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— Middletown, Connecticut, since 1868 — TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 VOLUME CLV, ISSUE 4 WESLEYANARGUS.COM Amped Up Student Injured at Beta Theta Pi House By Sofi Goode and Millie Dent out of respect for her privacy; The News Editors Argus is choosing to do the same. NBC Connecticut reported Early in the morning on Sunday, that, according to the Middletown Sept. 7, a female sophomore fell out Police, the incident does not seem to of a third story window at the Beta have been the result of any foul play. Theta Pi fraternity house, incurring In a follow-up email to campus serious injuries. Both University sent Sunday afternoon, Whaley re- Public Safety (PSafe) and the ported that the student is improving Middletown Police Department re- and is with her family. Middletown sponded, and the student was trans- Police Department and PSafe are still ported by helicopter to St. Francis actively investigating the issue. Hospital in Hartford. “These agencies are coordinat- As of Monday, Sept. 8, the stu- ing with each other to speak with dent was in stable condition, accord- the student’s friends, those who may ing to The Hartford Courant. have been with her prior to her fall, Vice President for Student and residents of Beta who may have Affairs Michael Whaley alerted the information about this terrible acci- JACK GORLIN/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER student body via email several hours dent,” Whaley wrote in an email to Musicians congregated all over campus for The MASH on Friday, Sept. 5. For more on this and other after the incident. The University events that happened this weekend, turn to page 7. has not released the student’s name FALL, page 3 Patricelli Center Hosts Second Factory Tour Informs Annual WesHack Hackathon Hot Sauce Fan By Nicolas de Soto-Foley tain the spice within its walls. It cranks By Sophie Zinser motional video development. quired to take 12 hours off from cod- Contributing Writer out mind-boggling quantities of Sriracha Assistant News Editor WesHack was organized by ing together during this time period. and two other products: sambal oelek and Director of the Patricelli Center for According to WesHack Coordinator The day before my flight back to chili garlic paste. The University kicked off its second Social Entrepreneurship (PCSE) Max Dietz ’16, this was because both Wesleyan this August, I had the distinct Visiting the Sriracha factory is, annual WesHack conference, a weekend- Makaela Kingsley and was sponsored by he and senior WesHack Coordinator pleasure of venturing an hour east of Los without a doubt, a pilgrimage all lovers long series of tech-focused events for Squarespace and other local companies. Sam Giagtzoglou ’16 are also on the Angeles to visit a hot speck of desert with of spicy food should make. Though you students and alumni, on Friday, Sept. Kingsley discussed the meaning of crew team and had other commit- my mother and a couple of close com- must be perfectly punctual, sign some 5. The weekend ran along two tracks: a the word “hackathon” and its relevance in ments that weekend. panions. Irwindale is a mostly forgettable legal papers, and wear a hair net, the 20 day-long tech crash course nicknamed a business and technology today. One team created an app called town, but it houses the headquarters of minute guided tour is well worth the wait “bootcamp,” and a 48-hour hackathon “To design a solution, companies FoodyCall, which allows a user to type the king of the spicy food industry: Huy in traffic. The tour takes place partially on for programmers interested in design and will host a hackathon to solve a problem their phone number into the inter- Fong Foods. That semi-familiar name foot and partially in an electric cart, as the technology development. that they can’t solve internally,” Kingsley face and directly order a meal from floating around in your head refers to space is enormous. The hackathon boasted 28 par- said. “Getting people to sit for a weekend Summerfields or Late Night. Another the company best known for produc- August being the very start of chili ticipants divided into four teams, each with an idea allows their brains to open app, Bounce, was designed to find par- ing Sriracha, the chili sauce beloved in season, we got to see trucks on the way to of which conceived of and created a up with creativity, creating an immersive ties and friends while at the University. Europe and North America. the station to receive the peppers, which unique Wesleyan-themed app over temporary think tank. So [hackathon] is A third app, called WesPlan, allows Huy Fong Foods, named for the are grown on a farm that sells exclusively the two-day period. Over 80 students an interesting and trendy word, but not a students to plan their academic ca- boat that took founder David Tran to the to Huy Fong. First, a crane helped tilt the participated in the bootcamp, which brand-new concept.” reers in terms of classes completed, United States, moved from Rosemead to truck’s cage sideways to dump the haul, featured a series of lectures by alumni, The WesHack hackathon began currently taken, and needed based on Irwindale after The LA Weekly broke the and an avalanche of peppers rumbled fellow students, and others regarding on Friday, Sept. 5, at 12:30 p.m., and their majors. story of a few families who complained into the giant hopper. A conveyor belt web design, computer programming ended on Sunday, Sept. 7, at 12:30 p.m. about the smell during chili season. The then lifted them up and into the facility, languages, app development, and pro- The four coding teams involved were re- WESHACK, page 2 new facility is larger, more productive, and has specialized equipment to con- SRIRACHA, page 10 Memorial Chapel Welcomes Dutch Pianist Reinier van Houdt By Sharifa Lookman to Connecticut as part of a year-long very much that the piano is a per- Staff Writer United States tour. Although he was cussive instrument,” Fialkoff said. initially trained as a classical pianist, van “I enjoyed the interplay between Upon walking up the steps to Houdt’s practice also includes elements the percussion and the piano.” the celebrated and oh-so-intimidating of collaboration and multimedia work. Van Houdt recogniz- Memorial Chapel, I was greeted by its A heterogeneous audience of stu- es his divergence from clas- usual historic furnishings and gran- dents and Connecticut residents formed sical music and defines his deur, an ebony grand piano spotlit on in the chapel. Within minutes, van own style as rather alternative. the stage. Adjacent to the piano was a Houdt himself entered, made a beeline “I think that what I’m doing typical Apple laptop, which seemed for the piano, and placed his hands on the isn’t classical at all,” van Houdt said. almost anachronistic given its sur- keyboard, in a way that was somewhat “It is related to alternative pop mu- roundings, but proved to be indica- awkward but eager enough to showcase sic or electronic, improvised music. tive of the coming performance: an his passion for the instrument. After It’s not necessarily related to clas- exciting and innovative musical hybrid just a minute, it was clear this was not sical music just because I’m a pia- that, though rooted in classical piano, a classical performance, as van Houdt nist. People seem to think in those seductively incorporated technology. donned bells on his wrists, repeatedly terms. For me it’s about free research On Thursday, Sept. 4, the Center kicked a drum, and clashed a few cym- in things, whether as a pianist or for the Arts (CFA) welcomed inter- bals, all while pushing the piano keys. magician. It doesn’t matter what nationally acclaimed pianist Reinier Pola Fialkoff, a Cromwell resident, I play, whether a piano or a tree.” NICOLAS DE SOTO-FOLEY/CONTRIBUTING WRITER van Houdt. Trained in Budapest and noted and appreciated the dialogue be- The concert comprised six the Netherlands and currently based tween different musical instruments. Bottled Sriracha sauce at the Huy Fong Foods Factory in Irwindale, in Amsterdam, van Houdt traveled “The first piece reminded me VAN HOUDT, page 9 California. Stepping In Mason Jar Envy Doubles Domination Training For Bystanders 3 Espwesso in Real Time 5 Men's Tennis undefeated at Invitational 12 2 THE WESLEYAN ARGUS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 The NEWS Wesleyan Argus established in 1868 Be Bold Campaign Visits Wesleyan By Millie Dent ty director, explained the rationale behind “I was really inspired to hear from our the most likely to be uninsured and might Editors-in-Chief News Editor the nationwide tour. By the time the tour Clinic Escort Activist because she’s doing rely on the government for health care.” Gwendolyn Rosen Rebecca Seidel reaches Washington, D.C. on Friday, Sept. the work that’s so important in the com- Congresswoman DeLauro also com- The Be Bold Campaign for All* 12, it will have covered 10 thousand miles munity that her voice and her experiences plimented the activism of the student body. Production Manager Above All visited the University last and reached 12 states. that are really going to change the future “It’s a wonderful, wonderful school Eliza Loomis Thursday on its national tour, which is part “Part of our strategy is bringing this of this, so we need to engage more student with students who are so capable, so com- Executive Editors of an effort to garner support to overturn to the attention of members of Congress,” activists in this work,” González-Rojas said.