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thetartan.org @thetartan August 27, 2012 Volume 107, Issue 2 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Bomb Hunt Library gets new layout Wheels on bus to threat keep going round madelyn glymour membership ratified it by a News Editor 10-to-one margin, and the suspect reason they ratified it by that The Port Authority an- margin was because of that nounced last Tuesday that the language.” found service reduction planned for Palonis pointed to Allegh- Sept. 2 would be postponed eny County Executive Rich justin mcgown until at least August 2013. Fitzgerald as another pivotal Staffwriter The postponement is the player in the agreement. result of a deal reached by “He really kept our nose The FBI officially in- the Port Authority, Allegh- to the grindstone throughout dicted Adam Stuart Busby eny County, Governor Tom this process,” Palonis said. on Aug. 22 for sending over Corbett’s office, and the Lo- “Rich is an advocate for trans- 40 threatening emails to the cal 85 Amalgamated Transit portation. I’ve dealt with a lot University of Pittsburgh last Union. Under the deal, Port of politicians through this year. Busby’s emails were Authority employees in the process, but Rich really wants part of a series of over 100 Local 85 union will undergo to see transportation grow.” bomb threats issued to Pitt a two-year pay freeze and According to the Pitts- throughout the spring se- increase the percentage of burgh Post-Gazette, Fitzger- mester. Busby, the founder the paychecks paid into their ald is advocating paying the of the Scottish National Lib- pension plans; the state will county’s portion of the agree- eration Army, is currently provide $35 million to Port ment using two sources: the in an Irish prison awaiting Authority during the coming county’s drink tax and the Al- an extradition hearing for year; and Allegheny County legheny Regional Asset Dis- threats he allegedly made Jennifer Coloma/Operations Manager will provide $4.5 million over trict (RAD). The RAD draws about airliners travelling The university is moving reference books out of Hunt Library to make room for a tutoring station. the coming year. its revenue from a 1 percent between London and New The turning point in ne- addition to Pennsylvania’s 6 York City. jennifer coloma consultation room, a meeting ly performed by a government gotiations, which have been percent sales tax. According to a statement Operations Manager room, more tables and chairs organization. In the U.S., it is ongoing for several months, Carnegie Mellon Student on the FBI’s website, Busby by the back windows, and an done by private membership was the ratification of a new Body President Will Weiner, is indicted on 35 counts: Students looking to study interactive lounge with a flat associations. According to contract between the Port a senior economics and sta- 17 counts of wire fraud, 16 on the first floor of Hunt Li- screen TV. St. Clair, the MSAA “peer re- Authority and the Local 85, tistics and decision science counts of maliciously con- brary this semester may run According to St. Clair, all views” universities every five to which the majority of the double major who lobbied veying false information in into trouble. The area is being of the renovations were re- years or sooner depending on Port Authority’s employees for local transportation in his the form of bomb threats, renovated to make space for a quested or proposed by the how they score and improve. belong. previous role as chair of the and two counts of interna- tutoring station, among other Student Advisory Board, with In its last visit to Carn- “Once the contract was Undergraduate Student Sen- tional extortion. additions. which Hunt Library staff has egie Mellon, St. Clair said ratified, we knew that we ate, is happy about the deal. In addition to the Pitt “I’m very excited,” said been consulting over the past the MSAA suggested that the would be seeing some pretty “The benefits are pretty bomb threats, Busby has Gloriana St. Clair, dean of year. university focus on “student substantial savings from that obvious, especially for our been charged with sending University Libraries. “These The renovations are be- learning outcomes.” contract,” Port Authority graduate student popula- emails in 2010 threatening [renovations] are some things ing made with next year’s “When we were reviewed spokesperson Heather Pharo tion,” Weiner said. “I’m re- to poison water supplies in that we’ve been wanting to Middle State Accreditation by the Middle States Accred- said. “As we have been in dis- ally glad the deal was worked England, and specifically get done for students for quite Agency (MSAA) visit in mind. iting Agency, they gave us a cussions with the state and out, because they utilize a lot Gordon Brown, who was a long time.” The MSAA is an independent very positive review, but they the county as well, the board of the routes that were going prime minister of the Unit- In addition to the tutoring agency that offers accredita- did make a suggestion to us opted to postpone the cuts for to be cut.” ed Kingdom at the time. station, formally known as the tion, or credibility, to institu- that it would be nice if we at least one year ... in order to Since one of Corbett’s ma- The 64-year-old Scottish Global Communications Cen- tions of higher education. were able to tackle this prob- give the state and the county jor demands was union con- nationalist is known mainly ter (GCC), St. Clair said that Outside of the U.S., uni- more time to figure out a cessions, Weiner said the new for his hoaxes; while the the renovations will include a versity accreditation is usual- See hunt, A2 sustainable plan for funding union contract gives trans- Scottish National Libera- transportation.” portation lobbyists more bar- tion Army has carried out Local 85 President Ste- gaining power in the future. or attempted more overt phen Palonis said that al- “I think it gives our side some acts of terrorism in the past, Preferred name policy updated though the union is not en- more ammunition to say, Busby suffers from multiple tirely happy with the new ‘Look, they’ve made some sclerosis and is bound to a brent heard name policy, Casalegno said changes. contract, something had to concessions,’ ” Weiner said. wheelchair. Assistant News Editor that working groups spent a She spoke of the residen- be done in order to save local “So it gives us a better posi- “I was not in the least bit large amount of time coding tial benefits of this new pol- transportation. tion to secure a better future surprised [by the charges],” Carnegie Mellon issued an in order to “build the right icy, such as RAs receiving a “It’s a concessionary con- not just for Pittsburgh, but for David Leslie, a retired Scot- update to the preferred name infrastructure, which is part student’s preferred name for tract, that’s for sure,” Palonis the state.” tish reporter who person- guidelines for students this of what took us so long” in door decorations and other said. “Our membership says Weiner said that student ally knows Busby, said in a fall. rolling out the new preferred purposes before the student we have to do our part for government’s future lobby- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette arti- The changes were an- name policy. even arrives. transportation in Allegheny ing efforts, whatever they cle. “His motive is publicity. nounced in an email sent by Junior global studies and Evans also emphasized the County. They have faith in are, will probably be made Busby glories in publicity. Dean of Student Affairs Gina Chinese studies double major role of awareness and educa- us.” through the Pittsburgh Stu- He will target anyone or any Casalegno last Monday. Ac- Colin Meret, the president of tion in achieving greater tol- Palonis said that there dent Government Council. organization that he feels cording to the email, student- ALLIES, an LBGTQ group on erance and understanding of are some caveats in the new “It could manifest itself a will gain him publicity.” specified preferred names campus, said that preferred the transgender community. contract. “If the governor lot of ways. I want to use our Busby’s motive is have been used in all Black- names are often of particular “It’s a step,” Evans said. “But doesn’t come through with a resources and connections unclear. The FBI declined board courses since the sum- concern to transgender stu- it won’t change the hearts and dedicated source of funding with local government before to speculate about his mer semester. The message dents. minds of people.” that can grow, we revert back figuring out what the next reasoning, and Busby has no said that preferred names “Definitely it’s a step in the In addition to the LBGTQ to our previous contract. Our step is,” he said. direct connection to either have now also been added right direction,” Meret said of community, these changes in the university or the city. to Health Services records, the new guidelines. “Obvious- policy may also be pertinent In his interview, Leslie told course photo rosters, and resi- ly, transgender students face to international students, the Post-Gazette that it was dential rosters. many challenges in college.” who often go by a name that likely not a deeply thought- Records for University Meret recalled the steps is not their legal name, or stu- out action, and was possibly Health Services, Counseling his predecessors took to en- dents who for other reasons inspired by the presence of and Psychological Services, courage these changes, say- prefer to be addressed by an a UPMC hospital in Dublin. and housefellows and resi- ing, “ALLIES was one of the alternate name. While the threats Busby dential administrative staff organizations helping push The changes to the pre- has been charged with were will now contain students’ this policy.” ferred name guidelines have some of the most prominent preferred names as well as Casalegno said that AL- been welcomed by many stu- of those made against Pitt, their legal ones. Photo rosters LIES brought forth the initial dents. nobody has been charged will contain students’ pre- proposal for preferred name “I feel a preferred name for the other threats, in- ferred names instead of their guidelines several years ago. policy is great because it al- cluding the initial ones legal ones. After becoming dean of Stu- lows students to feel most written inside bathrooms Any student who wants to dent Affairs, Casalegno took comfortable on campus, even on campus. Pitt rescinded set a preferred name needs to up the issue. She said she in an academic setting,” said its offer of a $50,000 re- log in to Student Information worked for two years to de- Angelique Rein, a sophomore ward for information after Online (SIO) and select the velop the policy. business and Japanese double a group calling itself the preferred first name option Meg Evans, ALLIES’ coor- major. “It addresses an issue “Threateners,” now identi- under “View and Update My dinator of LGBTQ resources that doesn’t even cross most fied as Busby, claimed re- Info.” and the Stever House house- people’s minds. It’s a step to- sponsibility for some of the In order to avoid any tech- fellow, was involved in the wards greater acceptance and threats and demanded that nical issues implementing the working groups that led to the freedom of identity for all stu- the reward be removed. dents.” Extradition from Ireland Junior information sys- is historically hard to ac- tems and human-computer complish, and authorities interaction major Shreepal in both the U.S. and the Shah was in favor of the U.K. seem to view Busby as changes. a nuisance more than any- Shah, a TA for 73–100 thing, according to Leslie’s Principles of Economics, interview with the Post-Ga- said, “I could only imagine it zette. The FBI did not make helping, primarily because it any statements regarding avoids discrepancies between extradition. Leslie believes how you would interact with that the U.S. will likely not a student in class and keeping push hard for Busby’s extra- track of their grades on an of- dition. Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor ficial roster. The more consis- A crowd boards the 61C bus after a 25-minute wait. The 61C is one of See IRELAND, A3 Adelaide Cole/Art Editor tency, the better.” many routes that would have had reduced service in September. A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » August 27, 2012

Campus news in brief Statistically HCII student named to MIT CMU Philharmonic to play list of young innovators original suite for centennial Speaking Massachusetts Institute in a university press release. The Carnegie Mellon where we are going, is to of Technology’s Technology “I can’t think of a better addi- Philharmonic will debut an cause new music to be cre- Review has named human- tion to the TR35 pantheon.” original work on Sept. 16. ated.” computer interaction Ph.D. During his time at Carn- The work, Centennial Suite, Each movement of the It’s the first week of school, which means a long and student Chris Harrison to its egie Mellon, Harrison has was jointly written by mu- suite was written by a differ- costly trip to the University Center Bookstore or the post TR35 list of this year’s top 35 worked on and engineered sic composition professors ent professor. The first, “Cel- office to pick up textbooks. Here are some statistics to innovators under 35. many projects in his area of Leonardo Balada, Nancy Gal- ebration,” was composed by put your purchases into perspective: Harrison’s work involves interest, including Minput, braith, Marilyn Taft Thomas, Thomas; the second, “Memo- finding new ways for people which turns mobile devices and Reza Vali in honor of the ries No. 1, Barcelona 1938,” to control computers. His into computer mice, and Om- School of Music’s 100th anni- was composed by Balada; the work looks at methods of niTouch, a system that turns versary. third, “Euphonic Blues,” was control outside the tradition- almost any surface into a “On the occasion of its composed by Galbraith; and $700–1,100 al mouse and keyboard. touchscreen. centennial it’s certainly ap- the final movement, “The “Chris has a vision of how Harrison was also the propriate to look back over Darkness of Fury,” was com- The average amount students spend on textbooks per year. interfaces to computing pow- recipient of a Google Ph.D. the rich history of the CMU posed by Vali. er need to change as our com- fellowship earlier this year, School of Music, but so is a The concert will be held at puting environment changes, and, together with human- look forward,” said Denis 7:30 p.m. in Carnegie Music and the technical skills for computer interaction Ph.D. Colwell, head of the School Hall. General admission tick- making his ideas work in the student Robert Xiao, received of Music, in a university press ets for the concert are $5. real world,” said Human- the Qualcomm Innovation release. “I thought one way 11.7% Computer Interaction Insti- Fellowship on behalf of Carn- of celebrating where we have Compiled by tute Director Justine Cassell egie Mellon University. arrived and, more important, Percentage of a textbook’s profit that goes back to the Madelyn Glymour author. feature photo 2–7 lbs. The weight of the average hardcover textbook. The Hill assembles to win the Wars 10–15% Suggested percentage of one’s body weight that a student’s backpack should equal.

Sources: www.nytimes.com, textbooks.org, hypertextbook.com, Compiled by and www.prohealthcare.org Nicole Hamilton

Library remodels to facilitate tutors HUNT, from A1 copy of the assignment they need help with, a model es- lem,” St. Clair said. say from that class, or any- The GCC is one of the thing they’ve worked out ways the university hopes to thus far, as all these will help satisfy the MSAA’s sugges- the tutors to best mentor the tion. student. Joanna Wolfe, director of Students will be able to the GCC, said the center will schedule a tutoring session start off with 11 tutors — all through the GCC website af- master’s students — with ter it launches. more tutors to be added later. While the renovations are Tutors are currently undergo- being made with students in ing training, to be completed mind, the resulting noise is a within the next three to four slight disturbance to people weeks. studying on the first floor. Although Hunt Library’s “It’s a little bit noisy since first floor will probably be it’s right there, but very undergoing renovations for clean,” said Meng Zhang, a most of the fall, the GCC master’s student in urban de- will begin tutoring students sign. sooner. “Of course there is con- “We’re going to be open- cern about the fact that it’s ing in three weeks in a tem- disruption and there’s noise,” Jennifer Coloma/Operations Manager porary space in FMS,” Wolfe St. Clair said. “I don’t think Students from residences on the Hill celebrated their victory in this year’s House Wars. The Hill’s theme was “The Avengers.” Donner, whose theme said. “It’s going to be hard to there are any big concerns was “Game of Thrones,” came in second. House Wars had no general theme this year. find, but we will have instruc- about the end result. I think tions on our website, which everyone in the library is very is not up yet. So we will be happy that we’re able to bring ready in three weeks to ac- the Global Communications cept appointments on a lim- Center in.... What I hear from Campus Crime & Incident Reports ited basis, but in four weeks students is that they want we’ll be full-time, full-staff.” more comfortable spaces and Theft garding an underage drinking Theft Underage Drinking According to Wolfe, stu- more aesthetic spaces, and I Aug. 20, 2012 party. Nine Carnegie Mellon Aug. 21, 2012 Aug. 23, 2012 students were cited for under- dents should try to bring to think that in both cases we’ll University Police received A student reported that University Police were their tutoring appointment a be able to meet their needs.” age drinking, and two bottles a report from a student that of vodka were seized and de- her new cream-colored Elec- summoned by the Univer- he secured his black Vilano bi- stroyed. tra Towne bicycle, valued at sity of Pittsburgh Police to cycle to a pole on Frew Street $450, was stolen from in front assist them with an under- outside Baker Hall on Aug. 18. of Stever House. The student age Carnegie Mellon student Corrections & Clarifications When he returned to get the Suspicious Person had secured the bicycle to the under the influence of alco- bike on Aug. 20, it was gone. Aug. 21, 2012 bike rack on Sunday after- hol who appeared to be lost. The article “Where to eat: Pittsburgh’s best bites” noon, and it had been stolen by A Carnegie Mellon officer University Police were (Pillbox, Aug. 20, 2012) incorrectly stated that Tazza Theft Monday morning. The student transported the student to his summoned to Baker Hall at d’Oro is on the fourth floor of the Gates Center. It is on Aug. 20, 2012 was able to supply the serial dorm. The student is being the third floor. approximately 3:30 p.m. re- number, and the bike was en- cited for underage drinking. If you would like to submit a correction or clarifica- A staff member in Baker garding a suspicious person tered into the National Crime who was observed entering tion, please email The Tartan at [email protected] or Hall reported that someone Information Center database. Underage Drinking entered his locked office and numerous offices in the psy- [email protected] with your inquiry, as well as the Aug. 23, 2012 chology department. The of- date of the issue and the name of the article. We will stole an iPad and a camcorder. Criminal Mischief There was no sign of forced en- ficers located the male, who At approximately 6:50 print the correction or clarification in the next print is- Aug. 22, 2012 sue and publish it online. try into the office. The incident gave varying accounts of his a.m., University Police were remains under investigation. purpose on campus, none of A Carnegie Mellon staff summoned to Mudge House which could be verified. The member reported that her ve- for a student who was passed Underage Drinking male was escorted from the hicle’s tire had been slashed out on the floor and was unre- Aug. 20, 2012 building and warned that, if sometime between 8:30 a.m. sponsive. The officers learned he returned without being and 5 p.m. The staff member that the student had been At approximately 11 p.m., accompanied by a Carnegie said she believes the crime was drinking alcohol and was un- University Police were sum- Mellon affiliate, he would be a random act of vandalism. derage. The student was cited moned to Donner Hall re- arrested for defiant trespass. for underage drinking.

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Professor receives award for How Things Work research on ‘malleable’ brain The wound healing process Raghunandan Avula limiting blood loss. of muscles, such as the ability Staffwriter According to WebMD, tis- to contract. This establishes sue that makes up the skin the final stage of wound From childhood scrapes to underneath is made up of healing, where the myofibro- the removal of wisdom teeth, proteins called collagen. In blasts pull the wound edges the human body displays an the event of an injury, small together. Over time, more col- amazing ability to heal itself. disk-shaped structures in the lagen is deposited to protect Once an injury occurs, a cas- blood called platelets interact the wound from reopening, cade of chemical reactions be- with collagen and cause the creating scar tissue. gins in a carefully regulated, blood to coagulate or stick Although scar tissue and multistep process until the together, forming a scab that normal skin both contain damage is repaired. temporarily seals the break in collagen, scar tissue has a Oftentimes we take this the blood vessel. higher concentration of it, ability for granted and take As the bleeding is con- which makes it look differ- risks that can lead to severe trolled, the body slowly en- ent from the surrounding injuries. Without the healing ters the inflammatory phase skin. Collagen in normal skin process, our bodies would of healing that is often as- overlaps in many directions, not be able to endure all the sociated with pain. Here, the giving a smooth appearance. damage we expose them to platelets release chemicals In contrast, collagen in scar throughout our lifetimes. that attract special types tissue is usually aligned in Imagine the extreme care of white blood cells to the one direction, giving it a more that would have to be taken wound. These cells flood the textured look. if our bodies didn’t have this wound, acting as the body’s Our bodies contain all ability; even a simple paper immune system, where they the cells necessary to rebuild cut could be deadly. engulf and destroy debris and damaged tissue. However, The skin, the largest organ harmful bacteria. These cells these cells require various in our bodies, acts as a protec- act as the first line of defense vitamins and nutrients that tive barrier from the outside against infection, dominating must come from our diet. Vi- Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor environment. Two layers of the area of the wound for the tamin C is used for collagen Marcel Just, a professor in the psychology department, studies the interconnectivity of various brain systems. the skin, the epidermis and first two days. synthesis, and vitamin A is dermis, contain blood vessels Over the next few days, used to develop blood ves- Ligia Nistor put aside,” he said. said. that transport blood through- the white blood cells con- sels. Other nutrients, such as Staffwriter Just received the award There are hindrances out the body. This protective tinue to digest bacteria and zinc, are necessary for DNA in Montreal in July. In the alongside the benefits of brain barrier is broken after an in- dead tissue cells. Once bleed- synthesis for new developing Marcel Just, a professor in same month, he gave a key- malleability. For example, jury, exposing blood vessels ing has subsided and the cells. the department of psychology note lecture titled “Changing post-traumatic stress disor- and causing bleeding. wound is free from infection, Wounds are an inescap- and the director for the Cen- Brains for Changing Times,” der significantly changes the As an instinctive attempt it enters the rebuilding stage. able part of human lives, ter for Cognitive Brain Imag- which focused on the fact hippocampus, a major mem- to stop bleeding, the body Also known as the prolifera- and luckily, the human body ing, is the 2012 winner of the that the human brain is much ory-associated component enters the first stage of the tive stage, this stage is when can recover from the major- Society for Text and Discourse more malleable and flex- of the human brain. Chronic healing process, known as cells create new collagen and ity of minor cuts and scrapes Distinguished Scientific Con- ible than scientists previously stress also causes measurable hemostasis. According to an increase the strength of the with very little intervention. tribution Award. thought. changes in the hippocampus. article published in Alterna- wound. Larger wounds often need “Marcel has been a pioneer “We know that, in infor- “We need to appreciate tive Medicine Review, chemi- White blood cells known outside medical attention to in psycholinguistic research mation processing terms, that the way we live our lives cals are released by muscle as fibroblasts eventually ma- more quickly stop bleeding for four decades, employing you could learn new things, really has an impact on our tissue around the damage to ture into smooth muscle cells. or further prevent infection. cutting-edge technologies for but what I think wasn’t quite brains,” he said. constrict the damaged blood As they transform into what Still, doctors rely heavily on understanding online reading appreciated was how overt, In the early 2000s, Just’s vessels, reducing the amount are known as myofibroblasts, the body’s ability to fix itself comprehension in healthy in- measurable, and large the research team helped with of blood flow to the area and they develop characteristics over time. dividuals, as well as individu- biological changes are in the a large project in Pittsburgh als with autism, dyslexia, and brain,” he explained. studying children with dys- brain damage,” according to lexia. The scientists gave them the program from the award 100 hours of instruction, in ceremony. “He was one of the “Wherever you which they were taught how first to use fMRI to investigate go in life, you’re to decode words. At the end the neural bases of reading of this remedial training, the comprehension.” constantly dyslexic children were sig- In Just’s own opinion, his learning things, nificantly better readers. The main contribution is his work children’s white matter had toward a better understand- and what changed, showing similarities ing of relating language com- you’re doing is to normal readers. prehension to its interplay “There are many brain dis- with brain function. The goal changing your orders that affect the white of his research is to explain matter, and now we know the psychological processes, brain.” that we can fix the white mat- such as parsing or meaning ter behaviorally,” Just said. retrieval, in order to give a de- —Marcel Just An ongoing project of scription of brain functioning Psychology professor Just’s team involves a theory at the brain-system level. of autism the team devel- “It is a great honor when oped called “frontal posterior your colleagues say, ‘This is By performing small per- under-connectivity,” which great work.’ It is always ex- ceptual tasks, such as learning states that the major issue tremely heartening when how to write backwards, Just with autism is the connec- one’s colleagues acknowledge said, one can change the cir- tivity between the front part or honor a contribution,” Just cuitry in the brain in as little of the brain and the poste- said. as four-and-a-half hours. The rior parts. Just’s team has Although Just was hon- circuitry that consists of cells observed that white matter ored to receive the award, that transmit signals from one in people with autism is dif- he expressed the importance region of the brain to another, ferent than those without the of having one’s own values referred to as “white matter,” disorder. to drive research. “You have makes up 45 percent of the “All this points to a way to develop your own sense of brain. to develop therapies, to di- values of what is important, “Wherever you go in life, agnose people with greater of what is progressing well, you’re constantly learning certainty, to develop biologi- what innovations to pursue, things, and what you’re doing cal markers of autism,” Just which old lines of research to is changing your brain,” Just said. Adelaide Cole/Art Editor

Scitech Briefs West Nile outbreak After 352 million Scientists recognize Insect wings much Doctors finding Apple victorious, one of the largest miles, NASA cheers conciousness of stronger than help through Samsung loses for this time of year for 23 feet some animals previously thought Facebook patent trial Federal health officials an- This week, NASA’s Mars An international group Researchers at Trinity Col- Doctors at the Mayo Clin- A federal grand jury in nounced this week that the rover Curiosity completed of scientists signed The lege in Dublin have recently ic recently used Facebook San Jose, Calif., found that current U.S. outbreak of West a successful test drive. The Cambridge Declaration on found that the wings of in- to investigate the stroke of Samsung had violated many Nile virus is one of the largest 16-minute trip consisted of Consciousness, which sup- sects are not as fragile as a 56-year-old woman. The of Apple’s patents. Apple was seen in the country. As of last moving forward 15 feet, turn- ports the idea that animals they look. To measure insect stroke happened as a result of awarded $1 billion in dam- Thursday, 1,118 cases were ing 120 degrees, and backing have a similar degree of con- wings’ strength, the scien- a clogged artery in her neck, ages. The jury found that Sam- reported, over half of them in up eight feet. After complet- sciousness and awareness as tists produced tiny cracks in and doctors needed to deter- sung violated utility patents Texas. The number of reports ing its 352-million-mile trip to humans. The list of animals in- locust wings and measured mine whether the blockage as well as design patents, and by this time of year is typically the surface of Mars earlier this cludes all mammals, all birds, the amount of force required was a result of trauma or of found some of the comany’s fewer than 300. Scientists be- month, the team is thrilled and the octopus. The scientists to make the crack grow and risk factors such as diabetes or infringements “willful.” The lieve that the combination of about the recent 23-foot claim more evidence shows permeate through the wing. heart disease. jury did not award Samsung a mild winter, an early spring, journey. that humans are not unique After examining video of the One doctor noticed that any damages on any of its and a very hot summer is a “It couldn’t be more impor- in possessing the neurological forced cracks, they found that the patient’s right eyelid was counter-claims. contributing factor to the out- tant,” Peter Theisinger, the makeup that generates con- once the crack had reached more droopy than the left, The verdict “could lead to break. mission’s project manager, sciousness. a wing vein, crack growth which is commonly associated an outright ban on sales of key The virus is transmitted by said at a news conference af- The declaration, which was stopped. with trauma. The doctors ex- Samsung products and will mosquitoes, which pick the ter the drive. “I mean, we built signed in the presence of phys- Insects such as grasshop- amined the patient’s Facebook likely solidify Apple’s domi- virus up from birds they bite. a rover. So unless the rover icist Stephen Hawking, states pers travel long distances with profile pictures and found that nance of the exploding mobile Only one in five infected peo- roves, we really haven’t ac- that “the field of Conscious- wings 10 times thinnner than the droopy eyelid symptom computing market,” Reuters ple gets sick, and the symp- complished anything.” ness research is rapidly evolv- a human hair. The researchers was a recent development, so reported. toms can include headache, Curiosity is to spend a few ing. ... more data is becoming believe that the vein pattern the artery blockage was likely body aches, and fever. One in years exploring the surface of readily available, and this calls found in insect wings could caused by trauma. Knowing Source: NPR, Reuters 150 people may develop se- Mars in attempt to figure out for a periodic reevaluation of inspire the design of more du- the cause of blockage can vere symptoms, which can re- whether the planet was ever previously held preconcep- rable and lightweight artificial help doctors prevent future sult in coma and paralysis. habitable for microbial life. tions in this field.” “venous” wings for aircraft. strokes. Compiled by Source: Associated Press Source: The New York Times Source: io9 Source: Phys.org Source: CNN Daniel Tkacik

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From the Editorial Board A kin’s rape comment reflects GOP policies equivalent to abortion. The science, though, simply does not support that. The morning-after pill doesn’t prevent a fertilized egg from attach- ing to the uterus, as conservatives Anna Walsh claim; rather, the pill prevents an egg from being fertilized in the first You’ve probably already heard place, meaning that no pregnancy about U.S. Representative Todd occurs. Akin’s now-infamous statement While these examples may not made last week: “From what I un- be as extreme as Akin’s inane state- derstand from doctors, [pregnancy ment about the female body’s ability from rape] is really rare,” Akin told to prevent pregnancy from rape, it KTVI Fox News. “If it’s a legitimate shows that many of the male con- rape, the female body has ways to servative politicians who seem so try to shut that whole thing down.” concerned with birth control and The criticism immediately rolled the female body ironically don’t un- in — President Obama held a press derstand how either works. conference the following day in Then there’s Akin’s phrase, “le- which he criticized Akin, saying, gitimate rape.” Many conservatives “The idea that we should be pars- have been quick to criticize Akin’s ing and qualifying and slicing what word choice; when asked about types of rape we are talking about Akin’s statement, Ryan replied, Courtesy of Juan Fernandez doesn’t make sense to the American “Rape is rape, period. End of story.” people and certainly doesn’t make But this all begs the question: sense to me.” What would Akin consider “illegiti- El Gallo de Oro shows lack of true health initiative But Democrats weren’t the only mate” rape? He already answered As students begin to trickle back have been seen as a notable accom- fresh fruit would possibly help the one condemning Akin: Republican that question last year when he co- to campus, they may notice the pres- plishment — it’s something that ev- former Sí Señor’s reputation of being politicians were quick to distance sponsored the “No Taxpayer Fund- ence of El Gallo de Oro, the new and ery eatery on campus should strive one of the least healthy restaurants themselves from him, and both the ing for Abortion Act,” which would improved version of Sí Señor. for. on campus. Republican Senatorial Campaign have only allowed federal funds to Kim Abel, the director of Carne- But to say that drastic changes Hiding behind a different name Committee and the conservative Su- be used to terminate pregnancies gie Mellon Housing and Dining, said have been made to the restaurant seems questionable and, frankly, per PAC American Crossroads have that were a result of “forcible” rape. to The Tartan last week that El Gal- from its unhealthy origins is ridicu- unappetizing. Moreover, if Hous- announced that they will no longer This essentially would have lo de Oro will have a very different lous. See for yourselves — El Gallo ing and Dining wanted a healthier fund his campaign. Even vice-presi- meant that, were you a 13-year- menu from Sí Señor, and that this is de Oro has not changed its vendor, Tex-Mex option, why is the classic dential candidate Paul Ryan called old victim of statutory rape or had a response to changes desired by the its style of food, or its basic menu. It’s Sí Señor brownie still offered as a Akin and asked him to drop out of you been drugged by your rapist student body. the same old Sí Señor, poorly hidden dessert? Why are half of Sí Señor’s Missouri’s Senate race, according to before he assaulted you, your rape But, as reported, the new Tex- by the new image of El Gallo de Oro. menu items still there under differ- Akin. “wouldn’t count.” Mex eatery will have the same ven- The low calorie options that are ent names? One might consider it a good This wasn’t only the language of dor and owner, as well as eerily touted by El Gallo de Oro aren’t do- It may be hard to balance the tra- thing that the GOP is trying to dis- one extreme politician: The bill ac- similar food items, such as burritos, ing enough to convince students ditional Tex-Mex of Sí Señor and the tance itself from Akin — after all, tually passed the Republican-con- quesadillas, and the somewhat out- that they’re truly healthy choices. health craze that many restaurants that’s a sign that most Republican trolled House of Representatives, of-place brownies. The burrito bowl merely lists what cater to nowadays. Yet trying to play politicians disagree with his state- although the phase “forcible rape” Implementing a new menu in or- ingredients comprise its 565 calo- off both isn’t the solution. Ultimate- ments and are a little more reason- was later removed thanks to public der to have a greater appeal to the ries. Seeing more vegetarian options ly, a poor combination can leave a able and educated, right? outcry. Also worth noting: One of students, faculty, and visitors could or additional green snacks besides bad taste in your mouth. But when you look at the facts, it the bill’s co-sponsors was none other becomes pretty clear that Akin isn’t than Ryan. an anomaly of the Republican party. And despite Akin’s apology, he Students must give more input for shuttle changes First is his completely misguided still stands by his assertion that abor- August signals the end of sum- been added to the Pittsburgh Tech- Mellon welcomes the involvement of mer, the return of Carnegie Mellon nology Center shuttle route. its students in important discussions When you look at the facts, it becomes students to campus, and the Carn- In theory, all these changes like transportation. We urge you to egie Mellon Shuttle and Escort Ser- should be positive, helping to im- take advantage of the shuttle and es- pretty clear that Akin isn’t an anomaly of vices’ almost annual route changes. prove transportation around cam- cort services, note the new changes, the Republican party. We all long for a little stability pus. But until these theories are put and — if you feel that something is when it comes to public transpor- into practice, they have little mean- lacking — speak up. For the past year belief that the female body can ap- tion should be banned even in cases tation, and while it seems that the ing. These changes, implemented or so, the university has been hold- parently detect rape and prevent of rape or incest. This may seem like university’s transportation service is over the summer, will soon face the ing various meetings about private itself from becoming pregnant. Ob- an extreme stance to take on abor- continually seeking to improve itself, scrutiny of the students and faculty and public transportation. In addi- viously, this is ludicrous — in fact, a tion, but rather than being a fringe it is our right to speak up to improve that use the services. tion, student government — and this 2003 study using data from the Unit- belief, this stance has now become transit for Carnegie Mellon students. We have to admit that the shuttle year’s executive branch in particular ed States National Violence Against a central pillar of the Republican If you are a student and have been and escort services are often hard — has made a commitment to im- Women survey found that the rate Party’s beliefs. The newest iteration checking your email inbox, you’ll and thankless jobs. No matter the proving and advocating for better at which women become pregnant of the party’s official platform calls have noticed some new shuttle and changes in service, somebody some- student transportation. from rape is twice the rate of preg- for a constitutional amendment escort changes. where will always feel that they are Attending Student Senate meet- nancy from consensual sexual acts. protecting the fetus’ “fundamental The escort service is now ar- lacking in one way or another. Trans- ings or going to student govern- Akin released an apology video a individual right to life,” but does not ranged into four different color portation in Pittsburgh isn’t doing so ment’s office hours can help you few days after his initial statement in mention if exceptions should be al- zones instead of neighborhood ar- well as it is, what with the Port Au- voice your opinions. Getting involved which he admitted that pregnancy lowed in cases of rape and incest. eas, some stops on Craig Street have thority struggling along and threat- is what truly gets initiatives moving can occur from rape. But despite his So the real faux pas Akin made been cut due to safety concerns, and ening to cut service left and right. and what will make any transporta- correction, his statement revealed in the eyes of the Republican Party the Greenfield neighborhood has Regardless, know that Carnegie tion changes beneficial and lasting. his apparent ignorance on how the wasn’t his beliefs — clearly his ideas female reproductive system works, a are in line with those of many other Adequate housing for first-years should be a priority reoccurring theme with several con- conservatives. The real reason con- servatives. servatives are tripping over them- The start of the school year is for their new and largely dependent on-campus housing is $6,020 for the After law student Sandra Fluke selves to keep their distance from both a happy and stressful time. The first-year students, while also work- academic year. read a statement in May about the Akin is that his blunt delivery laid uncertainties of housing, though, ing to provide sufficient housing for In order to deal with limited costs of birth control, Rush Lim- those conservative views bare, with- can supplant the joys of returning to others wishing to live on campus. housing, the University of Pittsburgh baugh went on a now-infamous rant out dressing them up in the usual independent collegiate life. Students Upperclassmen may have com- has a 12-year plan that culiminates against her, calling her a “slut” and innocent-sounding political jargon. often hear stories of others with plaints about the housing situation as in the building of a new first-year saying, “She wants to be paid to The Republican Party can try to unfortunate or inadequate campus well. Preference is given to students dorm on Fifth Avenue. According the have sex. She’s having so much sex cover those views back up by releas- housing situations, such as students by age in the housing lottery system, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, this addition she can’t afford the contraception.” ing nice sound bites saying “rape is having to live in the Wyndham Gar- with seniors getting first choice. This will add 559 beds for first-year stu- Offensiveness aside, his statement rape” and by begging Akin to drop den Hotel back in 2006, or how some may dissuade younger students from dents at Pitt. revealed that he apparently doesn’t out of the Senate race, but that dorms changed to first-year exclu- trying to maintain campus housing. Initiatives like this one are a step understand how birth control doesn’t change the fact that Akin’s sive residences in 2008 and left up- Also, should upperclassmen out- in the right direction for ensuring works; the amount of birth control statement matches the Republican perclassmen frustrated. side of the housing system wish to housing for first-year students. While pills a woman takes is completely in- Party’s actions. And once the major- When coming to college, first- return to on-campus residences, they the scope of Pitt’s first-year housing dependent of the amount of sex that ity of Americans realize that, their years shouldn’t have to worry if will find the process “very difficult,” issues are clearly larger, what with she has. outrage won’t merely be focused on they’ll have adequate on-campus according to the Carnegie Mellon being a state school with a much Similarly, many conservatives, one Senatorial candidate from Mis- housing. Housing Assignments FAQ. larger student population, Carnegie including Akin, Mitt Romney, and souri. Housing and residence policies Yet poor housing shouldn’t be an Mellon Housing Services would be Newt Gingrich, have spoken out for all universities should focus on issue that incoming first-years face, wise to look at similar ways to ad- against the morning-after pill, a Anna Walsh (amwalsh@) is acting optimizing the living arrangements especially when the cheapest rate for dress these problems. form of birth control they claim is personnel manager for The Tartan.

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Emily Dobler During your first few weeks here, you want to meet everyone you I grew up close to New York City can and accumulate a solid core of — famous for its pizza, pronunciation friends to feel at home. But it’s easy of cawfee, and erratic drivers. But its to go overboard, inviting your whole residents are famous for something floor to dinner instead of two close else: knowing how to walk. I don’t friends. mean they know how to strut or have Luckily, this horde mentality even- more swagger; I mean that they don’t tually dies down and people learn to travel in hordes of 20 people and take be okay with walking in a group of up the entire sidewalk. two or three, or even by themselves. When I first came to Carnegie This year’s incoming first-years were Mellon, the prevalence of bad walk- no different than any other incoming ing was a shock. As a first-year I class. didn’t have a car, and the timeliness As I watched their arrival to cam- of the bus system is always a gamble, pus, I legitimately feared having to so walking was how I got around. walk between Craig Street and More- But this proved difficult when I wood Avenue. As expected, I was would try to walk against the grain once again forced into the street by of a massive entourage of fellow stu- the clusters of first-years insisting on dents on a given sidewalk. The crowd having a giant entourage everywhere saw me approaching and continued they went. on its merry way as I attempted to This is just rude to everyone else walk by. on the sidewalk. Apply the overused Josh Smith/Forum Editor On multiple occasions, I was axiom, “Do unto others as you would forced into the street because a large have them do unto you.” If you see who does this — please do everyone didn’t overrun the sidewalks of your Just use common sense next time group of friends simply didn’t under- someone trying to get by your group, on campus a favor and watch where hometown before coming to Carn- you’re out and about on campus and stand how to let a single person walk move over. Don’t force them to en- you’re going next time you venture egie Mellon. Were you driving a car, Pittsburgh. through their cluster — or they didn’t danger their life by having to step outside your dormitory with your en- you wouldn’t drive down all three bother to care, which is worse. into a busy street just to get around. tire floor. lanes on Forbes Avenue; apply that Emily Dobler (edobler@) is editor-in- Among first-years, this mental- So first-years — and anyone else I’m assuming you and your friends same logic when walking around. chief of The Tartan. Withholding diplomas is a cheap move Stricter gun control not went to pick up her physical diplo- requirements, it’s naturally assumed ma. The school has commented that that he or she will be given a diploma the answer to violence it will give Nootbaar her diploma to represent that achievement. For when she issues a formal apology for most people, a high school diploma rates of sexual assault and robbery her actions. holds mostly sentimental value — have remained mostly unchanged Carl Glazer This type of diploma withholding since you are officially a high school while the rate of assaults has risen in response to non-academic issues graduate regardless of that piece of by more than 8 percent since the Last week, Oklahoma City’s is a common practice for schools to paper — but some professions and gun bans were enacted in 1996. NewsChannel 4 reported that a control students during the final few colleges require a copy of your di- Jonathan Carreon The United Kingdom also has high school valedictorian in Prague, weeks of classes. However, these ploma as credentials. the highest violent crime rate in the Okla., was blocked from receiving punishments cheapen the four years Schools have resorted to with- Gun control is a difficult topic to European Union at around 2,000 in- her diploma because she altered of dedication and effort needed to holding diplomas because they have discuss because of poorly framed sta- cidents per 100,000 people, accord- her graduation speech and used achieve that academic recognition. limited options for punishing stu- tistics and the passionate response ing to annual Eurostat crime trends the word “hell” instead of the pre- At the federal, state, and indi- dents at the end of their senior years. from those personally affected by data. That is four times as many vio- approved “heck.” vidual school levels, there are vari- Some high schools use the inability to it. There is not enough space in an lent crimes per capita as those in the Kaitlin Nootbaar, the student in ous academic requirements that walk across the stage at graduation article to completely explain why U.S. The United Kingdom handgun question, had completed all required each student must achieve in order as a deterrent to end-of-the-year she- gun control is not a viable solution, bans were enacted in 1997. schoolwork with a 4.0 GPA and was to graduate and be awarded a di- nanigans. Others withhold diplomas so instead I want to offer a few re- A third claim is that because po- not informed of any issue until she ploma. If a student meets all of these from students who are not the best sponses to some common claims by lice officers have guns, there’s no behaved during their final weeks of proponents of stricter gun control. reason for private ownership. Of classes. Both of these options have a First, there is the claim that if you the approximately 794,300 police much further-reaching impact than own a gun, you or someone you live officers and detectives in the U.S., do the standard suspension or deten- with will shoot another person by maybe 150,000 of them are actually tion that these same crimes would accident. Last year, there were 613 on duty at a given time and available garner during the school year. unintentional deaths by firearm, ac- to respond to an emergency, assum- Graduation is a celebration not cording to the National Safety Coun- ing that they have three shifts a day only for the students, but also for cil. Compare this to 1,489 fatalities and they are occupying non-admin- those who supported them through- in 1989. A recent Gallup poll esti- istrative positions. out their long educational journeys. mated that 45 percent of American Given that 311 million people There are still many students in this homes contain at least one firearm live in the U.S., that leaves about country who are the first in their — a figure that has stayed roughly one officer per 2,000 people. From families to have the opportunity the same since the 1960s. the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to graduate from high school and To frame this, consider that you among crimes of violence response go to college. Threatening to ruin are four to five times more likely to times, only 53.4 percent were within this achievement for minor infrac- be accidentally killed by a police of- 10 minutes, with 8.8 percent taking tions such as saying “hell” instead ficer than you are by a civilian gun more than an hour for a response. of “heck” does not give this possibly owner. Moreover, the odds of death Guns are easy to use for both life-changing moment the gravitas it by choking on food, falling down criminals and law-abiding citizens. deserves. the stairs, or having something fall You have to look past the high- While there is a need to keep on your head are roughly the same visibility instances of guns used in seniors in check in the final weeks as those of being accidentally shot. crimes and refocus on the collective of their high school careers, using Yet the emotional response to gun trends at play. Civilian-owned fire- graduation threats is not an appro- accidents far outweighs that of other arms reduce crime occurrences and priate way to do so. As these students causes of death. keep people safe. Learn how to use a prepare to enter a new stage of their Another claim of gun control firearm or read more about the poli- lives, full of new responsibilities, activists is that cutting out guns re- tics involved before you allow one schools should be setting a better ex- duces violent crime rates. Consider of your greatest rights to be taken ample than petty extortion. Australia and the United Kingdom; away. both countries strictly control legal Carl Glazer (cglazer@) is a staffwriter gun ownership. According to the Jonathan Carreon (jcarreon@) is Adelaide Cole/Art Editor for The Tartan. Australian Bureau of Statistics, the photo editor for The Tartan. A PERSON’S OPINION Compiled by Jonathan Carreon and Jennifer Coloma The return to college always has a cinematic feel to it. So we asked, If your upcoming school year were a movie, what would it be called?

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How to exercise more than your brain Sports Commentary Alex Tapak because of its flexible hours. day: Sometimes [I workout] classes. Steelers new season Sports Co-Editor During the school week, the in Skibo, sometimes in the Another fitness option is Carl Glazer was offered a standard re- gym opens at 6 a.m. and clos- UC, but lately I have been go- intramural sports. There are Staffwriter strictive free agent contract, Do you want to avoid the es at 2 a.m. ing for runs in Schenely Park,” many options for intramural which — while far below intense time commitment as- Students are required to said senior chemical engi- sports: soccer, tennis, and With training camp market value — is all the sociated with varsity or club get a wrist band from the neering major Neil Soni. softball, among others. It only wrapped up and less than two Steelers are required to give sports, but still want to stay in equipment desk on the first If you are someone who takes a couple of friends to weeks until the NFL starts him. shape and maintain a healthy floor before entering any of needs more motivation to make a team, depending on its regular season, it is time Wallace showed his dis- lifestyle? To strike that bal- the University Center’s fitness work out, Carnegie Mellon the sport. It is a small commit- to take a look at some off- pleasure by holding out on ance, there are plenty of ways facilities. also provides a range of fit- ment, usually only one or two season story lines and how team activities, including to stay active on campus that The University Center ness classes. During the week, shortened games a week. If they will affect the Pittsburgh workouts, training camp, and will fit into any schedule. is also home to racquetball students can find time for you make the playoffs and win Steelers once the games start preseason games. Carnegie Mellon has a courts and Wiegand Gymna- popular classes like yoga or an intramural championship, to matter. Unfortunately for him, range of gyms — both big and sium, which has two full bas- spinning. Carnegie Mellon you and your team win Intra- One of the biggest Wallace’s holdout has only small — for those who like to ketball courts. also offers classes like African- mural Champions T-shirts. changes involved the coaches allowed wide receiver Anto- work out on their own. The When the weather is nice, Caribbean Dance and Masala However you like to work rather than players. Todd nio Brown to further cement majority of dormitories con- another place to work out is Bhangra. No prior experience out, you can find a place to do Haley, former head coach of his place as the Steelers’ top tain small gyms with a few outside around campus. is necessary for any of these it at Carnegie Mellon. the Kansas City Chiefs, was offensive playmaker, paving cardio machines. These are There are six brought in to replace offen- the way for him to become convenient for quick work- tennis courts sive coordinator Bruce Ari- the center of the offense. outs in the comfort of your in the middle ans. Art Rooney II, the Steel- This gives fans a lot of own dorm. This is a great op- of campus ers’ president and co-owner, hope, and eliminates most of tion for people afraid of let- that you can wanted to reinvigorate the the leverage Wallace had to ting others see them working reserve at offense, believing that the negotiate with. up a sweat. the equip- plays had grown flat and that Wallace is scheduled to “I enjoy working out in ment desk in traditional Steeler smash- end his holdout and rejoin Fairfax if I am too lazy to go the University mouth football was not what the team, but he may have to campus, but if I am on cam- Center. it used to be. already lost his top receiver pus I enjoy working out in the When the track Judging by the high-flying role. UC pool or Skibo,” said senior and field team is offense used while he was The injuries that plagued business major Dan Griffith. not practicing, the the offensive coordinator for the Steelers at the end of last Skibo Gymnasium, which track is great for the Arizona Cardinals dur- season can still be felt. Start- has a weight room on its first an outdoor run. ing their Super Bowl run, ing running back Rashard floor, is open to all students. If you are feeling Haley brings a more abra- Mendenhall has been in re- There is an area on the sec- more adventur- sive personality to the table. hab with a torn ACL and is ond floor where intramural ous, going on After starting quarterback not expected back at full floor hockey is played and a a run through Ben Roethlisberger’s public speed until October at the room for fencing practices Schenley Park support of the fired Arians, earliest. on the third floor. However, provides a fans are curious about how His replacement, Issac the weight room on the third great change Big Ben will work with the Redman, is currently nursing floor is only open to varsity of scenery. temperamental Haley.Will a hip injury and has no time- athletes. “It depends this change bring some life table for return. Many students enjoy work- on the back to the stale Pittsburgh On the defensive side of ing out in the University Cen- offense? the ball, the situation is not ter. There is an array of equip- Part of the problem with much better as the first- and ment, including weights, the Steelers’ offense last sea- second-string right outside machines, treadmills, son was keeping Roethlis- linebackers, James Harrison and ellipticals. The Uni- berger upright and healthy in and Jason Worilds, are still versity Center is a prime the pocket. recovering from surgeries. Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor location for working out To address this need, the Starting nose tackle Casey team took guard David De- Hampton is currently work- Castro out of Stanford Uni- ing to come back from knee SPorts Commentary versity and offensive tackle and elbow injuries that side- Mike Adams from Ohio State lined him at the end of last University in the April rookie year. Pirates raise expectations of fans this season draft. The team is returning with Adding these young the same core players on of- Adam Gruber Player was in 1992 as well, can count on pitchers John hold a seven-game lead over talents next to third-year fense and defense, but looks Sports Co-Editor when outfielder Barry Bonds Karstens and James MacDon- the Pirates, which is a lot to pro-bowl center Maurkice to be taking a new philosophy won his second MVP before ald to consistently play well. make up in a month. Pouncey transforms the of- on both sides of the ball. Here at the end of August, I leaving for the San Francisco MacDonald has yet to finish a They still have a chance fensive line from a revolving With the addition of Haley find the state of the Pittsburgh Giants. But this year, outfield- season with an earned run av- for one of two wild card spots door of injured veterans to a and the new offensive line- Pirates fan base to be perplex- er Andrew McCutchen is lead- erage under 4.0, and Karstens and a chance to play the At- young core that could domi- men, Pittsburgh is poised to ing. ing the MVP race with a .346 has been injury prone, to say lanta Braves, miles ahead of nate the league for years to put up one of its best offen- If I said your team was batting average to lead the the least. the rest of the wild card race. come. sive seasons in recent memo- third in the division and seven National League, and is post- On the bright side, Joel But with the Los Ange- So far in training camp, ry — that is, if Wallace is still games out of first, how would ing 24 homeruns and 78 runs Hanrahan has been the sec- les Dodgers’ new ownership DeCastro has looked fantas- sharp after missing camp and you feel? Does being fourth in batted in. ond-best closer in the Nation- bringing in over $250 mil- tic as right guard, making if Brown keeps on track to the wild card race make you No player is more valuable al League — behind the Reds’ lion of payroll in one trade, few mental errors and show- become one of the league’s feel any better? to his team than McCutchen, Aroldis Champan — without the wild card race may not be ing good footwork and fun- great receiving threats. However, the Pirates seem who has a 6.0 wins above re- argument. close for long. damentals. On defense, the team to have built up a fury of spirit placement rating, a tie with There are certainly some But what the Pirates do Adams has looked more is trying to transition to a and enthusiasm among the New York Mets third baseman good things happening with have a chance at — other than like a rookie, struggling to younger group of players, Bucco faithful. While there David Wright. It seems the Pi- Pittsburgh’s baseball scene, ending the streak of losing adjust to guarding Roethlis- but the suffocating defen- isn’t a lot to be excited about, rates are headed in the right and fans should be excited seasons — is rebuilding a fan berger’s blind side at the left sive play we have all grown it’s understandable that after direction. But very quickly about what the team has done base that was indifferent after tackle position. accustomed to will probably two decades of sheer medioc- this façade of success — let’s on the field. But I’m afraid seasons of mediocrity. It’s unreasonable to ex- remain. rity, it’s easy to please the city call it the “era of mediocrity that excitement will quickly I am a strong believer in pect these young linemen to Even though they play in of Pittsburgh. goggles” — will fade and the result in setting unrealistic ex- a superstar’s ability to ignite play to their full potential this one of the toughest football The last time the Pirates Bucco Nation will expect pectations. excitement among fans.Al- year, but they should be im- divisions with the playoff- finished with a win-loss re- more. Simply put, the Pirates is though McCutchen has been provements from last year’s bound Baltimore Ravens and cord above .500 was 1992. For example, the Pirates’ not a playoff team. There is the only bright spot in this team and they will grow as up-and-coming Cincinnati With roughly a month left pitching has been fantastic not enough offense, there are season’s offense, if he can get this season continues. Bengals, the Steelers should this season, the Pirates sit 10 this season. But while pitcher pitching uncertainties, and MVP at the end of it, those Another tale from the make the playoffs, assum- games above that .500 mark A.J. Burnett could be an ace the team plays in the tough- aforementioned and horribly off-season is Mike Wallace’s ing that Roethlisberger stays at 68–58. The last time the over the next few seasons, it’s est division in the National named goggles will last a little holdout. vertical and the injury report Pirates had a Most Valuable hard to believe that the team League. The Cincinnati Reds longer. The starting wide receiver stays clear.

Athlete profile Brianna Magill is ready to begin her final soccer season Alex Tapak years. “The most rewarding “Bri has great energy and Sports Co-Editor part about being a CMU ath- brings a lot of joy to practice. lete is getting the opportunity She is always making people Hailing from Oak Brook, to travel and represent the laugh. Ill., senior forward Brianna university across the nation,” On the field, she is fierce Magill is gearing up for her fi- Magill said. and one of the key pieces to nal soccer season at Carnegie For her last season on the our offense,” said senior mid- Mellon. team, Magill is ready to chal- fielder Stephanie Hare. Magill recalled what she lenge herself. Magill was quick to share felt were her greatest accom- “Our team goals for the some of the funnier moments plishments over the past three season are to win the UAA of her collegiate soccer career. years of playing on the team. Championships and make it to “Our coach told us to get on “My proudest moment on the NCAA playoffs. I think we the end line, which normally the team was last year, when have a really good chance of means we’re about to do a fit- we played at Johns Hopkins reaching both of these goals, ness test. At the last second and forced them into double because we’re already playing he told us we could go home. overtime. better soccer than last year,” A few of us started crying be- Even though it ended in she said. cause we were so happy,” Ma- their favor, it was a great team Playing on the team al- gill recalled. effort and showed us that we lowed her to establish a deep This year, Magill plans to can play with the best teams in connection with her team- finish her degree in business the nation. mates. administration, with a focus They ended up being un- “My favorite part about be- on manufacturing manage- defeated for the season and ing on the soccer team is be- ment and consulting, and a [were] very highly ranked,” ing around my friends all the minor in sociology. she said. time. Even though it’s a lot of After graduation she hopes She began playing soccer hard work, it’s worth it to be to have a job in management at age five, and has enjoyed surrounded by my best friends consulting in either New York Courtesy of Brianna Magill improving her game over the everyday,” Magill said. or her home state of Illinois. Senior Brianna Magill changes direction in a home game. From Purnell to NYC Three student groups take Playground shows to an international stage • B8

Married in Spandex New documentary tells the story of a memorable lesbian wedding • B6

08.27.12 Volume 107, Issue 2 ...this week only 3 6119 Local electronic music collective VIA has opened its own concert venue. 4 Artist of the Year Pittsburgh Center for the Arts is currently showcasing the work of two local artists. 5 Four Tet Four Tet’s new album, Pink, has more club- oriented music than does his previous work. 6 Spandex Short documentary film Married in Spandex records a lesbian couple’s quirky wedding. 7 Summer films Several of the summer’s hottest films are worth making a trip to the box office. 8 Fringe Festival Many Carnegie Mellon students performed in the New York International Fringe Festival. 10 Charlyne Yi 8 AB Comedy’s Orientation show falls flat with comedian Charlyne Yi.

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3 Advice 11 Comics Learn how to gloat effectively and win back New comic this week from Carnegie Mellon your pre-summer love interest. alum Nick Marino titled Stick Cats. 5 Paperhouse 13 Puzzles Exploring a new type of music is similar to New semester, new challenges, and new learning a new language. chances to test your skills in puzzles. 7 Dollar Movie 14 Horoscopes Cops and sci-fi abound in AB Films’ selections This week’s Horoscopes provide advice for the for the week. first week of school. 10 Did You Know? 15 Calendar “Lobster Man” set up camp on campus 10 Find out what events are happening around years ago. Pittsburgh this week.

PUBLISHER Christa Hester EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Emily Dobler PILLBOX EDITOR Allison Cosby Assistant Pillbox Editor Rachel Cohen COMICS EDITOR Nicole Hamilton ART EDITOR Adelaide Cole PHOTO EDITOR Jonathan Carreon COPY MANAGER Evan Kahn COVER Stephan Tonti

The Tartan . Box 119 . UC Suite 103 . Carnegie Mellon University . 5000 Forbes Ave . Pittsburgh, PA 15213 . www.thetartan.org . © 2012 The Tartan VIA opens East Liberty venue Advice for awkward people 6119 becomes destination for electronic music lovers About gauging interest and gloating

Dear Patrick, Dear Patrick, “It was now or never.” I went out on a couple of I just finished my summer Lauren Goshinski, co-founder and creator of the dates with this girl right internship, and they gave Pittsburgh-based electronic music collective VIA, before school ended for me a job offer! I’m really explained that the decision to open a new venue the summer, and I thought excited about it, but none — 6119, named for its location at 6119 Penn Ave. — we hit it off pretty well. of my friends have gotten came down to “a gut instinct.” But over the course of the job offers yet. What’s the summer we drifted apart. best way to gloat about VIA opened the new venue in July, with its first What’s the best way to it? public show featuring French hip-hop beat maker remind her that I’m totally and electronic musician Onra. The venue has awesome and she’s really Thanks, been host to a number of electronic shows since missing out? Highly Inconspicuously its opening, and at present VIA’s decision to open Revealing Employment its own venue seems to have paid off. Attendance Thanks, Despite Friends’ is high, and community members are responding Semester Upon Me, Must Irritating Results, Totally well to the change. “Every single [event] has been Engage Romantic Lady Showboating packed,” Goshinski said. Attention Conundrum, Knowing Input Needed Dear HIRED FIRST, Before discovering the space at 6119, “the concept Courtesy of VIA had been in our minds for a long time,” Goshinski Dear SUMMER LACKIN, Congratulations! As the said. When she and her colleagues came across an New Media Festival in October, which has primarily been held on nearby Broad Street in the past. This first to be employed among abandoned club on the market in East Liberty, the First of all, it’s good that your friends, you get the opportunity was too good to pass up. October marks the third year of the annual festival, the lineup for which will be announced next week. you know that you’re a total grand honor of getting to stud. I mean, c’mon, look buy the first round of beers 6119 is a unique blend of club and gallery, and at you! You must drive the at the bar! Every time. Get the venue will allow VIA — which focuses on the Given the attention VIA has garnered in its few years of existence and the exciting possibilities that ladies wild. So, naturally, you used to hearing, “Hey man, combination of electronic music and new media probably drove this lady wild. you have a job, but I’m still visuals — to build a community-centered space. the new 6119 location brings, the organization’s prospects seem bright. As VIA continues to expand, Now’s the time to put that unemployed. You’re flush! It has the capacity to incorporate more space- confidence to good use. Help a brother out.” If you consuming events and installations. “It offers a Goshinski encourages members of the Carnegie Mellon community to partake in the new VIA scene. don’t, you’re cheap. home base for us to do more educational and art- There are two approaches based programming,” Goshinski said. “This kind of “We can host a variety of events and we’re very open to having people contact us,” she said. you can take: Make the first But don’t worry — I’m here space is what people want.” move and call her up to to help. First, never mention hang out, or wait until you any hiring or signing bonus. In addition to bringing in notable electronic VIA’s annual festival, and now the 6119 venue, are a vital part of the growing nightlife and club scene in bump into her. The former Don’t bring up the job in musicians throughout the year, 6119 will be one of move demonstrates total casual conversation — that the central stages during this year’s VIA Music and East Liberty. With other nearby venues like AVA and Shadow Lounge also bringing in notable acts, East confidence, but if she’s just reminds them you have Liberty is quickly becoming a center for electronic forgotten how dashing you money to spare. Instead, music in Pittsburgh. are, she might think you’re just casually mention how coming on too strong. I’d bad the job market is with 6119’s busy schedule of shows continues this Friday recommend the latter. It lets a knowing smirk. Offer to with a performance by ambient techno DJ Kassem you scope out how she feels help your friends with their Mosse. Its full schedule can be found on the 6119 while you lay on the charm. résumés in a condescending Facebook page. Either way, you’ll have to tone, or accept buying a step up your wooing game. round as the price for your It’s hard enough getting gloating. Allison Cosby | Pillbox Editor a woman once, let alone Rachel Cohen | Assistant Pillbox Editor twice. Or cheer them up by reminding them that Or just cut your losses at least they’re not in and let the rest of CFA and permanently womankind have a shot unemployed, with you, Patrick Hoskins Patrick Hoskins Need advice? Send queries to [email protected]. Local DJ Aaron Clark played at 6119 in July.

Courtesy of VIA community pillbox 08.27.12 3 Artists of the Year showcase new creations Charlee Brodsky and Vanessa German build intricate and thought-provoking displays

The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts is teeming with bright creations and new ideas. Charlee Brodsky and Vanessa German — who earlier this month were named 2012 Artist of the Year and Emerging Artist of the Year, respectively — are currently displaying the unique and intricate creations that earned them their titles.

German’s work, titled 21st Century JuJu: New Magic, Soul Gadgets and Reckoning, explores the concept of souls. Her statement reads, “I am thinking about the technology of the Soul; how I might go into the inside of the inside of the inside, what I got to do to git there, and how I attend to what I find [sic].”

Rooms feature statues of dark-skinned women, doll-like and eerie. Each figure possesses a presence and soul. Their attire is pieced together from an eclectic mix of odds and ends: Keys, light bulbs, animal statues, birds, mirrors, and pieces of Americana adorn the figures.

German’s work exhibits a strong commentary on the American experience, largely focusing on African- American and black folk art. In one room, a large ring of 14 statues adorned in American paraphernalia stare out past viewers. The first figure visible from the doorway sits Samantha Ward | Junior Photographer atop a table labeled “America,” with rusty nails jammed into its torso and holding an American flag handkerchief. Vanessa German’s piece “America” offers powerful commentary on the American experience through homage to African-American folk art. German investigates the pain and presence of American culture in her work, and succeeds in displaying a powerful range of emotions through her figures. The body she asked herself the question, “What comes from my the photos are paired with passages from Shelley’s of work was created with the intention of showing only most innate, original places?” and worked forward from Frankenstein, Max plays the role of a monster. In another what German loves to create. According to her statement, that point. of Brodsky’s photo books, called Dual Tracks, he is featured as an urban escapist, paired with lines from German is a self-taught artist who currently lives and Muir. works in Homewood. Her process involves a collection of old kitchen materials, domestic items, old tools, and The large prints of Max paralleled with the philosophical objects that people use in everyday life. writings that Brodsky chooses gives the little white dog an oddly human quality to him. What appear to be his Brodsky’s work, featured on the second floor of the art heart-wrenching thoughts on life and his surroundings center, displays a more subtle approach to creation. Her document him as an unspoken philosopher. For example, work appears in book form, pairing photographs of her a print from one of Brodsky’s other photo books, called dog, Max, with the words of famous poets, artists, and The Artist, matches a forlorn picture of the small dog authors. She displays seven handmade books featuring in a deserted alley with painter Mark Rothko’s musing, Max with the words of William Shakespeare, Fyodor “Silence is so accurate.” Dostoyevsky, Mary Shelley, Samuel Beckett, and John Muir. Brodsky’s statement on her exhibit, titled Good Dog, begins with “I didn’t start out as a dog photographer.” The pictures and text mix in a pleasant, slightly humorous This particular exhibit is her first presentation of Max nature. Max, a small West Highland white terrier, is as her subject. A professor of photography in Carnegie considered the “actor,” taking on different roles in each Mellon’s School of Design, she pairs her photographs of Brodsky’s photo books. In one of the books, where with famous writers “to get at the human condition,” she explains in the statement. “There is seriousness at its core, but there’s a lot of humor, too.” Brodsky’s past work has similarly focused on combinations of photographs and Charlee Brodsky’s exhibit Good Dog features the words, though largely in collaboration with other authors. artist’s dog, Max, as the “actor” in each of her photo books.

Samantha Ward | Junior Photographer Samantha Ward | Staffwriter

art 4 pillbox 08.27.12 Four Tet releases Pink Paperhouse Club-friendly jams abound on the artist’s new album On learning music

Kieran Hebden, better known as Four Tet, is possibly “uhn-tiss” dance beat with odd, almost yelping Enjoying a new type of music is similar to learning a one of the most exciting people currently making samples, and ends carried by a catchy thumb harp new language. Developing a functional knowledge and electronic music. Taking ideas from a vast array of loop and synths. understanding a few key phrases isn’t that difficult, but musical styles such as free jazz, UK garage, house, attaining fluency requires research, practice, and more and hip hop, Hebden molds compositions that feel This is not to say that all of the other songs are time than one first imagines. The key to both, however, organic, warm, and inviting, instead of throwing bad. “Pyramid” is essentially a more club-friendly is immersion. Surrounding yourself with people who are together a grab bag of mismatched styles and “Angel Echoes,” with its looping vocal samples. already familiar with the culture is the most efficient way to samples. “Jupiter” begins with moody and cold synths before learn about any musical style. launching into an upbeat drum loop anchored with Listening to any of Hebden’s work makes it hard to grimey bass, climaxing with a simple but incredibly You can try doing research on your own by reading overlook his origins as a member of the post-rock engaging vocal sample. Pitchfork or Drowned in Sound, surfing Wikipedia’s “list band Fridge. While his output as Four Tet would of X-genre artists,” and downloading a bunch of albums never be considered post-rock, it is perhaps the The only real dud on Pink is “Peace for Earth,” which that you’ve heard belong in a certain genre, but this is no purest manifestation of the genre’s ideals: lush is a failure both as a song and as a component of different from learning a language solely through how-to musical landscapes tethered by innovative uses of the album. Not only does the ambient soundscape books and instructional podcasts. In other words, by acoustic instruments and samples of nature that are chafe uncomfortably with the other songs, but it is learning this way, you lose the human aspect — the social emotionally striking and aurally stimulating. Four Tet also cheesy, predictable, and stumbles over the line nuances that elevate communication beyond simple is, in many ways, more post-rock than most post- between atmospheric and boring. information transmission into a form of spiritual connection rock bands. and understanding. Pink isn’t really an album as much as it is a It is this entrenchment in organic production and collection of singles; only “Peace for Earth” and There is another key similarity between learning a new lushness that makes Hebden’s new album, Pink, “Lion” were not previously released. This isn’t a language and broadening your musical taste: There is so difficult to digest. Upon first listen, it is hard to release targeted at diehard fans, who probably a critical period of acquisition, and once you pass that believe that the same producer who released the own all of the previously released singles already, period, fluency is much harder to acquire. According to gorgeous and divine-sounding There is Love in You or toward new fans, who will not find much that Daniel Levitin, associate professor of psychology at McGill two-and-a-half years ago could release the more represents Four Tet’s back catalogue. Instead, Pink University, it is our music taste during our teenage years cool, mechanistic, and club-oriented songs that is for the casual fan or the lazy diehard. that most heavily influence our listening preferences as appear on Pink. Only “128 Harps” and “Locked” are adults. While that critical period has already passed for representations of the Four Tet sound prevalent on most of us, there is still time to listen and learn. previous albums. Matt Mastricova | Staffwriter Carnegie Mellon is one of the most diverse universities in While there is a lot going on in “128 Harps” — the country. Our music program is world renowned, our drums, a wordless vocal sample, and harps mesh radio station is one of the final bastions in freeform radio over the shimmering of a tambourine army — the culture, and Pittsburgh is a musical hotspot for most any song is surprisingly relaxed. While “Locked” sounds type of style. So, why are you still reading this? Go find nothing at all like “128 Harps,” it also manages something new to listen to and expand your mind. to sound very Four Tet; the disjointed drumbeat lopes on endlessly before synths gradually enter, culminating in a catchy, repetitious riff. The Matt Mastricova | Staffwriter surprising inclusion of dubstep-influenced bass wobble, however, is what really sets the song’s momentum and signals its true nature, looping disparate instruments and styles against each other to form a harmonious amalgam. top 10 on WRCT 88.3 FM The previously unreleased “Lion” also bears a most played albums of the last week surprising resemblance to Four Tet’s older material. 1 Todd Clouser — A Love Electric The song starts off dominated by a stereotypical 2 Passion Pit — Gossamer 3 Clarinet Trio — 4 4 King Tuff — King Tuff 5 Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros — Here 6 Kathleen Edwards — Voyageur 7 Bloody Jug Band — Coffin Up Blood 8 Various Artists — Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to The new Four Tet album, Pink, was released by Fleetwood Mac Text Records on Aug. 20. 9 Lorn — Ask the Dust Sigur Ros — Valtari Courtesy of Text Records 10

music pillbox 08.27.12 5 Here come the brides: A quest for marriage Short filmMarried in Spandex records the journey down the aisle for two ladies in love

A compelling new documentary film is headed for the Steel City. Married in Spandex — the entertaining story of a young lesbian couple’s quest for marriage — was produced and directed by two Pittsburgh natives, Allison Kole and Devin Gallagher. The upcoming Pittsburgh screening is shaping up to be an exciting one.

Married in Spandex is a 55-minute documentary recording the marriage of Amanda and Rachel, who are determined to make their wedding a memorable one. Although the couple’s home is in Philadelphia, they travel to Iowa in order to receive a marriage license. The journey is made more interesting by their choice of wedding ceremony: They are married by rapper and performance artist Leslie Hall while wearing spandex, as vaguely hinted at in the title. The entire ceremony is laden with unique perspectives and is almost unrecognizable as a wedding.

The documentary started out as a series of interviews that would be given to the couple as a wedding gift. Gallagher explained, “We initially thought about using the interviews as a wedding present, but the event Courtesy of TR Creative Services kept growing and growing so we decided to invest in Amanda and Rachel traveled to Iowa to receive their marriage license and put on an unforgettable wedding something bigger.” ceremony.

“It all happened really organically,” said Kole, who is Amanda’s sister and was a maid of honor in the Amanda and Rachel were faced with during this time, as states; this is the reason the girls travel to Iowa. The time wedding. “[Amanda and Rachel] thought it was a great the two women chose their love despite the difficulties and effort they put into receiving a marriage license that idea and that it would be fun. People relate to them and and opposition that came with it. Although Rachel’s is not even valid in their home state is a truly remarkable they wanted to show how everyone can be creative with parents did not accept her lifestyle, she refused to give testament to their love for each other. their own wedding.... They trusted us and they enjoyed up on the person she loved; for her, it is most important talking about what they were about to do.” to love in spite of everything the world does to change “It’s a really personal story that can open up dialogue her. more than a dry political story can,” Kole said. “The film Although there are some flat moments, this fast-paced isn’t necessarily that focused on marriage equality, but film is quite entertaining. The interviews with friends Aside from the extraordinary wedding, many interesting it is a benefit to the movement and encourages people to and family scattered throughout provide a variety political issues are brought to light in the film. openly talk about it.” of perspectives on the women’s relationship and Specifically, the viewer is reminded of the fact that marriage. They also highlighted the difficult decisions marriage equality is something unheard of in certain From the beginning, Gallagher said, “We wanted to tell the story of two women doing something unique.” And the two filmmakers did just that. Married in Spandex is a touching and entertaining story, and anyone with an appreciation for originality, fun, love, and spandex will certainly enjoy this documentary.

Zachary A. Mendez | Junior Staffwriter

Married in Spandex will be screened on Sept. 7 at the Hollywood Theater (1449 Potomac Ave.).

Pop music group Leslie Hall and the LYs performed at Amanda and Rachel’s wedding. Courtesy of TR Creative Services

film 6 pillbox 08.27.12 Warming up to hottest summer films Three outstanding Oscar potentials are still playing in Pittsburgh theaters

It has been a busy summer at the movies. Batman faced disconnected from the mundane responsibilities of tragedies of his career (Nacho Libre and Gulliver’s Bane, there was never only one Bourne, and somebody imminent adulthood. The film revels in the twilight of Travels) with this deeply expressive investigation of thought it was a good idea to remake Total Recall awkward, deadpan delivery, reaching for gravity and emotional artifice. without Arnold Schwarzenegger’s trademark bravado. naiveté simultaneously. For the first time, Anderson While Hollywood was busy raking in boatloads of cash, reveals a preoccupation with spirituality, most evident ParaNorman the last few months have delivered a few exciting titles in a collection of references, both visual and textual, to As Pixar dives into a series of sequels that suggest the that will likely show up during Oscar season. Moonrise Noah and the Biblical flood. The soundtrack features end of a spellbinding dynasty, other animators are being Kingdom, Bernie, and ParaNorman are three summer music by Benjamin Britten and Hank Williams, afforded the opportunity to step up during this new era films that are worth seeing and still playing at theaters coexisting harmoniously on Anderson’s island. Moonrise of digital animation. We were given the supreme Rango in Pittsburgh. Kingdom is a hip fable that may be the best film of the last year and this summer, from the creators of Coraline, first half of the year. we were presented with the stop-motion virtuosity of Moonrise Kingdom ParaNorman. The movie deals with a cast-out kid who The latest project from cinema’s arch-hipster Wes Bernie is able to communicate with the dead. It’s a familiar Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life In another film worth seeing, director Richard Linklater story, but it delivers an extraordinary result. ParaNorman Aquatic), Moonrise Kingdom sees his unmistakable (School of Rock and Dazed and Confused) teamed up harbors astonishing force in both narrative substance stylistic panache reach a new level. Moonrise attempts with Jack Black for a second time in Bernie. Black and world building. Everything from the digital effects to to understand the possibility of love between two portrays a hyper-genial, flamboyant funeral director the painstaking stop-motion precision is strong. adolescents, Sam and Suzy, who live on the fictional who befriends and murders a bitter widow. Linklater’s island of New Penzance. relaxed charm is noticeable throughout the film, lending These three titles barely scratch the surface. If you’re lightness to some otherwise heavy subject matter. trying to catch some other great summer films while you The two run away from their families to establish still have free time, be on the lookout for Beasts of the a place for themselves — a place for love — His most impressive feat, however, is his use of mock Southern Wild, Red Hook Summer, Killer Joe, and Magic interviews to twist the East Texas community into a Mike — all outstanding efforts. Greek chorus. With so much surface nonchalance, it’s startling to see how much intimate psychology Linklater is able to draw from these townspeople. In addition, Matthew Zurcher | Junior Staffwriter Black compensates for the numerous, near-unforgivable

dollarmovie McConomy Auditorium, University Center Matthew Zurcher | Junior Staffwriter

Lethal Weapon 21 Jump Street Attack the Block Summer Wars Thursday, Aug. 30 Friday, Aug. 31 Saturday, Sept. 1 Sunday, Sept. 2 8 10 12 8 10 12 8 10 12 8 10 12

Watch Danny Glover and Mel Gibson Enjoy the bumbling, ironic comedy Joe Cornish directs this undervalued Mamoru Hosoda directs this mind- enforce some serious law in one of the of Jonah Hill? Don’t miss 21 Jump 2011 release in a surprisingly cogent boggling sci-fi epic about a young math most revered and plagiarized “buddy Street, which was his writing debut debut. A band of South London rogues genius who goes up against some cop” films of all time. The well-known and perhaps his most well-received attempt to defend their territory from an hostile artificial intelligence. Summer film critic Roger Ebert gave four stars to effort. Channing Tatum, who has had equally roguish group of aliens. John Wars came out in 2009, and has this winding tale about two members of a marvelous breakout year, joins Hill in Boyega turns in a particularly solid received numerous accolades, most the LAPD homicide crew grappling with a riotous spin on 1980’s “buddy cop” performance in this well-characterized notably the Japan Academy Prize for a drug and prostitution ring. The 1987 movies like Thursday’s Lethal Weapon. sci-fi effort. Fans of 2009’s District 9 will Animation and the Golden Leopard film was directed by Richard Donner Watch out for a few memorable likely be just as excited about this one. at the Locarno Film Festival. This film and written by Shane Black — straight cameos. presentation is co-sponsored by the out of college. Vermillion Club.

film pillbox 08.27.12 7 Students perform at FringeNYC Three talented groups took Playground shows to the big city

Nights” story. The play incorporates music, storytelling, by Allison Cosby | Pillbox Editor [ ] puppetry, and dance to tell three stories of women’s strength and men’s challenges. Imagine yourself fresh off the bus from Pittsburgh to New York. You have a bag of clothes and a bag of puppets, After receiving great reviews at Playground for its props, and makeup. It’s one week before you perform in originality, the group decided to enter the show into the New York International Fringe Festival, the largest the Fringe Festival. “We decided to just enter it and see multi-arts festival in North America that features around what happened,” Jackson said. “And then sure enough, 200 shows in a two-week period. we got accepted.”

This was the scene for a group of Carnegie Mellon Sheherizade was, in fact, one of three shows created and School of Drama students as they took their show, performed by Carnegie Mellon students in this year’s Sheherizade, to New York for the festival. Fringe Festival. Two other groups that also presented their shows at last year’s Playground made it through “We were lucky we had a minimalist set and didn’t have the Fringe Festival’s jury selection process and became a too many props,” said Rodney Earl Jackson Jr., a senior part of this year’s festival. musical theater major and the show’s producer, about transporting the show materials to New York. Inexperienced Love, one of the other Carnegie Mellon shows at the festival, is a musical written and composed Sheherizade began as a project for the School of the by senior drama student Jacob Tischler. The musical Drama’s Playground Festival last March. “We thought, tells the stories of three college couples as they discover Courtesy of Stephan Tonti Courtesy of Stephan Tonti ‘We need to seize the day and take this opportunity the ups and downs of love. The musical comedy was that the School of Drama and Purnell has given us and directed by senior drama student Benjamin Viertel and The cast of Sheherizade spent between six and eight hours rehearsing every day for a week for its Fringe Festival performances. do something,’ ” said Jackson of the decision to enter produced by iLove Productions. in Playground. Aidaa Peerzada, a senior acting major, wrote the play and the two assembled a cast and crew of The third group of Carnegie Mellon students to take drama alum Marrick Smith, both of whom grew up want things to be done, you have to do them yourself. was all on you if you wanted people to come see your what you want to do, and [Playground and Fringe] really students to help put on the show. its Playground show to the Fringe Festival performed with police officers as fathers. The play’s entire creative This was certainly the case for advertising the group’s show. You had to go get them.” open that door for opportunity, which is phenomenal.” Behind the Badge, an autobiographical story of two team is comprised of Carnegie Mellon students and is four shows. Unlike campus performances, a full house is Directed by junior directing major Priscila Garcia, police officers and their sons. The play was written by produced by Iron Shirt Production. not guaranteed in New York, and especially not in the In the end, Jackson and the rest of his team’s efforts “Fringe is like Playground on an escalated scale,” Sheherizade is a fresh take on a traditional “Arabian senior drama student Lachlan McKinney and recent Fringe Festival. paid off, as they performed to a large crowd and received Jackson said. “It’s like, here’s the space, here’s the press, The three groups have added to a long list of Carnegie positive reviews in the media. now you go and do everything.” Mellon students who have performed at the festival in “It’s a lot different because at school, you don’t have to years past. PigPen, a group formed at Carnegie Mellon worry about filling the house. The people who usually Like Playground, the Fringe Festival allows students in 2008, participated in the festival in 2010 and 2011, come, do come,” Jackson explained. “But in New York, complete creative freedom. While Jackson enjoys the winning the highest honor for a play both years. PigPen there were 190-something shows in the festival, so it classical structure of school, “sometimes you want to do was the first group in the festival’s history to win two years in a row. Additionally, a Carnegie Mellon group called In The Basement Theater also attended in 2011, performing a piece called Chien de Moi.

Despite the number of students who complete the journey from Playground to Fringe, it’s not an easy ride. Taking into account travel expenses, rehearsal space, props, backdrops, advertising, and time commitments, preparing for the festival can take its toll financially and physically.

That’s why the Sheherizade group decided to hire a team to help take some of the load off. To pay for everything, they created a Kickstarter page and raised $4,610 — $1,110 more than their goal. To prepare for their show, they rehearsed between six and eight hours every day for a week.

“It was really tiring,” Jackson said, “but absolutely worth Courtesy of Holly Kuper it. I learned a lot about being a producer in the process.” Sheherizade began as part of last March’s School of Drama Playground Festival. The play, shown above, is a movement-based show with simple props including puppets and drapes of fabric. The main thing Jackson learned, he said, was that if you

theater theater 8 pillbox 08.27.12 pillbox 08.27.12 9 Did you know? Charlyne Yi offends first-years AB Comedy Orientation show receives mixed reaction An editorial discusses the importance of Freshman Camp (i.e. Orientation) and of keeping alive the “new outlook” Comedian Charlyne Yi made a visit to Carnegie 50 Mellon Friday night as part of the slew of activities years ago and “enthusiasm” that first-years bring to campus. The article suggests that planned for first-years during this year’s Orientation Sept. 19, 1962 the camp be a graduation requirement. week. Yi, whose performances focus on music, This editorial makes you wonder games, and audience participation, is known for her how long the student body has been performance in her screenwriting debut Paper Heart apathetic in terms of school spirit. and her role as Dr. Chi in the medical drama House. Despite her list of impressive achievements, Yi’s show was fairly disappointing. Her stage presence A snarky feature recounts the was constantly lacking, and she relied heavily on “spectacles” witnessed during multimedia clips and a notecard in her pocket. The registration for the fall semester. In clips she played ranged from boring to inappropriate, 25 and her final clip was offensive enough to send years ago addition to the usual long lines, the administration added a “Popular Music audience members out of Rangos Hall at record Sept. 1, 1987 Video” twist to the annual ordeal. speed. Students received add/drop slips while songs like Janet Jackson’s “Nasty Girl” Some of the best laughs in Yi’s show came from her played in the background. special guest, John the Psychic. John played well into the Carnegie Mellon dynamic and spent most of his short time in front of the audience asking questions and making sexually crude comments. Three students sue the university Near the end of his segment, he went around after they were punished for allegedly Rangos pointing at various students, saying, “You’re harassing art major William Kofmehl a virgin ... and you’re a virgin ... and you’re a virgin,” 10 Jennifer Coloma | Operations Manager years ago — also known as “Lobster Man.” until one student cheered in agreement. Kofmehl became Lobster Man for a Comedian Charlyne Yi put on a surprising show for Aug. 25, 2002 performance art project in which he Although both John the Psychic and Yi used crude students during Orientation week. dressed up as a lobster, took a vow humor for laughs, John seemed to be more in tune of silence, and lived in a shack on the with the audience and was more entertaining. Cut. Yi seemed to have a tough time capturing the has a kind of unique style appropriate for Carnegie undivided attention of the room because of her Mellon,” he said. timid behavior, incessant use of the word “um,” A Pillbox article notes how to and unclear plan for the show. Initially the audience Backstage after the show, Yi kept repeating, “I inexpensively decorate your dorm responded to Yi’s act with appropriate laughter, but scarred everyone,” and, “I feel bad that people room. Some suggestions include as the show continued, the audience seemed to left.” When asked if most audiences respond to her 5 making a collage out of newspapers birthing clip in a similar manner, Yi explained that years ago grow bored of her routine. and magazines or using comics as reactions to the clip are very mixed, and that in Los Aug. 27, 2007 wallpaper. In addition to décor advice, After sharing her birthing video, one audience Angeles she usually follows up the clip with a piece the author notes locations around member shouted, “What the f***?” and Yi’s response on the harp to help the audience mellow back out, campus where students can print in was to laugh and exclaim, “Now you know where but here in Pittsburgh, she had no such harp. gloss and color. babies come from!” In the same vein, the students were the saving graces of Yi’s show, with their wit While not a complete disappointment, Yi’s show was and occasional well-placed comments emerging difficult to connect with and seemed unorganized. from the otherwise silent crowd. Many individuals found her offbeat humor The Fence is vandalized for the second entertaining, but the audience as a whole seemed time this year. In addition to a message Toward the start of the show, Yi claimed her unimpressed with her performance. stating, “Hey CMYou you are a babe! boyfriend had dumped her, so she was left looking year1 ago NOT... Just kidding or am I? Now for somewhere to stay, to which a male student get back to studying...weirdos...” the shouted, “Hamerschlag!” This instigated cheers Catherine Spence | Staffwriter Aug. 29, 2011 fence also appeared to have been cut from the audience, even though the joke was into with a hacksaw in multiple areas, completely lost on Yi. Editor’s note: Bryan Wade is a staffwriter for The slicing off some layers of paint. Tartan. After the show was over, AB Comedy Chair and senior economics major Bryan Wade commented on the possibility of students finding the show Nicole Hamilton | Comics Editor offensive, saying, “possibly, but it’s college.” Wade defended AB Comedy’s choice of comedians. “She community 10 pillbox 08.27.12 Guitar Playing Flowchart by Doghouse Diaries

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Closing your eyes and wishing really, really hard for summer gemini to be here again will only make you look silly and leave you may 21–june 21 disappointed. Fall has arrived, and there is nothing you can do about it. cancer Remember: You is kind, you is smart, and you is important. june 22–july 22

Eat lunch outside this week. Food and people-watching go leo together much better than what your taste buds wanted july 23–aug. 22 and what you actually ate for lunch. Crossword courtesy of BestCrosswords.com

At 7:30 p.m. today, something amazing will happen to Across Down virgo you. But only if your heart, mind, and soul are ready for the 1. Wall St. debuts 1. Part of MIT aug. 23–sept. 22 goodness coming your way.... Or maybe you’re just going 5. A great deal 2. Rain cats and dogs to get dinner. 9. Ralph of “The Waltons” 3. Leaf with Sanscrit writing? 14. ____ contendere 4. Noise 15. ____ hollers... 5. Marine gastropod The Library Planet is real! Don’t believe me? Wait a week, 16. Me too 6. Important libra and you will see all of the classic symptoms come to light in 17. “Star Trek” role 7. God of thunder sept. 23–oct. 22 those who never see the light of day. If your roommate has 18. Queue before Q 8. Equinox mo. two shadows, run for the hills. 19. Wise ones 9. Useless 20. Planes, trains, and automobiles, 10. Light _____ e.g. 11. “Othello” villain scorpio Oh no, they are definitely laughing. 23. Musical composition for two 12. Revenuers, for short 24. Not ‘neath 13. Frozen Wasser oct. 23–nov. 21 25. Decide 21. Japanese dish 28. Manciple 22. It comes from the heart 31. Upper limb 25. Holder 34. Anger 26. Plain writing “What do you do with a BA in English...?” sagittarius 36. CD earnings 27. Tawdr y 37. Tract 29. Smarter nov. 22–dec. 21 38. In spite of 30. Hill dweller 42. This, in Tijuana 31. Come up 43. Actress Charlotte 32. Kidney enzyme Time Turners are real and there are people in your class 44. Red fluorescent dye 33. _____ Carta 45. Actor Fernando 35. Tango need capricorn who have them. It is time to find a connection to the Time dec. 22–jan. 19 46. Misgovern 37. Fuss Turner black market or suffer. 49. Bambi’s aunt 39. Attempts 50. Future fish 40. Contains 51. Nothing, in Nogales 41. _____ lift? When life gives you lemons, be more creative than just 53. Complete change 46. Primate aquarius making lemonade. You go to Carnegie Mellon for heaven’s 60. Trail 47. Imaginary jan. 20–feb. 18 61. Peter Fonda role 48. Bewail sake; you can come up with something much more 62. Winglike parts 50. Speed contests impressive. 63. Actress Anouk 52. In any way 64. Actor Penn 53. Threesome Just smile and repeat to yourself, “Mondays are fun days, 65. Old Italian money 54. Super Bowl XXXIV champs pisces Mondays are fun days.” 66. Like rocks in a stream 55. Needless bustle feb. 19–march 20 67. Preser vative 56. Olive genus 68. Endure 57. Hip bones Nicole Hamilton | Comics Editor 58. Long objects used to row a boat 59. Tidy, without fault 60. Skye cap horoscopes 14pillbox 08.27.12 TUESDAY8.28.12 Kassem Mosse. 6119. 10 p.m. UPCOMING The ambient rock DJ will appear at electronic music Carnival of Madness Tour. Stage AE. 4:30 p.m. collective VIA’s new location at 6119 Penn Ave. Tickets Feminist And... The Mattress Factory. Sept. 7–May 26 “Something wicked this way comes,” as Grammy-winning are $10. Guest-curated by Carnegie Mellon professor of art rock band Evanescence, alternative metal band Chevelle, theory and criticism Hilary Robinson, this exhibit features post-grunge group Cavo, and other artists take the stage SATURDAY9.1.12 works by six female artists from around the world. The as part of their nationwide tour. Tickets are $35. exhibit aims to show that feminism is a multivocal, Das Racist. Rangos Ballroom. 8 p.m. multigenerational, and multicultural movement, not a WEDNESDAY8.29.12 AB Concerts presents the Queens-based hip-hop group, single-issue set of political beliefs. The opening reception famed for its unconventional and humorous approach to for the exhibit will be Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. Train with Mat Kearney, Andy Grammer. Stage AE. 7 rap, in Rangos Ballroom. Tickets are free for Carnegie p.m. Mellon students. Warhol: Headlines. The Andy Warhol Museum. Oct. This outdoor performance features the widely known 14–Jan. 6. pop rock band, accompanied by singer-songwriters ONGOING This exhibition will feature the Pittsburgh-born artist’s Mat Kearney and Andy Grammer. Tickets are $36.50 in work with tabloid news headlines, products of his advance and $38 the day of the show. Factory Direct: Pittsburgh. Andy Warhol Museum. longtime preoccupation with the sensational nature of Through Sept. 9. contemporary news media. Admission is free for Carnegie THURSDAY8.30.12 This exhibition showcases the artwork of 14 Mellon students. contemporary artists who were invited to conduct artist Okkervil River. Mr. Small’s Theatre. 8 p.m. residencies in Pittsburgh-based factories. The artists White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes. The The critically acclaimed indie rock band will perform with worked to create art based on the factory’s history, Carnegie Museum of Art. Sept. 22–Oct. 13. special guest collective The Mynabirds. Tickets are $16. technologies, materials, and processes. The Heinz Architectural Center of the Carnegie Museum of Art will examine the combination of architecture, art, Pittsburgh Improv Comedy Jam. Cabaret at Theater The Practical Romantic. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. and nature in the models and drawings of established Square. 10 p.m. 21+ Through Oct. 28. and emerging architects alike, such as Tadao Ando and Improv comedians from across Pittsburgh will take The exhibit features pieces by Philadelphia artist Lewis Tatiana Bilbao. Admission is free for Carnegie Mellon the stage and form randomly generated teams for an Colburn, including a replica of a rock formation in students. unpredictable comedy performance. Germany and photographs of nature and art.

FRIDAY8.31.12 Gestures: Intimate Friction. The Mattress Factory. Compiled by Rachel Cohen | Assistant Pillbox Editor Through Nov. 30. Never Sorry. Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Ave. Times Guest-curated by Carnegie Mellon adjunct associate Want your event here? TBA. professor of architecture Mary-Lou Arscott, this thought- Email [email protected]. Award-winning documentary Never Sorry examines the provoking exhibition showcases an intersection of works ambitious life of Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei by artists, architects, and activists at the installation and the intersection between art and activism in his art museum’s smaller location at 1414 Monterey St. politically incendiary work. Admission is free for Carnegie Mellon students.

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Jennifer Coloma | Operations Manager

The annual Playfair event, in which the entire first-year class takes to the Cut for ice-breaker games, took place last Tuesday as part of the Orientation 2012 festivities. As always, the fun began with the class of 2016+ running through a human tunnel (top). At the end of the event, students from the School of Drama showed up to welcome their incoming class (bottom).

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