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thetartan.org @thetartan April 7, 2014 Volume 108, Issue 23 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Glasner, Ray elected as SBP, SBVP

Brent Heard voting, a small drop from the on her experience serving on Contributing Editor 3.94 percent who voted in the university’s Joint Funding 2013. Committee (JFC) and prom- Student government elec- Glasner and Ray ran their ised to provide an easier-to- tion results were released on SBP/SBVP ticket on a plat- understand budget process Monday, March 31. Junior form of getting students more for student organizations. electrical and computer engi- involved in their representa- Kothandapani said that neering and business admin- tion, promising to push for a “starting the application for istration double major Ian number of reforms including next year’s JFC reps” would Glasner was elected student restructuring dining plans to be her first task when taking body president (SBP) and ju- be more desirable to upper- office, and spoke about the nior biological sciences ma- classmen and changing the number of votes she received, jor Shalini Ray was elected school’s dorm alcohol policy saying “it feels really good to student body vice president to one which uses an internal have that support.” (SBVP). system rather than one which Michalak built his cam- Additionally, the student involves the police, similar paign around a set of reforms body voted sophomore elec- to the system currently in beginning with the organi- trical and computer engi- place at all eight Ivy League zation recognition process, neering major Divya Kothan- universities. setting up a better system dapani as student body vice While not designating for student organizations to president for finance (SBVPF) one policy as a top priority, receive advice, and creating and sophomore computer sci- Glasner said, “I’m very pas- an improved system for room ence and math double major sionate about dining, and I’m registration. Michalak also Jack Michalak as student also passionate about looking spoke of supporting broader body vice president for orga- into the current alcohol policy campus reforms, such as ex- nizations (SBVPO). on campus.” panding the Amnesty Interna- Student voter turnout “I think every change that I tional policy for alcohol to in- showed a slight increase over want to happen is going to be clude drugs, and the prospect previous years, with 17.9 per- a year’s process, if not more,” of establishing gender-neutral cent of total students voting. Glasner continued. “So, get- restrooms. 32.21 percent of undergradu- ting them all started at the be- Michalak recalled the ate students cast their votes, ginning of the year is going to wishes of current SBVPO as compared to 30 percent in mean weekly meetings with Corrine Rockoff. “She really 2013. Graduate student vot- administration, bringing stu- wanted someone with the ing decreased, however, with dents on board, and getting experience to take over the only 3.32 percent of Carnegie student feedback.” Mellon’s graduate population Kothandapani campaigned See ELECTION, A3 Anne-Sophie Kim/Assistant Layout Manager, design by Maggie Bignell Khan lectures about online education CMU discontinues George Lederman Staffwriter Culbertson’s 70-419

Students, faculty and staff Brian Trimboli uncomfortable.” jostled to get into Rashid Au- News Editor After that, McDermott ditorium to hear a talk by Sal said, the course focused on Khan, founder of Khan Acad- When Carnegie Mellon selling products and get- emy, Thursday morning. Ten released its Fall 2014 course ting funding from venture minutes before the speech listings last Sunday, some capitalists. was scheduled to begin, the Carnegie Mellon students For the final apprentice- 250-seat auditorium was noticed that something was ship, Culbertson gave each standing room only — it was missing — 70-419 Entre- group of students a seed so crowded that the Univer- preneurship Practicum: Ap- fund and asked them simply sity Police closed the doors, prentice, a course taught by to make as much money as barring additional spectators Robert F. Culbertson, adjunct possible, which, McDermott to prevent a fire hazard. assistant professor of entre- said, “is the heart of entrepre- Determined to see Khan, preneurship in the Tepper neurship.” many students looked in School of Business. McDermott is also author through the window instead, Culbertson’s course was of a change.org petition to like Robert Buarque de Mace- an outlier in Tepper’s entre- “Save RF Culbertson and 70- do, a sophomore physics ma- preneurship offerings, and 419,” which currently has 579 jor, who said that seeing Khan gave students hands-on les- signatures. According to the was amazing after hearing his sons in entrepreneurship. petition, “By signing this peti- voice so often in Khan Acad- According to Michael Mc- tion, we as students stand to- emy videos. “Khan helped Dermott, a junior materi- gether to save one of the most me through high school,” als science and engineering influential classes taught Macedo said, although he and biomedical engineering here at Carnegie Mellon, and had never met Khan nor seen double major and a teaching to save the man who has giv- him in person before. Aatish assistant for the course, the en so much to this school and Nayak, a first-year electrical Michelle Wan/Art Editor course was broken down into its students.” and computer engineering Sal Khan’s Thursday morning lecture filled Rashid Auditorium. Khan explained how he began Khan Academy four to five apprenticeships, McDermott has reached major, added, “It’s crazy that and discussed the possibiliites of online education. which are different projects, out to the administration of [Khan] makes his own videos; usually in groups and ranging the Tepper School of Busi- it shows his dedication.” capable of this … if you’re — her success inspired other rible idea. YouTube is for cats from two weeks to a month ness, focusing on how the Khan’s videos, which now willing to … we’ll work on the family members to ask Khan playing the piano.” But after long, that students complete. loss of Culbertson’s course form the basis of the website phone everyday,’ ” Khan said. for tutoring help. Khan, who a month of using the YouTube The first one, McDermott affects not only current stu- Khan Academy, have become Starting in August 2004, Khan has a background in software, videos, his cousins told him said, was always karaoke. dents but future students, as enormously popular, with worked with her on her math started writing quizzes for that they preferred the videos Students had to break into well as alumni relations. more than 10 million students skills while he lived in Boston his students to take and was over the video chats. groups and sing in front of “We just want to highlight viewing them each month. and she lived in New Orleans. mentoring as many as 10 fam- “It soon became clear that the class, “because most of — whether the course gets Khan is, in many ways, an Khan’s belief that everyone ily members at once. A friend people who were not my cous- us have terrible voices, and reinstated or not — the cus- accidental educator. While can succeed if given the right recommended to Khan that ins were watching the videos. just look and sound terrible tomer at CMU; if we talk in working for a hedge fund, his education drives much of his he prerecord his lessons and Most of the comments were in front of the class when terms of sales, the customer family was visiting and he work. load them onto YouTube so he just ‘Thank you’ which is a we’re doing it,” McDermott is a student. And so if you’re learned that his cousin Nadia Nadia rapidly progressed could scale to more students. pretty big deal. I don’t know said. “That primes you to [angering] your customer, was struggling in math. “I told in her school from “slow” Khan was apprehensive work with other people and her, ‘Look, I think you’re fully math to an advanced track at first, saying, “That’s a hor- See EDUCATION, A3 be comfortable with being See CURRICULUM, A3 Slackman talks about foreign policy in the Middle East Braden Kelner the Middle East. The discus- February 2011. Slackman was they were determined to push colleagues ran from the con- have access to information Editor-in-Chief sion was presented by The New dispatched to Bahrain when a for their rights,” Slackman flict, but were fired upon too. about the world around them York Times, Undergraduate community of Shiite Muslims said during an interview with “A helicopter ... flew overhead, — so that they can be respon- He lived in Egypt for eight Student Senate, and the Col- demanded rights from the rul- The Tartan. and I thought we were be- sibly informed citizens. years — three as a correspon- legiate Readership Program. ing Sunni Muslim family dur- One day, abut a thousand ing shot at by the helicopter,” “Being a reporter is one of dent for the Los Angeles Times During his discussion, ing a series of peaceful pro- young protesters marched to Slackman said. the most thrilling and reward- and five for The New York Slackman stressed the impor- tests. “Members of the Shiite Pearl Square in Manama, Bah- He ran into an alley with a ing jobs you can have,” Slack- Times — and returned to the tance of the citizen’s respon- community were coming out rain’s capital. colleague and saw the helicop- man said to The Tartan. “It region to witness the dramatic sibility to be informed. “Just by the tens of thousands — They were fired upon by ter follow. “And that was when allows you to experience life conflict in the Middle East dur- read about the world about hundreds of thousands — and the police. Slackman and his I was like ... they’re hunting through someone else’s eyes ... ing the Arab Spring. you,” he said. “It’s what ev- us.” A car drove by and Slack- to give voice to the downtrod- Speaking before a half- eryone in the world is fighting “What foreign correspondents do man screamed at it before the den and the oppressed.” filled auditorium in Porter for right now — the people in driver took him away from the Slackman then turned Hall, now Deputy Foreign Ukraine, the people in Egypt is they bear witness.” area. the discussion to the United Editor for The New York Times — you have the right to have Slackman told the audi- States’s involvement in the Michael Slackman visited that information.” ence, “What foreign corre- Middle East, as well as Crimea. Carnegie Mellon on Tuesday Slackman told the story of —Michael Slackman spondents do is they bear wit- He questioned, “How much of to discuss the United States’s the day he was fired at in the Deputy Foreign Editor for The New York Times ness.” He said correspondents role abroad, particularly in island country of Bahrain in witness events so that people See POLICY, A3 A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » April 7, 2014 feature photo news in brief UNICEF urges CMU to ‘believe in zero’ Blue water in GHC toilets raises questions Last week, many students appearance, leading many and faculty members who restroom patrons to “assume used the restroom facilities this means the water still has in the Gates Hillman Com- urine in it, either because a plex noticed that the toilet flush didn’t occur or didn’t water was markedly blue. In empty the bowl entirely,” the an email to many computer email says. The Allegheny science students, Director County Health Department, of Building Facilities James however, requires a dye be Skees wrote that the blue toi- put in the gray water before let water was a byproduct of it is sent to the restrooms, lest the complex’s many “green” anyone try to drink the toilet initiatives. or urinal water, thinking it is The complex, which is a chlorinated and filtered city gold LEED-certified building, water. has a gray water system that When the Gates Hillman “collects rainwater from the Complex was constructed, building’s rooftops, filters out Facilities Management Ser- the dirt, and stores the wa- vices (FMS) decided to use ter in a big tank on the third yellow dye, “not realizing floor until it is needed for how it would end up looking flushing urinals and toilets in the toilets,” the email says. in the building,” according Their other option, Skees to Skees’s email. “This cuts wrote, was to “put little signs down on the surge of storm next to all the fixtures which water flowing into the city said something like ‘toilet sewer system as well as limits and urinal water is not drink- our use of treated city water able.’ ” for flushing purposes,” the Recently, FMS decided to email continues. switch to blue dye in the re- According to Skees, the cycled water, leading to the water previously often had a blue-tinted toilet and urinal cloudy or even yellow-tinted water in the complex.

Carnegie Mellon students make strong showing in annual Putnam Competition

The Mathematical As- and junior Michael Druggan. sociation of America’s 74th All of the team members are William Lowell Putnam Knaster-McWilliams Schol- Competition recently tested ars, part of a program fund- students on high-level cre- ed by alumni of Carnegie ative thinking and mathe- Mellon’s physics and electri- matical concepts, giving over cal and computer engineer- 4,000 Canadian and U.S. un- ing programs. dergraduate students from “Repeated success in the 557 institutions six hours to Putnam Competition makes solve 12 difficult problems. Carnegie Mellon shine like Carnegie Mellon placed sec- a beacon, showing the ex- ond overall in the Putnam treme talent that gathers Competition, according to a here,” said Po-Shen Loh, university press release. assistant professor of math- Thirty-five studentsematical sciences and the scored among the top 10 team’s coach, in the press re- percent of competitors, the lease. “It is our hope that by second most of any univer- bringing ambitious students sity. The only university who together, they can work with placed above Carnegie Mel- each other to achieve success lon in the Putnam Competi- for themselves, the universi- tion was the Massachusetts ty and the region.” Institute of Technology. This The Carnegie Mellon year is the third consecutive team placed fifth in the 2012 year that the Carnegie Mel- Putnam Competition and lon team has placed among second in 2011, with ad- the top five teams, putting ditional top-five finishes in the university among only 1946, 1949, and 1987. The 11 others that have placed in university’s department of the top five more than twice mathematics will receive since 1990. $20,000, with each team Although over 150 Carn- member additionally receiv- egie Mellon students partici- ing $800. pated in the Putnam Com- Abhinav Gautam/Staff Photographer petition, the official team Carnegie Mellon’s United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) wrote a large zero with white lawn flags last week to represent comprised of math majors UNICEF’s goal to “believe in zero,” and reduce the number of preventable child deaths around the world to zero. sophomore Linus Hamilton, Compiled by first-year Thomas Swayze, Brian Trimboli

Campus Crime & Incident Reports Weather Underage Drinking was later confirmed to be un- eating at Skibo Cafe. A passer- and reached for the glove March 29, 2014 der the legal drinking age. by who noticed the student compartment, while the ve- The student was cited for two called University Police, who hicle was at a complete stop. A University Police officer offenses — underage drinking found the student slumped The student, who was afraid on patrol saw a visibly intoxi- and carrying a false ID — and over with his face resting on of being robbed, ran away and cated male at the intersection was given medical aid. a plate of food. The male was could not confirm the driver’s of Forbes and Morewood Av- identified and cited for under- intention. enues. After stopping to check age drinking, and after being on the individual, the officer Underage Drinking tended to by CMU EMS, was Tuesday Wednesday Thursday confirmed that he was under March 30, 2014 released in the care of a sober Underage Drinking High / Low High / Low High / Low 21. The man, who was not friend. April 2, 2014 56 / 35 56 / 39 a Carnegie Mellon affiliate, A Carnegie Mellon student 66 / 51 was cited for underage drink- was cited after she passed out University Police respond- ing and given further medical in the television lounge of Suspicious Activity ed to McGill House after a Hamerschlag House. A secu- community adviser contacted assistance. April 1, 2014 rity officer checking the area them after hearing a party noticed the unconscious stu- University Police respond- in the dormitory that might Underage Drinking and dent and checked on her. Uni- ed to Mudge House after a involve underage drinking. False ID Card versity Police later confirmed student reported to University When the police arrived, they March 29, 2014 that she was under the legal Police that at 8:55 p.m. he was confiscated all alcohol and cit- drinking age, and transported walking on Morewood Avenue ed five individuals for under- University Police cited a the female to the hospital for near Stever House when a age drinking. Friday Saturday Sunday Carnegie Mellon student who further treatment after citing gray or brown Cadillac pulled High / Low High / Low High / Low was visibly intoxicated in front her for underage drinking. up next to him. According to 61 / 44 64 / 48 76 / 52 of Hamburg Hall. At the time, University Police also cited the student, a black male in the student presented the of- a Carnegie Mellon student his mid-thirties or early for- Source: www.weather.com ficer with a false ID card, and who had passed out while ties rolled down the window student senate meeting minutes Committee Reports Announcements Finance Allocation Points of Discussion The Campus Life Commit- Senate thanked those who engineering and public policy Senate allocated $4,500 to First-year artchitecture agreed that Senate should or- tee discussed their upcoming helped out with The New York double major Colin Chadder- the Mindfulness Room. Student major Victoria Yong was ap- der more food, so that those annual effort to distribute Times lecture event and who ton and senior biological sci- Body President and senior bio- proved as a new member at who arrive at 5 p.m. are still Krispy Kreme doughnuts and helped with public relations ences major Lindsay MacGilli- logical sciences major Lindsay large. Class council and a po- able to eat. coffee during Move On in the for the Sal Khan lecture. Sen- vray reminded Senate that the MacGillivray presented in front tential budget outline were Morewood Parking Lot on ate also congratulated electri- last installment of the “First of Senate and described the also discussed. Friday between 9 p.m. and cal and computer engineering Lectures” series will take place purpose of the money. When Senate also discussed pur- midnight. The Internal Devel- and business administration on April 17. the Mindfulness Room was con- chasing food for meetings. opment Committee reminded double major Ian Glasner and structed, money from several Typically, Senate provides Senators to come to the Alum- biological sciences major sources was used to refit what food at 4:30 p.m., half an hour ni Brunch that will be held Shalini Ray on their elections was then the West Wing TV before general body meeting during Spring Carnival from to student body president and Lounge and buy equipment — starts. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Satur- student body vice president, like yoga mats and plant walls Often, there is no food day in Donner House. respectively. Civil and envi- — for the room. The motion left by the time the meeting Compiled by ronmental engineering and was unanimously passed. begins at 5 p.m. Members Noël Um April 7, 2014 « The Tartan thetartan.org/news » A3 University makes changes to entrepreneurship offerings Khan tual entrepreneurs teaching Trick wrote, “After consulting ing theme for students in all entrepreneurship to students. with the entrepreneurship programs.” tells his “When you think of entrepre- faculty, I have decided that we When Casalegno heard neurship training, the concept will no longer be offering your over the weekend from stu- of mentoring, the concept of Apprenticeship course. As part dents and alumni after it was story to getting real entrepreneurship of our revamping of the curric- announced that 70-419 would teaching the students, is an ulum, I need to rationalize our not be offered, she contacted incredibly important one,” entrepreneurship offerings. Trick and Dean of the Tepper CMU Trick said. “We’ve had more This involves providing a clear School of Business Robert M. adjuncts hired in the last three sequence of courses, with one Dammon and “let them know years than in any time. So, ‘gateway’ course leading on to I was hearing from students, while we use tenure-track fac- more advanced offerings, in- and that I wanted to know ulty and teaching-track facul- creasingly offered by tenure- how [Trick] would like me to ty, we also use entrepreneurs, track faculty. The Apprentice- encourage their direct engage- and they are fantastic.” ship course does not fit in this ment with him. He responded Culbertson is a well-known sequence.” immediately and said ‘please entrepreneur outside of Carn- In the current entrepre- have them get in touch with Abhinav Gautam/Staff Photographer A group of students on Wednesday protested the discontinuation of egie Mellon; according to Mc- neurship sequence, students me and the dean so that we Culbertson’s popular entrepreneurship course. Dermott, he began at a young start with one of several in- can hear feedback and con- age as an entrepreneur by troductory entrepreneurship sider all of it.’ ” CURRICULUM, from A3 the school will not publicly starting his own taxi and lim- courses, such as 70-415: Intro- Trick similarly said that, al- discuss specific details relating ousine service, and from there duction to Entrepreneurship, though he welcomes the input how is that going to translate to our curriculum decisions.” has been “buying and selling before moving on to more from students, it is unlikely into money from donations in Michael Trick, senior as- companies and starting and advanced electives. Culbert- the course will be reinstated. the future?” McDermott said. sociate dean of education for selling companies for 25 or 30 son’s course, Trick said, was “In everything we do, we wel- “As a student, I don’t want the Tepper School of Business, years.” free-standing, and did not act come the input, even if it’s tell- CMU to have a lower endow- said that Tepper, and Carnegie Culbertson is currently as a prerequisite for any oth- ing me I’m an idiot, because ment because they [angered] Mellon as a whole, is in the the chief executive officer of er entrepreneurship course it tells me about the student alumni in their thirties who midst of reforming its entre- Eidoserve, Inc., a privately offerings. experience, what the students love [Culbertson], who this preneurship offerings. “This held company that, according Dean of Student Affairs find valuable,” Trick said. guy has done everything for.” has been a great time for en- to Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Gina Casalegno, who works to “And that’s important to me. I “I’m in engineering; I’m trepreneurship at the school. “develops interactive voice facilitate discussions between cannot crowd source running not really behind the business We have a track for it in the response (IVR) solutions with students and faculty about this business school, but what program,” McDermott said. business school; we have a integrated mobile, Web, and matters such as this one, I need is that input. And I am “I took the course because I avatar dialogue platforms echoed Tricks’ sentiments not shying away from any in- new minor out of economics Michelle Wan/Art Editor thought it would be interest- called economics, entrepre- for customers in the United about Carnegie Mellon’s en- put on any other decisions I Khan began making tutoring ing, and it changed my life. neurship, and innovation,” States.” In March 2010, Culb- trepreneurship offerings. am making.” videos to help his extended And I want that to continue for Trick said. “As a minor, in the ertson gave a talk called “Get- According to Casalaegno, Zaneta Grant, a junior family learn math. future students.” Tepper school, you can pick ting Rich and Staying There” “[Carnegie Mellon] is look- economics and professional According to a news re- up entrepreneurship courses. as part of TEDxCMU. ing at its entrepreneurship writing double major who is EDUCATION, from A3 lease from the Tepper School There’s a good number of Culbertson, McDermott said, options for both the Tepper currently taking 70-419, said of Business, “We appreciate ways to get entrepreneurship also teaches for Carnegie Mel- curriculum and for all of cam- that Culbertson’s course will how many of you watch the sentiment expressed by courses.” lon without pay. “He does it pus, and has been really well be sorely missed. “It’s my fa- YouTube, but most of the members of the campus com- While Trick did not com- for free because he loves just articulated, I think, in hav- vorite class I’ve taken since comments are not ‘Thank munity via social media, as ment on why Culbertson’s teaching to students. There’s ing the move to the Tepper coming to CMU, ... this has you,’ ” Khan said. “Then through other communication course was removed from no expense to CMU whatso- Quad being a hub for all dis- been my favorite class to date [the comments] got more channels, and will thought- Carnegie Mellon’s Fall 2014 ever,” McDermott said. ciplines to collaborate and to because it encourages me to intense, like ‘this is the rea- fully consider the perspectives course offerings, he said that In an email sent to Culbert- really enhance the thrust of think outside the box,” Grant son I passed algebra,’ ‘this is that are expressed. However, it was important to have ac- son early Saturday morning, entrepreneurship as a coalesc- said. the reason I decided to ma- jor in engineering.’ ” Khan’s success on You- Tube kick-started his career as one of the most well- Slackman speaks on Middle East known online educators in Election results the U.S. Khan’s mission is “to provide a free world-class for 2014 posted education for anyone, anywhere.” ELECTION, from A3 well; we will crack jokes with “Education has always each other all the time.” She been the key determinant position,” Michalak said. “I added, “It’s great. I honestly between the haves and have wanted to be able to make love working with him.” nots, but it has always been sure somebody with the ex- “From what I’ve seen so scarce and it has always perience relevant to the posi- far, we work very well togeth- been expensive,” Khan said. tion got it, and the best way er,” Glasner agreed. “There Khan sees online educa- to do that was to run.” hasn’t been too much experi- tion as a “once in a millen- “A lot of people see the ence on the working relation- nium” chance to change organizations of Carnegie ship between the two of us education’s inaccessibility Mellon as the bread and because the work’s just get- by giving his content away butter of the university,” Mi- ting started.” for free. chalak said, stating that he Ray encouraged students, Khan was in Pittsburgh wished to immediately focus saying, “don’t be hesitant to to receive the 19th annual on improving the organiza- approach us with anything. Heinz Award for his ad- tion recognition process and We have enough experience vancement of the human encourage graduate student to make things work.” condition. participation and representa- Glasner stated that he His speech at Carnegie tion in student organizations. was honored to have been Mellon is part of the Distin- Ray spoke of her joint can- elected as SBP and said, “I re- guished Lecture Series for didacy with Glasner, saying, ally want to help improve the President Subra Suresh’s “It ended up being the per- student experience at Carn- newly launched Simon Ini- fect relationship, because we egie Mellon, and if anyone tiative, which will explore weren’t best buddies before has good ideas, I absolutely technology-enhanced edu- we came in, so we had that want them to share them Abhinav Gautam/Staff Photographer cation such as the Khan sense of respect for each oth- with me. I look forward to a Slackman spoke on Tuesday about his experiences as a journalist in the Middle East, as well as the U.S.’s involvement in the changes occurring in the region. Academy. er. But now we get along so productive year.” Khan closed his talk with POLICY, from A3 outsiders should or shouldn’t volved in a foreign affair like an anecdote to illustrate the be doing in the Middle East: the situation in Syria, the na- potential he sees for more an actor should the United “What’s happening now is a tion has to explain why. Slack- widespread education de- States be in other nations’ search for identity.” man then opened the floor for livered with novel technolo- revolutions?” He said that the United discussion. gy to transform our society. Slackman compared Presi- States and Western Europe Business Affairs Commit- “If you were to go back dent Barack Obama’s current have trouble accepting the tee Chair for Student Senate 400 years to Western Eu- foreign affairs footprint to search for identity by coun- and newly elected Student rope, you had a 15–20 per- former President George W. tries in the Middle East while Body Vice President for Fi- cent literacy rate,” Khan Bush’s footprint. President they stand by. nance Divya Kothandapani said. “If you asked a clergy Obama’s footprint is much “But that’s not to say that said about Slackman, “I member, ‘What percentage smaller than Bush’s foot- there’s no role for the inter- thought it was important of the population is capable print was, Slackman said. He national community in the that someone [in media] of reading,’ they might have explained that Bush’s term Middle East,” Slackman said. come and explain how media said … ‘40 or 50 percent are ended after two wars and two “And if there’s one thing that works — how newspapers, even capable of reading.’ occupations and resulted in I’d like you guys to take away editors, and writers — what We now know that’s widely resentment from several parts tonight, I want you to think they think, their thought pro- pessimistic; the answer is of the world. about Syria.” cess, and giving a different pretty close to 100 percent.” Meanwhile, President Syria is a country of 23 perspective.” The historical example Obama promoted foreign million people, over half of As Business Affairs Com- was meant to show how policy through an aggres- which are displaced. Slack- mittee Chair, Kothandapani, easy it is to doubt students. sive diplomatic core, Slack- man said that people in Syria a sophomore electrical and Khan ended his lecture by man said. While Bush turned are caught between a bru- computer engineering major, challenging the audience. to his defense secretary for tal dictatorship and foreign oversees the Collegiate Read- “What similar blinders matters of foreign policy, powers, but the United States ership Program and works do we have on today? If we President Obama turned to has not become heavily in- with The New York Times ask ourselves what percent- his treasury secretary to pro- volved. He stated that maybe through this program. age of people are capable mote sanctions. “It seemed to the United States shouldn’t The program is respon- of understanding quantum be working fairly well until have applied the lessons it sible for providing newspa- physics, you might say may- now,” he said. “Right about learned from Iraq to Syria. pers across campus in various be one percent, maybe five now everybody’s asking, ‘Has “The humanitarian crisis that campus buildings and dorms, percent ... what percentage the lighter footprint run out we’re experiencing in Syria including the University Cen- of people are capable of of gas? Is the world coming is unprecedented in my life,” ter and Resnik House. contributing to genomics re- apart and moving backward he said. “It breaks my heart Students pay a five dollar search? Maybe ten percent, again because the United when I think about what’s media fee each academic year maybe 15 percent ... But States is taking a different ap- happening in Syria.” for the papers, which are oth- what if over the next 10 or proach?’ ” Slackman ended his talk erwise free throughout the 20 years, … that gets closer “What’s playing out is very with the assertion that the year. to 100 percent? ... [What] if mobile and it is kind of im- Obama administration has education becomes a basic mune to the influence from not articulated it’s foreign For a transcript of The human right?” abroad,” he answered, not- policy well, but that if a dem- Tartan’s interview with Slack- “I think that will be a ing that it is misguided to ocratic nation like the United man, visit www.thetartan. very exciting time to live,” Anne-Sophie Kim/Assistant Layout Manager ask what America and other States is not going to get in- org/2014/4/7/news/nyt. Khan concluded. A4 « thetartan.org/scitech The Tartan » April 7, 2014

April Fool’s computer science conference gets many laughs Nivedita Chopra VIK”. Murphy then called on Assistant Copy Manager the first speaker, Jim McCann (SCS ‘10), who now creates Last Tuesday, on April video games on his own web- Fool’s Day, the Association of site, TCHOW (The Chicken’s Computational Heresy (ACH) House of Wacky). held its eighth annual SIG- McCann introduced him- BOVIK conference, a tongue- self as associated with TCHOW in-cheek, computer-science- LLC, and began with a 30-sec- themed conference, in a ond description of his latest packed Rashid Auditorium. game, TCHOW Rainbow. He The conference showcased went on to discuss crypto- papers about fake, though hu- graphically-sound jokes and morous, research in computer optimality of jokes, but kept science submitted by students returning to this introduction and faculty. In the words of and 30-second plug after ev- one of the presenters, “This ery few slides, adding to the is a really good year for at- hilarity of the presentation. tendance! I think this might One of the funniest parts of his be the first year that we an- presentation was the follow- nounced the food.” ing cryptographically-sound Emcee Tom Murphy VII joke, that was also published (SCS ‘07), began by welcom- in the conference proceedings: ing the audience to “SIGBO- “What do you call a preda- VIK 1,000” — a play on the tory fish, endorsed by the fact that the number eight NIST and NSA?” is 1,000 in binary. He then “A 6265a4a07968a7c1d- showcased a web application, f16a61004fb7191177cafd4, of Abhinav Gautam/Staff Photographer “SIGBOVIK plays Twitch plays course.” Left: Patrick Xia lit a dollar bill on fire as part of his DollarCoin presentation.Right : Stefan Muller demonstrated a new, better web browser. Pokémon plays SIGBOVIK,” This huge string is actu- where the audience members ally SHA (‘rk’), where SHA, or Bitcoin. DollarCoin is mined, puter science, demonstrated a ware.” Muller’s solution is on his phone, using text mes- could press keys to change Secure Hash Algorithm, is a or generated, by burning a $1 new and better web browser. Aluminum, the world’s fastest sages. This demonstration led the posture of a stick figure hash function commonly used bill, while taking a video of Muller believes that standard and most secure browser, with to a great deal of amusement on the screen, in a manner in cryptography. McCann also the burning process in a speci- browsers are inefficient pieces no extra features beyond the among the audience, due to similar to Twitch plays Poké- discussed the structure of a fied manner. In his paper, Xia of software because they use necessary functions of a web the fact that all the chunks mon, a crowdsourced social joke, proposing that a joke was proves that burning the bill in a lot of memory, display ad- browser. of his website didn’t actually experiment in which Pokémon composed of a “set up” and a this specified manner ensures vertisements, and are prone Muller displayed his own show up via text message, and is played via the video-stream- “punch line” and depicted that the currency cannot be to security vulnerabilities. website using the browser and even if they had, it didn’t look ing website Twitch by parsing this structure using a logical forged or double spent. The He declared that the root of it turned out to be just plain like they were sent in a partic- commands from users world- system. He also gave various highlight of Xia’s presentation the problem was the features text, not the nicely-rendered ular order. wide. Murphy stipulated that examples of optimal jokes, was a demonstration of this in the web browser, because pages that we usually see on a This humor-filled confer- the SIGBOVIK presenters must including “knock-knock” and process of generating a Dol- “every time you add a new browser. According to Muller, ence contained several op- maintain the same stance as “reverse knock-knock” jokes. larCoin, taking a dollar bill out feature to a browser, you’re rendering a website is a “fea- portunities for laughter. For the stick figure on the screen Patrick Xia, a Ph.D. student of his pocket and lighting it on slowing your browser down, ture,” hence not part of this more laughs, the conference at all times while presenting, in computer science, present- fire. hogging more CPU resources minimalist browser. He then proceedings can be found at which was how the contrap- ed DollarCoin, a new crypto- Stefan Muller, a second- and potentially you’re intro- went on to show how chunks http://sigbovik.org/2014/ tion in turn “played SIGBO- currency, as an alternative to year Ph.D. student in com- ducing bugs into the soft- of the website could be viewed proceedings.pdf. Lin analyzes Boston bombing PugWash Column using geocoded Twitter data Monsanto gives a bad name to Brooke kuei genetically modified products SciTech Editor fines of the farms on which cept of GMOs for its own gain According to The Boston they are grown, which could and not for the benefits that Globe, on April 15, 2013, three also lead to contamination GMOs can yield. people were killed and over with local populations and GMOs have been used for 260 others injured during the Zeke Rosenberg change the landscape very extremely positive purposes. Boston Marathon bombing. Staffwriter quickly. One example is golden rice, a In relation to the tragedy, Yu- Monsanto has also come form of rice genetically modi- Ru Lin, an assistant professor In recent years, Missouri- under fire for what is called fied to contain vitamin A in of the School of Information based chemical company the Terminator Gene, accord- order to help regions where Sciences at the University of Monsanto has generated ing to NPR, with claims that vitamin A deficiencies are Pittsburgh, as well as a Bos- nearly-endless negative press Monsanto seeds are sterile. extremely common. The pro- tonian herself, presented a associated with their ge- People argue that these ster- duction of the rice has been Human-Computer Interaction netically modified Roundup ile seeds force farmers to con- met with mass resistance, as seminar lecture last Wednes- Ready crops. The crops, de- tinuously buy Monsanto seeds both environmental groups day, titled “The Diffusion of spite not being Monsanto’s rather than replanting the and protesters have uproot- Fear, Comfort, and Solidar- primary products, are de- ones already produced. While ed crops and prevented the ity during the Boston bomb- signed to be pesticide- and Monsanto has isolated the spread of the product. This ing.” In the lecture, she used herbicide-resistant or even Terminator Gene, they deny resistance stems from a gen- Twitter data to study how produce their own pesticides. using it in their crops. eral resistance to GMOs, as communities are affected by This ability theoretically al- Further, buying new seeds golden rice has undergone ex- tragedies. lows crops to have a higher each year is a common prac- tensive testing and has been Courtesy of Yu-Ru Lin “How do we examine fear, Yu-Ru Lin gave an HCI seminar lecture on the diffusion of fear. survival rate, allowing a high- tice for farmers. The Termina- determined to be safe both its diffusion, and its relation- er yield for farmers. The crops tor Gene can also help prevent to eat and for the environ- ship to other community of fear indices versus time, a person visited Boston re- are incredibly controversial Monsanto crops from acting ment. It is clear that most of dynamics?” posed Lin at the tweets from the city of Boston cently). She looked at these and have come under fire for as invasive species, as the the world refuses to eat ge- beginning of her lecture. She showed peaks on the day of factors both individually and being a threat to everything seeds terminate and cannot netically modified crops de- explained that past studies the bombing, as well as a few in combinations. from human health to scien- grow. spite the scientific urge to do on how catastrophes affect days later, when a manhunt Using these models, Lin tific research. However, high Another thing muddling otherwise. communities rely mainly on occurred. discovered that the personal profile public battles like the this debate is a common ten- The most common con- surveys, which are unreliable To determine how the visit factor had the greatest one over genetically modi- dency to equate Monsanto cern with GMOs is the health because of time lag and mem- fear felt by Bostonians cor- impact on whether a per- fied organisms (GMOs) pro- and GMOs. While companies risk often associated with ory bias. responded to the fear felt by son from outside Boston felt duce many myths on both like DuPont are also part of genetically modified foods. Instead, Lin’s approach people living outside Boston, fear during the same periods sides, making the heart of the the market, Monsanto holds a Many scientists tend to be- uses data obtained from geo- Lin studied shared fear. “To that Bostonians were feel- Monsanto debate very hard to massive amount of the market lieve that GMOs are not inher- coded tweets: “Social media, study how people’s fear re- ing fear. She also found that access. share, and it is very difficult ently dangerous, but there is like Twitter, allows me to sponse is similar to that of the geo-social combination The major genetically for GMO producing compa- a very vocal minority who say sample large populations and the people from Boston, we model was the best predictor modified crops created by nies to start up because the they are. A common example study how people respond to computed a shared fear as the for solidarity, although when Monsanto are designed to negative press of Monsanto is a 2012 study by Gilles-Éric real world events. This imme- temporal correlation of fear she looked at just cities which withstand Monsanto pesti- has spread to GMOs. GMOs Séralini linking Monsanto diate response would avoid indices after the bombing,” were far from Boston, the best cides. While very few crops are widely disliked, largely corn crops to cancer in rats. biases of memories.” Lin also Lin explained. predictor was the visit factor. have actually been commer- because of some of Monsan- For a vast number of reasons, noted that the data from these Lin also focused on two The best predictor for comfort cially released by Monsanto to’s business practices, but this study was retracted, and tweets allows her to study types of social support: com- was, again, the visit factor. (Roundup Ready versions mostly anti-GMO sentiment GMOs are likely safe to eat, larger geographical areas. fort and solidarity. Comfort But how does shared fear of corn, canola, cotton, soy- has fueled the charge against but that is not the end of She used over 180 million was measured by the frequen- correspond to comfort and beans, squash, and papaya, Monsanto. However, under the debate. These general tweets which came from 95 of cy the hashtag #prayforbos- solidarity? Lin found that to be exact), these crops ac- closer examination it seems the largest cities in the world ton was used, and solidarity fear is significantly associated count for a huge share of ag- Monsanto has used the con- See AGRICULTURE, A5 — 60 from the United States was measured by the frequen- with solidarity, but not with riculture and the effects of the and 35 from other countries. cy the hashtag #bostonstrong comfort. “So what this means pesticides can be devastating. One focus of Lin’s study was used. is that, holding other factors The increase in pesticides has was fear. In order to deter- In Lin’s study, she endeav- constant, cities with more created large populations of mine which tweets express ored to use tweets from the shared fear tend to show more pesticide-resistant insects. fear and which do not, Lin two weeks prior to the Bos- solidarity,” Lin said. This re- This leads to Monsanto nearly used the fear lexicon, a col- ton Marathon bombing to sult is interesting, because it fighting an arms race every lection of words that linguists predict the amount of fear, suggests that fear could have year with bugs that are be- have determined to be associ- comfort, and solidarity that a productive role in social coming increasingly resis- ated with fear. was observed in cities outside support. tant to Roundup and other As an example, Lin ex- of Boston after the bombing. Although Lin’s study of- chemicals used to kill pests plained that in the tweet, The factors which Lin used to fers a comprehensive picture and weeds. These population “What the hell just hap- try to make these predictions of community dynamics fol- changes could drastically af- pened in Boston?” the word were geoproximity (how close lowing the Boston Marathon fect ecosystems, as well as the “hell” would contribute to someone lived to Boston), so- bombing, she ended her talk increase in foreign chemicals the tweet’s fear index. To cial connections (the strength with an invitation for collabo- as local flora and fauna fail to demonstrate the validity of social connections, based ration with Carnegie Mellon adapt. Another threat to local of this method of indexing, on the number of replies sent researchers to further im- ecosystems is Monsanto seeds Lin showed that on a graph between cities), and visits (if prove the study. that are blown out of the con- Kelsey Thompson/Junior Staff Artist April 7, 2014 « The Tartan thetartan.org/scitech » A5 how things work PugWash Column Laser light produced through Genetically modified crops are organized emission of photons topic of heated controversy Claire gianakas AGRICULTURE, from A4 one lawsuit, something simi- near future. With the poten- Staffwriter lar happens with scientific re- tial of foods that can make defenses of GMOs are not al- search where Monsanto will more land arable and arable When the first laser was ways specific to Monsanto. often refuse to give people land more efficient, a com- produced on May 16, 1960, Often, Monsanto genetically the rights to research their pany that designs foods that it was described as a solution modifies crops to solve prob- products. only survive their own prod- looking for a problem. Today, lems that wouldn’t exist with- Genetically modified or- ucts holds a massive share of however, lasers are involved out Monsanto, creating a self- ganisms and Monsanto, at the the market, coming close to in many standard procedures reinforcing cycle of need for end of the day, are different. a monopoly. As time goes on, including surgery, manufac- Monsanto products. Monsanto is a chemical com- will GMOs ever reach their turing, and reading barcodes Further, Monsanto’s use pany producing pesticides full potential, or has Monsan- and compact discs. of patent laws makes it ex- and herbicides to help kill ev- to poisoned the well? The science behind lasers tremely difficult to research erything in someone’s garden is based in the structure of at- the exact effect Monsanto’s that isn’t a crop. They make Student Pugwash is a non- oms. Atoms contain a nucleus crops can have. Researchers crops designed so that their advocacy, educational organi- of protons and neutrons sur- need permission from the products do not kill the crops zation that discusses the impli- rounded by electrons in what company to conduct studies. too. cations of science, technology, is called an electron cloud. While claims of Monsanto su- However, with massive and medicine on society. This The electron cloud can be ing people because their crop public resistance to GMOs, article is a summary of last understood as many differ- blew into a garden stems from these crops seem to be what week’s discussion on genetically ent orbits, often called energy a sensationalized version of we get from GMOs for the modified organisms (GMOs). levels, around the nucleus. When energy, often in the form of heat, is added to an atom, electrons are moved Brooke Kuei/SciTech Editor Feature Photo from their ground state en- ergy level to a higher energy makes the beam strong and direction. This process en- level. This state is called an concentrated. sures that the light is mono- Victor the sassy CMU robot excited state. Electrons in an In order to produce laser chromatic, coherent, and di- excited state want to return light instead of normal light, rectional. One of the mirrors to their ground state energy stimulated emission, or orga- at one end of the laser is “half- plays Scrabble with students level. nized emission, must occur. silvered,” which means that it To return to this level, the According to howstuffworks. reflects some light and allows electrons will release energy com, this process begins when some light to pass through. in the form of a photon, which a burst of light or electrical The light that passes through is a particle of light. discharge raises atoms in the this mirror is the light that we The word laser is actually lasing medium to an energy see as the laser. an acronym for Light Ampli- level about two or three lev- While all lasers perform fication by Stimulated Emis- els above their ground-state this general function, lasers sion of Radiation. This term energy level. In order to re- have been split into many dif- is a concise way of saying that turn to their ground state, ferent categories. The type lasers control how atoms re- these electrons emit photons of laser is often determined lease photons. of light. by the lasing medium. Las- According to LIGHTFAIR Stimulated emission oc- ing mediums can be solids, International, laser light dif- curs when one photon of light liquids, gases, or semicon- fers from normal light in three encounters an electron in the ductors. Some common la- important ways: It is mono- same energy level as the origi- ser types include solid-state chromatic, coherent, and nal electron that created the lasers, gas lasers, excimer la- directional. The term mono- first photon. When this hap- sers (with reactive gas laser chromatic means that the light pens, the first photon causes mediums), dye lasers (with consists of only one wave- the electron to emit a second complex organic dye laser length of light. Each wave- photon of light with the same mediums), and semiconduc- length of light corresponds wavelength and direction as tor lasers. Each of these types to a specific color of light, the original photon. of lasers is able to perform and the wavelength of light This effect is enhanced by slightly different functions. is determined by the energy a pair of mirrors located on According to howstuffworks. state of the electron and the either end of the lasing me- com, gas lasers are often used amount of energy released. dium. These mirrors cause to cut hard materials, where- The term coherent means that the photons of light to reflect as semiconductor lasers are each photon moves in unison back and forth through the often used in laser printers. with the other photons in an lasing medium. As they travel Lasers have already be- organized manner. Finally, back and forth, the photons come an integral part of our the term directional signi- encounter other electrons and daily life, and will continue to fies that the light is released cause them to emit photons affect the fields of science and in only one direction, which of the same wavelength and technology in the future.

SCITECH BRiefs Gene editing cures Researchers reset Transgenic trees mice of disease immune systems better for biofuels The CRISPR-Cas system, Researchers at Emory Uni- A recent article published developed by researchers af- versity have tested a method in Nature shows that trans- filiated with The Massachu- that “reboots” one’s immune genic poplar trees are easier setts Institute of Technology system on 20 patients un- to break down to make paper (MIT), has shown to correct dergoing kidney transplants. and biofuels. Lignin, a tough a genetic mutation in mice by Normally, when a patient un- polymer found in trees, is usu- using gene-snipping machin- dergoes an organ transplant, ally the most difficult part of ery from bacteria. With this he or she must take an intense the plant to break down when technology, a DNA-cutting drug cocktail to keep the im- making biofuels or paper. The enzyme binds to a specific se- mune system from attacking transgenic poplar trees, how- Abhinav Gautam/Staff Photographer quence close to the mutation. the new organ. The treatment ever, have a form of lignin Victor is a gamebot who sits in the third floor cafe of the Gates Hillman Center and challenges students to The enzyme is then able to begins with a drug, inserted that is easier to break down. games of Scrabble. He is part of a research study on how humans and robots interact. cut the DNA and then paste a intravenously, that signifi- “The potential for saving correct, non-mutated version cantly decreases the amount energy is so high that this of the gene into place. Using of white blood cells. These change should be considered this method, researchers were cells “regrow” over the next in every plant that’s destined able to correct a mutation in year, and this time they accept to be pulped or converted to live mice that results in the the new organ. Doctors give a biofuel,” said Professor of bio- inability to break down the monthly injection of a drug chemistry at the University amino acid tyrosine. that helps the white blood of Wisconsin-Madison John The hope is that one day cells accept the new organ Ralph, an author of the paper. this technology can be used to even more; another drug is Ralph and his team have filed cure single-gene disorders in given to suppress some of the patent applications for the ge- humans. old cells which might attack. netically modified poplars. Source: ScienceDaily Source: New Scientist Source: Nature

Geologic clock Ebola outbreak in Muscles controlled finds age of moon Western Africa by reaction to light An international team of An outbreak of the Ebo- Scientists have developed planetary scientists has deter- la virus has taken the lives a new way to control muscles mined that the moon formed of more than 80 people in with light. around 100 million years af- Western Africa, mostly in the The research, developed ter the solar system began. country of Guinea. The World at the University College Lon- The international research Health Organization reports don, involves transplanting team set up hundreds of simu- a total of 137 cases. Doctors synthetic motor neurons into lations of the growth history Without Borders has been at- nerve endings. The neurons for planets similar to Earth. tempting to educate citizens are made from stem cells and By looking at growth simula- about how Ebola is spread, as react to blue light; scientists tions for Earth-like planets, well as help train medical per- can control the muscle func- they found a relationship sonnel that may have to deal tion depending on frequency, between the time Earth was with infected patients. Genet- intensity, and pulse of the impacted to create the moon ic analysis has indicated that light. These cells may help and the amount of material the strain of this outbreak is individuals with diseases added afterward. By adding most closely related to the that affect motor neurons information about the mass of strain Ebola-Zaire, consid- and cause paralysis, such as the Earth to the simulations, a ered one of the most deadly of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis “clock” was found in the data. Ebola strains. (ALS). Previous research provided Ebola causes hemorrhagic Source: ScienceDaily data on the mass of the Earth fever and has a mortality rate post-impact. of over 60 percent. Compiled By Source: ScienceDaily Source: CNN Michael Setzer A6 « thetartan.org/forum The Tartan » April 7, 2014

From the Editorial Board Malaysia flight media coverage misguided

ond, that it has been declared lost in an area in the South Indian Ocean using satellite data, complex calcu- lations, and the Doppler effect; and last, that there have been possible Justin Yan debris sightings close to the area where the plane is believed to have It’s almost been a month since passed through. the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight But as each day passes without 370 was declared lost, and almost confirmed sighting of the wreck- two weeks since it was officially de- age, the media — CNN in particular clared to have crashed in the South because of its wide, expansive cov- Indian Ocean. erage — has resorted to excruciat- As numerous planes scour the ingly aggravating extrapolation. In seas for any sign of wreckage or de- fact, one headline on CNN even read Eunice Oh/Staff Artist bris, we — the onlookers — have fol- “Was Flight 370 a Zombie Plane?” lowed the news story from the start. There have been theories — none of We have seen the countless theories which are substantiated in any way Suspended animation risky, could save lives surrounding the flight, including — regarding terror plots, hijackings, everything from the pilot and his co- and a secret message from the plane University of Pittsburgh Medical If the procedure is successful, other ethical minefield of using such ex- pilot, stolen passports, hijackings, before it vanished. Not only is CNN Center (UPMC) surgeons will soon hospitals will begin to implement it. treme methods in human trials. and the Illuminati. covering the story this way, but the begin human trials on suspended UPMC should be commended for However, the FDA does not require It is important to follow current other “Big Two” — Fox and NBC animation, which is more formally its willingness to innovate and try po- approval from the patient or the fam- events, yes. They make us well- — have joined in, perhaps in an ef- known in the medical community as tentially dangerous procedures in a ily, as the patient would die without informed citizens and enable us to fort to boost television ratings in an emergency preservation and resus- cautious manner. Obviously, the hos- some kind of extreme intervention. participate in a public dialogue with era where news is more mobile and citation, according to Medical Daily. pital is not attempting the technique The procedure itself sounds un- our friends, professors, and whom- Internet-based. The technique is intended to give on any and all patients who come nerving, like something out of sci- ever else we meet. But there comes a I’m not saying that the CNN or doctors more time to fix life-threaten- into the emergency room. According ence fiction, especially as the patient point when we are overloaded with news outlets should not be cover- ing wounds, such as gunshot or stab to Dr. Samuel A. Tisherman, the lead will be clinically dead for a few hours information from the press. The ing Flight 370. In fact, there are wounds, and has been a resounding surgeon in these trials, speaking to and then revived. Risky medical pro- press has reached maximum capac- some fascinating stories behind it. success in non-human trials. The The Huffington Post, the ideal patient cedures, especially in human trials, ity when it comes to Flight 370. For example, Malaysia’s public re- pigs used in those trials survived the for the procedure would be someone should not be taken lightly; hospitals lations and general management of procedure with no cognitive or phys- who was admitted to the hospital should carefully consider how they the flight’s disappearance have been ical impairments. The procedure will with a fatal gunshot or stab wound, implement these techniques. “On the other criticized internationally. Therein only be used on patients in cardiac and who did not respond to the con- UPMC has clearly considered the lies the potential for a story with con- arrest, and it involves replacing all ventional treatments the hospital risks and is going about these trials side of the TV are crete facts and credible sources, one the blood in the body with a cold sa- currently employs. in a measured and methodical way. that would not be an extrapolation. line solution, which induces a physi- Choosing only patients on the This unconventional technique has viewers obsessed However, on the other side of the cal state very similar to hypothermia. edge of death avoids the potential the potential to save lives. with finding this TV are viewers obsessed with find- ing this flight. Something within flight. Something our human subconscious is drawn within our human to such tragedies, and the surreal- New student government must fulfill platforms ism of a plane crash contributes to subconscious is our fascination. Flights, which used Last week the results from the stu- Ray need to put their utmost effort Michalak campaigned on goals drawn to such to be considered a luxury, are now dent body elections revealed that Ian into representing the wishes of our including expediting the organiza- considered to be essential. Air travel Glasner and Shalini Ray were elected student body and carrying out their tion recognition process and im- tragedies, and has connected the world by making as student body president and vice initiatives in a practical and well- proving how student organizations it so much easier to traverse. president, respectively. Glasner and reasoned way. receive advice. His platform also the surrealism As a result of this accessibility, Ray displayed a great deal of confi- Glasner and Ray exhibited re- addressed supporting broader ini- of a plane-crash there is a sense of security, ease, and dence and experience in the debates markable poise and institutional tiatives such as improving room comfort, even, to be traveling in a held prior to the election and have knowledge prior to their election, selection, the installation of gender- contributes to our metal bird thousands of miles above an ambitious platform promised for and we hope that they will continue neutral restrooms, and expanding fascination.” the ground. Then, an incident like their upcoming term. to impress as they assume their re- the amnesty policy to cover drugs. Flight 370 comes along and disrupts It’s important for Glasner and Ray spective student government roles. While all important topics, Micha- our confidence in such a sense. As a to remember and be accountable for Similarly, recently-elected Stu- lak should focus most of his efforts In the past month, I have re- result, we are compelled to under- these goals, ranging from reforms dent Body Vice President for Finance on accomplishing what is most in ceived more than 10 mobile pings stand what went wrong, and how of the dining system to changing (SBVPF) Divya Kothandapani and his power to do so. As a sophomore, that have said, “Potential debris Flight 370 differed from the millions the dorm alcohol policy on campus. Student Body Vice President for Or- Michalak has the opportunity to run spotted in Indian (or South China of others. During the SBP/SBVP debates, they ganizations (SBVPO) Jack Micha- for higher student office, where he’d Sea) Ocean” or some other variant. That being said, there are several displayed their knowledge of the sys- lak must strive to fulfill their duties have greater power to tackle and In fact, according to The Huffington issues with the way the “Big Three” tems related to student government to the student body as they assume throw greater support behind some Post, CNN reporter Martin Savidge — CNN, NBC, and Fox — have been and campus administration in an office. of these broader reforms. has spent the past month or so in a capitalizing on this innate public impressive manner, especially with Kothandapani’s campaign plat- The Tartan congratulates the flight simulator testing Flight 370 interest in the doomed flight. The Glasner referencing meetings he held form did not promise reforms as bold newly elected SBP, SBVP, SBVPF, SB- theories, inspiring the Twitter trend- outlets, by throwing speculations with various campus officials regard- as those suggested by SBP and SBVP VPO, as well as the college senators. ing hashtag #freemartinsavidge. and extrapolations, have left us con- ing the issues being campaigned on. candidates, but her desire for a more We hope that those elected will be Despite the extensive media fused and lead us to question their However, a few topics — specifically comprehensible budgeting process accountable for their promises and coverage, there have been few sig- authority and integrity on such re- the dorm alcohol policy — will be would be an excellent addition to the work with the student body to build nificant developments in the past latable, high-profile incidents. difficult to accomplish. Glasner and current system. a better campus community. month regarding the flight. These developments have included, first, Justin Yan (jky@) is a staffwriter for No double-booking registration eases stress that the flight had disappeared; sec- The Tartan.

No longer will students be able to Also, some students that have roundabout way, the faculty and ad- double-book themselves for classes trouble deciding which courses ministration are helping to combat during registration. In an email sent to take often overload themselves Carnegie Mellon’s “stress culture” out to the student body on Thursday, with courses — some of which over- with this new policy. University Registrar John Papinchak lap — in order to try each of them, Admittedly, this new policy may detailed that, in order for students to then drop the ones they don’t like as prevent students from getting some register for two conflicting courses, much. The new registration policy of the classes that they want. Some they need to run it by their academ- will make this practice more difficult. people have back-up classes lined ic adviser before registration, and The Associate Deans’ Council up so that they have a second op- must gain permission to take them made a smart move in implementing tion ready and waiting in case they concurrently. this new registration policy. Not only don’t get off the waitlist for their Trying to juggle courses that meet does it encourage students to make first-choice class that meets at the at the same time is a risky move for decisions about their next semester’s same time, but now students have to students; while it’s sometimes neces- course work earlier on, but it also decide if they want to risk getting off sary in order for them to complete helps alleviate some stress among the waitlist for that class or take the their coursework before they gradu- the student body. Carnegie Mellon is safer route with a different, more ac- ate or for other valid extenuating cir- known for its stressful and academi- cessible course. cumstances, there is no reason why cally intense environment, and bal- Despite this drawback, the policy the option should be open to stu- ancing two classes at the same time will help ease both the registration dents from the start of registration. contributes to that environment. In a process and students’ stress levels. Shijie Rao/Junior Artist

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Photo Editor * Denotes executive committee member E-mail: [email protected] Pittsburgh, PA 15213 April 7, 2014 « The Tartan thetartan.org/forum » A7 American Exceptionalism remains vital #CancelColbert fiasco is Marxist proletariat working class, own brand of rugged, individualis- social justice gone wrong stuck in squalor, is foreign. We gen- tic apotheosis. It’s hard to imagine erally believe that hard work can get the lexicon of American folklore 100 anyone ahead. years from now without the names misuse it. Of course, these three factors Zuckerberg, Gates, and Jobs. With- Colbert’s critics also claim that Kyle Henson don’t have positive connotations to out the fear of God, startup culture white men should not comment many groups of people in our coun- is promoting hard work and driving on race, which is a fairly ridicu- American Exceptionalism is in try. Religiosity is definitely declin- economic growth in a way that’s lous assertion. Being white doesn’t crisis mode. Maybe President Obama ing, especially amongst younger gen- unique to this country. Xiyu wang mean you can’t make good points articulated it best when he was asked erations, and religiosity is the main In the San Francisco area alone, about race. Furthermore, conver- about it in 2008. driving force for pro-life and anti- there were 7,439 new ventures last Last week, one of my favor- sation about race relations should “Sure I believe in American Ex- LGBT movements, further alienating year, and in New York, Philadel- ite shows, The Colbert Report, was aim at being inclusive rather than ceptionalism,” he said, “just like the more and more people as the nation- phia, Boston, and Pittsburgh com- harshly criticized because of a exclusive. Brits believe in British Exceptional- al dialogue becomes more accepting. bined there were 7,744, according tweet: an out-of-context joke about More disturbing is the number of ism and the Greeks believe in Greek Additionally, as we look back on to StartupBio.me. Compare that to the “Ching-Chong-Ding-Dong Foun- people who claim that Park’s tactic Exceptionalism.” slavery and racism in America, it’s all of Western Europe, which had dation for Sensitivity to Orientals of overreaction, calling to cancel Some people just don’t believe in increasingly apparent that we were a total of 2,917 new ventures, and or Whatever.” Upon reading this Colbert’s show, was justifiable in American Exceptionalism anymore. only guardians of domestic freedom it becomes apparent that religion tweet, Suey Park, a Twitter activist, raising these concerns. Some people actually find the whole for white men until about 50 years isn’t necessary to sustain the levels sent out a tweet calling for Colbert’s Fox News pulled a similar stunt notion of American Exceptionalism ago, and even now we’re a far cry of hard work that make our country firing with the hashtag #Cancel- in 2010, when it took a quote from to be unfounded, nationalistic hubris from living in a colorblind society. exceptional. Colbert, subsequently creating a then-government official Shirley created to justify American cockiness Also, guarding freedom abroad gets Aiding entrepreneurship in keep- newstorm as various media outlets Sherrod out of context, painting the and aggressive foreign policy. While us into nationally and international- ing America exceptional, our feder- picked up the story. Damn it, news content of one of her speeches as a American Exceptionalism and its ly unpopular wars, notably Iraq and alist system of government provides corps, you made me care about a diatribe against whites, when in re- drivers are changing, we are still an Vietnam. a platform for experimental gov- Twitter hashtag. ality it was a personal story of racial exceptional nation, but for different ernance seen nowhere else in the Even out of context, the joke was healing. As a result, Sherrod was reasons and with different implica- world. The system of states being not offensive to me, though that forced to resign from her position tions than before. “No other country able to experiment with most pow- may just be because I’ve heard one as Georgia State Director of Rural To understand this change, one ers of government, while all living too many Ricky Gervais jokes about Development for the United States must first understand the origins of has a platform under one prosperous federal frame- child rape. In context, it is a stretch Department of Agriculture. American Exceptionalism and what for intranational work, gives our government the abil- for anyone to call it offensive; it sati- It is unlikely that a celebrity like it has historically meant. The idea ity to adapt to new circumstances rizes Washington Redskins owner Colbert would be fired due to #Can- of American Exceptionalism is com- legislative much quicker than other countries, Dan Snyder’s charitable foundation celColbert, but suppose Park’s target monly traced back to Governor John experimentation and also allows us to try new policies for Native Americans, which has had not been Colbert, but some busi- Winthrop’s 1630 “A Model of Chris- with limited consequences. the term “Redskins” in it. In fact, it ness owner or teacher whose words tian Charity” speech. Winthrop de- the way that the Examples of federalism are far reaffirms that “Ching-Chong-Ding- were taken out of context. The tac- clared, “For we must consider that United States reaching and varied. SeaTac, a city Dong,” like “Redskins,” is racist. tics used by Park and Fox News are we shall be as a city upon a hill. The in Washington, recently raised its Upon realizing that she had tak- irresponsible and have the potential eyes of all people are upon us.” does ... federalism minimum wage to $15 an hour in en the joke out of context, Park told to damage the careers and lives of Contrary to popular belief, Win- an effort to explore the effects a people that she didn’t actually want innocent individuals. throp meant that Europe would be paves the way higher minimum wage would have Colbert’s show to be canceled, and Some people may wonder why watching to see how the American on the community. In 2011, Ver- that she used the hashtag to raise I’m not criticizing the commentators experiment unfolded, not that we’re for continued mont passed statewide legislation awareness for her broader message. who sent rape and death threats to somehow on a pedestal above other innovation and that created, essentially, the first Supporters of #CancelColbert Park. Their behavior is vastly more nations. He understood that the New single-payer healthcare system in claim that comedy should not use reprehensible, but no reasonable World provided a platform for trying improvement.” the country. Additionally, Colorado racial stereotypes, and that satire person actually thinks such behav- new governance. If we succeeded, and Washington have experimented has to be completely clear about ior is justified. On the other hand, a then people would voluntarily fol- with legalizing recreational marijua- who it is ridiculing because people lot of legitimately influential people low our example. The concept of na, and states across the union have could misinterpret the use of subtle seem to agree with #CancelColbert Finally, after the recent recession, American Exceptionalism was never started allowing same-sex couples to anti-racist humor as a green light to on the views I have mentioned. the middle class has become increas- meant to prove that we were better get married. use actual racist humor. Also note that this is not a com- ingly worse off, and social mobility than everyone else, just different: These changes have had an ef- There is no special reason why mentary on social justice in general, has been damaged. As a recent study the exception to the European rule. fect in Washington and across the comedy in particular, along with ev- but rather on these specific view- by The Equality of Opportunity Proj- As American society wore on, we globe. The Supreme Court struck ery other kind of entertainment and points that certain members of the ect noted, American social mobility developed three factors that set us down the Defense of Marriage Act as speech that exists, should not use community hold. There is a place in is not the same as it was 50 years ago. apart from Europe. First amongst a response to state-by-state same-sex or discuss racial stereotypes. These the world for social justice, in a soci- Clearly, American Exceptionalism them is our religiosity. As Alexis marriage legalization. This decision stereotypes won’t go away if we stop ety where minorities are still cultur- and its drivers are changing, but per- de Tocqueville noted in his famous has brought the issue of same-sex talking about them. Furthermore, ally and politically underrepresent- haps appropriately. Fleeing religious Democracy In America, we have his- marriage into the national dialogue all speech can be misinterpreted. ed. However, insular and sterilized persecution, dying for freedom, and torically been a very religious set of in places like Ireland and Chile, For instance, Glenn Beck used Mar- conversations peppered with knee- starting fresh on new land aren’t people, and that sets us apart from where same-sex marriage is still con- tin Luther King, Jr.’s speeches for his jerk reactions do not in any way ad- even distant memories anymore — many other nations. de Tocqueville sidered taboo. conservative causes despite King’s vance social justice causes. they’ve entered into the lexicon of noted that, because Americans were No other country has a platform advocacy for liberal causes. The val- American folklore. But a change in so religious, we were more inclined for intranational legislative experi- ue of any form of speech should not Xiyu Wang (xiyuw@) is a staffwriter the factors that birthed American Ex- to work hard, adhere to strict moral mentation the way that the United be determined by the people who for The Tartan. codes, believe in personal responsi- ceptionalism doesn’t spell its demise. States does, and as the role of gov- bility, take pride in being self-suffi- We are still an incredibly unique na- ernment in people’s lives continues cient, and uphold family values. tion, relying on two new factors to to change, federalism paves the way Additionally, the United States create a lifestyle and culture that for continued innovation and im- has always been a unique defender can’t be found anywhere else in the provement. of freedom at home and abroad. In- world: entrepreneurship and feder- Throughout the course of history, ternationally, we were the force that alism. Religiosity contributed to Ex- our willingness to try new things — turned the tide in both world wars ceptionalism because it drove people whether we succeed or fail — has and, domestically, our Constitution to put in an honest day’s work and paved the way for improvement was designed to safeguard against lead a virtuous lifestyle in the eyes across the globe. tyranny in all forms with careful of God. Religion is declining as a From the immeasurable amount checks and balances of power. Mitt motivating factor, but there are peo- of good that cell phones are doing to Romney took to calling the Unit- ple in this country working harder lift people out of poverty in Africa, ed States “the hope of the Earth” than their religious predecessors, to understanding that alcohol bans throughout his 2012 campaign, re- driven instead by their passion and aren’t going to work, America’s dif- flecting on our commitment to prop- ambition. ferences have made the world a bet- agating liberty. The United States has become ter place. Finally, the circumstances of our the global capitol of entrepreneur- As Winthrop noted almost 400 country’s founding were exception- ship, touting enterprising, risk- years ago, people around the world al. We were one of the first success- taking visionaries who sleep under look to our example to learn. We ful anti-colonial revolutions, and we their desks and work long hours into don’t have to be better or worse than birthed a country that did not have nights and weekends to follow their any other country, just different. a history in feudalism. Because of dreams and create something they Let’s keep America weird. these circumstances, social mobility believe in. While your stereotypical and opportunity have abounded in religious family man is seen less and Kyle Henson (kahenson@) is a staff- the United States, and the idea of a less, entrepreneurs are creating their writer for The Tartan. Kelsey Thompson/Junior Artist A PERSON’S OPINION Compiled by Sara Remi Fields The Tartan is about ready for the biggest Carnegie Mellon event of the year. So we asked, What are you most excited about for Carnival?

Darrin Willis Shoshana Klein Jay Kapur Maya Lassiter Niko Torres ECE BXA Music, Psychology Decision Science ECE ChemE Sophomore First-year Junior First-year First-year

“I’m most excited to be done “I don’t know, it’s my first Carni- “One of my good friends from “I am involved with buggy so I’m “I’m really excited for the 25th with work for a brief period of val!” high school and I both came to excited for that! I’m excited for Annual Putnam County Spelling time. I’m also excited about the CMU, so our friends from home everyone to be relaxed and have Bee! I’m also excited for everyone booths.” come visit during Carnival!” fun after these stressful weeks!” having fun together.” A8 « thetartan.org/sports The Tartan » April 7, 2014 Tartan tennis teams secure victories UCL matches see Carl Glazer singles matches to claim the ranked ninth in the nation, Pratt, Pavia and Cecil all won Senior Staffwriter 5–4 victory. Juniors Christian had a much easier time against in straight sets to quickly se- teams battle for first Heaney-Secord and Will Dun- the 27th-ranked Case West- cure the victory for the Tar- The Carnegie Mellon men’s can both pulled out victories ern squad. In a reversal from tans. Pavia only surrendered COMMENTARY, from A10 very last day, and the winner and women’s tennis teams in three sets, winning 4–6, the men’s match, the Tartans one game all match winning of the second leg could very traveled to Case Western Re- 6–2, 6–3 and 7–5, 1–6, 7–5, took a 3–0 coming out of the 6–1, 6–0. Pratt and Cecil, well, coming away with an well win the UCL title as well. serve University on Saturday, respectively. doubles matches. Junior Bryn while not as dominating, still important two-goal cush- Atlético Madrid have the ad- and both came home with The three first-years Kiril Raschke and first-year Vanes- cruised to easy victories — ion. It would be wrong to vantage, as Atlético midfield- victories. Kirkov, Kunal Wadwani, and sa Pavia came back from a 5–4 6–4, 6–1 and 6-1, 6–4, respec- count Chelsea out however, er Diego’s stunning goal at The 11th-ranked men’s Kenny Zheng came up big for deficit to win 8–5 while the tively. as PSG will be missing their the Camp Nou gave them the team was the underdog the Tartans, with Wadwani tandems of senior Katie Cecil The women’s team next best player in striker Zlatan away goal they needed, while against 8th-ranked Case West- and Zheng both winning in and sophomore Brooke Tsu competes on April 18 when Ibrahimović for the second forward Neymar continued ern, but managed to pull out straight sets, 6–3, 6–2 and and junior Angela Pratt and they host Duquesne Univer- leg. Edinson Cavani is more his run as the only Barca play- the victory after they fell be- 6–3, 7–6 (9) and Kirkov com- first-year Nicholle Torres had sity, while the men’s team than able backup, but should er to score against Atlético hind 3–0 after the doubles ing from behind to win his an easier time, winning 8–3 is back in action on April Chelsea manage to keep a this season. Barca has the x- matches. The Tartans then match 6–7, 7–6, and 7–5. and 8–5, respectively. 19th when they host Kenyon clean sheet, a 2–0 win would factor though in forward Lio- came back and took five of six The women’s tennis team, In the singles matches, College. mean they go through. nel Messi, arguably reaching the same form that made him Winner: Chelsea. Reason the best player in the world 1: Mourinho has never lost at before his injury this season. the quarterfinals in the UCL. Atlético, though, have not Reason 2: Mourinho knows lost at home this season and UAA Sports Standings how to win this tournament. conceded two goals only to Real Madrid at the Vicente Barcelona vs. Atlético Calderón Stadium. Barca will Men’s Basketball Men’s Tennis Men’s Swimming/ Madrid need their best players to be This matchup was the on top form, and manager Diving hardest to call, and remains Tata Martino must get his Univ. Conf. W L Univ. Conf. W L so. In their four games so tactics right, else Diego Sime- Wash. U. 14–0 24 3 CMU 0–0 14 5 Univ. Points far this season, there have one’s team will move one step Emory 9–5 19 9 Emory 0–0 13 5 Emory 1,533.0 been two 0–0 draws and two closer to the impossible. NYU 6–8 16 10 Wash. U. 0–0 13 2 1–1 draws. Barca and Atlé- Chicago 1,529.5 Winner: Atlético Madrid. Chicago 8–6 15 10 CWRU 0–0 11 5 tico have not been split this Wash. U. 1,150.5 season and its probably why Madrid will win only by a CWRU 6–8 14 11 Rochester 0–0 10 4 CMU 1,116.0 they are currently the two top whisker only though — be- Brandeis 5–9 13 12 Brandeis 0–0 7 4 CWRU 1,035.5 teams in the La Liga. These cause this means no Messi CMU 4–10 11 14 Chicago 0–0 6 6 NYU 960.5 two teams will likely battle it and Barca in the semifinals out for the La Liga title on the for the first time in 6 years. Rochester 4–10 10 15 NYU 0–0 3 0 Rochester 618.0 Brandeis 331.0 Golf team takes sixth Carl Glazer vidual finish, shooting a 94 Women’s Basketball Women’s Tennis Women’s Swimming/ Senior Staffwriter on the day. Sophomore Yoon Diving Hee Ha also put up a strong Univ. Conf. W L Univ. Conf. W L The Carnegie Mellon individual performance with Wash. U. 13–1 24 3 Emory 0–0 15 2 women’s golf team partici- a round of 97, good enough to Univ. Points pated in their inaugural event tie for sixth place. NYU 9–5 20 6 CMU 0–0 13 3 Emory 2,055.0 on Saturday. Junior Brooke Kuei and Emory 5–9 16 9 Wash. U. 0–0 13 3 Wash. U. 1,270.0 For the 2013–14 season, first-year Molly Higgins Chicago 9–5 15 10 CWRU 0–0 7 7 Chicago 1,239.0 the team is under club status rounded out the history- Brandeis 7–7 14 13 Chicago 0–0 7 7 CMU 1,137.0 to prepare for the transition making squad. Rochester 6–8 12 13 Brandeis 0–0 6 8 to the intercollegiate level The Tartans next com- NYU 1,010.0 next season. pete on Thursday at the Saint CMU 3–11 12 13 Rochester 0–0 4 6 Rochester 838.0 The Tartans finished sixth Vincent Invitational held CWRU 4–10 10 15 NYU 0–0 0 3 CWRU 677.0 overall at the Thiel College at Glengarry Gold Links in Brandeis 269.0 Invitational with a team score Latrobe, Pa. of 446. Senior Ali Nichols led the Editor’s note: Brooke Kuei is way with a fourth place indi- SciTech editor for The Tartan. April 7, 2014 « The Tartan thetartan.org/sports » A9

Feature Photos Water polo finalists compete in tournament hosted at CMU

Jonathan Leung/Photo Editor Duke University (blue) and Pennsylvania State University (white) competed in the finals at the women’s water polo tournament at Carnegie Mellon this Saturday and Sunday.

Feature Photos Track and field teams edge out competition for second

Jason Chen/Assistant Photo Editor Left: Senior Jacqueline Guevel hurdles to first place in 100- and 400-meter hurdles.Right: Sophomore Brian Bollens, ahead here, finished the steeplechase behind first-year Curtis Watro with a time of 10:35.13. April 7, 2014 « The Tartan thetartan.org/sports » A10

Compubookie predicts SDC to win Buggy Carnival races Compubookie year, we saw a third place fin- to see shuddered wheels and surely use one of their expe- Special to the Tartan ish from PiKA A, narrowly spun-out buggies in the chute rienced drivers and sleek bug- ahead of CIA and SDC, but this coming raceday — on to gies to propel the second team To start, I have to thank this year, I haven’t seen much men’s predictions. into fifth place. PiKA A will PREDICTIONS Ben Matzke for helping me last of their pushers and expect Barely making it to day end up disappointing, with year to get my annual thoughts them to roll into fifth place, two, I expect to see SDC C another poor showing in the on buggy out there. This year, relying heavily on PiKA me- come back weaker than last pushing department. Their Men’s Women’s however, I’ve opted to go back chanics. At the bottom of the year. This time, I doubt there SDC-esque buggy is going to 1) SDC A 1) SDC A to the good old ways. pack, I expect a dark horse will be as many disqualifica- dominate the downhill, but 2) Sig Ep A 2) Fringe A This year has been quite candidate out of Sig Ep A. tions to boost their place. when we’re in the top five, a 3) Fringe A 3) CIA A the interesting one. We’ve Before I share my thoughts Having an additional year fast buggy will never be fast seen some new additions to enough. That’s because there 4) PiKA A 4) SDC B the buggy fleet with a few are still some competitors to 5) SDC B 5) PiKA A buggies mysteriously disap- This year has been quite the be reckoned with, such as 6) Spirit A 6) Sig Ep A pearing from competition, but interesting one.... The field is more Fringe A, who will not make 7) CIA A that aside, the field is more the same mistake as they did 8) Fringe B level this year than I would level this year than I would have last year. Sending their top 9) PiKA B have predicted while watch- buggy and top driver with a 10) SDC C ing fall rolls. Well, that is, if predicted ... that is, if you’re not quality push team can secure you’re not counting SDC. As a counting SDC. them some third place hard- hint, going forward into pre- ware. Sig Ep A, who jumped dictions, you’re going to see up the rankings in 2013, will those letters come up very of- on the men’s division, I want with their driver, PiKA B will surely be motivated to keep THE FIELD ten. Let the fun commence. to say that this year will have likely squeak into a ninth that next-to-top spot; they In the women’s division, all the excitement one could place finish. Look for Fringe B have shown signs that they AEPi: All that money and no new buggy? we’ll watch the powerhouse imagine. The spring rolls to come in eighth with one of are ready to fight for it and Apex: Not quite as disappointing as the Pioneers. that is SDC A walk away with started very late, and I have their faster buggies. CIA A will will hold onto it, at least for a (nearly) uncontested first yet to see raceday-quality be safely into day two with a this year. CIA: Next time you ask PiKA for help, get their place finish. There is poten- speeds from any organization. seventh place finish above all With no further delay, as wheels, not their flour. tial for them to break the 2:30 Moreover, course quality has the backup B and C teams. Re- you may have predicted your- barrier. Their competition will been rapidly degrading to the cently having put a new buggy self, SDC A will cruise across Fringe: Two wheels, no balls. be from Fringe A, who will be point that drivers have the joy on the course, we’ll see if their the finish line with the cov- PiKA: Historically great, but modernly irrelevant. looking to close the gap after of zigzagging through cones pushers are equally motivated eted first place trophy wait- last year’s performance. Both every morning. as their mechanics. ing for them. Buffered by a SAE: No pledges. No pushbar. No problem. teams have solid pushers to That in itself isn’t too hard, Spirit A is a team with five-second gap between first SDC: Only winning when there’s no competition. follow up the even faster bug- but knowing other treacher- everything to win and hope- and second last year, SDC will gies from those organizations. ous potholes on the course fully their driver will display have their eyes off the rear- Sig Ep: Better at buggy than Greek Sing. Things will get a little lazy be- must be holding back driv- as much skill as their pushers view mirror and zoned in on Sig Nu: Smoking everything but the competition. tween CIA A and SDC B, but ers and mechanics alike. So have speed. They will land the clock. I believe the willpower of the with drivers coming down the short of the top five with a Good luck to the teams and Spirit: Will O’BuggyCare crash as well? CIA women will edge out SDC course faster than they have sixth place finish. Inevitably, enjoy the races. I look forward ROTC B for their respective third all semester combined with that spot will be stolen by SDC to seeing you all on raceday, and fourth place finishes. Last abysmal road surfaces, expect B. The indomitable SDC will although you’ll never see me. Tartans win big at home in Quad Meet UCL sees teams Carl Glazer Senior Staffwriter fight for first place The Carnegie Mellon track Nishant Reniwal alive in the quarterfinals and field teams hosted anoth- Junior Staffwriter of the Champions League. er tournament this weekend. United’s home form had been Both squads placed second at Every year, the month of nothing short of atrocious the Carnegie Mellon Univer- April tends to bring out an and Bayern’s form scintil- sity Quad Meet, and several uneasy sense of excitement lated everywhere. Credit is in individual athletes took home among soccer fans. It’s the order for David Moyes, who first place titles. time of the year when their pulled off one of the best per- The women’s track and team is either fighting for formances of the season for field team was looking to re- their lives to stay in the top- his team, but that still does bound after last week’s disap- tier of soccer, fighting for not reduce the magnitude of pointing fourth place finish. European qualification, or in the task at hand. Bayern has The Tartans came out with a the race to win a cup. One of the away goal advantage at vengeance and took it out in these cups is the UEFA Cham- this stage and United might the throwing events. Seniors pions League (UCL), the be shorn of top goal scorer Samantha Oleson and Colette most prestigious club com- and talisman Wayne Rooney Tano finished first and second petition in soccer. The UCL for the game. The team is in the hammer throw with quarterfinals first-leg games already missing key forward tosses of 39.52 and 39.40 were played out last week: Robin van Persie. Bayern is meters, respectively. Junior who will make the semifinals without key personnel too, as Sasha Spalding followed up to move one step closer to se- midfielders Bastian Schwein- by taking second place in the curing the dream win? steiger and Javi Martínez will shot put with a throw of 10.74 miss the game through sus- meters. Real Madrid vs. Borussia pensions picked up in the first Spalding continued her Dortmund leg, while Thiago Alcântara is dominance with a win in the This tie is probably the injured. However, Bayern has long jump after leaping over only one that is definitely probably the strongest and the competition with a dis- over after the first leg. Ma- deepest squad in the world, tance of 4.84 meters. First- Jason Chen/Assistant Photo Editor drid oozed class in the first as the likes of Mario Götze, year Rebecca Fortner added Junior Ben Walker sprints to the finish line. leg played at the Santiago Toni Kroos, and Dante will another strong jumping finish Bernabéu and destroyed step in to replace the above as she took home second in up the dominance with Erra- 10:35.13. lis rounded out the trio with a Dortmund, who had keeper while United has no one near the high jump, bounding 1.50 Hernandez winning both the In the 1,500-meter run, second-place finish of 2:01.43 Roman Weidenfeller to thank that quality. United did beat meters in the air. shot put and discus titles with first-year Owen Norley fin- in the 800-meter run. for keeping the score line re- their opponents 4–0 on the On the track side, senior throws of 15.80 and 44.38, re- ished in 4:03.02 to take home The Tartans took home one spectable. Wingers Gareth weekend and Bayern did lose Jacqueline Guevel led the way spectively. first while sophomore Marc- more title in the 4x400-meter Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo for the first time in 53 games with a pair of victories in the Cheek finished second in Daniel Julien placed third relay with Julien, Standish, scored two of the goals, and in the Bundesliga, but for 100- and 400-meter hurdles. the discus with a 43.92 toss with a time of 4:06.74. Willis, and Norley combining expect them to be in the mix United to pull this off would Guevel sprinted her way to the while senior David Markowitz In the short distance to take home first with the again at the Signal Iduna be nothing short of a miracle. finish line with times of 16.13 took home the title in the jav- events, the Tartans netted time of 3:26.43. Park. The midfield three of and 1:04.75, respectively. elin throw with a career best three second place finishes. Both squads will be split- Luka Modrić, Ángel di María, Winner: Bayern. United Sophomores Elizabeth 52.09-meter throw. First-year Andrew Chang ting up next weekend, with and Xabi Alonso seemed to have a stupendous away re- Snyder and Haley Bryant both To round out the field placed second in the 100-me- parts of each team travel- control the game and the cord, but betting against a helped the team effort with events, first-year Kyle Weaver ter dash with a time of 11.79, ing to the Bucknell Univer- same is expected at the West- team that wrapped up their strong individual efforts in and sophomore Victor Yan while senior Mike Standish sity Distance Carnival and the falenstadion. Dortmund is league title in March would distance running. Snyder took took second and third in the grabbed second in the rest competing in the Bennie nothing resembling the side be just be ignorant. home first in the 3,000-meter pole vault, each clearing the 400-meter dash after cross- Benson Memorial Invitation- that destroyed Madrid 4–1 at run with a time of 10:44.33, 3.95-meter bar. ing the line with a time of al hosted at Robert Morris the same stadium last season, Paris St.-Germain vs. while Bryant finished the The Tartans did not let up 57.57. First-year Nathan Wil- University. and while the scorer of all Cheslea 800-meter run in 2:29.86 for when the time came for the four of those goals Robert Le- One of the games that was second place. track events, starting with wandowski will return, even exceptionally hard to predict The men’s team continued a sweep of the 3,000-me- that score line would not put was made easier to do so with on its blistering pace, setting ter run. First-year Ryan Ar- them through this time. Paris St.-Germain’s (PSG) several career bests, but ul- cher and sophomore Grant stunning performance and timately falling short of re- Langevin, along with junior See more Winner: Madrid. This in- Chelsea’s equally pathetic peating a first place finish as George Degen, helped the jury-ravaged Dortmund side show in the first leg. Chelsea a team. Tartans take their second is never getting past Carlo manager José Mourinho’s Senior Zachary Erra-Her- one, two, three finish of the Ancelotti’s side. decision to not play a striker nandez continued his domi- meet, finishing with times of Track & Field and instead play attacker nation of the competition, 8:59.70, 9:00.44, and 9:04.40 Manchester United vs. André Schürrle up top back- breaking his own school re- respectively. Bayern Munich fired spectacularly and his cord from last weekend in the Carnegie Mellon also dom- They say Manchester Unit- public derision of his strik- hammer toss by over .5 meters inated the steeplechase and ed never die. This matchup ers after the game couldn’t with a throw of 54.53. Senior 1,500-meter run, taking home photos on proves that saying, as even have helped their confidence. Nathan Cheek and junior Gino first and third in both events. after facing defending Euro- Chelsea was particularly aw- Pilato helped round out a one, First-year Curtis Watro took pean champions Bayern Mu- ful in the final third, and PSG two, three finish with throws home the title in the steeple- nich in a hugely disappoint- took their chances equally of 51.59 and 39.98, respec- chase at 10:04.40, and sopho- A9! ing season behind them, tively. more Brian Bollens finished Manchester United is not See COMMENTARY, A8 The Tartan throwers kept just behind with a time of dead, but rather very much Carnival Preview 2014

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File Photos (from top, left to right) by: Guillermo Gomez,Haley Bryant, Jonathan Leung, Kate Groschner, Andrew Viny, Alan Vee, Tommy Hofman B2 « thetartan.org/special The Tartan » April 7, 2013 1913–1914

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File Photo A visual depiction of how Santa Claus has transformed over the years into Carnegie Mellon. Machinery hall Carnegie talks about “Home Town” december 18, 1913 have been taken. that this splendid institution that has been extended to the nearing completion The Technical Schools and will continue to grow and ex- Carnegie Library. I note Li- Keeps Closely Posted on the Margaret Morrison Carne- pand, reaching out after wor- brarian Craver needs 45,000 September 25, 1913 the apparatus required for Pittsburgh-Talks of Schools. gie School for Women seemed thy boys and men and equip- new books for next year to the demonstration of difficult Andrew Carnegie spent nearer to the heart of the old ping them to fight the battles meet the demands of students To Be Occupied Immedi- and accurate experiments. last Thursday and Friday in steel master than any of his of life.” and others.” ately. The laboratories of the Washington. During his 24- “They tell me the Council The opening of another mechanical department have hour visit he attended a meet- has fixed upon $197,000 for school year is marked by the not been moved, but more ing of the Carnegie Foun- “What can you say to Pittsburgh the library for 1914, which, I opening of another building. dation, called at the White regarding the Technical Schools believe, is an increase over the Though not entirely finished, The building, House with Mrs. Carnegie to allowance for the current year. the enlarged Machinery Hall pay his respects to the Presi- and their future?” was asked Mr. I have no complaint to make, will be occupied immediate- when dent, boomed Senator Elihu Carnegie. “Don’t you think the for I know Council will do the ly, and will house the electri- Root of New York for the presi- proper thing by the library. cal engineering department, completed, dency in 1916, set a standard schools speak for themselves?” he Mr. Carnegie while here in addition to the mechanical will be one of simplicity for Jeffersonian told a story of his recent gift engineering department as Democracy by walking to the replied. “It seems useless for me of a stained glass window heretofore. The plan of the of the most White House from his hotel to discuss them...” to Dunfermline Cathedral, building is very elaborate, modern and while secretaries, senators which the recipients could not containing many architectur- and many plain people rode in - Carnegie Mellon accept for the historic edifice. al and engineering features. best equipped carriages and taxicabs, talked Several years ago Mr. The most noticeable of the of his Pittsburgh benefac- other benefactions. That the “You know, of course, Mr. Carnegie made up his mind to former will be a tower to be engineering tions, especially the Carnegie schools will receive further fi- Carnegie, of the 1,000 poor donate a window as a memo- erected on the central portion schools in the School of Technology and his nancial aid from their founder boys who are struggling at rial to his father and mother of the building. The tower hopes for the future of the in- could not be doubted and, if Tech to get an education, and and deceased brother and sis- consists of a series of columns country. stitution; praised the incom- his enthusiasm can be taken how 758 of them have earned ter, to be installed in the great in the center of which will be ing city administration, let us a guide, the big institution $260,422 and continued their cathedral. He called in the art- a smoke stack. space has been allotted to his mind wander from Dum- that overlooks Schenley Park studies? ists and artisans of the Tiffany Around the stack will them, and they have been fernline, Scotland, the town and the Oakland district will “Do I know of these deeds studio to perform the work, wind a staircase. From the generally improved. On the of his birth, to Greensburg, be bountifully remembered of self-sacrifice?” he replied: and when It was completed top of the tower a command- upper floors are the recitation Pa., where he learned teleg- before the laird closes his “Why, of course I do. I know Mr. Carnegie had the beauti- ing view of this entire district rooms, which are unusually raphy, asked questions faster purse strings for all time. what all the boys and girls ful window shipped across the of the city may be obtained. large and well-lighted. than they could be answered, “What can you say to Pitts- are doing, the same as I know water to Dunfermline. Now The tower will complete the The building, when com- and wound up a busy day for a burgh regarding the Technical what the faculty is doing. the municipal guardians of vertical plane of the building, pleted, will be one of the most man of 78 by attending a din- Schools and, their future?” These boys who labor through the ancient cathedral have re- planned in contrast to the modern and best equipped ner tonight. was asked Mr. Carnegie. the day or night and attend fused to accept the gift. horizontal plane of the De- engineering schools in the On the subject of Pitts- “Don’t you think the Technical Schools when they “They came to me,” said sign Building at the opposite country. burgh, Mr. Carnegie exhibited schools speak for them- can are future presidents, l’ve Mr. Carnegie, “and told me end of the campus. The following changes evident enjoyment and his selves?” he replied. “It seems been reading in the Pittsburgh that the Tiffany window The main entrance on the have been announced, to take memory for names familiar to useless for me to discuss them. papers of one who worked would not do; it was too mod- east side of the building is place at once: In the Science the average Pittsburgher and But I must say I did talk of three hours a day while the ern altogether for the rest of another of the architectural Building, the civil engineer- his intimate knowledge of the their future with Arthur Ham- others slept, went to school the building, which is more features, and is very impos- ing department will occupy city’s progress were in them- erschlag and Charley Taylor eight hours, and put in every than 800 years old. I have ing. In the basement and on the rooms formerly taken by selves a revelation. in New York last Monday and Saturday at some task which determined to install the win- the first floor are the labora- the machine design depart- He could anticipate most Tuesday. We went over the yielded him money. But I pre- dow in the public library of tories, the largest of which is ment; while the latter will be any question and declared whole situation, and I was dict that that boy won’t do it Dunfermline. It will be a more the electrical laboratory. moved to the former quarters that he kept in close touch pleased with what I heard. long. The world is patiently intimate and personal thing to It occupies almost an en- of the electrical engineering with the scenes of his early “Director Hamerschlag waiting for such a boy to de- do this for my father instituted tire floor and is two stories department. triumphs through his old-time told me they would be able velop into a man. He’ll climb the first circulating library in high. Between the main sec- Shortly after the opening friends and by reading the to accommodate 200 more fast once he starts. Dunfermline many years ago. tions of it are two light and of school, Dean Leete’s offices newspapers. He said he pro- students next year with the “I want you to tell the city The Dunfermline Library was sound- proof lecture rooms. will he moved to Machinery posed to go back “home” and additional equipment now authorities of Pittsburgh how the first that I established.” – These are well equipped with Hall. see for himself the strides that being provided. I’m satisfied highly we appreciate the help Gazette Times. Carnegie announced as sole The Dramatic School Opens

Febbruary 12, 1914 is from a monumental stone ploye ses ailes.” Framing the speaker at Founder’s Day vestibule. The seating is all on opening are two oak columns Description of Theatre. one floor. of monumental size support- april 29, 1914 zart Tech Schools Orchestra, and after that a chorus with The announcement of a The room is elliptical in ing the frieze carrying the J. Vick. O’Brien, Director. orchestra accompaniment by department of drama has cre- form, the long axis being 62 above inscription, with carved Andrew Carnegie will be Address – Andrew the instrumental and vocal ated so much interest among feet, parallel with the arch caps which characterize the the only speaker at the cele- Carnegie. classes together. This is the the residents of Pittsburgh and the short axis 56 feet. whole scheme of decoration bration April 30, of Founder’s Chorus – “The Recession- first time that the musical tal- and Western Pennsylvania The boxes, at the rear of — both for wood and plaster. Day at the Institute which he al” De Koven,Tech Schools ent of the schools has been that have a leaning toward the room, are high enough The plaster ceiling forms a established and which bears Orchestra, R. J. McDowell, placed on a Founder’s Day the diversified activities of the to give the occupants a good wide decorative band about his name. Director. program. stage that Prof. Thomas Wood view of the stage. The organ the opening for a skylight in The announcement that Annual Report – “The The international exhi- Stevens has given a descrip- chamber is to the right of the white and amber shades. The he will attend the exercises Progress of the Year” . S.H. bition of paintings will be tion of the theater and the stage, opening directly into skylight can be darkened in has given the celebration an Church, Secretary of.the opened at 6 p. m. on Found- announcement is made of the the theater, the organ being daytime by means of an elec- unusual interest, and there Board of Trustees er’s Day, and is declared by retention of Donald Robert screened by tapestries. trical device. has been an extraordinary Orchestra and Chorus – the members of the inter- son, the pioneer of the mod- Fabrics designed in The stage, instead of being demand for tickets to such an Hail, Bright Abode” from national jury to be the fin- ern repertoire movement, to keeping with the screening separated from the audience extent that the supply of invi- “Tannhauser”) Wagner est annual representation instruct the students in the art occupy the three panels space, is reached by a flight of tations is already exhausted. Tech Schools Chorus and of modern painting that has of acting. to the left of the stage and steps, occupying the full pro- The exercises will begin at Orchestra Award of prizes for been gathered together at any The School of Applied De- curtain forms part of the scenium opening. 4 p. m., instead of 2 p. m., as the three best paintings in the place in the world. sign, of which the department same decorative scheme. The A scene painting gallery is heretofore, the later hour hav- International Art Exhibition The museum, will have of dramatic art is a part, hous- ventilation is through the located in another part of the ing been fixed at the request of 1914 W.N. Frew, president several new groups of animals es many of the popular activi- floor, being under each seat, building, with direct access to of many business men who of the Board of Trustees. that have been mounted by R. ties of the institute, but none and the exhaust is provided the stage. The whole of the desire to attend. The commit- Organ – “Military March” H. Santens, the taxidermist, is attracting any more favor- in a pierced decorative band stage floor is movable. tee has announced the pro- Schubert Charles Heinroth. besides other interesting ob- able notice than the possibili- around the ceiling. From The fire curtain will be of gram as follows: It will be noted that in ad- jects to be displayed for the ties that this course offers was floor to ceiling the walls are steel and all openings out of Organ – Overture to “Der dition to the two attractive or- first time on Founder’s Day. opened this week. panelled in straight white oak the stage are provided with Freisehutz” C. M. v. Weber gan pieces to be played by Mr. The day will close with a The spacious entrance in natural coloring, decorated steel fire doors, automatic in Invocation – The Rev. Ed- Heinroth, there will be one se- dinner given by the Found- to the theater in the Design by plaster carvings, and the action. The organ has a full ward S. Travers, rector of lection played by the orches- er’s Day Committee at the school building, in which one main section with inlay. range, and the console, when Trinity Episcopal Church. tra from the Carnegie Tech Pittsburgh Golf Club, at 7:30 Shakespearean production Above the stage the inlay the organ is not being used, Orchestra – Overture from Schools, and a choral sung by p.m., in honor of Mr. and Mrs. will be given each year on the has been wrought into an in- can be set back of the movable “The Marriage of Figaro” Mo- the students of the schools, Carnegie. – Gazette Times. birthday of the bard, April 23. scription “ici l’inspiration de- wainscot. April 7, 2013 « The Tartan thetartan.org/special » B3 1963–1964 Campus Reaction to Death of JFK: Shock, Thistle burglary nets Disbelief; Waiting Period Adds Fear, Hope $1200 in equipment November 27, 1963 Dale Chodorow discovered almost

Last Friday had begun as any normal day. The weather one week later was seasonably pleasant and October 16, 1963 the time of the meeting on the air was clear. The morning Monday evening and Tuesday gave no foreboding sign that On Monday, October 7, noon, the $1,200 worth of by 3:00 in the afternoon, the $1200 worth of photographic equipment had been stolen. course of history would be so equipment was stolen from It was presumed that the determinably altered. the Carnegie Tech yearbook door and cupboard locks had I had one class that morn- office. Most of the equipment been picked and that the bur- ing, after which I spent some was owned by the photo editor, glar had substituted a new time in the library finishing some by the Tartan. The loss, lock on the cupboard, which what little written homework however, was not confirmed was confirmed by the diffi- I had. The library was the until Friday of that week. culty that the two editors en- scene of usual campus activ- The events which led to ity, and the students were as the discovery of the theft be- earnest in their endeavors gan after a Thistle staff meet- ... the stolen that day, as any other. Their ing on Monday evening. anticipation of the Thanks- Tuesday at noon, Thistle articles... giving vacation only five days editor, Tod Johnson had dif- were verified away was motivation enough ficulty fitting his key in the for a diligent spurt of study- cupboard lock in the year- through serial ing, which I sensed. File photo book office. Assuming that numbers At lunch the students were Students, teachers, and passers-by waited in utter disbelief for news of the President’s condition last Friday the photo editor had changed jovial. The noon edition of in the Wherrett Room of Skibo. It was a scene that was duplicated in every area on campus, and the feelings the lock, he thought nothing obtained from were the same. Classes were unofficially dismissed, as all sought word from radio, TV, and newspaper sources, the Pittsburgh Press had noth- more of it until he received a which were relating the tragic news directly from the scene in Dallas, Texas. Jim’s home in ing of unusual significance call the following day from Jim to report. After lunch I went Pawley, the photo editor. Jim, Ben Lomond, up to the Wherrett Room to stomach sank. I felt a horrible to seek a source of first-hand the CBS network, and the too, had trouble with the lock watch some skiing movies and chill overcome me. It was an accurate information. Having teletype had been serving as and similarly thought that Tod California. inquire about the Ski Club. inexplicable combination of worked on WRCT, I knew of confirmation and elaboration had changed the lock. About twenty people were fear, hope, and helplessness. their possession of a United of those details by CBS. Since neither of them countered. there with me and their inter- I waited. Press International teletype At about 2:55 there was a knew of any change in the Dr. Ellis, Dean of Men, est in the movies was clearly Groups of students sifted machine. By 2:50 I was there, lull in both of the broadcast- lock, they merely suspected and Mr. Young, Supervisor of evident. around transistors and by and with tears in my eyes, I ing media. that the lock had jammed. the Security Office, were im- Returning to the Fine Arts 2:00 it was a fact that the read the awful details of the It gave us a chance to think They forwarded a note to mediately consulted by Jim building I noticed the herd Thirty-Fitth President of the tragedy. about the future, catch up on Dean Strick to have a mainte- Pawley when he discovered of secretaries on their way to United States had been seri- the details we missed, or to nance man remove the lock. that the lock in Dean Strick’s Skibo to relax on their lunch ously wounded in assasina- Crowd at WRCT strengthen our hopes that it The lock was sent to Dean office was not the one that he hour. The long lines of stu- tion attempt. The milling crowd at the wasn’t as serious as we feared. Strick’s office. had installed. dents were also on their way The campus was shocked. station was fixed to that ma- The only sounds now were Thursday night, when Jim Later that day, upon Mr. there and I enjoyed seeing it We frantically searched for chine. Their attention was the incessant clicking of the returned to the Thistle office, Young’s suggestion, the Pitts- as much on Friday as I did on areas where confirmation of unanimous, having been dic- teletype, and the soft whis- he found that most of the burgh Police were called to any other day. the seemingly unreal tragedy tated by the events in Dallas, pers of the crowd in the sta- photographic equipment was the school. Detectives record- The afternoon was not sig- could be secured. Texas, of a fanatic’s blind de- tion. The next few moments gone. His first thought was ed descriptions of the stolen nificant in its commencement. Back in Fine Arts, ap- votion to snuff out the life of brought the final word. that another staff member articles, which were verified I chatted with some students proached a politically-inter- a man, whose existence dic- President Kennedy was had replaced the equipment through serial numbers ob- between 12:30 and 1:45 and ested and humanly compas- tated our own welfare. dead. The announcement was for safe-keeping, as there was tained from Jim’s home in drafted portions of a design sionate classmate of mine, It so deeply affected us, aired over CBS at about 3:00 no lock on the cabinet. No Ben Lomond, California. which I was slated to present (probably out of comfort) not because John Fitzgerald p.m. one had any information to Some of the items stolen the following Monday. At 1:45 and asked if he had heard of Kennedy was the President of I hadn’t been in the station support his belief. were: a Rolliflex 3.5 Cam- I decided to go to the cashier’s the news. I hadn’t the nerve the United States, but because when the announcement was Friday morning, upon era ($300), a Nikon F Reflex office and cash a check. It was or the composure to plainly John Fitzgerald Kennedy was made. questioning the janitor, Jim Camera ($200), a 4x5 Crown here that events began to unfurl. announce what I had heard, a humanitarian. His spirit and I had been in the hall, learned that nothing in the Graphic Camera, ($200), a perhaps because I still had not devotion to the cause of man- pacing, sipping water at the cabinet had been touched 105 mm. Auto-Nikon Lens brought myself to acceptance drinking fountain, only in an Bulletin Aired at 1:35 kind was only limited by his since the lock was removed. ($180), a 135 nun. lens of what I had learned. representation of the govern- attempt to relieve the twisted Under these circumstances, it ($100), a 35 mm. lens ($100), SST His exclamation of surprise ment of the United States. His nervousness that had begun became evident that between an Ascor Speed Light ($50), At about 1:35, a bulletin was enough to draw other stu- gift in life was an infinite per- to sap my strength. had been relayed over the ra- dents around us, and as the ception of life — his recogni- My only comfort in hearing dio that in the course of Presi- questions were asked, I felt tion that there is as much to be the words, “He’s dead,” was in dent Kennedy’s tour through compelled to answer from the learned from what is at one’s the assuage of that bewildered New machines in Texas, a sniper had shot both meager and utterly fantastic feet as that which is above tension which had clutched the President and the Gover- knowledge that I had acquired one’s head. me not one hour before. nor of that state. of the incident. The American people saw The teletype room was Morewood The initial news, trick- The area became a center JFK as a President, a human still packed with those who of a refrigerator and pressure ling in, was scoffed. Word of confusion and dismay. The being, and an inspiration. The wouldn’t allow themselves to March 11, 1964 mechanism. of mouth newscasts were time was about 2:45 and ev- seconds ticked away in the ra- believe what they had heard The lemonade-orange laughed at and questioned eryone frantically searched dio station and the fear of the on the radio. Automatic milk dispensers beverage coolers provide as ridiculous. I was in the for a radio. loss of this great man grew They wanted to see it in and beverage coolers have colder drinks than the pre- Cashier’s Office when I first There was a very sensible steadily stronger with each print. been installed in the More- viously distributed cartons learned, and it wasn’t by word reservation of conjectures by sound of the clock. I had that same desire, but wood Garden’s cafeteria. of juice. Girls appreciate the of mouth. the students. We all stood in The questions were all the the tears that fogged my vi- Though residents complain additional refrigeration but Before a group of about 12 shocked silence. One student, same now. sion and my thoughts, were that the new milk machines complain that there are no students there, the radio had with a small transistor ra- “What’s happening?” enough to tell me that the end limit milk capacity in their longer any cartons of juice to presented us with the news. I dio, glued to his ear, gave the “Did they get the guy?” has come and gone. glasses, the machines are take back to their rooms. had no time to wonder. I only crowd of about fifty students “Is he dead?” Upon leaving the radio actually helpful innovations. asked myself how serious it all the gruesome details. station, I was confronted by Unlike the hand operated Mr. Helm, Director of Food could be? Although the news of the a student who said, “I never lever machines, these are Service, explained that, “as the On my return to Fine attempted assassination was a Lull Gives Time For liked the guy, but...” automatic push button types number of girls increases, ma- Arts, I heard a very callous fact, no one knew of the Presi- Thought Interrupting him, with in- which include a tray rack. jor renovations will be made in remark from one student – dent’s condition. WRCT had been monitor- dignant sorrow, I said, “You’re The $900 machines hold two the Morewood Garden’s kitch- “... occupational hazard.” My My first thought then was ing the news broadcasts over going to miss him now.” five gallon cans and consist en-cafeteria facilities.” Library’s Rare Book-Fine Art Floor Feature Photo Formally Opens to Public Friday January 15, 1964 Lunde of New York City. fine arts’ and the science and The transferred expansion engineering floors now fea- Planned for Friday, Janu- of the fine arts’ section has ture their own complete-card ary 17, is the formal opening consequently affected an en- catalogues. of the new Rare Book and largement of the Science and Not affected by the li- Fine Arts’ Floor of the Hunt Engineering Departments on brary’s modifications are the Library. the third floor. facilities of the second floor. While (during the exhibi- It too consolidates all ref- Some of the new conve- tion of the Plantin Morteus erence material for the stu- niences which have been Museum) students were first dents and includes scientific installed on the fourth floor introduced to the facilities journals which were previous- Rare Book and Fine Arts’ last December, the fourth ly shelved in the basement. section are music listening floor now consolidates all There, too, with the booths, current magazines on reference material (including absence of bound art and vertical displays, and typing bound magazines) which re- science magazines, more booths, besides the regular lates to the representative fine storage space has been stacking of line arts books, arts of Carnegie Tech. provided. The remainder of bound periodicals, records, This area, originally not in- shelved periodicals in the and paintings. tended for use until 1970, was basement comprises the The formal opening, this planned from donations by an regular stock of humanity and Friday at 4:30 p.m., will be anonymous party for the pri- other non-art-and-science limited to invited guests of mary function of housing rare magazines. the library staff and adminis- books. With these changes, tration. The final designs, with though, perhaps the most It will culminate a short- inclusion of a complete fine important concerns the objec- lived yet enthusiastic antici- arts’ reference section, were tive of containment for both pation by both faculty and File Photo mapped out by Architects the third and fourth floors. students for the completion of New dramatic arts center completed after several revisions in design by the architect. Complete theater facili- Warner, Burns, Toan, and To accomplish this, the the new facilities. ties will serve over 150 students in the Department of Drama at the University of Southern Rhodesia. B4 « thetartan.org/special The Tartan » April 7, 2013 1988–1989 Spring Carnival to be University Center postponed indefinitely February 21, 1989 dents. “The University Center donors. lot of twists and turns in the held in Skibo lot Josh Ruben is the number one concern for Robitshek disagreed, how- master plan,” he said. November 8, 1988 these negotiations prove students,” he said. ever. “They say that they need Brannick admits that the Lori Marracino unsuccessful, it may be Construction of the new The problem with fund- a major donor for the University new dorm, football field, and necessary for planners University Center, one of the raising for the University Cen- Center,” he said, “but they have parking lot have caused prob- Planning for Spring Car- to eliminate the rides central features of the master ter persists. not targeted for a major donor. lems for the master plan in nival 1989 has been under- altogether. plan, has been indefinitely It has not been an emphasis.” that it has had to keep expand- way for about two months Plans for booth displays delayed due to a lack of funds Cyert projects that the ing its focus. Housing became and those involved have had have been proceeding in a for the building in the Capital “The University Campaign’s goal of $200 mil- a concern when city residents some serious problems to more favorable direction, Campaign. Center does lion will be met by the April began complaining about deal with. but certain restrictions will Paradoxically, however, 19, 1991 deadline. So far, the students living in off-campus The major problem these still be necessary. The new the Capital Campaign itself is not have strong needed $30-$35 million for housing. planners had to face was to arrangement of the Carnival doing well. appeal. That the Center is only at about the Also, parking, a perennial find a new location for Car- will limit the number of avail- President Richard Cyert $500,000 mark, according to problem at CMU, got even nival. Since the construction able booth lots to thirty or admits that the main problem doesn’t bother Brannick. tougher when the city further taking place on campus has thirty-two organizations. is that most of the donors who me; we still “We haven’t given up on limited the school’s access to destroyed the parking lot While it is highly unlikely are giving to the Campaign [the Center],” said Cyert. Bran- legal parking. where Midway is tradition- that these space constrictions are earmarking their money have to keep nick stated that most of gifts “We’ve really been dealing ally held, there was a need to will affect organizations who for other projects. Specifically, have come from sources that with eight capital campaigns,” find another place that could already occupy lots, it will be new professorships and other hammering the Campaign’s organizers did said Brannick. “Things would successfully accommodate much more difficult for any educational grants are the away.” not consider at first. “We’re just be easier if we did not have a primary interests — not new now beginning to start on the whole list of [projects].” the booths, rides, and people. new organizations to reserve - Cyert The Margaret Morrison space on the Midway. construction. big prospects,” said Brannick. Another factor for the Cen- and Morewood Gardens For the first time in a few The postponement of the He hopes that with these pros- ter’s delay is the current state parking lots were two loca- years, Carnival will also in- University Center comes al- “There has been no great pects, large funds directed for of construction on the East tions considered by Carnival clude a large arts and crafts most three semesters after the support for the University the Center may be obtained. Campus Project. officials, but the most recent section. release of the Task Force Re- Center,” said Vice President “Our best days are ahead,” he “We’re further off schedule decision was to remain in Sk- The new area will run par- port on the Quality of Student for Development Alvin Bran- commented. than we thought we would ibo lot with booths and rides allel to Skibo either along the Life on November 24, 1987. nick about the donations. If a separate campaign be five or six years ago,” said sharing the space that had parking lot or along the Cut, “Construction of the pro- Cyert agreed. “The Uni- solely for the University Cen- Brannick. “In the course of the formerly been used by rides and will include campus or- posed University Center versity Center does not have ter is needed, Brannick proj- master plan, the East Campus and the SDC tent. ganizations who wish to sell should commence at the earli- strong appeal. That doesn’t ects that it might be scheduled Project must get finished,” he According to Spring things during Carnival. est possible time. The notion bother me; we still have to to begin near June 30, 1991, said. Carnival Chairman David Anne Witchner, Director of the Center ... is one that has keep hammering away.” after the Capital Campaign Even with all of the un- Levy, the Margaret Morrison of Student Activities, will be been embraced almost univer- According to Brannick, the and at the end of the school’s foreseen problems that have lot would have been an ideal helping the Carnival Com- sally by the campus communi- Capital Campaign is currently fiscal year. hindered the University Cen- location, but construction mittee with the arts and ty,” the report said. “Not only moving ahead of schedule. Aside from the major do- ter and the master plan as planned for next year would crafts as well as with other are expectations high, but the “We’re past the midway mark nors wanting their money to a whole, Brannick stated, have meant moving the aspects of Carnival. protraction of this project will in the Camppaign, at about go to other projects, delays “We’ve done very well manag- Carnival site again. “At the The trend of Carnival in have a chilling effect on all $130 million,” said Brannick. and other problems for the ing this type of conglomerate Skibo location, we’re safe the past ten years has been other steps ... that are taken The fund raisers’ goal, ac- master plan also stand in the [project].” He added that if for a few years at least,” Levy one of gradual expansion. to enable Carnegie Mellon to cording to Brannick, has been way of the University Center. the master plan had kept its commented. With the construction on reflect the virtually limitless to get a “prospect” interested Brannick said that when scope limited, some opportu- A new location will again campus, the entire event will potential of its constituency.” in giving money, and then the University Center plans nities to help the school even be needed when construction become more compact and, Student Government narrow the focus to a specific were first being laid out, al- more may have been missed. begins on the new University as Levy pointed out, more President Andy Robitshek em- project. He emphasized that lowances for housing and Cyert is expected to make Center, now scheduled to be- manageable. phasized the importance of the University Center is a top parking were not taken into a formal statement about the gin after the graduation of Security problems at the University Center for stu- priority when talking to the account. “There have been a issue in the next month. the Class of 1990. Carnival are predominantly The present layout for caused by non-University peo- Carnival will line the booths ple and the smaller nature of in a W-shaped pattern on the Carnival will perhaps be safer section of the Skibo lot pre- for the campus community. Student organizations rally in support viously occupied by the SDC Though students and ad- tent and the smaller rides. ministrators have been work- The rides and the Alpha Phi ing for two months, most of of building of University Center Omega concessions would the planning remains to be March 14, 1989 Student leaders were to but Senate didn’t change the anybody to do is wrap either be moved to the other half of done for this year’s Carnival. Howdy Pierce have met yesterday to discuss meaning much.” On Wedne- bricks and mortar around the lot, and the tent would be There will be a need for further student action on the say night, the Student Dor- an academic campaign or an moved to the Cut. new students to fill out com- In a week marked with issue, according to Student mitory Council met and also academic campaign around mittees, and even a few exec- resolutions, a petition, and Government President Andy passed a resolution regarding bricks and mortar,” he said. For the first utive positions are still empty. anonymous postering, stu- Robitshek. “We’ll decide what the announced delay of the “People say you can’t raise “We’re looking for people dent leaders expressed virtu- to do and that may range from student center. “The current funds for bricks and mortar, time in a few who really want to take on a ally unanimous dismay at the nothing to a week-long pro- facilities in Skibo fail to meet and I think it’s because of the years, Carnival challenge,” said Levy. administration’s decision to our growing needs,” said SDC. atmosphere you set up.” For people interested delay construction of the pro- “It is imperative that a new Life Trustee Robert A. will also Spring Carnival, weekly posed University Center, and “We’re not university center be construct- Charlie, who has worked on include a large meetings are at 9 a.m. on Fri- demanded that higher prior- going to put up ed as soon as possible.” capital campaigns for build- day mornings in Skibo Room ity be given to raising funds The SDC resolution was ings at both CMU and MIT, arts and crafts 112. for the project. with broken authored by president Bryan agreed with Brannick. “The Levy stated that several The University Center promises Wong, Treasurer Matthew University Center is just not section. assistant positions need to figures prominently in the Fraser, Secretary Amy Sha- the kind of thing that attracts be filled, and, also, stated campus master plan, which anymore.” likashvilli, and vice presidents the average donor,” he told Since the number of that some executive Carni- includes the East Campus - Anonymous Eric Hamilton and Patrick Jef- The Tartan. amusement rides would be val Committee positions, like project currently under con- fires, Christina Murphy, and But student critics say the substantially reduced by this Entertainment, are currently struction. Its goal is to unite advertisements. Dey Heafitz. reason the administration has arrangement, it may be hard open. the student body by providing Some time Thursday, been unable to raise funds for for the committee to find an A more general organiza- a common gathering area for test,” he said. anonymous advertisements the University Center is the amusement company willing tional meeting will be held recreational and social activi- Last week’ activities be- for Cyert’s address were pos- priorities it has set. to bring such a small amount next semester, in January ties, as well as increased space gan with a petition written by tured across campus. “[Presi- “I don’t think they’re push- of rides to campus. and there is the possibility for activity offices. Robitshek and Senator Car- dent Cyert] plans to announce ing the University Center as “We’re talking to one of a Winter Activities Fair at In late 1987 the Task Force los Franco. The petition was the postponement of the pro- their number one priority for company now. If they which students interested Report on the Quality of Stu- first circulated at the Tuesday posed University Center for at raising funds, Robitshek said. don’t work out we’ll try in Carnival can learn more dent Life supported the Center Senate meeting, where, said least the next five years,” the “They’re pushing a package another one,” said Levy. If about it. as a major effort to improve Franco, a majority of Sena- poster said. “We’re not going deal.” the quality of student life at tors signed it. The Robitshek/ to put up with broken prom- Both Brannick and Cyert CMU. “The protraction of this Franco petition stated “By ises anymore.” admitted that the University Feature Photo project will have a chilling ef- pushing the date of construc- On Friday, Cyert addressed Center does not have top pri- fect on all other steps ... that tion [of the University Center] members of the student body ority. “Somebody asked me are taken to enable Carnegie back five to six years, the ad- in the Wherrett room and which [project] was number Mellon to reflect the virtually ministration is making a state- discussed fundraising for the one,” said Brannick. “I told limitless potential of its con- ment that the quality of life is student center. Reading from him that they were all number stituency,” it said. no longer a top priority.” a prepared statement, Cyert one. They’re the reason I’m Three weeks ago, The Tar- The petition demanded grouped the University Center here. tan reported that the Univer- that the administration make building and the current East Cyert also conceded that sity Center had been “post- the student center its top pri- campus project as a single other projects rank equally in poned indefinitely” due to a ority, and, if necessary, with- “University Center Complex.” importance with the Univer- lack of funds for the project, draw money from the endow- The anticipated invest- sity Center. “There isn’t any expected to cost at least $30 ment and establish student ment for the University Center top priority — there’s a series million. user fees to allow construction Complex … is approximately of projects.” In an address to the stu- to begin as soon as possible. $70 million,” he said. “Half Although he admitted his dent body last Friday, Presi- Robitshek estimated that 400 the funding ($35 million) office had not given the center dent Richard Cyert claimed students had signed the peti- for this complex has been se- top priority, Brannick defend- that “it was not accurate” that tion by press time on Sunday. cured…. The remaining funds ed the amount of effort this the student center had been Franco also introduced a ($35 million) to complete the group has expended on the postponed indefinitely, but strongly-worded resolution to complex will continue to be campaign. admitted that the administra- Senate Tuesday asking that one of the focal points of the “There’s not a fundraiser tion would not decide on a “the Cyert administration … capital campaign. on this project that hasn’t date to begin construction un- do its utmost to make the Uni- But in an interview prior to worked themselves into a til the end of the capital cam- versity the center of the cur- Cyert’s Speech, Vice President frenzy trying to pull the whole paign in 1991. rent capital campaign.” for Development and Univer- thing off,” he said. “There’s “He’s leaving the new In its final version, the sity Attorney Alvin P. Brannick been no lack of effort.” president in a situation to Senate resolution does not said that “only $500,000” for Most student leaders are evaluate what the next step endorse withdrawing mon- the student center itself has optimistic about the admin- will be.” Vice President for ey from the endowment or been raised. istration’s chances for raising University Relations Don Hale implementing user fees, al- Explaining the lack of funds for the University Center told The Tartan. “It hasn’t though Franco’s version did. funds for the student center. project if it is given priority. “I been postponed — I don’t “I’m happy that the resolu- Brannick cited the difficulties think the people in the Devel- File Photo know that anybody ever had tion passed,” Franco said. I felt involved in raising funds for opment Office, if guided in the An editorial cartoon (above) about Carnegie Mellon University’s en- dorsement of Apple Computer, making a Macintosh II part of the recom- a definite date [for beginning that those statements the en- buildings. right direction, can pull this off,” mended supplies, comparable to a recommended textbook for a course. construction of the University dowment and user fees were “If I ever had to do it again, said Robitshek. “I’m betting A commercial advertisement (below) from the same issue is shown. Center].” necessary to show our resolve, the one thing I’d never allow they could do it if they tried.” April 15, 2013 « The Tartan thetartan.org/special » B5 2003–2004 CMU finalizes deal with Qatar; becomes newest addition to Doha Foundation and its univer- of global outreach, a true international business, taught cess to more world-class pro- sity campus in 1995. It is now partnership, rather than an simultaneously in Pittsburgh fessors, in Pittsburgh and in home to branch campuses of exchange or ‘visit’, for an un- and Qatar. Students from both Doha, and will be able to have Texas A&M University, Virgin- dergrad program. Having to campuses can work together distance seminars and courses ia Commonwealth University, think carefully about what in truly international teams, going both directions.” Weill Cornell Medical College, these international students so the exercises become much One of the most important and Carnegie Mellon’s branch, goals of establishing the new called Carnegie Mellon Uni- campus, according to those versity in Qatar, will be the “The cultural advantages to involved, is the promotion of most recent addition to Edu- better understanding between cation City. having branch campus are huge: nations.” The pragmatic ad- Starting in the fall semes- this really sends a strong practical vantages of having a campus ter of 2004, Carnegie Mellon in the Middle East are that, University in Qatar will be of- message that we want to have an since 9/11, it has become more fering undergraduate degrees open dial between very different difficult for young Arab men in business administration and to get U.S. visas, and there is a computer science. According parts of the world.” resistance on the part of some to assistant vice president for - Charles Thorpe families to have their children media relations Teresa Thom- travel to the US for education,” as, Carnegie Mellon University stated Thorpe. “The cultural in Qatar will continue to enroll need may also give us ideas for more realistic. Or imagine a advantages to having branch After waiting weeks to finalize the deal, Carneige Mellon and Qatar finally students in smaller numbers at using some of the techniques Pittsburgh CS student who campus are huge: this really come to an agreement for CMU to be incorporated into Education City. first, in accordance with their and resources to better serve would like to spend a year sends a strong practical mes- Pittsburgh campus policy. international students here.” abroad, but doesn’t want to sage that we want to have an February 23, 2004 about it; it’s a challenge and “It’s always been the Uni- Charles E. “Chuck” Thorpe, lose pace with classmates. open dial between very differ- Alexandra Kilduff an opportunity,” said Presi- versity’s intent to have the former head of the Robotics This will be an opportunity ent parts of the world. I spent dent Jared Cohon. same rules, policies, and stan- Institute at Carnegie Mellon, to go live in a very different the last week in Qatar talking Last Monday, Carnegie Mel- Carnegie Mellon is just dards at Qatar as it does on our has been chosen as dean of place, while studying many of with students and officials. lon announced the opening of one of several branches of main campus,” said Thomas. Carnegie Mellon University in the same courses as in Pitts- The feedback is very exciting.” its new branch campus located nationally-known universities Indira Nair, Carnegie Mel- Qatar. Thorpe’s international burgh. And the same is true for Indira Nair also looks for- in the Persian Gulf country of located in Education City, the lon’s vice provost for edu- experience includes a childhood a Qatari CS major who wants ward to integrating with Qa- Qatar. The new campus is the Qatar Foundation’s headquar- cation, currently chairs the in Belgium and work in the Bel- to sample life in Pittsburgh.” tar, but warns that Carnegie result of a long-negotiated ters. Education City is a de- curriculum committee for gian Congo and Zaire. He agreed Faculty and staff from Carn- Mellon can’t move fast. “We agreement between Carnegie veloping 2,400-acre campus Carnegie Mellon in Qatar. “My with Nair, stating in an e-mail egie Mellon will also be able to can be enriched, but we have Mellon University and the Qa- located in Doha, the nation’s main objective was to see that that students may eventually teach at the branch campus in to be reflective, and work with tar Foundation for Education, capital. The Emir of Qatar, His what we do there is up to CMU be able to go back and forth be- Qatar in the near future. integrity to ensure the best of Science, and Community De- Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin standards, as we are offering tween the campuses. “By opening a branch cam- education in both places, look- velopment, a non-profit orga- Khalifa Al-Thani, and his wife, our degrees there,” said Nair. “I think there is great po- pus, we will expand the size of ing for opportunities for syn- nization designed to promote Her Highness Sheikha Mo- “It is our hope that this is tential for all kinds of inter- the overall CMU faculty,” stat- ergy that would contribute to education in Qatar. zah Bint Nasser AI-Missned, the beginning of a new kind change. Imagine a class in ed Thorpe. “We will have ac- both.” “We’re very enthusiastic decided to develop the Qatar University Center renovations transfigure the basement August 25, 2003 in a college town of course,” which is sharing the same Andrew Johnson said Coordinator of Student space as the new student ar- Activities (SA) Dan Barnett eas, is largely outside of Stu- The grand opening of the who captained the proposal dent Planning and will later University Center basement and, along with the staff of be moved to a bigger space, facilities on August 29 marks Skibo, designed the menu. pending funding. A new cen- the fulfillment of space left Since a Barnett-driven re- tralized mailroom is a simi- abandoned since the Center’s haul of the Skibo menu, sales larly bundled but also largely doors opened in August of have tripled, which was a fac- independent venture of Andy’s 1996. Initial discussions on tor in SA’s submitting a pro- and the rec space. the renovations began late posal to fill the space. Other While the space is open for in the fall of 2002, and the proposals from independent use, a number of items are still dialogue’s fruition represents companies were also consid- on their way, and have already a major coup for students, ered. Skibo, incidentally, also been funded, according to whose year 2000 counterparts had some renovations this Student Body President Dan- opposed a corporate presence summer and now includes iel Gilman. The lounge area in the very same space. a “cyber-bar” that will allow adjoining Andy’s eatery will While the big push to get students to surf the web as receive a 42” plasma televi- the facilities in place started they dine, has installed new sion today that will usually Wenyao Ho/Photo Staff with Dean of Student Affairs artwork, and will have live run CNN with sound, but will A group of first-years enjoy a game of chess in the new lounge in the University Center located next to Andy’s. A series of coffee tables and comfortable leather couches give the area a feel similar to the Underground. Michael Murphy, former Stu- music every Wednesday this also be switched to other pro- dent Body President Brian semester. Skibo is used to pre- grams that students might be Namey said the space was de- pare the food sold at Andy’s, interested in watching in the signed by the students and for though there is little menu evenings, such as Pittsburgh the students. During his presi- overlap, said Barnett. Steelers games. Gilman sat on dency last year, Namey led the John Hannon, director of the ESTF and worked on the Exploratory Space Task Force Student Activities, was in- project as Namey’s vice-pres- (ESTF), which was composed volved in the early stages of ident last year. Other tweaks, of students and administra- the project and helped guide he said, will include bulletin tors, to determine a plan for the project during the sum- boards along the hallway of renovation that would be mer. He said that it was mirac- the mail center, new lighting, well-received. ulous that the space has been and wall decorations. A new rec room, dubbed completed on time. In Scotland Yard, the pro- Scotland Yard, includes a va- “We were on a tight time- cess of demand-based tailor- riety of table games like pool line, so a lot of decisions had ing is ongoing, said Gilman. and ping pong, as well as video to be made on the fly during For instance, the arcade games games, from the old school Ga- construction,” he said. were chosen using a combina- laga to the latest craze, Dance First-year business major tion of student input — DDR is Dance Revolution (DDR), and Santiago Guzman also said popular at CMU, for example Alex Meseper/News Editor Wenyao Ho/Photo Staff seems to be up to standards. he liked the new facilities, — and the industry expertise Andy’s is a new Student Activities-run dining First-year CIT student Boseo Hui lines up a shot at the “It’s nice. It’s bigger than I though he griped at the costs. of Dale Lazar, who owns the establishment located in the UC basement. It offers new recreational center, Scotland Yard, in the basement of the University Center. Other features of the location expected; I was worried when All of the arcade games, with company that leases the ma- smoothies and is one of the few places on campus to get vegeterian cuisine. are a DDR Extreme machine and a digital jukebox. I saw the plans,” said Fred the exception of DDR Extreme chines to CMU and most of Merkle, a first-year ECE gradu- and a VR-like game called Pittsburgh. But the machines restaurant, though nearly fall of 2000. edging that the plan wasn’t ate student and former Activi- Vortek which both run a dol- are fair game for change in the all the customers have been The University had not con- consistent with the long-term ties Board chairperson. “Scot- lar, cost 50 cents. The digital coming months. first-years so far. “An hour ago sidered renovating the space purposes of the UC but that, as land Yard is a nice touch.” jukebox costs $1 for two plays, “We’re going to monitor [5:30 pm], we were slammed,” for lack of funding, and be- a temporary solution, would “Every night, there have or $5 for 14 plays. things, what’s doing well and he said about the popularity of gan to think about leasing the provide many benefits to the been more and more people The original plan would what’s not,” Gilman said. He the establishment. space temporarily to Intel, so campus community. in the game room,” said Uni- have placed the improvements noted that they had run out of The rec space will also now that they could have the reno- Whether or not the fitness versity Center Director Marcia on the second floor, displacing sandwiches at Andy’s because provide a hub for the Safewalk vated space back after three facilities belong next to the Gerwig, though she noted that some of the upstairs fitness ar- they underestimated its poten- program, a student escort ser- to five years when Intel would eating facilities as they are in it is hard to gauge the popular- eas to the basement, but after tial popularity. vice for nighttime. The space be moved to a permanent the UC is still subject to de- ity of the project with orienta- further talks and research, the Erlan Barkeltbayev, a first- will provide a more interesting off-campus location. Though bate. Junior H&SS student tion week being the only metric. ESTF changed the plan to its year physics student, and his waiting place than Morewood the space would have to be Zachary Hiwiller, a Student Jason Malatack, a sopho- current incarnation. checkers partner (Guzman Gardens. adapted after that, the main Dormitory Council represen- more biology major, said he Stan Krowitz, the Univer- both noted that the selection Throughout all stages of costs in heating and ventila- tative of Namey’s ESTF, said likes to play pool and his room- sity Center administrator who in the jukebox is small, and the planning, revenues to pay tion would already have been he would rather not exercise mate is “all about the DDR.” can be found walking the halls Gilman said they are working back funding from the Uni- addressed. Students, how- or swim in plain view of UC “It’s nice just to relax down of the UC in the evening, said on the student complaint that versity to create the rec space ever, objected to a corporate diners, but the renovations here,” he said. that keeping the fitness facili- the machine lacks any kind of were supposed to come from presence on campus and in a project is largely complete, if Andy’s, the new eatery in ties in the open helps to pro- hip-hop selection. the arcade machines. Dean building whose mission state- still awaiting a few tweaks. Hi- the basement, offers coffee mote a healthy environment. Chris Smoak, AB Chair- Murphy said, though, that he ment was to provide “facilities willer was in favor of the Intel drinks, smoothies, and sand- He thinks that students are person, has enjoyed a Blast- doubts that the machines will for teaching and learning that move because he saw it as ben- wiches. In keeping with the pleased with the construc- ing Blackberry smoothie from pay back the loan, but the may be used by the members eficial to campus. student-oriented bent of the tion, and that the number of Andy’s. project went forward because of the community or external “[The ESTF’s] mission was renovations, Andy’s also helps people enjoying the space has He said that during his of backup funding from vari- organizations whose primary to evaluate and re-evaluate to address an ongoing concern grown nearly exponentially first year at Carnegie Mellon ous sources, such as his own purpose is education.” proposals for the layout of — a lack of healthy and veg- in the few days that the space in Morewood Gardens, many budget. The total cost of all Intel eventually became the rec/dining space. We ana- etarian dining options on cam- has been Open to students, as people used the poolroom renovations is estimated at part of the Panther Hollow lyzed several proposals, and pus. The non-Dining Services- he has had to chase more and as a place for socializing and $2.4 million. Initiative and the facility now solidified the specific vision affiliated café is the result of a more students out at closing that the space in the UC would The new recreational, eat- exists on the corner of Forbes for the space,” stated Namey proposal submitted by Student each night. The facility will have the same effect. ing, mail, and career facilities and Craig. via email. Activities, the division that be open during the school In his first day working at now occupy part of a space University President Jared He now works for Student also runs Skibo Coffeehouse. year until 2 a.m. each night, Andy’s, third-year creative that the University debated Cohon wrote a letter to the Affairs until he travels to Ox- “I want to open a coffee- though that may change. writing student Corey Camp leasing to Intel for E-com- editor in the October 16, 2000 ford to work on his master’s in shop of my own when I retire, The new Career Center, said the students loved the merce solution research in the issue of The Tartan, acknowl- September. B6 « thetartan.org/special The Tartan » April 7, 2013 2008–2009 Sneakerology 101 gains nationwide acclaim, draws speaker April 13, 2009 liot and I try and teach in the who later found great success big up there on the screen. Destiny Ridguard classroom,” said Chorng. on major record labels. “I was shocked. I had seen When he was done writing In addition to DJing all over the poster, but man, oh good- A crowd gathered in McCo- on the board, Garcia turned the world, Garcia remains an ness. And we’re not in a class- nomy Auditorium last Mon- around, and the text of his T- editor, writer, cultural critic, room; this is an auditorium. day. Composed of Sneaker- shirt read, “Where’d You Get streetballer, sneakerhead, and One-hundred plus people ology 101 students, faculty, Those?: New York’s Sneaker member of the Rock Steady were here, and not just CMU,” staff, University of Pittsburgh Culture from 1967–1980,” the Crew. Garcia said. students, and other members title of his September 2003 Garcia said that a collec- “I thought we’d be in a of the community, the crowd book, an anthropological oral tor is someone who collects classroom, you know 30 waited as Robert “Bobbito” history that describes the sneakers “similar to [the way people, but this is on a much Garcia scribbled a series of functionality and fashion of someone would collect] art, grander scale than I imag- words on the blackboard. sneakers during this era. stamps, or coins.” ined. I knew there would be Garcia was the guest lec- On his feet were the LeBron He described sneakers as students from the class, but turer brought in by the StuCo 6 sneakers, in navy blue and a “reflection of your own per- people from Pitt and folk from Sneakerology 101, possibly white. sonality,” and said that a “con- the city came out.” the only class in America that He credited his editors in nection with your shoes is a Along with Garcia’s visit has a curriculum covering helping him create the book connection with others.” to the campus, there is other sneakers from Converse to used as the text for Sneakerol- He began a 45-slide Pow- evidence of the widespread

Creative Recreations. ogy 101. erPoint presentation that fea- and growing popularity of the Celia Ludwinski The instructors, Carnegie Garcia, born in 1966 in tured pictures from his book. Sneakerology 101 class. Bobbito Garcia spoke to students, faculty, staff, and guests in McConomy. Mellon seniors Elliot Curtis, New York City, is also known Garcia provided facts and The StuCo has been picked a decision science major, and as DJ Cucumberslice, Bobbito figures, prices of pairs, where up by many blogs and web- Jesse Chorng, an economics The Barber, Make It Happen, they were sold, relevant ath- sites, such as (www.hype- major, were front row, Boogie Bob, Kool Bob Love, lete endorsements, and in- beast.com), where the class center, ready to receive more Soul Food Bob, and Bag of formation about why certain and the sneakers are given knowledge. Tricks. color combinations claimed high marks. Before the introductions, After graduating from Wes- attention in the public sphere. A special event, Kicksburgh Curtis said, “This man is a leyan University in 1988 and He used his slides to ex- 2009, is planned to feature legend, a true aficionado, and playing professional basket- plain the evolution of sneaker the limited edition Sneakerol- to have him here is beyond ball in Puerto Rico, he began culture, which featured differ- ogy Reebok Reverse Jams, of amazing. I just want to thank working at Def Jam and co- ent pairs of shoes and basket- which only 101 will be made everyone who helped to make hosted the Stretch Armstrong ball players who contributed and sold. this possible, and continue to and Bobbito Show on WKCR to this “localized grassroots The event kicks off at 5 p.m. do what Bob says: ‘expose the 89.9 FM from 1990 to 1998. movement of street ball and in Skibo Gym this Wednesday unexposed.’” His show featured exclu- sneaker culture.” and will include live music, “This is an amazing oppor- sive demo tapes and in-studio When asked what sur- art, and a break-dancing per- tunity to show everyone what freestyles from many then- prised him about speaking formance, as well as other we can do and what he has unsigned artists, such as Nas, at Carnegie Mellon, Garcia clothing and sneaker vendors done. It will give our students Big Pun, Wu-Tang Clan, Big L, said, “I’m a humble dude, but and an opportunity to donate some perspective on what El- Fugees, and Notorious B.I.G., I didn’t expect to see my face to The Hill House Association. Courtesy of kicksburgh.com CMU assists in building Facebook gives CMU hikers Large Hadron Collider $25,000 for mapping platform September 21, 2008 LHC, including physics pro- for 150,000 channels of de- November 3, 2008 Mellon alumnus (Heinz ’96), map of all the national parks Jun Xian Leong fessors Helmut Vogel, Manfred tectors within the CMS alone. Sabrina Porter spoke on the prevalence of in the Eastern region of the Paulini, and James Russ, with The analysis team that the social networking sites like United States could cost about Two weeks ago, the the remainder being post-doc- Carnegie Mellon contingent Facebook has landed a new Facebook. $150, a map from TrailBehind world’s largest particle su- toral and graduate students. is involved in is currently mapping platform, thanks He cited June 2008 sta- would be free. percollider, the Large Hadron Carnegie Mellon’s main researching a fuller under- in part to a Carnegie Mellon tistics from Comstar, one of “We know where all Collider (LHC), officially cel- contribution to the LHC lies in standing of upsilons, which alumnus. Andrew Johnson the major web tracking com- the parks are and their ba- ebrated a milestone in its de- the construction of the Com- are elementary particles that (Tepper ’03) and co-founder panies. Out of 860 million sic shapes and sizes. When velopment when the first par- pact Muon Solenoid (CMS) have been a subject of inter- Anna Hentzel received one of unique visitors to the Internet, people add information, our ticle beams were successfully — a 20-meter long, 18-meter est in high-energy physics for Facebook’s first fbFund grants 580 million went to social net- maps become more com- accelerated across its 27-mile high detector built for the spe- several years. for their application Trail- working sites, and Facebook plete,” Johnson said. circumference. The real job cific purpose of detecting mu- “It is clear we do not fully Behind, mapping software was by far the most visited. Johnson spoke excitedly of the LHC is smashing bits of ons, elementary particles pro- understand upsilon produc- people can use to plan hik- “What we’re seeing is of the possibility of eventu- our universe together in the duced both during collisions tion,” Ferguson said. “We ing trips. While Johnson and a transformation of how ally expanding the mapping hopes of discovering new el- and upon the decay of the col- hope that by boosting to high- Hentzel are concentrating on people across the globe get platform to specialize in more ementary particles — notably lision products. Specifically, er energies, we may be able hiking now, their software information,” he said. “CMU areas than hiking as the tech- the elusive Higgs Boson, and CMU constructed the end-cap to discover something new has the technical capability to is part of that story and it is nical capacity already exists. possible candidates for dark muon chambers for the CMS about these particles.” map any location in the world. very exciting.” “If you want to know about matter particles — which may — massive detector chambers Ferguson likened his work The grant they received Schmitt, in addition to where to take your dog, hotels help explain how our universe which capture trails of muons’ to those of chemists in the is part of the fbFund, begun being a CMU alumnus, was that are dog-friendly, finding holds itself together. as they fly through matter. 19th century. “[Chemists] this past July, through which Johnson’s boss at SureLogic. malls, or social networks, we The Higgs Boson is a hith- “The ability to detect mu- had all these elements that Facebook plans to award Johnson was Schmitt’s first can help you with that,” John- erto-undetected elementary ons and meson momentum we know the atomic mass, $10 million to application hire and the two worked to- son said. particle that the Standard is a crucial part of the CMS,” the properties and character- developers. Johnson and gether for two years. Charles Johnson, Andrew Model predicts to exist and is said Vogel, who recently be- istics of, but we do not know Hentzel’s platform was one Schmitt said Facebook Johnson’s father and Man- crucial to explaining why par- gan working on the CMS as why they are there,” he said. of 25 to be granted money is now making the transfor- aging Member of Verve X3, ticles have mass. Dark matter a part of Ferguson’s team. “After Mendeleev put them in on Oct. 15. They were given mation from a website to a a graphic design firm, who is a similarly undetected form “Many of the elementary par- a table, he showed there was $25,000 to develop their platform, adding that it even- helped with the software of matter which is account- ticles have decay products order to the system — and we platform and turn it into a tually will become like an op- development, spoke on the able for nearly 22 percent that contain muons, and de- were then able to create new Facebook application. erating system, putting every challenges TrailBehind will of the unseen mass in space tecting these muons can give elements as predicted by the “[Anna and I] have been function into one place. face once they expand their holding galaxies together. us a very good sense of what Periodic Table.” thinking of this for a long Johnson and Hentzel com- services. Together, these particles con- might have been produced in- “Similarly, we now have time. We go backpacking ev- pared the particular role of “We’re talking about com- stitute some of the largest side,” he said. these particles like the Higgs ery or every other weekend,” TrailBehind to a Wikipedia peting with companies like mysteries in physics today — The muon chambers are Boson that are predicted by Johnson said. “We’re both of hiking and an interactive Google Earth,” Charles John- mysteries the LHC may soon filled with a mixture of argon the Standard Model, and we Facebook users and it was mapping pinboard, as a place son said. “There [are] a lot of be able to unravel. The LHC and carbon dioxide gas. As a are trying to find them within always in our plan to make a where users can collaborate mapping platforms already essentially accelerates two muon passes through, it ion- these collisions,” Ferguson Facebook application.” on hiking trails, compare out there.” beams of protons to energies izes gas molecules around it, said. “Why are they there? Johnson and Hentzel are opinions, and share any in- Charles Johnson spoke of over seven trillion electron leaving a trail of ionized par- What is underlying it all? We both avid hikers with com- sights they have on their past about what sets them apart volts (TeV) in opposite direc- ticles in its wake. do not know yet, but we are puter programming back- trails. from their competitors. tions, and then points them The freed electrons drift hoping this will be the last grounds. Johnson previously “This is a more social en- on a collision course. Upon to a mesh of high-voltage piece of the puzzle.” worked at the Carnegie Mel- Johnson vironment,” he said. “It’s not impact, the immense energies wires strung across the cham- Whether or not the Higgs lon start-up SureLogic while just getting from Point A to released cause the constitu- ber, which convert them into Boson is ever discovered, Hentzel worked at Google. dreams of Point B, but what to expect ents of the nuclei to interact, electrical pulses that are physicists at large are exceed- Johnson and Hentzel regis- along the way.” releasing elementary parti- measured and recorded. The ingly excited about the pros- tered the company domain, the site being Charles Johnson said that cles in a shower of radiation, choice of gas for the muon pects that the LHC brings. (TrailBehind.com), last Octo- the top hit on he has already seen a trend which lasts for mere nanosec- chambers was an interesting “Personally, I hope nobody is ber, but they really got started in people wanting to know onds before decaying. These one. “We could not use a gas right,” Ferguson said. “I hope on the mapping platform this Google for about the journey, from peo- elementary particles created like, say oxygen, because it we discover something no April. mapping of all ple wanting to know weather during collisions are the fo- would be ‘poisonous’ to the one has predicted — now that TrailBehind will not only hour-by-hour to constant traf- cus of massive amounts of electrons,” Vogel said. “Oxy- would be exciting!” map trips but will act as a so- kinds. fic updates. research, as they are hoped gen is highly electronega- Vogel, too, shares his opti- cial platform on which hikers Johnson and Hentzel both to reveal what is truly at the tive — meaning the electrons mism at the prospects of the can share advice, compare “What makes [TrailBe- spoke on the importance of heart of matter itself. would be absorbed before LHC. “We expect to detect paths, offer trail opinions, hind] different is that we’re their application and on their While smashing two clocks they could be detected,” he some intricate signatures or and allow users to map out aggregating data,” Hentzel enjoyment of their work. together may not seem like the explained. “The gas also event topologies that tell us and share particular paths said. “We have algorithms “For me, the most excit- smartest way to learn how needs to be nonflammable, what kind of supersymmet- they have taken. that merge trails between user ing part is doing something clocks work, there appears yet affordable — it is like a ric dark matter candidates Johnson and Hentzel be- points and rank popularity.” I like,” Hentzel said. “We al- to be little other recourse for many-parameter optimiza- might have been produced,” gan with big parks like Yosem- Hentzel added that the infor- ready use it on our camping high-energy physicists to learn tion problem,” Vogel said. he said. For a rapper’s ver- ite National Park as well as mation shared on TrailBehind trips.” how our world truly works. “We built all the electron- sion of how the LHC oper- areas they were familiar with, can only be gained from other Johnson dreams of the site Tom Ferguson, a physics ics that read out these cham- ates, Vogel recommends the particularly in Pittsburgh and people, not from governmen- being the top hit on Google professor at CMU, has been bers,” Ferguson said. “There LHC Rap — which happens California. They are hoping tal or national park websites. for mapping of all kinds. working on the LHC for over is nothing on the market that to be scientifically accurate that they and the users can Johnson expressed similar But for now, the focus re- 14 years, from design to pro- comes even close to the preci- — accessible by searching for expand the coverage. sentiments as Hentzel, ad- mains on hiking. totype to actual production. sion we need for these mea- “LHC rap” on YouTube, or at Steve Schmitt, a member dressing the more complete The application, TrailBe- Currently, Carnegie Mellon surements,” he said. All in all, the following link: www.msu. of the board of directors and efficient nature of Trail- hind, is available on Face- has a team of 11 members led CMU contributed to the fab- edu/~mcalpin9/lhc_rap/ at TrailBehind, CEO of Behind. book. More information can by Ferguson working on the rication of over 10,000 chips largehadron.html. SureLogic, and a Carnegie Johnson said that while a be found at TrailBehind.com April 7, 2014 « The Tartan thetartan.org/special » B7 2012–2013 Past Polaris Moon rover rolled out Suspect in bomb student for Lunar Robot open house threat case indicted August 26, 2012 responsibility for some of the talks Justin McGown threats and demanded that the reward be removed. The FBI officially indict- Extradition from Ireland stress ed Adam Stuart Busby on is historically hard to accom- Aug. 22 for sending over 40 plish, and authorities in both March 25, 2013 threatening emails to the the U.S. and the U.K. seem Oren M. Spiegler University of Pittsburgh last to view Busby as a nuisance year. Busby’s emails were more than anything, accord- I read with great interest part of a series of over 100 ing to Leslie’s interview with of the forum that was con- bomb threats issued to Pitt the Post-Gazette. The FBI did ducted on campus pursuant throughout the spring semes- not make any statements re- to the suicide of a student ter. Busby, the founder of the garding extradition. Leslie and the issue of the pres- Scottish National Liberation believes that the U.S. will sure and competitive nature Army, is currently in an Irish likely not push hard for Bus- of the institution rising to prison awaiting an extradi- by’s extradition. the fore. tion hearing for threats he al- In his official statement, It is obvious to me that legedly made about airliners Pitt Chancellor Mark Nor- nothing has changed at travelling between London denberg thanked local and Carnegie Mellon since I at- and New York City. federal law enforcement tended from 1974 through According to a statement as well as the Pitt commu- 1977. on the FBI’s website, Busby nity for their support dur- Perhaps my first mis- is indicted on 35 counts: ing the bomb threat fiasco. take was to have attended 17 counts of wire fraud, 16 He cited examples of people the school out of a sense counts of maliciously convey- who went out of their way to of duty to my late mother, ing false information in the help, including a canine of- Gloria Siegle Spiegler, a Jonathan Carreon/Contributing Editor form of bomb threats, and ficer from McKeesport who Alumni gather around William “Red” Whittaker in the Gates Center during Cèilidh Weekend as he presents two counts of international made late-night trips on his distinguished 1943 alum Polaris, a lunar rover that will prospect the underground water and gas resources discovered as ice on the from the School of Music, moon two years ago. extortion. own time to perform bomb who enjoyed a wonderful In addition to the Pitt sweeps, and faculty members and gratifying career as pi- October 7, 2012 be completely autonomous. “... this lander is designed bomb threats, Busby has who patrolled doorways and ano performer and teacher. Jennifer Golda Without radio GPS and re- for this rover, [but also] for the been charged with sending conducted classes on campus Mother treasured her days mote control, the robot will smaller rover and for carrying emails in 2010 threatening to lawns. at what was then Carnegie Pittsburgh-based space have to compare its surround- payloads underneath. We poison water supplies in Eng- Tech. robotics company Astrobotic ings to satellite images of the can go without a rover all land, and specifically Gordon “His motive I was accustomed to be- Technology, Inc. rolled out Moon’s surface to determine together, as long as we are Brown, who was prime min- ing one of the students that the first prototype of its lunar its location. It will have to see within our mass constraints, ister of the United Kingdom is publicity. excelled in elementary and ice prospecting robot, Polaris, and maneuver around rocks which are fairly large, at the time. The 64-year-old Busby glories high school, but found that in the Gates Center at its first larger than 15 centimeters — actually,” Peterson said. “That Scottish nationalist is known at Carnegie Mellon, I was official public unveiling. or roughly the size of a bowl- lets us design one lander mainly for his hoaxes; while in publicity. no longer anything special As a part of the Cèilidh ing ball — that could obstruct and then go out and find a the Scottish National Libera- as one forgotten member Weekend festivities, the Lunar its path. Perhaps the most payload.” This will allow the tion Army has carried out or He will target of a group of brilliant indi- Robot Open House brought difficult challenge is how the company, which is already attempted more overt acts of anyone or any viduals. I was taken aback students, staff, family, and solar-powered Polaris would receiving $1 million a year terrorism in the past, Busby by the lack of individual alumni around a stage that balance operating in areas from NASA alone, to easily suffers from multiple sclerosis organization instruction, attending lec- held Polaris as William “Red” that not only have ice, but also commercialize its lander to and is bound to a wheelchair. that he feels tures with many times the Whittaker spoke about the sunlight. other Moon-goers. “I was not in the least bit number of students as there rover. A Robotics Institute In October 2015, Astro- “The company’s goal is not surprised [by the charges],” will gain him were in my high school professor and Astrobotic’s botic plans to send Polaris to a to win the X PRIZE; it is to David Leslie, a retired Scot- publicity.” classes. It was easy to get CEO, Whittaker described carefully chosen location near commercialize space,” Aaron tish reporter who personally lost among the masses in the goal of Polaris: to explore the Moon’s northern pole. Acton said, referring to the knows Busby, said in a Pitts- - David Leslie these huge lecture classes. the vast underground water Like the Earth, the Moon’s Google Lunar X PRIZE, the burgh Post-Gazette article. I also had great difficulty and gas resources discovered region with the most frozen largest contest of its kind in “His motive is publicity. Bus- “Everyone in the Universi- in comprehension and ab- as ice on the Moon two years resources is also its coldest history. by glories in publicity. He will ty of Pittsburgh community is sorption of material deliv- ago. and darkest: the poles. The Acton has been working target anyone or any organi- deeply grateful for the many ered by teaching assistants Polaris, equipped with a rover must utilize complex al- on the project for more than zation that he feels will gain forms of help that were ex- that had poor English skills, drill and other prospecting gorithms to predict when and three years, ever since he be- him publicity.” tended to us while our cam- something to which I was equipment, can answer ques- where shadows will fall as it gan his master’s in mechani- Busby’s motive is unclear. pus was under siege and for not at all accustomed. tions about the gas that satel- travels the surface and as the cal engineering. “As part of The FBI declined to specu- all of the hard work that was I felt that there was little, lite data cannot. “What is it, Moon changes positions. For that goal, to win the X PRIZE, late about his reasoning, and done,” Nordenberg said in if any, help for the student what is it made of, where is the mission to be a success, would be great,” he added. Busby has no direct connec- the statement. that found the atmosphere it, what is its concentration, the rover needs to detect both According to Google’s X tion to either the university Although Busby’s indict- at Carnegie Mellon to be as can you extract it, can you use ice and sunlight. PRIZE website, “A total of $30 or the city. In his interview, ment has provided some an- challenging and intimidat- it?” Whittaker said. “[Polaris] Polaris also needs to be million in prizes are available Leslie told the Post-Gazette swers, many students remain ing as I did. changes everything.” able to successfully land, and to the first privately funded that it was likely not a deeply puzzled. I went on to attend and Answering these questions to achieve this, Astrobotic is teams to safely land a robot on thought-out action, and was Carnegie Mellon sopho- graduate from Robert Morris could have a large impact on also developing a high-preci- the surface of the Moon, have possibly inspired by the pres- more computer science major University with a degree the future of space explora- sion lander. Once the lander that robot travel 500 meters ence of a UPMC hospital in Eric Lee said, “Considering in Business Administration tion. “This polar ice, when and its payload near the de- over the lunar surface, and Dublin. that no bombs were actually and to a successful career utilized, can transform the sired region of the Moon’s send video, images, and data While the threats Busby detonated at the school, it in the public sector which whole direction of space ex- surface, it will slow down and back to the Earth.” has been charged with were seems almost fitting that the continues after almost three ploration,” Whittaker said. hover for about four days be- Astrobotic was founded some of the most prominent threats were as random as decades. I have a soft spot “Because see, if you could re- fore it decides where to land shortly after the announce- of those made against Pitt, they were pointless.” in my heart for the school fuel after leaving the Earth, and make its slow descent. ment of the contest in 2008, nobody has been charged for Some, like Pitt first-year predicated upon what you can go anywhere.” But to In addition to accuracy, and is determined to compete the other threats, including engineering major Erin Saro- it meant to my beloved learn how to use this extrater- the lander will also boast with 26 other groups. With its the initial ones written in- si, are just happy to see prog- mother (and I donated restrial gas to fuel travel be- versatility. Kevin Peterson, a team of over a dozen Carnegie side bathrooms on campus. ress. Sarosi applied to Pitt her two prized pianos to yond our current limits, Whit- Ph.D. student in robotics who Mellon students and alumni, Pitt rescinded its offer of a while the threats were occur- Carnegie Mellon upon her taker explained we must first has worked on the project the company is preparing to $50,000 reward for informa- ring. “It wasn’t hindering me death in 2005), but CMU travel to the Moon. for two years, explained the move to a new location so that tion after a group calling it- from going here,” Sarosi said. was not a factor in any of my And this will be difficult, many features of the lander’s it can expand its research and self the “Threateners,” now “I think it’s still a pretty safe achievements. he said, because the rover will design. operations. identified as Busby, claimed campus.” Town hall to discuss CMU’s expansion toward Craig Street April 29, 2013 surrounding area. Murphy throwing anyone out of their the Simonds Commission Don Chloe Thompson stressed the university’s desire place,” he said. Carter said that the Commis- to strike a balance between Senior materials science sion had investigated this pos- Attendees of an open Town collegiate interests and those and engineering and biomedi- sibility, but the museums on Hall discussed the fate of Craig of the community: “We have cal engineering double major Craig Street needed the space Street on Wednesday. to have the right mission, the Sohini Bianka Roy attended to let their patrons exit on the Led by Vice President for right balance, [so Craig Street the meeting as a representa- weekends. Campus Affairs Michael Mur- is] CMU-centric and a modern tive of the undergraduate The audience consisted of phy, the Town Hall informed destination of choice.” Student Senate, and discussed mostly faculty, but all were the audience and the Simonds A possible roadblock in the stake of students in this clearly passionate about the Commission — which is the the project’s development matter. project. Assistant Vice Presi- group of trustees, faculty, and is the zoning designation of “The goal was essentially dent for Diversity and Equal senior administrators respon- Carnegie Mellon’s various to have some kind of Tartan Opportunity Services Everett sible for new projects and ren- properties. The campus pride,” she said. “When you Tademy said, “I’m invested in ovations to Carnegie Mellon falls under an Educational/ walk down to the University the project because Carnegie properties — about the devel- Medical/Institutional (EMI) of Pittsburgh’s campus, you Mellon is invested in it.” opment plan for Craig Street. zone, which means that the see that ‘Go Panthers,’ you Director of Facilities Man- The Town Hall also served as university is at much greater see that pride, and we felt agement Services and profes- a forum for community mem- liberty to do what they like that Craig Street is kind of like sor of civil and environmental bers to discuss their own opin- with the property. Much of the our own little corridor street.” engineering Don Coffelt was ions on the project. property in the Craig Street Murphy then opened the floor Haley Bryant/Staff Photographer invested in the project as a fac- Carnegie Mellon owns and area is part of a residential or to the audience, asking “What The future relationship of Craig Street and Carnegie Mellon opened for ulty member and a resident of leases several properties in the business zone, which means is your vision for Craig Street?” discussion at last week’s town hall. the Craig Street area. Craig Street area, including that the university has to work The audience had a wide rent plan for representation where students could go, but He expressed enthusiasm the recently acquired diocesan with more restrictions. variety of suggestions, such as of the university was to keep then the hours would have to about the project, saying, “I property near Central Catholic Despite these possible con- having retailers selling Carn- symbols “subtle yet iconic.” match their weeks.” think the only complicating High School on Fifth Avenue. straints, Murphy was adamant egie Mellon merchandise, Another popular idea was The idea of closing down factor is it’s going to take time. The Institutional Master that the university has no having some Carnival events asking businesses to stay open traffic on Craig Street to cre- Because it’s complex, and you Plan for Carnegie Mellon out- plans to fundamentally alter there, or having a visual con- an hour or two later some ate a place for students to con- don’t want to get it wrong.... It lines the future development Craig Street. “We’re not talk- nection to the school, such as nights. gregate was also suggested. would be harder to fix if we got of the campus and properties ing about changing function- painted thistles on sidewalks. As one attendee pointed Director of the Remaking Cit- it wrong than it is to go slowly held by the university in the ality, we’re not talking about Murphy said that the cur- out, “[Craig Street is] a place ies Institute and member of and make sure we get it right.” B8 « thetartan.org/special The Tartan » April 15, 2013 Alumni Calendar

The following list includes some events that are Chemical Engineering Department KGB Performance: “The 25th Annual Putnam exclusively available to alumni or that encourage ChemE Alumni, Faculty & Student Mixer KGB Defector’s Party County Spelling Bee” alumni attendance. A schedule of general Carni- Friday, 2 - 3 p.m., A100 Rothfus Lab, Doherty Saturday, 2 - 6 p.m., Dining Hall, Stever House Thu. Apr 10, 8:00 p.m., Fri. Apr 11, 2:00 p.m. val events can be seen in the Pillbox Carnival cal- Hall and 11 p.m., Sat. Apr 12, 2:00 p.m. endar on page C15. For a full list, visit the Alumni Kiltie Band Alumni & Student Reception Association website. cmuOUT Thursday, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., Alumni Lounge, Senate cmuOUT Alumni Network Happy Hour University Center Senate Alumni Brunch AB Friday, 6 - 8 p.m., 5801 Video Lounge & Café, Saturday, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., Donner Dell (Rain AB Tech Alumni & Student Mixer 5801 Ellsworth Avenue Maggie Murph Location: Room 103, Breed Hall, Margaret Saturday, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m., Alumni Lounge, Maggie Murph Reception Morrison) University Center Delta Delta Delta Friday, 3 - 4 p.m., Maggie Murph Café, Hunt Delta Delta Delta Alumnae Brunch Library Sigma Alpha Epsilon Alpha Phi Saturday, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m., Delta Delta Delta SAE’s 40th Annual Kickoff to Spring Carnival Alpha Phi Alumnae Luncheon House, 1071 Morewood Avenue Mechanical Engineering Thursday, 9 p.m, Sonny’s Tavern, 630 S. Saturday, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., Alpha Phi House, 5th Annual Materials Science & Engineering Millvale 1079 Morewood Avenue Delta Gamma Alumni Carnival Deck Party Dinner with Mystery Sandwiches at SAE Delta Gamma Alumnae Tea Friday, 4 - 6 p.m., 3300 Corridor, Wean Hall Friday, 6 p.m., Sigma Alpha Epsilon House, Alumni Association Saturday, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Delta Gamma 1085 Morewood Avenue All Alumni Happy Hour, hosted by the Pitts- Beta Nu House, 5032 Forbes Avenue Phi Kappa Theta/Chi Omega burgh Alumni Chapter Off Campus Phi Kappa Theta/Chi Omega Spring Carnival Committee Thursday, 5 - 8 p.m., Mario’s East Side, 5442 Delta Tau Delta 1970s (plus or minus) Reunion Current & Former Spring Carnival Committee Walnut Street Delta Tau Delta Alumni vs. Undergrad Football Friday, 7 p.m., Lounge/Bar Area, Wyndham Reception Event Pittsburgh University Center, 100 Lytton Saturday, 1 - 3 p.m., Danforth Lounge, Univer- Ballroom Dance Club Saturday, 12 - 4 p.m., Delta Tau Delta House, Avenue sity Center Ballroom Dance Club Alumni Reception 1060 Morewood Avenue Saturday, 2 - 5 p.m., Activities Room, Univer- Pi Kappa Alpha Student Dormitory Council sity Center Delta Upsilon Pi Kappa Alpha Luncheon SDC Alumni Social Delta Upsilon Dinner Friday, 12 - 3 pm, Connan Room, University Friday, 2 - 4 p.m., Danforth Lounge, University Beta Sigma Corporation Friday, 8:30 p.m., Primanti Bros., 3803 Forbes Center Center Beta Sigma Corporation Annual Meeting Avenue Saturday 12 - 3 p.m., Giant Eagle Auditorium, ROTC Tepper School of Business Baker Hall Dietrich College ROTC & Military Alumni Welcome Tent Tepper School Reunion Registration Dietrich College Reception Saturday, 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.Frew Street Friday, 2 - 7 p.m., Main Lobby, Tepper School Biomedical Engineering Department Saturday, 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Terrace Tent, of Business Biomedical Engineering Alumni Reception Baker Hall School of Architecture Saturday, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m., Rachel Mellon Wal- Saturday, 2 - 4 p.m., Room 2100, Doherty Hall School of Architecture Lunch & Expose of Cur- ton Room, Tepper School of Business Heinz College rent Work Buggy Alumni Association Heinz Alumni, Faculty, Student Reception Saturday, 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., Room C7, Digital Tepper All-Class Reunion Celebration at Heinz Buggy Alumni Association Reception Saturday, 3 - 5 p.m., Foyer, Hamburg Hall Fabrication Lab, Margaret Morrison Field Friday, 12:30-2 p.m., Frew Street Alumni Saturday, 6:30 - 10 p.m., Heinz Field, East Club Association Welcome Tent (Rain Location: Hispanic-Latino Alumni Association School of Computer Science Lounge, 100 Art Rooney Avenue Baker Lounge) Hispanic-Latino Alumni Association (HLAA) SCS/ECE Spring Carnival Alumni Reception Friday and Saturday, 7 a.m. - 12 p.m., Buggy Networking Reception & Argentine Tango Saturday, 1 - 3 p.m., Room 6115, Gates Hill- The Tartan Alumni Association Welcome Tent Experience man Center The Tartan Alumni Panel and Reception Saturday, 1:30 - 3 p.m., Tartans Pavilion Saturday, 3 - 5 p.m., Room 314, Tartan News- Carnegie Institute of Technology School of Design room, University Center CIT Carnival Alumni Brunch Information Systems Design Alumni Reception Friday, 9 - 11 a.m, Singleton Room, Roberts IS Block Party Saturday, 1:30 - 3 p.m., Room 111, Margaret WRCT Engineering Hall Friday, 4 - 5:30 p.m., Room 222, IS Conference Morrison WRCT Student-Alumni Meet-up Room, Porter Hall Saturday, 1 - 3 p.m., Located at the WRCT 88.3 Carnegie Mellon Black Alumni Association Science & Humanities Scholars Station Carnegie Mellon Black Alumni Association Kappa Alpha Theta Science & Humanities Scholars Alumni & (CMBAA) Lunch & Meeting Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae Brunch and Ice Student Reception (SHS alumni & students Other events Saturday, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Room 100, Cream Social only) Decade of the 1980’s Reception Gregg Hall, Porter Hall Saturday, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., Kappa Alpha Theta Saturday, 12 - 2 p.m., First Floor, Stever House Saturday, 5 - 7 p.m., Connan Room, University House, 1077 Morewood Avenue Center Carnegie Tech Radio Club Scotch’n’Soda Carnegie Tech Radio Club 100th Anniversary Kappa Kappa Gamma Brunch & Gala, Rangos Ballroom, University Young Alumni Happy Hour Celebration Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Lunch Satur- Center Saturday, 4 - 6 p.m., Tartan Pavilion Thursday, 5 - 8 p.m., Singleton Room, Roberts day, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Kappa Kappa Gamma Saturday Brunch: 11:30 am (Adults: $15; Engineering Hall House, 1065 Morewood Avenue Students: $10) Saturday Gala: 6 pm (Adults: $25; Students: $15) Carnival Weekend 2014 Event Locations 02.10.14 Volume 108, Issue 17 ...this week only 3 GoT Premiere sets the scene for exciting new season. 4 Gutenberg! School of Drama production provides lots of historical laughs. 5 HIMYM The How I Met Your Mother finale doesn’t live up to nine years of expectations. 6 Prima Facie The 2014 Spirit Fashion Show tackles social issues, as well as high fashion. 8 Midway Map Don’t get lost amongst the towering booths thanks to this handy map.

10 Carnival Traditions A few old traditions are making a return for this 6 year’s 100th anniversary celebration.

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3 Advice 11 Comics Everything you need to know about Carnival Spring is on the brains of this week’s and senioritis. comics selection. 5 Paperhouse 13 Puzzles Paperhouse talks about the upcoming Carnival Keep your mind sharp this Carnival with our concert. super challenging puzzles. 4 Dollar Movie 14 Horoscopes AB Films presents Frozen and Sharknado as Look into the page and see what the universe Carnival fare. has in store for you this week. 10 Carnival History 15 Calendar A brief history of Carnival so you can impress There’s a lot to do this week, so check out the people you won’t remember talking to. calendar to plan your time.

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The Tartan . Box 119 . UC Suite 103 . Carnegie Mellon University . 5000 Forbes Ave . Pittsburgh, PA 15213 . www.thetartan.org . © 2014 The Tartan Do you dare play the game? Advice for awkward people Game of Thrones begins a promising fourth season About Carnival and being a super duper senior

Dear Matt & Ryan, Dear Ryan & Matt, Warning: This article contains spoilers for the first brother and mother. In a particularly touching scene, episode of season four of Game of Thrones. Tyrion plays the good husband and tries to convince Carnival! Carnival! I’m really surprised that her to carry on for the sake of her mother, but to no Carnival! It’s here! I although both of you are The dragons are bigger, the stakes are higher, and avail. thought I’d be moving on seniors, and have plans the numbers become smaller with each episode. my sorority’s booth in the for after graduation, Season four of the wildly popular Game of Thrones Her bastard brother Jon Snow (Kit Harington) rain on Friday, but I didn’t! you are still as invested premiered Sunday night, and with it came promise doesn’t have much time to mourn his late half- Instead I’m just slaved to in everything as you’ve of a season full of twists, turns, and, of course, brother before he is put before a council of the building the damn thing ever been! What is your bloodshed. Night’s Watch to answer for his transgressions last for the next 72 hours, secret? I’m dying to know season. which is oh so wonderful. so that I can be as good Based on the book series A Song of Ice and Fire by I can’t wait to watch all a senior as you two next George R.R. Martin, the hit HBO show is set in the He’s admitted to his time with the Wildlings, the happy children climb year. fictional continents of Westoros and Essos as their especially Ygritte (Rose Leslie), but is upset that his around this carefully inhabitants fight for control of the Iron Throne. brothers don’t seem to believe his warnings of an constructed junge gym Sincerely, oncoming war from beyond the Wall. of fun! Carnival! I’m Nebby, Attached, Student But the road to power and glory is lined with the so happy! Sunshine! Activity Leader lives of those who were unsuccessful, because when The despicable King Joffrey proved once again that Rainbows! Kittens! you play the game of thrones, you either win or you he’s more interested in looking like a king than Dear NASAL, die. actually acting like one, by ignoring his duties and, Sincerely, To answer your question, instead, tormenting his uncle Jaime (Nikolaj Coster- Unbelievably Naive Into the reason that we are This was a lesson learned the hard way by Robb Waldeu). Carnival, Operating Really as good of seniors as we Stark (Richard Madden), his mother Catelyn No Sleep were sophomores and (Michelle Fairley), and his wife Talisa (Oona Chaplin) Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), Mother of juniors is that we both really in one of the show’s most gruesome scenes from last Dragons, Khaleesi, and one of the most impressive Dear UNICORNS, want to graduate, and get season, dubbed “The Red Wedding.” characters on the show, continues her mission of It is wonderful that you out of here. Don’t get us amassing an army large enough to invade Westoros are so excited about wrong, Carnegie Mellon Last season’s finale “Mhysa” saw the fallout from the and take back the kingdom she believes is right fully Carnival, we too have been has been a great place to tragedy and brought many of the storylines if not to hers. checking isitcarnivalyet.com get an education, but we a close, then to a nice pause. constantly for the last two are ready to do something In the meantime, she is beginning to discover that weeks. Which is probably else with our lives. Matt got This week’s episode, “Two Swords” picks up even the most devoted mothers cannot always tame the reason that we both got that scuba-diving job, and as King’s Landing is preparing for the wedding their children — be they dragons or men. zeros on our midterms, but Ryan is eloping with his between King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) and Margaery that doesn’t matter! Spring roommate’s girlfriend. As Tyrell (Natalie Dormer). As can only be expected, it was an episode for the has come again. We will get such, we both have caught viewer to play catch-up, focusing more on laying to eat artery-clogging state- a case of senioritis ahead of Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) has his hands the groundwork for the major storylines this season. fair food in the Morewood our last Carnival as students, full dealing with the arrival of the Dornish Prince, Although lacking in any major excitement, the parking lot! Both of us have and have decided to enjoy but not the one they are expecting. Prince Oberyn Game of Thrones season four premiere was the been looking forward to April in Pittsburgh. This is (Pedro Pascal) is there to exact revenge against the perfect episode after a long break our last Carnival here at our last advice column. We Lannisters for the death of his sister. Carnegie Mellon, and are are sorry to no longer be kinda glad that we don’t able to offer sage advice to Tyrion’s wife, Sansa (Sophie Turner) is Mairéad Pettit | Personnel Manager have to see Carnival moved all you awkward members of understandably struggling after the murder of her next to the CFA parking lot. the Tartan audience, but all good things must come to Seriously, a Ferris-wheel an end. view of the University Center isn’t as cool as We’ll always live on in one of Gates. your memories, however Ryan & Matt terrible our puns were. With love, Matt & Ryan

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Eunice Oh | Staff Artist television pillbox 04.07.14 3 Gutenberg! The Musical makes history hilarious Fun School of Drama production provides welcome respite from pre-Carnival stress

Many School of Drama productions have somber themes big stage. However, since the ambitious writers are story was Helvetica, Gutenberg’s young, beautiful, and leave the audience pondering deep subjects, such young and inexperienced, they do not have a cast or an bodacious assistant who pines for him and despairs over as the meaning of time or humans’ relationship with orchestra, so they must play the role of every character. unrequited love. mortality. Gutenberg! The Musical, however, was a Both actors wore baseball hats with the name of their breath of fresh air. The acting, as always, was wonderful, character written on the top so the audience could Between scenes, and in place of an intermission, Bud the sets were simplistic but representative of the tone always tell who each actor was portraying. Sometimes and Doug would break character to explain what was of the production, the story was creative yet easy to they wore several hats at once and would take them off going on to the audience and give a quick preview of understand, and the dialogue was absolutely hilarious. or put them back on to change characters. Another way what was to come next. This served the purposes of they distinguished between characters was by using allowing them to change scenes, keep the audience The musical is about Doug Simon, played by junior different accents. However, these accents didn’t always on the same page, and to add even more humor in the musical theatre major Harron Atkins, and Bud make explicit sense. For example, some characters had dialogue. Also, before the show started, Bud and Doug Davenport, played by junior musical theatre major Erron Cockney accents, some had American accents, some were seen setting up the stage and arguing about where Crawford, two young and energetic dreamers who have were just high-pitched, etc. In addition, Bud and Doug to place a line of tape on the floor. At first, it was unclear written a musical about the inventor of the printing cannot afford fancy props or sets, so everyday items such if this conversation was part of the show or if it was press, Johann Gutenberg. Unfortunately, they did not as cardboard boxes, crates, bicycle pumps, and stuffed real, but the audience laughed listening to the banter realize that there is, ironically, very little historical cats were used as props. between the two characters. information to be found about Gutenberg. So rather than choosing a new topic, they decide to write a historical The limited set and the two-man show, along with senior Overall, this production was very enjoyable and definitely fiction musical and make up the story of how Gutenberg biology and music performance double major Angela Lo worth the free price of admission. In a particularly invented the printing press. accompanying on the piano, made for quite a spectacle high-stress time of year with lots of projects and tests and a really funny performance. piling up, Gutenberg! The Musical provided a happy Bud and Doug perform the play for the audience in distraction. Laughter is definitely a great form of stress hopes that there may be a Broadway producer in the The story itself was just as humorous, filled with relief, and this production had the audience laughing audience who would like to help put the show on the characters such as the overly malicious Monk who from start to finish. The songs were surprisingly wants to stop Gutenberg from building a printing press catchy, the acting spot-on, the story easy to follow out of a fear that the commoners might be able to read and understand, and the characters engaging. This and interpret the Bible for themselves. The Monk has a show proved that a huge cast, an elaborate set, and an stereotypical henchman at his side, and the two wreak orchestral score are not necessary for an entertaining havoc throughout the town. The Monk adds another show, and also spoke to the power of a strong story line. source of humor, especially with lines like, “What a cute cat! I think I’ll name him Satan. I love Satan.” Another memorable character that adds humor to the Jenna Bodnar | Assistant Pillbox Editor dollarmovie McConomy Auditorium, University Center Andie Park | Staffwriter

Frozen Sharknado Friday, April 11 — 9 Friday, April 11 — 12 Sunday, April 13 — 2:30, 5, 8 Saturday, April 12 — 12

If you’re one of the three people who doesn’t know the lyrics to “Let It Go,” it might The movie we’ve all been waiting for is finally here and we are all alive to be a part be time to check out Frozen, the latest Disney animated feature film that’s been taking of this momentous event. Sharknado takes adventure to an entirely new world and over the world by winter storm. Elsa (Idina Menzel), princess of Arendelle, has the it’s too good to be true. After a freak hurricane hits Los Angeles, man-eating sharks magical ability to create ice and snow. While it seems like a dream come true, Elsa start attacking the city literally by storm. In a desperate attempt to save his wife, bar- resents herself because of the harm she bears to her younger sister, Anna (Kristin owner Fin (Ian Ziering) gathers together his group of friends to face an impending Bell). Due to Elsa’s fear, she decides to isolate herself from Anna, causing a rift to tornado — of sharks. In what is definitely on of the most unexpected movies of all grow between the two sisters. But when the entire kingdom gets cast under Elsa’s ice time, Sharknado manages to toss criticisms aside by making fun of itself within its spell, Anna teams up with mountain man Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), his reindeer Sven, own movie. It’s amazingly fun and fearlessly imaginative and, if you miss it, you might and the magical snowman, Olaf (Josh Gad), to find her sister. In one of the most regret not being able to tell your grandchildren how awesome it was to be alive splendid films of the year, Frozen has you singing to the top of your lungs and bawling during the generation of Sharknado. your eyes out at the same time.

theatre 4 pillbox 04.07.14 So that’s how you met mom? Paperhouse Long-running CBS series comes to disappointing end On Carnival Concerts

If last Monday’s series finale ofHow I Met Your Ted, however, receives the worst treatment of I am so underwhelmed and unsurprised by the choice to Mother proved anything, it was that the show should all. Good-guy Ted, eternal romantic Ted, finally have Mac Miller and Icona Pop play at Carnival this year, I have ended a long time ago. meets his soulmate. The Mother — whose name can barely get riled up enough to share my opinion. is revealed to be Tracy — is quirky and smart and Had the beloved CBS sitcom been canceled after perfect for Ted in pretty much every conceivable But this is music, and The Tartan is giving me my very own one, two, or even three seasons, perhaps then way. They meet at a train station, and it’s the one soapbox, so, why don’t I? the ending would have made some semblance of truly beautiful moment amidst a sea of suck. In that sense. But HIMYM was no typical three-season moment, and during Ted’s closing speech about how I don’t know a lot about Mac Miller, I admit. All I know is flop. It was a sitcom unique in its innovative he loved Tracy with all that he had for as long as that he is a rapper, and he is from Pittsburgh. That’s it. and playful relationship with style, its serialized they had, it is doubtful there was a dry eye in front of I know someone who saw him in Squirrel Hill once, and and time-jumping format, and its fearlessness in screens across America. everyone was very excited about it. tackling serious issues along with hijinks. Moreover, HIMYM was a series with nine seasons to its name But then it got bad. Viewers had been speculating Despite my limited knowledge of Mac Miller, I do at least that endured the marriages, pregnancies, and for months about the Mother’s death, so the know everything there is to know about Icona Pop: that career fluctuations of its main cast, in addition confirmation was hardly shocking. However, only one song from Girls. Seriously, I’ll go see Icona Pop to surviving a serious post-season seven dip in the wildest, densest speculators could have guessed just to watch the change in the crowd from bored and quality. Nine seasons of watching meant that at the stunt the writers pulled next. After years of uninterested to foamy­-mouthed fans when they play that HIMYM fans experienced nine seasons’ worth of on-again, off-again, not over it, over it, and a season one song. plot advancement, character development, and spent making viewers fall in love with Tracy, it turns emotional buildup. After all that, the HIMYM finale out that the Mother was just one final obstacle in the I can think of a ton of artists I would have been jazzed to was nothing short of unacceptable. And it’s almost way of Ted and Robin. see at Carnival. First of all, Danny Brown would have been absurdly easy to pinpoint why. killer. I know we like to pick rappers for this, so lets get an The final scene — filmed in 2006, before the kids awesome one, right? Old was such a good album, and For years, creators and head writers Carter Bays could get old — is jarring and irreverent. Ted’s tale of I think it came out recently enough to be relevant. Plus and Craig Thomas freely admitted that the finale “How I Met Your Mother” is really just an elaborate he has a song featuring Charli XCX as well, so people was long-planned, the endgame set. There can be ploy to convince his kids to give him the green light wouldn’t miss that Icona Pop song too much. no better sign than these confident assurances that to chase Robin once again. “Seriously Dad,” the kids they had lost sight not only of fans’ expectations, but seem to whine, “stop blabbering on about our dead But if we wanted to break the monotony of rap, I’d be of what an organic and fulfilling end would entail. mother and go hook up with Aunt Robin already. We down to see Empire of the Sun as well. They’re a crowd­ They failed to consider the nine years of writing that all know that’s what you really want.” pleaser, like MGMT, except they never released an album had occurred between their conception of the final as personally disappointing as Congratulations was. Plus, scene and that scene’s unveiling. Bays and Thomas Is it, though? Is there a single fan who thought, after they have this crazy glam­rock, king­-of-­Neptune thing going were too blinded by their idea of the perfect “full- all this time, that Ted and Robin were genuinely on. I bet it would be fun as hell to watch. circle” ending to realize when that ending was no meant to be together? That the Mother was just a longer applicable. gimmick, one more plot twist at the eleventh hour I’m not pleased with the concert choice, but that’s to make the final scene of the last episode echo the okay. That’s not really all that Carnival is about. It’s Almost nothing about the finale makes sense when final scene of the first? Judging from the fan and about people waking up way too early for Buggy, and placed in context with the rest of the show. For critic outrage that has met the HIMYM finale, it’s professors canceling class on Wednesday because “none starters, season nine is set over the weekend of hard to believe that anyone wanted this. of you would come anyway.” It’s about not having to do Barney and Robin’s wedding. An entire season is homework! And, in my case, it’s about escaping briefly to devoted to the marriage of a couple — considered What message are we to take from HIMYM now? Morgantown to see Tobaxxo and The Hood Internet, which for years to be HIMYM’s most popular — which the That no matter how long you wait, how much you is going to be gnarly, in the best sense of the word. writers go on to destroy in less than ten minutes. try, and how deeply you love, friendships fade, loved Then, to add insult to injury, seasons of character ones die, and good things never last? If that’s the development for Barney — tossed away along with truth of living, no one is going to be watching what Josephine Sullivan | Special to The Tartan his marriage — are reinstated with the lazy insert of was meant to be a light-hearted sitcom to learn it. sudden fatherhood. Lily, career forgotten, is reduced to a baby-making machine. Robin, career-consumed, Fans came to How I Met Your Mother and stuck with closes off, abandoning the gang and the ex-husband it for so long on the promise of a show celebrating who was once her best friend. Marshall is perhaps friendship, love, and life. The finale felt like a the only one who gets off unschated, and the finale grievous betrayal of that promise, and fans are left tells us practically nothing about his future that we with a bitter taste in their mouths. don’t already know.

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television pillbox 04.07.14 5 SPIRIT Fashion Show goes beneath the fabric Prima Facie tackles social issues such as discrimination, violence, and struggle for freedom

Saturday night saw Rangos Hall in the University Center transformed from a dull and unassuming space into an electrifying celebration of culture, beauty, fashion, and art thanks to the 2014 SPIRIT Fashion Show. Going beyond the typical fashion show format to combine all forms of performance, the show was more than a showcase of clothing, but rather a statement on numerous social issues related to discrimination and the lingering feelings of hatred that course through the blood of America.

The theme for the 2014 SPIRIT Fashion Show was “Prima Facie,” Latin for “at a first glance,” and guided the show’s discussion of discrimination. As described in the program, “Image is powerful and complicated, and we want to show the community just how complicated it can actually be. Our show will demonstrate the power of someone’s first impression.” Indeed, the show’s four acts were divided into four sections, each dealing with a specific theme: “Sexuality” touched on the struggle for gay rights and acceptance, “Women” railed against unnatural standards of beauty and disregarding strong female behavior as “b****y”, “Black Men” dug deep Abhinav Gautam | Staff Photographer into racial discrimination and violence, and “United States of America,” the first act of the show, served as Top: Senior musical theatre major Tsilala Graham models in front of the Prima Facie logo. an introduction to the evening by briefly mentioning all Bottom left: Senior materials science and engineering major Roger Romero plays saxophone. three aforementioned themes. Bottom right: Senior english and civil and environmental engineering double major Ibironke Ogunye.

What sets the SPIRIT Fashion Show apart from other the night, there were numerous performances — spoken, incredibly important issues of social justice and equality. events, such as Lunar Gala, is the fact that its much sung, and danced — that made “Prima Facie” more Rather than celebrating perfection, “Prima Facie” chose more than simply a showcase of clothing. Throughout of an artistic statement than a mere runway. Poems to rail against it and celebrate beauty and triumph in its performed by junior acting major Mitchell Edwards (who most true forms. And as an added bonus, the proceeds also wrote a number of them himself), senior dramaturgy went to fund the Visionary Performing Arts Academy in major Alesia Etinoff, and junior psychology major Nkem downtown Pittsburgh. Chikwendu gave each section a narrative voice, with music and dance performances also serving to highlight the themes. Junior musical theatre major Jean Floradin’s Joey Peiser | Pillbox Editor defiant dance performance to Bon Iver’s “Lost in the Woods,” which provided the close to “Sexuality,” was especially powerful in its representation of the spirit of the night.

The fashions of “Prima Facie” kept in line with the sections in which they were placed. For example, “Human,” a collection by Sammi and Company that was included in the “Women” section, strives to “remind everyone that no matter who we are and what we wear, we should be treated and judged like humans, and not just as a trend.” Many of the collections showcased in “Black Men” were influenced by urban streetwear and, in keeping with the section’s character, some drew inspiration from figures who fought against repression. “Versus,” for example, included sweatshirts and T-shirts that bore the images of everyone from the Notorious B.I.G. to Malcolm X and Maya Angelou.

“Prima Facie” was a tremendous effort that transcended usual fashion show fare to become a statement on

Abhinav Gautam | Staff Photographer Abhinav Gautam | Staff Photographer fashion 6 pillbox 04.07.14 Jonathan Leung | Photo Editor

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Abhinav Gautam | Staff Photographer

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Jonathan Leung | Photo Editor Left to right, top to bottom: Junior musical theatre major Jean Floradin, Ana Taylor, sophomore visual art major Alex Walker, sopho- more economics major Jobert Sauray, first-year undeclared Mellon College of Science student Lynzky Deleon, junior acting major Mitchell Edwards, senior civil and environ- mental engineering and engineer- ing and public policy double major Jonathan Leung | Photo Editor Esther Urena, Sharifa Garvey

Jonathan Leung | Photo Editor fashion pillbox 04.07.14 7 Carnival 2014: The Best of the Best Midway Map and Booth Guide

Alpha Chi Omega Iconic Movie Moments

Alpha Epsilon Pi The Simpsons

Alpha Phi Monster’s Inc.

Asian Student Association Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Astronomy Club Wallace and Gromit: Gentlemen Prefer Moon Cheese

Delta Delta Delta St. Jude

Delta Gamma Despicable Me

Delta Tau Delta Coney Island

Delta Upsilon Portal

Fringe Pittsburgh: The Best City in the World

Kappa Alpha Theta Pirates of the Carribean

KGB The Magic School Bus

Kappa Kappa Gamma Wreck-It Ralph

Math Club To Infinity and Beyond

Mayur Avatar: The Last Airbender

Mellon College of Science Batman

Mudge Mudge Mansion

Phi Delta Theta The Olympics

Sigma Alpha Epsilon The Karate Kid

Sigma Phi Epsilon Lord of the Rings

Singapore Student Association Secret Agent Training School

Spirit Pokémon

Stuent Dormitory Council Games Through the Ages

Taiwanese Student Association Miyazaki Films Map Courtesy of: Albina Kwak | Junior Artist Maegha Singh | Junior Artist Eunice Oh | Staff Artist carnival carnival 8 pillbox 04.07.14 pillbox 04.07.14 9 Brief history of Carnival Want to joust this Carnival? A look at a few Carnival traditions that are making a return Qualification Day, which heralds 1915 acceptance of first years as full Carnegie Men, is established. As the 100th annual Carnival arrives with a From the years 1914–1942, each class forged a link First ever Campus Week, including a bang, many on campus are looking back into of a chain and then stamped it with their class year. 1920 live circus. Sweepstakes is established the history of the legendary event. The Spring When World War I started, however, the tradition and the Carnival buggy races begin. Carnival Committee, headed by senior statistics was discontinued. This year, the chain will come out The Campus Queen tradition is major Emily Hrin and senior lighting design major of the archives, where it has been stored for years, established. Jackson Gallagher, in particular is bringing back and, after nearly 70 years, be added to once again. an assortment of historical traditions from the early years of Carnival. Not only will the class of 2014 be adding a link to “Spring Carnival” is established, the chain, but the Carnival Committee will also be 1930 following a long series of discussions In researching the history of Carnival, which is sponsoring the forging of links for every missing after Campus Week is abandoned in recognized by most Carnegie Mellon students as class as well. 1928. Float Parade and Canoe Tilt the best weekend of the academic year, Gallagher traditions are established. became interested in the traditions of years past. “Emily and I will be stamping our year into the The two that piqued his interest were plank jousting chain,” Gallagher said. Alumni from every year have Alpha Phi Omega begins selling and the class chain tradition. been invited back and will hopefully be available to 1949 concessions on the Midway. stamp their year into the chain. Gallagher and Hrin Plank Jousting hope that this tradition that will continue into future years as well. Float Parade tradition is turned into Plank jousting was a large part of Carnival from 1954 competitive booth. 1947 to the early 1980s. It involves laying a plank of “We’ve also arranged a ‘history of Carnival’ museum- wood across a pit of mud, and then having teams type exhibit that will be open during UC operation of about five people hit each other with pillows hours containing memorabilia from Carnivals past,” Carnival moves out of its historic home while balancing on the plank. The goal is to knock said Hrin. 1960 on the Cut and into the Skibo Parking the opposing team into the mud below. According lot. to Gallagher, the mud pit for the event will be At the 100-year landmark, Carnival is thriving, and created in the grassy area near the path by WQED students should take this opportunity to revisit the 1969 Sorority booth category is added. off the Morewood parking lot. Teams can sign up history of the event while enjoying it for themselves. to participate on the spot, with no preregistration In a big decade for women’s rights, the needed, and hopefully for free, if feasible. If enough 1970’s Campus Queen tradition is abolished teams sign up for the event, the committee plans to Laura Scherb | Operations Manager and a women’s Sweepstakes category have a tournament. is established. Carnival also shifts focus to be more entertainment-based Class Chain with the establishment of the Activities Board. The second tradition that the Committee plans to revive is the class chain.

A week after Google bought YouTube Independent organization booth for $1.65 billion, The Tartan’s editorial 1976 category is added. page muses on the future of the site that, at the time, was serving 100 Victor, the 651-pound bear who drinks More Carnival Events: Old and New million videos per day. That future, five 7-Up, comes to Carnival and wrestles years later: bigger numbers. In 2011, 1981 five fraternity men. All participants lose The Pittsburgh City Council has officially declared April 10, 2014 to YouTube is the third-most-visited site to Victor. on the web, serving 2 billion be forever known as “Carnival 100 Day.” videos to 30 percent of the Mobot competition is established, world’s internet users each day. 1995 Carnival moves to Morewood Gardens On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, between 4 and 9 p.m., the parking lot. Carnegie Mellon Police Department will be holding a “Dunk-a- Cop” event on the Midway to benefit the Special Olympics of Carnival celebrates its 100th 2014 anniversary. With the announcement Pennsylvania. of the Tepper Quadrangle to be built over the Morewood Gardens parking Hypnotist Paul Ramsay will be performing in the Main Tent on lot, Carnival is set to move over to Saturday at 8 p.m. Ramsay’s performance uses interactive polling the College of Fine Arts parking lot in 2015. technology to essentially crowd-source the hypnotism and allow the audience to choose what the hypnotized person will do. Joey Peiser | Pillbox Editor

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puzzles pillbox 04.07.14 13 Horoscopes Today is a relaxing day, provided you make the necessary aries effort to deal with material constraints. You would like march 21–april 19 nothing more than to plan fun activities for the future.

There’s a lot on your mind today. Over the last few weeks, taurus you’ve analyzed your relationships and now new people april 20–may 20 with attractive qualities are tempting you to make a change. Is this a good time to accept the upheaval such changes would create?

The past few days have been quite serious, but today gemini you awaken with a light heart and boundless energy. Your may 21–june 21 capacity for charm will be at its peak. People at work will yield to your wishes today.

You could be feeling a little overwhelmed and overworked. cancer Perhaps the demands of your professional life are weighing june 22–july 22 heavily on your mind. Don’t worry; these feelings will pass.

Are you feeling grumpy lately? Don’t worry, because your leo bad mood won’t last. This attitude is unlike you. Your july 23–aug. 22 co-workers notice the change in your personality, but still treat you with consideration and respect. Crossword courtesy of BestCrosswords.com

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Bordeaux buddy dec. 22–jan. 19 and takes advantage of your gentle nature to push you 42. Average 42. Clinton cabinet member Federico around. Defend yourself with your favorite weapons: silence, 43. In the thick of 43. In any case laughter, and perspective. 44. “Born Free” lion 46. Sister of Venus 45. Controversial 48. Bohemian Don’t fret about your appearance today. You’ve been 47. A Bobbsey twin 51. Fable aquarius questioning the way you act and dress lately, and those 49. Animation unit 52. Flavor jan. 20–feb. 18 50. Plays are divided up into these 53. Rose fears should be relinquished. Don’t use your judgment to 54. Writings 54. Not so much hurt yourself. 58. Precisely 55. Hip bones 59. “Silas Marner” author 56. Sardine containers Take this day to think about your private life; be particularly 60. Olive genus 57. Carr y pisces sensitive to all kinds of demands from those closest to you. 61. Not ___ many words feb. 19–march 20 You have the power to create greater harmony at home and 62. Nasal cavity 63. Makes brown in your relationship. Maryyann Landlord | Comics Editor 64. “Beetle Bailey” dog 65. Impudent 66. Part of Q.E.D. 67. Requirement horoscopes 14pillbox 04.07.14 MONDAY4.7.14 his stand-up featured on Comedy Central and multiple colored powder. Tickets are $8 a person, with powder Now Is The Month of Pinging. Great Hall, CFA. 6:30 late night programs, will be bringing laughter to the packets available for $1, and can be purchased at the p.m. Midway Tent. Admission is free. OM table before Spring Carnival. This performance by the Ping madrigal choir will feature world premieres of works by Carnegie Mellon master’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Shot for Shot Student Film Festival. McConomy student in music composition Evan Jay Williams, first- Rangos Hall. 8 p.m. Auditorium. 7:30 p.m. year Bachelor of Science and Arts student in music Scotch’n’Soda presents this hilarious musical comedy Shot for Shot is a showcase of film and video work from composition and physics David Last, and a work about a group of abnormal kids fighting to be crowned students up to the graduate level in the Pittsburgh area, written by Ping member Sean Salamon, a senior music the winner of their local spelling bee. Showtimes continue organized by the Carnegie Mellon Filmmaking Club. This composition major. Admission is free. on Friday at 2 and 11 p.m., and Saturday at 2 and 6 p.m. event is free and open to the public. A list of films can be Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for non-students. found at cmufilmclub.com/shot-for-shot-film-festival. Erin Yanacek, Trumpet. Kresge Theatre, CFA. 8 p.m. Master’s student in trumpet performance Erin Yanacek FRIDAY4.11.14 ONGOING will perform Tomasi’s Concerto for Trumpet as well Game Creation Society Arcade. 4th Floor Atrium, Lossless. Miller Gallery. Through April 20. as Bernstein’s Rondo for Lifey, as well as pieces that Gates Center. 12 p.m. This exhibition of Carnegie Mellon School of Art master combine her trumpet with electronic music. The Game Creation Society will be showcasing the of fine arts candidates features large-scale installations, Admission is free. highlights from student game development that attendees video, and generative sound art by artists Carl Bajandas, can play. This event will also occur on Saturday at the Oreen Cohen, and Yun Mi Her. Admission is free and TUESDAY4.8.14 same time and place. open to the public. Alec Chien, Piano. Kresge Theatre, CFA. 8 p.m. School of Music faculty adjunct professor Alec Chien will Mac Miller and Icona Pop. CFA Lawn. 7:30 p.m. RACE: Are We So Different? Carnegie Museum of perform works of Schubert and Chopin. There’s a party on Forbes Ave, tell me if you want to go. Natural History. Through Oct. 27. Admission is free. Squirrel Hill native Mac Miller will be performing on the This exhibit explores the experience of living with race CFA Lawn, along with the duo that gave us “I Love It” last in America, using interactive multimedia components, THURSDAY4.10.14 summer, Icona Pop. In the event of rain, the concert will photographs, iconic objects, and historical artifacts. Kiltie Band Concert. Midway Tent. 3:30 p.m. be held in Wiegand Gymnasium and pre-obtained tickets will be required. Rhythm and Bulbs. Phipps Conservatory. Steam Roller Printing. CFA Parking Lot. Through April 20. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Spring Carnival Fireworks. CFA Lawn. 10:30 p.m. This year’s spring flower show combines music with School of Art adjunct assistant professor Matt Forrest and End Carnegie Mellon Spring Carnival like a day at Walt Phipps’ collection of exotic flowers and garden designs. School of Design associate professor Dylan Vitone will be Disney World — with beautiful fireworks that light up the From one room to the next, music genres switch from producing large prints in the parking lot all day. sky, as well as a killer foot pain and desire to sleep for swing and big band to rock. days. Tig Notaro and Hannibal Buress. Midway Tent. 8 p.m. Notaro, an acclaimed comedian who has had her work SATURDAY4.12.14 Compiled by Joey Peiser | Pillbox Editor praised by such comic heavyweights as Louis C.K. and Talk Color to Me. Flagstaff Hill. Noon. Sarah Silverman, and Buress, who previously worked as Celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of color that Want your event here? a writer on Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock and has had commemorates the advent of Spring by throwing vibrantly Email [email protected].

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Jonathan Leung | Photo Editor Just in time to usher in the warm weather, acclaimed street painters Benjamin Hummel and Cherish Flieder transformed the University Center Merson Courtyard into a colorful work of art over a 24-hour period last Monday through Tuesday. The work was sponsored by the Activities Board, and encouraged students to get out and spend some time outside.

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