Actor Patrick Wilson to Speak at Commencement Madelyn Glymour Opera, Watchmen, and Young University Press Release
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Researchers aim to recreate Thistles and Thorns: The School of Drama presents HIV-fighting peptide • A4 year’s best and worst • A6 Bus Stop • B9 SCITECH FORUM PILLBOX thetartan.org @thetartan April 30, 2012 Volume 106, Issue 27 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 New SIO stumbles out of the gate Eventful semester spotlights alerts BRENT HEARD torial saying that, ‘I signed Assistant News Editor up for SendWordNow, and I didn’t get called,’ ” Miller said. With the ongoing bomb “I’m concerned about that, threats at the University of because we want everybody Pittsburgh and recent shoot- to be on SendWordNow. I’m ing at Western Psychiatric hoping that these tests would Hospital, safety has become be able to find any bugs in the a top priority for many mem- system, if there are any. No- bers of the Carnegie Mellon body ever followed up. After community. our recent test, nobody came Carnegie Mellon’s emer- back and said, ‘Hey, I was gency alert messages are sent signed up and didn’t get the out through the CMU Alerts message.’ ” system, which is operated Miller sent a special test by emergency alert vendor alert to a Tartan staff mem- SendWordNow. According to ber who said that she had the official CMU Alerts web- never received any alerts, but site, the system “notifies the had not reported the failure university community when to EHS. Records confirmed there’s a significant cam- that the staff member was pus emergency or weather registered for alerts; that event.” the phone number listed in “We classify the threats the system was correct; and into two levels,” said Mad- that special alert was sent elyn Miller, director of Envi- out to her. However, the staff ronmental Health & Safety member did not receive the (EHS). “One of them would special alert. Miller said that be imminent danger: torna- the problem likely lies either Photo illustration by Alan Vangpat/Senior Photographer, Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor, and Jennifer Coloma/Operations Manager do, shooter on campus. And with Sprint, the student’s those just get blasted. Then phone service provider, or JOSEPH WHITE is to enable students to do all Tuesday, the system has not “Students should use the there’s the other threats: with the aggregator, a system Junior Staffwriter their university-related busi- experienced significant slow- feedback button [on SIO],” power outage, water main that directs messages to ser- ness and scheduling from one down. Papinchak said. “Real people break. Those go out slower. vice providers. Student Information On- central location that unites Student reactions to these read it.” According to Pap- Nobody’s really in danger. “Once it gets to the aggre- line (SIO) suffered technical OLR with the schedule-plan- problems have varied greatly. inchak, the team working on Those go out without a rush, gator, we have no control as difficulties this week that de- ning utility of ScheduleMan. Some students have been the system wants to know and they get passed through to where it goes out,” Miller layed registration by 24 hours Papinchak said that this is an patient with the new system. what it can do to make reg- different people. If it’s not an said. “So the aggregator goes, for most of the student body. objective the student body has “I’m sure they’re still working istration go more smoothly imminent danger, it goes out ‘Oh, here’s Madelyn Mill- According to University long desired. out the glitches,” said Brittany for students in the upcoming through a slower method.” er’s phone number, it goes Registrar John Papinchak, the However, while the central Robertson, a junior chemistry year. Miller said that only 63 to AT&T. Here’s somebody central database that runs SIO database was prepared for a major. Papinchak’s immediate fu- percent of the undergraduate else’s, it goes somewhere was overwhelmed by the in- higher demand, the system Others even benefited from ture does look busy. population is signed up for else….’ That’s what an aggre- crease in traffic from students was not designed to handle the delay. Visvesvaran Subra- “We are going to debrief CMU Alerts. gator does. There’s no com- planning and registering their that much internet traffic. manian, a junior international and make things better dur- “I wish we had 100 per- pany that can do anything schedules. “It was a perfect “It’s tough to plan for all of relations and politics major, ing the summer,” he said. cent enrollment,” said Lieu- about the aggregators.” storm, and [SIO] got slower as the traffic,” Papinchak said. said, “Technically I benefited This problem will not occur tenant Gary Scheimer of the EHS sent out a survey to the day went on,” Papinchak On Monday, Papinchak from SIO shutting down, since next semester, according to University Police. Scheimer a select group of Sprint users said. decided to delay registration I was unable to meet with my Papinchak, who cited added said that he is always con- on Thursday to see if others The shift from Online Reg- in order to increase the com- adviser beforehand.” measures such as spreading cerned about members of the have been missing alert mes- istration (OLR) to SIO is part puting resources available to Papinchak said that he students over 20-minute time campus community who are sages. Miller encouraged any of the goal of streamlining the SIO, so that more connections received a great deal of feed- slots instead of 30-minute not signed up for emergency student who has experienced student experience at Carne- could be maintained at any back about the difficulties, ones to reduce strain on the Alerts. a problem with emergency gie Mellon. The eventual plan given time. Since the reset on some of it very frustrated. system. First-year Bachelor of alerts to contact EHS. Computer Science and Art According to Miller, the student Henry Armero ad- university first instituted an mitted that he only signed up emergency alert system after for CMU Alerts about three 9/11. “We really did a huge Final organization budgets postponed weeks ago. “I didn’t really rewrite for that system,” Mill- MADELYN GLYMOUR ing AB Tech’s food budget know about it,” he said. er said. “And then in 2004, Even among those signed we had a huge power trans- News Editor and projected revenue to the Top 15 Allocations amount requested; and elimi- up for the system, some peo- former that knocked out 10 The finalized Joint Fund- nating a $400 line item for ple still do not receive alerts. See ALERTS, A3 These budgets are not final until approved by GSA. ing Committee (JFC) student student government debates “The Tartan had an edi- organization budget alloca- from The Tartan’s budget, be- Organization Allocation tions were not released on cause it is covered in the stu- 1. AB Concerts $ 130,790 Thursday, as expected, be- dent body president’s budget. 2. Spring Carnival Committee $ 101,956 cause the Graduate Student GSA will vote on the Assembly (GSA) failed to budgets during its normal- 3. AB Films $ 51,505 maintain quorum at a joint ly scheduled meeting on 4. Sweepstakes $ 45,841 meeting with Undergraduate Wednesday. Student Senate to approve “If GSA makes any ad- 5. WRCT $ 45,716 them. ditional changes or doesn’t 6. The Tartan $ 43,109 “The problem was be- agree with any of Senate’s 7. AB Lectures $ 40,325 cause the debates over these changes, then it’s going to changes took longer than an- go back to Senate at Sen- 8. cmuTV $ 38,630 ticipated, GSA wasn’t able to ate’s meeting, and if Senate 9. AB Comedy $ 36,998 maintain membership,” said doesn’t approve it at that junior lighting design major meeting, then we go into a re- 10. AB Tech $ 25,720 Jon Mark, a student Senator ally weird limbo place,” Mark 11. AB Coffeehouse $ 24,694 and Vice President-elect for said. “Nobody really knows 12. University Rowing Club $ 23,391 Finance. “People walked out what happens then.” because they had other com- Mark said that he does not 13. Society of Automotive Engineers $ 18,872 mitments.” think that getting the chang- 14. Scotch’n’Soda $ 18,345 Senate voted to approve es approved by GSA will be a the budgets as they were, problem. “The changes that 15. Baseball Club $ 18,140 with only three changes: Re- we’ve made are very reason- storing the Activities Board able, we think, so I don’t an- Source: BudgetTracker Greg Hanneman/Contributing Editor (AB) food budget to the ticipate it being an issue with amount AB requested; restor- GSA,” he said. Juan Fernandez/Staff Artist Actor Patrick Wilson to speak at commencement MADELYN GLYMOUR Opera, Watchmen, and Young university press release. “Who kind of silly, but I’m kind of home after their time there.” Renée Fleming will receive a News Editor Adult. He currently stars in knows, the paths ahead might excited to see him speak based Kessler is looking forward Doctor of Fine Arts degree; au- CBS’s A Gifted Man. Wilson lead any one of this year’s on that.” to the ceremony. “It’ll be really thor and activist Temple Gran- The speakers for the 2012 was nominated for a Golden graduates back to CMU to Kessler graduated in De- nice to be back for commence- din will receive a Doctor of Sci- commencement were offi- Globe and an Emmy Award for serve as the keynote speaker cember. She said that she will ment to see all my friends, and ence and Technology degree; cially announced on Friday.