PHI to Shut Down; Students Grieve University Expands Toward Craig Street
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The Tartan awards annual Simple phone game shapes Gallery crawl showcases Thistles and Thorns • A7 and changes lives • A6 Pittsburgh culture • B8 FORUM SCITECH PILLBOX thetartan.org @thetartan April 29, 2013 Volume 107, Issue 26 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 PHI to shut down; students grieve University expands toward Craig Street CHLOE THOMPSON choice.” Personnel Manager A possible roadblock in the project’s development Attendees of an open is the zoning designation of Town Hall discussed the fate Carnegie Mellon’s various of Craig Street on Wednes- properties. The campus falls day. under an Educational/Medi- Led by Vice President cal/Institutional (EMI) zone, for Campus Affairs Michael which means that the uni- Murphy, the Town Hall in- versity is at much greater lib- formed the audience and erty to do what they like with the Simonds Commission the property. Much of the — which is the group of property in the Craig Street trustees, faculty, and senior area is part of a residential or administrators responsible business zone, which means for new projects and reno- that the university has to vations to Carnegie Mellon work with more restrictions. properties — about the de- Despite these possible velopment plan for Craig constraints, Murphy was ad- Street. The Town Hall also amant that the university has served as a forum for com- no plans to fundamentally munity members to discuss alter Craig Street. “We’re not their own opinions on the talking about changing func- project. tionality, we’re not talking Carnegie Mellon owns about throwing anyone out and leases several proper- of their place,” he said. ties in the Craig Street area, Senior biomedical engi- including the recently ac- neering and materials sci- quired diocesan property ence and engineering double near Central Catholic High major Sohini Bianka Roy School on Fifth Avenue. attended the meeting as a The Institutional Master representative of the under- Plan for Carnegie Mellon graduate Student Senate, outlines the future devel- and discussed the stake of opment of the campus and students in this matter. properties held by the uni- “The goal was essentially Haley Bryant/Staff Photographer versity in the surrounding to have some kind of Tartan The Panther Hollow Inn (“PHI”) announced last week that is was closing, igniting a strong reaction from the Carnegie Mellon student community. Despite initial rumors, it was confirmed that the university did not buy PHI. The future of the Panther Hollow Inn building is still unknown. area. Murphy stressed the pride,” she said. “When you university’s desire to strike walk down to the University a balance between colle- of Pittsburgh’s campus, you AMY TSIEN Will Weiner confirmed this students alive.” Within three Master’s student in bio- giate interests and those of see that ‘Go Panthers,’ you Junior Staffwriter statement. days, the petition reached 750 medical engineering Aditi the community: “We have see that pride, and we felt “I got in touch with Vice signatures. Gogineni responded that she to have the right mission, that Craig Street is kind of Panther Hollow Inn — President of Campus Affairs Weiner added, “It’s been an had a strong attachment to the right balance, [so Craig like our own little corridor known among students as Michael Murphy and he con- interesting reaction. I’ve never PHI, saying that “it would nev- Street is] CMU-centric and “PHI” — formally announced firmed with me that CMU did really seen anything except er be the same.” a modern destination of See CRAIG, A3 that it is closing by the end of not buy the bar,” Weiner said. for when the Fence got cut Senior materials science May after 16 years of opera- “Beyond that, I’m really not up a few years ago, where the and biomedical engineer- tion. sure.” whole campus rallied around ing double major Courtney This news met with a great Within hours of the news a cause.” Joe shared this view as well, deal of attention within the recalling her fond memories university community and at PHI and saying that a new from local residents. “[The PHI bar] is a community business “cannot replace what The news of PHI’s closing had happened there.” drew a substantial response object... One of the few unique Staff at PHI stated that from the campus commu- CMU hangout spots.” owner Eugene DePasquale nity, with many students con- was very upset by the closing cerned that this closing was of his bar, and was unavailable an effect of Carnegie Mellon’s —Will Weiner to give any comments regard- desire to develop the area sur- Student Body President ing this announcement. rounding Craig Street. Despite To commemorate the bar, initial speculation that the students began selling PHI T- closing may have been part of of PHI’s closing being shared When asked about their shirts on the Cut the Friday the university’s Master Plan, online, a change.org petition memories of PHI bar, junior after this announcement. Vice President of Campus Af- for keeping PHI open was re- computer science major Dave “It’s a community object,” fairs Michael Murphy released leased, reading, “This is not Cummings and senior chemi- Weiner added, “one of the few a statement stating that it was about the need for alcohol, this cal and biomedical engineer- unique CMU hangout spots.” not the university who had is not about delicious greasy ing double major Emerson Any future plans for the Haley Bryant/Staff Photographer purchased the bar. food, this is about keeping Hum both spoke favorably of Panther Hollow Inn building The future relationship of Craig Street and Carnegie Mellon opened Student body president the love and tradition of CMU its proximity to campus. are still unknown. for discussion at last week’s town hall. The changing faces of Carnegie Mellon: A presidential retrospective GREG HANNEMAN of backgrounds. on constructing the school’s Senior Staffwriter Arthur A. Hamerschlag, physical presence and getting the first president of the Carn- periodic infusions of money When it came time to give egie Technical Schools, was from its founder. a title to his final speech be- appointed with input from “Since [campus architect fore the student body, retiring Andrew Carnegie himself. In Henry] Hornbostel main- Carnegie Tech president John November 1903 — two years tained his offices in New York, C. Warner had a few ideas. before classes began — a com- day-to-day supervision of the “Old presidents never die, mittee from the school visited building projects in Pittsburgh they just lose their faculties,” Carnegie’s home in New York often fell to Hamerschlag, he joked to his audience in De- City and mentioned Hamer- who may have devoted half cember 1964. schlag, already a prominent his time to campus construc- As Jared Cohon, Carnegie organizer in multiple New tion,” professor emeritus of Mellon’s eighth president, York-area trade schools. Ham- history Edwin Fenton wrote in prepares to step down from erschlag’s background as a his 2000 book Carnegie Mellon the position, The Tartan takes trade-school supporter and 1900–2000: A Centennial His- a look back at the history consulting engineer pleased tory. of Carnegie Mellon’s other Carnegie so much, the com- School historian Arthur presidents and the events that mittee reported, “that he Wilson Tarbell, in his own marked their terms. promptly suggested that we 1937 history of the institu- The information for this ar- secure him at once [and] that tion’s early years, said that the ticle was obtained from a com- he be paid a good salary.” first president was not inter- bination of The Tartan’s own Hamerschlag’s appointment ested in academic ceremonies archives, minutes and notes was confirmed the following so much as solving practical from the university’s board of week at a suggested salary of problems as they arose. “He trustees, five published books $8,000 a year, plus a house on was not college trained; in- on Carnegie Mellon history, the school grounds. deed his formal educational and interviews with people in- The Carnegie Technical preparation had been meagre volved in the university’s his- Greg Hanneman/Senior Artist Schools were originally found- beyond belief,” Tarbell wrote. tory and presidential searches. ed to give two- and three-year “In his fundamental make-up The resulting 110-year backgrounds, and approaches over the school’s history. Contrasting approaches vocational educations to Pitts- he was more of an engineer historical picture reflects the inherent in the modern multi- One major undertaking, burgh’s working class. With than an educator.” Carnegie Mellon of today. faceted university. Each leader every 14 years on average, From the start, the execu- his practical background and a As the Carnegie Technical The institution’s presidents faced issues unique to his own was replacing the president tive heads of Carnegie Mellon developing close relationship Schools evolved into the Carn- themselves have embodied time in office, although some himself due to resignation or and its predecessor institu- to Andrew Carnegie, Ham- the contrasting disciplines, debates surfaced repeatedly retirement. tions have come from a variety erschlag focused his tenure See PRESIDENTS, A4 A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » April 29, 2013 FEATURE PHOTO NEWS IN BRIEF Vera Bradley sale raises money for shelter Researchers develop touch-based technology Recently, Carnegie Mellon require prior calibration; researchers demonstrated WorldKit automatically ad- technology that allows users justs its sensing and image to turn almost any surface projection to the orientation into a touchscreen. of the chosen surface. 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