounded by people,” Cope said. “You’re away When: Friday, 8 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m. This gift didn’t emerge during his elementary school trumpet- from the ones you love, and it can be unsettling.” Where: Mr. Small’s Theatre, Millvale (take the 1F bus) playing days, but was a little more evident when he, like Price: $25 in advance, $27 day of show every other rockstar wannabe, picked up the guitar during However, despite being practically ignored by mainstream 21+. Tickets may be purchased online at mrsmalls.com. his teenage years. While much of his childhood was spent radio and charts, he’s made an excellent impression on the music 4 pillbox 11.06.06 Hold the phone, Stop the Clocks Paperhouse Oasis’ greatest hits compilation is fi rst-term Clinton-era good On mix CDs

There comes a time in most bands’ lives to release (What’s the story) Morning Glory? and is represented Almost everyone I know has made a mix CD for someone else. What a greatest hits collection. It is a delicate decision well on Stop The Clocks — with almost half of the tracks a lot of people aren’t aware of is that the art of the mix CD is held in requiring careful song selection and deliberate release appearing — including the super-hit mega-triumvirate very high regard by certain musicians and record labels that continue timing. Such a compilation represents a milestone in of “Wonderwall,” “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” and to produce meticulously crafted mixes that are as successful as the career of a musical group, and for most new bands, “Champagne Supernova.” albums of entirely original material. it is a reaffirmation of the legitimacy of past success and a pledge of future proliferation. (What’s the story) Morning Glory? is the definitive Germany’s Kompakt label, for example, has released many mix CDs album of the ’90s. “Wonderwall” is the definitive song, to complement its selection of minimal techno and house music. Some groups are sloppier and more impatient than and it is up there next to Green Day’s “Good Riddance” Artists such as Superpitcher and Michael Mayer have released others. When Best of as the first song learned after seminal mixes that are now regarded as milestones in the mix CD Silverchair was released the purchase of an acoustic genre. Mayer’s Immer, released in 2002, is known as the album in 2000, Silverchair had guitar. Radiohead’s Thom that gave birth to the minimal house genre by compiling a series of recorded three albums Yorke covered it (drunk). In innovative tracks by different artists and emphasizing the fact that in five years, with just After six years of Best “Writing to Reach You,” Travis’ they all had something in common. 36 tracks to its name. Fran Healy asks “What’s a The 21-track compilation of Silverchair on the Wonderwall, anyway?” Eleven Coldcut, founder of the Ninja Tune label, is also responsible for an represented almost 60 years later, I still do not know, excellent release that is part of the Journeys by DJ series of mix CDs. percent of the group’s but I use “Wonderwall” to What makes Coldcut’s mix interesting and different from Mayer’s is entire library. For a band shelves, order in the serenade women — I hope it the way it jumps from genre to genre. It reminds us that mix CDs can with such a an allegedly‘‘ means something good. often give us a richer experience than any single artist could ever high ratio, I find myself at a universe will soon be provide within the context of a single album. Coldcut exploits this loss to recall the last time I ,, The 18-song track list of Stop notion by cutting back and forth from ambient to spoken word, from heard a Silverchair song on restored. The Clocks reads more like a reggae to drum and bass, layering multiple tracks on top of each the radio or caught myself coming-of-age story than a other and seamlessly transitioning from track to track, truly living up singing Silverchair in the singles collection. It documents to the idea of the mix CD as a journey. shower. After six years of Oasis’ history of hits — from Best of Silverchair on the the young, confident sound Studio !K7 also produces a well-known compilation series called DJ shelves, order in the universe will soon be restored. of the 1994 debut through the super-stardom of 1995 Kicks; Erlend Oye’s interesting compilation stands out. Oye, who (conveniently skipping over 1997’s excesses of fame), calls himself “the singing DJ,” removes vocal tracks from songs On November 21, Oasis, one of the iconic bands of the adjustment to a new musical scene in 2000, good old- and replaces them with himself singing. A haunting composition is ’90s, will release Stop The Clocks, a hard-earned best-of fashioned rocking out in 2002, and finally, maturation created when, on the album’s second half, Oye combines a minimal compilation for a band with 12 years’ experience, nearly and retrospection in 2006. Royksopp remix with the vocals from “There Is a Light That Never three complete lineup changes, and seven platinum- Goes Out” by The Smiths. A wholly new composition is created, rated albums (four of which are on the list of top 20 Stop The Clocks draws most heavily from the songs of one that is at once more personal than a simple mashup and exists fastest-selling records in the UK) under its belt. Oasis in their first-term Clinton-era prime. Music from powerfully not only on its own but also as part of an album. the Lewinsky-scandal second-term has been kind of Stop The Clocks is a unique collection because each brushed under the rug, and that’s all right. For a band Mix CDs provide artists with the power to make more exciting track was chosen by the band members themselves symbolizing the youth, energy, and optimism of the statements than they may otherwise be capable of on their own. s— not the management or the record company. While ’90s, it is only appropriate that its first two albums be They provide a medium for the exchange of ideas through the this ultimately gives the compilation a more organic featured most heavily at the expense of its lesser-known assimilation of familiar and unfamiliar material together into a new feel, it means you might not find many songs from the releases. whole. band’s biggest albums. But, all Oasis is good Oasis. David Hartunian | Special to The Tartan The Beatles be damned: Oasis’ 1997 release Be Here Now sold 695,761 units in the first four days, earning Robert Kaminski | Photo Editor the title of number-one fastest selling album in the UK (beating Coldplay’s 2005 release, X&Y, by nearly 67 percent). It is the album that rocks the hardest and longest — and the only album not represented on Stop The Clocks. top 10 on WRCT 88.3 FM It is also lamentable that only one song from 2002’s most played albums of the last week Heathen Chemistry appears. For a compilation 1 Squarepusher, Hello Everything with tracks allegedly chosen for song value and not popularity, I would expect to see at least a couple of 2 Various Artists, Sacred Symbols of Mu obscure songs; but alas, there are none. Stop The Clocks 3 Sufjan Stevens, The Avalanche is a non-stop hit parade marching down Main Street 4 Ross Bolleter, Secret Sandhills and Satellites with the mayor in a convertible and majorettes twirling 5 Quench, Caipruss batons. The Audubon Society asked for a float but was 6 Four Tet, Remixes denied. 7 The Decemberists, The Crane Wife 8 William Basinski, Variations For Piano & Tape Fortunately, all has not been lost. There is an album, one 9 Various Artists, Total 7 album, that encapsulates the mid-’90s and the entirety 10 TV On the Radio, Return to Cookie Mountain of alternative rock, and Oasis recorded it in 1995. It is

music pillbox 11.06.06 5 The gourmet grocers come to Pittsburgh Trader Joe’s makes food experimentation affordable I am not a patient person. Indeed, there are few things I Perhaps more impressive than the foods are the prices. At Trader Joe’s employees also make the store unique, adding dislike more than having to wait for something; yet it was Trader Joe’s, most items are priced below what you would some personality to the grocery shopping experience. Clad in with great pleasure that I waited in a checkout line for 30 fi nd at Giant Eagle or Whole Foods. Expecting to have well their trademark Hawaiian shirts, they show a genuine interest minutes during the grand opening of Trader Joe’s’ Pittsburgh over $50 of groceries in my cart, I was pleasantly surprised to in both their work and in Trader Joe’s products. For instance, store on October 27. The reason for my pleasure is simple: For fi nd that the bill totaled less than $35. For instance, Kashi Go upon seeing that I was purchasing blueberry raspberry oat a college student with a tight budget, a penchant for good Lean cereal goes for $2.49 at Trader Joe’s but $3.79 at Giant bran muffi ns, my cashier candidly explained their merits (they food, and a taste for adventure, Trader Joe’s fi ts the bill. Eagle; a gallon of skim milk, $2.79 at Trader Joe’s, costs $3.79 are amazing when lightly toasted and served with butter) and at Giant Eagle. downsides (they are too large, so you need to cut them in half) It is hard to succinctly describe Trader Joe’s. Certainly it is to me. a grocery store, but Giant Eagle is also a grocery store and Just as it is hard to describe Trader Joe’s, it is also diffi cult it would not be fair to equate the two. Trader Joe’s can be to describe the store’s typical customer; the clientele are as While Trader Joe’s does many things well, it is lacking described as a specialty foods store, or a natural foods store, diverse as the food selection. On opening weekend, many in several areas. The store itself is much smaller than or a health foods store, and all the descriptions are apt but shoppers were college students or young professionals, but Giant Eagle or Whole Foods, and it consequently offers incomplete. With products like gorgonzola walnut ravioli, there were also many parents shopping with children, as well comparatively limited quantities of goods. Trader Joe’s has burgundy pepper seasoned leg of lamb, and peppadew chevre as sizable group of senior citizens. a large selection of reasonably priced vitamins and dietary commonplace, it would be easy to call Trader Joe’s a gourmet supplements as well as a well-stocked fl oral department, but food store. Yet their selection of staples such as milk, bread, Though Trader Joe’s opened its fi rst Pittsburgh store last only a scant selection of cleaning or health and beauty items, and butter, combined with their low prices, prevents such an weekend, it has been around since 1958. The brand began which makes it less convenient than the typical grocery store. association. Trader Joe’s makes it easy to eat healthy with as a small chain of convenience stores called Pronto Markets Additionally, the produce section is anemic — both Giant products like soy and fl axseed tortilla chips, which contain in the Los Angeles area. However, the company’s founder, Eagle and Whole Foods provide a much more robust selection six grams of protein and four grams of fi ber per serving, and Joe Coulombe, quickly realized that the chain could not of fresh fruits and vegetables. goji berry trail mix, yet you can just as easily indulge in more compete with 7-Eleven. He also realized that Americans were sinful items like chocolate gelato or French brie. increasingly traveling abroad and returning home with new, With these few downsides, the store can still satisfy everyone unique tastes that could not be easily satisfi ed at the grocery from cost-conscious shoppers to gourmands. Its large, eclectic The store offers an impressive and exciting array of products store. The fi rst Trader Joe’s was opened in 1967 to cater to variety gives you plenty of options and its low prices allow ranging from basic to gourmet and domestic to international. these changing tastes. for affordable food experimentation. The long checkout lines Most of these products are packaged under Trader Joe’s during opening weekend will certainly die down, but even if private label and are unique to the chain. “I am really looking The chain is most densely concentrated in southern they do not, Trader Joe’s is well worth the wait. forward to trying out all of the private-label stuff,” said Leah California, but it also has a strong presence in the Northeast. Franczyk, a Greenfi eld resident who was at Trader Joe’s on Recently, it has rapidly begun expanding outside of its core Trader Joe’s is located at 6343 Penn Avenue in East Liberty October 28. “It’s healthy and reasonably priced; you can’t beat markets into locations in the South and Midwest. Aside from and is easily accessible by the 71C. It is open seven days a that.” Pittsburgh, Trader Joe’s recently opened stores in the Atlanta week from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. metropolitan area, as well as in Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C., Her sentiment was mirrored by Kevin Platukis, a junior at and Madison, Wis. In total, there are over 250 stores located in Kevin LaBuz | Staffwriter the University of Pittsburgh. “They have a lot of interesting 20 states. products. I’m looking forward to taking full advantage of everything they have to offer when the grand opening rush Each store is tailored to its environment. The Pittsburgh store dies down,” Platukis said. “That is, if it boasts a large painted mural of the downtown skyline in the ever dies down,” he said. rear of the store, and large replicas of three bridges that connect Downtown with the North Side span several aisles.

Robert Kaminsk local i | Photo Editor 6 pillbox 11.06.06 All the Web’s a stage, and a drama grad merely a player A web-based series might be just the thing to send Eryn Joslyn into stardom

Eryn Joslyn, a 2006 drama alum, has landed her fi rst big gig. Her Justin Kownacki, writer and producer of the web series much more unique way of delivering [a script] than most actors name and that of the show she’ll appear in may soon become Something to be Desired, has been webcasting for four years will.” familiar among the 12-to-30-year-old crowd. Joslyn’s face isn’t but just recently found new ways to increase viewers, thanks to going to show up on the silver screen, though; she’ll be popping the growing numbers of web series online. Kownacki mentioned Each year the School of Drama offers two showcases, Wadsworth up on monitors across the country. MTV has announced the the website network2.tv, created by Jeff Pulver, a pioneer of said, and about 90 percent of students who participate end up development of several programs that will be aired online only; voice-over-Internet-protocol technology. The network2 site is an signing with agents or landing a job. Joslyn was no different; she Joslyn will star in Chloe. The show is the only scripted drama aggregate for web series, said Kownacki. signed with a management company in L.A. and landed the lead that MTV is releasing as part of this effort, and it will be aired in role in Chloe after just three months on the west coast. very short segments (as short as one minute) starting in January Kownacki also spoke about how the success of web-based 2007. programming has infl uenced online and television companies. Joslyn saw some differences in acting for the tiny screen. The He mentioned that some websites, such as Yahoo!, employ director allowed for a lot of improvising that, Joslyn said, would MTV is making the burgeoning fi eld of webcasting even more talent agencies now and that news companies like CNN are not always be the norm in fi lm or television. She added that innovative with its short-form episodes, said Joslyn, some of “looking to empower journalists to take cameras to the streets.” despite the show’s format, the writing and character development which are cut off in the middle of scenes. “They’re on the cutting He added that producing web content is very inexpensive, citing are extremely strong. edge ... trying to always evolve, and this is just a part of that AliveinBaghdad.org as an example. The site was started by one evolution,” she said. Just a few months after Joslyn moved to Los man, Brian Conley, who simply bought a few video cameras and Ultimately, Wadsworth believes the way acting is taught will not Angeles to look for work, she found herself on a plane back to the handed them out to Iraqi citizens so they could record everyday change. “When we talk about the difference between stage and city of her alma mater — unconventionally, the show was fi lmed life during the war. fi lm their basic charge is to learn how to act, period,” he said. He Pittsburgh. Moving to L.A. was a tough transition, said Joslyn, expects the biggest change that web series or webcasting will who was happy to return to the ’Burgh, if only temporarily: “It Nodding to the short episodes of the MTV web series Chloe, bring will be the opinion of actors who have roles on the web. meant more to me than I could have imagined it would.” Kownacki noted that people are looking for quick amusement. He “Eventually, I don’t think anyone will look down on [it]. It will just said that viewers are now less discriminating about where their be work.” There are 26 episodes of Chloe, which follow the life of a content comes from, as long as it is good content. Carnegie Mellon graduate working in web design. Joslyn plays When Joslyn talks about fi nding work as an actress, she notes Chloe, while the other cast members play her host of friends and A downside to webcasting, Kownacki said, can be the lack of that while being on a set is great, returning to her part-time job colleagues. Charlie Murphy, a current sophomore in drama, is money in it, though having the support of a major network could at a yogurt shop in L.A. can be a little discouraging. “If anything, another cast member. change that in the future. “There isn’t a lot of profi t made; most that’s what’s hard about it,” she said. “Once I get the career people are doing it as a side gig,” he said. Kownacki, however, is going, who knows. You never know what’s going to happen.” “I’m glad to be doing something that is unpredictable,” Joslyn currently working on getting episodes of Something to be Desired said of the show’s potential success, “but it’s also a little scary available on TiVo, which could mean an increase in viewers and For those interested in learning more about audio and video because you don’t know what the outcome’s going to be.” revenue. Kownacki added that now some very popular web series production for the web, Pittsburgh Filmmakers and the Three Webcasting can be used to describe everything from a series of bring in about 300,000 viewers, numbers near what a show on the Rivers Film Festival are hosting PodCamp Pittsburgh. The free amateur videos of your kid’s soccer games to highlights of CNN’s Sci-Fi Channel would expect. networking and learning event will be held at the Filmmakers’ nightly news broadcast. Any series of Internet audio or visual Melwood location from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Details at content is a webcast. Drama professor Don Wadsworth knew Joslyn would go far in podcamppittsburgh.com. her career based on her talent and her humor. “Eryn is a very movie attractive girl; she’s also very, very funny, and that’s the best Michelle Bova | Contributing Editor dollar combination in a contemporary world,” he said. “She’ll fi nd a movie dollar Lee Reamsnyder | Staffwriter

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Just going to forewarn you: If you’re Director Takashi Miike must have This rotoscoped (means: real purdy I know you don’t want to see crazy Two Chinese lesbians (Michelle going to see the movie on Thursday, decided that Audition, his last animation) adaptation of Philip K. couch-jumping Tom Cruise, but Krusiec and Lynn Chen) living in fi ll up today but don’t eat tomorrow. fi lm (among the most depraved Dick’s novel follows Keanu Reeves trust me, you want to see this. New York under the watchful eye fi lms this reviewer has ever seen) as an undercover narcotics agent Paired with director J.J. Abrams of a strict but secretly pregnant was too kid-friendly. That would trying to stop a drug epidemic. (Lost, Alias, Felicity), a brilliant Philip mother (Joan Chen) who is herself explain Ichi The Killer. Billed as the I guess everyone needs a break Seymour Hoffman (Capote) and under the watchful eye of her own most violent movie ever, this one from exchanging letters across a script fi lled with summer action parents... I smell a sitcom! This has bits and pieces of Yakuzas dimensional rifts with Sandra delights like a helicopter chase charming little romantic comedy/ fl ying all over the screen for two Bullock. The movie also stars through a windmill farm and a BASE culture clash/mystery movie hours. If you think you haven’t Robert Downey Jr. and Woody jump from Shanghai skyscrapers, has something for everyone. A seen enough heads and limbs Harrelson, the perfect people to Cruise leads the perfect fl ick to help charming debut from new director sliced off, this might be the perfect star in a movie with an anti-drug you forget that it’s probably snowing Alice Wu. Go: Great performances Thursday night diversion. Go: The message, don’t ya think? Go: Trippy outside. Go: You would expect it from everyone. I promise you, just critical community seems to think animation style is perfect for this to stink, but really, it doesn’t. Trust because there are lesbians doesn’t that “ultra violent” doesn’t quite material, and helps Keanu appear me. Watch Keri Russell (Felicity) mean that it’s porn. No go: I read encompass the scope of this movie. to be a more expressive actor than, brandish a fi rearm. No go: As the description and my fi rst snarky That alone makes me curious. No well, ever. Also, it looks really, really nonsensical and ridiculous as thought was, “Is this My Big Fat go: May induce vomiting; don’t cool. No go: Kind of a downer. The you would expect from anything Chinese Wedding?” So that might wear nice clothes to this movie. movie is less action and more chit- involving Tom Cruise. It’ll still be paint the wrong picture for you. chat. cold outside when it’s over. entertainment pillbox 11.06.06 7 Diddling, jilling off, double-clicking the mouse — “Whatever You Wanna educator Betty Dodson. In 1974, Dodson published Sex For One, the fi rst with, ‘This is where I put it, this is how I use it, this is how it’s going to get Call It, We’re Gonna Talk About It.” That’s the mantra of the latest book to frankly discuss the topic of female masturbation. “At that point it me off, and this is how I can tell my husband of 10 years that this is how I workshop coming to Garfi eld Artworks: a session on female masturbation was really thought of as a man’s thing,” Derzic said. In the text, Dodson can get an orgasm.’” hosted by local business Girls’ Night In. included her own sexual experiences. Such knowledge is critical when it comes to maintaining a relationship. “It’s going to be a guided discussion,” said owner and co-founder of But the most enlightening components of Sex For One are the 16 drawings “It’s sometimes awkward to say, ‘Over here,’ ‘A little to the left,’ ‘Not so Girls’ Night In, Karen Derzic. “We’re not going to pull people out of their of female genitalia, each created by Dodson, who holds a degree in fi ne fast,’ whatever,” said Derzic. “But the only way to make sure that you’re chairs and ask them to tell their stories, but if somebody wants to do that arts. Sex For One showcases the variety in the female body. The 16 going to have a good, long-lasting, loving relationship is to communicate we’re not going to say no.” Established in 2003, Girls’ Night In is both an drawings are surprisingly dissimilar. “You can see that you’re normal,” with your partner about everything, sex especially.” informational resource and a vendor of sexual merchandise. “The basis of Derzic said. “You’re not wrong; you’re not weird; you’re not broken the business was always about education at the forefront,” said Derzic. — you’re just you.” I’ll have what she’s having

Fully titled “Whatever You Wanna Call It, We’re Gonna Talk About It… While Dodson was attempting to educate the masses, sex in the ’70s For Derzic, the upcoming workshop on masturbation shares the same Women’s Masturbation,” the workshop’s goal is to provide a forum for left the men in control. “There was this rationale in women’s minds that ideals as the Girls’ Night In parties. Unfortunately, many women in the area women to discuss masturbation and other aspects of sexuality in an open only bad girls get birth control,” said Green. “So-called ‘good girls’ get who would benefi t most from such an event may not even feel comfortable environment. “That title actually came about because we’ve learned pregnant.” But to what extent has society become sexually enlightened? enough to attend. “I’m well aware that we’re probably not going to get that people call it so many different things and don’t often just say According to Derzic, sexual education based in abstinence has left many everyone we’re hoping to target at the event,” said Derzic, who may plan ‘masturbation,’” said Derzic. young adults ignorant of contraceptive methods, not to mention their workshops in the future catering to a more uptight clientele. anatomy. “You’re really coming up in a time where ignorance is bliss,” she Pillow talk said. “In reality, there’s college kids who are like, ‘What’s going on with my Until then, one attractive alternative to parties and workshops is the wealth body?’” of reading material in print and on the Web. Dodson has written multiple From she-bopping to buttering the muffi n, there’s certainly humor books on the subject of sexuality, but the list goes on. Additionally, the associated with the various euphemisms for female masturbation. Green agreed that many sexually active adults and teenagers still have Girls’ Night In website includes a list of links to educational websites. Of course, the equivalent male pastime is not without its own set of some growing up to do. “If you can’t talk about it, you really shouldn’t be “Everything is not going to work for everyone else,” said Green. “I always colloquialisms (greasing the fl agpole, choking the chicken), but the doing it,” she said. Planned Parenthood receives anonymous calls every say your comfort level is like a rubber band. If you stretch it too far, it’ll problem with female masturbation is that it’s almost never discussed day from clients who can barely explain their situations. Often, callers are break.” in candid terms — and when people don’t talk about it, they don’t unable to discuss the parts of the bodies involved in sex because they understand it. “There’s a lot of misconception that the only way to have an simply don’t know about them. “There’s this misconception that the goal “The important thing is to empower people about their own sexuality so orgasm is if something’s in the vagina,” Derzic said. For some, restriction of sexual education is to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted that they can be happy,” Derzic said. The workshop will provide a forum to vaginal intercourse could only guarantee a dissatisfying sex life. Many diseases,” Green said. But what’s just as important in any school program for women to help each other — and to help themselves. “There’s plenty women cannot have an orgasm that way, Derzic explained. is that it should leave its students feeling comfortable and informed about of people who have taken the exact same steps before you, who have kind their bodies. of paved the way,” Derzic said. “Hopefully this workshop will bring out at There are plenty of other ways for women to satisfy themselves sexually. least a little bit of that.” “It may come from clitoral stimulation; it may come from stimulation of the Jamie McElroy, a buyer for South Side retail store Slacker, complained breasts; it may come from a mental picture that you have,” Derzic said. about Pittsburgh in particular. Located on East Carson Street, Slacker “There are women around the world who can orgasm just through mind- offers sex toys in addition to a host of other merchandise including jewelry, play.” home accessories, and alternative literature — in McElroy’s words, Sarah Mogin | “Everything from mild to not so mild.” [] Assistant Pillbox Editor In the realm of sexuality, there are no standards. “One of the things I talk about is [that you have to] just explore your own body. You’re your own “We tend to keep it a little tame,” said McElroy, citing the store’s location best judge to fi nd out what you like and what you don’t like,” Derzic said. in an area frequented by tourists. “I get so many girls that come in “It’s just amazing that women’s bodies are so unique,” she said, explaining giggling,” she said. “All in all, Pittsburgh is kind of buttoned-up.” the need for self-exploration. But such individuality can breed insecurity, doubt, and even shame. The new Tupperware

The ins and outs It’s just that kind of buttoned-up atmosphere that allows businesses like Girls’ Night In to thrive. Derzic makes some of her sales online, but what “We don’t really talk about female genetalia,” said Brenda Lee Green, really sets Girls’ Night In apart is its parties. Derzic leads about one or the vice-president for education at Planned Parenthood of Western two a month, each basically a sexually charged version of a Tupperware Pennsylvania. Children are exposed to the discrepancy between male and sit-down. “The way that those were brought up is it was an easy way for female anatomies at an early age. “Little boys have ‘publics,’ little girls women to get together and have a social function as well as purchase have ‘privates,’” Green explained, referencing an insight originally coined something nice for their homes,” said Derzic. Masturbation leads to sexual self-awareness by sexologist Jessie Potter. But the similarity ends there. Derzic doesn’t cater to pastel-colored SEX: D.I.Y. The evidence practically speaks for itself. Most of the slang for female housewives. The burp-proof lids, the microwave demonstrations — these genitalia is derogatory in nature, and a lot of it doubles as ways to refer to things have been replaced by dildos, lubricants, and so on. Like Dodson women themselves. Conversely, male genital regions are often referred to in Sex For One, Derzic employs diagrams of male and female genitalia to with pet names: Wee Wee, Johnson, Mr. Happy. These words make the help inform her clientele. “People walk away with some understanding of penis seem cute, friendly. They distance the penis from its owner and their bodies,” Derzic said. “I love walking away from those parties where endow it with a personality. “It’s this unspoken message about female I’m exhausted because I’ve talked to everybody, and everybody’s happy.” anatomy,” Green said. Derzic offers her services to women of all ages, even men. “The parties The very structure of a woman’s body promotes the notion that female sex start out with bringing a group of friends together,” Derzic explained. Her organs are private, not public. “In a men’s public bathroom or locker room, clients range from coworkers to relatives to members of nearby sororities you can see some things,” said Derzic. “Even in a women’s locker room and fraternities. Hardly any other businesses similar to Girls’ Night In you’re not going see much because it’s all hidden away.” host parties open to both genders. “I fi rmly believe that you have to talk to everybody involved in the situation,” said Derzic. The effort to bring the truth about womens’ bodies — and their sexuality In addition to educating her clients, Derzic helps them feel comfortable — into the forefront began in the ’70s. Much of Derzic’s work, particularly discussing their bodies and sexual needs. “People walk away with not her plans for the upcoming workshop, is infl uenced by author and sexual only, ‘This is a vibrator, this is where I put it,’” she said, “They walk away Elizabeth Liu | Art Staff feature feature 8 pillbox 11.06.06 pillbox 11.06.06 9 412: The area code of creative nonfi ction Local festival recognizes the latest trend in writing

Exploring where the line is drawn between fact and fi ction, genre, as well as the journal Creative Nonfi ction, here. It has to and a discussion called “Selling What You Write: Breaking perception and reality, the 412 Creative Nonfi ction Festival be Pittsburgh.” into Freelancing,” which will offer tips to make a piece of starts today in Pittsburgh and runs through Saturday. It is a writing (and a writer) successful. Hilary Masters, a well-known “celebration of excellent writing,” according to the festival’s Exposing the prevalence of the genre will only happen, Carnegie Mellon professor of English and creative writing, press release, and will bring together students, writing however, if the festival can draw in a diverse array of visitors will discuss the inner workings of memoir writing, and craft enthusiasts, and professional writers to discuss contemporary and participants and explain to them the importance of the workshops focusing on specifi c aspects of writing will be issues in the up-and-coming genre of creative nonfi ction. genre of creative nonfi ction. Festival director Lee Gutkind offered. Such issues as ethics in writing, giving poetry a mission, and wrote in an e-mail that creative nonfi ction is “the fastest publishing one’s work will be at the forefront of the festival. growing genre in the publishing and academic writing Gutkind suggested that the discussions on ethics and morals community.” While the studies of fi ction and poetry have been in writing, which will ask questions about the appropriate and “Pittsburgh is a great community for writers,” explained Jane traditionally examined in English classes worldwide, Bernstein inappropriate use of facts and subjects in writing, will be the Bernstein, associate professor of English at Carnegie Mellon, added to Gutkind’s assertion by stating that creative nonfi ction most interesting for those in attendance. He supposes that 25 who will moderate a discussion panel at 412. “There’s a real is “a healthier genre than fi ction.” Creative nonfi ction is to 35 percent of those attending the festival will be students appreciation for fi ction and poetry in this city.” According grounded in reality and truth, as writers take real-life events from universities and colleges throughout Pittsburgh. Writing to both budding and professional writers in the surrounding and ideas and compose them in a creative, literary manner. enthusiasts, and those students simply intrigued by the festival boroughs, Pittsburgh has a vibrant literary community, which Advanced cultural ideas can be approached by non-writers, itself, will be able to talk with and learn from professionals, could gain exposure and grounding through the popularity of exposing them to the new genre and forcing them to think and will fi nd others that share a belief in the importance of the the upcoming convention. about the relation of the writing to their own lives. written and spoken word.

Moreover, “Pittsburgh is the birthplace of the current creative The festival offers a number of highlights. H.G. “Buzz” Adult tickets to the festival are $30, and students are $15 with nonfi ction movement,” said Faith Adiele, assistant professor Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights, will hold a discussion valid ID. Order online at www.proartstickets.org, or by phone: of creative nonfi ction writing at the Univeristy of Pittsburgh, of his novel, followed by a screening of the movie version. 412.394.3353. who will read her own work and will be a panelist discussing There will be several free events, including a “literary how to fund a writing career at the festival. “Lee Gutkind, the marathon” to start the festival, a poetry reading with a Jessica Thurston | Staffwriter 412 Festival director, started the fi rst graduate program in the mission to connect critical readers to adventurous writers,

The cerebral moviegoing experience Three Rivers Film Festival will make you think

Carnegie Mellon offers a dollar movie four or fi ve times a Dumpster, about the unlikely relationship between a janitor at shown because it requires the use of two projectors. Slightly week, but only once a year does the city of Pittsburgh host an elite university and a student who lives in a dumpster, was ambiguous instructions must be followed describing the the annual Three Rivers Film Festival, a celebration of fi lm selected for last year’s festival and has since been selected for approximate time to turn one monitor off and the other on, so new and old. The festival, now in its 25th year, showcases eight other festivals around the country. every presentation of the fi lm is slightly different. fi lms more closely linked to works of art than mainstream blockbusters, which thus require a bit more attentiveness Jeffrey Hinkelman, who teaches a fi lm studies course at “People should be willing to watch anything, but the Three to appreciate their ingenuity and avant-garde quality. This Carnegie Mellon, worked as crew and as an extra on the fi lm Rivers Film Festival brings fi lms that are that much harder year’s fi lms are no exception. When Tyrants Kissed, showcased at the festival in 2004. At to see,” Hinkelman said, “[and] here it’s all in one place.” this year’s festival, Hinkelman recommends the fi lms Speedy Although the fi lms played at this year’s festival will require a The two-week festival, held November 2–16, features over 40 and Pandora’s Box. bit more thinking than, perhaps, making a batch of popcorn, fi lms. Movies made in Pittsburgh by local fi lmmakers, shorts, they will most certainly enrich one’s future fi lm experiences as independent fi lms, documentaries, and international works “There is not a lot of opportunity to see silent fi lm the way it they enlighten the viewer to the artistic qualities of fi lm. will be played in various theaters around the city. The fi lms was intended,” Hinkelman said, referring to the fact that both range from current hot topics — such as the documentary of these silent fi lms will be accompanied by live musicians, Tickets for the fi lms range from $7 to $10 each, and times and Home Front, which chronicles the life of United States soldier who improvise the music according to the action on screen. schedules for each fi lm can be found at the festival’s website: Jeremy Feldbusch, an amputee from the Iraq war — to artsy Philip Carli, who, according to the festival’s website, has www.3rff.com. fi lms like La Moustache — a psychological thriller about a composed piano accompaniments for over 50 fi lms and has man who has worn a mustache every day of his life, only to toured throughout North America and Europe, played at Laura Thorén | Staffwriter one day shave it off and fi nd out that no one remembers him yesterday’s showing of Pandora’s Box. The Alloy Orchestra ever having facial hair in the fi rst place. will add a unique sound to the feel-good comedy Speedy, starring Harry Lloyd, on November 16 by utilizing household “Three Rivers is a well-run festival with an interesting, items such as garbage can lids as instruments and sound eclectic selection of fi lms — it’s a great opportunity for effects to accompany the fi lm. students to see fi lms they would have diffi culty seeing anywhere else,” said creative writing professor Jim Daniels, In addition to the two silent features, Hinkelman recommends who has written and co-produced two fi lms. Daniels’ fi lm The Chelsea Girls, an Andy Warhol fi lm that is not often

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gemini Now would be a good time to replace the batteries in your smoke may 21–jun. 21 detector. Good luck finding it though, since you ripped it off your ceiling the day you moved in.

cancer The planets are aligned in such a way that they are impairing your jun. 22–jul. 22 fashion sense. That sweater you like actually looks rather awful. Also, Jupiter thinks it makes you look fat, and that’s saying a lot.

leo With the holiday season coming up, now would be a good time to jul. 23–aug. 22 start saving some extra cash for all the cool things you want to get over winter break. These used to come in the form of presents, but your parents have decided that your education is enough of a stocking stuffer.

virgo What a relief! October is finally over, and you can feel confident about aug. 23–sept. 22 starting a new month. However, the rest of the galaxy doesn’t really care about our human-made calendar, and things will most likely continue to be annoying. “Sure, Dolly always gets all the sympathy... but let’s see what the parents say when they see how much smaller my popsicle is!” libra Your arch-nemesis has once again foiled your plans of impressing that certain someone you like, and instead made you look like a complete sept. 23–oct. 22 klutz. Stupid gravity!

scorpio The next time you go grocery shopping, you’ll stop at the produce oct. 23–nov. 21 section and imagine all the bananas coming to life and singing “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Your consequent maniacal laughter will result in taking the rest of the semester off, but it will be totally worth it.

sagittarius I would recommend that you stop wearing clothes from other nov. 22–dec. 21 universities. I understand you want to go to MIT, but you’re just going to confuse classmates who have enough to deal with. Interested in submitting? capricorn You still haven’t started that 10-page paper and the deadline is fast Become a part of The Tartan dec. 22–jan. 19 approaching. You have your notes and the outline ready, but just need to start typing. I would recommend avoiding www.ytmnd.com, seeing COMICS STAFF as how that’s the reason you were up until 5 a.m. yesterday. aquarius When life gives you lemons, making lemonade is always a good idea. However, that also requires a lot of other ingredients that can be a strain contact [email protected] jan. 20–feb. 18 on your budget. I wouldn’t recommend squeezing lemon juice into your wounds either. Maybe you should avoid lemons altogether.

pisces Guitar Hero II comes out this week. Your friends will miss seeing you, JOIN NOW feb. 19–mar. 20 but it’s obvious that you have better things to do

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Mellon: An American Life. Frick TA-TAs: Nina Barbuto and Jenna The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Art & Historical Center. 7 p.m. $5 for Kappelt. The Frame Gallery. 7 p.m. Regent Square Theater. 10 p.m. $7. students. Registration suggested. Free. 412.682.4111. 412.371.0600. 11.09.06 11.11.06 11.10.06 Saudi Open House. Ball Room, The Originals Present Ladies’ Cuarteto Latinoamericano. CFA William Pitt Union, University of Night. UC McKenna/Peter/Wright. 8- Alumni Concert Hall. 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh. 5–8 p.m. 412.377.8560. 10 p.m. Free for girls; $3 for guys. 845.691.4960.

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CMU Jazz Ensemble. CFA Kresge Fifth Annual Iron Chef Competition. Recital Hall. 3 p.m. 412.268.2000. UC Rangos. 6-9:30 p.m.

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Justin Brown | Assistant Photo Editor

Students, parents, and faculty learned martial arts during an aikido workshop Saturday, held as part of the International Festival on campus.

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