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thetartan.org @thetartan November 17, 2014 Volume 109, Issue 12 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Alpha Conflict Kitchen reopens after threats Uber gets Sigma Phi Pittsburgh comes to license Brian Trimboli campus News Editor

Chelsea Dickson College students around Staffwriter Pittsburgh were disappoint- ed early last summer when Given the many time an investigation by the commitments and respon- Pennsylvania Public Utility sibilities the average Carn- Commission (PUC) led to egie Mellon student juggles cease-and-desist orders for daily, it could be hard to both Uber Technologies Inc. understand why one would and Lyft Inc. On Thursday, want to find yet another however, the PUC voted 4–1 reason not to sleep. Yet for to grant an experimental li- some undergraduate men cense to Uber, allowing the at Carnegie Mellon, the op- company to operate across portunity to create a new Pennsylvania. Before, Uber community of friends and and Lyft were both operat- leaders was too exciting to ing under temporary au- turn down. thority from the PUC. Alpha Sigma Phi and Phi Uber and Lyft were Delta Theta are the new- founded in San Francisco est arrivals on Carnegie in 2009 and 2012, respec- Mellon’s ever-developing tively. Both companies use fraternity scene. Alpha Sig- an app — available on iOS ma Phi is still in the early and Android — to give “colony” stage of forma- rides to users from drivers tion, while Phi Delta Theta at a cheaper rate than most was officially designated a existing taxicab services. chapter in October 2013. Uber, which serves over 200 Alpha Sigma and Phi Delta cities worldwide, came to stand as the most recent Pittsburgh earlier this year, examples of the continually Justin McGown/Staff Photographer followed closely by Lyft. expanding fraternity life on Conflict Kitchen, which closed after receiving a letter containing death threats, reopened last week with support from organizations like the University According to the terms Carnegie Mellon’s campus. of Pittsburgh’s Students for Justice in Palestine, which staged a sit-in in support of the restaurant. of the PUC’s decision, Uber At least one new fraternity has to meet several de- has started every year for Justin Mcgown which aims to promote cross- in Palestine. The quotes, some and understanding about mands within the next 30 the past 5 years. Staffwriter cultural understanding, Carnegie Mellon students the current Palestine-Israel days to continue operat- Alpha Sigma Phi, found- currently offers a menu of and media outlets said, are conflict. They left numer- ing in Pittsburgh, includ- ed in 1845 at Yale Univer- Despite gray skies and authentic Palestinian street anti-Israel. ous messages of encourage- ing enforcing background sity, began forming a pro- near-freezing weather for food. Conflict Kitchen received ment and support for Conflict checks on drivers and en- spective group of brothers most of the day, Conflict Conflict Kitchen attracted a death threat the week be- Kitchen — both as a concept suring that drivers inform after they learned that Kitchen’s reopening last local and international media fore last, causing the restau- and as an establishment — their personal car insurers Carnegie Mellon’s Greek Wednesday — after it closed attention as a result of contro- rant to temporarily close. In attached to the front of the that they are driving for the life was eager to expand. due to a recent letter con- versial statements printed on the meantime, the Univer- store, which were still there company. Every driver, ac- According to L.T. Piver, co- taining death threats — was pamphlets distributed along sity of Pittsburgh’s chapter during the reopening. cording to the decision, has ordinator of expansion and met with all-day traffic and with meals at the counter. of Students for Justice in Culinary Director of Con- to agree in writing to tell growth for Alpha Sigma enthusiastic support. On the The pamphlets contain a col- Palestine organized a series flict Kitchen Robert Sayre said their auto insurers about Phi, Carnegie Mellon has a day of the reopening, a line lection of quotes from Pal- of sit-ins. that the reopening had good their ride-sharing activity. long history with Alpha Sig- stretched from the counter to estinians both locally, in the Students met for an hour energy, and that they saw the ma Phi. In 1915, the Alpha the edge of Schenley Plaza, U.S., and in the Middle East Nov. 10–12 and showed sup- same number of customers as Sigma chapter at Carnegie accompanied by a visible po- on subjects related to general port for Conflict Kitchen’s “Subject Mellon was the first non- lice presence. The restaurant, American perceptions of life goal of spurring dialogue See PALESTINE, A3 departmental fraternity to certain on campus. Although that conditions, chapter closed in 1935 due to the Great Depression, the we believe current colony will become Hebert named head of Robotics Institute that this an Alpha Gamma chapter Hebert’s recent promotion new type of because of the University’s to director is the latest devel- historical relationship with opment in a long and success- transportation the fraternity. ful career at Carnegie Mellon Alpha Sigma saw Carn- University. He has worked service can egie Mellon as a promising in the Robotics Institute for be of great expansion site because of over 30 years, after emigrat- certain perceived charac- ing from the Parisian suburb benefit to teristics of the university’s of Chatou, where he was the traveling undergraduate students. born. Throughout his career “We know the type of stu- at Carnegie Mellon, Hebert public.” dents at CMU,” Piver told has focused on computer vi- The Tartan via email. “Our sion and perception, which organization was found- involves teaching comput- — PUC Chairman ed on high literary prin- ers how to understand visual Robert Powelson ciples at Yale in 1845, and data. Understanding visual we knew that CMU was a input is a skill that can im- and Commissioner very academically focused pact a wide range of differ- Pamela Witmer university with students ent types of technologies in that would continue to fields like personal comput- “Subject to certain con- uphold that value of our ers, construction technology, ditions, we believe that this organization.” or military field applications, new type of transportation Jeremy Applebaum, a ju- Hebert said. service can be of great ben- nior chemistry major, is the “Any system that interacts efit to the traveling public secretary and a founding with its environment must and should be certificated father of Alpha Sigma Phi. understand its environment, by the commission,” PUC When Piver approached just like we need to see,” He- Chairman Robert Pow- Applebaum about becom- bert explained. “Vision is not elson and Commissioner ing a founding father, Ap- the only way to understand Pamela Witmer said in a plebaum was excited about the environment — one can joint statement. the chance to help shape understand by touching and PUC Vice Chairman and establish a fraternity on so forth — but in my case, I’m John Coleman gave the campus. working with the vision part.” dissenting decision at the “It truly is ours to craft,” Hebert’s research has far- hearing, saying that he did Applebaum said via email. reaching implications for any not think that Uber would “One of the things I like most technology that interacts with meet the PUC’s stipula- about Alpha Sigma Phi is the its environment, from smart- tions, citing the fact that dedication to forming better phones to personal robots to Uber and Lyft both con- men. We truly try to better autonomous vehicles. In fact, tinued operating, despite the world by portraying our Hebert worked on one of the heavy fines, after the PUC values (silence, charity, pu- first autonomous vehicles in issued the original cease- rity, honor, and patriotism) 1988. and-desist orders. While its in our everyday lives.” Hebert emphasized not fate was undecided, Uber As of now, Alpha Sigma only his own research, but appealed to its Pittsburgh Phi is only a “colony,” and Courtesy of Martial Hebert also the work of other cam- user base with emails and hopes to become an official The Robotics Institute recently announced that Martial Hebert, a professor of robotics, will take over as head. pus members. “It’s not just my petitions to keep the com- chapter in May 2015. A col- work,” he said. “It’s the work pany in the city. ony, Applebaum said, has Chloe Thompson became the director of the 6. Hebert, who specializes in of this community.” Carnegie Mellon stu- to meet many requirements Senior Staffwriter university’s Robotics Institute computer vision and percep- Hebert has an appreciation dents are glad that Uber before it’s chartered. as of Nov. 15, after the Robot- tion in autonomous systems, Carnegie Mellon robot- ics Institute announced the will replace robotics professor See FRATERNITY, A3 ics professor Martial Hebert change in leadership on Nov. Matthew Mason as director. See ROBOTICS, A3 See RIDESHARING, A3 A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » November 17, 2014 feature photo news in brief Donors give $8 million to Tepper Quad HCII celebrates 20th anniversary Carnegie Mellon Presi- Morewood parking lot. Plans dent Subra Suresh recently reveal the first building will announced that an addition- be 300,000 square feet and al $8 million was donated for house a new university wel- the construction of the new come center, an auditorium, Tepper Quadrangle. In total, spaces for the Tepper School $104 million has been do- of Business, dining and fit- nated to the project, most re- ness facilities, and rooms for cently $5 million by Carnegie the Simon Initiative and vari- Mellon Trustee David Coulter ous other Carnegie Mellon (GSIA ’71), approximately $1 programs. million from Per G. H. Lof- The Tepper Quadrangle berg (GSIA ’73), and approxi- will merge with the Forbes mately $1 million from an Avenue Innovation Corri- anonymous donor. dor, which aims to connect Tepper Business School Carnegie Mellon to other in- alumnus David A. Tepper novation and entrepreneurial contributed the initial $67 projects in the city. million in November 2013, Architecture firm Moore spearheading the develop- Ruble Yudell has been cho- ment for the Quadrangle. sen to design the quad- The Tepper Quadrangle rangle, and construction will be located in the space is scheduled to begin in currently occupied by the summer 2015. ETC welcomes visiting scholar Keaton

Actor, comedian, pro- (CFA ’66), graduated from ducer, and director Michael Carnegie Mellon’s School of Keaton will be joining Carn- Drama. egie Mellon’s Entertainment Other visiting scholars Technology Center (ETC) as of the ETC include Anthony a visiting scholar. Daniels, who played C-3P0 Keaton, born and raised in all Star Wars movies, and in Pittsburgh, is most well Katie Salen, an associate known for his performances professor at Parsons New in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice, School for Design and execu- Batman, and Batman Re- tive director of the Institute turns. His latest role in Ale- of Play, a nonprofit geared jandro González Iñárritu’s toward innovative teaching Birdman has been receiving methods for children. Oscar-worthy buzz. Keaton’s late wife, ac- Compiled by tress Caroline McWilliams Chelsea Dickson

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National news in brief Net neutrality debate cast. Companies such as these, and has prompted national Senate majority leader, and Obama travels to China database had been hacked by continues with a large interest in com- debate over government regu- Nevada Senator Harry Reid Chinese hackers, who stole the petitive pricing and consumer lation of a public market and will continue to lead the Demo- Last week, U.S. President information from hundreds This week, the long-stand- rates, are attempting to gain whether or not the Internet cratic caucus, along with Mas- Barack Obama traveled to Chi- of thousands of postal work- ing conflict between media an advantage over the mar- should qualify as a utility. sachusetts Senator Elizabeth na to talk with Chinese Presi- ers. The information included conglomerates and the Federal ket by significantly slowing or Warren and Alaska Senator dent Xi Jinping regarding cli- names, dates of birth, social Communications Committee even completely cutting off Source: The New York Times Amy Klobuchar, who have mate change and what the two security numbers, and work (FCC) was reignited in public Internet services to consum- taken leadership positions that countries could do about it. Af- dates. No consumer data was forums when President Barack ers who are not subscribed to were newly created for them. ter long talks, they eventually leaked. Obama formally vocalized his their service or offering deals Elections begin to play out agreed to target problematic support for net neutrality. Net to content providers (such as Source: USA Today greenhouse gas producers and Source: Washington Post neutrality essentially treats Netflix) to expedite content to Last week, midterm elec- cut emissions by 2030, the first the Internet as a public utility consumers. Obama’s support tions resulted in Republicans significant move from China to and protects it from regulation puts pressure on the FCC to seizing the Senate majority. decrease national emissions. A by media corporations such as create regulations for what he Kentucky Senator Mitch Mc- few days later, the U.S. Postal Connell was voted in as the Time Warner Cable and Com- has called “an open Internet” Service announced that its student senate meeting minutes

Ex officio report: Committee updates Special Allocations Presentation of Fiscal Policy changes Pascal Petter

Director of Dining Pascal Pet- The Academic Affairs com- Committee is also still work- Student Senate voted to allo- Junior economics and deci- These changes, and another ter presented to Senate about mittee is working on several ing on the Academic Rela- cate $4,500 to Project Rwan- sion science double major round of changes proposed upcoming changes in Dining initiatives, including Profes- tionships Code, a set of tenets da. Senate also voted to allo- and Finance Committee Chair two weeks ago, were both Services. Petter spoke about sor Talks — when professors meant to define policies for cate $312.44 to Bhangra in the Landon He presented a series passed with a vote. the new Tartan Express food announce campus events dur- interactions between students Burgh and $120 to Lambda of changes to Senate’s fiscal truck, and showed a rendering ing the first minute or two and professors. Phi Epsilon, to cover the cost policy. These changes rede- of what Skibo Café will look of their class — and student of the Asian Pacific American fined how a special alloca- like after the Jared L. Cohon spotlights, which would fea- Pageant that the organization tion can be denied, as well as University Center is expanded. ture academically strong stu- is planning. the voting policy on different Compiled by dents. The Academic Affairs types of recommendations. Brian Trimboli November 17, 2014 « The Tartan thetartan.org/news » A3 New fraternities take root on campus Robotics Institute names new head Robotics, from A1 plained that the master’s pro- gram was a perfect example for what he described as the of Hebert’s leadership skills: Robotics Institute’s com- “It’s clearly Martial’s doing, munal culture. As direc- but he has conducted it like tor, he will be responsible a peer leader. He has gotten for charting the Institute’s the entire vision group in- future course in terms of volved and invested in it, and research and its general all of us feel like it’s our thing visibility. But Hebert em- as well, even though the vi- phasized the importance of sion was entirely his.” the faculty’s contributions Sheikh explained that to the Institute’s rich intel- Hebert has a seemingly con- lectual life. “[The Institute] tradictory mix of two quali- is the kind of organization ties that will contribute to that is a very grassroots or- his leadership of the Robotics ganization. We don’t rely Institute. “The first is that he on top-down directives. We is visionary, but at the same have amazing initiatives time he’s very selfless,” he from individual faculty.” said. “He’s very selfless in One of those initiatives is that he’s always promoting the Institute’s new master’s all of us.” degree program in computer This balance is not the vision. The program is the only place where Hebert first of its kind in the U.S., combines apparently oppos- and is accepting applications ing forces. Sheikh described for its inaugural class this Hebert’s emphasis on “the year. While many universities fact that there has to be con- offer courses in computer vi- current and equal respect of sion, full-fledged programs at intellectual, academic, theo- the undergraduate level are retical contributions, as well very rare, and programs at as practical systems and de- the master’s level have been ployment credentials as well. practically nonexistent. How- Both of these things have

Isabel Bleimeister/Layout Staff ever, industry demand for been equal in the Robotics In- scientists with background stitute, and that has been the FRATERNITY, from A1 Chinese double major, was ap- residence. crease in men interested in in computer vision is rapidly secret of success.” proached in high school about “I think we differentiate fraternities. growing, Hebert said, and Hebert has a broad-reach- “We’re currently doing a starting a chapter of Phi Delta ourselves in that we don’t look “From what I can tell, in the master’s program is a ing vision of the Robotics In- lot to become an official chap- Theta. Phi Delta Theta was for a specific niche of person,” recent years, we’ve had a lot response to that increasing stitute’s new initiatives. Be- ter. We have a set of charter- founded at Miami University Marshall said in a recent in- [of fraternities] go off [cam- demand. yond the master’s program, ing goals that we need to of Ohio in 1848, and its offi- terview. “Don’t become the pus]. And, I think with that, Associate professor of he wants the Institute to have accomplish before we can ap- cial website lists its principles best Phi Delt you can be, but that means a lot come on,” he computer vision and robot- an increased presence in ro- ply. These include specific re- as “friendship, sound learning become the greatest whoever said. “And I think it’s good for ics Srinivasa Narasimhan botics education in general. cruitment, philanthropy, and and rectitude.” you are, because that’s what the university to approach it stressed the importance of “We need a lot more quali- service benchmarks amongst After Marshall convinced it’s all about — it’s about sur- that way because I think the the new program. “For a long fied, highly educated peo- others. For example, right his freshman roommate at rounding yourself with people more opportunities you have, time, computer vision has ple,” he said, continuing to now, we’re in the middle of Carnegie Mellon that this fra- who are going to make you the more diversity you have, stayed inside a lab,” Nara- say that he’d like the Robot- our ‘A Dollar Does It’ cam- ternity’s message was worth work harder, who will hold the more you’re going to push simhan said. And it’s time to ics Institute to be a “one-stop paign that is raising funds sharing, the two rounded up you to a standard, and who each organization to be bet- move out into the real world. shop for those skills.” for Big Brothers Big Sisters of enough men to start a colony are going to expect things ter…. I don’t think we’re any- We’ve seen big successes, One of the Robotics Insti- Greater Pittsburgh’s Mentor in the fall of 2012. Three se- from you.… And I think be- where near capacity. I know like Google street views and tute’s unique skills is the wide 2.0 program, a new program mesters later — after budget- coming a Phi Delt isn’t an ex- we’re about 22 percent, 23 Facebook.... They are all big range of knowledge it offers that equips low income stu- ing, consulting from official cuse to be a frat boy. I think percent Greek at CMU. I know successes of computer vision. its students. dents with skills necessary for Phi Delta officers, and the becoming a Phi Delt is actually there are a lot of campuses that There’s a lot of demand for In Hebert’s words, “We of- college entry.” housing application process an obligation to hold yourself are around there or lower, but computer vision. Software fer the entire spectrum, from Carnegie Mellon’s Phi Del- — Phi Delta received its char- higher than a frat boy, a col- I know a lot of campuses that engineers need to know the most fundamental math- ta Theta chapter officially re- ter in October 2013. The chap- lege student. It’s indeed some- are 50 percent Greek — that how to run computer vision ematical techniques, and the ceived its charter in the fall of ter occupies a house on the thing much higher than that.” are 75 percent Greek. I think programs.” entire spectrum works to- last year. J.R. Marshall, presi- Greek Quadrangle on More- Marshall also theorized CMU Greek life has even more Yaser Sheikh, another gether. That’s unique to the dent of Phi Delta Theta and wood Avenue, and established as to why Carnegie Mellon room to expand, and I would associate professor of com- Institute, and that’s some- policy and management and a zero-alcohol policy in the has recently seen such an in- like to see that happen.” puter vision and robotics, ex- thing I want to promote.” Conflict Kitchen reopens Uber gets PUC clearance PALESTINE, from A1 than to support one side over goal to help people under- Ridesharing, from A1 to bars and stuff like that, you that Uber provides the safe the other. “It’s a shame people stand other places as other don’t have to worry about and reliable rides that Penn- on a peak day despite the in- don’t appreciate its purpose,” cultures, not governments. received a license to operate driving home. That’s the only sylvanians need and deserve,” clement weather. he said. “All you hear is what our gov- in Pittsburgh. “I think it’s a time I use them, though.” Uber spokesman Taylor Ben- “Obviously [receiving Another patron the day ernment and theirs are do- good service,” junior neuro- Uber charges a base fare of nett told the Pittsburgh Post- the death threat] was not a of the reopening was Anna ing.” science major Lawton Tellin $2, plus a “safe ride fee” of $1 Gazette. “We look forward to pleasant experience,” Sayre Rosati, a sophomore drama Rosati stressed the impor- said. “On a very cursory level, and $.30 a minute or $1.25 a working with the PUC and said, “But the community re- design and production major, tance of understanding that it’s so nice to be able to click the state legislature to get the sponse does make you feel a who was quickly finishing her while governments are inter- one thing with your thumb details right so we can estab- bit blessed.” order before it grew cold in acting with each other, indi- and have a taxi come and pick “On a very lish a permanent home for Sayre continued to say that viduals and societies are not you up.” cursory level, UberX ride-sharing in all of he was very pleased by the necessarily the same thing as Tellin said that rideshar- Pennsylvania.” showing of support and the “I think their governing bodies. ing services like Uber and it’s so nice to be Last week Uber announced help provided by the Univer- She expressed dismay, Lyft are, in his experience, able to click one that it will no longer pick up sity of Pittsburgh Police De- Conflict but not surprise at the death typically more reliable than passengers at the Pittsburgh partment. Kitchen is an threats. “In anything there Pittsburgh’s other, PUC-sanc- thing with your International Airport. The Michael Moody, one of the are going to be extremists tioned taxi services. thumb and have ridesharing company won’t patrons standing in line to or- important who take what they learn “I don’t have very much have the authority to do so der at Conflict Kitchen, had thing with a and apply [it] in a narrow experience with trying to take a taxi come and until they are also granted a dual motivations for braving way.” the taxi, the yellow cab in permit from the Airport Au- the cold weather. really great Despite the death threats, Pittsburgh, but the two times pick you up.” thority. “I haven’t tried the Pal- intent.” Conflict Kitchen’s first day I tried was just like, the most This decision does not estinian food yet,” he said. back turned out to be quite a unpleasant experience. Either — Lawton change the situation in Phila- “And I wanted to make sure success. they don’t pick up the phone, delphia, where the Philadel- they know people [are] — Anna Rosati, However, Conflict Kitchen or they’re just like, ‘no.’ And Tellin, junior phia Parking Authority con- interested.” may likely remain at the cen- I’ve only had wonderful ex- neuroscience major trols the taxi service, and has “Regardless of any bias, sophomore ter of discussions for some periences with Uber,” Tellin not yet made a decision re- they’re personal statements,” drama design & time yet. Tartans 4 Israel, de- said. mile. Lyft, similarly, charges garding either company. The Moody said of the quotes on scribed as a “Zionist group” Senior decision science a base fare of $1.35, a $1.50 PUC’s decision also doesn’t the Conflict Kitchen mate- production major by the Hillel Jewish Uni- and professional writing “trust & safety fee,” and $.27 apply in nine other counties rials and the reaction they versity Center website, will double major Meagan Leach, per minute, or $1.13 a mile. across Pennsylvania, because have provoked. Moody felt the near freezing air. be hosting a “Co-Existence although she has a car in The Pittsburgh Yellow Cab they were excluded in Uber’s that Conflict Kitchen was in- “I think Conflict Kitchen is Kitchen” on Nov. 19 in reac- Pittsburgh, still uses Uber and Company charges riders a application for license. tended to give voice to people an important thing with a re- tion to the perceived anti- Lyft. “[Uber and Lyft] are real- base fee of $2.25 plus $1.75 Lyft’s hearing will likely be whose voices were generally ally great intent,” Rosati said, Israeli sentiment of Conflict ly great to use on weekends,” per mile. during the PUC’s December not heard by the public more feeling it was a worthwhile Kitchen. Leach said. “When you go out “The PUC confirmed today meeting.

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Bahcall explains dark matter at Bennett-McWilliams lecture Introducing dark matter mass of the planes is in the sky and its effect as “one of the because we cannot see them. most fundamental questions But once we can measure the in cosmology and physics to- light each plane emits, and day,” she then posed the ques- once we know what one plane tion of how dark matter relates weighs, we can find out the to what we can see through the mass density per unit light, telescope — in other words, which further gives us an how dark matter relates to vis- idea of the mass of the “dark” ible stars and the light they planes. Similarly, the mass-to- emit. To offer a comparison, light function tells us the ratio Bahcall first showed how dark- between mass and light for ness and light are distributed galaxy systems. on our planet. However, she This method yields the re- emphasized, what we have in sult that, assuming our sun the universe is not like what has a ratio of one solar mass we observe on Earth. It is thus per solar luminosity, then our a vital task to study the effect universe has a value 300 times and the distribution of dark as large. That suggests the matter in our universe. presence of a huge amount of We know there is a lot of dark matter. Additionally, if dark matter existing in clusters we plot the function of mass- of galaxies, which is evidenced to-light with respect to the by the gravitational lensing of scale size, we would find that distant galaxies — the phe- the mass-to-light ratio increas- nomenon through which the es as we go to larger and larger presence of dark matter warps scales: galaxies, groups, clus- light and causes multiple im- ters, etc. Clearly, when we go ages to be captured by modern to a larger scale, we will have telescopes. much more mass and much Abhinav Gautam/Staff Photographer But how exactly do we esti- more light. But the fact that Neta Bahcall, professor of astrophysics at Princeton University, discussed the matter-to-light function at the third annual Bennett-McWilliams lecture. mate the relevant data of dark the ratio grows reveals that matter? A classical measure is as we go from, say galaxies to Shaojie Bai matter, an invisible mass that sity, came to Carnegie Mellon McWilliams Center for Cos- to use the comparison of dis- groups, we have much more Staffwriter is extremely important to our to speak at the third annual mology: “Visible matter … tribution of mass and light, matter than light. universe. On Tuesday, Nov. Bennett-McWilliams Lecture makes up only a small fraction known as the mass-to-light One way to interpret this What is dark matter, and 11, Neta Bahcall, renowned in Cosmology. of the matter in the universe. function. Think of the follow- is that clusters are even more where is it? For many years, astrophysicist and the Eugene Bahcall started her lecture An elusive dark matter and a ing scheme: There are planes dominated by dark matter than physicists have been explor- Higgins Professor of Astro- with a quote from the web- dark energy form the bulk of flying in the night sky. We can- ing the very concept of dark physics at Princeton Univer- page of Carnegie Mellon’s the universe.” not determine what the total See MATTER, A5 Autism-related genes identified Pugwash Column Scahill explains drone warfare Raghunandan Avula basis of complex diseases. Ro- found in enough of the patient Staffwriter eder has devoted her time to population. In other words, using statistical and compu- the changes must not be due Researchers have had re- tational approaches to iden- to random chance, but must cent success in understanding tify the changes in proteins instead be directly related to the genetic basis for neuro- at the molecular level that the disease. psychiatric diseases. could lead to the symptoms of Roeder explained that, Kathryn Roeder, an assis- autism. using this established meth- tant professor in the depart- od, they had identified nine ment of statistics and the Lane genes, but the progress was Center for Computational Roeder ... built slow. She knew that they Biology at Carnegie Mellon, “had a long way to go to mak- and Bernie Devlin, professor a model that ing significant progress and of psychiatry at the Univer- utilized both would never make it there in sity of Pittsburgh, recently a reasonable time.” led an international research the important Roeder and Devlin noticed team that successfully identi- changes and the that many of the children and fied 33 genes that contribute parents that were analyzed to autism risk. Their study, less significant were simply ignored because published last week in Nature, there were many significant utilized new approaches that changes to changes that directly caused take advantage of all the in- rank genes in mutations. Also, there may formation that can be learned have been unique cases where Eunice Oh/Assistant Art Editor when comparing genetic data. relation to the the mothers might have con- According to the Autism disease. tained the mutation and warfare of the United States’ which is now a documen- Society of America, almost passed it on to their child, but involvement in the Middle tary film. In a discussion at- one percent of the world’s were not autistic themselves East. Scahill is known as one tended by Carnegie Mellon population is autistic, and She explained that previ- because women are more ro- of the founding editors of The students, as well as members autism affects more than 3.5 ous approaches compared bust to autism than men. Intercept, a platform used for of the public, focus turned to million Americans. Scientists the genomes of children who In essence, Roeder and Kathryn McKeough the distribution of Edward unmanned aerial vehicles, are trying to understand what have autism and their par- her collaborators built a Staffwriter Snowden’s documents involv- commonly known as military causes the disease so that ents to identify changes in the model that utilized both the ing the NSA. He has written drones. therapies can be developed. DNA that would cause loss of important changes and the This week, in lieu of our two successful non-fiction Scahill first explained The human genome con- function mutations in a gene. less significant changes to weekly meeting, Pugwash in- novels, Blackwater: The Rise of why drone warfare has be- tains over 20,000 genes, and It is important to determine rank genes in relation to the vited investigative journalist the World’s Most Powerful Mer- come so prominent in the it remains a challenge to iden- whether these changes are Jeremy Scahill to take part in a cenary Army and Dirty Wars: tify the genes that form the statistically significant and See GENES, A6 discussion on technology and The World is a Battlefield, See DRONES, A6

SCITECH BRIEFS Whooping cough New technology Jupiter’s Great Red Serotonin shown to U.S. and China Link between booster shot safe improves lung Spot caused by mediate pain and commit to carbon depression and for pregnant women cancer detection ultraviolet light itch in mice emission cuts infectious disease

Researchers from the John Roeske, a professor of Researchers at NASA’s Jet Researchers at the Wash- On Wednesday, Nov. 14, In a recent paper, Turhan Health Partners Institute radiation oncology at Loyola Propulsion Laboratory in Pas- ington University School of President Obama and Presi- Canli, associate professor of for Education and Research University Chicago Stritch adena, Calif. have discovered Medicine in St. Louis have dent Xi Jinping of China an- psychology and radiology at in Minneapolis, Minn. have School of Medicine, along with that Jupiter’s Great Red Spot determined that serotonin, a nounced their commitment to Stony Brook University and determined that pregnant a team of researchers, has de- is caused by chemical decom- chemical messenger produced achieve specific cuts in carbon the director of Stony Brook’s women can safely get a Tdap veloped new technology that position due to sunlight. Us- in response to pain, is also emissions. Social, Cognitive and Affective booster shot during pregnancy allows for improved detection ing ultraviolet light to simu- involved in the regulation of President Xi Jinping de- Neuroscience Center, has sug- without increasing the risk of of early-stage lung cancer dur- late the sun, they discovered itch. clared that China’s carbon gested that major depressive their having problems dur- ing radiation therapy. that breaking down ammonia The researchers found that emissions would peak around disorder (MDD) be considered ing birth. The Tdap booster The technology combines and acetylene, two chemicals mice with decreased sero- 2030. President Obama an- an infectious disease. shot protects against tetanus, the current method of dual- known to be found on Jupi- tonin levels didn’t respond as nounced that, by 2025, the He supports this sugges- diptheria, and pertussis, also energy imaging with fluoros- ter, produced a color similar much to itch-causing irritants United States would cut emis- tion by noting that patients known as whooping cough. copy, which allows for en- to that of Jupiter’s Great Red as mice with normal sero- sions by at least 26 percent with MDD exhibit behavior The Centers for Disease hanced visibility of tumors. Spot. tonin levels. They discovered from 2005 levels. that suggests an illness-relat- Control and Prevention (CDC) The researchers believe this The researchers also deter- that mice’s response to itch is Despite these concrete ed cause, that parasites, bac- recommend that women re- new technology could be cost- mined that this color is greatly regulated by A1 and gastrin- goals, experts still say these teria, and viruses can alter ceive the Tdap booster dur- effective for hospitals because dependent on altitude. The dependent peptide receptors cuts are not enough to prevent emotional behavior, and that ing the last few months of the combined approach would Great Red Spot’s extremely activated by serotonin. When an increase in global tempera- microorganisms greatly affect pregnancy in order to protect require new software and, high altitude allows for am- a mouse scratches an itch, ture of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, physiology and genetics. Canli themselves against pertussis, therefore, would not require monia particles to be higher pain causes the release of se- which is thought to be the proposes that research on and also provide protection for the hospital to replace their in the atmosphere and, there- rotonin. This release activates point at which global warm- depression should be shifted the newborn, which is other- current X-ray machines. fore, closer to the sun, which the two regulatory receptors, ing will become irreversible. toward explicitly defining the wise unprotected until eligible Roeske and his colleagues facilitates the break down of which cause the mouse to These targets are precedents link between MDD and infec- for the shot at two months old. have patented this technology ammonia and acetylene. This again experience an itch. Re- to the 2015 United Nations tious disease. The results of this study and recently presented this decomposition is also pro- searchers believe this mecha- Climate Change Conference have been published in the research at the annual meet- moted due to the vortex shape nism explains why, excluding set to begin Nov. 30. Source: Science Daily Nov. 12 issue of The Jour- ing of the American Society of the Great Red Spot, which immediate relief, scratching So far, no other countries nal of the American Medical for Therapeutic Radiology and traps ammonia particles in a increases itchiness instead of have announced specific plans Association. Oncology. single location. reducing it. to reduce emissions. Compiled by Source: Science News Source: Science Daily Source: Science Daily Source: Science News Source: The New York Times Claire Gianakas November 17, 2014 « The Tartan thetartan.org/scitech » A5 how things work Bahcall explains implications Touchscreen technology of matter-to-light function comes in different forms

Abhinav Gautam/Staff Photographer The matter-to-light function helps astrophysicists better understand the distribution of dark matter.

MATTER, from A4 average of hundreds of thou- stellar mass only accounts for sands of systems in the uni- one percent of the total mass galaxies. This analysis, Bah- verse, it is believed to be quite in our universe. Such a value call pointed out, shows that a good estimation. is approximately valid for all “most of the dark matter is in Thus, we are able to find scales above 300 kiloparsecs, huge haloes around galaxies.” the mass-to-light ratio and get in essence because of how gas Nevertheless, it was noted the mass density in our uni- and stars were formed in the that we do not expect such a verse. The final result turns early stage of our universe. ratio would go on increasing out to be 25 percent of the So what do we have now? forever; actually, the matter- critical density, a hypothetical Bahcall concluded the lecture to-light value flattens on very value at which the expansion by using the image of darkness large scales. of the universe would cease. and light on Earth, which she “We do not have more and Such a result is found to be showed at the beginning of more dark matter as we go consistent with many obser- her lecture, again. Unlike the to larger and larger scales,” vations made so far. case on Earth, where the dark Bahcall said. This flattening Further, the result also in- places are solid continents, in out means that mass and light dicates that most of the dark the universe, “wherever we trace each other very well: matter seemed to be con- see the light, that is where the Mass and light “know” where tained in the haloes around dark matter is distributed,” the other is. individual galaxies. The mass Bahcall said. In other words, The method of studying of such haloes dominates the mass and light follow each gravitational lensing, accord- total mass. Even though the other perfectly. ing to Bahcall, is so far “the dark matter halo cannot be This information of dark best way to determine mass observed directly, its exis- matter distribution tells us, directly, on any given scale.” tence can be deduced from its as Bahcall put it, “quite an Recent relevant research gravitational influence on amount of information” — again confirms that, beyond the stars and gases in galax- not only the nature of dark Image courtesy of Brooke Kuei some hundreds of kilo-par- ies. When all this informa- matter, but more importantly, secs, mass and light trace tion is combined, dividing how they are put together to Sharon Wu cluding Nimish Mehta, Myron when, in a 2007 Apple press each other very well, making the mass-to-light value by the form the whole skeleton of Staffwriter Krueger, and Bob Boie. At the conference, Steve Jobs dem- the function flatten. Since fixed stellar-mass-to-light val- the great universe as we know same time, touchscreens were onstrated the slide-to-unlock this measurement is really the ue tells us that, in reality, the it. In a world in which we rely beginning to be heavily com- and swipe-to-scroll hand ges- so much on our touchscreen mercialized. In September tures on the first iPhone. The devices, it’s hard to imag- 1983, the Hewlett-Packard rest is history. ine that such technology did Company (HP) introduced But how exactly does a not exist until a few decades the HP-150, which was a touchscreen work? In truth, ago. But, in fact, touchscreen computer that used infrared there is no straightforward technology had a long history (IR) emitters and detectors to answer, as touchscreens come before it became that smart- sense the user’s touch. How- in multiple variations. Here, phone in your pocket. ever, not only was HP-150 we will explore the basics of a Historians believe that costly, but it also possessed few existing touch technology touchscreen technology first some usability issues. systems. emerged in the 1960s. At the Then came the 1990s, As mentioned earlier, ca- Royal Radar Establishment when touchscreen technol- pacitive touch was the first in Malvern, U.K., E.A. John- ogy was applied to smaller touch technology to be devel- son introduced capacitive devices in the form of cellular oped. In a capacitive device, touch. A decade later, Ameri- phones and personal digital the capacitive system is locat- can inventor Dr. G. Samuel assistants (PDAs). The Palm ed on a glass panel of a moni- Hurst developed the resistive Pilot PDA found the most tor, which consists of inner touchscreen while conducting success during the era, espe- and outer metallic glass layers atomic physics research at the cially in the business world. that conduct electricity. Sand- University of Kentucky. However, it wasn’t until the wiched between the layers is Later, in the 1980s, a 2000s that the advancement an insulator. When you bring number of researchers were of touchscreen technology your finger toward the screen, involved in the development began to elevate dramatically. of multitouch technology, in- The world was in for a shock See TOUCHSCREEN, A6

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Pugwash Column how things work Scahill focuses on drone policy Touchscreens can utilize capacitive or resistive systems

TOUCHSCREEN, from A5 cuit. In comparison to the ca- of a monitor contains trans- pacitive system, the resistive mitting and receiving trans- you take in some of the charge system is more accurate in ducers, as well as reflectors, from the capacitive layer. The calculating the coordinate lo- that are positioned along decrease in charge of the ca- cation of your touch as it takes the perimeter of the screen. pacitive layer is quantified by note of the change in the elec- Ultrasonic sound waves are circuits situated at the cor- tric field. reflected from one transducer ners of the monitor, allowing to the other. However, when a computer to determine ex- When you you touch the screen, you dis- actly where you touched the rupt the flow of sound beams, monitor. The computer then bring your while also absorbing their sends the calculated location energy. The location of the to touchscreen driver soft- finger toward touch can then be recorded ware. In contrast to capacitive the screen, by the receiving transducer. touch, resistive touch trans- Possessing no metallic layers, mits less light from the moni- you take in the system has excellent light tor, providing a less clear pic- some of the transmission, making it ideal ture. Nevertheless, resistive for displaying high quality touchscreens are inexpensive charge from the graphics. to produce, making them the capacitive layer As touch systems continue most popular design used. to advance, the consumer They have the ability to recog- ... allowing world continues to demand nize multi-touch input, which more current technology. At has given rise to many of our a computer the same time, the explosive current touchscreen devices. to determine growth in technology within Similar to the capacitive the past decade foretells a fu- system, the resistive system exactly where ture of endless possibilities. is made of two layers with an you touched the But as we continue to tap or insulator. However, in a resis- swipe our phones or tablets, Rob Macedo/Special to The Tartan tive system, the upper layer monitor. we should not lose sight of The Q&A session with Jeremy Scahill engaged both Carnegie Mellon students and members of the public. is composed of a flexible and the extraordinary human col- conductive, polyester plastic. There are also touchscreen laboration that went into cre- DRONES, from A4 disorder. Drones are also less casualties to satisfy the pub- As you press your finger on a technologies that can sense ating the touchscreens that, prominent than many other lic, which makes it easy to resistive screen, you bring the your fingers through sound. decades ago, could only be Middle East. He voiced that military aircrafts. Scahill not- explain to the public why polyester into contact with In a surface acoustic wave found in science fiction and drones were introduced to ed there are only six stations drones are killing terrorist- the glass, which creates a cir- (SAW) system, the glass plate movies. the United States’ leaders as in the world that participate affiliated targets without due a way to “sanitize war.” The in drone strikes. He also ex- process and ignoring inter- use of drones not only of- plained that oftentimes, the national laws. The solution, fers more precise attacks but media incorrectly attributes Scahill claimed, is not to ban also reduces the necessity for strikes from manned aircrafts drone warfare, but for policy Autism studied in new way U.S. ground troops, leading to drone attacks. makers to realize that con- to fewer deaths. Drone usage Scahill emphasized that ducting drone wars is wrong. GENES, from A4 processes. the sharing of data to benefit is marketed as being more the problem isn’t actually Unmanned aerial vehicles are Now that this research has the bigger whole is necessary strategic than conventional the drones, but how drones vicious and effective weap- disease. Using this method, identified interesting genes for significant progress mov- warfare. are interfering with United ons, but the real danger is in she explained that they were to explore, other scientists ing forward. There are a lot of miscon- States policies. Scahill stated the immoral ways to conduct able to identify relevant genes can perform direct biological She will continue to work ceptions about drone war- that Obama is now expanding warfare that they have made “twice as fast.” However, Ro- experiments by knocking out on the project to identify fare. The use of drones is far foreign policy powers to give possible. eder expressed that simply the gene of interest and iden- when and where these genes less emotionally removed the United States military the identifying a list of genes does tifying the phenotypic chang- are active. For example, if a than the general public be- ability to use drones more se- Student Pugwash is a non- not directly mean that we are es that lead to autism. gene is found to be relevant lieves. Scahill pointed out cretly and more often. Scahill advocacy, educational organi- immediately closer to a cure. Roeder was amazed at in the frontal cortex during that although drone pilots asserted that the executive zation that discusses the impli- Roeder focused largely on de- the cooperation between the development, biologists will are physically far from the branch is presenting this pro- cations of science. This article is termining the relationships numerous collaborators that be able to develop treatments battlefield, they still experi- assassination policy as a way a summary of last week’s Q&A between the genes and the contributed patient data for that directly target the causes ence post-traumatic stress to prevent more American session with Jeremy Scahill. roles they play in biological this study and believes that of autism. INTERESTED IN IN YOUR FULL STEM FIELD TUITION &A JOB

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From the Editorial Board Prioritization fine if free, open Internet isn’t hurt Apple because people are using up a lot of the power grid charging their iPhones and iPads. This move by Comcast was anti-competitive and gave other companies an unfair Brandon Schmuck leverage. While connections to the Internet Want to watch your favorite should not be discriminated against, channel on YouTube? For a steal of paid prioritization should be al- only $4.99 a month, you can add lowed in some cases. Differentia- Maegha Singh/Staff Artist the online video streaming pack- tion should be made between simply age! Want to see results on Google discriminating against someone’s pertaining to your favorite sports service and providing special hard- S wift too slow to stop future of music industry team? The all-access sports pack- ware to optimize its speed. For ex- Last week, pop superstar Taylor a paid subscription service without music industry and are inadequately age can be accessed for an amaz- ample, if a company such as Apple or Swift pulled her entire catalogue of ads, and boasts 50 million active us- compensated by Spotify’s meager ing $14.99 a month! While this Google wishes to provide an online music, including her fifth studio al- ers worldwide, 12.5 million of whom pay rate. sounds ridiculous, regulations are television service or OnLive wishes bum 1989, from the popular music are paid subscribers. Swift has said she is against “per- currently not in place to prevent this to provide online gaming directly streaming platform Spotify. By doing It is undoubtably the largest mu- petuating the perception that music from happening. through hard wiring with a com- so, Swift moved to the center of an sic streaming platform, and growing. has no value and should be free.” De- Last week, President Obama pany like Comcast, this should not ongoing debate about the monetiza- While Spotify dedicates 70 percent spite the validity of that statement, addressed the Federal Communi- be banned by net neutrality legisla- tion of artists and the future of the of its revenue — last year almost $1 it’s also more than a bit naive. The cations Commission (FCC) with a tion. Things like set top boxes with music industry. billion — to rights holders, a large music industry has been “declining” statement in favor of preventing hardware lanes to specialized on- Swift is arguably one of the most chunk of that is divvied off to record for years, not in the sense that people this from happening, stating that line services should be allowed; this powerful women in music today. labels with artists themselves only have stopped loving music but that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) would essentially mirror the concept 1989 is the first album to hit 1 million seeing a fraction of a penny for each they’ve stopped loving to pay for it. should be subject to the following of a television service. In addition, sales in the United States this year, song play. This amount is signifi- The floodgates of streaming have rules: “no blocking,” “no throttling,” net neutrality laws should not ban selling more in its first week of sales cantly less than artists’ revenue from been thrown open for good, and not “increased transparency,” and “no things like Comcast’s Content Deliv- than any album since 2002 and au- album sales, radio, and paid sub- even the most powerful artist in the paid prioritization.” He stated that ery Network. Some companies have tomatically going platinum. Simply scription streaming services. Scott industry will be able to close them if implemented correctly, this would already paid Comcast and others to put, Swift’s opinions on the music Borchetta, the CEO of Swift’s record again. hold no extra heavy burden on ISPs build direct hardware interconnec- industry have a lot of clout, and she label Big Machine Records, told Time In a world where artists shouldn’t and would guarantee that the prin- tions, which the FCC is currently not has taken a stand against streaming magazine that, “Over the last year, devalue their art by giving it away, ciples of an open and free Internet classifying as a net neutrality issue. services like Spotify. In a statement what Spotify has paid is the equiva- and consumers won’t pay for what’s remain in the future. Nearly anyone In this case, Comcast is provid- to Yahoo, Swift said, “I’m not willing lent of less than 50,000 albums sold.” available for free, the solution to the can agree that blocking and throt- ing a service to online companies to contribute my life’s work to an ex- For a powerhouse like Swift, tak- debate won’t be found under the tling services are bad for everyone, by allowing them to use specialized periment that I don’t feel fairly com- ing leave from Spotify is more a pro- traditional model. Creators and con- though the claim for “no paid priori- content delivery networks to speed pensates the writers, producers, art- test than a business move. Swift’s sumers need to think outside the box tization” takes the issue into murki- up access; this is different from tier- ists and creators of this music.” But paycheck will hardly be the worse for to find a solution that benefits them er waters and opens up the issue to ing the cost of Internet speeds for does Spotify really undercompensate wear, but she is the exception. The both. They need to work with the many more questions. services or forcing services to pay industry creators? Spotify offers free same cannot be said for the smaller evolving music industry and stop try- Connections to Internet up in order to remain online. In this streaming funded by ads along with artists who make up the bulk of the ing to control an unstoppable force. addresses should not be discriminat- case, companies are paying Internet ed by based on how much the ser- providers for a direct connection to vice has paid to an ISP. Connections their servers, which improves their CUM supports Conflict Kitchen and community to the Internet should be treated as a services and in no way degrades the utility. Like water and electricity, the connections of services not using Interim Provost Nathan Urban members’ work that members of The While the student’s actions were Internet is a shared resource. There- hardware specialization. emailed the campus on Tuesday to Tartan’s editorial board have not of- admittedly controversial, this in- fore, it should be treated like one, Barriers should be put in place condemn violent threats received by ten witnessed during their tenure at stance showed a lack of support by and companies like Comcast should to ensure that Internet providers do Conflict Kitchen, an art project cre- the university. The decision to com- the university for its student’s act, simply be providing the gateway to not slow down the connections of ated by Jon Rubin and Dawn Weleski ment on the death threats is a prom- which was comparable to previous them. Whenever Internet provid- companies who do not pay up or re- (CFA ’10), a Carnegie Mellon profes- ising indicator that the university performances at the Derby. In that ers begin to degrade quality on the move access to their site altogether. sor of art and an artist, respectively. will continue to back its students and instance, it seemed as if the univer- terms that services pay up, everyone The Internet is open and free and The Kitchen shut down on Nov. 7 af- faculty in the face of conflict. sity bowed to outside pressures. suffers. should remain as such. However, at ter affiliates received death threats, The last prominent controversy The support for Conflict Kitchen, Earlier this year, when Comcast the same time, net neutrality should but has since reopened. surrounding a student’s art oc- however, shows a marked turn in the demanded ransom from Netflix in not stand as a barrier to innovation. In the email, Urban states curred when a student dressed as university’s support for its campus order for its users to be provided Providers should be allowed to pro- “Threats of violence ... have a chill- the Pope with a cross shaved into members. The university had no ob- with normal access speed, it over- vide premium access to content de- ing effect on free expression, have her pubic hair for what would be the ligation to comment on the Kitchen stepped its boundary and showed livery networks or direct hardware no place in civilized society, and art school’s last annual Anti-Gravity and place itself on the side of the just what is possible if we let the oli- implementation into their servers. deserve universal condemnation as Downhill Derby during Spring Car- project when there are ardent sup- gopoly of ISPs have power over the Providers should also be allowed to well as appropriate judicial action.” nival 2013. After the performance porters and detractors. The Tartan entire Internet. Until Netflix paid up, create hardware optimizations for The university’s decision to comment art was decried by the Roman Cath- hopes that this public announce- customers of the service suffered specialized uses. However, we must on the threats and place itself in the olic Diocese of Pittsburgh, Carnegie ment by the university regarding with degraded quality, and Netflix also ensure that the rest of the Inter- midst of the controversy stirring over Mellon followed up with disciplin- Conflict Kitchen is not a singular was burdened with loads of extra net does not suffer and be placed in the Kitchen shows a heightened sup- ary action for the student and con- instance of support, but becomes a customer service requests. Comcast a slow lane. port by the university for campus demned her actions. consistent trend. charging Netflix for its popularity among customers would be similar Brandon Schmuck (bschmuck@) is a N onprofits exempt from taxes, not responsibility to electrical companies charging staffwriter for The Tartan.

The city of Pittsburgh’s new bud- University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie There are valid reasons for these get may include a revenue stream Mellon University, UPMC, and High- nonprofits to remain free of taxes. In where non-profits and educational mark are in dialogue with the city addition to providing important ser- institutions including UPMC and regarding the establishment of a vices to the public, they argue that Carnegie Mellon pay contributions standardized system of contribu- taxes could lead to them needing into the city’s budget. The city does tions to the budget. Carnegie Mellon to lay off workers and curtail their not currently collect direct tax reve- and other Pittsburgh not-for-profits public services. Removing nonprofit nues from nonprofit and educational should make a strong effort to reach status to fill city coffers could also institutions. Instead, these institu- an agreement on a long-term pay- start a trend of the city using this tions and nonprofits make voluntary ment deal with the city of Pittsburgh. tactic even on deserving nonprofits contributions to city funds. All four of these organizations whenever a new source of revenue is As the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette bring in large amounts of revenue needed. reported in September, Mayor Bill and are cornerstones of the Pitts- Pittsburgh is a more than gracious Peduto went on the record saying burgh economy. The city benefits host for Carnegie Mellon, the Uni- that the city had a 50/50 chance of directly thanks to the employment versity of Pittsburgh, Highmark, and reaching a long-term deal for finan- opportunities provided by these non- UPMC. So it is not only fair but in the cial contributions to the city budget profit organizations, and from the best interest of these organizations from these non-taxable organiza- businesses they attract to the region. that they establish a long-term deal tions. This article also said that these However, the numerous tax exemp- through which they can financially contributions had been “erratic” tions are widely viewed as being contribute to the city, while main- over the past decade, underscoring undeserved, particularly in the case taining their exemption from stan- the desire for the city to strike a con- of UPMC, which besides being the dard taxation. Creating a standard sistent, long-term deal for collecting largest employer in the state of Penn- deal for these contributions would contributions from organizations. sylvania gives its CEO $6 million in be a socially responsible action, ben- As of last week, the Pittsburgh salary and has 26 executives who efiting the city and the communities Business Times confirmed that the earn more than $1 million annually. surrounding these organizations. Michelle Wan/Art Editor

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Letter to the editor Student participation vital in strategic plan Carnegie Mellon is embarking on to enhance the students’ academic a critically important strategic plan- and nonacademic experience. ning process. This process will set There were many changes that the stage for the evolution and de- took place under President Jared velopment of Carnegie Mellon both Cohon. In my mind, one of the most in the next few years and for the significant was the strategic decision next decade. to strongly develop the university’s As a member of the Carnegie capabilities in the biological sci- Mellon community for 45 years, I ences, even though Carnegie Mellon have witnessed a number of strate- did not have a medical school. This gic planning events led by former required a significant investment Presidents Cyert, Mehrabian, and by the university, and led to the Cohon. Each one resulted in sig- strengthening of the department of nificant changes in the direction of biological sciences, the creation of a Courtesy of Bruce Chan Carnegie Mellon, and these have department of biomedical engineer- been critical evolutionary steps that ing, and the creation of the Ray and have brought the university to its po- Stephanie Lane Center for Compu- CMU campus redesigns are flawed sition of prominence today. tational Biology, each of which have As I think back over previous greatly broadened opportunities for No doubt you’ve already stopped community; and a food truck is not not visible and not easily accessible strategic planning initiatives, how- our faculty and students. by the newly renovated Legacy appropriate and out of scale for this from the main thoroughfare of the ever, I am struck by the absence of Plaza; The Tartan actually has been site. campus. This goes against good plan- strong direct student involvement. chronicling its evolution these past Why couldn’t there have been pe- ning principles, which would never Yet nearly every aspect of the stra- “We want to months, complete with the opening destrian-scaled food carts or stands, put a parking garage entrance in a tegic plan will have a direct impact encourage student of the food truck two weeks ago. instead? Placing an industrial truck hard-to-find area, and it shows the on our student body, and we want The redesigned plaza, once on campus along a major pedestrian inherent problems that come from to encourage student input in the input in the known more for bicycle parking and thoroughfare, and having it parked the lack of a campus-wide Mobility strongest possible way. smokers, took a page right out of the there for days, shows a lack of sensi- Master Plan. I am writing to encourage broad strongest possible “placemaking” playbook, providing a tivity for the pedestrian scale. The university’s current plan student participation in this plan- way.” truly inviting space for social and ac- Second, the redesign does not (to keep bicycles on the perimeter) ning process — along with all other tive interactions to happen. provide any bike parking. In fact, shows their misunderstanding of members of the campus community. The repaved surfaces, the string the existing bike racks on the north how their own community (stu- President Subra Suresh has identi- President Suresh has been in of- lights, and the new modern tables entrance of Margaret Morrison Hall dents, faculty, and staff) travel to fied three major thrust areas: Trans- fice for only 16 months, but he has al- and chairs have created a pleasant were relocated on Nov. 3 to the and within the campus, whether by formative Teaching and Learning ready shown the ability to accelerate and bright space between a heavily north side of West Wing and Resnick car, on foot, or on bicycle. A Mobil- (led by Richard Scheines, dean of new initiatives, such as the Simon pedestrian-trafficked area and Mar- House. ity Master Plan would help to create the Dietrich College, and Nathan Initiative in technology-enhanced garet Morrison Hall’s north entrance. This is all part of the university’s a more inclusive and inviting campus Urban, interim provost), Transfor- learning and BrainHub, which is However, there are several deci- larger plan to keep bicycles on the environment. mative Research Creativity, Innova- integrating our many brain science sions which I find troubling, both perimeter of campus. I believe this I hope that the editorial team tion and Entrepreneurship (led by activities across campus while also from a design standpoint and a mas- policy and the removal of bike racks at The Tartan will begin to take a Jim Garrett, dean of the College of creating new global academic part- ter plan perspective. to these perimeter areas is misin- deeper look at how our beautiful Engineering and Farnam Jahanian, nerships. The current strategic plan- First, while I understand the no- formed because, as dictated by con- campus’s design and future master vice president of research), and the ning effort is especially important tion of using food as a tool to bring venience, cyclists will park their plan can actually add to not only Transformative CMU Experience given our president’s great strengths activity to the site, I think this food bikes at the closest entrance of their the local neighborhood’s, but also (led by Ramayya Krishnan, dean in creating and executing major truck is problematic because it is in destination and lock up to whatever Pittsburgh’s, rededication to an ac- of the Heinz College and Michael initiatives. direct competition with the existing is most convenient: trees, the railing, tive street life and more livable Murphy, vice president of campus The strategic plan will focus on off-campus diverse and local food benches, chairs, and maybe the food communities. affairs). both short-term and long-term di- trucks along Margaret Morrison St. truck itself. This rogue parking will I want to encourage all of you rections, and there are many sim- The university’s investment in a food only add clutter to the new Legacy to become engaged in this process. ple and radical ideas that must be truck on-campus seriously under- Plaza and diminish its quality. Bruce Chan There are a number of ways to par- explored. mines its image as a part of — and Additionally, the relocated bike Master of Urban Design Candidate ticipate. First, there will be a cam- For example, should we change supporter of — the local business racks will be placed in an area that is School of Architecture pus-wide town hall meeting — the the university calendar? Should we first in a series of such meetings — institute some sort of winter term scheduled for Nov. 17 at 4:30 p.m. in for either nonacademic or academic the Posner Center, at which many of short courses, service projects et the thrust leaders will be present to cetera? Can we make better use of gather campus input. technology to eliminate many of the Second, you can contact any of large lectures and replace them with the thrust leaders mentioned above smaller, more interactive classes? Is and convey your ideas. it advisable to increase the course Third, you can visit the strategic offerings that combine faculty from planning website at www.cmu.edu/ different colleges, such as the new strategic-plan, or send an email to IDeATe program? [email protected]. Although we have substantial Finally, you can discuss ideas within diversity in our undergraduate stu- your own student organizations and dent body, how can we enhance have those organizations directly interaction among the many dis- engage in the process. tinctive groups on campus? Can we Strategic plans are important bring more of the academic portion and lead to real change. Planning of the undergraduate experience in the Cyert administration resulted into the dorms? What changes can in each department narrowing its we make to further enhance the stu- research agenda to a few areas in dent experience? which it could be nationally com- These are only a few of the areas petitive, as well as a concentrated that the upcoming strategic plan can focus on interdisciplinary research address, and each would have a sig- and teamwork. This led to the devel- nificant impact on our students. At opment of signature programs like this seminal moment in Carnegie engineering and public policy. Mellon’s history, I call on the entire Under the leadership of Presi- campus community to engage in the dent Robert Mehrabian, the strate- process and have a hand in setting gic plans emphasized the quality of the university’s course for the next the undergraduate experience. This decade. resulted in the improvement of fac- ulty teaching and advising, and the John Lehoczky construction of the Jared L. Cohon Interim Executive Vice President Courtesy of Bruce Chan University Center as a tangible way Carnegie Mellon University A PERSON’S OPINION Compiled by Justin McGown The Tartan had a great time at the Walk the Moon concert this weekend. So we asked, Who do you want to be featured at next year’s Fall concert?

Njairé McKoy Tom Vielott Hope D. Dohner Matt Klein Josie LaCoe Biology History, Statistics Mechanical Engineering Physics Mechanical Engineering, Engi- First-Year Junior Sophomore First-Year neering and Public Policy Sophomore “I would love Lorde!” “I think it would be cool to get a “The High Kings.” “I either want someone ill like local instrumental grove — say OG Maco or someone hype like “The Decemberists.” The River City Brass — to do sort Flume. Walk the Moon was of modern songs.” neither of those things.” A9 « thetartan.org/forum The Tartan » November 17, 2014 Common Core not core of problem

Kayla Lee egie Mellon students would agree don’t particularly enjoy spending Staffwriter that our health should come first in hours grading the stacks of midterm education. exams piled upon their desks, exams Parents in Royal Palm Beach, Fla. exist and will probably continue to would rather pull their children from exist. Exams are simply an accurate school than let them continue their “The classroom way of evaluating the learning that education in an environment that occurs in the classroom. values testing over learning. should not be a The stress from tests is unavoid- During a meeting in a high school place that students able, and parents and educators have auditorium, parents expressed con- a point in that the classroom should cern regarding the stressful environ- fear.” not be a place that students fear. ment in which their children spend However, tests are valuable learning the majority of their time. According The well-being of students is in- tools that allow educators to evalu- to The New York Times, one father said credibly important for learning to ate their students and make improve- that “teaching to a test is destroying take place. Generally, students deal- ments to their teaching method if our society,” even driving students to ing with extremely high levels of necessary. take performance-enhancing drugs stress do not have the best perfor- We must understand that the such as Xanax in order to cope. mance in classrooms. Florida parents Common Core is not a curriculum Parents and educators across Flor- want a classroom environment where in itself. It does not necessarily place ida are taking part in a widespread they feel comfortable sending their educators in a box, that keeps them national protest to remove the con- children — one that supports stu- from implementing their own ideas. troversial Common Core State Stan- dents’ health and social well-being. Instead, it sets standards for curricu- dards Initiative for teaching math- Removing the Common Core la with the goal of reaching a certain ematics and English language arts in alone from the public school system level of academic success. Let’s think Emily Giedzinski/Staff Artist the public school system. Alongside will not necessarily reduce the stress about job interviews. Job interviews concerned parents are educators affecting students’ well-being. In lieu are evaluations for employers and re- pany, big or small, the company will we have yet to hear of a school dis- who are pushing for a more “flexible” of the Common Core, school districts cruiters. ask for an interview. There is no get- trict eliminating tests completely. Ad- classroom. However, if it’s the stress and states will create their own local Just like tests, interview environ- ting around it, because it’s the best vocating for an improvement in the from tests that concern parents, then standards. These local standards will ments are highly stressful, but we and, typically, most fair method of classroom environment to promote a that should be the focus of their pro- most likely still include tests. put ourselves through the process evaluation. healthier kind of learning is feasible, tests, rather than gutting the Com- Although most of our university anyway in pursuit of a greater goal. If As states have already taken ac- but treating the Common Core as a mon Core. I and many fellow Carn- professors and teaching assistants you want a career working for a com- tion to reduce the number of tests, scapegoat is not the answer. Supreme Court ruling could mean Obamacare’s deathbed

individual mandate, the premise of just that. Unfortunately, there’s evi- lower courts ruled on the decision prepared to again rule against the guaranteed issue falls apart because dence to the contrary. with two courts — one Oklahoma ACA, and the four liberal Justices, then people (like me) can game the Videos of Jonathan Gruber, an court and another D.C. Circuit Court Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Breyer and system, leading to what critics have MIT professor and the primary archi- — finding that healthcare.gov isn’t Kagan are prepared to rule for it, this called “The Health Insurance Death tect of the Affordable Care Act, have authorized to distribute subsidies scenario again establishes Chief Jus- Kyle Henson Spiral.” recently surfaced where he attributes but many more courts finding to the tice John Roberts as the crucial swing In the death spiral, prices would the passage of the ACA to “the stupid- contrary. These contradictory rulings vote in deciding the fate of the ACA. In the wake of a Republican elec- increase uncontrollably because the ity of the American voter” and cata- would usually be good cause for the Roberts will not opt to save the toral takeover, the political Right pool of insured people get sicker logs some of the deception used to Supreme Court to take up the case. ACA again. Roberts has demonstrat- just got more good news. The Su- and sicker. This trend happens be- pass the ACA. Most notably, however, However, after the D.C. Circuit Court ed repeatedly that he is a textualist. preme Court decided to take up King cause without the mandate, healthy is a video in which Gruber says the ruling, the Justice Department then He has authored extensive opinions v. Burwell, the latest legal challenge people won’t buy insurance, knowing following: stepped in and asked the Supreme that reflect the intent of the Framers to the Affordable Care Act. Under- that they can get it whenever they “What’s important to remember Court to wait while the Circuit Court of the Constitution to have a govern- standing this challenge to the law re- need medical care. Health insurance politically about this is if you’re a state ruled on the suit en banc. ment of laws, not a government of quires understanding of the complex works because healthy people pay and you don’t set up an exchange, This decision essentially means people. architecture of the ACA, so here goes. more for their insurance than the that means your citizens don’t get that the entire set of justices on the The Supreme Court’s job is to in- To expand coverage to those with cost of the services they receive with their tax credits. But your citizens still Circuit Court would review the case, terpret the will of Congress, and Rob- pre-existing conditions, a major the guarantee that if they ever need pay the taxes that support this bill. So and not just the three who initially erts believes that the will of Congress goal of the ACA, Congress did three more services than they’re paying for, you’re essentially saying your citizens heard it. The Obama Administration can only come from the text of the things. First, it forbade insurers from statutes that Congress writes, and turning down those seeking insur- not the surrounding circumstances or ance who had a pre-existing condi- “The reverberations of this decision will be felt across remarks that politicians have made. tion; this is called guaranteed issue. Though Roberts did rule in favor But to ensure that people didn’t game the country by every American family, and we’ll turn to a of the act before, that was because he the system and just enroll for insur- dysfunctional and complex government to fix an even more could construe the text of the ACA for ance when they got sick and needed the less controversial outcome and care (which was my plan once I found dysfunctional and complex healthcare system. ” preserve the statute. Roberts still opt- out about the ACA), they created the ed to use the conservative view of the individual mandate, requiring United scope of the commerce clause and States citizens to have health insur- their healthcare costs will essentially are going to pay all the taxes to help asked for this because Democrats call the mandate as it was written un- ance at all times. This mandate was stay the same. all the other states in the country. I recently changed Senate judicial constitutional. In this case, Roberts declared unconstitutional in a prior The surplus from the healthy peo- hope that that’s a blatant enough po- nomination rules and packed the will ask himself if there is any way Supreme Court challenge to the law, ple is what covers the cost of sick peo- litical reality that states will get their court with liberals, assuring that the that he can construe the text of the but it survived by being construed as ple in the system who need services act together and realize there are bil- subsidies would be allowed once the law to preserve the subsidies. a tax. that cost more than what they’re pay- lions of dollars at stake here in setting entirety of the court (and therefore The text very clearly states that The final overarching mechanism ing into the system. When there’s no up their exchanges and that they’ll do Obama’s nominees) reviewed the subsidies can only be adminis- of the ACA is the establishment of surplus from healthy people because it. But once again the politics can get case. Once this pro-Democratic party tered through state exchanges, and exchanges to deliver subsidies to low- they’re not buying insurance, the ugly around this.” ruling came out, there would ap- Roberts will struggle to find a way income Americans so that they can actual cost of insurance will have to The system Gruber describes func- pear to be court unity and the more around the simplicity of that argu- buy health insurance. It seems pretty rise because the population of the tions exactly as the system the law conservative Supreme Court would ment. In the end, he won’t set a prec- Orwellian to require people to buy in- insured is sicker on average. This outlines. The Obama Administration hopefully be less likely to take up the edent that allows executive branch surance and then not help them pay increasing cost will then deter more has recently been downplaying Gru- case. agencies to issue regulations out of for it if they don’t have the money thin air regardless of what the law to do so. The law asks each state to says. Roberts will bind the rule of law set up its own health insurance ex- to the text on the pages and not the change, and many did, giving them flimsy whims of politicians and bu- catchy names like Covered California reaucratic agencies. and Kynect in Kentucky. However, Next July, the Affordable Care Act 34 states, including Pennsylvania, will be dealt a crippling blow when opted to not set up exchanges. The only a third of the country’s citizens law accounts for this option, and sets can receive subsidies. It will then fall up a federal exchange so that Ameri- to the largest Republican majority in cans in those states have a place to Congress since the 1920s to fix the go to buy insurance. This place is law, and they’ll do everything in their www.healthcare.gov. power to repeal it around Obama’s Understanding exactly how the veto pen. Perhaps Obama will settle ACA works is no small feat, but this for a weaker, Republican alterna- is where it gets interesting. The King tive to the ACA that achieves some v. Burwell ruling concerns the dis- of its goals but leaves liberals disap- tribution of subsidies on the federal pointed, but it’s impossible to predict exchange — healthcare.gov. The text political dynamics seven months out. of the law makes subsidies for pur- The balance of power will largely de- chasing health insurance available pend on how popular the new Repub- to those who “were enrolled through lican Congress becomes after its first an Exchange established by the State six months in office. under section 1311 of the Patient In the meantime, the United States Protection and Affordable Care Act.” healthcare industry, fully one-sixth By specifying that subsidies were of the country’s economy, will spiral available on exchanges established by Courtesy of Pete Souza via Wikimedia Commons out of control. Insurers will re-evalu- the state, it excluded healthcare.gov, healthy people from buying insur- ber’s role in creating the bill, but it is To that, conservatives in the Su- ate their entire cost structures, plans and therefore, citizens of two-thirds ance until eventually only sick people documented that Gruber was a paid preme Court said, Danm your dreams, will be cancelled, and the already of states in the union. The IRS, are buying health insurance and pay- consultant to the White House for the Obama, and decided to take up the esoteric information systems control- however, has interpreted the text ing exorbitant amounts for it. Then, creation of the technical details of case anyway, before it was ruled en ling health data will struggle to keep of the ACA to allow subsidies to the system collapses. the ACA. At the end of the day, this banc. In order for the Supreme Court up with the onslaught of bureaucracy be issued through healthcare.gov. In sum, if these subsidies are struck becomes an issue of he said, she said, to take up a case, four justices must thrust upon it by the nation’s chang- King v. Burwell specifically chal- down, the ACA collapses. Of course but Gruber’s remarks make a plau- agree to rule on it, which makes it ing healthcare architecture. lenges the IRS regulations that en- the architects of the bill couldn’t have sible case that this exclusion is not a likely that at least four justices are The reverberations of this deci- able the distribution of subsidies on wanted this to happen, and many lib- typo, and that this is the way that the prepared to rule against subsidies on sion will be felt across the country by healthcare.gov, because they are not eral readers interpret the exclusion law was designed to function. healthcare.gov. every American family, and we will provisioned for in the text of the act. of subsidies on healthcare.gov as just At best, Congress didn’t think If the Court wanted to preserve turn to a dysfunctional and complex If the court does strike down the a typo, because it would essentially through the consequences of this the act, it would’ve waited for the government to fix an even more dys- subsidies, we can backtrack the con- undo the act, and because it was part of the bill. At worst, the bill was en banc ruling. From the prior ACA functional and complex healthcare sequences of this decision up the never publicized as part of the ACA. passed in such a rushed, corrupt, and case, we can guess that the four system. If you’re thinking about be- ladder of ACA architecture. This de- Many think that if states had known non-transparent manner that Con- justices prepared to rule against it coming a doctor, you should recon- cision would mean that requiring that their citizens wouldn’t receive gress didn’t know what was in the bill are the four justices who authored sider your career path. Healthcare low-income Americans to purchase subsidies if the state didn’t set up an they were passing. Nancy Pelosi, then 2012’s scathing dissent ending with, as we know it is about to change insurance would become impracti- exchange, states would’ve complied Democratic House Majority Leader “We would find the act invalid in its dramatically. cal because they wouldn’t be able to with the law and set up exchanges. famously said, “we have to pass the entirety.” get subsidies, which would weaken Paul Krugman recently wrote an ar- bill so you can find out what’s in it.” Assuming that Justices Ken- Kyle Henson (kahenson@) is a the individual mandate. Without the ticle in The New York Times asserting After the suit was filed, several nedy, Alito, Thomas and Scalia are staffwriter for The Tartan. A10 « thetartan.org/sports The Tartan » November 17, 2014

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Carnegie Mellon at center of hockey’s statistical revolution desiree xu can give coaches clues into chess methods with scoring Thomas said, allows commen- Business Manager how to improve players’ skill rates. The ESPO is designed tators and sports analysts to sets and game tactics in the to track a team’s true merit predict when a shot will be It’s not every day that a long run. by predicting game outcomes, made, as well as the quality of graduate with a statistics For this workshop, Thomas shot ratios, and game ratios. the shot, or when a move will degree becomes involved in was accompanied by two of A change in team skill causes either cause harm or improve sports. That, however, is not his research assistants: sta- the ESPO to change, useful in the team’s progress during the the case for visiting assistant tistics Ph.D candidate Sam predicting real-time outcome games. professor Andrew C. Thomas, Ventura (who co-hosted the at any point in the game. Thomas predicts that ana- whose many interests include event) and junior math and The report can be expand- lyzing numbers derived from stochastic methods for mod- economics double major Ben- ed further to include factors such instances can assess a eling relational data and de- jamin Zhang. Each presented such as home ice and score team’s current potential and velopment of computational his own competitive analytics effects. predict the team’s progress in methods for hierarchical project. Ventura presented on These findings by Zhang future games. models. Hierarchical models zone transition time, which is and Ventura have the poten- “I’m encouraged that organize the lowest-level units the time it takes to move the tial to bring significant insight there’s a growing community in a data set into successively puck from the offensive zone into how methods of compar- of fans who are learning how higher-level units. As a hobby, to the defensive zone, and vice ing teams and players — as we can ask these questions he applies his research on sto- versa. well as probabilistic analyses with the new kinds of data we chastic modeling to sports, Ventura’s presentation of live, in-progress hockey have available,” Thomas stat- and most recently, hockey. postulated that the time it games — can be improved. ed during an interview. Thomas hosted the 2014 takes for the defending team Thomas suggested pos- Indeed, there are fans who Pittsburgh Hockey Analytics to remove the puck from their sibilities for their findings to keep the questions coming in- Workshop on Nov. 8, where zone, as well as the time they improve technologies such cluding Thomas himself, who various sports writers and aca- spend keeping the puck in the as SportVU, which the NBA expects his next big draw to demia members involved with offensive zone, can all be esti- currently uses. This technol- be in basketball after his term the subject presented their mated from a real-time scor- ogy collects data via cameras at Carnegie Mellon ends and research findings on competi- ing system. This is a technique that are placed all around the he takes up role as a visiting tive analytics. Thomas started that makes calculations in the court. These cameras can cap- professor at the University of the event with a few opening moment. ture any player’s actions at any Florida. remarks that emphasized the On the other hand, Zhang time, even more subtle ones It looks like the Florida Ga- importance of interpreting presented his findings on ex- such as muscle movements tors can look forward to a new data in terms of player poten- pected shot probability out- before taking a shot, down to team member who can greatly Desiree Xu/Business Manager Thomas has made major contributions to hockey analytics. tial and development, which come, or ESPO, by blending the millisecond. This accuracy, impact how they play.

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Cross Country with times of 25:35.3 and Heather Holton led the team Women’s Basketball eight assists. The Tartans finally took the On Saturday, the Carnegie 25:38.3. with 19 kills while sophomore The Carnegie Mellon wom- The Tartans play their lead back for good with a 17–4 Mellon men’s and women’s This was the men’s sec- defensive specialist Molly Hig- en’s basketball team opened home opener on Wednesday run, with senior Seth Cordts cross country teams competed ond regional title since 2008 gins had a game high 25 digs. its season on Saturday when when they face off against and first-year Ryan Maha ac- in the NCAA Mideast Regional. and gives the team automatic Next up for the Tartans was they traveled to Waynesburg Allegheny College. counting for all 17 points. The women’s team placed qualification to the NCAA Di- Geneva College in the finals. University. Carnegie Mellon pushed seventh out of the 52-team vision III Men’s Cross Country This time, Carnegie Mellon The Tartans jumped out to to a lead as large as 11 before field. Junior Liz Snyder led the Championship this upcoming had a little less luck in tight a hot start leading 8–1 in the Men’s Basketball eventually winning 99–93. team with her time of 22:10.0, Saturday. games and was barely out- first two minutes and never On Saturday, the Carnegie Cordts led the team with qualifying her for sixth place played in the 1–3 loss 26–24, gave up the lead. Carnegie Mellon men’s basketball team a career-high 34 points while overall. Senior Erin Kiekhaefer 23–25, 25–22, and 25–23. Mellon was able to take a 29– opened its season by travelling sophomore Jack Serbin had a was the second Tartan to cross Volleyball Holton and Higgins again 23 lead into the break after to the University of Pittsburgh double-double with 13 points the line at the 22:46.1 mark Carnegie Mellon hosted led the team in kills and digs Waynesburg went on a 7–3 at Greensburg. and 10 rebounds. and placed 25th overall. the Eastern College Athletic with 18 and 33, respectively, run into the half. However, The Tartans had a bit of a The Tartans will have their The men’s team finished Conference (ECAC) South- while sophomore middle a 9–0 run to start the second slow start, trailing until 2:51 home opener Tuesday against first overall, led by senior west Region Volleyball Cham- blocker Jackie Gibbons domi- half allowed the Tartans to was left in the first half when Geneva College. George Degen and his eighth pionship on Saturday. nated at the net with a game create and maintain a double they were in the middle of a place individual finish with a In the semifinals, the Tar- high six blocks. digit lead the rest of the way to 16–4 run that eventually gave time of 25:15.9. Junior Brian tans faced off against Bethany This completed the Tartans eventually win 80–67. them a 41–36 lead. That lead Bollens and sophomore Ryan College, where they squeaked 2014 season with a record Sophomore Lisa Murphy was immediately relinquished Archer were the other top 20 out a victory in four sets, 23–12. led both teams with 23 points when Pitt-Greensburg scored finishers for the Tartans, plac- 25–20, 14–25, 26–24, and 31– while sophomore Jackie seven points straight to take a Compiled By ing 15th and 17th respectively, 29. First-year outside hitter Hudepohl led the Tartans with 43–41 lead into half. Carl glazer

File photo by Kevin Zheng/Staff Photographer File photo by Jason Chen/Junior Photographer Sophomore defensive specialist Molly Higgins awaits the ball during a volleyball match. Senior guard Chandler Caufield leans in as she drives to the hoop.

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Liston sets single-season shutout mark in tournament win Zeke Rosenberg wire to wire, and convinc- the deadlock, but Carnegie nance of the ball in the attack- into the right side of the net, set the Carnegie Mellon re- Sports Editor ingly advanced in the NCAA Mellon just could not find the ing third, mounting the pres- pushing the Tartans in front cord for shutouts in a season, tournament. back of the net. Berks’ deep- sure on Berks. 1–0. In the 66th minute, the with her 12th of the year. She Carnegie Mellon women’s The first half frustrated the est possession of the half ap- The floodgates opened Tartans added to their lead has let in only six goals for the soccer won their first round Tartans as they put up chance peared in a hopeless run into for the Tartans in the second as junior midfielder Amanda entire year. matchup in the NCAA tour- after chance with ill-timed the corner that culminated in half. Ten minutes into the half, Broderick put a corner directly Carnegie Mellon’s third nament 3–0 over Penn State mistakes and bad luck foiling a corner kick that was quick- the Tartans finally got on the in front of the goal while Reid goal came in the closing mo- Berks. Even the lopsided score the opponent, which led to ly turned away by Carnegie board after a gorgeous chip split the keeper and a defend- ments of the game, as first- does not justify how thorough- a scoreless half. The Tartan’s Mellon’s defense. from senior defender Lauren er, putting Carnegie Mellon up year defender Katie Strycharz ly Carnegie Mellon dominated first chance came just as the Carnegie Mellon’s best Simicich. She had been over- 2–0. Carnegie Mellon contin- and first-year forward Sienna the flow of play. The crowd game started, when a cross chance might have come in lapping with some success all ued to dominate and left no Stritter set up first-year mid- engaged in some playful ban- was played into the box, slip- the 22nd minute when junior game, setting up lots of at- chance for Berks to redeem fielder Nicole Winegardner, ter with the referee — not ping just past two Tartan for- midfielder Carson Quiros beat tacking play. The ball found themselves. who beat the keeper to the entirely unwarranted — but wards, setting the tone for a two defenders and nearly senior forward Savina Reid on While the excellent work right, and finalized the score it would take more than just match where Berks could mus- slotted the ball into the bot- the right side of the box, who by Carnegie Mellon’s midfield at 3–0. a few missed calls to put a ter no real chances. Carnegie tom right corner, but the shot tapped the ball across the goal and defense left sophomore Carnegie Mellon continued dent in the conquering of the Mellon found more chances missed narrowly. Quiros did to sophomore forward Megan goalkeeper Katie Liston with their tournament run after an Tartans’ opponents. Carnegie in the eighth, 10th, and 13th more than shoot; her presence Bartoshuk. Bartoshuk then little to do during the match, overtime victory over Catholic Mellon was the faster, smarter, minutes. All of those times in midfield played a huge part beat the Berks keeper on two she was on point when the Univerisity of America 2–1 on and more talented team from were close calls to breaking in Carnegie Mellon’s mainte- touches by putting the ball moment called for it. Liston a winner from Bartoshuk.

Kevin Zheng/Staff Photographer Kevin Zheng/Staff Photographer First-year midfielder Morgan Kontor lines up a clearance. Senior forward Savina Reid attempts to take the ball from a defender deep in Berks territory. Out with a Beng: Benger rushes for 175 in season finale carl glazer led to Washington getting the Mellon the 7–3 led after a Mellon to give up the ball. quarter, neither team could The next drive for each Senior Staffwriter ball at mid-field and an early Kohman extra point. The Bears took possession move the ball very effectively, team ended in a punt, result- 3–0 lead for the visitors. On the ensuing Washing- and proceeded to drive down resulting in several punts be- ing in Carnegie Mellon get- In the final game of the Trying to keep the mo- ton drive, the Tartans forced a the field for another field goal. fore the Bears started driv- ting the ball back with 2:27 season, the Carnegie Mellon mentum going, the Bears fourth down and presumably a The next possession for the ing with a little over half the left, down 16–10. Hearon pro- football team faced off against attempted a surprise onside punt, but instead saw a poorly Tartans saw a little trickery quarter already gone, ending ceeded to run the two-minute Washington University in kick, but got a little too antsy executed fake that ended up backfire, as Cree attempted a with their first touchdown of drill he had been practicing front of the home crowd. With and touched the ball early, with an easy interception by pass after lining up in the back- the game, pushing their lead all season, calmly walking the the seniors playing their final leading to great field position senior wide receiver Shae field, but had it intercepted. to 16–7. The Tartans quickly ball down the field with a se- game, the team was deter- for the Tartans to respond. Af- Sealey. The Tartan offense The next two drives ended in responded with a field goal ries of short throws and timely mined to end its season on a ter a few short plays to slowly tried to take advantage of the a punt for Washington and a on the next drive off the leg scrambles to set up the Tar- positive, and it paid off; a late move the chains, junior quar- stop, starting with a 40-yard Hearon interception for the of sophomore kicker Gabe tans at the one-yard line with touchdown gave the Tartans terback Andrew Hearon es- run by first-year running back Tartans before the Bears were Renna. As Washington drove 11 seconds to go when Cree the victory, 17–16. caped the pocket and ran to Sam Benger, who ended up able to drive down and make to start the fourth quarter, it rushed in for his second touch- Things weren’t always look- the one-yard line before get- with a career high 175 yards their third field goal of the looked like they were headed down of the game. The ensu- ing up for the Tartans, after ting shoved out of bounds. in the game. After slowly mov- game to take the lead 9–7, for another score when junior ing Renna extra point gave the their opening possession end- Sophomore goal line back ing the ball into the redzone, which is how the teams went cornerback Vince Demarchi Tartans the 17–16 victory. The ed with a blocked field goal at- Zach Cree was able to finish a sack on third down, and a into half after a missed Kohm- made a clutch interception at last second victory gave Carn- tempt by first-year placekicker the job as he punched it in completed pass for lost yards an 42-yard field goal attempt. his own three-yard line to keep egie Mellon a 4–6 record for Tyler Kohman. The turnover for the score, giving Carnegie on fourth caused Carnegie At the start of the third Washington off the board. their 2014 campaign.

Kelsey Scott/Staff Photographer Kelsey Scott/Staff Photographer Junior quarterback Andrew Hearon winds up to pass the ball. Junior wide receiver Chris Herrera escapes a would-be tackler. Trojan Women The School of Drama stages a Walk the Moon reimagining of the classic Greek tale • B7 The 2014 AB Fall Concert hits Wiegand Gym • B5 11.17.14 Volume 109, Issue 12 ...this week only

3 Lauren Groff Groff visits the English Department and reads from her upcoming works.

4 RL Grime Young trap producer releases his first album and makes a splash.

5 Walk the Moon The indie-dance group performs in Wiegand as the 2014 Fall Concert.

7 Trojan Women School of Drama show disappoints with 5 unclear narrative and threads.

3 4 7 regulars...... diversions

3 Advice 11 Comics Everything you need to know about saying yes Sit back and get ready to laugh. to life and no to 2048.

13 Puzzles 7 Movies Exercise your mind and solve these puzzles. AB Films presents If I Stay and Divergent in McConomy auditorium. 14 Horoscopes The stars have reading suggestions for you.

PUBLISHER Rachel Cohen EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Braden Kelner PILLBOX EDITOR Joey Peiser COMICS EDITOR Maryyann Landlord ART EDITOR Michelle Wan PHOTO EDITOR Jonathan Leung COPY MANAGER James Wu COVER Michelle Wan

The Tartan. Box 119. UC Suite 103. Carnegie Mellon University. 5000 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213. www.thetartan.org. © 2014 The Tartan Award-winning author reads Advice for awkward people Groff visits Kresge Theatre to share new works, advice About taking a break and breaking up with 2048

Dear Evan, the blubbering, senile, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Groff drafts, the class made its way to the Center for Fine regrettably tenured teacher visited Carnegie Mellon on Tuesday evening to Arts where a small crowd had gathered to hear I went to Palo Alto for a during the last week of deliver a reading from her upcoming novel Fates Groff’s reading. critical job interview this school. and Furies and an in-progress short story. Before weekend, and I think it taking the stage at Kresge Theatre in the College González introduced Groff by listing her accolades went really well. There’s Nice oddly placed Black of Fine Arts, she sat down in the Baker Hall Swank and relating a humorous story about the time her just one problem: I spent Books reference that no Room to answer questions from students in a fiction insistence that Pittsburgh is a Midwestern city, and all my time getting ready one’s going to get, workshop taught by Kevin González, a creative not in the mid-Atlantic or on the East Coast, led for the job interview and Evan Kahn writing professor. to the two of them and a third anonymous writer neglected to do any of getting kicked out of a taxi in Texas. He concluded my coursework. Now it’s The students, including myself, had read her most by saying “Her prose will mend and break and mend Sunday, and some friends Dear Evan, recent novel, Arcadia, one of the best books of 2012 and break your heart.” want to go out for drinks, according to Kirkus Reviews, The New York Times, but I’ve got a couple huge I’ve been keeping this NPR, and several other media outlets. Students Groff took the stage and read first a short story problem sets to wrangle secret pent up for months asked Groff about the novel, which is about the featuring an au pair who runs away from home before tomorrow. Should now, and it’s beginning to life of Bit Stone. Born on a hippie commune in shortly after returning to the United States from I stay behind and get be too much to bear. I’ve upstate New York, Bit is forced to adapt to life France. She then read from Fates and Furies, a novel my work done, or go get started biting my nails; my “Outside” after the commune collapses, all the while centered around marriage. wasted and sleep on the hair’s started going gray. I navigating complex relationships with his mother, plane ride over? just have to tell someone, wife, and daughter. The passage Groff read, which involved the and since I don’t have any protagonist reflecting on the day she became a Worriedly, friends or money for a Among the advice she offered students was the wealthy widow, had flashes of humor against a Gently Ruminating At psychiatrist, The Tartan is need to be passionate no matter what path they poignant backdrop, much like the short story and Day’s End, Already the next best thing. choose to pursue. She said that students need only Arcadia. She delivered her readings in an easy Engorging Generous I’m still playing 2048. “one thing for a career: You have to say ‘I’m going to voice with a cadence described by students as Gulps of Hefeweizen, like Every day. I’ve gotten the f****** do this.’” “hypnotic.” She only altered her voice slightly to the an Eye of A Duck 8192 tile, and I can’t stop. dialogue of different characters, enough to highlight Should I kick the habit? After discussing craft and her unique method of the difference in accent or tone without trying to Dear GRADE-A Keep going? revision, which centers on rewriting the entire story actually speak as that character. Her reading was EGGHEAD, by hand multiple times without referring to earlier overall easy to listen to and provided an excellent Please hurry, way to experience her strong, yet subtle, writing. You’re such a good student! Dire Repercussions, It makes me want to punch Upset if Game Gets After the reading, Groff joined students and faculty you. Impromtorily Erased for hors d’oeuvres outside the theater. Go out for drinks! You probably just won a job — Dear DRUGGIE, that’s what you’re in school Justin McGown | Staffwriter for! Yes, I understand, you You know, I used to have the go to Carnegie Mellon, same problem — but then you have a reputation to I came to terms with my maintain, a QPA to keep addiction, and it’s made me up, gobble gobble gobble a better person. Now I don’t gobble. What’s life without hide the fact that I play 2048 the possibility of throwing during class, or when I’m up on a plane the morning hanging out with friends. It’s after? made me a much happier It’s about time for you to person. catch the disease that’s sweeping the nation. What color is the 8192 No, I’m not talking about tile, by the way? Ebola. Don’t you remember Evan Kahn senioritis from high school? Probably not — you were probably the only kid who showed up to his AP Need advice? Send queries Lauren Groff has received a lot of praise for her Government class with to [email protected]. novel Arcadia, which centers on a hippie who must move out of a commune and deal with the outside world. Courtesy of Federico Novaro via Flickr

community pillbox 11.17.14 3 RL Grime produces alluring ‘trap’ music Young and fresh, Grime debuts his first full length album Void, begins national tour

If for nothing else, 23-year-old trap producer RL Grime “Flood.” This kind of shift toward more popular forms of lets the bass slink out, giving the track more of a groove will certainly be remembered for his excellent moniker. dance music is present throughout the album, and is than normally exhibited in the genre. “Scylla” is a To a generation whose bookshelves all contained at least indicative that Grime is trying to cover every base he moment where it all works; the blending of new, big- one Goosebumps title, the name sticks no matter what can. He wants his songs in Parisian clubs, festival stages room-friendly Grime with the bangers of his past. A nice you think of his music. That being said, Grime, who has in Middle America, and everywhere in between. crescendo into an epic drop, full of all the proper bells been building a following ever since his massive remix and whistles that made Grime a standout in the genre. of the Kanye West posse cut “Mercy” dropped in June of While Grime changing up his sound isn’t necessarily 2012, is certainly a cut above other artists in the genre. a bad thing, there are other elements on Void that feel The most interesting moment on the album is the aimed at capturing a wider audience that fall completely experimental “Site Zero/The Vault.” Grime takes Whereas most producers go for rinse-and-repeat snare flat. Exhibit A? “Kingpin,” a collaboration with Detroit listeners on a roughly eight-minute musical journey here, builds and lumbering drops, Grime knows how to add rapper Big Sean, which never should’ve left the theory complete with distinct movements that communicate little flourishes that make his tracks stand out. After a stage. Big Sean screams a bunch of nonsense in one of vastly different feelings while flowing into one another. slurry of singles, including “Infinite Daps,” a collaboration the most annoying rapper yells ever to grace a digital Of the many styles and directions Grime throws around with former touring partner Baauer, and the 2013 High file. The beat sounds like it could’ve been made by on Void, hopefully this is one that he sticks with. It’s a Beams EP released by A-Trak’s label Fool’s Gold, Grime anyone — nothing special, just bass and drums with a far better use of his talents than some of the pop-friendly has arrived with his full-length debut, Void. bunch of bells in the background. Sean stumbles through crap. some awkward semblance of flow. It’s a shame because Out today on WeDidIt records, Void shows Grime if Grime hadn’t gone for star power and instead found RL Grime is rapidly ascending to become one of the top expanding his sound to touch a number of different a rapper with a reputation for skill, this track easily artists in the trap genre, mostly due to his ability to cross markets. While the traditional American trap sound is could’ve been a highlight. Picking through the “lyrics,” genres to increase his appeal. I’ve heard underground there — a style borne out of the Atlanta rap scene of the it turns out Sean has a thing for foreign girls who don’t DJs mix his songs into sets during a 2 p.m. side stage late 90s and early 2000s — Grime incorporates elements speak English. It must be painful to have all of one’s slot, and then hear the 9 p.m. main stage headliner do of European house music and pop sensibilities. The relationships remain so surface level. Perhaps there’s a the same. Now that he’s got a full-length under his belt, questions is: can an artist spread their sound so thin and deeper pain in Big Sean, buried beneath his obsession as well as a headlining tour that’s currently crisscrossing still retain their individual identity? Void demonstrates with big asses. North America, it’s not crazy to say that Grime will be that, perhaps, they can’t. conquering the world by next summer. Where Void shines is the places where Grime does what The album begins with the dreamy “Always” before he built his name on: trap bangers. Album highlight I just wish he’d play “Mercy” again. an ominous bass signals the beginning of “Danger,” a “Valhalla” kills with out of control snare drums and collaboration with German house producer Boys Noize. machine gun bass. The song begins with hard, banging drums before falling Joey Peiser | Pillbox Editor into a bouncing Euro-house beat. This is certainly a large “Core” pulls out all the stops, and takes an unexpected departure from the heavy trap of early Grime tracks like move at the drop. Instead of exploding in a fury, Grime moviesinmcconomy McConomy Auditorium, University Center Meredith Newman | Staffwriter

If I Stay Divergent Friday, Nov. 21 —­ 8 p.m.,10:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 Sunday, Nov. 23 — 8 p.m. 8 p.m., 11 p.m.

If I Stay is a movie based on a young adult novel of the same name. It focuses on Following with this weekend’s theme, Divergent is also based on a young adult Mia (Chloë Grace Moretz), a talented teenage cellist who gets into a car accident novel, but this time of the dystopian persuasion. Divergent takes Shailene and experiences an out-of-body sensation. She can see herself and her family lay Woodley out of her Secret Life of the American Teenager obscurity and into lifeless on the ground as she wonders around the crash site while the paramedics the shoes of Tris Prior, a headstrong 16-year-old girl. In the dystopian Chicago take her to the hospital. Throughout the whole movie, she is in a coma, deciding future, there are five factions. The selfless go to Abnegation, the peaceful go whether or not to wake up. The suggestion of heaven is also very strong to Amity, the honest go to Candor, the smart go to Erudite, and the brave throughout this movie, with the allure of the “white light” as a constant theme. go to Dauntless. On their 16th birthdays, all children go through a Choosing But rather than being a movie about Mia’s struggle for life and death, it turns into Ceremony where they are assigned to one faction. But the kids that are a straight-up Hollywood love story revolving around her rocker boyfriend Adam assigned to more than one are labeled as Divergents, hence the title. And (Jamie Blackley). The movie flashes between the present and past scenes from guess what? Tris is a Divergent, more specifically, Abnegation, Erudite, and their relationship. It’s clear that this movie did not care so much about the integrity Dauntless. I smell a moral a’brewin’. She can’t be put in a box, fellas. Anyway, of the book and more about just finding a way to capitalize on the success of The Tris chooses her non-native faction and, throughout the movie, learns the way Fault in Our Stars. of her new faction, forcing her to step out of her comfort zone. music 4 pillbox 11.17.14 Walk the Moon rocks Wiegand Gymnasium The AB Fall Concert gives Carnegie Mellon students something to shut up and dance about

by Sid Bhadauria | Staffwriter [ ] Concert, was mainly based on tracks from their first self- Of course, Wiegand Gymnasium is not really the optimal So, a bit of a disclaimer here — I don’t really like Walk titled album, from which you may remember the track venue for anyone, but every single time a function is the Moon’s music. As in, they’re not something I would “Tightrope,” which got quite a bit of radio airplay. held there, I’m surprised at just how much AB Concerts ever listen to recreationally. However, I don’t think that can transform the gymnasium into something that fact impacts my enjoyment of the concert at all for a Without getting into review territory here, they sound actually looks like a place where you would hold concerts few reasons. First of all, the music I can actually listen exactly like you expect a band that has toured with and functions. It really does have an entirely different to recreationally, and the music I can have fun with Panic! at the Disco and Grouplove to sound. Their feel, and especially when you’re focusing on the stage, at a concert or a party fall into two very, very different music consists of simplistic lyrics, poppy synths, and you almost never get the feel that you’re actually in a spheres. Second, there’s a lot more to a concert than the catchy choruses. However, this simplicity translates gym. However, by the time I arrived the crowd didn’t actual music — stage persona, the crowd, the venue, pretty well to a concert atmosphere. The danceable fill in anywhere near the spacious area, which was a bit and more can all have a huge impact on the enjoyment melodies went hand-in-hand with lead singer Nicholas disappointing. Perhaps they should have released more of a concert. So whether I liked the concert, and I did for Petricca’s enthusiastic energy, which inspired the crowd tickets. Still though, AB Concerts did a fantastic job with the most part, is more of a culmination of other factors, to fistbump and bounce up and down, as we’ve all seen the space. namely Walk the Moon’s infectious on-stage energy and at numerous Carnegie Mellon parties and concerts. their willingness to experiment, than solely a statement Despite the crowd’s unwillingness, or perhaps inability, Admittedly, the concert was over before it should have of how enjoyable their music is. to attempt something that resembles dancing, seeing been. At 10:30 p.m., when the concert ended, it seemed Michelle Wan | Art Editor Petricca stomp and groove on stage almost made up like a lot of people were surprised, but that might be a Walk the Moon is an indie pop rock band based in for it. The rest of the band played their part as well, testament to how much they enjoyed the concert. In Cincinnati, Ohio with two feature length LPs already out not being afraid to mix things up by adding bass lines sum, it was definitely an experience not to be missed, and a third, Talking is Hard, to be released in December. or stripping down some of the synths. I even saw the particularly if you are actually a fan of Walk the Moon or Their show on Saturday in Wiegand Gymnasium, guitarist occasionally dig deeper past the same three enjoy that genre of music in general. presented for free by AB Concerts as the official Fall pop chords in his repertoire. Kevin Zheng | Staff Photographer

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AB Concerts presented indie-dance group Walk the Moon in Wiegand Gymnasium on Saturday as the offical Fall Concert. Admission was free, and the group certainly gave the crowd their money’s worth with a spirited performance full of energy and charisma. Walk Kevin Zheng | Staff Photographer Kevin Zheng | Staff Photographer Kevin Zheng | Staff Photographer the Moon is known for their radio hit “Tightwalk,” and Walk the Moon guitarist Eli Maiman graced the Cincinatti-based rock group Public opened Saturday’s performance, as they has a new full length album, Talking is Hard, coming Wiegand stage with his skills. have been supporting Walk the Moon on their recent tour. out on December 2.

feature feature 5 pillbox 11.17.14 pillbox 11.17.14 6 Trojan Women show is tragically flawed Lack of focus and shifts in tone are the downfall of an otherwise engaging production

Trojan Women: A Love Story, the School of Drama’s latest She then starts a rather awkward conversation about production, is a modern reinterpretation of the aftermath why men don’t call before she is ripped from her of the Trojan War. The play opens with a classical Greek mother’s arms. chorus. Actors wearing masks appear before a curtain, one representing Hecuba, and the others representing Helen, played by senior musical theatre major Maya women who lament the fate of Troy. Then an explosion, Maniar, gets the full spotlight treatment when she walks representing the nuclear bomb that has been dropped on stage dressed in (there is no way to put this tastefully) on the city of Troy in this modern adaption, blows the stripper-iffic lingerie. Helen is the character deserving chorus away and the curtains open to reveal a home torn the least sympathy; she is least affected by Troy’s woes asunder as if by an earthquake. The frame is disjointed and blames everyone around her for why she left with from the rest of the house, the furniture is thrown about, Hecuba’s son Paris for Troy, starting off the decade-long and the people and their possessions are littered on the war between the two nations. floor. After Polyxena dies and Hecuba sees the body, she More of a character study than a plot-driven play, Trojan declares “savagery must be answered with savagery.” Women focuses on how each individual woman has been This realization prompts her to seek out her hiding son affected by the destruction of Troy. As junior dramaturgy Aeneas and tells him to gather whomever is left in Troy, major Kate Robinson explains in the program, “We do not flee, and one day take revenge on the Greeks. Photo courtesy of the School of Drama seek to recount the death tolls, the threats, or the politics Senior acting major Olivia Lemmon plays Queen behind these contemporary struggles, but rather the stories The play emphasizes the fragility of women and brutality Hecuba of Troy in the School of Drama’s production of of the subjugated, the victimized, and the plundered: those of men, but also offers more of a nuanced view on gender Trojan Women: A Love Story. seen as objects to be traded, or prizes won.” politics. The Greek soldiers, portrayed by senior musical theater major Philippe Arroyo and senior acting major Queen Hecuba of Troy, played by senior acting major Luke LaMontagne, are opportunistic brutes who try connection with them. Also, some of the music featured Olivia Lemmon, delivers a powerful opening monologue to justify their behavior, while the Greek messenger in the play can seem strange. At the end, Polyxena with to set the scene. Troy is “a world destroyed by those Talthybius, played by senior acting major Brady Dowad, her throat cut sings a song called “I Don’t Want to Grow who thought themselves the creators of civilization,” is a diplomat in suit and tie who is rigidly duty bound. Up,” which sounds like it should be at the end of a quirky where “optimists believe they will be buried next to their Helen’s husband Menelaus, played by senior acting indie film rather than a play about war and destruction. families,” and “the world is a bleeding wound lit by the major Sawyer Pierce, wants to kill Helen but eventually Furthermore, the play’s numerous reworkings, from sun’s last glow.” his lust for her is greater than his wrath. There is also ancient Greece to the 18th century to modern day, Aeneas, the Trojan prince who is just as shattered as any results in dialogue that is partly formal and prose-like, From the wreckage emerge the other members of the of the women of Troy, but who the women brand as a mixed in with modern day language, references to TV, royal household: Hecuba’s daughter-in-law Andromache, coward. and explicit references to sex. It seems wildly foreign to played by senior acting major Colleen Pulawski, twirls any time period, whether Greek antiquity or modern day. onto the stage in a printed flower dress and a heart The most interesting parts of the production are the heavy with resentment. She is upset that her spotless exchanges between the Greeks and Trojans. At times, These odd shifts in tone can make it challenging to reputation, which she strove to maintain at the cost of they sling insults at one another. At other times, they follow Trojan Women at times, and it can be unclear personal fulfillment, is now meaningless in the face of the come to a quiet tolerance and occasional moments whether the play is trying to be tragic and harrowing, destruction. Furthermore, the Greek soldiers discover her of pity. There is such a fluid line between enmity and ironic, or objective. Though there are many individually infant son and rip him from her arms to be killed, leaving humanity, as well as disgust and sympathy. It’s not quite engaging scenes and aspects of the play, the overall Andromache sobbing that her desperate measures to a love story, but it’s definitely an interesting conversation work would benefit from being more structured around a protect her son were all for nothing. between the conquered and their conquerors. central tone.

Suddenly, the prophetic princess Cassandra, played by However, the play seems to meander a lot in tone and senior acting major Madeline Wolf, pops up, singing direction. There doesn’t seem to be enough focus on Xiyu Wang | Assistant Forum Editor “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley. It’s an abrupt mood killer one particular character or subject to establish a strong to what had been a very touching scene, especially since the character is so maniacal and brash. Cassandra’s anger and energy incites the other women, but she quickly runs off stage as the Greeks chase after her. mlk day writing awards Submission Deadline: November 21, 2014 Polyxena, played by senior acting major Cathryn Dylan, is Hecuba’s youngest daughter, whom the Greeks want to sacrifice. We seek personal narratives dealing Submissions Information It is apparent that she is young, as her clothes with individual experiences of racial or Prose (2,000 words maximum) cmu.edu/hss/english/courses/writing- and poetry (2 poems maximum) awards/mlk all seem to have been bought from Hot Topic. cultural difference. Cash prize awarded. accepted. Email questions to: [email protected] Polyxena gives herself up despite her mother’s willingness to be sacrificed in her stead. theatre 7 pillbox 11.17.14 Never by Doghouse Diaries

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puzzles pillbox 11.17.14 10 Horoscopes Pick up a Book! Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut aries This book explore the issues of science, technology, and march 21–april 19 religion, satirizing the arms race and many other targets along the way.

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka taurus This short fiction depicts the life of Gregor Samsa who april 20–may 20 wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a gigantic insect in his bed.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry gemini The most translated book in French language,The Little may 21–june 21 Prince is a charming story of a boy who leaves the safety of his own planet to travel the universe.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child cancer This book contains great recipes that are easy to june 22–july 22 understand and replicate. Start here for a week of enjoyable cooking.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle leo A science fantasy that revolves around a young girl whose july 23–aug. 22 father had gone missing after working on a mysterious project called a tesseract. Crossword courtesy of BestCrosswords.com The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath virgo This shocking, realistic, and intensely emotional novel is Across Down aug. 23–sept. 22 about a woman falling into the grip of insanity. 1. Just ___! 1. Word that can precede war, biotic and 5. Equipment climax 9. ___ mater 2. Senate position 13. Verne captain 3 .Pianist Gilels A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 14. ___ the hills 4. School libra Set in a near future English society with a subculture 16. Linguist Chomsky 5. Beard type sept. 23–oct. 22 involving extreme youth violence, the novella revolves 17. Follow 6. Actress Barkin around a teenage protagonist, Alex, who narrates his violent 18. Memorable mission 7. First man experiences. 19. Not fooled by 8. Male sheep who may play football for 20. ___ do St Louis! The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 21. Pro ___ 9. Soothing to the mind scorpio This novel is a historical murder mystery set in Italian 22. Account book 10. Protracted oct. 23–nov. 21 monastery in year 1327. 24. Idyllic place 11. Spouse 26. Nervously irritable 12. Latin love 27. Aquarium buildup 15. Military person 29. Remove ions from 23. Swelled head The Red Tent by Anita Diamant 33. Introduction 25. Block sagittarius This tale is a first person narrative that tells the story of 34. A ___ formality 26. Uncanny nov. 22–dec. 21 Dinah, a minor character in the Bible. 35. Pulitzer-winning biographer Leon 27. Threepio’s buddy 36. Catchall abbr. 28. Doctor’s replacement 37. Light ___ 29. Distributed cards 38. Recede 30. Standard of perfection Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson 39. Womanizer 31. Horselike African mammal capricorn This story follows two protagonists as they descend 41. Doing nothing 32. Exile isle dec. 22–jan. 19 on Las Vegas to chase the American Dream through a 42. Butler’s love 33. Chipper drug-induced haze 44. Nonsense 34. Windows predecessor 46. Australian marsupial 37. Paradrop The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien 47. Seed containers 40. Authorize 48. Island of Hawaii 42. That’s gotta hurt! aquarius This collection of short stories tells the many tales of the 49. Circuitous way 43. Inhabited by ghosts jan. 20–feb. 18 soldiers in the Vietnam War. 52. Round bread roll 45. “___ don’t say!” 53. Oscar winner Patricia 46. Topeka’s state 57. Talon 48. Perform better than East of Eden by John Steinbeck 58. Leaves out 49. Pest control brand pisces Set in Salinas Valley, this sprawling novel follows the 60. Anklebones 50. Otherwise 61. Bone: Prefix 51. London art gallery feb. 19–march 20 destinies of two families — the Tracks and the Hamiltons — whose generations helplessly re-enact the fall of Adam and 62. White-and-black bearlike mammal 52. Twining stem 63. Uniform 54. Icicle sit Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. 64. Not e’en once 55. Sheltered, nautically Maryyann Landlord | Comics Editor 65. Revivalists 56. Swedish soprano Jenny 66. Act 59. Adult male horoscopes 11 pillbox 11.17.14 joel lindsey.

Ryan Oh | Photo Staff The Activities Board presented a special free two-night concert series by Pittsburgh-based British singer-songwriter Joel Lindsey. Performing in Skibo Cafe on Tuesday and Thursday, Lindsey is also the leader of local rock band Boulevard of the Allies.

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