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Monday, January 17, 2011 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Volume 105, Issue 14

Carnegie Mellon celebrates New poetry dialogue club packs a punch Martin Luther King Jr. Day CHRISTA HESTER improvement, education and Junior Staffwriter CLAIRE GUSTAVSON pate.” local high schools will share spiritual development, time Junior Staffwriter Today’s activities kick off their “personal narratives management, and struggles at 12:30 p.m. with a School dealing with individual ex- “Come, come, whoever against adversity. Martin Luther King Jr. of Drama tribute to King and periences with racial differ- you are, come and join us” is Lasting hundreds of years, Day, falling annually on the diversity at Carnegie Mel- ence and discrimination.” the mantra of the Rumi Dia- much of his poetry focuses third Monday of January, lon in the University Center The students are re- logue Club, a student organi- on continual transformation represents more than just (12:30–1:30 p.m., Rangos cipients of writing awards zation here at Carnegie Mel- in an effort to become more a three-day weekend to the Hall). Afterwards, there sponsored by the Carnegie lon that centers itself around unifi ed with God and people. Carnegie Mellon campus. will be a presentation of the Mellon Creative Writing a message of love, tolerance, According to a famous poem Observed nationwide since “Martin Luther King Jr. Day Program, Student Affairs, and respect for life. The club written by Rumi, “Discard 2000, the holiday encour- Writing Awards” (1:30–2:30 and the Offi ce of the Presi- bases its values off the works the old if you desire new- ages people to refl ect on the p.m., McConomy Auditio- dent.” A more informal Po- and teachings of 13th-century ness” (Mathnawi II: 1270). poet Jalal ad-Di n Muhammad The poem typifi es the college past, specifi cally the Civil rium), in which students See MLK, A3 Rights Movement, and to from Carnegie Rumi, a devout Muslim and experience where, especially consider King’s messages Mellon and Sufi mystic who believed in at Carnegie Mellon, transfor- in the context of current the transformative and unify- mation and modernization times. This year, Carnegie ing powers of love. The Rumi play key roles. Mellon is hosting a range of Dialogue Club puts these be- As Yeniterzi pointed out events in observance of the liefs into action by organizing throughout her speech, Rumi holiday and of the legacy of workshops and seminars that was not really a poet, but an Reverend Dr. Martin Luther address and resolve cultural educator who used the me- King Jr. differences. They also offer dium of poetry to convey his With subjects ranging Turkish language classes in a ideas. He stressed the impor- from King’s life to social continuing effort to “bridge tance of critical thinking as a justice along with activities cultural gaps between Carn- way of life, saying, “Reason encompassing both formal egie Mellon students.” is what enables one to have lectures and poetry slams, The club recently had an vision to follow on the path Carnegie Mellon’s Martin event in the University Cen- of transformation and self- Luther King Jr. Day celebra- ter on Jan. 12 where anyone improvement” (Mathnawi I: tions offer something for interested in learning more 2582). For those who value everyone. Events begin at about Rumi and Turkish cul- education, espeically stu- 12:30 p.m., and afternoon ture could come and partici- dents, these words are indeed classes have been canceled pate. UC Connan, where the potent and pertinent. To use so that students and faculty event was held, was packed Yeniterzi’s analogy, “If the can participate. and lively with old and new world is a body, knowledge is “It lets people go to the friends chatting and catching what gives it life.” events in a frame of mind up. Yeniterzi’s speech was that is relaxing and not True to their message of followed by a hauntingly stressful and to get some- acceptance and tolerance, beautiful nay, or reed fl ute, thing out of the events,” the crowd of attendees was performancwe by Serkan said Natalie French, a junior diverse in age and ethnicity, Imisiker, a profi cient musi- civil and environmental en- gathered together through cian of the fl ute, after which gineering major. “It is really the commonality of a thirst Polat gave a speech titled important to be aware for learning and a love of “Why Learn Turkish?” Po- and able to partici- Turkish food. The majority lat’s talk was a lighthearted of the event was dedicated to yet sincere argument for Alexander Moser/Art Staff distinguished guest professor learning Turkish as a way to Emine Yeniterzi from Tur- get an edge on the current key’s Rumi Social Research job market and as an expan- Center and professor Nihat sion of one’s own worldview. Polat from Duquesne Uni- After Polat’s speech the Qatar comes to campus: Resnik’s new room versity’s English as a Second meeting ended with an ebru, JENNIFER THARP Housing and Dining Services, Language program. or water marbling, perfor- Staffwriter listened to a talk by Renee Yeniterzi spoke at length mance given by Muyesser Camerlengo, associate dean and in great depth about the Demir, an artist profi cient Every year during spring of Student Affairs, about the inspiring namesake of the in the practice. Some of break, students accepted IMPAQT program between club and how the teachings Demir’s work, as well as the into the Initiating Meaning- Carnegie Mellon and Qatar. of Rumi are still applicable to club’s mission statement and ful Pittsburgh and Qatar Ties Students who apply and are living a meaningful life in the upcoming events, can be (IMPAQT) program travel accepted into the program modern world. Her speech seen online at the Rumi Dia- to Carnegie Mellon’s Qatar begin an 18-month long com- addressed many aspects of logue Club’s Facebook page, campus to interact with local mitment culminating in a life on which Rumi gave sage www.facebook.com/pages/ students while socially and spring break trip to Qatar, as advice in the form of poetry, Rumi-Dialogue-Club/177832 culturally experiencing the well as assisting in selecting some of which included self- 852240181. country. Through an initiative the next group of students. of Housing and Dining Servic- Inspired, Abel spoke to both es, however, all students will Camerlengo and Dean Tucker now have a unique chance to of Carnegie Mellon Qatar learn about Carnegie Mellon’s (CMU-Q) about the possibil- partner campus without even ity of a dedicated space within leaving Pittsburgh. Premier- the Pittsburgh campus where ing in March, the Qatar Room students could interact both will be centrally located in a visually and physically with dining space in Resnik House students from Doha. known as the “pod.” The room “It is our hope that when will offer glimpses of student you walk in the space you will life in Doha, Qatar and feature feel in some way that you have programs and activities be- walked onto the Doha campus. tween the two campuses. The We hope the furnishings, fi x- room will also enable open tures, and exhibits refl ect the communication through the culture, programs, and people use of programming and vid- of CMU-Q. Renee Camerlengo eo conferencing. and the IMPAQT students will Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons The idea fi rst originated Qatar, pictured above, will be represented in Resnik House. when Kim Abel, director of See QATAR, A3

Benefi ts of online courses outweighs use of books

TURI ALCOSER Biology to Logic & Proofs to as no surprise that the OLI’s ence undergraduates, and is Staffwriter Chemistry. The site’s headline free public materials are on currently maintained by pro- gives its purpose as, “[…] to the corkboard. Students who fessor Dave Yaron’s research Laptops: They’re small, ef- enact the kind of dynamic, have taken Modern Chem- group in the Department of fi cient, and currently adorn fl exible, and responsive in- istry II will be familiar with Chemistry. the fi rst fl oor of Hunt Library. struction that fosters learn- the Virtual Lab, a Java-based “Despite this student’s Their owners are typing, ing.” And although one may web environment to simulate frustration, the Virtual Lab stooped over, with some bit- think it is just supplemen- experiments that one can per- has been shown in studies to ing their nails, even though it’s tary materials, that would be form in a physical lab. In 2010, be very benefi cial in student Friday and the fi rst week back wrong. In fact, the OLI builds over 100,000 experiments us- learning and understanding. to school. Yet it has become a a foundation for a nationwide ing the online virtual lab were Our goal is to help motivate necessity rather than a luxury goal to improve learning in in- performed across the globe. students and make chemistry to own a laptop while attend- troductory courses. Hannah Wirtshafter, a ju- exciting by connecting con- ing college. It is the future, Last year, the OLI at Car- nior science and humanities cepts to real world applica- and Carnegie Mellon takes the negie Mellon was granted $4 scholar, described her expe- tions,” said Michael Karabinos, lead in computer-based dis- million from the Bill & Melin- rience with the virtual lab. “I director of the Chemcollective covery as the No. 1 graduate da Gates Foundation, Lumina would say it was both helpful and part of Yaron’s group. program in computer science Foundation for Education, and overly frustrating. The Another initiative of the as determined by U.S. News and the Hewlett Foundation actual logistics of using the OLI gained popularity in and World Report in 2010. to develop educational oppor- program — drag and drop, 2009, when Carnegie Mel- One such discovery stems tunities. right click this, left click this, lon students were given the from Carnegie Mellon’s very In an article published by etc. — were annoying and un- opportunity to take an accel- own Online Learning Initia- The Chronicle of Higher Edu- necessary.” erated (six-week) statistics tive (OLI). The OLI currently cation, the state of Washing- The Virtual Lab was fi rst course. The bulk of the course Alexandre Kaspar offers a slew of free public ton has vowed to offer online created in 1999, written by /Photo Staff Demir teaching participants the art of water marbling. online courses, from Modern materials as text. It comes Carnegie Mellon computer sci- See OLI, A3 A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » January 17, 2011

CAMPUS NEWS IN BRIEF Statistically Science fellowships awarded Two linguistics professors to three faculty members attend national conference Speaking The American Association real-time computer systems Carnegie Mellon profes- unique jargon to the city’s for the Advancement of Sci- and fi nancial markets, and sors Barbara Johnstone and local identity and discussed Winter break may be over, but the snow continues ence (AAAS) awarded 2010 for his outstanding contribu- Mandy Simons presented on why and how this happened to fall. During the winter season, Pittsburgh’s weather fellowships to three Carnegie tions to education both in the Pittsburgh’s unique dialect in Pittsburgh and not in every forecasts can be notoriously bleak, often predicting Mellon University faculty classroom and through aca- at the Linguistic Society of American city. snow or rain. Looking back on Pittsburgh’s past temper- members: John Lehoczky, demic administration.” America’s (LSA) 85th Annual Simons, an associate pro- atures and snowfalls reveals how bad the winter season Manuela Veloso, and Larry Manuela Veloso is being Meeting. The event was held fessor of philosophy who can be: Wasserman. recognized for her “distin- from Jan. 6–9 at the Wynd- launched Carnegie Mellon’s The new AAAS fellows guished contributions to ar- ham Grand Pittsburgh Down- linguistics major, presented the lowest temperature ever will be presented with an of- tifi cial intelligence, especially town hotel. her talk, “Towards a Taxon- recorded in Pittsburgh fi cial certifi cate and a rosette advances in automated plan- Johnstone, a professor of omy of Projective Content.” pin at the AAAS Fellows Fo- ning, multi-agent systems, English focusing on rheto- Simons worked with a team –22°F rum on Feb. 19 during the and robotics.” Veloso is the ric, linguistics, and critical of collaborators collecting 2011 AAAS Annual Meeting Herbert A. Simon Professor theory, gave a keynote pre- research on the topic. She in Washington, D.C. of Computer Science. sentation on “Speaking Pitts- shared the results of a Na- John Lehoczky is the dean Larry Wasserman, a burghese: The Social History tional Science Foundation- of the College of Humanities professor of statistics and of Pittsburgh Speech.” In her sponsored research project and Social Sciences and the machine learning, will be lecture, she examined the aimed at better understand- 43.1 Thomas Lord Professor of honored because of his “fun- individual characteristics of ing different types of linguis- average yearly snowfall, in inches Statistics. The AAAS is rec- damental contributions to native Pittsburgh speech and tically conveyed meaning, ognizing his “signifi cant and statistical theory and statis- how, in the second half of using data from a variety of sustained contributions to tical machine learning, to the 20th century, “Pittsbur- languages. the theory and applications applications of statistics in ghese” has become accepted of stochastic processes, par- astronomy and genomics and as an authentic dialect. John- Compiled by 120 son connected Pittsburgh’s EMILY DOBLER average number of days per year with a temperature below 32°F ticularly to the modeling of to statistical pedagogy.” 37 Greek Meet and Greet at the University Center average yearly rainfall, in inches

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Lecture Preview “The Economic Legacy system enables asynchronous of Dr. Martin Luther collaboration and has al- King Jr.” ready been implemented at real conferences around the Today at 5 p.m. world. Rangos Hall An afternoon of universi- ty-wide celebrations in honor “Can the Courts Help of Martin Luther King Jr. will Offenders Reunite converge on this event, with a with Families and the keynote address given by Ju- Public?” lianne Malveaux, president of Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Bennett College for Women. McConomy Auditorium Bennett College for Women is considered America’s old- The Osher Lifelong Learn- est historically-black college, ing Institute Evening Lecture priding itself as an “oasis this month will feature Rob- where women are educated, ert E. Colville. Colville, now celebrated, and transformed senior judge of the Superior into 21st century leaders and Court of Pennsylvania, for- global thinkers.” merly served the city of Pitts- Malveaux’s writing has burgh for 15 years as a patrol- appeared in USA Today, Black man, homicide detective, and Issues in Higher Education, chief of police. He was elected Ms. magazine, the Los Angeles district attorney of Allegheny Times, the Charlotte Observer, County in 1976 and served in and many other publications. this position for 21 years un- She has also appeared as a til he was elected a judge in commentator on major news the Allegheny County Court networks. of Common Pleas. His lec- Students speakers at the ture will focus on the topic Martin Luther King Jr. ad- of court processes in dealing Jonathan Carreon/Photo Staff dress include junior philoso- with offenders and their rein- Carnegie Mellon’s Greek community hosted a “Greek Meet and Greet” event last Thursday in Rangos Hall to promote participation in campus Greek tegration into society. life. Representatives from every fraternity and sorority on campus came together to answers questions about Greek life and talk about the benefi ts of phy and statistics major Mag- going Greek. The event was held as a way of formally introducing Spring Rush 2011 for the Greek community to the rest of campus. gie Soderholm and Heinz The institute is a non- graduate student Appiah credit program supported Adomako. and chartered by Carnegie Mellon for any adult in the Pittsburgh area. “Event Maps: A Collaborative Calendaring Campus Crime & Incident Reports “How to Build a Better System for Navigating Theft Medical Emergency Theft Burglary in Progress Large-Scale Events” Brain” Thursday at 5 p.m. Jan. 7, 2011 Jan. 8, 2011 Jan. 10, 2011 Jan. 11, 2011 Wednesday at 4 p.m. Rashid Auditorium Newell-Simon Hall 1305 Carnegie Mellon police City of Pittsburgh med- Offi cers were called to University Police respond- (Gates 4401) responded to the Quiznos at ics and offi cers responded to Morewood Gardens E Tower ed to Roselawn Terrace for a This Human-Computer The panel will discuss re- the corner of South Craig and a man calling from Shirley for a report of a stolen wallet. report of a burglary in prog- Interaction Institute Seminar search at Carnegie Mellon Filmore streets after a report Apartments. The man was lo- The student received an ress. No actor was found on will feature speaker Jingtao that is examining the brain, that a charity collection box cated and found to be breath- e-mail stating that her wallet scene. Upon further investiga- Wang, an assistant profes- mind, and how it learns sci- was stolen from the restau- ing but unresponsive. He was had been found and left at the tion, it was found that a win- sor at the University of Pitts- ence. This interdisciplinary rant’s front counter. Offi cers taken to UPMC Presbyterian Morewood desk, but the cash dow was broken with a brick burgh. Wang’s primary re- panel will be comprised of retrieved footage from secu- Hospital for treatment. was missing from it when she and a trace of blood evidence search is in human-computer Carnegie Mellon faculty: rity cameras, and the case is retrieved it. was left at the scene. The case interaction (HCI). Marcel Just of the psychology still under investigation. is still under investigation. His current research in- department, Human-Com- Public Intoxication cludes education and learn- Jan. 9, 2011 puter Interaction Institute Di- Odor of Marijuana ing technology, social com- Odor of Marijuana Theft rector Justine Cassell, biology During routine patrol, of- Jan. 10, 2011 puting, machine learning Jan. 8, 2011 Jan. 12, 2011 department head Nathan Ur- and its applications in HCI, fi cers stopped a female who Campus police responded ban, and Michael J. Tarr, co- novel input and interaction Offi cers were called to had fallen while walking on to Donner House for a report Offi cers responded to the director of the Center for the techniques, and online hand- Donner House on a report of South Craig Street. It was of an odor of marijuana. Collaborative Innovation Cen- Neural Basis of Cognition. writing and gesture recogni- an odor of marijuana. Upon determined that the student No evidence of marijuana ter’s security desk on a report The discussion will be tion algorithms. Event Maps further investigation, mari- was intoxicated. A friend was was found. of a stolen laptop. The victim moderated by Executive Vice is aimed at improving the juana and paraphernalia were called to pick her up and safe- stated that his laptop had been President and Provost Mark experience of large-scale, confi scated, and fi ve citations ly escort her home. Two cita- taken from his workstation in S. Kamlet. multi-track conferences for were issued. tions were issued. the Information Networking both event attendees and or- Institute building. The case is Compiled by still under investigation. ganizers. SARAH ZAKRAJSEK The interactive Web-based

Corrections & the Roy A. Hunt Founda- WEATHER Clarifi cations tion.

The article “Hunt Li- brary interior lighting to be addressed following exterior redesign” (News, Nov. 22, 2010) incorrectly stated that the library lighting was a gift from Bill Hunt. It was actually TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY funded by a grant from High / Low High / Low High / Low High / Low High / Low 40 / 33 34 / 20 24 / 14 18 / 10 19 / 18 Source: www.weather.com A3 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » January 17, 2011 Education innovations move to Day of celebration honoring MLK MLK, from A1 the economics of the civil rience that will include an Ox- increase use of online courses rights movement.... It is cool fam ‘World Hunger Banquet,’ etry Slam will occur in King’s to be at a school where these a panel dialogue with local honor at 7 p.m. in Skibo Cof- sorts of opportunities are young Pittsburgh leaders who feehouse. “The events fea- available.” Presenting along- are creating change in the city turing the arts and people side her are student speakers and an open discussion with expressing their own experi- Maggie Soderholm, a third students about their engage- ences are what I am excited year philosophy and statistics ment in social justice issues.” about,” said Adelaide Agye- double-major, and Appiah Meanwhile, “Commu- mang, a College of Fine Arts Adomako, a Heinz graduate nity Conversation: Replacing fi rst-year. “To be honest, that student. The address will be Despair and Hopelessness is where I feel [King’s] legacy followed by a reception. with Hope and Opportunity” really resonates.” Through events such as also features a panel discus- The arts are not the only “The Drum Major Instinct: a sion relating to modern civil way that Carnegie Mellon Social Justice Experiment,” rights work and racial equal- seeks to engage the campus “Community Conversation: ity (2:30–4 p.m., McConomy community with King’s mem- Replacing Despair and Hope- Auditorium). ory. A keynote address, titled lessness with Hope and Op- From 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., ‘The Economic Legacy of Dr. portunity,” and a candlelight the Carnegie Mellon Book- Martin Luther King, Jr.’ will procession in honor of the store and Hunt Library will be presented by Dr. Julianne civil rights movement, partici- also be featuring relevant lit- Malveaux at 5 p.m. in Rangos pants have the opportunity to erary works, documentaries Hall. consider new ways to pro- will be screening in the fi rst Malveaux is currently the mote civil rights within the and second fl oor lobbies of president of Bennett Col- Pittsburgh community. the University Center, and art- Maria Raffaele/Art Staff OLI, from A1 lege for Women. According “The Drum Major Instinct: work by the 4th grade class at the Massachusetts Institute of semester’s tuition. Further- to her website, www.julianne a Social Justice Experiment” Lindon Academy will be dis- Technology (MIT), which is more, textbook publishers malveaux.com, she is “recog- features a lunch and panel played in the fi rst fl oor of the was taught through online tied for a No. 1 ranking in com- compete with non-profi t de- nized for her progressive and hosted from 1–3 p.m. in Pe- University Center. modules and homework as- puter science, have developed velopers such as WileyPlus, insightful observations.” ter/Wright/McKenna. The fo- All events are open to Car- signments with supplemen- over 2,000 free online courses which offers online supple- Laura Hammel, a fi rst-year cus is on motivating commu- negie Mellon students and the tary instruction. No textbook that offer lectures, assign- ments for courses like Differ- math major, plans to attend, nity members to take action greater Pittsburgh community was required. “The main chal- ments, and quizzes through ential Equations for $82.95. “I had never really considered through “an interactive expe- free of charge. lenge with the accelerated the OpenCourseWare (OCW) The article suggests students course was the mental prep- site at www.ocw.mit.edu. in two-year colleges in Wash- aration for realizing that it MIT is quoted alongside ington will only pay $30 for was, in fact, accelerated,” said Carnegie Mellon in the Chron- access to the Open Course Li- Diana Ramos, a junior history icle of Higher Education’s brary, which will provide all Bridging gap between campuses and psychology major. article as providing a “smor- educational materials. QATAR, from A1 located in Qatar. “There are between the two campuses. It With different courses gasbord” of supplementary The future of education hopes that this will become would be wonderful for stu- come varying challenges. material. may reside in discovery, but provide ongoing assistance a joint programming space dents to have a similar expe- No individual student learns However, the two univer- the way in which knowledge with creating ongoing and and a venue for students who rience in meeting Qatari stu- in exactly the same fashion. sities differ in that Carnegie is conveyed is yet to be deter- ever-changing displays,” Abel are involved with IMPAQT to dents on campus,” Nadamuni However, the future of learn- Mellon hones in on interac- mined. Yaron’s group suggests said. “It is also our hope that engage with students in Pitts- said. ing seems to reside in the tive online modules and pro- a modern alternative to learn- the students who visit the burgh about life in Qatar. It Tarik Raed, an alumnus of hands of instructional tech- grams like the Virtual Lab. ing: hybrid courses (like the Pittsburgh campus from Doha should also be a comfortable the IMPAQT program and a nologists, groups like Yaron’s The OLI Dashboard also pro- accelerated statistics course), will feel welcomed and enjoy reminder of home for stu- senior in business administra- that work with the OLI to de- vides students and instructors in which students participate seeing a part of CMU-Q in dents from the Qatar campus tion, agreed and commented velop online materials. with real-time feedback about in traditional lectures but re- Pittsburgh.” when they are visiting Pitts- that “through dialogue and Today, a direct link be- progress and learning goals. inforce knowledge through Turning this interaction burgh,” said Bryan Koval, the exposure, the Qatar Room tween Washington educa- The selling point? In the interactive computer-based into a reality has involved the housefellow for Resnik. will help to bridge the gap be- tors and Yaron’s group exists article, Cable Green of the supplements. commitment of Housing and Mridula Nadamuni, a tween the two campuses and through letters of support for Washington State Board for The question remains: Dining Services, students and sophomore in biological sci- allow students to understand future grants with statements Community & Technical Col- How long will it take Wash- staff from both campuses, and ences, had such a chance to that the CMU community such as, “Your proposed mate- leges says students pay $1,000 ington to implement the Open Media Technology Services meet several Qatari students stretches across the globe. The rials fi t in well with the goals a year for books. At Carnegie Course Library? The website to prepare the programming on campus during the Odys- room will give students, both of the Open Course Library Mellon, students taking an in- is up, with instructors work- and video conferencing equip- sey Program for sophomores in Pittsburgh and in Qatar, Project and my introductory troductory chemistry course ing diligently to collaborate ment. As part of the partner the fi rst week of January. the opportunity to hear about chemistry courses at Bellevue can expect to pay between with institutions like Carnegie program, Tucker has also “I think it’s a great idea each others’ experiences and College.” $88 and $180 for a textbook, Mellon. Textbook publishers, presented the idea of a part- because it will be one more connect in ways that they pre- Other universities such as in addition to $20,750 for a beware. ner “Pittsburgh” room to be step toward bridging the gap viously could not.”

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Study evaluates the impacts of different hybrid-electric vehicles DANIEL TKACIK tailpipe. Emissions are re- compared vehicles that were timal. Congress members in Wash- Staffwriter leased many times during the essentially identical in every Quantifying all In an interview with the ington to make sure that peo- life cycle of an electric vehicle: way except for the power- website Electric Vehicle World, ple who are involved with en- With the introduction of from smokestacks of factories train options; thus, any effects of the benefi ts Michalek explained, “It will be ergy policymaking are aware vehicles such as the Chevrolet that make the vehicles, as well that resulted from a change will help us a good transition for people to of the fi ndings. Spreading this Volt, Nissan Leaf, and Toyota as the power plants that make in battery properties could start buying these HEVs and knowledge to make policymak- Prius, you now have a handful the electricity to charge the ve- be assigned to that particular determine PHEVs with smaller battery ers and the public more aware of choices of hybrid-electric hicle. Michalek explains that change. packs because batteries will of the available technology is vehicles. If the motivation for switching from a gasoline to The results of this study, as a society start being produced more important in moving society these vehicles is reducing our a plug-in vehicle changes the which were recently published whether or frequently, and we can move toward a more sustainable dependence on oil, how do types of emissions and where in the Journal of Mechanical quicker down the battery way of living. The next step, they compare to one another? they are released. Design, found that the size of not it is worth learning curve and hopefully Michalek said, will be in esti- What about reducing green- “The nice thing about elec- the battery pack played an the switch make them cheaper.” As the mating the value of the ben- house gas emissions? And on tricity is that you can make it important role in greenhouse technology on battery produc- efi ts of electric vehicles. Quan- top of all of this, are the costs in lots of different ways and in gas emissions and cost. Larg- to a more tion improves, larger battery tifying all of the benefi ts will worth the benefi ts? Given the different locations. Gasoline er battery packs allow more electricity- packs would therefore become help us determine as a society potentially harmful environ- comes from oil. Sure, you can miles to be driven on electric- more economical and have an whether or not it is worth the mental impacts of continuing make it synthetically, but it ity, but those additional miles based even larger impact on green- switch to a more electricity- an oil- and gasoline-based au- basically comes from oil. Elec- do not outweigh the amount house gas emissions. based automobile market. tomobile industry, a professor tricity can be made in so many of greenhouse gas emissions automobile Michalek has at Carnegie Mellon has been different ways, including associated with the produc- market. presented pol- working to answer these ques- renewable ways,” Michalek tion of those batteries. Smaller icy briefs to tions. said. battery packs, however, allow Jeremy Michalek, a profes- Through the use of op- fewer miles to be driven on the battery. Therefore, con- sor in the departments of engi- timization models, he and electricity, but are signifi cant- sidering both economics and neering and public policy and his research group looked at ly cheaper, so there is a larger greenhouse gas emissions, a mechanical engineering, has which combination of battery reduction in greenhouse gas moderate- to small-sized bat- been working with colleagues properties — like type, ca- emissions per dollar spent on tery pack was found to be op- to study the various effects pacity, and operating method of driving hybrid electric ve- — resulted in the best bal- hicles (HEVs) and plug-in hy- ance between greenhouse brid electric vehicles (PHEVs) gas emissions and cost. They on the environment. They are interested in the benefi ts as well as the disadvantages, which may vary depending on numerous factors such as bat- tery type, distance driven, and where the electricity used to charge the car battery comes from. Something that the aver- age consumer may not think about is that the emissions associated with driving these electric vehicles include more Justin Lin than what comes out of the /Art Staff

HOW THINGS WORK 3-D technology adapted for televisions and home usage NIHARIKA SINGH been around since the inven- thinking it is looking at a 3-D many decades, but are only do this are called the parallax tracking software completely, Junior Staffwriter tion of stereo photography in picture. These new 3-D tech- becoming popular now, due to barrier and lenticular lens. In even though this method re- 1833, where a single picture nologies can broadly be di- the growing production of 3-D the parallax barrier method, a quires more computing power Who doesn’t remember was captured from two slight- vided into two groups: those television sets. barrier is created between the to be present in the television. their fi rst time going to a 3-D ly different angles and then that need the viewer to wear Autostereoscopic displays display and the eyes. This bar- This extra computing power movie and being astounded put together in such a way as glasses, and those that do not use many techniques to pro- rier makes sure that each eye is then used to project light to by the objects fl ying out of to fool the eye into thinking require any additional hard- duce the effect of 3-D vision. receives light from alternating several different viewpoints the screen? Now, scientifi c it was looking at a scene with ware to be used. The more These displays fool the eye pixels on the screen, so that at the same time, allowing advancement has found a way depth. popular form of displays are into thinking that a 2-D image each eye can receive a slightly the eye to move around in the to bring the same wonder into Technology has obviously ones that do not require glass- is actually 3-D by making each different picture. These types viewing area and not lose the living rooms through the rap- come a long way since then, es or fi lters. These are called eye see a slightly different im- of televisions can function as 3-D picture. This method can id advance of 3-D technology. now utilizing many different “autostereoscopic” displays. age to create the illusion of regular 2-D displays, as the accommodate a large number The idea of 3-D pictures has methods to fool the eye into They have been around for depth. The two main ways to parallax barrier can simply be of different viewing angles. disabled by having a current However, this process is ac- passed through it to display companied by a loss in resolu- the pictures normally. In the tion. lenticular lens method, small 3-D televisions are already lenses are attached to the gaining popularity among sev- screen, and these direct the eral television manufacturers light from the television into a who plan to make 3-D televi- defi ned optimal viewing area sions cheaper and more acces- where the eyes can look to see sible for the public. Many tele- a 3-D image. Obviously, both vision shows have also started of these methods depend upon providing 3-D versions; one of the eyes being in a pre-defi ned the more notable 3-D televi- area if the viewer wishes to see sion broadcasts was the 2010 a 3-D image. However, real FIFA World Cup. Although 3-D viewers do not always sit in technology is not just limited the same place to watch tele- to TVs — gadgets such as the vision. This diffi culty has been Nintendo 3DS and 3-D laptops eliminated by the television have been developed — their manufacturers by including rapid technological advance- head or eye-tracking software ment is spurred by high de- with their televisions. mand and a wave of 3-D mov- Another way manufactur- ies in theaters. Now people ers have been able to make au- have the choice to be able to tostereoscopic displays more experience the magic of seeing technologically advanced is a 3-D movie in the comfort of Photo Illustration by Tommy Hofman/Photo Editor by removing the need for head their own home.

SCITECH BRIEFS Facebook moves all Vaccine and autism Verizon network to Painkillers receive MySpace cuts staff Earth’s orbit causes users to new profi le study is a fraud add iPhone FDA limits by half change in zodiac While Facebook has been A study led by Andrew In a move anticipated for The Food and Drug Ad- Pioneering social network A physical phenomenon migrating its users to its new Wakefi eld and published in months, Verizon Wireless and ministration announced on MySpace announced Tuesday known as precession has profi le since last December, the The Lancet, a leading Brit- Apple Inc. announced Tues- Thursday that it would limit that 500 jobs — equivalent to forced astrologers to add a new change became mandatory for ish medical journal, in 1998 day that Apple’s iPhone 4 the amount of acetaminophen almost 50 percent of the com- sign to the zodiac. Precession all users last Wednesday. The claimed to link the common would shortly be available for contained in several prescrip- pany’s worldwide employees is a consequence of the moon’s new profi le removes the tabs vaccine for measles, mumps, use on the Verizon network. tion painkillers. An overdose — would be cut as it attempts gravity affecting the Earth’s in a user’s profi le in favor of a and rubella (MMR) to autism This marks the fi rst time that of acetaminophen — which is to restructure itself. Though orbit, in which the Earth’s axis category listing below the pro- in children. Since that time, the iPhone will be usable in found in Tylenol, Vicodin, and MySpace was once the pre- “wobbles” over time. A com- fi le picture, and it no longer Wakefi eld’s fi ndings have been the United States on a carrier Percocet, among other medi- mier social network, it has plete rotation of the axis takes displays a user’s current status criticized, and the scientifi c other than AT&T. It will be in cations — can cause severe largely been replaced by Face- 26,000 years. This means that next to his or her name. The community has claimed that stores in early February. The liver damage. Damage is more book, and in recent years the views of the night sky change, more controversial changes in his research practices did not Verizon iPhone 4 will use the likely when the ingredient site has struggled to differenti- which means that zodiac signs the new profi le include high- meet acceptable standards. In 3G CDMA network, rather is combined with alcohol or ate itself. News Corp., which is change as well. The new sign lighting personal information a new development, though, than the 4G LTE network, other drugs, such as codeine. run by Rupert Murdoch, is the is called Ophiuchus. — birth date, location, and the The Lancet itself denounced which is faster and allows for Such prescription medica- parent company of MySpace, Source: Space.com like — at the top of the main Wakefi eld’s study as a fraud. simultaneous data and voice tions will also be required to and reports indicate that it is profi le page. A report by journalist Brian communications. have a warning label. Over- looking for opportunities to Source: The Washington Post Deer found that the medical Source: The Washington Post the-counter medications such sell the website. histories of the children in the as normal Tylenol will not be Source: Los Angeles Times study had been fabricated. affected. Source: The New York Times Source: BusinessWeek Compiled By MICHAEL KAHN January 17, 2011 « The Tartan thetartan.org/scitech » A5 Researchers fi nd evolving dialects using Twitter Words unique to geographical regions Using a sample of 15 percent of public tweets during a one-week span last March, researchers were able to isolate certain slang words exclusive to urban areas.

New York: Northern gna California: suttin Northeast hella uu Corridor: koo datz mayb smh deadass odee

Southern California: coo af

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COURTNEY CHIN Xing, an associate professor of lic tweets) the two then sepa- the dialect start in urban cen- things how you speak, and for random variables that do SciTech Editor machine learning, and Noah rated out messages with URLs, ters and expand outward, or no one tells [you] how to use not relate to a region’s dialect. A. Smith, assistant professor as they could be a source of does it move from city to city? Twitter. You can use things like In one instance, the Oklahoma When one thinks of dia- at the Language Technologies spam, and tweets not in the Change over time comes from vowel changes or small stuff Thunder played two games lects of a language, one usu- Institute. contiguous United States. the upper-working class and that don’t make it into formal against the Sacramento Kings, ally thinks of spoken varia- Eisenstein and O’Connor After gathering data for a moves up, Eisenstein said, and writing that can quite conceiv- which accounted for why tions that evolve from factors provided background on the week and sorting the data ac- could provide an entry point ably appear in Twitter.” “thunder” was a dialect mark- such as geographic location project and its objectives. cording to geographical and for changes in language. While Besides accounting for er for the Northern California or social class. However, Twit- “[This could tell us] what subject markers, the team children learn how to write high-usage words, the team region. ter has provided two Carnegie language variations mean, was able to create a rough from school, they learn how to also had to consider which “If you did a more longitu- Mellon researchers and their and if this is a random phe- breakdown of words unique speak from their parents. parts of their data were rel- dinal sample over the course advising professors with the nomena that rises and peters to urban centers of the United “When you look at Twit- evant to a sustained change of the year, presumably you opportunity to study distinct out — or is there some con- States, such as New York City, ter as a whole, it’s a lot more over time. wouldn’t see that,” he said. dialects evolving from the scious or subconscious desire Northern California, Atlanta, diverse with respect to age,” In reference to an acro- Another marker that was ex- 140-character updates of fre- that people have to distinguish and New England. For in- Eisenstein said. “It’s not a nym found on the East Coast, clusive to the Lake Erie region quent Twitter users. their communities by the way stance, New York users often bunch of teenagers, but when Eisenstein explained, “Here is was “Bieber.” Whether this is Since Twitter is a conver- to speak, and is that inher- tweeted “suttin” instead of you [fi rst] post from cell a word that only occurs in New an anomaly or not is yet to be sational social medium, users ent to language?” Eisenstein “something” whereas tweets phones and [second] post a York or only in Pennsylvania, determined. are more likely to spell words said. containing the words “hella” billion messages, that may be and you have to ask yourself, Change on Twitter happens as they are pronounced, thus Over the course of a week and “koo” often originated in what gives us a bias to have is this a stable variation...? a lot faster than in other me- giving Jacob Eisenstein and last March, Eisenstein and Northern California. sort of younger people in our When we look at this a year dia, and could allow research- Brendan O’Connor, a post- O’Connor gathered tweets In order to sift through the data.” from now, is it still going to be ers to study changes in real doctoral fellow and doctorate from 9,500 users who updated tweets, the pair used math- O’Connor added, “Because the case that we only see it in time. While studies about lan- student in the Machine Learn- at least 40 times a day and ematical models and statisti- Twitter is a very informal form this part of the country, or will guage changes on Twitter are ing Department, respectively, had no more than 1,000 users cal distributions to unveil the of writing, it’s better at get- is spread to the whole country, still early, such fi ndings could the chance to study this phe- and followers. With a base of regional dialects. One model ting these changes in casual or will it completely disappear provide further insight into nomenon. Two other co-au- 380,000 total tweets (or ap- they considered was change language than other forms of off the map?” linguistics and the evolution thors on their paper are Eric P. proximately 15 parents of pub- over time. For instance, does writing, because you can spell Eisenstein also accounted of culture.

HEALTH TALK Avoid hypothermia by staying warm; alcohol accelerates heat loss BRIAN LEE cesses in the body regulate the muscles to shiver. mind. As blood fl ow becomes him or her. The body should a result, body heat is lost at a Staffwriter internal temperature, but the Most of the body’s heat is restricted, the brain’s reason- be gradually heated. In many faster rate. body cannot compensate for lost through the skin. There- ing ability decreases. Since the cases, frostbite occurs along While hypothermia is a As the snowy weather extremely cold temperatures. fore, as the body’s tempera- onset of hypothermia is gradu- with hypothermia, so heat medical emergency, it has its shows no signs of letting up, If the body’s internal tempera- ture decreases, blood is rout- al, a hypothermic person may should not directly be applied use in medical procedures. students are constantly re- ture drops below 95°F, this ed through vessels that are not even realize he or she is to the body. One of these procedures is minded of one aspect of winter becomes a medical emergency further from the skin, which in danger. Other symptoms of Everybody gets cold, but called therapeutic hypotherm- — it’s very cold outside. And known as hypothermia, ac- prevents rapid heat loss. In ad- hypothermia include hunger, certain people are more sus- ia, which is usually performed even when proper measures cording to Mayo Clinic. dition, the more vital organs, nausea, confusion, lethargy, ceptible to heat loss than oth- on patients who have suffered are taken to stay warm, such The part of the brain that such as the heart, lungs, and and slurred speech, according ers. Children and the elderly from a heart attack. If the body as bundling up and hurrying regulates body temperature is brain, receive greater amounts to www.medicinenet.com. If cannot generate heat effi cient- is cooled to a temperature to class, cold weather poses a the hypothalamus, which both of blood, while limbs and ex- a person’s body temperature ly, and infants, who have pro- around 93.2°F after it has suf- health risk to those who are obtains temperature data from tremities receive less. When drops too low, he or she may portionally large heads, lose fered from a heart attack, sur- forced to stay outside for long the body and sends instruc- the body’s core temperature lose consciousness and fall heat quickly. Alcohol seems vival rates have been shown periods of time. tions back, as stated in an arti- decreases enough, blood fl ow, into a coma. In addition, low to make the body warmer, but to increase, and the patients Many people believe the cle on www.medicinenet.com. and therefore oxygen delivery, temperatures cause the heart the opposite is true; alcohol show a greater amount of re- human body is always at For example, when we are may be so limited to certain to beat abnormally, resulting causes blood vessels to dilate, covery. a constant 98.6°F, but the feeling cold, the hypothalamus organs that they begin to fail. in cardiac arrest. which forces blood nearer to Hypothermia is dangerous, body’s internal temperature recognizes that body tempera- Hypothermia is dangerous Treatment for hypothermia the surface of the skin. In ad- but can easily be prevented normally fl uctuates between ture must be increased. Thus, not only because of its effects involves moving the victim to dition, alcohol diminishes the by using common sense and 98°F and 100°F. Various pro- it may respond by telling our on the body, but also on the a warm place and covering amount the body shivers. As avoiding harsh weather.

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FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD LETTER TO THE EDITOR Hunt Foundation funded library lighting changes Thank you for your continued Popowich said.” coverage of the Hunt Library light- We ask that you ing project. We are writing to point 1. Correct the error in the online out a serious factual error in the story immediately, and note that the story published on Nov. 22, 2010 article has been corrected (“Hunt Library interior lighting to 2. Print a correction in the next be addressed following exterior re- publication of The Tartan design”). That is, Bill Hunt did NOT 3. Publish the content of this pay for the exterior lighting. message as a Letter to the Editor in As written, the third paragraph the same issue as the correction is states, “The lights are a gift from printed. Roy Hunt’s grandson, Bill Hunt, Again, we appreciate your re- who pointed out that the building porting on developments in Hunt was only visible half the time.” Library, and there are more good A way to incorporate the neces- stories to be told. We are actively sary correction would be to end the working with students and continu- second paragraph with this sen- ally upgrading University Libraries tence: “The lights were paid for by facilities in response to student re- a grant from the Roy A. Hunt Foun- quests, as projects are prioritized by dation.” our SAC and Help Hunt folks, and as Sibel Ergener/Art Staff And to edit the third paragraph funding is available. Next semester, as follows: “The story began when we would like to meet and talk with Roy Hunt’s grandson, Bill Hunt, you about the latest news, plans, Sudan referendum could signal end to long confl ict pointed out that the view across and projects on the immediate ho- campus would be enhanced if all the rizon. During the past week, the country 50 years of near-constant turmoil. elections were conducted. lights in Hunt Library were turned of Sudan voted on whether the south- In addition, many argue that Should independence be, as ex- on. ‘Like many campus buildings, Gloriana St. Clair ern region of the country should se- northern Sudan is taking advantage pected, the offi cial outcome of the the library disappears structurally Dean of University Libraries cede from the north. This referendum of the abundant natural resources in referendum, we expect to see a new at night. All you are seeing are the on southern independence was one of the south while reciprocating with country this summer. Some leaders fl uorescent lights inside, and then Erika Linke the requirements of the 2005 peace very little in terms of development, such as Sudanese President Omar you’re seeing half the building dark,’ Associate Dean of University Libraries agreement that brought an end to a infrastructure, education, and health al-Bashir suggest that the separa- two-decade civil war. We hope that care. The inequality begs for a better tion will result in instability and slow last week’s referendum will bring to solution; we believe this solution is progress toward development. COMMUNITY OPINIONS a fi nal close what has been a long and separation. We acknowledge that a transition bloody confl ict. Indeed, the vote was Consistent with general expecta- to independence will be diffi cult for conducted without the violence that tions, the initial returns from voting the southern Sudanese people to ac- Winter can be a time of has often plagued Sudan and other are in favor of secession. The only complish: Even though the majority divided countries in the past. impediment to the success of the in- of the natural resources in Sudan are Sudan was originally pieced to- dependence movement seemed to located in the south, the region has joy in spite of weather gether during the European coloni- be that it required at least 60 percent not seen as much development in SAMAYA SINHA snowball fi ghts and sledding and zation of Africa, where ethnic bound- of the registered voters to take part. sanitation or education as the rest of snow angels. It is the time for folly aries were completely disregarded. Initial estimates have indicated that the country, and its approximately 8 The long winter days can be tire- rather than seriousness — a brief, Most northern Sudanese are Muslim, an overwhelming majority of south- million citizens have a very low stan- some — trudging through the snow secondary childhood. It is the whereas southerners tend to embrace ern Sudanese voters participated in dard of living with minimal health with a runny nose, chapped lips, time to remember the sensation of Christianity and animist religions. the election, and we are thrilled by care. However, the separation of the hands stuffed in pockets, and wind molding fl uffy snow into tiny balls, The differences between the two this expression of popular support, as two halves of the country is the best piercing through jackets and sweat- poised to throw them at others in have led to much confl ict, resulting in well as the peaceful way in which the option given their history of confl ict. ers. The sky, always a dull gray or merriment. It is the time to recollect pearly white sheet, mirrors the lay- the feeling of slipping and sliding ers of powdery snow below. There through the soft, moist snow on a Politicians, media should follow Giffords’ example is not even one glimpse of the sun. sled or on a tray or with a trash bag, The winter months are particularly with the air whooshing past with In the nine days since the horrifi c to convince any observer that this Instead of linking their pleas for trying, almost depressing. great fury. It is a time of creativity, shooting in Tucson, Ariz., Ameri- attack was not the result of twisted political moderation to Loughner, Yet there is also something en- shaping snowmen from powder and cans have tried to make sense of the political messages or campaign com- public fi gures should instead use Gif- chanting about the winter, despite using peppers, carrots, and olives tragedy. Journalists, politicians, and mercials taken too literally. It was, fords herself as an inspiration. She is its harshness. There is that excite- for its smiling face. others have debated possible causes, in the truest sense of the word, the a Democrat in a conservative district, ment in the air when awaiting the However, why is it so hard to trying to fi nd sense in a senseless vi- work of a madman. Sarah Palin, and she has consistently put service fi rst snowfall of the season — a throw off the mask of propriety, of olent act. There are, no doubt, many whose commercial drew crosshairs over politics. If Giffords makes a sig- lingering expectation. There is that seriousness, of adulthood, in favor lessons to be learned from that fate- over Giffords’ district, and Shar- nifi cant recovery, which we sincerely sense of pure joy upon catching a of becoming a child once more? ful Saturday. However, many public ron Angle, who advocated “Second hope she does, we do not expect her snowfl ake on a gloved hand and There is that lack of spontaneity and offi cials and media personalities Amendment remedies” in the event to blame some other politician or watching its unique pattern wilt wonder as reality creeps through have already tarnished the memo- of her election loss, cannot be held pundit for the tragedy. We expect into the fabric. There is that feeling childhood dreams and fantasies — ries of the victims by spouting their accountable for Loughner’s actions. her to continue, as she has always of warmth upon drinking a cup of the reality of responsibility. It is for own agendas. There have been and will be acts done, to serve her constituents and coffee while struggling through the this reason that this is the season to Authorities’ investigations into of politically motivated violence the United States to the best of her snow and the wind, clasping the hot rediscover those youthful notions, the background of Jared Loughner caused by these words and those of ability, without regard for media at- cup in frozen hands. This is when to become nostalgic for those enjoy- — who allegedly shot Rep. Gabrielle other demagogues like Glenn Beck tention or front-page headlines. It winter is beautiful. ments and amusements. Giffords (D–Ariz.), killed six people, and Keith Olbermann. Tucson was is an example that others would do It is the beauty of winter that Memory has that strange way of and wounded 13 more — are enough not among them. well to follow. helps with overcoming its very dulling the unpleasant while em- harshness. It is the time to recall phasizing the pleasures of the past. It is for this reason that it is so im- County Port Authority made sensible fi scal decision portant to live within the present, to embrace all the possibilities of In December, the Port Author- Last year’s emergency money Rendell’s current $45 million for an a winter day, despite its seeming ity of Allegheny County received would have been enough to keep the extra year by announcing a smaller dreariness. A winter day — a time millions of dollars in supplemental Port Authority funded at current ser- round of service cuts for March. This for a good book and a cup of tea, a funding. In January, it announced a vice levels until June, but then the gives both the county and the state hike, a meeting with friends, discov- 15 percent service cut. It sounds con- cycle of begging and bailouts would government until July 2012 to devise ering new places, fi nding new ideas, tradictory, but represents the best fi - only have begun again — this time a long-term solution to the Port Au- meeting new people, searching for nancial planning we have seen from with incoming Gov. Tom Corbett and thority’s consistent woes. all the small, amazing things about the authority in recent years. a new state legislature barely settled If anything is clear, it is that the an ordinary, mundane day. It is The Port Authority has been re- into their offi ces in Harrisburg. Fur- transit authority, county, and state those tiny things that make each day quiring regular bailouts since long thermore, with the state government must fi nd a long-term solution. unique — a smile, a thought, a hug, before the term made its appearance facing its own $4 billion projected While any transit cuts now are cer- a look, a glimpse, a glance, a group, in the national conversation. Penn- budget defi cit, it is unlikely that tainly frustrating, the Port Authority a friendship, a sudden recollection, sylvania Gov. Ed Rendell repeatedly anyone in Harrisburg would be able cannot indefi nitely maintain a miser- the dawning of a new idea, seeing sent emergency funding to the Port to address the Port Authority crisis able existence by subsisting on year- something in a new light for the fi rst Authority to help it survive 2004, in a reasonable manner this year. to-year emergency bailouts. Though time. This is when an ordinary, hard 2005, and 2006. In 2007, the Allegh- Without help, the authority would we may grumble when our 71A takes winter day transforms into a gem, eny County Council passed the infa- be forced to cut bus service by more longer to arrive or when the 28X something to embrace and look for- mous alcoholic beverage tax for the than a third. goes through Robinson again come ward to — an opportunity. transit agency’s benefi t. And the gov- Faced with that uninviting pic- March, we should accept the incon- Jonathan Carreon/Photo Staff ernor came to the rescue again last ture, the Port Authority instead made venience if it means our buses will Snowball fi ghts are one way to enjoy the Samaya Sinha year with another $45 million. the sound decision to stretch out continue to come at all. seemingly endless winter season. CIT 2014

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LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES College ACB leaves users vulnerable to libel Tartan trending fodder, to name a few. It’s a eral posts for deletion at a time. The least, and fi nes at the very worst. In site that runs somewhere in between person reporting the posts must also the interests of self-preservation, if the humble pensiveness of Montaigne be the one defamed by them; simply nothing else, the potential cost seems additions to and the collective trash of a service reporting libelous posts won’t work. intimidatingly large. KATIE CHIRONIS like 4chan. Despite this system, there is a very The important question here is help serve The problem for users of College real possibility that legal action may simple. Despite all the negative press, It began with JuicyCampus. ACB lies in one word: libel. Com- be taken. The Communications De- is this service worth keeping? Is free Suddenly, the idea of an anonymous ments printed about an individual cency Act protects the owners of the speech meant to harm another a tool readers Internet forum didn’t seem so strange, that are untrue and are defamatory site themselves from directly being worth protecting or something worth with a simple modus operandi: Give can be pursued by that person in a sued; however, if they wish to avoid inhibiting? That’s the debate that this college students a place to talk court of law — and the site can be being complicit in a John Doe lawsuit, campus’s participating community about anything (or anyone) without served a subpoena for a poster’s per- they’ll be asked to provide the offend- ultimately needs to have with itself. If MICHAEL KAHN fear of repercussions. Then in 2009 sonal information. ing poster’s personal information (in- there is one thing we must rejoice in, JuicyCampus closed, and College cluding the poster’s IP address). it is that the Internet is such a venue Welcome back, Tartan readers ACB moved into the void left behind. Comments printed Posting from the comparative of freedom that sites such as this one new and old. It’s been steadily growing in use ever anonymity of a public station such are available unhindered. Some col- Some of you may know that since, with an explosion of activity about an individual as a cluster is no safe haven, either. If lege campuses have called for bans of The Tartan’s leadership changes on Carnegie Mellon’s board over the that are untrue and asked to produce personal informa- College ACB on their networks; oth- every calendar year, and, as the past three months. tion for legal purposes, “Computing ers such as Cornell University have new editor-in-chief, I wanted to The concept, on the surface, is are defamatory can Services would be able to identify seen students moving to boycott the use this space to give you a pre- surprisingly liberating. Students can be pursued ... in a the account or accounts being used site. Even if the site were to be cen- view of some of the new and excit- post topics complaining about a fel- on the machine at a given time,” said sored or banned at Carnegie Mellon, ing changes we have planned for low student, an organization, a class, court of law.... John Lerchey, a representative of would that be enough, and would 2011. I am not writing this simply or an RA — all without fear of being Carnegie Mellon’s Information Se- anything really change? to tell, though. I am writing be- held accountable for their comments. curity Offi ce. “On machines like the It may simply be that, given the cause I want you, the students, Fraternities and sororities are also College ACB does offer an inter- UNIX servers where multiple users availability — or at least the appear- faculty, staff, administration, and at the center of many discussions. nal moderation service, but its ef- access the machine remotely simul- ance — of anonymity, human nature alumni of Carnegie Mellon Univer- However, College ACB’s problems fectiveness is questionable. “Any post taneously, we would likely be able to calls for us to exploit it to the fullest. sity, to respond. are immediately visible with only a that might be threatening, libelous, provide a list of users that were on the Yet it is in each individual’s best self- The biggest and most obvious brief glance. An average post from or otherwise illegal is immediately system at the time.” The moral of the interest to determine whether the change in the coming months will the Carnegie Mellon board is slightly brought to the webmaster’s atten- story? No place on campus — or on price his or her words might carry are be to The Tartan Online. We have ridiculous, sometimes amusing — tion,” wrote Peter Frank, the site’s op- a personal computer, for that matter worth more than the alternative: a spent the last several months re- and sometimes outright defamatory. erator, in the site’s fi rst press release. — is entirely anonymous. The price more powerful statement of silence. designing thetartan.org from the Topics such as “Frats that haze vs However, the notifi cation function of an insult to a member of the cam- ground up to be more useful to frats that dont [sic]” and “are there often takes days to carry through, pus community could be thousands Katie Chironis (kchironi@) is copy you, our readers. any hot Indians at Carnegie” are the and it can often only nominate sev- of dollars in attorney fees at the very manager for The Tartan. Not only has the visual design been completely changed, but the new site will be more navigable, and it will refl ect that the mem- West’s new ‘Monster’ full of murder and misogyny bers of our staff are your friends and colleagues. clip ends in the fi nal video. You will be able to fi nd all the I crossed the line. columns by the TA for your physics Arguments have been made that course and all the photos from that this is West’s attempt to cross the guy you sit next to in economics. line, and I get that. The video is pri- It will be easier to fi nd informa- COURTNEY WITTEKIND marily about shock value, an attempt tion, and, just as importantly, it to enter back into the spotlight, re- will be easier to interact with our A clip of Kanye West’s newest charge the debate that often follows staff and the rest of the university music video, “Monster,” was leaked him — whether it is sparked by call- community. We expect to launch this week, quickly attracting the at- ing former President George W. Bush the new site within the coming tention of the public and the out- racist, interrupting Taylor Swift’s months. rage of many of the nation’s women. award reception, or, now, a video The new website is not the only Why? that highlights dead, drugged, or de- addition coming to The Tartan. I’m a muthaf***ing monster. capitated women. You can expect to see more pro- The short, 30-second clip from Others have supported the video, fi les of faculty and their cutting- the full-length video features, among claiming that it also plays into a his- edge research. You can expect to other images: bikini-clad, high- tory of a genre of this type of exag- see coverage of intramural and heeled women hung from the ceiling gerated horror that has existed since club sports. At the same time, we by the neck with chains; two dead Romantic literature. It can even be will continue to provide news and women in bed with one man, their argued that, like much that falls into opinion relevant to our readership. eyes glazed over as he positions their the category of Gothic horror, there This content will still be available lifeless arms around each other; a is a sense of satire about the grue- in our weekly print edition, but it woman drenched in blood, crouch- some scenes displayed. will also be accessible through in- ing over a dead man, eating his guts I smell a massacre. stant updates to our website and with her bare hands; and Kanye West While these arguments can be Adelaide Cole/Art Editor social media connections on Face- made, it is hard to move past the book and Twitter. This video ... not fact that West did not choose just eral frustration with the violence, who can service a man’s sexual Throughout our efforts this to involve corpses; he chose female nudity, and over-sexualized imagery needs, even in death. Men are bru- year, the goal is to be relevant to only glorifi es corpses, which were then sexualized, that has become the norm in much of tal and dominant, and have no em- our readers — those of you who as well as being drugged, beaten, the modern music industry. Yes, the pathy for women. Men enjoy dead are reading this column now, and women’s bodies decapitated, killed, and even eaten. video is incredibly violent; yes, the women as sex and entertainment. those who will join us in the next — it glorifi es This is gendered violence at an ex- women are undressed and featured The female body is to be devoured, 12 months. treme level. as sex objects; and yes, the lyrics seem reduced to the same status as meat. I hope that you are as excited women as objects The Coalition Against Traffi ck- to repeat the continual references to Female bodies should be displayed about these plans as I am, but I deserving of pain ing in Women (Australia), Collective bitches and hos, and of course in- before men as a great feast for their want your feedback. To that end, Shout: for a world free of sexploita- clude the obligatory references to consumption.’ ” The Tartan has for the fi rst time and suffering.... tion, and Adios Barbie sponsored male power and domination. Everybody know I’m a in several years appointed an om- a petition against the release of This video, however, crosses a muthaf***ing monster. budsman, Patrick Gage Kelley, to the video. The petition states that line. It not only glorifi es women’s The full music video can be represent the concerns of the uni- casually holding the blood-dripping, the “music industry’s portrayals of bodies — it glorifi es women as ob- viewed at www.youtube.com/ versity community. He is charged disembodied head of another wom- women’s pain, suffering, abuse, ob- jects deserving of pain and suffering, watch?v=qyB2JvMYFfE, while the not only with seeking your opin- an. jectifi cation, and victimization as deserving of silence, deserving of petition against the release and ions but with making sure that they Women hang from nooses, lie in valid forms of entertainment are not force and violence. distribution of the video can be signed are heard. You can contact him at twisted heaps, and are maneuvered, acceptable,” and demands that “Uni- As one of the best commentar- at www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ [email protected]. mutilated, and subjected to other versal Music Group and MTV combat ies on the video, written by Melinda prevent-official-release-of-kanye- I, and the rest of the editorial morbid sexual shenanigans — it only violence against women by refusing Tankard Reist, read: wests-women-hating-monster-video. staff, look forward to serving you takes about fi ve seconds of the video to support, promote, and/or give air- “Expect to hear boys singing along over the next year. to sense a theme. And I, for one, am time to West’s ‘Monster’ video.” to it soon. This is the message they Courtney Wittekind (cwitteki@) is certainly not exactly on the edge of I signed the petition, and I did so are imbibing: a contributing editor for The Tartan. Michael Kahn my seat waiting to see how the short because of much more than my gen- ‘Women are slaves and bitches She doesn’t consider herself meat. Editor-in-Chief, The Tartan

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January 17, 2011 « The Tartan thetartan.org/sports » A9 Manoli’s block secures 53–52 SPORTS COMMENTARY MLB off-season comes to an end victory for men’s basketball SPRING, from A10 able to. moves and some nonsensical The Rays have signifi cantly ones, the most prominent be- cably barely made a peep in less money to work with than ing letting Hisanori Takahashi trying to sign Crawford and most teams, especially due to walk after a phenomenal (and Adrian Beltre, both of whom the unfortunate fact that no cheap) season. would have fi lled giant holes one in Tampa seems to come What’s another difference in their lineup and put the to their games. The Mets have between the Mets and the team on the right track after a made big management and Rays? The Rays won their di- horrendous 2010 campaign. front offi ce shakeups, but their vision in 2008 and 2010 and The Marlins have traded away off-season plan seems hinged have now proven that they most of their former future, around maybes, has-beens, can win with what they have. most notably sending Dan and hopefuls. Their off-sea- The Mets have had the Uggla to fellow NL East-mate son situation has a little more big money, but they fi nished Atlanta. backstory than “can’t help fourth in 2009 and 2010. As But then there are the it,” though; they have almost this off-season comes to a teams that couldn’t help hav- zero payroll fl exibility, mainly close, there’s no telling how ing a bad off-season in 2010. due to bad deals of off-sea- 2011 will play out for those The Royals traded Zack Grein- sons past. 2011 benchwarmer having, well, off offseasons. ke because he asked them to. Luis Castillo is owed $6 mil- 2010 losers like the Orioles The Padres traded Gonzalez lion this year, and bullpen and Brewers have done what because they couldn’t afford forget-me-please Oliver Perez they need to in order to con- to pay him what he deserved. is owed $12 million. Carlos tend this year, while peren- The Rays lost Crawford to the Beltran is in the fi nal season nial behemoths like Boston Sox and Carlos Pena to the of his expensive contract, and New York will look to Cubs via free agency simply but if things go according to make those moves moot. But because they couldn’t afford plan, he could still make this winners or losers, off-seasons to re-sign either, and they year worth every penny. That or on-seasons, there are only later traded Matt Garza to the said, with what little money four more weeks until hope Cubs to avoid having to pay they do have, the Mets have springs eternal for all. him more than they would be made some potentially good

Angel Gonzalez/Photo Staff First-year Christian Manoli fends off a Judge player while sprinting toward the hoop. VICTORY, from A10 On the Tartans’ fi nal pos- of the ball to upset the No. 13 session, Manoli was fouled Brandeis Judges. The Tartans out a fi eld goal. and converted just one of two out-rebounded the Judges, After two free throws by free throws. He would make 39–36, and a clutch defen- junior Joe Kromka, the Judg- up for the miss with a clutch sive play by Manoli ensured a Write for Sports! es made a run, outlasting the defensive play. Tartan victory in the fi nal mo- Tartans over the next six min- With the score now 53–52 ments of the game. utes, 12–4, tying the game at Tartans, the Judges held the “Our effort on the de- [email protected] 50 with less than a minute re- ball for the fi nal possession. fensive end was the difference maining. Ben Bartoldus of the Judges for us in a big game like this,” In the waning moments curled to the elbow for the fi rst-year Sean Brophy said. of the game, junior John potential game-winning shot The superb perimeter Duhring assisted senior Shane with less than three sec- shooting and balanced of- Rife in transition to give the onds in the game, and Man- fensive attack also furnished Tartans the lead. oli stepped up to block the the victory, as Manoli, Rife, That lead was quickly shot, ending the game and and fi rst-year Rashaun Riley eliminated by the Judges’ securing the victory for the all led the Tartans in scoring Tyrone Hughes, who hit two Tartans. with 10 points each. free throws to tie the game at Defense was the key in this The Tartans also hosted 52 with just 33.6 seconds re- victory, as it took every ounce New York University yester- maining. of hustle on the defensive side day at noon.

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Men’s basketball tops Judges by a point ADAM GRUBER the season for a record of 4–8 momentum, tying the score a distance. Junior Staffwriter overall and 1–1 in UAA. The at 29–29 with 2:25 left in the The Tartans came out of FAST FACTS game ended an 11-game win half. The run was led by an the locker room re-energized All it took was a block at streak for the Judges, provid- offensive burst from the tre- after the half. They opened the buzzer to secure a victory ing them with their season’s mendously versatile Manoli, up a 12–3 run. With 7:12 left Basketball for the Tartans. fi rst loss. who hit two consecutive fi eld in the game, the Tartans held First-year Chris Manoli The beginning of the fi rst goals during the run that led their largest lead, 46–38. But MEN’s Overall: 5–8 blocked the potential game- period was controlled by to the tie score. it was a strong defensive front NNext Game: Friday at 8 p.m. winning basket by the 13th- Brandeis, as the Tartans’ cold After one half, the score during a 12-minute stretch @ University of Rochester ranked Brandeis Judges with shooting performance led to was 34–31 in favor of the that allowed the Tartans to less than three seconds in the a 21–13 defi cit. The Tartans Brandeis Judges. It was a build this momentum, where WOMEN’s Overall: 2–12 game, ending the battle at a missed seven straight fi eld three-point shoot-out through the Judges were held with- NNext Game: Friday at 6 p.m. score of 53–52 and giving the goal attempts in that period. one half of play, as both teams See VICTORY, A9 @ University of Rochester Tartans their fourth win of But the Tartans would gain shot at an alarming rate from Swim and Dive Next Meet: Women edged out Saturday Hanson sets new at 1 p.m. vs. Westminster and SUNY Geneseo record in 400 IM by Brandeis Judges Track and Field ALEX TAPAK Overall, the Tartans saw Sports Editor Next Meet: outstanding performances from Vaccarella and sopho- Saturday at 5 p.m. @ Robert Morris The Carnegie Mellon more Emily Peel, who each women’s basketball team fell came up with 14 points. Peel three points short to UAA ri- had another double-double val Brandeis University on this game when she scored IM Registration Friday, losing to the visiting 11 rebounds as well. Squash: Through Wednesday Judges 65–62. The Tartans Despite the loss, the game Basketball: Through Wednesday fell to 2–11 on the season and was all about fi ghting for the Badminton (singles): Through Jan. 26 are 0–2 in UAA play. Tartans, who played without During the fi rst half, it this year’s top scorer, junior was apparent that the Tar- Jacki Cortese. “I think every- tans had taken their game up one played together with a lot a notch, and Carnegie Mellon SPORTS COMMENTARY held the lead at halftime for Kristen Severson/Photo Staff the fi rst time in six years. Ju- “The way we Junior Jen Sung swims the 200-yard butterfl y for the Tartans. nior Jennifer Larsen stepped played that The Cutoff Man: up and scored for the Tar- CHLOE RINE ished second in the 100-yard tans on their fi rst possession, game showed Junior Staffwriter backstroke and won the 200 starting a personal hot streak Spring training starts back, but her best perfor- that ended with 10 points every team JONAS ALTMAN-KUROSAKI fi elder Carl Crawford. Gon- The men’s and women’s mance came in the 400 IM, in the fi rst half, including a in the UAA Assistant Sports Editor zalez, especially playing in swimming and diving teams when she won the event and three-pointer. Junior Nicole Fenway Park, could become hosted Kenyon College and broke her own 2009 pool re- Vaccarella added to the Tar- that we can Valentine’s Day is exactly the best fi rst baseman in the Allegheny College last Sat- cord with a time of 4:29.44. tans’ lead with a three-point compete with four weeks from now and game, even surpassing that urday. Both the men’s and The top performer for the basket of her own in the fi rst folks, there’s no need to buy guy Albert on the Cardinals. women’s teams fell to Kenyon men was senior Alex Hanson. half. However, Brandeis took everyone and any gifts this year. It just so His fi elding is already second but topped Allegheny in the Hanson, a three-time par- a run at the Tartans and went beat anyone.” happens that Major League to none, and his opposite- tri-meet. It was the Tartans’ ticipant at the NCAA Cham- on an 8–2 streak to end the Baseball has already taken fi eld stroke will no doubt fi rst competition since re- pionships and a 2010 All- half, putting their defi cit at care of that for us. Sure, you benefi t from a short porch in turning from their winter American, fi nished second in 32–26. Emily Peel and your hubby can spend left. Crawford — whom the training trip to Miami, Fla., both the 200 free and the 200 At the start of the second Sophmore, Center a romantic dinner together, Yankees really didn’t need, and the team’s hard work led breaststroke, going an in-sea- half, the Judges picked up maybe even see a movie. so much as want — gives the to some impressive perfor- son best 2:11.31 in the latter right where they had left off But then you can go home Red Sox a legitimate speed- mances. event. Like Evans, Hanson’s after their eight-point run. of intensity; it was especially and revel in the joy that this ster who can play any outfi eld The Tartan women got top performance was also in The Judges came out and great to see on the defensive Feb. 14 is the day pitchers position better than who they impressive all-around perfor- the 400 IM. Hanson won and, took control of the fl oor, start- end,” Peel said. and catchers report to offi - have already and who will no mances from fi rst-year Soleil not to be outdone by his fe- ing off with 11 points while The Tartans had big shoes cially begin spring training. If doubt benefi t from a short Phan and senior Molly Evans, male counterpart, broke the only allowing the Tartans to fi ll and proved that they that’s not enough of a gift for porch in right. More impor- who were both part of Carn- men’s nine-year-old pool re- two, giving Brandeis a 37–34 could all elevate their game. you, then maybe plane tick- tantly — knock on wood — egie Mellon’s winning 200- cord in the event with a time lead. The Tartans pushed “The way we played that ets to Florida and/or Arizona Crawford has done a pretty yard medley relay along with of 4:06.51. forward with a free throw by game showed every team in would seal the deal. good job of staying healthy sophomore Breanna Stillo The Tartans will host Vaccarella and two fast break the UAA that we can compete Speaking of deals, this off- over his career, which is more and senior Brianne Burton. another tri-meet this Satur- layups by fi rst-year Jacquie with everyone and beat any- season has been chock full of than Boston can say for most Phan also fi nished second in day. The meet against West- Shaw. Both, however, were one,” continued Peel. ’em. Perhaps most notably, of its roster, and especially its the 200 freestyle with a time minster College and SUNY answered with nine points The Tartans secured their Cliff Lee spurned the Yankees outfi eld. With Crawford and of 1:56.79, and she overtook Geneseo will mark the senior by the Judges. The Judges fi rst conference win when and surprised everyone by Gonzalez in tow and leading Kenyon’s Kati Meirs in the fi - swimmers’ fi nal career home fi nished the game making six they played host to UAA rival signing with the Philadelphia the charge, the Sox are easy nal lap of the 500 freestyle to meet. The meet will be at the out of eight free throws in the New York University yester- Phillies — yes, the same Phil- favorites to win the AL East. fi nish third with an in-season University Center pool start- last minute. day at 2 p.m. lies that traded him for Roy But don’t worry, Yankees time of 5:09.07. Evans fi n- ing at 1 p.m. Halladay only a year ago and fans; all is not lost. The Yanks then acquired Roy Oswalt just signed setup man Rafael at the deadline. Although Soriano to a three-year, $35 all three could be the stand- million contract. Aside from ATHLETE PROFILE out aces of any major league the fact that they have now staff, they instead fi nd them- dedicated $65 million this off- selves joined by Cole Hamels season to fi ve years’ worth of Emily Peel continues to chase the doubles in the most formidable rota- two relievers — Mariano got COURTNEY CHIN management or business tion in baseball. Is Halladay- $30 million for two years ear- SciTech Editor before hopefully complet- Lee-Oswalt going to match lier this winter — the move ing a master’s in health and Smoltz-Maddux-Glavine in does give the Yankees a for- As the current team leader in points public policy at the Heinz dominance and sheer intimi- midable setup-closer duo on scored, fi eld goals, and rebounds for College. dation? No. Hudson-Zito- paper. Whether Soriano, who the women’s basketball team, center Although Peel entered Mulder? Maybe. The latter wasn’t always a closer before Emily Peel is making Carnegie Mellon Carnegie Mellon as a biolo- trio was totally homegrown dominating for Tampa Bay history. Just last week, Peel recorded a gy major wanting a career in in the A’s system, which made last year, can be as effective double-double against UAA opponent medicine, she switched over them all the more likable, es- in a non-closing role as the Brandeis University, and she helped after realizing one doesn’t pecially when the A’s start- Yanks hope he will remains to the Tartans pull off a near-upset before have to be a doctor to be in a ers won 15 games during the be seen. The Red Sox are hop- falling 65–62. health-related fi eld. Her ulti- team’s 20-game win streak in ing to get similar results from Although the team is still young mate goal is to help prevent 2002. While the Braves’ trio Bobby Jenks this year, but as with a large fi rst-year and sophomore diseases, get awareness out was not as technically home- J.J. Putz and the New York base, Peel said the past two games about health concerns, and grown — Smoltz came in a Mets can attest — and the Red against Case Western Reserve Univer- help people in general. Ryan-Fergosi-esque deal from Sox and Eric Gagne, for that sity and Brandeis have shown signifi - When not in class or the Tigers and Maddux had matter — things don’t always cant improvement from the beginning on the court, Peel enjoys already established himself go according to plan. While I of the season, as the team gains more spending time with her with the Cubs — by the time understand that Soriano will experience and plays together more. friends on the team and the trio was fi nished pitching no doubt replace Rivera once “We’re playing with good inten- dedicates her time to the in Atlanta, they’d certainly the latter fi nally does retire, sity and it’s exciting. I score a good Student Athlete Advisory become household names. that day shouldn’t arrive un- amount, but it wouldn’t happen with- Committee. No doubt all three will go into til the last year of Soriano’s out the help of my teammates,” Peel As for the future of the the Hall of Fame donning contract at the earliest. If Ri- said. “It’s good this year because we team, Peel is optimistic about Braves caps. Give Halladay, vera’s next two seasons are have such a big bench and so many the coming years. “I defi - Lee, and Oswalt another fi ve successful, it may take even good and talented players, and I know nitely have seen tons of im- years together and maybe the longer. Other teams, like the it’s going to click soon.” provement over the season, comparisons will start to fl ow Brewers, Rangers, and Cubs, Peel is a native of Long Valley, N.J., and the chemistry is building a little more easily. have made big moves this and is majoring in decision science. between players,” she said. “It’s The Phillies have not been winter as well. That said, Like most athletes who chose to go been awesome how phenom- the only big winners this off- the off-season hasn’t been plaid because of the university’s strong enal everyone has been playing. season. Until the Lee deal, kind to everyone. In every academics and athletics, Peel was We’ve played two tough teams so the Boston Red Sox were — big trade, there is the team drawn to Carnegie Mellon because of far and we’ve kept up with them. and still should be — consid- that is losing its star player, its programs, a great team, and the city There are fi ve freshmen and four ered the big winners of the and in every big free agent of Pittsburgh, where she was born be- sophomores this year, and al- off-season. Within a week, acquisition, there arwe the fore moving to New Jersey. though the sophomores are a little the Sox traded for fi rst base- teams that lose out on sign- Peel has her mind set on working older, we don’t have that much ex- man Adrian Gonzalez and ing him. The Angels inexpli- in the health fi eld one day and plans perience. But the more experience signed the Yankees’ second- to pick up a second major in policy we get, the better we should do.” most coveted free agent, left See SPRING, A9 Courtesy of Emily Peel Celebrating Pittsburgh’s civil rights history

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Grenada 4 This writer recounts the cultural differences she encountered while studying abroad in Spain.

Beatles Tribute 5 “Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles” proves to be an entertaining show at Heinz Hall.

Best Albums 6 Discover which albums made the top-10 list for 2010.

Black Swan 7 Director Darren Aronofsky’s latest film about ballet dancers proves a thrilling success. 10 Beat the Blues 8 Learn how to be in a good mood despite the terrible winter weather.

4 5 6 1100 ...feature Civil Rights 8 In honor of Dr. King’s birthday, learn about Pittsburgh’s involvement in civil rights history. ...regulars

Paperhouse 5 Discover the joy you can gain from making music.

Dollar Movie 7 Find out which horror movie sequel will be playing in the University Center this week.

Did You Know? 10 Read about the sports accomplishments of the Tartans from 25 and 50 years ago.

Horoscopes 14 Learn what the stars are predicting about the new semester for you.

PUBLISHER Meela Dudley EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Michael Kahn MANAGING EDITOR Celia Ludwinski PILLBOX EDITOR Anna Walsh COMICS EDITOR Nicole Hamilton ART EDITOR Adelaide Cole PHOTO EDITOR Tommy Hofman LAYOUT MANAGER Stacey Chin COPY MANAGER Katie Chironis COVER Tommy Hofman

The Tartan . Box 119 . UC Suite 103 . Carnegie Mellon University . 5000 Forbes Ave . Pittsburgh, PA 15213 . www.thetartan.org . © 2011 The Tartan Gala kicks off semester events Everything you need to know

Mystery theme, myriad of prizes make evening a success About avoiding fights and focusing on your work

How often is it possible to enter a realm of mystery, the “Department of Mysteries” theme was a thrill Dear Hoskins Brothers, Dear Hoskins Brothers, to visit Wonderland and have a tea party, to for Harry Potter fans. This room featured a sorting investigate a homicide, or to have a party with hat, floating dementors, butterbeer on tap, and other Last night, I was at a I’m having trouble getting aliens? Probably not very often, but at this year’s interesting elements that brought this theme to life. friendly social event. back into the swing of Winter Gala all these things, and more, became a In addition to these themed rooms, Rangos Hall was After a few hours of things now that I’m back reality. set up as a casino where students could get chips revelry with compatriots, at school. I keep getting and tokens to try their luck and win raffle tickets for I went to the refreshments distracted by the Internet Every year for the past nine years, the Office of the many prize drawings. table to receive another whenever I sit down to Student Activities has set up the Winter Gala beverage. However, upon work. Do you have any tips with the help of other campus offices as an There was a large turnout for this spectacular event, reaching said table, two on good study habits? event to welcome students back to school for the and it was a great chance for students to relax and gentlemen inquired as spring semester. According to Taylor Grabowsky, have fun. “I wasn’t expecting much when I got to my knowledge of any Sincerely, a coordinator of Student Activities and the there, but once I got there, I got wrapped up in the fellow socialites, refusing Easily Distracted Dunce mastermind behind this event, this year’s mystery whole mood of it all and the themes of the different to allow me to refi ll my theme is a “dark and brooding” contrast to the rooms,” said sophomore Tepper School of Business glass until I answered. Dear EDD, “bright and fun” themes of past galas. student Alysia Finger. “Even though I didn’t win When I informed them anything, I still had a really great time.” Assuredly, they were being rather Congratulations, you’re lazy. This year’s gala featured seven themed rooms there will be many people looking forward to rude, they asked me to The Internet just offers you an with an overall theme of mystery. Kirr Commons in attending next year’s Winter Gala. leave. I, hoping to avoid easy way to avoid working. the University Center became Tudor Manor for an confrontation, did so. If you fi nd yourself visiting a evening based on the board game Clue, with all the My dear sir, how should I few sites all the time, there members of the Student Activities staff dressed as Zaneta Grant | Junior Staffwriter handle such an encounter are some easy ways to block characters from the game. Upon entering the gala, in the future? those sites. If you use a Mac students were given a ticket fashioned as a board or Linux, you can easily edit game and at each room received a sticker on their Sincerely, your host fi le so you cannot ticket. Once all the stickers were collected, the Gingerly Expecting Nice connect to those sites. If tickets were entered into the grand prize drawing Time you use Chrome, there’s for an Xbox 360 and a $50 Best Buy gift card. Each a great extension called of the different rooms had its own drawings for other Dear Gent, ChromeNanny that limits your prizes, including games, DVDs, gift cards, and many daily access to any websites other appealing items. You probably did something you choose. There are similar to offend them. I would extensions for Firefox. A quick The variety of creative themes established a whole suggest at your next “friendly Google search should bring world of mystery. Each room had its own special social event” you have a up any number of them. attributes that channeled the theme of mystery little less “refreshment.” The in different ways. One theme was “Wonderland,” two gentlemen in question Try making a schedule, so you based on two of the best-known characters from seemed to be looking for a know what to do and when the story, the Red Queen and the Mad Hatter. The fi ght, and you provided them to do it. Give yourself some Queen’s side had a Valentine’s Day feel, while the an easy opportunity. You time to play and time to work. Mad Hatter’s side was boisterous, colorful, and fun. acted correctly in avoiding If you know what you need to Another room’s theme was “Area 51,” which had a the fi ght, but you probably be doing, you won’t have an club atmosphere with an eerie alien vibe. The theme could have stopped the excuse to procrastinate. You “221 Baker Street” was dedicated to the legendary conversation sooner. Either just have to be disciplined. detective Sherlock Holmes, and participants only go to events where you were asked to solve a mystery. The room for the actually know people, or Buckle down, “Legends and Monsters” theme had activities for instead inform those hosts Patrick Hoskins the participants such as making monster masks, that upon entering, you had creating a monster legend, getting tarot card already paid the proper price readings, as well as an open mic to voice their talent of admission. Need advice? E-mail your (or just sing for fun) on stage. questions to Always be polite, [email protected]. “Halloween Town” was a theme based on the movie Brian Hoskins The Nightmare Before Christmas. There was free hair styling, pictures with Jack Skellington, and, of course, plenty of candy. The room themed “Night Jonathan Carreon | Photo Staff at the Museum” gave participants the chance to Students try their luck at the casino set up in dress up as historical characters, build a dinosaur Rangos Hall during the Winter Gala. or sphinx, or turn their friend into a mummy. Finally,

community pillbox 01.17.11 3 Tales from abroad: Granada From the Alhambra to Morocco, from Spanish to Arabic, and everything in between

When I fi rst got to Granada, it was a bit overwhelming. make you want to go right back to where you came My host family did not speak a word of English and from. After staying there for one night, we were off to they spoke very, very quickly. Needless to say, it took Morocco. some getting used to. My host family consisted of a mother and her three children, all of whom were in their The fi rst place we visited once we got to Morocco was a twenties and living at home. At fi rst this was a bit weird, women’s shelter, which takes in uneducated, troubled, until I learned that compared to the U.S., there are not divorced, or abused women. This shelter teaches them many countries that expect children to move out of their a trade — working with textiles in this instance, which houses the minute they hit 18 years of age. Fascinating. is a large market in Morocco — and provides them the But then again, a 29-year-old woman still living with her opportunity to get a job in that particular trade. We had mother is still a little too strange for me to fully support. lunch and discussed many of the women’s views on women in general, marriage, and modernization, topics We visited the Alhambra, which is the last remaining over which even the program participants disagreed Arab fortress in Spain from before the Christian enormously. Reconquista. It was really interesting, since that is where Granada gets its prominent Arabic culture and is Clearly, there was a lot on the agenda. Staying with host what the city is known for. From the top of the Alhambra, families in Morocco was interesting because our host you can see the entire city of Granada and distinguish mother didn’t speak a word of English or Spanish (only its different sections, from the Gypsy caves to the center Arabic and French), which created some diffi culty when of the city. trying to communicate. Mostly, it was a two-day game of Courtesy of Stephanie Goldfein charades. Above: The author rides a camel while in Morocco. Orientation consisted of three hours of class a day for Below: The view of Asilah, Morocco from Stephanie’s two weeks of a Spanish language immersion program. There was a lot of traveling, but Morocco was a travels. Orientation also allowed us to get used to a very odd beautiful and very accepting country, especially to a eating schedule and the way of dress, in addition to group of American students. The students we spoke to Some people in other programs made vows to only speak learning our way around Granada while still taking some repeatedly emphasized that Morocco was the fi rst nation Spanish whilst there; however, with my busy schedule sort of class. This new lifestyle was defi nitely hard to to recognize the United States as a country, and was on top of the fact that no one in my house spoke English, get used to, considering it was diffi cult to simply fi nd a the fi rst to have a U.S. embassy outside of the United this vow seemed redundant and unnecessary. person to whom I could speak English. States. It was as if they were trying to convince us that they were good people and didn’t dislike us, despite The most shocking part of living abroad was the Orientation ended with a four-day trip to Morocco. We a few prejudices some people in the U.S. share. It was difference in what was considered “newsworthy” started with the port city of Algeciras — which would comforting that they were able to look at a group of compared to that of the U.S. Confl icts like the one American students and just see us, not what our country between Morocco and the Western Sahara, which would represented, whereas in America, we tend to do the not even be mentioned in most newspapers in the complete opposite. United States, were front-page news abroad.

I highly recommend studying abroad when given the option. I got to live in Spain and practice Spanish while traveling every weekend to various countries including Ireland, Italy, Austria, Morocco, and Portugal. I surfed for the fi rst time in Lagos and played ultimate Frisbee in a foreign country. It is defi nitely an experience that I will never forget.

Stephanie Goldfein | Special to The Tartan

Photos courtesy of Stephanie Goldfein

travel 4 pillbox 01.17.11 ‘Rain’ a worthy experience Paperhouse Beatles tribute band takes audiences back in time On “made-up songs”

Things are confusingly scary. From UPS’s intimidatingly The first noticeable characteristic of “Rain: A a little too high. One of the best performers in the effi cient human and technological infrastructure to the Tribute to The Beatles” when walking into Heinz group perhaps was Pou, a Cuban man who was a underlying motivations for military operations in the Middle Hall was the audience. Although The Beatles are skilled guitar player and whose love of music shone East, things are weird. For something closer to home, let’s cross-generational, on Tuesday night Pittsburgh’s through his performance. Cox was a solid drummer, just think about the fact that the majority of the music that older generation dominated the audience. Now, a and, for two of the songs, a solid singer. you’ve ever listened to has most likely been fi ltered by lossy production packed with the city’s baby boomers data compression. Bizarre, right? When was the last time may not sound particularly appealing, but really, The multimedia portion of the show was one of your body and eardrums experienced the real-time creation there is no other way to listen to 1960s music the highlights of the night. The images and videos of music? Even for you audiophiles, when was the last time live. Listening to The Beatles with a crowd who that played during the show served as a historical you experienced the simultaneity of a mallet hitting a timpani actually lived in the ’60s, one begins to see their testament both to The Beatles’ overwhelming and its thunderous vibration? What about the molar-piercing younger selves shine through. One becomes privy presence in the 1960s and to the dramatic, world- shriek of a live electric guitar? I know, friends, it’s been a to watching an overweight senior couple perform a changing events of their time. The program was while. cross between a Flower Child dance and the Twist ordered chronologically, so as the performers and laugh at jokes about drugs. changed costumes, the music evolved and the Our lives have been devoid of the joy of the experience of projected images fast-forwarded in history. As one music! From Jan. 11 to 16, Heinz Hall presented “Rain: A watched, one slowly became aware of being an Tribute to The Beatles,” an interactive, live concert outsider to a time of intense activity. In my eyes, this is where live performances play such a crucial hailed by the Denver Post as “the closest thing to role. Shows, recitals, and concerts are great, but to really seeing The Beatles live today.” Annerin Productions, All in all, going to see “Rain” was essentially going to get at the heart of the matter, why aren’t we singing every together with Magic Arts & Entertainment/TIX watch a pretty good cover band get all the applause day? If you have a friend who likes to sing, let him sing about Corporation, ensured a fun concert with a band that and accolades for music written by possibly the his trombone sandwiches. If your other friend likes to make sounded true to the originals they emulated. most successful band in history. That is not to say up spontaneous songs and funny sounds as she walks to that it was not a fun and entertaining experience, or the supermarket, let her! In my mind, there is nothing more Tuesday night’s show was somewhat tailored to that the musicians were somehow subpar or sloppy. intimate than being in the presence of the creation of music. an older audience. The music was not deafening, It is to say, though, that no one could experience the Even if it’s your friend trying to make weird noises with his to the chagrin of some teenagers there. Despite intense and mind-boggling enormity of a live Beatles throat out in the cold while he waits for the bus, it’s absolutely these teenagers’ unhappiness, it was a good choice; concert today. beautiful. As humans, these friends of yours are interpreting being able to actually hear the performers play and the rhythmic patterns and sounds of the musical and non- sing gave credit to their work as impersonators and musical world around them. They’re claiming the essence of helped enhance the experience of listening to live, Maria Zayas | Staffwriter those worlds as their own. good-quality music. The set list included songs such as “Let It Be,” “Hey Jude,” and “Sergeant Pepper’s My tip to you, friend? If you’ve only been a listener, I highly Lonely Hearts Club Band.” suggest you try to become a music maker. Pick up an instrument. Sing a made-up song in a new language. And The band was made up of Jim Irizarry (acting as hey, if being a music maker is too tough, just be a noisemaker. John Lennon), Mac Ruffing (Paul McCartney), Jimmy You’ll be the better for it, I promise. Pou (George Harrison), and Douglas Cox (Ringo Starr). The performers were older, so the further the Kisses, program went into The Beatles’ later music, the more they seemed to resemble the actual Beatles Juan Fernandez | Staffwriter members. Irizarry was spot-on: Not only did he look like Lennon, but he sounded just like him as well. Ruffing had a tough role; while he looked just like an older version of Paul McCartney, his voice was top 10 on WRCT 88.3 FM most played albums of the last week

1 Elvis Costello — National Ransom 2 The Dandy Warhols — The Capitol Years 1995–2007 3 “Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles” Ben Folds — Lonely Avenue 4 ran last week at Heinz Hall and Neil Young — Le Noise included such hits as “Let It Be.” 5 Dungeon — Skit I Allt The tribute band provided a quieter 6 Sounds From The Ground — The Maze show, enhancing the concert 7 Various Artists — Waveform Transmissions Volume 3 experience. 8 Underworld — Barking 9 OK Go — Twelve Remixes of Four Songs 10 Eskmo — Eskmo Maria Zayas | Photo Staff

music pillbox 01.17.11 5 Refl ecting on the musical successes of 2010 The past year offered a variety of exceptionally notable albums across all musical genres

Like any year, 2010 proved to be a whirlwind series album is an explosion of dance-pop energy with their much anticipated album in May. Some songs are of ups and downs for music. We saw the deaths of synthetic sounds and heavy drum beats. Robyn weaves grainy, while others are screechy in an over-excitable, Jay Reatard and Mark Linkous, leader of the band stories with her songs, talking about the push and pull in-your-face type of way. The album is a combination of Sparklehorse. Some artists were imprisoned, some of a no-strings-attached relationship in “Hang With Me,” strength and silliness, with decibel-overloading poppy released from prison, and one (T.I.) even managed to and the heartache of a girl watching the guy she loves beats and quirky lyrics that appeal to the masses while fi nd himself back in prison again. A video of Miley Cyrus dance with someone else in “Dancing On My Own.” still satisfying music connoisseurs. smoking a bong went viral on the Internet shortly after Robyn centers her songs around energetic melodies, her eighteenth birthday. We won’t even get started on never letting the meaning behind the songs weigh them 4. LCD Soundsystem, This Is Happening. Kanye West, who is a story in and of himself. down. Supposedly LCD Soundsystem’s fi nal album, This is Happening certainly leaves listeners something great to Despite the lowlights of the year, the ups were pretty 9. Vampire Weekend, Contra. A case of sophomore remember them by. The album touches on relationships, high. Daft Punk created arguably the best soundtrack album syndrome clearly does not apply to Vampire and has a darker feel than the previous album Sounds of the year for the movie TRON: Legacy. Pavement got Weekend. With a debut as strong as their namesake of Silver without actually sombering up the melodies. back together for a reunion tour. After fi ve years, Sufjan album, it’s hard to imagine the band topping their fi rst Single “Drunk Girls” seems all fun and games at fi rst, but Stevens fi nally released another album, and a great one success, but in Contra, Vampire Weekend exceeded after paying attention to the lyrics, listeners will realize at that. Of the many album releases that defi ned the expectations and released a sophomore album to that the song is infused with deeper realizations. year, some proved more outstanding than others. remember. With its Afro-pop infl uences and synthetic sounds, the quartet manages to perfect the balance 3. Local Natives, Gorilla Manor. As far as debut 10. Robyn, Body Talk. Body Talk manages to be between staying true its roots and experimenting with albums go, Local Natives could not have done a better weird without being off-putting, catchy without being new ideas. job. There is something inexplicably appealing about repetitive, poppy without being overly peppy. The their raw, heart-wrenching vocals and clever harmonies. 8. Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops and Hooligans. Few artists Among the twelve tracks is a little gem in the form of manage to make a splash before releasing an album, a cover of Talking Heads’ “Warning Sign.” Perhaps the much less turn that splash into a tidal wave, but Bruno most amazing part of the album is how the quintet Mars is just such an artist. Mars lent his voice to B.o.B’s manages to sound melancholy and lighthearted at “Nothin’ On You” and Travie McCoy’s “Billionaire,” the same time. The resulting blend is a unique sound both hit songs on Top 40 radio stations. Then, he blew that keeps listeners hooked, leaving the band with a America away with the single “Just The Way You Are,” dedicated fan base. melting many girls’ hearts in the process. His songs are catchy without being generic, and he has one of the best 2. Arcade Fire, The Suburbs. It would seem, with this male voices in the popular music industry — two key third-straight spectacular album, that Arcade Fire can ingredients to the success of his debut album. do no wrong. Somehow, the band always manages to make profound statements accompanied by clever tunes 7. Big Boi, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico without coating their songs in a layer of depression. The Dusty. “No, not André 3000. The other guy.” However tracks are monumental without being heavy, inspiring unfair this statement might be, there is always the listeners to consider the lifestyle of the suburbs. Perhaps member that is the lesser known in a two-part band. one of the most memorable lines about suburban life is in After this album, there is no way that Big Boi could stay “Sprawl II”: “Sometimes I wonder if the world’s so small, the “other member” of OutKast for long. The album is that we can never get away from the sprawl.” spectacular and anything but predictable. Big Boi is heavily infl uenced by Southern hip hop, as well as funk 1. Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. and dub-step. He uses clever wordplay and delivers fast- It might seem cliché to put Kanye at the top of a best paced lyrics that leave listeners breathless. albums list, but frankly, there is no other place to put Twisted Fantasy. True to its name, the album reveals the 6. Beach House, Teen Dream. Victoria Legrand’s inner workings of Kanye’s mind — the somber, the crazy, voice is captivating, and while it is sometimes hard to the honest, and the heartfelt. The tracks range from the understand exactly what she is saying, her melodies, aggressive — especially Nicki Minaj’s part in “Monster” along with the rich sounds of the keyboard and Alex — to the candid. Kanye manages to bring out his own Scally’s guitar, make the album more than worth humanity, showing us that despite his oftentimes listening to. The tracks are diverse, ranging from somber invincible appearance, he has his faults and is well to dramatic. “Silver Soul” is gloomy and emotional, while aware of his vulnerability. “Norway” is ethereal.

Christina Chen | Photo Staff 5. Sleigh Bells, Treats. Riding the wave of praise from Jing Jing Li | Staffwriter My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, by Kanye their South by Southwest show, this lo-fi duo released West, offers insight into his crazy, somber, and heartfelt innermost thoughts.

music 6 pillbox 01.17.11 Black Swan sends viewers on a thrilling journey Darren Aronofsky crafts a masterful story following a dancer’s journey into Swan Lake

“We all know the story.” rebellion. Through drugs, fl irtation, and some very not- Hershey), an overly controlling former dancer who resorts for-kids girl-on-girl loving, Nina begins to lose herself in to morose paintings when she’s not living vicariously So begins the immersion into the world of Swan Lake, as the role of the Black Swan. But her goal (“to be perfect”) through her daughter. Her excessive protection is performed by the New York Ballet Company in the movie comes at a price: She is haunted by visions and scarred initially comforting to delicate Nina, but as Nina turns Black Swan. One dancer, Nina Sayers (portrayed by by scratches. The fi lm’s beginning is a bit slow-moving, into the Black Swan, this security eventually smothers Natalie Portman), has the talent and the determination but this helps viewers get settled and feel comfortable her, and she rebels violently. to be a star. Her technique is textbook perfection, but in the world until, all of a sudden, they’re thrown around her fl awlessness breeds an inability to lose herself turns and dropped off ledges as they spiral downward Director Darren Aronofsky takes us on a horrifying and emotionally in the role of the Black Swan. As the pure along with Nina. thrilling journey, where the beginning is so far from and angelic White Swan, Nina is an undeniable choice. the fi nale that you feel a bit exhausted along with the But as the White Swan’s evil twin, the seductive Black And suddenly comes opening night. In the fi rst act as characters, but you also can’t help but thank him. There Swan, Nina is not as convincing. the White Swan, Nina dances with perfect fragility and are genuine thrills in the movie as it warps and confuses sensitive vulnerability. However, when Nina returns to the boundaries of reality and consciousness. It’s Nonetheless, she lands the dual role, and performs much her dressing room to prepare for her transition to the evil beautifully fi lmed (not surprising from the Requiem for to expectation: a perfect White Swan, but an emotionless character, all hell breaks loose. a Dream director), and even though the fi lm ends with a Black Swan. It’s only when Thomas (Vincent Cassel), the standing ovation, you aren’t quite sure if the applause is ballet director who does not shy away from sexuality or Nina isn’t discomforted by fl ying solo. Her desire to be well deserved or incredibly tragic. bold questions, shows his disappointment in her that the main dancer often leaves her the subject of snide Nina steps up her game. comments and spiteful glances. Further adding to her anti-fan base is Beth (portrayed by ex-sticky fi ngers Nick Guesto | Staffwriter Further fueling the fi re is Lily (Mila Kunis), an equally Winona Ryder) as the former prima ballerina and face beautiful dancer who personifi es the Black Swan to a T. of the New York Ballet Company. Her subjectively older Early on, Nina looks at her with disgust, but as the fi lm age has forced her to be replaced by younger and fresher progresses, Lily tries to help Nina “relax” and show some dancers, though to the public, she is “choosing to retire.” Also complicating things is Nina’s mother (Barbara

dollarmovie Jesse Kummer | Staffwriter

The Tillman Story Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Trainspotting Paranormal Activity 2 Thursday, Jan. 20 Friday, Jan. 21 Saturday, Jan. 22 Sunday, Jan. 23 8 10 12 8 10 12 8 10 12 8 10 12

Pat Tillman was a former football Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim rolls all Trainspotting is a 1996 fi lm directed by This sequel to the horror movie of player who declined a multimillion- of Cera’s previous roles into one in this Danny Boyle about drug addiction and the same name (minus the “2,” of dollar contract with an NFL team 2010 comedy based on the graphic life in an economically depressed area of course) may be even more freaky and to enlist in the United States Army novel of the same name. In the fi lm, Britain. Based on the novel of the same terrifying than the original. Dubbed following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Pilgrim meets the girl of his dreams name, the fi lm follows Renton, a man a “parallel prequel” to the fi rst fi lm The Tillman Story chronicles his (sound familiar?) and, in order to win deeply embedded in drug culture, as he (whatever that means), this fl ick goes journey from his decision to enlist to her over, must defeat her seven evil tries to clean up his act and get out of along somewhat like the fi rst one. when he was killed by friendly fi re exes, each of whom attempts to kill Dodge, so to speak. It’s a very surreal Strange events begin to happen to in Afghanistan in 2004. But what him. The movie is played out as an movie, with scenes of wild extremes that a couple, so they set up cameras followed this heroic man’s death was arcade game with several references help push along the controversial and to fi gure out what could possibly a fl ood of lies and deceit that resulted that video game fanboys are sure to sometimes trippy story. Trainspotting be going on. Similar to the way the in outrage from his friends and family. love. Despite being well received by was also recently voted the best fi lm original made back an incredible Director Amir Bar-Lev explores the critics, the movie did poorly at the in Scottish history and has a strong percentage of its budget, this sequel military’s decision to initially report box offi ce, not even making back cult following. Fun Fact: The movie has earned almost 60 times what it took that Tillman was killed by enemy its budget. Make sure that doesn’t nothing to do with trains. to make it. Fun Fact: I am absolutely fi re and cover up all evidence to the happen at Dollar Movie this week, petrifi ed of seeing any movies like this contrary. What results is a riveting people! one, so you’ll have to see it yourself and can’t-miss documentary. to fi gure out what happens.

film pillbox 01.17.11 7 was another local stop on the railroad. Black and white Americans in the medical industry. Celebrating Pittsburgh’s civil rights history civil rights leaders, including African-Americans Martin Delany, John Vashon, and Lewis Woodson and After the Supreme Court’s decision against segregation whites Charles Avery, Julius Lemoyne, and Jane Grey in Brown v. Board of Education, Pittsburgh began to A look at Pittsburgh’s civil rights progress in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday Swisshelm, founded a school for black children and the desegregate its schools, swimming pools, and other North Side’s Avery College — both likely Underground institutions and began to build the Civic Arena — later Railroad stops — to provide higher education for blacks known as the Mellon Arena — located in the Lower who were not admitted to colleges and universities. Hill. Several Pittsburghers traveled “down South” with by Divya Krishnan | Junior Staffwriter []More conventional recognitions of Martin Luther King Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World. freedom riders to press for civil rights in states like Jr. Day have since taken precedence. Former In addition to his well-known civil rights work, King was After the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Mississippi. Today marks an important day in American history. It is Pennsylvania Senator Harris Wofford and Georgia also an avid anti-war protestor, and he spent the last few Civil War, many African-Americans came into Pittsburgh Martin Luther King Jr. Day, dedicated to a man who is Representative John Lewis created the King Holiday and years of his life speaking out against the Vietnam War. to work in factories in the city. Although they were free In 1968, the assassination of King sparked riots in revered for his ideas of social justice, racial equity, and Service Act, urging Americans to participate in a day of He also worked with unions throughout the country in an from slavery, they still had to battle heavy prejudice and Pittsburgh, causing fi res to devastate regions of the nonviolent protest. Nearly 40 years after King’s death in service intended to honor King. First-year Arshia Ahuja attempt to improve economic inequalities. The youngest racism. In response, black leaders organized several Hill District. Ultimately, however, the foundation for a 1968 and more than 20 years after the holiday was fi rst agrees with this method of memorializing King. “Martin person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, King is also one protests to try to combat the discrimination. The platform of social justice had been laid, and the city was signed into law and commemorated, Martin Luther King Luther King Jr. Day is an opportunity for service,” she of 10 designated 20th-century world martyrs to have a Pittsburgh Courier, one of the oldest and best-known able to collectively move forward to where it is today. Jr. Day holds a unique position among national holidays. said. “It’s a time for refl ection — Dr. King’s life and efforts statue at Westminster Abbey in London. black newspapers in the country, was founded in 1910 Today’s celebrations will allow all of us the opportunity affected everybody.” and was highly infl uential in rallying people to the cause to refl ect on what it cost the nation and our city to be To begin with, its history is a controversial one. Carnegie Mellon is giving students, faculty, and staff the of civil rights. A major battle for black civil rights was where we are today in terms of social justice and racial Although Ronald Reagan signed the day into law in King’s life was indeed an illustrious one. Most Americans afternoon of Martin Luther King Jr. Day off for service won in 1937 when the Pittsburgh Board of Education equality, and to consider and act upon what is necessary 1983, it was fi rst observed in 1986. Numerous states are familiar with his “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered purposes. The administration has several programs hired its fi rst black teacher, Lawrence Peeler. to move us to where we ought to be. and their representatives resisted the attempts to make on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and are aware of planned for the day, including addresses, forums, and the holiday offi cial, or chose to recognize the holiday his numerous marches and protests, and of his sacrifi ces readings to commemorate King’s life. Local institutions During World War II, the struggle for civil rights with alternative names. Taking an extreme stance on while in jail. However, there remain some facts about throughout Pittsburgh have also planned events for the increased. In the years immediately following the war, the issue, South Carolina did not recognize Martin his life and work which are not widely known. King celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Western protests for equality grew larger and more frequent. Luther King Jr. Day as a paid holiday until 2000, the wrote several books, from The Measure of a Man in 1959, Pennsylvania Diversity Initiative has planned a 2011 A member of the Urban League led pickets to force fi rst year the holiday was offi cially observed by all 50 to Strength to Love in 1963 and Why We Can’t Wait, MLK Day Community Service Project, during which they downtown department stores to hire black clerks. The states. Instead, the state offered employees the choice published in 1964. His books respectively explore the will be partnering with Pittsburgh Cares, a volunteer Montefi ore and St. Francis hospitals began to admit of celebrating either King’s birthday or one of three theology concerning nonviolent activism, a collection organization dedicated to increasing community blacks into their nursing schools, and Montefi ore Confederate holidays. In Virginia, Martin Luther King of some of his most famous sermons, and an analysis engagement, to create a fulfi lling and altruistic program. Hospital allowed African-American doctor Charles Burks Jr. Day was recognized as Lee-Jackson-King Day, of both civil rights history and the next steps toward Tommy Hofman | Photo Editor staff privileges — a signifi cant step forward for African- juxtaposing the names of two Confederate heroes with social justice in America. There is also a posthumously Multiple arts organizations throughout the city also will Freedom Corner is a memorial in the Hill District that of King. published collection of his speeches titled I Have a be honoring King’s accomplishments. The Carnegie commemorating the civil rights marches and protests that took place there.

Museums of Art and Natural History will have free admission and parking today. In addition, the Pittsburgh Glass Center is offering a day of free mosaic making, glass blowing, and fl ame working demonstrations. East Liberty’s Kelly-Strayhorn Theater is hosting a celebratory event with music and dance from groups including the YMCA Westinghouse Lighthouse Project and the Alumni Theater Company. The August Wilson Center opens a new exhibit titled Civil Rights Superheroes on Monday in honor of King. Created to demonstrate the effectiveness Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. of comic books and cartoons in bringing people to the published multiple books during civil rights movement, the exhibit is based on the 1958 his lifetime. Many collections of comic book Civil Rights Superheroes: Martin Luther King his speeches and sermons have and the Montgomery Story and includes letters from also been published. King. Local efforts and plans for Martin Luther King Jr. Day refl ect Pittsburgh’s extensive civil rights history. Although Pittsburgh may not be the fi rst location that comes to mind when one thinks of the civil rights movement, Pittsburgh was in fact involved in many key components of civil rights history in the United States. Pittsburgh was a key station of the Underground Railroad, which helped approximately 100,000 slaves

escape from the slaveholding South into the North. Tommy Hofman | Photo Editor Middle-class African-Americans in the Hill District often The intersection of Centre Avenue and Crawford Street is where the Freedom Corner memorial is located. It allowed runaway slaves to stay in their churches as they served as the initial meeting point for the 2,000 Pittsburgh citizens who gathered in 1963 to go attend the historic made their way further north. March on Washington, during which King delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech. The North Side, known as Allegheny in the early 1800s,

Tommy Hofman | Photo Editor feature feature 8 pillbox 01.17.11 pillbox 01.17.11 9 Did you know? Beating the winter blues The Tartan offered a $10 prize for the The weather may be frightful, but your mood shouldn’t be lucky contestant who submitted the 100 best new cover design for the paper. Is your 8 a.m. class in Wean Hall consistently ruining directly affecting your mood. Although artifi cial Drawings would be judged based your mood? Perhaps the seasonal lack of sunlight is light isn’t a perfect substitute for natural sunlight, on “attractiveness, appropriateness, Jan. 18, 1911 casting a cloud of dreariness over your day. Between staying in bright environments will help minimize technique, and suitableness for the new semester, the cold weather, and the short depressive symptoms. So, next time you’re playing reproduction.” Are they looking for days, January may feel like a fairly dismal month Call of Duty or writing a paper, don’t do it in the artwork or trying to find a mate? thus far. However, there are some methods to boost dark. your mood during the winter season. Eat More Tuna The Carnegie Tech football team lost Wake Up on Time in the last 45 seconds of the General Drinking hot chocolate and eating comfort food for 50 Electric College Bowl this past Sunday As tempting as it may be to hit the snooze button dinner may sound appealing, but be careful: Your to Hobart and William Smith Colleges. on your alarm just a few more times, that extra hour comforting diet may in fact be the reason you’re In losing, the Tartans missed out on a Jan. 18, 1961 of sleep may be contributing to your winter blues. feeling so down. According to economii.com, $1,500 scholarship. But don’t worry, Oversleeping has been linked to depression, and, sugary treats and foods with simple carbohydrates, lads, I’m sure there will be plenty more according to WebMD, can make your depression such as bread, may lift your mood temporarily, but bowl games in our future. worse, since regular sleep patterns are important to will eventually cause your blood sugar to crash, the recovery process. So instead of sleeping in until leaving you feeling even more cranky than before. The big news this week was that 4 p.m. next weekend, try setting your alarm for 11 Furthermore, a diet consisting of nothing but Carnegie Mellon switched phone a.m. and spending more time awake. You might be carbohydrates can leave you highly susceptible to 25 companies. Woo! Apparently, AT&T surprised by how much better you feel, and how colds and the fl u. Instead, try eating more vegetables just couldn’t provide the clear and much more you might get accomplished that day. and foods high in protein, such as turkey, chicken, clean quality that MCI can as our long- or tuna. Not only will they give you more energy, but Jan. 14, 1986 Go to the Gym distance service provider. Fun Fact: proteins are also high in tryptophan, which induces This was also the year we switched to hormones that make you feel happier. the 268 phone number prefix, for you Exercise releases endorphins, which are trivia buffs. neurotransmitters that cause you to feel euphoric. If Having a consistent sleep schedule, exercising, and the idea of working out seems daunting, try to make eating well should help bust your wintertime blues, it a social event: Find a friend who would be willing or at the very least tide you over until spring break. Carnegie Mellon installed the wonderful to go jog on the treadmills in the University Center However, if you fi nd that the wintertime regularly card access system this year, cutting with you once a week. Not only will you get to causes you to feel overly anxious or depressed, you 10 ties with its previous policy of leaving socialize, but you’ll also get off the treadmill feeling might have a medical condition known as seasonal all academic buildings open to the ready to take on the world. affective disorder. If you think this is the case, public 24 hours a day. Because, let’s be Carnegie Mellon’s Counseling and Psychological Jan. 22, 2001 honest, who out there would ever want Turn on the Lights Services has plenty of resources to help you feel your to take advantage of that? best throughout the colder months in Pittsburgh. One of the main reasons people feel depressed during the winter is the lack of sunlight. According to MayoClinic.com, the decrease of sunlight during Anna Walsh | Pillbox Editor The men’s basketball team got off to a the winter may cause your serotonin levels to drop, 14–2 start this year, including an upset 5 over Princeton University, who had been on a 27–0 run against Division III teams until they faced the Tartans. Not Jan. 23, 2006 quite up to the recent UConn women’s basketball team streak, but we’ll take what we can get here.

An editorial made note of the recent slew of sports scandals that had been 1 tarnishing athletes’ legacies. Well, time to update the article with the wide range of legacy-tarnishing events that have Jan. 18, 2010 been going on in Brett Favre’s life. Talk about going out on a low note.

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comics 14pillbox 01.17.11 MONDAY1.17.11 Bayside. Altar Bar. 7 p.m. Carnegie Mellon Chamber Orchestra. Carnegie Music Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman. Andrew Carnegie Hall. 8 p.m. School of Drama Tribute to Dr. King and State of Library and Music Hall. 7 p.m. Anthony Braxton’s Composition 50. Kresge Theater. Diversity at Carnegie Mellon. Rangos Hall. 12:30 p.m. North Korea: A Day in the Life. Gregg Theater. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. The Drum Major Instinct: A Social Justice Experience. Peter/Wright/McKenna Rooms. 1 p.m. FRIDAY1.21.11 MONDAY1.24.11 Readings of Creative Works and Presentation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Writing Awards. Action Item. Smiling Moose. 6:30 p.m. AcoustiCafe Open Stage. Club Café. 6:30 p.m. McConomy Auditorium. 1:30 p.m. Getting Closer Opening Reception. Fe Gallery. 7 p.m. Menahem Pressler. Bellefi eld Hall, University of Story Circles Project for August Wilson Center. Pittsburgh Electronic Showcase 2. Howler’s Coyote Pittsburgh. 7:30 p.m. Alumni Lounge, University Center fi rst fl oor. 2 p.m. Café. 7:30 p.m. Liz Phair. Rex Theater. 8 p.m. 21+ East Liberty Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Kelly- Our Hit Parade. Andy Warhol Museum. 8 p.m. Strayhorn Theater. 2 p.m. School of Seven Bells. Mr. Small’s Theatre. 8 p.m. ONGOING The Economic Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drusky Entertainment Fifth Anniversary. Altar Bar. Rangos Hall. 5 p.m. 8 p.m. Mary Poppins. Benedum Center for the Performing Arts. Poetry Slam. Skibo Coffeehouse. 7 p.m. The Asylum. Station Square. 9 p.m. Through Jan. 23. André Kertész: On Reading. Carnegie Museum of Art. TUESDAY1.18.11 SATURDAY1.22.11 Through Feb. 13. Queloides/Keloids: Race & Racism In Cuban Pittsburgh Job Fair. Marriott City Center. 11 a.m. Global Links Pancake Breakfast. Double Wide Grill. Contemporary Art. Mattress Factory. Through Feb. 27. Trailer Park Boys. Byham Theater. 7 p.m. 10 a.m. Ordinary Madness. Carnegie Museum of Art. Through Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey. Consol Energy Center. My Neighbor Totoro. ToonSeum. 3 p.m. Feb. 27. 7 p.m. Winter Void 3. The Shop at 4314 Main Street. 4 p.m. Orchid and Tropical Bonsai Show. Phipps Oracles Project: Predictions for the New Year. Union Sue Garton: Midwinter’s Melody. Waverly United Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Through March 3. Project. 7 p.m. Presbyterian Church. 7 p.m. The Rink at PPG Place. PPG Place and Plaza. Through Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey. Consol Energy Center. March 19. WEDNESDAY1.19.11 7 p.m. Lord of the Crane Flies. Carnegie Museum of Natural Harry Manx. Carnegie Lecture Hall. 7:30 p.m. History. Through April 19. HCII Seminar: Event Maps. Newell-Simon Hall 1305. The Stephen Petronio Company. Byham Theater. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. Judge Robert Colville Lecture. McConomy Auditorium. The Silent Wire. PD’s Pub. 10 p.m. 21+ Want to see your event here? E-mail 7:30 p.m. Bill Toms and Hard Rain. Altar Bar. 10 p.m. 21+ [email protected]. Tangerine. Club Café. 10:30 p.m. 21+ THURSDAY1.20.11 SUNDAY1.23.11 Economic Recovery Workshop. Duquesne University. 7:30 a.m. Sunday Night Jazz. Rivers Casino. 6 p.m.

calendar pillbox 01.17.11 15 andré kertész.

André Kertész, Second Avenue, New York, 1969

André Kertész, Jardin de Luxembourg, 1928 The Carnegie Museum of Art is currently playing host to André Kertész: On Reading, a photography exhibit organized by the Chicago-based Museum of Contemporary Photography. An important fi xture in 20th- century photography, Kertész traveled through Asia, North America, and Europe to capture 100 photographs that represented the power of reading. They are on display in Pittsburgh until Feb. 13. gallery 16pillbox 01.17.11