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thetartan.org @thetartan November 10, 2014 Volume 109, Issue 11 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906

CMU delves into the details of Craig St. Corridor Laura Scherb owners and the students sion plan: “[Carnegie embrace the campus com- The university has put Craig Street and the sur- Operations Manager who frequent the South Mellon] is embracing munity, and especially together multiple com- rounding area. One such Craig Street stretch to Forbes Avenue; we’re our students,” Michael mittees and focus groups During the rapid ex- satisfy their coffee and giving a new face to the Murphy, vice president to drive the vision for See CORRIDOR, A4 pansion of Carnegie Mel- bubble tea cravings. future of Forbes, which for campus affairs, said lon University that has Just this past month, will add definition to in an email to The Tartan. taken place over the past in the official ground- campus.” The plan high- “The university owns and 10 years, the area sur- breaking of the Jared L. lighted CMU’s interests leases a fair amount of rounding the school has Cohen University Center in its community beyond property in and around changed, including Craig expansion, district city campus, and Craig Street Craig, some of which is Street. The face of Craig councilman and alum- is certainly an important used for university func- Street has evolved with nus Dan Gilman (DC part of it. tions and some of which the area around it, im- ‘04) commented on the As of 2014, the uni- is residential. It is impor- pacting both the business overall campus expan- versity owns properties tant for the street to have on Craig Street, includ- a mix of businesses and ing the University Po- activities that appeal lice headquarters, to students. The qual- 300 Craig Street (the ity of life for CMU building that con- students will only tains Razzy Fresh), be enhanced by a and 407 Craig stronger, more vi- Street. “We have brant Craig Street been very excit- district, which ed by the ener- can only be ac- gy and enthu- complished if siasm of the all the con- businesses stituencies on Craig work to- Street to gether.” committee

Anne-Sophie Kim/Layout Manager Democrat Wolf elected as governor of Pennsylvania Housing in the mid-1960s.” Corbett’s loss is a sharp process contrast to the overwhelm- ingly successful elections of Republicans in state and changes federal governments in this midterm election. Corbett’s Brent Heard miscommunications with the Contributing Editor public concerning the educa- tion budget cuts, among other Carnegie Mellon hous- issues, are recognized as the ing is planning some large main reasons for his loss. Per- changes to their current haps Corbett will be best re- system: moving up the membered for permitting the housing selection timeline, legalization of gay marriage in and launching a rebrand- Pennsylvania. ing campaign to attract stu- Wolf has never held public dents to stay in on-campus office before now. Previously, housing. he directed his family’s build- Housing and Dining Ser- ing supplies company outside vices confirmed by email of Harrisburg for three de- that online housing selec- cades. He received a doctorate tion will be available on Feb. in political science from MIT, 15, and the deadline for and served with the Peace general room selection will Corps in India. According to be noon on Feb. 26, with the the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, specific dates for the vari- Wolf spent $10 million dollars ous phases of room selec- of his own money on his cam- tion occurring throughout paign, a significantly higher February and March. amount than that spent by Director of Marketing his far more politically-expe- for Student Affairs Mandi rienced rivals. Wolf’s most Semple explained that “the Abhinav Gautam/Staff Photographer aggressive campaigns against thinking behind it was that Many students voted in the Cohon University Center’s Alumni Lounge, Carnegie Mellon’s polling place for Tuesday’s midterm elections. Corbett concerned the contro- students are already think- versial education budget cuts. ing about where to live in Chelsea Dickson Tom Wolf as the state’s new education as the priority,” ed by the University of Pitts- Although Carnegie Mellon the next year when they get Staffwriter governor. Wolf ousted Repub- stated Wolf at his victory rally burgh’s website, the state’s does not have a large num- back from winter break,” lican Governor Tom Corbett in York, Pa. handling of the education ber of enrolled students from continuing, “students will While America went right, in a historic election, mak- A businessman from cen- budget has been a challenge Pennsylvania, voting turnout be completely done with Pennsylvania went left. ing Corbett the first governor tral Pennsylvania, Wolf de- for the school: “Pitt trustees at the school proved solid. housing selection by spring A frustrated America boot- not re-elected in the history feated Corbett as approval have approved a $1.97 billion Four voting booths were set break.” ed Democrats from both the of the Keystone State since ratings for the incumbent gov- operating budget for the fis- up on Tuesday in the CUC’s Semple spoke of how U.S. Congress and a majority Pennsylvania allowed gover- ernor continued to drop. cal year that began on July 1, alumni lounge under the su- busy the second half of the of state governments during nors to run for consecutive For Wolf, the state’s public 2014. The University’s state pervision of the Center and spring semester can be for midterm elections last week, terms. The Carnegie Mellon education system demands funding remains at the same Allegheny County. 241 per- students, between exams with Republicans now control- community contributed a re- the most attention. Since the level as it was in 1995, in abso- sons voted in the Pennsylvania and Carnival, saying, “from ling the House and Senate for spectable amount of votes in start of Corbett’s term as gov- lute dollars unadjusted for in- elections at Carnegie Mellon. a student perspective, this the last two years of President the midterm elections, joining ernor, the highly contested flation. If inflationary adjust- Another seven absentee bal- is supposed to make life Barack Obama’s final term. Pennsylvania’s higher-than- state education budget cuts ments are made, state support lots were counted, meaning easier.” Yet this past Tuesday, Penn- expected voter turnout. incited a bold backlash from now is at its lowest level since sylvanians chose Democrat “We need to reestablish voters across the state. As stat- Pitt became a public university See ELECTIONS, A4 See HOUSING, A3 A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » November 10, 2014 feature photo news in brief Hebert named head of Robotics Institute Cars decorate campus for Ford Day Martial Hebert, a long- dean of the School of Com- time professor and re- puter Science, said in the searcher in Carnegie Mel- news release. “Over the lon’s Robotics Institute, was years, he and the people who recently named the new have worked with him have director of the Institute. He- produced some of the most bert has been at the Robot- impactful work on robot vi- ics Institute since 1984, five sion and sensing that the years after it was founded, world has seen. We are all and became a full professor very excited to have him lead in 1999. Hebert originally one of CMU’s most important hails from Chatou, France centers of excellence.” and earned his degree in Hebert has participated in computer science at the Uni- research projects such as Nav- versity of Paris. Lab, a program for develop- “Having joined the insti- ing self-driving vehicles, and tute shortly after its creation, has worked on developing I am honored and thrilled to personal care robots in the now have the opportunity to Quality of Life Technology work with the faculty, stu- Center. dents, and staff to shape the The 35-year-old Robotics next phase of its journey,” Institute is the first robotics Hebert said in a university department at a U.S. univer- news release. sity, and now has over 800 “Martial is a widely ad- faculty, staff, and students, mired and respected leader with a research budget of in robotics,” Andrew Moore, over $54 million. Two CMU professors receive faculty chairs

Peter Boatwright has re- “Peter Boatwright and Ja- ceived the Carnegie Bosch vier Peña have not only made Professorship in Marketing, significant research contri- established by the Carnegie butions in their fields, but Bosch Institute, and Javier they are also recognized as Peña has received the Bajaj outstanding educators and Family Chair in Operations highly involved faculty mem- Research, established by the bers,” said Tepper School Kamalnayan Jamnalal Bajaj Dean Robert Dammon in a Foundation. Boatwright and university news release. Peña are both professors in “Javier’s research demon- Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper strates a mindset of knowl- School of Business. edge discovery, appreciation Boatwright has been a for collaboration both with member of Tepper’s faculty his students and his col- since 1997 and is currently leagues, as well as a willing- co-director of the univer- ness to stretch beyond the sity’s Integrated Innovation walls of his discipline,” Dam- Institute. He has co-au- mon continued. “In addition thored two books on product to being an outstanding re- and service innovation. searcher, Javier is also an Peña joined Carnegie outstanding educator. Our Mellon’s faculty in 1999, and MBA students recognized currently teaches a variety Javier in 2005 when he re- of analytical subjects. Peña’s ceived the George Leland research has been funded by Bach Teaching Award for Ex- the National Science Foun- cellence in the Classroom.” dation, and he received the Caterpillar Research Chair in 2001 and an IBM Faculty Compiled by Award in 2010. Brian TRIMBOLI

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Statistically 939,069 Corrections & Clarifications veterans currently living in Speaking If you would like to submit a correction or clarification, Pennsylvania please email The Tartan at [email protected] or Veteran’s Day is Tuesday, Nov. 11. [email protected] with your inquiry, as well as the Veteran’s Day is an official U.S. holiday date of the issue and the name of the article. We will that honors those who have served in 1,138,044 print the correction or clarification in the next print the U.S. armed forces. Veteran’s Day issue and publish it online. stems from Armistice Day, a holiday first currently deployed U.S. troops declared by President Woodrow Wilson on Nov. 11, 1919 to celebrate the end of World War I. Last Saturday Pittsburgh held its annu- al Veteran’s Day Parade through the Strip District and Downtown. According to the June 14, 1774 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, more than 80 units stepped off when the parade began founding date of the U.S. Armed Forces at 10:30 a.m. Compiled by sources: va.gov, cnn.com BRIAN TRIMBOLI student senate meeting minutes Special Allocation: Pi Kappa Alpha Policy presentation

A motion was discussed in funding. According to Sen- proceeds to cover operational noted, as the organization did Senior information systems of the fiscal year. Additionally, on whether to fund Pi Kappa ate’s bylaws, Pi Kappa Alpha costs. Discussion concluded not provide an updated budget major Andrew Schwartz gave a during non-allocation years, Alpha’s philanthropic Tembo should be able to fund food that funding operational costs for three weeks. This financial presentation about changes in the Senate’s executive branch Soccer Tournament for the and T-shirts on their own. In exclusively would be appro- allocation was approved by a the Student Body Constitution will be able to function in the prevention of drug and alcohol the past, the organization has priate, and that the Finance vote. about Senate’s ability to spend same capacity as the University abuse. The organization asked raised $11,000 for the Gate- Committee’s recommendation the collected student media fee, Center Allocations Board. for $1,500 to cover operation- way Rehabilitation Center, so would be followed. Addition- unless there is unstructured al costs, but the Finance Com- funding would prevent them ally, the lack of fiscal transpar- graduate student money in Compiled by mittee recommended $600 from having to cut into these ency by Pi Kappa Alpha was their account at the beginning Brent Heard November 10, 2014 « The Tartan thetartan.org/news » A3 Conflict Kitchen closes CMU startup Piecemaker after receving death threat partners with Toys ‘R’ Us Chris Galvin to be more specific, to actu- garnered attention from over Staffwriter ally find concrete uses, and to 30 retailers and were named build a whole system around one of the top trending toys of Piecemaker, a 3–D print- that,” Rosenblatt said. “Kit’s the year by CNBC. ing startup created by Carn- our hero; she’s been here with “It was a little bit of a mo- egie Mellon master’s student us since the beginning.” ment of truth for us,” Rosen- in mechanical engineering “[Project Olympus] con- blatt said. “It was more than Arden Rosenblatt and mas- nected us to a lot of great just a concept; it was a sys- ter’s student in electrical and people” Sklar said. “You get tem that was supposed to computer engineering Alejan- out of it what you put into it, be viable, to make money, dro Sklar, announced their but they have a great network to be simple, to be fun, to partnership with retail giant and they will connect you to be meaningful.” Toys “R” Us at a launch party the right people.” The first in-store pilots this Thursday. came soon afterward, in S.W. Piecemaker brings 3–D “We don’t want Randall Toyes and Giftes in printers to retailers and al- downtown Pittsburgh and lows customers to design cus- to just be toys. Squirrel Hill, as well as and tom pieces on touchscreen We see a much Playthings Etc. in Butler, Pa. kiosks — ranging from small The pilots were a success, ac- plastic toys to pendants — bigger vision of counting for 5 percent of the and watch them be printed in stores’ sales in the first month. the store. this.” These successes led to the Rosenblatt and Sklar first startup’s partnership with introduced the idea of bring- —Founder of the largest retailer in the toy ing 3–D printing to the public industry, Toys “R” Us. The at Project Olympus, Carnegie Piecemaker Piecemaker Factories will ap- Mellon’s startup incubator, in Alejandro Sklar pear in the Cranberry Town- Yeongwoo Hwong/Junior Photographer 2013. ship, Pa. and Totowa, N.J. Conflict Kitchen, located in Schenley Plaza, closed last week after receiving a letter containing death threats. Kit Needham, entrepre- Don Morrison, chairman Toys “R” Us stores in late neur in residence at Project of deal flow at BlueTree Al- November. Brian Trimboli tinian food last month. The interviews were done by us Olympus and Piecemaker ad- lied Angels, and Piecemaker However, Rosenblatt and News Editor restaurant has been criticized personally with Palestinians visory board member, gave an board member, also gave an Sklar have bigger plans for by pro-Israel groups in Pitts- in Palestine, and in our own opening speech at the launch opening speech at the launch, Piecemaker, beyond the realm Conflict Kitchen, a restau- burgh — including Carnegie city. The thoughts and opin- party, discussing the origins discussing Piecemaker’s place of toy making. Sklar spoke of rant in Oakland that serves Mellon’s Tartans 4 Israel — ions that come through the of Piecemaker. in the future of retail. expanding into new markets food from nations with which for what some claim is an interviews are informed by “I can always tell when I “The only certainty about and exploring different mate- the U.S. is in conflict, an- anti-Israel bias. Much of the their personal context, ex- give presentations, that [the retail is uncertainty. What- rials and technology. nounced last Friday that it is criticism has been directed periences and histories as students] I’m getting the most ever it is today is going to be “We don’t want to just closed until further notice af- toward pamphlets handed out Palestinians.” questions from inevitably I do different tomorrow,” Mor- be toys. We see a much big- ter receiving a letter contain- with the restaurant’s food, The Heinz Endowment see not too long afterwards, rison said. “Piecemaker is ger vision of this,” Sklar said. ing death threats. which are filled with inter- disavowed a $50,000 grant, and this was the case with perfectly positioned to take “We’re not pigeonholing our- “We have received a let- views from Palestinians liv- given to Conflict Kitchen in Arden and Alejandro,” Need- advantage of the personaliza- selves into just 3–D printing ter today containing death ing both in the U.S. and in the April 2013, after urging from ham said, referring to Rosen- tion, customization, and the toys. It’s much bigger than threats and we will be closed West Bank and Gaza. B’nai B’rith International, an blatt and Sklar’s decision to omnichannel opportunities that.” until the credibility of the let- “Like we have done for four organization dedicated to take leaves of absence from that there are.” “We really strive at this ter can be established by the years with every other coun- promoting the international Carnegie Mellon to run Piece- After Morrison, Rosenblatt company to do things that Pittsburgh police. We hope to try of focus, our food wrap- Jewish community and hu- maker. took the podium to speak of are not just exciting and reopen shortly,” the restau- pers contain the viewpoints man rights, according to its Needham first met with the past successes of Piece- new, but really peerless and rant posted to its Facebook of multiple people within our website. Rosenblatt and Sklar in Janu- maker and their new partner- unprecedented,” Rosenblatt page. focus country on a wide vari- The creators of Conflict ary of 2013 and worked with ship with Toys “R” Us. said. “We want to keep go- Conflict Kitchen, located ety of topics,” Conflict Kitch- Kitchen, Professor of Art the pair to create a focus and The concept of the Piece- ing bigger, to do things that in Schenley Plaza, stirred up en posted on its website in Jon Rubin and Dawn We- direction for Piecemaker the maker Factory was first have never been done, on a controversy when the res- response to coverage by the leski (CFA ’10), could not be following summer. launched at the 2014 Toy Fair scale that they’ve never been taurant began serving Pales- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “The reached for comment. “This whole process got us in New York City, where they done.” Housing makes changes to room selection process timeline HOUSING, from A1 Student Life Lucas Christain Living in Henderson House, themed housing will still be part of Housing Services’s be some time before the end confirmed that applications Global Living in Clyde House, able to participate in the gen- overall effort to rebrand itself, of the academic year [when] Semple explained that for RAs and CAs will open and the Sustainability House eral room selection process if which, as Semple explained, students can see and provide Housing had benchmarked its Nov. 24, and that the CA se- in Margaret Morrison Apart- they are not offered a space “is part of the university’s stra- feedback on [these changes],” calendar with those at other lection process will conclude ments will be slated to begin in the themed living commu- tegic plan.” Semple said. “Ideas will be universities, some of which the week of Jan. 12. RA selec- Jan. 26. “This process starts a nity for which they apply,” Addressing factors such brought to students, focus begin their housing selection tion will conclude the week of bit earlier to ensure that Christain explained. as infrastructure, financial groups, and the student dor- as early as January. “We’re Feb. 9. the students who These overall planning, and marketing to mitory council,” in a fashion now more on par with other Additionally, the selection apply for changes students, Housing Services is similar to what Dining Ser- institutions,” she said. process for “themed housing,” are drafting and considering revi- vices currently does. As a result of this shift in which was previously called sions to housing facilities, rate Christain summarized the housing calendar, the se- special interest hous- structures, websites, and the rebranding effort, saying lection for resident assistants ing and includes social media. “there is an intentional push (RAs) and community advi- Wellness “There to increase marketing and sors (CAs) will also happen will awareness of what housing earlier. has to offer our students.” Director of Upper- class and Greek

Anne-Sophie Kim/Layout Manager A4 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » November 10, 2014 University plans to expand campus on Forbes, Craig St.

Jonathan Leung/Photo Editor Left: 300 Craig St. is home to University Police headquarters and also houses Razzy Fresh. Right: Carnegie Mellon also owns 407 S. Craig St., home to a Human-Computer Interaction lab.

CORRIDOR, from A1 of plots of land, both along purchases, which have been (for example, residential or public realm. the university released to the Forbes Ave. and on S. Craig adding up since that press re- commercial) ... and have their According to Miller, un- community and to the campus committee is the Craig Street Street. In 2009, the university lease was published, have all own unique set of guidelines. less the university chooses to outlined the plans that the uni- Corridor Committee, com- announced in a press release been repurposed for the uni- It’s unique. It’s not a standard petition to change it, there is versity has to expand its bor- prised of students, faculty that it had purchased “three versity’s use, either through business district,” Miller said. generally little cause for re- ders, primarily into the Craig members, and administrators, nearby Forbes Avenue proper- office space or renting out to According to Miller, a pub- zoning, leaving the newly ac- Street Corridor. And, according according to fourth-year ar- ties, including the former site retailers, according to both lic realm differs from a typical quired Craig Street properties to Miller, as long as this state- chitecture student and Under- of an Exxon service station at Murphy and Justin Miller, a zoning district in the regula- under the looser guidelines of ment of intent is present in the graduate Student Senate cam- 4621 Forbes, from Museum senior city planner in the De- tion categories, for example, the public realm. “It’s up to the master plan and accounted for pus life committee chair Nikhil Park Partners, a land develop- partment of City Planning for height and setback, and university in that case to de- at the city planner’s office, the Sambamurthy. Sambamurthy ment firm, for future devel- who works specifically with in the standards that the city cide whether or not they want university is within their rights said the committee has spent opment in the Forbes Avenue the Craig Street neighbor- planning committee uses to to go through that process and to build up and out. And build a lot of time reflecting on the and Craig Street corridors. In hood. The area that makes approve projects. “It has to be then they would follow the out it plans to. Craig Street Crawl, which took addition to the former service up what is colloquially known sensitive to the nature of the same process as anyone else,” “I am very pleased by the place at the tail end of Orien- station, the purchase includes as Craig Street is actually just public space.... The committee Miller said. energy and focus on the ‘cam- tation, and focused on looking a hillside just east of 4621 and the southern end of the street, will evaluate the project for Business owners on Craig pus sphere’ beyond the foot- to create another event this se- a house on Filmore Street, which, according to the de- how well they think it fits in Street questioned the ben- print of the campus. We are in mester or in the spring. which sits behind 4621.” partment of city planning, is with the public space,” Miler efits of having the university such a special location — with “The Craig Street corridor According to the press classified as a public realm. said. expand into their territory in the park, golf course, great is increasingly central to the release, prior to the acquisi- “Public realms are in- Though most of the proper- 2009 letters to the ex-Mayor neighborhoods, museum, life of the campus, adding vi- tion, the university had also tended to provide a develop- ty owned by Carnegie Mellon Luke Ravenstahl and Council- University of Pittsburgh and tality to the whole of the Carn- purchased three acres of land ment framework for areas of falls under the zoning classi- man Bill Peduto cited by Trib more — it is a terrific environ- egie Mellon experience,” Mur- on Forbes and three separate the city that have a regional fication of EMI (educational/ Total Media, but campus town ment and we will continue to phy said. properties, which at that time significance that don’t really medical institution), the prop- halls and the master plan have partner with others for even To that end, the univer- “housed a bar, vintage cloth- meet the basic requirements erties that the school has pur- indicated otherwise. increasing vitality throughout sity has acquired a number ing shop, and restaurant.” The of our basic zoning districts chased on Craig Street remain The 2012 master plan that this region,” Murphy said. Midterm election leads to Democratic PA governor VIDEO CASTING ELECTIONS, from A1 fund a world-class public edu- [Wolf] has a lot to offer. He cation system, create family- is truly progressive in terms seven persons voted in the sustaining jobs ... build safe of women’s issues, the en- elections from outside of the CALL communities, and keep Penn- vironment, and marriage state. equality and education, but I According to Marcia Ger- “I am also do think that he will be very wig, the Director of the Co- challenged by the fact that he hon University Center, the concerned is facing a heavily Republican WE WANT YOU TO REPRESENT voting system at Carnegie about how legislature.” Mellon underwent changes Also an undergraduate CARNEGIE MELLON! to become more convenient [Wolf] is going from Pittsburgh, sophomore for the community. Origi- computer science and English nally polling booths were po- to handle major Steve Epple voiced his sitioned at the former Skibo education in concerns about the election. building, with the booths “You caught me. I didn’t vote. relocated to the nearby city Pennsylvania.” It is my eternal shame,” joked golf course during construc- Epple. “That is not to say that I tion of the CUC. In 2008, stu- — Computer science found Tom Wolf to be a partic- dent body requests for closer ularly strong candidate. I was voting locations moved the and English major disappointed that he did not booths back to campus. Steve Epple address the elephant in the The majority of Carnegie room, the UPMC/Highmark Mellon students hail from sylvania beautiful.” split, during his campaign. I outside of the state, and 20 Sophomore Casey Devine, am also concerned about how percent of students come a global studies major and he is going to handle educa- from places outside of the Pittsburgh native, shared her tion in Pennsylvania. While I United States. Still, Wolf’s thoughts on the race: “I fol- believe investing in education administration will have an lowed the election and I did to be of utmost importance, effect on Carnegie Mellon. vote.... I think I am concerned by Wolf’s ea- His goals, he said after he gerness to reinstate Corbett’s was elected, are “to cuts to the education system. I think the education system needs to be drastically reorganized before We’re looking for students who love talking about risking more mon- ey in an already Carnegie Mellon to star in videos that will be featured struggling sys- tem... I ap- on the Office of Admission’s YouTube channel. preciated his envi- ronmental THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 platform and sup- 1 – 4 P.M. port his position COHON UNIVERSITY CENTER on taxing natural WEAN COMMONS gas man- ufactur- ing.” If you can’t stop by on Thursday, email a digital shot or 10 second video of yourself to [email protected] by 11/21/14. Please include your name, year in school, major and contact information.

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CMU’s soft robotics inspires Disney’s movie Big Hero 6 When he meets Baymax, Hiro also meets Professor Cal- laghan, played by Carnegie Mellon alumnus James Crom- well (CFA ’64), who’s not a stranger to working in movies starring robots after playing a robotics researcher in I, Robot. Baymax isn’t like the Ter- minator, or even Wall-E and his robot love interest, Eve — instead Baymax is soft and huggable, a robot designed to be safe for personal use. While looking for inspiration for Baymax, Disney research- ers visited the soft robotics lab at Carnegie Mellon, where re- searchers like Chris Atkeson, a professor in the university’s Robotics Institute, have been working to create soft, safe robots. “About 15 years ago there was a project called NurseBot, which said ‘let’s make some- thing that acts like a nurse in a hospital,’” Atkeson said about how soft robotics research got started at Carnegie Mellon. “And that was followed by a number of National Science Foundation projects, most in the Quality of Life Technology Center.” The Quality of Life Technology Center is a Nation- al Science Foundation-funded Courtesy of DisneyLifestylers via Flickr Carnegie Mellon research on soft robotics inspired Disney’s Baymax, a robot hero in the movie Big Hero 6, which was released last Friday. research center that “adapts robotic technology to meet the Brian Trimboli with his skin melted off and working together to save the takes place in the futuristic older brother, Tadashi (Daniel needs of the elderly and people News Editor his metal skull showing at the human race. In Big Hero 6, San Fransokyo, a mash-up of Henney). Together, Hiro and with disabilities,” according end of the original Terminator. which premiered on Friday, two existing technologically Baymax — along with their to a university news release When robots appear in In 2008, Disney first Disney plays upon a little-talk- advanced cities. In the movie, friends Gogo, Wasabi, Honey, on Carnegie Mellon’s role in movies, they’re not usually showed viewers friendly (and ed about ’90s Marvel comic Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter), and Fred — save the city from the creation of Big Hero 6. friendly — think of the person- adorable) robots in Wall-E, book series to tell the story of a budding roboticist, meets a masked man with an army of Up until then, Atkeson said, al robots gone bad in I, Robot, which told the love story of a boy, his robot, and his team Baymax, a personal health “microbots” (small robots in- or Arnold Schwarzenegger two post-apocalyptic robots of superhero pals. Big Hero 6 care robot created by Hiro’s vented by Hiro himself). See BAYMAX, A6 Evilevitch studies how viruses release DNA to infect cells Claire Gianakas Fred Homa, herpes virologist man virus most similar to the Staffwriter at the University of Pittsburgh bacteriophages they had been School of Medicine, examined studying, as it had a very simi- In today’s society, the term the mechanism behind the lar structure. This discovery virus is widely understood due transfer of viral DNA from the led the researchers to measure to its role in common, well- capsid into the host cell. the pressure inside the herpes known diseases. Neverthe- In prior research, Evilev- virus. Their results ended up less, there is still much that is itch and his team measured being very similar to the phage unknown about the mecha- the pressure inside bacterio- measurement, suggesting that nisms that control viral func- phages, which are viruses that it followed the same mecha- tion. Recent findings by Alex infect bacteria cells. The team nism of DNA release into a cell Evilevitch, associate professor discovered that the force driv- as the bacteriophage. of physics at Carnegie Mellon ing DNA from the virus into This discovery led to many University, have shed light on the host cell is a mechanical more questions, namely about several of the mechanisms be- pressure, which suggests that the physical structure of the hind viral infection. large physical forces could be viral DNA. The researchers Many viruses consist of involved in viral infection. were aware that DNA, at the Courtesy of Alex Evilevitch double-stranded DNA sur- “That was the break- density required in a virus, is Alex Evilevitch, associate professor physics, studies the mechanisms behind viral infection. rounded by a protein coat through measurement,” packed in a rigid crystalline called a capsid. For replication Evilevitch said. “I was then structure. They had also mea- crystal, how can it be released angle X-ray scattering to im- “We were interested to see of the DNA to occur, the DNA interested to see if similar sured the rate of DNA release so quickly at tens of thousands age the virus at different tem- whether biological tempera- is injected into a host cell. Af- mechanisms can be found in from the herpes virus and de- of base pairs per second into peratures and to determine ture would have an effect on ter the cell has replicated the eukaryotic viruses or, more termined that the release was the cell and cause infection?” the stiffness of DNA packaged the structure of the DNA that DNA, it is once again packaged importantly, human viruses.” an extremely quick process. Evilevitch said. To answer this inside the virus, which in turn, could potentially explain how back into the capsid of the vi- The researchers found that “The big question was: If question, the team used atom- allowed them to measure the rus. Evilevitch, along with the herpes virus was the hu- DNA is packaged like a solid ic force microscopy and small fluidity of the DNA. See VIRUS, A7

SCITECH BRiefs Orbital Sciences Bats compete when Tech company Cretaceous Dopamine levels Neurologists find plans to replace hunting prey via develops new footprints found in are connected to a way to create Antares’ engines jamming calls exoskeleton suit diamond mine Parkinson’s “ghostly presence” In the aftermath of the Biologists Aaron Corcoran An advanced technology Paleontologists discovered In a recent study from In a recent paper from Antares rocket explosion on and William Conner, respec- company, Lockheed Martin, ancient track marks of Creta- the Cell Stem Cell jour- the journal Current Biology, Oct. 28, its manufacturer, the tively from the University of has created an exoskeleton suit ceous vertebrates in the Cato- nal, researchers from Lund a team of Swiss neurologists Orbital Sciences company, an- Maryland and Wake Forest that can take off 36 pounds of ca diamond mine, the world’s University were able to restore identified a possible reason nounced plans to replace the University, have conducted weight from the users’ hands fourth largest diamond mine. motor function in a rat model for the “feeling of a presence” Antares’ AJ26 first-stage en- a study on the competition and arms, and transfer that The fossils are said to be of Parkinson’s disease. Au- (FoP) phenomenon. FoP oc- gines by 2017. among Mexican free-tailed weight to the ground. the first record of Cretaceous thors Malin Parmar and Shane curs when a person falsely The Antares rocket explo- bats in the search for prey at While the exoskeleton, vertebrates in inland An- Grealish transplanted neurons senses that somebody is sion caused the destruction night. They found that bats known as the Fortis, contains gola. Finding the footprints taken from human embryonic physically nearby, contribut- of the company’s unmanned use jamming calls in an at- 30 pounds of anodized alumi- of these large mammals was stem cells (hESCs) into brain ing to the belief of a “ghostly Cygnus spacecraft, resulting tempt to distract their com- num and carbon fiber, the suit significant, as ancient warm- regions that dictated move- presence.” in the loss of 5,000 pounds in petitors as they hunt for prey. actually feels weightless to the blooded animals were often ment in the rat. After studying brain activi- supplies that were intended Their research took place in user. too small to leave durable Affecting millions world- ty in patients with severe cases to be delivered to the Inter- a research station in Arizona The Fortis also has joints track marks. wide, Parkinson’s disease is of FoP, the scientists recreated national Space Station, un- and in a high school parking that parallel those normally in In the past, after some ani- an incurable, progressive dis- the neurological experience der a contract with the Na- lot in Animas, N.M. In one the human body and is able to mal tracks were discovered, order that involves the loss of in healthy volunteers. Blind- tional Aeronautics and Space experiment, the team used flex across the waist. members of the PaleoAngola control over dexterity and the folded, subjects were asked Administration (NASA). highly-sensitive cameras and a Fortis minimizes muscle fa- Project asked the diamond speed of movement. Its current to perform a series of move- The Orbital Sciences Cor- specialized array of ultrasonic tigue, increasing productivity mine to help preserve the treatment options often cause ments with their arms. Ro- poration reports evidence microphones to trace the inter- of the users. Its design team footprints, to which the dia- side effects and decrease in ef- bots hooked up to the patients that approximately 15 sec- actions between traveling bats found that workers could hold mond mine cooperated. The fectiveness over time. Part of would mimic the subjects’ onds after ignition, one of using emitted sounds. In an- a 16-pound grinder overhead PaleoAngola Project is an in- the disease can be attributed movements while tracing the the two AJ26 engines failed. other experiment, they lured for as long as 30 continuous ternational effort to investi- to the death of neurons, caus- subjects’ backs. Lately, the company has been bats with moths suspended minutes, which is a major gate vertebrate paleontology ing low levels of dopamine re- The group found that by scrutinized for using AJ26 on delicate fishing lines, while improvement from the maxi- in Angola. lease in the brain. But within delaying the robot’s move- parts, which were built more performing jamming calls. mum three minutes without Months later, paleontolo- five months, after successfully ment, a subject would experi- than 40 years ago for the So- From their data, the biologists the suit. gists came to the mine and transplanting the cells, the re- ence FoP, which they conclud- viet Union’s ill-fated N1 moon determined that jamming calls The suit was also designed discovered ripple marks in searchers were able to restore ed is caused by mismatches in rocket. from exterior sources, given to give users the flexibility of the stone surrounding the fos- dopamine to its normal levels, sensorimotor signals. The rocket engines were the right time and frequency, moving in complex environ- sils, suggesting that a shallow as well as establish a correct then later refurbished by an were able to cause a bat to ments, such as climbing up the lake may have attracted the pattern of long-distance con- Source: Smithsonian American company. miss its prey. stairs or a ladder. mammals. nections in the brain. Compiled by Source: Discovery News Source: Science Daily Source: CNN Tech Source: Discovery News Source: ScienceDaily Sharon Wu A6 « thetartan.org/scitech The Tartan » November 10, 2014

Pugwash Column Filters isolate Internet users Co-director of Big Hero 6 draws inspiration from CMU BAYMAX, from A5 Mellon. “It was an inflatable all; they don’t make a big deal vinyl arm, and the practical of it.” researchers were working ex- app would be in the health Atkeson’s goal with soft clusively on what he called care industry as a nurse or robots is to reduce mass, be- “metal monsters.” “Metal doctor’s assistant. He had cause, as he said in another monsters,” Atkeson said, are me at vinyl. This particular interview, “Mass kills.” So, the too dangerous to work closely researcher went into this soft robots developed at Carn- with humans. “You know, if long pitch but the minute he egie Mellon are made of poly- you have a robot that brush- showed me that inflatable urethane supported by cables. es your teeth or combs your arm, I knew we had our hug- “It sounds crazy,” Atkeson hair, you really don’t want a gable robot.” said. “You think a robot like metal monster. It’s like asking that would be really weak, someone to brush their teeth but it turns out you can make by taping a toothbrush to the “I knew we had it fairly strong, and there are bumper of a car and having a lot of different engineering someone else drive back and our huggable techniques to do that.” forth with the car while their robot.” Since Hall looked at the mouth is on the brush.” soft robot arm in 2011, Atke- Atkeson said that he draws son said, soft robotics have inspiration from pool toys, –Don Hall come a long way at Carnegie balloon animals — anything Co-Director of Mellon. Carmel Majidi, who inflatable. When asked what was hired as an assistant a soft robot would feel like, Big Hero 6 professor of mechanical en- Atkeson responded, “Have gineering in 2011, and Yong- you ever been in a bouncy Lae Park, who was hired as castle? Just like that.” Baymax works in health an assistant professor in the Eunice Oh/Assistant Art Editor In 2011, when Disney care, just like Atkeson envi- Robotics Institute and School started doing research for sions soft robots doing in the of Computer Science in 2013, keeping users isolated from affect civic discourse, people’s Big Hero 6, Co-Director Don real world future. Baymax, have joined Atkeson.To Atke- differing viewpoints is the susceptibility to propaganda, Hall visited the Robotics In- however, isn’t completely soft. son, soft robots are a natural personalized content that and whether they might lead stitute for inspiration. There, “Here we get an interesting progression in the field of platforms such as Google, to greater divides within our Hall saw a soft robotic arm divergence: For a variety of robotics. Laine Herron Facebook, and Yahoo News society. developed in Atkeson’s lab by technical reasons, it was easi- “Let’s face it. Eventually Special to The Tartan produce. These platforms cus- Personalized content gives Siddharth Sana, a doctoral er for animators to put ‘bones’ we’re going to have robot tomize what we see based on us what we want to see, but is candidate in the Robotics In- back in,” Atkesons said. “So friends — you’re going to stop At a recent Pugwash meet- our location, Internet brows- that content what is best for stitute at the time. in the movie, Baymax has a having a relationship with ing, the discussion group er, computer type, frequency us? Filter bubbles also raise “I met a researcher who skeleton. You just can’t see it. your iPhone, and start having examined the social implica- of travel, who our friends are, the question of whether the was working on soft robots,” And even when they do show a relationship with your robot tions of filter bubbles, a factor our search history, and what providers of our Internet con- Hall was quoted as saying you what the insides are like, friend,” he said. “I bet your which isolates Internet users links we have clicked on in the tent have a civic responsibility about his visit to Carnegie you barely see the skeleton at robot buddy will be soft, too.” from outside viewpoints. past. All this information goes to show us just what we want, Information bubbles have into determining our search or to leave open windows into always existed. For example, results, whose updates will the wider world. One of our our communities isolate us show up in our Facebook feed, members suggested adding from outside ideas to a cer- and what articles will be in scalable options to search en- tain extent. Many hoped the our Yahoo News headlines. As gines for the amount of filter- Internet would bring us into a Eric Schmidt, executive chair- ing applied to uncomfortable larger, more diverse commu- man of Google, commented, content and for alternative nity, exposing us to a larger “[Soon] it will be very hard points of view. universe of ideas. Paradoxi- for people to watch or con- If you would like to escape cally, in many ways it has had sume something that has not your filter bubble, you can try the opposite effect. in some sense been tailored the popular alternative search While the Internet allows for them.” engine DuckDuckGo, which access to new ideas, it also This type of personaliza- does not individually custom- gives us greater access to tion is convenient, but creates ize results. You might also try others sharing our own be- filter bubbles in which users subscribing to a large main- liefs. People continue to iso- are isolated from content they stream newspaper, in lieu of late themselves within small disagree with or would find personalized headlines, such groups, but now these groups uncomfortable. What is par- as those from Yahoo News. can be even more homoge- ticularly worrying about filter Perhaps most importantly, neous than ever. Twenty years bubbles is that few users are make an effort to click on ar- ago there may have been aware that they are in one. If ticles on uncomfortable topics two or three newspapers to it were not for filter bubbles, or ones that challenge your choose from. With each news- users would be aware of point of view. After all, filter paper serving diverse sub- outside information, even if bubbles are only the stream- scribers, everyone in a com- they chose not to examine it. lined process of the filtering munity read roughly the same However, with personalized which we already engage in. news. Now that it is possible results, users may honestly to choose between hundreds believe that no debate exists Student Pugwash is a non- of electronic subscriptions, over controversial topics, or advocacy, educational organi- the news that two different that raging debate exists over zation that discusses the impli- people read may have little in settled ones. There are im- cations of science. This article common. portant discussions to be had summarizes their discussion on Courtesy of Chris Atkeson A completely new factor on how filter bubbles might filter bubbles. Soft robotics being developed at Carnegie Mellon inspired the design of a new Disney hero.

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NPG-14-2231_Pittsburgh-CMU.indd 2 10/16/14 2:28 PM November 10, 2014 « The Tartan thetartan.org/scitech » A7 Hunicke speaks at HCI seminar lecture Viruses unstable during infection

Jonathan Leung/Photo Editor Robin Hunicke, co-founder of the independent game studio Funomena, spoke at a Human-Computer Interaction seminar last week.

Adithya Venkatesan programming.” Although she keter, publisher, and distribu- what types of games could be Staffwriter hadn’t planned on studying tor of video games — on The found at the extremes — “the computer science, she real- Sims. She first went through extreme triple E game.” As Games are becoming more ized that she could combine a learning phase where she she began work on her new immersive than ever due to many interesting fields and tried to understand the com- game Journey, she and her Courtesy of Alex Evilevitch the many new technologies represent them in programs munication aspect of her job. team tried to implement these Alex Evilevitch is an associate professor of physics at Carnegie Mellon. used to enhance play and the and applications. She realized that there were goals. systems they can be played After she completed her many creative ideas that were In the end, the game won VIRUS, from A5 as at infection temperature, on. But as Robin Hunicke, co- undergraduate degree, Hu- all put out, but needed to be many awards, but she still felt DNA can freely flow from the founder of the independent nicke went to graduate school blended into something that that it was not a perfect triple DNA is released in the cell virus into the cell nucleus game studio Funomena said at Northwestern University, would convey a feeling. As she E game. She asked herself if during infection,” Evilevitch and initiate infection.” in a Human-Computer Inter- where she became interested started to run her own team, it was maybe the background explained. “We found that Evilevitch explained that action Seminar Series lecture in artificial intelligence (AI) she asked herself, “What is of the people who worked on DNA stiffness in the capsid the research had a dual pur- last Wednesday, “It is not the and heard of an interesting it about making games that the game, or possbily just the undergoes a rapid drop at pose, to further understand technology that makes games theory that making the AI in makes it so hard?” She found working environment. Al- the temperature of infection. the mechanism behind viral new or interesting right now. a game better would also im- that there were many aspects though they had not achieved This showed us that at that infections and to develop po- To me, what’s compelling prove users’ experiences with to running the team that she that ideal game, she realized point, DNA doesn’t show any tential treatments that inhibit about games as a medium the game. As a result, she de- had previously neglected, but what she could do in order to resistance and is completely those mechanisms. right now is that they are ex- cided to research whether or said that it was an interesting create a good game. Hunicke fluid, which suggests that it If methods of inhibiting ploring deeper subjects via not this was true. However, experience. She also found found that prototyping and can be freely released and the viral DNA phase transi- interactivity and empowering she found that just improving that game development teams removing elements repeatedly infect the cell.” Evilevitch tion can be developed, the people.” To Hunicke, games this mechanism did not make turned out to be extremely top would help in creating a pol- explained that this result virus becomes essentially have expanded into a new the user experience better, heavy, where huge franchise ished game — using this pro- clearly illustrates the concept noninfectious. “Herpes is a platform on which to convey leading her to develop the Me- games started sucking money cess would allow others to cre- of viral metastability, the serious health issue — it’s the messages and experiences, chanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics from the more casual smaller ate a triple E game that would idea that a virus needs to be second largest human patho- and will become even more (MDA) framework, a formal games. connect with the player. stable in between infections, gen after influenza,” Evilev- influential as games become approach to game design and This realization led her to Now, Hunicke is trying but unstable during infection itch noted. “These studies more and more interesting. game research that allows all want to create “elegant, ex- to make a “feeling-first com- in order to transfer its DNA to suggest a completely new ap- As a young girl, Hunicke parties to better understand pressive, emotional games pany” that prioritizes feelings the host cell. “Previous stud- proach to the development of was attracted to games and what makes a game better. that we haven’t made yet,” or in games above other things. ies tried to show that the cap- antiviral herpes treatments.” activities that allowed her to The MDA framework can de- a “triple E,” as she calls it. She wanted to work on a big sid was metastable. We found The research, supported flex her creative muscle. As a scribe how emotional aesthet- Hunicke wanted a game idea while taking into account for the first time that it’s ac- by the Swedish Research result, she loved the arts, writ- ics or feelings can be conveyed that not only would be easy to human-centered design. As tually also the genome that’s Council, the National Science ing, and music. This passion to the player of a game. Most create, but also would make she said, “The games that I metastable,” Evilevitch said. Foundation, the National In- for creativity pushed her to importantly, Hunicke real- the user experience more ex- love were made by people “Inside the virus when the stitutes of Health, and the do an interdisciplinary study ized that she could apply this pressive. She wanted the user who wanted to communicate environment is not favorable McWilliams Fellowship at at the University of Chicago, knowledge to commercial to experience new feelings with me about their feelings.” for infection, such as at lower Carnegie Mellon, was pub- where she “ended up major- games. and allow them to respond This notion is why she has co- temperatures, it behaves like lished in Nature Chemical ing in women’s studies, com- Hunicke first began work- to the experience. She began founded Funomena, a com- a solid crystal. When the Biology and the Proceedings puter science, fine arts, film, ing at Electronic Arts — an to map the many games that pany that holds these ideals at physical environment is op- of the National Academy of oral narrative, and computer American developer, mar- had been made to figure out heart. timized for infection, such Sciences.

how things work Sunlight knocks electrons loose from solar cell material

Julia Napolitano a current. By placing metal called n-type — “n” for nega- Junior Staffwriter rods on the top and bottom of tive because of the free flow- the solar cell, that current can ing electrons that have nega- Remember those simple be captured and the result- tive charge. When doped with calculators that had a dark ing electricity can be used for an element like boron, which black rectangle above the power. has three valence electrons screen and stopped working According to energy.gov, in its outer shell, the silicon LIGHTING UP THE DARK: when you put your finger over the most common semicon- is called p-type — “p” for it? ductor used for solar cells is positive because instead of WHERE IS THE DARK MATTER? That dark black rectangle silicon, due to its crystalline free electrons there are free consists of solar cells, cells structure. The silicon atom openings that carry positive that require light to operate. contains four valence elec- charge. But how do those cells ac- trons, resulting in a half-filled The solar cell actually be- tually convert light into the outer shell. Silicon shares gins working when the n-type electricity used to power the these electrons with four oth- and p-type silicon come into calculator? er silicon atoms, which share contact with each other, cre- The idea of utilizing light their four valence electrons ating an electric field as the and the sun’s energy isn’t a with four other silicon atoms, free flowing electrons in the new concept. In the seventh et cetera, resulting in the crys- n-type begin to occupy the century, B.C., magnifying talline structure necessary for free openings in the p-type. glasses were used to concen- a solar cell to work. When light hits the cell, elec- trate the sun’s rays to make trons are knocked out of the fire. Allegedly, in 212 B.C., openings, again creating free Greek scientist Archimedes As the flowing electrons that seek used bronze shields to focus semiconductor the free openings. Therefore, sunlight and set fire to Ro- there is a constant flow of man wooden ships attacking absorbs energy electrons when light hits the Syracuse. cell, providing the current. But “modern” investi- from the sun, The cell’s electric field pro- gations of solar energy re- electrons ... are vides the voltage, resulting in ally kicked off in 1839 when the power needed to run your French scientist Edmond Bec- knocked loose, calculator. Neta A. Bahcall querel discovered the photo- allowing them to Currently, scientists are re- voltaic effect. Using an elec- searching ways to make solar Princeton University trolytic cell, he observed that flow freely and cells more efficient and com- the generation of electricity create a current. petitive with more traditional increased when the cell was energy sources. exposed to sunlight. Since The main problem is cost 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 then, it’s been discovery af- However, since silicon on — although sunlight is free, ter discovery, from Einstein’s its own does not conduct elec- the electricity generated from Rashid Auditorium photoelectric effect in 1905 tricity well, other atoms are solar cells is not; we have to NETA A. BAHCALL Gates & Hillman Centers to the development of the added to silicon’s structure; factor in the cost of making is the Eugene Higgins first silicon solar cell by Da- for example, there could be the solar cells as well as the Professor of Astrophysics Free and open to the public ryl Chapin, Calvin Fuller, and one phosphorous atom for cost of installing them, re- Gerald Pearson of Bell Labs in every million silicon atoms. membering that solar cells at Princeton University. Reception to follow 1954. Because phosphorous has five don’t convert 100 percent of Solar cells, also called pho- valence electrons in its outer the light it absorbs. tovoltaic cells, are made up shell, it bonds with four sili- Furthermore, solar cells of semiconductors, materi- con atoms and has one elec- only work when there is sun- als that have a conductivity tron left over. light, so scientists are also between that of an insulator When the solar cell ab- researching ways to not only and a conductor. When light sorbs sunlight, those extra harness the energy from sun- strikes the cell, the semicon- electrons are knocked loose light, but to effectively store ductor absorbs a portion of it. and can flow freely. it. As the semiconductor absorbs The process of adding oth- With enough time, solar energy from the sun, elec- er atoms to silicon’s structure cells and solar energy are a trons in the semiconductor is called doping. When doped promising green technology are knocked loose, allowing with phosphorous, like the that can positively affect our them to flow freely and create above example, the silicon is future energy consumption. A8 « thetartan.org/forum The Tartan » November 10, 2014

From the Editorial Board FDA labels obligated to reveal sour truth about sugar

Controversy is brewing in one of the most unlikely places: The hot topic on many executives’ and advocates’ minds is the new nutri- tion labeling proposal put forward by the Federal Food and Drug Administration. The proposal, which was made at the beginning of the year, would be the first significant transforma- tion of the Nutrition Facts label since 1993. Though the proposal suggests several changes, including updat- ed serving sizes and the removal of the “Calories from Fat” section, the buzz in the food industry is around one specific change: the addition of an “Added Sugars” section. Add- ed sugars in this case are classified as those which are not originally present in foods, but are added during production and processing. The FDA proposes labeling these extra sugars due to expert findings suggesting that added sugars lead people to consume less nutrient rich foods, and more calories overall. In essence, added sugars represent “empty calories.” Currently, Americans consume, on average, 16 percent of their total calories from added sugars. Emily Giedzinski/Staff Artist Food producers have been livid about the proposed changes, claiming that there is no scientific Problematic video makes claws come out over catcalling evidence to support the addition of an added sugars label. This is no By now we’ve all seen the video edited out of the video) as she walks of this video, both public and private carry guns. surprise, considering added sugars “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a through lower income neighbor- debates have been held regarding Catcalling is a problem and af- have infiltrated almost every prod- Woman,” which has gone viral over hoods. It was produced by Rob Bliss catcalling, the frequency of its oc- fects women every single day. We uct on the market from ketchup, the past few weeks, showing a wom- Creative, which describes itself as “A currence, and the extent to which need to ensure that people are free to to crackers, and beyond. This is an consistently being “catcalled,” or Viral Video Marketing Agency.” it constitutes a form of harassment. go about their daily business free of hardly surprising since the human bombarded by unsolicited sexually These controversies, particularly Some of the more infuriating critics sexual harassment. brain has been shown to respond suggestive comments by strangers, regarding the race of the catcallers of the video have contended that cat- While “10 Hours of Walking in to sweetness in a way that is simi- as she walks the streets of New York featured in the video, have caused a calling is a form of flattery, and that NYC as a Woman” has done an effec- lar to cocaine. City. great deal of discussion and debate. women wouldn’t mind if the men ha- tive job of starting a larger conversa- All of these added sugars have This video is a dramatic depiction It is important that the criticisms of rassing them were attractive. tion on this matter, debates over the added up; it has now been shown of what women face on a daily basis. this video do not eclipse the larger After being presented with the video’s construction are threatening that Americans eat three times However, this video has also sparked issue at hand: Catcalling is sexual fact that women have faced violence to eclipse the important discussion the amount of sugar they need on substantial controversy, as it features harassment, and it is experienced by in reacting negatively to such harass- that needs to be had: a daily basis. Yet opponents con- a white woman being harassed by women on a regular basis, from men ment, one commentator on CNN We all need to band together to tinue to argue against the new la- men of color (resulting in allegations of all colors and walks of life. even went so far as to suggest that stop cat-calling and sexual harass- beling. Forbes magazine has even that the white male harassers were Since the widespread recognition to avoid catcalling women should ment in our society. argued that the proposal violates the corporations’ first amendment right to refrain from speaking. University should alert community on case-by-case basis However, by this argument the FDA should have no authority to On Oct. 27, Pennsylvania Attorney the well-being of campus members. immediate concerns for the safety to issue an official communication mandate any disclosure of nutri- General Kathleen Kane announced For incidents in which the university or welfare of students and did not explaining the incident in appropri- tional information or ingredients; the arrest of eight suspected child deems criminal activity to be a “seri- pose a serious or continuing threat ate detail. the information that is important predators, among them Carnegie ous or continuing threat to the uni- to individuals. Furthermore, the university for consumers to protect their Mellon graduate student Adham versity community,” the university This conclusion is based on the should have explained that, since health much like the added sugar Mandour, who is pursuing a mas- issues crime alerts. information that the student was the incident had not been assessed label. ter’s degree in biology. Mandour When determining whether or immediately detained from campus to be an immediate threat to campus The World Health Organization is charged with child pornography not to announce the arrest to the and, therefore, the situation did not members, it therefore followed its has warned against excess sugar possession and distribution, and was larger campus community, the uni- necessitate a communication based standard protocol in its decision not intake due to its link to a number arrested on Carnegie Mellon’s main versity followed its standard proto- upon standard protocol. to issue an initial alert. The Tartan of serious health issues. There- campus, according to the attorney col, as outlined by Walters. However, However, information about the hopes that communications which fore, it is critically important that general’s office press release. as the university assesses future arrest was shared on local news sta- deviate from the standard protocol consumers be able to assess where When relaying information about cases of a similar scale and nature, tion WPXI. To some, the university’s will be provided if a case like Mand- these excess sugars are entering crimes or other situations that could The Tartan hopes that the univer- choice not to inform the campus hour’s occurs again. their diet from, especially due to potentially harm campus members, sity will consider making exceptions community about the arrest in light The university prides itself on be- the overwhelming presence of the university typically either issues on a case-by-case basis to its crime of WPXI’s story may seem as if the ing communicative with the larger sugar in today’s food market. information through official commu- communications protocols regarding university wished to withhold infor- campus community, and while the Food is a $5 billion dollar in- nications or crime alerts. high profile cases like Mandour’s, es- mation from its students and faculty. university’s intentions when not dustry, and there is no doubt that According to Ken Walters, the uni- pecially as Carnegie Mellon attempts In high-profile cases that capture the sending out a crime alert for this case they will do everything in their versity’s executive director of media to establish itself as a campus with attention of local media, The Tartan were not to block the campus com- power to prevent this new legisla- relations, the Dean of Student Affairs appropriate transparency amidst the hopes that the university will re- munity from knowledge of the case, tion from passing. “may take summary action or imple- sexual assault investigation that the spond with an official communica- the lack of a communication could be Citizens need to stand up for ment interim measures that limit Office for Civil Rights is conducting. tion or alternative channel to inform perceived that way when the case is their right to know what is being a student’s ability to be present on Through a conversation with Dean campus members of the incident so relayed to campus members through put in their food, especially if this campus ... and/or interact with spe- of Student Affairs Gina Casalegno, as that the university is not perceived in other sources, like WPXI and The measure is to pass. We can only cific members of the university until well as conversations amongst The this light. Tartan itself. In this and many ways, hope that the FDA will abide to a resolution is reached” for incidents Tartan’s editorial board, The Tartan In this instance of Mandour’s case, Carnegie Mellon should strive to be its founding purpose of protecting that pose immediate concerns for agreed that the case did not pose The Tartan hoped for the university an open campus. consumer interests.

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GOP wins big in Senate

publicans picking up seven seats in the senate, rather than the six they needed to take control of the upper chamber, in addition to picking up three or four seats in the house and Kyle henson losing a few governorships. The polls also reflected this, show- It’s safe to say that the 2014 mid- ing tight senate races in North Caroli- term sent a message. After the polls na, Georgia, Kansas, Colorado, Iowa closed on Tuesday, Republicans and Alaska and tight governor’s races found themselves gaining at least across the board. Meanwhile, high seven, but likely nine senate seats, at profile democratic pundits started most five but likely three governor’s claiming that the polls were skewed mansions, and between 12 and 15 toward Republicans, citing system- seats in the House of Representa- atic under-sampling of Latinos and tives. This gave Republicans control other minority demographics more of the Senate, their largest House ma- inclined to be left-leaning. Even pre- jority since the 1920s, and two-thirds eminent polling analyst Nate Silver of the governorships in the country. wrote a piece before the election, Additionally, Republicans now con- claiming that 2014 would see GOP trol more state legislatures than they gains, but only because they were have at any time since 1860. playing on favorable territory. For the most part, this election was to be simply a reversion to the mean of “Instead of political control, erasing democratic inheriting a broken advantages and leaving both parties with even control across the nation. congress against As it turned out, the polls were a bitter president, skewed, but toward Democrats and Michelle Wan/Art Editor by an average of four points. Races the GOP achieved that were supposed to be close ended this mandate, it comes to them to A cursory whip count also reveals would hand the GOP a little more a strong mandate up being double digit GOP victories, decide what to do with it. There’s that the Keystone XL pipeline very control in what would remain a di- and surefire Democratic wins in Vir- no doubt the next few months will well may have the 60 votes it needs vided and dysfunctional government. to govern, with the ginia and New Hampshire turned bring new challenges to the Afford- to pass the state and end up on the Instead, the GOP gained a mandate into last minute nail biters decided able Care Act (ACP), as many GOP President’s desk, putting it only a to govern and work with Obama to American people... by less than two percentage points. candidates who won in 2014 made veto away from approval. This may make government work again. There casting their lot to Nobody saw GOP gains of this mag- their opposition to the President’s be another matter that the GOP Sen- is no doubt that after the election, nitude coming, regardless of the signature legislation a central part ate attends to within the first 90 days the ball is in the Republicans’ court. the right wing...” quality of analysis done. Instead of of their campaign. With the comple- of their newfound political control. They have the responsibility to bring inheriting a broken Congress against tion of this election, fully half of the Additionally, the Republican House about change in our national politi- No matter how you slice it, Repub- a bitter president, the GOP achieved senators who voted for the ACA are of Representatives has passed nu- cal environment, and start working licans had a great election and now a strong mandate to govern, with no longer in office, and the Republi- merous right-leaning jobs bills and to achieve the ends that voters put control the vast majority of the coun- the American people unilaterally can House has time and again passed budget proposals, namely Paul Ry- them in Congress for. This election try’s political centers of power, with rejecting Democratic candidates in legislation repealing or altering the an’s infamous budget that puts a lot has given them the power to do just the exception of the presidency. What all states, even electing Republican ACA in some way. This legislation of GOP policy ideas into the federal that. What remains to be seen is how makes this more interesting, howev- governors in deep blue Illinois, Mary- was never brought up for debate in economic architecture. These were the GOP will use that power, and how er, is the fact that Republicans vastly land, and Massachusetts, and casting the Democratic Senate, but now that never brought up for debate when Obama will work with them. outperformed every single predictive their lot to the right wing of Ameri- Republicans control the upper cham- Democrats controlled the Senate, tool used this election. A bold pundit can politics. ber, there’s no doubt that this issue and the GOP will likely revisit them. Kyle Henson (kahenson@) is a before the election would’ve had Re- Now that the GOP has inherited will receive serious attention. In sum, everyone thought 2014 staffwriter for The Tartan. Conflict Kitchen opposition discourages healthy discourse

Zeke Rosenberg those in opposition to Conflict Kitch- as Arab refugees — natives of Jordan, However, to gloss over it in public are knuckle-dragging bigots. There Sports Editor en are struggling to put together real Lebanon, and other Middle East- discussion of Conflict Kitchen serv- are plenty of reasons for people to arguments. Though Roman uttered a ern nations. The unification of their ing Palestinian food defeats the en- assume that the Jewish community The recent public discussion sur- bizarre sentence, one sentence from identities was created to justify the tire purpose of public discourse. The believes the humanization of Pales- rounding Conflict Kitchen’s decision one person is a pretty disappointing establishment of a Palestinian state view that conflicts are too complicat- tinians to be anti-Semitic. Many Jews to serve Palestinian food has been attempt at capturing the public un- where Israel had been implanted by ed for us to understand from afar — have taken up the pro-Israel cause lacking, to say the least. Very little rest with Conflict Kitchen. It conjures the United Nations. Some people and that we should just focus on our due to the occasionally blatantly an- ink spilled has been spilled over what up conservative images of liberals feel, then, that Conflict Kitchen serv- shared humanity — helps no one. It’s ti-Jewish sentiment that comes out of the opposition to Conflict Kitchen who talk past those who disagree and ing Palestinian food is legitimizing an just a way to convince ourselves that the anti-Israel media coverage. actually is. While Conflict Kitchen pat themselves on the back for being identity constructed to indict Israel. we’re good people while the world If you don’t think the painting of is ultimately justified in serving Pal- worldly. This argument is not exactly a burns outside of our peripherals. this conflict as the Israeli military estinian food, the public has a much However, it is important that the death knell. The idea itself that Pal- Actually talking about things machine gleefully murdering Pal- more important right to adversarial estinian children is a not-so-subtle and engaging discourse. reference to the Jewish media ma- This discourse is what allows peo- “Humanizing the Palestianian people is not something that chine and blood libel, you’re kidding ple to cultivate informed opinions scares the Jewish community, nor is the Jewish community yourself. If you think that attacks on and eventually contribute to a more temples in Germany and the shoot- diverse and responsive political en- against it in any way — not even those who oppose the serving ing at the Jewish Museum of Belgium vironment populated by more views of Palestinian food at Conflict Kitchen.” — justified as anti-Israel protests — than just “blue” and “red.” Unfortu- weren’t anti-Semitic, you have su- nately, it seems many people who perseded kidding yourself and might have chosen to back Conflict Kitchen actual common argument against estinians did not exist before Israel helps people know the issues, and have some genocidal tendencies. have skipped over that engaging and Conflict Kitchen’s actions that I gath- is debatable. However, people have heated arguments result in both par- People have equated pro-Israeli adversarial bit. A preponderance of ered from conversations with people been born in Gaza and the West Bank ties understanding the other side’s sentiment with the dehumanization blog posts, including a recent article in Squirrel Hill, even if it fails to sur- well after this conflict started and point of view better. The absolute of Palestinians. However, many Jew- on Jezebel, have criticized the oppo- vive close scrutiny, gets in print some- have known no homeland except for lack of engagement with arguments ish people and organizations have sition to Conflict Kitchen. Many have where. Many of the conversations I Palestine; it clearly is a nationality surrounding this conflict further en- said that criticism of Israel’s security featured a quote from Gregg Roman, have had gave me the general sense now, even if it was not before. Fur- trenches people on both sides of the policy is not only good, but neces- Director of the Community Relations that people take issue with the word ther, even if it is entirely true that Pal- field. Many people who are against sary. Many Jewish people believe Council at the Jewish Federation Palestinian. It is a common position estinians only exist to de-legitimize Conflict Kitchen’s decision to serve that Israel’s politics are a corruption of Greater Pittsburgh, stating that that the idea of the Palestinian was Israel’s claim to the land, the fact Palestinian food will start to believe of the Torah, and they want Israel to “Palestine is not in conflict with the created to indict Israel. The gist of the that actions in the area have forced that others are in favor of it just be- take a new tack. Even pro-Israel Jews U.S.” and “the restaurant is stirring argument is that, prior to the escala- people to fundamentally alter their cause they’re politically ignorant, tend to support the view that the Pal- up conflict for the sake of trying to be tion of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, identities is more likely an issue with and many who support it will be- estinians need a homeland, as long as relevant.” This quote indicates that Palestinians were largely referred to Israel than with Palestine. lieve those who disagree with them Israel retains its current borders. Humanizing the Palestinian peo- ple is not something that scares the Jewish community, nor is the Jew- ish community against it in any way — not even those who oppose the serving of Palestinian food at Conflict Kitchen. They simply have questions about what being Palestinian means, and believe the answer to be in politi- cal opposition to them. The serving of Palestinian food at Conflict Kitchen is almost certainly not anti-Israel, and even if it was, Conflict Kitchen is within its rights to oppose whomever they want. The humanization of Palestinians is also important because Americans often think of foreigners as distantly re- moved from them. Sometimes we forget that the rest of the world is filled with people, not news head- lines. Food is a very stark reminder of this. However, portraying the resis- tance to Conflict Kitchen as a neu- rotic reaction to the humanization of Palestinians does a disservice to the public understanding of the con- flict. Not talking about conflicts every chance we get simply makes us igno- rant. I probably have not mentioned even half of the arguments people ac- tually make against Conflict Kitchen, but the real problem here is the fact that even a meager straw-man argu- ment is the closest public discourse

Yeongwoo Hwang/Junior Photographer has come to truly engaging the issue. November 10, 2014 « The Tartan thetartan.org/sports » A11

Carnegie Mellon football betrayed by sputtering offense zeke rosenberg trips to the red zone. As the first quarter came Even a holding penalty did not territory. The ensuing drive staring down fourth-and-goal Sports Editor Carnegie Mellon’s first to a close, Carnegie Mellon’s stop the Chicago offense, as an by the Tartans was moving from the 18-yard line. drive of the game took 5:10 offense stalled deep in their 11-yard touchdown pass put down the field smoothly, but A desperate heave from The Carnegie Mellon foot- off the clock. This might have own territory, punting the ball Chicago up three scores, seem- disaster struck at midfield, as Hearon somehow split two de- ball team looked flat Saturday been their best drive of the away and giving Chicago ex- ingly putting the game out of Hearon’s second interception fenders and stuck to the hands as it was handed a 28–7 loss by day, as they stayed on sched- cellent field position. reach for Carnegie Mellon. of the day was returned for a of junior wide receiver Chris the University of Chicago. ule and consistently picked up The Maroons capitalized The Tartans responded well, touchdown, burying Carnegie Herrera, but it was too little Carnegie Mellon let up a short gains, moving the chains and punched the ball in on however, putting up their lon- Mellon in a 28–0 hole. too late. Chicago ran the clock touchdown in every quarter, and into the edge of Chicago’s a 15-yard crossing route, ex- gest drive on the day. They ran By that point, the game to its expiration on the follow- and could not muster any red zone. However, two con- tending their lead to 14–0. four plays for gains of 3, 17, 13, was effectively over. Consecu- ing drive, capping a 28–7 loss points of its own until the secutive sacks on secondw Both teams traded punts and 19 yards to set themselves tive turnovers on downs gave for Carnegie Mellon. The loss team’s last drive in the fourth and third downs dragged the and fumbles, but neither of- up on Chicago’s 17-yard line Carnegie Mellon the ball with leaves Carnegie Mellon at 3–6, quarter. The Tartans had a Tartans from the 22-yard line fense could make any noise before Hearon forced one into great field position, but only (3–5), and finishes a winless particularly difficult time pro- all the way back to the 34, and until the break, and the score the end zone, turning the ball just over five minutes left. slate of away games. tecting junior quarterback An- they were forced to punt the stayed that way through half- over and ceding Carnegie Mel- Carnegie Mellon quickly got Carnegie Mellon will drew Hearon, who was sacked ball away, coming up empty. time. The second half started lon’s first real chance to score. deep into Chicago’s half of the attempt to move to 4-1 at nine times. He was under pres- The drive immediately follow- differently. The Tartans de- Afterwards, both teams field, setting up first and goal home and nab their first vic- sure on every play, and was ing saw Chicago score a touch- fense could not get a stop, al- traded punts, but an intercep- from the Chicago nine-yard tory since a 21-10 win over forced into two ugly intercep- down on a 50-yard run, setting lowing Chicago to make con- tion by first-year safety Drew line. An incompletion, sack, Grove City on Oct. 18 in a UAA tions, one of which doomed the tone for a very long day for sistent gains and passes for Fitzmorris stopped a Chicago and another incompletion, contest against 73408Washington Carnegie Mellon’s first of two the Tartans’ defense. first down after first down. drive deep in Carnegie Mellon however, left Carnegie Mellon University next Saturday.

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CMU women’s volleyball takes fourth in UAA tournament desiree xu Eventually, both sides were often than not, either Emory increased their score from four Business Manager tied 6–6, but from that point kept making kills or Carnegie to five while Carnegie Mellon on, the numbers on NYU’s Mellon kept making serving stayed at three. This happened The weekend started off scoreboard took a ride down- or attacking errors. Numerous again later in the set when with a suspenseful series of hill until the end of that round, times after Carnegie Mellon Emory went from 19 to 21 and matches in the UAA volleyball with sophomore setter and op- made their fifth point in the the Tartans maintained nine championships on Friday. posite hitter Emily Newton first set, Carnegie Mellon play- points. Carnegie Mellon’s women’s making the winning kill for ers just could not manage to In the third set, however, team got off to a strong start that round. In the third set, a convert. the Tartans scored consecu- after defeating its first op- series of penalties on NYU’s Gibbons would have been tive shots, first starting from a ponent, New York University side granted four consecutive able to keep up the game for service by Emory, followed by (NYU), 3–0. During the first points to the Tartans after two the Tartans if she had landed kills from Gibbons and sopho- set, Carnegie Mellon success- initial kills were made by soph- the ball within the boundary more middle blocker and out- fully stayed ahead of the op- omore middle blocker Jackie on Emory’s side. side hitter Casey Salandra. posing side amid serving er- Gibbons and first-year middle Holton, who had excelled The biggest triumph during rors, attack errors, and other blocker Eliza Donohue. This in the first game, seemed to be that set was probably the point penalties. First-year outside set ended with NYU losing to on the verge of losing her win- made after those shots. Cele- hitter, Heather Holton, was Carnegie Mellon 23–1 during ning streak, since she made tano served a ball that could responsible for seven of Carn- which Carnegie Mellon play- more out-of-bounds hits even not be returned, putting Carn- egie Mellon’s kills and had ers Holton, Celentano, Gib- though she also scored three egie Mellon in a tie at 10–10. earned the most points that bons, and Donohue scored times. More consecutive shots were way on the team. three points each, making the In the second set, Emory made as Salandra and Newton During the second set, majority of the team’s points. started getting ahead of the smashed shots that were faster Carnegie Mellon seemingly At this point, Carnegie Mel- game after both sides scored than the receiving opponent’s started off on a weak foot, lon’s first match in the UAA three points. reflexes. However, the points with NYU ahead by two points had ended and the team se- With Emory leading 11–4, were not enough to triumph due to attack errors by the Tar- cured its position to face their it appeared that the visiting in the end, and the final score tans and kills from NYU. next opponent: No. 6 Emory team’s players made more was 25–20, Emory. However, this underdog University. ruthless shots, as can be ob- Though the ladies had a status did not last long, as This game, though it start- served from Donohue failing promising start and fought Carnegie Mellon slowly caught ed out hopeful, did not finish to block a hit. However, Dono- long and hard, they did not up, with Holton smashing a as it had started. hue redeemed her position by progress to the next challenge non-redeemable hit and NYU Though the match started blocking the very next shot, in the UAA Championship making another service error. with Holton making two kills earning Carnegie Mellon a matches. However, they did NYU maneuvered themselves on the first three points, Em- point. receive an opportunity to play another step, but a kill made ory followed up with two con- After that, it seemed that against Washington University by senior right side hitter Ali secutive points. most of Emory’s points were in the third place match. Celentano and an unfortunate Though Carnegie Mellon gained from Carnegie Mel- Carnegie Mellon finished attack error on NYU’s side did keep scoring after that, lon’s service and attack errors. in fourth after dropping to No. caused them to wallow in tem- they seemed to progress much These errors occurred in five 5 Washington University in Kevin Zheng/Staff Photographer porary defeat. more slowly than Emory. More consecutive shots, as Emory straight sets. Senior right side hitter Ali Celentano sets up for a kill. CMU soccer takes draw and CMU swimming and diving loss in matches with Emory beats Grove and Rochester

carl glazer Overall, the Tartans and was a similar story of goal- Senior Staffwriter Emory were about even on keeping and defense, this shots, with 10 for Carnegie time with Emory striking a On Saturday, the Carnegie Mellon and 12 for the Eagles. shot low toward the far post Mellon men’s and women’s The difference came in shots past otherwise perfect sopho- soccer teams finished up regu- on goal. Junior midfielder more keeper Katie Liston in lar season play against Emory Connor Webb had trouble the 69th minute. University. The men tied No. shooting online, as he only The women had a similar 14 Emory 0–0 to finish 8–5–3 forced a save on one of his six problem to the men with an overall and 2–2–3 in Universi- shots for the game. This was inability to convert shots into ty Athletic Association (UAA) one of only two shots on goal shots on goal, as they led Em- play. The fourth-ranked wom- for the Tartans, with junior ory 9–5 in shots, but trailed en lost to No. 24 Emory 1–0 midfielder Stefan Dasbach 5–4 in shots on goal. but were still able to claim the getting the second. In com- First-year midfielder Tori first-ever UAA championship parison, eight of Emory’s 12 Iatarola was the leading for the program on the back of shots required a save, with shooter for the Tartans but their 5–2–0 UAA record and Rice making seven of them was also only two of five for

14–2–0 overall record. and a blocked shot denying shots on goal compared to File photo by Jonathan Leung/Photo Editor As expected in a 0–0 draw, the eighth. shots taken. Junior Phillip Farr comes up for air as he swims the breaststroke. the men’s game featured a The game started to get a Regardless of this loss, the lot of defense and some out- little rougher toward the end, Tartans still automatically carl Glazer Walsh, senior Dave Camp- year Anna Wong, junior Fe- standing goalkeeper play. with a yellow card for Emory qualify for the NCAA Cham- Senior Staffwriter bell, and first-year Edward licia Wang, sophomore Gil- Senior goalkeeper Jacob Rice in the second half. Carnegie pionship Tournament based Healy touching the wall with lian Crews, and first-year was outstanding throughout Mellon received two yellow on their UAA Championship. This weekend, the Carn- times of 1:54.45, 1:56.79 and Tiana Marrese combined for the game, and was tested ear- cards in overtime: one in the The NCAA selection show will egie Mellon’s swimming and 1:59.79, respectively. the 200-yard medley relay ly when the defense allowed first overtime period to senior take place at 1 p.m. Monday diving teams hosted a tri- The next win for the Tar- in 1:49.70. First-year Emma a cross in the ninth minute. defender Ian Rosado, and one and will be streamed live for meet against the University tans was actually a tie in the Shi had the next Tartan vic- Rice was forced to make a div- in the second period to junior those who want to see Carne- of Rochester and Grove City 200-yard backstroke when tory in the 200-yard freestyle ing save and managed to tip defender Greg Allen. gie Mellon’s path to a national College. Each tri-meet, both first-year Michael DiBacco with a tie of 1:57.85 followed the ball off of the crossbar. For the women’s game, it championship. men’s and women’s, is scored tied with a Rochester swim- by a one-two-three finish for as three unique head-to-head mer with a time of 1:57.54. Wong, junior Kira Singhaus meets. This tri-meet saw the This was quickly redeemed and first-year Brinda Mal- men winning 232–62 against in the 200-yard breaststroke hotra in the 100-yard back- Grove City and 214.5–73.5 when junior Matthew Niel- stroke in times of 1:00.46, against Rochester. The wom- son, Jay, and Chu finished 1:01.09, and 1:02.22. en’s team won 225–75 against one-two-three with times of First-year Kim Hochst- Grove City and 175–124 2:11.47, 2:14.61, and 2:15.20, edler and Wang combined against Rochester. respectively. Yee, Tackman, for a one-two finish in the The men started off strong and Glidden repeated the feat 100-yard breaststroke with with a win in the 200-yard in the 500-yard freestyle with times of 1:08.00 and 1:08.76, medley, with senior Josh Lu- times of 4:48.62, 4:48.63, respectively, before Shi, cheon, first-year Matt Chu, and 4:53.94, respectively. Malhotra, and junior Paige sophomore Sivan Mehta, and In the 100-yard butterfly, Sieffert finished one-two- sophomore Brian Jay com- Carnegie Mellon managed three in the 200-yard back- bining for a time of 1:34.39. to only win, and not sweep, stroke, touching the wall at This was followed up by a the podium, with Walsh tak- the 2:09.27, 2:12.69, and one-two finish in the 1,000- ing the victory in 51.50, but 2:14.64 marks, respectively. yard freestyle with first-year quickly returned to domina- This feat was matched in the Josh Taekman taking first in tion when Nielson, sopho- next event when Hochstedler, 9:59.51 and fellow first-year more Jay Jin, and senior Roy sophomore Natalie Kronfli, Alex Glidden right behind in Sung took the top three spots and Wang went one-two- 10:13.51. in the 200-yard individual three in the 200-yard breast- The Tartans kept up their medley with times of 1:57.77, stroke in 2:30.51, 2:32.90, blistering pace as they had 1:58.35, and 2:01.99. To cap and 2:33.79, respectively. another one-two finish in the off their domination, the Tar- In the 200-yard individual 200-yard freestyle, this time tans took the final swimming medley, Carnegie Mellon with junior Steven Geier tak- event, with Jay, Tackman, only managed a one-two fin- ing first in 1:45.23 and se- Mehta, and first-year Kevin ish, with Shi and first-year nior Andrew Yee taking sec- Steinhouse winning the 200- Mary St. John touching the ond with a time of 1:46.36. yard freestyle relay in a time wall in 2:11.73 and 2:16.81, In the 100-yard backstroke, of 1:26.87. respectively. Carnegie Mellon had to settle On the diving side, juniors On the diving side, the for just first place as Mehta Noah Fatsi and Yannos Micha- women were more competi- claimed the top spot with a ilidis were still a ways behind tive than the men, but still time of 52.93. their competition, but showed failed to win with sophomore Chu kept up the trend of re- a marked improvement from Machika Kaku coming closest lay participants also winning the beginning of the season, with a second place finish in their individual competitions, particularly in the 1-meter the 1-meter dive. taking the 100-yard breast- dive. Both Tartan teams will stroke in a time of 58.55, just For the women, domi- next swim on Saturday when before the Tartans swept the nance was the expectation they host Washington and File photo by Jonathan Leung/Photo Editor top spots in the 200-yard but- and the result starting from Lee University and Allegheny First-year forward Sienna Stritter gains possession of the ball. terfly with sophomore Brian the first event where first- College. November 10, 2014 « The Tartan thetartan.org/forum » A9 Tragedy won’t stop space revolution

its SpaceShipTwo. Crazy people like vate universities such as our own are Musk are the ones that revolution- coming closer than ever to sending ize the world. Government programs private rovers to the moon at a frac- like NASA are too matured, bureau- tion of the cost of a NASA rover. cratic, and costly to do something as More importantly though, com- Brandon Schmuck radical as this. panies and universities will not sim- ply go to space; they will bring space Oct. 31 marked a tragic day in to the masses. Someday, SpaceX privatized space travel when Virgin “Private companies and Virgin Galactic will make travel Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, a subor- and universities to space more accessible than ever. bital spaceplane designed for space Carnegie Mellon’s Andy Rover team, tourism, crashed as the result of an will bring space in conjunction with Astrobotics, is in-flight breakup and killed one pi- currently working on a project to lot. However, this tragedy will have closer to the general bring virtual moon travel to the pub- little to no effect on the growing suc- population than lic with an Oculus Rift linked to its cess of the privatized space industry, Andy Rover cameras. nor should it. ever before.” Whether through virtual reality With something as risky as space or physical presence, private compa- travel, the possibility of tragedies While Virgin Galactic’s crash was nies and universities will bring space occurring along the way is unavoid- horrific for those involved, those in closer to the general population than able. However, people like Virgin Ga- the private space industry can be ever before. Sure, there will be road lactic’s Sir Richard Branson, SpaceX thankful that this occurred during a bumps along the way, such as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Elon test flight and not while a number of Virgin Galactic accident. Musk, and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wealthy, most likely prominent, citi- However, one thing is for sure: will not be held back. They have zens were aboard. in the past half-century, the govern- made it clear that they wish to revo- The negative spotlight that would ment has proven that it cannot suc- lutionize and privatize space travel. have resulted from such a disaster ceed in its space travel goals afford- Musk has went as far as envisioning might have overshadowed the pri- ably. Only minds like Musk, Branson, a colony of 80,000 on Mars, predict- vate space industry with backlash Bezos, and those found at universi- ing that he can bring down costs to from investors and the general pub- ties like Carnegie Mellon will make $500,000 per person. lic. them a reality. People think he is crazy to say Despite the fact that the Space- something like this when NASA’s ShipTwo crash was indeed a tragic Brandon Schmuck (bschmuck@) is a Curiosity rover hit costs of nearly event, the private space industry is staffwriter for the Tartan. $2.5 billion. However, the amount of at an all-time high in profits, popu- funding that NASA spent on its space larity, and potential. Companies like Editor’s note: Brandon Schmuck is shuttle program was much larger Virgin Galactic and SpaceX promise currently a member of Carnegie Mel- than the $400 million that Virgin Ga- a bright future out of this world. Pri- lon’s moon rover team. lactic spent on the development of Emily Giedzinski/Staff Artist Letter to the editor Maynard’s death not ours to judge Conflict Kitchen cooks her mother’s suffering. the question of how much Maynard’s All of these experiences — all of gender impacted the way this contro- these choices — are personal. versy played out in the public sphere. up food and dialogue I don’t think that Naumann’s If Maynard’s husband, Dan Diaz, had Chloe Thompson mother’s experience is comparable to been the one diagnosed with brain As artists who have traveled in Is- of presentations that deliver points Maynard’s, or Tippets’s, or Karner’s. cancer, there may have been a lot rael and throughout the West Bank of view without rebuttals. A focus Last week, Brittany Maynard died. Each person’s experience with death less discussion of him owing anyone in 2013, and as attendees at two on Palestine does not necessitate an She had been diagnosed with a stage and dying is unique and, ultimately, anything. recent events sponsored by Con- equal focus on Israel, especially in four glioblastoma, a particularly ag- private. For Tippets and Karner, dy- Culturally, we have a habit of flict Kitchen (including the Oct. 7 a country like ours that is so politi- gressive form of brain cancer, several ing with dignity means living as long expecting women to shoulder suf- lunchtime discussion with Dr. Nael cally and financially committed to months before her death. On Nov. 1, as they can and enduring suffering fering without complaint or anger. Althweib and Professor Ken Boas), supporting Israel, the largest benefi- she ended her own life using a mix to be with their loved ones. For May- Maynard’s suicide defies this cul- we take issue with some of the ciary of American foreign aid. This of sedatives and upper respiratory- nard, dying with dignity meant end- tural expectation we have of women, claims reported in Laura Scherb’s and the preponderance of media system depressants prescribed to her ing her life before her disease robbed which is part of the reason it makes story “Conflict Kitchen’s Palestinian support for Israel is apparently not by a doctor under Oregon’s Death her of everything she was. us uncomfortable. But regardless of theme causes contention.” enough, though the Conflict Kitchen with Dignity Act. I’d like to advance a Maynard had the right to choose gender identity, every person’s deci- Apart from quoting one Pitt stu- event we attended gave plenty of potentially controversial opinion on the time and place of her own dying. sion in a case like this — a guarantee dent who felt “uncomfortable and space to pro-Israeli voices. There is her decision: It’s nobody’s business Her glioblastoma was destroying of a long, slow decline, followed by a unsafe” at the discussion, Scherb simply no credence to the claim that but her own. her brain. Maynard would have suf- painful death — is achingly personal. does not establish that any of her Conflict Kitchen is excluding “other Maynard chose to bring her ill- fered increasingly violent seizures; In her article, Naumann asked: “How other sources have actually attended voices.” ness and her death into the public her ability to speak, her memories, about the friends and family that are any Conflict Kitchen programming As stated on its website, Conflict consciousness in a very deliberate her personality — all of these es- affected by their loved one’s diagno- related to Palestine. Kitchen “uses the social relations way. She wanted to open up the con- sential parts of her would have been sis? Shouldn’t they get a say in this?” As witnesses to the variety of of food and economic exchange to versation about medically-driven profoundly damaged. In one of her In my opinion? No. They shouldn’t. accounts and opinions that were engage the general public in dis- suicide, and she certainly did. How- interviews with CNN, just after she It’s important to note that in May- presented by articulate people in cussions about countries, cultures, ever, I don’t think that her public dis- went public with her decision, May- nard’s case, her mother and husband a civil manner in broad daylight in and people that they might know cussion of her choice to end her life nard described moments when she did have a say in her decision, and Schenley Plaza (a public space), little about outside of the polariz- makes that choice any less intensely would look at her husband and not they supported it. But even if they we are dismayed that anyone could ing rhetoric of governmental poli- personal. remember his name. Maynard was hadn’t, the decision ultimately would have feared for their safety and tics and the narrow lens of media After Maynard’s announcement, going to spend the last months of her have still been Maynard’s alone. The find such remarks either naïve or headlines.” This iteration of Conflict replies abounded from other people life suffering. There is no immorality only obligations Brittany Maynard — inflammatory. kitchen is doing exactly that. who suffered from terminal forms of in wanting to avoid that end. Equal- or anyone, really — had in her final While eyes may have been rolled While Tartans 4 Israel proposes cancer, such as Maggie Karner and ly, there is beauty in Tippetts’s and days were to her own self. at some comments, the discussion a “Coexistence Kitchen” that will Kara Tippets. Both Karner and Tip- Karner’s respective decisions to live Dying from a terminal illness is was lively, but respectful, and we engage its “audience with trivia pets pleaded with Maynard not to with cancer for as long as they can. a messy, painful process. For some neither saw nor heard any ridicule questions,” we applaud Conflict end her own life; Karner argued that Many of the arguments leveled people, that experience offers the or muzzling of any speaker. In fact, Kitchen’s solid research, authentic Maynard should not deny her family against Maynard’s decision have re- opportunity for greater personal or an Israeli veteran, a spokesman from and delicious cuisine and thought- the opportunity to care for her as she lied on the concept that Maynard religious enlightenment or for close- the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh, provoking programming. Conflict died, and Tippets argued that suffer- owes someone something — either ness with their families. For others, and Israeli citizens all contributed Kitchen provides substance and ing can be a beautiful experience, not her family her presence, God her it’s just long, drawn-out suffering. to an informative exchange and sustenance. something to fear. Nadin Naumann faith, or the opinions of others her Choosing one of these paths over an- dialogue. wrote about her mother’s struggles attention. A few enterprising souls other is neither courage nor coward- There was both defense and with Maynard’s same disease, and even suggested to Maynard that she ice. Your death will be your business. critique of Israel and the impact Andrew Ellis Johnson, Associate argued that her mother’s decision to freeze some of her eggs so her hus- Brittany Maynard’s was hers. of its policies on the daily lives of Professor of Art try to live as long as possible was the band could have children without Palestinians. Susanne Slavick, Andrew W. Mellon right one, because the experiences her. Chloe Thompson (cet@) is a staffwrit- Academia and public life are full Professor of Art that they’d had together outweighed This last suggestion, for me, raises er for The Tartan. A PERSON’S OPINION Compiled by Ryan Oh and Justin McGown The Tartan fulfilled its number one civic responsibility this week. So we asked, What is your biggest incentive to vote?

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“I’m a conservative so I would “I want to live in a place that is “I voted because part of being a “I want to make sure that I stand “I’m an international student, so I have voted Republican, but I led by people that represent my good citizen is letting your voice up for the issues I believe in.” don’t have a strong political opin- didn’t submit my voter registra- ideals and will work toward goals be heard.” ion, but I do follow the election tion on time.” that I approve of.” closely online.” pillboxThe Tartan’s arts and culture magazine

Voices from abroad • B8 Students’ perspectives from Israel and Palestine

Birdman review • B6 Black comedy examines validation

Fool for Love • B10 School of drama show presents love, hidden motives, and the subconcious

Volume 109 • Issue 11 November 10, 2014 ...this week only 3 Fashion A guide to reinventing your personal style.

4 Break Science The electronic hip-hop duo perform an intimate set at Mr. Small’s Funhouse. 5 St. Paul St. Paul & The Broken Bones bring a soulful energy to Mr. Small’s Funhouse. 6 Birdman The surreal black comedy explores themes of artistic worth and self validation. 7 Mike Tyson The new Adult Swim series, Mike Tyson Mysteries, is as crazy as it sounds. 8 Voices Students from Israel and Palestine reflect.

10 Fool for Love 8 The School of Drama stages the Sam Shepard-penned love story.

4 5 6 10 regulars...... diversions

3 Advice 11 Comics Everything you need to know about peeing Comics provide a humorous distraction. your pants

7 Movies 13 Puzzles AB Films presents Teenage Mutant Ninja Work your noggin with a puzzle or two. Turtles in McConomy auditorium.

15 Calendar 14 Horoscopes It’s 10 p.m., do you know what there is to do The stars show you your future. on- and off-campus this week?

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 Laura Scherb

The Tartan. Box 119. UC Suite 103. Carnegie Mellon University. 5000 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213. www.thetartan.org. © 2014 The Tartan Styles change, and so can you Advice for awkward people A few tips for reinventing your personal wardrobe About peeing your pants or finishing that exam

Dear Evan, But, since you’re probably I’ve read a lot of fashion magazines in my time, and one of those people who changing one’s personal style seems to be a very We’re taking a really, can’t stand to get anything common concern. Many people feel as if they’re really hard test in the less than an A on anything, stuck in a rut with their style and want to change Adamson Wing, and right and since I’m a childish it. But it’s not always easy to know where to start. now the only thing harder person, let’s talk about Keep reading for a few tips on reinventing your than formulating this peeing. wardrobe: essay question response is keeping myself from Pissing your pants seems A great way to reinvent your style is to go to pissing my pants — like the absolute worst clothing stores where you normally would not seriously, I really have to option here. You’ll end up shop or that you’ve never entered. There might go to the bathroom. If I having to walk around like be that one store at the mall where you’ve always get up to leave, though, that all day, unless you wanted to try the clothes but thought against it, I’ll have to run all the way brought a change of pants thinking you wouldn’t like anything anyway. The to the back of the lecture (just in case this happened?) same goes with online shopping. Looking through hall and up two flights to or you run to the student the same websites can get boring after a while, so the second floor, since store after the test to buy look up stores that are similar to the ones you like. the men’s bathroom on some cardinal red, Carnegie Though this may seem counterintuitive if the goal the first floor of Baker Mellon-emblazoned is to reinvent your style, even stores that are similar flooded yesterday when sweatpants (only $23.99!). do not cater to exactly the same style, and there’s someone tried to flush And depending on where a chance you’ll find some interesting and unique a bottle of Riesling wine you are in the room and how pieces. (the actual bottle). long class has been going, pretty soon everyone in class If you can’t find what you’re looking for at a new If I tried to go, I wouldn’t is going to smell it. Smells store, find a style icon for whatever look you’re get back to the test on travel fast in that room. Trust trying to achieve. Usually this is a celebrity, not only time to finish it, but I’m me. because a lot of people try to emulate their style, Courtesy of bdhq via Flickr having a little trouble but also because celebrities usually have stylists Taking tips from celebrities known for their fashion focusing, so I need to But if you really want every who pick certain pieces that convey a specific look. sense, such as Blake Lively, can be a good starting figure this out right now. possible moment you’ve As a result, most people are aware of an outfit that point for reinventing your personal style. been allowed to finish this Blake Lively would wear or what kind of style Taylor To pee, or not to pee? test, I suggest that, if you’re Swift has. Looking into outfits that are commonly The last part of reinventing your style is getting rid sitting next to someone you worn by a celebrity whose style really inspires you, of clothing items that you might have loved a few Anxiously, dislike or don’t know, you or is reminiscent of the style that you are trying to years ago. It’s possible that you still wear a clothing I Truly Shouldn’t Have had discreetly piss on him or her. emulate, can be incredibly helpful. Even if you’re item out of habit, but if you are trying to reinvent A Mocha Latte, Especially Not only do you not have not sure how to change your style but know that and redefine your personal style, then the best Two, Too Immediately, to go anywhere and avoid you need a change, finding one or a few celebrities option is to remove old clothing from your closet. Making me Edgy soiling yourself, but if they’re whose styles you like and blending those together Being somewhat of a hoarder myself, I understand a particularly good student, can be a great way to reinvent yourself. that it’s difficult to part from clothing items you’ve Dear IT’S HAMLET TIME, you get to screw up the had for a long time, but for this purpose, it is curve, too. Once you’ve gotten an idea of what you would necessary. I feel the need to point out like to change your personal style to, based on the obvious here: You don’t But really, just go to the what you’ve recently been liking in stores and Reinventing your style is definitely easier said really have time to read my bathroom, which celebrities’ styles you enjoy, you can begin than done. It’s a long process, since most people response, do you? For you, Evan Kahn building your wardrobe around a few new pieces don’t (and shouldn’t) go and buy several items you either piss your pants in the process of reinventing the way you dress. of a specific style that they may or may not like and finish your test, or relieve The wrong thing to do would be to go out and buy later. The most important part of it is making sure yourself and get … what, a Need advice? Send queries a million pieces that stereotypically fit under one you pick things that you actually like and that you B? I really don’t see an issue to [email protected]. genre. Not only would this confine you to one style believe would represent you well. here. that may or may not represent you, but it could also end up looking outlandish. Instead, the better option is to pick two to three pieces that would work well Nikita Mishra | Staffwriter with your current wardrobe but are still different from the things you currently own. Mixing different styles is always a good thing, especially if the result is unique.

fashion pillbox 11.10.14 3 Break Science expand their live sound Intimate show at Mr. Small’s shows the duo premiering new music and techniques

To an outsider, the life of a professional musician can Deitch was mesmerizing to watch, seeing as he’s a Last Thursday’s show was part of the 18-date “Break seem like easy street. You sit around and come up player who treats the drums as a lead instrument. He Thru” tour, which features electro-soul producer Manic with songs, then go play said songs before stadiums of employed a diverse spectrum of beats and drumming Focus and psychic trap artist Space Jesus as openers. screaming fans on tours that typically last one calendar techniques, hitting every piece of his immense kit at The addition of Manic Focus is particularly noteworthy, season — two if you’re big in Japan. This dream may least once during every song. Lee did what he could seeing as he and Break Science have been working on a be true in some cases — Tiesto, Justin Bieber; I’m from behind the laptops and keyboards, jumping up and collaborative project titled “Manic Science.” The project looking at you — but for most musicians it’s a constant down and mouthing along to the samples. has thus spawned one single, “You Gotta Move,” and stream of session gigs, long treks back and forth across a full-length is reportedly in the works. Attendees to middle America in a Dodge Ram, and impassioned The group touched on a number of their high-energy Thursday’s show, and likely those to many other stops performances in half-empty clubs. bangers during the show, including an energetic main- on the tour, were given a peek at what is in the works set closer of “Who Got It” from their 2013 album Seven when Manic Focus was brought on stage for the last Borahm Lee and Adam Deitch, who together comprise Bridges and their recent viral smash “Vibe Walk,” a few songs. The group tore through a host of unreleased the electronic hip-hop duo Break Science and who mash-up of “B*tch Don’t Kill My Vibe” by Kendrick material, including an energetic remix of Pretty Lights’ played a spectacular show to a small crowd at Mr. Lamar and Tycho’s “A Walk.” “I Can See It In Your Face” and a powerful mash-up and Smalls Funhouse on Thursday, are two artists who cover of Busta Rhymes’s “Got You in Check” and 50 embody that determined spirit. Both have toured and The Thursday night turnout was small — there appeared Cent’s “In Da Club.” Manic Focus especially seemed to worked with countless other artists, including Pretty to be perhaps 100 people in attendance — but the group be enjoying every minute of it, grooving and twisting Lights, The Fugees,Talib Kweli, and 50 Cent. Deitch, did not act like it. New material was premiered and behind the decks like an excited fan. an accomplished drummer and graduate of the Berklee familiar tunes, such as “Now You Want More,” were School of Music, was making his second stop at Mr. given new life with extended jam sessions — which is Small’s in two weeks; he was here with funk outfit exciting, seeing as improvisation wasn’t a feature of the Joey Peiser | Pillbox Editor Lettuce on Oct. 22. Break Science live show up until now.

Break Science’s live show combines producing and keyboards from Lee with drums from Deitch. The addition of the live drums gives their sound much more weight than that of many other electronic producers, and injects their performances with a powerful energy. Possibly nowhere was this more apparent than on the duo’s opening song, the lumbering “Forest of Illumination” off of their 2012 Monolith Code EP. From amidst an ocean of ethereal voices and bright keys, Deitch’s steady smack of the snare drum broke through, signaling that the night was off and running.

Borahm Lee plays keyboards and manages samples for electronic hip-hop duo Break Science, who headlined Mr. Smalls Funhouse on Thursday. Courtesy of digboston via Flickr

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music 4 pillbox 11.10.14 St. Paul & The Broken Bones do it halfway Lead vocalist Paul Janeway gives a soulful performance, but group is outshined by supporters

A friend’s dad told her that she needed to be uplifted, so he bought us tickets to see St. Paul & The Broken Bones at Mr. Smalls Funhouse on Wednesday. While I wasn’t lifted entirely to heaven, I was lifted pretty close to it. The outing provided an escape from the weekly Carnegie Mellon grind, with some smooth, jazzy soul, and an opener that I enjoyed more than the headliner.

St. Paul & The Broken Bones performed songs from their first and only studio albumHalf the City. Paul Janeway, the lead vocalist, blew the pulpit out of the church- turned-concert-venue with his commanding range, and arsenal of soul-stopping dance moves.

During many of the songs, Janeway shuffled his feet across the stage with his hands in the air and his head to the ground as he belted out a scream. During others, he panned his hands across the crowd as if speaking to every concert-goer in the standing room. When he pointed out into the crowd whispering sweet words of endearment, it seemed as if he was truly speaking to the individuals milling about in the back of the venue near the bar.

Accompanying Janeway were guitarists, a drummer, and a pianist, as well as standout trumpet and trombone players — without whom the band would not have its jazzy soul sound. The trumpet and trombone seemed Courtesy of wfuv via Flickr to come in at the perfect moments to compliment Janeway’s raspy, yet sensual voice. St. Paul & The Broken Bones performed a spirited set at Mr. Small’s Funhouse last Wednesday, but were eclipsed by opener Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, who were much better at engaging the crowd. As part of a three-song closing, Janeway and the band performed “Call Me”, the band’s most popular number. The energy from the crowd almost matched Janeway’s Hernandez made it apparent that she and the rest of energy — which is a feat considering that a kid hyped the band members were like a bandwagon of siblings: The song, a deviation from the band’s usual upbeat, raw up on candy would have a hard time matching his jamming out with the guitarists, and even grabbing an sound, was pleasant to sway to amid the feet-stomping energy. Where Janeway really shined though was in his extra pair of drum sticks for one song to produce her tunes that surrounded it. cover of ”Try a Little Tenderness”. Janeway continually own beats alongside the drummer during a lengthy belted out notes that seemed to exhaust him, theatrically instrumental break. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed St. Paul & The Broken panting after each one, before the band kicked up the Bones’s soulful songs that made me feel as if Mr. Smalls tempo of the song and continued on. Janeway eventually Hernandez was also able to do something that St. Paul & was being transformed back into the church it once fell to the ground as the band played on and a guitarist The Broken Bones did not: engage the audience. While was. It may have just been that Hernandez’s music checked on him. He jumped up in a burst of energy one the headliner had fans in the crowd who knew the words was more in line with what I listen to when I put in my more time to deliver a last walloping bout of song before to their music, they did not interact with the crowd headphones, but I almost would have preferred that she collapsing for good. beyond mentioning previous visits to Pittsburgh and was the headliner with St. Paul & The Broken Bones as the larger Pennsylvania state. Meanwhile, Hernandez the opener. But the headliner wasn’t my favorite part of the show. admitted to the crowd that she assumed most of her music was new to their ears. Nevertheless, during one Thanks for the tickets, Mr. Goldberg! Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas opened for St. Paul & song, she commanded the audience to crouch to the the Broken Bones with a sweet, smooth set. Although ground and slowly rise with her while she built up the I had not heard of the band before that night, I was beat before telling everyone to dance. Braden Kelner | Editor-in-Chief able to peacefully bop my head along to Hernandez’s mellow voice accompanied by two guitarists, a pianist, “And for those of you who hated that, this is ballad,” drummer, and trombone player. Hernandez’s presence Hernandez joked, before whisking the audience into the on the stage was captivating as she romped around the slow, almost heartbreaking ”Cry Cry Cry” from what is stage in a floral shirt and brightly patterned skirt. also this band’s only full album Secret Evil.

music pillbox 11.10.14 5 Birdman explores the selfishness of validation Black comedy delves into questions of artistic worth and what makes a man matter

“A thing is a thing. Not what is said about that thing.”

Such is the underlying mantra that carries the absurdly cacophonic dark comedy Birdman. It follows washed-up movie star Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) as he tries to restart his ailing career by directing, writing, and starring in a Broadway adaptation of Raymond Carver’s short story “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.” Thomson, in particular, is trying to recover from his decision to walk away from his career-making “Birdman” superhero franchise. After a trilogy, he decides to walk away from his iconic superhero character, the one responsible for his initial superstardom and now bruised ego. Still attached to the power Birdman once gave him, he finds connection to the real world through his “telekenetic powers.” Whether the powers are real or not is somewhat irrelevant. What matters most is the major question that challenges us as the audience; to wonder how far ego can serve Riggin, and people in general, to achieve true self-fulfillment. Courtesy of Gage Skidmore via Flickr When does ego inhibit Riggin’s ability to function as an Michael Keaton stars as washed-up superhero star Riggan Thomson in Birdman. artist, and a human being, in the “real world”?

It’s dubious at best that director Alejandro González Even if he is a mediocre performer, does the success existing in American theaters today. Most comedy films Iñárritu would randomly select Keaton, an actor notable of Birdman substitute for any personal failures Riggan today are filled with farcical, one-dimensional comedic for his work in the Batman films of the late ’80s and early suffers? breaks filling in for the otherwise lazy filmmaking. It is ’90s, as the main character struggling with the balance assumed that comedy is only about telling jokes, filmed between maintaining artistic integrity as an actor, and There is one particular scene which is possibly the most statically, which offers no development within the Hollywood celebrity. Fellow actor Edward Norton, who bitter yet liberating part of the film, in which Riggan dynamic of a film. played the Hulk in the 2008 reprisal, also supports this actually confronts his trepidation as an artist when he intriguing theme of commercial versus artistic sense. tries to woo the favor of renowned New York Times Birdman, however, blazes through the comedy genre Does the importance of cultural relevancy trump the theatre critic Tabitha Dickinson (Lindsey Duncan). One with a no-nonsense sense of momentum that is need to validate oneself as an artist? Riggin certainly review from her could singlehandedly make or break magnetically driven by the pacing of the film. It not struggles with this question nearly to the point of mania, Riggan’s play. When he tries to tell her about how he only expects the audience to catch up with the story, in which the actual voice and persona of Birdman haunt wanted to become an actor, she cruelly shuts him but challenges them to dive into the absurdity of this and taunt him for his subsequent failures as an actor. down, telling him that no matter what, she will write journey. This is demonstrated especially through the the worst review ever. To Tabitha, Riggan represents compelling wizardry of cinematographer Emmanuel an entitled Hollywood elite who uses their commercial Lubezki (he served as the cinematographer for a little success to stomp over the genuinely creative minds film called Gravity), who collaborates with Iñárritu to that are undeservedly forced into the backburner of edit the film as one continuous take. It’s nothing short anonymity. She feels it her responsibility to put a stop of unbelievable — the amount of thought that goes to this commercial takeover in the once dignified realm into crafting a film that appears to be one 122-minute of theatre. In what could be a moment of complete tracking shot. There are none of the cutaways or clear disheartenment for Riggan, he turns the tables on transitions between scenes that we are so used to to Tabitha, saying that her critical reviews are simply an help us distinguish the structure of a story. It engages excuse to sugarcoat her uninformed conceptions of the audience with its seamlessness, almost to the point celebrity versus artist. To Riggan, Tabitha is dismissing where it is exhausting. One moment blends into the next the fact that Riggan is putting his entire life into this with no clear exposition or time for us to stitch scenes play, thus ignoring the noble artistic sensibility that together. The camera use is meant to communicate that Tabitha claims she wants to uphold. She doesn’t admit the story moves along the same way time does. Again, he is wrong, but is still intent on destroying his career. the film is draining due to its devotion to being a filmic Both characters strive for artistic integrity, but their reincarnation of time, but it’s ultimately rewarding in its skewed ideas of what counts as integrity are what keeps fearlessness in depicting the absurdity of life (even if it’s the segregation of commercial versus artistic success through its own outlandishly experimental ways). alive and well. Courtesy of slackerwood via Flickr Edward Norton plays renowned theatre actor Mike The film is a triumphant work that reinvents and reboots Andie Park | Staffwriter Shiner in Birdman. the rather lackluster and monotonous genre of comedy

movies 6 pillbox 11.10.14 Tyson trades knockouts for Scooby-Doo Mike Tyson Mysteries blends chupacabras, Cormac McCarthy, and an alcoholic pigeon

Have you ever thought that the work of Pulitzer-prize doorstep as a baby and is a typical over-achieving young of McCarthy’s reclusive nature, Tyson lisps his way winning novelist Cormac McCarthy, which includes woman who constantly bugs Tyson about looking at through, “Did his face burn off in a fire, and he had a such highly-lauded works as Blood Meridian, The Road, colleges. Tyson credits his reformed life to Yung Hee, messed up face, and now he’s afraid of his face?” It’s and All the Pretty Horses, was missing something? who he claims spoke to him the day he found her on the always amusing to see celebrities parody themselves, Perhaps quotation marks? Perhaps more sex? Perhaps, front steps. But the credit for that actually goes to the and Mike Tyson Mysteries takes it to a whole new level bird sex? If you said yes to any of these, then Mike Marquess, an egotistical and neurotic ghost. merely because of how horrible an actor Tyson is. Tyson Mysteries is the show you’ve been waiting for. The new Adult Swim show, styled after Scooby-Doo and Despite the harebrained concept, it appears from the Episode two, “Ultimate Judgment Day,” sees Yung other cartoons of the late 1960s, features a surprisingly first two episodes of Mike Tyson Mysteries that the show Hee participating in a chess competition, orchestrated all-star voice cast of Mike Tyson as Mike Tyson, Norm is aimed at a much more diverse demographic than one by an evil Thomas Watson, against “Deep Blue,” an MacDonald as an alcoholic pigeon, Rachel Ramras as would expect. IBM supercomputer, and Tyson punching out chess Tyson’s adopted daughter Yung Hee, and Jim Rash as grandmaster Garry Kasparov because he assumes him to the ghost of the ninth Marquess of Queensberry. (Yes, The first episode, “The End,” had the Tyson crew be the grandmaster of the Ku Klux Klan. There’s a great this article has been fact-checked.) answering a plea from a blocked Cormac McCarthy scene involving a cryogenically frozen Bobby Fischer, to help finish his novel. The team arrives to aid the but I’ll let you find out about that one for yourself. The premise of Mike Tyson Mysteries is simple enough. struggling author, only to find that a chupacabra is Tyson, known for his hard-partying and hard-punching lurking in the night, sucking the blood out of McCarthy’s Overall, it’s hard to say how I feel about Mike Tyson ways, has decided to lower his fists to help the world by horses. The show abounds with specific and — if you Mysteries. It exists in a Twilight Zone — it makes no solving mysteries. He receives pleas for help via a fleet get them — hilarious literary jokes. In one memorable sense, yet it also makes perfect sense. It has all the of carrier pigeons he keeps stored in a shed behind his scene, Pigeon struggles to find an erotic sequence to facets of a dumb-brain comedy, yet surprises with clever pool, and his team of companions head out in their truck pleasure himself to while reading the McCarthy draft, plot elements and highbrow references. If you’re at all to crack the case. “It’s nothing but cowboys talking to other cowboys. intrigued, tune in to Adult Swim on Mondays at 10:30 McCarthy’s a prude; he’s no John Updike! I like those p.m., and remember the words to that famous old song: The supporting cast of unique characters is one of the John Updike women. Those middle-aged, tan gals.” “Ain’t got no time for bird sex, I wanna fly!” best parts of the show. The Pigeon was once a man, but was turned into a pigeon by his ex-wife. He spews One of the more hilarious aspects of the show is the venomous insults and sarcastic comments constantly, horrible quality of Tyson’s voice acting. He sounds Joey Peiser | Pillbox Editor with a drink perpetually clutched in his wing. Yung incredibly awkward, and the things the writers have Hee, Tyson’s adopted daughter, was left on Tyson’s him say only work to highlight it. In response to learning

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Friday, Nov. 14 Sunday, Nov. 16 8, 10:30 p.m. 8 p.m.

A new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie has been a popular notion for a while. But when Michael Bay volunteers to produce it, you are sort of inclined to accept. I am sure that if you are a fanboy/ girl, you will have some qualms with the movie — but that’s life when you live in a world where Hollywood wants everything to have three sequels and a remake. Since it has been seven years since the last Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, TMNT, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles does start out with the origin story all over again. The premise is as follows: April O’Neil (Megan Fox) wants to branch out from being a lifestyle reporter, into a hard-hitting news journalist. Nobody really believes she can do it until she sees a pack of vigilante teenage human-size turtles with ninja fighting skills attacking members of the current street gang. So instead of wondering, “who slipped hallucinogens in my lip gloss?” she chases them down. And as they say, the rest is history. Essentially, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a children’s cartoon turned blockbuster that is inappropriate for anyone under the age of twelve.

television pillbox 11.10.14 7 “No one agrees with them all the time regardless of Voices from abroad; views from campus where in the world, but the one thing I do know is that violence only leads to more violence — it hardly ever Students from Israel and Palestine speak about U.S. media, endangered families, and war gets you the result you want. Just last week, a man was killed and several others were hurt when a terrorist ran them over with his car. Some of the papers only reported acknowledge a product and turn it into something “I have a similar mindset to many of the people here. I’ve that the police shot and killed an Arab man, disregarding [ by Laura Scherb | Operations Manager ] useful,” Machluf said. “I didn’t want to do mechanical been able to connect with people who are as passionate the reason for the action — neutralizing a terrorist.... It’s a 12-hour flight from the Ben Gurion airport in Tel engineering because it’s literally just the reinvention of as I am. The professors speak the same language as me: There are so many versions of what’s going on. I don’t Aviv to New York City, and from there, it’s at least a the wheel. I want to be in unexplored territory.” science.” really think these [Americanized media versions] can seven-hour car ride until you see the sun rise over the be accurate, really. You can’t, really. It’s always more three rivers and 90 neighborhoods that make up the Machluf was drawn to Carnegie Mellon from Jerusalem, Part of what’s made the transition easy for him, he says, complicated than it seems.” city of Pittsburgh. Nearly 6,000 miles away from the his hometown, which he calls “a very diverse place with is the incredible Jewish community in Pittsburgh. “It’s lands of their parents and grandparents, it is here that lots of people from all over the world.” It’s hard for him to been refreshing to be away from the tension and stress. Hadeel Salameh Chay Machluf and Hadeel Salameh are students on live in the present moment here in Pittsburgh, though, It’s one of those things you don’t realize you deal with the campuses of Carnegie Mellon University and the knowing that back in Jerusalem, his family remains every day until you’re removed from them. I miss home, There is a small but flourishing town in Palestine, near University of Pittsburgh, respectively. in the midst of the conflict. “I know that the situation but Pittsburgh has been wonderful to me — I really the Jordanian border called Bidya. It’s more of a village back home, in Jerusalem, isn’t the best. It makes me feel like I’ve been welcomed by the community and the than a town, with a population of about 8,000 people. They go about their days just as you do: studying, sitting sad to know that my little sister is hesitant to use public people,” he said. through hours of class, relaxing with their friends, and transportation because of the fact that rocks are being But among those people are the grandparents and participating in campus culture. Nothing sets them apart thrown at it. It’s difficult not to be there for my family, to But, all the same, there are still stark, noticeable countless cousins of University of Pittsburgh senior from anyone else — nothing, that is, except for their be unsure as to whether or not everyone is safe and out differences. creative writing major Hadeel Salameh. Salameh travels unique perspectives that make the news that we read of harm’s way,” Machluf said. to Palestine every summer to visit her family, but returns every morning much more real. “The media here is very different from in Israel, which is to Somerset, Pa. where she and her family make their Though he was initially worried about the culture shock understandable. Sometimes, I feel like information about home. I wanted to seek out voices that know firsthand what that he would experience as an Israeli living in the foreign events is shut out and all the information isn’t this polarizing Palestinian-Israeli conflict looks like, United States for an extended period of time, Machluf given, and everyone just reacts in the way that they do “For me, Palestine is the definition of beauty,” she said. Laura Scherb | Operations Manager especially given that it has received so much attention has found that life isn’t that different at an American based on what they believe and their opinions,” Machluf “It’s so beautiful because although the people there are Hadeel Salameh is a senior creative writing major at the University of Pittsburgh. As a second-generation in Pittsburgh after Conflict Kitchen sparked controversy university compared to an Israeli one, despite what said. so economically poor and living such challenging lives, Palestinian-American, Salameh struggles to define what her identity means to her and how she can make a with its Palestinian menu. I wanted to seek out student consumers of the sensationalized media coverage of his they’re always so happy, always smiling. The attitude of difference. voices to describe the view from the ground. Israeli and home country might think. He stressed that despite the heresy, he “doesn’t the people is so upbeat, so resilient all the time.” Palestinian respectively, Machluf and Salameh sat down necessarily agree with the actions of my government. Her eyes light up and her hands gesture swiftly as years, I’ve struggled with my identity and my culture, with The Tartan to give us a glimpse into their worlds Salameh says that when she returns from her trips to she describes the plight of her family and friends in what it means for me to be a Palestinian-American one and how their experiences can inform a campus. Palestine, she takes advantage of her privilege to make Palestine: fighting unreasonable laws that allow a two- generation removed. But it gives me a nice perspective,” a difference. “I always come back, and I’m inspired to year-old to be jailed for 20 years for throwing a rock, Salameh said. Chay Machluf make a difference here. There are a lot of people, adults protecting a historic and religious landmark, and figuring and young adults, there trying to do something about out how to go to school on a campus that is riddled with On campus, she serves as the president of Pitt Students Machluf is a junior exchange student from Technion their conditions, but they can’t. They’re too restricted, rubber bullet attacks and tear gas canisters. for Justice in Palestine, an organization that promotes Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, studying she said.” She stresses, however, that this conflict is just a small awareness of the disparity of justice in that area of the electrical engineering and physics at Carnegie Mellon part of her identity as a Palestinian-American. “For world. They work to hold events on campus that focus University for a semester. He’s tall, with thick dark hair, not on from where someone comes, but rather how glasses, and a sense of intense intelligence. people of different backgrounds can work together to achieve peace. At age 25, he’s older than most juniors, whether they’re from India, Japan, or the United States. “People are always asking me what I think of Israelis. And I tell them that what I think of them is what I He’s not 20 going on 21 like the rest of us because think of Americans, of Palestinians. They’re all people,” when he graduated from high school, he spent the next Salameh said. “It has nothing to do with people.... three years in the Israeli Defense Force, like every other Palestinians and Israelis, for the most part, do not man over the age of 18 living in Israel. He worked with hate each other. It’s a political fight about land and engineers during his term, and through that experience, expansion.” was exposed to what would become his passion: electrical engineering. Salameh is working on a novel about Palestine, and says that she wants to stress to the world that Palestinians “I love the concept of engineering as an idea: to are just people who want what everyone wants: security, happiness, and opportunity. “Sometimes, politics get in the way of us realizing that.”

Junior electrical engineering and physics double major Editor’s note: These two stories are part of a series Chay Machluf is an exchange student at Carnegie focusing on members of the campus and the community Mellon this semester from Israel. He thinks constantly who have a unique perspective on current events. of his family back home, as they are living in the middle of a conflict. Screenshot courtesy of Google Maps Laura Scherb | Operations Manager

community community 8 pillbox 11.10.14 pillbox 11.10.14 9 Fool for Love explores a dark romance School of Drama production features realistic sets and spirited, engaging performances

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Fool for Love. square while Eddie is a wrinkled circle. Instantaneously, Eddie assesses Martin and is reassured of his place. The stage is dark as a mysterious figure (junior musical Eddie knows that May will never be happy with Martin, theatre major Nick Sacks) dressed in all black paces and for most of the scenes Martin and Eddie have the stage slowly. No context is given as the lights are together, Eddie rests on the floor unconcerned. To Eddie, turned on to reveal a defunct motel room in the middle when someone is standing, it indicates tension. So now of Nowhere, U.S.A. The School of Drama’s production of that he believes Martin poses no threat, he is relieved Fool For Love, which ran in the Phillip Chosky Theater and practically glued to the floor. from Nov. 5th through Nov. 7th certainly brought the location to life. The production designers really went to As May joins the mix, so does the mysterious man. He town on that set. If you don’t get the impression that the starts telling a story that seems to captivate both May hotel room is dilapidated, then you are clinically blind. and Eddie, but Martin is completely oblivious. He goes Go see a doctor. through this long speech, which ultimately concludes with the reveal that the mysterious man is both May and The play opens up with May (junior acting major Kelsey Eddie’s father. Twist à la August: Osage County and cue Tarantino), a chef barely making ends meet, clinging an audible gasp from the audience. It’s clear now that to Eddie (junior acting major Casey Cott), a confident the mysterious figure is not a ghost nor a spirit, but the Hollywood stuntman, in desperation barely saying a manifestation of an absentee father. word. Then like a short-circuited switch, she flips. She starts berating him about his alleged fling with “The May and Eddie, at this point, are forced to confront their Countess,” assumedly another Hollywood type that he feelings. Safe to say, the two of them are not completely met while away working in Hollywood. This fling is a Photo courtesy of the School of Drama comfortable with that reality. They realize at this point point of contention, since May and Eddie had made a Fool for Love featured (left to right) junior acting major that their relationship is not safe. Eddie says he is briefly pact. A pact for what? I don’t know. There was a lot to Sam McInerney, junior musical theatre major Nick going out to his car and will be back, but May knows be inferred in this play. The pact was probably to stay Sacks, and junior acting major Casey Cott. better. Eddie is gone for good. And in an action that faithful to one another in some way, though the jury is totally befuddles me, May follows him out the door with still out as to whether he slept with her or actually only suitcase in hand. The ending was completely beyond went on the two dates he alleged they went on. Eddie May is constantly on the defense with a tense and stiff me, yet I found it very profound and compelling. promised that “The Countess” meant nothing and it was disposition and the quintessential damsel in distress May who was always on his mind. southern accent. Sam Shepard wrote Fool for Love as part of the “dirty realism” literary movement. It is more than just a love Eddie then tries to convince May to live with him in a This sequence is suddenly interrupted when a pair of story, it is an in-depth study of the effect of hidden trailer in Wyoming. But that is automatically shut down headlights flashes through the window. Eddie assumes motives and the subconscious. Tarantino and Cott because May says she would get bored. Still a little irked it’s the “man” that May has been seeing, but suddenly fantastically communicated that in their performances. by Eddie’s public flirtation with “The Countess,” May ducks down when he sees the car. May then runs to the They both disappeared into their role to represent the reveals that she has been seeing another “man.” Not window and sees it’s a black limo Mercedes-Benz, a car minutiae of a relationship. I often forgot that the actors a guy, but a man. And because May did not call him a belonging to The Countess. Eddie shuts the lights off and the characters were two separate people. The “guy,” Eddie remains unfazed and still believes that she and ducks down as bullet shots are fired. It clearly did costumes in part had to do with the transformation. is in love with him. To Eddie, “guy” signals an actual not end well for these two. Eddie and May stay piled on Dressing Eddie in an over-the-top cowboy outfit and May attraction and “man” signals mere respect. Eddie leaves one another until Eddie believes The Countess is gone. in a slinky satin nightgown established the characters to get a gun and some alcohol from his car. He cleans his He turns the lights back on and looks out the window quite quickly and let the audience pay attention to the gun and guzzles the alcohol when he comes back in the to see that his windshield and the horse hitch on the dialogue, rather than the costumes. Overall, this play had room — an indication that Eddie is still slightly insecure back of his truck are completely destroyed, though Eddie good direction, production design, costumes, and acting. and feels threatened by this other “man” and that she seems to not be as mad as he should. It appears that he Next time Fool for Love comes to the Purnell stage, I actually has moved on. might have expected something like this to happen. greatly encourage you to go watch.

At this point in the play, the mysterious man reappears; This scene sparks another fight in which Eddie and May only this time, he interacts with Eddie and Eddie go back and forth internally asking them why they are so Meredith Newman | Staffwriter acknowledges him. They have a drink and the man drawn to one another. They are always fighting, but they throws his hat at him. So who is this guy? What is he? can’t be without one another. It’s a volatile relationship Usually, ghosts are portrayed in this way, but why is to say the least. he able to make contact with the physical world? He seems like he is a family member or a good friend. The Enter the “man,” Martin (junior acting major Sam audience can tell there is some history between them, McInerney), who with looks alone is completely different but his purpose is still unknown at this point. from Eddie. Eddie wears a white tank top, worn-in jeans, a denim jacket, a cowboy hat, and cowboy boots with The next sequence of events is a series of slammed spurs. Martin has perfectly coifed hair, is clean-shaven, doors, yelling matches, and returned departures. Eddie and wears a track jacket, sneakers, and a plaid button continues to lean and slouch his way across the set, as down tucked into his khaki cargo pants. Martin is a theatre 10 pillbox 11.10.14 Extra Ordinary by Li Chen

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Take: Angle hair pasta with shrimp, artichoke Across Down virgo Avoid: Sweets like cake or pie 1. Beethoven’s “___ Solemnis” 1. Polite address aug. 23–sept. 22 Remedy: Rosemary 6. “Venerable” English monk 2. About, in memos 10. Musical ending 3. Witnessed 14. Slippery as ___ 4. Spanish Mister 15. Not closed 5. Oakland’s county Take: Bacon peanut butter, cornbread, four-onion soup 16. Ancient Athens’s Temple of ___ 6. Thrasonical libra Avoid: Croutons and seafood 17. Where the action is 7. Actor Omar sept. 23–oct. 22 Remedy: Oregano 18. Computer programs, for short 8. Bus station 19. Narrow inlets 9. Nav. officer 20. Less rapidly 10. Revel 22. Florence’s ___ Vecchio 11. Rubber gasket Take: avocados, snails, and black cherries 23. 1996 Tony-winning musical 12. “Til ___ do us part” scorpio Avoid: Watercress, parsnips, and mustard 24. Notion 13. Personal quality of material belonging oct. 23–nov. 21 Remedy: Dill 26. PC linkup 21. Doozy 29. Adroit 22. Needy 31. Dawn deity 25. Fell 32. Pampering, briefly 26. Former Fords sagittarius Take: Apples, oats, raw eggs, and strawberries 33. Give ___ for one’s money 27. One of the Baldwins Avoid: Alcohol and super salty foods 34. Visible spirit 28. Final Four org. nov. 22–dec. 21 Remedy: Cayenne 38. Unhearing 30. Govt. security 40. Cut (off) 35. Bit 42. Anecdotal knowledge 36. Difficult journey 43. Climbed 37. Mother of Ares Take: Brown rice, almonds, citrus fruits, and fish capricorn 46. Rip 39. Buoyant Avoid: Dairy 49. Thrice, in prescriptions 41. Convince dec. 22–jan. 19 Remedy: Basil 50. Lyric poem 44. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay 51. Scottish Gaelic 45. ___ Moines 52. Wanted poster abbr. 47. Hammett hound Take: Nuts, seeds, fruits, and vegetables 53. Purify 48. Hindmost part 57. Pierce with a knife 53. Gross aquarius Avoid: Caffeine jan. 20–feb. 18 59. Gaucho’s rope 54. Slow, to Salieri Remedy: Parsley 60. Starting point 55. Devoured 65. Opponent 56. Glacial ridge 66. Gull-like predatory bird 58. Contradict Take: Beef, liver, onions, and lemons 67. “Oklahoma!” aunt 61. Throw in the towel pisces Avoid: Overly sour foods 68. Type of gun 62. Olive genus 69. Nevada senator Harry 63. 1994 Jodie Foster film feb. 19–march 20 Remedy: Ginger 70. Nobelist Bohr 64. Formerly, formerly Maryyann Landlord | Comics Editor 71. Album unit 66. Madrid Mrs. 72. Commedia dell’___ 73. Distributed cards horoscopes 14pillbox 11.10.14 Monday 11.10.14 Sci-Fi Spectacular. Heinz Hall. 7:30 p.m. The 13 Most Wanted Men. Experience an out-of-this-world concert conducted The Andy Warhol Museum. Through Jan. 4. Andrew Heath, Trumpet. Alumni Concert Hall. 8 p.m. by the world-renowned Jack Everly and featuring This exhibit explores a controversy Warhol ignited at the Andrew Heath will present a recital featuring Françaix, music from 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Trek, E.T., 1964 New York World’s Fair when he expanded and Mahler, Fasch, and more. This recital is given in partial Close Encounters of the Third Kind and more. This displayed mug shots from NYPD records of the 13 most fulfillment of the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Trumpet extraterrestrial journey through the music of classic Sci-Fi wanted men of 1962. Admission to the museum is free Performance. The program includes Mahler’s “Ich bin der TV and movies comes complete with special effects and with a valid Carnegie Mellon ID. Welt abhanden gekommen” and the Fasch Concerto in D. costume changes. Through Sunday. Opening Tuesday 11.11.14 Saturday 11.15.14 The Trojan Women: A Love Story. Lauren Groff reading. Kresge Theatre. 7 p.m. Beauty Slap. Altar Bar. 8 p.m. Chosky Theater. Through Nov. 22. The author of award finalists The Monsters of Templeton The Liza Colby Sound and Memphis Hill in support. The A hundred thousand years of modern humanity. A and Arcadia will read from her work as part of the electronic brass group will perform. Tickets start at $10 hundred thousand years of war. Charles Mee sets the Adamson Writers Series. and can be purchased at ticketfly.com. ancient Greek play The Trojan Women in a modern world, bringing us face to face with the agonizing causes Wednesday 11.12.14 Walk the Moon. Wiegand Gym. 7 p.m. and undeniable effects of war and its impact on the Public in support. The Cincinnati indie rock band will give vulnerable. The Werks and Zoogma. Mr. Smalls Theatre. 8 p.m. a show for the Carnegie Mellon community hosted by AB The Dayton, Ohio rock band accompanied by Atlanta- Concerts. Admission is free with Carnegie Mellon ID. L’Hotel. O’Reilly Theater. Through Dec. 14th. based electronic rock group Zoogma will perform at Mr. Six great stars from hundreds of years apart find Smalls as part of their fall tour. Tickets start at $15 and Ongoing themselves together in a strange and wondrous hotel. can be purchased at ticketfly.com. How do Sarah Bernhardt and Jim Morrison end up at Storyteller: The Photographs of Duane Michals. the same breakfast table? In a battle of wits, will Oscar Friday 11.14.14 Carnegie Museum of Art. Through March 2. Wilde or Victor Hugo triumph? Does the Ouija board favor This retrospective collection examines and celebrates Isadora Duncan or Gioachino Rossini? Find these and Adele Grabowski, High Mezzo Soprano. the groundbreaking and rule-bending Pittsburgh more enticing answers in the world premiere of Ed Dixon’s Kresge Theatre. 7 p.m. photographer’s life and work. Admission to the Carnegie comedy L’Hotel, a play that will make celebrity-watchers Featured on the recital is music by Bach, Mozart, Eric Museum of Art is free with a valid Carnegie Mellon think they’ve died and gone to heaven. Presented by the Wilder, and more. This recital is given in partial fulfillment student ID. Pittsburgh Public Theater. for the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Vocal Performance. Chuck Connelly: My America. Power Loom opening reception. The Andy Warhol Museum. Through Jan. 4. Compiled by Rachel Cohen | Publisher The Frame Gallery. 6 p.m. Through Nov. 20. As part of the 2014 Pittsburgh Biennial, the Warhol is Power Loom is a two-person exhibition by Kevin Brophy presenting works from Pittsburgh native and surrealist Want your event here? and Adam Milner that includes new projects in photography, painter Chuck Connelly. Admission to the museum is free Email [email protected]. sculpture, performance, and installation which examine the with a valid Carnegie Mellon ID. relation of self to and within larger social structures.

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Courtesy of Laura Berry The Oakland Review, Carnegie Mellon’s undergraduate literary journal, hosted an Open Mic night last Thursday at the Gladys Schmitt Creative Writing Center (Baker Hall 260). Top: Sophomore biology major Kathy Huang reads an original poem for the crowd. Bottom: Junior professional writing major Kelsey Dolhon samples some of the event’s snacks.

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