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thetartan.org @thetartan March 26, 2012 Volume 106, Issue 22 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Candidates vow Motion to impeach SBP Flittner fails emily dobler policy reforms Editor-in-Chief Jake Flittner remains stu- This year a record five available next Monday and dent body president after tickets are running for stu- Tuesday in the tabling area Thursday evening’s joint Un- dent body president (SBP) of the University Center. The dergraduate Student Senate and student body vice presi- Elections Board said that and Graduate Student As- dent (SBVP). Two candidates paper ballots are intended sembly (GSA) meeting. The are running for vice president solely for “cases where a stu- vote for impeachment did not for organizations (VPO), and dent encounters issues when officially occur, as GSA did not there is one unopposed can- trying to cast the electronic have enough members attend- didate for vice president for ballot.” ing to meet its 3/4 quorum. Finance (VPF). The SBP and SBVP candi- Flittner, a senior mechani- Carnegie Mellon’s student dates will debate on Monday cal engineering and engineer- government elections open at 5:30 p.m. in McConomy ing and public policy double this Saturday at noon and Auditorium. The VPO and major, faced impeachment close next Tuesday at 6 p.m. VPF candidates will debate hearings after Senate unani- Students may cast their vote on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in mously requested on March online, on their phones, or in Rashid Auditorium. With so 1 that he be removed from of- a paper ballot. many candidates to select fice. At Thursday’s meeting, Paper ballots will only be from, every vote counts. the impeachment motion was presented to the joint session, For more information about: and Flittner presented argu- The SBP and SBVP candidates, See A3 ments in defense of his role. The VPO candidates, See A4 Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor The VPF candidate, See A5 See Impeachment, A5 GSA did not reach quorum, so the vote to impeach student body president Jake Flittner did not officially occur. OMx asks how to achieve happiness GSA donates to Madelyn Glymour News Editor CMU endowment The OM organization Brent Heard past few years due to unspent brought five speakers and a Assistant News Editor student activities fees and dance group to the Carnegie budget surpluses, and Im- Music Hall on Saturday to The Graduate Student As- brogno has stated that spend- share their views on happi- sembly (GSA) recently voted ing down the surplus in this ness in an event called OMx. to contribute $175,000 from account would be a main goal The five speakers were Tim its capital reserve funds to of his presidency. Bono, a professor of psychol- the official Carnegie Mellon Heckmann said in an ogy at Washington University endowment. email that prior to the dona- in St. Louis; Hari Chandan, a As GSA president and tion, there had been about post-doctoral fellow at Carn- economics Ph.D. student $220,000 in the GSA capital egie Mellon’s department of Jason Imbrogno wrote in the reserve. engineering and public policy; official announcement of this Klemperer had greater Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon’s decision, “This is a testament support for the idea of col- former vice provost for educa- to both the strength of our lecting interest on the money, tion; Patty Eppley, a medita- graduate student body and which he said he had not tion expert; and Helen Wang, its leadership. I venture to previously been aware of. a Carnegie Mellon housefel- say that nowhere else in the “That wasn’t explained at all low. They were joined by the Madelyn Glymour/News Editor world is another student that way in the email from Pitt Nrityamala, an Indian Pitt Nrityamala, an Indian classical dance group, performed immediately after the program’s intermission. government wrestling with the GSA president,” he said. classical dance team. such significant decisions Klemperer still expressed Bono discussed the ways infinite happiness, why don’t presentation. “She spoke right erything that we have is more that can impact their concern over the quantity of the focus of one’s attention we see it? Because we are to me, with the idea that you than enough.” university communities to funds the GSA had sitting in determines one’s happiness. too distracted all the time,” don’t have to worry about Attendees liked Wang’s such a high degree.” the capital reserve account. He described studies which Chandan said. He described what others think,” he said. section of the presentation. “I Imbrogno thanked GSA Imbrogno stated in the showed that people randomly the four Hindu paths to hap- “That really resonated.” thought she had a good per- Vice President for Finance same announcement that the assigned to think about good piness: knowledge, devotion, Eppley focused on medi- spective on Carnegie Mellon Will Boney, Vice President for GSA would also appropriate things that had happened to action, and meditation. tation. She said that regular students,” said Vicente Estra- Campus Affairs Michael Mur- $35,000 from the capital re- them in the previous week Nair said that she be- meditation had made her a da, a first-year in CIT. phy, and GSA Vice President serve account for a new cam- became happier than people lieves happiness can be found happy person. Eppley said “She seemed to really be- for Finance Grace Heckmann pus bike rack project. Schultz randomly assigned to think through authenticity, integri- that in her adult life, she had lieve what she was saying,” for their assistance in this explained that the choice to about bad things. “One of the ty, and mindfulness. When she once been a “crisis meditator” said junior cognitive science process. fund the new bike rack proj- easiest ways to increase hap- took her children to campus in who only meditated when major Susan Dou. “If she Andy Schultz, materials ect resulted from a survey piness is to regularly practice the ’80s, they asked her, “Why things went wrong. Then, she didn’t have her notes, I bet she science Ph.D. student and sent around last year asking gratitude,” Bono said. does nobody smile at Carnegie said, her life fell apart. She would have made the same Vice President for Campus for input on what the GSA Chandan explained the Mellon?” By the ’90s, she said, went to study meditation with speech.” Affairs for the GSA, preferred should fund. Hindu spiritual approach to the campus was happier. Nair Deepak Chopra, a physician The six presentations were to frame the contribution in “The resounding answer happiness. He told a parable said that one of the reasons who specializes mind-body structured around a narra- terms of an investment rather was bike racks,” Schultz said. of two birds sitting in a tree. for the change is that there is medicine. Later, Eppley was tive, delivered by junior in- than a donation. The project is currently One eats fruit, some sweet more love at Carnegie Mellon going to travel to India to find formation systems and deci- “The GSA will get income being overseen by a commit- and some sour, and is happy now. According to Nair, love, a guru, but found she did not sion science double major from interest on that money, tee consisting of GSA mem- and sad accordingly. The oth- connection, and kindness are need to. “The guru is within,” Archit Kumar, the president which can be used to fund ac- bers, Undergraduate Student er eats nothing, and is fulfilled the keys to happiness, and Eppley said. of OM. Kumar played a Carn- tivities,” Schultz explained. Senate representatives, and of its own glory. Occasionally, they can be achieved by prac- Wang discussed her per- egie Mellon student named “This money directly benefits faculty members. It includes the fruit-eating bird glimpses ticing authenticity, integrity, sonal journey to happiness, Arjun Patel, a senior chemi- graduate students immedi- the plans to create a bike sta- the fulfilled bird. Chandan and mindfulness. speaking about pain. She said cal engineering major, who ately.” tion in currently available said that our true nature is Junior information systems that discussing and acknowl- was searching for happiness. Electrical and computer space in the Gates Center ga- that of the fulfilled bird. major Christian Reyes said edging our pain is not detri- Each of the presentations was engineering Ph.D. student rage. “If our real nature is that that he connected to Nair’s mental to happiness, nor is it meant to be a person or ex- Peter Klemperer said that he Schultz concluded that necessarily selfish. “When we perience Arjun engaged with was “a little surprised that the funds and interest gained give our story to the world, along his journey. GSA had that much money from this contribution would we celebrate our common hu- First-year CIT student Vi- left over” for such a donation. “go toward projects that manity. We create safe spaces jay Iyengar, one of OMx’s co- The GSA capital reserve would benefit graduate stu- for others to have their pain chairs, said that the point of has increased in size over the dents for a long time.” lifted off of them. And when OMx was not to teach happi- we do that, we create happi- ness, but to make attendees ness.” think about the way they prac- Wang told a story about tice happiness in their own her first years in America. She lives. Every speaker touched would bring lunches full of her on that idea. “The shortest mother’s cooking to school, distance between point A and and other students made fun point B is a straight line. And of it because it looked and each of our speakers converg- smelled strange to them. es into one straight line,” Iyen- Eventually, Wang traded her gar said. beloved curry for turkey sand- He said that he has already wiches and juice boxes. started putting some of the After she grew up, though, speakers’ ideas into practice Wang said that she learned in his own life. In particular, that she was denying a huge he said, he has taken Eppley’s part of who she is. She said advice to heart. “I have start- that she stopped doing that, ed taking five minutes out of started being who she really each day to just step back and was, and became happier. distance myself.” Wang stressed that, in order Proceeds from OMx were to be happy, we need to be our donated to the Ekal Vidyalaya effortless, authentic selves. Foundation, which sets up sin- Madelyn Glymour/News Editor “We walk in the world as if we gle-teacher schools in small Housefellow Helen Wang described her personal journey to happiness. were broken, but really, ev- villages. Juan Fernandez/Staff A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » March 26, 2012

Campus news in brief Statistically First-year students place NSBE conference to be held second in math tournament at local convention center Speaking Three first-year Mellon caliber of students in Carn- The 38th annual confer- nology Dean Pradeep K. Kho- College of Science students egie Mellon’s Department ence of the National Soci- sla will host a kick-off lunch The Fence tradition began in 1923 when the senior placed second in the William of Mathematical Sciences, ety of Black Engineers will for graduate students at the class painted a soon-to-be-demolished wooden fence Lowell Putnam Mathematical as well as a reflection on the be held in Pittsburgh this conference. “Participation in to advertise a party. Destruction was postponed, and Competition. The students — students’ hard work and ded- Wednesday to Sunday. Carn- this conference is very impor- the Fence is now perhaps the most recognizable and math majors Michael Drug- ication,” said mathematics egie Mellon will have a booth tant as we continue to build beloved part of Tartan school spirit. With an 89-year gan, Albert Gu, and Archit professor Po-Shen Loh, the the conference, which will be the workforce of the future history that includes such events as reconstruction af- Kulkarni — are members team’s coach, in a university held in the David L. Lawrence and remain competitive glob- ter collapse, wedding proposals, and vandalization, the of the Knaster-McWilliams press release. “At Carnegie Convention Center in Down- ally,” Khosla said in a univer- Fence has been through a lot. Here are a few facts about Scholars program, which is Mellon we have developed town. sity press release. the Fence that you may not have known: funded by two alumni and an innovative undergradu- Carnegie Mellon’s booth “The world’s increasing provides students with in- ate program, which leads will consist of current gradu- globalization demands more creased access to faculty and the brightest undergraduate ate students and represen- interaction with people from early research opportunities. mathematicians to achieve tatives from the Office of diverse cultures and back- To win second place, their full potential.” Undergraduate Admission. grounds, so this NSBE confer- 4 Druggan, Gu, and Kulkarni Druggan, Gu, and Kulkar- Steelers mascot Steely Mc- ence is an excellent opportu- The current difference in inches between the height of the first post answered 12 math problems ni’s second-place finish is the Beam will also be present nity to reach a large, talented, and that of the last post in six hours. Over 4,000 highest a Carnegie Mellon to greet participants. The and diverse audience,” said American and Canadian un- team has ever placed in the College of Engineering will Kurt Larsen, assistant dean of dergraduates participated in competition. The Depart- co-sponsor bags that will be undergraduate studies at the the tournament, which was ment of Mathematical Sci- given out to all convention- Carnegie Institute of Tech- held in December. The results ences will receive $20,000 goers. The college also made nology, in the press release. 64 were released this month. as a result, and Druggan, Gu, a slideshow to showcase the The current average circumference in inches of the “This remarkable success and Kulkarni will each re- Carnegie Mellon experience. Compiled by Fence’s posts is a reflection of the high ceive $800. Carnegie Institute of Tech- Madelyn Glymour

6 feature photo The world record-setting thickness of the paint of the original Fence, in inches Warm weather draws students outside 20 The approximate circumference in inches of the Fence’s six caps

Sources: CarnegieMellonU YouTube Compiled by channel and telegraph.co.uk Nicole Hamilton Lecture Preview University Lecture modern maritime kingdoms Series: Edith Balas of England. Monday at 4:30 p.m. Gregg Hall (Porter Hall 100) Distinguished Speaker Carnegie Mellon art his- Series: Liang-Shih Fan tory professor Edith Balas Friday at noon will deliver a lecture titled Doherty Hall 2315 “From Transylvania to Penn- sylvania: My Personal Jour- Liang-Shih Fan, a profes- ney.” Balas was born in Cluj, sor of engineering at Ohio Transylvania. She will speak State University, will deliver about her experiences in a a lecture on chemical loop- Nazi concentration camp and ing technology, and how it under the Communist regime enables carbon dioxide cap- in Romania. She will also ture. Fan’s presentation will describe the ways in which consider aspects of modern her Eastern European back- chemical looping technology, ground has enriched her re- which uses fossil fuels and search. biomass for feedstock. Balas specializes in mod- He will discuss the current ern art and the art of the issues with this form of tech- Italian Renaissance. She has nology and will illustrate the written a number of books possibilities and challenges and articles. Her memoir was in scaling up and commer- published in 2011. Balas has cializing chemical looping also curated art exhibitions in technology. cities around the world. Fan’s expertise is in fluidi- zation and multiphase flow, powder technology and en- Alan Vangpat/Senior Staff Su Fang Ng ergy, and environmental re- Junior chemical engineering major Adam Leibowitz and junior computer science major Thomas Wright fight to get the frisbee in an ultimate frisbee Thursday at 4:30 p.m. action engineering. With his game at Flagstaff Hill on Friday. The unseasonably warm weather drove many students outside to sunbathe, play sports, and hang out. Giant Eagle Auditorium research group, Fan has in- (Baker Hall A51) vented seven industrially via- ble clean coal processes. He is University of Oklahoma an editor of multiple journals Campus Crime & Incident Reports English professor Su Fang and book series. Ng will deliver a lecture ti- case there were similar cases tled “Speaking Transnation- False Alarms/Criminal Defiant Trespass Theft on campus. This case is still ally: Early Modern European Entrepreneurial Mischief/Assault March 17, 2012 March 20, 2012 under investigation. Cross-Cultural Exchanges Leadership Series: March 14, 2012 University Police respond- A student reported that with Islamic Southeast Asia.” Charlie Cheever University Police and se- ed to the Fence for a report unknown persons stole both In her presentation, Ng will Friday at 12:30 p.m. curity officers responded to of a suspicious female who Suspicious Activity wheels from his bicycle while discuss the languages used Posner Hall 151 fire alarms in seven academic was intoxicated and making March 19, 2012 he was away. He had parked in early European exchanges building and residence halls. inappropriate comments to his bicycle at the bike rack in A Carnegie Mellon stu- with Southeast Asia, with a Quora founder Charlie All were false alarms and had students. Upon arrival, the front of Hunt Library from dent, who resides in Shady focus on the long-distance Cheever will speak about been set off via pull stations. female was identified and noon until 3 p.m. Oak Apartments, reported spice trade. She will focus his experiences with en- Shortly after the alarms, Uni- checked for warrants with getting a suspicious phone on the role of Malay, the lan- trepreneurship. Quora is a versity Police were alerted to negative results. She was giv- call from a male alleging that guage in which much of spice question-and-answer site on a male acting erratically at the en a defiant trespass warning Theft he was a maintenance man for trading was done, as a global which users can pose ques- intersection of Forbes Avenue and escorted off campus. March 22, 2012 language. tions and collaborate on the Ascension Church and that he and Margaret Morrison. A student reported to Uni- Ng specializes in early answers. wanted to meet her there to The male was found to be versity Police that they had modern literature, with a Cheever grew up in Pitts- Vandalism give her a package that was in possession of illegal drugs left their cell phone on a PAT secondary interest in post- burgh and graduated from March 19, 2012 addressed to her. University and drug paraphernalia. He bus on March 9. They said colonial literature. Her most Harvard University in 2003 Police investigated and iden- was placed under arrest and University Police received that they had found the per- recent book, Global Renais- with a degree in computer tified the male. The male has bragged about pulling the a report that there had been son who had the phone, but sance: Early Modern Clas- science. Before he founded denied wrongdoing, and no alarms. He assaulted a Uni- an act of vandalism and that person was refusing to sicism and Empire from the Quora, Cheever worked at criminal charges have been versity of Pittsburgh police of- graffiti in the restroom of the return the phone unless the British Isles to the Malay Ar- Facebook, where he led the filed. He has been barred from ficer and an Allegheny County Quizno’s restaurant located owner paid a $200 “reward.” chipelago, explores the ways team that developed Face- the Shady Oaks property. jail guard following his arrest. at 300 South Craig St. The University Police contacted in which Greek and Roman book Connect. Charges have been filed. owner wanted University Pittsburgh Police and Port Au- empirical models became Police to be aware and be thority Police and assisted in part of the native histories of Compiled by familiar with the graffiti in the arrest of the suspect. Southeast Asia and the early madelyn glymour

Weather Corrections & Clarifications In the article “Exhibit explores Pennsylvania’s out- doors” (Pillbox, March 5), Kate Groschner’s last name is incorrectly spelled as Groeschner. In the March 5 Pillbox table of contents, Chuck Palahniuk’s first name was incorrectly written as Chris. If you would like to submit a correction or clarifica- tion, please email The Tartan at [email protected] or [email protected] with your inquiry, as well as the date of the issue and the name of the article. We will Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday print the correction or clarification in the next print is- High / Low High / Low High / Low High / Low High / Low sue and publish it online. 56 / 46 71 / 45 48 / 33 56 / 42 65 / 49 Source: www.weather.com March 26, 2012 « The Tartan thetartan.org/news » A3 Record five tickets run for SBP, SBVP Amy Quispe and Bryan Wade Will Weiner and Meela Dudley Jennifer Coloma Quispe and Wade say they this funding issue,” Wade Jennifer Coloma sitions, he said that “it’s not doesn’t. In order to maintain Junior Staffwriter could fix those problems. said. “People can become of- Junior Staffwriter about [those positions] but communication with the gen- One of the problems they ficial groups, and can use about seeing people happy.” eral public, Weiner said that “We’re not a joke cam- wish to address is with the SpaceQuest, and go to the Junior economics and sta- Weiner’s running mate, they would maintain their paign. We’re a serious can- Committee on Student Or- activities fair and poster — do tistics and decision science junior creative writing and website after elections. didate,” said Amy Quispe, a ganization’s (CoSO) student all these things that they don’t double major Will Weiner professional writing double “We’d post mad minutes junior computer science and group policy. Quispe and need funding for.” has been involved with stu- major Meela Dudley, said, every two weeks,” Weiner math double major. Wade said that the current “We really feel that what dent government since his “Without reading our resume, said. Mad minutes would be Quispe and junior eco- policy is very strict as to how students can make and what first year at Carnegie Mellon. we’re basically the same per- a summary of things they’ve nomics and computer science a student group may be- students can do is most im- Weiner says that there are son. We’re both very busy — covered in meetings. “And if double major Bryan Wade come recognized, because portant,” Quispe said. “And a lot of changes that need to but we’ve cleared our sched- we don’t do something [or] decided to run because they once they are recognized as removing red tape, whether be made. “Problems have not ules for this. We’ve sealed up get something that we said we wanted to make it easier for a group, they immediately that’s improving the CoSO been addressed well, and I’m our different positions and we would done, we want you to students to get things done, get funding. As such, CoSO process, opening up data, going to attack them from dif- have three main objectives: hold us accountable to it.” to form student organiza- doesn’t accept student groups making it easier for student ferent angles,” Weiner said. recruitment, communication, Their website is www. tions, and to get funding. “We very easily. projects to become official.... Weiner is the Student Sen- and presentation.” weinerdudley2012.com. thought there was a lot of red “We want to make it so It’s all about making this cam- ate Chair, on the Pittsburgh Their initiatives focus tape in student government; there is another group type pus more alive.” Student Government Council, on communication and fun. Editor’s Note: Meela Dudley it is hard to start student orga- that it’s very easy to become is heading a lobby trip, has Weiner aims to make a logo served as publisher of The nizations and get funding as recognized but it’s ineligible Editor’s Note: Bryan Wade is helped with musical produc- for the student body presi- Tartan in January 2011 and well,” Wade said. for funding, so that CoSO a junior staffwriter for The tions, and is a head orienta- dent. Student Senate has a was removed from office in Quispe and Wade are both doesn’t have to worry about Tartan. tion counselor. While Weiner logo already, but the president October 2011. Student Senators this year. has a lot of management po- They said that, as Senators, they have realized that a lot of problems exist within student Campaign government. As student body “Silly names, serious president and vice president, campaign.” William Weiner Campaign He was once the No. 8 “Empowering You.” Madden player in New Mexico, once brought a Amy Quispe tumble weed back from She took a gap year to New Mexico to campus go to Germany to work on an airplane, and sang for a volunteer organi- “The Safety Dance” for zation, lobbied to sell his entire school at the cacti in Dutch despite end of his high school not speaking Dutch, has graduation. programmed since she was a kid, and has a full Meela Dudley tuition scholarship. She is a die-hard Bos- ton Red Socks fan, ap- Bryan Wade plied to 20 colleges and He went to the same was accepted into 19 of high school as Bill them, and speaks four Gates. languages. Celia Ludwinski/Contributing Editor Celia Ludwinski/Contributing Editor Brian Groudan and Amanda Ho Sang Seth Vargo and Joe Frick Jennifer Coloma pus,” Groudan said. mean using recreational plac- Jennifer Coloma [that food is subpar], but the really like to see the universi- Junior Staffwriter Ho Sang said she has been es to create a stress-free work- Junior Staffwriter university’s because the uni- ty give back to the students,” part of Dancers’ Symposium, ing environment for students versity forces them to serve Vargo said. Neither junior information has served on the Dance Mar- and having convenient trans- Junior economics major certain food,” Vargo said. “So Vargo and Frick say that systems and human-computer athon Executive Committee, portation for students to use. Seth Vargo and junior infor- instead of trying to get bet- they also intend to empower interaction double major Bri- and was a teaching assistant. By efficiency, they mean mation systems major Joe ter food on campus, we want students by helping them ac- an Groudan nor decision sci- “I think that Brian and I, streamlining certain pro- Frick decided to run because to extend dining and bring complish their own ideas. ence and psychology double collectively, have had a lot of cesses to make students’ lives they want to keep moving DineX or at least PlaidCash to “Instead of saying ‘we’ll take major Amanda Ho Sang have different experiences here at easier, making it more con- student government forward. start down Craig Street and care of it,’ we’ll say, ‘what do held any student government CMU, and we’ve really tried venient for students to access Some of the initiatives they into Oakland.” you need to get it done?’ So positions. However, Groudan to take advantage of all the information, and creating a would like to accomplish are: The university taxes alum- if someone has an idea, we’re was on the TedxCMU team, things we are a part of,” Ho digital and physical calendar. improving dining, getting the ni donations by 5 percent, so going to give them the oppor- was an orientation counselor Sang said. “The core aspect of student university to give back to stu- an organization only actually tunity to run with it on their for Mudge for two years, is a Groudan and Ho Sang said body president and vice presi- dents, and empowering stu- receives $95 of a $100 dona- own before we say we’ll do it teaching assistant, and will they have four main areas dent,” Groudan said, “is to be dents to accomplish their own tion. This tax was enacted last for you,” Vargo said. “A single be an RA in West Wing next they intend to focus on. Two the voice of the students, and ideas. year and will increase to 6.9 individual can make a differ- year. He said he is running of the areas are balance and that’s the approach we’ve tak- “I have really good re- percent, and then 9.6 percent ence, and we want to make for office because he wants to efficiency. By balance, they en in our campaign.” lationships with CulinArt. in the following years. “We’d sure they know that.” give back to the student body Through my experience and and to “a campus that’s given conversations with them, it’s [him] so much.” actually not CulinArt’s fault “I think that through the things I’ve been involved with, I have a really good per- Campaign spective and reach on cam- “In Plaid We Trust.” Seth Vargo He owns three compa- Campaign nies, works 60 hours a “Your Voice, Your week for the university, Choice.” was offered $250,000 to drop out of school at Brian Groudan a conference, and once He is half Chinese and worked for a site that half European, and is was hacked by a foreign from New York. He’s country. also taken a class in ev- ery college except for Joe Frick CIT. He had a year-and-a-half modeling stint that he Amanda Ho Sang didn’t think he would She lived in Singapore do, got three of his fin- for 10 years, her par- gers crushed by Vargo ents are from Jamaica, karate kicking a door, she studied in Oxford, played baseball twice in and she once saw the PNC Park, and has Emma Watson on the kissed the Stanley Cup. street.

Celia Ludwinski/Contributing Editor Celia Ludwinski/Contributing Editor Biegler, Friedman take alternative route to presidential office Jennifer Coloma Another step is to have a limo “I think they’re funny, but cabinet member under former Junior Staffwriter shuttle going from the Skibo it’s kind of obnoxious also that student body president Jarett Gym to Morewood Gardens. he’s up there stealing votes. Adams two years ago and was Senior materials science Only students living in More- Those votes can be going to on an election campaign com- and engineering and biomedi- wood would be allowed to people [who need it],” said mittee last year. Due to these cal engineering double major take the limo shuttle. first-year physics major Sonal experiences, Biegler said he Matthew Biegler is running an “This is awful,” said Ninar Nanda. knew that a lot of money went unorthodox presidential cam- Nuemah, senior electrical and As testimony to his creden- into the Executive Board and paign. computer engineering major. tials, Biegler said that he went that there was a large working With his slogan, “Cat-Hat “It seems like he’s not taking it to a student government meet- budget. Party. Cats cannot walk, cats very seriously, and he’s most- ing last year and that he has “I’m hoping to utilize that cannot talk,” a platform of ly doing it as a joke, which is good ideas. [budget],” Biegler said. “I’ve seemingly unlikely ideas, and amusing but stupid.” “[Our ideas] are actually felt that it may’ve been under- a colorful campaign website, When asked if Biegler and outlined in our platform and utilized in the past. I’m not Biegler is turning heads. his running mate, second- it’s on our website. We are the sure. I really don’t know any- Biegler has a 13-step plan if year architecture student first candidates to have a plat- thing about student govern- he is elected into office. One of Amy Friedman, were taking form and a website,” Biegler ment.” the steps involves implement- this election seriously, Biegler said. Biegler’s campaign website ing a balloon room on campus. said, “We’re on the ballot.” Biegler also said he was a is mattyb4prez.angelfire.com. Celia Ludwinski/Contributing Editor A4 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » March 26, 2012 VPO candidates run on platforms of reforms Rishi Patel Alyssa Danesh Madelyn Glymour Madelyn Glymour News Editor News Editor

Sophomore business ad- Alyssa Danesh, a sopho- ministration and decision sci- more electrical and computer ence double major Rishi Patel engineering major, is running is running on a platform of on a platform of strengthen- funding improvements. Patel, ing the Committee on Student who is currently a member of Organizations (CoSO) and the Joint Funding Committee improving communications (JFC), believes that funding is with student organizations. one of the most pressing prob- As vice president for orga- lems Carnegie Mellon student nizations, Danesh said that organizations are facing. she would improve the trans- “Funding is definitely an parency of the organization issue right now,” Patel said. recognition process; make “Right now JFC has cut a lot CoSO stronger and more ef- of budgets because we don’t ficient; educate organizations have enough money to allo- about CollegiateLink, the pro- cate to all the organizations.” posed new platform that will To relieve student organi- replace BudgetTracker and zations of some of their finan- OrgTracker; and act as an ad- cial burdens, Patel says that vocate for student organiza- he would work to improve tions. organizations’ relationships Danesh, who is serving her with their alumni and foster second year on CoSO, said communication between JFC that she would set clear dead- and the Committee on Stu- lines for the organization rec- dent Organizations (CoSO). ognition process. “Alumni relations is a great She also wants to ensure way to tap into an untapped that people take CoSo seri- resource and get money for ously by making members organizations,” Patel said. As reapply each year. “This year, vice president for organiza- the Committee on Student tions, Patel said that he would Organizations is made up try to show student organi- of about 15 people, and we zations how to connect to have a big problem with at- alumni. Patel said that his fra- tendance,” Danesh said. “We ternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Jennifer Coloma/Staff have a big problem with tak- Jennifer Coloma/Staff has the best alumni relations ing things seriously, and it is program on campus, and that would like to create a booklet current CoSO organization a pretty serious thing. Being to the leaders of established “As it stands right now, he would use the knowledge of best practices for organi- categories, promote an in- recognized means a lot to an organizations to compile a organizations look at the he has gained there to help zations. The booklet would crease of the Student Activi- organization. It means we’re database of advice for new or- VPO and say, ‘Oh, okay, so it’s other organizations. contain information on how ties Fee, and establish awards giving them the Student Ac- ganizations on how to run an this person who I have to go Patel said that he would to get space on campus, how for well-run student organiza- tivities Fee. It’s a lot of money. organization effectively. through for recognition. So also work to institute meet- to fundraise, and other strate- tions. I think that it’s important that Danesh is also the current I’m going to get recognized, ings between JFC and CoSO gies that Patel feels organiza- Patel hopes to advocate for the people in CoSO are taking chair of the Senate Communi- and once a year I’ve got to once a semester. “I want to tions should understand. The student organizations. “Right it seriously.” cations Committee. do this,’ ” Danesh said. “And make sure that people on JFC Office of Student Activities now, if you’re a member of an Danesh said that she also Danesh said that during that’s part of the role of VPO. know the CoSO process, be- currently publishes an annual organization, it’s hard for you wishes to establish office her time on Communications But the big part of it is acting cause right now they really handbook for student organi- to get your voice out there to hours to educate student or- Committee, she worked to as that advocate. You’re the don’t know that much about zations that explains the rec- representatives in the admin- ganizations on CollegiateLink rebrand Student Senate. She vice president of organiza- it. I feel like you have to have ognition and funding process- istration. I feel like the VPO’s in the hope that they will use said that the experience has tions, so the organizations are knowledge of both JFC and es, space and event planning, the person who represents the platform more heavily taught her how to communi- what you’re representing. I CoSO to be on either organi- and university policies. the organizations, and bridg- than they currently use Org- cate with the student body, an think that it’s very important zation,” Patel said. Patel’s platform also in- es the gap between them and Tracker. ability which she feels is key that the VPO act more as that Patel also said that he cludes plans to revamp the the administration.” She also plans to speak to the role of VPO. kind of advocate.” March 26, 2012 « The Tartan thetartan.org/news » A5 Jon Mark runs Flittner survives impeachment motion From Impeachment, A1 on experience, He emphasized that Senate and GSA members should “stick to the constitution” hope of reforms when deciding their vote, arguing that he has fulfilled Brent Heard Mark said, “Looking at the nearly every duty that is out- Assistant News Editor process, I don’t see it as effi- lined for his position in the cient.” Student Body Constitution. Junior lighting design As part of his plans to im- During his defense, major Jon Mark is the only prove the process by which Flittner admitted to missing candidate running for stu- the JFC operates, Mark said a few meetings and to a lack dent body vice president for that he wants “to put more of concrete progress toward finance, but he is still cam- power into the hands of the achieving his campaign goals. paigning. representatives to make a Specifically, he addressed the “The VPF role is organized recommendation” regarding issue of transparency between Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor around the student organi- an activities budget. himself and Student Senate, Student Body President Jake Flittner and Vice President Sangita Sharma listen to arguments against Flittner. zations: managing student In terms of the student saying that it was the “biggest accounts, making sure every- activities fee, Mark is in sup- one that we failed at.” How- to decide the bylaws and con- nior lighting design major and the vote did not occur, the one plays by the rules, and di- port of a 20 percent increase. ever, Flittner made sure to stitution, but whether he’s ful- and current candidate for motion expired. viding up the student activi- He said that the budgets cur- emphasize that, despite what filled them,” he said. “Even if student body vice president Reflecting on the event, ties fee,” Mark said. rently being requested by he felt to be small failures, he it wasn’t part of his platform, for finance, initially called Sharma felt good about the As vice president of fi- student organizations would accurately “represented the I would have expected that he for Flittner’s impeachment discussion at the hearing. nance, Mark said he wants require a 40 percent increase voice of the student body to would have moved to change and made the final comment “It provided great feedback. to “bring back knowledge to in funding, and he wants to the administration” through- them during his term.” before the discussion period I was genuinely happy with everyone” about the financial meet that number halfway, out his term. Student Body Vice Presi- closed. “I think it comes back both sides of the argument. process of hosting events by “invest[ing] that 20 percent Flittner made comparisons dent for Organizations Will a lot to perception issues,” he Nothing was a personal at- holding office hours. back into CMU.” to the previous student body Zhang, a senior computer said. “The things that were tack, nothing was too one- “They’d be laid back, fun, “I’m a pretty intimidating president, Jarrett Adams. He science major, sided with moving along, that were sided,” she said. “I think it was and we’d work to get an event character; I wouldn’t want to said, “Stepping into this office, Flittner. “I agree with a lot of happening, were a result of really well discussed. I think down to the correct budget,” run against me either,” Mark I didn’t have a single docu- Jake’s points. Honestly, I re- [Student Body Vice President that people responded well to he said. said, joking about his status ment from my predecessor.... ally don’t think it’s a big deal Sangita Sharma]. I know she Jake’s defense.... People un- As for experience, Mark as the only vice president for I came into this with a clean anyway,” he said. “I think [the wants to say they’re a team, derstood that a lot of this was has served in the Undergrad- finance candidate. slate.” He also criticized the Executive Committee] is well but when it comes to student a miscommunication on both uate Student Senate for every Switching to a more seri- vague wording of the Student run. I think the only part of government, she would do ends. People came in with an possible semester of his Carn- ous tone, Mark added that he Body Constitution, especially what he hasn’t really fulfilled a better job.... Senate really open mind, which is great.” egie Mellon education, and was surprised that, for two in the representation section is his discretionary objectives. does believe that doing this is Moving forward, she hopes has served on the Joint Fund- consecutive years, no one of his duties. Speaking as a second semester the right thing to be doing for that she and Flittner can work ing Committee (JFC). has run for what he considers Senate, GSA, and others senior, it’s really easy to check the student body.” to improve transparency and Speaking about his expe- “the most powerful position” present then discussed the im- out.” After discussion, Senate communication for the re- rience serving on the JFC, up for election. peachment motion for almost Zhang continued, touch- Chair Will Weiner, a junior mainder of their terms, as well an hour. A common theme of ing on Flittner’s fulfillment social and decision science as improve the transition to the discussion was a debate of his constitutional duties. and economics and statistics new leadership. “I think that whether the motion for im- “They’re guidelines. You can’t double major, called for a Jake and I will work really peachment should be based follow them 100 percent,” he vote from both bodies. Due to hard to make sure that whoev- on the president’s constitu- said. “If you want to impeach GSA’s lack of quorum, the vote er comes in next year has that tional duties or on Student him because you haven’t seen was unofficial, but the votes message,” she said. “We’re go- Senate’s satisfaction with tangible results, then that’s a were still tallied. Undergradu- ing to work towards constitu- Flittner’s progress. valid reason.” ate Student Senate voted 19–8 tion changes and make things Senator Seth Vargo, a se- Andrew Ramey, a doc- in favor of impeachment, and more clear.” nior information systems toral student in history who GSA voted 22–23. “We don’t want them to major and a candidate in this was present at the hearing, Flittner would not have come in unprepared,” Sharma year’s student body presiden- summarized his feelings on been impeached even had the said, speaking about the cur- tial race, did not seem im- Flittner’s performance suc- votes been official, as neither rent student body president pressed by Flittner’s defense. cinctly. “He admitted to not body achieved the required candidates. “A lot of people He especially disagreed with fulfilling his duties,” he said. 3/4 super majority of votes in are running this year, and Flittner’s critique of the Stu- “This is a cut and dry case. You favor of the motion. Because no matter who comes in, this dent Body Constitution. “The can’t pick and choose.” the request for impeachment job is a lot different than they Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor purpose of this meeting isn’t Senator Jon Mark, a ju- was only valid for three weeks think.” Junior lighting design major Jon Mark is running unopposed for VPF. A6 « thetartan.org/scitech The Tartan » March 26, 2012

Texting while driving Mouse proteins may hold causes brain ‘brownout’ secret to longer human life Raghunandan Avula journal Nature, Cohen and However, Zinman found Junior Staffwriter his team published their work it very difficult to navigate exploring a specific Sirtuin the 30,000 different projects People often complain known as SIRT6 and its im- to obtain the information his about the inevitable wrinkles, pact on longevity in mice. team needed. “It was very un- body aches, and memory Back in 2006, Cohen and clear what types of projects loss that accompany old age. his team were the first to be- developed that data,” he said. Many scientists believe that gin their research on SIRT6 “Almost half a billion dollars DNA and proteins play im- by removing it from the DNA worth of data stored online portant roles in the aging in the mice they tested. These was practically unusable.” For process. That’s no exception experimental mice became researchers to successfully an- at Carnegie Mellon, where very sick due to various health alyze a protein’s effects, they researchers are exploring the problems and died at very need to be able to compare Sirtuin family of proteins, young ages. This increased their data to other data col- hoping to understand how the interest in SIRT6, so Co- lected around the world. this protein could impact ag- hen and his team in Israel Faced with this challenge, ing. The research has pro- wondered what would hap- Zinman, Bar-Joseph, and a vided significant insight into pen if they increased the con- team of computational bi- ways of possibly increasing centration of SIRT6 in mice. ologists at Carnegie Mellon mammalian and human life Zinman explained that “on attempted to find a way for expectancy. average, the life expectancy researchers to utilize all this In the past century, life ex- of these mice increased by al- information. Together, they pectancy has increased signifi- most 15 percent.” With these developed a tool called Ex- cantly due to improvements in results, Cohen and Zinman’s pression Blast that acts as a hygiene, drugs, and medical group tried to understand protein data search engine technologies. These improve- why these mice were living for researchers. It allows sci- ments help the elderly better longer than normal mice. entists to input search que- cope with the complications In cells, proteins can in- ries about a protein or gene, Photo Illustration by Alan Vangpat/Senior Staff that come from old age, many duce a chain reaction — the and retrieve more informa- Michael Setzer is “white matter,” in which a ing to draw on too much, each of which could be the result of production of one protein can tion about it from various one’s DNA and proteins. DNA make the cell produce another prior experiments. Staffwriter fatty material covers a series demand gets a budget cut. In of connectors that act as com- the case of driving, that’s not is comprised of genes, which protein, which then activates “The most impressive as- According to the Pennsyl- munication wires among the a good thing to be happening act as instructions to make the the production of another pect of Expression Blast is vania law firm Edgar Snyder separate regions. in some situations.” proteins that our bodies use to protein. The group’s research that it can compare results and Associates, around 37 With a viewing screen To combat distracted driv- carry out daily functions. As concluded that SIRT6 acts in a cross-species, a feature that percent of people have sent directly above their eyes, ing, Just and others believe humans age, gene expression similar manner by activating similar tools in the past have or read a text while driving. the subjects in Just's study that policies regulating cell may drop. the production of another set not been able to do,” Zinman There were over 5,474 deaths went through a simulation in phone use behind the wheel Biology graduate student of proteins. Sirtuin activates explained. This allows the attributed to distracted driv- which they “drove” a vehicle are important. The researcher Guy Zinman and associate the production of many other tool to play an integral role in ing in 2009, and young driv- by moving a hand-held mouse himself has created a list of professor Ziv Bar-Joseph have proteins that can reduce the drug development, since most ers are the most likely to be that was situated at their ideas, ranging from legisla- been working with molecu- creation of cholesterol, a fatty drugs are first developed and texting behind the wheel. side. While participants were tive mandates to applications lar biologist Haim Cohen of substance that clogs arteries tested on mice even though On March 8, a Pennsylvania going through their driving that shut off one’s phone once Bar-Ilan University in Israel and restricts blood circula- the eventual target is humans. law went into effect that pro- course, the researchers oc- it reaches a certain velocity. to study genes that code for tion, thus preventing heart By using Expression Blast, hibits texting of any sort while casionally asked them true But he mainly stresses educa- a particular class of proteins problems. “researchers will be able to driving. or false questions, which the tion. known as Sirtuin. It would be a daunting predict if it’s going to work on Before the law was even subjects would answer by “Nobody really wants to Sirtuin proteins have inter- task for researchers to exam- humans,” Zinman said. passed, however, research- pressing a button in their get into an accident and no- ested researchers in the past ine the hundred or so proteins With the emergence of ers at Carnegie Mellon had other hand. A brain scan de- body wants to kill an innocent decade because of their pos- that are affected by Sirtuin’s data on Sirtuin proteins prov- probed the effects distracted termined their brain activity pedestrian,” Just said. “I think sible ties to longevity. Over influence. To get around this ing their ties to aging and to driving has on the brain. by measuring the amount of we horribly overestimate our the past few years, projects obstacle, Zinman and Bar- the development of tools such Marcel Just, a senior re- blood flow to certain regions cognitive abilities with re- considering Sirutin proteins Joseph worked with Cohen’s as Expression Blast, scientists searcher and professor with in the brain. spect to attention.” have gained popularity. In Au- team in Israel using compu- are now one step closer to de- the Center for Cognitive Brain The results pointed to a “I think it’s bad,” Just con- gust 2011, The New York Times tational techniques that com- termining a concrete way to Imaging at Carnegie Mel- clear debilitation of driving tinued. “I don’t think society reported the development of bined their results with data prolong longevity. lon, looked at people's brain while listening; the brain realizes that it’s bad. It’s not a drug involving Sirutin by from other projects. From “One day we will be able to activities while talking and functions that controlled muggers doing this; it’s just the National Institute of Ag- this, they produced maps that develop drugs that could al- driving. Just, along with col- driving decreased by 37 per- people like you and me and ing that helped obese mice allowed the researchers to un- low humans to live healthier leagues Timothy Keller and cent. The studies showed that our relatives and friends that live longer. derstand the activity of pro- lives and possibly enjoy a lon- Jacquelyn Cynkar, published while people were driving, are talking on the cell phone.” This past month in the teins in the cell. ger lifespan,” Zinman said. their research in the report “A four main regions of the brain Some Carnegie Mellon decrease in brain activation were active, primarily those students, like sophomore art associated with driving when for vision and spatial relation- major Marie Barcic, agree listening to someone speak” ships. with the new cell phone law. in the journal Brain Research When the drivers had to “You can’t really afford to be in 2008. respond to questions, how- distracted while driving,” she The brain has many differ- ever, new areas of the brain said. “You can just pull over if ent parts that work simultane- associated with language pro- you need to talk to someone.” ously. “When you’re listening cessing became active at the Others, like sophomore to me talk, for instance,” Just same time. chemistry major Abigail Bur- said, “there are 15 to 20 ar- Despite the fact that the ton, think more needs to be eas of your brain being lit up regions are largely separate, done. “I think it’s a step in that are activated. It’s not one answering the questions im- the right direction, but I think place. People say they ‘use paired the ability to drive, there is a long way to go to frontal lobe’ for this. That’s and Just thinks it is because make our roads safe from dis- really a distortion. There is no the white matter — the tissue tracted driving,” she said. task that is done by only one that connects brain areas — Education, Just says, will part, ever.” was heavily taxed. make the difference. “If peo- While these processing “I think it’s like plugging in ple were more aware of how regions may seem like the an iron and a hairdryer at the detrimental to their driving most important parts of the same time, causing brown- performance cell phone usage brain, they only make up a out,” he said. “There are only is, I think many people, just relatively small part. Accord- certain amounts of resources out of a sense of responsibil- ing to Just, most of our brain to go around, and if you’re try- ity, would just stop,” he said. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Scitech Briefs Catapulting New iPad sales Many Facebook Compounds in Microfluidic device James Cameron mechanism behind exceed 3 million friends correlates sunscreen linked to able to separate to film journey to fern reproduction units with narcissism possible infertility unlabeled cells Mariana Trench Instead of using seeds or Within days of the latest A new study from West- Researchers from the Na- A recent paper from the James Cameron, known for flowers to reproduce, ferns iPad release, Apple announced ern Illinois University found tional Institutes of Health Korea Advanced Institute of directing Hollywood block- replicate by dispersing spores that 3 million units have al- a direct relationship between found that women whose Science and Technology re- busters such as Titanic and into the air. Using a high ready been sold, in what Philip Facebook usage and socially bodies had high concentra- vealed the ability to separate Avatar, announced a plan to speed camera, scientists from Schiller, senior vice president disruptive forms of narcissism. tions of a benzophenone com- cell types without additional film his descent to the Mari- the University of Nice-Sophia for worldwide marketing, In the study, researchers ex- pound were more likely to be processing of the cells. In typi- ana Trench. At 10,994 meters Antipolis and the National called “the strongest iPad amined the Facebook activi- diagnosed with endometriosis cal magnetic sorting devices, below the Pacific, the Mari- Center for Scientific Research launch yet.” Apple has sold 10 ties of 294 users between the than those who had lower con- cell surfaces must be attached ana Trench is the deepest area in France were able to study times as many iPad 3s on the ages of 18 and 65, who were centrations. with magnetic particles be- known on Earth and has not the catapulting mechanism first day of sale as those sold at rated for displays of grandi- Benzophenones are a com- forehand, a process that costs been explored in a manned ve- that ferns use to scatter their the original iPad’s launch. ose exhibitionism (GE) and mon compound in sunscreens both time and money. hicle since a 1960 expedition spores. The latest version of the entitlement/exploitativeness that have recently been con- In the new microfluidic by Jacques Piccard and Don Spores are released from device has improvements in (EE). nected to endometriosis, a technique, the labeling pro- Walsh. an initially curled structure display, wireless connectiv- Results found that the condition where the uterus cess was eliminated by incor- In addition to filming his located under the leaf called ity, and processing power. The higher people scored for GE, lining grows into other types porating cells directly into a journey into the depths of the the annulus. The scientists company has enjoyed similar the more friends they had of tissues. This condition often nontoxic magnetic salt solu- ocean, Cameron intends to observed that the annulus un- success with other products, on Facebook. The study also results in pain and infertility tion. As the cells flowed by a collect sediment samples and furled itself and released the such as the iPhone 4S, which found that those who scored in women, and has long been magnet placed in the device, creatures for further study. spores in a snapping motion had 1 million units sold within high for both EE and GE were linked to estrogen levels in the they experienced different Source: New Scientist that occurred at two different 24 hours of opening weekend more likely to accept friend re- body. While benzophenones magnetic forces based on their speeds. The initial part of the sales. quests from strangers. have been known to mimic es- size, and became separated snap proceeded very quickly, Source: Wired magazine Source: The Guardian trogen signaling, their connec- based on their mass. in microseconds, and then tion to endometriosis was not Source: Chemical and proceeded to slow down by discovered until recently. Engineering News 1,000 times to fling the spore Source: Chemical and Compiled by out of the fern. Engineering News Vicki Cheng Source: The New York Times March 26, 2012 « The Tartan thetartan.org/scitech » A7 Diabetes treatment How Things Work helps weight loss Antihistamines block allergy triggers ly achieve this by coating the Connie Chan 1 caused them to reduce their receptors, preventing them Junior Staffwriter food intake by 12 percent from recognizing the hista- and feel more satiated than a mines. The good news is that the separate group of males who There are two general “Freshman 15” is an exag- were given a placebo. types of antihistamines. Se- geration; the average weight When asked about the dating antihistamines can gain among first-years is only possibility of GLP-1 therapy enter the brain and cause about 4 1/2 pounds, accord- being used by Carnegie Mel- drowsiness. The most recently ing to a study by Brown Uni- lon students, senior chemical developed antihistamines, versity researcher Elizabeth engineering and biomedical called non-sedating antihis- Lloyd-Richardson. engineering double major tamines, cannot enter the The bad news is that grad- Jia Jia Zhang said, “I person- brain and therefore do not ual weight gain throughout ally wouldn’t do it. Although cause drowsiness. The sedat- college is becoming a prob- the idea of eating less is ap- ing antihistamines are more lem, according to an article pealing, I don’t think most commonly used since itching on CBS.com. CMU kids eat for the sake tends to worsen in the evening However, a recent study of eating, but rather to de- and the medicine can help the shows that a form of therapy stress.” Zhang added that user fall asleep. currently used on diabetes Carnegie Mellon students Once released by the im- patients may be able to pro- are also smart enough to turn mune system, histamines mote weight loss by reducing down the guinea pig position work very quickly. In fact, ac- a person’s food intake. The of testing out an experimen- cording to Discovery Health, study was led by Jenny Tong, tal therapy. “By the time your symptoms an assistant professor at the Scientists still have much appear, the histamine has al- University of Cincinnati, and to learn about the success of ready attached to cell recep- Darleen Sandoval, Tong’s re- GLP-1 in combating obesity tors, and the allergic reaction search assistant. This therapy before it becomes available to is well under way. That’s why is used to reduce glucose in the public. The weight loss ef- you need to take antihista- the bloodstream of diabe- fects of GLP-1 have only been mines two to five hours before tes patients and has been observed in a six-week study exposure to allergens.” This is found to be as effective as on patients with Type 2 dia- because antihistamines gen- FDA-approved treatments for betes. Therefore, the results erally work well only 15 to 30 obesity. cannot be generalized across minutes after they are taken The secret is in the release a population of people with- and are most effective one to of a hormone known as gluca- out diabetes. two hours after they are con- gon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in The GLP-1 therapy does sumed. a person’s body whenever he have some known negative Although antihistamines or she eats. According to Dr. side effects, the most fre- Juan Fernanadez/Staff can be effective in prevent- James Norman, parathyroid quently reported being nau- Amritha Parthasarathy Histamine is a molecule re- producing mast cells. As a re- ing allergy symptoms, they surgeon and founder of the sea. Furthermore, the results Staffwriter leased in the immune system sult, histamines are released also have a wide array of side medical information website of an internal application of that leads to symptoms such and bind to special sites called effects such as drowsiness, EndocrineWeb, GLP-1 is a GLP-1 via injection have yet The spring season brings as itching and runny nose. receptors on cells in the nose headaches, blurred vision, special type of hormone — an to be thoroughly analyzed. blooming flowers, pleasant In general, when a person’s and throat. and constipation. Moreover, incretin — that increases the If the increase of GLP-1 breezes, clear skies, and, un- body comes in contact with This interaction causes antihistamines can interact amount of insulin in a per- content in the body is actu- fortunately, allergies. Just an allergy trigger like pollen blood vessels to widen, which with other medications and son’s body. Norman describes ally capable of decreasing thinking of allergies might or ragweed, immune system allows more blood to flow to cause further problems, and insulin as a referee for how food intake in patients with- induce mental pictures of cells called mast cells produce the area where the interac- therefore need to be taken the body uses fat: The insulin out diabetes, then the health stuffy noses, watery eyes, and histamines. These molecules tion is taking place. It can also with caution. slows down the burning of fat and cosmetic industries may sneezing. Usually, people will interact with receptors within cause swelling, fluid leakage, According to the health into energy, thereby prolong- have found a gem. With addi- take a variety of medications the nose and throat, causing and itching in the nose and website NetDoctor.co.uk, ing the time a person can last tional research, the discovery for treating allergies, includ- common allergy symptoms. eyes. “Drinking alcohol with a se- without eating again. of GLP-1 therapy as a weight ing steroids and allergy shots. They can also cause hives to Antihistamines block the dating antihistamine can Tong and Sandoval’s study loss method has the potential One of the first medications form on the skin. interaction of histamines with increase the drowsiness it found that by increasing to put over-the-counter diet typically given is an antihista- When any part of the body their receptors in the nose and causes and should be avoided. the amount of GLP-1 in the pills out of business. How- mine, which works by block- comes in contact with an al- throat, thus suppressing both Also beware of a ‘hangover’ body, a person’s food intake ever, the therapy will not be ing the effects of an immune lergy trigger, the body pro- the swelling and the widening effect in the morning if the decreases. In a study among aiding college students any system chemical in our bod- duces antibodies, which then of blood vessels. tablets are taken too late at males of healthy weight, GLP- time soon. ies, fittingly called histamine. interact with the histamine- The medications common- night.” A8 « thetartan.org/forum The Tartan » March 26, 2012

From the Editorial Board Smith illuminates Wall Street’s flawed culture clients for profits by recommend- ing that they buy mortgage-backed securities while the company itself is shorting them. Obviously, not all publicly traded companies are like Goldman Sachs, Jackson Lane assuming Smith described the bank accurately. Southwest, for instance, If you’re interested at all in the comes to mind as a company with affairs of Wall Street, then you’ve a widely admired culture. More- probably heard about Greg Smith. over, not all private partnerships After resigning as vice president for are beacons of morality. But you can Goldman Sachs, Smith published an imagine how in a company as driv- opinion piece in The New York Times en, competitive, prestigious, and titled “Why I Am Leaving Goldman ruthless in bringing home profits as Sachs,” criticizing the company’s Goldman Sachs is, secondary con- culture. Smith’s article points out cerns like caring about customers two main flaws at Goldman Sachs: could get lost. First, that the company is not work- The culture of arrogance, how- Josh Smith/Forum Editor ing to help its clients but rather to ever, may also be an indirect result make the most money off them; of Goldman Sachs’ going public. second, that it suffers from a culture Although shareholders’ pressure CMU emergency notifications don’t reach everyone of arrogance and disrespect toward did not dictate that clients be re- clients. ferred to as “muppets,” it’s likely A great deal of attention has and Pitt. However, there were prob- the city police to block portions of Smith writes that Goldman Sachs that it created an extremely vicious turned to college campus security in lems with the CMU ALERT Emer- the campus. Central Catholic High wasn’t always like this, and, indeed, and competitive environment. Even Pittsburgh over the past month. gency Notification Service (ENS) School on Fifth Avenue was put on a when he joined the firm 12 years in his article in Forbes criticizing On March 8, tragedy struck the that led to some students not receiv- lockdown. ago, Goldman Sachs had just gone Smith, former Goldman Sachs em- University of Pittsburgh’s campus ing warnings for some emergencies. It is a serious issue when students through a very momentous change. ployee John Tamny confirmed this when a man opened fire in the West- This problem needs to be fixed so who are signed up to receive these After more than 100 of years as a up-or-out, eat-what-you-kill culture: ern Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of that students are aware of these situ- alerts have no indication that an partnership, Goldman Sachs went “Those who don’t produce are let go, UPMC, killing one and injuring sev- ations, especially since many live in emergency is occurring near where public in 1999. That is when many and to produce they must beat their en before being killed by University Oakland. they live. like Smith think the company start- contemporaries at competing invest- of Pittsburgh police. While some students and faculty When there are students living ed to lose its moral compass. ment banks; many of those competi- Between March 14 and March received an alert by text or voice re- in Carnegie Mellon housing mere The initial public offering only tors eager to beat a Goldman Sachs 22, three bomb threats occurred cording from the CMU ALERT ENS blocks away from a potential shooter gave up a small ownership stake to that once neglected to hire them, or at the Cathedral of Learning, with after the March 8 shooting, for oth- on the run, they should be notified traders, but after several more stock that once fired them.” mandatory evacuations and search- ers the only official notification they of the risks. While a message was offerings in the following years, So, being employed and moving es concluding each one was a false received was an email from President sent, it was not received by everyone the company’s ownership became up the corporate ladder at Goldman threat. Almost one month ago, Carn- Jared Cohon a day later expressing signed up for the service. The num- increasingly diluted with pension Sachs is not just a source of income, egie Mellon had a bomb scare, with his condolences for the victims of the ber of Carnegie Mellon students who funds, investment management but also implies that you are the best Warner Hall and Smith Hall being shooting and thanking the city and reside in Oakland warrants more companies, and banks. With a few at what you do and “beat” the other evacuated. campus police. notifications for emergencies at Pitt, exceptions, shareholders like these people in your field, as you would Our deepest gratitude goes to the For a period of time on March 8, and the technical issues that occur- manage many investments and only in a sport. It’s human nature to feel Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and the the whereabouts and location of the ring with the CMU ALERT ENS need have the time and energy to worry just a little bit arrogant in this type campus police of Carnegie Mellon shooter were unknown, which led to be resolved. about a company’s bottom line. of culture. Since clients are merely In contrast, a private partnership sources of revenue, it’s not hard to Student Senate does not commit to reforming itself might care about more than just imagine how you could feel disre- revenues and may value intangibles spectful toward them. The impeachment process of ing its own rules. Its purpose was to tution as a mere guideline. like preserving a certain company None of this, though, necessar- Carnegie Mellon’s Student Body show that members of Senate and Student Senate did not hold culture or staying true to a certain ily makes putting profits over cus- President, Jake Flittner, was a failure GSA would not stand for those who Flittner to his constitutional stan- ethical or moral code. tomers or treating customers with on several levels. shirk their constitutional duties and dards. Any first-year business student disrespect right or even acceptable. The Undergraduate Student Sen- would set a precedent for the future. The situation shows how Student can tell you that in a publicly owned These are exactly the type of atti- ate unanimously called for Flittner’s While failing to achieve quorum Senate has been unable to follow firm, an employee’s primary respon- tudes that sparked movements like impeachment on March 1. Senate for an impeachment hearing of a stu- through on initiatives that would sibility is to the shareholders — not Occupy Wall Street. Chair Will Weiner and Graduate dent government known for his ab- benefit the student body. to the customers, not to a boss, and However, given the fact that lit- Student Assembly (GSA) president senteeism is embarrassing, it is not Impeaching Flittner would have not necessarily to any code of ethics. tle has gotten better after the 2008 Jason Imbrogno proceeded to sched- the reason why the motion failed. been a significant step toward reach- In executive positions, employees act financial crisis, arguably a conse- ule the hearing March 22, on the last The sentiments of the impeachment ing that goal, simply because student on the shareholders’ behalf. Since quence of the culture on Wall Street, possible day to impeach Flittner. GSA hearing did not match those of the government would have followed shareholders want a better return it’s hard to say if and how things then failed to reach quorum, without movement to impeach, where Stu- through with an attempt to reform on investment, employees arguably might change. the 53 members required to vote — dent Senate unanimously voted to itself. have an obligation to do whatever 46 of the 70 members showed — and proceed with the impeachment hear- Hopefully in the future, Senate it takes to achieve a better bottom Jackson Lane ([email protected]) is a the impeachment hearing was null. ing against Flittner. will take the necessary measures to line, even if that means exploiting senior staffwriter for The Tartan. This hearing was meant to be the Instead of recognizing that put student interest first by following turning point, at which Carnegie Flittner had blatantly left his duties through with initiatives to remedy Mellon’s student government would unfulfilled, excuses were made that problems, especially those within get its act together and start follow- portrayed the Student Body Consti- Senate. Orange shirt firings exhibit unjust Florida legislation In Florida, you can be legally fired course, be fired. dimentary at-will employment doc- for wearing an orange shirt. Under This incident demonstrates the trine: The state allows an employer the doctrine of at-will employment, unnecessary extremity of the law. to discharge his employees “for a it’s possible to be fired for something Legislators in Florida, and in every good reason, for a bad reason or even as arbitrary as wearing a sherbet col- state, should reevaluate laws, espe- for the wrong reason, as long as it’s ored top if your employer deems it a cially those along the lines of the at- not an unlawful reason,” according worthy reason. will employment laws. to Eric Gabrielle, a Florida labor and Executives at the Deerfield Beach There was no office policy against employment lawyer. law firm of Elizabeth R. Wellborn, wearing orange shirts. Perhaps the Other states have moved past this P.A., utilized this law when they fired executives of the law firm were sim- archaic doctrine by adding various 14 employees two weeks ago simply ply trying to keep a diversity of cloth- exceptions and implied contracts for wearing orange shirts. A group ing from entering the workplace. that help level the employer-employ- of employees had been wearing the Maybe they saw the orange shirts ee playing field. These exceptions shirts for several Fridays “so they’d spreading like a plague and decided protect employees from employer look like a group when they went to root it out, before the last boring retaliation if they were to report out for happy hour,” according to the striped tie and sullen face disap- on illegal company activity or if an Sun Sentinel. peared. Possibly, they just don’t like implied contract’s existence can be Executives said there had been happy hour. proven. a previous protest involving orange We at the Tartan are inclined to Florida has no such protections shirts. Furthermore, they believed think they saw this orange-shirted for its employees, and instances such that because the employees were all trend and decided to grab an op- as the mystifying mass firing of 14 wearing orange, the workers must portunity to cut a little fat from the law firm employees are a strong in- have been involved in this vague company. Florida is one of the few dicator that the state might want to and undefined protest and should, of states that still practices a very ru- rethink things. Juan Fernandez/Staff

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Web: www.thetartan.org 5000 Forbes Avenue Library of Congress ISSN: 0890-3107 E-mail: [email protected] Pittsburgh, PA 15213 March 26, 2012 « The Tartan thetartan.org/forum » A9 Dudley should not be elected SBVP Glee should not tack Michael Kahn high-level control over the entire ideas that were never developed and Celia Ludwinski organization. promises that were never fulfilled. deep issues onto plot Last October, Meela was im- She did not perform several of her Greg Hanneman peached as publisher, and a majority constitutional duties. Meela’s tenure same-sex relationship, while keep- Anna Walsh vote of our editorial staff removed was, in fact, disappointingly similar ing her sexual orientation private. her from office. The staff took this to the situation that led to the cur- In a recent episode, she decided to Rarely does The Tartan include action after several months during rent student body president’s im- come out to her grandmother, who articles about itself. After all, the in- which Meela’s failure to perform peachment proceedings. disapproved and told her, “Everyone ternal workings of a newspaper are her duties had a negative impact Overall, we do not believe that Nick Guesto has secrets ... they’re called secrets not usually important to the public on both The Tartan’s operation and Meela is qualified to be an effective for a reason.” interest. With Meela Dudley’s can- its perception within the university. leader of the student body. Although Whether you’re a self-proclaimed This tearful interaction came af- didacy in this year’s student body She attended only a handful of the The Tartan has moved on from last “gleek,” an occasional watcher, or ter the rumor spread through school elections, though, we have a duty to weekly business meetings and dis- year’s mismanagement, we cannot only know about it through Face- and a guy came up to her claiming inform the public of her actions as played a complete misunderstand- stand by and let Carnegie Mellon’s book status updates, it’s undeniable that he can “straighten her out.” We publisher of The Tartan last year. The ing of our financial and advertis- students elect a leader without un- that the television show Glee has be- empathize with this character who student body deserves a better vice ing processes even several months derstanding her past errors. come an important part of modern can’t catch a break, but we’re quickly president than someone who failed into her term. Working closely with pop culture. As of late, the show has encouraged to sympathize with an- in a senior leadership position. Meela, we found ourselves unable to Michael Kahn (mkahn@) was editor- been addressing some pretty seri- other depressing situation only 10 In December 2010, Meela was rely on her to pursue her own initia- in-chief of The Tartan in 2011. Celia ous topics — a big change from the minutes later. elected publisher of The Tartan in tives. Even tasks as routine as pur- Ludwinski (cludwins@) was manag- campy, all-smiles episodes in the However, Glee gets it right with a its annual elections. The publisher is chasing T-shirts or office supplies ing editor and operations manager of earlier seasons. scene where three of the main char- the chief executive of our organiza- required constant follow-ups and The Tartan in 2011. Greg Hanneman The only scandal back then was acters discuss their senior year. With tion and has duties similar to those of postponements. (ghannema@) was a contributing which glee club members were the impending approach of gradu- a president in other groups. She was It is because of our experience editor for The Tartan in 2011. Anna cheating on their superficial rela- ation for the main characters, the responsible for keeping finances in with Meela that we caution the stu- Walsh (amwalsh@) was Pillbox edi- tionship partners. future of the show is constantly up order, supervising our business staff, dent body against putting her into tor for The Tartan in 2011. But now, for every absurd and for debate. making purchases, interfacing with an executive position — in this case hilarious insult said by Sue Sylves- student government and the univer- student body vice president. Her The authors were members of The ter, the show’s antagonist whose The characters sity administration, and exercising tenure at The Tartan was filled with Tartan’s 2011 executive committee. mission is to disband the glee club, there’s another scene that leaves (and the show) you shocked at the seriousness of the situation. become a bit The show recently documented ridiculous if anti-homosexuality bullying, a sui- cide attempt, a confession of a char- every situation acter’s previous thoughts of suicide, finds a character teen marriage, and a car crash in- ‘Kony’ a milestone in social media volving texting while driving — all having a deep- in one episode. Among all these grave issues, seated emotional the singing troupe still managed to experience. compete at the always-occurring sectionals, which left viewers with a When discussing college rejec- tion letters, the trio talk about how Matt Mastricova confusing mix of emotions through- out the episode. Glee is becoming college was always just a distant more of a social commentary than it event. The effervescent Kurt says On March 5, the non-profit group ever has been, but are they overload- dramatically, “The future used to Invisible Children released the video ing? Is this seriousness too much, be such an abstract idea. The dream “Kony 2012,” which details the bru- too abruptly? was enough.” tal war crimes of Joseph Kony, head It seems that the show’s writ- The show has rarely seen such of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), ers have finally realized the power resounding simplicity that is so ef- including coercing children to be- they hold in their creation. While I fective. Moments like this are when come soldiers. Invisible Children respect the show for finally address- Glee shines brightest. activists not only raise awareness of ing serious topics, it seems they’re The upcoming graduation may Kony’s inhumane actions, but also di- throwing in these plot elements just have writers trying to cram in as rect military intervention and giving to create a stir. many storylines as they can, and un- aid to the the Ugandan military. The characters (and the show) intentionally overdoing it. The army The “Kony 2012” campaign has become a bit ridiculous if every of outcasts are facing mature and re- done more than just raise awareness situation finds a character having a alistic situations, but the overload- about the war criminal Kony. It has deep-seated emotional experience. ing is becoming quite a distraction. harkened a new era for social activ- If the writers were going for realism, Glee should adopt the notion of less ism and political awareness — one Adelaide Cole/Art Editor they’re starting to lose it. is more because when it’s good, it’s that utilizes the recent surge in social One character, Santana — who’s great. media usage. never have been seen so widely be- Kony and the LRA have not been known as a flirtatious and sexual In less than a month, it has fore social media became popular. active in Uganda since 2006, mak- temptress — has come to display Nick Guesto (nguesto@) is a staff- amassed over 84 million views In the days after the “Kony 2012” ing the idea of sending aid to the the powerful emotions of a secret writer for The Tartan. thanks to its viral marketing cam- video was released, it was impossible Ugandan government questionable, paign, which gained massive atten- to look on your Facebook newsfeed especially given the Ugandan gov- tion through social media platform and not see references to the video. ernment’s own history of using child giants such as Facebook and Tumblr. While Tumblr is based on the idea soldiers. Letter to the Editor This is not the first time that social that you can follow any person or Regardless of how accurate “Kony media has helped raise awareness organization without personally 2012” is, the video’s immediate of political issues. However, “Kony knowing the individual or group, dispersion through Facebook and France oversteps no 2012” is singular in its widespread Facebook is geared almost exclu- Tumblr has opened a new realm of circulation. It made the rounds on sively toward social networking with possibilities for grassroots activism. sites such as Tumblr, which has a rep- people you know. It would not be surprising if other boundaries with law utation for circulating political inter- As such, most posts on Facebook campaigns in the near future mimic In response to the article regard- cide denial should be punished in est stories from varying perspectives are aimed toward disseminating per- the marketing strategy that Invisible ing the Armenian Genocide denial EU member states. So not only was such as the corruption of Hosni sonal information. While there are Children used. law, there are a few comments that France following up on the Holo- Mubarak, police brutality during the occasional political debates, they are While this is wonderful in terms should be made. caust denial precedence, but also, peak of the Occupy movements, and often isolated to one conversation or of spreading information, we cannot First off, there already exists in as an EU member, carrying out this the death of Trayvon Martin. one picture. be content to merely reblog a video France a law against the Holocaust framework that applies to it. While professional media sources Invisible Children’s campaign or buy action kits. Denial which serves as a direct pre- Hence, it is uncalled for the writ- presented information on the “Kony shattered that notion and has It is too easy for sincere activism cedence for this genocide denial bill er to characterize France’s passing of 2012” movement, its exposure was opened up an entirely new venue for to degenerate into something trendy. as France accepts both genocides. this law as “overstepping its bound- greatly assisted by people posting viral, grassroots campaigning. We have to thoroughly research or- So the author should argue against aries.” So in reality, no boundary links on their profiles and blogs. One However, it is dangerous to ig- ganizations and the causes that they both the Holocaust denial law and was overstepped as the law reflected of the most notable examples I saw nore the pitfalls of a campaign such support and remain persistent above Armenian Genocide denial law. precedence from a previous geno- was a video by a Ugandan citizen as “Kony 2012.” As benign a cause all. Second, an EU framework was cide denial law and adherence to a giving her opinion on “Kony 2012” “Kony 2012” may appear to be, it is established in 2007, in combating legal EU framework. reblogged thousands of times on also biased, and some aspects of the Matt Mastricova (mmastric@) is a racism and xenophobia, which said Tumblr. This unique viewpoint could video are misleading. For example, staffwriter for The Tartan. as part of that framework, geno- Anonymous

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March 26, 2012 « The Tartan thetartan.org/sports » A11 Sports commentary Men’s tennis .500 NL Central Preview: Pirates fourth Carl Glazer Third place, the Milwaukee pitcher A.J. Burnett will now different. As they add a new over spring break Junior Staffwriter Brewers miss serious gametime, hav- manager and general man- ing broken an orbital bone ager, this season is definitely With the 2012 season After winning their divi- after taking a bunted ball to more about rebuilding than about to begin, it’s time to sion last season, the Brew- his face. winning. Shortstop Starlin evaluate the MLB’s largest di- ers had a hard off-season, Regardless, their success Castro is expected to build on vision: the National League losing Fielder to free agency will ride on the ability of their the great rookie season he had Central. Last year, the Mil- and dealing with NL MVP young talent to reach their last year, and hopefully turn waukee Brewers won the divi- Ryan Braun’s performance- full potential. If centerfielder into a legitimate star. sion and the St. Louis Cardi- enhancing drug scandal and Andrew McCutchen and out- The Cubs do not have many nals were the National League the threat of losing him for fielder Garrett Jones can take strengths, but the team has a wild card, eventually going on 50 games. Thankfully for the a big step and produce at a few good prospects that may to defeat the Texas Rangers in Brewers, Braun won his sus- higher offensive level next make debuts this year, such as the World Series. With both pension appeal and does not season, the sky is the limit first baseman Anthony Rizzo, teams losing their all-star first have to miss any games, but for this young team. Their who has shown a lot of power basemen — Prince Fielder for they are still going to struggle top prospects, catcher Ramon in the minors. Regardless, the the Brewers and Albert Pujols to replace Fielder both in the Cabrera and pitcher Jameson Cubs are in for a very long sea- for the Cardinals — the divi- lineup and on the field. Taillon, could be potentially son with little promise of suc- sion is up for grabs. Let’s look They signed third baseman good pieces for the future. cess now or in the near future. at the NL Central in 2012 with Aramis Ramirez to improve my predictions for how it will their defense and to fill the Fifth place, the Chicago Sixth place, Houston Astros finish. hole in their lineup. They still Cubs have a good lineup anchored As bad as the Cubs may be, Courtesy of Rainy Miller First place, the St. Louis by Braun and shortstop Corey The Cubs have the most the Astros are worse. They are Junior Harsha Rao has won five matches at No. 3 singles this season. Cardinals Hart, as well as great pitching embarrassing streak in the returning just two starting po- in starter Zack Greinke and major leagues — no World sition players from their open- Alex Tapak Wesleyan. The men took a Following their World Se- closer John Axford, but the Series wins in 103 years — ing day roster last year: Carlos Sports Co-Editor 3–0 lead after doubles; they ries victory, the Cardinals back end of the pitching rota- and this year looks to be no Lee, who is moving from left had wins at No. 1 doubles have to cope with the loss of tion is very weak, and has had field to first base, and cen- The men’s tennis team from tandem of junior Duke their star slugger, Pujols, and trouble staying healthy in the terfielder Jason Bourgeois. spent its spring break in sun- Miller and Duncan, at No. 2 longtime manager, Tony La past. The Astros do not have ny southern California. The doubles from King and Coo- Russa. However, the Cardinals much in the way of young, Tartans took on Chapman per, and at No. 3 doubles are getting their superstar Fourth place, the promising prospects. University, Bowdoin College, from duo Beisswanger and starting pitcher Adam Wain- Pittsburgh Pirates They are moving to the Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, and Heaney-Secord. wright back — he missed all American League West after University of the South, fin- “We were down double of last season for Tommy John Although they were this upcoming season to bal- ishing with a 2–2 record. match point but were able elbow surgery — and have in contention at the all- ance out the two leagues, so The Tartans started strong to come back and pull the signed all-star outfielder Car- star break last year, the this is the last season the rest by dominating Chapman Uni- match out. It was a great los Beltran. Pirates finished the of the NL Central can beat versity 8–1, even with the win,” Heaney-Secord said. The Cardinals are also a 2011 season with their up on them. Their biggest adjustments the men had to The match came down to veteran team, so adapting to a 19th straight losing strength is their recent sale to make to play outdoors. Next, the wire in singles play, with new manager should not be a season. They have a new owner Jim Crane. He will the Tartans took on the Bow- only a win from Duncan at challenge. The Cardinals have lot of young talent and hopefully care more about doin Polar Bears. The No. 14 No. 4 singles. The match a strong lineup now, anchored have tried to add some vet- winning than did their last ranked Polar Bears defeated was tied at 4–4. After losing by Matt Holliday, Lance Berk- eran help. But bad luck was owner and slowly work to turn the Tartans 7–2. the first set at No. 2 singles, man, and great front-end bound to find the Pirates, as this team around. The first win came from Heaney-Secord took the sec- starters Chris Carpenter and their newly acquired starting the Tartans’ No. 2 doubles ond set, which pushed the Wainwright. The question is team of senior Jeremy King match to a third set. The third how well the Cardinals’ bull- and first-year Thomas Coo- set was tightly contested, and pen can hold up and how this per, winning the pro set in Heaney-Secord prevailed 6–4, aging team plays in the field. a tiebreaker. The other win securing the win for the Tar- came from first-year Chris- tans. Second place, tian Heaney-Secord at No. 2 “I knew it was on me, and the Cincinnati Reds singles, in which he defeated I embraced that opporunity. his opponent 7–6 (3), 7–5. I just trusted my shots and While they were a pick to Junior Harsha Rao and first- went big. I was smiling and win the division last year, the year William Duncan had having fun the whole third Reds underperformed with closely fought matches at No. set,” Heaney-Secord said. many of their younger players 3 and No. 4 singles, respec- The Tartans took on the failing to meet expectations. tively. They were the last two No. 16 ranked University of This year, they look to pick up Tartans on the court as they Mary Washington Eagles on where they left off in 2010 and battled in their third sets. Sunday and won 5–4. The make a strong playoff push. The men’s team took the match was delayed, but the They did not make any big court the next day against men took the lead 2–1 after splashes in free agency, but No. 12 ranked Pomona-Pitzer doubles play with wins from do have several young pros- Colleges and the Tartans fell the No. 1 team of Miller and pects — such as catcher Devin 6–3 to the Sagehens. The first Duncan (8–4) and the No. 3 Mesoraco — that are expected win came from No. 3 doubles tandem of Beisswanger and to make their major league team of Heaney-Secord and Heaney-Secord (8–5). In sin- debut sometime in the 2012 first-year Bryce Beisswanger. gles play, the Tartans had two season. Duncan and King won their quick wins from Miller at No. Their addition of starting singles matches at No. 4 and 1 singles and junior Jooho pitcher Mat Latos by trade No. 5, respectively, to round Yu at No. 5 singles. Duncan from the San Diego Padres is out the Tartans’ victories. clinched the match for Carn- a nice move as well. The Reds’ Carnegie Mellon finished egie Mellon with a win at No. biggest strengths are their the California trip with a 9–0 3 singles. pitching rotation, power bats, sweep of University of the The men’s team will take and honorable manager Dusty South. on Washington and Lee Uni- Baker. However, their youth The biggest win for the versity this Saturday at home. and inexperience makes con- Tartans occurred this past Adelaide Cole/Art Editor sistency a challenge. Saturday, when they took on Editor’s note: Jeremy King is a No. 5 ranked North Carolina staffwriter for The Tartan. A12 « thetartan.org/sports The Tartan » March 26, 2012

Men’s track and field start outdoor season Tartans golf season underway Adam Gruber the ball, but my putter was just ice cold until the final day,” Einhorn Carineh Ghafafian 15:03.89. Sports Co-Editor said. Staffwriter In the field events, many Two weeks of Carnegie Mellon Senior Michael Cheng finished Carnegie Mellon athletes golf have passed and now the Tar- at 155 with scores of 77 and 78. “This is the nicest first day made strong marks. Sopho- tans have two tournaments under Sophomore Ian Bangor scored 79 of outdoor season we have more Nathan Cheek placed their belt. The University Athletic on both days to finish with a score ever had,” said head coach seventh in the shot put, Association (UAA) Champion- of 158. Dario Donatelli when the throwing 13.36 meters. ships were held March 13–14 at First-year Justin Fischler ended men’s track and field team Sophomore Zachary Erra- the 72-par Red Tail Golf Course in his play with a score of 161. gathered for its first prac- Hernandez threw the shot put Sorrento, Fla. “We only had a few practice tice this season. Having just a distance of 14.92 meters, The Tartans placed third at rounds to make sure that every- finished Indoor University earning an overall first place this event, scoring 308 in the first thing we worked on during the Athletic Association (UAA) title in the event. He also round and 310 in the last for a to- winter transferred over to the actu- with a tie for second place, placed sixth in the discus, as tal score of 618. Emory University al course. With a little more time, the Tartans were ready to be- well as eighth in the hammer took first scoring at 581, Univer- I think we would have played bet- gin outdoors, with the post- throw. sity of Rochester finished second ter,” said sophomore Matt Wilson. spring break weather in their “I’m hoping to build off with a score of 586, and New York The Tartans competed in the favor. of all the practices, as well University took fourth by scoring 2012 Jekyll Island Invitational The men’s track and field as from the indoor season, to 637. from March 16–18. In the three- team traveled south to Lex- get better each time during Sophomore Grant Strimel and day, 54-hole event, the Tartans fin- ington, Va. for its first meet of outdoors,” Erra-Hernandez senior Terence Einhorn tied for ished 26th out of 30 with a team the outdoor season this past said. 10th in the tournament with 36- score of 938 (304, 326, 308). weekend at the VMI-W&L In the pole vault, junior hole scores of 153. Strimel’s sec- Einhorn finished the tourna- Track and Field Carnival, Daniel Cardenas Rivero fin- ond round was seven strokes bet- ment with a score of 226, shoot- hosted annually by Washing- ished second after clearing ter than his first. ing his best round on the third day ton and Lee University. There, a height of 4.10 meters, his Both Strimel and Einhorn with a score of 72. they were again greeted by career best. Competing in earned All-UAA second team Cheng shot 230, and Bangor warm weather and pleasant his first outdoor season, first- honors. This is the third- finished at 240. Strimel had a set- competition conditions for year Michael McDermott straight season Einhorn has back with a score of 250 in this nearly the entire duration of placed sixth in the pole vault, been honored with All- tournament, and first-year Derek the two-day meet. as well as third overall in the UAA: As a sophomore, Cobb scored the same. Working as a team, sopho- high jump with a height of Einhorn achieved first- “We did not play our best in more Mike Standish, junior 1.90 meters. Senior Ryan Kis- team honors. both tournaments, but we showed Benjamin Nealy, first-year sell placed sixth in the long “I really worked signs of potential heading into Thomas Vandenberg, and ju- jump with a distance of 6.56 hard on my swing our next couple of tournaments,” nior Noel Titus ran the 4x400 meters. He also came in third in the offseason Cheng said. “We had some good meter relay race on Friday, in the triple jump, clearing and was ready to rounds shot by our team.” finishing strong in fourth 12.94 meters. hit shots when I got The Tartans compete again this place with a time of 3:21.85. The men’s track and field down [to the Red Monday in the Titan Spring Invi- Vandenberg also competed in team will continue to utilize Tail Golf Course]. tational hosted by Westminster the 800-meter run the next the rare good weather for I had control over College. day, finishing with a time of practice. They will be com-

1:58.33. Sophomore Joshua peting this Friday and Satur- FIle photo by Thomas Hofman Newby came in second over- day at Washington and Jef- Senior Terence Einhorn earned All-UAA second team honors. all in the 5,000-meter run in ferson University. Women’s tennis regained its Carnegie Mellon lacrosse momentum after this weekend had 1–1 record last week Adam Gruber are now 1–4 overall, 0–3 in the second quarter and we fell Sports Co-Editor conference. behind.” The Tartans’ lacrosse team The Carnegie Mellon The Carnegie Mellon men’s lacked defense in this match, men’s club lacrosse team is club lacrosse team played two giving up 20 goals. Prior to led by head coach Andrew games last week. The first the game against Walsh Uni- Dickson, who has been in was against the John Carroll versity, their season high for the position since 2007. The University Blue Streaks in goals allowed was 13. The team’s assistant coach is University Heights, Ohio. The game raised their season av- Robert Heaps. As part of the Tartans fell in this game with erage of goals against from Central Collegiate Lacrosse a close score of 9–8. eight to 10.4. Association, the club lacrosse This game was tightly con- Carnegie Mellon’s offense team plays under the Men’s tested with strong defensive was strong throughout the Collegiate Lacrosse Associa- efforts from both teams. The match. Although they lost, tion (MCLA) subdivision. All Tartans’ junior goalie Spencer the Tartans put 15 past the the rules of the MCLA are in Rice posted an impressive 47.1 Cavaliers’ goalie, matching line with those set forth by save percentage, but his num- their season high. This of- the NCAA. The team practices ber was bested by the Blue fensive frenzy contrasts the once or twice a week on either Streaks’ goalie’s save percent- strong defensive game earlier the soccer field or at Gesling age of 61.9 percent. Sopho- in the week. Stadium. more midfielder Spencer Lehr “We played well. We were The Tartans will be back led the Tartans’ offense with up against a solid team with on the field this Friday against four goals. a very strong offense,” said the U.S. Coast Guard Acade- The team also competed junior midfielder Jimmy Ko- my (4–3, 1–1) in Connecticut. against the Walsh Univer- mianos, who scored one goal This game will be the first of sity Cavaliers last Saturday at on Saturday. “For our upcom- a five-game road trip before Gesling Stadium. The closely ing road trip, we can improve the Tartans return home for fought match ended with a on keeping the game speed up their final game of the season

Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor Tartan defeat, losing with a throughout the entire game, against the University of Pitts- First-year Angela Pratt delivers a serve during her No. 5 singles match against Williams College last Monday. score of 20–15. The Tartans as we got a bit complacent in burgh Panthers.

Carl Glazer out doubles victories while The tandem of Motie and Junior Staffwriter Pratt and Raschke struggled Raschke won their match 8–6 to keep up with the tougher while Cecil and Pratt won Over spring break, the competition. with 9–8, coming from be- Carnegie Mellon women’s In singles, the women’s hind to seal their victory. tennis team played in three team again came out strong The Tartans’ previously competitions, defeating three as Chen, Cecil, Chin, Pratt, dominating singles took a straight-ranked opponents and DuBrin were victorious step back this game, with only before falling to the defend- in their matches; Cecil, Chin, Cecil pulling out a victory. ing Division-III champions and Pratt won in straight sets. After the long, four-game last week. Motie put up a resilient battle stretch, the Tartans took on The team started its West pulling even after two sets; the University of Mary Wash- Coast road trip by defeating however, she dropped the ington Eagles on Sunday and Chapman University 9–0. third. The Tartans ended their had an 8–1 win. The duo of seniors Laura road trip by sweeping the Uni- The Tartans swept dou- Chen and Courtney Chin versity of the South 9–0. Chen bles, with wins from the No. pulled out a victory 9–7, while and Chin, Raschke and Mo- 1 team of Chen and Chin, No. first-years Bryn Raschke and tie, and Cecil and Pratt won 2 team of Cecil and Pratt, and Angela Pratt, and sophomore doubles. No. 3 team of DuBrin and Ra- Katie Cecil and first-year In singles, the team schke. Carnegie Mellon con- Chelsea Motie won 8–3 and stepped up its game with tinued on to win five out of its 8–1, respectively. Chen only needing more than six singles matches. The Tartans also domi- two sets to seal her victory. “It was fantastic, baby! The nated singles with Chen, Cecil, Motie, Chin, and Pratt team spirit was really strong Motie, Cecil, Pratt, first-year all finished their matches today, and everyone was very Clare DuBrin, and senior Cze- quickly. Tam was particularly focused starting from the Ja Tam losing only two sets dominant, defeating her op- warm-up and worked to take among their six matches. ponent without losing a single care of business,” Cecil said. The next opponent on game. The women will play their trip was Pomona-Pitzer Returning home, the Tar- Washington and Lee Universi- Colleges. The Tartans faced tans took on the four-time Di- ty this Saturday at home. The strong competition from the vision-III champions and cur- match start time is still to be No. 9 team in the nation, rent No. 1 overall, Williams announced. but pulled out a win of 7–2. College. The Tartans’ winning

Chen and Chin, along with streak ended here with a loss Editor’s note: Courtney Chin is Celia Ludwinski/Contributing Editor Cecil and Motie, both pulled of 6–3. a staffwriter for The Tartan. No. 8 sophomore midfielder Spencer Lehr scored four goals in the game against the Blue Streaks. The You Inside of Me

Greek Sing Greek community amuses audience with charity performance • B4

03.26.12 Volume 106, Issue 22 ...this week only 3 Female Orgasm Sex educators entertain students with a refreshing look at the female orgasm. 4 Greek Sing The Greek community puts on an entertaining show to raise money for charity. 5 Will Eisner The ToonSeum exhibit Will Eisner’s New York gives visitors a taste of the Big Apple. 6 Biking Take a look at these helpful tips for new bikers in Pittsburgh. 7 Hunger Games The high-grossing film is a gripping adaptation of the popular book series. 8 MFA Exhibit The You Inside of Me showcases MFA students’ work across a range of mediums. 10 Tekkoshocon 8 The annual Japanese Culture Convention returns for its 10th year in Pittsburgh.

3 4 5 10 regulars...... diversions

3 Advice 11 Comics Everything you need to know about friendships Find out how to act like a Mad Men character and jello wrestling. and how to raise your hand in class. 5 Paperhouse 13 Puzzles Paperhouse talks about why people dance the Hexadecimals are the best. Put your skills to way they do. the test with this week’s puzzles. 7 Dollar Movie 14 Horoscopes AB Films presents four movies this weekend in Is your future lit by halogens or energy star McConomy Auditorium. light bulbs? Read horoscopes to find out. 10 Did You Know? 15 Calendar Did you know that a Carnegie Mellon alumnus Find out what’s happening on campus and made history on Jeopardy! five years ago? around Pittsburgh this week.

PUBLISHER Christa Hester EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Emily Dobler PILLBOX EDITOR Allison Cosby Assistant Pillbox Editor Rachel Cohen COMICS EDITOR Nicole Hamilton ART EDITOR Adelaide Cole PHOTO EDITOR Jonathan Carreon COPY MANAGER Evan Kahn COVER Kate Groschner

The Tartan . Box 119 . UC Suite 103 . Carnegie Mellon University . 5000 Forbes Ave . Pittsburgh, PA 15213 . www.thetartan.org . © 2012 The Tartan Sex talk entertains students Advice for awkward people Attendees give standing O-vation for educational program About friendship and jello wrestling

Dear Patrick, Dear Patrick, “I <3 FEMALE ORGASM” was prominently displayed Mainly females attended the presentation, but there on several students’ T-shirts last week. These was a good number of males present. One of the My one friend “Jen” really My friend’s throwing a T-shirts were not solely intended to be provocative or male attendees, Nick Zuniga, a sophomore biology hates my other friend birthday party with jello racy, but were also a walking advertisement for the and psychology double major, said that he attended “Steve.” However, Steve wrestling. I feel like it’s much anticipated “I <3 Female Orgasm” program. because he “just wanted to find out more about thinks they’re both really a terrible idea, but he’s Presented by Ms. CMU — a newly formed student how the female body works ... how to better help my good friends, and I just insisting on doing it, and organization focused on women’s rights — and the girlfriend.” don’t have the heart to has already bought a Peer Health Advocates, the presentation featured tell him. What can I do to kiddy pool, tarp, and a sex educators Rachel Dart and Marshall Miller, The publicity for the event made sure to stress defuse the situation? few gallons of off-brand who talked about every Carnegie Mellon student’s that this was a program for all genders and sexual jello. What can I do to primary concern: the female orgasm. orientations. The speakers did a good job of Thanks, keep this from being a addressing the topic from multiple perspectives; the Fraternal Relationship disaster? The lecture in Doherty Hall was completely packed program never seemed like it was focused solely on Isn’t Exactly Non- last Thursday, with students sitting in the aisles and heterosexual relationships and intercourse. Dart and Existent; Malevolence Is Thanks, on the floor in front of the first row. The speakers Miller also addressed more serious concerns such Entertained Singly Want Really Entertaining started off the program by showing the famous “I’ll as sexual abuse, providing resources available to Story, Though Leery of have what she’s having” scene from When Harry Met students who may be affected by such issues. Dear FRIENEMIES, Existing Revelry Sally. Students were roaring with laughter, which was exactly Dart and Miller’s intention, as they said About halfway through the program, the audience There are two options here: Dear WRESTLER, the topic of female orgasm should be something fun was divided up by gender and sexual orientation: Either Jen legitimately hates to talk about — not something serious or awkward. Females stayed in the hall while males moved to Steve, or she wants to tutti Judging by that purchase another room with Miller, and a small group of those frutti his sweet booty. history, your friend is already The presentation was interactive: The speakers who did not want to be sorted by gender went to on an FBI watch list for invited audience members to share what they another room. Once isolated from the males, the If she hates him, then there’s creepy serial killers. So as already knew about the female orgasm. Dart and females felt more comfortable openly discussing not much you can do. long as a bunch of federal Miller would then address each piece of knowledge topics such as masturbation and its stigma, first You should just tell Steve agents don’t bust the party, by either clarifying it as a myth or expanding upon orgasms, and how to better achieve orgasm. The what’s going on. Otherwise it’ll be a relative success. it. This flexibility gave the presentation a natural format was an open forum, with audience members they’ll just keep running into Really, there’s only one thing flow that was more comfortable than if the speakers raising their hands and sharing their stories in a each other, and he’ll keep you can do in this situation. lectured straight to the audience. Miller was confidential, nonjudgmental environment. ruining her day. If he knows, At some point, you’re just particularly hilarious, comparing poor sex education then he’ll at least have the going to have to down a few in high schools to a driver’s education class that only The entire audience then reconvened in the original decency to avoid her. Or he’ll drinks, hop in that tub, and teaches you how to put on your seat belt and not lecture hall, where the speakers finished their just keep hanging around take on all comers. Sure, actually how to drive the car. presentation by further discussing the female body her out of spite. If it were your friend probably wants and answering questions along the way. At one me, I’d go the spite route. girls in bikinis in there, but he point, audience member Anya Weitzman, a senior Luckily, everyone loves me. might just have to settle for Bachelor of Humanities and Arts student in art Right? RIGHT? a drunk guy in a Hawaiian and anthropology, offered to clarify the answer to a T-shirt. question a male student asked regarding the clitoris, Right. On the other hand, citing her Body Politics class as the source of her she may just find herself Or instead of taking that knowledge. irresistibly attracted to him terrible advice, go to your and not know how to deal friend’s house early and The audience was enthusiastic about the with it. In that case, you just eat all of the jello presentation and discussion. At the end of the should just step aside and let beforehand. That’s the only program, students rose and gave the speakers a nature take its course. And way to salvage everything. standing ovation for an entertaining and informative by “nature,” I mean alcohol. Grab a spoon, and jump on session. At some point, they’ll both that jello grenade. get drunk and hash out those feelings. And by “hash Or maybe there will Gabriela Pascuzzi | Junior Staffwriter out those feelings,” I mean actually be some slutty my editor won’t let me say girls there, what they’d actually do. Patrick Hoskins Sex educator Marshall Miller humorously portrays the model of female anatomy usually taught to Or she’ll just slap him, Need advice? Send queries middle and high school students. Miller and his Patrick Hoskins to [email protected]. partner Rachel Dart introduced a new, more open kind of sex education in their talk on Thursday.

Nicole Hamilton | Comics Editor community pillbox 03.26.12 3 Greek Sing shines with amusing performances Anticipated program humors students and raises record-breaking amount for charity

“Carnegie Mellon University’s largest student-run fundraising event,” boasted the program for Greek Sing 2012. With over 1,000 participants from the Greek community representing 17 different chapters, the event managed to raise over $55,000 for The Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh. The philanthropy award, given to the house that raised the most money on its own, was awarded to Delta Gamma for raising over $8,000.

The Greek Sing chairs — Jake Yosafat, a senior business administration and ethics, history, and public policy double major in Alpha Pi Epsilon, and Harold Kim, a senior information systems and human-computer interaction double major in Sigma Alpha Epsilon — also served as the masters of ceremonies for the evening’s festivities. Both have served as the Greek Sing chairs of their individual houses, and Yosafat saw the opportunity as “one last final way to give back to the Greek community,” with Kim echoing his sentiments.

Yosafat and Kim aided in moving the show along with witty banter between performances that kept the audience laughing. Laughter was a big part of the show as a whole: Most groups used slapstick and lowbrow humor, which the audience responded well to. The first Nicole Hamilton | Comics Editor competitive performance, Beta Theta Pi, embodied this spirit and took the time to make fun of itself, showcasing Junior communcation design major Sarah Gorman performs in Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s the good-hearted spirit of the event and reminding Wizard of Oz-themed show called Taken 2: Toto in Trouble. audience members that the show is about giving back to the community. Similar to Beta Theta Pi’s seven-foot man in drag, Delta Delta Delta and Lambda Phi Epsilon second place for singles competition was Pi Delta Psi This year’s doubles winners were Alpha Chi Omega and had a cast member don an afro larger than his head that for its unique twist on Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Sigma Chi, whose members performed Footloose. The covered his entire face. This exaggerated humor was a Factory. In the group’s version of the show, Willy Wonka show included innovative rotating set pieces, as well as big theme, and helped keep the entire event engaging. turns out to be Michael Jackson in disguise, thus a lot of musical and dancing variety from one number to explaining why three boys were lured to a land of candy the next. The men of Sigma Chi performed a number in The event had eight judges, all professionals chosen and magic without the accompaniment of their parents. the show with no musical accompaniment that seemed from the Carnegie Mellon community, including to wow the audience. Despite the time constraint, the housefellows, professors, and program directors. The singles winner was Alpha Epsilon Pi, whose group managed to include a variety of set pieces, dance Although the audience had no interaction with the members performed Death of a Salesman. Managing moves, and singing styles. judges, a description of each judge was included in the to keep the plot of their show a secret until the program along with fun facts such as computer science performance, their show chronicled the death of a very The night began and ended with non-competitive professor David Kosbie’s “near-perfect lack of pitch.” well-known salesman of our day: Billy Mays. Beginning performances from sororities Kappa Phi Lambda and with his early days selling lemonade and continuing up Alpha Kappa Alpha. Each group of women performed The competition was broken into two acts: singles to a clever scene in which he literally and figuratively routines focused on stepping. Yosafat and Kim explained performances and doubles performances. After over “fell off the wagon,” the show was a pleasant surprise for that more than 20 different organizations were involved two hours of competition and a video on The Children’s audience members expecting a more traditional Death in the night’s performances including the Greek Institute of Pittsburgh, the scores were finally tallied. of a Salesman. houses, media outlets, the alumni association, and staff Kim and Yosafat awarded two Chairmen’s Choice from all over campus. Such widespread involvement Awards, an award for the houses they deemed the Doubles winners were some of the the most anticipated is indicative of the spirit of the event, and, together, easiest to work with and that helped the event run awards of the night. This year’s third place winners everyone’s hard work managed to generate over $50,000 smoothly. This year’s recipients were Delta Delta Delta were Delta Gamma and Delta Tau Delta with their take for a great cause. and Kappa Kappa Gamma. on Tarzan. Second place went to Kappa Alpha Theta and Sigma Phi Epsilon performing Across the Universe. After much anticipation, awards were presented Vocal talents reigned in their performance, and the leads Catherine Spence | Staffwriter starting with singles third-place winner Alpha Kappa and soloists blended well once the show was under Delta Phi. The members of Alpha Kappa Delta Phi way. Both groups utilized the size of their ensembles competed in the event for the first time this year and and performed large group numbers with difficult performed their own rendition of Disney’s Tangled. In choreography.

community 4 pillbox 03.26.12 ToonSeum exhibit depicts New York Paperhouse Will Eisner’s New York reveals humanist portrait of great city On dancing

As odd as it may seem, Pittsburghers can find a When simplified to the most basic interpretation, people slice of the Big Apple in the heart of downtown dance for two reasons: for a love of movement and for a Pittsburgh until May 27. love of sex. These two motivations dominate any dance floor and are in a constant state of conflict. Unfortunately, This is because the ToonSeum, Pittsburgh’s it appears that far too many individuals simply see dancing museum of cartoon and comics art, is currently as an opportunity to attract one another. presenting Will Eisner’s New York, a rare collection of original works by legendary comics pioneer Imagine yourself at a dance party. Do you know what the Will Eisner. The exhibit chronicles the artist’s DJ is playing? The thumping sounds emitting from the informal history of the city that shaped many of his speakers aren’t playing Rihanna and Calvin Harris’ “We illustrated masterpieces. Simultaneously personal Found Love” or even the latest Skrillex jam. Despite this, and universal, Eisner’s depiction of New York City some people are dancing the night away without a care in captures the nuance that the greatest of biographers world. At the same time, a girl in stiletto heels and wearing are capable of. far too much makeup walks up to the DJ and asks for something people can dance to. The exhibition is curated by cartoonist and critic Denis Kitchen along with comic book writer Juan Fernandez | Staff Why is only half of the crowd dancing? Perhaps only and editor Danny Fingeroth; it is presented in half of the crowd is dancing for the right reason. Those partnership with the Museum of Comic and Cartoon The ToonSeum features aesthetic touches like who dance out of a love of movement do not care about Art in New York (MoCCA). MoCCA had originally a light post and fire hydrant to provide a more the artist being played, but rather they care about the organized the exhibit in 2005, soon after Eisner engaging environment. experience and the atmosphere the DJ is creating. As long passed away at the age of 88. The ToonSeum’s as the DJ can create fluid transitions, this crowd could display of Will Eisner’s New York is the first time that care less what genre of music they are listening to. this particular collection of work has been shown outside of New York City. The ToonSeum’s main gallery houses the exhibition On the other hand, those who dance to attract others and displays it in a concentrated yet uncluttered tend to only dance to music they have heard before. The Considered one of the most important contributors fashion. A lively jazz soundtrack with pieces by the ability to recognize the song is essential, as this dictates to the development of the artistic medium of comics, likes of Duke Ellington, Cannonball Adderley, and the “appropriate” style of dance. These types of dancers Eisner was best known for his leading role in Cab Calloway accompanies the exhibit and adds the are more interested in who is looking at them. This over- establishing the graphic novel as a form of literature energy of New York to the halls of the ToonSeum. sexualized form of dancing is ruining the concept of the with his book A Contract with God, and Other infinite beat. When a love of movement is removed from Tenement Stories. In this work and the subsequent Small details in the exhibit like a light post, a fire the equation, the idea of dancing until sunrise or dancing in works he created during the ’80s and ’90s, Eisner hydrant, and a manhole cover make for nice touches the middle of the day seems absurd. explored the communicative depths of the medium that embellish the exhibition. These details invite and laid down a framework for generations of visitors to experience the work viscerally, on their Next time you find yourself listening to music you are aspiring cartoonists. own terms, and to develop their own relationship unfamiliar with, think about how this music can compel with the master’s work and with the city of New your body to move. If you do this, I promise you’ll have a Will Eisner’s New York allows audiences to explore York. better time, and you might even attract something better the artist’s most intriguing element, the ever- than a one-night stand. changing landscape of New York City. The exhibit includes over 50 original works spanning Eisner’s Juan Fernandez | Staffwriter 70-year career, each capturing a glimpse of the city’s Alex Price | Special to The Tartan beauty and squalor. Dense but not overwhelming, Will Eisner’s New York will be on display through the exhibit allows visitors to fully experience the city May 27 in the ToonSeum’s main gallery. The from pre-Depression to modernity. From immigrant ToonSeum is located in downtown Pittsburgh’s ghettos to claustrophobic subways, dirty alleyways Cultural District at 945 Liberty Ave. top 10 on WRCT 88.3 FM to towering rooftops, ramshackle tenements to most played albums of the last week grandiose bridges, Will Eisner’s New York reveals 1 Dr. Dog — Be the Void the artist’s powers of observation and empathy and, 2 Frank Macchia — Swamp Thang above all, the brilliance of his pen. 3 Grimes — Visions An exhibit like this makes it possible for visitors to 4 Roll the Dice — In Dust lean forward and peer at the original drawings and, 5 El Rego — s/t in so doing, increase their appreciation of Eisner’s 6 Q Morrow — All Around Dude art. Getting close to the original drawings, and to 7 Psychic Ills — Hazed Dream such a broad array of them, reinforces the notion of 8 Marcus D — Shoshin Eisner as a master of this 20th-century art form. 9 Various Artists — Minnesota Beatle Project 10 Undivided — Moves Between Clouds: Live in Warsaw

community pillbox 03.26.12 5 Find your niche in Pittsburgh’s biking community Learn about biking safety, security basics, and local organizations from Carnegie Mellon students

Pittsburgh is not known for particularly good weather or road conditions, but somehow there is still a large biking community. Predominantly among college students, biking seems to be a favorite mode of transportation, perhaps because of the price of gas, the difficulty of parking on campus, and the impending bus service cuts. Biking is an ideal way to get around the city — as long as you can deal with intense potholes and a few massive hills. Illustrations by Juan Fernandez | Staff Biking habits vary greatly from person to person, so it’s all about knowing your options and finding what works Bike Security organizing events like Bike to Work Week and BikeFest for you. It’s no secret that biking is great for your health — and maintaining up-to-date bike maps, BikePGH has and for the environment. It’s good exercise, helps reduce Carnegie Mellon has lots of bike racks around campus, been working on improving biking conditions in the city stress, allows you freedom to explore, and helps energy so locking up your bike is convenient no matter where since 2002. efficiency. For experienced cyclists, biking in Pittsburgh you are. The university is striving towards making may be no big deal, but if you are new to biking in the campus even more bike-friendly: The Undergraduate Free Ride is a DIY recycled bike collective and city — or are still just considering it as an option — there Student Senate has formed a committee to address educational facility located at Construction Junction (214 are some basic things you should be aware of before you campus biking issues and is working to install more bike N. Lexington St.). Free Ride is “dedicated to recycling hit the streets. racks around campus. bicycles, offering mechanical education, and promoting bicycling.” The facility is open as a repair shop and also Bike Safety Using bike racks properly is extremely important. Bike hosts a number of adult classes, youth programs, and parts are valuable and thefts are common. In the survey, volunteer nights. As a shop, all bicycle parts are free of As a cyclist in Pittsburgh, you have to be aware of a over 80 percent lock up their bikes using a U-lock, cable charge — all that is required in exchange is volunteer variety of safety hazards, including poor road conditions, lock, or chain lock. hours at the shop. lack of bike lanes, other motorists, and pedestrians. In a survey of 106 Carnegie Mellon students who bike, Organizations like Bike Pittsburgh (BikePGH) have been Bike Trails the majority said they feel moderately safe while biking working to increase the number of bike racks in the city in Pittsburgh, but a significant portion feel moderately to make Pittsburgh more bike friendly. When parking Now that the weather is nice, spending an afternoon unsafe. Being aware of your surroundings and finding your bike off campus, lock biking around doesn’t sound so bad. Pittsburgh has a lot a route that works for your comfort level is the most it up on one of these bike of bike trails along the rivers that are useful for efficient important factor for safe biking in and around the city. racks or in a highly visible transportation around Pittsburgh and feature beautiful and well-lit area to avoid views of the city. Biking on the sidewalk is a good way to gain confidence security issues. as a new biker. In fact, 31 percent of survey respondents The Eliza Furnace Trail follows the Monongahelia River said that they bike primarily on the sidewalk. Riding for four miles around Downtown. The trail is ideal for on the road requires you to be more alert to your beginner bikers. The Panther Hollow Trail runs along the 17% of survey respondents do not use any type surroundings, since other motorists, like cars and buses, west side of Schenley Park, down to the Monongahela of lock on their bikes. are more unpredictable than pedestrians and often don’t River. The trail is short — just 1.5 miles — but it connects communicate their actions with appropriate turn signals. Oakland and the Carnegie Mellon campus to the Eliza 73% of survey respondents have not had Furnace Trail, so those looking for a longer ride are in any security problems, while 11% of survey To stay aware of your surroundings, you should pay luck. respondents have had their bikes stolen. attention not only to what you see around you, but also to what you hear. It’s important to know who is behind If you’re up for an adventure, the Great Allegheny you, and, since constantly turning your head to check Passage is the trail for you. Connecting Cumberland, can be dangerous, listening carefully is a good way to Pittsburgh Organizations Md., to Pittsburgh, the Great Allegheny Passage boasts keep track of your surroundings. beautiful views of western Pennsylvania and is a useful Pittsburgh is home to a large bicycling community. The connector for serious bikers. two most well-known cycling organizations in the city are BikePGH and Free Ride. For more information on bike trails in Pittsburgh, 61% of respondents wear a BikePGH has a comprehensive map of bike trails on its helmet at least sometimes BikePGH’s mission is “to establish Pittsburgh as a city website bike-pgh.org. while biking (39% wear one that is increasingly safe, accessible, and friendly to always). bicycle transportation.” Focusing on bike advocacy — increasing the number of bike lanes, adding shared-lane Allison Cosby | Pillbox Editor 69% of respondents bike markings to roads that are too narrow for bike lanes, and primarily on the road.

community 6 pillbox 03.26.12 Hunger Games movie exceeds expectations High-grossing and critically acclaimed film is a faithful and stunning adaptation of the book

After more than a year of a viral promotional campaign, The biggest change from page to screen was the mainly used for expository scenes and during the The Hunger Games was released in domestic theaters narrative shift. While the book was told from a first- conclusion. The games themselves were largely without this past weekend. Based on the popular young adult person perspective, the movie embraces a broader accompanying background music, as were scenes such book series of the same name, the movie opened with narrative, extending beyond Katniss to the minor as Katniss’ official interview. This resulted in an uneasy rave reviews from critics and set a record for highest characters. The effect is brilliant. While the huge amount atmosphere that was only compounded by the camera grossing revenue of any non-sequel film and the fifth of expository dialogue Katniss unloads to the reader work, which utilized quick perspective changes and highest revenue for opening day. serves its purpose in the novel, excessive cutaway occasional “shaky-cam.” scenes and an overuse of voiceover would have killed While recent movie adaptations of a book series aimed the pacing of the movie, which remained tense and Of course, the movie was not without fault. To be fair, at a young adult audience have been mostly lackluster quick throughout. this mostly stemmed from the necessary changes in (The Golden Compass, Twilight, and Percy Jackson and narrative. Much of the information that Katniss reveals the Olympians come to mind), The Hunger Games is The broader narrative also allowed the movie to explore in the book, such as historical information on Panem not only a faithful adaptation, but conveys the story in a other characters’ perspectives, which significantly and her own thoughts, is left out. In some cases — such more fluid, enjoyable manner than the book does. added to the experience. Most notable were the scenes as her relationship with Peeta, the other tribute from in which the audience views the Gamemakers, who her district — this ambiguity is a surprisingly welcome The Hunger Games revolves around Katniss — who design and control the event, creating changes within change. But this largely results in characters feeling lives in the dystopian country Panem that is divided into the game. These changes included coercing tributes less fleshed out, to the point where some characters are 12 districts and a capitol state — and her experience to move in certain directions and altering the weather. nameless throughout the film. as a competitor in the Hunger Games. The games are The movie also included scenes in which President a sporting event in which one girl and one boy, called Coriolanus Snow interacts with Head Gamemaker While reading The Hunger Games, it is hard not tributes, are chosen from each district to compete in a Seneca Crane, which lend a deeper understanding of the to imagine it as a film, considering the archetypal battle royale to the death. politics of the Hunger Games. characters and the gripping narrative. The movie lives up to this expectation and, in some ways, even Despite these changes, it was the sound and visuals surpasses it. that stood out most in the movie. While the book relied completely on Katniss’ narrative to create tension, the movie utilized sound. The score was sparse and Matt Mastricova | Staffwriter

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy The Girl with the Dragon The Descendants Melancholia Thursday, March 29 Tattoo Saturday, March 31 Sunday, April 1 10 12:30 Friday, March 30 10 12:30 10 12:30 10 1 Based on the 1974 novel of the same In keeping with the Oscar theme, this The Descendants is a 2011 film The fourth 2011 film this week, name, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a film was nominated for five Academy nominated for five Academy Awards, Melancholia, wasn’t nominated for an 2011 film that follows the hunt for a Awards, with one win for Best Film with one win for Best Adapted Academy Award, although it did get Soviet spy within MI6 (yes, that’s James Editing. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Screenplay. The movie traces the life Kirsten Dunst Best Actress Award at the Bond’s organization). Gary Oldman is a thriller directed by David Fincher of Matt King (George Clooney), a land Cannes Film Festival. This somewhat plays George Smiley, a semi-retired and is the English-language version of baron who labels himself as a “back-up trippy sci-fi drama directed by Lars British spy, who is put on the case to the Swedish film of the same name. parent.” But when a boating accident von Trier revolves around the strained uncover the double agent before it’s The movie follows Mikael Blomkvist puts his wife in a coma, King begins relationship between two sisters (Dunst too late. Nominated for three Academy and Lisbeth Salander, brilliantly played to uncover a lot more about his family and Charlotte Gainsbourg) and how the Awards, including Oldman for Best by Daniel Craig and Academy Award than he ever thought possible. The imminent collision between Earth and Actor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a nominee Rooney Mara, as they join Descendants was critically acclaimed another planet affects that relationship. skillfully put together espionage film that together to figure out what happened for nearly everything, including acting, Melancholia is told in two parts — one perfectly blends a sense of mystery, to a girl who has been missing for over soundtrack, and visuals. Fun Fact: Jim for each sister — and, if nothing else, suspense, and drama. (Not So) Fun 40 years. Fun Fact: The many piercings Rash, who co-won for Best Adapted is a wholly unforgettable film. Fun Fact: Fact: Oldman has yet to win an Oscar. that Mara has in the film are real — she Screenplay, is one of the stars on the There were no rehearsals for this movie; had them done specifically for the role. television show Community. the actors improvised during takes and took instructions afterward.

film pillbox 03.26.12 7 meant to engage viewers in the issues surrounding contemporary image consumption. “Technology has The You Inside of Me opens at Miller Gallery made it very easy for us to share media, but it is also very easy for us to lose that media,” England said. “I take MFA students present final theses, explore variety of themes and mediums in new exhibit impermanent things and make them permanent.”

England constructed a video-sharing mechanism, made by Angela Vertucci | Junior Staffwriter Choi, Peters, and Bolt’s artwork is featured on the “I like that everything I’ve seen so far is a little bit silly,” from a wooden box and mounted on the gallery wall, [ ] second floor of the gallery. Stepping out of the elevator, said Reese Adams-Romagnoli, a first-year art student. as a parody of YouTube. The piece, complete with a visitors are immediately struck by the enormousness “I think that’s really the way to go. I was expecting view counter and pad of paper for viewer comments, The Miller Gallery is currently featuring the work of of Peters’ work, which takes up the central area and something more serious, but I was pleasantly surprised. is quite amusing, but it also raises a serious question seven Carnegie Mellon Master of Fine Arts students in includes a six-foot, 300-pound model of the moon that I can see that a lot of thought has been put into what about accessibility. Is ease of access more valuable than the exhibition The You Inside of Me. After three years is situated on a circular wooden track. In the center of these artists produce, and I appreciate the mental having media and information physically in our hands? of study at the School of Art, the artists — Jonathan the track, a large green lion’s head sits atop a spar, and stretching that it took to create things that are both fun England’s work feels very relevant to the issues our Armistead, Agnes Bolt, Sung Rok Choi, Jesse England, three red banshee heads, which appear to be silently and valid at the same time.” current generation faces. Riley Harmon, Oscar Peters, and Nina Sarnelle — are screaming, hang from the ceiling. If the sheer size and presenting their final theses in the exhibit, which aesthetics of Peters’ piece — which he described in Bolt’s work occupies the right side of the second-floor Also on display is a camcorder that has been opened last Friday. his artist statement as “halfway between Sisyphus and space. Her piece “I’m Only Now” centers around what manipulated to function like its more primitive Indiana Jones” — aren’t interesting enough, the piece appears to be a stripper pole, which spectators can hold predecessors. Pieces of wood have been screwed to The first floor of the gallery features work by Sarnelle, is also mechanized so that the banshee heads move and onto while a platform beneath their feet rotates around the camera’s frame to eliminate higher-tech features. who “makes fantasies, miracles and lies ... [whose] the moon rolls around the track. it. Additionally, England has produced a physical back-up performances explore the physicality of metaphysics for his e-book copy of George Orwell’s 1984, as well and the malleability of belief,” as described in her artist’s “I love Oscar’s piece. I like the physicality of it,” said Bolt explained that when spectators opt to take part, her as pamphlets that teach one how to mimic popular statement. Sarnelle’s featured work tells the story of a Sarah Keeling, a sophomore art major. “It’s like a lot of project can be experienced in one of two ways. If the typefaces. social experiment in relationships that she conducted his other work in that it’s really physical and you don’t pole is perceived as a prop for a stripper, taking part will over the last year. know if it’s going to be dangerous or not.” result in a “low experience.” Conversely, whirling around Armistead’s art — a large, pink, fountain-like structure Kate Groschner | Staff the pole can also be something very spiritual. “There made from office chairs, lotion bottles, and tissue boxes, Master of Fine Arts student Oscar Peters created a large-scale installation featuring a rolling 300-pound model She mailed 400 letters to people living near her home. While Peters’ piece was certainly entertaining to is a suggestion of time being both present and kind of all of which are held together by a metal frame — takes of the moon. Though visually interesting and overwhelmingly physical, Peters’ piece created some confusion for Each letter began, “Dear Soon to be Old Friend, I am observe, it lacked cohesion. For the art observer who eternal,” she said. “The point [of the experience] is to up the center space. White liquid flows from the lotion viewers trying to find the connection among the moon, lion’s head, and hanging banshee heads. interested in inventing the narrative of our relationship. tries to connect the dots between the swaying banshee use your body to see what you believe. You make it what bottles into bowls that sit on the seats of the office This story may not have existed before but will most heads, the lion, and the moon in order to derive you want it to be. You can get something more from the chairs, while tissues fan out from the tops of the tissue certainly exist from now on.” Sarnelle’s experiment meaning, the piece disappoints. experience — this feeling that you’ll live forever.” boxes. statement. He said that his sculpture, titled “Reach Out For the opening of the exhibition, Harmon also had a live resulted in the formation of friendships based on an and Touch No One,” reveals the importance of the office musician who resembled Ryan Gosling playing guitar. improvised non-reality. “I really enjoy getting lost in On the left side of the room is Choi’s project — a On the third floor of the gallery, England’s work includes Armistead aims to “highlight an often dormant sexuality chair as a prop in people’s sexual lives. This coincided with Harmon’s integration of scenes from something and not knowing what’s real anymore,” she watercolor animation series titled “Operation Mole.” custom-built gadgets, books, and cameras that are that exists within our everyday,” according to his artist’s the movie Drive, which features Gosling, into one of explained. His animations show a capsule-shaped time machine “Every time I see an office chair in someone’s house, I his three videos. The discreet way in which the pieces and its driver tunneling into the earth amid images of think about how often they masturbate on it. I see an of Harmon’s piece come together sets it apart from the Sarnelle’s art is different from what people visiting the human carnage, war, pop culture, and political events. office chair, and I see sex,” Armistead said, pointing other projects. gallery may initially expect, as her chosen medium for The work is loosely based on events from Korean history, out that the majority of porn circulation takes place this particular project was not painting, drawing, or but also draws inspiration from comics, science fiction, through the internet and that people in long-distance Commenting on Harmon’s piece, Talia Levin, a first-year sculpture. Instead, she worked through people, building and dark humor to create what Choi called “a kind of relationships can now engage in “Skype sex.” Bachelor of Humanities and Arts student in creative fictional relationships that have developed into real ridiculous, absurd landscape.” His work in this exhibit is writing and drama, said, “I like it, because I feel like you relationships that continue to flourish today. In this way, aesthetically impressive and thought provoking. “Also, these chairs represent the body because they are can draw your own conclusions from it. It’s a lot to take her work is among the most interesting of the exhibition. ergonomically designed to fit the body,” he continued. in but not so much that it’s unreachable, or that I felt Students who attended the opening expressed an Armistead’s fountain of lotion and chairs is comical, detached. The message isn’t shoved down your throat, appreciation of the balance that Choi and the others disturbing, and effective. It successfully approaches but it’s also not so abstract that you can’t get it.” were able to strike between seriousness and fun. a socially taboo topic without pushing viewers away, and simultaneously maintains the important element of Together, the seven artists have put together a visual appeal. “I really like the armchair piece,” said Katie memorable exhibit that explores a variety of topics — O’Conner, a first-year art major. “I like that the aesthetics from masturbation to technology — through a variety of hide the technological parts of it — the pipes and tubes.” mediums.

To the right of Armistead’s work, Harmon presents a series of three videos. Though created separately, The exhibition will remain open to the public through the videos share certain elements, including guns, April 22. The Miller Gallery is located in the Purnell performances, and the space inside of a vehicle. The Center for the Arts. Left: Jesse England, a Master of Fine Arts student, videos coincide in a way that blurs the line between past created a physical video-sharing mechanism as a and present, fantasy and reality. parody of YouTube. The mechanism includes a manual comments section and view counter. Along with the three videos he created, Harmon also Right: A fountain-like structure of office chairs, displays pictures of people imitating a popular scene tissues, and lotion bottles serves as commentary on from the movie I Am Legend that he found on the the dormant sexuality in everyday life. The piece was internet. The pictures all feature individuals curled up in created by Jonathan Armistead, a Master of Fine Arts their bathtubs with a gun and something else they value, student. most often a pet. Kate Groschner | Staff Kate Groschner | Staff

feature feature 8 pillbox 03.26.12 pillbox 03.26.12 9 Did you know? Cosplayers invade Downtown

The intramural basketball season Tekkoshocon X explores Japanese culture, video games continues with teams having completed about half of their season Over 3,000 people converged at the Wyndham Still, cosplayers owned the day. Adventure Time 100 schedules. The Tartan shares a new years ago Grand hotel in downtown Pittsburgh when it hosted heroes crossed swords with Darth Vader, as the incentive for the overall winner: Faculty Tekkoshocon X, a Japanese culture convention, last dancing robot of LMFAO music video fame shuffled March 7, 1912 will challenge the team to a final game Wednesday to Sunday. Many participants, known as by the titular character of Inyuasha playing songs of the season. The game will be held cosplayers, came in hand-crafted costumes as anti- from the Persona 4 soundtrack on the lobby piano. for invited members of the Carnegie zombie commandos, school girls, wizards, aliens, The most anticipated events were the Masquerade, Tech community. knights, monsters, and more. Those not sporting a group competition in which cosplayers performed guises wore shirts that declared their allegiance to a small talent-show-type skit, and an individual Alpha Phi Omega is sponsoring the superhero teams or their affection for certain video competition where contestants were judged on the “Ugliest Man on Campus” competition game characters. quality of their costumes’ construction. 50 to raise funds for charity. Organizations years ago nominate candidates, and the entire This is the 10th Tekkoshocon — a portmanteau of Enthusiasm for the costume aspect of the student body is eligible to vote. Votes convention and the Japanese word for steel mill. The convention lead to the development of Carnegie March 12, 1962 cost one cent each, and students can first convention was the brainchild of a University of Mellon’s own Cosplay Club. Mainly a development vote as many times and for as many Pittsburgh student, who organized the convention of the Vermillion Anime Club, the Cosplay Club candidates as they want. in 2002. The event is run wholly by volunteers was spearheaded by Angelique Rein, a first-year — from the administrators to those holding up Japanese and linguistics double major. Rein is a signs indicating where the snaking lines of people veteran cosplayer. A senior laments his approaching clamoring for spots in screenings and panels begin. graduation and shares the Class of “I started going to conventions as a freshman in 25 1987’s gift plan: the donation of a One of those volunteers, Barry Marchetto, a junior high school, and after seeing everybody else, [me years ago Class of 1987 Room. Beginning in biology major at Allegheny College of Meadville, has and my friends] decided to try it ourselves,” she the ’80s, seniors at Carnegie Mellon been coming to Tekkoshocon since its inaugural said. Rein believes that accuracy takes dedication March 17, 1987 started giving gifts to the university, year. “So I figured, why not work here?” Marchetto — her costume for Pokémon Gym Leader Erika for and this year’s class is no different. said. “It gives me something to do in the downtime Tekkoshocon took over 40 hours of work — but is between panels.” rewarding in the end. “People take pictures with you, they’re just happy to see you, and all your hard Having a panel only requires a willingness to do work pays off.” A junior Forum writer from the English paperwork, leading to a highly diverse set of topics. department chronicles his spring Some explained the symbolism of the logos of break in New Orleans. He visited the obscure television shows, and others taught the Justin McGown | Staffwriter 10 dance moves to the latest pop songs from East Asia. years ago city to attend a writing conference. His adventures in the city included Some of the nerdier aspects of Western culture March 18, 2002 exploring Bourbon Street and Canal were also represented, with discussions about the Street in a drunken stupor and nuances of card games, what it means to be Bronie pretending to be a cop. (an adult fan of My Little Pony), and the webcomic Homestuck.

Carnegie Mellon computer science The convention also featured voice actors who work alumnus Scott Weiss makes history on on the English versions of animes, various musical Jeopardy! with the first three-way tie in and comedy acts, and an area for vendors. The years5 ago the show’s 43-year running. According vendors were difficult to access, however, since to a mathematician hired by the show, only a limited number of shoppers were allowed at a March 26, 2007 the odds of a three-way tie are one in time. The fourth floor was dedicated to playing card 25 million. games, a wide selection of video games, and several Dungeons and Dragons campaigns.

A Person’s Opinion asks students whether abstinence is realistic after a new study is released indicating year1 ago a 5 percent increase in abstinence in young adults. Answers range March 21, 2011 from those who believe abstinence is realistic, to those who think it’s A group of Carnegie Mellon students in the impossible. Cosplay Club dressed up as Pokémon characters Catherine Spence | Staffwriter for Tekkoshocon last week. Justin McGown | Staff

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puzzles pillbox 03.26.12 13 Horoscopes The planet is in danger and it is time for some extreme aries recycling. Just sorting plastics and glass is for girly men and march 21–april 19 wimps. It’s time to take action and go after the main source of environmental desegregation: man.

Your stalker skills are waning and must be recovered taurus quickly. A refresher course in Facebook info-gathering 101 april 20–may 20 and paparazzi scandal shots will have you back on your A-game and stalking in the shadows in no time.

As Passion Pit’s only fan, it is your job to educate the gemini campus about the band’s wonderful musical abilities. may 21–june 21 Carnegie Mellon wants to present itself as a cool campus and the school needs your help.

As the NCAA basketball championship wraps up, cancer remember to keep yelling at the screen. It definitely helps june 22–july 22 your team play better and screaming is such a good habit.

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In Remembrance of Trayvon Martin. The Fence. Fiction/Nonfiction. Gregg Hall (Porter Hall 100). Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival. Through 12:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. April 15. Carnegie Mellon’s Black Graduate Student Organization Filmmaker, writer, and activist Tom Kalin will examine the The festival continues with a screening of Girl with Black commemorates Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African- boundaries between fact and fiction explored in his films. Balloons on Thursday at 7:15 p.m. at the Harris Theater. American youth, who was killed by a Sanford, Fla., Joschka and Sir Fischer will be shown on Friday at 6:30 neighborhood watch captain last month in what many Shpongle with Phutureprimitive. Mr. Small’s Theatre. p.m. in McConomy Auditorium. Mum will be screened on consider to be an incident based on racial profiling. 9 p.m. Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in McConomy Auditorium. Mum’s Dubstep artist Phutureprimitive will open for United Director Adelheid Roosen is scheduled to appear. TUESDAY3.27.12 Kingdom-based psychedelic electronic group Shpongle. Shpongle mixes traditional Eastern music with modern Spring Flower Show. Phipps Conservatory. Through School of Art Lecture Series presents Brody Western psychedelic synth sounds. April 15. Condon. Kresge Theater. 5 p.m. This season’s display features a celebration of gardens New York-based artist Brody Condon will describe his FRIDAY3.30.12 from across the globe, including plants from the South work, which features performance and video installations. Pacific, Greece, China, France, and the United Kingdom. Condon’s art focuses on modern society’s over- Gestures: Intimate Friction Opening Reception. The A special display of Dutch tulips will be showcased. identification with fantasy. Mattress Factory. 6 p.m. This exhibit, which showcases an intersection of the work Native Pennsylvania, A Wildflower Walk. Fifth floor, School of Design Lecture Series: Design the Future. of artists, architects, and activists, will open Friday night. Hunt Library. Through June 29. Giant Eagle Auditorium (Baker Hall A51). 5 p.m. The opening reception is free for students and members. This collaborative exhibition between the Hunt Institute Artist, designer, and urban planner Candy Chang will and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s speak on how she strives to create comfortable and Van Halen and Kool & the Gang. Consol Energy botany department celebrates Pennsylvania’s natural contemplative public spaces. Center. 7:30 p.m. environment, featuring collections of plants and The legendary rock band Van Halen, joined by Kool & the watercolors. WEDNESDAY3.28.12 Gang, will perform selections from its album A Different Kind of Truth and other hits. UPCOMING Bear in Heaven with Doldrums. The Andy Warhol Museum. 8 p.m. SATURDAY3.31.12 Art in Bloom. Carnegie Museum of Art. April 12–15. The Andy Warhol Museum hosts minimalist, The Carnegie Museum of Art presents its fourth annual Brooklyn-based band Bear in Heaven as part of a tour Freud’s Last Session. O’Reilly Theater. 2 p.m. and Art in Bloom celebration, which features a Dutch-inspired celebrating the band’s newest release, I Love You, It’s 8 p.m. collection of art and flowers and a series of festivities. Cool on Dead Oceans. The Pittsburgh Public Theater presents Freud’s Last Pittsburgh-area garden clubs, organizations, and florists Session, a play that chronicles an imaginary debate arrange the floral displays. Cursive with Cymbals Eat Guitars. Mr. Small’s Theatre. between psychologist Sigmund Freud and author C.S. 8 p.m. Lewis on topics ranging from love and sex to God and Staten Island-based indie rock band Cymbals Eat Guitars the meaning of life. Compiled by Rachel Cohen | Assistant Pillbox Editor will open for indie rock group Cursive at Mr. Small’s. Cursive released its seventh studio album I Am Gemini in Late Night: Mayur. University Center. 9 p.m. Want your event here? February. Mayur SASA Freshman Committee presents a taste of Email [email protected]. South Asian culture, featuring a food festival, karaoke, and dancing.

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WRCT hosted its annual spring dance party last Friday at the Shadow Lounge in East Liberty. The event featured student and community DJs, including Juan Lafontaine (above right), with visuals by senior Bachelor of Computer Science and Arts student Tim Sherman.

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