The Campus Times will be on hiatus until March 29. Be sure to visit us at www.campustimes.org for periodic updates! C AMPUS TIMES VOLUME 139, NUMBER 7 Serving the University of Rochester community since 1873 THURSDAY , MAR C H 8, 2012 Landsburg on Limbaugh Admissions releases video incites dialogue at UR to remember oUR name BY LEAH BULETTI three days last week, saying in the wake of Limbaugh’s NEWS EDITOR in one instance that Fluke personal attack. UR President Joel Selig- was “having sex so frequently President Obama also man issued a statement that she can’t afford all the thanked Fluke for her public on Wednesday, March 7 birth-control pills that she backing of his regulations condemning the remarks needs.” mandating contraception of UR economics professor Limbaugh garnered cre- coverage, the latest develop- Steven Landsburg, who, dence for his remarks from ment in what has increas- in a blog post on Friday, Fluke’s testimony, in which ingly become a raging politi- March 2, incited discussion she said that Georgetown cal furor. about the inflammatory students spend $1,000 per Prior to Limbaugh’s comments Rush Limbaugh year on contraception, im- apology, Landsburg deemed made about Georgetown plying, he said, that Fluke Limbaugh’s remarks a Law student Sandra Fluke is having sex more than five “requisite mockery” and and the national debate on times per day. his choice to label her a birth control. Limbaugh apologized for slut because of her support Fluke testified before con- his remarks, saying in a post for free campus contracep- gressional Democrats that on his website on Saturday, tives a “spot-on analogy” she wanted her college health March 3 that he “chose the in the first of three blog COURTESY OF RO C HESTER .EDU plan to cover birth control, wrong words in my analogy posts on the topic, the Ur’s Office ofa dmissions and Financial aid launched a music video on Wednesday, which prompted Limbaugh to of the situation.” His apology first published on Friday, March 7 to instill pride in prospective and current students and University alumni. publicly call her a “slut” and came a day after President March 2. a “prostitute” on his radio Barack Obama telephoned “While Ms. Fluke herself BY LEAH BULETTI a place where creativity exists about everything that “captures talk show over the course of Fluke to offer his support See DEBATE, Page 4 NEWS EDITOR in abundance and that captures the energy of UR” and would ap- In an effort to both entice the enthusiasm of everything peal to three different groups of prospective students to UR here,” Satyajit Dattagupta, people: students who will watch Determined undergraduate and inculcate pride in stu- director of enrollment com- the video to feel a greater sense dents and alumni in UR as munications, who is the master- of pride and connection to UR, an institution, the Office of mind behind the idea, originally prospective students who will duo achieves world record Admissions and Financial Aid proposed early this fall, said. watch it and hopefully think BY ANTOINETTE ENA a record he set in 2008 as a He then selected Prosack launched a music video on “It showcases every- that UR is a place where they JOHNSON junior rower (under 19 years) as a partner after they Wednesday, March 7 that was thing about UR,” he said, could fit in and alumni who STAFF WRITER had been broken. See ROW, Page 3 Junior Ross Pedersen and executed from start to finish en- describing the energy of can watch the video and reflect sophomore Joe Prosack broke tirely by UR staff and students. the video as “addictive.” with pride on their alma mater. an indoor rowing world record The music video, which “You can see what UR “There was no deadline,” for the lightweight tandem features the a cappella music is all about in three min- Shea said of the process for 100K division on Friday, Feb. of UR’s Midnight Ramblers, is utes and 40 seconds.” composing the lyrics. “I put 24. In addition to this, they set to the tune of “Remember Dattagupta added that hav- it together as it came to me. not only broke the record for the Name” by Fort Minor. ing a rap was a relatively novel We thought of it as some- their age group, but also broke As of press time, the video concept in terms of the recent thing that would either be it for every age group. had just under 20,000 views. spate of colleges writing music a great idea or nothing.” Concept2, a company that Admissions counselor Mi- videos as promotional tools Dattagupta said that Admis- verifies and records world chael Shea ’09 W ’11 wrote in recent years. UR’s music sions will be working with UR records as well as designs the original lyrics, the chorus video is also unique in the fact Communications to promote and sells indoor rowing of which goes: “This is 20 that it is not a “lib dub,” a the video and will include machines, has received the percent clusters, limitless tactic many other universities it in communications with paperwork and witness testi- core/dedicated to campus, employed, but has both lyrics, prospective students, but is mony to verify Pedersen and sports and clubs galore/80 filming and music entirely otherwise not planning exten- Prosack’s achievement. percent research, global ac- by UR students and faculty. sive publicity for the project. The duo decided to go after COURTESY OF ROSS PEDERSE N claim/and 100 percent reason Dattagupta brought his UR videographer Chris the record after Pedersen Junior Ross Pedersen and sophomore Joe Prosack set a world you Remember oUR Name.” idea to Shea, who said that in Niswonger, who shot all the learned this December that record for the lightweight tandem 100K division on Feb. 24. “The goal is to present UR as composing the lyrics he thought See VIDEO, Page 4 Taking back the tacos: Emory one-ups UR for world record BY JENNY HANSLER Determined to reclaim same video, Campus Execu- should have waited more in the first place,” sophmore devalued so quickly,” she ON LI N E EDITOR what was once theirs, Emory tive Chef Michel Wetli spoke than a month to break the Alexander Venuti said. said. “I think any student On Friday, March 2, UR lost set the goal of concocting a of his “satisfaction” that new record. Banhan echoed Venuti’s from any school would be its Guinness World Record for taco line of 1,300 tacos. Emory Emory exceeded its goal. “[It] just means that we sentiments. upset even though they know the longest taco line to Emory volunteers constructed the “That sets the bar up really were just wasting time “The students’ work was it’s completely plausible for University, which topped UR record breaking line in sixty- higher so universities like the original record holders with a line of 1,457 tacos. five minutes with six hundred [UR] can try to compete and to have a go at breaking the Emory broke the initial pounds of fillers. win it back,” he said. record.” world record in the spring of In an online video, Emory Many students were not Nonetheless, it appears 2011 with a line of 260 tacos. Sustainable Food Educator aware that UR had lost the that students would be will- Michigan State University Julie Schaffer said it was more record. However, those who ing to take Wetli and Emory’s took the record later that year, than just the length of the did know were not happy challenge and try it again. with a taco line of 853. taco line that distinguished about losing the title. “If we think we can [break it UR then broke the record their line from those of other “I was thoroughly upset,” again], why not?” sophomore on Feb. 8, after three and a schools. freshman Shakira Banhan Victoria Koukoulas said. half months of planning. “What set us apart from said. “After all the deli- “I would want to try again,” UR students and employees Michigan State and [UR] is cious work put in, someone Banhan said. “Possibly with created a taco line composed that our tacos were made breaks the record two seconds a much higher number of of 1,036 tacos in an event from 100 percent local and later.” tacos so as to discourage other that was spearheaded by the sustainable ingredients,” While students recognize schools from taking on the 2013 Class Council, Wilson Schaffer said. that Emory was the original alyssa arre • STAFF PHOTOGRA P HER challenge.” Commons Student Activities Shaffer was not the only record holder, the general UR set the Guinness World Record for the longest taco line on Hansler is a member of and Aramark. one with words for UR. In the consensus is that the school Feb. 8; Emory University took it back on Friday, March 2. the class of 2015. INSIDE THIS ISS U E : MATH M ADNESS SWEEPS UR TU NNEL PAINTING F ru ST R ATION NEWS : Fringe Festival to grace Rochester this fall PAGE 3 OPI N I on S : The challenge of eating healthy on campus PAGE 6 UR celebrates Pi Week with a variety of celebra- A request for respect of UR’s unwritten tunnel tions, speakers and more math-related fun. painting protocol. FEATURES : How UR gets its big names PAGE 7 A&E: Bo Burnham is a comedic delight PAGE 12 SP O RTS : UR Cheerleading Club to begin competing PAGE 16 FEATURES: PAGE 8 OPINIONS: PAGE 6 Page 2 NEWS Thursday, March 8, 2012 FIVE -DAY FORECA S T COURTESY OF WWW .WEATHER .C OM THURSDAY FRIDAY SA T URDAY SUNDAY MONDAY Showers/Wind Few Snow Showers/Wind Sunny Mostly Cloudy Showers Chance of precipitation: 70% Chance of precipitation: 30% Chance of precipitation: 0% Chance of precipitation: 10% Chance of precipitation: 60% High 55, Low 33 High 36, Low 23 High 40, Low 32 High 59, Low 41 High 47, Low 41 In the March 1 news article “Motion for multicultural mecca,” the name of the com- munity service chair of Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority was spelled incorrectly as “Trissa Higa.” It is actually spelled Trissha Higa.