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Modern food regulation Athlete Profi le: Emily Pittsburgh provides plenty policies harken back to the Baddock fi nds success on of cheap – or even free – early 1900s • A7 and off the court • A10 cultural activities • B8 FORUM SPORTS PILLBOX thetartan.org @thetartan August 29, 2011 Volume 106, Issue 2 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Obama introduces Pittsburgh hit with rain; campus fl oods initiative at NREC SARAH ZAKRAJSEK were at 9.1 percent, accord- Personnel Manager ing to the U.S. Bureau of La- bor Statistics. “If we want a President Barack Obama robust, growing economy, spoke on the morning of Fri- we need a robust, grow- day, June 24, at Carnegie ing manufacturing sector,” Mellon’s National Robotics Obama said. “And that’s why Engineering Center (NREC), we’re here. Carnegie Mellon located in Pittsburgh’s Law- is a great example of what it renceville neighborhood. means to move forward.... In- Obama addressed an ex- novations led by your profes- cited crowd of about 150 in- sors and your students have vite-only guests, the majority created more than 300 com- of whom were chosen by the panies and 9,000 jobs over White House in addition to a the past 15 years.” select list chosen by Carnegie Bruce Brown, CEO of Mellon. The invitees included Proctor and Gamble, at- students, faculty, university tended the president’s ad- leadership, alumni, and cor- dress. Brown cited research porate partners. The presi- institutions such as Carnegie dent announced a new ini- Mellon as “part of the United tiative called the Advanced States’ competitive advan- Manufacturing Partnership tage.” He agreed with the (AMP), a national effort to president on the importance unite industry, universities, of advanced manufacturing. and the federal government “I think advanced manufac- to invest in innovation and turing is really important to technology with the purpose a vibrant U.S. economy. It’s Tommy Hofman/Photo Editor of creating high-tech manu- also very important to inno- The recent fl ood that swept across the city not only damaged campus buildings, but also damaged students’ property in basement storage. facturing jobs and becoming vation, because we know at EMILY DOBLER Hall, and the FMS building Hill and Bellefi eld areas of the an engineer to understand a more globally competitive P&G that breakthrough con- News Editor were hit the hardest and suf- city,” said Jim Skees, the di- why, during very heavy rains nation. According to White sumer innovation relies on fered the most damage from rector of building facilities for ... these sewers back up and House Press Secretary Jay advanced manufacturing to On Aug. 19, during the the fl ood. FMS workers were the School of Computer Sci- fl ood.... This fl ooding not only Carney, the president’s plan produce large quantities of afternoon, a thunderstorm immediately called to the ence, in an e-mail. “[T]hese causes damage to any labora- is slated to invest at least consumer-preferred products swept across Pittsburgh, cov- buildings to start the clean-up two sewers join together in a tory equipment within a few $500 million in existing pro- consistently and reliably at ering the city in nearly two process and repair damages. mixing box and that box emp- feet of the fl oor, but it also grams and proposals. low costs,” Brown said. inches of rain. The storm re- “The sources of these ties into a line which is signifi - poses a major health hazard Obama introduced his Obama’s visit to Carnegie sulted in severe fl ooding on fl oods are two very large, cantly smaller in cross section and stops research work from new proposal at a time when campus. Margaret Morrison brick-lined sewers which than the two lines which feed taking place in those labs until national unemployment rates See OBAMA, A3 Carnegie Hall, Newell-Simon drain much of the Squirrel it. So one doesn’t have to be it is cleaned up.” University shuttle and escort revamp routes Perpetrators damage MADELYN GLYMOUR Staffwriter Fence a second time ANNA WALSH Carnegie Mellon shut- sponse to such an incident tle service operations have Pillbox Editor is well-placed and appropri- been altered for the 2011–12 ate. As such, any discussion school year. Additional routes The Fence was subject to of possible steps to take from have been added, and several vandalism on the night of here would be ones I would new services have been intro- June 22 for the second time like to engage and involve duced. this year, as someone used student leadership in consid- “We had a couple of things what appeared to be a saw ering, which I intend to do as we tried to accomplish when along multiple areas to cut off more hopefully emerges from we did this,” Lieutenant Jo- layers of paint. About 20 stu- the investigation.” seph Myers of the Carnegie dents gathered at midnight Will Weiner, a junior so- Mellon police said, “and one the following night to cover cial and decision sciences of the things was to take a load up the damage by repainting and statistics double major off of the escort system, which the Fence. The perpetrator and a Student Senator, re- was bursting at the seams.” also wrote a message on one inforced this emphasis on The escort system takes of the Fence’s posts that said, student leadership. “Some- students who live outside the “Hey CMYou you are a babe! thing student government is range of the fi xed-route shut- NOT... Just kidding or am I? going to look into is to see if tle system to the intersection Now get back to studying... we can use some sort of se- nearest to their home. Accord- weirdos...” curity camera around here or ing to Myers, ridership of the Clare Graziano, a senior some sort of security feature, escort system rose 26 percent drama major and an Andrew so that’s going to be one of last year, and the same per- Ambassador for the universi- the higher priorities when centage the year before. ty, explained that she and the school gets into session, if not Last March, the Port other ambassadors fi rst no- this summer,” he said. “[It’s] Authority announced the ticed the damage the morn- something we want to look elimination of 29 routes and ing of June 23. With uni- into to see if there’s a way we the restriction of 37 others, versity offi cials’ permission, can get some sort of protec- amounting to a 15 percent re- Graziano helped organize an- tion because ultimately that’s duction of service. Several of other repainting of the Fence. part of our job, to protect our the affected routes served the “We wanted to make sure the campus.” Fence was ready as a positive Despite the circumstanc- Carnegie Mellon area. Mean- Adelaide Cole/Art Editor while, Myers said, students message for the pre-college es, the overall attitude of the students when they arrive on evening was positive. Weiner are moving further away from wood Boulevard in Squir- and service changes. Despite the changes, some Saturday,” she said. said, “I said this last time, campus. As a result, the escort rel Hill and Shady Avenue The shuttle service has also students do not feel that the Gina Casalegno, the Dean and I’ll say it again: It’s awe- service has become overbur- in Shadyside. The combined collaborated with the creators shuttle service meets their of Student Affairs, said in an some to see so many people dened. Oakland/Shadyside route, of Locaccino, a GPS-tracking needs. e-mail, “The actions taken are coming out in support of According to Myers, the which runs on weekends and application, to let students H&SS junior Paul Carboni, by students thus far to repair this — in such short notice, Carnegie Mellon police con- from 11:15 a.m. to 11 p.m. locate shuttles using the ap- who lives in Bloomfi eld, plans and repaint the structure are in the summer, with fi nals to- sulted with shuttle drivers on weekdays, now runs on a plication. to walk to and from campus. ones I applaud. One of the morrow — from all different and student groups to deter- 45 minute loop, as does the “Over the past year, a num- “The nearest shuttle stops to hallmarks of the Fence tra- divisions of the school.” mine the best way to fi x the Squirrel Hill shuttle. The in- ber of people have been ask- me are halfway to campus,” dition is the way in which it system. dividual Oakland and Shady- ing if Locaccino could also be Carboni said. “By that point, is grass-roots organized and A version of this article was “We looked at adding one side routes, which run from used to help them track the it’s easier to just walk the implemented, and to have fi rst published on thetartan. more escort [bus], but we 6:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., and [Carnegie Mellon] shuttles,” whole way than wait for the students engaged in the re- org on June 23, 2011. were restricted due to our re- then again from 4:30 p.m. to Norman Sadeh, computer sci- shuttle.” The escort service, sources and money situation,” 6 p.m. on weekdays, continue ence professor and leader of which could theoretically Myers said. Instead, the police to run on 30 minute loops. the Locaccino development take a student to Bloomfi eld, worked with drivers and stu- Carnegie Mellon police team, said in an e-mail.