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thetartan.org @thetartan March 4, 2013 Volume 107, Issue 20 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 CMU redevelops Student passion unveiled at TEDxCMU semester in D.C. Lauren Williams “Don’t get us wrong, our Junior Staffwriter students have had good ex- periences at Georgetown, but Katie Stoebe, the execu- we’re really excited about the tive director of the Carnegie opportunity to grow Carn- Mellon Center for Interna- egie Mellon’s presence in tional Relations and Politics, Washington and develop our and Emily Half, an under- own program there,” Half graduate academic adviser said. in the Dietrich College of Hu- The internship aspect manities and Social Sciences, of the CMUWSP will be re- recently announced that the tained; students will still Carnegie Mellon Univer- complete an internship of sity Washington Semester their choosing while study- Program (CMUWSP) is be- ing in Washington, D.C. Al- ing restructured. The new though students will apply program will be launched in and interview for internships January 2014, meaning that on their own, affording them CMUWSP will not be offered a real-world experience, a during the upcoming fall full-time adviser based in 2013 semester. Washington, D.C. will be The CMUWSP currently available to help guide their sends students to George- search. Additionally, the town University for academic Carnegie Mellon Center for study while they participate International Relations and in an internship; Carnegie Politics has an extensive da- Mellon supplements their ex- tabase of descriptions and perience with extracurricular deadlines for over 360 intern- events and internship search ships, the majority of which support. In the new program, are in Washington, D.C. however, Carnegie Mellon In the past, Carnegie Mel- will no longer be partnered lon students have completed with Georgetown. Instead, internships for government Carnegie Mellon will be part organizations, nonprofit or- of a consortium of schools ganizations, lobbying firms, partnered with the Univer- and think tanks. Students sity of California Washing- interested in the program ton Center (UCDC). These are encouraged to research Haley Bryant/Junior Photographer universities include the Uni- internships well in advance, First-year MBA student Chinmayi Bhavanishankar performed and spoke of her passion for Bharatanatyam dance at Sunday’s TEDx event. versity of Notre Dame, the as deadlines can approach University of Michigan, the earlier than expected, espe- Brian Trimboli event’s goal was “to spark col- here a clearinghouse that Baumgartner’s record-break- University of Pennsylvania, cially for government orga- Assistant News Editor laboration and foster connec- offers free knowledge and ing jump from the strato- and Washington University nizations such as the State tions between participants, inspiration from the world’s sphere on Oct. 14, 2012. in St. Louis. Carnegie Mellon Department and the White TEDxCMU, a conference encouraging aspiring indi- most inspired thinkers, and “As a science student, I students will take classes in House. devoted to bringing together viduals to follow their dreams also a community of curious saw [Clark’s] bio before com- the UCDC building — only In the spring 2014 semes- innovative thinkers, brought and make a difference.” souls to engage with ideas ing and he was what I was five blocks from the White ter, CMUWSP students will 11 speakers — including two Zofia Tillman, a first- and each other.” waiting to hear about. It was House. Courses will be taught live in Washington Intern Carnegie Mellon students year chemical engineering TEDxCMU is indepen- really amazing seeing one of by a combination of Carnegie Student Housing (WISH). — to the University Center’s and biomedical engineering dently organized; TED’s his applied projects come to Mellon and UCDC faculty, Carnegie Mellon students McConomy Auditorium on double major and volunteer website describes such TEDx life; it’s something I want to and with the new program, will live together in a WISH Sunday to give short talks at TEDxCMU, said that the events as “giv[ing] commu- do later in life,” Nanda said. there will be more core and that covered a wide array of theme of “Spark” refers to nities, organizations and in- First-year economics ma- elective course options. See WASHINGTON, A4 topics, ranging from urban “that moment when you fig- dividuals the opportunity to jor Cynthia Hsia commented revitalization to delivering ure out how to develop your stimulate dialogue through on the message of collabora- happiness in students’ daily idea, or when you figure TED-like experiences at the tion that Clark spoke about. lives. out what you’re passionate local level.” “It was really inspiring, es- Ketaki Desai, a third-year about.” Continuing a practice that pecially with the video that graduate student in public This year, TEDxCMU fea- began last year, this year’s he showed. It was cool to see policy and management and tured Jon Clark, Jenn Lim, TEDxCMU featured two how everyone as an individu- presdient of TEDxCMU, de- Darell Hammond, Judy Carnegie Mellon undergrad- al made it work together.” scribed the idea behind TED Swan, Rodrigo Arboleda, Eve uate students as speakers: The next speaker, Eve talks. “TED is basically a con- Picker, Linda Benedict-Jones, Rebecca Alford and Stephen Picker, chief executive of- ference that was started by Jeff Ferrell, and Rob Daley, Tonti. Compared to only 18 ficer at cityLAB Pittsburgh, journalist Chris Anderson, as well as first-year computa- entries last year, this year’s focused on what she called and the idea was that people tional biology major Rebecca contest to be a student speak- the “cure for the common should be able to describe Alford and senior directing er generated 55 student en- city.” Picker explained the what they’re doing in 15 to major Stephen Tonti. tries, Desai said. difference between bottom- 18 minutes or even less. The TED began in 1987 as a Sophia Nanda, a sopho- up and top-down city design, idea was to inspire people conference to bring together more physics major in atten- using Pittsburgh’s CONSOL with things that everybody the worlds of technology, dance at TEDxCMU, talked Energy Center as an example was doing, because there was entertainment, and design. about the first speaker of of an expensive, top-down no way to know what people According to TED’s website, the day. Jon Clark, medical project and the Toonseum in were working on,” Desai said. their mission is to spread director at Red Bull Stratos, Downtown as an example of The theme of TEDxCMU ideas and change the world, described his work on the

Annette Ko/Art Editor this year was “Spark”; the noting that, “we’re building team that organized Felix See TEDX, A3 University initiative aims to support alumni entrepreneurs Alvin mathew and follow their dreams.” feels that children with certain to bringing the device to mar- videos and statistics from ’07) explains, “We’re turning Staffwriter The OFEF is part of the heart conditions often have ket. Bernstein hopes to bring sports teams and creates a media into a new platform … “Greenlighting Startups” ini- insufficient products used in this fee down to less than simple system that can be used on an iPad instead of paper.” Carnegie Mellon has been tiative at Carnegie Mellon, their heart procedures. $750,000. by coaches, players, and fami- After every game, the com- offering students and alumni which aims to promote and “Intra-operative conduits StatEasy, another company lies to view them. Chief oper- an opportunity to start their translate ideas and creations had to be developed from supported by the OFEF, takes ating officer Tom Matta (TSB See ENTREPRENEURSHIP, A4 own businesses since June from labs to the market. Last scratch by the doctor in the op- 2012 with support from the year, the fund awarded a total erating room for 30 minutes,” Open Field Entrepreneur’s of $300,000 to six different Bernstein said. In response Fund (OFEF). startup companies, each re- to this issue, the company This fund awards money ceiving $50,000. created the Masa Valve, de- and resources to Carnegie There is a comprehensive scribed on PECA’s website as Mellon alumni who graduated application process to select “a synthetic valve conduit for within the past five years. companies. “If you meet your pediatric RVOT (right ventri- David Mawhinney, an as- eligibility requirements, you cle outflow tract) reconstruc- sistant teaching professor of are asked to make a pitch. tion.” The product would be a entrepreneurship at the Tep- But you have to be serious to quicker, simpler solution that per School of Business, serves convince another investor to doctors could use on patients as managing director of the commit $50,000,” Mawhinney during heart surgeries. fund. said. The company is still in the “The fund was made possi- One company that received process of getting regulatory ble by a gift from a gentleman, funding from the OFEF is approval for selling its prod- Jonathan Kaplan,” Mawhin- PECA Labs, which focuses on uct, but according to Bern- ney said, “who created the Flip rare cardiovascular and pe- stein, it will be an excellent Video camera and later sold it diatric conditions. Doug Ber- option for parents and their to Cisco Systems. nstein (CIT ’12), a Carnegie children. Only a small market His wife, Marci Glazer, also Mellon alumnus who double of individuals are affected by helped found the fund. It’s a majored in mechanical engi- this issue, so no other compa- fund for young alumni from neering and biomedical en- nies have come up with more zero to five years of gradua- gineering, is the founder and affordable options because of tion to make their own jobs CEO of PECA Labs. Bernstein the $70-million fee attached Annette Ko/Art Editor A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » March 4, 2013 feature photo news in brief Community donates at blood drive Professor given $6-million DARPA grant Franz Franchetti, an as- electrical and computer en- sociate research professor of gineering José M. F. Moura, electrical and computer en- professor of computer sci- gineering, received a $6-mil- ence Maria Manuela Veloso, lion grant from the U.S. De- assistant professor of com- fense Advanced Research puter science André Platzer, Projects Agency (DARPA). and assistant research profes- The grant provided by sor of electrical and computer DARPA will be used to devel- engineering Soummya Kar. op new software in order to Cyberthreats targeting protect motor vehicles from motor vehicles are growing incoming cyberattacks. to be a major problem for the Franchetti’s project is part economy, resulting in billions of a DARPA effort called the of dollars in lost revenue, High-Assurance Cyber Mili- according to a recent U.S. tary System, which hopes Department of Commerce to develop a greater level of report. security to protect against “Gauging an appropri- against cyberthreats. ate response to any of these “This is an extremely chal- cyberhreats is daunting, but lenging project as we work to we have the innovative tal- develop secure robotic sys- ent and research expertise tems that are resilient to cy- to begin developing some berattacks,” Franchetti said long-range solutions,” Ed in a university press release. Schlesinger, professor of en- Franchetti will spearhead gineering and the head of the the software development electrical and computer engi- project and will be joined neering department said in a by Carnegie Mellon faculty university press release. members. The team’s research will The professors collaborat- also include improvement in ing with Franchetti on this GPS disruption in ground ve- project include professor of hicles and high-end cars.

CMU robot nominated for Edison Awards

A robotic system devel- vices, and business leaders oped at Carnegie Mellon in the United States. to strip paint known as the The ballot of nominees for Advanced Robotic Laser the Edison Awards is judged Coating Removal System by around 3,000 national se- (ARLCRS) was named a nior business executives and 2013 finalist for the Edison academics. Awards. According to a univer- The system, which was sity press release, the distin- created by the National Ro- guished awards symbolize botics Engineering Center the persistence and excel- and the Concurrent Technol- lence personified by Thomas ogies Corporation, works by Edison, inspiring creative utilizing high-power lasers minds to remain in the fore- on mobile robotic platforms front of innovation, creativ- to remove paint from air- ity, and ingenuity in the craft. global economy. The ARLCRS is a finalist The awards will be pre- in material science, one of sented April 24–25 at the 12 categories honored by the Edison Awards Annual Gala Edison Awards. in Chicago. The Edison Awards annu- ally recognizes the most in- Compiled by novative new products, ser- Noël Um

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Kate Groschner/Photo Editor Tuesday Wednesday Thursday A blood drive was held in Rangos 2 last Tuesday, where members of the university and the Pittsburgh community donated their blood to benefit local High / Low High / Low High / Low medical patients. Donors like Keith Bunett (bottom) were able to come to the University Center and give blood. 40 / 33 36 / 30 44 / 29 Campus Crime & Incident Reports Theft Call for Assistance Odor of Marijuana A student from the fraternity Feb. 22, 2013 Feb. 24, 2013 Feb. 25, 2013 is being cited for disorderly conduct. A student entered the University Police was sum- University Police were su- Carnegie Mellon Police sta- moned to the paths behind wmmoned to the second floor tion to file a theft report for Schenley Park behind the of Scobell House in response Alcohol Amnesty Friday Saturday Sunday his missing cell phone. The visitor center in response to to an odor of marijuana. The Feb. 27, 2013 High / Low High / Low High / Low male unknowingly left his cell an intoxicated male student police spoke with the occu- 48 / 36 52 / 40 50 / 42 phone unattended on a bench who was experiencing diffi- pant of the suspected room at University Police and CMU inside the University Center culty breathing after smoking which time the student sur- EMS responded to Mudge Source: www.weather.com men’s locker room from ap- marijuana. Pittsburgh EMS rendered the marijuana and House after a female student reported that she returned proximately 5–6 p.m. transported the male to the drug paraphernalia. The stu- Corrections & Clarifications hospital for treatment. dent is being cited for disor- to her dorm and found her roommate intoxicated and un- derly conduct. In last week’s Student Senate Meeting Minutes (Feb. Assistance from Outside responsive on the bathroom 25, News), it was stated that the CMU Student Experi- Suspicious Person floor. Pittsburgh EMS were Agency Odor of Marijuana ence Study was distributed at the conclusion of each Feb. 25, 2013 summoned and transported Feb. 23, 2013 Feb. 26, 2013 year. However, this survey is distributed at the end of the student to a hospital for every third year during the spring semester. Addition- A police officer on patrol University Police were further treatment. Alcohol ally, the study was referenced as the “CMU Student Carnegie Mellon Univer- entered Porter Hall to iden- summoned to the Sigma Nu Amnesty applied, and no cita- Experience Survey” by mistake. sity Police assisted the Pitts- tify a suspicious person. The fraternity house after clean- tions were issued. burgh Police and Pittsburgh female was identified as not ing personnel reported an EMS with an intoxicated stu- being affiliated with Carnegie odor of marijuana on the If you would like to submit a correction or clarification, dent who fell off of a porch Mellon. The female was ad- third floor. All of the ille- please email The Tartan at [email protected] or on Beeler Street. The injured vised that Carnegie Mellon’s gal contraband and mari- [email protected] with your inquiry, as well as the male was taken to a hospital campus is private property juana were seized by Carn- date of the issue and the name of the article. for further treatment. and she was sent on her way. egie Mellon police officers. student senate meeting minutes Special Special Allocation: Sigma Tau Delta Special Allocation: Special Allocation: Special Allocation: Allocation: ASLC SAE TEDxCMU Alternative Break The student organiza- The English honors society The finance committee The Society of Automobile The organizers of TEDx Alternative Break peti- tion for Asian Student Lead- Sigma Tau Delta petitioned recommended $0 because Engineers (SAE) builds race asked Student Senate for tioned Student Senate for ership Conferences (ASLC) Student Senate for funding to Sigma Tau Delta is an aca- cars and competes in a com- additional funding total- $2,500 for their program. petitioned the Senate for attend a international honor demic organization, and is petition in Michigan. Usually, ing $800 to cover expenses This money would be al- funding to attend an East society convention at the end exclusive in its membership. a sponsor lends the organiza- of hosting the TEDxCMU located toward the orga- Coast conference on leader- of March. After voting, no funding tion a welder, but the offer has event. The organization has nization’s travel expenses. ship to be held at Columbia The organization asked was allocated to the organi- been withdrawn. The organi- a current funding gap of When analyzed on a per- University. The organiza- the Senate for $140 to cover zation. zation requested $900 to pur- $6,330, and the $800 was person basis this number tion requested $425 to as- the event’s registration fees. chase a new welder. Senate being solicited in addition to was below the travel met- sist with travel expenses for Sigma Tau Delta has held voted to allocate $935.77 to grants from other sources. ric. The $2,500 was allo- five students. The alloca- service events such as book the organization. Student Senate voted to al- cated to Alternative Break. tion of $425 was approved charity drives for the Pitts- locate $800 for TEDxCMU. by Student Senate. burgh Literacy Program in the past. Compiled by Brent Heard March 4, 2013 « The Tartan thetartan.org/news » A3 TEDxCMU draws large crowd of students to see speakers

Haley Bryant/Junior Photographer (Bottom left) Rob Daley showcases his baby products from his company 4moms. (Right) Jenn Lim spoke of how to inspire science-based happiness and her company Delivering Happiness.

TEDX, from A1 she admired Benedict-Jones’ event, The Originals, Carn- night blindness, a rare, incur- Lim described Delivering an area beyond those rules.” passion for photography. “I’m egie Mellon’s all-male a cap- able disease that impairs her Happiness as a way “to inspire Senior directing major a cheaper, bottom-up method taking my first photography pella group, also performed, vision. science-based happiness, pas- Stephen Tonti began his talk for revitalization. class this semester, and that engaging the crowd with a “I can see about half of sion and purpose at work, stating that he had ADHD and “Imagine a city where 5 was really inspiring because few songs, including a mash- what the normal individual home and everyday life.” continued to speak about how million visits are generated I’ve always had a passion for up of two popular songs. can see,” Alford said. “What Chairman and chief execu- this disorder led him to his by 13,000 small projects — photography, but just dabbled The last speaker before the was most important about tive officer of One Laptop per passion of directing. He had that’s a cure for the common in it. [Benedict-Jones] talked lunch break was Robert Dal- this was that it introduced the Child Association (OLPCA) a light-hearted approach to city,” Picker said. about the magic of print and ey, the chief executive officer idea of adaptation. The real- Rodrigo Arboleda gave his his speech, emphasizing that Rachel Fowler, a first-year stuff and it really is magic; it’s of 4moms. ity was that there wouldn’t be lecture on “provid[ing] equal because of his ADHD he had business administration ma- crazy magic.” Daley showcased several some change or cure for my opportunity of access to the opportunity to explore all jor, said she liked that Picker TEDxCMU also featured baby products produced by condition any time soon.” knowledge to small children different avenues in discover- “focused on improving cities a performance by first-year his company that used robot- Alford’s condition led her in developing nations and in ing his zeal. in ways that no one has really MBA student Chinmayi Bha- ics to make them “dramati- to do novel computational some communities within the The talks at TEDxCMU focused on before.” vanishankar, who performed cally better.” biology research as a 14-year- USA.” were interspersed with videos Linda Benedict-Jones, cu- a classical South Indian dance One of the devices fea- old at her high school and at Jeff Ferrell, professor of of lectures from other TEDx rator of photography at the and talked about her passion tured was the mamaRoo, a the Bonneau Laboratory at sociology at Texas Christian events. TEDxCMU brought to- Carnegie Museum of Art and for the narrative nature of baby seat that mimics the New York University. University and visiting pro- gether speakers from all fac- adjunct professor at Carnegie Bharatanatyam dance. natural rocking and bouncing Jenn Lim, the next speak- fessor of criminology at the ets of study and experience, Mellon, talked about her jour- She emphasized how Indi- motions of a mother comfort- er, spoke about Delivering University of Kent, gave a talk allowing students to gain new ney as a photographer after an dancing has evolved from a ing her child. Happiness, a company she about “the broader issues that perspective. It challenged getting her bachelor’s degree hobby to a passion and into a After lunch, first-yearco-founded with Tony Hsieh, we confront in our lives, such students to think about their in English literature. daily routine that she cannot biological sciences major Re- chief executive officer of as ... what rules are made and own goals and their futures Holly Dennis, a first-year imagine living without. becca Alford gave her talk. Al- Zappos.com. According to her why, the issues we confront as in terms of helping change dramaturgy major, said that In the second half of the ford has congenital stationary presentation at TEDxCMU, citizens ... [and] going over to the world. Under Construction encourages students to build skills, careers Joseph white based business, Rhiza Labs, coming to tell you about it ... Junior Staffwriter and also served on the Presi- is definitely a valuable insight dent’s Council of Advisors on to have.” Dietrich College of Hu- Science and Technology. Regarding the panel on manities and Social Sciences “Those of you sitting here think tanks, Stanley Krasner, recently launched Under Con- are going to have at least sev- a sophomore economics and struction, a networking event en jobs in your career life,” he math double major, stated, “I intended to connect current said, emphasizing the need think it represented a really Dietrich College students with for creativity in a job market nice cross-section of alumni alumni who have made suc- that lacks job security. Knauer who all had interesting stories cessful careers in a variety of went on to address the influ- and perspectives.” fields, including public policy, ence of the upcoming eco- Krasner also served on the entrepreneurship, and tech- nomic sequester by the feder- student committee advising nology. Hosted on Feb. 23, at al government, and how this the event. the Oakland Holiday Inn, the situation emphasizes the need The feedback on the pro- event consisted of lunch with for one to further develop gram from attending students alumni of Carnegie Mellon’s one’s career. This fact, Knauer was generally positive. humanities programs, fol- noted, especially applies to “Under Construction was lowed by a panel session. those who wish to work in a great experience for me.... I “Your education allows startups. In an interview after was able to talk to and learn you to go in many directions,” his speech, Knauer cemented from Dietrich alumni who are said Deitrich College con- this concept, adding that “a in the midst of doing what sultant Debra Ignelzi. “This startup is inherently irratio- I want to do,” sophomore event is about learning how to nal.” international relations and do that.” Knauer added that the cre- politics major Chloe Hawker Before the alumni entered ativity inherent in the liberal stated via email. “I learned a the event, senior decision arts helps much more than lot about the industries and science major Chris Sparks the more technical degrees made some contacts with offered advice on how to in- do, but he still believes that whom I’m excited to follow up teract with the alumni and po- “it’s better to have some con- and cultivate a professional tential recruiters. “You need trol over your future career.” relationship.” to present yourself in such a In her speech, Emily Feen- Sophomore creative and way that they remember you,” stra, a senior international professional writing double Sparks said, explaining that relations and politics and pol- major Jaime Fawcett thought he often introduces himself icy and management double the event was informative. “It to potential employers with major, encouraged her fel- was really cool seeing what the phrase, “I see myself as a low students to ask questions alumni from Dietrich College lighthouse.” about the advantages and are doing,” she said. As the event began, Bev- disadvantages of the alumni’s However, Fawcett felt erley Wheeler (DC ’76, HNZ fields. that the event also had some ’78), the former president of The panels offered at Un- shortcomings, saying that stu- the Carnegie Mellon Alumni der Construction provided an dents did not have ample time Association, opened with open forum of discussion for to pose questions to many of words of encouragement for students. the speakers once their pre- the students “to take advan- The topics included mar- sentations had concluded. tage of the alumni associa- keting, education, museums, Overall, Fawcett believed tion.” She reassured the stu- public health, and think the event was useful. dents that the alumni would tanks. “I think it is a good pro- be incredible resources for In the panel focused on en- cess, but I feel like they should them. trepreneurship, students were open it up to freshmen.” Keynote speaker Joshua given guidance on how to ask She thought that first-year Knauer (DC ’95) pointed out for money from investors. students would benefit from many examples of men and “I learned a lot of valu- the stories of alumni just as women who have formed able things about the life of much as upper class students successful companies with a consultant,” junior policy would. their “soft” degrees, including and management major Bran- As the event neared its himself. Knauer has a degree den Wiles said of the discus- end, Feenstra closed the gath- in environmental ethics and sion at the entrepreneurship ering by saying, “You’re build- policy. Since graduating, he panel. “It’s so general and so ing on your experiences, not founded a successful Internet- broad, to have CMU alumni figuring out your end goal.” A4 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » March 4, 2013 CMU fund assists startups Washington semester to be ENTREPRENEURSHIP, from A1 unveiled during the spring Regarding the aid received and summer. from the fund, Soto added, independent of Georgetown pany hopes to provide every Scott Sykora (CFA ’12) co- “It’s been super helpful. We’ve player with his or her own founded Pixite. hired [a] bunch of people. It WASHINGTON, from A1 launching the program suc- as well. I expect a lot of great highlights. StatEasy is being “We make photography allows us to go from proto- cessfully and problem free things to happen in the spring used by 200 sports teams, in- apps for the iPhone and iPad. type to a working product, townhouse, and will be neigh- in spring 2014. Although the though, and I can’t wait to cluding those in the Navy and Our most popular apps give and to raise more capital from bors to students from other CMUWSP website still says hear more about the program at Pennsylvania State Univer- users access to their photo li- a proven product.” schools living in the WISH they are accepting applica- ... in the fall.” sity. However, “The future of braries in Picasa Web Albums, Sykora also spoke glowing- community. tions for the fall 2013 pro- Stoebe and Half are hop- our media products is with Facebook, and Flickr on their ly of the fund, saying, “We’ve In the future, Carnegie gram, emails were sent to ing to send 10–12 undergrad- high school athletic leagues,” iPad and iPhones,” Sykora been growing as a company Mellon is planning for stu- Carnegie Mellon academic uate students each semester Bernstein said. said. and are looking into what our dents to live in UCDC hous- advisers asking them to in- to Washington, D.C. There are Tunessence, a company These apps are meant to next steps could be. One thing ing, which mainly includes form students of the changes. currently 11 students partici- created by alumni Alex Soto make popular services more we’re starting to explore is be- two-bedroom, four-person Additionally, three informa- pating in the CMUWSP spring (CIT ’11) and Matthew Bauch useful and “essentially re- coming more of a web service apartments with kitchens and tion sessions regarding the 2013 program. The majority (CIT ’12), aspires to be an en- place the browser interface company instead of just cre- living rooms. new CMUWSP were held in of students who apply to the gaging online guitar teacher. they would normally need ating stand-alone apps. The Although it seems like re- February. program are selected, but as “The ultimate goal is to be to go through.” For example, OFEF sponsorship is really structuring the program was After attending a CMUWSP Half said, “It’s not that it’s the Rosetta Stone of music by Sykora mentioned that his helping us move toward that. an abrupt decision, Stoebe information session, sopho- not a selective program, but combining music technology company’s most recent app, It’s letting us grow faster than said that changes to the more psychology and philoso- I think that it’s self-selecting. with teaching,” Soto said. Unbound, provides this ser- we would have without it.” CMUWSP have been in discus- phy double major Lavender Yi We want students to have On the website, indi- vice for Dropbox. Additionally, the compa- sion for many years. “Things said, “It was unexpected that this opportunity, so unless we viduals are given access to The fund does not favor in- nies also appreciate the men- just kind of picked up in the the Washington Semester think there’s an academic rea- audio processing software novation in any specific field; torship aspect of the OFEF fall semester and moved a Program is undergoing recon- son or some other reason why and instructional videos. the six selected companies sponsorship. lot faster than we had antici- struction. I had absolutely no you shouldn’t be in D.C., we Tunessence’s software then from last year focused on a “We’re also hoping to pated. We had wanted to do idea until I went to one of the want you to go.” provides individuals with variety of fields. Mawhinney gain a strong set of advisers this program for the longest information sessions a few Applicants are advised to note-by-note feedback, tracks also notes that in the past and connections through the time and it just seemed like weeks ago. I really do like the have at least a 3.0 QPA and to progress and personalizes year, the fund has supported OFEF and CMU Alumni net- everything started falling into new options for the spring se- plan their semester schedules lessons. “So we use software and invested in 16 different work,” Sykora said. place,” Stoebe explained. mester of 2014. However, I do ahead of time. “Academics to do what private teachers companies throughout the Bernstein appreciates hav- The CMUWSP will not be wish they were still partnered need to come first. You need would do,” Soto said. U.S. ing his designated adviser, offered in the fall 2013 se- with Georgetown, because I to be a strong student in Pitts- The OFEF also invested While providing financial Craig Markovitz. “We’re a mester, because the program heard about wonderful ex- burgh to be a strong student $50,000 in Aurochs Brewing contributions to startup com- young company with young managers want to dedicate all periences and I wish I could at Carnegie Mellon in D.C.,” Company. Ryan Bove (TSB panies is its primary focus, entrepreneurs,” he said. of their time and resources to have had those experiences Half said. ’12) said that he and his busi- the fund also provides perks “There’s a lot of passion, but ness partner, Doug Foster, for current students, includ- not experience, so having a have had to be on a gluten- ing an invitation to go to a mentor is great.” free diet on a daily basis for yearly OFEF personalized Bove also had similar medical reasons; soon, he mentorship program. Start- views. “The money is very explained, “We [will] make a ups are assigned at least one helpful, but what’s really im- gluten-free beer.” mentor. portant is the mentorship and Aurochs Brewing, accord- These six companies uti- having people such as Dave ing to Bove, is commercial- lized the financial support giving advice and helping us izing a specific brew using provided to them by the fund. troubleshoot problems before millet, quinoahops, and ama- “Being able to say CMU made they even become problems,” ranth. “Most beers,” he said, a $50,000 investment in us is Bove said of Mawhinney. “use barley and wheat, and a big deal,” Bernstein said. Every year there will be sometimes have corn and “Carnegie Mellon in gen- two cycles in which the fund rice.” Aurochs Brewing has eral has done a lot to provide selects startup companies — a brewery in Emsworth, Pa., us with help and having that once in May and once in De- about 10–15 minutes from Carnegie Mellon name be- cember. Pittsburgh. The company ex- hind us is a big deal,” Matta The deadline for the most pects to have a federal and said. “We’ve since raised recent cycle was on March 1, state process complete in “the $250,000, and as a humani- but graduates will be able to next couple weeks or so,” and tarian company, it’s a big deal apply again in the fall. plans on launching in late for us.” Information on the Open spring 2013. “It’s great to be acknowl- Field Entrepreneur’s Fund Put your News hat on! Write for news It currently has one brew edged as a Carnegie Mellon can be found at http://www. flavor, and two others will be product,” Soto said. cmu.edu/open-field/. Email [email protected] March 4, 2013 « The Tartan thetartan.org/news » A5 A6 « thetartan.org/scitech The Tartan » March 4, 2013

Susceptibility to flu may be found in your chromosomes Brooke Kuei length is often measured in Assistant SciTech Editor white blood cells. Our interest is in how the immune system How often do you get a responds to infectious agents cold? Have you noticed that like cold viruses,” he said. you get sick more or less often “The most prevalent diseases than your friends? Carnegie in the age group we study, Mellon Robert E. Doherty Pro- 18-to-55-year-olds, are upper fessor of Psychology Sheldon respiratory infections, and it Cohen recently identified a seemed to us that those with biological marker — an indi- shorter telomeres in key white cator of a biological state — blood cells would be less able that corresponds with one’s to prevent cold viruses from susceptibility to the common replicating.” cold. Indeed, the results of Co- Telomeres are cap-like pro- hen’s experiments aligned tein complexes found at the with his prediction. Cohen ends of chromosomes whose and his team measured the function is to protect those telomere length of white chromosomes during replica- blood cells in 152 volunteers tion. It has long been known between the ages of 18 and 55. that as you age and undergo These volunteers were then more cell replication, your quarantined for five days af- telomeres shorten, leading to ter being exposed to the virus the possibility of aging-related that causes the common cold. diseases. What is remarkable “We have studied the role of about Cohen’s work is the dis- psychological and behavioral Photo illustration Kelsey Scott/Operations Manager covery that telomere length factors in the common cold not only predicts susceptibil- for over 30 years. Unlike most telomere length only started compensate for the loss of ef- telomere length corresponds of education, and with stable ity of disease in the elderly, diseases, we can actually ex- predicting an individual’s fective cells,” Cohen said in a with an individual’s ability psychological dispositions like but also does so for younger perimentally expose people susceptibility to the common university press release. to fight off disease, the obvi- hostility,” Cohen said. These people. to the disease-causing agent. cold for those who were about Sheldon and his team ous question one might ask is, factors may decrease telomere Cohen cites two reasons Hence, colds have provided 22 or older. Telomere length also found that a particular what factors — besides natu- length through their effects on that led him to conduct a study an excellent model for us,” was increasingly indicative of type of white blood cell — a ral aging — affect telomere telomerase — an enzyme that on the correlation between Cohen said. an individual’s ability to fight CD8CD28- T-cytolytic cell — length? rebuilds telomeres. telomere length in young The results of the experi- off disease as the age of the was the best indicator of the “Shorter telomere length Further studies with other adults and their ability to fight ment showed that individuals individual increased. “The likelihood of contracting the is associated with traumaatic viruses and natural infections off disease: “First, even though with shorter telomere length increased importance of telo- cold because the telomeres childhood experiences, with will increase the understand- telomere length decreases as were more likely to contract mere length with age is likely found in CD8CD28- cells exposure to chronic enduring ing of how telomere length we age, the evidence suggest- the common cold than those because the younger partici- shorten at a more rapid speed stressors, with poor health corresponds to susceptibility ed that there was variation in with longer telomeres. An- pants had fewer very short than those found in other cell behaviors such as smoking to disease. Perhaps, in the fu- telomere length even in young other result of their experi- telomeres, or that their young types. and excessive consumption ture, telomeres will be the key adults. Second, telomere ment was the discovery that immune systems were able to Now that it’s known that of alcohol, with lower levels to improving human health. how things work scitech briefs Researchers find Big meteorite The potential benefits of gene therapy possible genetic hunters travel to Raghunanadan Avula case of lactase, cells in the di- insulin was introduced into defeated. links in psychiatry Antarctica Staffwriter gestive system recognize that the E. coli genome so that, as Techniques are also used A new study by Jordan A team of meteorite lactose is present and needs these bacteria grow, they pro- to remove certain disease- Smoller, professor of psy- hunters traveling across the Since the discovery of DNA to be broken down. Only then duce large amount of insulin. causing genes from newborns chiatry at Harvard Medical East Antarctic Plateau on in the ’50s, scientists have will a specific molecule bind This can be collected and given so that they won’t suffer. It School, has found similari- snowmobiles in late Janu- been trying to understand to a controller region for the to patients so that their bodies may also (at some point) be ties in genomes linking five ary stumbled across quite a exactly how it can influence lactase gene so that the pro- can then function normally. possible for parents to person- very different psychiatric large find. A meteorite, found minuscule details of a living tein-building part of the cell The current hot topic of alize their children by control- disorders: schizophrenia, bi- buried in the snow, weighed organism. Modern techniques will receive the recipe and genetic research is the battle ling the genes that express polar disorder, autism, clini- in at about 40 pounds (18 ki- of genetic engineering aim then protein will be made by against cancer. Cancer is the certain traits. This is where cal depression, and attention lograms) of space rock. The to manipulate an organism’s the cell. unregulated growth of cells, genetic engineering starts to deficit hyperactive disorder meteorite turned out to be genome in order to change According to PBS, tech- largely due to DNA damage, walk the fine line of medical (ADHD). The findings sug- a chondrite, one of the most biological mechanisms at the niques of genetic engineering where protein expression ethics. gest that these disorders common types of meteors molecular level. These tech- aim to manipulate this pro- deviates from the norm and Manipulating DNA allows have roots in areas of the and the same type as the Rus- niques are being applied to a genome that code for major sian meteor that landed in Si- variety of fields — from medi- brain-signaling functions beria last month. cine to agriculture — and and may help to treat the The expedition, which is a with recent breakthroughs in disorders in the future. common exodus for scientists genetic engineering, unbe- The study was based on excited about meteorites, col- lievable ideas such as cloning genetic data amassed from lected 425 meteorites — a may not be so far-fetched. over 60,000 participants — total of 165 pounds in extra- DNA exists in the cells of both with and without ill- terrestrial rock. However, all living organisms and stores ness — all around the world. largest among these by far information on how the cell The writers of the paper sug- was the 40-pounder, making should grow, proliferate, and gest that this could be the it the largest meteorite found interact with neighboring largest collaborative genetic in eastern Antarctica in the cells. DNA is comprised of study to date. past 25 years. genes, which function as reci- pes for how cells should build proteins. These proteins then Source: The New York Times Source: Science Daily control everything the living organism does by facilitating specific chemical reactions. Prehistoric craters Biological This can be thought of as a could have helped molecules found “lock-and-key” mechanism of sorts: A protein with the cor- expedite life in cosmic dust rect shape can bind perfectly A new study of an impact Researchers using the Na- around certain molecules and crater in Finland has sug- tional Science Foundation’s force their interactions. gested that meteors could Green Bank Telescope in For example, one of the ap- have created ideal condi- West Virginia found several proximately 25,000 genes in tions for the creation of life basic biological component a human cell contains the in- in Earth’s early stages. While molecules in a gas cloud al- formation on how to build the previous knowledge of the most 25,000 light-years from protein lactase. This protein hydrothermal environments Earth. Chemists believe that binds to and breaks down the created by these craters ac- one chemical, cyanometha- complex sugar lactose into rel- cepted that they are ben- nimine, is one of the critical atively simple glucose, which eficial to life forms, the new agents in the formation of is vital for the cell to make en- study suggests that these the DNA nucleotide base ade- ergy. If someone doesn’t have environments could have nine. The other key molecule the gene for lactase or if the Michael Setzer/SciTech Editor lasted for up to 1.6 million discovered, called ethana- protein is not built correctly years, 10 times longer than mine, is thought to be essen- by the cell, that person will ex- previously thought. tial in the creation of alanine, perience symptoms of lactose cess of protein expression in results in a pernicious attack us to change every aspect of a The same report suggest- one of the 20 amino acids intolerance. cells to impact their functions. on the body. Using a protein living organism, and the pos- ed that similar craters could that make up all proteins. However, the protein lac- Scientists have the ability called nuclease, scientists sibilities are endless. In the have existed on Mars. Con- The discoveries at this dis- tase is generally only found to introduce new genes into can target and remove spe- late ‘90s, scientists successful- tinuing research will help to tance suggest that gas clouds in the cells of the digestive the genome, so that the cells cific genes from the genome ly took the DNA from a living determine whether thermal like this could seed biological system. These cells have the produce a protein that wasn’t of a group of cells so that the sheep and used it to produce activity like this is unique to precursor particles through- same DNA as the cells in the present before. For example, protein won’t be made, ideally an exact clone, which they Finland’s crater, known as out the galaxy. However, brain, but the proteins found in agriculture, genetically preventing the unregulated named Dolly. Since then, oth- Lappajärvi, or if it is common both molecules discovered in each cell make them func- modified fruits are forced to growth. The challenge is that er animals have been cloned to all similarly sized craters. require multistep biological tion differently — it would be express specific proteins to cells have intricate levels of by scientists as they aim to These studies will hopefully processes, which are quite a waste of energy for a cell to increase their health ben- complexity, and simply add- learn more about the power of shed more light on how life complicated, before they build a protein that it didn’t efits, increase growth rates, ing and removing genes can genetics. may have evolved on Earth, evolve to anything of biologi- need. or increase their resistance to lead to drastic effects. The past three decades as well as give scientists a cal significance. To ensure this, DNA’s in- pathogens. Proteins play important have largely been character- way to determine on which fluence on (or expression of) People who suffer from roles in long pathways of ized by a technological revo- planets it may be likely for Source: Reuters proteins is heavily regulated diabetes don’t have the ability chemical reactions; modify- lution. Many scientists see the life to prosper. within the cell. Every gene to create insulin in the pancre- ing these pathways must be next few decades as defined by consists of a controller re- as that allows their bodies to done with caution. Still, there a genetic revolution by using gion that must be activated in take glucose from their blood. is a lot of hope that, by using the power of DNA to do every- Source: Science News Compiled by order for that gene to be ex- With the power of genetic en- various genetic engineering thing from growing healthier Lachlan lancaster pressed into a protein. In the gineering, the gene to produce techniques, cancer can be foods to curing cancer.

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From the Editorial Board Raising minimum wage will not assist citizens on the unemployment rate, which includes all workers. With 97.5 percent of workers unaffected by changes in the minimum wage, it’s easy to see why studies that account kyle henson for all workers as their population don’t find any effect in minimum Matt Mastricova’s article last wage changes. week, “Time to wage war for mini- We can, however, see a demo- mum wage,” defends President graphic greatly affected by mini- Obama’s recent State of the Union mum wage changes. According to proposal to raise minimum wage the BLS, about half of minimum from $7.25 to $9 per hour by 2015. wage workers are under the age of Mastricova cites studies from the 25. A study on the U.S. minimum University of California, Berkeley wage and teenage employment and the Center for Economic Policy conducted by economists from the and Research, which show that min- University of Cambridge, Univer- imum wage increases have no im- sity College London, and Claremont pact on employment. He concludes McKenna College found statistically that minimum wage increases can significant evidence that increases only be good, as they give higher in minimum wage negatively affect wages to low-skilled workers. What teenage unemployment, holding all Mastricova forgets is that the social other factors as constant as possible. sciences are not exact sciences. In economic theory, we see that Running a simple regression of minimum wages have destructive unemployment on minimum wage effects on the employment of low- reveals an R-Squared value of only skilled workers. Employers don’t 0.002. This means that only 0.2 per- hire employees if they lose money cent of the variation in unemploy- by doing so. Minimum wages ensure Braden Kelner/Forum Editor ment can be explained by variation that employers don’t hire any em- in minimum wage. Put another way, ployee whose value is below the gov- Frequent Blackboard outages demand conscious use there is an incredibly large subset of ernment-set threshold; 97.5 percent factors that have an impact on un- of workers fall above this threshold It is difficult to graduate from still be conscious of how and when current unreliability of Blackboard employment; the effect of minimum and are unaffected. Carnegie Mellon without taking they use the website. into account and do as much of their wage is negligible. Minimum wage The real losers to minimum wage classes that require Blackboard. Professors and students should work offline as possible, uploading didn’t change during the recession, are workers whose skills cannot earn Carnegie Mellon students can access take into account that Blackboard al- and downloading their documents at yet we saw unemployment jump them wages above the minimum. a customized version of the website ready reminds users to have backups the earliest possible opportunity. above 10 percent in late 2009. They don’t make more because of through their Andrew accounts. of every necessary file and to plan al- Students should download in- According to the Bureau of Labor minimum wage. They just don’t get However, as of late this website ternative ways to collect work. structions or save links for assign- Statistics (BLS), North Dakota has hired. has been more of a curse than a bless- Instructors should provide some ments the day the professor an- the nation’s lowest unemployment With this in mind, it doesn’t ing. Frequent outages and planned degree of leniency to students who nounces that the materials are on rate at 3.2 percent. Economists at- make sense for President Obama to downtimes that last longer than an- are faced with Blackboard issues Blackboard. By ensuring that they tribute this low unemployment rate push for wage increases that prevent ticipated have plagued the system outside of their control, especially if have the necessary items to complete mostly to the energy boom that’s go- job growth for the lower class. The and frustrated users for weeks. This they use Blackboard to collect work. assignments on their computers, ing on in that region. The low rate real motivation for Democrats and semester alone, there have been ap- Alternatively, professors could email students do not risk their ability to has absolutely nothing to do with liberal research institutions to push proximately eight downtimes. The students necessary documents or access the material the night before any policy North Dakota has put in for minimum wage is that many latest outage occurred on Feb. 26, links they would normally put on assignments are due. place, but simply shows that North union contracts set wages as a mul- according to Blackboard’s downtime Blackboard until the outages and While the reliability of Black- Dakota got lucky with its natural tiple of the minimum wage. Raising log, which can be found at www. downtimes have ended. board over the past few weeks has resources. the minimum wage is just a way for cmu.edu/blackboard/downtime. By relying less on Blackboard, been troubling, we can only hope In social sciences, there is no way Democrats to throw a bone to some While these problems are being professors ensure that their proposed that lack of access to the website to run perfect tests. The only way to of their biggest donors. addressed and hopefuly remedied, class schedules are not interrupted. does not get in the way of students’ imply causation is to test one factor Because the social sciences are students and teachers alike should Likewise, students should take the educations. while holding all other factors con- inexact, we have to rely on economic stant. This is impossible to do with theory at times to make policy deci- economics because the economy sions. In this case, we can see that Universities must not punish sexual assault victims doesn’t operate in a vacuum. You minimum wages are destructive can’t test the effect of just one thing and discourage the hiring of low- News sources have recently re- students filed a complaint with the the university has decided to punish on a system where billions of peo- skilled workers, while having a neg- ported several cases of universities U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Gambill for coming forward about ple are constantly moving money ligible effect on overall employment. mishandling or covering up cases Rights Office, alleging that the uni- her experiences. Sexual assault is not around for reasons spanning from Though Mastricova’s argument is of sexual assault on their campuses. versity had violated numerous fed- only prevalent on college campuses the federal reserve’s quantitative well intentioned, the studies he When universities refuse to take re- eral mandates in the way it handled — nearly one in four college women easing to sheer whimsical thought. cites use incorrect metrics to gauge sponsibility for the prevention of sex- sexual assault cases. are victims of rape or attempted rape With this in mind, the studies a reality that is ever changing. Eco- ual assault on campuses, the school Shortly after she filed the report, — but is also chronically underre- that Mastricova cites seem less rel- nomic theory still holds. Raising the community suffers as a whole. however, Gambill received an email ported, according to a guide released evant. Minimum wage workers only minimum wage only harms the low- The University of North Carolina from the Graduate & Professional by the U.S. Department of Justice comprise 5.2 percent of all hourly skilled workers it intends to help. at Chapel Hill (UNC) has now joined Schools Student Attorney General (DOJ). paid workers and 2.5 percent of all the ranks of universities that have Elizabeth Ireland, notifying her that The DOJ estimates that fewer workers in the workforce, according Kyle Henson (kahenson@) is a staff- mishandled cases of sexual assault. she had been charged with an Honor than 5 percent of college women to the BLS. These studies are based writer for The Tartan. UNC sophomore Landen Gambill Code violation by “intimidating” her who are victims of rape or attempt- braves the possibility of expulsion rapist and “adversely” affecting his ed rape report it the police, mostly ­­­— because she claims that her ex- ability to participate in university life due to the victim-blaming that oc- boyfriend raped her, sexually and — simply because she had told news curs when a sexual assault survivor verbally abused her, and stalked and outlets about her experiences. She decides to report, as evidenced by threatened her after they broke up. has never even publicly identified Gambill’s case. The university should Gambill first came forward about her ex-boyfriend by name, but Gam- be focusing on protecting its students her experiences as a sexual as- bill says that at a preliminary Honor by promoting a safe campus commu- sault survivor last December, when Court meeting, she was told that she nity, rather than trying to protect its she told the UNC newspaper The could have violated the Honor Code public image by silencing sexual as- Tar Heel about how she had filed a simply by saying she was raped. sault survivors. complaint against her ex-boyfriend According to UNC, the university Carnegie Mellon is in the process through the university. At the time, administration has played no part in of remodeling its own sexual assault sexual assault complaints were han- these proceedings; in a statement it policy, under the guidance of Dean dled by the Honor Court, a student released last week, the university of Student Affairs Gina Casalegno. group meant to handle violations of emphasized that the Honor Court is We are lucky to have an administra- the university Honor Code. She told a student-administered process, and tion that is open to suggestions — in the newspaper that her complaint that “administrators may not encour- part through our increasingly com- was egregiously mishandled, with age or prevent the Student Attorney mon Town Halls — from students the court using her history of depres- Generals from filing charges in a and faculty about policy changes. sion — a result of the abuse she suf- specific case.” According to Gambill, But if we at Carnegie Mellon can fered — against her as a sign that she however, an assistant dean actually learn anything from Gambill’s horri- was too “emotionally unstable” to be helped her ex-boyfriend file the com- ble experiences and UNC’s mistakes, believed. plaint with the Honor Court. it is that we as a campus community About a month later, Gambill, It is appalling enough that Gam- need to be aware and supportive of several other students, and the uni- bill’s complaint was mishandled, the sexual assault survivors on our versity’s former assistant dean of but it is even more appalling that own campus. Braden Kelner/Forum Editor

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Photo Editor * Denotes executive committee member Library of Congress ISSN: 0890-3107 E-mail: [email protected] Pittsburgh, PA 15213 March 4, 2013 « The Tartan thetartan.org/forum » A9 Pitt should be sweating Sexism toward actresses is wrong ing through her dress. Saw Your Boobs,” supports this sen- over student concerns Forgoing the fact that the “nip- timent. The song was a list of every ples” were just the seams of her actress’s boobs that have been seen disagreement with the WRC’s mis- dress, and forgoing the fact that on the big screen. It’s not about how sion? Is it a question of whether or people have nipples, the ability of well they acted the scenes anymore. not the WRC will help Pitt ensure satvika neti our culture to take away Hathaway’s It’s about shaming them for exposing that its apparel comes from factories entire night, including her Oscar and their breasts to the public. It’s about that promote workplace rights? The Oscars is always an interest- accomplishments, to make fun of shaming them for thinking of their Braden Kelner Admittedly, Pitt Senior Associate ing event. Glittering jewelry, gor- her “wardrobe malfunction” is proof body as their own, something they Director of News John Fedele wrote geous dresses, actors and actresses enough to me that sexism is wholly can willingly choose to expose to It’s time to look into where your in an email to The Pitt News that Pitt being witty with one another, all at prevalent in our society. whomever they want. university apparel comes from — was already “satisfied with the [Fair an event that has been run and de- By choosing to focus on that sin- In her acceptance speech, Hatha- at least if you own University of Labor Association] and its work in cided by heterosexual white men for gular part of her, we are reducing way said, “Here’s hoping that some- Pittsburgh-branded clothing. this area,” referring to the organiza- years. This year we were graced with her to her nipples. We are telling her, day in the not-too-distant future the Pitt students are uniting to en- tion affiliated with the university. Seth MacFarlane’s offensive jokes “Yes, you are allowed to be success- misfortunes of Fantine will only be courage their university to affiliate However, this claim is vague and and blatant sexism as well. ful. Yes, you are allowed to win an found in stories and nevermore in with the Worker Rights Consortium needs to be supported by specific Blatant sexism should never be Oscar. But we’re still going to shame real life.” (WRC), an independent organiza- reasons why the university trusts allowed, especially from or toward you for something this trivial, for es- I agree, Anne. But I think we’ve tion founded by students, university the Fair Labor Association, which the celebrity audience present at the sentially nothing more than being a got a ways to go. administrators, and labor rights ex- students and labor rights activists Oscars. woman.” perts that aims to end labor abuses claim receives funds from the facto- Anne Hathaway hasn’t had a Seth MacFarlane’s song at the be- Satvika Neti (sneti@) is a staffwriter and to defend workplace rights in ries it inspects. great year when it comes to the me- ginning of the Oscars, entitled “We for The Tartan. factories, particularly in sweatshops dia; however, when it comes to just that produce university apparel. about everything else, she’s been Duquesne University, Chatham It is not Pitt’s ridiculously successful, as anyone University, and Carnegie Mellon who’s seen Les Mis can attest. From are among the 180 organizations al- choice to remain having a picture of her not wearing ready affiliated with the WRC. unaffiliated with underwear circulating around the While Pitt has the right to not af- Internet, to appearing at the Oscars filiate with the WRC, the university’s the WRC that in a “nipple dress,” the media has response — or lack thereof — is un- bothers me — it’s shamed her for just about every- acceptable. thing, even in debates over whether Joe Thomas, founder of Pitt’s the university’s or not her Oscar acceptance speech chapter of Americans for Informed lack of response. was “over-rehearsed.” Democracy, delivered multiple let- ters to Chancellor Mark Nordenberg She is not taking this passively. last fall asking for Pitt to affiliate When asked by the Pittsburgh When asked about the “lesson” she with the WRC. During a meeting Post-Gazette, WRC executive di- learned from the picture circulated with Vice Provost and Dean of Stu- rector Scott Nova claimed that the on the Internet during an interview dents Kathy Humphrey and Vice university had not contacted the that was supposed to be about Les Chancellor G. Reynolds Clark, organization. Given the rising stu- Mis, she turned it back around and Thomas said the officials “didn’t see dent outcry, one would think that, said that she was “very sad that we the point of joining” the WRC and at the very least, Pitt would contact live in an age when someone takes questioned students’ motivations. the WRC to discuss the possibility of a picture of another person in a vul- While officials representing the affiliation. nerable moment and, rather than university met with students and at- The lack of action by the univer- delete it, sells it.” You go, Anne! Four tended student-run events related sity should not go unnoticed. Stu- for you. to sweatshops, their responses do dents look up to their universities as On the night of the Oscars, the not indicate that they have seri- bodies that have the power to pro- Internet exploded with the Twitter ously considered the notion of af- mote change. They rely on that body trend “Les Nipperables,” a joke about filiating with the WRC. The lack of to foster their ideas and help them how Hathaway’s nipples were show- Annette Ko/Art Editor interest by Pitt officials also shows a meet their goals. When the univer- lack of respect for student concerns. sity’s vision is not in line with the Students drive sales when they pur- vision of the students, it is the uni- chase university apparel, and their versity’s responsibility to thoroughly voices should be heard. look into the matter before ignoring Rap videos no basis for abuse case The university must respond a proposed change. the parents are exposing their child As for the video in which Lil’ promptly to student outcries and It is not Pitt’s choice to remain to, removing a child from his or her Poopy is depicted slapping the wom- stop pushing aside the notion of af- unaffiliated with the WRC that both- family should only be reserved for an, it’s important to remember that filiating with the WRC. While they ers me — it’s the university’s lack of extreme cases of child abuse and Natalie Portman, Jodie Foster, and may decline partnering with the response, apparent disinterest, and neglect. Brooke Shields were all featured in WRC, they must at least provide absence of public research. xiyu wang Every family has had instances of films where they played very sexu- a supported argument for their questionable parenting that society ally suggestive roles at a young age. choice. Is it the cost of affiliation, Braden Kelner (bik@) is Forum edi- There has been recent contro- would frown upon. However, re- Their parents were not investigated which can be up to $50,000? Is it a tor for The Tartan. versy over “Lil’ Poopy,” 9-year-old moving children from their families for abuse and neglect. Furthermore, rapper Luie Rivera Jr. from Mas- will always leave deep, long-term child pageant parents are not inves- sachusetts, due to the nature of the emotional damage. The question tigated when their children wear YouTube videos in which he stars. is whether or not the actions of the overtly sexual clothing on stage. In these videos, Lil’ Poopy refer- family harm a child so deeply that What is it about this case that is dras- ences all the staples of the rap genre removing the child from the family is tically different? — money, drugs, and women. The necessary. Perhaps it is the association with particular video that garnered the hip-hop, and especially rap, with ex- attention of state child welfare offi- plicitly adult themes that makes this cials, however, is most controversial Removing children case so flagrant. because the fourth grader is seen However, the decision to remove slapping a woman on her rear end. from their families a child from his or her family should Before we get into any discus- will always leave not be a decision based on cultural sion of the ethics of Lil’ Poopy’s vid- stereotypes; instead, the decision eos, I would like to make one thing deep, long-term should be based off of a careful anal- clear: Lil’ Poopy is a terrible rapper. emotional damage. ysis of evidence as to whether or not Although it may seem a mean thing there is actual abuse going on in a to say about a 9-year-old, I think it’s household. important to establish that the boy is At this point, there is no real evi- While I hate the fact that par- not some Mozart-esque child prodi- dence of abuse that would warrant ents would think it appropriate for gy that the world would greatly suf- removing the child from his home. a 9-year-old to rap about drugs and fer without. If the investigation uncovers actual sex, it would be worse if child servic- If he had been, it would make my instances of physical or emotional es removed children from their par- position more defensible: This child abuse, then I would certainly sup- ents simply because of distaste over should not be taken away from his port the removal of the child from his the parenting style that they exhibit. parents and the videos themselves family. However, the videos them- do not warrant an investigation. selves are merely distasteful, not evi- Xiyu Wang (xiyuw@) is a staffwriter Braden Kelner/Forum Editor While I morally object to what dence of severe abuse. for The Tartan. A PERSON’S OPINION Compiled by Jonathan Carreon and Kate Groschner The Tartan is ready to relax. So we asked, What are your plans for Spring Break?

Stephen Nimalasuriya Laura Carroll Tim Bach Chong Ren Abhijaat Kelkar General HSS Physics Computer Science ChemE MechE First-year Sophomore Senior Graduate Student Sophomore

“Clinicals for the EMT class and “Applying for internships.” “Spending the first half in New “Going home and, if I have time, “Going home, skiing, hanging out going home.” York City with some friends then making a trip to somewhere I’ve with friends, volunteering for a heading back to Miami for a never been.” robotics competition, then head- culture festival.” ing back.” A10 « thetartan.org/sports The Tartan » March 4, 2013 March 4, 2013 « The Tartan thetartan.org/sports » A11 commentary Pittsburgh sports see flurry of activity, show signs of improvement Carl Glazer halfway point of this short- The play itself was a clean middle of the league in points at least they are headed in the win coach-of-the-year honors Staffwriter ened season, yet another of hit, but the real damage was allowed. right direction. with the Indianapolis Colts, the Pittsburgh superstars has done when Malkin’s head and When coupled with their The front office has shown the Steelers missed the play- This week was an interest- gone down with a concussion. neck whiplashed when he hit second-rank offensive, their a commitment to winning by offs and barely had a winning ing one for Pittsburgh sports The only difference is that the boards. defense’s performance has led negotiating a big-money con- record. fans. The Penguins are suc- this time it is Evgeni Malkin, The glimmer of hope for the team to second place in the tract extension for McCutchen This off-season is setting ceeding even with some injury not Sidney Crosby, who is out Pens fans was the speed with NHL’s Eastern Conference. and out-paying the New York up to be just as hectic, with the issues, the Pirates are starting for an indeterminate time pe- which Malkin has returned to Yankees for Martin’s catching Steelers trying to get younger spring training, and the Steel- riod. the ice. services. players on defense while also ers are setting themselves up Malkin was injured last Fri- Wednesday, Malkin skated Baseball Starling Marte is a name to trying to get under the salary for what will likely be a very day against the Florida Pan- around for 30 minutes during For the Pirates, this may keep an eye on this year. cap. busy off-season. thers, after taking a brutal hit practice, but he still has a ways finally be the year that’s differ- He got called up from the So far the Steelers have re- While this may be a slow from Panthers defenseman to go before he can play again. ent. On the back of all-star An- minor leagues in July last year, negotiated quarterback Ben time in terms of Pittsburgh Erik Gudbranson. It is also important to re- drew McCutchen, third base- and appears to be in position Roethlisberger’s contract, but sports, things are about to heat Malkin was skating in Flor- member the varied progress man slugger Pedro Alvarez, to win the starting left field job have pretty much given up all up with the NHL Playoffs, the ida territory with the puck, Crosby had in the nearly two major free-agent acquisition out of spring training. hope of signing free agent re- start of the MLB regular sea- hoping to break a 1­–1 tie in years he spent trying to recov- Russell Martin, and a rota- At just 24 years old, he has ceiver Mike Wallace again. son, and the NFL draft all on the third period, when Gud- er from his own concussion. tion that includes A.J. Burnett, plenty of room to grow but has The Steelers have bet- the horizon. Hopefully each branson checked Malkin to the Thankfully, the Penguins Wandy Rodríguez, and James some good power and great ter draft picks than in recent team makes the right moves ground causing him to slide are still in an easy position to McDonald, the Pirates look to spee years — the 17th pick in the now to put themselves in a po- on the ice and slam his head make the playoffs with Crosby finally end this season with a first round — due to their poor sition to win when it counts. against the boards. finally returning to his domi- winning record for the first regular season performance. He was immediately re- nating form after two years off time in 21 years. Football This could be used either to moved from the game due to due to concussions. The Pirates are still a year After last season’s crazy continue fixing their aging Hockey severe headaches, mild disori- Goalie Marc-André Fleury or two away from really mak- off-season with the team fir- and porous offensive line or It seems like déjà vu for entation, and other early con- and the Pens’ defense is also ing some noise in the National ing offensive coordinator to rejuvenate the slowing de- Penguins fans. As we near the cussion symptoms. doing its part, ranking in the League Central Division, but Bruce Arians, who went on to fense.

Intramural Sports Roundup

Basketball: Co-Rec Basketball: Men’s Recreational Team Name SR W-L-T WP GB PF PA STRK TOT Team Name SR W-L-T WP GB PF PA STRK TOT Lunch Bunch 1 3-0-0 1 - 146 31 Won 3 3 Not sure 1 4-0-0 1 - 261 137 Won 4 4 The Langoliers 1 3-0-0 1 0 125 32 Won 3 3 SPIRIT & Co 1 4-0-0 1 0 342 220 Won 4 4 SPIRIT 1 3-0-0 1 0 114 32 Won 3 3 CEE Bridge Trolls 1 3-1-0 0.75 1.5 177 153 Won 1 3 PaperChasers 1 4-0-0 1 0 217 138 Won 4 4 DG/SigEp 1 3-1-0 0.75 1 174 162 Loss 1 3 Beta Ro Omega: ... 1 3-0-0 1 0 112 47 Won 3 3 Dribble Penetra... 1 2-2-0 0.5 2 191 213 Loss 1 2 Random Walkers 1 3-0-0 1 0 159 94 Won 3 3 Yao Schwings 0.75 2-2-0 0.5 1.5 166 147 Loss 1 2 Gerf 1 4-0-0 1 0 136 84 Won 4 4 Random Walkers 1 2-2-0 0.5 3 90 101 Won 1 2 CSD Robot Execu... 1 3-0-0 1 0 124 75 Won 3 3 Canarinho 0.75 1-3-0 0.25 2.5 114 104 Won 1 1 The Dramaqueens 1 3-0-0 1 0 97 50 Won 3 3 Yay Soccer! 0.5 1-3-0 0.25 2.5 50 75 Won 1 1 SigEp Team A 1 2-0-1 .67 0 138 83 Won 2 2.5 Sigma Chi and K... 0.5 1-3-0 0.25 2 68 95 Loss 1 1 Baker Hall Bullies 1 3-1-0 .75 0 185 129 Won 3 3 Sudsuckers 1 3-1-0 .75 0 172 154 Won 2 3 uncle drew 1 0-4-0 0 4 155 250 Loss 4 0 Master Jimmy’s... 1 3-1-0 .75 .5 129 118 Loss 1 3 TSA 1 0-4-0 0 4 123 254 Loss 4 0 PKA Jerry Stack... 1 2-1-0 .67 .5 134 74 Won 2 2 Bank Shots 1 2-1-0 .67 .5 145 90 Won 2 2 Basketball: Men’s Competitive Rainmakers 1 2-1-0 .67 1 104 68 Won 1 2 Team Name SR W-L-T WP GB PF PA STRK TOT Working the Rim 1 2-1-0 .67 .5 163 128 Won 2 2 BETA Flight S... 1 3-0-0 1 - 143 117 Won 3 3 SAE Ball Hogs 1 2-1-0 .67 .5 140 113 Loss 1 2 Team Zero 1 3-0-1 .75 0 156 126 Won 2 3.5 Swag Squad 1 2-1-0 .67 .5 145 118 Won 2 2 BETA Chester... 1 2-0-1 .67 .25 154 119 Won 2 2.5 5566 1 2-1-0 .67 1 92 72 Won 2 2 Uhhhh....HELP! 1 2-1-0 .67 1.5 121 86 Loss 1 2 Sigma Chi Men’s... 1 2-1-0 .67 .5 114 95 Won 1 2 SPIRIT 1 2-1-1 .5 .75 179 145 Loss 1 2.5 The Heinz Hitmen 1 2-1-0 .67 .5 122 116 Loss 1 2 The Firebirds 1 2-1-1 .5 .75 193 179 Won 1 2.5 Senor Yuk 1 2-1-0 .67 .5 113 122 Won 1 2 Tepper 1 0-4-0 0 3.5 152 205 Loss 4 0 Ball Me Maybe 1 2-1-0 .67 1 74 85 Loss 1 2 Team Ole Heads 1 0-4-0 0 3.5 141 205 Loss 4 0 INI-World Class 1 2-1-0 .67 .5 92 130 Won 1 2 Tepper1Y 0.67 0-3-0 0 2.5 79 136 Loss 3 0 Otter Team 1 2-2-0 .5 1 169 129 Won 2 2 CEE Bridge Trolls 1 2-2-0 .5 1 187 155 Won 1 2 Basketball: Women’s Jamaican Hopsco... 1 2-2-0 .5 1.5 130 102 Loss 1 2 iSloppy 1 1-2-0 .33 2 45 90 Loss 2 1 Team Name SR W-L-T WP GB PF PA STRK TOT The Couch Potatoes 1 1-2-0 .33 2 49 100 Won 1 1 yay soccer! 1 4-0-0 1 - 223 89 Won 4 4 TEAM ASA 1 1-2-0 .33 1.5 84 136 Loss 2 1 Spirit 1 1-2-0 .33 2.5 114 139 Loss 1 1 HCII 1 1-2-0 .33 2 46 109 Loss 2 1 The EngiNERDs 1 0-3-0 0 3.5 33 142 Loss 3 0 Beta 2nd Floor .67 1-2-0 .33 1 77 73 Won 1 1 Stuck In Mitosis .67 1-2-0 .33 1.5 43 67 Loss 1 1 Dodgeball: Co-Rec Sigma Studs .67 1-2-0 .33 1.5 23 75 Loss 2 1 Team WP W-L-T Eurovision 2.0 1 1-3-0 .25 2 139 160 Loss 2 1 Tri Delta DTD 1 4-0-0 Sigep B 1 1-3-0 .25 2 107 185 Loss 3 1 SDC 1 4-0-0 The Golden Mush... 1 0-2-1 0 1.75 107 123 Loss 3 .5 Ball Me Maybe .75 3-1-0 The Dream Team 1 0-3-0 0 2.5 88 122 Loss 3 0 Team Ninja 2.0 .75 3-1-0 Somthing to Th... 1 0-3-0 0 2.5 92 137 Loss 3 0 The Dodgefather .75 3-1-0 the bugs 1 0-3-0 0 2 57 102 Loss 3 0 Heinz Health Care Club .75 3-1-0 CSA Diao Si 1 0-3-0 0 2.5 77 157 Loss 3 0 PiKappaAlphaPhi .75 3-1-0 High-Z D 1 0-3-0 0 2.5 43 152 Loss 3 0 Blitzkreig .67 2-1-0 Lambda Phi Epsilon .75 0-4-0 0 2.5 93 167 Loss 4 0 ARCC .67 2-1-0 Dodgeball: Men’s PiKA .75 0-4-0 0 2 65 149 Loss 4 0 Sky Mellons .5 2-1-0 Competitive High Flyers .67 0-3-0 0 2 43 101 Loss 3 0 Squirtle Squad .5 2-2-0 Tigger Mountain 0.5 0-4-0 0 2 21 148 Loss 4 0 CMU Women’s Soccer .5 2-2-0 Team Name WP W-L-T DTD .33 0-3-0 0 1 0 30 Loss 3 0 CIA .5 2-2-0 Krisselltoe 1 4-0-0 Pedro Morales M... .33 0-3-0 0 1 0 30 Loss 3 0 TSA .5 2-2-0 BETA 1 3-0-0 HCII .33 1-2-0 Sweedish Meatballz .67 2-1-0 Let’s Get Weird .25 1-3-0 Grubernomics .5 2-2-0 Legend: APO 0 1-3-0 Menace II Sobriety .5 2-2-0 SR = Sportsmanship Record, WLT = Win-Loss-Tie, The Pillage People 0 0-4-0 JJ’s Crew .5 2-2-0 WP = Winning Percentage, GB = Games Behind First, Alph Kappa Psi 0 0-4-0 The Dom Squad .33 1-2-0 PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, The Rez 0 0-4-0 The Six 0 0-4-0 STRK = Winning Game Streak, TOT = Total Points Fringe 0 0-4-0 UNTOUCHABLES 0 0-3-0 A12 « thetartan.org/sports The Tartan » March 4, 2013

Women’s tennis advances to Women’s basketball falls short Elizabeth Martin final ITA round, loses 5–4 Staffwriter Abby Smith Bryn Raschke and Chelsea straight set with a total of six The Carnegie Mellon Sports Co-Editor Motie. singles wins for Carnegie Mel- women’s basketball team fin- “The doubles did an excel- lon. ished its season at the Eastern The Carnegie Mellon lent job this weekend,” Pratt On Sunday, the Tartans College Athletic Conference women’s tennis team traveled said. “I look forward to more started strong with two wins (ECAC) South Championship to Greencastle, Ind. this week- of the spring season.” in doubles: an 8–2 win by Ra- last Wednesday with a 94–80 end and advanced to the final In singles play, Cecil and schke and Motie and an 8–5 loss to the Juniata College Ea- match of the International Motie won in straight sets at win by Cecil and Pratt. gles (19–8). This was the first Tennis Association (ITA)’s In- No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, The team was ahead 2–1 time the Tartans have made door Championship, where to seal Tartan victories. going into singles play, but it to the championships since the team suffered a tough 5–4 The Tartans also claimed unfortunately, the Tartans did the 1999–2000 season, and loss to the Johns Hopkins Uni- victories at No. 4, No. 5, and not fare as well in the singles marking an end to the first versity Blue Jays. No. 6 singles. Pratt won 6–1, part of Sunday’s competition. winning season in 10 years. Their advancement to the 6–1 at No. 4 while Tsu won Ultimately, the two singles The Tartans’ final in-season final rounds of competition 6–4, 6–1 at No. 4, and Tapak wins by Motie and Cecil were record was 13–12. on Sunday was not a novelty won 4–6, 6–1, 10–5 at No. 6. not enough to carry the Tar- In the week prior to the for the fifth-ranked Tartans, On Saturday the Tartans tans. ECAC Southern Champion- who won the inaugural cham- came away with an 8–1 vic- Despite their final losses ship, the Tartans suffered pionship in 2009 and were tory over the Trinity Univer- in the singles matches, the losses at Case Western Re- runners-up in 2011. sity Tigers to advance to the Tartans were still proud of serve University and Emory The Tartans immediately national final match for the their overall performance University. But these losses established their competitive- second consecutive year. and thankful for the time to were hard-fought battles. At ness and dominance in the The lineup was similar to bond together during the long the Feb. 23 game against Case competition, first advancing the previous day and featured weekend. Western, the Tartans had a to the semifinals on Friday. wins by pairs Raschke and “I had an awesome time 22–10 run in the first half, The Tartans started the Motie in addition to Cecil and this weekend,” Tsu said. “Es- with senior Emily Peel lead- match with a sweeping dou- Pratt. pecially listening to Justin ing with a high shooting per- ble play. Motie and Cecil also won Bieber with my teammates.” centage. Senior Alex Tapak and their singles matches, while The Tartans and the Johns This is typical of Peel, who first-year Brooke Tsu opened first-year Elizabeth Martin Hopkin’s Blue Jays will meet finished the 2013 regular- with an 8–1 win at No. 3 dou- sealed the match for Carnegie again on March 31, when season campaign averaging bles. Mellon with a win inthe No. 3 Carnegie Mellon will travel to 13.9 points and 8.2 rebounds Junior Katie Cecil and singles. Johns Hopkins for a 12 p.m. per game. She also posted 30 sophomore Angela Pratt dou- Success did not stop there match. blocks for an average of 1.2 a game to lead the team in all Jonathan Leung/Assistant Photo Editor bled up to claim the Tartans for the team, as Tsu and first- The Tartans fell in the ECAC South Championship last Wednesday. second point with an 8–4 win year Abbey Hamstra capped Editor’s note: Alex Tapak and four categories. at No. 1, followed by a 8–3 off the night with singles Elizabeth Martin are Peel closed the regular sea- lead in the first three minutes, Poss made a career-best doubles win by sophomores wins as well, marking the fifth staffwriters for The Tartan. son with a national ranking of continuing their dominance finish, a total of 20 points. eight in field-goal percentage, with the biggest lead of the First-year Liza Otto also shooting at a 56.6 percent half with a score of 28–9. received honors as by making clip. With the first-team selec- Eagle junior Jordan Hileman the UAA second-team, becom- tion, Peel becomes the fourth was a major player, earning ing the first Tartan first-year Tartan to earn two or more the majority of the points for to make the second-team University Athletic Associa- the opposing team in this half. since the 2008–09 season. tion (UAA) first-team honors. The Tartans fought back Otto was third on the team Peel was also a great as- to reduce the deficit to seven in scoring with 10.3 points set for the Tartans, shooting a points with four minutes left per game, and second on the season-high 27 points. She is in the first half. team in rebounding with 8.0 currently the fourth leading First-year Lindsay Poss boards a game. Otto led the scorer in school history with stepped up for the Tartans team in assists with 72, which 1,203 points and the seventh and shot a three-pointer and averaged out to 2.9 assists a leading rebounder with 721 two baskets in a row to make game, and led the team with points. the score 39–32 in Carnegie double-digit rebounds in nine “This season was awe- Mellon’s favor. games. some. To have the first win- At the break, Peel had Overall, the Tartans do ning season in a decade and to scored 15 points and Poss not dwell on their loss in the make it to ECAC’s was amaz- scored 11, while senior Jor- championship, but rather ing. We have come a long way dan Speck dominated for the look at the successful season and this is only the beginning Eagles with 19 points.Speck with feelings of accomplish- of the success I know the made the last three-pointer of ment. These feelings of pride team will have,” Peel said. “It the game, giving the Eagles a and achievement are espe- has been great to be a part of 57–42 lead over the Tartans. cially strong for the graduat- the CMU women’s baskeball They continued their ing seniors. program and I have really en- shooting streak with a 48 per- “It’s very strange to think joyed getting to know such an cent average for the second ‘Wow, these four years are awesome group of people.” half, leading to the final score over,’ ” senior Tori Baggio Following their loss at Case 94–80 in the Eagles’ favor. said. “But I really enjoyed this Western, the Tartans head- The Eagles only made one season and think we accom- ed to Juniata and the ECAC more shot than the Tartans, plished a lot. We have a great South Championship last but they made more many group of girls, and I’m excited more three-pointers than did to come back as an alum to see Jonathan Leung/Assistant Photo Editor Wednesday. Juniata started First-year Brooke Tsu was a major asset in the doubles play during the ITA Championship this weekend. off strong and gained a 14–0 the Tartans. them do even greater things.”

athlete profile No one leads men’s club volleyball team quite like Gaston Vinay Viswanathan for us to get as much participation and com- Pennsylvania native, Gaston also enjoys trav- Staffwriter mitment as we’d like due to demand in other elling to other schools and exploring other areas of life, especially academically.” The academic institutions. Senior mechanical engineering major Tay- team practices twice a week, and often travels After graduation, Gaston plans to enter lor Gaston has been part of the men’s club vol- to other schools for matches. the work force as a mechanical engineer. leyball team since his first year and is hoping Still, Gaston boasts that the team, led by He is also an active participant in the uni- to wrap up his illustrious volleyball career at versity intramural sports leagues, engineer- Carnegie Mellon on a high note. ing groups on campus, and is a brother of Gaston has been a standout outside hitter “When there are only the Pennsylvania Rho chapter of Phi Kappa and captain on the club for four years, and has Theta. also been heavily involved as the manager of a few things that you Gaston uses volleyball as a break from the varsity women’s volleyball team. like to do other than the challenging engineering course- The Harrisburg, Pa. native says that “[the work and the busy college lifestyle. team has] gone through a rebuilding phase, hanging out with “It was at first hard to juggle aca- but we’ve gotten a lot of younger guys as the friends, [volleyball] is demics and athletics, but there’s defi- team has progressed.” nitely time to get work done,” Gaston Gaston has excelled in his position as a definitely a great outlet said. “When there are only a few things captain. First-year Daniel Lee said, “Taylor from the stress.” that you like to do other than hanging has been a really strong captain because he’s out with friends, [volleyball] is definitely a role model who leads by setting an example, a great outlet from the stress.” both on and off the court.” Lee added, “He’s —Taylor Gaston, Even before coming to Carnegie Mellon, incredibly supportive and consistently look- senior mechanical engineering Gaston was in correspondence with the presi- ing for ways to improve your play.” dent of the volleyball team, and quickly be- Entering the season, Gaston hoped that major came integrated into the team environment. “we would get out of the rebuilding phase and Based on his experience in joining the that we would be more strict, committed, and team, Gaston encourages any students who involved.” coach and assistant professor of chemistry are unsure of joining a group like the volley- In Gaston’s eyes, much of this initial goal Kevin J. Noonan, is “better than it has been ball team to “take that first step and be outgo- for the season has been accomplished. The during the past two years.” ing; you will definitely be accepted with open team is 4-3 this season, with a final win in two Sophomore teammate DJ Begos said, arms.” games against Robert Morris University. “[Gaston’s] always getting us excited on the “Taylor’s been our vice president for the The men’s volleyball team is in the Penn- court, and he’s just a leader. He always helps past two years, and he’s also been our on-the- Ohio Volleyball League (POVL), competing at practice and tells us things to work on. Him, floor captain,” team president Alex Campbell against local teams including the club team [team president Alex Campbell], and our said. “He’s the spirit of our team. He’s the one from the University of Pittsburgh. coach all help, and are really good leaders.” who always gets people motivated and gives The team has nevertheless faced countless Outside of the court, Gaston said that he speeches, and gets us up when we’re down. challenges this year, with the most pressing simply enjoys hanging out with friends and He’s very vocal and really excited all the time, being less-than-desired levels of involvement playing other sports. I also really like to eat which is great to have on the team and great from the players. Gaston said that it is “hard and try out different restaurants.” Being a for a captain to be.” Kate Groschner/Photo Editor Regarding Warhol Sixty Artists, Fifty Years

Sophomore Convocation The sophomore vocal performance class puts on a comedic show • B5

03.04.13 Volume 107, Issue 20 ...this week only 3 Hannibal Buress The comedian and former SNL writer entertains at Mr. Small’s Theatre.

4 Andy Warhol A new exhibit at the Andy Warhol Museum celebrates the legacy of the pop art pioneer.

5 Convocation The sophomore vocal performance class performs classic songs in a comedy musical.

6 DYO The School of Drama’s Director Series features a philosophical, reflective play.

Apparat The German electronic musician releases Krieg 6 und Frieden (Music for Theatre).

4 5 regulars...... diversions

7 Comics 3 Advice Comics about technology, heaven and hell, Everything you need to know about road trips and life. Oh, and spring break. and saying no to relationships. 9 Puzzles One last puzzle page before you take it easy 4 Did You Know? over spring break. Did you know that 100 years ago, a contest 10 Horoscopes was held to write a theme song for Carnegie What’s your spring break going to be like? Tech? 11 Calendar Consult this week’s calendar for events happening on and off campus.

PUBLISHER Jennifer Coloma EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Josh Smith PILLBOX EDITOR Rachel Cohen Assistant Pillbox Editor Laura Scherb COMICS EDITOR Kairavi Chahal ART EDITOR Annette Ko PHOTO EDITOR Kate Groschner COPY MANAGER Evan Kahn COVER Sophia Chang

The Tartan . Box 119 . UC Suite 103 . Carnegie Mellon University . 5000 Forbes Ave . Pittsburgh, PA 15213 . www.thetartan.org . © 2013 The Tartan High energy, laughs galore Advice for awkward people Comedian/writer Buress presents memorable, exciting show About spring break road trips and hookups

Dear Patrick, Dear Patrick, “Why don’t we eat penguins?” the hour-long set, he was able to maintain that high level of energy. Spring break’s coming up, How can I explain to It’s a question that is not often asked, but one that and I’m going on a road someone that I don’t want comedian Hannibal Buress asked nonetheless at a The show, mostly composed of observational and trip with some friends. I’m to be in a relationship performance last week at Mr. Small’s Theatre, where absurdist humor, seemed rather experimental. a little concerned about it, right now? Everyone he claimed he would pay $500 to wrangle a penguin Buress’ conversationalist, off-the-cuff delivery is very though. How can I make assumes that since I’m and eat it. sharp and adds greatly to his jokes. Some memorable sure our road trip goes a girl, that’s what I want, moments include jokes about Mitt Romney’s well? but I really just want to Buress is a Chicago-based comedian who has proposed changes to the TSA, Will Smith’s death, hang out with my friends written for Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock. He has the practice of podiatry, domestic violence in the Thanks, and maybe hook up with also been featured on Comedy Central programs and context of Kobe Bryant’s career, and Buress himself Hoping Imminent Trip a cute dude. has appeared on various talk shows, including the being the victim of a failed robbery. Triumphs, Helplessly Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with En Route On Arduous Thanks, Jimmy Fallon, and The Late Late Show with Craig Another memorable joke involved Buress’ trip to the Diversions Jonesing After Useful Ferguson. emergency room after a car accident: He describes “Necking” Tonight, Yet a nurse who chastises him for cursing in the Dear HIT THE ROAD, Joes Escape Zealous Mr. Small’s Theatre, where the show was held, was emergency room. “What? Does my cursing ruin the Enticing, Believe Eager a very colorful venue. Converted from a church into emergency room experience of the other patients?” Lucky for you, I’m a for Love a performance space, the theater has an interesting he asked. connoisseur of road trip atmosphere and interior, although there was not films. I’ve seen ’em all. I Dear JAUNTY JEZEBEL, enough seating for a comedy show. The venue is Although the variety of the subject matter kept the know all the tricks. First usually used for concerts and musical performances, audience interested, some of his jokes could have things first: The point of Have you tried just telling which was clear from the fact that nearly all the seats been more connected by a narrative. For instance, road trips is to engage in him you don’t want a were folding chairs. Buress made plenty of jokes about his experiences in multistate shenanigans relationship? I think he’ll still London, but they were far too spread out. predicated upon simple understand. If he still thinks The show started off with a bang. Buress came misunderstandings, like you want a relationship, then in after a grand introduction and ran around the Another less-than-satisfactory part of the show pretending to be in a there’s not much you can theater, mingling with the crowd. Through most of occurred when Buress riffed on ridiculous rap lyrics. historically black fraternity or say to explain it to him. The The particular jokes he made, like those about Big holding an amusement park best way to convince him Sean’s lyrics in the Kanye West song “Mercy,” were hostage with a BB gun. you don’t want to date him not very insightful or original. Where Buress did is to just not date him. make original commentary about certain lyrics, While your shenanigans may however, he redeemed himself somewhat. not be as great as those, At this point, the question you should still engage becomes “How do I end my An interesting aspect of the performance was that, in as many as you can. casual hookup?” You could unlike many stand-up performances, this was not a That means doing things go with the tried-and-true one-man show. Buress had a DJ accompany him as like pulling over for every method of ignoring his texts part of the show, playing music where appropriate. “World’s Largest ______” and avoiding him until he At the end, Buress also had ballerinas and someone you pass, going to biker gets the idea (of course, dressed in an Elmo costume dancing with him on bars while cross-dressing that makes you look like a stage. for convoluted reasons, and jerk). Or just maintain polite reassembling your car with conversation but come up Buress’s comedy is pretty original, and he is very duct tape. Sure, it won’t be with excuses for avoiding talented as a comedian. For anyone interested the same as traveling with him (and be slightly less of a in stand-up comedy, it’s an act definitely worth Kristen Stewart in On The jerk). Or have an actual adult checking out. Road, but at least you’ll be conversation — crazy, right? able to make eye contact with your friend afterwards. Or just don’t give him Xiyu Wang | Staffwriter your number, Just be glad you’re not traveling with David Patrick Hoskins Spade, Need advice? Send queries Patrick Hoskins to [email protected]. Comedian Hannibal Buress brought a DJ and dancers to perform with him in a high-energy performance at Mr. Small’s Theatre.

Xiyu Wang | Junior Photographer community pillbox 03.04.13 3 Did you know? New exhibit graces Warhol The second competition to find the Contemporary art pays tribute to Pittsburgh legend perfect Carnegie Tech song is under way. Entries are due at the end of 100 March. Students and alumni of all Entering the Andy Warhol Museum is like entering years ago ages and talents are urged to submit a strange, neon-colored land. The giant Brillo box a song. The only criteria for the song Feb. 13, 1913 statue across from the entrance and the neon purple are that it has to be original, cheerful, and yellow cows printed on the walls are signs of the inspiring, and appropriate. eccentric work that is to come.

All graduating students who intend The museum currently features a special exhibit to receive bachelor’s, master’s, or called Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years, doctoral degrees in 1963 are reminded which celebrates the 50th anniversary of Warhol’s to submit $10 to the Office of the “Campbell’s Soup Cans.” The exhibit, which opened 50 Registrar. Doctoral graduates must Feb. 3, showcases some of the most influential work years ago submit an additional $25 deposit to be Andy Warhol ever made — think of the Marilyn Monroe silkscreen images and the Elvis Presley March 13, 1963 returned upon completion of a doctoral thesis. prints — as well as work from other artists that have emulated Warhol since his legendary art rocked the world. Carnegie Mellon’s pre-med club, Carnegie Care Unit, hosts Robert Glue Each floor of the museum has huge photos of Andy from the University of Pittsburgh. The Warhol, along with famous quotes that exemplify his club is a network of students intending character. The last floor of the museum, part of the to work in medicine, and speakers permanent collection, is dedicated to Andy Warhol’s 25 come once a month to discuss life and features his diploma from Carnegie Mellon years ago different areas of the healthcare field. Sophia Chang | Junior Photographer — a nice link between the past and the present. It The group also organized the Safe Sex The first floor of the museum commemorates March 8, 1988 is fascinating to go through all the floors and see Symposium earlier in the school year. Warhol’s life and work. different facets of Andy Warhol and the people he inspired, albeit a little repetitive at points. The Carnegie Mellon Women’s Center Star” by Kelley Walker) and a giant box of cigarettes hosts Sex Week. The event starts The new exhibit begins on the seventh floor and is (“Helmsboro Country” by Hans Haacke). Of course, out with an erotic reading by creative also installed in floors five, four, and two. As soon as the museum also features Andy Warhol’s famous writing students while a large box of visitors step into the gallery, they are greeted with pieces like his Brillo boxes and his screen prints flavored condoms and lube is passed massive self-portraits of Andy Warhol. Featuring of famous celebrities. Different artists that were 10 his iconic silkscreen technique, the neon-colored inspired by Warhol are featured as well, through years ago around. The center is described by The Tartan as resembling “the cozy home of canvases are a strong opening statement to the videos, photographs, installation pieces, and screen March 3, 2003 an intellectual, graying lesbian couple,” exhibit. Continuing into the gallery, there are several prints. and books about psychology, feminism, standout pieces, but these are hidden amidst the and sexuality line the walls. other pieces that honestly fail to spur excitement. The Andy Warhol Museum is a good place to visit if Some of the pieces are just confusing. Although it modern art interests you, especially since it’s free for is modern contemporary art, it is hard to see the Carnegie Mellon students. After all, Warhol is such Incoming Carnegie Mellon students artistic value or talent behind it. an important part of Pittsburgh culture. Though I for the 2008–09 academic year will wouldn’t recommend visiting the museum multiple pay the 10th highest tuition rate in the One of the knockout pieces, an untitled work by times, a trip to see the Regarding Warhol exhibit is years5 ago United States. The estimated total for Félix González-Torres, is a huge pile of candy on definitely worth your time. all expenses is $51,355. The university the ground, placed in a corner of one of the rooms. March 3, 2008 maintains that the tuition hikes are It seems very simple at first — until the description helping make Carnegie Mellon a better explains that the candy’s weight totals 175 pounds: Sophia Chang | Junior Staffwriter institution with more personal and the weight of González-Torres’s lover, who died of professional opportunities for students. AIDS. According to the description, the candy is a representation of the perfect sweetness between Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years is Student Senate unanimously votes Torres and his lover. As people walk by the exhibit showing at the Andy Warhol Museum through April to hold impeachment proceedings and take pieces of candy — as they are encouraged 28. against Student Body President Jake to do — they are symbolically re-enacting the year1 ago Flittner. With the unanimous movement diminishing effect AIDS had on the artist’s lover. to impeach Flittner, Student Body Vice But they are also adding to his lover’s reincarnation March 5, 2012 President Sangita Sharma is appointed when the museum replenishes the candy supply to to fill the president’s seat until the issue its original 175-pound weight. is resolved. Other interesting pieces include a silkscreen print Catherine Spence | Staffwriter splattered with dark, white, and milk chocolate (“Black Star Black Press: Black Star, Black Press, community 4 pillbox 03.04.13 Voice majors leave audience in stitches Sophomore Convocation organizes classic songs into hilariously original musical

Kresge Theatre was filled with uproarious laughter into a series of hysterical character studies. The show each embodied strong and distinctive characters last Thursday at a production written and produced concludes with the reveal of the villain’s identity, which through pieces with modified lyrics; their performances, by the School of Music sophomore vocal performance comes as a huge surprise to both the audience and the in particular, were hysterical. Ramos’ rendition of class, The Curious Murder of a Person Not Particularly characters on stage. “Contigo en la Distancia” (accompanied by Braider on Liked. Convocation is a requirement for all students in acoustic guitar) was in Spanish, and though the majority the School fo Music, but instead of a standard formal The performance kicked off with a Beauty and the Beast of the audience could not speak or understand the performance of one solo after another, the students favorite, “Be Our Guest,” which welcomed the highly language, Ramos’ synchronized voice, facial expression, comically arranged classic songs into a musical that engaged audience and also invited the enthusiastic cast and body movements were alluring. swept the crowd away. Every scene had its own unique to the stage. The hype of the first number was followed and standout character. by “Master of the House” — recently revived by the film After a few more entertaining vocal performances — adaptation of Les Misérables — which introduced the including Patrick Coniway’s “Mad World” and a joint The story follows the mysterious death of an abhorred community and the situation. One by one, each student song by Adrienne Lotto and Bridget McCoy —­ the hotel owner and manager, Rick Felicino (played by showcased his or her solo piece, often accompanied in villain turned out to be the students’ vocal coach and Grant Braider). Detective Geoffrey Hansen (Ethan harmony by the other actors. the pianist of the night, Roseanna Irwin. This revelation Crystal) leads an investigation into Rick’s death and the brightened the afternoon: It was heartwarming to see a quirky community that surrounded him, which bridges The hilarious incorporation of Carnegie Mellon School teacher singing with her fellow students. of Music inside jokes into the lyrics made each piece relatable to many of the students in attendance. Jokes Though it included a lot of classic oldies, the show was included references to eurhythmics class, the BXA overall very up to date. It vibrantly and humorously program, and the question, “Did you shower?” Waves of examined today’s culture through its portrayal of laughter came one after another. different racial and gender stereotypes. Carnegie Mellon’s sophomore vocal performance class is filled Joel Goodloe’s performance of “Memory” elicited even with not just musical and acting talent, but also a lot of more laughter when Goodloe unexpectedly broke into originality. a joyous tap dance in the middle of this all-time classic, prompting another wave of cheers. The captivating If all this is not reaped from hard work, I’m not sure what performances continued with John Teresi’s performance is. Whoever believes the program’s claim that “all voice of Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” in majors do is complain but never do anything” must which he dramatically acted out a rebellious teenager somehow be delirious. Amy Tsien | Junior Photographer pursuing his passion of music despite the challenges he The sophomore vocal performance class put on a encounters. wildly entertaining musical on Thursday. Amy Tsien | Junior Staffwriter Joanna Latini, Stephanie Ramos, and Campbell Rogers

music pillbox 03.04.13 5 DYO is both whimsical and philosophical School of Drama presents well-executed, surprisingly thought-provoking production

The mood was set from the moment the audience respective planes. Because the story was compiled from intangible concepts. Peterson’s May was bubbly, sweet, entered the studio space: stark staging with harsh 13 of Murakami’s works, the plot was grounded heavily and a true force of nature. She not only came off as geometric lighting patterns, the spicy incense floating in thematic material and characters. According to the startlingly real, but also made it easy for the audience through the air, and an actor laying in the dust on the program notes — written by the show’s dramaturgist, to laugh a little in the middle of such a philosophical stage, twitching and writhing every few moments. junior Bachelor of Humanities and Art student Emily labyrinth. It was easy to see the viewpoint and Anne Gibson — the director and editors sifted through philosophy that she represented, and the way in which During the School of Drama’s Thursday night the works to synthesize common themes, motifs, and she embodied the whimsical naivety of youth while performance of DYO (or Please Take Care of Me), the archetypes. spouting the truest truths was positively angelic. meaning of life was questioned, fate was twisted, and caution was thrown to the winds of chance. The play, The result was a play that is unexpectedly deep and May’s humor was balanced by the adorably quirky He. which ran for a little over an hour, was based on a poignant, featuring six characters: He (junior acting Resigned to agree with the many people that label him variety of writings by Japanese author Haruki Murakami major John Garet Stoker), She (senior dramaturgy major as weird, Stoker’s character was conflicted, sweet, and adapted by senior drama major Tegan McDuffie, who Olivia O’Connor), The Rat (junior acting and musical totally lost, making for an easily accessible and very also directed the production. theatre double major Chris Douglass), May (junior acting relatable protagonist. major Bridget Peterson), The Sheep Man (junior theatre Every part of the set and each costume served a purpose, studies major Josh Buckwald), and The Man With No The collection of eclectic characters sported a wardrobe even if it was a small, seemingly inconsequential one. Face (also played by Buckwald). that was practically a character of its own, considering Little touches, such as spraying fruity scents into the air how much of the story it told, and the staging was both to evoke the free winds of summer, only served to make Filled with intricate metaphors, metasymbolic simple and incredibly purposed. the play more dreamlike and deliciously ambiguous. references, and countless moments of surreal honesty, The massive amount of attention that this must have DYO (or Please Take Care of Me) examines the reality With all of these elements blending together, a play required from the crew and designers is impressive and of life and the prices that come with reaching beyond that had the potential to crash and burn in ambiguity admirable. it. While somewhat puzzling, an idea was presented emerged as a whimsical, magical story that explored early in the play that seemed to explain the bewildering the fuzzy edges of reality, crafting an introspective DYO (or Please Take Care of Me) was completely stories and themes: Sometimes, not understanding experience for all. immersive in its nature, making for a thought- something is simply how one understands it. provoking, mystical experience. The story lines were disjointed, seemingly running along parallel lines and The cast that supported the incredibly abstract script Laura Scherb | Assistant Pillbox Editor then intersecting haphazardly before returning to their was more than capable of communicating these Apparat presents emotive new album Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre) shows evolution toward emotionally rich sound

When announcing the release of Krieg und Frieden Christoph “Mäckie” Hamann and Philipp Thimm, during with slow, soulful harmonies from the strings. But (Music for Theatre), German electronic musician the play’s performances. eventually Ring’s electronic production creeps in, with Sascha Ring (also known as Apparat) described his small electronic sounds added here and there, eventually newest album on his website: “It’s [my] first record ever When Apparat first started releasing music over 10 years building into a noise interpretation of the strings’ simple that didn’t hurt at some point. It’s full of imperfection ago, it was intelligent dance music (IDM) comprised of melody. because it was made by humans.” crisp electronic sounds. Over the years, though, Ring has slowly integrated more orchestration and vocals into his This dark, ambient feel ebbs and flows throughout It’s clear that the album was “made by humans”; it is music; his 2011 album The Devil’s Walk featured lush, the album, with electronics, a piano, the strings, a so emotive that it could only be created by passionate orchestral soundscapes mixed with his experimental xylophone, percussion, and Ring’s vocals all weaving individuals. But if there are imperfections, they are electronics. in and out to create an emotionally complex tapestry of certainly difficult to find. sound in which you can easily lose yourself. This is an Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre) shows just how far album that deserves to be listened to with headphones, Apparat mostly produces electronic music, but Krieg Apparat has come since its early, purely electronic days: in full, without distractions, so that it can be fully und Frieden (Music for Theatre) delves into the The album leans far more on orchestral instruments, appreciated. hypnotic magic of live performance and orchestral ambient noise, and modern classical influences than on instrumentation. The music was originally composed the beeps and boops prevalent in Ring’s early work. The for Krieg und Frieden, an experimental stage adaptation result is emotionally rich music that’s so full of color that Anna Walsh | Contributing Editor of Tolstoy’s War and Peace by German theater director it’s easy to forget it was performed by only three people. Sebastian Hartmann at the Centraltheater Leipzig; Ring performed the music live with two string musicians, Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre) starts off simply,

theater 6 pillbox 03.04.13 Sittin’ on the Fence by Charlie Shulman and Kairavi Chahal

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Sudoku courtesy of Kakuro courtesy of www.krazydad.com www.opensky.ca/~jdhildeb/software/sudokugen/ Fill all empty squares using numbers 1 to 9 so the sum of each row equals the clue on its left, and the sum of each column equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same row or column more than once.

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puzzles pillbox 03.04.13 9 Clue-o-scopes aries It was Tom Cruise at a Scientology convention with a march 21–april 19 sword.

taurus It was your best friend in Miami with a pool noodle. april 20–may 20

gemini It was your mom in Cancun with an ugly Christmas sweater. may 21–june 21

cancer It was the Pope in the Bahamas with holy water. june 22–july 22

leo It was your boyfriend or girlfriend in Puerto Rico with a rusty july 23–aug. 22 nail. Crossword courtesy of BestCrosswords.com

Across Down virgo It was that guy in Barcelona with fire. 1. Ollie’s partner 1. Narrow strip of wood aug. 23–sept. 22 5. Women’s wear 2. VCR alternative 10. Entreaty 3. Take ___ from me 14. Lo-cal 4. Gambling state 15. Examine account books 5. Block up libra It was Colonel Mustard in New York City with a strawberry 16. Cereal grain 6. Bemoan daiquiri. 17. Tel ___ 7. Garden spot sept. 23–oct. 22 18. 1980s attorney general 8. Agave fiber 19. IRS IDs 9. Intervene 20. Mineral used as a gem 10. Defer 22. Volatile petroleum distillate 11. Whip scorpio It was Fred Flintstone in Las Vegas with a quarter. 24. Course 12. 2002 erupter 27. Lame movement 13. Horse-like animal, term of insult oct. 23–nov. 21 28. One on a tightwire 21. Bluish white metallic element 32. Gallows loop 23. Med. care providers 35. Nipper’s co. 25. Swindle 36. Walk-on role 26. Surround sagittarius It was Paul McCartney in Daytona with a bag of chips. 38. Fishhook line 28. Spoiled child 40. ___ boy! 29. Role player nov. 22–dec. 21 42. Capital of Belarus 30. Starbucks order 44. Humorist Bombeck 31. Continue a subscription 45. Carried 33. Perfect Sleeper maker 47. First prime minister of India 34. Violinist Mischa capricorn It was you in the Gates Hillman Complex with a huge tub of 49. Mai ___ 37. Milo of “Barbarella” dec. 22–jan. 19 Ben & Jerry’s. 50. Aired again 39. Stretched out 52. 1st president of Israel 41. Vigorous exercises 54. Butter alternative 43. Actor Kristofferson 56. Home to most people 46. Mustachioed artist 57. Natural environment 48. Israeli guns aquarius It was Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in Cabo with a hot tub. 60. Shatter 51. Stinging plant jan. 20–feb. 18 64. Hungarian sheepdog 53. Material wealth 65. Former Russian rulers 55. Watering hole 68. Mother of Hermes 57. Humble homes 69. Auricular 58. Came down to earth 70. Turkish money 59. Fruit-filled pie pisces It was Jay-Z in Sydney with a B-52. 71. Word that can precede hygiene, 61. Bern’s river feb. 19–march 20 tradition and agreement. 62. Former name of Thailand 72. Grounded fleet 63. Light ring Kairavi Chahal | Comics Editor 73. Lauder of cosmetics 64. Not neg. 74. Captain of the Nautilus 66. Actress Charlotte 67. Compass dir. horoscopes 10 pillbox 03.04.13 MONDAY3.4.13 fair will feature works by Taryn Hipp, JC, Kerri Radley, and Cafe in a show celebrating the release of her newest EP. Sarah Rose. The concert will also feature folk singer-songwriter Judith Machine Gun Kelly. Altar Bar. 6 p.m. Avers. The Cleveland-based rapper will perform at the Altar Bar. THURSDAY3.7.13 ONGOING TUESDAY3.5.13 WRCT Presents: A Spring Dance Party. Shadow Lounge (5972 Baum Blvd.). 9 p.m. Power Pixels. Wood Street Galleries. Through April 7. Brown Bag Chamber Music Concert. McConomy Carnegie Mellon’s radio station, WRCT, will host its The Wood Street Galleries are hosting an exhibit by visual Auditorium. 12 p.m. annual Spring Dance Party at the Shadow Lounge in East artist Miguel Chevalier that features two self-generative The School of Music will put on an hour-long concert Liberty. The dance party features student DJs A-kaa$h, video installations. More information and gallery hours are featuring student soloists and chamber music ensembles Alphonse, Kraeji, Shrubs, and Salem, as well as other available at woodstreetgalleries.org. as part of its Brown Bag series. The event is free WRCT DJs such as Eileen, Naeem, and Dave. The party and open to the public, and audience members are is for ages 18+ and costs $5 at the door. Regarding Warhol. The Andy Warhol Museum. Through encouraged to bring their lunches. April 28. FRIDAY3.8.13 The Andy Warhol Museum celebrates the 50th School of Art Lecture: Otto Piene. Kresge Theatre. anniversary of Warhol’s famous “Campbell’s Soup Cans” 5 p.m. Mozart & Bartók. Heinz Hall. 8 p.m. with contemporary Warhol-inspired pieces and works by German-born artist Otto Piene will give a lecture as part Conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos returns to the pop art visionary himself. Admission to the museum is of the School of Art lecture series. Piene’s work focuses the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) to lead a free for Carnegie Mellon students. on advanced light art, kinetic art, and his own invention, concert featuring works by Mozart and Bartók. Pianist “sky art” — large-scale works that focus on landscapes Shai Wosner will make his PSO debut with Mozart’s Feminist and...The Mattress Factory. Through May 26. and cities. The lecture is free and open to the public. Piano Concerto No. 15, and the world-class orchestra This exhibit features works by six female artists from will perform one of Bartók’s most popular works, the around the world, aiming to show that feminism is a Obvious presents: Shlohmo. Belvedere’s Ultra Dive. Concerto for Orchestra. The program will also be multivocal, multigenerational, and multicultural movement, 9:30 p.m. performed Sunday at 2:30 p.m. not a single-issue set of political beliefs. Glitch-hop DJ Shlohmo will put on a show at Belvedere’s, presented by Pittsburgh modern party music collective Light Asylum. 6119 Penn Ave. 9 p.m. Obvious. Los Angeles-based DJ D33J and Obvious Brooklyn-based dark-wave synth-pop duo Light Asylum Compiled by Allison Cosby | Contributing Editor resident DJ James Gyre will open. The event is for ages will perform at VIA’s 6119 venue in East Liberty. The event 21+ and costs $12 at the door. is co-presented by the Kelly Strayhorn Theater and costs Want your event here? $20 at the door. Email [email protected]. WEDNESDAY3.6.13 SATURDAY3.9.13 Thank You For Being A Friend Zine Tour. Big Idea Bookstore & Café (4812 Liberty Ave.). 7 p.m. Brooke Annibale (EP Release Show). Club Cafe. The Thank You For Being A Friend Zine Tour makes its 7 p.m. Pittsburgh stop in Bloomfield this Wednesday. The zine Local folk musician Brooke Annibale will perform at Club

calendar pillbox 03.04.13 11 a cappella.

Jonathan Leung | Assistant Photo Editor Carnegie Mellon a cappella group The Treblemakers performed at Skibo Café on Wednesday as part of the Skibo A Cappella Series hosted by AB Skibo. The Treblemakers, founded in 2010, is the newest of the six a cappella groups on campus.

gallery 12pillbox 03.04.13 HOUSING GUIDE 2013

Get a jump on room selection — find your new home here.

INSIDE:

What’s new Room selection 2013 housing this year [C3] explained [C4] options [C6–15] HOUSING GUIDE 2013

TABLE OF CONTENTS

What’s new? Updates for this year’s room selection process, as well as a calendar of important 3 dates and deadlines to remember as you make your housing choices.

4 Room selection explained An overview of all you need to know about room selection 2013, including descriptions of each phase of the room draw process. 6–13 Housing guide 2013 A listing of each housing option available through Carnegie Mellon’s room draw, including building overviews, location information, and available amenities. 14–15 Nearby neighborhoods Pittsburgh neighborhood reviews for housing, dining, shopping, and ease of transportation for those contemplating moving off campus.

16 Housing options map This year’s housing map, showing all housing options on campus, as well as those off campus in Oakland and Shadyside. What’s New? Housing changes for the 2013 room selection process

Room selection application process Individual room selection Housing and Dining Services has launched a new online portal application process in Students participating in room selection as individuals can only select either a the hopes that Room Selection 2013 will be faster and more efficient. All eligible stu- single room (if available) or an available space in a partially filled room or apartment. dents can participate in Room Selection for the 2013–14 academic year via the housing If no partially filled room options are available, the student can sign up for Open portal at http:/www.cmu.edu/housing/roomselection. Assignment. Housing and Dining Services suggests that students participate in room selection with a roommate to ensure the widest range of room options available. Room retention policies Students wishing to retain their current rooms must fill all vacancies in their room, Potential changes for the 2013–14 academic year suite, or apartment through pull-ins. Students who retain but fail to fill vacan- • The second floor of West Wing House may not be available for retention during cies will be paired with other residents in half-filled rooms, meaning that said stu- next year’s room selection. dents will either be assigned a new room or a new roommate who also failed to • Students with private or semiprivate bathrooms may be responsible for cleaning fill vacancies. The “Roommate Profile” section of the housing portal application at their own bathrooms starting at the beginning of the next academic year. https://web.campusservices.cmu.edu/housing/roommates/index.html can be used to • Phone lines will continue to phase out in individual rooms of all residential find other students looking for roommates. buildings. Phone lines in building’s staff rooms and common areas will remain to be used for emergency purposes. Housing rates Housing rates for the 2013–14 academic year are expected to increase by 4–6 percent, depending on the location, with the reservation fee at $400 a year. Final rates are avail- able on the Housing and Dining Room Retention website at http://www.cmu.edu/housing/roomselection/forms/13-14rates.pdf.

Housing Calendar Key room selection 2013 dates and deadlines

March: April: Wednesday, March 6 – Room selection application (for all phases) opens online at Tuesday, April 2 – Block housing selection begins noon Wednesday, April 3 – Open house for Doherty Apartments at 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 13 – RA, CA, SIH, and Mentor Housing License Agreements Thursday, April 4 – Housing License Agreement for block housing due at 5 p.m. and Limitations forms due Friday, April 5 – General room selection applications close at noon Friday, March 15 – Rosters for Greek houses due Tuesday, April 9 – General room selection begins Monday, March 18 – Henderson Wellness House applications due by noon Monday, April 15 – Open cancellation period begins (online) Tuesday, March 19 – Information Table. 11 a.m.–1 p.m., Wean Commons, University Tuesday, April 30 – Cancellation deadline for full refund of reservation fee ends at Center 5 p.m. (online). All cancellations after this time will not include a refunded Wednesday, March 20 – Deadline to retain current room ends at noon reservation fee Thursday, March 21 – Information Table. 11 a.m.–1 p.m., Wean Commons, University Center Friday, March 22 – Henderson Wellness offers sent out May: Monday, March 25 – Pull-in and walk-in meetings Friday, May 10 – Open cancellation period ends at noon Tuesday, March 26 – Pull-in and walk-in meetings Monday, May 20 – Buildings close at noon Tuesday, March 26 – Open house for Fairfax, Shady Oak, and Neville Apartments at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27 – Block housing applications due by noon A complete calendar of room selection 2013–14 events and deadlines can be found Wednesday, March 27 – Information session for block housing groups, time TBA at http://www.cmu.edu/housing/roomselection/timeline/index.html. Friday, March 29 – Block housing time slots released

Housing Guide 03.04.13 3 Room selection phases explained Terms and technicalities to guide you through the process Room selection offers students several options: room retention, room with a retainer (also known as a “pull-in”), general room selection, RA/CA housing, special-interest housing, block housing, gender-neutral housing, and open assignments.

Most students will participate in one of three room selection choices: room retention, room with a retainer, or general room selection. However, a wide variety of housing options is available to all students. Room selection begins on March 6, so all students returning next year should begin thinking about their housing plans for the 2013–14 school year.

Room retention Special-interest housing Room retention, the first phase, is for students planning to retain their current room for Special-interest housing allows groups of students to apply for group housing centered the next school year. Although there are some exceptions, room retention is available around a certain interest or theme. Special-interest housing groups should consider to most upperclass students, except those in special-interest housing, a first-year how they plan to positively impact the larger residential community before completing dormitory, or an RA/CA room. First-year students are not eligible to retain their rooms, the special-interest housing application process. regardless of their room location. Students considering room retention should remember that once they retain, they cannot change or cancel their housing assignment until the Block housing open cancellation period begins. The block housing phase of room selection allows groups of students to select a “block” of apartments near each other in one of the apartment-style dormitories. Students Room with a retainer electing to apply for block housing must identify a group representative who will be Students retaining their rooms during the first phase are required to fill any vacancies responsible for setting up their Block Housing group on the housing portal and will in the room, suite, or apartment with “pull-ins.” In order to be “pulled in” to a room, remain the main contact point between the group and Housing and Dining Services. students must be eligible to participate in room selection and must not have already selected an assignment for the 2013–14 school year. Gender-neutral housing Gender-neutral housing is a program in the Oakland Community Apartments that General room selection permits upperclass residents of different genders to reside in the same room. General room selection is the final phase of room selection. During this phase, students eligible for housing who haven’t participated in the preceding phases choose a room Open assignments from the remaining spaces. Students planning to participate in general room selection must “elect to participate” by signing a housing license agreement. They are then Due to fluctuating availability in room assignments, some students are given an given a random room selection number. open assignment. This means that while they are guaranteed a room for the 2013–14 academic year, they will not immediately know where that room will be located, or what style of room they will be assigned. After receiving an open assignment, students RA/CA housing wait until they receive an offer for a room for the upcoming year. After receiving their RA/CA housing is only available for those students holding an RA or CA position during offer, they can decline the offer and cancel their housing agreement within three days the 2013–14 school year. These students will not be eligible to participate in room without penalty, even if the offer was made after the open cancellation period ends. selection, and will instead be assigned a room through the application and selection process carried out by the Office of Student Development. For more details about the room selection process, visit www.cmu.edu/housing/roomselection.

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Returning students have a variety of housing options to choose from when participating in the 2013 room selection process.

Residence halls offer rooms with either a community or semiprivate bathroom for upperclassmen. These buildings include Morewood Gardens, Henderson House, Resnik House, West Wing, Welch House, and McGill House.

Apartment buildings offer living arrangements in a variety of styles: efficiency, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, or suite. They are separated into two groups based on location. On-campus apartment buildings include Doherty Apartments, Margaret Morrison Apartments, Roselawn Terrace, and Woodlawn Apartments. Oakland apartment buildings include Fairfax Apartments, Neville Apartments, Shady Oak Apartments, Shirley Apartments, and Webster Hall.

(6–7 Suites Suites House Efficiency Apartment occupants) 1-Bedroom 1-Bedroom 1-Bedroom 1-Bedroom 2-Bedroom 2-Bedroom 2-Bedroom 2-Bedroom 2-Bedroom 3-Bedroom 3-Bedroom Apartments Apartments Apartments Apartments Apartments Prime Triple Suite Single Suite Prime Single Prime Suite Double Suite (4 occupants) (2 occupants) (5 occupants) (2 occupants) (3 occupants) (3 occupants) (3 occupants) (3 occupants) Prime Double Prime Henderson House X X McGill House X X Morewood Gardens X X X Resnik House X X X Welch House X X West Wing House X X X Doherty Apartments X X Fairfax Apartments X X X Margaret Morrison X Neville Apartments X Roselawn Houses X Shady Oak Apartments X X X X Shirley Apartments X X Webster Hall X X X Woodlawn Apartments X X X X Housing Guide 03.04.13 5 HOUSING GUIDE FIRST-YEAR HOUSING BOSS HOUSE FAST FACTS: Location: On Margaret Morrison Street, next to McGill House Styles of housing: Prime singles and prime doubles Size: 71 residents Building retention: No (first-years only) Kitchens: One on the first floor Lounges: One per floor, and one main lounge on the first floor with a study lounge Other amenities: The building has laundry facilities in the basement, adjacent to the television lounge. DONNER HOUSE FAST FACTS: Location: On Margaret Morrison Street, across from Boss and McGill Houses Styles of housing: Standard singles, standard doubles, and standard triples in coed wings that each share a bathroom Size: 239 residents Building retention: No (first-years only) Kitchens: One in the basement Lounges: TV lounge, study lounge, and recreation area Other amenities: Lounges include music practice rooms and pool tables; laundry facilities include both washers and dryers. HAMERSCHLAG HOUSE FAST FACTS: Location: On Margaret Morrison Street, behind Boss and McGill Houses Styles of housing: Standard singles, standard doubles, and prime singles Size: 167 residents (all male) Building retention: No (first-years only) Kitchens: One adjacent to recreation areas Lounges: Recreation room Other amenities: The building has a spacious TV and recreation lounge; laundry facilities include both washers and dryers.

MOREWOOD E TOWER FAST FACTS: Location: On the corner of Forbes and Morewood avenues, in front of Morewood Gardens Styles of housing: Standard singles, standard doubles, and prime triples Size: 209 residents Building retention: No (first-years only) Kitchens: One adjacent to recreation areas Lounges: Each of the seven floors has its own lounge Other amenities: The building has lounges and laundry facilities on each floor. E Tower also contains Housing and Dining Services and Health Services.

Housing Guide 6 03.04.13 MUDGE HOUSE FAST FACTS: Location: On the corner of Fifth and Morewood avenues Styles of housing: Prime singles, prime doubles, prime triples, prime quads, standard singles, standard doubles, and standard triples; one five-person apartment is available for special- interest housing groups Size: 308 residents Building retention: No (first-years only) Kitchens: One in C Tower’s basement and one in A Tower’s basement Lounges: First floor contains a lounge, a study area, and a television room Other amenities: Mudge House is a mansion originally built for the Mudge family of Pittsburgh. After its donation to the university, it was converted into a student housing location.

RESIDENCE ON FIFTH FAST FACTS: Location: 4700 Fifth Avenue Styles of housing: Prime doubles and prime triples Size: 150 residents Building retention: No (first-years only) Kitchens: One on the first floor Lounges: Several lounges, including a piano lounge, exercise room, and club room Other amenities: The Residence on Fifth has year-round heating and air conditioning. Most students are currently living in triple rooms. SCOBELL HOUSE FAST FACTS: Location: On Margaret Morrison Street, in front of Welch and Henderson houses Styles of housing: Standard singles, standard doubles, and prime singles Size: 88 residents (all male) Building retention: No (first-years only) Kitchens: One, on A level Lounges: One on each floor, plus a large lounge on A level Other amenities: Scobell House has laundry facilities on the ground floor. STEVER HOUSE FAST FACTS: Location: On Morewood Avenue, adjacent to Mudge House Styles of housing: Standard singles and standard doubles Size: 254 residents Building retention: No (first-years only) Kitchens: A kitchen and private dining room on the first floor Lounges: One lounge and one study room on each floor, plus several larger reading rooms and a recreation area on the first floor Other amenities: Stever House was designed to be “green,” using practices that significantly reduce or eliminate the negative impact of buildings on the environment. Housing Guide 03.04.13 7 HOUSING GUIDE 2013 Room Selection DOHERTY APARTMENTS FAST FACTS: Location: On the corner of Forbes Avenue and Beeler Street Styles of housing: Apartments — one-bedroom (three students) and efficiencies (two students); a two-bedroom suite for special-interest housing Size: About 150 residents Building retention: Ye s Kitchens: In each apartment and efficiency Lounges: Study lounge, TV lounge Other amenities: Lounges include a piano, pool table, and ping-pong table; laundry facilities include six washers and six dryers; exercise facilities include four cardio machines and dumbbells.

Located close to campus facilities, Doherty Apartments can be considered one of Doherty Apartments provides air-conditioning in its exercise room; however, that the best options for on-campus housing. It is a mere three-minute walk to the Resnik is the only room in the building that is equipped with it. Most residents purchase Café and 10 minutes from most classes. Doherty is a great option for students who personal air-conditioning units during hot weather. Make sure to take them out during wish to have their own kitchen in an autonomous apartment style of living. the winter, as Doherty’s weak heaters force residents to cling to every bit of warmth that they can. Doherty is divided into four separate towers, each headed by its own RA, who provides his or her residents with the bare essentials: trash bags, paper towels, and, Rooms provide just the right mix of privacy and integration with your roommates. The of course, toilet paper. Each tower consists of three floors and a basement. one-bedroom triples include a bedroom for the three beds, a bathroom, and a living room with a kitchenette. The living room also has three study desks, a dining table, a As a community, there are weekly events to satisfy your sweet tooth and appropriate couch, and a small loveseat. Two-person efficiencies are similar, though everything is exercise programs to sweat off the following day’s regret. However, due primarily to located in a single room without some of the furniture. the tower layout of the building, making friends in Doherty can be much more difficult than in other housing options. Most doors remain closed throughout the day, so In general, Doherty Apartments provides a decently sized living area for those who the occasional meet-and-greet as you leave the building is often the only interaction seek autonomy in college life. between residents. FAIRFAX APARTMENTS FAST FACTS: Location: 4616 Fifth Ave., on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Craig Street Styles of housing: Apartments — one-bedroom (two students) and efficiency (two students); the Fairfax Annex has two-bedroom apartments (three students) Size: 272 residents Building retention: Ye s Kitchens: In each apartment and efficiency Lounges: Community room in basement with limited availability Other amenities: Laundry room and aerobics room in the basement The community in Fairfax Apartments is not as strong as in on-campus dorms beds, tables, and drawers, and the kitchen has a stove and refrigerator. Some units like Morewood, because each floor is home to a mix of Carnegie Mellon and even have dishwashers. Air-conditioning and heating are included as well. non-Carnegie Mellon residents. Despite this, Fairfax is the perfect transition for upperclassmen to living in off-campus housing. Once acquainted with back-alley Bus stops for the 54C, 71 series, and 75 are also located close to the building’s shortcuts, it’s a quick 10-to-15-minute walk to campus, and the building’s proximity doors. Pittsburgh is on your doorstep if you live in Fairfax. to Craig Street, which houses many restaurants that are open late at night, make it appealing to many college students. Laundry payment may be the largest problem students have with Fairfax. Doing laundry requires that students first buy a $5 card to pay for the machines. The card Inside the individual apartments, every room is carpeted, except for the kitchen and does not actually come with $5; students must put in money manually, and the bathroom, which have tiling. The walls, conveniently, are solid — a welcome change machine accepts only bills. In addition, Fairfax’s internet connection is not Carnegie from the paper-thin dividers that separate rooms in some on-campus housing. Fairfax Mellon internet, but rather Comcast. Finally, the cost of living is one of the highest is also relatively quiet, although every now and then, a group of happy, shouting at Carnegie Mellon (starting at $7,370 for an efficiency apartment), but with all of people may break the silence. The rooms are furnished and come prepared with Fairfax’s amenities and its prime location, it is understandably so.

Housing Guide 8 03.04.13 MARGARET MORRISON APARTMENTS

FAST FACTS: Location: On Margaret Morrison Street, beside the Greek apartments Styles of housing: Apartments — two-floor, two-bedroom (four students) Size: 80 students Building retention: Ye s Kitchens: In each apartment Lounges: One on first floor

Margaret Morrison Apartments, located on the Hill, offers residents arguably the Each of the Margaret Morrison apartment units is separate from the others, which nicest on-campus apartments. Each unit has two floors, with a lounge and kitchen on can be isolating, though this is what most upperclassmen prefer. Residents also have the first floor and bedrooms and bathrooms either up or down a floor, depending on access to laundry and exercise facilities, which are on the street level of Margaret the apartment. All of the “Maggie Mo” apartments were redone in 2007, when they Morrison Street. were refitted with new furniture, appliances, and countertops. Although the common areas may be a bit tight, “Maggie Mo” can offer residents the Although these apartments have a common lounge or living area on the first floor, chance to have independence while still living on campus. the lounges aren’t spacious by any means. The bedrooms, however, are exactly the opposite; they are some of the biggest bedrooms that you will find on campus. Each apartment has a kitchen, which is nice for upperclassmen tired of campus food.

McGILL HOUSE FAST FACTS: Location: The Hill — across the courtyard from Boss, in front of Hamerschlag Styles of housing: Prime singles and prime doubles Size: 71 residents (female only) Building retention: Ye s Kitchens: One on the first floor Lounges: One per floor, and one main lounge on the first floor with a study lounge Other amenities: Laundry room

McGill, Carnegie Mellon’s only all-female dorm, offers residents prime doubles and run art gallery on the corner of Forbes Avenue and Margaret Morrison Street. After singles arranged into suites. Each suite connects two doubles, or two doubles and a short walk across the street, residents can take advantage of the nearby campus one single. Rooms in McGill are small, meaning residents are often forced to loft dining locations, including Tartans Pavilion, the Carnegie Mellon Café, and the Zebra their beds and sleep only inches from the ceiling. However, the size of the rooms is Lounge. And when campus food gets too monotonous, the food trucks parked offset by the convenience of semiprivate bathrooms in each suite. nearby offer a great alternative to on-campus dining.

McGill may be one of the smaller dorms, but residents’ social lives are certainly not But McGill also has its downfalls. The small size of bedrooms ranks at the top of the limited. McGill offers a friendly environment, especially since residents can socialize list of complaints. Shared bathrooms with limited hot water, unreliable locks, and tiny in any of the individual floor lounges or in the large first-floor television room and showers are also concerns. The bathrooms, while slightly dysfunctional, are currently study area. Weekly events bring together residents from both Boss and McGill and cleaned weekly by housekeeping staff, though that may change in coming years. offer a reliable dose of fun and entertainment. Also, when residents tire of their own building, they are just a few steps away from other Hill residences. Despite the less-than-fabulous facilities, McGill offers female students an excellent social experience in a convenient location. McGill’s location on Margaret Morrison Street also offers unique perks. Residents can catch art exhibitions, shows, and events at The Frame, Carnegie Mellon’s student- Housing Guide 03.04.13 9 HOUSING GUIDE 2013 Room Selection MOREWOOD GARDENS FAST FACTS: Location: Corner of Forbes and Morewood avenues Styles of housing: Prime singles, prime doubles, prime triples; one six-person and one 10-person suite reserved for special-interest housing Size: 455 residents Building retention: Ye s Kitchens: Three, one on the second, fourth, and sixth floors Lounges: Two lounges per floor Other amenities: TV room, quiet study lounge, computer cluster, workout facility, recreation room, and two laundry facilities at opposite ends of the building

While students of most residences have to pull on their shoes and head to campus Morewood’s plentiful lounges, including a few on each floor in addition to the larger to find a hot meal or a working printer, Morewood Gardens residents need not leave study rooms and TV lounge on the first floor, allow for frequent group gatherings. the premises. Fully equipped with a computer cluster, a source of convenient (albeit While this is a positive attribute for more social students, it means that several rooms greasy) food at The Underground, large laundry rooms, and a gym, this dorm is on each floor are likely to experience frequent noise disturbances throughout the day completely self-sufficient. And what’s more, it’s smack at the corner of Morewood and night. and Forbes avenues, only a couple of steps away from campus. When choosing a room in Morewood, it’s hit-or-miss. Some rooms are spacious and The dorm’s proximity to campus gives it a significant edge over other residential quiet, and others are small and loud. It’s the luck of the draw, and sometimes you areas. This factor maximizes your sleep time before early classes and also allows you lose. Try to plan out which rooms look best from the floor plans online, and try to visit to sprint back for your homework when you realize you’ve left it in your room. While a room before committing. This will give you a good idea of what you’re getting. both Stever and Mudge houses are located on Morewood Avenue, they normally house only first-year students, making Morewood the only choice for older students Morewood Gardens could be a great place to live, but before deciding to move in, who want to live in this area. check out the rooms ahead of time and ask the current residents about the noise situation, as some rooms are better than others. NEVILLE CO-OP FAST FACTS: Location: 617 Neville St., at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Neville Street Styles of housing: Apartments (six-occupant apartment with single and double bedrooms) Size: 24 residents Building retention: Ye s Kitchens: In each apartment Lounges: One common basement, four living rooms

The Neville Co-op is a living community through the Carnegie Mellon housing system, are allowed to stay through the summer at no extra cost and can sublet if they are comprised of eight apartments that feature a mix of double and single bedrooms. not in Pittsburgh for the summer months. Residents do have to pay a membership Every apartment is connected to one other apartment, which means the four large fee, which provides each apartment with an internet connection and free laundry living rooms in the building are each associated with one pair of apartments. All in the basement — with a year-long supply of environmentally friendly laundry apartments in the co-op are fully furnished and include a kitchen and bathroom. detergent, light bulbs, and toilet paper. Additionally, the basement is a common space that students use for dinners, leisure, storage, and meetings. Founded by student activists in 2003 as a center for students interested in sustainable living, civil equality, and social progress, the Neville co-op is a democratic Residents of the co-op must apply for admission and are encouraged to participate living community. It has no resident assistants, only liaisons to the Housing and in the varied events hosted by the current members of the co-op that are held during Student Life offices who help the co-op solve housing problems. This independence the room selection period. is a mixed blessing for the co-op’s residents: While they are encouraged to be self- motivated, the lack of cohesiveness that can result leads to a space that is often Once students are interviewed and selected to live in the apartment complex, they unkempt and somewhat disorganized. will find a community of students active in a variety of student organizations. When it was founded in 2003, the co-op was created based on the tenets of sustainability and While the rent for the co-op is comparable to other on-campus apartments, residents environmental awareness, activism, and equality in race, gender, and sexuality.

Housing Guide 10 03.04.13 ROSELAWN TERRACE FAST FACTS: Location: Roselawn Terrace (off Margaret Morrison Street) Styles of housing: Three-bedroom houses (one single, two doubles) Size: Five students in each of 12 houses Building retention: Ye s Kitchens: One in each house Lounges: One in the common Margaret Morrison space and a living space in each house

The Roselawn Terrace houses, located off Margaret Morrison Street, are some of the have closets that tend to be too small for most people’s wardrobes. most sought-after housing options on campus. Roselawn is located on the edge of campus, providing students with a feeling of independence while still only having to In addition to the large living spaces offered in Roselawn, residents have access to walk 10 minutes to class. the Margaret Morrison lounge and exercise room. All Roselawn residents are also on the eSuds network, getting free laundry and access to laundromat-style dryers. Each house, divided into a single-occupancy room and two double-occupancy rooms, holds five students. The bedrooms are quite small — so small, in fact, that one of the Another good thing about Roselawn houses is that, while there is more than enough doubles can’t hold both residents’ desks. The upside to this is that the living area on living space, the cost of living in the house is less than the cost of living in some the first floor is spacious. Oakland apartments.

Living rooms have hardwood floors and comfortable furniture. Each dining room has Roselawn houses give the feeling of living on your own, while still providing residents a large table that seats six by a wall of windows. Kitchens have been completely with the amenities and assistance of campus housing. If you don’t care about the refinished with new cabinets and appliances. All the walls in the houses have been size of your bedroom, Roselawn is the place to live. given a fresh coat of paint with vibrant accent colors.

One downside to the Roselawn houses is that residents no longer have access to the basement, cutting down on the storage space previously offered. The rooms also

SHADY OAK APARTMENTS FAST FACTS: Location: 601 Clyde Street Styles of housing: Apartments — efficiency (two students), two- and three-bedroom apartments (three students), and one five-bedroom apartment (six students) Size: 82 residents Building retention: Ye s Kitchens: One in each apartment and one in the basement Lounges: One in the basement with multiple couches and a big-screen TV Other amenities: Street parking available and a spacious backyard with a grill

Home to only Carnegie Mellon students, Shady Oak is perfect for students who station. The basement is also home to four washers and four dryers — not on the want a more adult living space. The building follows 24-hour quiet hours, providing eSuds network and accepting only quarters — and a large table for folding laundry. a more peaceful living environment than most other dormitories or campus-owned apartments. Each apartment has a full kitchen with an electric stove and oven, as well Venture outside to find a picnic table and charcoal grill that is always available. The as a dishwasher. The layouts vary greatly from apartment to apartment, with some backyard is large enough to play a game of Frisbee or football with friends. Across having single bedrooms and no common living space, others having shared bedrooms the street, there is a bus stop for the 71C, which can be taken downtown to watch a with spacious living rooms, and others having a combination of the two. show or to East Liberty, home of the Waffle Shop.

There is a lounge in the basement with numerous couches and a big-screen TV; There are some drawbacks to living in Shady Oak. The plumbing has a tendency to the space is commonly used for watching sporting events as well as hosting study malfunction, sometimes causing pipes to burst, leading to water shut-offs to fix the groups. Basic gym equipment is also located in the basement. For students who problem. The radiators have also been a cause for concern, being set on a building- want to keep an active lifestyle and don’t get enough of a workout from the 10-minute wide timer that can sometimes shut off in the middle of the night or be set on full walk to campus, there are multiple treadmills, an elliptical trainer, and a weight-lifting blast on warmer days. HousingHousing Guide Guide 02.14.1103.04.13 1111 HOUSING GUIDE 2013 Room Selection WEBSTER HALL/SHIRLEY APARTMENTS FAST FACTS: Location: 101/103 N. Dithridge St. Styles of housing: Apartments — one-bedroom (two students) and two-bedroom (three students); prime singles Size: 273 residents Building retention: Ye s Kitchens: One in each apartment Lounges: None, but each apartment has a living area Other amenities: TV room, quiet study lounge, workout facility, recreation room, and two laundry facilities at opposite ends of the building

Webster Hall, located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and North Dithridge Street, is one There are, however, some small disadvantages. The laundry facilities can become a of the most popular off-campus residences offered by Carnegie Mellon. Webster is hassle for many residents. Using the facilities can become expensive, with a cost of located in the heart of Oakland, about a 10-minute walk from campus. One of the first $2.50 to wash and dry one load of clothes. The dryers on most floors are not fully stops on the Carnegie Mellon shuttle line, Webster offers easy access to the numerous functional, often requiring two full runs to completely dry clothes. For many students, restaurants, cafés, convenience stores, and shops located in the Oakland area. this is one of the biggest complaints about Webster.

Carnegie Mellon rents out one-bedroom apartments to two students, and two- An additional point for consideration is the price. Renting a one-bedroom apartment bedroom apartments to three students. The apartments are spacious and offer or a double bedroom in a two-bedroom apartment costs $8,270 per year. Renting a many benefits that dorm rooms do not, including a fully furnished living room, two single bedroom in a two-bedroom apartment costs $8,600 per year. bathrooms, and a kitchen. For many students, this escape from typical dorm life is the basis of Webster’s appeal. Shirley Apartments, located next door to Webster Hall, contains small apartments with a floor plan similar to Webster’s. Each apartment has a bedroom, a living area, In addition to the spacious apartments, students also benefit from the facilities and a kitchen, while the efficiencies are essentially rooms with a bathroom and a offered by Webster. The building contains a gym, a homestyle deli, and even an in- kitchen. One of the downsides of Shirley is that it is one of the farthest places from house hair and waxing salon. Additionally, each floor has a trash disposal facility as campus. On the upside, the apartments are spacious and well furnished. well as a laundry room. WELCH HOUSE/HENDERSON HOUSE FAST FACTS: Location: Behind Scobell House, on Margaret Morrison Street Styles of housing: Prime singles and prime doubles Size: 83 residents Building retention: Yes, except for non-single rooms on the first floor Kitchens: One on the lower level in each building Lounges: TV lounges and study areas in both buildings

As one of the more recently renovated student dorms on campus, Henderson House policy of peace and quiet, which makes this dorm ideal for studying. Despite being is a clean and quiet place to live. This dorm offers students air-conditioning and on a hill, Henderson is very close to the Tepper School of Business, the tennis courts, heating, connected bathrooms — which are cleaned once a week — shared with one Gesling Stadium, and the eateries at Resnik House, such as the Carnegie Mellon other room, and the intimacy of a small building, with 20 rooms per floor. The first Café and Taste of India. floor is generally reserved for first-years only. Despite all Henderson has to offer students, there are drawbacks. Dorm rooms are Henderson House and Welch House are also labeled “Wellness Houses,” in that not the largest, and on occasion the heating will malfunction, turning each room into they promote green practices, maintain a substance-free lifestyle, and generally a furnace. encourage healthy living. Each student who lives here is expected to sign an agreement promising to adhere to these standards during the school year. Students Welch is one of the Hill houses, but it distinguishes itself by having a 24-hour quiet can also take advantage of playing for the house’s intramural teams or participating rule. This often means that Welch attracts students who prefer to keep to themselves in weekly optional community activities set up by the resident assistants. Tickets to and are less interested in creating a community atmosphere. However, the special events like plays or shows are subsidized by the dorm, which is a nice perk. atmosphere seems to suit students who want a comfortable home and don’t want to Henderson, although placed on the outskirts of Carnegie Mellon, is sheltered from be distracted by noise. The rooms are large and bathrooms are spacious. any traffic or noise from campus. The dorm’s residents also respect an unwritten Housing Guide 12 03.04.13 WEST WING/RESNIK HOUSE FAST FACTS: Location: Adjacent to Gesling Stadium, next to the University Center Styles of housing: Suite — typically five students share a common living space and bathroom. Dorm — prime singles and prime doubles Size: 296 residents Building retention: Ye s Kitchens: Four (West Wing floors 2 and 4, Resnik floors 2 and 3) Lounges: Four (West Wing floors 3 and 5, Resnik floors 4 and 5)

Resnik and West Wing are the ideal dormitory choices for students who aren’t ready toilet paper and a once-a-week bathroom cleaning — that living on campus offers. — or aren’t willing — to move off campus but want a bit more of a grown-up place Students mostly stay inside their suites, leaving the hallways relatively quiet. The to live than a typical dorm. While students in these dorms have the chance to be lounges do fill up, however — usually with groups of students either working on more independent, they also boast a quick walk to any of the academic buildings homework or playing video games. on campus, a definite benefit for those mornings when you just can’t seem to stop hitting the snooze button. Both buildings offer kitchens on certain floors, which is nice when you’ve had your fill of The Exchange and El Gallo de Oro, but if you don’t feel like cooking, Resnik Both dorms consist primarily of suites, which are made up of two doubles and a is home to a number of dining options. There is the Tartans Pavilion, the Carnegie single with a common bathroom and lounge for the suite. A limited number of prime Mellon Café, and Resnik Café. In particular, Resnik Café offers a variety of choices, singles and doubles do exist in the buildings as well, though they are not as well including sushi, Indian cuisine, and comfort foods, among others. known. With the numerous amenities that Resnik and West Wing offer, it is not surprising Resnik and West Wing are optimal for a group of friends who wish to live together that both of these dorms fill up early in the room selection process. Hopeful residents but want to maintain their proximity to campus and the other advantages — like free are advised to find a friend who can pull them in. WOODLAWN APARTMENTS FAST FACTS: Location: At the corner of Forbes Avenue and Margaret Morrison Street Styles of housing: Apartment — one-bedroom (two students), two-bedroom (four students), and four- bedroom (seven students) Size: 35 residents Building retention: No Kitchens: One or two full kitchens per apartment Lounges: TV lounge and exercise room, shared with Margaret Morrison Apartments Other amenities: Two washers and two dryers are in the basement. The Frame, a small student-run art gallery, is also located on the first floor.

Woodlawn Apartments may be one of the older and more run-down housing options but maintenance has been quick to fix them and get things back in order. Several on campus, but it is convenient for walking to class, and it’s right on the Forbes times per semester, The Frame art gallery, which is housed in the first floor of the Avenue bus routes that can take you anywhere else that you’d like to go. apartment building, has loud parties that can be heard throughout the building.

The bedrooms and living rooms both boast plenty of space, a definite upgrade for Woodlawn Apartments is great if you want to live with a big group of friends, since those used to sharing cramped quarters. Some rooms have hardwood floors; others each apartment houses a lot of people. People generally keep to themselves, but have thin carpeting. The furniture has been recently updated, as have some of the this does not mean that residents do not participate in housing activities. There appliances and bathroom fixtures, which helps combat the run-down stereotype of are relatively few students in the building, so you’ll probably get to know many of the building. the other students that live there. Woodlawn is a good choice if you want a small community and are looking for living in an apartment on campus. In previous years, there have been repeated plumbing problems in the building, Housing Guide 03.04.13 13 HOUSING GUIDE Off-campus locations

Oakland

Just a 10-to-15-minute walk (or five-minute bus ride) from campus lies the neighborhood of Oakland, the home of late-night food, University of Pittsburgh pride, and a population made up almost entirely of college students. Oakland is home to some of Carnegie Mellon students’ favorite restaurants, including The ‘O’, Chipotle, Chick-fil-A, Fuel and Fuddle, and Mad Mex. For those over 21, Oakland has a good group of late-night destinations, such as local bars like Hemingway’s, Mad Mex with its classic half- price margaritas, and a liquor store with an extensive selection, all within walking distance. Another benefit of Oakland is its availability of affordable housing close to campus. Oakland Avenue and Atwood Avenue are lined with student housing for both Carnegie Mellon and University of Pittsburgh students.

Most people living here are always up for fun; if you’re looking for a quiet neighborhood, Oakland may not be it. Starting on Thursday nights — the start of the weekend for Pitt students — the neighborhood awakens, filled with groups of college kids out to have a good time. Oakland should be noted for its lively atmosphere and is ideal for anyone looking for an extended weekend and college-oriented surroundings.

Shadyside

Shadyside is home to upperclass students from Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh, graduate students, and young working professionals. Accessible by Pittsburgh buses, it tends to be slightly pricier than Oakland or Squirrel Hill; however, it is the most charming of the areas surrounding campus, with its tree-lined streets and boutiques. The neighborhood is best known for two things: shops and bars. Walnut Street is lined with a wide variety of shops, from small boutiques to Apple, J. Crew, Ann Taylor, and Banana Republic. Cozy restaurants like the Walnut Grill are dispersed among the shops.

Just blocks from the restaurants are Shadyside’s bars. William Penn Tavern and Shady Grove are the most popular, known by Carnegie Mellon students as the closest bar locations outside of Panther Hollow Inn. William Penn Tavern in particular gathers a large number of Carnegie Mellon students. On Tuesdays and Sundays, William Penn Tavern is open to all ages for its wing nights where customers can get 10 wings in a variety of flavors, from traditional BBQ to the flavor mix of “the kitchen sink,” for a great price.

While the area near these bars can be particularly loud from Thursday to Sunday, Shadyside in general is a very relaxed, quiet area. The young professionals and the college students who live in the area are very diverse ­— from artists to technical majors to medical students. Shadyside is a great area for anyone looking for either an escape from campus or a bustling shopping and nightlife experience.

Housing Guide 14 03.04.13 Squirrel Hill

Just up the big hill on Forbes Avenue is the start of Squirrel Hill. It is either a 20-minute walk or a three-minute bus ride from campus, and the buses are very frequent — all of the 61 buses serve the route. The cost of living is higher than Oakland but lower than Shadyside. Furthermore, Squirrel Hill is the most residential of all the areas surrounding campus. In addition to housing upperclass students from Carnegie Mellon, it is also home to faculty and Pittsburgh families not associated with the university. Most Carnegie Mellon students know the neighborhood for its restaurants and Giant Eagle. Squirrel Hill has a vast diversity of restaurants, from Thai food at Silk Elephant to Mediterranean food at Mediterranean Grill to the famous desserts at Gullifty’s. The restaurants are dispersed among small shops, including those on the main thoroughfare of Forbes Avenue.

On Murray Avenue, just off of Forbes, the Giant Eagle is the perfect one-stop shop for all of your food necessities. Squirrel Hill is relatively quiet, with most noise coming from traffic on Forbes and Murray avenues. It is not a college neighborhood like Oakland or Shadyside, and it does not have a prominent bar scene. It does have a certain functionality and residential atmosphere, however, that the other two areas lack.

For someone looking for a short ride or walk from campus with all the necessities within walking distance and a wide variety of cuisines, Squirrel Hill may be the place.

Housing Guide 03.04.13 15 HOUSING OPTIONS MAP 2013