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thetartan.org @thetartan February 6, 2012 Volume 106, Issue 17 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Secretary of Commerce stresses exports in CMU talk MICHAEL KAHN Rick McCullough also spoke Contributing Editor about the economic opportu- nities available in Pittsburgh. In a visit that reinforced the McCullough highlighted the themes of President Barack university’s success in com- Obama’s recent State of the mercializing research proj- Union address, U.S. Secretary ects, calling the Gates Center of Commerce John Bryson an “innovation engine.” spoke in the Gates Center last “Every day our students Wednesday morning to a room and faculty are creating new of about 60 invited guests. innovations here that lead to Bryson’s remarks focused on new jobs,” McCullough said. innovation in manufacturing According to the university, and restoring America’s man- Carnegie Mellon faculty and ufacturing competitiveness in students start 15–20 new com- the world economy. panies every year. Much of Bryson’s time was The event included a panel spent describing his goals of three Pittsburgh entrepre- as commerce secretary. He neurs who spoke about their stressed that, to get results, experiences creating and sup- “you prioritize and prioritize porting small businesses in ruthlessly ... you have to be western Pennsylvania. very focused.” Among the panelists was Bryson laid out his three Scott Pearson, the CEO of top priorities: advanced man- Aquion Energy, whose head- ufacturing, exporting, and quarters Bryson had toured encouraging investment in the earlier Wednesday morning. U.S. These three categories Aquion Energy is a Carnegie are complementary. Mellon spinoff that is com- Bryson said that the U.S. mercializing battery technol- must enforce trade rules in ogy based on research by Jay other countries. “When Amer- Whitacre, an assistant profes- ican businesses compete on sor of engineering and public a level playing fi eld, Ameri- policy as well as materials sci- can businesses almost always ence and engineering. win.” The other panelists were Entrepreneurship was a Rich Lunak — president and central theme of Bryson’s visit. CEO of Innovation Works, a “One of our special traits as startup incubator — and Lalit Americans that really is in con- Chordia, the president and Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor trast to substantially all the ad- founder of Thar Technologies, U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson visited Carnegie Mellon on Wednesday morning as part of a longer visit to Pittsburgh. In a brief speech in vanced ... countries elsewhere Inc., which develops supercrit- the Gates Center, Bryson stressed the need for the U.S. to increase manufacturing and exports and encourage investment. in the world is the extent to ical fl uid technology. which we are entrepreneurs,” Bryson’s visit to Carnegie the area. Secretary Bryson. He was in eral more are likely to come. Relations has invitations open he said. “We break the norm Mellon was part of a larger trip “A lot of times a Carnegie Pittsburgh focusing on manu- In 2008, the last presidential to all the Republican candi- and fi nd ways to get to new to Pittsburgh. Mellon visit will be part of facturing and focusing on election year, “we were one of dates for the 2012 nomination places, new technologies, new In addition to his time at a bigger plan and agenda export development.... The the few, if not the only, campus to come to campus. things to be done.” the university and his visit to to bring someone to the Carnegie Mellon component to have both major presiden- The last few years have Although Bryson’s remarks Aquion Energy, Bryson met region,” said Tim McNulty, was added to the agenda,” Mc- tial candidates give a policy “been a great period for hav- were the focus of Wednesday’s with members of the Pitts- Carnegie Mellon’s associate Nulty said. address — not just rallies, but ing high-profi le public visi- event, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke burgh District Export Coun- vice president for government Although Bryson’s visit is policy addresses on campus,” tors,” McNulty said. “That’s all Ravenstahl and Carnegie Mel- cil and other Department of relations. the fi rst in 2012 by a promi- McNulty said. driven by the faculty and the lon Vice President for Research Commerce representatives in “That was the case with nent government offi cial, sev- The Offi ce of Government students.” Award-winning MLK essay SquirrelMail gets an update JENNIFER COLOMA back, the email team for for the physics department. Junior Staffwriter Computing Services started However, students and fac- incites controversy, debate a project geared at updating ulty have noticed more than MADELYN GLYMOUR Computing Services gave the webmail site. According to mere aesthetic changes to the Carnegie Mellon’s webmail a Balass, the strongest aspect of site. News Editor new look over winter break. the old webmail system was One new function to An- Student Affairs held an When students and faculty its custom theme selection. drew Webmail is the auto- open forum last Wednesday logged into their SquirrelMail The team decided to focus on complete feature in the email to discuss the controversy accounts after the break, this part of the site. address bar, which automati- over one of the winning es- they saw a more modern “We did some research cally detects who users are says of the annual Martin layout and some changes in and found a company that trying to email when they Luther King Jr. Day writing functionality. provided a number of mod- type in names or Andrew IDs. contest. Computing Services email ern themes at an affordable Though faculty and stu- The essay, written by Win- team manager Shlomo Balass price,” Balass said. dents alike appreciate the chester Thurston High School said via email, “Computing When students and fac- changes, they have found a junior Jesse Lieberfeld, is Services heard the feedback ulty returned from break few fl aws. titled “Fighting a Forbidden from the community that and opened up the webmail “There are clunky parts Battle: How I Stopped Cover- the existing webmail service site, they were greeted by and things that are better,” ing Up for a Hidden Wrong.” was not meeting their needs, a brand new interface. “I Turnshek said. The essay tells the story of and frankly rather ugly, was surprised. I didn’t know She noted the auto-com- how Lieberfeld came to be- especially given how the state the changes were coming. I plete function in the address lieve that Israel is an oppres- of webmail has changed over opened it up, and ‘Oh! That’s bar as one occasional source the past years.” a new look!’ ” said Diane Turn- sor in the Israeli-Palestinian WEBMAIL confl ict, and of how that After hearing this feed- shek, outreach coordinator See , A3 Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor belief has affected his life. It English professor Terrance Hayes stressed the need to pay attention to draws parallels between the what the essay actually said, rather than people’s memories of it. struggle of Palestinians and that of black Americans dur- bate actually occurred. Critics fessor Yona Harvey, who has ing the civil rights movement. of the essay did not provide served on the selection com- Since the winners were much evidence to back up mittee in prior years, the es- announced on Jan. 15, many their claims about its tone, says are chosen as winners members of the local and nor were they offi cially en- based on several factors. national Jewish community couraged to. “Essentially, we’re looking have protested the selection Opponents of the essay for people who can tie their of what they claim is an ill-in- argued that it was so fi lled topic to the legacy of Dr. King. formed and hate-fi lled essay with hatred against the Jew- Craft has also been cited — as a winner of a contest de- ish people that Carnegie how well it’s actually written. signed to honor the memory Mellon had a responsibility I guess it can be subjective, of Martin Luther King Jr. not to condone it by giving it just like any submission to About two dozen people an award. Eliana Weiner, a a national journal,” Harvey attended the forum, which sophomore Bachelor of Hu- said. was facilitated by Donner manities and Arts student in The essay does have many housefellow and coordinator architecture and psychology supporters. Dr. Naftali Kamin- of spirituality and meaning- and member of the Carnegie ski, an Israeli professor at the making programs Kenneth Mellon group Tartans for Is- University of Pittsburgh, said Lawson. Among the attendees rael, said that she went into that he believes Lieberfeld’s were Carnegie Mellon stu- the forum looking less to cri- essay was, in many ways, true dents, several members of the tique the essay, and more to to King’s spirit. Carnegie Mellon English de- fi nd out why it was chosen as Kaminski pointed to Li- partment, and several mem- a winner. eberfeld’s reference to King’s bers of the local community. “I was more offended by letter from Birmingham jail, Before the forum began, the institution’s choice of the and called the letter a “guid- facilitators stressed that the essay — to elevate it — rath- ing document for people who emphasis of the forum was er than the kid’s writing it,” want to change reality.” on dialogue, not debate — Weiner said. DISCUSSION although little traditional de- According to English pro- See , A3 Juan Fernandez/Staff A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » February 6, 2012

CAMPUS NEWS IN BRIEF Statistically Some tweets are not worth Local journalists to discuss reading, researchers say new media in CAS panel Speaking Researchers at Carnegie colleagues — Michael Bern- Carnegie Mellon’s Center editor; Deanna Garcia, an Mellon, the Massachusetts stein and Kurt Luther, doctor- for the Arts in Society (CAS), Essential Pittsburgh Radio The nationwide “Occupy” movements seemed to Institute of Technology, and al students at MIT and Geor- a research center within the reporter; Maria Lupinacci, have died down within the past few months. However, the Georgia Institute of Tech- gia Tech, respectively — to Dietrich College of Humani- an award-winning blogger; here in Pittsburgh, the movement is fl aring up again. nology found that Twitter us- create “Who Gives a Tweet?”: ties and Social Sciences and Tony Norman, a Pittsburgh The Occupy Pittsburgh group, which has set up camp in ers say only about a third of a website that collects read- the College of Fine Arts, will Post-Gazette columnist; Chris the park next to BNY Mellon’s downtown offi ces, was is- the tweets they receive are ers’ evaluations of tweets. host a panel of six members Potter, a Pittsburgh City Paper sued a court-ordered eviction notice to leave the premis- worth reading. Those who have visited of local media outlets who editor; and Martha Rial, a es by Monday. Here are some quick facts about the court According to Twitter’s André and his team’s website will discuss how technology Pulitzer Prize-winning pho- case and the local movement’s history: website, more than 200 mil- were promised feedback on and social media are chang- tographer at the Pittsburgh lion tweets are sent each day. their tweets if they agreed to ing news. Post-Gazette. However, most users get little anonymously rate tweets by The panel event is titled The panel event is part of feedback about the messages the users they were already “New Media/News Media: the recently launched CAS $4,200 they send, except when their following. Over a period of How New Media Is Changing Media Initiative, which ex- tweets are retweeted by their 19 days in late 2010 and early The Aesthetics of News,” and plores the role new media Occupy Pittsburgh’s shared monetary funds, as of Jan. 11 followers or when people opt 2011, 1,443 visitors to the site will be held Wednesday at plays in social life, cultural to stop following them. rated 43,738 tweets from the 4:30 p.m. in Steinberg Audi- politics, and political mobili- “If we understood what is accounts of 21,014 Twitter torium (Baker Hall A53). The zations. worth reading and why,” said users they followed. event is free and open to the James Duesing, a profes- 113 Paul André, a postdoctoral Overall, the readers liked public. sor of art, and Kathy New- approximate number of days the Occupy Pittsburgh protesters have fellow in the Human-Com- just 36 percent of the tweets Topics will include how man, an associate professor been camped in the park puter Interaction Institute and disliked 25 percent, the panelists’ roles have of English, are leading the and lead author of the study, while another 39 percent evolved due to technologi- initiative. The CAS initiative in a university press release, elicited no strong opinion. cal innovations, what those will also support three aca- $100,000 “we might design better tools The researchers will pres- changes mean for consumers, demic projects in addition to for presenting and fi ltering ent their work next Monday and what the future holds for sponsoring events on media approximate amount BNY Mellon would need to clean up the park content, as well as help peo- at the Association for Com- the media industry. issues. ple understand the expecta- puting Machinery’s Confer- The panelists scheduled tions of other users.” ence on Computer Supported are John Allison, the Pitts- Compiled by $10,000 André worked with his Cooperative Work in Seattle. burgh Post-Gazette opinion EMILY DOBLER bond that BNY Mellon fi led with the court last Friday FEATURE PHOTO

Sources: occupypittsburgh.org and Compiled by SIFE hosts gallery showing of children’s artwork essentialpublicradio.org EMILY DOBLER Lecture Preview The Right to Look; Or, Drawing on Darwin: Why We Occupy Evolutionary History and Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. the Use of Science in Giant Eagle Auditorium History (Baker Hall A51) Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Nicholas Mirzoeff, a pro- Gregg Hall (Porter Hall 100) fessor of media, culture, and Edmund Russell will give communication at New York a lecture about the connec- University, will present a talk tion between science and about the developing fi eld of history. He is a professor in visual culture. the department of science, Mirzoeff’s most recent technology, and society at the work was the “Mind of Cleve- University of Virginia. land,” a public art project, on Russell’s talk is built on which he worked with con- the principle that science of- temporary artist Carl Pope. fers ideas that can help histo- He also worked with Jeremy rians understand the past. He Deller on “It is What It is: will describe some promises Conversations About Iraq” and pitfalls of synthesizing at the New Museum in New history and science. York. Mirzoeff’s talk is part of this year’s Humanities A Conversation on Center Lectures: “Imagining Global Economic Issues Planetarity.” with Robert Zoellick, President of the World Courtney Wittekind/Contributing Editor School of Art Spring Bank Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) hosted a gallery showing at Assemble Art Space on Friday to show the work of children who participated in their Lecture Series Thursday at 4:30 p.m. ¡Crear y Comunicar! workshops last year. The art examines Pittsburgh and Nicaraguan communities. This year’s workshops are being held on Friday Tuesday at 5 p.m. Kresge Theatre, afternoons throughout February, and are free and open to all children in Pittsburgh. Last year’s art will be up in Assemble until Feb. 24. Kresge Theatre, College of Fine Arts College of Fine Arts Robert B. Zoellick, the Katrin Sigurdardottir will 11th president of the World examine the concepts of dis- Bank Group, will discuss his Campus Crime & Incident Reports term as president and the tance and memory, and their burgh medics should be sum- state of the global economy. Motor Vehicle Accident Alcohol Amnesty Water Leak embodiments in architecture, moned. Zoellick has been vice Jan. 26, 2012 Jan. 28, 2012 Jan. 28, 2012 urbanism, cartography, and The student was taken to chairman, international, of traditional landscape repre- University Police, along University Police, along University Police and secu- UPMC Presbyterian Hospital the Goldman Sachs Group. sentations. with Carnegie Mellon EMS, with Carnegie Mellon EMS rity responded to a water leak by Pittsburgh city medics. The He served in former Presi- As a contemporary artist, responded to Forbes Avenue and Pittsburgh EMS, re- in the Baker Hall 200–300 cor- case fell under the university’s dent George W. Bush’s cabi- Sigurdardottir claims that and Beeler Street for a student sponded to Mudge House for ridor. A chilled water strainer Alcohol Amnesty policy and net as the U.S. trade repre- there is a mnemonic aspect to who was struck by a motor ve- a report of an intoxicated, in- broke and caused substantial no citations were issued. her work. When creating her sentative for four years and hicle. The student was taken coherent male who was vom- fl ooding and damage to sev- work, she uses places based then as deputy secretary of to the hospital with minor in- iting. He was taken to UPMC eral rooms and labs. Facilities state for one year. From 1985 on reality. juries. The driver of the motor Presbyterian Hospital by the and Management Services Theft Her most recent solo exhi- to 1993, Zoellick served in vehicle was issued a citation Pittsburgh city medics. The and outside contractors were Jan. 30, 2012 bitions include works in the the departments of State and for failing to yield to pedestri- case fell under the university’s summoned for cleanup and Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Treasury. ans at a crosswalk. Alcohol Amnesty policy and repairs. A student working at in New York; the Suburban, This lecture is sponsored no citations were issued. WRCT had his cell phone sto- in Illinois; Galeria Leme Sao by the Center for Interna- len. University Police have tional Relations and Politics, Paulo, in Brazil; and FRAC Theft Alcohol Amnesty identifi ed several staffers and the Thomas M. Kerr, Jr. Pre- their guests who were in the Bourgogne, in France. Jan. 27, 2012 Alcohol Amnesty Jan. 29, 2012 Law Society of Carnegie Mel- studio at the time. The inves- Sigurdardottir has re- Jan. 28, 2012 ceived numerous fellowships lon University, and the global University Police respond- University Police respond- tigation is ongoing. and awards from the Louis studies major. It will be mod- ed to the East Campus Garage University Police, Carnegie ed to Scobell House for a re- Comfort Tiffany Foundation, erated by Kiron K. Skinner, for a report that a vehicle was Mellon EMS, and Pittsburgh port of an intoxicated male. Rema Hort Mann Founda- associate professor in the de- broken into and a laptop was EMS responded to Stever The reporting party stated Odor of Marijuana partment of social and deci- that he and his roommate had tion, and the Lower Manhat- stolen. The laptop was hidden House for a report of a male Jan. 31, 2012 tan Cultural Council, among sion sciences. under notebooks and was the vomiting due to intoxication. been to a party at the Univer- others. Her work has been only item taken from the ve- He was taken to UPMC Pres- sity of Pittsburgh, and after University Police respond- featured in The New York Compiled by hicle. Offi cers caution mem- byterian Hospital by Pitts- they returned, his roommate ed to Mudge C-Tower for a re- Times and Vogue. EMILY DOBLER bers of the Carnegie Mellon burgh city medics. The case began to vomit and became port of an odor of marijuana. community to take valuables fell under the university’s Al- unresponsive. Upon arrival, the actors re- with them or lock them in the cohol Amnesty policy and no Carnegie Mellon EMS ar- sponsible for the smell were trunks of their vehicles to min- citations were issued. rived, and after evaluating the located and issued citations. Corrections & Clarifi cations imize the risk of theft. student, decided that Pitts- In the article “Washington study abroad offers its students unique experiences” (News, Jan. 24, 2011), Minseung Kwag’s internship was incorrectly listed as having been with Congressman Van Hollen. Kwag’s in- WEATHER ternship was with Congressman Gerry Connolly. The article “Port Authority needs more funding from state” (Forum, Jan. 23) incorrectly referenced the “Stop Online Privacy Act.” The correct name of the bill is the “Stop Online Piracy Act.” If you would like to submit a correction or clarifi ca- tion, please e-mail The Tartan at [email protected] or [email protected] with your inquiry, as well as the date of the issue and the name of the article. We will print the correction or clarifi cation in the next print is- TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY sue and publish it online. High / Low High / Low High / Low High / Low High / Low 42 / 32 39 / 30 40 / 31 36 / 25 32 / 26 Source: www.weather.com February 6, 2012 « The Tartan thetartan.org/news » A3 Internationally minded Tepper professor dies at age 74 KECHUN MAO terested in the international so than any other program in expected tough questions, the Staffwriter activities of Carnegie Mellon,” South Africa.” deeper level questions from said Mark S. Kamlet, provost Goodman’s students said Paul every single time in the Paul S. Goodman, a profes- and executive vice president that he was dedicated to seminar.” sor of organizational psychol- at Carnegie Mellon. “He was teaching and that he tried to Beyond academia, Good- ogy and theory at the Tepper an advocate that Carnegie offer them his best guidance. man shared his insights and School of Business, passed Mellon should try to do things Sam Swift, a Ph.D. student in expertise with the public away at his home in Pittsburgh internationally.... He started a business, said, “He cared a lot through fi lm. He made three on Jan. 24 after suffering a number of important relation- that when you did research, documentaries and several stroke earlier in the month. ships for Carnegie Mellon.” you didn’t just rush from an short videos. Goodman, who was 74 Although Goodman played idea to conclusions, and that According to Laurie R. when he passed away, joined a vital role in programs at every step you thought care- Weingart, a professor of the Carnegie Mellon faculty from Mexico to Singapore, fully about what idea you were organizational behavior and in 1972 and received the Rich- Kamlet put the most focus testing, what that meant, and theory, Goodman’s fi lms ard M. Cyert Professorship for on a program in South Africa how you were testing it.” often allowed his audience teaching excellence in 2000. where Goodman helped the Nazli Turan, another Ph.D. to see a wide range of living His research focused on orga- local government to train student in business, also ex- conditions, especially those nizational linkages, new forms disadvantaged women to be pressed her respect for Good- of individuals who are often of groups, and knowledge- software engineers. man. “He made sure to remind underrepresented. sharing in international envi- “It was one of the fi rst us of larger questions, the mo- An informal memorial ser- ronments. programs of its type,” Kam- tivation behind your research vice was held in the Ph.D. stu- Goodman’s expertise made let said. “It educated a lot of idea, to make sure that it’s im- dent lounge in the Posner Cen- an impact in areas other than young women in South Africa pactful, to make sure it’s well ter by Goodman’s colleagues Courtesy of Barbara Donehue and Stephanie Armbruster academia. “He was very in- in technology, probably more thought out,” Turan said. “We and students last Monday. Paul Goodman was a professor of organizational psychology and theory. CMU changes look of webmail Students, citizens gather to WEBMAIL, from A1 You have to download a docu- better, it’s a little bit better. I ment to see the actual sym- think it’s easier to use now.” of frustration. “It auto-com- bols. Why are we doing that?” Turnshek even asked her discuss controversial essay pletes everything, including Geckle said. fellow co-workers if they no- DISCUSSION, from A1 Some opponents of the es- the essence,” Oxley said. all the mistakes I’ve made. So For the most part, stu- ticed the changes made to say criticized Lieberfeld him- Smith said that if mem- I have to fi gure out which are dents and faculty agree that Carnegie Mellon’s webmail “When you want to change self, calling him disturbed, ill- bers of the campus commu- the incorrect ones I’ve typed,” the changes made were much system. “Not a lot of people reality, when you want to fi ght informed, or pathetic. nity have a problem with the she said. needed. John Oddo, assistant use it, so either a) they didn’t injustice, you use nonviolent “I sort of cringed when way any aspect of the Martin Senior electrical and professor of rhetoric, said that notice the changes or b) they resistance, but it doesn’t mean people started to analyze Jes- Luther King Jr. Day festivities computer engineering major when he arrived at Carnegie didn’t know it even changed,” that you turn the other cheek. se, a little,” Kaminski said. “I are run, there are opportuni- Ninar Nuemah also noticed Mellon, he was surprised at Turnshek said. “They got frus- It means that you stand, you don’t know that it’s fair, when ties for them to do something that SquirrelMail no longer the old email system, given trated with [the old email] speak truth to power,” Kamin- the person is not here.” about it. automatically fi lls out a list the university’s reputation. and moved on.” ski said. “And I actually think “I am happy I went to [the “We start planning for of email addresses, or a d-list, “It reminded me of my “No one mentioned it to that Jesse’s essay was refl ec- event], as it helped me to get MLK the day after MLK hap- that had been typed out in the very fi rst email account. I me. Technology sometimes tive of the spirit of the letter a feel for the pulse of the com- pens. If there’s anyone in the past. Nuemah said that this know that seems odd, but I re- becomes invisible unless it from Birmingham.” munity that I am part of,” said room who wants to be in- was a feature of SquirrelMail member when email was fi rst gives you issues,” Oddo said. Students who attended the Chloe Lynn Oxley, a junior volved in that process, to con- she heavily relied on, and that created,” Oddo said. “[Squir- “The visual experience you forum generally had positive double-majoring in decision tinue to create opportunities she now has to manually copy relMail] was primitive-seem- have colors your interpreta- reactions to the event. science and professional writ- for these kinds of meaningful and paste lists of addresses. ing. Now they made it more tion of technology.” “I think it was a very good ing, in an email. dialogues, or if you have ideas First-year English major contemporary and gave it Balass said that Com- idea to have this forum in this Oxley added that while she that you’d like to see happen Cassie Geckle said that open- bells and whistles.” puting Services welcomes environment, because I think was glad the Carnegie Mellon that day — it’s a day for every- ing an email in SquirrelMail According to Geckle, a lot feedback from the commu- the discussion was necessary,” community was able to have one,” Smith said. “If you want now causes readability prob- of her fl oormates stopped nity about what should be Weiner said. “And I think it an open discussion, that was to get involved in that process, lems. “Whenever you open an using SquirrelMail within a changed. “Webmail services was successful, but at the not enough on its own. and you have suggestions, I email in SquirrelMail, it will week of arriving and moved are never static,” Balass said. same time, I think it veered “Let’s not stop at getting encourage you to email us, change the formatting some- on to other email clients. “As people become more sav- off from what they wanted a our viewpoints off our chests, and we’ll present those sug- times, or it will put in weird “I thought that there are vy and as email needs change, bit, in terms of not trying to but instead, let’s consider gestions for next year.” little things where there are better email clients out there. the webmail application has attack the writer himself, and working towards something Lieberfeld’s essay can be supposed to be symbols in- It wasn’t very good at all,” to evolve to meet the commu- using the personal facts about greater than ourselves. Re- read online at the Pittsburgh stead of the actual symbols. Geckle said. “It’s not much nity’s needs.” him.” spect is crucial and time is of Post-Gazette’s website. A4 « thetartan.org/scitech The Tartan » February 6, 2012

Professor wins NAS award CMU alumnus sheds light on Google speech project LIGIA NISTOR guage. To do this, Google in the development of the Junior Staffwriter employees collect thousands project was that, when faced of queries that people type with a problem in a specifi c Pedro Moreno, a research into Google’s search engine language, the solution should scientist at Google and a and record them being read be as general and holistic as Carnegie Mellon alumnus, aloud. These pieces of audio possible, so it can be applied spoke in the Giant Eagle Au- are paired with the textual to the speech recognition of ditorium last Friday about transcriptions and placed in other languages. Google’s current efforts in the Google servers. These Presently, users of the sys- building speech recognition audio and text queries rep- tem collectively speak about systems for the top 300 lan- resent the training data that 55,000 hours worth of que- guages on the planet. The the speech recognition tech- ries each day, and 40 percent project, called “The Speech nology will use to improve its of those users are outside of Internationalization Project,” performance. In the last two the U.S., showing that “The allows users to give verbal re- years, Google has been able Speech Internationalization quests to their phones in any to create training data for as Project” is becoming popular language. The textual tran- many as 50 languages. around the world. scription of the spoken words The next phase is produc- Thirty-fi ve languages and is used to fulfi ll the request. ing acoustic models — map- dialects have been launched

Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor Moreno obtained his Ph.D. ping each phoneme to how (including Latin and Pig-Lat- Chris Bettinger, an assistant professor in the department of materials science and engineering, recently from Carnegie Mellon in 1996. the audio sounds — and pro- in), and 10 more languages received a National Academy of Sciences award for his research initiatives. His thesis, titled “Speech ducing language models that are in pre-production. Recognition in Noisy Environ- review the text and create a The speech team at Google VICKI CHENG book or attending a seminar weakened area in a blood ves- ments,” proved to be only the mechanism that predicts how is also trying to work out is- Junior Staffwriter in another department, Bet- sel which, if left untreated, fi rst step in his career. After likely it is that a certain word sues in dealing with multi- tinger believes that the whole could fatally rupture. Current working as a research scien- will appear after a particular linguality in countries. When Materials science and en- process of learning something treatment methods involve tist at HP Labs, Moreno joined sequence of words. Spoken there are many different lan- gineering assistant professor new is vital to innovation. injecting embolic agents that Google seven years ago. He language gradually changes guages used within a single Chris Bettinger’s innovative “What happens at the very fi ll an aneurysm to prevent currently leads the global over time, and in order to ac- country, issues arise with how approaches in designing ma- least is you draw parallels,” he it from growing larger. How- speech engineering group count for this, the acoustic to create new recognition sys- terials for implanted medical said. “The scientifi c process is ever, some aneurysms can’t in Google’s Android division and language models have tems for similar languages. devices have recently been pretty symmetric across dif- be treated that way due to in New York. His team is in to be updated regularly with Capturing the lexicons of recognized by the National ferent disciplines — they’re their shape; if the opening is charge of creating speech rec- new spoken queries repre- those languages becomes Academy of Sciences (NAS) different cultures, of course too wide, embolic agents will ognition services in as many senting new training data. diffi cult. with an award for Initiatives — but the whole process is the fl ow out of the aneurysm as languages as possible. The fi nal stage is the for- Despite the challenges of in Research. Supported by same, and you can use that to soon as they’re injected into The development of this mation of the lexicons — how the project, it has continued Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, the draw connections to other it. One way to circumvent speech recognition technol- each word in a language is to advance. As Moreno put it, award “recognizes innovative things.” this problem is to use a device ogy, Moreno explained, has expressed as a sequence of why create speech recogniz- young scientists and encour- Bettinger pointed to his that will narrow the opening, three phases. The fi rst phase phonemes. ers for three languages “when ages research likely to lead own academic path as an thereby allowing the embolic involves collecting spoken One of the valuable les- you can do that for 300 with toward new capabilities for example for making inter- agents enough time to fi ll the words for a particular lan- sons that Moreno learned the same effort?” human benefi t,” according to disciplinary connections. aneurysm. its website. All three of his degrees from Bettinger believes that In addition to perform- MIT are in different areas, a biodegradable polymer ing original research on bio- spanning from chemical to would be suitable for such a degradable polymers for his biomedical engineering to device, and is currently de- Ph.D. at Massachusetts In- materials science. The jumps signing a material that would stitute of Technology (MIT), across many disciplines was be fl exible enough for this Bettinger was also co-inventor a result of his broad range of purpose. on a number of patents during interests. “I fi nd that the inter- In addition to address- his time as a graduate student. esting things are at the inter- ing clinical problems with Bettinger arrived at Carn- section [of fi elds],” Bettinger specially designed polymers, egie Mellon in August 2010 to said. Bettinger’s research group start his own research group, Despite working across also designs materials for an- and has since been developing different departments, the swering some fundamental biomedical materials whose common thread throughout questions about biology, such physical properties can be Bettinger’s studies has been as how the human body rec- altered based on exposure to polymers. He described his ognizes implanted devices or stimuli such as temperature interest in polymeric materi- how cells detect and respond and electric fi elds. als by drawing an analogy to to surface structures. Bettinger admitted seren- molecular building blocks. One polymer currently dipity as a contributing fac- With polymer chemistry, he under design has the ability tor to the inspiration behind explained, the real potential to alter its texture based on his work, but recognized that is in the ability to “synthesize exposure to light, and will be new ideas often come from materials from the ground up used to discover how cells re- making connections among based on a material property spond to changes in surface different fi elds. He noted that that we’re looking for.” topography. By knowing how it is very easy to get drawn Bettinger takes a very spe- cells interface with materials, into the specifi cs of a single cifi c approach when design- it becomes possible to design problem, especially during ing polymers in his lab; one of materials for applications undergraduate and graduate his research focuses is to tai- such as therapeutic cellular studies, and found that there lor materials for endovascular stimulation. is value to stepping back ev- devices. Whether fundamental or ery once in a while and see- For example, one of his applied, Bettinger’s research ing things from a different current projects is directed seeks to overcome problems perspective. toward designing a polymer with existing materials and Jennifer Coloma/Staff Whether it is something that can help treat aneurysms. make advances in implant- Pedro Moreno, a Carnegie Mellon alumnus and researcher at Google, spoke on campus last week about as simple as reading a new People with aneurysms have a able medical devices. Google’s “Speech Internationalization Project,” which allows users to make verbal requests in 300 languages.

SCITECH BRIEFS Planet or no Cheaper catalyst Genetic damage Female leadership Facebook to sell Texas town planet? That is the developed for in chemotherapy impacts gender gap stock publicly, $10 must have water question cheaper goods patients’ children and women’s roles billion expected delivered Fomalhaut b, one of the Researchers at Princeton It is not uncommon for The Indian government set Last Wednesday, Facebook The ongoing Texas drought fi rst planets outside the so- University developed an iron- cancer survivors to have chil- aside leadership positions for fi led for an IPO that would has forced the central Texas lar system to be discovered based catalyst for the silylation dren, especially with ongoing women in a number of rural allow the company to sell community of Spicewood through direct imaging, is un- of organic compounds. Si- improvements in chemothera- villages in 1993. Collaborating stock publicly. The company Beach to have its drinking wa- der debate; scientists are be- lylation is a widely used pro- py. However, cancer patients’ researchers in several top uni- is expected to face a fl ood of ter delivered from out of town. ginning to question whether cedure for the production of medications may lead to dam- versities have found that these prospective buyers and raise Since last Monday, the water or not it is actually a planet. complex compounds, such as aged DNA and increased rates leadership positions have had almost $10 billion. The an- has been delivered several The so-called planet does adhesives and pharmaceu- of cancer in their children. tremendous impacts on the nouncement was followed by times a day by a 4,000-gallon- not exhibit light in the infrared ticals. Industrial catalysts in Researchers at the Univer- gender gap and the roles of expectations that Facebook capacity truck. range, even though a planet past decades have been re- sity of Leicester in England women in these societies. users will also benefi t in some State climatologist John visible through a telescope stricted to high-cost precious measured the mutation rates Aspirations were measured way from the company going Nielsen-Gammon explained should be hot enough to emit metals like platinum instead of mice exposed to common with questions pertaining to public. that the drought started over infrared light. Second, Fomal- of cheap metals like iron. chemotherapy agents at an desire for early marriage, fu- Many expect Mark Zuck- one year ago, and the state haut b’s brightness decreased While catalysts are not de- equivalent dosage used for hu- ture education, and high-skill erberg, Facebook’s CEO and received just 15 inches of rain by half within two years, inter- stroyed during chemical reac- man therapy. They measured jobs. Parents’ aspirations in- co-founder, to uphold honor- last year, far below the aver- preted as having lost half of its tions, they can still be lost in for mutations in the sperm of creased 20 percent and chil- able business practices while age of 28 inches. The Spice- mass. chemical production on indus- males who were treated and dren of both genders had a engaging with Wall Street. wood Beach community water Paul Kalas, the planet’s trial scales. For example, an untreated with chemotherapy, 32 percent increase in aspira- Facebook makes its revenue well is just one of 13 public discoverer, argued that it estimated 5.6 metric tons of as well as in their offspring. tions. These changes occurred in part from the advertise- water systems in the state that may have a large dust ring in platinum was used by the sili- Extensive genome-wide dam- in addition to an increase in ment opportunities it offers are expected to completely orbit that refl ects light while cone industry and could not age was found and, for one favorability of female leaders. businesses, but it also makes run out of water in the next six still having a mass too low to be recovered for future use. drug, as many as three times Since increases in favorability more by developing new tech- months. emit enough detectable in- In addition to its low cost, the the normal number of muta- occurred alongside the in- nologies. The company spent frared light. Markus Janson, new iron catalyst may also in- tions were found in the off- creases in aspirations, re- $388 million last year in re- Source: The New York Times who conducted the follow-up crease the purity of products. spring. searchers suggest that the in- search and development, and experiments, argued that the crease in aspirations refl ects will likely continue to devote detected object may be the re- Source: Science magazine Source: Proceedings from the the power of role models in itself to new technologies in sult of asteroid collisions pro- National Academy of Sciences society. the future. ducing an expanding cloud of light-refl ecting dust instead of Source: mit.edu Source: Associated Press, The condensing into a planet. Los Angeles Times Compiled by XUEXIA JIANG Source: Science magazine February 6, 2012 « The Tartan thetartan.org/special » A5 Career Fairs EOC returns Wednesday; networking event debuts next week ALLISON COSBY last year’s, which drew over dress from Carnegie Mellon Pillbox Editor 150 employers to campus. alumnus and entrepreneur In a campuswide email last Tony Berkman, presentations Employers and students Tuesday, the Career and Pro- from select companies, and a seeking full-time jobs or in- fessional Development Cen- general reception for network- ternship opportunities will ter (CPDC) said that reduced ing purposes. take over the University Cen- booth fees for small businesses Unlike the EOC, there will ter this week for the annual had contributed to the fair’s be no booths for companies at Employment Opportunities size and diversity. the reception. Each company Conference (EOC). A new “Signifi cant discounts have will instead have a small table, networking event focusing on been offered to organizations and students and alumni will startup companies will also be with 100 employees or less,” be encouraged to mingle with held in the University Center the email stated. “This has the employers in attendance. next week. attracted an unprecedented “We’re hoping that stu- This year’s EOC, which will number of startups and mid- dents won’t queue up in front run from noon to 6 p.m. on sized organizations from vari- of a table, but that there will Wednesday, will include 190 ous sectors, including govern- be conversations amongst stu- companies with booths set ment and nonprofi t.” dents, employers, and alum- up in Wiegand Gymnasium, In addition to this year’s ni,” said Wahab Owolabi, as- Rangos Hall, and the McKen- EOC, the CPDC will be hosting sistant director for employer na/Peter/Wright rooms. The a new event called TechSpark, development for the CPDC. event is limited to Carnegie an initiative to create recruit- As of Saturday, 23 compa- Mellon students and alumni of ing opportunities for small nies were registered to partici- all majors. startup companies. TechSpark pate in TechSpark, including Name tags are required will take place next Monday software development, web for admittance. Students who from 6 to 9 p.m. in Rangos development, social media, File photo by Nicole Ifi ll register in advance on Tartan- Hall. Students must register and other entrepreneurship- Students and recruiters mix at the Technical Opportunities Conference in September 2010. Trak will have pre-printed tags on TartanTrak by Sunday in focused companies. ready for them at the door. order to participate. Owolabi said that the com- A résumé book will be nounced in two more emails it serves a certain purpose for Expansion into McKenna/ TechSpark is an interactive panies coming in are “defi nite- handed out to the employers last week. “We’re doing a big certain students; however, I Peter/Wright makes the 2012 event that will include three ly well aware” that students in attendance. Résumés of stu- push in terms of letting stu- think a lot of CMU students EOC noticeably larger than main portions: a keynote ad- attending TechSpark will not dents who register on Tartan- dents know what’s happening are motivated enough to start be only computer science or Trak in advance will be includ- and who’s going to be here, their own startups, so why electrical and computer engi- ed in the book, so students will and what kind of opportunity would they want to work for neering majors. “It’s students not have to bring copies to the this is,” Owolabi said. other people’s startups?” who are interested in entre- event. Despite the CPDC’s efforts, Owolabi feels that students TechSpark participants preneurship, innovation, and Owolabi thinks the setup many students remain un- are interested in this type of The following companies had registered with the Career working for a startup or an will allow for more relaxed aware of the event or, if they event. He said, “You have the and Professional Development Center as of Saturday to emerging company,” he said. and meaningful discussions have heard of it, are unsure opportunity for companies to participate in TechSpark: The new event was created between students, alumni, and whether it will be useful. “I’ve come in here and talk to you largely in reaction to requests employers. “You’re not going heard of it and I’m going ... but in a very meaningful and en- Bain Capital Ventures’ Medallia, Inc. from such smaller companies, to be in the event like, ‘Here’s I don’t think a lot of students gaging way about what they’re StartUp Academy Meraki which can’t compete with larg- my résumé; what do you are interested in working for doing, what they’re trying to Braintree Mobile Defense er companies at events like the think?’ And I think that’s go- startups,” said Siddhant Sethi, accomplish, and how you can Clearspring Technologies NestLabs EOC and the Technical Oppor- ing to encourage some deeper a fi rst-year electrical and com- be a part of that — I think stu- College Prowler Qwhisper tunities Conference, as well as conversations,” he said. puter engineering major. dents are interested in that.” Expensify Rhiza Labs, LLC requests from students. “It’s Noting that TechSpark was “I don’t know anything Around 60 students were FAST Spot Trading an interesting dynamic be- organized “pretty quickly,” about [TechSpark], but I’ve registered for TechSpark as of Infl ection TrialPay cause we’ve heard from these Owolabi said that one focus of heard of it,” sophomore elec- early last week, but Owolabi KenCast, Inc. UrbanCode, Inc. types of companies that this his offi ce has been publicizing trical and computer engineer- had high hopes for the event: LivingSocial Vast.com, Inc. was something that was need- the event. TechSpark’s date ing major Matthew Baron “From start to fi nish, I would LongTail Video WeSpeke ed, and we’ve heard from stu- was included as a line item said. After hearing a descrip- imagine anywhere between Matrix Group International Zonoff, Inc. dents that this was needed,” in a CPDC email last Decem- tion of the event, Baron ques- 300 to 400 students will come Owolabi said. ber, with further details an- tioned its usefulness: “I think in and out of Rangos.” A6 « thetartan.org/special The Tartan » February 6, 2012 Booth maps: Employment Opportunities Conference 2012

10gen H04 Dropbox A02 Accenture N01 DRW Trading Group G04 Wiegand Gymnasium Addepar L04 Dynamics Inc. T01 Adobe Systems Inc. CA E05 Eaton Corp. M01 J01 J02 J03 J04 J05 J06 J07 J08 J09 J10 Aerotech, Inc. F09 eBay Inc. C12 Akamai Technologies G10 eClinical Works W16 A13 H12 Alcoa P01 EMC H10 B12 C12 D12 E12 F12 G12 AllianceBernstein U07 Epic G03 A12 H11 Allpoint Systems U03 Esri D05 B11 C11 D11 E11 F11 G11 Altera Corp. W07 Expedia D12 A11 H10 Amazon.com H01, H02 Explorys F03 B10 C10 D10 E10 F10 G10 Andreessen Horowitz B06, B07 Facebook H07 A10 H09 ANSYS, Inc. Q08 Factset Research Systems Inc. C01 B09 C09 D09 E09 F09 G09 AOL J05 Fanatics P05 A09 H08 Apple, Inc. F10–F12 Federal Energy Regulatory E01 B08 C08 D08 E08 F08 G08 Avere Systems Inc. D01 Commission A08 H07 Baker Hughes Inc. S01, S02 Fidelity Investments B09 B07 C07 D07 E07 F07 G07 The Bank of New York Mellon R01 Fino Consulting R05 Fluke Networks W10 B06 C06 D06 E06 F06 G06 Barclays Capital B05 Flurry, Inc. H11 Basis Technology Corp. M04 A07 B05 C05 D05 E05 F05 G05 Bazaarvoice W17 Freddie Mac R07 H06 Bechtel Marine Propulsion Co. L02 Fusion-io L08 A06 B04 C04 D04 E04 F04 G04 (Bettis Laboratory) General Dynamics Electric Boat G12 H05 Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc. L03 Global Computer Enterprises T06 A05 B03 C03 D03 E03 F03 G03 Bloomberg G01, G02 GOOD, Inc. H08 H04 BMW Manufacturing Co. F06 Google, Inc. R11 A04 B02 C02 D02 E02 F02 G02 The Boeing Co. A03, A04 Grant Street Group A13 H03 Breakaway Technologies, Inc. M09 Highmark Inc. T05 A03 B01 C01 D01 E01 F01 G01 Bridgewater Associates G07 HUGE Inc. E11 H02 Capital Dynamics (S) Private D04 IBM Corp. K07, K08 A02 Limited ideeli L09 H01 Capital IQ K03 IDMWorks, Inc. E07 A01 K01 K02 K03 K04 K05 K06 K07 K08 Capital One D02 IMC Financial Markets D07 Caterpillar Inc. L01 Infi nera A05 ModCloth.com P03 Raytheon SI U04 Central Intelligence Agency C09 Infl ection A01 Morgan Stanley G06 RE2 N04 CGN & Associates M03 Intel Corp. J08 Motion Math R09 Reckitt Benckiser F05 Charles River Development H03 JPMorgan Chase & Co. B03 Motorola Mobility, Inc. J09 Remote DBA Experts E08 Chopper Trading LLC H09 Kb Port LLC U01 MRI Software N02 Resource Interactive U02 Cisco Systems J06, J07 Keithley Instruments, Inc. F04 Mylan Inc. M06 Rhiza Labs, LLC Q07 Citrix Systems, Inc. (Santa N05 KIXEYE G09 Clara, CA) National Security Agency C07 Riverbed Technology E06 Life Technologies F07 Code Ryte W14 Navistar, Inc. C08 Robert Bosch LLC-RTC J04 LinkedIn S03 College Prowler W03 NetApp G08 RockMelt C11 Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. D09 Compunetix F08 Next Jump, Inc. A10 Rosetta P04 Lutron Electronics E10 comScore, Inc. Q04 Nuance Communications, Inc. A07 Roundarch Q01 M.C. Dean, Inc. N03 Concurrent Technologies Corp. C03 Nutanix, Inc. D06 Salesforce.com P02 Macedon Consulting J03 Constellium R03 NVIDIA E02, E03 Samsung (Austin) H12 ManTech International Corp. W12 Consumer Financial Protection R08 Oracle Corp. P09 Samsung Austin R & D Center W06 The Mathworks, Inc. D11 Bureau Oracle Software and Hardware K05, K06 Samsung SDS America, Inc. M02 Maya Design Inc. C05 Counsyl T03 Development Sandia National Laboratories G05 McAfee, Inc. C02 Credit Suisse B02 Palantir Technologies B11, B12 SanDisk C10 McMaster-Carr W08 Custom Ink D03 PDT Partners, LLC R10 SAP America, Inc. Q05 Medallia, Inc. M05 Decisive Analytics Corp. R04 Philips Electronics North C06 Schlumberger H05, H06 MemSQL W01 America Corp. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety B10 Seegrid Corp. N06 Board (Human Resources) Microsoft Corp. A08, A09 PPG Industries, Inc. L06 Sentrana Inc. N09 Detechtion Technologies W13 Minted W09 Quixey J10 Shutterfl y, Inc. L05 Deutsche Bank E12 MIT Lincoln Laboratory A11 Quora Q02 The SI Q09 Digital Management Inc. T02 The MITRE Corp. A12 Raymond James S04 Siemens Corp. F01, F02 Digital Reasoning U05 MLB Advanced Media Q06 Raytheon BBN Technologies P06 SourceFire M08 SPARTA, Inc., a Parsons P07 Company Rangos Hall McKenna/Peter/Wright SRA International, Inc. N08 SSC Pacifi c W05 U01 U02 U03 U04 U05 U06 U07 Summa Technologies Inc. N07 W04 W05 Synacor, Inc. C04 Stage Tagged, Inc. W11 Tandent Vision Science E04 T01 T02 T03 T04 T05 T06 W03 W06 Teach For America Q03 R11 Thermopylae Sciences & W04 Technology L09 M09 N09 P09 Q09 R10 Thomson Reuters G11 W02 W07 ThoughtWorks Inc. T04 Two Sigma Investments L07 L08 M08 N08 P08 Q08 R09 U.S. Patent and Trademark U06 W01 W08 Offi ce L07 M07 N07 P07 Q07 R08 UBS B08 UMT Consulting Group W15 L06 M06 N06 P06 Q06 R07 United States Marine Corps R02 W09 Offi cer Programs UnitedHealth Group M07 M05 N05 P05 Q05 R06 L05 Vast.com, Inc. R06 Vimeo D08 M04 N04 P04 Q04 R05 W17 W10 L04 Vistaprint A06 Vitech Systems Group D10 M03 N03 P03 Q03 R04 L03 VMware K04 W16 W11 WaPo Labs (The Washington W02 M02 N02 P02 Q02 R03 Post Co.) L02 Wayfair P08 M01 N01 P01 Q01 R02 Wolverine Trading LLC B04 W15 W12 Workday E09 Yahoo! J01, J02 L01 R01 Yammer, Inc. B01 S01 S02 S03 S04 W14 W13 ZS Associates K01, K02 February 6, 2012 « The Tartan thetartan.org/forum » A7

FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD Recent bill undermines public school authority

DANIEL COHANPOUR Robert Kunzman, education Junior Staffwriter professor at Indiana University in Bloomington, expressed the over- Public schools in the U.S. are arching question of balancing paren- offering an increasing amount of tal discretion and public school free- parental exemptions for certain dom. Earlier this year, in a report on coursework. Usually these exemp- abcnews.go.com, he posed the ques- tions are used for sexual educa- tion, “How wide can we make the tion and health issues, but parental circle in our public schools in terms objections in the classroom have of helping families to feel welcomed recently been taken to a new level. and feel their beliefs and perspec- Last month, the Republican-dom- tives are accommodated?” Although inated New Hampshire legislature parental discretion in common of- passed House Bill 542, which allows fensive cases is understandable, parents to issue “an exception to this new law funnels an excessive specifi c course material based on ... amount of power to the parents and [their] determination that the mate- tilts the balance almost to the point rial is objectionable.” of educational obsolescence. New Hampshire parents now The law transforms public school Josh Smith/Forum Editor possess complete control to object education from a public good into a to any program or assignment that private (family-owned) mechanism. arises. It is bound to lead to disagreements North Shore Connector should not be transit priority The bill indicates that school dis- between parents and administrators tricts can no longer mandate a par- on suitable lesson alternatives, and The North Shore Connector, a While the economic advantages used to address, if not solve, these ent to send his or her child to any as a result, with every alternative 1.2-mile-long light rail tunnel under of the North Shore Connector are more pressing issues. Expanding a school program to which they are plan, curricula will become increas- the Allegheny River that connects substantial, they are temporary, and light rail system between Downtown “conscientiously opposed.” ingly confl icting. It is benefi cial for a Downtown and the North Shore, is the project seems to be a misfi re. and Oakland would greatly serve In addition, the law does not re- school to offer accommodations for set to open by the end of March. The Besides the maintenance and repair the needs of the large population quire parents to give an explanation students, but there need to be clear $523 million project doesn’t address that many roads, highways, and of college students in Oakland who for the specifi c curriculum altera- limits. the pressing needs of Pittsburgh; due bridges in the region need, areas like depend on public transportation. tion. In essence, parents can now The New Hampshire law, biases to the construction of the connector, Downtown and the Squirrel Hill Tun- The expenditures of college students reject course material on a whim, as and all, is beginning a trend of pa- the city’s prevalent issues with public nel constantly deal with traffi c con- help support the local economy, and long as the student graduates with rental domination within the realm transportation are being overlooked. gestion issues that are more pressing student spending largely depends “state graduation requirements.” of education. Arizona and Georgia That is not to say that the North than the connector. on how students get around. If Pitts- The New Hampshire legislation state legislatures are proposing simi- Shore Connector isn’t benefi cial to The Port Authority deals with a burgh were to improve transit to and was a clear attempt by the Repub- lar legislation. the city. Pittsburgh is spending rela- signifi cant lack of funding annually from Oakland, it would be benefi cial lican legislature to continue under- Although some district agree- tively little for the expensive project. and often threatens to cut bus routes to the city’s economy. mining the public school system. ments should be made, the bill com- The connector’s primary funding important to the city. Numerous Efforts like the North Shore Con- As Supreme Court Justice Robert pletely rejects the district-parent ne- is a federal grant program, with an communities already have insuffi - nector lack the necessary scope to H. Jackson highlighted in the case gotiation process and allows parents additional $62 million coming from cient public transportation support. improve public transportation in the McCollum v. Board of Education, “If to object to school instruction in an federal stimulus. The Allegheny Important areas in and around Pitts- Pittsburgh area. Instead, measures we are to eliminate everything that ongoing state-wide culture war. The County Port Authority also stated burgh such as Oakland, the airport, should be taken to improve transit is objectionable to any [person] law is demeaning, disrespectful, the that project supported 4,000 lo- and Downtown could be better con- among hubs such as Oakland, Down- or is inconsistent with any of their and dangerous to the future of New cal jobs, according to a report on nected. The funds used for the North town, the Waterfront, and the Pitts- doctrines, we will leave the public Hampshire students, and to students pittsburghlive.com. Shore Connector could have been burgh International Airport. schools in shreds.” across the nation. State resolution disobeys spirit of First Amendment It’s often said that Democrats historical importance of the Bible they should be applying. However, and Republicans can’t agree on any- in the development of the United we suspect that the vote would not Twitter policy promotes thing, that their intense hatred for States. While it’s impossible to disre- have been unanimous had a repre- one another makes passing even gard the impact that Christianity has sentative suggested that Americans the most trivial legislation an uphill in American history, it does not ex- read and apply the teachings of the transparent censorship battle. However, on Jan. 23, both the plain why 2012 should be any more Qur’an — many of which coincide BRADEN KELNER Democratic and Republican mem- the Year of the Bible than 1912, or with teachings in the Christian Bible down universally will allow a maxi- bers of the Pennsylvania House of 1860, or 1776, or any year since the and the lessons of every other major Junior Staffwriter mal number of users to see a post. Representatives managed to unani- Christian Biblical canon was fi nal- religion for the last few thousand Hopefully other web services like mously agree on something. Surely ized around 400 C.E. years. Since Twitter’s creation in 2006, Twitter will alter their censorship this agreement was a sign that our The history is not, of course, the We doubt the House would even the website has been a hub of unre- policies to create an environment of state leaders were coming together real reason the House passed its pass a resolution in support of one of stricted news. Now, six years later, free speech. for something important — funding resolution. the principal tenets of these religions Twitter has announced a new cen- Many critics claim this new pol- public transit, for instance. The text declares that the Bible is by declaring 2012 to be a “Year of sorship policy that could once again icy will entail heavy monitoring of Unfortunately, this faith was mis- the “word of God,” that “renewing Peace.” change freedom of expression on tweets; however, the company will placed. In its 193–0 vote, the House our knowledge of and faith in God The Pennsylvania House opposed the web. only review content if there are re- passed Resolution 535, declaring through holy scripture” will restore the spirit of the First Amendment by Simply put, Twitter’s new censor- quests to take it down. that 2012 shall be known as the America’s strength, and fi nally that passing this bill. Instead of declar- ship policy will allow the removal “Year of the Bible” in Pennsylvania. there is a “national need to study ing that all Americans need to study of tweets on a country-by-country Hopefully other This legislation blatantly disregards and apply the teachings of the holy the Bible and renew their faith in a basis. web services like the spirit of the First Amendment. scriptures.” specifi c God, Pennsylvania’s legisla- When a government orders that The House laid out its rationale The House doesn’t say which ver- tors might want to consider studying a post be taken down, the post will Twitter will alter in the resolution. Much of this rea- sion of the Bible Americans should their oaths of offi ce and applying the be replaced by a statement saying, soning is dedicated to explaining the be studying or which holy scriptures Constitution of the United States. “This tweet from @username has their censorship been withheld in: Country.” How- ever, the post will remain visible to policies to create Consumers should be more aware of product origins users in all other countries where no an environment of such order was issued. This week, Apple was criticized have come as much of a surprise, nies that enable this kind of abuse. At Twitter is also partnering with free speech. for the poor working conditions in given that this isn’t the fi rst time a time when Americans have stepped the website chillingeffects.org to the Chinese factories that manufac- Foxconn has been investigated on up to the plate against Stop Online announce when a post has been cen- The lack of monitoring, in addi- ture its products. charges of abuse. Piracy Act, pulling fi nancial support sored. The openness regarding cen- tion to censorship notifi cations, will Charles Duhigg and David Bar- Although Apple CEO Tim Cook from companies that favored the bill, sored material is crucial to positively increase information availability on boza of The New York Times reported recently delivered an internal state- we consumers should learn that we shaping censorship on the internet. the web. that employees at Apple’s manufac- ment to Apple’s employees stating are not powerless to instigate change With the introduction of the new Twitter will adjust its censorship turing partner, Foxconn, undergo that the company “will not... stand with our wallets. policy, Twitter has indirectly urged policy to accommodate strict laws 12-hour shifts in horrible conditions. still or turn a blind eye to problems Suggesting we all stop buying Ap- other websites to follow suit with and, in doing so, revolutionize cen- An aluminum dust buildup resulted in our supply chain,” the problems ple products is unrealistic. But what transparent censorship policies. sorship. in an explosion in an iPad produc- are more widespread than one com- if we could learn to value things dif- Transparent censorship, in terms of Both users and governments are tion facility in May 2011. This in turn pany can fi x. ferently instead? Twitter’s policy, means the company accommodated in regards to the resulted in two immediate deaths Foxconn and similar companies If the real worth of an item were in question promises to be honest removal of posts through this trans- and dozens of injuries. After threats support hundreds of American cor- not just a sleek design and a fast about removing posts while ensur- parent policy. of mass suicides due to working con- porations every day, such as Apple, processor, but also an ethical manu- ing minimal censorship. Secretive Twitter is once again pioneer- ditions, nets were installed to catch Microsoft, and Hewlett-Packard. facturing process, if we made it fash- censorship will occur rarely, if at ing a new trend of unrestricted free employees attempting to jump to We should take monetary power ionable to be mindful of a product’s all, on Twitter due to the openness speech across the globe with the in- their deaths. in our hands as consumers and inves- origins, then we could see a real dif- of censored posts. Additionally, the troduction of its transparent censor- News of such conditions shouldn’t tors and pull support from compa- ference. fact that posts will not be taken ship policy.

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Approximately 200 to 300 to improve hookah bars opened for business in the U.S. from 2000 to 2004, accord- ing to the Smokeshop journal. Unlike student life cigarettes, hookah has a relatively positive reputation, which caused its popularity to skyrocket among young adults. I have many friends who proclaim JASON IMBROGNO their disgust for cigarettes, yet these same friends do not hesitate to blow The Graduate Student Assem- some smoke rings from a hookah. bly (GSA) continues to serve the Investigations have shown the con- entire school community every sequences of hookah may not stray day. Our department representa- far from those of its more notorious tives and Executive Committee are counterpart. some of the best and brightest stu- Studies by the World Health Orga- dents on this campus. nization show that smoking hookah GSA members are proud of can be worse for your health than the fact that we are both the most cigarettes — a hard fact to swallow visible and most vibrant piece of for those deceived by the fun and student government at Carnegie laid-back atmosphere associated Mellon. Our school year began with hookah. with an extensive involvement in Upon questioning a few of my Orientation. Every incoming grad- friends about their reasons for smok- uate student had the opportunity ing hookah, I found out that many to meet our executive members believed smoking hookah was safer personally. GSA visited almost than smoking cigarettes. First of all, every department during Orien- this is not a reason — this is a com- tation in an effort to engage our parison. I don’t justify my giving new student population at the fi rst blood on the basis that it hurts less opportunity. Orientation included than giving bone marrow. Ice Cream Day, a great new initia- Secondly, this far too common Juan Fernandez/Staff tive from our Social Committee, comparison is a false one. According and a barbecue that had nearly to a study by the World Health Or- the imminent danger of second-hand hookah smoke also contains higher understanding of its consequences. 2,000 attendees. ganization, a person can inhale 100 hookah smoke. Since the odor still levels of lead, nickel, and arsenic This smoker is either a victim of so- We have spent a signifi cant times more smoke from an hour-long contains tobacco smoke, it exposes than cigarettes, as well as 36 times ciety’s ignorance or in denial. In ei- chunk of our capital reserve over hookah session than from a single people to the same harmful chemi- more tar. It shouldn’t come as a sur- ther situation, the truth needs to be the past two years on campus cigarette.Though hookah smoke may cals found in cigarette smoke, such prise that hookah smoking can lead acknowledged. maps, new weights at Skibo, and feel smoother than cigarette smoke, as hydrogen cyanide, nicotine, and to heart disease, respiratory disease, The best thing I can hope my ciga- a forthcoming sound system in it is just as harsh on the lungs. Kim- ammonia. and oral cancers. The harms of hoo- rette-hating, shisha-smoking friends the fi tness room of the University ber Richter, associate professor of In fact, hookah smoke can be even kah have remained under the radar receive is enlightenment. Perhaps Center. We recently extended the preventive medicine at the Univer- worse than cigarette smoke. The for far too long. it was the onset of research that led opportunity to offer suggestions sity of Kansas, said in an article on burning of charcoal used to produce Don’t get me wrong — I couldn’t policymakers to implement hookah for further uses of the funds to the kansan.com that the water doesn’t the smoke adds 143 grams of carbon care less about what people choose bans throughout the U.S. entire grad student community. fi lter out chemicals and heavy met- monoxide per gram of shisha — 11 to smoke, drink, eat, wear, or watch. All of my friends owe it to them- New (possibly covered) bike racks als: It only cools the smoke. times the amount found in one ciga- What bothers me are faulty reason- selves — and their bodies — to know will be a reality on this campus in I’ll admit that the smell of a hoo- rette — according to a study by the ing and beliefs behind a person’s ac- the myths and facts of smoking hoo- kah session can be quite calming and Tobacco-Related Disease Research tions. If people are well aware of the kah. If they choose to continue smok- aromatic — I have smelled quality Program. actual effects of their smoking, then ing, I can only hope they will bask [GSA] continues brands of shisha tobacco that give Keep in mind that an hour-long I will respect their educated deci- in the fruity fragrance and relaxing to serve the entire air fresheners a run for their money. session requires about 15 grams of sion. But it is disheartening when effects of hookah without the air of However, this pleasant aroma masks shisha. The same study reported that someone smokes hookah with a false ignorance. school community every day.

the near future. GSA pulled off High school junior embodies legacy of justice another tremendously successful Beer Tasting event in December at a commitment to human and civil segregation and human rights viola- tinians and separates members of Phipps Conservatory, and we are rights as King had. tions. Their freedom of movement is Palestinian families. looking forward to our renowned Lieberfeld’s critics are either un- severely restricted because they are As a result, Palestinians in East Wine Tasting at the Aquarium in aware of or do not understand the forbidden to travel on certain roads Jerusalem and the West Bank have May. In the meantime, we will pull discrimination against the Palestin- that are exclusively reserved for Is- practiced nonviolent resistance and off events both large and small: ice SUJAYA BALACHANDRAN ian minority in Israel, who make up raeli citizens. civil disobedience, holding weekly skating is coming up on Feb. 17, about 20 percent of the Israeli pop- A 2011 report from the United Na- demonstrations to protest these con- the GSA-sponsored ski trip is on Jesse Lieberfeld, a junior at Win- ulation. While Palestinian citizens tion’s Offi ce for the Coordination of ditions. Thus, Lieberfeld is justifi ed Feb. 26, and tickets to Carnegie chester Thurston School, wrote an in Israel have full voting rights and Humanitarian Affairs detailed how in drawing historical parallels with Mellon’s own production of Swee- essay titled “Fighting a Forbidden serve in the Knesset, the Israeli par- this extensive system of roadblocks civil rights activists in the 1950s who ney Todd will be made available Battle: How I Stopped Covering up liament, there are still inequities in and checkpoints continues the sys- implemented similar methods. soon after skiing. for a Hidden Wrong.” The essay tied areas of employment, education, and tem of constrained movement. Israeli While the Israeli government ar- Finally, GSA has maintained for fi rst place in the prose category health care. human rights organization B’Tselem gues that checkpoints, roadblocks, an active role in campus affairs of Carnegie Mellon’s Martin Luther A study by Adalah, the legal cen- likened road segregation to the home demolitions, and other poli- that cover both graduate and un- King Jr. Day Writing Awards. In the ter for Arab minority rights in Israel, Apartheid in South Africa. Lieberfeld cies have been instituted for security dergraduate issues. We worked essay, Lieberfeld describes how he stated that “more than 30 main laws rightly condemned this discrimina- reasons, Israel’s behavior toward Pal- closely with Computing Services grappled with his support of Israel discriminate, directly or indirectly, tion, echoing King’s moral outrage estinians has grown increasingly dis- to improve the wireless internet on as he watched its treatment of Pales- against Palestinian citizens of Israel, expressed in “Letter from Birming- criminatory. campus after gathering informa- tinians grow increasingly brutal and and the current government coali- ham Jail.” Lieberfeld’s analysis of the confl ict tion on dead zones from our stu- inhumane. tion has proposed a flood of new Home demolitions and land ex- is anchored in international law and dent body. And club sports teams The controversial essay provoked racist and discriminatory bills which propriation occur regularly in the universal principles of human rights. will begin to receive money to pay backlash from students at Carnegie are at various stages in the legisla- West Bank, leaving some Palestinians By bravely speaking out against the for coaches out of the Athletics De- Mellon and members of local pro- tive process.” In his essay, Lieberfeld homeless and forcibly displaced. The oppression of Palestinians, Lieber- partment budget instead of JFC, Israel and Zionist organizations. rightly compares the treatment of separation barrier surrounding the feld embodies a legacy of social jus- freeing up $60,000 for other stu- However, by illuminating many un- African-Americans in the U.S. to the West Bank, constructed in 2004 and tice bequeathed by King. dent organizations. fortunate truths about the lives of current treatment of Palestinians. declared illegal by the International Palestinians in Israel and occupied Palestinians in the West Bank and Court of Justice, uproots farmland Sujaya Balachandran (sbalacha@) is Jason Imbrogno territories, Lieberfeld demonstrated the Gaza Strip are also subjected to essential to the livelihoods of Pales- a staffwriter for The Tartan. GSA President A PERSON’S OPINION Compiled by Jonathan Carreon The Spring Employment Opportunities Conference is this Wednesday. So we asked, What is your dream job?

Matt Finlay Isabella Weiss Ming Ming Lin Sylvia Kong Karn Mishra Creative Writing BHA in Linguistics and Violin Architecture Economics Economics and Statistics Sophomore Performance Fifth-year Junior First-year First-year “To work for ESPN as a “To be John Folan.” “To be an English language “To work for Goldman Sachs.” broadcaster.” “To be in a professional teacher.” symphony orchestra, and a CIA linguistics analyst.” February 6, 2012 « The Tartan thetartan.org/sports » A9 SPORTS COMMENTARY Men’s basketball falls at home Magic sinking because of Howard ADAM GRUBER Sports Co-Editor CARL GLAZER two years ago. The Cavaliers’ even think about playing in Junior Staffwriter front offi ce was faced with the postseason, their roster Last Friday, the Tartans the choice of accepting the needs to change. Howard was hosted the New York Universi- The Orlando Magic is the inevitable by trading James once the heart and soul of this ty Violets in a rematch of their NBA’s biggest loser. The team to maximize their return, or team, but now he is the cancer game last month. has quit, plain and simple. holding onto their star in vain causing its decay. The Tartans had previous- Not only have they lost six hopes that he would suddenly Several trade possibilities ly defeated the Violets 70–68, of their past nine games, but change his mind at the end of have been rumored involv- with dominant performances they also have problems that the season. ing the New Jersey Nets, Los by sophomore guards Asad go deeper than their record. While the choice seems ob- Angeles Lakers, and Dallas Meghani and Rashaun Ri- They have no explanation for vious, teams are very hesitant Mavericks — the three teams ley and senior forward John putting up only 56 points in to trade their stars for fear of Howard said he would sign a Duhring. one game, and then blowing fans’ backlash. Owners know long-term deal with. Any deal But this week, the Violets File Photo by Tommy Hofman a 27-point lead fi ve days later. that, without their star, fan with the Nets would center came to Pittsburgh for ven- No. 5 sophomore Rashaun Riley leads the team at last Friday’s game. While Magic coach Stan Van attendance and profi ts would around Brook Lopez, their geance. Gundy has publicly taken the plummet. Teams hesitate to young star center. Trades with After 12 minutes of neck- fi nal score of 88–76 for the free throws by the Tartans, blame, it doesn’t take much to use the term “rebuilding” the Mavericks and Lakers and-neck basketball, the Violets. the Judges scored a basket see that team leader Dwight because it sounds like a sur- would revolve around players Violets exploded on a 10–1 In order for the Tartans to that broke the hearts of Carn- Howard is at fault. render; it is an admission of such as Jason Terry and An- run, as the Tartans’ defense end this season with a string egie Mellon fans. Brandeis’ Howard has destroyed mediocrity. But trading an all- drew Bynum, respectively. struggled to halt the Violets’ of conference victories, they senior guard Tyrone Hughes this team with his selfi shness star isn’t always the same as Trading Howard allows offense. Sophomore forward need to clean up their offen- hit a shot against Meghani’s and demands. By requiring a waving the white fl ag. Some- the Magic to get something Christian Manoli shot a three- sive execution. defense. trade at the beginning of the times it’s the best way to turn for their elite center. If the pointer in the closing seconds Despite the defeat, there “Our guys played tremen- season, he has told his team- a losing team into a winning team waits until the end of of the half, which cut the was a signifi cant amount of dously hard. We battled back mates that he wants nothing one. the season, the best they can score to 37–31, but he was rel- fans in attendance. “It was and put ourselves in a positon to do with them. Over the past Look at the Denver Nug- hope for is a nice sign and atively quiet during the rest of a great Friday night atmo- to win. Unfortunately things few weeks, Howard has pub- gets, who dealt with a similar deal that gets them some ex- the night and fouled out later sphere, with so many students didn’t go our way at the end,” licly lashed out at his team- situation with their star Car- piring contracts and a draft in the game. cheering on both our men and Centor said. mates for their lack of effort, melo Anthony. He demanded pick. At worst, they let How- Riley led the Tartans with women’s teams. It is always Duhring led the Tartans but all it would take is one to be traded to the New York ard walk away, gaining noth- 21 points and Duhring added good when the players have in this game with 21 points, glance in the mirror to show Knicks, eliminating all lever- ing, a scenario all too familiar 16 of his own, but the team [that] kind of support,” said but it was senior forward Joe him the root of the problem. age for the Nuggets, but the to Orlando (Shaquille O’Neal still exhibited an inability to Josh Centor, the Tartan’s as- Kromka whose clutch play Howard is trying to lead this team still managed to get sev- left for Los Angeles after his effectively run the offense sistant director of athletics. sent the game into overtime. team with one foot on the eral good players. Now, one contract expired). But if the and get openings consistently. The men’s basketball team After two free throws tied the court and the other out the season later, the Nuggets are Magic trades Howard right In addition to the Violets’ 63 played the Brandeis Univer- game in the fourth quarter, door, and is achieving unsur- excelling with the second-best now, the team itself can sal- percent shooting, the Tartans sity Judges yesterday in Skibo Kromka blocked a shot that prising results. record in their conference. vage its season and start to could only muster 42 percent Gymnasium. The game ended prevented the Judges from The time has come for the The Orlando Magic’s per- restock its talent. shooting during the game. in another defeat for the Tar- winning the game during Magic’s front offi ce to put an formance over the past few Howard has made things Behind Riley’s offense, the tans, as the Judges scored a regulation time. Manoli and end to this situation. The NBA weeks has done nothing to diffi cult by publicly stating Tartans tied the game with shot at the buzzer in overtime Meghani added 17 and 13 has seen several high-profi le show that this team, with which teams he would sign 49 points six minutes into that gave them the 77–76 win. points, respectively. stars holding their teams hos- its current group of players, long-term deals with, but it’s the second half, but another After back-to-back clutch On Friday, the Tartans will tage with diffi cult demands. wants to win. The Eastern still possible for the Magic to dominant run by the Violets baskets by Duhring and free play an away game against The last thing Orlando wants Conference is weak, and the fi nd a good trade. Their front buried the Tartans for good. throws by sophomore guard Washington University in St. is for this situation to turn into team has just as good of a offi ce just needs to stop drag- After that 12–0 run, the Sean Brophy, the Tartans Louis, who is leading the Uni- one like LeBron James caused shot as any to make it to the ging its heels and make the Tartans never got closer than were up three points during versity Athletics Association for the Cleveland Cavaliers playoffs. But, before they most of a bad situation. eight points, ending with a overtime. After two missed conference. Swimming and diving take on the University of Pittsburgh CARINEH GHAFAFIAN women’s team defeated three Saturday was the swim- vey, who has been swimming year,” she said. 9:46.33. As a newcomer to the Staffwriter of its four competitors: Clarion ming and diving team’s fi rst consistently well throughout Stillo placed third in the team this year, Andrew Yee University, Grove City College, meet since starting “taper” her second season with Tartan 100-yard breaststroke race. said that he enjoyed the win- Carnegie Mellon’s swim- and California University of the previous Monday, a new athletics, placed fourth in the Earlier this season, Stillo set ter training trip in Miami, Fl., ming and diving team partici- Pennsylvania. routine that shortens practices 100-yard butterfl y on Satur- the school record for the 100- where the team not only tested pated in its last meet before The men’s team emerged during the week so the ath- day. yard breaststroke with a time its physical strength with a rig- the University Athletic As- victorious against Grove City letes feel more rested and have According to Garvey, she of 1:05.96 at the Top Perfor- orous practice schedule that sociation (UAA) champion- College and Clarion Univer- more energy for their meet at hopes to place within the top mance meet hosted by Kenyon lasted nearly two weeks, but ships this past Saturday at the sity. However, both teams fell the end of the week. eight in the 100- and 200-yard College. also became much closer as University of Pittsburgh. The to Pitt. Sophomore Megan Gar- butterfl y events at this year’s On the men’s team, junior teammates. UAA championships, and Brandon Yee came in fi rst in Overcome with illness eventually go on to the Nation- the 200-yard butterfl y event during the week, fi rst-year al Collegiate Athletic Associa- with a time of 1:54.04, with Anton Razanav looks to the tion (NCAA) championships. junior Daniel Glaser-Garbrick upcoming UAA meet as well Junior Breanna Stillo, who following in third place in as Nationals later this year. also competed against Pitt 1:57.88. Brandon Yee had a “With the UAA championship last Saturday, enjoyed racing season-best time of 52.31 in coming up soon, I am hoping against the Division I and II the 200-yard backstroke, plac- to post some good times that schools at the meet. ing third in the race. He con- place me as a strong opponent “As we approach our UAA tinues to prepare for the up- in fi nals. If my times allow me championship, I’m really look- coming UAA conference meet, pass to Nationals in March, ing forward to seeing how and said that he hopes to make then I can hope to improve well our team can do. It was it to the NCAA championship. even further,” Razanav said. an awesome experience be- First-year Andrew Yee The swimming and diving ing part of the fi rst Carnegie placed fi rst in the 500-yard team will be in action again Mellon women’s relay team to freestyle with a time of at the UAA championships at go to Nationals last year, so it 4:42.58, and was second Case Western Reserve Univer- would be great to send an even in the 1,000-yard freestyle sity. The meet will begin on File Photo by Jennifer Coloma larger group of people this with his season-best time of Feb. 15 and fi nish on Feb. 18. The swimmers dive off the blocks and into the water to begin the race. 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Women’s basketball falls to New York University at home KATIE KNOX The Violets reached the guard Tori Baggio. Junior Staffwriter free throw line 30 times in the The Tartans, who have contest and made all but nine done a great job rebounding Last Friday night, the wom- attempts. this season, lost the battle of en’s basketball team had a Carnegie Mellon only made the boards 41–48. Peel and chance to sweep the New York 12 out of 16 attempts from the senior forward Jennifer Lars- University Violets after defeat- charity stripe. en combined for 19 total re- ing them on Jan. 17. The lack of trips to the free- bounds. That January victory was throw line is attributed to ex- Carnegie Mellon has fi ve the fi rst time the Tartans had ecution on the offensive end of conference games remaining defeated the Violets since the fl oor. in the season. 2003. However, the Tartans “What we’re missing is a Even though the team has fell to the Violets last Friday sense of consistency on of- been defeated in the past by 68–57. fense. It’s fi nding our spots, its remaining opponents, the After starting the game off getting open spots, and mak- Tartans are adamant that they strong, the Tartans’ efforts ing the extra pass,” said fi rst- should not be overlooked. were stymied by the visiting year guard Gabrielle West. They hope to use their tenacity team, who was ready to return Junior forward Emily Peel to pull off some upsets against the favor. was once again at the forefront teams battling for the confer- The win for the Violets of Carnegie Mellon’s offensive ence crown. ended their six-game losing attack. Peel scored a record 19 “The UAA is a diffi cult con- streak, while Friday’s loss points on 60 percent shooting ference, but we are extremely brought the Tartans’ overall from the fi eld, and 88 percent confi dent that we can beat any record to 7–12 this season. from the free-throw line. team,” Peel said. “We are mak- Carnegie Mellon matched Sophomore guard Jacquie ing a conscious effort to get NYU shot for shot from the Shaw, who scored 11 points, better every game and every fi eld, as the Tartans made 20 was the only other player for practice.” of 61 fi eld goal attempts com- Carnegie Mellon in the double The Tartans took on the pared to the Violets, who went fi gures. Brandeis University Judges 21 for 61. However, fi rst-year guard yesterday at home. The Tar- Neither team was able to Aspen McKeever provided a tans topped the Judges 65–56, fi nd much success from be- spark from the bench by hit- fi nally getting revenge for the hind the arc, as each team ting three three-pointers to previous loss the week before. made only fi ve three-point fi nish the game with nine The women’s basketball shots in 21 attempts. points. team is away this weekend, The deciding factor of the “We’re working on having but will return home on Fri- game boiled down to free- a balanced offensive attack day, Feb. 17 to host Emory File Photo by Tommy Hofman throws. from inside out,” said junior University. No. 4 Emily Peel leads the team in scoring with 19 points against New York University Friday night. Men’s tennis sweeps fi rst match 9–0 SPORTS COMMENTARY ALEX TAPAK bles. Senior Jeremy King and was Duncan, the No. 4 singles Tartans’ sweep over the Bob- Super Bowl XLVI Sports Co-Editor fi rst-year Thomas Cooper, the player, with 6–2 and 6–3 wins. cats. No. 2 pair, had the fi rst win Duncan’s match sealed the “I’m really happy to be back ADAM GRUBER tage Patriots. A 38-yard pass This past Saturday, the with an 8–3 victory. Tartans’ victory. on the court and a part of the Sports Co-Editor from Manning down the side- Carnegie Mellon men’s ten- The next win came from Junior Jooho Yu, at No. 6 team,” Heaney-Secord said, line in double coverage was nis team kicked off its spring the No. 1 duo of junior Duke singles, added a 6–1, 6–1 win concerning his break from last “It’s déjà vu all over again.” cradled in by wide receiver season with a home match Miller and fi rst-year Will and put the Tartans at a 6–0 season. That famous quote by the Mario Manningham, as he against West Virginia Wes- Duncan, with a score of 8–5. lead over the Bobcats. Junior “I was really impressed Yankees’ Yogi Berra could not barely kept his feet in bounds. leyan College, a Division II Finishing the doubles set at Harsha Rao, No. 3 singles, and with the quality of our dou- be more appropriate, even After eight plays of pin- college. a score of 8–4 was the No. 3 King, No. 5 singles, were next bles for such an early season if it regards a different sport point passing by Manning The Tartans continued to pair, fi rst-years Christian He- off the court. Rao won his match, especially given the and a different era. and physical play from the train in their off-season, with aney-Secord and Bryce Beiss- match 6–4, 6–3, while King fact that we started four fresh- Almost mirroring the offensive line and wide re- increased conditioning and wanger. won 6–2, 6–3. men in the doubles lineup,” events of Super Bowl XLII, ceivers, running back Ah- lifting sessions. “It was a great way to start With the Tartans lead- said head coach Andrew Gi- the New York Giants beat mad Bradshaw ran up the Their season offi cially off the season,” Cooper said. ing 8–0, the last match was rard. “Doubles success is go- the favored New England middle, turned around, and started two weeks ago, and “Jeremy and I played really Heaney-Secord at No. 2 sin- ing to be a key for us to make Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI sat hindquarter-fi rst into the team’s hard work paid off well together.” gles. Heaney-Secord was out the NCAAs this year, so it was in Indianapolis. On the coat- the end zone. The Patriots with a 9–0 victory. In singles play, Miller dom- for the duration of the Fall great to see us get off to a tails of a terrifi c fourth quar- allowed the Giants a touch- The Tartans came out inated at No. 1 singles and 2011 season with a concus- strong start in that area.” ter drive by quarterback Eli down, in hopes of preventing strong against the West Vir- was fi rst off the court with a sion. However, he prevailed in Manning, a defi ning catch them from running down the ginia Wesleyan Bobcats, and decisive 6–1, 6–1 victory. Fol- three sets with scores of 2–6, Editor’s note: Jeremy King is a reminiscent of David Tyree’s, clock, thereby preventing a took the lead 3–0 after dou- lowing shortly after Miller 6–3, and 6–3 and fi nished the staffwriter for the Tartan. and a game-sealing sack, the Patriots’ fi nal drive. Giants pulled out the upset. That last drive ended Patriots quarterback Tom poorly for New England. A Brady was looking to cement sack by Pro-Bowl defensive himself into an even higher end Justin Tuck crushed any ATHLETE PROFILE echelon of great quarter- remaining momentum for backs, but instead Manning the Patriots. One last heave made his way to Hall of Fame by Brady ended with the ball Ben Nealy pushes forward into season consideration. The Giants hitting the grass of the end ALEX TAPAK with swagger. It’s hard to not get stand alone at the top of the zone, as the outstretched Sports Co-Editor along with Ben; he’s fast, fun, NFL, defeating the Patriots arms of the Patriots’ tight end and friendly,” said junior Billy with a fi nal score of 21–17. Rob Gronkowski extended Ben Nealy, a junior on the Littlefi eld, one of Nealy’s team- It seemed like the Patriots about a foot short of winning. Carnegie Mellon track team, mates. had the Giants’ number dur- Manning is now the 11th hails from Egg Harbor Township Unsurprisingly, Nealy has set ing the fi rst three quarters. multi-Super Bowl winning in New Jersey, where he began high expectations and goals for After a good start in the fi rst quarterback. This win se- running in his junior year of this year’s team. “I think our cur- half by the Giants, their re- cures him the elite status that high school. rent team is a lot better than last spected defensive line could was so heavily questioned by Currently, Nealy runs middle year’s team,” he said. “We have not stop the short, quick pass- the media earlier this sea- distances — 400 meters and 800 the talent to place fi rst at UAA’s ing plan of Patriots’ offensive son. It puts him ahead of his meters. Since joining the team, this year, that should be our goal coordinator Bill O’Brien and brother Peyton, who has re- Nealy has enjoyed being a var- as a team, and I hope to contrib- head coach Bill Belichick. It ceived more praise as a quar- sity athlete at Carnegie Mellon. ute to that goal.” essentially negated the domi- terback throughout both of “Having chosen the option of Nealy takes pride in his nant Giants’ pass rush, allow- their careers. going to an academically com- training and competition, and ing the Patriots a touchdown Brady is already in the petitive school, while also being basks in his team’s success. “My at the end of the fi rst half. realm of greatness. How- able to balance being an athlete proudest moment on the team In that half, the Giants ever, a victory in Super Bowl as well is a great experience,” was coming from behind to beat scored on a questionable XLVI would have tied him Nealy said. Case Western Reserve Univer- safety call via intentional with Terry Bradshaw and Although track is not a team sity by a point last year,” Nealy grounding in the end zone by Joe Montana with four Super sport in the traditional sense, said. Brady and on a Manning pass Bowl titles. Now people are Nealy spends a lot of time with As for when the team is in be- to wide receiver Victor Cruz. left questioning if “Spygate,” his teammates. “Ben is a team tween training and meets, Nealy Regardless, the Patriots ap- where Belichick was accused player who not only likes to push described the chemistry among peared to have the edge. of spying on opposing coach- his teammates but be pushed by teammates and how they relax. The third quarter was es’ play-calling, was the rea- them,” said track coach Dario “There are entirely too many similar to the fi rst half. An ag- son for his three Super Bowl Donatelli. [funny moments] to choose gressive, quick passing game victories. Since “Spygate,” His teammates agree, and from. There are so many great by New England helped the Brady is 0–2 on the biggest value Nealy’s ambitions for the personalities on the team, you’re Patriots score their second stage. team as a whole. “Ben’s great- always in for a good laugh,” he touchdown, and sloppy play The fact of the matter is est qualities as an athlete are said. After meets, he and his by New York, including two that Brady and Manning both his commitment and ambition,” teammates love to indulge in fumbles, pointed to a Giants played unbelievable games. said junior Evan Gates, one of pizza. “Post-meet pizza. There’s collapse. But it was Manning’s sup- Nealy’s teammates. “Each year nothing like binging on pizza af- However, in the fourth porting cast that put the Gi- he has trained harder than the ter a long day on the track.” quarter, the Giants snapped ants over the top. Giants head previous by logging more miles Since track meets are often out of it, and Manning did his coach Tom Coughlin runs a and workouts. As a result, he long, Nealy loves to play games best Brady impression. Brady, tight ship in New York, and it continuously improves and en- in between sets to entertain who has seven career fourth- showed in Indianapolis. tices others to train harder, too. himself. “I enjoy playing board quarter comebacks in the Super Bowl XLVI is over, Ben is a great teammate because games with the team, like Ba- postseason, is considered one with the Giants reigning su- he leads by example and places nanagrams,” he said. of the greatest clutch quarter- preme — twice in four years. a high value on the success of At Carnegie Mellon, Nealy backs ever to play the game. It could not have been put bet- the team.” studies economics and public Manning may now be consid- ter than Giants’ running back “Nealy’s a great teammate policy. In the future, he hopes ered in that conversation. Brandon Jacobs: “We decapi- to have. He adds a lot to the to earn enough money to buy At the 3:46 mark in the tated them.” Call it what you goofy team personality, works Carnegie Mellon an indoor track fourth quarter, the Giants’ want, but the Giants are the hard, runs fast, and does so facility. fi nal drive began with the Super Bowl champions once Courtesy of Benjamin Nealy score sitting 17–15, advan- again. 02.06.12 Volume 106, Issue 17 ...this week only Braddock 3 Mayor John Fetterman and street artist Swoon discuss community building through art. Musical 4 Pittsburgh Musical Theater puts on a provocative performance of Spring Awakening. of Montreal 5 of Montreal’s latest album, Paralytic Stalks, signals the band’s entry into adulthood. Ed Piskor 6 Local cartoonist tells stories of hackers, rappers, beatniks, and peace activists. PSO 7 The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs spiritual pieces, including Brahms’ Requiem. Playground 8 School of Drama students showcase independent projects. 10 Pittsburgh Noir 8 Local writers put dark twists on stories set in familiar locations.

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Advice Comics 3 Everything you need to know about beards 11 Check out some ad campaigns that didn’t and pedestrians. make it to the Super Bowl. Paperhouse Puzzles 5 WRCT explains the importance of musical 13 Challenge yourself with this week’s sudoku and variety. hexadecimal sudoku puzzles. Dollar Movie Horoscopes 7 AB Films presents four movies this weekend in 14 See what the stars have in store for you this McConomy Auditorium. week. Did You Know? Calendar 10 Did you know that students celebrated Bubble 15 Find out what’s happening on campus and Wrap Appreciation Day last year? around Pittsburgh.

CO-PUBLISHER Christa Hester CO-PUBLISHER Patrick Gage Kelley EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Emily Dobler PILLBOX EDITOR Allison Cosby COMICS EDITOR Nicole Hamilton ART EDITOR Adelaide Cole PHOTO EDITOR Jonathan Carreon COPY MANAGER Evan Kahn COVER Tom Strong

The Tartan . Box 119 . UC Suite 103 . Carnegie Mellon University . 5000 Forbes Ave . Pittsburgh, PA 15213 . www.thetartan.org . © 2012 The Tartan Community turns to art activism Advice for awkward people Mayor John Fetterman and Swoon discuss art in Braddock About beards and pedestrians

Dear Patrick, Dear Patrick, Before he even opens his mouth, John Fetterman “I’m the guy with the best job in the country,” — the mayor of Braddock, Pa. — is immediately Fetterman said. “I love what I do, but make no I don’t have a lot of facial My friend got hit by a car interesting. At 6'8'' inches tall, with expansive mistake, it’s hard.” hair. All of my friends the other day. She’s fi ne; shoulders, a shaved head, goatee, and tattoos make fun of me for it, she has a bruise on her running up both arms, the Harvard graduate looks In a more recent effort, the town paired up with asking when I’m going hip, but that’s about it. more like a professional wrestler than a politician — Levi Strauss Jeans for an advertising campaign that to go through puberty She was walking across a fact he joked about during a presentation he gave was filmed in Braddock, featuring actual Braddock and if I have alopecia. It’s Forbes and got tapped. Friday evening in McConomy Auditorium. inhabitants, pumping more than $1 million into the getting pretty tiresome. Is there anything I can do community. How can I get more facial to help her in her hour of Sponsored by AB Lectures, Fetterman’s presentation hair? need? was followed by an appearance from Caledonia Perhaps the most interesting revitalization approach Curry, a street artist known as Swoon. Swoon is taken by Fetterman has been through art. “Artists Thanks, Thanks, invested in the ongoing urban development project, see value in circumstances that other people don’t,” Shaving Attempts Sore Pal Easily Transformazium, which is being instituted in he said. Lacking, Virtually Endangered, Delicately Braddock. Obsolete Bumped, Usually More For this reason, artists like Swoon have started to Prudent “In a weird way, we wouldn’t be sitting here right play an active role in rebuilding Braddock through Dear SALVO, now if it wasn’t for Braddock,” Fetterman began, the Transformazium project. Swoon said that Dear SPEEDBUMP, introducing the audience to his town with a series she sees art as serving a very important purpose Sadly, you have not gotten of media slides and pictures. In the last several in communities, and was attracted to Braddock the “Gift of the Beard.” It I’m glad to hear your friend’s decades, de-industrialization has transformed the because of her interest in urban farming. The is nothing to be ashamed okay. It’s times like these once-prosperous town of 20,000 into a Rust Belt street artist, whose diverse projects range from the of. So what if you have when we have to remember ghost town of less than 3,000. Plagued by severe construction of weather-resistant earth-bag domes less testosterone than that jaywalking is a crime economic hardship, nearly every business has fled, in Haiti to the building of rafts made from New York other guys? That doesn’t for a reason. Your friend is a leaving the buildings to crumble and violence to City trash that she then rode down the Mississippi necessarily mean you’re criminal. Though, admittedly, stake its domain. River, called Braddock a “microcosm of our country.” less of a man. So what if drivers in Pittsburgh are you’re not allowed near terrible, which is why “We’ve lost 90 percent of our population. Ninety Along with other artists and activists, Swoon playgrounds during No- pedestrians have to be extra percent of our buildings and businesses are gone — has turned her efforts to converting Braddock’s Shave November? A thin, careful. Pittsburghers tend to we are the poorest community in Allegheny County,” abandoned United Brethren Church into an arts- stringy moustache doesn’t ignore things like red lights, Fetterman said, with an air that communicated his based community center, furthering Fetterman’s make you a creep — it just crosswalks, and turn signals. resolution to face the town’s problems head on. art-focused community building efforts. makes you look like one. When crossing the street, But then the mood of his presentation shifted. A Carnegie Mellon students with interests ranging In fact, beards can be a remember these three bright picture of smiling youth who had taken from public policy to the arts attended the lecture, curse. You wake up every easy steps: stop, look, and part in Braddock’s summer program filled the and many of them were already aware of the work morning looking like a listen. Your friend must projection screen and the mayor began to speak being done by Swoon and Fetterman. lumberjack. You shave, but have missed that day of fi rst about the revitalization currently taking place in his fi ve minutes later you’re grade, so the best thing community. “I came because I’m a huge fan of Swoon’s artwork covered in stubble. You you could get her would be and I’m also interested in what’s going on in forget to shave a couple an e-card with those tips The re-purposing of abandoned structures, including Braddock,” said Christina Lee, a sophomore art days before Halloween, and on it. Perhaps cross-stitch the conversion of the town’s First Presbyterian major. everyone thinks you’re going them a kitschy-yet-helpful Church into a community center; the creation of an as Teen Wolf. It’s a burden. household knickknack. Try urban garden on a previously vacant lot; and the Sophomore in the Dietrich College of Humanities If you must persist in your buying her a bright orange installation of a 3,000-square-foot playground in and Social Sciences Celine Berger became familiar quest, then you should know vest with refl ectors. It’s safe place of the dilapidated remains of a JC Penney are with Swoon through the Los Angeles Museum of Art in the Streets there’s no real way (short of and fashionable! Being hit among the improvements made since Fetterman Contemporary Art’s show. “I’m gluing hair to your face) to by a car is no joke, so you took office in 2005. really interested in urban redevelopment and street get a beard. Accept it for defi nitely shouldn’t make art. I found out about Braddock from the Levi’s Jeans now, and maybe in a few jokes about it to her. She The mayor, whose dedication to his community is commercials,” she said. years you’ll be capable of could have been seriously evidenced by the tattoos on his forearms — on one growing one. Unless your hurt! arm the community zip code, and the dates of the Angela Vertucci dad can’t either: Then you’re five homicides that have taken place in Braddock | Junior Staffwriter out of luck. Or buy her Bengay, since he took office on the other — has gone as far Patrick Hoskins as to contribute his own money to the revitalization You’ll shave a bundle on effort. razors, Need advice? Send queries Patrick Hoskins to [email protected].

community pillbox 02.06.12 3 Spring Awakening addresses provocative issues Pittsburgh Musical Theater puts on powerful performance of controversial musical

Pregnancy, incest, suicide, and rape — every As the lead roles, Queen and Williams had remarkable controversial issue was included in the Pittsburgh chemistry together. They brought a sense of urgency Musical Theater’s (PMT) performance of Spring and honesty to their fragile relationship on stage as two Awakening this past Friday at the Byham theater. Spring sheltered and confused teenagers in love. This chemistry Awakening is the musical adaptation of a banned 1891 was demonstrated during the love-making scene at the German play, featuring a chilling folk-infused, alternative end of Act I, the most important and powerful scene of rock score by composer Duncan Sheik. the show. The scene is very explicit: Both actors showed some skin and pretended to have sex on stage, and the The plot focuses on a group of disquieted teenagers audience watched as Williams’ character simulated living in a small town in Victorian Germany. As the acts of sexual foreplay before he and Wendla made love. characters’ sexual feelings begin to stir, they fi nd Although this scene defi nitely has the potential to be themselves fi ghting their tyrannous adult superiors and awkward on stage, Williams and Queen delivered a the rigid, conservative belief system of their society. The realistic, raw, and moving performance. play — which deals with emerging sexual desires, loss of virginity, homosexuality, teen suicide, botched abortion, Jameson Corrie played Moritz Stiefel, Melchior’s troubled masturbation, child abuse, shame, and death — won best friend who struggles with school. In addition eight Tony Awards (including Best Musical) after its to adding some comedy to this otherwise serious original Broadway debut in 2006. production, Corrie did a great job performing the unique choreography of Spring Awakening. During “The Bitch Although Spring Awakening is a dark and emotionally of Living,” a song about boys’ anguish in suppressing demanding show, PMT’s mostly college-aged cast gave their sexual desires, Corrie and the other schoolboys a Broadway-caliber performance. Kathlene Queen, a jumped around stage haphazardly, stomping their feet PMT veteran, began the show as Wendla, singing the and rocking air guitars. Courtesy of Patti Brahim haunting opening number that pulled the audience in and set the tone for the rest of the show. Logan Williams, Another outstanding performance was accomplished Jameson Corrie puts on an intense performance as a senior at Robert Morris University, played the strong- by Adrianne Knapp, who played Ilse. She is a societal Mortiz Stiefel. willed, rebellious Melchior and, hitting each note outcast who ran away from home because her father decisively, had perhaps the most memorable voice of the beat her, only to run into the arms of another abusive evening. man from a Bohemian colony. When the curtain was drawn, Spring Awakening opened its audience to a world everybody knows. Whether you Although the majority of the cast was composed of are currently an adolescent or an adult reminiscing on adolescents, two adults were responsible for playing all your past, you will connect with the honest, heartfelt of the adult roles — including parents, teachers, and characters fumbling on stage in attempts to fi nd love the clergy — to symbolically demonstrate the adults as and a good life. Although Spring Awakening is fi lled with formulaic and identical. Barbara Burgess-Lefebvre, a comical and lighthearted scenes, the show ultimately Robert Morris University theater professor, took on all of forces the audience to face a myriad of challenges the female adult roles, while Brady Patsy, who teaches present in society today. at PMT’s Richard E. Rauh Conservatory, played the male adults. Both did a terrifi c job of demonstrating the Most importantly, the production daringly compares our struggle between youth and adults in society. modern society to Puritanical 19th-century Germany, compelling us to be aware of the troubles that continue PMT’s production of Spring Awakening stood out with to haunt our world. its simple and personal style. The show was performed on a rectangular platform with no set or props other than Spring Awakening is a musical everyone should see, and an arrangement of wooden chairs, which were moved PMT offered an impressive production of the show. The around and set up by the cast members themselves. show does contain strong language and explicit content. Instead of a traditional orchestra, Spring Awakening However, if that notion bothers you, it is perhaps all the boasted a rock band that played onstage behind the more reason to go see it. platform. The band was led by music director Tim Marquette, and it kept audience members tapping their toes for the entire show. But perhaps the most innovative Joshua Claudio | Dossier Editor aspect of Spring Awakening is that there were actually limited seats on the stage, allowing audience members to be a part of the show and experience the story in a whole new way.

Adrianne Knapp plays the free-spirited Ilse, a young girl who runs away from her abusive father. Courtesy of Patti Brahim theater 4 pillbox 02.06.12 New album from of Montreal Paperhouse Paralytic Stalks signals band’s entry into adulthood On Variety

The last paradigm shift for the band of Montreal arrangements reminiscent of the classically Around this time last year, Mirko Azis and I explained in was signaled by the release of Hissing Fauna, Are infl uenced infancy of progressive rock while “Ye, this very column why minimal music is the richest, most You the Destroyer? in 2007. The album abandoned Renew the Plaintiff” begins with the bright, funk- compelling form of music. If you read the article, I’m sure the escapist neo-psychedelia that had defi ned of tinged sound of Skeletal Lamping and False Priest you were convinced that we were, in fact, correct, and Montreal’s early work in favor of deeply personal before falling into more psychedelic guitar-centered thus immediately made Gestalt psychology the primary songs revolving around lead singer, songwriter, and rock. force in your life. For this, dear reader, I raise my glass to multi-instrumentalist Kevin Barnes’ separation from you in congratulations. his wife. These songs explore the less glamorous While it is sometimes diffi cult to determine the aspects of human consciousness. infl uences of the band’s new sound, it is clear that A year later, I’m here to tell you that while minimal music the group has not lost its sense of musical versatility, is the pinnacle of clear, succinct, and meticulously crafted Hissing Fauna also introduced Georgie Fruit — nor the preternatural darkness that emerged in music, there are other types of music that I enjoy. Barnes’ 40-year-old, African-American, transsexual, Hissing Fauna. funk-playing alter-ego — who dominated the latter As a society, we often forget the importance of a little half of the album and all of the band’s next two The biggest development on Paralytic Stalks, variety in our lives. It changes our routines. It adds albums. however, is of Montreal’s newfound fondness for that extra element of surprise and wonder. And, most sonic manipulation. The group does not manipulate importantly, it’s not perfectly minimal. There are so many Under Fruit’s musical guidance, of Montreal’s music sound the same way that post-punk and psychedelic wonderfully fantastic things out there, so why should we morphed into a mesh of R&B, cock rock, funk, rock did by making use of space, but rather by discard everything but the essential? My writing partner and pop loaded with self-deprecating hedonistic incorporating seemingly random spurts of noise and from last year may not agree entirely, but I’m here to tell fantasies that would make Prince blush. While chopped up samples. you that there is no good reason why you only need to this shift toward hypersexuality was somewhat listen to one or two types of music. refreshing in 2007 — when indie bands were polite, This is most salient on “Exorcismic Breeding prudish, and doe-eyed — times have changed. Knife” and “Authentic Pyrrhic Remission,” which Have you ever heard the sounds of the ever-so-free jazz both feature extended sections of cacophonous composer Sun Ra or the American blues shouter music In the past fi ve years, indie has grown to be edgier noise. If Hissing Fauna was the moment at which of Wynonie Harris? How about the rhymes of the lyrically and more rebellious, and the shock value that of Montreal emerged from the naïve innocence of talented hip-hop group Jurassic 5? accompanied of Montreal’s sexy and self-examining childhood, then Paralytic Stalks signals the band’s musical style has dissipated. But when False Priest entry into adulthood: It is focused, jaded, ambitious, My point is simple: Regardless of genre, there are so many was released in 2009, it was clear that Barnes was yet experienced enough to know that there is such a great artists and musicians out there to discover. still strongly attached to the idea of his alter-ego. thing as too much sex. Fortunately, WRCT makes it easy for you. From Feb. 10 at Paralytic Stalks, the group’s newest album, was Paralytic Stalks will be released on Tuesday. noon until Feb. 12 at midnight, WRCT will broadcast half- a crossroads for the indie veterans: Would they hour segments of music, each dedicated to one particular continue making gimmicky shock music or would artist or band. In addition to this, I highly recommend they evolve into a band that could distinguish itself Matt Mastricova | Staffwriter looking into websites like last.fm that track all of the music in the growing indie community? you consume and allow you to see what your friends are listening to. I sometimes spend hours listening to my Upon listening to Paralytic Stalks, of Montreal’s friend’s libraries and, through this, my obsession with decision is resoundingly clear: Fruit is dead. minimal music is slowly dwindling. The opening track, “Gelid Ascent,” reconfi gures expectations with expansive space-rock drenched Alex Price | Special to The Tartan in an aura of sinister dread. The songs “Spiteful Intervention” and “Wintered Death” both feature top 10 on WRCT 88.3 FM most played albums of the last week

1 The Black Keys — El Camino 2 Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions — Night Rider 3 Frank Sinatra — The Best of The Best 4 Tycho — Dive 5 Tito Carillo — Opening Statement 6 Sealions — Everything You Wanted to Know About Sealions But Were Afraid To Ask of Montreal lead singer and songwriter Kevin 7 11 Acorn Lane — Swing Thing Barnes focuses on sound manipulation in the 8 Cloud Control — Bliss Release band’s latest album. 9 Boris — New Album Courtesy of Vince Kmeron via Flickr 10 Atlas Sound — Parallax music pillbox 02.06.12 5 Ed Piskor discusses unique approach to comics Pittsburgh cartoonist tells stories of hackers, rappers, beatniks, and peace activists

Unbeknownst to many, Pittsburgh has a vibrant independent comics scene. With over seven comics shops and the ToonSeum, a museum wholly dedicated to animation and comics, Pittsburgh is home to a lot of comics afi cionados. With homegrown comics anthologies like Andromeda and Unicorn Mountain alongside comics giants like Jim Rugg, Frank Santoro, and Tom Scioli, there’s a lot of ink hitting the page in this city.

In the midst of this community is Ed Piskor. A workhorse of a cartoonist, Piskor has made great strides in the world of professional comics over the past seven years and has opened up this medium for storytelling. Piskor’s comics tell a range of stories, from the passions and politics of hackers to refl ections on life in Cleveland to the borderline biblical history of hip-hop culture.

Piskor was born in the city of Homestead, Pa. in 1982. Piskor said that money was tight growing up, but pencils and paper were easy to come by. Determined to pursue a future in comics after high school, he made his way to the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, where he studied the ins and outs of comics creation.

He has been a professional cartoonist since 2005, having Courtesy of Ed Piskor entered the world of publication by collaborating as Ed Piskor uses comics to trace the history of hip hop culture in the United States. an illustrator with comic book writer Harvey Pekar for his American Splendor comics. Their collaboration continued as they worked on two subsequent graphic novels: Macedonia, the story about the travels of a peace More recently, the “Hip Hop Family Tree” segment of the to delve further than his own knowledge in order to fully activist, and The Beats, the story of the generation Brain Rot series has been developing a highly interactive tell a story, he never sees it as researching but rather as that opposed mainstream American conformity and online fan base. Little-known fi gures in the history of “reading for pleasure.” conservatism. hip-hop culture, like DJ Disco Wiz, have been getting in touch with Piskor via Facebook and responding to To keep himself drawing, he incorporates his passions After the collaborative work, Piskor began to focus more his historical depictions of the 1970s hip-hop world. into his current projects, personal or professional. For on working solo — writing, penciling, lettering, and When asked about the purpose of the “Hip Hop Family example, when he became curious about the worlds of inking his comics himself. As a cartoonist, Piskor has Tree,” which traces the history of hip-hop culture, Piskor verboten information, hacking, and breaking systems, found a writing style that appeals to unique audiences. laughed and explained that this sprawling project is just he wanted to delve deep into them so as to understand His recent works include Brain Rot and Wizzywig, an excuse to put the family tree fl owchart together. the nuts and bolts. In order to justify the time and energy which is the story of Kevin “Boingthump” Phenicle, a needed to reach this level of comprehension, he made young prodigy who becomes fascinated with social “If you really get into the old records and the music Wizzywig, a 300-page comic. “I feel like a slacker if I’m engineering, phone phreaking, and computer hacking. from the beginning,” Piskor said, “throughout the years not working constantly,” he said. Piskor has engaged audiences outside of comics’ you can draw these very clear lines between each traditional demographic by writing about these unusual generation. It is almost like the Bible. Grandmaster Flash Although his approaches to the creative process might topics and using the internet to expand his fan base. begat Grandmaster Melle Mel, Kool Herc begat DJ Disco seem extreme and obsessive, Piskor’s tireless work in Wiz ... and so on.” communicating his learnings through comics provide his While Piskor was creating Wizzywig, he would regularly readers with portals into curious worlds. post the story online for fans to read. The work caught Piskor is often asked what kind of research he does for on with technophiles; Piskor was suddenly invited to his historical stories. He responds seriously that “to technology conventions like The Next HOPE (a Hackers say ‘research’ makes the work seem like a homework Juan Fernandez | Staffwriter on Planet Earth convention) and was given the assignment.” As he sees it, he has been building on his opportunity to speak at hackerspaces. memory bank of knowledge since he was a kid. If he has

community 6 pillbox 02.06.12 PSO puts on balanced, spiritual performance Soloists, choir, and orchestra combine for Dvorák’sˇ Biblical Songs and Brahms’ Requiem

Last weekend at Heinz Hall, the Pittsburgh Symphony Hampson sang with assurance, and his voice carried The composition is a personal one, and the music is Orchestra (PSO) performed Antonin Dvorák’sˇ Biblical effortlessly over the orchestra. His clear diction and tone distinctly Brahmsian: The polyphonic texture is thick Songs and Johannes Brahms’ A German Requiem served the diffi culty of the Czech language very well. and layered, and the music is deeply affecting and as part of its Music for the Spirit concert series. The The PSO, under the baton of artistic director Manfred unsettling. program, which offers two concerts per season, presents Honeck, accompanied Hampson beautifully. The music that is meant to “spread a spiritual and universal orchestra delivered the traditional Czech music within The Brahms piece required much more from the message,” according to the PSO’s website. Dvorák’sˇ composition without grandeur, acknowledging orchestra than did the Dvorák,ˇ and the PSO did the timeless beauty inherent in a simple folk dance. a wonderful job of supporting the chorus without Although Friday night’s program consisted of two works overpowering it. Although there were a few moments featuring verse from the Bible, Christianity only served The highlight of the program, however, was Brahms’ when the chorus and orchestra did not seem to be on as the lens through which the featured composers Requiem. The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and the same page, Honeck was quick to reel them in and explored the ideas of life, death, and resurrection. Both soprano soloist Chen Reiss joined the symphony, continue, hardly missing a beat. composers picked scripture in their native languages Honeck, and Hampson for this hour-long masterwork. (Czech for the Dvorákˇ piece and German for the Brahms Brahms wrote the piece while mourning the loss of his Hampson shined in Requiem, especially in the sixth piece) that does not dwell in fear and mourning, but mother, as well as that of his mentor and dear friend movement, singing with stunning gravity not heard rather in celebration and fond remembrance of those Robert Schumann. in Dvorák’sˇ Biblical Songs. Reiss’ solo spanned a wide who have passed. emotional range: sublime and sweet one moment, Brahms’ conception of the work was unique in that he fi erce and dramatic the next. The interplay among The program opened with Dvorák’sˇ Biblical Songs, avoided the traditional Latin text for his requiem — thus the orchestra, choir, and soloists was incredibly warm which were written after the deaths of his two friends, the title A German Requiem. He also refrained from and well balanced, producing a seamless and organic fellow composers Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Hans using the standard requiem text; instead, he selected performance. von Bülow. Internationally renowned baritone Thomas passages from the German Luther Bible that are meant to offer comfort to those in mourning, making this a requiem not for the dead, but for the living. Brian Gilling | Special to The Tartan

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Is Ryan Gosling becoming anyone This movie can be summed up as an American Beauty is, on the surface, Possibly the strangest fi lm choice to else’s favorite actor? The star of three adult version of “Rock ’Em Sock ’Em a very basic movie. It follows a follow up the fi rst three movies this critically acclaimed fi lms this year Robots.” Real Steel tells of a future suburban family consisting of a slightly week, Paranormal Activity 3 is the (Drive; Crazy, Stupid, Love; and The in which human boxers have been depressed father, a materialistic wife prequel to the original box-offi ce hit. Ides of March), Gosling brings a quiet replaced with robot boxers. While this with monogamy issues, and a daughter Set 18 years prior to the fi rst movie, this intensity to every role he plays. In this could have been an awesome lead looking to explore her sexual side. one also revolves around a husband fi lm, Gosling plays Stephen Meyers, for a story of a robot that breaks free However, this fi lm is so much more and wife whose children befriend an the deputy campaign manager for from its programming and starts a war than that. It is about seeing beauty in invisible entity living in their home. presidential hopeful Mike Morris against humanity, the robots just beat the world and being happy with the Terrifying, right? The movie is shot in the (George Clooney). The movie takes you each other up the entire movie. Hugh knowledge that you still have the ability same homemade footage style as the behind the scenes of the primaries, with Jackman is the protagonist as a robot to surprise yourself. Oscar-winner for previous two and, while it may seem like plenty of intrigue and string pulling to go owner trying to make it big in the boxing “Best Picture” and “Best Director” in it has been overdone, there’s not much around. Its release during the current world. While not quite “Rocky with 2000, American Beauty is extraordinarily out there that can give genuine, realistic primary season is no accident. Robots,” as some reviews have stated, written — a classic of American cinema. scares like this franchise. Fun Fact: this is a well-made fi lm with a bonafi de Made on a budget of just $5 million, action star. the fl ick has grossed over $200 million worldwide.

music pillbox 02.06.12 7 and see how you can incorporate those with things you Playground Festival showcases independent work already really know. It’s an experiment. It either works or it doesn’t, and that’s that.” School of Drama students explore creative opportunities, experiment with different mediums The Playground environment is very open to these experiments, however, and it’s all about pushing Playground is a time when a designer can direct and all [drama] classes are canceled — and they can just arranged, clear, vertical strings. Moreover, “Volumetric yourself and trying something new. “I think it’s a very Allison Cosby []by | Pillbox Editor focus on creating new work, work that they’re interested Display” runs on open source software. “I’m in the constructive environment,” Garcia said. “It’s just when an actor can design and a director can write. If there’s in,” said sophomore directing major Cameron Margeson. process of writing my own content to add to this loop students are lazy that people become very judgmental, anything you want to do that you’re not getting from The School of Drama may seem exclusive to non-majors, of different shows,” Gossett said on Thursday night. “It which I think is fair.” Playground is one of the highlights of the year for many took so long to get [the structure] built that I didn’t have “classes, Playground is when you do it. but spend fi ve minutes in the sprawling, sensory world of Playground Festival and you realize just how open it drama students, and they start thinking about their time to get that [coding] done before the opening, but Margeson also praised the festival’s ability to open up — Cameron Margeson creative opportunities for drama students: “We don’t is. Playground is a free, creative environment for drama Playground pieces months in advance. In October, tonight I’m going to work on it more.” Sophomore directing major students to explore other mediums for their art and they pitch their ideas and begin writing scripts. always get to study things that are outside of our option. showcase their independent works. Actual rehearsals don’t begin until the Sunday before Senior directing major Miranda Steege was this year’s So Playground is a time when a designer can direct and Playground, however, so students only have three days installation curator and was in charge of coordinating an actor can design and a director can write. If there’s This year marked the ninth annual Playground Festival, to prepare. the installation works with the Playground Festival anything you want to do that you’re not getting from ” which ran from last Thursday through Saturday in the Committee. “Installations are a great way to do classes, Playground is when you do it.” reservations can be made by faculty and drama students, Purnell Center for the Arts. Playground is a massive One of the largest learning components of Playground something you don’t normally do,” Steege said.” Because but for the most part, anyone who wants a ticket has event that transforms all of Purnell into a spectacular is the tight time constraint. “You have three days to that’s not at all what most of our classwork is like, so it’s While Playground is an incredibly open environment to wait in line for a couple of hours before the show. fantasy world, with experimental installations and create anywhere from a 15-minute to 45-minute piece, sort of a chance to push beyond what we do in class.” for drama students, it’s not publicized to the campus “Tickets are like gold” was a common phrase uttered by performances happening all day. so you have to learn what’s necessary in order to create community and is almost exclusively attended by drama drama students throughout the weekend. something,” Margeson said. “You learn new techniques This sentiment seems to be a recurring theme students, drama professors, close friends, and family. “I Playground provides students with an opportunity to when you’re so pressed to create something.... You have in Playground: It’s a chance for students to push think we need to settle into it as a community here in Playground is a festival by drama students, for drama push themselves and work on interdisciplinary projects. to sort of work outside of your own habits to get things themselves out of their comfort zones and challenge Purnell before it can expand elsewhere,” Garcia said. “I students. Despite the event’s somewhat exclusive “It’s a sectioned-out time of the year when [drama done.” themselves with work they don’t usually have the do think there’s a reason for that — I think all of us as nature, Playground creates an open and inviting students] don’t have to worry about classes — because opportunity to do. students want to see each other’s pieces and there really opportunity for drama students to express themselves While students have just a few days to put together just isn’t space for larger audiences.” and experiment with new mediums. their pieces, their enthusiasm often turns their pieces Students took advantage of this opportunity, resulting into extended projects; many continue working on their in a wide range of performances and installations from With a limited supply and a huge demand, tickets for the Summing up the goals of Playground, Margeson said, pieces throughout the festival. dance and comedy shows to fully immersive, sensory performances are hard to come by. All tickets are free “It’s not so much to show off the work that you want to experience installations and murals. and made available the day of the performance. Some do, but it’s a time to really stretch yourself.” First-year drama student Will Gossett created an installation piece titled “Volumetric Display” for his “It’s absolutely about people challenging themselves,” fi rst Playground this year. Gossett’s piece is a media said Priscila Garcia, a sophomore directing major. “You installation that projects three-dimensional and moving go back and you realize the things you’ve learned in images in its display area — which is made of carefully your semesters at Carnegie Mellon ... and then you try

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Above: One of the Playground installations, senior drama student Elizabeth Nearing’s “in a middle of a Courtesy of Tom Strong room,” drew viewers into a small closet with relaxing Left: The Beatles Present: “The Lord of the Rings: The Musical” was written and directed by sophomore drama music and soft light. students Kyle Wilson and Samuel French. Left: Sophomore drama student Antonio Marziale Above: The annual variety rock concert featured students performing iconic pop songs as well Under the Covers starred as an actor in The Beatles Present: “The Lord as their own songs. This year’s was directed by senior drama student Sophia Schrank. Under the Covers of the Rings: The Musical.”

Courtesy of Tom Strong Courtesy of Tom Strong feature feature pillbox 02.06.12 9 8 pillbox 02.06.12 Did you know? Local writers spin dark stories Pittsburgh Noir includes haunting stories in familiar locations In Carnegie Tech intramural basketball news, the Allamazoos defeat the 100 Squeedunks 23–6. Their uniforms are When one thinks of the noir genre, it’s usually in the years ago described as “elaborate costumes,” context of cinema. Black and white fi lm, dramatic including knee socks in a variety of Feb. 1, 1912 close shots, and a lone man walking away in the rain colors and patterns. The victorious come to mind. Akashic Books breaks away from this Squeedunks wore large blue bows on medium, however, with its series of noir short story their heads. collections, each set in a specifi c city. One of the latest installments in this series is Pittsburgh Noir, Alpha Phi Omega initiates a new a collection of short, Pittsburgh-based noir stories system for helping students reclaim that showcases the darker side of fi ctional ’Burgh 50 lost items. The information desk at residents. years ago Skibo Gymnasium is the new location for all things lost and found around While many people might think that noir only Feb. 14, 1962 campus. Among the mountain of consists of brooding private detectives dealing with scarves, purses, and gloves, there is mysterious female clients, the genre is actually a also a window drape which needs to bit more varied than that. Film noir usually includes be claimed. alienated, morally ambiguous heroes; crime; and a pessimistic outlook, with its characters often Taylor Mason, a visiting comedian, puts placed in unwanted, doomed situations. The 14 on a well-received show for Carnegie contributing authors to Pittsburgh Noir have taken 25 Mellon students. In his own words, the characteristics of this classic fi lm genre and years ago “It’s nice to do a show where the SATs applied them, with varying degrees of success, to are over 400.” His jokes are tailored the short story medium. Feb. 3, 1987 to the high-brow humor Carnegie Mellon students are sure to appreciate, These stories take the reader through every nook although he does take a stab at the and cranny of Pittsburgh, from the suburbs of Fox University of Pittsburgh. Chapel to the bars in South Side to a houseboat on the Allegheny River. There’s something comfortable We all know Carnegie Mellon’s about reading stories solely set in Pittsburgh — infamous reputation for being a place there is a rush of familiarity and associations when 10 where students never sleep, and a the stories mention a place you see or go to all too years ago SciTech article addresses one way often, like the apartment on North Craig Street Courtesy of Akashic Noir students achieve these ridiculous mentioned in Kathleen George’s “Intruder,” or was edited by local mystery writer Feb. 4, 2002 Pittsburgh Noir hours without dozing off: caffeine. The Pamela’s Diner in Squirrel Hill, at which the narrator Kathleen George and published in May 2011. article urges students to be aware of eats in Aubrey Hirsch’s “Cheater.” Of course, the effects of excess caffeine intake, some of that comfort is reduced when that familiar including migraines, vomiting, and location serves as the setting for a grisly murder. tremors. stories, while well-written, distract from the book’s As one would expect from the noir genre, there are focus on the noir genre. A dedicated group of students gathers plenty of murders, but every writer interprets those to meet with a task force, started murders differently: Carnegie Mellon professor Thankfully, the majority of the stories in the 5 in 2005, to discuss the necessity of Terrance Hayes delivers a poetic, introspective collection remain on point, like Lila Shaara’s ghostly years ago having an official mascot for the school. refl ection upon a murder in East Liberty in his story “Atom Smasher,” whose twist ending is guaranteed While the Scottish terrier that adorns a “Still Air,” while Carnegie Mellon professor Hilary to surprise. George’s “Intruder” also provides a fresh Feb. 5, 2007 variety of Tartan paraphernalia is nice, Masters’ “At the Buena Vista” gives a humorous, perspective on the classic crime mystery, complete students want an official mascot at conversational account of a middle-aged man who is with a full cast of interesting characters and a sporting events in order to draw more after the fortune of one of his relatives. modern take on the quintessential femme fatale. fans to the games. Several of the stories stray rather far from noir In honor of the upcoming Bubble Wrap conventions, which detracts from the book’s overall Anna Walsh | Staffwriter Appreciation Day, The Tartan asks impact as a noir collection. Carlos Antonio Delgado’s 1 students about their favorite uses of “Far Beneath,” for instance, is a beautifully written year ago this special packaging tool. Answers — yet disturbing — story from the perspective of range from being wrapped up in it and a nine-year-old boy who begins exploring sexuality Jan. 31, 2011 rolling down hills to popping it with the with his brother. Despite the author’s great style, the mind. Some students even claim to subject matter doesn’t seem to relate much to noir. use it to wake up fellow students. Similarly, “Homecoming” by Kathryn Miller Haines gives an account of a World War II soldier coming Catherine Spence | Staffwriter home to his cheating wife, and the story doesn’t have any identifi able noir characteristics. These literature 10 pillbox 02.06.12 As Good Looks Increase by Doghouse Diaries

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You and your phone are close and, while that’s different, it’s ACROSS DOWN virgo okay. Just make sure to lift your head up once in a while 1. Jargon 1. Editor’s mark aug. 23–sept. 22 and enjoy the people around you. 6. Advil target 2. Currency of Turkey, and formerly 10. General ____ chicken of Italy 14. Saturn’s largest moon 3. Rat-____ 15. Labor 4. Mother ______It’s time to ask for help in the one class that is kicking your 16. Old Dodge model 5. Garden figure libra behind. Seek help now or suffer later. 17. Muse of lyric poetry 6. Elemental unit sept. 23–oct. 22 18. Norwegian king 7. Sof t drink 19. Let fall in a mass 8. Gap 20. Jazz pianist Art 9. Young eel 21. Fish stew 10. Brouhaha scorpio Too much campus food can be a bad thing. Stop punishing 23. Fam. member 11. Brown-bag stuff your taste buds, treat yourself and go out to eat. 25. Altdorf’s canton 12. Treater’s words oct. 23–nov. 21 26. Ad word 13. Little drink 29. Galoots 22. Ceremonial prayer 32. Rubbish 24. Not all there 37. New Deal org. 26. Slop Ask someone else for advice. You will be much better off. sagittarius 38. Earth 27. Sleep disorder nov. 22–dec. 21 39. Federal soldier in the Civil War 28. Shoe ties 40. Failure to understand 30. Atmosphere 43. Extra time 31. Navy, e.g. 44. New Orleans is The Big ____ 33. Hosp. workers If you don’t like something in your life right now, fix it. Yes, 45. Flee 34. Director Kurosawa 46. Coherent light beam 35. Capital of South Korea capricorn it is going to be hard, and yes, you may not know where to dec. 22–jan. 19 47. End in ____ (draw) 36. Tropical plant used in cosmetics start, but you can do it. 48. Currency unit in Western Samoa 38. Wise guy 49. Drag 39. Approvals 51. Moo ___ pork 41. Be in debt As much as others hate to admit it, you’re pretty awesome; 53. Polyhistor 42. Yes, in Yokohama aquarius you’re a little annoying at times, but awesome nonetheless. 58. Host 47. 1992 Wimbledon champ jan. 20–feb. 18 62. Deodorant brand 48. Become swollen 63. Aha! 50. Eskimo boat 64. Not hesitant 52. Biblical king 65. Slippery ____ eel 53. Thrust Adventure awaits, but only if you seek it first. Keep your 66. Org. 54. Algerian port pisces eyes open and you will be in for a magical surprise. 67. Old enough 55. Carson’s successor feb. 19–march 20 68. Horrors! 56. Class struggle? 69. Sets of equipment 57. Coop group Nicole Hamilton | Comics Editor 70. Units of force 59. James of “The Godfather” 60. Advantage 61. Baby blues 62. ___ Paulo horoscopes 14pillbox 02.06.12 MONDAY2.6.12 FRIDAY2.10.12 ONGOING

Melancholia. Regent Square Theater. 8 p.m. Through Maya Lin Lecture. Carnegie Music Hall. 6 p.m. Sites of Passage. Mattress Factory. Through Feb. 12. Feb. 9. Artist Maya Lin will give a lecture about her work, which Tavia La Follette, a Pittsburgh-based performance artist, After attracting huge crowds at the Three Rivers Film focuses on the way we live in and interact with nature. started this project after participating in Artists Residency Festival last November, Pittsburgh Filmmakers is providing The lecture will be followed by the opening of her exhibit Egypt in 2010. The installation is an artistic exchange another opportunity to see Melancholia. Directed by Lars at the Heinz Architectural Center galleries. between Egypt and the United States. Von Trier and starring Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia is a science fi ction drama about a new bride’s depression and I Am Better Than You. The Frame Gallery. 8:30 p.m. Cathy Wilkes. Carnegie Museum of Art. Through the end of the world. Sophomore art majors Claire Gustavson and Keith Feb. 26. Lafuente will present their recent work at the Frame The museum features paintings and sculptural TUESDAY2.7.12 Gallery. installations by Cathy Wilkes that focus on her personal experiences. Jenny Owen Youngs with New Empire. Brillobox. Oscar Nominated Shorts. Regent Square Theater. 9 p.m. Times TBA. Through Feb. 23. Intimate Science. Miller Gallery. Through March 4. Indie pop singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs will Pittsburgh Filmmakers provides the opportunity to see The exhibition showcases interdisciplinary artists who perform with the Australian pop-rock group New Empire. the Oscar-nominated short fi lms. All ten of the nominated incorporate science and technology into their creative fi lms, both animated and live-action, will be shown. processes, as well as scientists who use their technology WEDNESDAY2.8.12 and resources to create art. SATURDAY2.11.12 Rusko. Club Zoo. 8 p.m. Presented by Dub Nation and Steez Promo, dubstep Crispin Hellion Glover: What Is It? Andy Warhol Compiled by Allison Cosby | Pillbox Editor producer and DJ Christopher Mercer (Rusko) will play at Museum. 7 p.m. Club Zoo. American actor Crispin Glover will give an hour-long live performance and present his directing debut fi lm What Is Want your event here? THURSDAY2.9.12 It? Email [email protected].

Wings of Desire. Melwood Screening Room. 7 p.m. Out of Order: Kirk Degiorgio with PTA and Paul Two angels watch over Berlin in this 1987 Franco-German Fleetwood. Belvedere’s. 9 p.m. fantasy fi lm, directed by Wim Wenders. The 1998 As part of Humanaut’s monthly series of dance parties, American fantasy fi lm City of Angels is loosely based on United Kingdom techno producer and DJ Kirk Degiorgio Wings of Desire. and Pittsburgh house and techno DJ Paul Fleetwood will play at Belvedere’s.

calendar pillbox 02.06.12 15 ice sculptor.

David Chang | Photo Staff Last Tuesday, AB Special Events brought ice sculptor Richard Bubin to Carnegie Mellon to create ice sculptures at the Fence. Bubin is the Guinness World Record holder for the fastest ice carver, having carved 61 300-pound blocks into different sculptures in just four hours, 22 minutes, and 55 seconds in January 2002.

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