Wearable devices create Swimming and diving teams Halloween costume ideas questions about privacy • A7 win big in first meet • A10 right from your closet • B6 FORUM SPORTS PILLBOX

thetartan.org @thetartan October 28, 2013 Volume 108, Issue 9 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 President Suresh elected to Institute of Medicine Chris Galvin Academy of Engineering, Suresh is the only cur- I feel very honored, especially pursuit of science, engineer- cause it’s an honorific soci- Junior Staffwriter make Suresh one of 16 Ameri- rent university president and being an engineer, to be in- ing and medicine,” as stated ety.” cans to be elected to all three first Carnegie Mellon faculty cluded in the medical com- on the organization’s website. “For example, the Insti- The Institute of Medicine national academies. member to have earned this munity [because] biomedi- Speaking of the Institute tute of Medicine came out honored President Subra “Being in all three acad- recognition. cal work is very satisfying,” and the National Academies, with a report on a number Suresh by electing him as a emies is a very small group Including Suresh, there Suresh continued. Suresh said, “They have a of diseases, including topics member of the institute in of people, and I am particu- are 41 Carnegie Mellon fac- The Institute of Medicine is unique platform because it’s such as obesity in the country, recognition of his research in larly pleased that it happened ulty members who are mem- an independent organization an independent organization what policies should be there, cell mechanics on Oct. 21. while I am at CMU, because bers of the National Academy that seeks to “provide expert with people from academia, things like Alzheimer’s, brain This honor from the Insti- CMU is very well known for of Engineering, 11 in the Na- advice on some of the most industry, policy, et cetera. diseases,” Suresh said. tute of Medicine, in addition interdisciplinary research and tional Academy of Sciences, pressing challenges facing the They are often asked by gov- “As a member, you are to Suresh’s previous honors that is what I practiced over and four in the Institute of nation and the world, helping ernment to provide advice, likely to be invited more to from the National Academy the last many years,” Suresh Medicine. to shape policies, inform pub- and when they provide ad- of Sciences and the National said. “It was a pleasant surprise. lic opinion, and advance the vice, they get attention, be- See MEDICINE, A3 Two university deans to end terms after this year Bryant to leave SCS dean role Noël Um and supporters.” puter systems course that News Co-Editor “I’ve been able to ride in Bryant and his co-author and autonomous vehicles, walk professor of computer science Professor of computer sci- around muddy construction Dave O’Hallaron developed in ence and dean of the School of sites, and meet with alumni 1998, called Introduction to Computer Science Randal Bry- and friends of SCS all around Computer Systems. ant announced his plan to step the world. I’ve especially en- Bryant was awarded the down at the end of his term joyed meeting the families of Emanuel R. Piore Award from from his position as dean last our students at graduation, the Institute of Electronics and Monday. sharing with them the excite- Electrical Engineers (IEEE), Bryant’s 10-year term as ment of our students’ achieve- for his “developing methods dean of SCS will expire on ments. I would like to thank of reasoning about digital cir- June 30, 2014. Computer sci- every one of you for having cuits using ordered binary de- ence professor Guy Blelloch made this such a reward- cision diagrams,” according to will be heading the committee ing experience for me,” he the IEEE website. in charge of finding a replace- continued. Bryant plans to take a one- ment for Bryant. Bryant’s previous work in- year sabbatical following the Bryant, who first became cluded research concerning end of his term, and then re- dean in 2004, wrote in an data intensive, distributed turn to his duties as a profes- email to members of SCS, computing techniques, ac- sor of computer science. “It’s been a wonderful experi- cording to Bryant’s profile on As dean, Bryant was instru- ence for me to serve as dean. the School of Computer Sci- mental in fostering research in I’ve gotten to work with many ence website. data-intensive computing. creative and capable people Bryant also co-authored “In the meantime, there’s on projects ranging from new the textbook Computer Sys- plenty to do between now and research initiatives and new tems: A Programmer’s Perspec- June 30, and I look forward to educational programs to im- tive, a work that originated continuing to work with you,” proved outreach to our alumni from the introductory com- he wrote. Courtesy of Randal Bryant DC dean Lehoczky ends term Noël Um enhanced greatly Carnegie education programs in the so- News Co-Editor Mellon University’s reputa- cial sciences and humanities tion as a great university that will enhance Carnegie Professor of statistics and through its research and Mellon’s reputation as a great dean of the Dietrich College education programs in the university,” according to the of Humanities and Social Sci- humanities and the social sci- Dietrich College website. ences (DC) John Lehoczky ences. John has also been a After earning his Ph.D. announced the end of his 14- tremendous campus leader from Stanford University, year term as dean on Oct. 18. far beyond the college per se. Lehoczky contributed his Lehoczky will continue his His experience and wisdom knowledge about applica- duties as professor of statis- have helped guide the univer- tions of stochastic modeling tics in the next academic year. sity for many years,” Kamlet to problems in finance, lead- Professor of applied lin- continued. ing to the creation of Carn- guistics Richard Tucker will Lehoczky’s main research egie Mellon’s unique master’s head the search committee to interests involve the theory of degree program in computa- replace Lehoczky. stochastic processes, which is tional finance. Executive Vice President the evolution of random phe- According to the Dietrich and Provost Mark Kamlet said nomena over time, and the College website, Lehoczky in an email to the DC commu- use of stochastic processes worked to ramp up Carnegie nity, “John has been a truly to model real-world applica- Mellon’s humanities program extraordinary dean under tions, according to his profile during his tenure as dean. whose leadership the college on the Carnegie Mellon statis- This effort included over- has moved forward strongly tics website. seeing the launch of the Hu- across its entire range of Joining the Carnegie Mel- manities Initiative, which activities.” lon statistics faculty in 1969, founded the Humanities “Through his commit- Lehoczky had a vision for Scholars Program, the Hu- ment, dedication, and en- Dietrich College to “develop manities Center, and the Cen- File photo by Aseem Gupta gagement, the college has novel research projects and ter for the Arts in Society. Health survey gathers data on stress CMU outlines drug Brian trimboli ing to Barkin. In 2007 and Health Services used the Na- of the issues that have been and alcohol policies News Co-Editor 2009, the last two years that tional College Health Assess- raised over the past year re- ment (NCHA). The NCHA, garding stress,” she said. Carnegie Mellon students which is produced by the Director of the Office of In- Noël Um with respect to liquor laws, were recently asked to take a “Students American College Health As- stitutional Research and Anal- News Co-Editor and 10 drug law arrests oc- health survey that requested sociation, focuses on health ysis Janel Sutkus compared curred at Carnegie Mellon last information on a broad range reported high areas that college students the survey in some ways to the “Carnegie Mellon released year. of topics that included sexual levels of stress, generally struggle with, such “CMU Says” survey, a similar its annual drug and alcohol Dean of Student Affairs health, stress levels, and phys- as sexual health, alcohol, and health survey, administered brochure, which highlighted Gina Casalegno emphasized ical activity. the problem drug usage. two years ago. the school’s policies regard- that alcohol is allowed for stu- Anita Barkin, director of was that we While the NCHA has sever- “We’ve never really done ing drug and alcohol use, last dents of legal drinking age in University Health Services, al advantages in that it yields a measure of stress and stress Monday. dormitory rooms; however, it sent out an email to the stu- didn’t have data that can be compared management,” she said. “In In a foreword in the bro- is prohibited in all exclusively dent body two weeks ago, ask- follow up with a national body of univer- the CMU Says survey two chure, President Subra Suresh first-year student dorms. The ing students to complete the sity students, Barkin wanted years ago we looked at sleep, wrote, “While the university only upperclassmen alcohol- online survey about health-re- questions.” the survey at Carnegie Mellon we looked at physical fitness, maintains strict policies re- free residence is Henderson lated experiences at Carnegie this year to also focus on other we look eating habits. In the garding the illegal use of al- House, which belongs to a Mellon. The survey was meant areas. past National College Health cohol and drugs, we also offer wellness community. “If a to determine “how best to pro- Anita Barkin “We looked at the informa- Assessment, we looked at help for any individual who staff member or police officer vide resources to support stu- Director of University tion and the data being col- sexual activity and alcohol is experiencing substance use is concerned about activity in dents’ physical and emotional Health Services lected [by the NCHA] and said and drug use. The stress level, difficulties.” a private room, they have the well-being.” ‘you know what? We want to the stress management, those According to the Fire and right to approach the student’s This year’s health survey do something that’s a little bit pieces are new.” Safety Report released earlier room and address any behav- focused on mental health and a campus-wide health survey different.’ We want to make in the semester, 42 liquor law student stress levels, accord- was administered, Student sure they’re addressing some See HEALTH, A3 arrests, 17 disciplinary actions See BROCHURE, A3 A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » October 28, 2013 feature photo news in brief Carnegie Mellon Researchers Granted $7 Students celebrate MCS Pride Day Million by National Science Foundation

The National Science assess the status of decrepit Foundation has awarded bridges. Carnegie Mellon researchers Various groups will be in more than $7 million for vari- charge of the bridge project, ous robot projects. The grant including Carnegie Mellon’s money is expected to be used Robotics Institute and civil towards projects that build and environmental engineer- and develop robots that can ing departments, as well as optimize and assist human Northeastern University. tasks. Another project will look “The great promise of ro- to develop robots that can aid bots is to extend human skills in low-risk surgeries by using and enhance human lives,” sensory information to guide said Matt Mason, director of them. the Carnegie Mellon Robot- Researchers hope to have ics Institute, according to a compensated for surgeons university press release. “The not being able to see organs National Robotics Initiative is during surgeries. helping researchers here at Other projects include us- Carnegie Mellon and across ing robots and creating 3-D the country make that prom- maps of internal organs to ise a reality.” help the visually impaired One of the new projects travel, assist stroke survivors is expected to be a multiple- with their mobility, respond university, interdisciplinary to underground mine acci- scheme using robots to better dents, and more. Ilic’s Team Awarded $1.2 Million Grant

Marija D. Ilic, professor of mimic a large electric energy electrical and computer en- system with data collected gineering and engineering from real-world instrumen- and public policy, has been tation that would ultimately chosen to lead a multidisci- be able to help determine plinary research team aim- the value of new technolo- ing to prove that it is feasible gies and their impact on the to economically and depend- quality and cost of electricity ably provide electric power. services, sustainability and According to a univer- potential for reducing pollu- sity press release, Ilic plans tion,” Ilic said. on executing her research Her team has already cre- project “with careful design ated a database for electric of IT-enabled, data-driven power grids in two volca- protocols and the introduc- nic islands, Flores and San tion of more interactive Miguel, and used the data to binding protocols between determine how community traditional utilities and new members can best utilize technologies.” cheaper, more eco-friendly Using a $1.2 million grant energy from wind. that is spread over three According to a university years, Ilic will test the intel- press release, Ilic has recently ligent Dynamic Monitor- been recognized by Carnegie ing and Decision Systems Mellon with a Philip L. Dowd (iDyMonDS) to prove that a Fellowship Award. She has more dependable, cost effec- also established the Electrical tive smart grid technology Energy Systems Group. system can be created. “This hybrid setup has Compiled by the potential to realistically Noël Um

Weather

Kate Groschner/Photo Editor Students gathered on the Mall to celebrate Mellon College of Science Pride Day with activities and food, last Thursday.

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Campus Crime & Incident Reports High / Low High / Low High / Low 59 / 44 60 / 50 64 / 57 Theft from Vehicle and a second intoxicated male Center for Computer Science, stolen bicycle secured to the Oct. 19, 2013 for disorderly conduct, un- near Rashid Auditorium. bike rack at Hunt Library. derage drinking, and public The victim stated that dur- The owner stated that he had University Police were drunkenness. ing this time, approximately previously parked his bicycle summoned to the Dithridge 60-100 mg of Adderall pills at the University Center bike Street Garage just after 3 p.m. were unlawfully taken from rack at 8 p.m. on Oct. 21. for a report of theft from a ve- Criminal Mischief the student’s backpack. The owner stated that when hicle. The victim of stated that Oct. 20, 2013 he returned at 1 a.m. on Oct. his black laptop satchel was 22, the bicycle was gone. The stolen from a car, and the car’s University Police were dis- Bicycle Theft patched to the second floor owner of the bicycle was able Friday Saturday Sunday passenger side window was Oct. 22, 2013 to provide University Police smashed. This investigation is of Stever House in reference High / Low High / Low High / Low to a broken men’s room bath- University Police were dis- proof of purchase and a se- 59 / 47 50 / 37 49 / 31 ongoing. rial number confirming that room stall. University Police patched to the bike rack on Source: www.weather.com determined that one of the the runway area between the the bicycle at Hunt Library males involved in the previ- tennis courts and the Univer- was his. University Police re- Underage Drinking/Public ously mentioned physical sity Center for a report of a bi- turned the bicycle to its right- Intoxication altercation on Morewood Av- cycle theft. The victim stated ful owner. Corrections & Clarifications Oct. 20, 2013 enue was responsible for the that he secured his BLKMRKT University Police were broken stall. University Police 357 bicycle at the bike rack at charged the male with crimi- 6 p.m. on Oct. 21. Criminal Solicitation If you would like to submit a correction or clarification, summoned to Morewood Av- Oct. 23, 2013 enue near the Greek Quad in nal mischief. The victim stated that please email The Tartan at [email protected] or reference to a person heard when he returned at 1:35 a.m. University Police are charg- [email protected] with your inquiry, as well as the screaming. University Police on Oct. 22, the bicycle was ing a former student with date of the issue and the name of the article. We will Medication Theft arrived and determined that gone. This investigation is on- criminal solicitation after he print the correction or clarification in the next print Oct. 21, 2013 there had been a physical going. attempted to buy a Carnegie issue and publish it online. altercation between two in- University Police took a re- Mellon ID card from an under- dividuals. CMU EMS was dis- cover officer, posing as a Carn- port of a theft of medication Bicycle Theft (Recovered) patched to medically evaluate from a student. The victim egie Mellon student for the Oct. 23, 2013 one of the males; the second reported leaving the backpack purposes of an investigation. declined treatment. Universi- unattended from 3:05-3:15 A Carnegie Mellon student The male was later inter- ty Police cited one intoxicated p.m. in the common area of contacted University Police viewed by detectives, at which drinking male for underage the fourth floor of the Gates after he found his previously time he admitted to the crime. student senate meeting minutes Senate Vacancies Presentation of University Health Committee Student Body VP Points of Services Updates Resignation Discussion There are currently sev- Anita Barkin, director of Barkin also discussed pos- The Communications Peter Masters, junior in- The New York Times is eral vacancies in Senate, University Health Services, sible changes in the universi- Committee reported that ternational relations and interested in bringing a including three in the Col- gave a presentation that cov- ty’s smoking policy and insur- Senate Week was very suc- politics major, has resigned speaker to Carnegie Mel- lege of Fine Arts, four in ered several changes in Carn- ance policy. cessful; the Senate Face- as student body vice presi- lon’s campus. The topic of the College of Engineering, egie Mellon’s health policies. book page experienced an dent. The position is now the talk is flexible. Senate and two in the School of According to Barkin, Uni- almost 100 percent increase open; interested candidates needs suggestions for fac- Computer Science. Vacancy versity Health Services is in likes. The Campus Life should contact student body ulty or staff members to elections are tentatively proposing a change in the Committee will be hand- president and senior biology help choose a speaker; sug- scheduled for this week’s language of Carnegie Mellon’s ing out free apple cider and psychology double ma- gestions can be emailed to meeting on Thursday, Oct. immunization requirements and cookies this week. The jor Lindsay MacGillivray at the Senate Executive Com- 31. to make them more adapt- Gallery Crawl has been re- [email protected]. mittee. More information able. scheduled for Nov. 23. is forthcoming. Compiled by Brent Heard October 28, 2013 « The Tartan thetartan.org/news » A3 Institute of Medicine recognizes Suresh ‘Healthy U’ survey his research in cell mechan- the connection. And that’s ics related to blood diseases, the connection that’s not be- evaluates students malaria, and certain types of ing studied at the cell level, cancer. His research explores because the tools you need to the ability of cells to deform study them are very sophisti- and how changes in this abil- cated using nanotechnology, ity can lead to disease. computational modeling, and “The idea behind this is if those tools that have been in you look at biological cells, place only in the last 10–15 especially human cells like years,” Suresh said. red blood cells, there are Raymond J. Lane, Chair- physical properties and me- man of the Carnegie Mel- chanical properties that are lon Board of Trustees, called very important for health,” he Suresh’s research, “work at said. “If something happens, the intersection of engineer- either through environment ing, the sciences, and medi- or genetic defect that causes cine,” in an email to the Carn- the cell to compromise its egie Mellon community. abilities, then it will affect the “[President Suresh] is tru- way the normal functioning ly a scientist and educational of the body will take place.” leader for our time. He em- Suresh explained how this bodies, through his individu- can cause different problems al scholarship as well as insti- in different diseases. tutional, national, and global In sickle cell anemia and leadership, Carnegie Mellon’s malaria, the cell’s deform- commitment to cross bound- Kelsey Scott/Operations Manager ability is compromised; and aries to transform lives,” Lane that compromises the func- said. HEALTH, from A1 if they’re meeting students’ tion of the cell. Suresh will elaborate needs,” Sutkus said. Meanwhile, in certain more on his research at his Barkin hopes that this sur- While Sutkus will be types of cancer like pancre- seminar “Crossing Boundar- Michelle Wan/Junior Photographer vey will provide a richer data analyzing the data from the President Suresh was recently elected to the Institute of Medicine. atic cancer, the easier it is for ies, Transforming Lives: The set for understanding how survey herself, she will pro- the cell to deform, the faster Study of Human Diseases at students deal with stress; vide the results to various MEDICINE, from A1 service to the country ... as a the cancer can metastasize the Crossroads of Engineer- “We know that students re- divisions of the university, member of these academies.” and spread. ing, Science, and Medicine” ported high levels of stress, including the Athletics De- participate in some of these Suresh was recognized by “For different diseases, it’s on Nov. 7 at 4:30 p.m. in the problem was that we partment and Counseling studies. You can play a role in the Institute of Medicine for a different outcome, that’s McConomy Auditorium. didn’t have follow up ques- and Psychological Services tions,” Barkin said. (CAPS). Sutkus wants the survey “We have been working to focus on how stress and very closely with other areas stress management is affect- on campus, so I spent a lot Brochure highlights substance rules ed by key aspects of health of time with [Interim Direc- like sleep levels and eating tor of Athletics] Josh Centor habits. and [Director of CAPS] Kurt “The relationships be- Kumler to get some of the tween all of these things are language around these areas. critically important. I would They will be the recipients like to understand the re- of some of the results, along lationship between sleep with folks like [Dean of Stu- and stress management and dent Affairs] Gina Casalegno, physical fitness so we can [Vice Provost for Education] report back to the students, Amy Burkert, and lots of folks ‘look, this is what you told us, from student affairs and aca- these are some of the healthy demic advising.” behaviors and these are some Barkin mentioned that it’s of the less healthy behaviors. important to look not just at Now that we’ve learned this students with unhealthy hab- and you’ve told us what ser- its but also students who are vices are important to you, managing their health well. we can make decisions about “You know, the important what gets enhanced and thing, too, is not only to un- what’s not being utilized.’ ” derstand behaviors that are Lucy Havens, a junior in- potentially not healthy, but formation systems major, [also to understand] those said she appreciated that students who are doing very the university was trying to well. What does that look address Carnegie Mellon’s like? What does our well stu- stress culture. dent look like? Because there “I think students know are things we can learn from that stress here is a problem, that as well,” she said. so it’s nice to know that the While the 2007 NCHA school is trying to address received a response rate of that. I appreciate the fact that about 24 percent, Barkin they have the survey in the said, she hopes that this first place,” she said. year’s survey will be taken by The survey itself, Barkin more students. said, was created mostly by Sutkus said that they are Sutkus. aiming for a response rate of According to Sutkus, the between 40 and 45 percent, survey looked at student and are already halfway to health in three major ar- their goal. This total also in- eas: physical health, mental cludes graduate students at health, and stress levels. Carnegie Mellon, who have The survey asked ques- never been included in a cam- tions designed to address pus health survey before this how these three major health year. Anne-Sophie Kim/Layout Staff areas interact with other Student Health Services BROCHURE, from A1 Casalegno said, “Any alle- al ... are of paramount impor- prerogative to assert the am- aspects of student health, is incentivizing the survey gation that university policy is tance in our process.” nesty procedure off campus including sleep, sexual with coupons for a free fro- ior that might be disturbing violated is taken seriously and The amnesty policy allow- in jurisdictions where we health, physical fitness, al- zen yogurt dessert at Skibo the community or violating thoughtfully handled through ing students with intoxicated do not have police author- cohol and drug use, nutri- Cafe and a chance to win a university policy. It is up to a our community standards peers to seek help will contin- ity. I think high-risk drinking tion and eating habits, and Healthy U stadium blanket or student to allow entry to his or process. Illicit drug use intro- ue to be in effect. The amnesty poses a risk to students, and stress management. free meal block at a campus her room with the exception duces an element of risk to policy was first implemented urge students, regardless of Sutkus said that the infor- dining location. of life safety concerns, which the safety and welfare of the at Carnegie Mellon in the where they are, to seek help mation from the survey will The survey, which began positions us to enter a room to university community, and late 1990s when incidents of for themselves or their peers be used to allocate resources on Oct. 17, will end between respond.” will be dealt with accordingly. intoxication requiring medi- whenever someone exhibits within the university to ad- Nov. 1 and Nov. 6. Students The university maintains In all our efforts to respond to cal attention became more signs of alcohol intoxication dress student needs. can take the survey online via its strict policy prohibiting il- reports of drug or alcohol use, prevalent. that warrants medical atten- “We can look at the kinds the link in Barkin’s campus- legal substances on campus. education about the individu- “It is not the university’s tion,” Casalegno said. of resources we offer and see wide email.

feature photo KGB’s Capture the Flag with Stuff

Kate Groschner/Photo Editor KGB held a game of Capture the Flag last Friday at 7 p.m. in Doherty Hall. A4 « thetartan.org/scitech The Tartan » October 28, 2013

Research allows for improvement of motion-tracking Brooke Kuei view. The sensor then picks Assistant SciTech Editor up individual pixels of this barcode pattern and decodes Have you ever played it into the position within the your friend in Wii Sports and pattern. For motion tracking blamed a missed serve or a in three dimensions, an ad- bad shot on the lag of the vid- ditional projector and sensor eo game? Robert Xiao, a Ph.D. pair are added to the system. student in Carnegie Mellon’s “So basically we set up an Human-Computer Interaction image from the projector that Institute (HCII), Chris Harri- is this barcode, in two direc- son, a recent Ph.D. graduate tions — one barcode in one from the HCII who will be join- direction and a different bar- ing the Carnegie Mellon fac- code in a different direction — ulty next year, Scott Hudson, a and the sensors are sitting in professor in the HCII, and Ivan this field with x and y sensors Poupyrev and Karl Willis of Dis- that can just pick up that bar- ney Research Pittsburgh, have code,” Xiao said. The system developed a motion tracking is also extremely precise: “We technology called Lumitrack, can track the position of the which will not only significantly sensor down to 1.3 millime- decrease the lag that is common ters, at the worst,” Xiao said. in many motion tracking tech- The design of this system nologies today but also offer allows the sensors to pick up more precision and lower cost. locations in a short amount According to Xiao, the proj- of time because light can be ect began when he and his re- tracked quickly. Existing mo- search group discovered that tion tracking technologies, mathematical problems could such as Nintendo’s Wii Re- be encoded in a way such that mote or Microsoft’s Kinect, use a very small portion of them full cameras on their sensors, would be unique across the which result in a lot of extra entire pattern, known as the processing time. Courtesy of Robert Xiao; photo by Chris Harrison m-sequence. “We got the no- “Lumitrack, by comparison, Researchers have utilized a barcode technique that has been able to successfully improve the precision and affordability of motion-tracking devices. tion that this could be used for is quite simple. Because of the tracking somehow,” Xiao said. use of the barcode, we can just simplicity of the system ends track has the potential to per- ordinary people. Xiao said. While Lumitrack is “You could display this pattern look up the position in the bar- up being its greatest strength,” form even better than other Xiao and his team recently still a research prototype at the in some way and then identify code. It’s basically just a simple Xiao said. This simplicity also current technologies, such as attended the 2013 Associa- moment, commercial vendors where you are on it.” table look-up,” Xiao said. results in a lower cost overall, the Leap Motion Controller. tion for Computing Machinery interested in creating a product Lumitrack consists of two The fact that Lumitrack since Lumitrack requires only As for CGI, very expensive Symposium on User Interface have reached out to the Carn- main components: projec- uses one-dimensional sensors a few sensors and projectors. and large systems are usu- Software and Technology in egie Mellon group. Xiao pre- tors and sensors. The system means that it does not have a Other applications of this ally required. However, us- Scotland. “I got an opportunity dicts that in three years, Lumi- projects a unique m-sequence, lot of data to deal with. system include gesture con- ing Lumitrack, CGI would to present my research there to track could be commercialized, which is essentially a big bar- “We process the data using trol and computer-generated be achieved using much less the wider community and get transforming motion tracking code, onto a linear optical sen- a very fast, very efficient algo- imagery (CGI) for films. In the equipment and at a lower cost, them excited about the pos- systems into real-time experi- sor somewhere in the field of rithm, and then ship it off. The case of gesture control, Lumi- making it more accessible to sibilities that we could have,” ences. how things work Echolocation allows dolphins, Researchers integrate social bats to navigate without sight science in cybersecurity project Desiree Xu behavior models that allow and filter that traffic. Brooke Kuei ing whether the sound reach- Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- Business Manager computers to predict the mo- Despite the project’s seem- Assistant SciTech Editor es its right or left ear first — if ministration, sound is emitted tivations of users, defenders, ingly technical nature, it re- the sound reaches the right in the head region of these sea Researchers at Carnegie and attackers. quires a variety of expertise, How do bats maneuver in ear first, for example, the ob- mammals and is focused by Mellon University have col- The lead researcher from most importantly that of the dark? How do dolphins ject must be on the right side the melon, a mass of adipose laborated with scientists from Carnegie Mellon, Lorrie people who understand risk, make their way through the of the bat. In addition to the (fatty) tissue found in the the Army Research Labo- Cranor, is an associate profes- game theory, and human ocean? Echolocation is a object’s horizontal position, forehead. The echo is then re- ratory; Pennsylvania State sor of computer science and factor issues, according to biological sonar used by mi- the bat can determine if the ceived through special tissue University; the University of engineering and public policy. Cranor. This is because an im- crochiropteran bats, odon- object is above or below it by in the lower jawbone that is California, Davis; the Univer- Cranor became involved with portant approach to combat- tocetes (toothed whales and using special folds on its outer able to conduct sound. In both sity of California, Riverside; this project through her pre- ing cyberattacks involves un- dolphins), and some cave- ear. These sensitive folds al- bats and odontocetes, charac- and Indiana University to vious work, which also dealt derstanding the motivations dwelling bird species as a low the bat to feel if the sound teristics of echolocation calls develop methods for comput- with human factors related to and behaviors of attackers. means of navigation in envi- wave hits the lower or upper differ depending on the envi- ers to make security relevant security and privacy. She was Cleotilde Gonzalez, an as- ronments where vision is not part of its ear. ronment, hunting behavior, decisions in cyberspace. The recruited for the project team sociate research professor of very useful. The bat can also determine and type of prey. project, called Models for En- by Patrick McDaniel, a profes- social and decision sciences The basic concept behind the size of the object by the in- While this kind of echo- abling Continuous Reconfigu- sor of computer science and and director of the Dynamic echolocation is that the ani- tensity of the echo. Because a location is not innate to hu- rability of Secure Missions, engineering at Penn State and Decision Making Laboratory mal emits calls then listens to smaller object will reflect the mans, Smithsonian magazine strives to increase security in the principal investigator on is responsible for many of the the echoes of its calls bounc- sound wave less, the return- confirmed that humans are cyberspace. this project. decision-making aspects of ing off nearby objects, the ing echo will be softer. If the also capable of echolocation The five-year funding for Cranor’s main role is to the project. Other Carnegie same way you might hear echo is louder, the object is and many vision-impaired in- the program is $23.2 million, lead the psychosocial team, Mellon contributors include your own voice echo back in a obviously larger. The bat can dividuals have actually devel- with an additional $25 mil- which will be contributing to Lujo Bauer and Nicolas Chris- cave or canyon. When the ani- even use the Doppler effect to oped the ability over time. lion for an optional five-year the project by investigating tin, both assistant research mal calls out, it causes vibra- conclude if the object is mov- While humans lack the extension. The Carnegie Mel- psychological and human fac- professors of electrical and tions in the air. These changes ing away from or toward it. If specialized anatomical struc- lon branch of the project is tor issues. One of her teams computer engineering and in the air affect surrounding the object is moving toward tures that bats and odontoce- funded through CyLab, the developed techniques that associated with the CyLab. particles and cause them to the bat, the peaks and troughs tes use to analyze echoes, the world’s largest university- allowed computers to distin- Finally, Cranor stresses the vibrate as well, resulting in of the sound wave will seem overall concept of echoloca- based research and educa- guish between real and false role of researchers who spe- a chain reaction, known as a closer together, causing the tion is theoretically still pos- tion center for computer and cyberattacks, which may aid cialize in the social sciences. sound wave, that can travel echo to have a higher pitch. sible. For example, humans network security, information the performances of over- “One of the salient aspects of very long distances. When Similarly, if the object is are capable of making small security, and software assur- whelmed human analysts. our proposed research is in this sound wave hits another moving away from the bat, click noises that echo back, ance. Results from this research the realization that humans object, the particles are de- the wave will appear to be have a left and right ear to The collaborative research will enable future computing are integral to maintaining flected in the opposite direc- more spread out, and the cor- distinguish the direction of focuses on detecting attacks systems to take action derived cybersecurity and to breaches tion and the wave returns to responding frequency will the object, and are able to dif- in cyberspace, measuring from human decision making of security,” Cranor said via the caller. cause the echo's pitch to be ferentiate between volumes to and managing risk, and al- in response to attacks without email. “Their behavior and HowStuffWorks.com ex- lower. determine the distance of the tering the environment to physical human intervention. cognitive and psychological plains how bats use this ability Echolocation is a very im- object. optimize results, all while For example, a server observ- biases have to be integrated to find prey in the dark. Most portant skill for whales and Humans could potentially minimizing cost. The previ- ing unusual network traf- as much as any other compo- bats make calls higher in pitch dolphins as well. According to replicate echolocation — but ous three objectives will be fic from an unknown entity nent of the system that one is than humans can hear. When the Australian government’s they would need to determine reached with help of human might decide it is under attack trying to secure.” the echo returns to the bat, Department of the Environ- the speed of sound in air, have the time delay helps it process ment, toothed whales — such a timer to measure how long how far away the object is. as killer whales and dolphins it takes for the echo to return, Even more amazing, however, — use echolocation for hunt- and use physics equations to is the way bats can determine ing and navigating. However, determine how an object is which direction the object is baleen whales, such as hump- moving. Naturally echolo- moving and how big it is. The backs and blue whales, use it cating animals can do all of bat can tell the direction the as a form of communication. these calculations purely by object is moving by compar- According to the National instinct.

Courtesy of Lorrie Cranor Lorrie Cranor, center, leads the psychosocial team of a collaborative cybersecurity project. She is shown with Michael Setzer/SciTech Editor Penn State professor Patrick McDaniel, front left, and the members of the Army Research Laboratory. October 28, 2013 « The Tartan thetartan.org/scitech » A5 Students share tales of science and life at Story Collider Michael Setzer One of his assignments father was in a wheelchair and always speak like that?” It was versation with his potential a feeling of enchantment look- SciTech Editor involved working on an ex- had to relearn simple tasks then that Lehocky began to real- adviser. Lehocky had concerns ing into the dark sky. tremely complex sequence of such as signing his name and ize that he “didn’t sound like the about the call: “On the one After graduating college, On a chilly evening last code for a spacecraft 20 mil- taking a few steps. people he admired.” After that, hand, we had an extensive Ntampaka held a bachelor’s Monday, Carnegie Mellon stu- lion miles away. When it was Ultimately, these experi- he became self-conscious about conversation for two hours. degree in physics and a sense dents, faculty, and staff and finally time to implement the ences led to her passion for his native Pittsburgh accent. On the other hand, I sounded of restlessness. She traveled members of the Pittsburgh code, he went to the command understanding the brain. “I’ve Lehocky planned to take like a complete jagoff.” He was abroad to work as a volunteer community huddled in the room to “beam it up.” But after loved the brain and I’ve hated a year off before continuing accepted to Cambridge, boost- with her church. The expedi- Rex Theatre in Pittsburgh’s a countdown, the spacecraft the brain. But greater than tion was led by her minister, South Side to listen to five in- failed to appear on his screen. this, I’ve loved the challenges known as Pastor Bruce, who dividuals share personal sto- After failing to initially deter- of unlocking its mysteries each had three rules: one, follow ries about science. The event mine the issue, Hwang began day,” she said. his leadership; two, don’t com- was co-hosted by Story Col- to panic. “I imagined a news- plain; and three, don’t get ro- lider, a traveling podcast that paper headline, ‘22-year-old Avner Maiberg mantically involved. records people’s stories about blows up spacecraft, publicly Avner Maiberg, a graduate The first two rules were no- science, and Public Communi- shamed by Jean-Luc Picard.’ ” student in computer science, brainers, and “the only person cation for Researchers (PCR), Eventually, Hwang de- began his tale by introduc- with a Y chromosome was Pas- a group of graduate students termined that his only error ing millennium problems — a tor Bruce,” so she didn’t think at Carnegie Mellon that focus- was in simple arithmetic; the group of mathematical prob- it would be a problem. es on communicating science spacecraft was late to show lems that have never been According to Ntampaka, to the public. up on the screen, but with solved — and as a new and upon landing in Rwanda she The stories themselves no damage or repercussions. excited graduate student, the had been through two straight came from five Carnegie Mel- After finally settling down, idea of taking one on. A huge red-eye flights “and smelled lon students — four graduate Hwang realized the benefits of fan of Jeopardy!, Maiberg was like it.” But she suddenly students and one undergradu- having a high-stakes job. “If it excited to work with his ad- stopped dead in her tracks at ate — covering a range of gets my blood pumping, I can viser, who had helped build the Rwandan airport. “I saw emotions and describing trips tell I’m doing the right thing.” IBM’s Watson and was a “van- the most handsome man I had to rural Pennsylvania, Rwan- guard of the robot uprising,” ever seen,” she said. “From the da, Italy, Massachusetts, and but sad to leave his girlfriend. neck up, he was National Geo- Pittsburgh. Miranda Munoz As school moved forward, his graphic. From the neck down, Story Collider producer Miranda Munoz, a sopho- relationship slowly deterio- he was Wall Street.” His name Erin Barker and co-founder/ more biological sciences ma- rated. Eventually, via Google was Burton, he was the group’s director Ben Lillie, who hosted jor — and the lone undergrad Hangout, Maiberg’s girlfriend guide, and Ntampaka had a the event, squelched any fears — was next to take the stage. broke it off. feeling she was going to break of a humdrum lecture. “There When she was in the eighth His living situation didn’t one of Pastor Bruce’s rules. will be no learning tonight,” grade, she woke up with a help. Finding an apartment During the trip, she and Barker exclaimed. “That is the headache and received an ini- through Craiglist, Maiberg’s Burton spent time together, Story Collider promise.” tial diagnosis of vertigo; how- roommates included “a Courtesy of Carmon Rinehart but Ntampaka remained obe- Avner Maiberg shared his revelation that there are no shortcuts in life. 17-year-old girl, a Pitt student, dient to Pastor Bruce’s no- and two men who told us they relationship rule. Once the were uncle and nephew that his education and applied to ing his confidence in himself, expedition was over, however, insisted on living in the attic.” a fellowship at the University idiosyncrasies and all, but Ntampaka began regularly One day, police broke in to of Cambridge. Senior year, he ended up not attending. He communicating with Burton their home “NYPD style,” look- decided to travel down south never did leave Pittsburgh (or on Skype, and even traveled to ing for the nephew-uncle duo. with a friend over Thanksgiv- the Pittsburgh accent, for that Rwanda twice. Amid a broken relationship, a ing. On Thanksgiving morning matter). During one conversation, police break-in, and impend- — hung over from the previ- Burton finally said, “Michelle, ing finals, an impromptu trip ous night — he received a call I think you need to marry me.” to see a friend in Cambridge, from an unknown number. On Michelle Ntampaka She agreed. Mass. helped clear his mind. the other end was “the most The last story of the eve- “I crammed my wedding “I felt like I had some sort beautiful and eloquent Eng- ning was told by Michelle dress into a Tupperware con- of crazed epiphany,” he said. lish accent” he had ever heard. Ntampaka, a Ph.D. student tainer, wrapped it in duct tape, Thinking back on the impos- He then realized, “This is my in the physics department. and used it as my personal sible millennium problems, professor, this is my interview, Ntampaka spoke about her item for my last transatlantic Maiberg stated, “We are deter- and the British do not observe tales in Rwanda, astrophys- flight as a single woman,” she ministic machines ourselves.” Thanksgiving.” ics, and (re)discovering the told the audience. The duo By being pushed to the brink, In a state between being two loves of her life. Her story married and moved back to Maiberg realized there “were still drunk and not yet hun- began in rural Pennsylvania, America, both starting new not shortcuts” in life. He re- gover, he had a two-hour con- where Ntampaka remembers chapters in their lives. turned to Carnegie Mellon, performed well on his finals, and moved on with a new per- Courtesy of Carmon Rinehart spective. Miranda Munoz shared her personal experiences with the brain. Craig Lehocky Victor Hwang ever, she wasn’t convinced this Craig Lehocky is a can- Victor Hwang, a graduate was the problem. After three didate in the joint Carnegie student at Carnegie Mellon’s visits to neurologists, she had Mellon and University of Pitts- Robotics Institute, was a col- became frustrated and fed burgh M.D./Ph.D. program. lege senior when he began up. “I hated my brain,” she Lehocky’s father worked con- preparing for a job at the Jet said. She remembered think- struction, and growing up in Propulsion Laboratory in Pas- ing, “It’s what makes me who the Pittsburgh area, Lehocky adena, Calif., where had in- I am, but it’s giving me this spent summers removing as- terned the previous summer. great pain.” As she studied bestos and septic tanks. Even- According to Hwang, work- the brain more and more, tually, he learned to “get the ing at the JPL was an intense she became increasingly in- hell out [of construction] and change from college life: trigued by the complex organ. go into science.” “I went from playing video On Dec. 20, 2010, Munoz’s One day while presenting games for five hours a day in father suffered from a sudden data to his research group, my underwear to working on stroke. Speaking to a hushed Lehocky noticed “people gig- a $330 million spacecraft for audience, Munoz stated, “I gling and smirking during his my first job as a 22-year-old,” had never hated the brain as presentation.” He was later Courtesy of Carmon Rinehart he said. much as I did that day.” Her asked by a colleague, “Do you Michelle Ntampaka shared her story finding her love of stars — and the love of her life — in Africa. scitech briefs Temperatures Carnivorous mouse New focus on R E S E A R C H A N D C R E A T E reach new high in aids research on improving deep eastern Arctic pain signals brain stimulation AN EXHIBIT AT POSNER CENTER Gifford Miller, a geological Researchers at Sam Hous- The Federal Defense Ad- sciences professor at the Uni- ton State University in Hunts- vanced Research Projects $3,000|OPTION FOR CREDIT versity of Colorado Boulder, ville, Texas have discovered Agency has declared that over and his team have determined that the southern grasshop- the next five years they intend that average temperatures per mouse, the only carnivo- to invest over $70 million in over the last century in the rous mouse in North America, brain implants to improve ex- 15 HOURS/WEEK FOR 15 WEEKS Eastern Canadian Arctic are could help in the production isting technology and create higher than they have been of painkillers due to muta- new technology. any century in at least the past tions that make the mouse The new program — called 44,000 years. resistant to pain. Systems-Based Neurotechnol- APPLY BY NOV. 25, 11:59PM Miller and his team looked Arizona bark scorpions ogy and Understanding for at dead moss samples from are among the most poison- the Treatment of Neuropsy- receding ice caps on Baffin ous scorpions in the world, chological Illnesses — is part Island. Radiocarbon dating but grasshopper mice are of the Obama administra- determined that the mosses impervious to their poison. tion’s BRAIN Initiative. Cur- have been covered by ice for Normally, scorpion venom rent deep-brain stimulation at least 44,000–51,000 years. interacts with the Nav1.7 pro- can treat disorders, but can- Radiocarbon dating is only tein. Grasshopper mice, how- not track its own effective- precise up to about 50,000 ever, have mutated genes that ness. Researchers involved years, so it is possible that the encode a different protein, with the program hope to de- moss had not been exposed to called Nav1.8, that blocks velop deep-brain devices able the elements since before the pain signals from reaching the to monitor symptoms them- last glaciation stage, which brain. Researchers are look- selves and treat situations ap- was approximately 120,000 ing into the special Nav1.8 propriately. years ago. protein in order to determine Miller’s team predicts that if it could help develop hu- Source: The New York Times all of the ice caps on Baffin Is- man painkillers. land will eventually melt. Compiled By Source: Science Daily Source: NewScientist Claire Gianakas A6 « thetartan.org/forum The Tartan » October 28, 2013

From the Editorial Board Marriage equality in N.J. deserves attention Ariel Hoffmaier ly New Jersey marriages and civil Junior Staffwriter unions were no longer equivalent. The court decision in New Jersey New Jersey became the 14th state grew out of a promise to ensure all to recognize same-sex marriage citizens equal protection by law. on Oct. 21. Hundreds of couples, The legalization of same-sex many of whom had been commit- marriage in New Jersey should have ted to each other for years, lined the been a significant milestone, and streets outside of Newark’s city hall not just because of the powerful in the early hours of the day, eager influence that the repeal of DOMA to finally be granted equal benefits had over it. New Jersey serves as an under both state and federal law. For example that — beyond religion, these couples, certainly, it was a day politics, and prejudice — the battle of joy a long time coming. for marriage equality should be de- Strangely, though, this latest vic- fined by equal treatment under the tory has been met with compara- law. Indeed, the war must be about tively little celebration by the larger equal treatment if we can ever hope Braden Kelner/Forum Editor community. Past legalizations have to erode the iron chains guarding warranted parties and parades, not the same-sex marriage bans in some Spectacles like Rubber Duck reinvigorate city energy to mention a storm of coverage by of America’s most stubbornly con- the media. So why is the Garden servative states. After flooding the profile pictures mates by local hotels and Point State collapse of the steel industry, Pitts- State any different? Then why is it that — even more of Pittsburgh’s Facebook users, the Park. While about 95 percent were burgh is still the 20th-largest city in It cannot be said that New Jer- than a week after New Jersey legal- famed 40-foot rubber duck deflated Pittsburgh-area residents, some America, according to the U.S. Cen- sey is an insignificant state, since its ized same-sex marriage — equality on Oct. 20. came from all across the country, sus Bureau, and has been named population is sizable — it is the third within the state has received rela- It was put in storage in South Side and even as far away as Canada. “Most Livable City” by multiple pub- largest state to legalize same-sex tively little national attention? without much ceremony and with The people of Pittsburgh need lications. Still, many people see the marriage after New York and Cali- The anomaly can be interpreted no concrete plans for future appear- their sense of community to be rein- city as the steel town it once was. fornia. Also, the state has a strong in two ways. First, the lack of sensa- ances. But in the three weeks that it forced periodically. Sure, there are Events and spectacles like the duck conservative minority and even a tion could be a sign that same-sex made Pittsburgh its nest, the Rubber the Steelers, colleges, the symphony, are helping to reinvent this image. popular Republican governor Chris marriage is no longer a cause for sen- Duck Project was exactly what the and other things that give Pittsburgh It’s a good thing the duck didn’t Christie (R-N.J.), who is poised to sation. Perhaps marriage equality is city needed: a unifying object for an identity, but many people settle in stick around much longer, though. lead the red ticket in 2016. Christie’s now becoming the new normal, and people to rally around. The city can a city for good because of the specta- The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust quit stubborn opposition to same-sex for the majority of Americans in sup- only benefit from creating more city- cles, events, and culture that scream while it was ahead, despite the pub- marriage, his attempts to appeal the port of it, New Jersey is just another wide events and spectacles. their names across the United States. lic’s calls to prolong the duck’s stay in state court decision to legalize same- state to check off on a domino chain The duck’s popularity far exceed- Bigger cities like Chicago and Austin Pittsburgh. If it had stayed more than sex marriage, and his eventual with- that is bound to continue accelerat- ed the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s have larger land masses and expans- a month, the duck would have gone drawal of that appeal were packed ing nationwide. There is undeniable expectations. When applying for a es of city life, so their draws are built from phenomenon to installation; with potential for news coverage. optimism in this view. If Christie was permit to dock the duck, the Cul- into their structure — but Pittsburgh having lost its initial appeal, it would However, besides the predictable able to somehow recognize that he tural Trust estimated about 200 visi- can go from skyscraper to scrubland have become boring and tired. conservative dissent, this conflict was on the wrong side of history, tors per day. More than one million quickly. It needs spectacles to draw Now that the duck is gone, has passed with minimal notice. might not other politicians start to people ended up making the trek to in a newer population. though, the city should start brain- Even less recognized — and realize the same? check out the duck, according to esti- Despite people leaving after the storming its next big attraction. more important — is the fact that It is the greatest hope of support- New Jersey is the first state to be ers everywhere that one day same- pushed off the fence by the over- sex marriage — and LGBTQ equal- Students should not sacrifice sleep for their grades turning of the Defense of Marriage ity in general — will be no cause for Act (DOMA) earlier this year. Since controversy. However, that day has As startling as it may seem to of the causes of sleep deprivation’s not strangers to the phrase “sleep is 2006, New Jersey has offered civil not yet arrived. Carnegie Mellon students, recent re- symptoms, a so-called cure — a pill for the weak,” especially as they push unions — rather than marriage — to A second, more realistic inter- search proves that sleep is good. or other necessary medication — is themselves to study harder and lon- same-sex couples. The explanation pretation of the anomaly says that Researchers at the University of unlikely to develop in the near future ger or squeeze in extra time for rec- for this choice has been that under normality is dangerous if it leads to Rochester discovered that, when a since, during sleep, the neurons con- reational activity. Unfortunately, this New Jersey state law, civil unions dormancy in the movement. This mammal sleeps, the process that the tract to facilitate cleaning. Medica- mindset often puts students’ grades and heterosexual marriages were interpretation promises that it is brain uses to remove accumulated tion would have to cause or mimic before their health. Students ignore virtually identical; as such, no one more important now than ever to natural toxic byproducts kicks into this function. the fact that deteriorating health could claim that New Jersey was celebrate each victory at least as overdrive. Some toxins flushed from This new information helps un- might lead to poor grades or worse. denying equal benefits to same-sex enthusiastically as the one before the system are responsible for plaque derscore what we already know: If the ill effects of a lack of sleep couples. — keep a lookout for New Mexico buildup found in the brains of people Sleep is one of the most important don’t motivate students to get at least However, DOMA’s repeal invali- and Hawaii in upcoming months. By afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease. parts of being a healthy individual. eight hours each night, the research dated this excuse. Several govern- moving forward without fail in an The finding shows that the build- Pulling all-nighters may have ramifi- also indicates that sleep helps people ment agencies began to extend always growing wave of ardent sup- up of these byproducts causes most of cations for not only the next day, but study. During sleep, the brain cata- federal benefits to legally married port, we will eventually move oppo- the negative effects of lack of sleep. for years to come. While the study logs memories and makes sure that same-sex couples, and consequent- sition to the side of change. Grogginess, irritability, and trouble also indicated that excessive sleep is the most important ones are accessi- forming and accessing memories can not good, the dangers of sleep depri- ble. A good night’s sleep can be more be traced to this cleansing process. vation are even more pronounced. effective than a night of cramming, Even though the study reveals some At Carnegie Mellon, students are and it’s certainly more appealing. High school students must be taught basic finances America’s youth is financially il- on basic personal finances, espe- al content. Instilling these financial literate. cially in a difficult economic climate, values at a young age forms critical An April 2013 study conducted by and following a recession caused in building blocks for high school finan- EverFi, Inc., a technology company part by people accepting loans they cial programs and other efforts to be focused on educating children, re- could not afford or understand. High successful. It is never too early to vealed that more than 25 percent of schools should implement a basic learn the value of financial respon- 13–18-year-old high school students personal finances course, which sibility. may not have the skills to manage would teach these skills to high Through Carnegie Mellon’s chap- basic personal finances upon gradu- school students. ter of MoneyThink, a national orga- ation. There appears to be demand nization devoted to teaching youth Unfortunately, many students from students to receive this kind of financial skills, university students graduate high school without know- instruction. According to the same are engaging high school students to ing how to file their taxes, balance EverFi, Inc. study, 83 percent of sur- educate them. The chapter mentors a check book, or properly manage a veyed students believed that person- high schools students in an attempt credit card. al finance causes should be manda- to restore economic health in the According to the study, students tory in schools. community. The Carnegie Mellon believed that a good credit score A recent article published by PBS MoneyThink chapter’s initiatives are was over 500, and one-third of re- NewsHour suggests that teaching an admirable first step to the goal of spondents answered that a good financial values to young children educating high school students to be credit score was 300 or less. More may be effective in combating the financially literate. shockingly, 41 percent of students problem of financially illiterate stu- All high school students must believed that they are either entitled dents, detailing how parents should graduate with basic financial skills. to receive their paid taxes back after have their children earn and manage High schools, as well as other com- filing federal income tax returns, or allowances. Additionally, children’s munity organizations, should make that they simply do not need to pay television programs such as Sesame strides to ensure that students grad- income taxes at all. Street are beginning to incorporate uate with at least the ability to bal- It is critical that American high the value of saving and properly ance a personal checkbook and file school students receive instruction managing money into its education- taxes. Braden Kelner/Forum Editor

Editorial Board Staff Jennifer Coloma * Braden Kelner Justin McGown Brent Heard * Senior Staff Publisher Forum Editor Online Editor Staffwriter Stephanie Blotner, Carl Glazer, Greg Hanneman

Josh Smith * Evan Kahn * Chloe Thompson Copy The Tartan is a student newspaper at Carnegie Mellon University, funded in part by the student Editor-in-Chief Copy Manager Staffwriter Lula Beresford-Banker, Francesca Begos, Matt activities fee. It is a weekly publication by students during the fall and spring semesters, printed by Brown, Connie Chan, Nivedita Chopra, Gordon Trib Total Media. The Tartan is not an official publication of Carnegie Mellon University. Estes, Blaine Greenberg, Ariel Hoffmaier, Katherine Huang, Evaline Ju, Karyn Michela, The Editorials appearing at the beginning of the opinion section are the official opinion of The Editorial Staff Satvika Neti, Mackenzie Nicholson, Gates Tartan Editorial Board. Columns, Editorial Cartoons, and Reviews are the opinions of their Palissery, Syed Rahman, Taylor Rawley, Kevin individual creators. The Tartan Editorial Staff reserves the right to withhold from publication Kelsey Scott * Kairavi Chahal Desiree Xu James wu any copy it deems unfit. Operations Manager Comics Editor Business Manager Asst. Copy Manager Reichek, Stephanie Stern Nöel Um Kate Groschner benjamin chang Brooke Kuei layout Letters to the Editor are the opinions of their authors. Letters from within the University com- munity take precedence. Letters intended for publication must be signed and include the author’s News Co-Editor Photo Editor Asst. Business Manager Asst. SciTech Editor Adrian Amegashie, Manali Banjeree, Yong Gun address and telephone number for verification; letters must not exceed 350 words. Authors’ names Choe, Sara-Remi Fields, Anne-Sophie Kim, Brian Trimboli laura scherb Jonathan Leung joey peiser may be withheld from publication upon request. The Tartan reserves the right to condense or reject News Co-Editor Personnel Manager Asst. Photo Editor Asst. Pillbox Editor Mina Kim, Linging Sun, Tanguri Tzuo any letter. Letters must be submitted by 5 p.m. on the Wednesday before publication by mail or to [email protected]. Michael Setzer Will Crichton hannah dellabella Jonathan Carreon Advertising SciTech Editor Systems Manager Asst. Copy Manager Contributing Editor Alison Chiu, Linda Ju, Anuva Kulkarni, william park swathi anand Julia Yang Gretchen Tan Sports Editor Layout Manager Asst. Copy Manager Office: University Center 314 Mail: Rachel Cohen john huo Phone: (412) 268-2111 The Tartan Pillbox Editor Advertising Manager * Denotes executive committee member Fax: (412) 268-1596 Box 119, UC Suite 103 © 2013 The Tartan, all rights reserved. Web: www.thetartan.org 5000 Forbes Avenue Library of Congress ISSN: 0890-3107 E-mail: [email protected] Pittsburgh, PA 15213 October 28, 2013 « The Tartan thetartan.org/forum » A7 Healthcare site needed delayed launch Apple’s new method: ducted Oct. 18–20, 50 percent of the and other critics would jump at the general public disapproves of the Af- opportunity to discredit the Afford- Revolution by evolution fordable Care Act while 45 percent able Care Act given the chance. After approves of it. Meanwhile, a stagger- all, they have opposed it vehemently as thin as a razor, yet as powerful as ing 86 percent of Republicans dis- since it was signed into law by Presi- a full-scale desktop, into the hands BRADEN KELNER approve of the act. With a relatively dent Barack Obama in 2010. With of everyday people. The result of large amount of money being poured this knowledge, those charged with this discipline is the iPad Air. Since its launch on Oct. 1, into the website from taxpayers, creating the website should have While the iPad Air will not revo- the Affordable Care Act website, many of whom may not support the made it a high priority in the overall BRANDON SCHMUCK lutionize or create an entirely new healthcare.gov, has been plagued Affordable Care Act, the government implementation of the act. Instead, industry like the original iPad, Ap- with privacy and functionality is- should have been cautious not to roll they placed it on the back burner to Shareholders and critics alike ple continues to embrace the vision sues. Users have found it frustrating out the website too quickly. be tested and supported inadequate- have claimed that Apple has lost its of perfection that Jobs and the team or impossible to log in. Ben Simo, The United States Government ly. Rather than hire a technology innovative spirit since the death of sought when they released the first former president of the Association Accountability Office estimatescompany to oversee the project, they Steve Jobs. However, based on this iPad. for Software Testing, found that the that the Federal government spent allowed the Center for Medicare and month’s product keynote — where By any means, Apple did not in- website sometimes sends sensitive $394 million to set up the website Medicaid services to act as the sys- many products, most notably the corporate new technology that is information without encryption, and establish tools through which tem integrator for the website. iPad Air, were revealed — these out of this world into the iPad Air, and its email verification system can people can complete health insur- Now Jeffrey Zients, a White claims are anything but true. While but it put technology together in a be bypassed, he said in an interview ance exchanges prior to the website’s House official working on the web- Apple has failed to release a new way that has a similar effect. with TIME magazine. The contrac- launch. That’s a generous budget to site, claims that services will run product category since the iPad in Apple stressed that the iPad Air is tors hired to build the website testi- create a website, especially for a law smoothly for most Americans by the 2010, it has done an excellent job not given justice when people watch fied to the House Energy and Com- largely opposed by public opinion. end of November. This lengthy re- at improving both the feel and user its informational videos, and that to merce Committee on Thursday that With such a large budget, those pair time is a clear indication of the experience of its current products get the complete experience, people the Federal government did not give responsible for the website’s launch extent of the website’s launch flaws. — the things that matter most to the must have it in their hands. them enough time to test the site. have no excuse for its poor debut. Of course, the Obama administra- user. It is important for citizens to have The agencies contracted to the web- tion would have still received back- Apple’s keynote opened with a ample time to sign up for health in- site were chosen to develop a con- lash from skeptics if it delayed the short clip, featuring a question that Apple has created surance; under the Affordable Care venient tool for U.S. citizens to use launch of the website, but a delay Apple adheres to closely as it devel- Act, American citizens are required to purchase insurance at affordable may have been the administration’s ops products: “What do we want a line of products to be insured by the start of 2014. rates. The Affordable Care Act is best move. An administration that people to feel?” The clip continued with feeling — However, the Federal government meant to be a groundbreaking move announces its reasons for delays is with the statement “design requires should have allotted extra time and by the government, and the website better than an administration that focus” on core emotions, such as something that few put forth more effort to work out is a key component, but the website launches flawed products. “delight, surprise, love, [and] con- other technology these issues, even if it meant delay- is anything but groundbreaking. nection.” Throughout the keynote, ing the website’s launch. Surely those in charge of the web- Braden Kelner (bik@) is Forum editor Apple speakers like CEO Tim Cook companies have According to a Gallup poll con- site knew that staunch Republicans for The Tartan. made it clear that the statement made during the clip embodied all the ability to do. that the company represents. Those who prematurely predict While the original iPad Mini did the death of Apple are quick to point not have parts that broke industry Wearable devices raise privacy issues out that Apple has failed to revolu- standards, it had a different feel percent said wearing Google Glass Facebook became a huge social net- tionize any category of consumer than any other handheld device. would be okay in any situation. The work that now connects billions of It felt as light as a feather, yet was scary thing is, we can’t see anything people. Facebook doesn’t really need more powerful than tablets many that occurs on the other side of the an algorithm to sort through user in- times its size — I expect the iPad Air computer chip. It’s easy to see if that formation because the information experience to be similar. JUSTIN YAN person across the café took a picture, is already available on each person’s Apple has succeeded where so but it’s not so simple to see where profile. Facebook could do so much many tech companies have failed: In Steven Spielberg’s Minority Re- that information is going. Google more than Google, and with the rise connecting with users. port, technology in the year 2054 is could be taking all of the data stored of wearable technology, Facebook Apple spent more time at its everywhere. Every inch of glass is an within a phone or web browser. And could develop programs that literally conference showing how the iPad LCD screen, watches have been re- this blindness with which people shadow people in their daily lives. has changed people’s lives through placed with sensors, and screens can have been using technology isn’t re- Google’s rather aged brand of simplicity rather than describing ev- be maneuvered by a flick of the wrist. cent. Certainly, iPhones and Google revenue generation then points to- ery detail of its A7 processor. By all In the movie, not only is technology Glass were not the initial steps into ward a concept that has gathered on the body, but technology is a large the unknown, where the data of con- public attention relatively recently: part of a person’s self-definition. sumers could be logged and catego- big data, or data amounts so large Although society has not reached rized for various uses by technology that they cannot be processed sim- this level of technological sophistica- firms. The everyday consumer has ply. This is where the new concept of tion, we have breached the bubble of been blind for a long time. wearable technologies blends with wearable technology. Google Glass, Blindness hasn’t exactly hurt con- the old concept of Googlenomics. Big the Samsung Galaxy Gear smart- sumers, but it has helped some tech- data is made possible by the sheer watch, and the Pebble smartwatch nology giants fill buckets of revenue volume of people using the Internet are the most prominent gadgets through the study of information. and the relative cheapness of hard- that belong to the first generation of How do they use information to ware and software where people can wearable technologies. increase revenue? Google presents store data. A recent article in Foreign There are numerous perks that a prime example. Steven Levy of Affairs magazine points to uses of come with the integration of new Wired Magazine wrote an article on big data, such as reducing the need technologies in our daily lives and Google’s system of advertisements, for random sampling in statistics — movements. Cloud computing op- using the term “Googlenomics.” This sample sizes effectively become ev- erator Rackspace found in a recent term refers to Google’s algorithms eryone who is plugged into a device. study that 82 percent of the Ameri- that auction off advertisements for Big data is the child of technologi- Braden Kelner/Forum Editor cans who have tried wearable tech- individual users based on previous cal advances, the rise of social net- nologies believe that the technolo- searches. The advertisements be- working, and general Internet use. products lately. While the com- means, the A7 processor is a great gies would enhance their lives. There come customized for users, which is Where does that leave us? For pany has remained centralized on feat of technology, but nonetheless, is one big downside: the many priva- useful for Google and users. Google starters, the general idea of privacy its main product line and has not the user does not care. Users only cy issues that spring out of the wide- gets a ton of money from advertisers has changed. We no longer live in a strayed into uncharted device ter- care that the device flows from ap- spread use of wearable technology. while users get more relevant ads. world where we can’t be part of the ritories, critics cry that they want plication to application, providing A person could cyberstalk some- Levy writes, “Selling ads doesn’t just system. We can’t see who’s looking iWatches, iTelevisions, or anything a simple, seamless, and powerful one across a café by looking up peo- generate profits, it also generates at our information because it’s not that can somehow change their experience. ple who have checked into Starbucks torrents of data about users’ tastes confined to our own devices. That iLives. Because Apple is increasing its recently. Facebook could then take a and habits, data that Google then information is in the cloud or other Despite it’s lack of recent innova- aptitude of connecting with custom- note that the stalker is looking at that sifts and processes in order to predict storage services; it is somewhere else tion, Apple has taken part in a dif- ers, the claims that the company has person. Google could know what the future consumer behavior ... and sell ­­­— probably on one of Google’s many ferent method of change — revolu- lost its innovative spirit are simply stalker is looking at and where the more ads.” The more traffic Google servers. It is up to us, the users and tion through evolution. Apple does ludicrous. stalker is going because the stalker is receives, the more data it analyzes the used, whether the advantages this by taking an existing product, Apple has created a line of prod- wearing Google Glass; yet the person and the more advertisements it dis- of using wearable technology and such as the iPad, and evolving it un- ucts with feeling — something that across the café would not see a thing. plays. In a way, Google dehumanizes big data outweigh the baggage that til it approaches the limit of perfec- few other technology companies Rackspace reports that 53 percent of people by monetizing them. comes along. tion. The engineers and designers at have the ability to do. Americans who don’t wear technol- More than ever, data is up for Apple have been successful because ogy feel that wearable devices raise grabs for technology companies. Af- Justin Yan (jky@) is a staffwriter for they strive for perfection. They are Brandon Schmuck (bschmuck@) is some sort of privacy issue. Only 8 ter the rise of Googlenomics in 2002, The Tartan. not happy until they place a device a staffwriter for The Tartan. A PERSON’S OPINION Compiled by Justin McGown The Tartan is figuring out it’s last-minute costumes. So we asked, What is the best Halloween costume you have ever seen?

Laine Herron Nathalie Kent Andy Christman Christina Lee Vikram Cherupally Computer Science Linguistics Materials Science & Engineering Art ChemE Senior First-year Sophomore Senior First-year

“Finn from Adventure Time.” “Alien abduction.” “Deviled eggs.” “Traffic cone.” “Frankenstein.” A8 « thetartan.org/sports The Tartan » February 18, 2013 October 28, 2013 « The Tartan thetartan.org/sports » A9

Sports Commentary Steelers hope to change course UAA Sports Standings Men’s Soccer Football Women’s Soccer Univ. Conf. W L T Univ. Conf. W L Univ. Conf W L T Carl Glazer in the locker room in hopes to see their team do well this Emory 3–0 10 4 1 Chicago 0–0 5 2 Wash. U. 4–0 13 1 0 Senior Staffwriter of improving player focus. It year. There have been con- Rochester 3–0 11 2 1 Wash. U 0–0 5 2 Emory 3–1 11 3 1 started as a ban on just play- cerns for the past two years CMU 3–1 10 2 1 CWRU 0–0 3 3 CMU 2–1–1 8 2 2 After a rough 0–4 start, the ers with less than four years that the Steelers are too old Chicago 2–2 7 4 2 CMU 0–0 3 4 Chicago 2–1–1 10 3 2 Pittsburgh Steelers sent the of experience, but after two and have too much cap space Wash. U. 1–2–1 8 4 2 Brandeis 1–2–1 9 5 1 city into a state of panic. The games under that restriction, tied up in aging veterans. By CWRU 1–2–1 6 4 4 Volleyball NYU 0–2–2 7 5 3 Steelers were written off and the team felt the forced di- winning just enough games Brandeis 1–3 11 4 0 Univ. Conf. W L Rochester 0–2–2 5 5 4 previously unimaginable con- vide within the team was un- to make a run at the playoffs, NYU 0–3–1 6 5 3 Wash. U 6–1 22 5 CWRU 0–3–1 8 7 1 versations were being held at necessary, and the ban was the Steelers could place them- Chicago 6–1 20 9 dinner tables and bars. extended team wide. selves with another mid-first Emory 5–2 24 3 Fans thought of trading The start of the Steelers round draft pick, where pros- NYU 4–3 22 4 Super Bowl winning quarter- winning streak can also be pects have lower ceilings. CMU 4–3 21 8 CWRU 2–5 14 15 back Ben Roethlisberger and connected to the return of With a high draft pick, the Brandeis 1–6 9 20 starting over with a rookie rookie running back Le’Veon Steelers could get an immedi- Rochester 0–7 8 22 from next year’s quarterback- Bell from a Lisfranc sprain. His ate starter on defense. Defen- heavy draft. return in Week 4 helped bol- sive end Jadeveon Clowney But ever so quietly, the ster a piecemeal running back and linebacker Anthony Barr Steelers have strung together core that had been ravaged by both project to be top five two straight wins, including injury. Veteran running backs talents. Pittsburgh could also one over their division rivals, Isaac Redman, Felix Jones, choose to continue their focus Upcoming Schedule the Baltimore Ravens. Head- and Jonathan Dwyer tried to on their offensive line with ing into Week 8, the Steelers carry the load after Pittsburgh three tackles projected to be Men’s Soccer Nov. 3 Volleyball sit only 2.5 games out of the let former workhorse, run- top 10 picks: Jake Matthews, Nov. 1 Carnegie Mellon at Univer- Oct. 30 wild card and three games out ning back Rashard Menden- Taylor Lewan, and Cyrus Carnegie Mellon at Case sity of Rochester, 1:30 p.m. Mount Aloysius College at of the division. It is entirely hall, leave in free agency. Red- Kouandjio. Western Reserve, 5 p.m. Carnegie Mellon, 7 p.m. possible for Pittsburgh to re- man has since been released, Either way, the Steelers Nov. 3 Football Nov. 2 Carnegie Mellon at Univer- Allegheny College at Carn- cover from its terrible start with Dwyer reduced to back- are showing signs of life and Nov. 2 sity of Rochester, 11 a.m. Washington University in egie Mellon, 2 p.m. and sneak into the playoffs. ing up Bell and Jones making hope for the future with Bell St. Louis at Carnegie Mellon, The turnaround can be at- his main contributions on spe- as their lead running back. Women’s Soccer 12 p.m. Cross Country tributed to a few major chang- cial teams. Whether the team wins now Nov. 1 Nov. 9 Nov. 2 es. First, head coach Mike The Steelers turnaround or later just dictates how Carnegie Mellon at Case Carnegie Mellon at Univer- UAA Championships, Tomlin started to lay down can become one of the great many more chances Roethlis- Western Reserve, 7:30 p.m. sity of Chicago, 1 p.m. Schenley Park, 11 a.m. the law by banning all games stories of the NFL, but not all berger and Tomlin get at an- such as pool and table tennis Pittsburghers actually want other Super Bowl together. Tight matchup makes this year’s World Series difficult to predict Carl Glazer ever, has been the opposite The stories of how these posure of veteran ace Adam following his eight-year stint squarely between the pitcher Senior Staffwriter of what the MLB had in mind two teams made it to the Wainwright. with the Angels. and catcher. Otherwise, he when adding the wild card World Series are remarkably On the other hand, the For both teams, shortstop has been completely ineffec- Last year, the MLB intro- spot and has eased the fears similar. Both feature strong Red Sox staff is composed of has been the weakest position. tive at the plate, bringing any duced a second wild card team of traditionalists around the pitching, timely hitting, and resurging veterans, the most In Game 1, St. Louis infielder momentum the Red Sox have to try to keep more teams country. Each team had the uneven defense. surprising of which is for- Pete Kozma had two critical to a complete stop. fighting for postseason glory. best record in their respec- The make-up of the pitch- mer ace pitcher John Lackey. errors that helped fuel an early Overall, these two teams This puts more teams on an tive leagues. These two teams ing staffs is the largest differ- After missing the 2012 sea- Red Sox rally that quickly put are very evenly matched. But equal playing field by needing have also been two of the most ence between the two teams. son because of ulnar collat- the game out of reach before so far, the Cardinals have been only some luck and skill to go consistent in baseball over the The Cardinals have been rely- eral ligament reconstruction, the third inning. He redeemed the sharper team, bouncing from a losing season to wild past decade. ing on their fantastic staff of Lackey finished the regular himself in Game 2 with a great back from a rough Game 1 and card success. Baseball tradi- Since 2004, when these hard-throwing rookies, most season with a 3.52 ERA and double play when he entered capitalizing on some Red Sox tionalists were up in arms over two teams last met in the of whom started the season 161 strikeouts, his highest to- as part of a double switch. mental blunders and defen- the idea that the fifth-best World Series that ended Bos- in the minors or the bullpen. tal since his 2007 season with Red Sox shortstop Stephen sive mistakes to lead the series team in either league could ton’s 86-year championship Rookie pitchers Michael Wa- the Los Angeles Angels. Before Drew has been solid defen- 2–1 after Saturday’s Game 3. end in the World Series. drought, the Red Sox have cha and Joe Kelly have been his injury, Lackey had severely sively but has struggled on Boston won’t go down without This year’s World Series won championships in 2007, amazing in the postseason, underperformed during his offense. His one hit during a fight, but ultimately, the Car- between the Boston Red Sox and the Cardinals won in both dealing with increased pres- tenure with the Red Sox after the World Series came on an dinals will take the series in and St. Louis Cardinals, how- 2006 and 2011. sure using the same calm com- signing a lucrative contract infield pop-up that landed seven games.

JOIN THE CELEBRATION NOVEMBER 14 – 15 www.cmu.edu/suresh-inauguration #CMUsuresh

PRESIDENTIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Arthur A. Hamerschlag Robert E. Doherty H. Guyford Stever Robert Mehrabian Subra Suresh 1903 – 1922 1936 – 1950 1965 – 1972 1990 – 1997 Thomas S. Baker John Christian Warner Richard M. Cyert Jared L. Cohon 2013 1922 – 1935 1950 – 1965 1972 – 1990 1997 – 2013

• Led the establishment of the university’s graduate business school • Introduced the first computer to campus, which was housed in the business school’s basement

• Instituted the “Carnegie Plan,” in which students were taught to apply fundamental knowledge to solve practical problems • Supported and revitalized faculty to focus their energies on both teaching and research A10 « thetartan.org/sports The Tartan » October 28, 2013

Volleyball team takes two of three at Wid Guisler Invitational William Park “I think they were definitely Juniata. Senior defensive spe- passing a little bit,” Gibbons Sports Editor beatable, if we had played our cialist and libero Ali Nichols said. “We need to work on best,” said first-year middle led the team with 14 digs. keeping a faster game because With the University Ath- blocker Jackie Gibbons. Celentano also celebrated her when we play at a faster pace, letic Association (UAA) Cham- Gibbons said that the team 1,000th career kill over the that’s when we do our best.” pionships coming up on Nov. made too many errors, while weekend. Johns Hopkins (9–11) was 8, the Wid Guisler Invitational Juniata played a much cleaner “It’s really exciting because successful in slowing down presented a barometer check game. “They’re a very good she’s only a junior and she’ll the pace and drew out the for the women’s volleyball team, so it was still a good have next year too,” Gibbons game to five sets, though the team. chance to play them,” she said. “She’s really smart about Tartans could have put them At the weekend tourna- added. her hits. She sees an opportu- away earlier. ment held at Juniata College, The Tartans dropped the nity and she goes everywhere They have a chance to the Tartans won two of their first two sets 19–25 and 15–25, on the court.” show their improvements three games. before rebounding to take the The Tartans hope that before the UAA Champion- Last Friday, they defeated third set 25–23. They were un- Celentano’s success will con- ships this Wednesday at DeSales University 3–1 and able to carry their momentum tinue through important home against Mount Aloysius won Saturday’s 1 p.m. game into the fourth set, however, games, including the UAA College at 7 p.m. against Johns Hopkins Univer- losing the decisive set 15–25. Championships. After the weekend tour- sity 3–2. Their one loss over Junior right-side hitter Ali Over the next two weeks, nament, the Tartans are now the weekend came when they Celentano and senior out- the Tartans will focus on im- 21–8 for the season. Nich- played host school Juniata side hitter Senna Parsa led proving the finer details of ols and Celentano were also File photo by Jason Chen/Staff Photographer College, ranked No. 11 in the the Tartan attack with 11 and their game. named to the all-tournament First-year Jackie Gibbons (background) finished the weekend with 17 nation. 10 kills, respectively, against “We need to improve our team. kills, and sophomore Mary Stadelman (foreground) had 14. Swimming and diving teams take first meet against Case William Park the University Athletic Asso- Another first-year, Brian year Kimberly Klausing fin- off her season strong, finishing and Kaku second with 211.35 Sports Editor ciation (UAA) Conference last Walsh, found success in the ished first in both the 1,000- second in the 200-yard butter- points. year, the men’s side looks to be butterfly, beating sophomore yard and 500-yard freestyle. fly and first in the 100-yard For the men’s diving, Both the men’s and wom- bolstered by several first-years teammate Alexander Dintino “In general, [the first- freestyle. sophomore Yannos Michaili- en’s swimming and diving this season. by just 0.06 seconds in the years] really stepped up and “I know that we’ve had a dis finished second in both the teams opened their seasons First-years Evan Li and Siv- 100-yard butterfly and finish- performed their best,” said se- couple of illnesses so far, but 1-meter and 3-meter dive. with big wins against confer- an Mehta teamed up with stal- ing second in the 200-yard nior Soleil Phan. overall, the whole team seems With the addition of several ence rival Case Western Re- warts Um and masters student butterfly. First-year Lauren Zemering to be setting their pain aside impressive first-years, both the serve University. Eddie Sears to win the 200- Dintino found better for- finished first in the 50-yard and really focusing on what men’s and women’s swimming “It was definitely the best yard medley. Li also finished tune later, finishing first in the freestyle and participated in we want to accomplish this and diving teams look to make first swim meet I’ve been in,” first in the 200-yard freestyle 100-yard backstroke. Carnegie Mellon’s winning season,” Phan said. deep runs this season. said junior Cole Um. and 200-yard backstroke. Sears and Um, the top per- 200-yard medley relay team. The women’s diving squad “Our culture of our team Of the 32 events held at “Evan is really versatile. formers of the past two sea- Carnegie Mellon’s top fin- also impressed. First-year Bar- this year is amazing. We push home on Saturday, Carnegie He can swim in a bunch of sons, started their seasons on isher in the 100-yard butterfly, clay Kaku finished first in the each other every day, and Mellon finished first in 22. events,” Sears said. “That strong notes. Sears finished Gillian Crews, also swam on 1-meter diving board, totaling that’s what makes us all get The men’s team won 178–108, [versatility] was something first in the 50-yard freestyle, the Tartans’ second place 200- 226.80 points, while junior better,” Sears said. while the women’s team won we didn’t have the last couple while Um finished second in yard medley team. Winona Li finished second Their next challenge by an even greater margin of years.... To have a couple of both the 100-yard and 200- Phan, a standout on the with 210.08 points. comes this Saturday at home with a final score of 191–101. guys you can put in anywhere yard breaststrokes. women’s swimming team for In the 3-meter dive, Li fin- at 11 a.m. against Clarion After finishing second in really helps us out.” On the women’s side, first- the past three years, started ished first with 240.90 points University.

Jonathan Leung/Assistant Photo Editor Top left: Masters student Eddie Sears finished first in the 50-yard freestyle. The men’s team won defeated Case Western Reserve University 178–108.Bottom left: Junior Cole Um placed second in both the 100-yard and 200- yard breaststrokes. Um and Sears also swam together in the 200-yard medley with first-years Evan Li and Sivan Mehta, finishing first.Top right: Sophomore Kira Singhaus finished first in the women’s 100-yard backstroke and second in the 200-yard backstroke. The women’s team won 191–101. Bottom right: Sophomore Winona Li finished first in the women’s 3-meter dive and second in the 1-meter. Both teams will hit the pool on Saturday at home against Clarion University. Bat Boy Lives! B4

Bat Boy: The Musical Scotch‘n’Soda’s latest production features blood and laughs • B4

Need Costume Ideas? Assemble killer last-minute costumes right out of your closet • B6 10.28.13 Volume 108, Issue 9 ...this week only

3 Ian Frazier lecture New Yorker columnist and author Ian Frazier shares stories from his world travels.

4 Scotch’n’Soda Scotch’n’Soda presents an enthusiastic production of Bat Boy: The Musical.

5 Album reviews Reviews of Best Coast’s Fade Away and Diplo’s Revolution.

6 Costumes 6 Don’t be the only one who’s not dressed up this Halloween.

4 5 regulars...... diversions

3 Advice 9 Puzzles Help for all those scary situations like If you don’t do this week’s puzzles, the puzzles classroom love and missing roommates. ghost will be very upset. 5 Dollar movie 10 Horoscopes Get your scare on with a few Halloween Don’t read this week’s horoscopes alone... favorites from AB Films. BOO!

7 Comics 11 Calendar The comics this week will have you screaming Beware...there’s a lot going on this week. — with laughter.

PUBLISHER Jennifer Coloma EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Josh Smith PILLBOX EDITOR Rachel Cohen Assistant Pillbox Editor Joey Peiser COMICS EDITOR Kairari Chahal PHOTO EDITOR Kate Groschner COPY MANAGER Evan Kahn COVER Briana Williams

The Tartan . Box 119 . UC Suite 103 . Carnegie Mellon University . 5000 Forbes Ave . Pittsburgh, PA 15213 . www.thetartan.org . © 2013 The Tartan Frazier shares witty readings Advice for awkward people The New Yorker columnist transports listeners to Siberia About matchmaking and missing friends

Dear Matt & Ryan, Dear Ryan & Matt, When an evening with a writer begins with a short tiny American suburb was the best way to grow up. piece on the perils of campfire cooking and has the He poetically described the small town as a center of I’m an adjunct professor My best friend, whom I audience in stitches within minutes, it’s sure to be a centrifugal force, spinning kids around the nucleus with an odd impulse to am lucky enough to have good lecture. until they gained enough inspiration to spin off and play matchmaker with as a roommate, recently do something great with their lives. He also talked two seniors. I’m pretty broke his wrist. A couple Author, humorist, and traveler Ian Frazier came to extensively about his amorous relationship with — of certain they don’t know kids made fun of him the Carnegie Lecture Hall in Oakland on Monday all places — Siberia and how that love resulted in a each other — so we are by giving him fruit and as a part of the Ten Literary Evenings series. As the book called Travels in Siberia. talking a blind set-up. otherwise messing with name suggests, the series — funded in part by the him. Until recently, he Heinz Foundation — brings 10 prominent writers to Frazier’s whimsical attitude and witty interjections Is this urge to meddle had shrugged it off, but lecture on their works and their worlds. provided the perfect occasion for his anecdotes trouble? Is this about I woke up one morning about traveling in Russia. Calling Russia “the them or me? Have I and realized he wasn’t at Frazier, a contributor to The New Yorker, has penned greatest horrible place in the world,” Frazier watched too many John home! I never bothered to several books in addition to many years’ worth of described the differences between its society and Hughes movies? I’d like to ask for his phone number columns for the magazine. His most recent book is ours, told stories of the people he met, and painted stay within the perimeters since we live together, titled The Cursing Mommy’s Book of Days and gives beautiful scenic pictures for the audience. of my teaching role, but and spend all day, every an unorthodox look at modern motherhood. I also have a really good day, doing the same He described his attachment to the country, saying, feeling about these two thing, but if you or any of Despite being “technically on tour” for the book, “Everyone belongs to one country, but there’s always kids... your readers know where Frazier declined to read aloud from it for the another country that is yours. For me, it’s Russia.” Franklin is, could you audience, charmingly saying the profanity was Frazier will be returning to Siberia in a week — Yours Sincerely, send him home? “too uncomfortable to read aloud.” Instead, he though he never expected to — to participate in a Senior-Helping Adviser, read short excerpts from his essays, talked about cultural conference. Decides Couple Hopeful, Thanks, his upbringing and travels, and lamented about Arrangement Necessary Strongly a-Tizzy About parenthood. Frazier wrapped up the evening by switching gears This Uncertain Experience and focusing on parenthood, making a connection Dear SHADCHAN, Frazier grew up in Hudson, a small town in Ohio, to the themes of The Cursing Mommy. He read Dear STATUE, where he says the eternal boredom of childhood in a a piece called “Laws Regarding Food and Drink; The number-one thing to Household Principles: Lamentations of a Father,” a remember when playing We here at Advice for parody on the Book of Lamentations found in Jewish matchmaker is to not back Awkward People know the and Christian scripture. The piece described the down. Teachers have worry these circumstances rules of the dinner table and general standards of something like a sixth sense can cause, but we can’t file kid behavior, and its cheeky yet exhausted tone for this. Meddling can be a missing persons report was recognizable to anyone who had ever yelled at tricky, but if you feel your until 72 hours after the children or been yelled at themselves. relationship with both of individual has gone missing. these students is friendly It’s possible he just got tired Hilarious and entertaining, Frazier’s lecture made for enough that they won’t of the living arrangement. an enjoyable evening. Though his stories had little mind, and might even be Ask yourself if there was rhyme or reason, the audience was no less engaged. excited at the opportunity, something in the roommate go for it. We’re in college, relationship that wasn’t and teacher-student working out. Did you want to Laura Scherb | Personnel Manager relationships tend to be be close to campus, when less constricted than in high Franklin wanted to live closer school. And this is Carnegie to the nightlife? Was there Mellon, after all; sometimes a big life decision in either an extra push at the right or both of your lives? Many time is helpful. Go for it, and college students aren’t ready hope they go for it too. for a marriage proposal.

We don’t think we’ll be Don’t fret, able to sleep if we don’t Matt & Ryan feel this little talk has helped you. So would you be a sport and lie to us? Need advice? Send queries Ryan & Matt to [email protected]. Author Ian Frazier is currently on tour for his most recent book, The Cursing Mommy’s Book of Days, which describes parenthood in profane detail. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

literature pillbox 10.28.13 3 Scotch’n’Soda goes wild with Bat Boy Student musical production is gruesome, bizarre, and endlessly entertaining

Bat Boy: The Musical can be summed up in one word: portrayed Bat Boy/Edgar, brings out the character’s especially James and Sophia,” said senior chemical insane. desperate suffering. Undeclared senior CFA student engineering major Deanna Bucci. Bucci also praised the James Alexander excels in his role as Dr. Parker — a excellent music direction of the production. That’s not to say it isn’t a great musical. Scotch’n’Soda’s pathetic, unloved man who ultimately turns to villainy. newest production is insane in all the right ways. It’s a Also stellar is sophomore vocal performance major “The show was great. The special effects and blood were show that combines death, twisted love, and existential Sophia Emanuel as Dr. Parker’s wife, Meredith, who is great. Bat Boy is very different from most musicals. I suffering with a cheerful, dimple-on-the-cheek kind of very troubled as the only person trying to do the right hadn’t known about the show before and haven’t seen humor. The dialogue is hilarious, the story dances in thing in a cruel, unforgiving world. anything like this ... but I really enjoyed it. I thought the logical leaps, and the body count is high: Six characters performances for Bat Boy and Meredith were spot on,” and several animals are killed on stage by the end of the As for the music, Bat Boy has a number of highly remarked senior economics and statistics major Emily show. enjoyable songs. The musical makes distinctive use Wright. of electric guitar, which gives the show a darker edge. Bat Boy is the story of the titular Bat Boy, a strange, “Dance With Me Darling” is at first a soft, romantic tango “There was a lot of social commentary. The Bat Boy was deformed boy discovered in a West Virginian mine. that becomes more sinister as the song progresses. really great himself, and the mother. The music direction Bat Boy is taken in by a veterinarian’s wife, christened “Show You a Thing or Two” is a clever little song that was particularly fantastic,” said sophomore cognitive “Edgar,” and taught to be a part of civilization. However, serves as a bright and cheery segue into the darker science major Sam Cheyette. the town blames him for the deaths of several cows and portions of the show. “A Joyful Noise,” a blast of gospel hates him for his strageness and hideous appearance. music, was one of the most energetic songs in the As for the message of Bat Boy, it focuses on the Bat Boy longs for acceptance, but he has a dark secret he show and had the audience clapping to the rhythm. In conflict between man’s dual natures, human versus feels he cannot reconcile with the civilized world. “Children, Children,” the pagan god Pan shows up to beast, and the difficulty of being a social outsider. The deliver a rowdy serenade on love and sensuality. remaining social commentary plays second fiddle to the Though the premise for Bat Boy sounds absolutely bizarre spectacle of the show. The first few bars of the ridiculous, Scotch’n’Soda does a fantastic job of giving However, the show shines brightest at its most macabre. introduction say there is a lesson to be learned, but what it a sense of depth and realism. The student directors, In “Apology to a Cow,” Edgar, previously established as lesson is that exactly? Society is cruel? Love blinds? senior psychology and decision science double major educated and well dressed, comes onto the scene with Don’t raise cows on mountains? Corinne Rockoff and senior math major William Veer, left his chest and face smeared in blood, and eulogizes his a note in the program: “In this production, we took the lost humanity over a decapitated cow’s head. It is raw, The unclear message aside, Bat Boy is endlessly dark, heavy, and gory portions of the script and brought uncompromising, and unforgettable. entertaining. It’s a ridiculous story mixed with gruesome them to the forefront. What we hoped to achieve was a tragedy, which makes a perfect combination for clearer and more poignant picture of the oppression and After the Saturday night show, many audience members Halloween. suppression of an outsider; accented, but not pervaded, gave highly positive reviews of the production. by funny dialogue.” “I think the directors’ choices in casting were perfect, Xiyu Wang | Staffwriter The musical has a penchant for taking a darker turn at the flip of a switch. A perfectly happy musical number could be in mid-swing when a Gothic timbre suddenly rolls in: The lighting turns a deep red, and all goes to hell. The audience is kept in intense anticipation, especially in the latter part of the show when the plot takes unexpected turns.

The cast members of Bat Boy are highly enthusiastic in their roles and bring out much of the show’s humor and energy.

The lead performances were especially strong: Throughout the insane action of the story, they managed to ground their characters as real, sympathetic people. Senior decision science major John Oravec, who

The cast of Scotch’n’Soda’s Bat Boy: The Musical sings to a horrified yet fascinated audience.

Briana Williams | Junior Photographer

theater 4 pillbox 10.28.13 Short albums give musical food for thought Best Coast steps outside the box, while Diplo produces uninspiring new release

When it comes to papers, English teachers like to say it’s The Only Place. The production is atmospheric, opening usually matches this standard in terms of substance, not the length, but the content, that matters. up the songs and allowing them to breathe. This kind of he makes up for it with dynamite production. “Express studio trickery is best evidenced by “Baby I’m Crying,” Yourself” is a song about twerking, but has enough The same can be said of a music album. Most artists whose vocals float gently over soft acoustic and pedal- twists and turns to make up for it. On that track, Diplo sweat it out in the studio to produce a full-length LP of steel guitars. clearly put time and effort into crafting something that at least 10 songs, but sometimes they call it a day at five sounded new and interesting. This time around, it seems or six. While these shorter albums don’t often make the The album’s highlights occur at perfect blends of all the he’s perfectly content to put just enough into the song same splash as the longer ones, they hold together just band’s previous work. The closer, “I Don’t Know How,” that it plays for three minutes and includes a command as well. Here are two recent examples. begins as a slow, sad waltz before exploding into what for all the ladies to bend over. can only be described as Stevie Nicks singing for the Best Coast — Fade Away Ramones. Meanwhile, “This Lonely Morning” sounds like The big problem with the album is just how formulaic Released last Monday, the latest mini-album by ’50s the mature older sister of the title track on Crazy For You. and forgettable much of it feels; the long list of and ’60s surf rock-inspired alternative duo Best Coast collaborators seems to exist only to fill space. Mike shows a band that has grown tremendously in the three Fade Away may have its missteps, but these missteps Posner’s vocals on “Crown” seem to only bide time years since its debut album, Crazy For You. That being prove that Best Coast is finally stepping outside its until the mediocre drop. “Rock Steady” features rappers said, Fade Away is also hindered by songwriter Bethany comfort zone. Besides, there’s no doubt that after a Action Bronson, Mr. MFN eXquire, and RiFF RAFF, Cosentino’s tendency to fall back on old formulas and listen, the melodies will bounce around your head and and is the album’s standout track for all the wrong influences. slip out of your mouth all day long. If this album signifies reasons. Uninspired sirens and whistles blare over a anything, it’s that we should all hotly anticipate what the beat that ferries its unskilled passengers over the song’s Fade Away contains Best Coast’s most sophisticated and band cooks up in the studio for next spring. three-and-a-half minutes. Why Diplo ever decided to ambitious songwriting yet. Instead of the usual simple sign RiFF RAFF to his label, Mad Decent, is beyond all songs about unrequited boy love and unconditional Diplo — Revolution comprehension. He must owe someone money. affection for California, Cosentino is writing and Superstar DJ and music producer Diplo is nothing if singing from a much deeper and more bitter place. not a workaholic. This year alone he racked up a list of While Revolution probably won’t go down as Diplo’s While Cosentino has definitely matured as a writer, she collaborations, remixes, and releases that would make highest creative peak, the man shouldn’t be written occasionally tries to make her old tricks work harder than the average performer feel like a couch potato. That off. He is, after all, the mind behind the Clash-sampling they can. Most of the songs are around four minutes being said, Diplo doesn’t match this quantity with “Paper Planes” by M.I.A, a nearly undisputed modern long, but because of her simple, poppy themes, not all consistent quality. His latest solo EP, Revolution, seems it classic. Following the 2011 departure of DJ Switch, he Cosentino’s songs can support the extended length. was released just to be released. Diplo put little thought is also now the main creative force behind Major Lazer, “Who Have I Become?” takes what could be a tight three and effort into the album’s four songs; the last two are a project that has birthed great tunes such as “Pon de minutes and extends it to nearly five. remixes of album tracks by outside producers TWRK and Floor” (later sampled by Beyonce for “Run the World Boaz van de Beatz. (Girls)”), “Original Don,” and the mellow “Get Free.” For Fade Away, Best Coast found the comfortable middle ground between the lo-fi, fuzzy-pink feel ofCrazy For Right off the bat, it’s clear that Diplo’s recent fascination Diplo remains one of the most sought-after producers You and the studio shine of the band’s second album, with booty hasn’t waned. Album opener “Biggie in music today, mainly because of his reputation for Bounce” picks up where last year’s “Express Yourself” catching on to the next big thing. Let’s just hope the and this year’s “Bubble Butt” left off, with Travis Porter next big thing he finds is a bit less gluteal. stringing together words that rhyme without much attention paid to coherent thoughts. While Diplo’s work Joey Peiser | Assistant Pillbox Editor

dollarmovie McConomy Auditorium, University Center Andie Park | Staffwriter The Conjuring Scary Movie World War Z Thursday, Oct. 31 7, 9:30, 11:59 Friday, Nov. 1 8, 10 Saturday, Nov. 2 7, 9:30, 11:59 Friday, Nov. 1 11:59 For those who want an old-school scare on Halloween, While it’s no Paranormal Activity, Scary Movie is the You know what’s a great combination? Brad Pitt playing The Conjuring is the perfect film, adept in style and first of a hilarious horror comedy franchise that provides a guy named Gerry — if you can believe it — and suspense. The film works off the “true story” of real- goofs and laughs during a spooky season. Starting out zombies. In this heart-stopping action film, Gerry is a life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren jokingly like most horror films, Scary Movie follows a retired UN officer recruited to save the world in the midst (played by Carnegie Mellon alumnus Patrick Wilson group of dumb teenagers who clumsily try to escape a of a zombie apocalypse. Gerry must travel around the and Vera Farmiga, respectively). One of the best serial killer called Ghostface after receiving a threatening world to investigate the apocalypse’s origins, and single- horror movies in recent years, The Conjuring uses the phone call. Scary Movie parodies the heck out of classic handedly find a cure. World War Z provides a fresh and playbook for traditional scares from classic horror films, slasher films such as Scream and I Know What You thrilling rush of action and has enough brains to keep the but creates moments of fear that are entirely original. Did Last Summer. Meanwhile, it is inventively funny and momentum going throughout the globetrotting plot. Brad Fun fact: These investigators’ famous hauntings were enjoyable for those who would rather just laugh and skip Pitt also looks especially good when saving a world of so horrific that they reportedly inspired The Amityville out on the scares this Halloween. less-than-lovely-looking zombies. Horror. Now that’s a scary Halloween story. music pillbox 10.28.13 5 Find last-minute Halloween inspiration Dr. House, Bat-Fleck, and Walken to the Sky are among this year’s costume possibilities

Digging through your closet for last-minute Halloween clothing, and a basket full of cookies. A wolf mask begs garb can be a daunting process. What kind of costume the question, “Did the wolf eat Little Red? Or did Little can you make out of totally mundane items? Check out Red kill the wolf?” this list for a few inventive, punny, and very last-minute ideas. 4. Bat-Fleck You can be the hero Halloween deserves by donning a 1. Dr. House cowl and black cape as Batman. Embrace the newest Dig through your closet and find your favorite graphic portrayal of the Dark Knight by adding a dash of Boston tee and blazer combination. Then grab a cane, an empty pride to the mix. pill bottle, and some tic-tacs (using real Vicodin is not recommended). The key to this costume is to periodically 5. Walken to the Sky consume the Tic Tacs and wager on other people’s lives Combine one of Hollywood’s most distinctive actors with — or simply stand around and scowl severely. campus’s most unique art installation in one terrible, ter- rible pun. All you need is a blue shirt, cotton pads from 2. Superman Entropy+ to make your clouds, paper and markers for the This simple option just requires stenciling an “S” and sun, a picture of Christopher Walken from your printing finding your best impromptu cape. Underwear outside queue, and some tape. clothing is optional. 3 2 3. Little Red Riding Hood Brent Heard | Staffwriter For this quick costume, grab a red-hooded robe, black

5 4 1 Kate Groschner | Photo Editor

halloween 6 pillbox 10.28.13 Where Are You From? by Doghouse Diaries Kiltie As Charged by Charlie Shulman and Kairavi Chahal

[email protected] thedoghousediaries.com [email protected]

comics pillbox 10.28.13 7 Piled Higher and Deeper by Jorge Cham

[email protected] phdcomics.com

Hark, A Vagrant by Kate Beaton

[email protected] harkavagrant.com comics 8 pillbox 10.28.13 Sudoku Puzzle: Easy Difficulty Kakuro Puzzle: Very Hard Difficulty

Sudoku courtesy of Kakuro courtesy of www.KrazyDad.com www.opensky.ca/~jdhildeb/software/sudokugen/ Fill all empty squares using numbers 1 to 9 so the sum of each row equals the clue on its left, and the sum of each column equals the clue above it. No number may be used in the same row or column more than once.

Solutions from Oct. 14

Crossword Hard Difficulty Medium Difficulty

puzzles pillbox 10.28.13 9 Horror-scopes You have been going through this semester like a zombie aries — it’s time to snap out of it and start living again. march 21–april 19

There may be a demonic presence in your life. Go see your taurus local pastor for a speedy exorcism. april 20–may 20

gemini Stay away from deserted hotels and axes. may 21–june 21

Nothing can quench your thirst except for the blood of your cancer enemies. june 22–july 22

Don’t forget to cover up your warts and hide your broom — leo people aren’t as accepting of witches as they used to be. july 23–aug. 22 Crossword courtesy of BestCrosswords.com

Make sure your bandages aren’t trailing behind you; Across Down virgo someone might step on one. 1. Thick slice 1. Wild guess aug. 23–sept. 22 5. ___ about (approximately) 2. Corker 9. Grassy plain 3. Get an ___ effort 14. Porous limestone 4. Trinket 15. Cause of ruin 5. Preoccupied with Remember to drink your wolfsbane potion or things might 16. Former Houston footballer 6. Negative vote libra get out of control. 17. Baseball family name 7. Treater’s words sept. 23–oct. 22 18. Composer who writes 8. Drive away symphonies 9. Elton’s john 20. Babble 10. Underwear 22. Extra-wide shoe size 11. Et ____ (and other men) scorpio Ogres are like onions — you leave ’em out in the sun, they 23. Skedaddles 12. Resting place get all brown, start sproutin’ little white hairs... 24. Catalog 13. Scraps oct. 23–nov. 21 26. Like some excuses 19. Get wind of 28. Used in courts of law 21. Bits of thread 32. Seldom 25. Fungal infection 36. Poetically ajar 27. Dallas player, briefly Don’t walk through the park alone or you might get chased sagittarius 37. Mortise insert 28. Anatomical cavity by a headless ghost on a horse. 39. Home movie medium 29. Eye-related nov. 22–dec. 21 40. RR stops 30. Gaucho’s rope 42. Postpone 31. Young male horses 44. “Return of the Jedi” critter 33. Newsman Newman You don’t remember taking those pictures on your phone, 45. Located 34. Sierra ___ 47. Gillette razors 35. Country bumpkin capricorn but they seem familiar... dec. 22–jan. 19 49. Having four sharps 38. Nostrils 50. Former French colony of North 41. Persevering America 43. Cause to abandon the Mets 52. Lookout 46. Put down, in slang The mastermind behind the crime never gets his hands 54. Annapolis inst. 48. Agitate aquarius dirty. 56. Pelt 51. Opposed jan. 20–feb. 18 57. Ship stabilizer 53. Actually existing 60. Tango need 55. Alert 62. Builds 57. Knot in wood 66. Capable of being negotiated 58. Architect Saarinen Your friends may seem to be ghosts, but what if you’re the 69. Chimney residue 59. Breakfast brand pisces ghost? 70. Bicker 61. It’s blown among the reeds feb. 19–march 20 71. It’s over your head 63. Prolonged unconsciousness 72. Hook’s helper 64. Some digits Kairavi Chahal | Comics Editor 73. Fowl pole 65. Keep it, to an editor 74. Hard to hold 67. Vietnamese New Year 75. Compass direction 68. Chat room chuckle horoscopes 10 pillbox 10.28.13 MONDAY10.28.13 whose National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grants Yasumasa Morimura: Theater of the Self. The Andy were revoked. Warhol Museum. Through Jan. 12. Lecture: Food and Justice for All. Porter Hall 100. In this retrospective exhibit presented by the Andy Warhol 4:30 p.m. Lucius feat. Alpenglow. The Underground. 4 p.m. Museum, Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura plays with LaDonna Redmond, food justice activist and founder of The Brooklyn-based indie-pop quintet will perform in the images of well-known cultural icons, placing his own face the Campaign for Food Justice Now, will speak as part Underground. Named a band to watch by Rolling Stone over portraits of figures like Marilyn Monroe and Mao of the Carnegie Mellon Distinguished Lecture Series in magazine, Lucius has appeared at South by Southwest Zedong. For more information, visit warhol.org. Environmental Science, Technology, and Policy. and the Three Rivers Festival in Pittsburgh. The group’s most recent album, Wildewoman, was released on Oct. Alien She. Miller Gallery (Purnell Center for the Arts). School of Architecture Lecture Series. 15. Through Feb. 16. Kresge Theatre. 6:30 p.m. This exhibit examines the influence of Riot Grrrl, an The School of Architecture presents Vishaan Chakrabarti, FRIDAY11.1.13 underground feminist punk rock movement that surfaced a partner at major international architecture and urban in the ’90s, on artists and cultural producers today. For development firm SHoP Architects. Chakrabarti also The Chalk Line. Attack Theatre! (2425 Liberty Ave.). more information, visit millergallery.cfa.cmu.edu. teaches urban real estate at Columbia University and 8 p.m. directs the Center for Urban Real Estate. This performance event sponsored by the Arts Pass Compiled by Rachel Cohen | Pillbox Editor Program merges chalk with dance and tests the TUESDAY10.29.13 boundaries between audience and performer. For tickets Want your event here? and more information, visit attacktheatre.com. The event Email [email protected]. Heinz Negotiation Academy for Women Public will also take place Saturday at 8 p.m. Preview. Posner Hall 322, 324. 8 a.m. Program leaders will preview the Heinz Negotiation SATURDAY11.2.13 Academy for Women, a semester-long program to teach rising women leaders critical negotiation skills. First Annual Hip-Hop Night. UC Kirr Commons. 9 p.m. Student rappers Mars Johnson, Kai Roberts, DCeption, Stephen Catanzarite and Night of the Living Dead — and Chris Mitchell, and beatboxers Mihir Yerande, Luigi The Opera. Baker Hall 260. 4:30 p.m. Connatti, Tim Brooks, and Ethan Crystal will perform as Carnegie Mellon creative writing graduate Stephen part of this Late Night event. The night will also feature Catanzarite (DC ’90) will discuss good writing in student DJs, graffiti artists, and student dance group connection with Night of the Living Dead — The Opera, Soulstylz. which will premiere this weekend at Pittsburgh’s Kelly Strayhorn Theater. Catanzarite wrote the libretto, and ONGOING the production involves many other Carnegie Mellon graduates. 14th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Hunt Institute for Botanical WEDNESDAY10.30.13 Documentation (Hunt Library, Fifth Floor). Through Dec. 19. CAS Lecture: Performance Art and Censorship. The exhibition will include 41 pieces of artwork by 41 Porter Hall 100. 4:30 p.m. artists from 10 countries. The Institute established the Lisa Freeman, associate professor of English at the International series in 1964 with the hope of supporting University of Illinois at Chicago, will give a talk entitled and encouraging contemporary botanical artists. Every “Adjudicating Bodies in Public in NEA v. Finley,” detailing three years, the International series features the works of a 1990 controversy concerning four performance artists talented botanical artists from around the world.

calendar pillbox 10.28.13 11 concert.

Jason Chen | Staff Photographer AB Coffeehouse presented its annual Halloween show with English electronic music duo Mount Kimbie on Friday in Rangos Hall. Also featured were members of Pittsburgh music collective DETOUR, DJs Gusto and Naeem. The show was open to the public and free for Carnegie Mellon students and faculty.

gallery 12pillbox 10.28.13