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thetartan.org @thetartan January 25, 2016 Volume 110, Issue 14 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Panelists share advice in The Black Experience An apology letter from The Tartan

Dear readers of The Tartan, In the last issue of 2015, we published a series of let- ters to the editor about the black student experience at Carnegie Mellon. When these letters were published, it was brought to our attention that the letters had been ed- ited in the production process, which is not only against our policy, but highly unethical. Though the editing was an innocent mistake that resulted from a training gap, it is regrettable and unacceptable. The message of the letters was altered when the let- ters were edited without the permission of the authors. We at The Tartan are deeply sorry that this happened, and are taking all of the necessary steps to ensure that it will not happen again. The letters to the editor we publish are intended to be a platform from which student voices from our com- munity can be heard. By editing the letters, The Tartan violated the trust of the student body. In light of this, we, Brian Trimboli and Laura Scherb, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, respectively, would like to reiterate the revised policy that is effective immediately: “Letters must be submitted by 5 p.m. on the Wednes- day before publication by mail or to forum@thetartan. org. Letters from within the university community take precedence. Letters intended for publication must be signed and include the author’s address and telephone number for verification; letters must not exceed 350 Abhinav Gautam/Contributing Editor words. No edits will be made to any published letters The Black Experience provided a platform for panelists to share their advice and personal experiences as African-Americans working in the media. without the author’s permission; in the case of no re- Raheela Ahsan of power they are in now. Mof- the recession, I got laid off at describing it as being like “the sponse from the author, The Tartan reserves the right to Staffwriter fett talked about her passion Duquesne, but my blog con- good ol’ boys.” “More often postpone the publication of the letter. Authors’ names for writing, saying “Initially, I tinued to grow,” Polke said. than not, the guys that were may be withheld from publication upon request. The Tar- In honoring the legacy of started a blog for finding jobs. The panelists were then ‘in’ were old white dudes who tan reserves the right to reject any letter.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Then I launched another blog, asked to address the difficul- didn’t want to let go of their On behalf of the entire staff of The Tartan, we would Carnegie Mellon University’s rebranded a couple times ties faced by people of color positions. After nearly a year, I like to apologize again for our actions regarding these let- Black Graduate Student Or- while I was trying to find my- when trying to impede the felt more tolerated than want- ters to the editor. It was never our intention to silence a ganization arranged a discus- self. ‘This is #hermovement’ media industry. Clarence Pol- ed at my first internship, so I voice or change a narrative, and we hope that we can re- sion panel last Wednesday is the newest rebranding. ke believes that the answer decided to leave, and join my gain the trust of the student body in light of these actions. to address what it is like be- Now, it’s a voice for millennial to this depends on what type friend’s blog called ‘bucksket- ing black and involved in the professionals who care about of media is being considered. ball.com’ and ‘acmepacking- Sincerely, media. their work – a media site to “There is never a better time company.com’ and I blogged Laura Scherb, Publisher, 2015 In attendance were: Tony normalize black women who than now to go into what you and built a following through Brian Trimboli, Editor-in-Chief, 2015 Atkins, digital content pro- are not stereotyped in other want,” Polke said. “There are nontraditional media. I was ducer for WPXI-TV Pittsburgh, media.” Atkins added that as a all types of people who have writing and exercising those Addendum: Kyshira Moffett, creator of child he really enjoyed visual voices and a platform. You muscles when I graduated. thisishermovement.com, and storytelling and drawing. He need to find a way to separate I saw a door and I broke it As the new Tartan leadership, it’s important to us that Clarece Polke, creator of very- stated, “At first, I wanted to from the bullshit and what’s down, but sometimes you our letter to the editor policy be sustainable moving for- smartbrothers.com. Each of go into politics and be a poli- real and what makes sense. If have to go around it.” Polke ward. We do not intend to return to our flawed original the panelists has established tician, but being a journalist you’re a person of color who continued, “just because there policy, but in the coming weeks, we will consult with themselves professionally in allows you to go into multi- has an interest in media, there are less barriers to entry now, industry professionals and legal aide in order to solidify the media, either online or on faceted interests. So I studied are literally dozens of ways to doesn’t mean there aren’t ob- a new policy that best benefits both The Tartan and the television, and was open to sports journalism, and from do that. Go to school, be a so- stacles. As you continue to Carnegie Mellon community. We welcome continued discussing both the obstacles there I went to the newspa- cial media star, or just try your ascend in certain media, there discussion and will gladly meet with anyone who wishes and the successes they faced per, the news, and now TV.” best to excel in your passion.” are glass ceilings for people to further discuss our course of action in this matter. The in their journalistic pursuits. Finally, Polke discussed his Agreeing with Polke, Mof- of color and women, say, the campus community will be promptly informed of any fu- Kristin Warren, a doctoral stu- transition from being the as- fett added that “the biggest New York Times. There are ture changes to our policy. In the interim, the changes to dent in mechanical engineer- sociate editor for his school thing is defining who you people of color everywhere the policy will stand as written above. Our main goal is to ing at Carnegie Mellon Uni- newspaper to becoming a want to be. Separate who you else, but once you start going ensure that letters to the editor remain an effective plat- versity and president of the high school English teacher see from your authenticity. into those boardrooms where form for student and community voices. Black Graduate Student Orga- to then running his own busi- What is your expertise and people are buying and making nization, acted as moderator. ness at Dusquene University. niche, passion and outlet, decisions, you’ll start seeing Sincerely, The panelists were first “I started a personal blog, what can’t you stop talking less of people of color. There Sarah Gutekunst, Publisher asked about their beginnings became friends with another about?” Atkins added his own is a perception that because Claire Gianakas, Editor-in-Chief in the media world and how blogger and created ‘very- anecdote about working in Jade Crockem, Operations Manager they climbed to the positions smartbrothers.com.’ During sports media in Milwaukee, See PANEL, A3 CMU increases tuition by 3.2% for current students Valene Mezmin other factors that contribute News Editor to the total cost of attendance, most of which faced slight in- To start off the 2016 spring creases as well. Tuition rates semester, Carnegie Mellon for the entire undergraduate students received an email student body will be topped notifying them that the tu- off with a $180 transportation ition rates for the 2016-2017 fee, a $400 technology fee, an academic year and beyond undergraduate activity fee of (until further notice) were re- $254 and a graduate activity cently approved by the Board fee of $210. Room and board of Trustees. It was announced has also been set at $7,780 for that undergraduate tuition has a standard double room. The been increased by 3.2 percent. only price that did not change For a school with an al- was the media fee which is still ready whopping price tag, this its usual $10. comes as devastating news While the above stated for many. But maybe having numbers are for the average a better understanding of the Carnegie Mellon student, necessity for these gradual tu- there are two main factors that ition increases and the benefits are sure to vary on a student of them will help to put more by student case. Firstly, prices meaning behind the numbers. will vary for certain students For current freshmen, depending on room and board sophomores, and juniors, selections, choosing to opt out tuition will increase from of a meal plan etc. Also, the $49,610 to $51,196. Current general price stated is, in most seniors, who are part of a five cases, not what students end year program, will be slightly up paying. spared with a tuition price of Carnegie Mellon has time $50,690. Next year’s incoming and again asserted that it is freshmen, however, will face committed to lessening the fi- the additional expenses of the nancial burden of its students $270 orientation fee as well through financial aid pack- as the standard first year meal ages. The University makes Anne-Sophie Kim/Contibuting Editor plan price of $5,490, bringing it a priority to help provide their tuition increase to 3.28 students with scholarships, to pay a fee that is wildly out of university is usually attached and World Report ranked for undergraduate business percent. fellowships, grants, and other their limit. with the knowledge that there the university as number 23 Tuition price was not all financial support methods. In Knowing that you are at- will be a great price tag. In for best national university. See TUITION, A3 that was raised. There are essence, no one will be forced tending a highly competitive September 2015, U.S. News It was also ranked seventh A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » January 25, 2016 feature photo news in brief National Academy of Sciences honors Spoken word invokes empowerment Anderson for learning technology

Carnegie Mellon’s John bronze medal, which R. Anderson has dedicated a Anderson will receive at the life of research to developing Academy’s annual meeting a unified theory of cognition on Sunday, May 1 in Wash- and using it to create cog- ington D.C. This year’s other nitive-based tutors. For his winner of the prize, which successful work in develop- goes to two researchers ev- ing such tutors, the National ery two years, is Stanford Academy of Sciences will University’s Carol S. Dwek. award Anderson the 2016 “John’s work on the ACT Atkinson Prize in Psycholog- cognitive model is at the ical and Cognitive Sciences heart of intelligent tutoring for his “foundational contri- systems, an innovation that butions to systematic theory is benefiting hundreds of and optimality analysis in thousands of students and cognitive and psychological continues to be a major area science and for developing of research at Carnegie Mel- effective, theory-based cog- lon,” said Anind Dey, direc- nitive tutors for education,” tor of the Human-Computer according to a university Interaction Institute. “This press release. latest and very significant The prize includes honor for John is fitting and $100,000 and a gold-plated well-deserved.” CMU scientists appear in Werner Herzog documentary

At the 2016 Sundance “treasure trove of interviews Film Festival, Werner Her- of strange and beguiling in- zog will premiere his latest dividuals, ranging from In- film. Herzog’s documen- ternet pioneers to victims tary, “Lo & Behold: Reveries of wireless radiation, whose of the Connected World,” anecdotes and reflections will explore society’s depen- weave together a complex dence on the internet for al- portrait of our brave new most everything. world,” according to a uni- Of course, there’s no bet- versity press release. ter place to see interconnec- The most recent trailer tivity in action than at Carn- for “Lo & Behold” includes egie Mellon. Herzog and video of the National Ro- his production crew visited botic Engineering Center’s Carnegie Mellon’s campus- CHIMP robot, an interview es in both Pittsburgh and with professor of psycholo- Silicon Valley last spring, gy Marcel Just, and an inter- and even included Carnegie view with Joydeep Biswas, Mellon researchers in the fi- a former post-doctoral re- nal cut of the film. searcher in the Computer The film has been de- Science Department. scribed as a “playful yet chilling examination of our rapidly interconnecting on- Compiled by line lives,” and includes a Brian Trimboli

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Brandon Hong/Photo Editor Last Saturday, artists from Carnegie Mellon University and the Pittsburgh area came out to display their talents at the late night spoken word event Friday Saturday Sunday in Rangos 2 and 3. The event was a part of an ongoing series of events dedicated to celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr and his contri- butions to the African-American community. It highlighted the continuing efforts being taken to promote diversity and the acceptance of all people. Campus Crime & Incident Reports Disorderly Conduct/Odor ongoing. investigation is ongoing. backpack in a jointly shared of Marijuana office, and when he returned 39° / 29° 48° / 33° 47° / 37° Jan. 16, 2016 Theft of Wallet Assist Outside Agency/ at 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 22 his Source: www.weather.com Jan. 19, 2016 False Identification Cards backpack was missing. The University Police respond- Jan. 20, 2016 missing backpack contained ed to an alert from Fairfax A Carnegie Mellon student a laptop, iPad, and other valu- Apartments to investigate reported to University Police University Police assisted able items. University Police an odor of marijuana. Offi- that her wallet was unlaw- special agents from the De- are assisting the student in cers seized a small amount fully removed from the sec- partment of Homeland Se- locating his backpack. Corrections & Clarifications of marijuana and other drug ond floor restroom in Roberts curity with an ongoing in- paraphernalia from the apart- Hall after she left it in the re- vestigation involving fake Retail Theft If you would like to submit a correction or clarification, ment. The Carnegie Mellon stroom. identification cards. Home- Jan. 22, 2016 please email The Tartan at [email protected] or student received a Penn- land Security special agents [email protected] with your inquiry, as well as the sylvania state citation for questioned two Carnegie Two Carnegie Mellon stu- Assist Outside Agency/ date of the issue and the name of the article. We will disorderly conduct. Mellon students regarding dents were reported for re- Criminal Mischief print the correction or clarification in the next print their online purchase of fake tail theft from the Entropy Jan. 20, 2016 issue and publish it online. identification cards. Burglary Convenience store in the University Police assisted Cohon University Center. Jan. 16, 2016 detectives from the City of Lost Backpack University Police questioned A Carnegie Mellon stu- Pittsburgh Police department Jan. 22, 2016 the two Carnegie Mellon stu- dent advised University Po- with an ongoing criminal mis- dents who were observed by lice that $200 was unlawfully chief investigation. Pittsburgh University Police respond- Entropy staff attempting to removed from her apartment Police detectives questioned a ed to Newell Simon Hall for unlawfully remove several in Webster Hall sometime be- Carnegie Mellon student re- a report of a lost backpack. A candy bars from the store. tween 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 21, garding numerous graffiti lo- Carnegie Mellon student ad- The students will face inter- 2015 and 12:55 p.m. on Jan. cated in the City of Pittsburgh. vised University police that at nal discipline as a result of 16, 2016. The investigation is A City of Pittsburgh Police 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 21 he left his this incident.

International news in brief Israeli Groups Evict Haiti Delays Russia Helps Efforts Increase Iranian-America Five Dead in Jewish Settlers Presidential Syrian Government to Extradite “El Reporter Headed Canada School from homes Election Capture Key Town Chapo” Home to U.S. Shooting

Jerusalem – Israeli troops Port-Au-Prince – Haiti’s Salma – Due to Russian Davos - After his recapture Washington D.C. – After Winnipeg – Five people were evicted Jewish settlers from presidential elections, which military intervention, Syrian earlier this month, Mexico’s being freed from 18 months killed and two were injured in homes in the city of Hebron. were already delayed once troops were able to capture efforts to extradite drug lord in an Iranian prison, under a mass shooting in La Loche There is a dispute as to whte- previously, have been delayed the town of Salma. The town Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman the accusations of espionage, community school in Canada. her the proper approval was indefinitely due to concerns of had been out of government to the U.S. have been in- Washington Post reporter Mass shootings are rare in received from the Defence rampant violence throughout control for three years after creased. Guzman was labeled Jason Rezaian traveled back Canada due to their stricter Ministry. Once all proper steps the country. Election offices being seized by Islamic State as a “highly dangerous crimi- home to the U.S. Rezaian was gun laws when compared have been taken, the settlers were burned in addition to rebels. Significant damage nal” by Mexican president a part of a prisoner exchange to those of the U.S. Police will be able to return back to violent protests against the was inflicted on the buildings, Pena Nieto. Guzman previous- between Tehran and the U.S. have taken the suspect into their homes. runoff. A new date has not which now proudly display ly executed a daring escape Rezaian is not yet ready to custody. Source: Reuters been set. the face of Syrian president from his prison cell floor. speak on his imprisonment. Bashar al-Assad. Compiled by Valene Mezmin Source: Reuters Source: The New York Times Source: The New York Times Source: Reuters Source: Reuters January 25, 2016 « The Tartan thetartan.org/news » A3 Diversity in media is celebrated with panel Tuition increases TUITION, from A1 provided to us as members of the Carnegie Mellon com- and sixth for undergradu- munity. It is believed that ate engineering. The Princ- the amount of energy, time, eton Review ranked it as and money that is put in to the best college for theater. our college careers will be The recognition goes on and returned to us years later. on. Attending a competi- Our tuition money is directed tive school with such high towards sustaining rigorous recognition, in the long run, programs for competitive allows many students to reap students as well as acquir- the benefits of money spent ing some of the best faculty on tuition now later on in members, in addition to their future careers. maintaining and expanding Tuition increases, such as educational facilities. With- these, are often necessary in out any of this, we would be order to uphold the prestige at a serious disadvantage at and the overall rewarding attaining the best education college experience that is possible. CMU students attend job-search conference Krishna Rao under, such as financial Staffwriter services, healthcare, or nonprofits. Abhinav Gautam/Contributing Editor Students from Carnegie Panelists for The Black Experience discussed the successes and downfalls they faced while pursuing their current jobs in the media. Although the best Mellon were among those chances of landing a job PANEL, from A1 outgoing in my tweets and broken the barrier for anyone blogging definitely helps with to attend the Career and In- or internship position are reply back and connect back, of other demographics. Polke that.” ternship Connections (CIC) with the same-day inter- it’s by a black person, it’s less as opposed to being a stiff- responded, “My blog is a very Finally, in light of recent event earlier this month. views, many companies reliable.” type celebrity.” Additionally, unique style of humor, satire, discussions surrounding the The conference, held in ma- at the CIC do not offer in- Now, given the panelists’ Moffett noted that the most style, etc. By being who we Oscar nominations, Warren jor cities across the country, terviews and may reach respective struggles, Warren important aspects of influ- are, it has made us more pop- inquired as to whether any took place between Jan. 4 out to students later after inquired what each media ence are authenticity and con- ular. People who aren’t in our of the panelists felt strongly and Jan. 6, and included screening their resumes. personality felt about their fol- sistency. “I didn’t expect my targeted demographic know regarding the lack of nomina- undergraduate students Companies often have sep- lowing, and what truly defines blog to be a business but my where to find it. It’s like the tion of people of color in the from a range of schools. 18 arate recruiting processes the meaning of “success.” blog was getting customers. I cheesecake factory, you have Oscars. She surprisingly re- institutions were represent- and may refer conference “Brand creation is more of an know I have a good following so much on the menu. Those ceived very opposing respons- ed in total, including Johns attendees to separate ap- art than an actual science,” because if I don’t post, I know types of media outlets do ex- es. Atkins replied, “as some- Hopkins University, Wash- plication processes. Em- Polke said. “I can’t think of a people miss me. When people ist, but if you don’t have that one who had to create his own ington University in St. ployers at the CIC are very specific point where I thought recognize you for your work type of bank, then the best thing to get in, I never would Louis, Tufts University, and diverse in makeup, ranging I made it, it’s just an organic and have taken your advice, thing is to be very, very direct care. But if I was Will Smith in Carnegie Mellon University. from renowned nonprofits feeling where certain things this shows that your brand is and specific to your goals and the Oscars, I wouldn’t boycott The event first began in like Sloan Kettering Cancer happen and certain opportu- sustainable. Therefore, it’s im- your brand.” Atkins agreed, it, because I would never re- nities continue to come. It has portant to take opportunities noting “that different news ally care”. On the other hand, Rather than making numerous to do more with engagement from it. My writing gives me outlets cater to different de- Polke felt differently. “These and opportunities through opportunities to talk, which is mographics.” Moffett added awards are valuable. They campus visits, employers can your work.” Atkins added that very interesting.” her own personal experience give you name recognition, meet with large numbers of “engagement is definitely very At this point in the event, with her website. She stated help your personal brand, and important.” “Try to relay any the audience was open to “for instance, ‘bombshell- allow you to increase what students who are home over information to your friends,” ask their own questions. One branding’ is geared towards they can command (from 2 he said. “I think people follow member asked whether each women, but I’ve had five men to 10 million per movie)” said break near major metropolitan me because I’m the newsper- of the personalities felt that come to me. I’ve had a lot of Poole. “You cannot minimize areas. son that’s not traditionally up- they were a spokesperson for men feel comfortable with the value and psychic benefit tight, I try to be friendly and a specific group or if they’ve coming to events. My content of being recognized.” 1999, founded on the prin- Research Hospital to high- ciple of “bringing students power investment banks to the employer.” with billions of dollars un- The event is specifically der management like Black Paul Mango shares thoughts on designed for students pur- Rock. suing career and internship The Career and Profes- opportunities in business sional Development Center leadership at Heinz Lecture Series and the social sciences, and (CPDC) at Carnegie Mellon Deborah Chu five year obligation, and there wrong answer, and 50 percent learned about leadership was to a lesser extent healthcare is a great resource to pre- Staffwriter was only one degree offered at of your grade is based on class that leaders have to “self- and hospitality. Rather than pare for events like the CIC. the time – general engineering. participation.” lessly invest in their people’s making numerous campus Starting with the re- Last Thursday, Heinz Col- Having to attend class six days a After Harvard, Mango development.” Mango men- visits, employers can meet sume, the CPDC can help lege hosted a talk for its Lead- week, Mango had to learn how moved to Pittsburgh to join tioned an experience from with large numbers of stu- students prepare for job ership Lecture Series, which to study, in addition to receiv- McKinsey & Company in 1988. West Point in which the platoon dents who are home over interviews and career fairs. featured Paul Mango, the ing training as a cadet, describ- In the ‘90s, McKinsey under- leader responsible for training break near major metro- The CPDC has resume director of the Pittsburgh of- ing how “we all took the same went a radical change, trans- his group of cadets, despite politan areas. Also, many guidelines on their web- fice of McKinsey & Company, a course, every day, as a class, forming from a generalist mod- constantly calling them dead- of the companies hiring op- site, which are department- global management consulting which was actually very good.” el built around serving local beats, “really did care about us erate out of the respective specific and a great place to firm. Mango spoke about his After graduating from West clients to a “model built around and his mission. He understood city, which would be ideal start out. Other services in- journey through West Point, Point, Mango joined the best expertise that had to be project- his mission was to make us ca- for students who are look- clude resume checking, ca- Harvard Business School, and unit in the army at the time, ed anywhere in the country or pable, competent young sol- ing to work or intern from reer counseling, and mock the U.S. Army before he joined the 82nd Airborne Division. Its anywhere in the world.” Mango diers, and that’s how he spent home. interviews. Events similar McKinsey over twenty years mission was “to be anywhere in chose to specialize in health all his time. And we realized Drawing on the success to the CIC take place on ago, as well as what he had the world in 48 hours,” which care. There was no health care that ... no matter what he said of the original event in New campus throughout the learned about leadership along involved intense and compre- practice at McKinsey at the to us.” York City, additional events year, and most require just the way. hensive training and logistics. time, but McKinsey started to Mango added that “the were started in Boston, a Carnegie Mellon ID to Starting at his roots, Mango According to Mango, “it was serve health care clients, and people that join McKinsey have Washington D.C., and Los enter. Additionally, Tartan- so Mango helped organize the extremely high development Angeles. Now, the organi- Trak is also an online re- McKinsey started to serve health health care practice. Mango ex- aspirations, so we spend a lot of zation garners nearly 5000 source for Carnegie Mellon plained that “in 15 to 18 years, time on their programs, on their student applications. New students searching for jobs care clients, and so Mango helped [the health care practice] went careers, on their advancement, York, host to the largest and internships. organize the health care practice. from nonexistent to about 15 to and giving them probably too event, brings in about 750 One of the greatest ben- 20 percent of what McKinsey much feedback … it takes a lot students and 95 employers efits of going to career fairs, spoke about being a second- a very exciting place, because does ... globally.” of time, but it’s well worth it.” every year. in addition to the prospect generation American and from a leadership perspective, Reflecting on his journey, The third lesson in The CIC attracts a large of getting a job, is the net- growing up in an Italian, Irish they ask 22 and 23-year-old Mango commented on the ser- leadership dealt with integrity, number of students because working opportunities. Catholic family in Syracuse, lieutenants to take 30 people endipity in his life. In terms of although Mango clarified that it offers same-day inter- Many of the hiring man- New York in the sixties. As the in a platoon, fly them halfway how he made life decisions, he “leaders have integrity, but it’s views. Students must sub- agers of companies return fourth child of his parents, across the world, and make stated, “the one thing I knew not just honesty, it’s not just eth- mit their resumes to pro- year after year to the same Mango quipped that he was sure they had enough spare was, whatever field I was going ics … there’s also consistency spective employers a month conference. “basically unsupervised,” and socks in their rucksacks to last into, I wanted to be part of the and reliability. Think about ahead of time, while addi- Bill Burke, the vice developed a close relationship for two weeks. You were kind best organization in that field.” integrity in a very broad sense.” tionally registering for the president of marketing at with his siblings. Mango de- of half den mother…but also His advice was not to be “overly Mango’s fourth point in interviews. They meet with CBS consumer products, scribed his background as “very had to be very cognizant of all fastidious” in how to make de- leadership was that “leaders the employers after the said that he recalls meeting traditional, but relatively lower the things associated with the cisions, and to look at the quali- dampen, they don’t amplify career fair for a half-hour students who built their re- middle class.” mission.” ty of the organization in its field anxiety.” He said that “leader- time slot, either in a group sumes based on the advice As a kid, Mango spent his Mango’s second assignment and to go for it. ship is not just about how you with others or individually. he gave them at the CIC. time playing basketball and was in Germany, years before Mango then spoke about act all day, but it’s particularly For students who did not For many employers, going baseball. In high school, Man- the Berlin Wall came down, at a the five things he learned when you’re under stress.” sign up for interviews prior to career fairs is a good way go initially believed that his time when the buildup of mili- about leadership. The first one Mango also noted that to the Nov. 30 deadline, to keep in touch with stu- skills in baseball would allow tary power had already peaked occurred at a McKinsey partner “we think good leaders are around 20 to 40 spaces are dents and offer them tips him to become a professional and was starting to become un- meeting, in which the Prime fundamentally optimistic; not typically left open for em- on how to be better candi- player, paying no attention to necessary. It was at that point Minister of Israel said some- unrealistically optimistic, but ployers to offer last-minute dates for companies. Often, academics. However, a sports that Mango decided to apply thing that stuck with Mango: optimistic.” interviews on the day of the if students are not qualified injury during his sophomore to Harvard Business School. It “Let me tell you what I think Mentioning an incident in event. for the job, recruiters will year caused him to start consid- was a “radically different learn- leadership is about. It’s not which a managing director at The day is organized hand out business cards as ering other options for his fu- ing experience” compared to about being on top, it’s about McKinsey was forced to fire a into two parts: a morning a way to stay in touch. ture. Later, he reflected that the West Point, according to Man- being out in front.” regional leader for being pes- career fair and afternoon This year’s CIC was an- injury was “the first best thing go, but was still a “great expe- “It’s important to under- simistic, he explained that “it’s interviews. Employers table other success, providing that happened in my life.” rience.” Mango described that stand, it’s not about hierarchy. the whole demeanor that you with at least two to three hundreds of students with The second self-described “at West Point, it was very sim- It’s not about using authority bring to a leadership role that is recruiters, who interact internships and job oppor- “serendipity” to occur in Man- ple…if you did your homework to influence people, it’s about quite important, and people do with students and dissemi- tunities. The knowledge go’s life was getting into West and you studied, you’d prob- demonstrating through ex- notice. And they respond very nate information about the gained from attending Point, in that “it was immedi- ably do okay. At Harvard, it’s ample that they want to follow favorably to, again, not unre- company. Companies are these events is invaluable, and is surely a great learn- ately post-Vietnam, and almost complete ambiguity ... there’s you,” Mango explained. alistic optimism, but certainly divided into rooms based ing experience for many. no one wanted to go.” It was a no right answer, there’s no The second thing Mango optimism.” on what category they fall A4 « thetartan.org/scitech The Tartan » January 25, 2016

Researchers use machine learning to understand synapses Naviya Singla of six layers, is the part of and can even grow new con- technique to create a broad- the relatively tiny capabil- technique allows for a much Staffwriter the brain that is associated nections. These connections er picture of neocortical ity of existing microscopy faster way to understand with higher cognitive pro- are called synapses, and synapses. This method of techniques. These tech- synaptic activity. Carnegie Mellon re- cesses such as spatial rea- they form the basis for neu- microscopy takes in a large niques not only took a much “This is probably the larg- searchers, alongside others, soning, generation of motor ral communication. piece of tissue and visualizes longer time to analyze the est microscopy study that are focusing on neurologi- commands, sensory percep- Researchers are currently all of the synapses across its same amount of tissue, but has ever been done in terms cal research with the goal tion, and conscious thought. working on understanding entirety. These synapses ap- also had a very limited scope of looking at lots of animals of gaining a deeper under- Each layer of the neo- the activity of these neurons pear as little, dark spots with of vision. For example, they and a really broad array of standing of how specific cortex is made up of dif- and defining the specific set a specific shape. would allow a “cell-by-cell,” tissue,” Alison Barth, one parts of the brain relate to ferent cell types, which are of rules that govern cell-to- This method then uses a “pair-by-pair connection” to of the key members of the the organ’s overall function. organized in a very specific cell communication. machine learning algorithm be observed, but the cost, in research project and a mem- Currently, many specific way. Based on a particular A new method developed to identify and differenti- terms of both time and effi- ber of the Center for Neural functions are thought to be person’s experiences, or the by researchers at Carnegie ate the synapses in the data. ciency, were very heavy. Basis of Cognition (CNBC) localized in certain parts of “load” experienced by their Mellon uses machine learn- By doing so, a larger area Thus, by giving less said. The CNBC is a joint the brain. The neocortex, for nervous system, neurons in ing algorithms coupled of the cortical region can importance to cell-type example, which is comprised the brain form or retract, with a specialized staining be analyzed, compared to specificity, the team’s new See SYNAPSE, A5

CMU alumnus receives National Medal CMU Hyperloop of Technology and Innovation for work team designs pod Josh Brown engineering backgrounds SciTech Editor but from design and busi- ness as well. This robust Carnegie Mellon Univer- team has allowed Carnegie sity Hyperloop team gave Mellon Hyperloop to raise a a quick overview presenta- tremendous amount of sup- tion of their entry for the port and money — $25,000 2016 SpaceX Hyperloop so far. If they make it Pod Competition on Friday, through to the next stage of Jan. 22. the competition, they will be The ultimate goal of a looking at a $100,000 price Hyperloop system is to “rev- tag for their Hyperloop pod olutionize travel and con- prototype build. nection between people,” The presentation, given according to Michael Hill, by the project manager An- a masters student in the shuman Kumar, a masters Tepper School of Business student in the Integrated In- at Carnegie Mellon. The novation Institute, focused purpose of the Hyperloop on the internal mechanics of system is “to create a tube the pod’s design. The system connecting San Francisco was designed to move at low to Los Angeles” where one levels of friction utilizing an could travel at speeds ap- air bearing system that has proaching 760 mph, con- never been used before in densing the entire 386 mile mass transport. Air bearings journey into 30 minutes of use a thin layer of pressur- mach-speed travel. Elon ized air, which allows two Musk, the CEO and CTO surfaces to support an ob- of SpaceX, has outsourced ject’s load, similar to the way this problem to universi- an air-hockey table supports ties and engineering teams a puck. Since air bearings far and wide in an effort to are a contact-free system, make this futuristic dream they steer clear of many a reality. As one of the 100 problems relating to friction, Courtesy of Jonathan Rothberg Carnegie Mellon alumnus and trustee, Jonathan Rothberg spoke in Davos, Switzerland about next-generation, more efficient DNA sequencing. teams sorted out of 1,500 to lubrication, and wear. They be in the semi-finals, Carn- also have high-speed ap- Julia Napolitano of Commerce’s Patent and University, an M.S., M.Phil., to understand a person’s ge- egie Mellon Hyperloop is plications which are prime Assistant SciTech Editor Trademark Office, is the na- and Ph.D. in biology from netic makeup was personal. I well on its way to making a for Hyperloop purposes. tion’s highest honor for tech- Yale University and an Hon- wanted to know why my son functioning Hyperloop hap- This system is an interest- On December 22, the nical achievement. Accord- orary Doctorate of Science was having difficulty breath- pen. ing choice, considering the White House named Jona- ing to the White House, the from Mount Sinai School of ing,” Rothberg said. “I’m The end goal for Carn- low-pressure, low air density than Rothberg, a Carnegie award recognizes those who Medicine, is being recognized gratified that answering this egie Mellon’s Hyperloop conditions within the Hyper- Mellon University alumnus have made lasting contribu- for pioneering what has come question allowed me to take team is to receive the okay loop tube itself. One of the and trustee, one of eight re- tions to America’s competi- to be known as Next Genera- a journey with the most cre- to build a functioning Hy- main balancing acts facing cipients of the 2016 National tiveness and quality of life tion Sequencing, a method ative engineers, scientists, perloop pod and compete the team, it seems, is the bal- Medal of Technology and and helped strengthen the of DNA sequencing that has and physicians to impact the against 10 to 14 other teams ance between having enough Innovation. Nation’s technological work- greatly increased the speed lives of people we love. I am in California this coming air for the bearings to func- The National Medal of force. and efficiency of analyzing excited to see Next Genera- June. The team began its tion and having as little air Technology and Innova- Rothberg, who holds a genomes and decoding DNA. tion Sequencing help heal, work in May and has since as possible to create drag tion, created in 1980 by the B.S. in chemical engineer- “My motivation for grown to include over 75 United States Department ing from Carnegie Mellon developing high-speed ways See INNOVATION, A5 members, not only from See HYPERLOOP, A6

SciTech Briefs Venus flytrap Hagfish hydrogel Robots to Zebra stripes not Internet use Science disproves learn by counting has unique wither into dust for camouflage nor affects family Spiderman insect touch properties alongside humans social interactions dynamics viability A German research team Recently, the gel properties Scientists at the Ital- Researchers from the Uni- A study from the Univer- Research from the Uni- has found that the Venus fly- of Hagfish slime have caught ian Institute of Technology versity of California, Davis sity of North Carolina, Chapel versity of Cambridge’s De- trap initiates different pro- the attention of a group of (IIT) are creating bioplas- and University of Calgary, Hill and Georgia State Univer- partment of Zoology recently cesses in its digestion of in- ETH Zurich researchers at tics from food waste, which Canada have suggested that sity aims to better understand found that geckos are the sect food depending on the the Laboratory of Food Pro- can be used to create life- zebra stripes are not used pri- the familial communication largest animals who can reli- number of times an insect cess Engineering of Professor like, biodegradable skin marily for camouflage, as pre- and relationships of students ably scale smooth, vertical stimulates the plant’s sen- Erich Windhab. Hagfish are for robots. This could allow viously thought. This study with problematic Internet use walls using their adhesive sors. Broadly speaking, an eel-shaped fish that have been robots to decompose at the involved the analysis of data (PIU). PIU is characterized footpads. Larger animals insect that sits on the inner around for millions of years. end of their lives in an eco- that took into account the vis- by “spending more than 25 would need far more pads surface of the plant’s maw, The hagfish’s defensefriendly manner. Athanassia ibility of stripes by hyenas, hours a week on the Internet covering their body’s surface the part of the plant used mechanism consists of secret- Athanassiou, who leads the lions and even zebras under on non-school or non-work- area to perform the same kind to trap prey, stimulates the ing two types of cells into sur- Smart Materials Lab at the different lighting conditions related activities, and expe- of climbing endeavors. micro sensors located there, rounding ocean water, one IIT, says that the bioplastic and over several distances. riencing Internet-associated The study, published in which causes the firing of bi- producing protein filaments can be flexible or tough, so it It was found that, unlike health or psychosocial prob- PNAS, found that the percent- ological electrical impulses and the other producing mu- could be used for both robot humans, zebra predators can- lems.” age of body surface covered known as action potentials. cin, a protein whose key char- skin and interior robot parts. not distinguish zebra stripes The study involved inter- in padding increases with The study reveals that af- acteristic is its ability to form A biodegradable robot at distances of 50 meters in preting data from 27 students body size for all climbing ani- ter two action potentials, the gels. When released, these can have many uses, and, daylight and 30 meters at who identified themselves as mals, from spiders and mites trap closes shut in a 10 to 15 cells burst, and the two pro- as robotics Professor Jona- twilight. Furthermore, it be- being problematic Internet to larger animals like geckos. second time window. Once teins react with the water to than Rossiter at the Univer- comes harder for most species users. The results of the study Research from the University the prey has been trapped, instantaneously form slime, sity of Bristol stated in 2012, to distinguish these stripes show that these students con- of Cambridge’s Department another three or more ac- which can immobilize the sur- “once a biodegradable robot from nine meters on moon- nect with their families better of Zoology postulates that tion potentials cause the re- rounding water and predators. has reached the end of its less nights. Within such short when away from them but humans would need about lease of prey-degenerative Hagfish slime consists of near- mission, for example hav- distances, most zebra preda- demonstrate deteriorated 40 percent of their total body fluids that allow the plant ly 100 percent water and only ing performed some envi- tors can already smell and communication and conflict surface covered in sticky pads to obtain the necessary nu- 0.004 percent gelling agent. ronmental cleanup activity hear their prey. This renders when with them in-person. to mimic the climbing abili- trients from the insect. Fur- These filaments, measuring following an oil spill, it will the stripes ineffective as cam- PIU is associated with nega- ties of geckos. This translates ther studies may focus on 150 micrometers within the decompose into harmless ouflage. This also disproves tive mental health issues such to roughly 80 percent of one’s reachers’ ability to better fish, extend to several centi- material.” the hypothesis that stripes as depression, social anxiety, frontal body. This research understand exactly how the meters in length when intro- Athanassiou says that perform a social function, and sleeplessness, and it is es- has implications on the feasi- series of electrical impulses duced into ocean water. While creating a completely bio- since zebras cannot identify timated to be found in as high bility of large-scale adhesives. triggers the different stag- this mechanism is under heavy degradable robot could be the stripes from distances as 15 percent of the U.S. pop- es of the plant’s biological study, it eludes researchers possible within the next few that are significantly greater ulation, with college students response. thus far. years. than their predators can see. especially prone to it. Source: Science Daily Compiled By Source: The BBC Source: Science Daily Source: Popular Science Source: Tech Times Source: Phys.org Josh Brown, Naviya Singla January 25, 2016 « The Tartan thetartan.org/scitech » A5 how things work Internet networks connect users through complex method

Jonathan Calvello by reading the IP address of Staffwriter each packet and forwarding it along to a router closer to the Since the creation of the destination. Packets are sent Internet, humans have been across millions of different able to harness it for great routers—each with varying purposes, such as creating efficiency and strength—and databases of knowledge, because of this, packets can providing pathways of com- be delivered in any random- munication, and—most im- ized order. To overcome this portantly—streaming Netflix. obstacle, the sender com- However, there is a lot that oc- puter embeds a serial number curs between the time when within each packet of data to you click on the Internet icon identify its place in the entire and when the browser pops message. This way, when the up. Connecting to the Inter- receiver computer receives all net involves a complicated these packets, it can reassem- integration of hardware and ble them correctly to produce software, especially to con- the proper message. nect across platforms — syn- The number of different ching a phone to a computer, paths a packet can take across for instance. routers are nearly infinite, To get online, a user needs and the same path is almost to have a device that can con- never repeated. Addition- nect with the Internet. An ally, specific devices at the electronic device can be de- edges of the Internet pathway signed to sync to another de- provide data transmission vice based on the hardware it between the computer and contains, thereby generating router media. These devices a network, or connection, be- are provided by organizations tween devices. The Internet is called Internet Service Pro- a large web of these networks. viders, which act as the con- It provides a pathway through Maegha Singh/Art Editor nection between a user and which millions of different the Internet. electronic devices can con- Internet itself is not a physical and where said information constant, efficient connec- computers, the software in The Internet is analogous nect to and interact with one entity, rather a set of proto- came from. An IP address is tion to the Internet. In order the sender computer actually to a mailing service: it takes a another. cols through which electronic not built into a computer; to provide this, IANA assigns breaks the message down into message containing a destina- Because the Internet is ac- devices can access each other. instead, IP addresses are as- static IP addresses for these smaller chunks of data called tion address and the sender’s cessed by millions of different These protocols involve signed to various geographi- devices. packets. When it does so, it address and provides the me- electronic devices, it has to Internet Protocol (IP) ad- cal locations by an organi- Once a connection has assigns an IP address to each dium through which this in- be governed by certain uni- dresses, which are analogous zation called the Internet been established between the packet to indicate where the formation is delivered. As we versal protocols to make sure to street addresses. Much like Assigned Numbers Authority start point and the end point message must be sent. continue designing technolo- all the devices can talk to one a house needs an address to (IANA). These IP addresses of a message, a pathway must To reach the receiver, gies which are capable of in- another. These protocols are send and receive mail, each can change from time to time. be provided along which the these packets travel through teracting and communicating implemented into both the computer requires an IP ad- But certain devices, such as data can be transmitted from various devices called rout- with each other, we continue hardware and software of In- dress in order to identify an Internet server for a com- sender to receiver. When ers, which deliver the mes- to improve convenience and ternet accessing devices. The where to send information pany like Verizon, require a message gets sent across sage to its proper destination usability across platforms. Rothberg honored Machine learning allows large-scale for DNA innovation synapse sampling experiments to occur

Courtesy of Jonathan Rothberg Rothberg at the Mellon Institute in 1984, his first sequencing at CMU.

INNOVATION, from A4 and Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and he received feed, fuel, and secure the The Wall Street Journal’s world by giving researchers First Gold Medal for Innova- a tool to answer some of our tion. He also received Nature greatest challenges includ- Methods’s first Method of the ing understanding and treat- Year Award, The Irvington ing cancer and other devas- Institute’s Corporate Leader- tating diseases.” ship Award in Science, the Previously, the sequenc- Connecticut Medal of Tech- ing approach used by the nology, and the DGKL Bio- Human Genome Project took chemical Analysis Prize. ten years and relied on an Rothberg is a member of approach that did not scale the National Academy of En- well. In order to address gineering and the Connecti- these issues, Rothberg be- cut Academy of Science and gan exploring ways to min- Engineering, a life trustee of iaturize the process. Instead Carnegie Mellon University, of the tens of reactions that and an Adjunct Professor of DNA sequencing was previ- Genetics at the Yale School ously limited to, Rothberg’s of Medicine. He is also the invention enabled geneti- founder of several success- cists to perform tens of mil- ful companies, including lions of sequencing reactions 454 Life Science, CuraGen, Courtesy of Alison Barth in parallel. All reactions Ion Torrent, Raindance Carnegie Mellon researchers examine a segment of multiple layers of brain tissue in order to measure synaptic density throughout multiple layers. take place on a small single Technologies, Hyperfine Re- This research is a part of the team’s efforts to compare activity between multiple species of brain. This technique allows for a much broader substrate, which reduces search, Butterfly Network examination of the neocortex and allows researchers to glean a much more robust understanding of the synaptic arrangements within the brain. the cost of sequencing DNA Inc., LAM Therapeutics, and more than a million fold. 4Catalyzer. SYNAPSE, from A4 input that arrived at the brain that we want to focus a graduate student from Next Generation Se- “We congratulate Jona- brain was changed, the den- on.” Carnegie Mellon and cur- quencing is now a central than on this important program between Carnegie sity of synapses across layers An invention disclo- rently a Postdoctoral As- honor,” said Carnegie Mel- tool in life science research, Mellon and the University of changed. The density of ob- sure has been filed for this sociate at the University of from agriculture to environ- lon University President servable synapses increased technique, and Barth be- Pittsburgh. In addition to Subra Suresh in a university Pittsburgh. mental studies, and is start- or decreased and in some lieves that there is potential Barth and Chandrasekaran, press release. “Jonathan’s Barth explained that ing to play a key role in both work embodies the culture this new machine learning cases, synapses even be- for this technique to be used the research team included a researcher’s ability to un- of Carnegie Mellon – find- technique allows research- came longer. These longer as a tool for medical diagno- Saket Navlakha, currently derstand disease and a phy- ing innovative solutions to ers to rapidly count and synapses had not been visu- sis or understanding learn- at the Salk Institute for Bio- sician’s ability to treat it. scientific challenges that compare different animals’ alized before. ing processes. The study was logical Studies; Joseph Su- In addition to receiving make a real difference in the brains across different con- Barth explained that “by published in the Journal of han, a lecturer from Carn- this award, Rothberg is the world.” ditions to see what part of using machine learning to Neuroscience and featured egie Mellon’s Department of first person to be named a The recipients of the the circuit changes when the do the work for us, we are on the cover. Biological Sciences; and Ziv World Economic Forum’s award will receive their med- input is altered. breaking open the direc- The lead author and re- Bar-Joseph, a professor in Technology Pioneer four als during a White House A study of the data re- tion that we want to go and searcher of this study is Carnegie Mellon’s Machine separate times; he is an Ernst ceremony early this year. veals that, when the sensory expanding the areas of the Santosh Chandrasekaran, Learning department. A6 « thetartan.org/scitech The Tartan » January 25, 2016 Hyperloop design presentation shows students’ progress HYPERLOOP, from A4 and slow down the pod. One of the most enter- prising features of the Carn- egie Mellon Hyperloop team’s progress is that they do not seem to be phased by obsta- cles. Every time the team en- countered a particular com- ponent that was nowhere to be found on the free market, they created their own; from the air bearing system to the air storage tank to the re-pur- posed helicopter compressor, the designs are one-of-a-kind. For every problem, it seems, the team is working on a fea- sible solution. The CMU Hyperloop team will travel to Texas A&M Uni- versity this coming weekend, Jan. 29-30, to present their designs to SpaceX and Tesla engineers in an attempt to move into the final round of prototype construction and the final race event in June.

Top and bottom left images ourtesy of CMU Hyperloop; bottom right courtesy Joshua Brown/Staff Photographer Top: Carnegie Mellon Hyperloop designers create a realistic depiction of a functioning Hyperloop system in the real world. Bottom, left: Early ideation designs for the Hyperloop pod. Bottom, right: CMU Hyperloop team members Eric Peet, a sophomore materials science major, pictured left, and Anshuman Kumar, a masters student in the Integrated Innovation Institute, pictured right, showcase the team’s small-scale model of their Hyperloop pod. January 25, 2016 « The Tartan thetartan.org » A7 A8 « thetartan.org/forum The Tartan » January 25, 2016

From the Editorial Board PRO: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz should leave DNC Administration raises Frustrated Democrats have tuition, students fail brought a laundry list of complaints against Democratic National Com- mittee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie to raise protests Wasserman-Schultz for her conduct as Chairwoman since 2011. And re- lives, connections, and plans that cently, these frustrations have boiled people have built in their time at over into the call for her resignation Carnegie Mellon. The second argu- as chairwoman of the DNC. The al- ment, frequently cited in newspaper legations brought against her reflect interviews with college administra- not only the possibility that she is Sinead Foley tions, is that tuition increases are personally biased towards Hillary necessary to keep up with inflation. Clinton, but also her failure to unite The tuition hikes announced last The issue with this is that tuition in- and lead the Democratic party. week did not come as a shock to any- creases in the past decade have not Prior to the firestorm that be- one, but the resounding lack of re- reflected inflation. In 2006 Carnegie gan to rage surrounding the 2016 sponse should have. Carnegie Mel- Mellon tuition was $34,180. Accord- primaries, Wasserman-Schultz re- lon has been consistently raising its ing to the US Inflation Calculator if ceived heavy criticism for leading tuition by around 3 percent for the tuition had simply been keeping up the democrats to two consecutive, past five years. Looking at the same with inflation it should have been significant congressional losses. five years, I can find no evidence of $40,184 in 2015, a full $10,000 less In 2012, Democrats managed to mass protests against these increas- than tuition for the 2015–2016 aca- hang on to the majority in the Sen- es, or demanding fiscal transparency demic year. Clearly, there is some- ate, but maintained the minority from the university. There are, of thing else at work. in the House. With the loss of both course, valid and important reasons The “something else” would the House and the Senate in 2014, to raise tuition, but Carnegie Mellon seem to be increasing operating ex- however, Democrat progress has does not provide detailed informa- penses, which, for example, grew by tion about where the money is go- been held at a standstill. President 3.1 percent or $32.1 million in 2013 ing, leaving students in the dark. By Obama cannot pass meaningful pro- according to the 2014 Financial Re- staying silent and not demanding to gressive change without the help of port. Much of this was covered by be informed, the student body is re- Congress; he can only continue to a $28.5 million increase in revenue linquishing control over their mon- threaten veto against the progress from tuition and other educational ey, institution, and the form their that has already been made. Was- fees, net of financial aid. In the re- education takes. serman-Schultz’s leadership has let port operating expenses are broken No one would argue that running down the party. down into six categories: instruc- a top-tier academic institution is Since 2014, there have been se- tion and departmental research, cheap. There are salaries to be paid, rious claims asserting that she has sponsored projects, administration Maegha Singh/Art Editor both to faculty and staff, facilities to exhibited an inappropriate level of and institutional support, academic be built and maintained, equipment favoritism toward the Clinton cam- support, student services, and aux- staffers illegally accessing the Clin- voter database, plus a 10-day grace to be bought, and research projects paign. Many progressives cite that iliary services and activities. I could ton campaign’s polling information. period in order for the campaign to to be funded. Obtaining enough not find a more detailed breakdown Wasserman-Schultz only scheduled The DNC shut off the Sanders cam- right its wrongs, which it did imme- funds to keep the university running of the spending. Perhaps there is a six sanctioned debates leading up paign’s access to the NGP VAN after diately. The suspension, without re- and improving is particularly dif- more detailed breakdown available. to the primaries (half of which were a data breach in which the Sanders gard for this contract, unnecessarily ficult here at Carnegie Mellon due Perhaps everything that is in each aired on Saturday nights and con- campaign’s data director accessed deprived Sanders’ run for the Demo- to a remarkably small endowment of those categories is completely flicted with NFL games) compared and possibly downloaded propri- cratic ticket of millions in funds, giv- of $1.599 billion in 2014. Carnegie necessary and something we as stu- to 2008’s much larger 26 debates. etary Clinton campaign polling files, ing Hillary an undeserved edge. Mellon is a young university, so it dents should be supporting. Perhaps There are claims that this confus- which are private information. The Even if these two allegations do has not had the time to accumulate every dollar of extra tuition we pay ing change was made in order to Sanders campaign defends that this not stand up under investigation, the massive endowments that back is directly contributing to a better protect Clinton from the possibility was not planned or sanctioned, but there is the simple fact that a large schools like Stanford and MIT. At academic environment for us, now, of loss, and so that, even if she did was due to a malfunction in NGP faction of the voter base does not the same time, Carnegie Mellon is and not only for future students. lose, there wouldn’t be enough peo- VAN’s systems. The campaign alert- trust her. Having lost this support, rivaling with these universities for However, the information neces- ple watching to notice. These claims ed the DNC to the security issue, she cannot function as an effective students and faculty. This leaves the sary to make those calls isn’t easily have been rejected by the DNC. and promptly fired the staffer. Yet leader and will never be able to school struggling to keep pace in available to the student body so we This decision also puts the entire before investigating these claims, unite the Democratic party. terms of salaries, benefits, and facil- cannot make informed decisions or Democratic party at a disadvantage the DNC’s response was to suspend In an election year that means ities, all on a lower budget. Tuition have any kind of say about where when compared to the Republican Sanders’ access to the committee’s so much for the future of America, needs to be raised so that Carnegie our money goes. debate schedule. Their debates are voter database. This affected his the DNC needs to stand together Mellon can stay competitive. This The most startling thing about all held during primetime spots on campaign to the tune of six figures behind a set of common goals in argument seems to hold water. Ev- of this is the extreme lack of protest large networks. The Republican in potential donations lost. order to protect the country from a eryone who is going here wants the on campus. While some amount of candidates have been getting more While the Sanders campaign is right-wing reign of terror. Debbie best education possible, and even tuition increase is probably neces- publicity, and not just because they responsible for the conduct of its Wasserman-Schultz is not the chair- improvements that don’t directly sary, there are many things that can say outrageous things, but because workers, Wasserman-Schultz and person who can lead Democrats to a affects us add prestige and value to be done to make them more fair and the DNC is simply not supporting its the DNC are also responsible for up- White House victory in 2016, and by our degrees. equitable, and perhaps smaller. We candidates. holding the contract. According to standing her ground and fueling the However, it is all a question of could protest for financial transpar- Additionally, there is the miscon- Salon, the contract requires a writ- flames of infighting, she is doing her balance. Prestige and quality educa- ency so that students can ensure that duct surrounding Bernie Sanders’ ten notice for suspension from the party more harm than good. tion is all well and good, but it only money is being spent on things they benefits people who can afford it. want and care about. We could de- Carnegie Mellon should be trying to mand that tuition be fixed when you CON: Scapegoat Debbie W.S. should not be ousted improve, but not at the cost of stu- enter Carnegie Mellon, so that each The two flashpoints giving rise to polls invite all sorts of biases, so their unlawful activity by the Sanders dents being able to attend or their student pays the same cost all four the campaign against Debbie Was- declaration that Sanders has won campaign’s data director, the Sand- families being able to maintain fi- years, allowing families to make in- serman Schultz around – the debate each debate is useless information). ers campaign managed to spin it into nancial security. Next year the class formed financial plans. Or we could schedule and the flap with the Sand- In fact, Sanders has been steadily “the DNC is silencing us!” and got of 2017 will pay $50,690 in tuition. petition for better financial-aid op- ers campaign over the NGP VAN – gaining on Clinton, but stumbles af- off without so much as a sweep to When they committed to Carnegie portunities for students already en- are not sufficient to prove favoritism. ter each debate comprise most of the make sure the files were deleted. It’s Mellon in the fall of 2012 their tu- rolled in Carnegie Mellon, such as The debate schedule is lacking, gap between the two. easily possible that the staffer stole ition was $45,760. Families made the right to apply for the new merit but there are reasons besides locking A lack of unsanctioned debates millions of dollars worth of polling decisions and fiscal plans based on scholarships that were made avail- down a Clinton nomination for the has shrunk the schedule, despite the numbers. If a tool is being used to the 2012 number, and are now hav- able to incoming students last year debate schedule to be sparse. Saying number of sanctioned debates be- break the law, the user loses access. ing to find an extra $4,930. This to account for the rise in tuition but this shows favoritism for Clinton re- ing about the same as in years past. It’s that simple. People go to jail is a problem for every year in our barred to those already enrolled. lies on the notion that debates would Unsanctioned debates can become over these kinds of situations. The school. My year, the class of 2018, Carnegie Mellon students were hurt Hillary Clinton’s campaign. nightmares for the party participat- fact that nothing happened doesn’t is already facing a tuition bill that is not always so willing to accept That is unlikely. After most debates ing. As campaigns heat up and get show Clinton favoritism, it shows $3,166 more than when we started, cost increases. In 2009 students in 2008, she came out about the nasty, attacks get personal and harm that the DNC cares more about pub- and that is before food and housing throughout Pittsburgh, including at same as President Obama did, land- candidates in the general more than licity than responsible enforcement costs are accounted for. Carnegie Mellon, signed petitions ing a few victories and a few losses. they help candidates in the primary. of rules. This may be bad, but it’s I have heard a few responses jus- and attended city council meetings However, both Obama and Clinton Further, people have a talent to turn not favoritism. tifying these increases for people to protest a proposed one percent are talented debaters. There was no everything into a scandal, and nearly In the end, Schultz has presided who are already committed to the tax on tuition. Why should we fight reason to believe Senator (D-VT) every debate in 2008 was followed over an era of endless frustration for school. The first argument, that against a 1 percent increase in tu- Bernie Sanders or Maryland Gover- by rumors of Clinton favoritism. liberal Democrats as they lose seats comes almost exclusively from oth- ition cost, but not a 3.2 percent one? nor Martin O’Malley would get the Debates in the primary are a risk, in Congress and watch their policy er members of the student body, is As a campus, we need to take a stand better of Clinton. That view has been but can be controlled when they are agenda be shredded by obstruction- that if people don’t want to pay the on tuition and create a dialogue mostly justified. Despite a small slip sanctioned. It’s likely Schultz was ist Republicans. This may be Schul- increase they can leave Carnegie with the administration about the after the most recent debate, Clin- protecting the field here and not just tz’s fault (it probably isn’t, but that is Mellon. The issue with this argu- purposes, processes, and expecta- ton has mostly steamrolled her op- her friend. a different debate entirely), but the ment is that it turns Carnegie Mel- tions for tuition increases. ponents in these debates, grabbing The second firestorm regarding witch hunt to declare her an under- lon into a place only accessible to decisive victories according to live the DNC’s reaction to the NGP VAN’s cover Clinton operative is simply not people with thousands of dollars Sinead Foley (@srfoley) is Forum Edi- interview polling numbers (internet system breach was baffling. After productive. to spare, and that it discounts the tor for The Tartan.

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India Price Sean Ha Mail: Online Editor Layout Manager The Tartan Office: University Center 314 Box 119, UC Suite 103 lula banker julia napolitano * Denotes executive committee © 2016 The Tartan, all rights reserved. Web: www.thetartan.org 5000 Forbes Avenue Personnel Manager Asst. SciTech Editor member Library of Congress ISSN: 0890-3107 E-mail: [email protected] Pittsburgh, PA 15213 January 25, 2016 « The Tartan thetartan.org/forum » A9 YouTube beauty guru culture redefines beauty standards GOWRI SUNDER Kloss to be worthy of relationships media. Anyone can publish anything the way that fashion in the Western of beautiful plus sized clothing and Junior Staffwriter and friends, and if you don’t look like that they want, as long as they use a world is being marketed. Similarly, several fun, glamorous lookbooks her, then you’d better start investing Taylor Swift song. And this illusion the values presented in boyfriend to counter the perception that be- The culture of YouTube beauty in products to make yourself look that anyone can make it as a You- advice videos and workout tutorials ing plus sized should mean that you gurus has exploded and surpasses conventionally attractive. And while Tube star is interesting because on and “What I Eat in a Day” videos dis- can’t be beautiful. SunKissAlba’s the viewership of many forms of our media and society also promote one hand it does allow, in theory, for play the same cultural expectations channel talks about sustainability traditional media. These gurus are ridiculous standards of masculinity greater diversity in terms of repre- of normal that old media presented, and organic products, but also de- generally entrepreneurial women in as well, in general they aren’t specifi- sentation, but it can also be an illu- just in a more personalized, and in- scribes a beauty regime that would their twenties trying to get in on the cally targeted by the beauty industry sion. sidious, way. In general, these videos be more specific to people of color. oversaturated beauty genre of new in the same way. Part of the indus- In reality, the vast majority of tend to be well intentioned, but it is Kaushal Beauty makes makeup tu- media. As role models in a platform try’s marketing is creating a rigid the biggest beauty gurus are young, concerning that there is a message torials for both Indian and Western that allows for greater diversity, they gender divide that expects women to thin, white, cisgender, heterosexual that these videos are about real peo- events, which is helpful because she ideally offer the potential for ex- be more concerned about fixing their women. So when you watch life- ple keeping it real. People think the uses colors that are more flattering panding the concept of beauty, but appearance. style advice or “A Day in My Life” lives and values portrayed in these on brown people. also the potential to reinforce nega- Growing concern of the effect on YouTube, what you get is repeti- videos are the norm, when they are Ingrid Nilsen is a huge lifestyle tive values from the beauty industry this has on young girls’ self images tion of a lifestyle that is predicated often unattainable. vlogger who not only is biracial, but in a space where the audience tends has led to a slew of studies on media on being conventionally pretty and On the other hand, in comparison also publicly came out last year. This to be especially vulnerable. Leading was huge for a lot of people because content creators, despite their limit- it was a way for a lot of people to see ed diversity, appear to be attempting that identifying as a lesbian while to change the culture of fashion and also being feminine, fashionable, beauty to be about having fun and as not white, beautiful, and ultimately expressions of self confidence, rather the same person is okay and even than making them the source of self normal. You see this a lot with new esteem. media representation of LGBTQA+ The women who do stand out individuals; often the most powerful owe their fame in part to luck and way of breaking down stereotypes good timing, but also because they and building self acceptance in mar- were able to differentiate themselves ginalized groups is showing people through what they call “lifestyle just living their life and being happy. vlogging.” What that means is that All of these YouTubers have huge as much as the videos are about the audiences, and although it is gener- quality of product reviews and tutori- ally not the case that people of mar- als, they build the fame of the beauty ginalized groups have as large of a gurus around a cult of personality. fan base, their ability to reach a lot Branding themselves as a friend or of people with their identity is im- big sister who gives you beauty tips, portant. It is no less important that relationship advice, and encourage- anyone can find small YouTubers ment creates trust and loyalty within who put out messages about diver- their fans. sity in self love and beauty that more The success of this branding is or less align with their own identity evident in the amount of press these — and that is something that is spe- young women get. Ingrid Nilsen re- cial about YouTube, vlogging, and cently met with President Barack specifically lifestyle videos. Obama to discuss issues important Beyond increased representation, to her fan base; Zoella broke sale what distinguishes the beauty guru records with her new line of beauty platform from traditional media is products; Tanya Burr was on the cov- how personal the content is. To a er of Glamour magazine; their meet lot of young girls, these women are and greets bring together young Ashley Chan/Staff Artist like big sisters or best friends who people from all over the world; and they ask for advice on fashion, boys, the list of high-profile achievements and self-objectification — the ten- wealthy enough to buy organic foods to traditional media, there is actually cooking, confidence, and how to be goes on and on. dency for women to view themselves and mountains of lip gloss. It means some diversity in the representation healthy. Whether you look at the Given the influence of the beauty based on what others would see and that if a person of color goes online of beauty, gender expression, and love that came in response to Zoella’s gurus, a lot of people are beginning be attracted to — which generally to watch a haul video (videos where health. Michelle Phan is probably the videos about her panic disorder and to question what kind of impact they conclude that these influences are people show and tell about their re- queen of beauty gurus, but in the tra- managing anxiety, Ingrid Nilsen’s have on young girls. The beauty in- strongly correlated with depression, cent shopping purchases), chances ditional fashion and beauty industry videos about periods, or Tanya Burr’s dustry is notoriously toxic for young anxiety, and eating disorders. The are they’ll be watching someone ex- she may not have been able to have daily vlogs, you see these women girls, given that their marketing problems with beauty, fashion, and pound on the trendiness of “tribal her career because of her race. building a really strong relationship strategy involves establishing insecu- diet industries are pretty well known prints” and kimonos. Tribal prints, Estée Lalonde and SprinkleofGlit- with their fans. rity by displaying unattainable stan- and established, so the question that by the way, generally refer to fabric ter (also known as Louise Pentland), This turns out to be a really good dards of beauty as the norm. Photo- needs to be answered now is to what prints inspired from South American for example, talk about their own thing because it allows these women shopped bikini bodies and poreless degree does the beauty guru culture designs, African fabric, and Indian struggles with body image while also to give advice on topics that are gen- skin create a false need for diet pills subvert the more traditional culture woodblock printed fabric. showing their audiences that they erally taboo or ignored, but are re- and makeup, conflating beauty with of beauty. The fascination with the Bohe- love their body and feel good in it. ally important for young women to success, self worth, and likeability. Where YouTube and other forms mian and ignorance of other cultures Louise Pentland especially fills the talk about. But while their popular- The world basically tells young girls of new media appear to have power is concerning, and at times genuine- need to talk about body image and ity is built in part on their charisma that you have to look like Karlie is in their democratic approach to ly confusing, but it is a reflection of beauty, as she has released a line See YOUTUBE, A10 Letter to the Editor Pittsburgh aims high Social good, advancement with decriminalization of already crowded jails. The United sometimes at odds in tech fields States incarcerates more of its own This letter was addressed to David Throughout the semester, you tried surpassing that prior to the Great citizens than any other country, even Kosbie, instructor of 15-112, the intro- to disillusion us about material pur- Depression. I’m really not sure how China, an authoritarian state with over three times as many citizens. ductory programming class at Carn- suits, and encouraged us to pro- much philanthropy can compensate Emmett Eldred As many as 50 percent of America’s egie Mellon. The letter poses questions gram for social good. You did this for that. about technology, social good, and in a packed schedule in which every prisoners are nonviolent offenders, If any and all technology we create On Monday, Dec. 21, the Pitts- whether the two actually correlate. minute counted. Your sincerity and usually for drug possession. Legal- can somehow be used for socially det- burgh City Council voted 7-2 to de- optimism made me and many others izing marijuana nationwide would rimental purposes, how can we keep criminalize small amounts of mari- Dear Professor Kosbie, stick with 112. I also do like for loops, keep millions of people from going ourselves motivated? Can we really juana. Before the law was passed, You said in class that you were however. to prison every year, and can save class ourselves responsible citizens marijuana possession was punish- purposefully trying to hide your poli- But the world is an ugly place, and lives, communities, and money. when the traditional path to success able by up to 30 days in jail and a tics from us. Having just completed I’m sure you would agree. Despite all Perhaps the most important rea- as developers requires an indiffer- $500 fine. Now, when police catch your class, I am kindly going to ask of our economic and technological son to support legalization, though, ence to what a society actually needs? someone in possession of under 30 you questions that will require you to “progress,” extreme poverty exits, is the clear racism in the way mari- Can we live with ourselves when we grams of marijuana, they will con- do otherwise. Not because I am curi- and is perhaps more widespread than juana use is policed. Let’s face it, a are so ready to blindly follow that fiscate the drug and assess up to a ous, but because I am in desperate ever. While asking us to volunteer lot of white, middle-class kids at path? How can we ever reconcile our $100 fine. No jail time. need of some perspective. for Stop Hunger Now, you yourself Carnegie Mellon smoke marijuana, love for solving puzzles and making a The Pittsburgh City Council made I had no real programming expe- admitted that it is unacceptable that but I doubt that many Carnegie Mel- genuine social impact? the right decision, and they deserve rience prior to taking 112 this fall. I there can be hunger in a city like lon students worried much about These are the thoughts plaguing recognition and praise for it. At the come from a culture where program- Pittsburgh. We are constantly be- getting a $500 fine for possession. my mind as I’m on the Pennsylvanian same time, we should demand even ming hasn’t become a “thing” yet, es- ing told that we have the power to According to a 2013 study by the 43, about to start my second semes- more from our city council and our pecially not at the high-school level. change things, and it has some truth ACLU, even though white people ter of college. Perhaps it is unfair of elected officials at all levels of gov- In fact, it is mostly associated with to it, if Carnegie Mellon students do and black people use marijuana at me to seek your guidance on such a ernment: full legalization. dull positions in the IT departments not have the capacity to make a social the same rate, black people are four topic, and I’m not sure if we are on Legalizing marijuana nationwide that existed since the 80’s. Therefore, impact through technology, I don’t times more likely to be arrested for the same page. But you seem to be my would save taxpayers billions of I think you can recognize the cul- know who else does. I have been here possessing marijuana than other best shot, and I had to take it. Oh, and dollars on the futile War on Drugs. ture shock I experienced coming to long, enough to realize, however, groups. For white people, using this train also happens to take 9 hours Every year, federal, state, and local a place like Carnegie Mellon to study that most of us choose not to. marijuana comes with a slap on the to reach Pittsburgh, and I don’t have governments spend as much as $50 engineering. I was not sure at first I Big companies attract top talent, wrist. For black people, it can derail much else to work on. billion policing drug use, especially could fit in. they always have. But let’s look at your entire life. While decriminal- Best, marijuana. Imagine if we could in- 112 was definitely daunting at what the companies who frequently ization is a step forward towards Alp stead use that money to build new first, but I came to enjoy the rigor and “farm” Carnegie Mellon grads are re- equal treatment, the fine can still be schools, fix America’s crumbling creativity involved, and ended up do- ally doing. Facebook devises more ef- applied to perpetuate systemic rac- Although Professor Kosbie agreed infrastructure, or even reinvest it ing fine. I was hoping that excelling ficient ways to get us to click on ads, ism. Decriminalization and legaliza- that this is “the question,” and that we into drug prevention and addiction at your class would make me feel as Google cracks our search patterns to tion help ensure that the law is ap- should be asking it in a rich variety of treatment programs. That’s to say though I belong here, but it didn’t. figure out what we might want to buy plied fairly to everyone. ways, he still believes that the letter cap- nothing of the additional tax rev- I like to ask questions, and for some in the first place, Uber and Airbnb Pittsburgh took a huge step for- tures only the “half-truth.” Technology enue that a legal marijuana mar- reason, that did not go well with be- drive the existing service industry ward when City Council voted to de- is amoral in itself, and it can be used for ket would generate. According to a ing in an environment full of talented out of business by avoiding regula- criminalize small amounts of mari- good, just like it can be used for achiev- study by the Cato Institute, legaliz- people whose sole purpose in life tion. Not only that, but they actually juana. The move will save taxpayers ing horrendous deeds. Yet any attempt ing marijuana would generate $8.7 was to create technology. There were drive people out of their homes, be- money, make the streets safer, de- to block out technology will not make billion in tax revenue. Legalization times when I felt depressed. But un- ing on the forefront of the gentrifica- populate jails, and promote racial bad technology go away. The challenge would also empower police to ad- like most people at this institution, tion movement all across America. justice. However, while we applaud is creating positive social impact, and dress real matters of public safety. you seem to understand that technol- And these are not the worst ones, in City Council, we must acknowledge then lies in finding the right puzzle to Decriminalization and legalization ogy is not intrinsically valuable, but fact, these are the ones frequently that any journey is more than the solve. He also added that the priorities enable police to focus less on low- worthwhile, as long as it promotes glorified for their attempts at social first step forward. Now that we have of people change over time, tending to level offenders and focus more on the interests of humankind. responsibility. But desirable urban forward momentum, we must work get less selfish as they begin to observe dealers, gangs, and cartels, forces You told us from the first day that space is rapidly becoming inacces- even harder to make marijuana le- what is truly important in life. that really do harm the public and you did not leave your high-paying sible to anyone without a six-figure gal. Necati Alp Muyesser deserve undivided attention. corporate job to teach at Carnegie salary. Entire cultures disappear. CIT Pittsburgh’s move to decriminal- Mellon for your love of “for loops.” Class conflict is at an all-time high, Emmett Eldred (@eeldred) is a First-year ize marijuana will keep people out staffwriter for The Tartan. A10 « thetartan.org/forum The Tartan » January 25, 2016 Letter to the Editor YouTubers shift beauty standards Black experiences YOUTUBE, from A9 considering the environmental im- shadows and flowy dresses? It is pact or ethical responsibility of the worth noting that the idea of culti- overlooked at CMU clothing they buy. Considering that vating a love for beauty products out and caring, their channels are also most drugstore brands test on ani- of self love rather than insecurity is built on a trust for the products they mals, and many factories that make hugely important, and a wonderful Our university prides itself on drastically higher compared to the use and review. And that’s actually the hot new thing in fashion barely side effect of beauty guru culture on using collaboration as a gateway to most recent data. In 2012, 1.8% of how most of the beauty gurus make pay their employees, it is hard to YouTube. innovation. This is evident in our eligible black tenured and tenured money — companies pay to have separate the problems from the po- You’d be hard pressed to find a group work oriented classes as we faculty was black. That’s a 1.2% their products in their video. The tential good these beauty bloggers lifestyle vlogger that hasn’t talked are taught that teamwork is a criti- increase in 11 years. We need to top three beauty guru’s make an av- can do. about self confidence, body image, cal skill to have, yet we fail to take do better. CMU uses the diversity erage of $33,000 a month. There is also the question of what or how makeup is more decora- responsibility for our teammates. In- card as a way to attract more stu- In a best case scenario, that this teaches people who may not tion than substance. In most cases, stead their issues are there own. For dents and donors, but how can we means that these women will work feel conventionally attractive, but these videos are actually about how too long we have deemed our class- claim diversity when the statistics out deals that will allow them to be also don’t have the money to buy women appropriate something that mates lack of “success” their prob- prove otherwise? Maybe we should paid to show only the products they beauty products and new clothes. might be seen as oppressive as a way lem. This is no different from mak- be specific by what we mean by di- actually want to recommend, and It does appear to tell people that to express themselves and make ing racial issues faced by blacks also versity. Is it amongst international their audiences will be more loyal you can be confident, and having all themselves feel good, regardless of “their problem”. We have miserably students or academic interest? It’s because of that. But the biggest is- this stuff is a really easy way to feel what that boy or anyone else thinks. failed to see that problems faced by certainly not a large amount of ra- sue people have with the beauty good about yourself. Telling people If young girls and women are our fellow peers are our problem as cial or ethnic diversity. The question guru culture is the idea of these to buy products — even if they are modeling their lifestyles after what well. The success of the group is not now becomes why has the black ex- young fans who unquestioningly actually good — for the advertising is presented in their videos, the based on one or a majority of the perience at CMU not changed very trust these women who are on some dollars just seems like an oversight hope is that they pick up these mes- level making videos to advertise on the part of YouTubers of the cul- sages as well. The genre is new and What will it take for non black students for a variety of brands. With that ture that they are creating. open enough that people are talk- kind of adoration and influence, Hauls, for example, are a partic- ing about these things, about living and administration alike to see how there is a possibility that they are ularly controversial form of lifestyle with less and what life is outside of ignoring blackness and covert racism teaching young girls consumerism vlog. In hauls, users go shopping the framework of beauty. and superficiality. and earn a few million views show- If the last few years of YouTube is in fact condoning it. When will we These videos are a replacement ing everyone what they bought for culture have shown us anything, start to see that not caring for our fellow for fashion magazines, and it’s ques- themselves. And when successful it’s that a smart, thoughtful con- tionable whether young women YouTubers get paid to do haul pro- tent creator is more than the brands peers and classmates is our issue. take away a different message. The motions or advertorials, it can come they work for or promote. It may not increased representation does mean across as showing off or narcissistic be obvious to a casual viewer or to that there are certain messages —es- or, at the very least, far removed someone who isn’t part of the beauty individuals, but the collective. The much. The truth is I have no clue but pecially about what a woman’s body from most people’s financial reality. guru audience, but ultimately what same line of thinking should be ad- that does not warrant the tendency should look like — that become less Depending on the way a channel is sells is this relationship they have opted when considering the injustic- to ignore the issue, which is why I popularized. But these videos are branded, haul videos can frankly with their viewers who look up to es faced by POC in particular blacks. demand we earnestly consider how still supporting consumerism in an appear shallow. It is important to them, but also hold them account- Helping me, not doing it all for me, we got to where we are today and idyllic setting, with twinkly lights not need to be validated by what able. On the one hand, the toxicity or being concerned about my issues how to make rapid and significant and floral bedspreads. you own and how you look, and of the beauty industry didn’t magi- does not in any capacity have nega- progress. What will it take for non A lifestyle vlogger, in theory, that’s sometimes difficult because cally disappear because Zoella went tive repercussion to you. Helping black students and administration should also be talking about fiscal these things are tied in with like- on camera and went through her someone that is behind does not alike to see how ignoring blackness responsibility, sustainability, and ability and social status. day without makeup. On the other, impede your ability to learn more; and covert racism is in fact condon- what a relationship with material What’s most important here is though, there is now this experi- in fact taking time to help someone ing it? When will we start to see that possession should look like as well that we keep having conversations ence where girls process breakups with a part they don’t understand not caring for our fellow peers and as what a makeup routine and outfit about how we view makeup and by watching Kayley Melissa’s tutori- only helps you learn better. It seems classmates is our issue? We as an should be. In the same way that a lot fashion’s role in society. In feminist als and braiding each other’s hair, as though it is taboo to talk about institution should be responsible of white beauty bloggers disregard circles, the question remains: can wind down from a long work day by two very relevant B words: 1. black for the lack of the unpleasant ex- the roots of the clothing they wear makeup and fashion be empower- watching pamper routines, or just 2. blind. Well I finally have the au- perience of our fellow classmates, and the cultural context of their ing? Is there something negative in feel a little more validated in their dacity to do so. Numerous students, especially for black students. Stand- outfits, a lot of these women are not cultivating a love for sparkly eye- own expressions of beauty. faculty and administrators turn a ing up for issues faced by blacks is blind eye to the fact that CMU poorly like a group project, you are evalu- represents and treats black students. ated on the input of all of the people Let’s first consider the state of not on the individual contribution. black students here at CMU. There Blacks can continue to fight to end Oscars reflect pervasive racism are more people that look like me the injustices they face, but having in the dining locations and custo- non black allies will result in a more Chie Wach dial roles than there are in my own widespread and effective resolution Junior Staffwriter classrooms. I can name all of the of these issues. professors that are black, as I have Across the nation, movie fans had the privilege of being taught Jahque Bryan-Gooden are furious. This is a country that is by all but two of the six professors. Class of 2016 drained from decades of struggle In 2001, roughly 3% CMU’s faculty Decision science and international re- against culturally-induced racism: was black. The numbers are not lations & politics job discrimination, racial profiling, white privilege, and similar issues. But this is also a country that loves to watch movies. So when our in- justice is illuminated by the bright Why doesn’t CMU lights of Hollywood, the response is ferocious. The list of nominees for the 2016 care for black people? Academy Awards has incited outrage due to its lack of diversity, resulting A great man of action once said, Many incidents occur at CMU in the indignant #OscarsSoWhite “Education is our passport to the that just get swept under the rug by that has spread across social media. future, for tomorrow belongs to the CMU’s amazing PR team or by stu- The all-white cast of Oscar nominees people who prepare for it today.” dents too afraid to speak up. Rac- has caused many popular figures, That great man of action was El- ism, sexual assault, gender harass- such as director Spike Lee and ac- Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, formally and ment, alcohol abuse, drug abuse are tress Jada Pinkett-Smith, to speak most commonly known to the world just a few of the issues that continue out against this racial uniformity as Malcolm X. I want to be able to to affect many students on campus or to declare a boycott against the travel to that future that Shabazz yet the Carnegie Mellon adminis- Oscars. talks about, but how can I prepare tration never really comes out and However, racism is a multi-lay- for it if I am unsure whether or not explicitly admits that there are ered prejudice. We are all aware of the institution that is facilitating my problems and that they are going the fight against conscious racism. “education” cares about me? to solve it or at least try to make it Conscious racism has been rampant There has been much attention better. Instead the administration is throughout most of American his- brought to the many racial issues very quick to protect its image at the tory, scrawled across urban walls that still exist on college campuses expense of the students by making and federal laws alike. Yet while con- around the country by many mem- general statements about “diversity scious racism is no longer culturally bers of the CMU community. How- and inclusion” without ever explain- accepted, a more current type of rac- ism is its lingering, still very potent, ever, no one seems willing to ac- ing what “diversity and inclusion” Maegha Singh/Art Editor knowledge the many racial issues really means. remainder: subconscious racism. that still exist at Carnegie Mellon Why am I writing all of this? I A hidden, quiet form of flickering It is likely that few of them—or per- composing 14 percent and women that are affecting black students. am writing this because there are so racism born, perhaps, in childhood haps none of them—actively chose composing 48 percent of their mem- We, CMU in general, as a commu- many issues at Carnegie Mellon and exposure to cultural stereotypes or to nominate only white actors. But bership. nity have never really heard from I do not feel that the administra- thought patterns; living within an this is more likely: many of these The response to this carefully-de- the administration whether or not tion truly cares and I feel that many unknowing host. This form of preju- voters grew up watching prolific, signed proclamation has been gener- the well-being and success of black within the campus community are dice is much more subtle, and in that accomplished, and white celebrities ally positive. While some still view students on campus is a priority for ignorant to these issues. I encourage way, just as dangerous. This is the such as Tom Hanks or Meryl Streep, these changes as inadequate or only the school. CMU students that the next time discrimination that dwells in “Oreo” and perhaps they’ve unconsciously an act of self-preservation, many ap- Black students in America have you see a black student on campus, jokes and hoodies, traffic tickets, and internalized the image of an “Oscar preciate the bold efforts. April Reign, been systematically oppressed by ask them if they have experienced police bullets. winner” as a white actor or actress. the former attorney and managing the educational system. Those who some form of racism on campus. I No conscientious American Thus, when faced with selecting Os- editor of BroadwayBlack.com and are fortunate enough to be accepted assure you that you will be surprised would consider themselves to be rac- car nominees, they may perhaps tend creator of #OscarsSoWhite, said into CMU slowly realize that system- by their answers. Hopefully by more ist. Police officers deny racial profil- to—without conscious thought— that she is “very encouraged” by the ic oppression is still affecting them. students becoming aware of one is- ing, but it persists anyway. This is give added weight to a white actor changes. She also stressed the need Many of the black students at sue, it will lead to awareness of oth- because officers aren’t targeting peo- or actress, merely because the white “to put pressure on the Hollywood CMU, including myself, come from er issues affecting students. ple who are black, they’re targeting actor fits their expectations of the studio heads to make more inclusive inner city schools. These inner city So I ask the administration this, people who seem suspicious. But the image of an Oscar nominee. Perhaps. and diverse films, because the acad- schools have a history of provid- Do you care about the black stu- reasoning process that determines This racial homogeneity is a result emy can only nominate quality work ing sub-par education and have the dents at CMU? Many of us are curi- who’s suspicious and who isn’t oc- of years of cultural programming. that has been made.” nerve to say that their “graduates” ous to know. And I am sure students curs at a subconscious level, which These Academy Award members, So while this uniquely glamor- are prepared for college. For a good of other communities are curious if is where the racial profiling takes just like many Americans, may be ous case of subconscious racism has portion of these inner city students, you care about them as well. place. Of course, this does not apply well balanced, open-minded, kind, received positive actions towards going to college means escaping in- I will leave you with another to all police officers, just as it doesn’t and tolerant. But they may still har- its elimination, the environment in stitutional racism stemming from quote from Mr. Shabazz, “Usually apply to all plumbers or teachers. Yet bor unconscious racial prejudice— which it was born still requires more slavery, that corners them into the when people are sad, they don’t do it applies to enough officers to sta- and weren’t even aware of it. Until forceful changes—changes that can- never ending cycle of poverty and anything. They just cry over their tistically over-target black citizens now. not be made by rewriting policy. struggle. However, even at a school condition. But when they get angry, – and offend many black Americans. After a week of intense criticism When the origin of such prejudice as progressive as Carnegie Mellon, they bring about change.” Believe What we should all understand, from celebrities and fans alike, the lives in the American subconscious, why are my fellow black brothers me when I say this, if you carefully however, is this: if this subtle form of Academy “approved a sweeping it cannot be altered by only hashtags and sisters and I still experiencing press your ear against the wall, you racism is unconscious, it may also be series of substantive changes”—in and celebrity boycotts. True change the same racism and indifference will hear many starting to get angry. considered unintentional. their own words—to diversify their will only result from the education of from students, faculty and staff that In the same way, the Academy membership. By 2020, they intend this country as a whole, encouraging our inner city schools taught us was Randy Garcia Award members did not intention- to double the number of female and support of minorities’ films and roles over after the civil rights movement A Black CMU Student Bringing About ally choose an all-white cast. It takes minority votes. They hope that these to pervade society more than this ar- of the 50s and 60s? Change 300 members to make a nomination. changes will result in non-whites chaic prejudice already has. January 25, 2016 « The Tartan thetartan.org/sports » A11 Esports continue to make waves in Shifting power in the world of spectator competition NFL causes unrest ESPORTS, from A12 elimination bracket, and the organization Team Solomid, The League of Legends com- NFL, from A12 the age of 30 decided to re- finals were held in the Mer- just to give an idea of the munity has grown exponen- tire early rather than risk on a battle arena called Sum- cedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, scope these sponsorships. tially since the outset of the to the legal system, and U.S. developing lasting impair- moner’s Rift. A team wins by Germany with a prize pool of Popular TV personality Rick game in 2009, and it is evi- District Judge Richard Bren- ments. San Francisco 49ers destroying the structures in 2.3 million dollars. Over 36 Fox also just purchased a dent in both the production nan sided with Brady, forcing linebacker Patrick Willis, the base of the other team, million people, with a peak team to compete in the North quality of League of Legends the NFL to cancel the suspen- Tennessee Titans quarter- but in order to do this, the broadcasts as well as the sion. Still, Goodell insisted back Jake Locker, Pittsburgh players must destroy the Over 36 million people ... sheer number of players of on appealing to the 2nd U.S. Steelers outside linebacker players on the other team the game. People that don’t Circuit Court of Appeals, con- Jason Worilds and Oakland first. For League of Legends, watched the final round of the play the game are becoming tinuing to escalate the feud to Raiders running back Mau- games are played in orga- world championship. With these aware of the fact that League this day. Had Goodell abided rice Jones-Drew all decided nized leagues around the of Legends, and video games by the rules of the CBA and to retire in spite of the money world. North America and viewership numbers, League of in general, are becoming a issued a fine on Brady, his on the table. Though the NFL Europe each have their own Legends has been making waves part of the realm of specta- authority as commissioner has been trying a number of separate League Champion- tor sports and their value as might have been attacked by measures to try to improve ship Series, or LCS for short, in the financial world as well as a source of revenue and as a other owners, but it would player safety, the reality of in which eight teams com- catalyst of community can- never have gotten into the professional football’s dam- pete weekly in a season style in the video game world, and big not be understated. U.S. court system. With a age to the human body could format, with the standings name sponsors have noticed. If you’re interested in judge’s order to reel in the end up making the tough na- at the end of the season de- checking out the action for commissioner’s powers, it ap- ture of football a huge deter- termining who makes it to yourself, the League Champi- pears that there will be unrest rent rather than a positive for playoffs and eventually the concurrent viewership of 14 American LCS. Big names on Series began the week of in the league’s system as the the league. world championship. Korea, million viewers, watched are entering the esports in- January 16th, and games are balance of power changes. For the NFL, times are China, and Southeast Asia the final round of the world dustry, and money is pour- played on Thursday, Friday, What effects this may have on good now, and they probably also each have their own championship. With these ing in faster than ever. But Saturday, and Sunday every football’s future is completely will stay good for quite some version of these organized viewership numbers, League what does this mean for the week, live broadcast on You- unknown. time. However, the ongoing leagues that produce a set of of Legends has been mak- growth of the industry? It Tube, Twitch.tv, and Azubu. While the changing bal- challenges that the NFL faces winners to send to the world ing waves in the financial means esports will continue The future of spectator sports ance of power may lead to must be handled well. Other- championship at the end of world as well as in the video to grow in popularity, and has arrived. The community devastating consequences wise, football will relinquish the year. The 2015 League game world, and big name more regulations must be is relentless and the compe- down the line, player safety its status as the most promi- of Legends World Champion- sponsors have noticed. Most put in place in order to pro- tition is intense, and esports concerns threaten to destroy nent sport in America, some- ship was played as a 16 team recently, Geico Insurance tect the lives of players and will be around for years to the game more immediately. thing that no player, owner, round-robin group stage fol- made a sponsorship deal people involved in organiza- come with a passionate com- Early on during the last off- or league executive would lowed by an eight team single with North American esports tions in this new industry. munity behind it. season, four players under like to see. Fall Varsity Sports: A season of CMU athletics revisited Jordan Safer performance to take care of The Tartans’ tournament Staffwriter business with the visiting Uni- run ended up being a short versity of Chicago Maroons. one, as leading scorer and se- Men’s Cross Country This paved the way to a con- nior midfielder William Webb Coming into the season ference showdown with rival failed to find the net in a 2–1 with new head coach Timothy No. 22 ranked Case Western defeat to Gordon College. In Connelly, the Carnegie Mellon Reserve University for the UAA spite of the loss, the Carnegie men’s cross country team had Conference title. The Tartans men’s return to the NCAA tour- a lot of questions about what carried their momentum into nament and their strong finish direction the program would the contest, and held on for a in the UAA conference stand- take, a year after winning tight 52–42 result. With a mid- ings both bode well for next NCAA Regionals and placing season turnaround, a strong season. 24th at NCAA DIII Nationals. defense, and an unstoppable The team made a statement in offense the Carnegie men took Women’s Cross Country Connelly’s first year, winning their first conference champi- Debuting under head coach the UAA Championships in onship in 10 years and went on Timothy Connelly, the Carn- cross country for the first time to win the ECAC Legacy Bowl egie Mellon women’s cross in 10 years on the way to an to put a stamp on the end of country team had a mix of suc- 18th place finish at nationals, their season. cesses that both showed the a six place improvement from Four players were named to talent and tenacity of the team. the year before. Helped by one the D3football.com All-Amer- Coming off of a positive 2014, of the deepest rosters in recent ican team, the first Carnegie highlighted by 7th place finish history and great perfor- football players to be recog- at NCAA Regionals, the Tartan mances by junior runner Ryan nized as such since 2006. women looked to continue to Archer, the Tartans established improve. themselves as the team to beat Men’s Soccer Early on, Carnegie made File Photo by Stefen Zhu in the conference. Looking to make a mark subtle improvements, equaling The 2015 Carnegie Mellon football team huddles around a referee before the coin toss of a game in October. with a competitive lineup en- a 4th place finish at the Carn- Football tering the season, the Carn- egie Mellon Invitational from a of the season in a potential the Carnegie women can look women found themselves The Carnegie Mellon foot- egie Mellon men’s soccer team year ago despite an expanded bid for a UAA Championship back on their accomplish- disappointed early in the UAA ball team got off to a slow start, came out scoring to open up field. But the Tartans didn’t and more. The team followed ments with pride while look- tournament, with a first round dropping an important confer- the 2015 season. Going 7–1–1, stop there, generating excite- through on their UAA bid, ing forward to a chance to do loss to University of Chicago ence game to Washington Uni- including a 4–3 win over #3 ment for their great potential finishing off UAA play with even more next year. ending their bid for a confer- versity in St. Louis on their way ranked Messiah in September, with a 1st place finish out of a win over Case Western Re- ence title. The team finished to a 1–3 record through the first the Tartan men positioned 29 teams, including two UAA serve University to leave them Women’s Volleyball the tournament with a couple four games. The season looked themselves as contenders en- rivals, at the Inter–Regional 6–1–0 in conference play, good The Carnegie Mellon wom- wins in order to secure a 5th to be in trouble, even though tering UAA competition. Rumble at Oberlin College the enough for the championship. en’s volleyball team opened up place UAA finish, before con- sophomore running back Sam The Tartans entered their fi- following week. Led by senior The team then entered the their season with a winning tinuing to ECAC South tourna- Benger managed over 200 yards nal conference matchup against runner Rekha Schnepf, the NCAA tournament as the No. clinic, taking care of business ment play. rushing in two of three losses. Case Western Reserve Uni- Tartans finished 7th at NCAA 5 ranked team in the nation, on 24 of their first 25 sets, In the ECAC South Tourna- Benger’s statistical contri- versity with a 3–1–2 record in Regionals again this year, but and went on to win games in while winning 11 straight ment, Carnegie built off two butions didn’t stay out of the conference play. Through an showed they have room to im- the first two rounds of tourna- games. Extending their suc- wins to advance to the final, box score for long, with the evenly matched and tightly prove. The team will be one to ment play. The Tartans fell in cess going into the UAA tour- and finished as the runner–up Tartan men breaking out of contested game, the Spartans watch out for next season. the sectional semifinal to 20th nament, they went 4–3 in con- in the region to Swarthmore their slump to win their next eventually came away with the ranked Calvin College, losing ference play, backed by strong College. With a 29–8 finish to four games by 21, 44, 28, and win off of a late goal in double Women’s Soccer in overtime in spite of a strong play from senior libero Molly the season, and a runner–up 54 points before entering overtime. The Tartans took the The Carnegie Mellon wom- offensive and defensive combi- Higgins and junior setter Emily finish in the ECAC south tour- their next UAA contest. There, loss, but still managed a third en’s soccer team had one of the nation through out the game. Newton. nament, the Tartans managed the Carnegie men turned place finish in the UAA going best years in program history, With a lot of success and Despite of their positive a successful result through heads with a 52–7 lights-out into the NCAA tournament. dominating through most something left the strive for, record all season, the Tartan tough competition.

Sports Briefs

Men’s Track & Field second in the 400-meter dash the high jump Smith placed the school pole vault record were able to jump to an early team ranked 20th in the The Carnegie Mellon with a time of 51.49 while second after clearing 1.72 by vaulting for 3.20 meters, lead. Junior forward Jack nation by D3hoops.com took men’s track and field team first-year sprinter Christopher meters and Dauphin picked breaking the old mark of 3.10 Serbin led the Tartans in scor- on Emory University, falling split into two halves to com- Bayley crossed in 51.65 to up another third-place with meters set by Lisa Marion Gar- ing with 15 points, while he by 63–52. pete at the SPIRE North Coast place third. At the Lid Lifter, a height of 1.67 meters. First- cia in 2011. First-year hurdler grabbed 10 rebounds for his Junior guard Jackie Hude- Indoor Track & Field Open the team of first-year hurdler, year Kenny Sladick took third and jumper Claire Yuan ran ninth double-double of the pohl made the first three shots and at the Denison Lid Lifter mid-distance runner, and pole in the shot put with a mark to a second-place finish in the season. The Tartans shot 33.8 for the Tartans, helping them on Saturday. While the North vaulter Ian Allen, sophomore of 11.97 meters and sopho- 60-meter dash with a time percent from the floor. jump to an early 8–5 lead. The Coast Open was unscored, the sprinter and jumper Cam- more thrower Jacob Schofel of 8.50. First-year jumper On Sunday, the Tartans Tartans managed to keep it Tartans took first place at the eron Smith, sophomore hur- placed fourth with a distance and thrower Hannah Mahon squared off in a tight match- close with the Eagles, but a Lid Lifter. dler and pole vaulter Thomas of 11.94 meters. Schofel also placed second in the high up against the University of missed opportunity to tie the At the SPIRE, first-year Mansfield, and junior sprinter took third in the weight throw jump with a height of 1.47 Rochester. The battle was game 52–52 allowed Emory sprinter and jumper Rai Wal- Tanguy Dauphin placed first with a toss of 14.91 meters. meters. At the SPIRE, junior tight to the very end. First- to seal the game away. Junior ters earned a second straight in the 4x400-meter relay, The Tartans will return to hurdler and jumper Rebecca year forward and center Pat- center and forward Liza Mur- victory at the long jump with crossing in 3:39.46. Mans- action in the Battle for the Fortner tied a career-best after rick Ehland managed to get phy was the driving force of a 6.47 meter mark. Junior field won the pole vault after Obelisk against Case Western clearing the bar at 1.60 me- an offensive rebound as time the team, scoring 23 points hurdler and jumper Don clearing 3.81 meters. Junior Reserve University on Satur- ters in the high jump to place ran down on the Tartans’ last and making 15 rebounds. Boyer finished in second pole vaulter Kyle Weaver and day, Jan. 30. third. In the mile run, junior hopes for a win, but a three On Sunday, the Tartans with a mark of 6.27 meters. Allen both cleared the bar at mid-distance runner Shaheen point attempt by senior guard faced off against the seventh Junior mid-distance runner 3.51 meters. Mansfield also Women’s Track & Field Essabhoy ran a career-best Jason Sebak fell short of the ranked University of Roches- Curtis Watro finished first in took second in the long jump The Carnegie Mellon wom- time of 5:34.63 to finish sec- mark, ending the game in a ter, falling 75–52. Rochester’s the mile with a career-best with a leap of 6.06 meters and en’s track and field team split ond. The Tartans will next 66–63 loss for the Tartans. defense kept the Tartans to a time of 4:20.52. Junior mid- third in the 60-meter hurdles into two halves to compete at compete at the Battle for the With the two losses, the season-low 31.5% shooting distance runner Owen Norley with a time of 9.37. First-year the Denison Lid Lifter and at Obelisk against Case Western Tartans fell to 7–9 overall and from the floor. Hudepohl led placed second with a time of distance runner Jacob Hala- the SPIRE North Coast Indoor Reserve University on Satur- 0–5 in the UAA. The Tartans the Tartans with 13 points 4:21.94. In the 3,000 meter sowski won the 3,000-meter Track & Field Open on Satur- day, Jan. 30. will look to rebound against while Murphy scored a sea- run, junior distance runner run with a time of 9:15.94. day. The North Coast Open New York University on son-low 12 points. Ryan Archer set the mark for Placing second was junior dis- was unscored, but the Tartans Men’s Basketball Friday, Jan. 29. The Tartans fell to 13–3 the Tartans with a third place tance runner William Casazza placed third at the Lid Lifter On Friday, the Carnegie overall and 2–3 in the UAA. finish in a career-best time of in 9:20.76. Sophomore sprint- with 92 points. Mellon men’s basketball team Women’s Basketball The Tartans will next face 8:35.79. First-year mid-dis- er Devin Cortese finished the At the Lid Lifter, junior traveled to Emory University, On Friday, the Carnegie New York University on Fri- tance runner Isaac Mills was 60-meter dash in 7.45. In pole vaulter Grace Yee broke falling 75–61. The Tartans Mellon women’s basketball day, Jan. 29. A12 « thetartan.org/sports The Tartan » January 25, 2016

Spring varsity sports preview: Looking forward to 2016 Jordan Safer the contributions of first-year first-year singles player Daniel will be a challenge to rise to the in the longer events, excelling Staffwriter center Patrick Ehland, a young Levine, who was eliminated by top level this year. at the 400 IM. And senior diver spark for the team with a team– Alla. The first big test for the Winona Li will provide support Men’s Golf leading field goal percentage of squad will come in a dual meet from the dive team, leading the The Carnegie Mellon men’s 56.4 percent. With more UAA against Duquesne University Women’s Basketball group in both the 1 and 3 meter golf team is looking to build off contests coming up to determine at the end of the month. This Looking unstoppable in the dives off of six attempts. of steady improvement in the the final conference standings, is where the group got handed early goings of the season, the With contributions from a fall going into championship the team will take advantage of their first loss of the season last No. 21 ranked Carnegie Mel- large group, the group will look season. The Tartan men worked contributions from throughout year. lon women’s basketball team to make their depth count late in their way from a 14th place fin- the roster as they try to turn The Tartans will then go on has rolled to a 13–2 (2–3 in the the season. ish out of 18 teams at the Flower things around. to test themselves at the ITA Na- UAA) record. With a mix of high- City Preview in September to a tional team indoor champion- scoring beat downs on weaker Women’s Tennis 1st place finish out of six teams Men’s Swimming & Diving ships on February 19th. opponents (the Tartan women The Carnegie Mellon wom- at the Carnegie Mellon Fall In- With continuing dominance currently average 77.7 points per en’s tennis team will look to vitational to close out the fall in duals a foregone conclu- Men’s Track & Field game) and challenging show- translate a good showing in the season. sion (9–0), the Carnegie Mel- The Carnegie Mellon men’s downs with other highly ranked fall into a continuation of their Paced by sophomore Nikhil lon men’s swimming and diving track and field team has gotten UAA opponents, the season looks success in championship season Mohan and ever consistent team is working to build momen- off to a strong start this season, to be a big one for the Tartans. this year. Coming off a 2nd place first-year Austin Lin, who has tum going into the UAA Cham- and will look to translate their Junior center and forward UAA finish last year, and an All recorded scores between 75 pionships in February. There is successes into victories in a dual Lisa Murphy has played con- American selection for junior and 79 in all of his rounds, the room for improvement at confer- meet with Case Western and at sistently at very high level for singles player Vanessa Pavia, the team is poised to outperform ences, with last year’s 5th place the UAA Indoor and Outdoor the Tartan women, averaging a team will work to improve its its UAA Championship perfor- finish serving as a reminder of Championships later on in the nation leading 26.1 points per UAA standing this time round. mance from a year ago. Last time the fierce competition the team season. game. Murphy’s field goal per- Senior singles player Brooke around, only two players record- will face from other parts of the At the indoor champion- centage of 78.0% also leads the Tsu was a source of the Carnegie ed scores under 80. This year, UAA. ships, the Tartans will look to nation, and leaves little doubt women’s fall success, finishing as the men have a good at chance The Tartan men look to have replace the contributions of last about why the women have runner up in the ITA Southeast at getting four scores under the a very bright future, with a dom- year’s 5000–meter UAA cham- proved to be so successful. Mur- Regional in October. mark. inant young roster. The swim- pion George Degen by turning phy has already collected 5 UAA The team will resume play With the UAA Championships mers are led by freshmen sprint to other contributors on a deep Player of the Week awards this for the year in earlier February, set for the weekend of March specialist Jack Dangremond and squad. Passionate first-year long season. with home opponents including 12th, Carnegie will look to im- freestyle and butterfly specialist jumper Rai Walters earned ECAC The Tartan women will look a tough matchup with Duquesne prove on last year’s second place Mitchell Riek. The two fresh- Rookie of the Week honors in his to ride Murphy’s success to ad- University on February 13th. finish. men combine to lead the team first collegiate competition with ditional victories in UAA play in seven events, five of which are a jump of 6.80 meters, demon- through February. Matchups Women’s Track and Field Men’s Basketball led by Riek. On the diving side of strating the young talent on the against No. 6 Washington Uni- Coming off a strong perfor- The Carnegie Mellon men’s the team, first-year diver Gabriel men’s squad. versity in St. Louis and No. 8 mance at the Al Hall Freedom basketball team has had a slow Bamforth provides an injection The team will look for a NYU loom large on the schedule. Games, the Carnegie Mellon start to their season. Currently of talent to the dive team, lead- strong UAA performance on Feb- These games look to play a big women’s track and field team 7–9 (0–5 in the UAA), the team ing the men in scoring in every ruary 27th at New York Univer- factor in the team’s late season will try to continue the success has struggled in conference dive event. With a very young sity (NYU). outcomes. through the UAA Indoor Cham- competition. Last year, the team and talented group powering the pionships, and the UAA Out- faced similar struggles early on, roster, the team will look to turn Women’s Golf Women’s Swimming & Diving door Championships later in the winning only one conference heads at UAAs. In their second year as a Rolling at 9–0 with aspiration season. The Tartan women will game in January, before going varsity team, the Carnegie Mel- for the UAA championships and look to have a big year, by re- 4–5 in the conference in Febru- Men’s Tennis lon women’s golf team looks to the NCAA DIII Championships, loading their squad after the loss ary, upsetting 12th ranked Wash- The Carnegie Mellon men’s improve on their breakout first the Carnegie Mellon women’s of seniors Sasha Spalding and ington University in St. Louis. tennis team will look to improve year as a program. A strong swimming and diving team has Erin Kiekhaefer from last year’s Junior forward Jack Serbin on a strong performance from core of sophomores spearheads looked strong and balanced ear- squad. will be a key to any Tartan turn- last year, with continued domi- the team, which demonstrates ly. Freshman high jumper Tessa around, playing as an offensive nance by senior singles player strong potential to improve their A diverse group of athletes Allen started off her opening and defensive centerpiece for Abhishek Alla and growing standing within the UAA and of all ages provides a balanced season with an impressive per- the team through their first 15 depth brought by the freshmen nationally. backing to the Tartan team. Ju- formance, jumping 1.60 meters, games. Current Eastern Col- class. Alla showcased his benefit With four starting players nior freestyle specialist Allison which tied her for 2nd all time in legiate Athletic Conference to the team with a win at the ITA having recorded rounds under Kirkby will take charge in the the history of the women’s pro- (ECAC) South Player of the Southeast Regional, beating 64 85, the team has the talent to sprint events, as she leads the gram. Week Serbin has led the team other contestants in a dominant compete at big meets, but needs team in the 50, 100, and 200 The Tartans’ first big test will in scoring and rebounding, with fashion. to establish consistency. Howev- meter freestyle. Sophomore In- be against Case Western Reserve 19.3 points per game and 10.7 The team also showed off its er, since they are currently out- dividual Medley and butterfly University on January 30th, rebounds per game. depth at the same event, with side of a conference with an au- specialist Mary St. John will help where they will look to recover The group has benefited from a semi–final appearance by tomatic qualifier for nationals, it out a deep group of swimmers from a loss last year.

Balance of power shifting in Esports rising in popularity as NFL as a result of scandal a new way to watch games Ian Tanaya Despite the financial boom team $1 million, he was furi- Assistant Sports Editor in football that shows no sign ous when Goodell decided to of slowing down barring a suspend Patriots quarterback On Feb. 7, 2015, Super huge recession, the NFL con- Tom Brady for four games. Bowl 50 will shape up to be tinues to face big challenges to The basis for the suspen- the biggest entertainment its status as the premier sports sion was a report conducted event in history, at least un- league in the United States. by a firm called Exponent, til the next year’s game. Well The integrity of the league whose findings were cited by over 100 million Americans itself has undergone intense the Wells Report and consid- will watch the game and the scrutiny due to its handling of ered proof that the Patriots halftime show, and millions the Deflategate scandal from had intentionally brought un- more will be watching all over the 2014 AFC Championship derinflated footballs to cheat. the world. It’s safe to say that Outside the NFL, many scien- football has been the domi- tists disagreed, reaching con- nant sport in the American clusion that the deflated balls market for quite some time, Despite the in the game were consistent and that title carries a huge with the Ideal Gas Law. Carn- payday to the National Foot- financial boom egie Mellon physics profes- ball League (NFL). in football that sor Gregg Franklin explained The Dallas Cowboys, New away the issue in a January England Patriots, Washing- shows no sign 2015 press release. “It’s pretty ton Redskins, New York Gi- of slowing simple physics,” Franklin said. ants, and Houston Texans “If you pump up a bicycle tire are all worth over $1 billion down, the using air from a warm room each and are the most highly and then take it outside on valued teams in the NFL. At NFL continues a cold winter day, you’ll find the bottom of the barrel, the to face big that the pressure in the tire St. Louis Rams’ value of $930 decreases as the air in the tire million stands as a testament challenges to cools off. The air pressure in to the amount of money in its status as the a football is no different. If a football. Player salaries have football is inflated to the mini- risen considerably since the premier sports mum pressure allowed by the Courtesy of Chris Yunker via Flickr latest collective bargaining league in the NFL—12.5 pounds per square agreement (CBA) put an end inch—using warm air, the Alex Wo0d increased in popularity and Legends, Dota 2, and Coun- to the $70 million contracts United States. football’s pressure will drop Sports Editor frequency over the past de- ter Strike: Global Offensive. that top rookie prospects com- below this minimum value as cade, and it’s called esports. The most popular and rapidly manded. The top-tier quarter- the air cools.” A packed stadium shakes Competitions are live broad- growing community is that of backs in the league now com- Goodell’s insistence on with noise and anticipation. cast, with a production team League of Legends. This game mand $100 million contracts Game. Commissioner of the being both the deliverer of Thousands sit at the edge of of commentators and often- is a multiplayer online battle easily, with Green Bay Pack- NFL Roger Goodell was reso- Brady’s suspension and the their seats, waiting anxiously large prize pools on top of arena, or MOBA for short, ers quarterback Aaron Rodg- lute on issuing a strict punish- only one the quarterback for the competition to start. the salaries that players earn, where players are organized ers making $22 million last ment on the Patriots as other could appeal to drew much But what competition are and millions of people tune in into two teams of five, and year alone. Head coaches top owners put the pressure on ire. Brady and the NFL Players they here to see? Could it be from their computers around then each player picks a char- out with $8 million for Seattle him to act stronger than he Association (NFLPA) argued a hockey game, or perhaps the world to watch the com- acter to control. The players Seahawks coach Pete Carroll did in 2007 Spygate scandal. that Goodell was overstep- football? It might seem that petitions for themselves. then use their 5 characters to and New Orleans Saints coach Although Patriots owner Rob- ping the bounds of the CBA. way at first glance, but instead There are many different team up and work to defeat Sean Payton while the bottom ert Kraft accepted the league The NFLPA took Brady’s case this filled stadium is ready video games that people play the other five-player team five head coaches took $3.5 stripping the Patriots of two to watch people play video and watch in the world of es- million each. draft picks and fining the See NFL, A11 games. This phenomenon has ports, most notably League of See ESPORTS, A11 Hydrogen Jukebox Philip Glass & Allen Ginsberg’s masterpiece comes to Carnegie Mellon • B4

Alan Rickman & David Bowie Legendary artists pass away • B6 & B7

Phipps Conservatory Orchid & Tropical Bonsai Show • B5

01.25.16 Volume 107, Issue 14 ...this week only 3 Snow Day Get over the winter blues with five fun things to do on a snow day! 4 Hydrogen Jukebox School of Music performs collaboration between Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg. 5 Phipps Escape from the cold in a tropical display of orchids and bonsai! 6 David Bowie The eccentric life of a rock and pop music icon. 7 Bowie and Rickman Remembering lost artists as people first.

8 Oscars Who’s nominated and who might shock us all.

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The Tartan . Box 119 . UC Suite 103 . Carnegie Mellon University . 5000 Forbes Ave . Pittsburgh, PA 15213 . www.thetartan.org . © 2016 The Tartan Things to do on a snowy day Advice for awkward people Don’t let the cold and dreary days get you down. Ice cream mornings and general procrastination Howdy Josh, Dear HAZED (and The past couple of days have alternated between to get warm also lends itself to an adorable date confused), frigid and mildly cold, with the most of us content factor. That being said, giggling with friends and I’m in a bit of a pickle. to live distraction-free—going from home to class falling down in big piles is an equally satisfying use This semester, my I’m sorry you’re in such and back. The outdoors are widely regarded as of an afternoon and cold temperatures. Check out classes are super duper a cycle! The thing about too hostile to be host to any revelry. Well, it really CBS’ list of best ice skating rinks in Pittsburgh to difficult, like much harder emotional attachments to doesn’t have to be that way. The indoors? Well, figure out new ad exciting places to get your ice than they were last year, food is that most, if not all, you’re gonna be stuck inside, might as well make skating on. and I’ve developed a people have them. Yours, it entertaining. Here are five really cool (pun pretty bad habit recently. it seems, is brought on by intended) things that you can do on a snowy day! Go to an afternoon indie movie: Get some of that I’m not doing well in any stress and has roots in the indie cred. Most cinemas offer discounted rates of my classes, and I feel need for reward-y feelings. Outdoors: on cold and dreary days. Pull up Rotten Tomatoes, very unfulfilled most of Since you don’t seem to look up something interesting, and go check it out! the time. Every morning, be getting those feelings The classics: Make a snowman. Or a snow woman. Especially seeing as it is Oscar season, there’s a ton I’m overcome by this from your class work, I Or a snow angel. Or a castle or a monster! There’s of really thought provoking small movies currently crazy dread, and I just think that you’re trying to something to be said for the soft fluffiness and playing. Some of my recommendations— The really don’t want to get find it somewhere else, pristine whiteness covering everything on a snowy Revenant, The Big Short and The Hateful Eight. out of bed. The cold and the easiest thing to day that brings out childlike creativity in everyone doesn’t help either, since do is grab a pint and start if they just let it. Snow artifacts are fun for kids, Indoors: my apartment doesn’t eating. I also think that the adults, and everyone in between. If you’ve got have dependable heat, time frame, in particular, is a sizable group, you can even have a contest of Board games: Could there be a better excuse to but that’s another story interesting. The morning creativity. Igloos are a particular challenge. If you pull out that old dust-covered Monopoly or Risk for another time. is a struggle for a lot of have a large quantity of tupperware lying around, game that you have? Get some friends and family people — especially if this is a perfect idea. If you are feeling a little more together, and collectively obsess over fake money The only way I can pull you have morning classes creative, try making a giant teacup or a snow and territory! People will laugh, argue, and yell; myself out of bed is to which you aren’t quite couch. Somewhere that you and your friends can someone will probably try to cheat too. Even if think about all of the ice psyched to attend. lounge while enjoying the outside world among the some of your crazier friends throw tantrums or cream in my fridge. Every swirling and sparkly snow. board pieces, everyone will be closer by the end of day, before I even work The good thing here is that it. through my morning you’re still getting up and Ice skating: Pittsburgh happens to have some routine, I sit in bed and doing what you need to really nice skating rinks. The thing is, being Bake something: Nothing, literally nothing, can mentally prepare for the do, but moving forward, outdoors, most of them are highly temperamental, beat the smell of freshly baked cookies or a fresh coming day by downing I think that the solution and thus closed for the majority of the year, and apple pie on a cold and wintry day. Even if you an entire pint of Ben is to find another reason even large parts of winter. Take advantage of a time don’t cook much, don’t let the prospect scare you & Jerry’s, and I’m not to get up, or something when they’d most definitely be open and check away. Making standard stuff like cookies is easy! talking the simple flavors, else that makes you really them out! PPG place downtown has a beautiful Just don’t get distracted by other snowy day things either. I’m talking Phish want to seize the day. rink with lots of great places to eat around. The to do while your cookies are in the oven. When Food and Chubby Hubby Ideally, that wouldn’t be Schenley Skating Rink is closer to campus and they’re ready, pull out that bottle of red wine you’ve and Half-Baked, man. something tangible, it’d slightly bigger - but seems to be in the middle of been saving, call some friends over, and have a Then, when I brush my be some kind of swanky nowhere. Going ice skating is a really great date small junk food party. teeth, I just look at all internal motivation, but if idea. If you are awful at ice skating, adorable hand of the chocolate chunks you want to slowly wean holding in mittens is a good option. Snuggling Abhishek Tayal | Pillbox Editor and caramel swirls I’m yourself from the ice cream, scrubbing off my teeth, you could find an actual and I just feel really sick. bit of breakfast food that This has been a daily you’re excited to have — occurrence for the past something comfortable two weeks, and it’s really and warm and maybe even putting me in a bad frame healthy. When it comes of mind for the rest of the down to it, though, it’s all day — and I know that it’s about your own reasons for not healthy to have this wanting to get out of bed, much dairy in one’s diet. and your own motivation What should I do? for seizing the day.

Thanks in advance, Peace, love, and puppy- Helplessly Aroused by dog tails, Zesty English Delicacies Josh

Courtesy of Carlo ZGZ via Flickr Creative Commons winter pillbox 01.25.16 3 Hydrogen Jukebox: a critique of America School of Music performs politically charged opera by Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg “Hydrogen Jukebox,” a 1990 musical collaboration consciousness.” “Cabin in the Woods” is a haiku-like opera. Much of the poetry’s original musicality in between Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg and the composition about watching the sun rise with a cup terms of the rhythm of the syllables in each verse is latest operatic production from the School of Music, of tea while sitting on a tree stump in the mountains lost in the transition into operatic song. Verses are is a very fitting title for the collaboration between two that Glass transforms into an ethereal aria. In “to often stretched out or condensed at places where titans of American 20th century culture: a fusion of P.O.” Ginsberg describes a hot summer night in they normally would not be if spoken. A prime thought and music in a single atomically explosive Calcutta with his lover. The warm yellow lighting and example of this is in “To Aunt Rose” where the verse package. the staging, a single bare yellow light bulb hanging “limping down the long hall in Newark on the running above a rocking chair, seems to transport one into carpet” becomes “limmping down the long halllllllll – On one side of the collaboration we have composer the hot hotel room where Ginsberg was staying. The in Newwwwwark – on the ruuuuunning caaaaaarpet” Philip Glass, one of the pioneers of minimalist music, music, tinged with the soft rattle of maracas and the when sung. best known for his breakthrough piece Einstein on ringing of Indian bells, has a mesmerizing, ritualistic the Beach. On the other side we have Allen Ginsberg, feel. “From The Green Automobile” is an imagined That is not to say all of the pieces don’t work with a poet of the Beat Generation, best known for the road trip with an old friend; the musical composition the format. Some poems, especially those with a 1956 poem “Howl Part II,” a critique of American is bright and free — woodwinds and electric tones more lyrical or hymn-like structure to begin with, post-war capitalist culture and sexual repression. A resonate with the child-like excitement and wistful work surprisingly well. For instance, “Howl Part II,” chance meeting between the two in a New York book imagination of the poem. A projection of hand- a condemnation of war and capitalism, features a store in 1988 led to “Hydrogen Jukebox,” an opera drawn stars appears during the verse with “forestlike screeching, howling sax line while harsh neon pink intended to form a portrait of America in the years unnatural radiance illuminating the mountaintop.” and red lights frame the singers. Altogether, it sounds between 1950 and 1980. like Satanic hymn. Similarily, the closing piece The highlight of the show, however, is “Wichita “Father Death Blues,” a poem about accepting death The opera has no narrative structure, but is more of Vortex Sutra,” a poem that reconciles Ginsberg’s whose structure was also originally more lyrical, uses a compilation of different pieces. The show starts political and personal sides. The poem, first a wide range of voices to create a contemplative off with low bass notes emulating ominous rumbles composed by Ginsberg on a tape recording made lullaby. of thunder and flashes of light to mimic the blue while traveling to Kansas on a bus, is a call for healing lightning mentioned in the first song “Iron Horse,” a after the brutality of the Vietnam War. Glass’s warm For those interested in the works of Glass or reflection on the Vietnam War and the state of war in yet minimal piano accompaniment flows fluidly Ginsberg, “Hydrogen Jukebox” is a good introduction America. alongside with Ginsberg’s poetry and subtly but to both their styles and composition. Even for those powerfully emphasizes its emotional undertones. uninterested in either artist, their collaboration on The School of Music’s production features a Junior Linguistics major Dante Horvath does an “Wichita Vortex Sutra” is an experience that must be minimalist, industrial stage. There is a wall of ridged excellent, impassioned reading of the Ginsberg poem. heard; it is truly a merging of their work, a piece that metal in the background, and a giant billboard in brings together the best aspects of both artists. the foreground that displays the lyrics being sung. “Wichita Vortex Sutra,” which is performed spoken, The billboard at times also shows visual annotations does leaves one questioning why Glass decided to of some of the content in the lyrics, which is quite convert Ginsberg’s free verse poetry into, of all forms, Xiyu Wang | Staffwriter helpful in instances where the poems make period- specific references.

Different props are also introduced and taken off stage for each different piece. While most of the time these props are innocuous, sometimes they can be ridiculous. For instance, during “Iron Horse” a giant grenade floats down from ceiling in a not-so-subtle allusion to war. During a song about atomic warfare where one of the lines is “there were people starving and crawling…” a giant hamburger appears on the left side of the stage and a shirtless man slowly crawls on the ground towards it.

While Ginsberg is mostly known for his highly political, Beatnik-era critiques of American society, many poems featured in Hydrogen Jukebox also let us see more of Ginsberg’s more intimate and reflective sides. These pieces greatly help to break up some of the more politically heavy pieces, whose enjoyment may vary depending on someone’s political beliefs or how much knowledge they have of the time era.

“Consulting — Ching” is a contemplative song about the passing of time while slowly getting high on pot and drifting off to “the deserted city which lies below Eunice Oh | Staff Artist opera 4 pillbox 01.25.16 Go to Phipps for respite from winter cold Orchid and Tropical Bonsai Show opens just in time to offer shelter to flower-loving visitors Snowmageddon is finally here: the strange and delicate orchids, which stand out beautifully against the unseasonably warm and sunny weather finally gave way to minimalist backdrop of the strong bonsai and glass walls. the menacing cold. As winter continues to cover campus Baskets of orchids fill the various walkways and glasshouses in a sheet of ice, and Mother Nature whirls flurries of snow with color and fragrance. through the air and into our faces, it’s hard to remember the colors and aromas of a blossoming springtime. But trust Phipps presents the orchids as “the flower like no other,” and me, not all hope is lost! Phipps Conservatory and Botanical after seeing the exhibit, I find it difficult to disagree. There Garden’s most recent exhibit, the Orchid and Tropical are thousands of orchid varieties around the world, and the Bonsai Show, promises sights and smells from a warm, exhibit is packed full of some of the best varieties available tropical destination. to the curators. The exhibit features over a hundred different varieties of orchids, ranging vastly in color, scent, and Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden is home to a presentation. The largest section of the orchid display is the large assortment of permanent plant and flower gardens, Barbara Tisherman Slipper Orchid collection, a carefully- as well as interchanging seasonal exhibits from a variety crafted display hosted with the conservatory in conjunction of artists and curators. Current seasonal exhibits include with the Orchid Society of Western Pennsylvania. Tropical Forest Congo, Garden Railroad, and an outdoor Friday Nights of Winter Lights display. One of the greatest parts about the Orchid and Tropic Bonsai Show is its large appeal to various types of guests. Just in time to cure the winter blues, the Conservatory The exhibit commands the appreciation of all of its guests, reopened its permanent Bonsai exhibits with the addition of whether they are bonsai enthusiasts with great eyes for various types of orchids to create The Orchid and Tropical beautiful detail, orchid aficionados with a gratitude for the Bonsai Show. This exhibit, designed by the Phipps staff, has professional curating, or college students just interested in a been previously displayed, and never fails to draw a crowd. peaceful evening admiring what seem like a billion flowers. The bonsai are one of the Conservatory’s most famous displays, and the orchids are a staff favorite. Though many may not be willing to make the trek through the snow over to Phipps’ Conservatory, I do highly The first part of the exhibit is the large bonsai display. The recommend making the journey. Step out of the icy cold and tropical bonsai on display at Phipps are smaller versions of into the tranquility and serenity of The Orchid and Tropic their larger, naturally occuring cousins. The trees may be Bonsai Show. The exhibit is on display every day from now smaller, but are no less beautiful and impressive. Some of until Sunday, Feb. 28. Stefen Zhu | Junior Photographer the tropical bonsai on display include traditional Japanese Orchid enthusiasts will love the newly opened Orchid and Mock-Oranges, as well as more rare Elephant Trees. India Price | Online Editor Tropical Bonsai show that has specimens from around Originally from Japan, the bonsai tree (which in Japanese the world on display in one of Phipps’ seasonal exhibits. means “tray planting”) has served as a longtime inspiration and art form, one captured beautifully in the exhibit. Artists from all over the world “train” bonsai to form into different shapes and designs. Information about the types of bonsai, as well as how they are trained to take on different shapes, can be found on plaques around the display. Ranging from tall, slim, and sharply slanted to short, swirled, and whimsical, the exhibit offers a wide array of shapes of trained bonsai.

As you walk further through the exhibit, the rooms exclusively full of bonsai lead the way toward several transitional areas where the bonsai and orchids intermingle in displays of beautiful contrast. Baskets full of orchids hang above displays of bonsai trees, drawing guests’ eyes up toward the ceilings, where more orchids are hung and intricately displayed. The juxtaposition of the two distinct plants is striking.

Walking further still, you come to areas exclusively filled with

Walking into one of the many rooms in Phipps is like finding an oasis in the middle of a cold, blustery tundra. Brandon Hong | Photo Editor

phipps pillbox 01.25.16 5 David Bowie always marched to his own tune From his first album in 1967 to his last in 2016, Bowie’s music and fashion pioneered trends

David Bowie was a revolutionary musician. He lived a David Bowie was also very much a product of his the boundaries of what was considered rock ‘n’ roll at the very controversial life, right from his coming out as gay environment in the 70s. He reveled in the sex, drugs, and time. He also pushed the boundaries of pop music with his with the emergence of his alter ego Ziggy Stardust to later rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle that seemed to follow musicians of that new wave sound. It’s hard to classify Bowie’s music as just calling his coming out the biggest mistake he ever made. era around. After coming out in 1972, he later said in 1983 belonging to one genre because he did both pop and punk However, one thing remained true: his musical talent far that he was straight and that his interest in homosexuality so well. surpasses any controversy surrounding his sexuality. From was a reaction to the situation he was in as Ziggy Stardust. Hunky Dory to Heroes, David Bowie has a very diverse There were even rumors of a possible relationship between In addition to making music, Bowie also had quite the discography. him and Mick Jagger — which aren’t hard to believe if extensive film career; he even received a Saturn Award you’ve ever seen their “Dancing in the Street” music video. for Best Actor for his role as Thomas Jerome Newton His debut album, David Bowie, was released in 1967. Bowie also had a colorful history with politics and even in The Man Who Fell to Earth. There have been several However it wasn’t until the 1969 release of Space Oddity claimed to support fascism and showed admiration for documentaries made about him over the course of his that his music began to achieve commercial success. His Adolf Hitler at one point in his life. He later chalked this lifetime because of the interesting life he led. Everyone follow-up album Hunky Dory was not as successful at the up to drug abuse. He also struggled to find acceptance wanted to know more about David Bowie: from his days as time, but it featured probably one of his most successful through religion and was turned away from Buddhism and Ziggy Stardust to his experimental sound, he always found songs, “Changes.” This album also featured songs such told to follow music. Following his marriage to model Iman a way to keep audiences intrigued. as “Andy Warhol” and “Song for Bob Dylan,” which honor (formally Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid), he claimed to have some of Bowie’s influences. a reignited relationship with God. His religious stance David Bowie passed away on Jan. 10, 2016 at the age of 69 however was never clear as he tossed back and forth from liver cancer. He had not made his battle with cancer In 1972, David Bowie emerged as Ziggy Stardust, a between atheism and believing in God. known to the public at the time. This came two days after flamboyant character with pale skin and red hair. He the release of his album Blackstar and at the the tail end launched a stage show with the Spiders from Mars. The The most notable thing that David Bowie did in his career of his tenure in Lazarus, a Broadway musical. There might stage show was immediately successful and launched was pioneer glam rock. His appearance was almost as never be another star that does what he was able to do for Bowie into the spotlight. He began touring the United important as his music. He was the link between punk rock not only punk rock and pop, but all pop culture in general. Kingdom, until the show eventually came to the United and pop. With such a vast discography and wide range After over fifty years in the music industry, he became a States. If there was ever an artist to define the British punk of different yet unique musical stylings, Bowie was one cultural icon that has left behind fans spanning several movement, it was David Bowie. He was unafraid to wear of the most important pop culture references of his time. generations. or say just about anything and Ziggy Stardust definitely He was heavily influenced by art and it clearly showed in showed this through his extravagant costumes. his music. His sound was very experimental and pushed Jade Crockem | Operations Manager

Photographs: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Bowie went through visual transformations through his career. Pictured: Bowie in the 60s (left) and in the 70s (right).

music 6 pillbox 01.25.16 Rickman and Bowie: how we remember them Alan Rickman and David Bowie leave behind legacies not just as artists, but as people

Some celebrity deaths hit you harder than others. I picture him weeping and clutching the lifeless body their thoughts about working with Rickman: about his The first Thursday of classes, the news of actor Alan of Lily Potter during the emotional memory montage of compassion, unwavering support, and humor, among Rickman’s death hit me harder than I was expecting, Snape in the final Harry Potter film. other characteristics. especially following only four days after musician and cultural icon David Bowie’s death on January 10. Both of Bowie, conversely, wore so many hats that it is hard to While it is great that the lives of these stars impacted so these artists were pillars of my youth and childhood; their picture him in one era or one musical genre. In a cruel many — that is, in fact, the goal of art — it is important deaths came unexpectedly and the cold weather always coincidence, Bowie passed away at the same age and to respect that being impacted by their art is not the sets a rather blue and unhappy tone for the days going from the same cause as Rickman. But while Rickman’s same as being impacted by their lives as individuals, by. most notable and enduring feature is his voice, Bowie nor should we treat it as such. In an era where media, is perhaps most notable for not really having any single social and otherwise, give people the impression that If there is anything that deaths like this teach the rest voice. As a result, Bowie is indelibly etched into my they can truly know someone, it is important to recognize of the world, it’s that underneath the frenzy of the Harry memory as Ziggy Stardust, his alter ego for a while. But that there are limits to art, and limits to the personal Potter franchise or avant garde artistry, these artists Bowie’s career spanned beyond that in either direction. connections that can be made through it. The idea of — and others like them — lived private lives, just like In fact, his most recent album, Blackstar, was released this personal connection encourages people to emulate regular people. Deaths like this bring to the forefront just two days before his death. others in a positive way at best, and convinces those the idea that in this day and age, the media allows us to that they have the liberty and obligation to criticize know a true artist, that their lives are public fodder, and While these two men seemed to have little intersection, and demean others at worst. From behind the veneer of then turns it on its head. While the world mourns the loss except for an interesting collision on an episode of The anonymity, lashing out against anyone, not just artists, of these talented individuals who were in the cultural Simpsons years ago, their deaths, and the coincidence out of the illusion of personal connection is damaging landscape for so long, it’s important to recognize the of them happening almost in conjunction, led to an and incredibly hurtful. extent to which art and person are one and the same, as enormous social media response. For all the Facebook well as the key distinctions between the two. statuses that pledge sorrow and sympathy toward the Now more than ever, as we mourn the loss of these great individuals and their families, there is the response of people and their art, we need to remember the limit Alan Rickman, known perhaps best by millennials as those close to the deceased describing more of their of human understanding, and the hurt that feelings of Professor Severus Snape in the film adaptations of J.K. lives and their true nature. Many musicians paid tribute closeness can cause. The world is so privileged by what Rowling’s Harry Potter series, passed away at the age of to Bowie through performances, however many of they shared and who they were, regardless of whether or 69 from cancer. His voice, which can only be described Rickman’s colleagues expressed their sorrow through not everyone truly knew them. as mellifluous, is the kind that you want love letters to stories of working with him and knowing him. Longtime be read in. Even in some of his other performances, such collaborator actress Emma Thompson and Harry Potter as in Die Hard, Sense and Sensibility, or Love Actually, star Daniel Radcliffe were among those who expressed Lula Banker | Personnel Manager

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Sicario The Peanuts Movie

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Join some of the most iconic cartoon characters of all time in an exciting story about Sunday, Jan. 31 love, adventure, and just plain fun. Snoopy (voiced by Bill Melendez) takes on the 8:00 PM challenge of a lifetime to bring down his arch-nemesis, The Red Baron. Meanwhile, his Amidst an escalating drug war at the U.S. and Mexico border, the government best friend Charlie Brown (voiced by Noah Schnapp) aims to win the love of his life, the enlists the help of agent Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) to help take down the men Little Red-Haired Girl. Released just in time to commemorate the 65th anniversary of responsible. She travels down to El Paso, Texas to infiltrate the drug cartel. This the comic strip and the 50th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas, this movie also surely doesn’t come easily and Kate faces deception from all ends as her team includes favorites such as Lucy and Linus van Pelt, Woodstock, and Patty (voiced by attempts to take down cartel hitmen. In light of the upcoming Oscars, you should Hadley Belle Miller, Alex Garfin, Bill Melendez, and Anastasia Bredikhina respectively). If check out this movie to stay ahead of the crowd. With three nominations and a college is making you feel stressed, come watch this movie to feel like a kid again. The female lead, this movie will satisfy your need for a good action film. familiar characters and feel-good storyline is sure to alleviate some of your stress as you get ready for the next week of classes.

entertainment pillbox 01.25.16 7 production elements of The Martian are to be celebrated and, Mixing, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thorn and though the film did receive a number of other nominations, Chris Duesterdiek; Visual Effects, Rich McBride, Matthew 2016 Oscars Best Picture Nominations Roundup Scott should be congratulated on another successful venture Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer into sci-fi. This year, the Oscar contenders are a good mix of big budget tentpoles and small indie experiments Room Additional nominations: Actor In A Leading Role, Matt One year ago, an independent film called Whiplash was Damon; Production Design, Arthur Max; Set Decoration, nominated for Best Picture. Audiences stormed theaters Bridge of Spies Additional nominations: Cinematography, John Seale; Celia Bobak; Adapted Screenplay, Drew Goddard as a result of the nomination and persistent positive word by Ryan Labarbera | Staffwriter [ ] There are certain players in Hollywood that play on another Costume Design, Jenny Beavan; Directing, George Miller; of mouth. The film received a strong following and a hefty level from others. If the director is the head coach, Steven Film Editing, Margaret Sixel; Makeup and Hairstyling, Lesley The Revenant bump at the box office, all stemming from sheer quality. This The 88th Academy Awards, to be broadcast on Feb. 28 at Spielberg is Bill Belichick. Tom Hanks is Tom Brady. When Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin; Production Only two directors in history have won back-to-back Best year, the film I anticipate reaching similar credit is Room. 7:00 p.m. EST from the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, CA, these two pair up, you can count on the movie being good. Design, Colin Gibson; Set Decoration, Lisa Thompson; Sound Picture awards: John Ford in 1940 (The Grapes of Wrath) and Brie Larson plays Ma, a young mother who, seven years has been shined with a dim light in recent weeks since The Bridge of Spies is no exception. Hanks plays James Donovan, Editing, Mark Mangini and David White; Sound Mixing, 1941 (How Green Was My Valley), and Joseph L. Mankiewicz prior, was abducted and put away in a garden shed called Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a Cold War era insurance lawyer chosen to represent Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, and Ben Osmo; Visual Effects, in 1949 (A Letter To Three Wives) and 1950 (All About Eve). “Room.” Now, Ma and her five-year-old son Jack must gain their nominees. Opinions have been flying and, though all captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance). Rylance Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver, and Andy Williams Alejandro G. Iñárritu can join this list with his exposé on their freedom so Jack can experience life outside Room are valid, have distracted from the Award’s true purpose: the delivers the performance of note. Political thrillers run few the resilience of the human spirit and the will to survive. for the first time. Director Lenny Abrahamson explores the celebration of film. The story on every headline regards an and far between nowadays, but Bridge of Spies is another The Martian Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as hunter/explorer Hugh Glass, power of love, family, and the beauty of the world despite its important and immediate problem that has to be solved, but top tier film in 2015. Ridley Scott’s The Martian traps Mark Watney on Mars after The Revenant is a powerful film that achieves excellence on worst occurrences to present a beautiful film. Based on the I’d like to take a step back from it for a moment and look at a storm separates him from his team. The team is forced a number of different levels, none more so than the acting novel of the same name, Room is adapted for the screen by this year’s Best Picture nominees. This section will strive to Additional nominations: Actor In A Supporting Role, Mark to liftoff after connection with Watney is lost. Surviving the and cinematography. Leonardo DiCaprio is a fan favorite the book’s author Emma Donoghue. Good movies that exist find the light in the darkness, even if it may require pulling a Rylance; Original Score, Thomas Newman; Production storm, Mark must retrofit his skills and equipment to survive to win the Best Leading Actor category, and Emmanuel strictly within a genre have anticipated reactions. Action rabbit out of a hat. Design, Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration, Rena DeAngelo while attempting to make contact with Earth. At face value, Lubezki could be receiving his third consecutive Oscar for movies should raise your heart rate. Comedies should make and Bernhard Henrich; Sound Mixing, Andy Nelson, Gary there’s not much difference than Cast Away or Robinson cinematography, having won in 2013 for Gravity and in 2014 you smile. Dramas should make you cry. But great movies The Best Picture slate this year has a little of everything, just Rydstrom, and Drew Kunin; Original Screenplay, Matt Crusoe but The Martian takes a unique approach to the for Birdman. are able to use elements from all these to fuel its story. On like your favorite three course meal. Best Picture is typically Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen survival story, and not at the expense of character. Watney is a series of occasions, Room had me crying, or smiling, or earmarked for dramas, but 2015 presents a main course of not the serious survivalist most left-alone stories star. Watney Another of my favorites of 2015, The Revenant is being having a heart attack. This is a gripping story and a film action drama; a sprinkle of indie spice; and a tall glass of Brooklyn is a charismatic man with a self-aware sense of humor. The discussed as one of the films most likely to take home the worth treating yourself to. Larson has already received a comedy. And for desert? One scoop of political thriller sorbet I will admit it: I am a crier. When movies can make me film hits on a series of comedic instances that paces the film ultimate prize, though it will not be easy. number of awards for her performance and is my choice for to clean your palate. Voila! Bon appétit! Now that dinner is well up, that’s a sign that I am thoroughly enjoying myself. quite nicely. Most of the drama, in fact, takes place back Best Leading Actress. Though not nominated, young Jacob served, let’s dig in. Congratulations, Brooklyn. Some are calling the lead, Saoirse on Earth as the world tries to establish contact and wade Additional nominations: Actor In A Leading Role, Leonardo Tremblay has also been recognized for his performance as Ronan, a “breakout star,” but I wouldn’t call her a “breakout.” through the public relations disaster that is leaving someone DiCaprio; Actor In A Supporting Role, Tom Hardy; Jack, and rightfully so. The Big Short She’s been here for years. Nominated for Best Supporting alive on Mars. Some are calling Ridley Scott’s not being Cinematography, Emmanuel Lubezki; Costume Design, You wouldn’t think that the man behind Anchorman and Actress in 2007 for her role in Atonement, Ronan delivers nominated for Best Director one of this year’s most glaring Jacqueline West; Directing, Alejandro G. Iñárritu; Film Additional nominations: Best Leading Actress, Brie Larson; Talladega Nights would be able to tackle such an issue as again as Eilis Lacey, a young Irish girl who immigrates snubs, and I am inclined to agree. The pacing, comedic, and Editing, Stephen Mirrione; Makeup and Hairstyling, Siân Directing, Lenny Abrahamson; Adapted Screenplay, Emma the 2008 crash of the United States housing market and to New York in search of a better life. Set in the 1950s, Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini; Production Donoghue achieve it with an artistic self-awareness that audiences Brooklyn’s exploration of themes like family, home, and the Design, Jack Fisk; Set Decoration Hamish Purdy; Sound are not accustomed to. Attempting to entertain, as well as mysteries of the heart is shown elegantly by director John Editing, Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender; Sound Spotlight educate, writer/director Adam McKay frequently breaks the Crowley. The film is visually stunning, with an intriguing I have not seen a courtroom drama accomplish what fourth wall to carry the audience along for the ride. The Big script that uses the juxtaposition of cultures to its advantage. Spotlight was able to. In any number of ways, this film Short follows a group of off-Wall St. lenders and analysts who could have fallen apart. There are so many moving parts, saw what no one else dared to glance at: the instability of the Additional nominations: Actress In A Leading Role, Saoirse but director Tom McCarthy is able to keep the train on the housing market. They plot to short, or bet against, the market Ronan; Adapted Screenplay, Nick Hornby tracks. Certainly one of the best ensemble pieces in recent in anticipation of massive returns when the defaulting bonds years, Spotlight is the story of the “Spotlight” investigative they have shorted go bust. But when they realize what they Mad Max: Fury Road team at the Boston Globe during the development of the have done — bet on a broken system — reality takes out Perhaps the biggest “dark horse” nominee among the Pulitzer Prize winning exposé of abuse in the Boston clergy its bat and takes a big swing for the fences sending our eight nominated films is director George Miller’s wasteland in 2001. The brilliance of Spotlight is in the delivery of its guys into a spiral of riches and melancholy understanding. road rager. What I remember after eight months since message. The film is essentially a biopic, meaning we know Starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, and Brad its May release are the stunning visual effects, dynamic how the story ends. What we may not know, and where the Pitt, The Big Short was a favorite of mine in 2015 because of cinematography, and music. Starring Tom Hardy and delivery lies, is the journey and the characters’ reactions to its light-hearted, human approach to a side of, perhaps, the Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road is an epic journey the startling revelations of the story. This was executed with most somber event of the last decade. through endless desert to escape the clutches of Immortan an elegance and maturity that you would come to expect Joe. It is not a complex story that makes this film as brilliant from champion journalists. There’s no childish shouting Its nomination is well deserved, but I do not anticipate The as it is. It is the rooted effort to achieve originality that sets matches or nonsensical overreaction. Only a gripping and Big Short to take home the prize. The nominations list has Fury Road up for brilliance. Personally, I think Mad Max: Fury disturbingly unsettling story unfolding itself before your eyes. some heavyweight fighters on it, andThe Big Short sports Road has the smallest chance of winning Best Picture simply a mean right hook, but the field seems too stacked for because of how unlike typical Oscar winners it is. It is not the Additional nominations: Actor In A Supporting Role, Mark producers Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner to be best film of the year, but it is my personal favorite. Ruffalo; Actress In A Supporting Role, Rachel McAdams; walking on stage on Oscar Sunday. Film Editing, Tom McArdle; Original Screenplay, Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy Additional nominations: Actor In A Supporting Role, Mad Max: Fury Road is set in a dystopian future Christian Bale; Directing, Adam McKay; Film Editing, Hank Leonardo Di Caprio (left), nominated six times so where a ruthless warlord known as Immortan Joe Corwin; Adapted Screenplay, Charles Randolph and Adam far throughout his career, is widely tipped to finally enslaves humanity and it is up to Max, and Furiosa McKay win Best Actor for his portrayal of Hugh Glass in The (woman in the poster, right) to stop him. Revenant

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After watching The League last summer, I convinced Unsurprisingly, these challenges are met with a Week two, which is week one of bracketing, I only myself that I would be good at fantasy football. And good deal of intensity. So they really aren’t even got one of the girls who did not receive a rose correct when I couldn’t convince any of my friends to start competing for his affection; it’s just a chance to earn and that was a woman named Mandi. I knew she a league with me, I actually found a public league his affection. Twin Emily came out of nowhere to be was just too unapologetically weird to make it that through ESPN, signed up, and competed against an amazing goalie. My field hockey coach always far. Definitely not Ben’s type. But I really didn’t 19 Internet strangers for four months. Team Ya Gurl used to yell at us, “sacrifice your body!” and boy, was expect the identical twins to make it through, an Gutie actually came in eighth place, mostly thanks she ever living that. She instantly went from being early judgment I now regret — not just because I lost to the research I did every week in order to write totally off my radar to being one of my favorites. I like points, but because I’m starting to like them. That my column in the sports section. It was probably the her spirit. said, how Lace got a rose was truly beyond me. In fiercest challenge I’ve ever faced, and it was nothing the end I wasn’t particularly upset about the other at all like The League. It did, however, fill me with a Sidebar on the twins: it’s my understanding that this women leaving, but I hoped Jackie would make it certain competitive spirit. coming week Ben will be taking them for a two on further. Anyway, this left me two points back from one. This is my absolute least favorite date of every first, an honor belonging to Lula Banker, the Tartan’s With the adrenaline still pumping, The Bachelor season. It always ends so painfully, like one person personnel manager. gave me one of the best late Christmas gifts a girl crying on a mountain while the other two take off could ask for: thebachelorbracket.com. I really wish in a helicopter. In this case, we really haven’t even In this week’s bracket I still only got one right, and that Chris Harrison and his army of minions had gotten a chance to get to know them as individuals. that one was Lace. I really did expect to feel more publicized this prior to the season’s premiere, but But when we finally do, one of them has to leave! I joy in her departure. We all knew that she had better late than never. I created a league very soon think this is cruel. I want them to have a chance to some growing up to do, and it was comforting that after and began my research. It was like draft day. be Emily and Haley, not just the twins. We’ll finally she knew it too. The part of me that loves reality I got online, reread everyone’s biographies, stalked get to know them, but only when they’re pitted television for the drama did really enjoy the spice she Ben Higgins — this year’s bachelor — on social against each other. This situation is honestly an added to things while she was there. I was also really media to try to figure out his type, and wasted most outrage. Shame on you, Chris Harrison. But honestly disappointed to see Shushanna go. I feel like we as of an afternoon trying to guess who would be going it’s just a matter of time before E! gives them a the Bachelor-viewers of the world were deprived of home. I thought I would have it nailed. The bracket reality show. Check out http://blondesense702.com/. the opportunity to get to know a real gem. We didn’t is very simple: every week you select the group of even know that she could speak English until week girls that will be continuing, thereby purposefully not And finally, I am thoroughly loving the unraveling of two; there must be so many more layers to peel selecting girls that will be going home. Olivia, the epitome of competitiveness. I don’t have back. And finally, while I felt bad for Jami because her making it through week four, but I love that she’s she just seemed so jazzed to be there, I didn’t I feel that the Bachelor franchise is really pushing the in denial. Her ego got so inflated so quickly that it have any particular feelings about her departure. competitive angle this season, with the creation of popped for us all to enjoy on network television. The I truly thought Amber was going home after her the brackets, but also with the dates. It’s bad enough group date started with her interrupting Ben to take dramatically passive week two, but then she came that these women are risking severe heartbreak at him away. She arranges to take him up to a room out and won the group date rose this week. I also the hands of Ben Higgins — dreamcake. Plus, you at hotel where the date is taking place, and then thought he would say goodbye to Lauren H. because have frighteningly aggressive women like Olivia proceeds to howl “helloooo” from the balcony to the I just haven’t seen any spark yet. With a two for and Lace who already do enough to inspire a natural other girls, waving like a pageant queen. And when three success rate in week three, I still came out two sense of competition. It seems as though it couldn’t she didn’t get the date rose, she noted that when points behind Lula. get any more cut throat. But then they’ve been Ben stood up he touched her leg. That was his way making these poor, helpless victims of The Bachelor of saying “Sorry, Olivia, you can’t win every time, Lula’s friend from home, Sarah Waldman, is also in literally compete for his attention. but I’m still thinking about you.” This alone was our league. She didn’t compete in week two, so her spectacular. points reflect that (that week’s number of points per In week two, he sent them back to high school. correct guess, cumulatively). I still have a significant They had to pair up to compete in challenges like But then right at the cocktail party, Ben announces advantage, but she did very well this week. Hopefully creating an erupting volcano in a science fair and that a couple very close to his family died in an she doesn’t get the chance to catch up. I feel like actually running hurdles, and after each challenge airplane crash that morning. He expressed that the once we weed out the randoms and get down to one team would get eliminated until the winning evening’s conversations would be really important ten girls I’ll have a better handle on how all the pair competed against each other for the title of to him understanding which women can be there relationships look. homecoming queen. Anything having to do with for him when he’s feeling low. So naturally, Olivia high school already makes me want to punch a hole interrupts him again at the beginning to take him I predict that she’ll be roseless alongside one of the in a wall, so this “challenge” really irritated me. away to talk. She comforts Ben in his time of need twins — right now I say Haley — and also Amber. At least the only thing on the line was a tiara. But by complaining about her cankles, actually shedding She confronted Ben and Jubilee and lost. She won’t then, this week the group date consisted of a soccer tears. She received the final rose, which she recover from that. I feel confident in these picks, so lesson with Kelley O’Hara and Alex Morgan (of the interpreted as some other unfathomable unspoken hopefully I’ll slide into first. World Cup winning U.S. women’s team), which was communication. She insisted that they are meant to followed by an actual match. They divided the girls be, and she will be Mrs. Higgins. I expect her to go Sarah Gutekunst | Publisher into stars and stripes and made them face off. The out in a blaze of glory in the very near future. winning team got to go on a date with Ben, and the losers had to go back to the mansion.

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Destines to a tragic fate 42. Locale for clam diggers burst of flavor. 64. State known for potatoes 47. Bad vibrations? jan. 20–feb. 18 65. Had some food 48. Old crone 66. You’ll sleep through it 50. Like the early hours of the morning 67. Explosive stuff 52. Any follower? 68. Andreas fault 54. Moon stage Lychee - A rare and delicate fruit that is extremely sweet, it pisces 69. Birds resembling gulls 55. Miniscule amounts has a taste cherished by many. 70. Troll’s cousin 56. Word with “free” or “secret” feb. 19–march 20 71. Extreme suffix 58. Supreme Norse deity 59. U.S./European defense organization 60. Those folks Sarah Wang | Comics Editor 61. Bug killer banned by the EPA 62. It’s of miner concern 63. Atop, poetically horoscopes 14pillbox 01.25.16 Tuesday 1/26 Gardens has to offer, with the added bonus of a colorful Christmas lights display. Entrance into the Film Screening: A Better Life. conservatory is free with a Carnegie Mellon ID, and Doherty Hall 1212. 5–7 p.m. viewing of the exhibit is included in ticket. Classifieds The Carnegie Mellon University Humanist League and Aha! are hosting a screening of A Better Life, which Sunday 1/31 RESEARCH STUDY aims to answer the question “How can one find joy and The University of Pittsburgh Radiology meaning in life if they don’t believe in God?” The event Ice Skating in Schenley. Department is seeking women ages 18-25 will feature a Q&A with filmmaker Chris Johnson, and Schenley Ice Rink. 7–9 p.m. who experienced sexual violence for research free pizza will be served. Pittsburgh Connections is hosting a night of ice skating studies. The study involves questionnaires, at Schenley Ice Rink, available to any Carnegie Mellon interviews, brain scanning. Subjects will be Thursday 1/28 student. A group will be leaving from the corner of compensated up to $700 upon completion. Margaret Morrison St. and Tech St. at 6:45 p.m. For details, call 412-586-9888 or visit www. Daggers of the Mind: Shakespeare’s Dark Matter. Tickets for the event are $3, and you must have your Porter Hall 100. 4:30–6:30 p.m. Carnegie Mellon ID to receive your ticket. Tickets can addictionstudies.pitt.edu. Andrew Sofer, a professor of English at Boston College, also be purchased online at carnegiemellontickets. will be giving a talk about Shakespeare’s work and the com. The University of Pittsburgh’s support invisible phenomena of theater in general that both resources for sexual assault and/or sexual entices and fascinates playwrights and audiences alike. Ongoing harassment including instructions and contact The lecture is free and open to all audiences. information for reporting can be located Orchid and Tropical Bonsai Show. at www.SHARE.pitt.edu and www.safety.pitt. Architecture Lecture. Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden. edu. Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland. 6–8 p.m. Now – Feb. 28. Kai-Uwe Bergmann of BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group joins 9:30 a.m. – 10 p.m. on Fridays. the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Heinz Architectural 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday to Thursday. Center for a presentation on the firm’s innovative work. Phipps Conservatory presents their famous Bonsai Reiman and Susanne Slavick, the exhibit aims to create The group has been putting together plans for the collection, with the addition of a colorful display entitled a harmony within the juxtaposition of the two distinct development of the currently vacant location formerly Orchid: A Flower Like No Other. Entrance fee into the types of art. For more information on the exhibit and home to the Civic Arena. Entrance into the presentation conservatory is free with a Carnegie Mellon ID, and the artists featured in the exhibition, visit millergallery. is included in the museum entrance fee, which is free viewing of the exhibit is included in ticket. cfa.cmu.edu. with a Carnegie Mellon ID.

Friday 1/29 Maximum Minimum in Unum. Compiled by India Price | Online Editor The Miller Gallery. Now – Feb. 28. Friday Nights of Winter Lights. The exhibit features artists — all alumni from Carnegie Phipps Conservatory. 5–10 p.m. Mellon School of Art — whose work falls under Enjoy all the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical maximalist or minimalist classification. Curated by Josh

calendar pillbox 01.25.16 15 hack-a-song.

Photo Credits: Anirudh Anand | Hack-a-Song Photographer Hack-a-Song is a 10–hour musical competition arranged by Carnegie Mellon’s Independent Musicians Organization. On Jan. 16, teams of 3–5 musicians wrote, arranged, recorded, and performed original music from scratch. Over the course of the day, mentors and volunteers from the Carnegie Mellon community guided participants to facilitate the creative process. At 10 p.m. that night, the event culminated with a judged performance in the Jared L. Cohon University Center. feature 16pillbox 01.25.16 Housing Guide Everything you need to know about 2016 room selection

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Upperclassmen housing [C7]

Nearby neighborhoods [C14] HOUSING GUIDE 2O16

Above and page three: Clyde House, Carnegie Mellon’s themed house touted as a global living-learning community. Photos: Braden Kelner/Contributing Editor TABLE OF CONTENTS Room Selection explained Going through Room Selection for the first time? Read up on phases of the 3 process and learn the terms used for different housing options.

4 Phase deadlines Find out what has changed for this year’s Room Selection process. Also, choose which Room Selection phase is best for you.

5 Living on vs. off campus If you’re unsure about whether to live on or off campus next year, these guides and questions will help you decide.

6 Themed housing If you’re looking to learn more about Carnegie Mellon’s themed living communities, look no further.

7-12 Upperclassmen housing Get the scoop on upperclassmen housing options on campus, including building overviews, location information, and amenities.

13 Graduate housing See which housing options are now available through the university for graduate students. 14 Nearby neighborhoods Looking to move off campus? Use these neighborhood reviews of housing, dining, shopping, and transport to help you make your decision.

Open house dates Check out these upcoming open house dates to visit and tour the campus houses 15 you are considering.

Housing options map Locate your first choice on-campus housing option on this map, which details all 16 upperclassmen housing options, from Fairfax Apartments to Resnik House. Room selection explained Terms and technicalities to guide you through the process

Room Selection offers students several options: room retention, room with a retainer (also known as a “pull-in”), block housing, general room selection, themed housing, RA/CA housing, gender-neutral housing, and open assignments.

Most students will participate in one of three Room Selection choices: room retention, room with a retainer, or general room selection. However, a wide variety of housing options is available to all students. Room Selection begins on Feb. 17, so all students returning next year should be actively thinking about their housing plans for the 2016–17 school year.

Room retention Themed housing Room retention, the first phase, is for students planning to retain their current room for Themed housing allows students to apply for housing centered around a certain the next school year. Although there are some exceptions, room retention is available to interest or theme. Themed houses are detailed on page six of this guide. most upperclass students, except those in themed housing, a first-year residence hall or apartment, or an RA/CA room. First-year students are not eligible to retain their rooms, RA/CA housing regardless of their room location. Students considering room retention should remember that once they retain, they cannot change or cancel their housing assignment until the RA/CA housing is only available for those students holding an RA or CA position during open cancellation period begins. the 2016–17 school year. These students will not be eligible to participate in Room Selection, and will instead be assigned a room through the application and selection process carried out by the Office of Student Life. Room with a retainer Students retaining their rooms during the first phase are required to fill any vacancies Gender-neutral housing in the room, suite, or apartment with “pull-ins.” In order to be “pulled in” to a room, students must be eligible to participate in Room Selection and must not have already Gender-neutral housing, available in the Oakland Community Apartments, permits selected an assignment for the school year. upperclass residents of different genders to reside in the same room. There will also be a gender-inclusive housing-themed living community in Morewood Gardens. Block housing Open assignments The block housing phase of room selection allows groups of students to select a “block” of rooms near each other in one of the applicable residence halls or apartments. Due to fluctuating availability in room assignments, some students are given an Students electing to apply for block housing must identify a group representative who open assignment. This means that while they are guaranteed a room for the 2016–17 will be responsible for setting up their block housing group on the housing application academic year, they will not immediately know where that room will be located, or and will remain the main contact point between the group and Housing Services. what style of room they will be assigned. After receiving an open assignment, students wait until they receive an offer for a room for the upcoming year. After receiving their offer, they can decline the offer and cancel their housing agreement within three days General room selection without penalty, even if the offer was made after the open cancellation period ends. General Room Selection is the final phase of Room Selection. During this phase, students eligible for housing who haven’t participated in the preceding phases choose For more details about the Room Selection process, visit a room from the remaining spaces. Students planning to participate in general Room www.cmu.edu/housing/roomselection. Selection must apply online. They are then given a random timeslot for Room Selection.

Housing Guide 01.25.16 3 Phase deadlines and other information What’s new for 2016 Room Selection and selection phases

New apartments on Clyde Street open for room selection Housing Services expands Block Housing options This summer, Housing Services will open a new residence comprising 32 single rooms As Block Housing becomes more popular, Housing Services has decided to expand the and one double room. The building, which is at 618 Clyde Street, will be available for Block Housing options. As always, Block Housing is available in Morewood Gardens, Room Selection. The apartments will not be eligible for block housing, and because Fairfax Apartments, Webster Hall Apartments, Shirley Apartments, and Shady Oak the building won’t be open until the summer, students will not have a chance to view Apartments. There will also be two new eight-person Block Housing options in the apartments before selecting them. Housing Services will provide floor plans and the Margaret Morrison Apartments and two eight-person options in Resnik House. renderings to help students make informed decisions during Room Selection. Students in groups of six to 12 can apply for Block Housing. To learn more about Block Housing, see www.cmu.edu/housing/roomselection/rsoptions/block.

Courtesy of Housing Services Housing Guide 4 01.25.16 Living on campus vs. living off campus Questions to ask and tools to help you decide

Deciding whether or not you want to live on campus next year can be a tough decision. Both on-campus and Questions to ask when deciding where to live: off-campus living have their appeals, and the right option will almost definitely come down to each individual’s unique living needs. If you are considering moving off campus, be sure to ask these questions, provided by Housing Services, before you Use the chart below to determine the costs of living off campus versus living on campus. The column on the left sign a lease: shows what is included in on-campus housing. Ask prospective landlords the cost of each of these items listed below and fill in the dollar amount next to the appropriate icon. For items or services that you do not believe are applicable to you, write 0 in the blank. Total all costs and compare to the cost of living on campus as you make Rent and Additional Costs your decision for next year. Chart provided by Housing Services. Is there an application or holding fee? If yes, what is the If you do choose to live off campus next year, Carnegie Mellon’s off-campus website is a good resource: https:// cost? offcampus.housing.cmu.edu/ What utilities are included in the rent? How much is the security deposit? When is the rent due?

Leases In case you plan to study abroad for part of the school year or summer, are variable lease options available (six, nine, or 12 months)? Is individual lease liability offered? How many people is this unit legally zoned for? In the city of Pittsburgh, it is illegal for more than three unrelated indi- viduals to live together in a residential dwelling. Do you have a rental license on file with the city of Oakland? Will I be able to sublet my unit in the summer or for study abroad?

Repairs and Maintenance Will any repairs be made to the unit prior to move in? How quickly do you make repairs when there is a work request or maintenance issue? Do you take before and after pictures to help guarantee I get my security deposit back?

Amenities What type of security does the building offer? What type of parking is offered? What appliances are provided, and how old are they? Who is responsible for yard maintenance and snow removal?

Courtesy of Housing Services Housing Guide 01.25.16 5 HOUSING GUIDETHEMED HOUSING CLYDE HOUSE Location: On Clyde Street, across from Shady Oak Apartments Styles of housing: Efficiency (two- or three-student) apartments Size: 24 residents Other amenities: Fitness equipment, TV room, community kitchen, laundry facilities, and lounges on multiple floors.

Clyde House is touted as the university’s “global living-learning community.” For stu- dents who have intercultural interests and want to discuss global citizenry, this is the right house. As an added bonus, the facilities are some of the nicest on campus.

GENDER INCLUSIVE HOUSE Location: Within Morewood Gardens Styles of housing: Standard singles, prime singles, prime doubles, prime triples Other amenities: TV room, quiet study lounge, computer cluster, workout facility, recreation room, makerspace, and two laundry facilities in the basement.

As part of an initiative to make on-campus housing safe, inclusive, and welcoming for all students, Housing Services created the Gender Inclusive House (GIH) to allow any stu- dent to live in the same room with any other student regardless of sex, biological gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation. GIH is a voluntary option open to any upperclass student eligible for campus housing, and any first-year student, but is specifically designed for students who are LGBTQ, non-binary, exploring gender identities, or allies.

SEXUALITY ISSUES, RELATIONSHIPS, AND GENDER EDUCATION Location: Within Morewood Gardens Styles of housing: Prime doubles Size: 10 residents Other amenities: TV room, quiet study lounge, computer cluster, workout facility, recreation room, makerspace, and two laundry facilities in the basement.

The Sexuality Issues, Relationships, and Gender Education (SIRGE) apartment will house 10 upperclass students who will focus on masculinity education, gender edu- cation, survivor support, LGBTQ advocacy and education, and social justice. These students will create campus programming that addresses issues of sexuality and sexual identity, healthy relationships, sexual assault/relationship violence/stalking prevention, and gender.

For more themed housing options, see http://www.cmu.edu/housing/ Housing Guide roomselection/rsoptions/other-options/themedliving.html 6 01.25.16 FOR UPPERCLASSMENHOUSING GUIDE MOREWOOD GARDENS

Location: On the corner of Forbes and Morewood avenues Styles of housing: Standard singles, prime singles, prime doubles, prime triples Size: 443 residents; some first-year students Other amenities: TV room, quiet study lounge, computer cluster, workout facility, recreation room, makerspace, and two laundry facilities in the basement. Kitchens on the second, fourth and sixth floors. Lounges on every floor.

Close to campus, above The Underground, and equipped with a cluster, this dorm is one you’ll never have to leave. Lounges can be a gift for social students, but a pain for those who want quiet. Rooms are hit or miss, so check them out before locking in your choice. Morewood Gardens will include a gender inclusive-themed living community for the 2016– 17 academic year.

WELCH HOUSE Location: On the “Hill,” behind first-year Scobell House Styles of housing: Prime singles and prime doubles Size: 56 residents Other amenities: TV and study lounges on the building’s ground level, along with a kitchen, laundry facilities, and recreation room.

The most important thing to know about this house is that it has a 24-hour quiet rule. This rule means that the dorm has a different atmosphere than other dorms. Students tend to keep to themselves, but you won’t be distracted by noise.

McGILL HOUSE Location: On the “Hill,” across from Boss, in front of Hamerschlag Styles of housing: Prime singles and prime doubles Size: 72 residents; open to first-year students too; all female Other amenities: One kitchen and lounge on each floor, as well as a main lounge with a study lounge on the first floor. Laundry facilities.

McGill House is an all-female dorm with rooms arranged in suites. Rooms are small and many residents loft their beds, but semi-private bathrooms are a plus. The dorm is close to a number of eateries, including Carnegie Mellon Café and nearby food trucks.

Photos courtesy of Housing Services Quick facts data on pages 6–13 according to Housing Services’s website, www.cmu.edu/housing/residence-types. Housing Guide 01.25.16 7 HOUSING GUIDEFOR UPPERCLASSMEN WEST WING Location: Adjacent to Gesling Stadium, next to the University Center Styles of housing: Prime single, prime double, suite single, suite double Size: 108 residents Other amenities: Kitchens on some floors. Lounges on each floor. Laundry facilities, television room, recreation room, and computer cluster. Mindfulness Room on the ground floor.

West Wing is primarily made up of suites with two doubles and a single, along with a common bathroom and suite lounge. There are some prime singles and doubles. West Wing is popular because it is suite-style and in the center of campus.

RESNIK HOUSE Location: Next to West Wing Styles of housing: Prime singles, prime doubles, suite singles, suite doubles Size: 150 residents Other amenities: Kitchens on some floors. Lounges on each floor. Laundry facilities, television room, recreation room, and computer cluster close by in West Wing.

Like West Wing, Resnik House primarily has suites with two doubles and a single. The suites have a common bathroom and lounge. Some prime singles and doubles exist. Don’t need to travel far for food. The Carnegie Mellon Café is on the first floor.

DOHERTY APARTMENTS

Location: Across the street from the East Campus Garage Styles of housing: Efficiency (two-person) and one-bedroom (three-person) apart- ments, a five-person apartment in the basement Size: 152 residents Other amenities: Kitchens in each apartment. Study and TV lounges, recreation room, and exercise and laundry facilities.

Doherty is close to campus and only a few minutes away from most classes. The apartments are divided into four separate towers with their own RAs. The rooms can be small, but are bigger than first-year dorms. CMU EMS resides in the basement.

Photos courtesy of Housing Services Housing Guide 8 01.25.16 FOR UPPERCLASSMENHOUSING GUIDE WEBSTER HALL APTS. Location: On the corner of Fifth Avenue and North Dithridge Street Styles of housing: One-bedroom (two-person), and two-bedroom (three-person) apart- ments Size: 256 residents Other amenities: TV room, quiet study lounge, workout facility, recreation room, and two laundry faclities.

Webster Hall Apartments is far from campus, but has some of the nicest living arrangements, with furnished living rooms, kitchens, and bathrooms. There’s a deli in the building, and laundry rooms on each floor. Rooms are expensive compared to other university options.

FAIRFAX APARTMENTS Location: On Fifth Avenue, close to South Craig Street Styles of housing: Efficiency (two-person), one-bedroom (two-person), and two-bedroom (three-person) apartments Size: 355 residents Other amenities: Workout room, laundry facilities, recreation room.

Like Webster, each apartment in Fairfax has a bathroom and kitchen, and they are some of the nicest offered by the university. This building hosts a number of non- college students and is a great transition from college life. Like in Webster, rooms here are expensive.

SHADY OAK APARTMENTS

Location: On Clyde Street, close to Clyde House Styles of housing: Efficiency (two-student) apartments, as well as two- and three-bedroom (three-student) apartments Size: 79 residents; also open to graduate students Other amenities: Fitness room, laundry facilities, TV room, and lounge with couches and a TV. Street parking available on Clyde Street.

Each apartment in Shady Oak has a full kitchen with a dishwasher. The layouts vary greatly from apartment to apartment, with some having single bedrooms and no common living space, others having shared bedrooms with spacious living rooms, and others having a combination of the two.

Photos courtesy of Housing Services Housing Guide 01.25.16 9 HOUSING GUIDEFOR UPPERCLASSMEN WOODLAWN APARTMENTS Location: On the corner of Forbes Avenue and Margaret Morrison Street Styles of housing: One-bedroom (three-student), two-bedroom (three- or four- student), and four-bedroom (seven-student) apartments Size: 33 residents Other amenities: Laundry facilities. The Frame gallery is on the first floor facing Forbes Avenue.

These apartments, close to campus, have kitchens, living rooms, and plenty of space. The bathrooms are also newly renovated, and feature heated towel warmers. The Frame gallery always has something quirky going on.

ROSELAWN HOUSES Location: Off Margaret Morrison Street, next to the Margaret Morrison Apartments Styles of housing: Five-person houses (one single, two doubles) Size: 60 residents Other amenities: Living rooms and kitchens in each house.

Residents in Roselawn have access to a large living room, but small bedrooms. Laundry is laundromat-style, and students have access to Margaret Morrison’s lounge and exer- cise room. Roselawn Apartments, as well as Spirit House, are the only house-style living options offered by the university.

SPIRIT HOUSE Location: Off Margaret Morrison Street, next to the Roselawn Houses Styles of housing: House singles, doubles Size: 6 residents Other amenities: The building has a spacious TV and recreation lounge, as well as laundry facilities. Students have access to the Margaret Morrison plaza fitness facility and study lounge.

Spirit House is open to students who are a part of SPIRIT, a student organization dedicated to promoting African-American awareness on campus. There is a separate application process to live in the house.

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MARGARET MORRISON APTS. Location: On Margaret Morrison Street, across from the food trucks Styles of housing: Two-bedroom (four-student), four-bedroom (eight-student), and eight- bedroom (16-student) apartments Size: 80 residents Other amenities: A shared fitness room, lounge, and laundry facilities.

With lounges and kitchens in each two-story apartment, these living areas are some of the largest on campus. They offer a sense of freedom from the traditional dorm, but are so close to everything on campus that you never have to worry about being late. The apartments were redone in 2007, when they were refitted with new furniture, appliances, and countertops, so everything is still relatively new.

GREEK QUADRANGLE/APTS. Location: Across the street from the University Center, on Morewood Avenue; apart- ments are next to McGill House on Margaret Morrison Street Styles of housing: Mostly doubles, a few singles and triples Size: Number of residents varies by year and house Other amenities: A community of students in your fraternity or sorority. Kitchens and large living rooms with study areas and recreation rooms.

Want to be surrounded by the brothers and sisters of your Greek organization? Then Greek housing is for you. These are some of the nicest places to live on campus, with large shared living spaces, but standard dorm-like rooms. Greek houses can get loud when members come to visit, but offer a tight-knit community of close friends. This year, students currently living in Greek houses have the option to participate in room selection.

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SHIRLEY APARTMENTS Location: North Dithridge Street, next to Webster Hall Styles of housing: One-bedroom (two-student) apartments Size: 41 residents Other amenities: TV room, lounge, and laundry facilities.

Shirley Apartments has a floor plan similar to Webster’s floor plan. Each apartment has a bedroom, a living area, and a kitchen. Shirley is, admittedly, the farthest university arrange- ments from campus, but it’s not much farther than Webster or Fairfax, and it’s so close to Craig Street that you’ll never go hungry. The bedrooms in Shirley Apartments are air conditioned, which is always a plus in the hotter months at the beginning and end of the academic year.

618 CLYDE Location: Next to Clyde House, across the street from Shady Oak Apartments Styles of housing: 32 singles and 1 double Size: 34 Other amenities: The university’s newest building, includes bike storage and air conditioning.

Nestled in the small but growing cluster of housing including the Shady Oak Apartments and Clyde House, 618 Clyde is a bit of a walk from campus, but has amenities to make up for it. The building is almost completely single rooms, which is great if you want to live alone, but still be part of campus housing. The building includes laundry facilities, air conditioning, bike storage, and a study/community lounge. 618 Clyde won’t be open until this summer, so students particpating in Room Selection won’t be able to see it before they choose it. Housing Services will provide students with floor plans and renderings so that students can make an informed decision about the new space.

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NEVILLE APARTMENTS Location: On the corner of Fifth Avenue and Neville Street Styles of housing: Six-person apartments with single and double rooms Size: 24 residents Other amenities: Kitchen and living room in each apartment. Common basement space.

Each apartment in this complex contains two bathrooms and two kitchens, perfect for a vegetarian kitchen separate from a meat-lover’s kitchen. Living rooms are decently sized, and there are also separate dining areas or, if you want, second living rooms. Laundry is in the basement, which is only accessible by traveling outside. It’s not too far from campus, but not too close, either. As an added bonus, Craig Street is nearby.

SHADY OAK APARTMENTS

Location: On Clyde Street, close to Clyde House Styles of housing: Efficiency (two-student) apartments, as well as two- and three-bedroom (three-student) apartments Size: 79 residents Other amenities: Fitness room, laundry facilities, TV room, and lounge with couches and a TV. Street parking available on Clyde Street.

Shady Oak Apartments are open to both graduate and undergraduate students. For more information about Shady Oak, see page 9 of this guide.

Photos courtesy of Housing Services Housing Guide 01.25.16 13 NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODSHOUSING GUIDE SHADYSIDE Shadyside is home to upperclassmen from Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh, graduate students, and young working professionals. Accessible by bus, it tends to be slightly pricier than Oakland or Squirrel Hill; however, it is the most charming of the areas surrounding campus, with its tree-lined streets and boutiques. The neighborhood is best known for two things: shops and bars. Walnut Street is lined with a wide variety of shops, and cozy restaurants like Mercurio’s and The Yard Gastropub are interspersed among the shops.

While the area near Shadyside’s bars can be particularly loud from Thursday to Sunday, Shadyside is generally a very relaxed, quiet area. The young professionals and the college students who live there are diverse ­— from artists to technical majors to medical students. Shadyside is a great area for anyone looking for either an escape from campus or a popular shopping and nightlife experience.

SQUIRREL HILL Squirrel Hill starts just up the big hill on Forbes Avenue. It is either a 20-minute walk or a three-minute bus ride from campus, and the buses are very frequent. The cost of living in Squirrel Hill is higher than in Oakland, but lower than in Shadyside. In addition to housing upperclass students from Carnegie Mellon, Squirrel Hill is also home to faculty and Pittsburgh families not associated with the university. Squirrel Hill has a diversity of restaurants, from Thai food at Silk Elephant to breakfast at the original Pamela’s Diner. The restaurants are dispersed among small shops, including those on the main thoroughfare of Forbes Avenue.

It is not a college neighborhood like Oakland and Shadyside, and it does not have a prominent bar scene. It does have a residential atmosphere, however, that the other two areas lack. For someone looking for a short ride or walk from campus with all the necessities within walking distance and a wide variety of cuisines, Squirrel Hill may be the right place to look for a home to rent.

OAKLAND Just a 10-to-15-minute walk (or five-minute bus ride) from campus lies Oakland, the home of late-night food, University of Pittsburgh pride, and a population made up almost entirely of college students.

Oakland is home to some of Carnegie Mellon students’ favorite restaurants, including Conflict Kitchen, Chipotle, Fuel and Fuddle, and The Porch. For students over 21, Oakland has a solid group of late-night destinations, such as Hemingway’s, Mad Mex, and a liquor store with an extensive selection. Another benefit of Oakland is the availability of affordable housing close to campus. Oakland Avenue and Atwood Street are lined with housing for both Carnegie Mellon and University of Pittsburgh students.

Most people living here are always up for fun; if you’re looking for a quiet neighborhood, Oakland may not be your cup of tea. Oakland should be noted for its lively atmosphere and is ideal for anyone looking for college-oriented surroundings.

Photos: Braden Kelner/Contributing Editor Housing Guide 14 01.25.16 Choosing the right place: open house dates When to tour the on-campus options on your ‘Top 5’ list

Below are a number of open houses and information sessions offered by Housing Services to help you make your choice next year. This year, open houses are grouped by area of campus and neighborhood, and are designed for you to see the buildings you might want to live in. Note that the open house dates for Morewood Gardens, West Wing, Resnik House, and Doherty Apartments have already passed. If you want to learn more about any of those residences, contact an RA, CA, or Housefellow for more information.

New this year, info sessions will take place in residence halls around campus based on the schedule below. During information sessions, students can ask Housing Services staff questions about the room selection process and campus housing in general.

Open House Dates Info. Session Dates

The Intersection and The Hill: Monday, Feb. 1, 4:30–6 p.m. Boss House Margaret Morrison Apartments, Roselawn, Woodlawn Apartments, Welch House, Henderson Tuesday, Feb. 2, 4:30–6 p.m. Stever House House, and McGill House Thursday, Feb. 4, 4:30–6 p.m. Residence on Fifth Wednesday, Feb. 3, 7–8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, 4:30–6 p.m. Henderson House Wednesday, Feb. 10, 4:30–6 p.m. Morewood Gardens Thursday, Feb. 11, 4:30–6 p.m. Mudge House Oakland: Monday, Feb. 15, 4:30–6 p.m. Donner House Fairfax Apartments, Webster Hall Apartments, Shady Oak Apartments, Shirley Apartments, and Tuesday, Feb. 16, 4:30–6 p.m. Hamerschlag House Clyde House Wednesday, Feb. 17, 4:30–6 p.m. Shirley Apartments Thursday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, 4:30–6 p.m. Morewood E-Tower

For more details about open house dates and information sessions, visit http://www.cmu.edu/housing/roomselection/timeline/index.html.

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