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first deliberative polls in by Ben Hackett Pittsburgh, CMU plans Staffwriter Recent increases in campus recruiting one for students efforts and on-campus interviews have prompted some universities’ career cen- Associated Collegiate Press. ters to enact job offer policies. Although by Claire Morgenstern Carnegie Mellon currently lacks a policy Junior Staffwriter that places minimum expiration times on “exploding” job offers, the Career Center On Saturday, October 29, a random sam- might soon enact one, as well. pling of 100 Allegheny County residents dis- Schools across the country have put cussed and deliberated health-care issues policies in place that ensure that students along with thousands across the country as have a fair amount of time between inter- part of the first-ever nationwide Delibera- viewing with companies and accepting tion Week. The success of Saturday’s poll their job offers. The Offer Policy from the opens the doors for a student and commu- University of Pennsylvania, for example, nity poll on campus November 19. acknowledges that “exploding offers and This Saturday’s event was organized bonuses put enormous pressure on ... stu- by PBS’s initiative By The People. It was dents to make a decision before they have headed by the Southwestern Program for completed the interviewing process.” Deliberative Democracy, a partnership be- Policies like Penn’s try to alleviate some tween Carnegie Mellon and the Carnegie of the pressures on students and keep Library of Pittsburgh. professional standards elevated. If stu- The topic at hand was particularly rel- dents are pressured to accept an offer too With 6,000 copies per week at 54 distribution evant to Pittsburgh, a national leader in early, the policy states, the university has health care and a city whose population WHERE ARE THE SHOTS? a harder time ensuring that students stay would be drastically affected by possible with their choices. state budget cuts and reduction of Medicaid In September, it seemed like CMU would have enough flu shots The University of Pennsylvania requires funds. Participants debated care and insur- that job offers that come from summer in- ance costs, health care for the elderly, tort for students this season. Now we face another shortage. ternships give the students until November reform, Medicare and Medicaid, and the to respond. In addition, Penn requires that impact of advances in treatment. 500 to high-risk individuals only.” any fall offers provide a minimum of three “Deliberation” in this sense was a discus- by Steven Spurgeon As a virus, the strain of influenza commonly -con weeks’ response time. sion between community members on local Staffwriter tracted by humans mutates often. That means that At Harvard, too, career consultants “are and national issues. The goal was to create each year drug makers have to manufacture new concerned about the effect of these [mar- thoughtful resolutions for difficult com- The avian “bird” flu spreading through Asia and strains of vaccine to combat the virus. In some cases, keting approaches] on our students, on munity choices. After filling out an initial Europe has started to worry scientists and politicians, these strains prove difficult to create or are harmful to- the educational process, and on the image points, The Tartan reaches a diverse audience from who are becoming increasingly concerned about the ward humans — which happened last year when Chi- of corporate recruiting at our university.” See POLLING, page A5 virus’s possible effects on human health. More imme- ron Pharmaceuticals’ vaccine failed trials of the Food The Harvard Job Offer Policy places em- diate, however, is the nationwide struggle to meet the and Drug Administration (FDA). phasis on continued professionalism and demand for standard flu inoculations, and as Health This year, production continues to lag. Roche, a seeks to protect students from extraneous Staff Council Services at CMU begins its annual flu vaccination pro- Swiss-based maker of the vaccine Tamiflu, a medica- pressures. gram, it too is feeling the increased burden of a pos- tion which mitigates the effects of the flu, has with- Harvard requires employers to give stu- sible pandemic. held manufacturing instructions from other corpora- dents until mid-December for job offers to hold “Cans Standard influenza vaccinations at CMU and medi- tions, ignoring pleas from the U.S. and the European resulting from a summer internship. It also cal centers around the United States are already at Union to do so. requires that all fall job offers give students a low this year, the Associated Press reported. Anita Forbes magazine reported, however, that mounting until February to respond. These policies Across the Cut” Barkin, the director of Health Services, said the Uni- pressure has forced the company to make some con- aim to aid students in making “effective versity is beginning to experience the effects of the cessions. After a recent meeting with the EU Health decisions” concerning their employment shortage, despite earlier assurances that CMU would Commission, Roche announced plans to license its in- options. by Nicole Barley have a full supply of the vaccine. structions to a limited number of other companies and Carnegie Mellon currently has no such the Carnegie Mellon campus to its surrounding Staffwriter “We have received only a fraction of our order,” Bar- governments. It will still take some time to manufac- policy concerning employment accep- kin said. “Other clinics, schools, and even the Allegh- ture the drug, and such delays could be costly. tance, but it is looking to fill that void. A typical food can is six inches long. Do eny County Health Department have not received full For students here at CMU, the shortage of flu vac- Recently, the Undergraduate Student Sen- you know the distance from Forbes Avenue shipments.” cines necessitates waiting lists. “We offered the vac- ate’s Academic Affairs committee sat down to the Cut in cans of soup? The situation is nothing new, though. Last year, cine to high risk individuals first. We have another with Career Center staff, including Direc- Staff Council hopes to find out tomorrow problems with vaccine production meant that CMU 75 shots available and expect to receive another ship- tor Paul Fowler, Judith Carr Mancuso, and as part of Cans Across the Cut, a new ad- ended up with a shortage. “Normally, we administer ment of vaccine within the month. At that time, we Maureen May. Student perspectives on job dition to organization’s annual sponsored 1200 to 1300 shots,” Barkin said. “Last year we gave will contact persons who... have registered for a shot food drive. In an effort to garner more supplies for Image by J.T. Trollman, Robert Kaminski, and Matt Siegel See FLU, page A3 See OFFERS, page A5 the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank — and to encourage greater student involvement — Staff Council members are community. sponsoring this new program in partner- ship with their annual fall project. This University to remove minors from diplomas this spring Tuesday, students can gather to place cans scripts will list all information on aca- According to Nair, she and Director minors for all students under the previ- in a line across the Cut, with the goal of by Brittany McCandless demic achievements, including minors. of Enrollment Services John Papinchak ous catalog. As a result, they grandfa- making the chain reach from the Fence all Assistant News Editor “The diploma is evidence of some- started looking seriously into the matter thered the act for two years, until the the way to Forbes Avenue. one’s getting a degree — BS, MS, etc. It of removing minors about eight years first students coming under the new Now in its 12th year, the food drive has Starting next semester, graduating is not a record of all accomplishments,” ago, and focused on it particularly dur- catalog graduate — the class of 2006. traditionally been directed toward faculty seniors may notice a “minor” change on stated Vice Provost for Education Indira ing 2000. At the time, the Undergradu- Two weeks ago, Papinchak informed and staff only. Boxes, though, have been lo- their diplomas. Nair. “Our diploma was getting to be ate Course Catalog listed minors as an Student Senate that the change in diplo- cated in nearly every academic building on Beginning with the graduating class a cluttered piece of paper with all the addition to the diploma. mas would take place in the spring. campus, making the program available for of 2006, Carnegie Mellon diplomas majors, minors, etc. The diploma is not Since the first catalog in which they According to Long Pham, chair of the will no longer include students’ minors. meant to carry information of that type. could incorporate the change was the Academic Affairs committee of Student See CANS, page A5 However, diplomas will continue to It is a certificate to the world that you 2002–2004 version, Nair and Papinchak list multiple majors received, and tran- did indeed get a degree — that’s it.” wanted to honor the diploma status of See MINORS, page A3 Second installment of campus nuclear policy survey

The editors aim for a 60:40 content-to-advertise- Weekly Nuclear Awareness Poll In your opinion, what circumstances would warrant the use of a nuclear 1 weapon by the United States? (select all that apply) a) to retaliate against a nuclear attack on the U.S. or one of its allies by however, their justification becomes another nation by Erik Sorenson a much more difficult argument b) to retaliate against a chemical or biological weapon attack on the U.S. or one of its allies by another nation Special to The Tartan because the practical uses of nuclear c) to retaliate against a nuclear attack on the U.S. or one of its allies by weapons are few when compared to a terrorist group Nuclear weapons have typically what can be accomplished with con- d) to eliminate a covert WMD program by a rogue state been used in deterring a nation, also in ventional weapons. Many say history e) there are no appropriate uses possession of nuclear weapons, from has revealed that possessing these For the purposes you identified in the first question, what would be an using them. Historically, deterrence great weapons neither prevents di- 2 appropriate number of weapons for the United States to maintain to has been very successful in preventing sastrous wars nor does it guarantee accomplish these objectives? the usage of nuclear weapons, but victory. What contingencies could a) 7500 e) 500 hardly successful in preventing the arise where nuclear weapons could b) 3750 f ) 100 ment ratio to give you maximum exposure. c) 2000 g) 0 spread of nuclear weapons to other accomplish a goal that conventional countries. From the political stand- weapons could not? d) 1000 Please either e-mail your responses to [email protected] or cut out this section and drop it off in the Nuclear point, the threat of nuclear force For the results and analysis of last Awareness Survey box to the left of the University Center Information Desk. can be a convincing bargaining chip; week’s survey, please see page A3.

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• The Tartan publishes every week on Monday, except after University holidays. (See page 8 for a Volume 100, Issue 16 Carnegie Mellon’s Student Newspaper since 1906 6 February 2006 full calendar.) Bringing STEELTOWN ERUPTS Students back protest • Pillbox is the arts, enter- history the axe Hearts ‘sink’ over tainment, and comics ZBT frat could move tree removal back to CMU after section. It comes tucked 23 years by Patrick Pettibon Junior Staffwriter Recently, 200 baby dolls and one inside each issue of The by Michael M. Whiston professor got naked to support some Staffwriter trees that may be removed for con- struction of the new Gates Center for The Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) fraternity is Computer Science. The center of the returning to Carnegie Mellon with high conflict brewing around the new plan is hopes of strong bonds, networking, and Tartan. Even modest ads the removal of a grove of trees between fun. “We’re social.... We want to throw the Purnell Center and Doherty Hall. parties,” said junior self-defined major “Right now the campus has embarked and ZBT co-founder Max Lerner. on a major and massive recreation of the Devoted to building ZBT anew, West Campus quad,” said Ralph Horgan, Lerner, along with sophomore com- associate vice provost of Campus Design look big in Pillbox. puter science major Andrew Warshaver and Facilities Management. According and sophomore business major Josh to Horgan, the largest problem facing Mann, want to do things their way. “We the new design process is the 90-foot fell through the cracks of Greek life at drop between the Cut and the planned CMU,” said Warshaver. “This is catered site for the Gates building. toward us.” Horgan’s goal is to create an open Starting a fraternity began as a joke, space that allows for visibility of the according to Mann, but now it’s bud- new building and also develops some Dexter Hu/Senior Photo Staff ding into reality. Mann was looking to unity for the first time between the begin his own fraternity at the same upper and lower sections. time that ZBT was talking about re- Separating the two spaces is a wooded starting their CMU chapter. Meetings area that is familiar to many students, with the Pittsburgh chapter of ZBT and especially art students taking Eco-Art or the past president of the national chap- Environmental Sculpture with art pro- ter were very positive, Mann said. fessor Bob Bingham. The area is often The previous ZBT chapter of CMU filled with student sculptures, includ- ended its nine-year stint in 1983 after ing a current piece featuring about 200 a close call with alcohol poisioning and plastic baby dolls. an incident of fighting with another stu- Sophomore art student Teresa Chen dent organization. University adminis- Marshall Roch/Online Editor Jiaqi Tan/Photo Staff Stacey Chu/Photo Staff tied the dolls to the trees to protest a tration expelled ZBT from campus, and plan to change the site. Chen and some its then-members formed what is now ily by University of Pittsburgh police for offenses such as stolen of her fellow art students don’t like the Sigma Tau Gamma. by Shawn Wertz traffic and parking signs. Meanwhile, a pack of mounted police idea of removing the projects or the For Warshaver, Mann, and Lerner, this Assistant News Editor stayed behind the riot barricade in case more serious offenses space as an area available for installing is a new endeavor, and the possibilities ensued. projects. seem endless. From campus involve- Flipping cars on their sides and dangling from lampposts, Pittsburgh had been prepared for any riotous behavior since “There’s artwork in [the grove],” said ment to the kinds of meals served, the students celebrated the Pittsburgh Steelers’ victory in Super Friday. Targeted areas included the South Side, the North Side, first-year drama student Peter Albrink. input of new members matters to them. Bowl XL last night. and Oakland. Police helicopters kept Oakland in sight for the “And it’s not a good thing that the “We’re pioneers, basically,” said Mann. Forbes Avenue was a sea of black and gold as a crowd of majority of last night. Furthermore, 12 extra corrections offi- artwork’s coming down for another Unlike other fraternities that have celebrators rushed toward the Cathedral of Learning, the cen- cers were placed on duty last night at the Allegheny County building.” already established their politics and ter of the Oakland celebration. During the event, the crowd prison in case an influx of arrested individuals should occur, Over winter break, workers removed leadership, members of the emerging overturned a parked vehicle and climbed on top of it, shouting and police increased the expected riot zone. some trees next to Doherty Hall in order ZBT chapter have freedom to pursue “Go Steelers!” what they wish, said Lerner. “We’re on From the beginning of the event, arrests were made primar- See more photos online at www.thetartan.org See TREES, page A4 the same level,” he said. Before becoming a chapter, the group must form a colony of 15 members. Mann hopes to accomplish this goal by the end of the year. If fall rush goes well Professor makes model next semester, Mann looks to rent out a house. Until then, the brothers plan on for less expensive wine holding meetings and planning activi- ties to attract members. more fruity. This is due to Even though existing fraternities have by Steven Spurgeon the interplay of tannins, sul- the advantage of financial stability over Staffwriter fites, and acids unique to ZBT, it’s not an uphill battle for Mann. each vintage. “Once we get past the whole colony Turning water into wine? How a wine will age, stage ... the benefit will be unbeliev- Not quite, but a CMU pro- though, depends not only able,” he said. “In the end, it’ll definitely fessor may soon be able to on the vines from which it pay off.” create $500 flavor in a $10 is grown, but also on com- Mann emphasized ZBT’s tight alumni bottle of newly-fermented plex chemical reactions that network as a major benefit for job-seek- wine. occur in the yeast process. ers fresh out of college. Working in conjunc- Sometimes the reactions ZBT is the oldest, largest historically tion with the Pontifical can go awry, halting Jewish national fraternity. Speaking of Catholic University (PCU) fermentation. the integration of secular Jews into in Santiago, Chile, chemi- “Dr. Correa told me that cal engineering profes- some of the wineries in sor Lorenz Biegler is Santiago were having prob- See ZBT, page A4 currently modeling the lems with fermentation, and Robert Kaminski/Photo Editor yeast process using com- that last year 40 percent U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez spoke at CMU’s Collaborative Innovation Center last Friday. In his puters here at CMU. of the fermentations were speech, Gutierrez praised Carnegie Mellon for its innovation in launching start-up companies. One possible byproduct lost because of stoppages,” of his research may be Biegler said. better-tasting, cheaper Biegler believes that by Commerce secretary speaks at CMU wine. modeling fermentation, Biegler joined the project these reactions can be better the American Competitiveness initiative’s purpose in the begin- in 2002 when Dr. Ricardo controlled and made more by Greg Hanneman Initiative, announced by Bush ning of his speech. “The idea is Correa of PCU approached reliable. His goal is “to even- Copy Manager during his State of the Union to encourage innovation through- him for his help. tually control inputs, such address last Tuesday night. out our economy, [to] encourage “He came to visit over as sugar or temperature,” Three days after President “To keep America competitive, everyone to get excited about the summer and told in the hopes of regulating George W. Bush announced a new one commitment is necessary innovating, about creating me about his work,” outputs, improving taste, initiative to keep the United States above all: We must continue to new things, and ... about he said. “We started and reducing manufacturing competitive in a global economy, lead the world in human talent refocusing on math and science discussing optimization, waste. one of his top officials came to and creativity,” the President education,” he said. and that’s how things Much of his past work has town to discuss how Carnegie said in his address. “Our great- Research in nanotechnology, started.” involved system modeling, Mellon can be a part of it. est advantage in the world has hydrogen, and quantum informa- Traditionally, the deter- and he says that his current Commerce Secretary Carlos always been our educated, hard- tion will be specifically targeted, Kelly Duncan/Photo Staff mining factor of a wine’s interest is with mathematical M. Gutierrez visited CMU’s working, ambitious people — and Gutierrez said. Josh Mann and Andrew Warshaver plan taste is its age: Over time, Collaborative Innovation we’re going to keep that edge.” to bring ZBT back to campus. wines mellow and become See WINE, page A3 Center on Friday to promote Gutierrez summed up the See SECRETARY, page A4

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Gpsvn 28!Pdupcfs!3116 UIF!UBSUBO Qbhf!B9 Science& Technology Sports FromTheEditorialBoard Israel’s pullout from 20 February 2006 THE TARTAN A5 20 February 2006 THE TARTAN A14 Swim team Recent Awards Automakers mark 2006 a retro year for new models SciTechBriefs Gaza is a charade places well Japanese police raid Men’s lacrosse starts strong Construction of giant wall a device by Albert Lin over bioweapons fear at Kenyon Staffwriter for further Palestinian oppression Police in Japan have raided two This year’s Pittsburgh International Auto fi rms on suspicion of illegally sell- by Erin Gagnon Show was held at the David L. Lawrence ing equipment to North Korea that Sports Editor ders for new settlements on Palestinian Convention Center in the downtown area could be used to make biological territory; the theft never ends. adjacent to the Strip District. Featuring weapons. The Tokyo companies The Carnegie Mellon women’s I have yet to state the worst. Israel over 40 carmakers and over 20 individual are suspected of exporting equip- and men’s swimming teams Hanadie Yousef is building a wall, twice as large as the vendors, the show completely fi lled the two ment in 2002 that could cultivate raced at the Kenyon College Berlin Wall, on Palestinian territory, yet fl oors with the best and freshest models on the germs used in such weapons. Invitational Saturday, finishing Do you actually believe that Israel another reason to doubt the sincerity of the market today, along with some concept The two unnamed companies second and fifth, respectively. wants peace? Do you sincerely believe Israel’s latest peace initiative. vehicles. There were plenty of offerings were reported to have sent their The women’s team, with that Israel is taking actions to pave the The wall is lined with guard towers from the traditionally economical brands exports to North Korea via Taiwan. 292 points, secured second over- road toward good relations with the manned by Israeli soldiers. more than alongside an equal showing of luxury and The companies are suspected of all out of eight teams, falling Palestinians? Well, think again. 90 miles of it have already been com- exotic brands. infringing the Foreign Exchange behind Kenyon College’s first- Israel still controls all borders, pleted, with a lot more to go. The The Big Three (Ford, GM, and Daim- and Foreign Trade Control Law, place, 419-point finish. Denison coastlines, and airspace in Gaza. 1.3 wall is just another way of annexing erChrysler) presented their top-of-the- under which exporters need to University rounded out the mix, million Palestinians are mewed up more Palestinian land and imprisoning line vehicles, including a debut of Ford’s apply for a government license be- finishing in third place overall in the world’s most crowded ghetto, Palestinians in ghettos. Shelby GT500 and Chevrolet’s Corvette fore selling such items abroad. with 267 points. Contributing to called the Gaza Strip, and practically I was personally forced to experi- Z06. Recent fi nancial struggles for all the women’s overall score was nothing has changed since the disen- ence the hardship of the wall when Associated Collegiate three of these companies have not stopped sophomore Anna Kochalko’s Source: BBC gagement, except that when Israeli Israeli soldiers at an entrance did not them from releasing new vehicle lineups, first-place finish in the 400-yard soldiers perform raids in Gaza they allow my aunt and I and many other but rather have encouraged them to make IM with a time of 4:42.43. Later are less careful as to where they point Palestinians to enter Jerusalem to pray business re-evaluations and freshen up Drew Hendrickson/Photo Staff in the afternoon, Kochalko fin- their guns. In fact, Israeli jetfighters, at the third holiest muslim site in the Latest Mac OS warns Sophomore midfi elder Zack Teeple chases down a Penn State–Behrend player. Saturday afternoon, Carnegie Mellon men’s lacrosse beat Penn State–Behrend 9–7. ished second in the 200-yard Jennifer Kennedy/Art Staff their offerings. mainly F-16s made in the USA, con- world, the Dome of the Rock, situ- Ford’s booth highlighted its performance hackers with poem breaststroke with a time of tinue to strike many areas in the “re- ated within. Just like the settlements, image and drive to deliver powerful, Amer- The Carnegie Mellon men’s la- City College, Indiana University goals. Sophomore captain Matt Behrend countered Carnegie 2:30.54. Third-place honors cently-evacuated” Gaza strip, in which this wall has been deemed illegal by ican muscle. The company delved deep into Apple Computer, Inc., has re- by Erin Gagnon crosse team has gone through of Pennsylvania, and Taylor Adams led the team with four Mellon’s attack with an attack of were secured by junior Megan I wasn’t using my academic rights, anyway several Palestinians have been killed, the international community. But does its roots to bring back the Shelby, which is sorted to a poetic broadside in the Sports Editor a complete transformation dur- University. goals and an assist, while junior its own. Going into halftime, the Yee in the 100-yard butterfly dozens others wounded, severe dam- Israel care? Why should it, when it has associated with the late-1960s legacy of ve- J.T. Trollman/Contributing Editor inevitable cat-and-mouse game ing the past year, switching from This year’s addition of head captain Rick McMullen added score was even at four apiece as with a time of 1:04.51 and by This past summer, the battle over po- all, without question, have protection The integrity of our educational en- ages inflicted to buildings, and let’s not the indiscriminate support of the stron- hicles that dominated automobile racing. Ford released its Shelby GR-1 concept in 2005, making it one of the newer elegant concept cars on display at the Pittsburgh Auto Show. A between hackers and high-tech A temperature in the teens, the National Collegiate Lacrosse coach Anthony Stamatopoulos to Adams’ four goals with two the lead transfered between the first-year Ana Flores in the 200- litical bias in higher education sneaked against prejudiced or arbitrary evalua- vironment rests on mutual respect and The most noticeable vehicle on display functional model in a full-body chrome finish, the car is run by a 6.4-liter, 605 horsepower V10 engine. Also on display were the 2003 Dodge companies. The maker of Macin- strong gusty winds, and a dust- League into the more competitive adds the experience and guid- of his own. The remaining three two teams throughout the game. yard backstroke with a time of closer to home when the Pennsylvania tion. trust between the faculty and the stu- was its Shelby GR1 concept vehicle, which Kahuna, the 1997 Chrysler Phaeton, and a revised version of the 2002 Jeep Compass concept. tosh computers had anticipated ing of snow on the turf may not Men’s Division of Intercollegiate ance the team needs in order to 2:23.30. state legislature voted to investigate the But, in fact, we already have that dents. We entrust our faculty with the featured an all-aluminum body and was that hackers would try to crack sound like reasonable conditions Associates (MDIA). The MDIA is successfully navigate their way The Carnegie Mellon men’s Press Newspaper Pace- matter. But we wake up this week to protection. Present University policy responsibility of using their experience “What more does Israel want? modeled after the Shelbys of old. pearance and impressed many with its new with its large, exaggerated propor- and raised back end. its new OS X operating system for a Carnegie Mellon men’s la- a league strictly for universities around the CCLA. Stamatopoulos swimming team was not as find that the issue is looming closer than states: “It is imperative that grading be and education to set the standards of The star of Ford’s display was the all- astounding 550 horsepower and 500 foot- tions and smooth aerodynamics. Chevro- The Cobalt shared some spotlight built to work on Intel chips and crosse game, but play they did, without a varsity program but is a native of Baltimore who “The Tartans were able to play with successful as its women’s coun- ever. a fair, accurate and honest measure of scholarship and teaching. new Shelby GT500, which is based on pounds of torque. To put it in perspective, let’s move towards its roots in American in Chevy’s booth. The Cobalt comes as run pirated versions on non-Apple and win they did, leaving Penn with players who want to play played for and coached for Ferris terpart this weekend. They Last Friday, Long Pham, the chair of a student’s work,” and the policy allows If a student feels that a professor Palestinians are so poor, their the new Mustang platform — of which this kind of power accelerates you from muscle car history carries over into its clas- the direct replacement of the Cavalier, computers. So, Apple developers State–Behrend a long bus ride varsity-caliber lacrosse. Teams State University, another CCLA high intensity throughout the 60-min- finished with 89 points, good the Academic Advisory Committee of students to appeal grading to their pro- conducts him- or herself in an Carnegie Mellon graduate Hau Thai-Tang zero to 60 mph in about 3.4 seconds, all sic American sports car, the Corvette. The Chevrolet’s economy car. It has a better embedded a warning deep in the home to thaw out and lament a within the MDIA practice five program. Assistant coach Rich enough for fifth out of 10 teams. fruitless trip to Pittsburgh. times a week and are mostly Grant was an outstanding la- ute game, racking up nine goals.” Student Senate, formally proposed to fessor, department head, and College unprofessional or prejudiced manner, children are starving, and Israel was chief engineer — and was inspired by in fi rst gear, and can outrun Ferraris and new Corvette debuted in the 2005 model visual appeal than the dated Cavalier software — in the form of a poem. Denison University took home Vice Provost for Education Indira Nair Council, college-specific academic deci- that student needs to speak up. Directly the 1960s AC Cobra. The GT500 takes the Porsches. Ford actually brought the GT to year and has projector headlamps for the and comes in many trim lines, of which A copy of it has been circulating on Carnegie Mellon men’s lacrosse funded at a varsity level. The crosse player for the University of the overall win with 348 points, that the University add a new para- sion-making body. or with the help of an advisor or friend, Mustang GT platform and showers it with the Technical Opportunities Conference fi rst time. (Previous generations all had the SS supercharged version is the most Mac-related Web sites this week. opened their season Saturday MDIA consists of 170 teams in Pittsburgh and is able to extend followed by Kenyon College graph to its policy on students’ rights. If the Academic Affairs Committee that student should address the pro- is stealing the little land they subtle styling cues, such as front air split- back in fall 2005, and many students were pop-up headlamps.) The Corvette comes potent. The variety of the Cobalt models Apple confi rmed Thursday that afternoon with a 9–7 win in a nine conferences that span the his passion and skill to Carnegie (199), Wabash College (157), The language of the proposal is de- were concerned about bias in grad- fessor, department head, or College ters, a rear deck spoiler, and Shelby and able to experience the thrills of this Ameri- with a newly developed LS7 V8 engine, refl ects General Motors’ efforts to appeal it has included such a warning in scrimmage against Penn State– country. Carnegie Mellon falls Mellon’s program. goals were scored by senior Troy McMullen commented, “When and Ohio Northern University rived from conservative activist David ing, a more effective approach would Council. That sort of direct, honest com- Cobra emblems all over the car. It shares can legend. Ford also displayed its F-series which is the most powerful engine GM to a wider audience, especially with the its Intel-based computers since it Behrend, a win that was integral within the Central Collegiate The increased practice time Cox and sophomores Devin Blais we had the ball on offense we (100). Senior Brian Hunter Horowitz’s so-called “Academic Bill of be a campaign to make students aware munication is the way to resolve any have left.” the 5.4 liter V8 platform found in the Mus- pickup trucks and economy Focus lineup, Group has ever offered, and on the Z06, growing interest for inexpensive, reli- started selling them in January. for the team to see where they Lacrosse Association (CCLA) of paid off Saturday afternoon as and Zach Teeple. Adams, Blais, were able to play well and score, brought home the men’s only Rights,” which the American Association of their existing rights and remedies. problem of this nature, not by jeopardiz- tang GT and Ford GT, and is supercharged each model receiving minor facelifts for that means 500 horsepower mated to a six- able vehicles. The embedded poem reads: “Your are and what they need to do in the MDIA. The Tartan’s new divi- the Tartans were able to play with Teeple, and Cox each had an assist but we couldn’t win faceoffs, and individual first-place finish in maker Finalist Award of University Professors has called “im- Adding another policy to the handbook, ing academic freedom by placing policy- to 475 horsepower with matching torque the 2006 model year. speed transmission and 0–60 in under four Chrysler Group’s exhibition showed karma check for today: There once order to prepare for their upcom- sion is home to colleges such as high intensity throughout the 60- to round out the Tartans’ offen- the 200-yard freestyle with a proper and dangerous.” which they have admitted nobody reads, based mandates on professors. forget to mention the terror inflicted gest, most wealthy democratic nation and linked to a six-speed transmission. An Chevrolet came in featuring their new seconds. off its new Dodge lineup, showcasing was a user that whined/his exist- ing league play. the University of Dayton, Grove minute game, racking up nine sive. Unfortunately, Penn State– See LACROSSE, page A13 time of 1:43.43. Secondly, Pham told Student Senate would be fruitless. At no time should these issues involve upon the innocent. in the world? upgraded suspension by Ford’s in-house SS concept vehicle and top-of-the-line That’s some serious power. In fact, many the new SRT Chargers. The SRT name ing OS was so blind/he’d do better on Thursday that his committee was The second portion of what the a potentially political University admin- Financially and strategically, it only Israel is suffocating the Palestinians. SVT performance group steers the car, and Corvette Z06. The General Motors com- say the Z06 is the best-kept secret amongst indicates the in-house tuning division to pirate/an OS that ran great/but also planning to “address professional Academic Affairs Committee proposes istration — or worse yet, as the author of made sense for the Israeli government There are numerous checkpoints in large 14-inch brakes help stop it. Poised to pany, as well as Ford and Chrysler Group, supercars, as its base price of just under for Dodge on its high-performance ve- found his hardware declined./ conduct on the part of professors.” to do is much more ominous. The com- the “Academic Bill of Rights” would have to remove its settlers from Gaza; it Palestinian territory that prevent travel sell at under $50,000, this special vehicle is launching 2006 as the year to revitalize $66,000 is a bargain relative to its peers, hicles. The SRT Chargers have rolled Please don’t steal Mac OS!/Really, Fate of University Athletic Association top honors lies in the Tartans’ fi nal game Together, the Academic Affairs mittee members were vague about how it, the courts. had nothing to do with care for the from one town to another. The wall is sure to fi ll preorders as soon as they ap- the retro-styling of the ’60s. The not-so- the Ford GT and Dodge Viper SRT-10. The fresh off the assembly lines. The retro that’s way uncool./(C) Apple Committee’s two-step initiative — the they plan to “address professional con- Pham asserts that he wants to divorce Palestinians. The international press is being constructed on Palestinian pear. Ford plans to release limited numbers new SSR and HHR models mix old classic new body style also updates the Corvette’s trend is again apparent with Dodge, as Computer, Inc.” Apple also put a and from the halftime score it proposed amendment to University duct on the part of professors,” but they his initiative from the broader political Israel is now receiving for such a “he- farmland, and is further preventing of the GT500 starting this summer. styling with modern technology. The SS aggressive demeanor and hints at the Sting separate hidden message, “Don’t By Colin Liotta seemed they would finally get policy and an eventual movement to cautioned, “We just want to be very controversy, but, like it or not, this issue roic” act allows Israel to continue op- the practically nonexistent export of The Ford GT supercar also made an ap- concept also plays off the mesh of old and Ray Corvettes of the ’60s with its truncated See CARS, page A6 Steal Mac OS X.kext,” in another Staffwriter that elusive win. address professors’ conduct — has the careful of stepping on faculty’s toes with comes with baggage. pressing Palestinians behind this illu- Palestinian goods. Fifty percent of spot for would-be hackers. potential to significantly undermine the certain things because they might get In the end, addressing the issue within sory curtain. Palestinians are jobless — a direct result But the opening three min- “No comment.” That was all utes of the second half would academic freedom of our professors and touchy and think that we’re restrict- the University is infinitely superior to Do you still believe Israel wants of the Israeli occupation of Gaza and Source: CNN diminish the integrity of our education. ing their ability to run classes like they partisan legislative bodies setting the peace? Why, then, did Ariel Sharon’s Gaza’s perpetual state of oppression. junior Brad Matta had to say prove costly for the Tartans. Nate (2005) Pham’s proposed addition to the want to.” rules for us, but the Academic Affairs advisor, Dov Weisglass, state in a much of the income Palestinians now Fiber optics celebrates 40th anniversary with new innovations about the men’s basketball team’s Maurer, the team’s top scorer University’s policy on students’ rights is If the committee is afraid that profes- Committee’s tactics still have far more 2004 interview with Israel’s news- receive comes from jobs in Israel. disappointing 88–74 loss against (18.3 points per game), fouled Mobile operators set Emory in Atlanta last Friday. based on a principle that is of the utmost sors might think they are losing control potential for harm than for good. The paper Ha’aretz, “The disengagement is Even this is soon to change; Israel Hockham, toyed with the idea an incomparable speed to be out of the game with 17:37 left in The Tartans entered the night importance to all students: we should of their classes, something is awry. Committee should rethink its approach. actually formaldehyde. It supplies the has announced a goal of eliminating by Jaisen Bell that glass fi bers could be used reached over the conventional sights on last frontier the second half after quickly pick- in sole possession of the UAA lead ing up his third, fourth, and fifth amount of formaldehyde that’s neces- the employment of Palestinians on its Staffwriter to transfer information by light. electron transfer method,” said and were looking to pull ahead of (a technical) fouls. The Tartans sary so that there will not be a political territory by 2008. After all, why does Thus began fi ber optics and the Joseph Laws, a graduate stu- A new generation of mobile the rest of the conference with a were up 47–38 when Maurer process with the Palestinians,” and that Israel need cheap Palestinian labor Happy 40th! That’s right, fi ber eventual ability to transmit tera- dent in electrical and computer networks, built out of boxes no little over a week left in the regu- fouled out, and with the Tartans’ U.S. can learn from Germany’s new chancellor this enables Israel “to park conveniently when now it can get cheap labor from optics technology is over the hill. bits of information per second. engineering. bigger than microwave ovens, is lar season. top scorer out of the game, Emory in an interim situation that distances us the influx of Russian immigrants? The Not retiring or fi zzling out, this Meanwhile, Carnegie Mellon As fi ber optics technology extending the reach of traditional General elections mostly deadlocked, herself and ended up in control of the as a surprise to anybody. It is refreshing, Carnegie Mellon defeated quickly took advantage. The as far as possible from political pres- systematic economic destruction Israel technology continues to improve was in the process of develop- developed, companies began networks formed by base stations, the ruling party was rapidly losing power conservative Christian Democratic Union perhaps, but unsurprising; many have Emory 96–88 back on January Eagles went on a 20–6 run and sure”? has wreaked on the Palestinians for with age and is still a driving force ing its new computer science to lay undersea cable, leading satellites, and masts to places not and heading straight for a complete stale- (CDU). Another improbable feat for the been quick to draw parallels with the 22 at Skibo Gymnasium, and the led 58–53 with 9:59 left to play. Today, more than 500,000 Israeli more than 38 years continues. What in the ways in which we make PhD program. This time pe- to the almost instantaneous worth the attention of big opera- mate. Chaos seemed inevitable, until the Protestant merkel, considering Catholic United kingdom’s Thatcher government first half of Friday’s game looked The Eagles held on and never Courtesy of Jackie Dieffenbacher of The Observer citizens are living illegally in the more does Israel want? Palestinians telephone calls, watch cable TV, riod represented an advent of transmission of data across the tors. At this week’s 3GSM wireless improbable happened. men from the southwestern parts of the of over 20 years ago. as though the end result would looked back as they extended Carnegie Mellon junior guard Brad Matta plays defense against a Case West Bank among over 2.4 million are so poor, their children are starving, and use the Internet. technology and acted as a prelude oceans. trade show in Barcelona, a crop player. This was the situation in Germany country form the CDU’s traditional base The real point has nothing to do with be the same. The two teams their lead and beat the Tartans by Palestinians. When I say illegally, and Israel is stealing the little land they Before fi ber optic technology to the future and the continued “During the tech boom of of start-up and more established last month, after Chancellor Gerhard of support. gender equality or having another female exchanged leads several times at 14 points. The Tartans never relinquished With the win, the Tartans I mean that under international law have left. was developed, electronic com- Courtesy of www.wonderquest.com maturation of technology and the late 1990s, many people fi rms showed off technology that Schröder’s power base eroded and In the September 18 elections, head of state. The Grand Coalition the beginning of the game until The loss at Emory meant that their lead during the second half, are now tied for the UAA lead these settlers are not legally allowed Israel is a state whose foundations are munication was conducted over global communication. invested heavily in a fi ber op- can be packed up and carried off he called for elections to shore up his neither merkel’s CDU nor Schröder’s formed by the political parties is the the Tartans went up 17–16 on a a victory yesterday against Case despite going 0–8 from the free- with Washington University. The to be living in the disputed Palestinian based on the terrorizing of the people copper lines with information technology over long distances In 1966, two engineers at Stan- “The ability to transfer infor- tic infrastructure with the to just about anywhere to connect ranks. Social Democratic Party (SPD) won a greater example here. What would hap- layup by Clayton Barlow-Wilcox. Western was crucial for the throw line in the last 19 minutes Tartans can clinch the title with a territory. whose land they stole: the Palestinians. passed via electrons. The ineffi - spawned the need for something dard Telecommunication Labo- mation via photons through fi ber hundreds of people at a time. Com- The big surprise? After a huge dead- majority for their traditional coalitions pen if the Republicans and Democrats The Tartans held the lead for the Tartans in order to keep their of the game. Fortunately, Maurer win at home this Saturday against Israel pretends to want to freeze the Do you want to learn more about the ciencies associated with copper better. ratories, Charles Kao and George optical cable has allowed for See OPTICS, page A6 panies expanding into this niche lock, the two major parties decided to in the Bundestag; only by creating a got together like the CDU and SPD? A rest of the first half, extending it hopes of a UAA title alive. The two and Brad Matta hit clutch free Rochester. Said Maurer about the building of settlements; in other words, truth of the Israel-Palestine conflict? but growing market include Is- work together. They agreed to have a grand coalition of the two parties and government more interested in getting to as much as 11 points. The first teams fought evenly in the first throws with 35 seconds left to Rochester game, “Everything is to stop stealing Palestinian territory. The Palestinian Film Series is coming rael-based Alvarion, better known split cabinet and a new chancellor. A negotiating serious compromise did the things done, perhaps? half was highlighted by dunks half, with neither team achieving help seal an 80–75 victory for the on the line just like last year. They even claim to want to reverse the to Pittsburgh on october 21. There will for its WiMax broadband wireless corollary surprise? The new chancellor election finish. This points to the relative merit of a from seniors Nate Maurer and a lead of more than five points. Tartans. Hopefully we can clinch the title trend. But actions speak louder than be two films shown on campus, october technology. is a woman. As a politician, merkel is hard not to parliamentary system with multiple true Bary Dunn, as well as the sharp After fouling out early in the Maurer explained how Friday’s for our school and everybody. I’ve Associated Collegiate How Things Work: Diet Pills words. on march 21, 2005, Israel ap- 23 and 30 at 7:30 pm in Porter Hall Perhaps the only word suitable to de- like. Her moderate views bridge party parties. The cooperation in Germany shooting of senior and co-captain second half against Emory on loss was motivation for him wanted to make the tournament proved plans to build 3500 new housing 100. Come reeducate yourself about mannan, and psyllium cause a ergy and metabolism. Source: Reuters scribe Angela merkel is “improbable.” affiliations. She is able to make hard is necessitated by the existence of five Kathy Chiapaikeo A.J. Straub, who hit four con- Friday, Maurer looked to redeem against Case. “Personally, I let ever since I started playing college units between the Jewish settlements of the truth. “full” feeling. Hydrocitric acid, There are many side effects Born in 1954 to a Lutheran pastor in and even biting evaluations of situations major political parties and a Chancellor secutive three-pointers, including himself and came out firing, scor- down the team and the fans. basketball, and now I have one ma’ale Adumim and Jerusalem. These “Melt away those pounds!” green tea, conjugated linoleic of using diet pills. Appetite Communist East Germany, she turned to without alienating people. She supports elected by the Bundestag itself instead three in a one-minute span. The ing 16 of his game-high 30 points Being a senior, I shouldn’t have to more game to make that happen.” new settlements will cut the West Bank Hanadie Yousef (hyousef@) is a “Lose 30 pounds in 30 days!” acid, and pyruvate slow down suppressants stimulate the China defends right politics after the fall of the Berlin Wall. stronger ties with the U.S. while still of by the people. Unlike the United Courtesy of Jackie Dieffenbacher of The Observer Tartans went into the half leading in the first half to help the Tartans watch the last 17 minutes of the The Tartans and Yellowjackets tip in half and strengthen Israel’s grip on sophomore chemistry major. She wel- “Control your appetite!” In soci- fat production. Chitosan, also sympathetic nervous system Former chancellor Helmut kohl put her quick to point out the failures of the States, with its rigid bicameral set-up, to police Internet Carnegie Mellon senior guard Bary Dunn (33) out-reaches a Case Western Emory 45–36. The Tartan seniors take a 42–37 lead going into half- game from the bench, so I knew I off Saturday at 4 pm in Skibo Jerusalem, and they are already un- comes all responsible replies. The views ety today, self-image is greatly known as chitin, blocks fat from and cause blood pressure and in a cabinet-level position in 1994. Bush government. Germany’s parliamentary system allows player for the rebound. had yet to beat Emory in Atlanta, time. had to step up big today.” Gymnasium. der construction. Since January of this expressed here are not necessarily those emphasized. Magazines and being absorbed. heart rate to rise. Minor side After the 1998 ousting of kohl’s Really, the fact that Germany would opportunities for genuine compromise year, Israel has issued nearly 200 ten- of the rest of The Tartan’s staff. television shows advertise slim, There are also prescription effects include headache, dry China on Thursday defended government, she carefully distanced elect a woman chancellor shouldn’t come rather than unending antagonism. sexy-looking bodies. In addi- fat blockers, which inhibit the mouth, and insomnia. Certain its right to police the Internet, tion, with more than 60 per- action of the lipase enzyme. pills, like the pills that block one day after the four American cent of Americans overweight technology giants — Microsoft Track ‘tunes up’ at Kent Women’s basketball defeated by Emory and Case The Tartan is a student newspaper at Carnegie Mellon University, This enzyme breaks down the the action of lipase enzymes, funded in part by the student activities fee. 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Orlistat (Xenical) is a not imply “safe” or “healthy.” to crush free speech online in Albert Cohen, Dexter Hu, The CMU men’s and women’s Junior Mark Davis and sopho- The Carnegie Mellon women’s Tartans again fell behind early BRADFoRD L. yANkIVER The Editorials appearing at the beginning of the opinion section are such as sibutramine or phenter- diet pill that works in the gas- Some fat-burning herbs contain return for market access. “It is Veronique Lee, max kaufmann track and field teams traveled more Scott Fortune completed basketball team went on the yesterday, but they buckled down Executive Officer the official opinion of The Tartan Editorial Board. 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Editor ARTHUR o’DWyER, Copy Mgr. mICHELLE BoVA, Asst. Pillbox Ed. © 2005 The Tartan, all rights reserved. of Chicago on March 2. racked up another first-place game, as they lost 84–43 to the high 12 points in both games, Library of Congress ISSN: 0890-3107 (PYY) hormone, which tells the by acting on the hypothalamus. velops a tolerance to the drugs’ anything it considers critical of or Coming off a very impres- heat coming from an 18:58.38 Eagles on Friday and followed while also collecting a career-high GREG PRICHARD, Comics Editor EVAN SUNDWICk, Production Mgr. ANDREW CLEARFIELD, Asst. Sports Ed. brain that the stomach is full. Since late 2003, the FDA has effects. These drugs are also a threat to the ruling Communist CVTJOFTT sive performance at the Oberlin performance by KJ Helmstetter that up with a 72–61 defeat at the 12 rebounds against Case. Senior RoBERT J. kAmINSkI, Photo Editor BRITTANy SmITH, Business Mgr. TIFFANy yUN, Asst. Photo Ed. Weight-loss supplements can banned all ephedra-containing only effective if you continue to Party. Invitational (with a first-place in the 5000-meter run, placing hands of the Spartans yesterday. Dava Sommermeyer added nine karina Alvarez, Joannie Carlson, Shephalie Lahri, utilize different ingredients to drugs because of ephedra’s links eat healthy and exercise. Diet DANIELLE SAUDINo, Art Editor ERIkA mATSUmoTo, Advertising Mgr. ALEJo GRIGERA, Asst. Art Ed. finish for the men and third for 17th overall. The men added to Against Emory the Tartans points and five rebounds in the mansour Nehlawi, Jeff Reeves, Andre Tartar Office: University Center 314 Mail: aid in dieting. Herbal ephedra, to heart attacks. Now, ephedra pills are mainly designed for Source: Associated Press Phone: (412) 268-2111 The Tartan / Box 1017 the women), the Tartans were their first-place finishes with a could not get into a rhythm on loss to Emory, while first-year kEVIN CHANG, Online Design Editor ELIzABETH SCHWARTz, Asst. Prod. Mgr. LIzzA mcGREGoR, Asst. Art Ed. caffeine, guarana, and coun- is being replaced with vitamins those suffering obesity. Nowa- Courtesy of Jackie Dieffenbacher of The Observer Fax: (412) 268-1596 Carnegie Mellon University determined to continue their suc- second-place heat time of 36.85 offense, and they dug themselves guard Corey Innes contributed JImI okELANA, Asst. Comics Ed. mEG RICHARDS, Asst. Systems Mgr. REINA TAkAHASHI, Asst. Layout Mgr. E-mail: [email protected] Pittsburgh, PA 15289-1017 try mallow increase the body’s like thiamin, ribofl avin, and fo- days, they are used to replace Compiled by Courtesy of worldnews.org cess in preparation for the UAA Carnegie Mellon fi rst-year Corey Innes guards a Case Western player. The into a deep hole before the end of metabolism. Guar gum, gluco- lic acid, which also increase en- exercise and healthy eating. Saravana Sivasankaran Championships. The Tartans See TRACK, page A13 Lady Tartans’ last game is this Saturday at Skibo Gymnasium. the first half. The Eagles (15–8, See BASKETBALL, page A13 a8-a9.indd 8 10/17/05 3:45:15 AM tion (2006)

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Sports Science& Technology 20 February 2006 THE TARTAN A14 20 February 2006 THE TARTAN A5 Broadsheet Column Swim team SciTechBriefs places well Automakers mark 2006 a retro year for new models Men’s lacrosse starts strong Japanese police raid at Kenyon by Albert Lin over bioweapons fear 1/12 page Staffwriter Police in Japan have raided two Dimensions: by Erin Gagnon This year’s Pittsburgh International Auto fi rms on suspicion of illegally sell- Sports Editor Show was held at the David L. Lawrence ing equipment to North Korea that Convention Center in the downtown area could be used to make biological The Carnegie Mellon women’s adjacent to the Strip District. Featuring weapons. The Tokyo companies and men’s swimming teams over 40 carmakers and over 20 individual are suspected of exporting equip- raced at the Kenyon College

vendors, the show completely fi lled the two ment in 2002 that could cultivate 3” Invitational Saturday, finishing fl oors with the best and freshest models on the germs used in such weapons. second and fifth, respectively. the market today, along with some concept The two unnamed companies The women’s team, with vehicles. There were plenty of offerings were reported to have sent their columns width 292 points, secured second over- from the traditionally economical brands exports to North Korea via Taiwan. all out of eight teams, falling alongside an equal showing of luxury and The companies are suspected of behind Kenyon College’s first- exotic brands. infringing the Foreign Exchange place, 419-point finish. Denison The Big Three (Ford, GM, and Daim- and Foreign Trade Control Law, University rounded out the mix, erChrysler) presented their top-of-the- under which exporters need to finishing in third place overall line vehicles, including a debut of Ford’s apply for a government license be- with 267 points. Contributing to Shelby GT500 and Chevrolet’s Corvette fore selling such items abroad. the women’s overall score was Z06. Recent fi nancial struggles for all sophomore Anna Kochalko’s three of these companies have not stopped Source: BBC first-place finish in the 400-yard them from releasing new vehicle lineups, 1 1.83” IM with a time of 4:42.43. Later but rather have encouraged them to make Drew Hendrickson/Photo Staff in the afternoon, Kochalko fin- business re-evaluations and freshen up Sophomore midfi elder Zack Teeple chases down a Penn State–Behrend player. Saturday afternoon, Carnegie Mellon men’s lacrosse beat Penn State–Behrend 9–7. ished second in the 200-yard their offerings. Latest Mac OS warns 1/4 pagebreaststroke with a time of Ford’s booth highlighted its performance hackers with poem The Carnegie Mellon men’s la- City College, Indiana University goals. Sophomore captain Matt Behrend countered Carnegie 2:30.54. Third-place honors image and drive to deliver powerful, Amer- by Erin Gagnon crosse team has gone through of Pennsylvania, and Taylor Adams led the team with four Mellon’s attack with an attack of were secured by junior Megan ican muscle. The company delved deep into Apple Computer, Inc., has re- Sports Editor a complete transformation dur- University. goals and an assist, while junior its own. Going into halftime, the Yee in the 100-yard butterfly its roots to bring back the Shelby, which is sorted to a poetic broadside in the ing the past year, switching from This year’s addition of head captain Rick McMullen added score was even at four apiece as with a time of 1:04.51 and by associated with the late-1960s legacy of ve- J.T. Trollman/Contributing Editor inevitable cat-and-mouse game A temperature in the teens, the National Collegiate Lacrosse coach Anthony Stamatopoulos to Adams’ four goals with two the lead transfered between the first-year Ana Flores in the 200- hicles that dominated automobile racing. Ford released its Shelby GR-1 concept in 2005, making it one of the newer elegant concept cars on display at the Pittsburgh Auto Show. A between hackers and high-tech 2 3.80” strong gusty winds, and a dust- League into the more competitive adds the experience and guid- of his own. The remaining three two teams throughout the game. yard backstroke with a time of The most noticeable vehicle on display functional model in a full-body chrome finish, the car is run by a 6.4-liter, 605 horsepower V10 engine. Also on display were the 2003 Dodge companies. The maker of Macin- ing of snow on the turf may not Men’s Division of Intercollegiate ance the team needs in order to 2:23.30. was its Shelby GR1 concept vehicle, which Kahuna, the 1997 Chrysler Phaeton, and a revised version of the 2002 Jeep Compass concept. tosh computers had anticipated sound like reasonable conditions Associates (MDIA). The MDIA is successfully navigate their way The Carnegie Mellon men’s featured an all-aluminum body and was that hackers would try to crack for a Carnegie Mellon men’s la- a league strictly for universities around the CCLA. Stamatopoulos swimming team was not as modeled after the Shelbys of old. pearance and impressed many with its new with its large, exaggerated propor- and raised back end. its new OS X operating system crosse game, but play they did, without a varsity program but is a native of Baltimore who successful as its women’s coun- “The Tartans were able to play with The star of Ford’s display was the all- astounding 5502/3 horsepower and 500 foot- tions and page smooth aerodynamics. Chevro- The Cobalt shared some spotlight built to work on Intel chips and and win they did, leaving Penn with players who want to play played for and coached for Ferris terpart this weekend. They new Shelby GT500, which is based on pounds of torque. To put it in perspective, let’s move towards its roots in American in Chevy’s booth. The Cobalt comes as run pirated versions on non-Apple State–Behrend1/6 a long bus ride varsity-caliber page lacrosse. Teams State University, another CCLA high intensity throughout the 60-min- finished with 89 points, good the new Mustang platform — of which this kind of power accelerates you from muscle car history carries over into its clas- the direct replacement of the Cavalier, computers. So, Apple developers home to thaw out and lament a within the MDIA practice five program. Assistant coach Rich enough for fifth out of 10 teams. Carnegie Mellon graduate Hau Thai-Tang zero to 60 mph in about 3.4 seconds, all sic American sports car, the Corvette. The Chevrolet’s economy car. It has a better embedded a warning deep in the fruitless trip to Pittsburgh. times a week and are mostly Grant was an outstanding la- ute game, racking up nine goals.” Denison University took home was chief engineer — and was inspired by in fi rst gear, and can outrun Ferraris and new Corvette debuted in the 2005 model visual appeal than the dated Cavalier Carnegie Mellon men’s lacrosse funded at a varsity level. The crosse player for the University of software — in the form of a poem. the overall win with 348 points, the 1960s AC Cobra. The GT500 takes the 3 5.75” Porsches. Ford actually brought the GT to year and has projector headlamps for the and comes in many trim lines, of which A copy of it has been circulating on opened their season Saturday MDIA consists of 170 teams in Pittsburgh and is able to extend followed by Kenyon College Mustang GT platform and showers it with the Technical Opportunities Conference fi rst time. (Previous generations all had the SS supercharged version is the most Mac-related Web sites this week. afternoon with a 9–7 win in a nine conferences that span the his passion and skill to Carnegie (199), Wabash College (157), subtle styling cues, such as front air split- back in fall 2005, and many students were pop-up headlamps.) The Corvette comes potent. The variety of the Cobalt models Apple confi rmed Thursday that scrimmage against Penn State– country. Carnegie Mellon falls Mellon’s program. goals were scored by senior Troy McMullen commented, “When and Ohio Northern University ters, a rear deck spoiler, and Shelby and able to experience the thrills of this Ameri- with a newly developed LS7 V8 engine, refl ects General Motors’ efforts to appeal it has included such a warning in Behrend, a win that was integral within the Central Collegiate The increased practice time Cox and sophomores Devin Blais we had the ball on offense we (100). Senior Brian Hunter Cobra emblems all over the car. It shares can legend. Ford also displayed its F-series which is the most powerful engine GM to a wider audience, especially with the its Intel-based computers since it for the team to see where they Lacrosse Association (CCLA) of paid off Saturday afternoon as and Zach Teeple. Adams, Blais, were able to play well and score, brought home the men’s only the 5.4 liter V8 platform found in the Mus- pickup trucks and economy Focus lineup, Group has ever offered, and on the Z06, growing interest for inexpensive, reli- started selling them in January. are and what they need to do in the MDIA. The Tartan’s new divi- the Tartans were able to play with Teeple, and Cox each had an assist but we couldn’t win faceoffs, and individual first-place finish in tang GT and Ford GT, and is supercharged each model receiving minor facelifts for that means 500 horsepower mated to a six- able vehicles. The embedded poem reads: “Your order to prepare for their upcom- sion is home to colleges such as high intensity throughout the 60- to round out the Tartans’ offen- the 200-yard freestyle with a to 475 horsepower with matching torque the 2006 model year. speed transmission and 0–60 in under four Chrysler Group’s exhibition showed karma check for today: There once ing league play. the University of Dayton, Grove minute game, racking up nine sive. Unfortunately, Penn State– See LACROSSE, page A13 time of 1:43.43. and linked to a six-speed transmission. An Chevrolet came in featuring their new seconds. off its new Dodge lineup, showcasing was a user that whined/his exist- upgraded suspension by Ford’s in-house SS concept vehicle and top-of-the-line That’s some serious power. In fact, many the new SRT Chargers. The SRT name ing OS was so blind/he’d do better 4 7.70” SVT performance group steers the car, and Corvette Z06. The General Motors com- say the Z06 is the best-kept secret amongst indicates the in-house tuning division to pirate/an OS that ran great/but large 14-inch brakes help stop it. Poised to pany, as well as Ford and Chrysler Group, supercars, as its base price of just under for Dodge on its high-performance ve- found his hardware declined./ 4” sell at under $50,000, this special vehicle is launching 2006 as the year to revitalize $66,000 is a bargain relative to its peers, hicles. The SRT Chargers have rolled Please don’t steal Mac OS!/Really, Fate of University Athletic Association top honors lies in the Tartans’ fi nal game 3 columns is sure to fi ll preorders as soon as they ap- the retro-styling of the ’60s. The not-so- the Ford GT and Dodge Viper SRT-10. The fresh off the assembly lines. The retro that’s way uncool./(C) Apple and from the halftime score it pear. Ford plans to release limited numbers new SSR and HHR models mix old classic new body style also updates the Corvette’s trend is again apparent with Dodge, as Computer, Inc.” Apple also put a By Colin Liotta seemed they would finally get of the GT500 starting this summer. styling with modern technology. The SS aggressive demeanor and hints at the Sting separate hidden message, “Don’t Staffwriter that elusive win. The Ford GT supercar also made an ap- concept also plays off the mesh of old and Ray Corvettes of the ’60s with its truncated See CARS, page A6 Steal Mac OS X.kext,” in another But the opening three min- spot for would-be hackers. “No comment.” That was all utes of the second half would 5 9.67” junior Brad Matta had to say prove costly for the Tartans. Nate Source: CNN about the men’s basketball team’s Maurer, the team’s top scorer disappointing 88–74 loss against (18.3 points per game), fouled Fiber optics celebrates 40th anniversary with new innovations Emory in Atlanta last Friday. out of the game with 17:37 left in Mobile operators set Hockham, toyed with the idea an incomparable speed to be The Tartans entered the night the second half after quickly pick- by Jaisen Bell that glass fi bers could be used reached over the conventional sights on last frontier in sole possession of the UAA lead ing up his third, fourth, and fifth Staffwriter to transfer information by light. electron transfer method,” said and were looking to pull ahead of (a technical) fouls. The Tartans Thus began fi ber optics and the Joseph Laws, a graduate stu- A new generation of mobile the rest of the conference with a were up 47–38 when Maurer Happy 40th! That’s right, fi ber eventual ability to transmit tera- dent in electrical and computer networks, built out of boxes no little over a week left in the regu- fouled out, and with the Tartans’ optics technology is over the hill. bits of information per second. engineering. bigger than microwave ovens, is lar season. top scorer out of the game, Emory 6 11.63” Not retiring or fi zzling out, this Meanwhile, Carnegie Mellon As fi ber optics technology extending the reach of traditional Carnegie Mellon defeated quickly took advantage. The technology continues to improve was in the process of develop- developed, companies began networks formed by base stations, Emory 96–88 back on January Eagles went on a 20–6 run and with age and is still a driving force ing its new computer science to lay undersea cable, leading satellites, and masts to places not 22 at Skibo Gymnasium, and the led 58–53 with 9:59 left to play. in the ways in which we make PhD program. This time pe- to the almost instantaneous worth the attention of big opera- first half of Friday’s game looked The Eagles held on and never Courtesy of Jackie Dieffenbacher of The Observer telephone calls, watch cable TV, riod represented an advent of transmission of data across the tors. At this week’s 3GSM wireless as though the end result would looked back as they extended Carnegie Mellon junior guard Brad Matta plays defense against a Case player. and use the Internet. technology and acted as a prelude oceans. trade show in Barcelona, a crop be the same. The two teams their lead and beat the Tartans by Before fi ber optic technology to the future and the continued “During the tech boom of of start-up and more established exchanged leads several times at 14 points. The Tartans never relinquished With the win, the Tartans was developed, electronic com- Courtesy of www.wonderquest.com maturation of technology and the late 1990s, many people fi rms showed off technology that the beginning of the game until The loss at Emory meant that their lead during the second half, are now tied for the UAA lead munication was conducted over global communication. invested heavily in a fi ber op- can be packed up and carried off the Tartans went up 17–16 on a a victory yesterday against Case despite going 0–8 from the free- with Washington University. The copper lines with information technology over long distances In 1966, two engineers at Stan- “The ability to transfer infor- tic infrastructure with the to just about anywhere to connect layup by Clayton Barlow-Wilcox. Western was crucial for the throw line in the last 19 minutes Tartans can clinch the title with a passed via electrons. The ineffi - spawned the need for something dard Telecommunication Labo- mation via photons through fi ber hundreds of people at a time. Com- The Tartans held the lead for the Tartans in order to keep their of the game. Fortunately, Maurer win at home this Saturday against ciencies associated with copper better. ratories, Charles Kao and George optical cable has allowed for panies expanding into this niche rest of the first half, extending it hopes of a UAA title alive. The two and Brad Matta hit clutch free Rochester. Said Maurer about the See OPTICS, page A6 but growing market include Is- to as much as 11 points. The first teams fought evenly in the first throws with 35 seconds left to Rochester game, “Everything is rael-based Alvarion, better known half was highlighted by dunks half, with neither team achieving help seal an 80–75 victory for the on the line just like last year. for its WiMax broadband wireless from seniors Nate Maurer and a lead of more than five points. Tartans. Hopefully we can clinch the title technology. Bary Dunn, as well as the sharp After fouling out early in the Maurer explained how Friday’s for our school and everybody. I’ve How Things Work: Diet Pills shooting of senior and co-captain second half against Emory on loss was motivation for him wanted to make the tournament Source: Reuters A.J. Straub, who hit four con- Friday, Maurer looked to redeem against Case. “Personally, I let ever since I started playing college Kathy Chiapaikeo mannan, and psyllium cause a ergy and metabolism. secutive three-pointers, including himself and came out firing, scor- down the team and the fans. basketball, and now I have one “full” feeling. Hydrocitric acid, There are many side effects three in a one-minute span. The ing 16 of his game-high 30 points Being a senior, I shouldn’t have to more game to make that happen.” “Melt away those pounds!” green tea, conjugated linoleic of using diet pills. Appetite Courtesy of Jackie Dieffenbacher of The Observer Tartans went into the half leading in the first half to help the Tartans watch the last 17 minutes of the The Tartans and Yellowjackets tip “Lose 30 pounds in 30 days!” acid, and pyruvate slow down suppressants stimulate the China defends right Carnegie Mellon senior guard Bary Dunn (33) out-reaches a Case Western Emory 45–36. The Tartan seniors take a 42–37 lead going into half- game from the bench, so I knew I off Saturday at 4 pm in Skibo “Control your appetite!” In soci- fat production. Chitosan, also sympathetic nervous system to police Internet player for the rebound. had yet to beat Emory in Atlanta, time. had to step up big today.” Gymnasium. ety today, self-image is greatly known as chitin, blocks fat from and cause blood pressure and emphasized. Magazines and being absorbed. heart rate to rise. Minor side television shows advertise slim, There are also prescription effects include headache, dry China on Thursday defended 5” sexy-looking bodies. In addi- fat blockers, which inhibit the mouth, and insomnia. Certain its right to police the Internet, 1/2 page tion, with more than 60 per- action of the lipase enzyme. pills, like the pills that block one day after the four American Track ‘tunes up’ at Kent Women’s basketball defeated by Emory and Case cent of Americans overweight This enzyme breaks down the the action of lipase enzymes, technology giants — Microsoft or obese, losing weight quickly Corp.; Yahoo, Inc.; Cisco Systems, were able to place highly in a 5–7) took a 39–19 halftime lead fat in foods we eat. When this reduce the body’s absorption sounds more enticing and easier Inc.; and Google, Inc. — appeared by Jeffrey Wang number of running events, with by Doug Fricker and picked up where they left enzyme is inhibited, ingested of essential fat-soluble vitamins than diet or exercise. before Congress on charges that Junior Staffwriter first-place heat finishes in the Junior Staffwriter off to gradually increase their fat is removed from the body in- A, D, E, and K, and other nutri- There are many kinds of diet they collaborated with Beijing 600-meter race leading the way. lead, winning by 41 points. The stead of being broken down and ents. In addition, “herbal” does pills. Appetite suppressants, to crush free speech online in The CMU men’s and women’s Junior Mark Davis and sopho- The Carnegie Mellon women’s Tartans again fell behind early absorbed. Orlistat (Xenical) is a not imply “safe” or “healthy.” such as sibutramine or phenter- return for market access. “It is track and field teams traveled more Scott Fortune completed basketball team went on the yesterday, but they buckled down diet pill that works in the gas- Some fat-burning herbs contain mine, affect the hypothalamus, normal for countries to manage to Kent State University last the 600-meter with impressive road for the last time this season and played hard to outscore Case trointestinal tract, blocking the ingredients that have diuretic which regulates appetite. These the Internet in accordance with Saturday, to attend the Kent State times of 1:24.46 and 1:25.91 to to play two University Athletic 38–32 in the second half before lipase enzyme. Up to one third properties; they cause water suppressants block the reuptake Tune-Up. This meet had an open place sixth and seventh over- Association (UAA) games. They losing by 11. of the fat consumed will accu- loss, not fat loss. When the law and to guide its development of serotonin and norepineph- mulate in the intestines1/3 and be numbers on the scale go down,page in a healthy and orderly fashion,” format, where none of the perfor- all, respectively, in the men’s made a trip to Atlanta to play Sophomore Leah Feola became rine. The chemicals accumulate mances were scored. It was held division. Emory University on Friday eve- the first Tartan to score over 20 excreted. you haven’t lost weight: you’ve Chinese Foreign Ministry spokes- in your brain after you eat a primarily to prepare athletes for Sophomore Ashley Bakelmun ning and then to Cleveland to points in a game this season as Ephedra and caffeine was just lost water. man Qin Gang said. “China has big meal and cause you to feel upcoming division champion- pulled off her own first-place match up against Case Western she got a career-high 24 points once an extremely powerful but Do diet pills really work? also borrowed and learned from full. Certain diet pills block the ships. More specifically for the heat finish to rank second over- Reserve University yesterday on 10–15 shooting against Case dangerous combination used in Most diet pills have been shown the United States and other coun- hormone ghrelin, which is sent Tartans, Kent prepared both the all with a stunning performance afternoon. The Tartans (5–19 Western (12–12, 5–8). First-year diet pills. The caffeine increased to help dieters lose a couple tries in the world.” While China by the stomach to the brain to men and women for the UAA of 1:43.00 in the 600-meter overall, 0–13 in the UAA) could forward Ashley Rothwell came metabolism by increasing the pounds over a short period of encourages use of the Internet for stimulate hunger. Other diet Championships at the University women’s event. The women also not muster a victory in either off the bench to score a career- breakdown of fatty acids, and time — usually six months or business and education, it strictly pills mimic Peptide YY3-36 of Chicago on March 2. racked up another first-place game, as they lost 84–43 to the high 12 points in both games, the ephedrine reduced appetite less. After a while, the body de- monitors the Web and censors (PYY) hormone, which tells the Coming off a very impres- heat coming from an 18:58.38 Eagles on Friday and followed while also collecting a career-high by acting on the hypothalamus. velops a tolerance to the drugs’ anything it considers critical of or sive performance at the Oberlin performance by KJ Helmstetter that up with a 72–61 defeat at the 12 rebounds against Case. Senior brain that the stomach is full. Since late 2003, the FDA has effects. These drugs are also a threat to the ruling Communist Invitational (with a first-place in the 5000-meter run, placing hands of the Spartans yesterday. Dava Sommermeyer added nine Weight-loss supplements can banned all ephedra-containing only effective if you continue to Party. finish for the men and third for 17th overall. The men added to Against Emory the Tartans points and five rebounds in the utilize different ingredients to drugs because of ephedra’s links eat healthy and exercise. Diet the women), the Tartans were their first-place finishes with a aid in dieting. Herbal ephedra, to heart attacks. Now, ephedra pills are mainly designed for Source: Associated Press Courtesy of Jackie Dieffenbacher of The Observer could not get into a rhythm on loss to Emory, while first-year determined to continue their suc- second-place heat time of 36.85 offense, and they dug themselves guard Corey Innes contributed caffeine, guarana, and coun- is being replaced with vitamins those suffering obesity. Nowa- try mallow increase the body’s Compiled by cess in preparation for the UAA Carnegie Mellon fi rst-year Corey Innes guards a Case Western player. The into a deep hole before the end of like thiamin, ribofl avin, and fo- days, they are used to replace Courtesy of worldnews.org Championships. The Tartans See TRACK, page A13 Lady Tartans’ last game is this Saturday at Skibo Gymnasium. the first half. The Eagles (15–8, See BASKETBALL, page A13 metabolism. Guar gum, gluco- lic acid, which also increase en- exercise and healthy eating. Saravana Sivasankaran 6”

From blogs to books Net venting turns to profi t for some writers How do you turn your bitterness about life into a productive overpaying job, she fi nds herself in a fi erce battle with the rest best. Who wouldn’t laugh at her creative outlet of frustration Pillbox Column and creative escape? You create a blog that gets noticed, and of the nation looking for a job. Faced with having to leave her and anger? then get a book published. comforts behind, she decides to fi le for unemployment. And as the title may remind us, who walks into the unemployment Lancaster is not the only blogger whose story has been picked Intricate graffiti decorates In the last few years, more and more people have jumped on offi ce with a Prada bag? Apparently Lancaster does, and up by independent publishing houses, or by imprints of — or ruins — brick walls the blog bandwagon in an effort to bare all their secrets and with almost none of the style and grace with which Prada is bigger publishers. There’s a market for new memoir writing, on Melwood Avenue in desires or to release anger. Blogs can be anonymous, so there associated — she runs into doors, walks into the wrong offi ce, and it began in the form of a blog. Take Frank Warren, author Oakland. is no fear of the harsh backlash you’d get from screaming and is almost recruited for the Army. Even the unemployment of PostSecret, for instance. He fi rst created a blogsite online to at your boss. Many of these blogs are created out of hatred, staff doesn’t like her from the beginning, including the showcase ordinary people’s extraordinary secrets. PostSecret, Dimensions: fear, or anger, but more and more people are fi nding that their woman who speaks in Spanish, and the computer technician a collection of homemade postcards with the secrets of the opinions online may transfer into real money — and a real who yells at her for being too good to be a janitor because she authors scrawled on them, has gained quite a following since publishing deal. And while we hate to admit it, their blogs has a college degree. And though she frantically submits her its release in December of 2005. The market for juicier and have become part of our everyday life, and we enjoy them. A résumé to all the companies she can think of, Lancaster is not more anonymous writing has become a big one lately. From lot. hired. Ironically, with her credentials and experience, no one Madonna’s website encouraging people to call in and leave wants to hire her, including the janitorial company. their darkest secrets, to music videos about being someone’s Jen Lancaster, author of the newest blog-to-book sensation, “dirty little secret,” it seems that secrets are not so secret Bitter Is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, With no luck at fi nding a job, she is left with no choice but after all. People are now comfortably dishing out their secrets columns width Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass, or Why You Should to leave the comforts of her expensive Chicago penthouse and opinions online or writing letters or postcards to people Never Carry a Prada Bag to the Unemployment Offi ce, is just apartment and move into a shady neighborhood where no thousands of miles away, revealing themselves in more ways one of many bloggers turned authors in the last few years. one speaks English. While waiting for various companies than one. In the book, Lancaster goes from having a well-paying job to contact her in response to her resume, she created Photos by Deren Guler | Staffwriter at a Fortune 500 company to being laid off and falling just jennsylvania.com, a website dedicated to bashing every Blogs are quickly becoming the wave of the future. The

short of being evicted from her apartment in the ghetto. In company that either didn’t respond to her résumé or wouldn’t number of people who are getting published because of their 7” between, though, she lays the foundation for a funny, moving, hire her. After a while, her public ranting and not-so-ladylike blogs’ increasing notoriety goes to show that we are watched, Save the writings on the walls and inspirational story that is deeper than it fi rst appears way with words drew a small fan base of people in similar even when we don’t think we are. Our personal lives online on the surface. She fi rst gives us the impression that her situations. Some people even sent her packages of nail polish are not so personal anymore. And while many new authors superfi ciality has1/6 no hope for change. In short, she is a spoiled and food as a thank-you for her bitter but realistic advice. are fi nding their beginnings in posts on various blog sites, 1 3.33” Local graffi ti is both vandalism and art rich brat about to face the worst of the world. But the last few some bloggers are worried that their most inner thoughts and Boys have been writing on walls since the beginning of1/4 time. Gazette, City Councilman page Bill Peduto wrote, “Graffi ti in Not all authorities are on a mission to erase graffi ti. In a May chapters show us a changed, reformed brat who learns to Without knowing it, though, Lancaster creates a problem feelings can be publicly viewed by everyone, including their Well, perhaps that is an exaggeration, but this scribbling our neighborhoods has become pathological. There’s no 2005 article from the Pittsburgh City Paper, Khari Mosley, appreciate her family and not her collection of Prada Bags. for herself that happens way too often with bloggers. She prospective employers. tendency is quite ancient. Recent research by R. Dale Guthrie, difference when you decide to tag somebody’s home or Peduto’s campaign director, wrote of the city councilman’s is denied a job because she publicly bashes clients of the a professor emeritus at the University of Alaska and author of private business and cause $400 in damage than if you were anti-graffi ti stand: “We can’t advocate for the illegal posting Before being laid off, Lancaster’s only goal was to buy that company on her website. Instead of taking it to heart, she Jess Anders | Staffwriter The Nature of Paleolithic Art, shows that the cave drawings to reach into their cash register and steal $400.” According of tags on people’s walls, but we do need to fi nd safe, legal $7000 couch she admired. But after being laid off from her laughs the matter1/9 off and decides that it was probably for the from 35,000 years ago were primarily created by boys aged to 2005 statistics, at least a third of those who have been ways for people to put up their work because it can be nine to 17. The concepts and images in the drawings are arrested for vandalism in Pittsburgh since 2000 have been inspirational.” quite similar to the artwork and graffi ti of modern adolescent juveniles, over 200 of which were under age 10. 2 6.92” males. In an article from the March 31 issue of Discovery Although this might help some, it would not solve the page News, Guthrie said, “I think the full larder [of] success of the The Pittsburgh Police spent $30,000 on a computer database problem. While graffi ti writers try to create better pieces each excitement and danger of killing a giant bison or auroch in that allows them to search for graffi ti by business vandalized, time, they also try to put these pieces in places that will make the Pleistocene was the equivalent to the testosterone of art address, tag name, neighborhood, or police zone. Every time people think, “Wow, how did he manage to do that there?” dollarmovie Justin Brown | Assistant Photo Editor today.” graffi ti is removed, a report, along with a picture, will be Places that are designated for graffi ti would take away the added to the database. thrill induced by the risks they take to write it. The most convincing evidence for Guthrie’s theory is the The Royal Sympathy for Mr. Memoirs of a Geisha Fun with Dick and The Prophecy handprints that are on the cave walls next to the art. When Graffi ti is viewed as vandalism, and some people take it as So how psychopathic is it, really? page these handprints were compared to earlier research on male a public attack. As Police Commander Kathy Degler said in Friday, April 14 Sunday, April 16 3 10.50” Tenenbaums Vengance Jane and female hands, it was shown that most of them belonged the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette last April, “It’s a quality of life Some say that the illegality of graffi ti forces writers to act like Wednesday, April 12 Thursday, April 13 7:30 10 12:30 Saturday, April 15 8 10 12 to young men. issue that causes people to feel their neighborhoods are going historians: They try to save the legacy of their beloved culture 8 10 12 7:30 10 12:30 8 10 12 downhill.” by passing down stories and sharing images of what has Omigosh, guess what school the This movie stars Christopher One wonders if the boys who drew on the walls 35,000 years happened. I got this on DVD for my Secret From the director of Oldboy, this director of this movie went to! He Warning: Saturday is the day not Walken as an evil angel come to ago faced the same reaction from their society as the graffi ti What is it about graffi ti that causes this reaction? Many Santa this Christmas past. He is another South Korean fl ick went to Carnegie Mellon! He was sponsored by AB Films. This is Earth to collect a soul to end a opened it, looked at it, said, “I don’t with plenty of gore, sex, and in the musical theater program. not a porno. However, you may war in Heaven. No, it’s not the

writers of today. writers are in crews or gangs, and, of course, the thought Writers are under great pressure. It becomes an addiction; 5 columns of gang mentality scares many citizens. People think, “If they get a surge of excitement when they see their piece or like this movie,” and set it down. I violence. But unlike our Hollywood He graduated in ’82, slept for 20 still go to hell for watching it sober, Fatboy Slim music video... it is Pittsburgh’s abandoned buildings, open highways, pocket someone is crazy enough to climb up on that bridge to write tag, and they know that if they stop doing it they won’t get was hurt, sure, but I also realized movies, there is actually good years, then made some movies. because it’s just not that good of a The Prophecy. It also stars Viggo neighborhoods, and freight yards are a graffi ti writer’s dream. their tag, what else would he do?” anywhere. If they just did one piece and quit, it wouldn’t be that he had bad taste in movies cinematography, acting, and a If you have any respect for your movie. If you enjoyed Ace Ventura, Mortensen as Lucifer. I dare The Pittsburgh graffi ti scene, which developed in the early long until it was gone and their mark would be completely and I didn’t want to be his friend plot. Don’t get too caught up in the school at all, you will go see this still act the age you did back then, you to give me a reason why 1980s, has produced nationally and internationally respected Although this view cannot be completely discredited, it erased. anyway. The Royal Tenenbaums is details of whose sister is dying, who fi lm. No doubt it will be making and want to see something a lot you wouldn’t go see this movie. writers such as Necske, Onorok, 21Rak, Prism, and Reke. may be an overreaction. (Stores generally don’t want to be odd, and at times hard to digest, is mad at whom, who just killed appearances in all future Carnegie less memorable, you could see this Screw “homework due Monday.” covered in paint, unless it’s for advertisement purposes.) As As 21Rak, a writer famous for his improvisational style on just like all of Wes Anderson’s fi lms. the good guy... this movie will take Mellon propaganda, so you should movie. It’s a comedy about Dick Christopher Walken started a war in There are many impressive pieces on many places throughout1/2 Ayanah Moor, professor ofpage contemporary and hip-hop art in freight cars, said in last November’s issue of the City Paper, “I It’s not really a “comedy.” It just you on a bloody ride of beautiful become familiar with it now. What? and Jane, a married couple turned Heaven, and he’ll come for you next the city, from rooftops and bridges to alleyways and walls the College of Fine Arts, pointed out in an article from the don’t know how graffi ti looks to someone that doesn’t know kind of... is. And that’s the beauty revenge. Plus, it says “Tartan” on You saw it in theaters and didn’t like partners in crime. They aren’t as if you aren’t there Sunday night. (especially along the route of the East Busway). Many Pittsburgh City Paper last May, many corporations plaster graffi ti, like when they’re driving [and see it].... I’m sure they of it. A star-studded cast, delicious the cover, and AB is still showing it, it? Thought the visuals were good sexy or as badass as the Smiths, people, though, are more concerned with the illegality and subway cars and buses with their ads, a technique which fucking hate it. As a graffi ti writer, you’re not doing it for the subtlety, and a race to see which so you know it has to be good. but that it was a boring movie? but boy can Jim Carrey make a lot implications of graffi ti rather than the quality of the art itself. is clearly stolen from graffi ti artists. “Rather than having people that don’t understand it. You’re doing it for the people character can screw up his or her Were appalled that a Chinese of funny faces. a conversation about who made that decision [allowing that do.” life the fastest. 1/3actress wouldpage play a Japanese 8” The city spends an estimated $250,000 a year in order to corporations to advertise in this way], we talk about graffi ti role? Do you even know where the clean graffi ti. In an article last April in the Pittsburgh Post- being a pathological problem,” wrote Moor. Deren Guler | Staffwriter director went to school?! local entertainment 6 pillbox 4.10.06 pillbox 4.10.06 7

Big Al’s Metal Shop Twenty minutes with A Life Once Lost

As with most things in life, it is the little details that separate metal with Pantera and such. The Meshuggahs and Black the good from the glorious. Take the Rex Theater, for example. Sabbaths. Personally, I’m more into the guys who use vocals With seats in place, the venue was a good place to watch as an instrument, guys like Randy Blythe from Lamb of God, a metal show. Without seats to obstruct crowd movement, Mike Patton [from Faith No More]. Guys like that keep my the Rex has become a glorious venue. Add to that a bevy of attention.” shows coming up, and you have a recipe for the best kind of destruction. On his vocal training:

My fi rst show in the new seatless Rex was the Darkest “I work with Melissa Cross, she’s the ‘Scream Lady’ who’s Hour/Himsa/A Life Once Lost show last week. It was a very worked with Brain Fair and Randy Blythe.... I’m actually not good show, with a solid line-up and good crowd containing a on her fi rst training DVD, but I’m going to be on her second mixture of the young and the old. What made it stand out was one. Totally notice the difference in the power, the delivery. A Life Once Lost (ALOL). Taking the stage to the strains of You treat your voice more.... I’ve been on tour for a year, and 9” classic Black Sabbath, ALOL proceeded to unleash a light and I can scream longer and last more than ever before. I try to

1/3 page sound show not seen since the days of Grace-era Neurosis. make my voice clear and have people hear it.” Jenn Kennedy | Art Staff It isn’t often that hardcore kids aren’t swinging fi sts and roundhouse kicks in a pit, but instead of an opportunity for On their reasons for playing: cathartic release, it seems that ALOL wanted the focus on them and their message. With lava lamps projected on the “We’re road dogs — it’s defi nitely not about money. It’s Burning the midnight oil via the Internet screen behind them, the emphasis was on a confl uence of never been about money; I have no money. I’ve never made audio and visual stimulation. I have to say that I missed their money playing. I’m here to give someone hope. I’m not here daytime slot on last year’s Sounds of The Underground, and I to tell someone they’re wrong for believing.... I’m here to Procrastination prevails with the help of Facebook, IM, and e-mail hope to see them at this year’s Ozzfest. However, I think they tell someone ... that there is someone else who feels pain, could certainly benefi t from a larger stage to play out their depression, who feels lonely. And that it’s okay to feel these We have reached the period of mixed blessings. The end of finals creep up, our bad habits can slowly get the better of us. vision. emotions, to talk about this. Growing up as a young man, the year is in sight, and summer will be here soon. Sunlight “Procrastination and time management go hand in hand,” With so many available methods that whittle hours away I didn’t have an outlet for these emotions. And that there has graced our campus once again and has banished the Brindis said. “The important thing is that you can’t change for students, marketers have begun to realize that many What that vision is exactly goes beyond the standard listing of are creative outlets for them. As a kid, I went to see Orange depressing winter for good. Newly admitted students are [bad habits] overnight.” college students put things off to the last minute until they their infl uences. Hunter, ALOL’s latest release that is out now 9mm, and I just fell in love with the idea of a band. I went for starting to flood the campus, and Pittsburgh finally feels must pull the inevitable all-nighter. Just look at how energy on Ferret records, is indeed a non-linear path from beginning it, said forget school, forget everything, and I’ve ruined a lot warm. So what are these bad habits? As college students, we drinks like Red Bull are beginning to direct propaganda at Ad sizes shown are to end, musically speaking. Aggressive, relentless on the of relationship, jobs, lost a lot of friends. In the long term, I depend on the computers on our desks and in the clusters to the procrastinating masses. The ease of putting off work has surface, yet lyrically dense, it unravels more with each listen. see this band continuing, evolving. Talking about a band like Well, maybe things have not become that cheery. The return accomplish much of our work. But the sirens of Flash games made burning the midnight oil the new norm, as so many of good weather also means that classes will start wrapping and instant messaging often lure us to villainous distraction. lights across campus remain lit until 2 or 3 am. Courtesy of www.flexyourhead.net Unlike other albums I’ve discussed in this column, I believe Neurosis, you see their fi rst album, which was punk, and then that this is an album best heard on speakers, not headphones. they evolve into this doom, heavy band and it’s awesome that up, so professors will expect to see projects, papers, and Our papers, projects, research, and communication need to The sound is large, and deserves walls to reverberate off of. they can do that. I get bummed out by people who see this exams on their desks soon. The workloads of students will revolve around computers and the Internet, and this makes If you like the pressure of finishing work five minutes before life as being about money, consumed by it. There are bands reach critical mass and we’ll begin to pull our hair out. In the our late nights very difficult. It is so easy to get distracted. class time, by all means keep the Web available. However, the After their set ended, I was able to chase down vocalist like Fugazi who are about the music, keeping the tickets low, next few weeks, we will receive fewer and fewer chances to best advice for victims of procrastination is this: Lose the Net. Robert Meadows on Carson Street for a 20-minute chat and being a groundbreaking band — this is what it’s about for go outside and enjoy the good weather. All of us will have to You can be in the middle of writing a paper, and all it takes face the late-night crunch at one point or another, andfull time to focus on something else pageis an urge to check your e-mail. Matthew McKee | Staffwriter the most frequently on ALOL’s sound, words, and long-term plans. With cars me.” honking in the background (not to mention tipsy college girls will not be on our side. Each of us will have to either race the Sure, you’ll resolve to check your e-mail for one second, then... staggering by), Meadows let loose on his vision of ALOL and On his message for the kids in Pittsburgh: clock or sacrifice sleep before the semester ends. So what do oh look! There’s a new friend confirmation waiting for you their reasons for existence: we do? on Facebook! So then you begin checking this new person’s “I like to tell people that if you want to be where I am, you just profile out, and soon you could be talking to them on AOL Current students of Introduction to World History were asked: On their touring history: have to have heart, you have to do it, and not let them tell you Tamara Tunie, an actress from As the World Turns and a Instant Messenger. More conversations begin to take your you’re not good enough.” Carnegie Mellon alum, believes that there are more hours in attention, and after a while your friend calls about one thing “What distracts you the most “We’ve done tours with [various bands], and have tried to the day than we think there are and that our time can hold or another. Before you know it, your break has turned into a more than we think. More often than not, however, we feel vacation. There’s a reason there is a Facebook group called while you’re working?” requested. adapt to a bigger stage. Seeing what works for them and what On that note, let me just say that there is another great band like the days are far too short. Experts have developed tried “Facebook Makes Me Fail School.” doesn’t. In terms of the show, we want to send people home in Pittsburgh who is doing it, passing out awesome CDs at Everything and true methods for time management, like to-do lists, with something to remember us by.” the show last week. They’re called Brave the Fire, and they 5% Facebook and other can be found online at www.bravethefi re.com and at www. schedule books, and importance grids, and we have plenty As Brindis said via e-mail, counselors agree that cell phones online social networks 22% On their visuals: myspace.com/bravethefi re. Look for an interview and CD of help available aid us in the struggle to quit our excessive and Internet services like Facebook are among the worst time review sometime soon. Please help support local and live time-wasting. wasters for college students. Other guilty services are sites “I did see those Neurosis shows, where they had the guy metal. like www.killsometime.com, which, as the title suggests, IM/E-mail 30% Courtesy of sotu.digital-noise.net do all their visuals, and your attention was just ... there. It’s Debra Brindis, coordinator of academic counseling and caters directly to our procrastinating desires. Then there’s something we’ve learned, not to take it to heart if the kids Till Next Time, supplemental instruction in the Academic Development www.ebaumsworld.com, www.newgrounds.com, and even a 10% Other Office, agrees that as the year comes to an end, students www.procrastinate.net, which really doesn’t have anything on A Life Once Lost, pictured above, aren’t moving [to the music]. We try to make it a concert with Up The Irons, will begin to feel much more anxiety. She believes that time it because the creator says he’s procrastinating. 4% performed recently at Rex Theater a light show.” Friends and random management involves controlled partition. 4% in the South Side. Al Cohen | Senior Staff Phone conversations conversations Granted, there are many forms of productive procrastination. 5% 15% On their passions growing up: Work for other classes 5% “Most times, if you can break [work] down into small chunks, That is an oxymoron, but think about activities like working TV Other Internet sites/ “We did grow up in the hardcore scene, some of us more that takes anxiety out of it,” said Brindis. She said that time out, personal reading, or news-hounding. While many online games 5 management problems affect all students, from first-years to students do not see these as distractions, some still see these graduates. Brindis noted another key approach to avoiding as a way to escape school work. It’s not a hard argument to Allison Gallant | Layout Manager procrastination that involves determination and trust in slow say that productive procrastination is much better than web improvement. Habits are hard things to break, really, and as surfing. music 10 pillbox 4.10.06 life pillbox 4.10.06 5 # 9”

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