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thetartan.org @thetartan The Tartan September 10, 2018 Volume 113, Issue 2 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906

What’s New in Dining? Chartwells’ plan Skinner leaves for State Department WILSON EKERN those of former Carnegie Copy Manager Mellon Chief Technol- ogy Officer Jeff Boleng, Kiron Skinner, the who left Carnegie Mel- founding director of the lon in April 2018, and Carnegie Mellon Institute Robert Behler, former for Politics and Strategy Chief Operating Officer and Taube Professor of and deputy director of International Relations the Software Engineering and Politics, started her Institute, who left in Dec. new role as a senior pol- 2017, both for positions icy adviser to Secretary in the Department of De- of State Mike Pompeo on fense. Sept. 4. Skinner was addi- Students in the Institute tionally appointed as the for Politics and Strategy State Department’s new had their own takes on Director of Policy Plan- Skinner’s appointment. ning. Eoin Wilson-Manion, a According to the State second-year International Department website, the Relations and Politics ma- Policy Planning office is jor, said that it is “hard Simin Li/Staff Artist responsible for “striking for me to get behind any- promised renovations at free of growth hormones, a fine line between [the] thing about the Trump numerous dining loca- artificial flavoring, and day-to-day requirements administration,” but that tions, more flexible meal antibiotics. The focus, of diplomacy and the de- he “[does] think, on a sur- plans, two new dining said Director of Dining velopment of long term, face level at least, that it locations in the Tepper Services Pascal Petter, is strategic plans.” This role, is good for CMU to have Quadrangle, and further on health and wellness. therefore, makes Skinner people [representing it] investments in sustain- “Our strategic plan, and one of the people shaping in the real world.” This is ability. On July 1, just the university strategic United States foreign poli- especially true given the GABRIEL BAMFORTH Education. This change six weeks after the email plan,” he said, “is to pro- cy, and includes the power enormous Department of Junior Staffwriter came at the end of a was sent, the contract vide facilities that are to “bring constructive, dis- Defense contracts, such nine-year contract with officially began. engaging, social, and pro- senting, or alternate views as a $732 million dollar, 5 On May 15, Carnegie CulinArt Group, a name With class in session vide healthy options for on... foreign policy issues year award to the Software Mellon students received that had become as fa- and dining locations full, students.” to the Secretary of State.” Engineering Institute in an email from Dean of miliar to upperclassmen the changes are appar- The redesigned The power of Skinner’s new 2017, or an $80 million dol- Students Gina Casalegno, as the Cut or the Black ent. Pure, a new dining La Prima Espresso in role was acknowledged by lar award to the Advanced announcing the school’s Chairs. concept located in the Wean lobby and The Carnegie Mellon president Robotics Manufacturing new primary dining ven- In addition to the new Tepper Quandrangle, of- Farnam Jahanian, who Group, an initiative led dor: Chartwells Higher vendor, the announcement fers a variety of meals See DINING, A3 said of Skinner's appoint- by Carnegie Mellon. Ac- ment that “being called to cording to the Carnegie serve the nation...exempli- Mellon’s 2016 annual fi- fies the growing role CMU nancial report, sponsored faculty play in shaping the projects like these account Dean Andrew Moore departs from SCS policy and research agenda for 33.3 percent of the op- at the national level.” erating revenue, totaling ADAM TUNNARD 211 students this year from The final shape of almost 400 million dollars. Operations Manager just 139 students in 2014. that policy and research Trevor Lazar, a second- On the issue of things he agenda remains to be seen, year International Rela- Carnegie Mellon Univer- wished he could have seen however. According to the tions and Politics major sity’s Andrew Moore, Dean achieved, Moore said that right-wing blog Breitbart who worked as a research of the School of Computer the department “worked News, “a person close to associate for Skinner’s Science (SCS), announced on a bunch of things but I Skinner described her as International Relations de- that he would be stepping never really got started on a ‘Trump loyalist’ who is partment, said he “greatly down from his position the central issues of [the] not going to deviate from respect[s] her knack for on Aug. 28, after serving ultra-important question Trump’s ‘America First’ quality research and the as Dean since 2014. Dean of the quality of life for agenda,” while in a state- strength of her convic- Moore will pursue “a new our graduate students. ment given to Breitbart tions.” When asked about professional opportunity,” Many useful steps forward News, Skinner said that Carnegie Mellon President as told in a Carnegie Mellon happened, but we never got “[effectively implement- Farnam Jahanian’s com- University press release, around to making it a major ing] President Trump’s ments about the grow- after finishing the calendar annual focus for SCS as it America First vision means ing influence of Carnegie year as Dean. deserves to be.” thinking through the Mellon faculty over Carnegie Mellon Presi- That being said, since President’s ideas and good national policy, Lazar said dent Farnam Jahanian Moore took over as dean, instincts with the serious- that he thinks “CMU faculty spoke high praises of the graduate and under- ness that they deserve.” bring a unique perspective Moore’s tenure, saying graduate computer science These ideas range from the to policy grounded in re- “Andrew Moore has been programs have remained separation and detention search and science that is passionate about the im- some of the very top ranked of families seeking asylum unique to the field. I believe pact of technology on so- in the world. to an expansive wall on this will be an important, ciety and a leader in the In response to the new the southern border of the fresh perspective on the way technology enhances “President’s Task Force on United States. national level.” Lazar and people’s lives. At this pivot- Campus Climate,” estab- Skinner has worked Wilson-Manion both com- al time for both the School lished in the wake of two with conservative politi- mented on how important of Computer Science and SCS faculty resigning this cians in the past, serving on diverse ideological per- Carnegie Mellon, we will August after alledging pro- various boards and politi- spectives are in the Inter- make sure the momentum fessional harassment and Courtesy of Andrew W. Moore cal campaigns for George national Relations and Pol- he built will continue.” sexism Moore told The Above: Dean Andrew Moore, who is slated to leave his position W. Bush, Newt Gingrich, itics department, and it will Moore has been with Tartan that “campus cli- as the head of the School of Computer Science at the end of the year. and Mitt Romney, as well be interesting to see the im- Carnegie Mellon University mate issues around gender sector work, with profes- Times, in an article on the as President Trump’s pact such an experienced, since 1993, when he joined harassment, bullying, and sorship at Carnegie Mel- future Amazon headquar- transition team in 2016. competent person like the faculty as a professor unintentional-but-damag- lon University, directing ters, raised the question Skinner’s new role in Kiron Skinner can make in of computer science and ing unconscious bias are a Google Pittsburgh, be- “could the dean of Carnegie Washington, D.C. follows such an influential role. robotics. In 2006, he took really serious issue.” ing the Vice President of Mellon University’s School over as director of Google He went on to specify Engineering at Google of Computer Science Pittsburgh for the opening that this goes beyond sexual Commerce, to his current be resigning to run a of their Pittsburgh campus. harassment, for which position of dean. Pittsburgh HQ2?” The His last four years have “well defined protocols Moore told The Tartan Tartan has no further infor- been spent as the fifth Dean are in place,” to something that he learned a lot work- mation on this connection, of SCS. known as “professional ing in industry, specifi- but regardless, Moore’s In an interview with sexism — one example is cally a heightened sense of future likely sees a salient The Tartan, Dean Moore the phenomenon described urgency, but he also adds assignment. expressed his satisfaction in the title of the Atlantic that “one of the biggest In the Carnegie Mellon at the increased diversity article: ‘Pushy Is Used to things in my role as Dean press release on his of the department, saying Describe Women Twice as is getting to know my stu- resignation, Moore stated “SCS has the capability Often as Men.’” dents and realizing that “I want to express my deep- of moving the needle on As for whether Carnegie the middle of the century est thanks to the amazing increased participation in Mellon is better or worse is probably in good hands.” students, faculty and staff computer science under- than other places in this Referring to his future of SCS,” continuing, “this grad degree by underrep- regard, Moore is unsure, employment opportunity, school is extremely strong resented minorities from but he does state that he Moore quipped to The and remains a thought- around the U.S.” knows “everyone on cam- Tartan that if he “dropped leader in computer science Under Moore’s tenure, pus wants us to be signifi- even the slightest hint, and robotics. With the the School of Computer cantly better, not middle of there would be black heli- technological changes now Science’s incoming classes the pack.” copters circling the campus facing mankind, the world reached gender parity for Dean Moore’s career has within minutes.” has never needed a strong the last three years in a been an interesting mix of At the risk of being overly SCS more than it does Courtesy of U.S. Department of State via Wikimedia Commons row, as well as growing to both academic and private speculative, The New York today.” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo swearing in Director Skinner. A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » September 10, 2018

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Alcohol Amnesty Vehicle vs. Pedestrian student reported to D’Oro communicated to University Police that his University Police that an Carnegie Mellon Police Carnegie Mellon Police backpack and laptop were unknown male had unlaw- STUDENT GOVERNMENT COLUMN responded to Stever House responded to the intersec- unlawfully taken from the fully taken several food and Doherty Apartments tion of Fifth Avenue and Cohon Center. An investi- items. An investigation is ARNAV MAHAJAN for standard elections. following reports of intoxi- Morewood Avenue after a gation is ongoing. ongoing. Special to The Tartan The PDF for the petition cated students. Two Carn- Carnegie Mellon student can be found at: https:// egie Mellon students were was struck by a vehicle. The Defiant Tresspass Medical Intoxication Student Senate will www.cmu.edu/stugov/ provided medical attention student was provided with be holding vacancy elec- senate/student-senate- and no citations were issued medical attention at the Carnegie Mellon Police tions on Sept. 13 at 5 vacancy-election-petition. Carnegie Mellon Police due to Alcohol Amnesty. scene and transported to the responded to the Resnik p.m. in the the Cohon pdf. Once you fill out the responded to North Craig hospital for additional med- Café to remove a fired Center Danforth room. petition, you may submit Street after being informed ical attention. Witnesses re- employee who refused to The Senate is a great way it to mailbox number 46 Open Lewdness of an intoxicated male. A ported that the student had leave the building. The em- to get involved in student at the Cohon Center, or to illegally crossed against the non-affiliate was provided government and have a any member of the Senate A Carnegie Mellon ployee was removed from walk sign which resulted in with medical attention and positive impact on your Executive Committee. student told University the building and issued a the accident. transported to the hospital. college as well as the For candidates who Police that an unknown defiant trespass warning. university as a whole. have submitted petitions male exposed himself while The different com- by Sept. 13, they can come at the Port Authority Bus Theft of Backpack Retail Theft mittees that senators before the senate and give Stop at South Bellefield and Compiled by can serve on impact a speech detailing why Fifth Avenue. A Carnegie Mellon An employee at Tazza NORA MATTSON academics, campus life, they want to be on Senate, business, and many as well as their suitabil- other important areas ity for representing their at Carnegie Mellon. As college. Following these Thomas Kerr Lecture Series a senator, you represent speeches, the existing 2018-2019 your college, and every senators will vote for the senator gets an equal say candidates they feel fit best and equal vote at weekly in the vacant seats. For Senate meetings. The col- those who don’t get elected leges that currently have into these vacancies, the vacancies are the College senate also offers the po- of Fine Arts (1), Dietrich sition of Member At Large College (2), Tepper (MAL). MALs receive the School of Business (1), same amount of influence and Mellon College of and speaking power dur- Science (2). ing Senate meetings, but If you are interested in have more flexibility in running for senator, you terms of attendance policy need to have a petition of and required hours than 25 signatures from mem- regular senators. Those bers of your own college. running for a MAL position For vacancy elections, will have to submit a filled you will need a signed petition and follow the physical petition, instead same procedures as those of the online petitions running for senator.

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Sunstein’s lecture will focus on how, as the Internet grows more sophisticated, it is creating new threats to democracy. Social media companies—such as Facebook—can sort us ever more efficiently into groups of the like-minded, creating echo chambers that amplify our views. It's no accident that on some occasions, people of different political views cannot even understand each other. Sunstein will describe how the online world creates "cyber- cascades," exploits "confirmation bias" and assists "polarization entrepreneurs." And he will explain why online fragmentation endangers the shared conversations, experiences and understandings that are the lifeblood of democracy. In response, Sunstein will propose practical and legal changes to make the internet friendlier to democratic deliberation. Thursday, September 27, 2018 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. | Porter Hall 100

Sponsors • Thomas M. Kerr, Jr. CMU Prelaw Program • University Lecture Series Center for Behavioral Decision Research • Department of Philosophy’s Program for Deliberative Democracy and Center for Ethics and Policy • September 10, 2018 « The Tartan thetartan.org/news » A3

THE FAIR: a rebrand, and a return to an annual tradition JACOB PAUL The Cut, lasted a couple of as much effort to be heard. egie Mellon since 1973. in the Freestyle rap club. excitement. “It’s a fun Junior Staffwriter hours. One of his teammates held “Take a Unix cheat At the table for the Jazz thing to try at least once!” Club leaders competed a 12 foot long oar straight sheet so you’ll never be Club, founded just last There were so many On last Wednesday for students' attention, hol- in the air, and two others alone at CMU not know- year, students shuffled clubs that some even spilled afternoon, the Activities lering jingles at passersby handed out flyers advertis- ing what command to through a vinyl collection out into the hallways. At Fair, this year renamed as they handed out stickers ing an info session directly use!” exclaimed Ford full of classics; Coltrane, the Kirr Commons, com- “THE FAIR,” was held in and candy. Highlight reels after THE FAIR. Spiegel, a graduate stu- Rollins, and Davis amongst monly referred to as the the Cohon Center. Tables played on laptops, and “Around 10 percent of dent. The Carnegie Mellon them. SPIRIT was handing Black Chairs, students of student-run organiza- pop music blasted from the people who sign up University Computer Club out flyers for their annual could register to vote. tions filled the Wiegand portable speakers. for the email blast come to offers students access to a fashion show. “We are also Some students seemed Gymnasium, the Connan There was a constant the first meeting, at least wide array of antique and a haven for people who to find the array of options Room, and Rangos refrain of “sign up for our for our club,” explained modern “machines,” as support black people,” ex- overwhelming. Ballroom from wall to wall. list and take a sticker," or Ashwati Kristan, a post- well as some they can't af- plained Mecca Parker, a “It was packed, a lot of It was quite a testament to “I see you looking at our doctoral student who has ford. “We do weird things senior who is the chair of options,” said Medhane the diverse array of inter- poster!” been running the Shoto- with computers.” The the SPIRIT fashion show. Ollushoda, a fifth year who ests that make up Carnegie One voice resounded kan Karate Club for nine stack of cheat sheets was “Quidditch has become signed up for the Muslim Mellon. Students, mostly above all the hoopla. “If years. Kristan and three shrinking quickly. a combination of many Student Association. first years, rushed in to you got a face, you got a other members stood fully Over a blaring boom- sports; rugby, lacrosse, “I think it’s a lot of explore all that Carnegie place! CMU Rowing Club!” cloaked in white karate bap instrumental, Ryan dodgeball, and baseball,” people, and it's hard to find Mellon has to offer. THE shouted Nethani Bryant, uniforms, emanating a Harty, President of CMU said Dominique Brych, the club you're interested FAIR, held inside this year senior, with all his might. commanding presence. Cyphers, rhymed the senior and Captain of in,” shrugged Emmanuel due to construction on No one else was putting in The club has been at Carn- names of people interested the Quidditch team, with Gama, graduate student.

Marika Yang/Sports Editor Last Wednesday, dozens of organizations vied for new members as students filtered around tables looking at on-campus clubs during THE FAIR, held this year indoors in Wiegand Gym and Rangos Ballroom. What’s New in Dining 2018 IntelligenceCareers.gov/NSA DINING , from A1 Bowl Life (a noodle dining room. Dining bar), and Realwich (a Marketing Coordinator, sandwich bar serving Nutrition Educator Underground in meats free of nitrates). and Dietitian Jessica Morewood Gardens The vegetarian and Tones said that for embody the kind vegan Evgefstos has these classes, simpler NSA IS COMING TO of thinking Petter been rebranded as is better. “Most people expressed. The Roots, serving an up- want to learn to cook Underground features dated menu of grain something that they an entirely new floor bowls, superfood bowls, would actually make plan with more space, and hot entrees. The again,.. ” explained YOUR CAMPUS an open kitchen envi- City Grill is now the the veteran cooking ronment, and improved Back Bar Grill, serving instructor. “Teaching lighting. Though the familiar burgers and someone how to make stage and the dingy fries as well as new veg- a vinaigrette can launch lighting of yesteryear etarian options. them into being able are gone, classic menu Also new in the to make a wide variety items such as the PB Cohon Center are feed- of dishes.” Teaching Banana Crunch are still back kiosks, featuring Kitchen will happen on available. touchscreen interfaces a pop-up basis, posted The La Prima stand where students and on Dining’s new events in the Wean Lobby has visitors can quickly rate page AndyEATS, and been updated to a full their dining experi- will also be available for counter with walled ence. These stations are student organizations seating and line space subtle, but they indi- and group events. that doesn’t interfere cate an important shift In addition to Remarkable student and career opportunities. with foot traffic in the in the culture of Dining student input on food, highly-congested area. Services. “We’re look- Dining Services plans Recruiters ready to chat. Mark your calendar now! The popular vendor is ing to have students be to team up with stu- currently trying to se- engaged with our din- dents to take on sus- cure a local contract ing program,” said Mr. tainability issues in the to provide vegan and Petter, “and to have near future. There are vegetarian Grab n’ Go input, quite honestly.” currently four locations options. In a proactive effort on campus with com- Carnegie Mellon University Stephanie’s in the to improve the dining posting capabilities; Mellon Institute has experience at Carnegie Dining Services and been converted to an Mellon (Niche.com Chartwells hope to col- autonomous 24-hour gave campus food a laborate with student Encompass CMU snack bar named Market C+), Dining Services group CMU Sustainable Tuesday, September 11 - Thursday, September 13 C. “Knowing the gradu- is opening its doors to Earth to increase that ate students who work students, offering a number and convert as in Mellon, we wanted number of ways to get much plastic packaging to provide a convenient involved. as possible to composta- location that also has One exciting ble materials, starting fresh food,” said Petter, proposal penned by with the Resnik servery. noting the challenging Chartwells is a rotating The issue of waste hours required of those retail concept in which isn’t a simple procure- students and the diffi- students get to vote on ment shift, however. culties of staffing a lo- a particular cuisine for “It’s one thing to put cation to accommodate each semester. In this a compost bin out,” those hours. Market C is proposal, Chartwells says Petter. “It’s an- located on the 4th floor chooses the most popu- other to communicate of the Mellon Institute, lar choice and develops to our community what and is completely auto- a menu, to be offered exactly goes in it.” mated; customers check for the duration of a For more information out at a kiosk. semester. on dining locations, en- The Cohon Center Teaching Kitchen, gagement opportuni- dining cluster has been another new project, ties, grand openings, U.S. citizenship is required. given a sleek gray paint will be starting this and samplings, visit NSA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. scheme, with new con- fall, offering chef- the Dining Services cepts Bibimbap (serv- led student cook- website at www.cmu. ing Korean rice bowls), ing classes in Schatz edu/dining. A4 « thetartan.org/forum The Tartan » September 10, 2018

From the Editorial Board Harvard lawsuit sparks college admissions debate An Arizona liberal’s Within the walls of Harvard, a its use of other subjective measures university tradition that has long tribute to McCain storm begins to brew, threatening bring on problems of their own been in place with little rebuttal. In to dismantle the previously elusive that make it difficult for students of Harvard specifically, this preference admissions process the elite Ivy marginalized groups to overcome. has proven to put all non-white League university has been using for Factors like sociability, charisma, applicants at a disadvantage, an years. As one of the country’s most and personality are a few of the non- issue rarely confronted in cases prestigious universities faces allega- quantitative methods of measuring such as these. Top tier universities tions of discrimination against Asian students that are said to be a part also seem to often prefer a diverse American students, a great threat of this process. The abolishment ethnic makeup rather than taking forms against the future of affirma- of affirmative action does little to into account socioeconomic factors, tive action in America. The trial, set help students have more space, but forcing the range of diversity to be to begin in mid-October, will ulti- rather enables a more pointed focus limited by those selections. However, mately inform the way in which ed- on biased and elusive means of universities hide these issues by ucation policy — particularly policy judgement. masquerading their consequences in place to combat forms of discrimi- The complexity of the case is as a result of affirmative action. nation — will consider factors such reflected once more in the divisive Regardless of how policy reforms, as race in their application process. responses from groups within these untouched allocations set It is common practice in many the Asian American community aside by schools for preferred colleges and universities to include itself. The National Council of students will continue to create race as one of many factors in a “ho- Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) pressure amongst applicants as they listic” consideration of an applicant. issued a statement rejecting the leave only a small quota to be filled While this vague language has been notion that they stood opposed to by disadvantaged students each criticized by these students as un- affirmative action, making a point year. fairly subjective, Harvard profusely to highlight the ways in which such As things are now, we find our- asserts that this approach is in no policy played a crucial role in aiding selves standing at a precipice. It is way discriminatory for any group Asian American and Pacific Islander a great practice to hold institutions but rather assessed in consider- students. In their statement, the responsible for their ethics, creat- ation of selecting a diverse pool of NCAPA commends universities ing equal opportunity for those who students. This search for “diversity” attempting to apply those policies in have worked to reach these spaces, has become the rationale for why their admissions process and stands collectively. The history is available those coveted spots are not offered in solidarity with their efforts. In the and ever present, and with its effects to more Asian American students, eyes of the NCAPA, the goal is not to laying the foundation for these very pushing them to believe that such rid the system of affirmative action, conversations to occur, we must process stems from discrimination. but offer methods of reform that choose where we go from here. To However, affirmative action may be result in the opportunity for more all of the Asian American students less involved with those decisions minority students in a system that that feel they suffer from an obso- Sen. John McCain, pictured above, passed away from brain cancer Aug. 2018. than we believe. has historically held a consistent lete system, your experiences are When considering who is to majority through other methods of certainly real and your feelings justi- blame in this discussion, the policy recruitment. fied. However, the target you choose like John McCain with a degree that takes the brunt of the argument Universities have obscured the to confront on the stand should be of normalcy. Not stability or even is not actually part of the problem slippage of far more consequential considered thoroughly if you truly political function, but normalcy. when it comes to anti-Asian bias. factors affecting admissions by argue for equal opportunity. It is a This distinction is important. Harvard’s “holistic” admissions working in smoke and mirrors. disservice to your own fight to ig- Trevor Lazar The Senate’s efficiency has been ex- process may follow a model calling Selective admissions that favor nore the historical precedent of the Staffwriter ponentially slowed by gridlock and for higher numbers of all minorities athletes, children of donors, and policy that has enabled us the im- hyper-partisanship over the course influenced by affirmative action, but legacy applicants are an upheld mense progress we’ve made thus far. John McCain — war hero, of the last few decades, and to an ex- Arizona Senator, conservative, and tent, McCain played a role in this. Yet, patriot — died on Aug. 25, 2018, just so did all members of the Senate who four days before what would have served and have served during that been his 82nd birthday. His passing time. McCain was a politician, no has brought with it an extended doubt, but he was responsive to his mourning of a self-described constituents, and respectful of those maverick; some remark that he whose opinions differed. was the last of his kind. Moreover, It speaks great volumes that of the his public battle with brain cancer key speakers at McCain’s various fu- since his diagnosis last year added neral services, both former President a heightened sense of drama and Obama and Vice President Biden de- urgency to his final months in the livered eulogies. That speaks to the Senate. Indeed, his no-vote that legacy of an era in American politics sunk, perhaps for good, Republican that is now just behind us. I find it attempts to repeal the Affordable hard to believe that Barack Obama’s Care Act will be remembered as one recent speech eviscerating the Trump of the most important single votes administration only coincidentally of this decade. In an era that has left lined up with John McCain’s passing. a malleable path for Republicans Many — liberals, especially — to pass far-right laws, McCain was have criticized President Obama for a vocal Trump critic who will be his relative lack of presence in the remembered for his singular, active public sphere since his departure resistance in support of a progressive from office. Whether that criticism healthcare law enacted by his greatest is warranted is another conversation political adversary. His character altogether. Nonetheless, I believe and commitment to country shone Obama looked to McCain’s vocal cri- brighter than his political ideology tique of the current administration in the end, and his good actions and decided to honor that legacy. overshadowed his mistakes in the Now, as John McCain is laid to final chapter of his life. rest, Barack Obama has said goodbye As an Arizona resident, a pro- to his respected opponent, Joe Biden gressive Democrat, and a frequent has said goodbye to his friend, and conservative critic (going far beyond our country must say goodbye. In Trump), I hold a complicated view bidding the late Senator from Arizona of Senator McCain. I disagreed with farewell, we Americans must hold him on most major policy issues. I ourselves and our representatives to particularly took issue with his close the standard that John McCain set. ties to the NRA. “Ten years ago, I had the privi- However, now, I cannot help but lege to concede defeat in the election feel grateful. Dissertations could for president. I want to end my fare- be written by liberals like me over well to you with the heartfelt faith in the merits of McCain’s tenure in the Americans that I felt so powerfully Senate. If I wrote pages upon pages, that evening. covering every vote and decision in I feel it powerfully still. John McCain’s lifetime, I still would Do not despair of our present be conflicted. Our politics, as they difficulties but believe always in the stand, are not in a state of normalcy. promise and greatness of America, They are rife with vitriol and horrific because nothing is inevitable here. bigotry and discrimination, coupled Americans never quit. We never sur- with a series of startling breaks with render. We never hide from history. precedent in our political institutions We make history.” Anna Boyle/Art Editor and procedures. I associate people Godspeed, Senator McCain.

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Students for a Democratic university’s current connections to the TOC facilitators might consider see then – and what our college more than 3,000 Google employees Society the military-industrial complex. disinviting war profiteers this year. and university administrators fail joined the successful call to end the Special to The Tartan In short, Carnegie Mellon’s role The Dean said that the companies to see now – was the essential con- company’s contract with the DoD, in U.S. imperialism and corporate that attend the conference simply nection between war and big busi- Project Maven, which would use AI From Sept. 24-26, the Technical greed are a continuing stain on respond to an open call from the ness. War is immensely profitable, to improve drone targeting. More Opportunities Conference (TOC) the university’s public image and a university, and that the facilitators especially when it results in the than 100 at Amazon signed a letter will take place in the Cohen Cen- failure of leadership on the part of refuse to ban particular firms – as toppling of governments that are protesting the company’s sale of fa- ter, and the long history of close our administrators. doing so would deprive students of unfriendly to U.S. business inter- cial recognition software to police collaboration between Carnegie This failure is epitomized the freedom to seek employment ests. But regardless of its outcome, departments as well as its work for Mellon and the defense industry by the companies privileged to where they wish. war is an economic end in itself. It Immigration and Customs Enforce- will almost certainly continue. attend our most prestigious yearly But this argument is a dodge, in makes money for those building ment (ICE), which is right now The U.S. Department of career fair. The TOC, which is that it offloads responsibility for the the weapons, those financing the keeping more than 2,000 children Defense (DoD) is the wealthiest sponsored by CIT and run by the Dean’s own decision to students. It weapons-makers, those broadcast- in detention camps. This followed and most powerful customer of Society of Women Engineers, isn’t as though every company in ing the violence in the media, and, over 100 Microsoft employees’ pro- past TOC corporate attendees such has hosted numerous companies the world attends the TOC, offering increasingly, for the private militias test of their company’s cloud com- as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, that profit off of deadly conflict students unlimited options. actually fighting on the ground. puting contract with ICE. and General Dynamics. DoD and nuclear proliferation – from Rather, military contractors and It isn’t surprising that Andrew These brave and principled is also a major funder of off- Northrup Grumman and Leidos, weapons manufacturers are Carnegie overlooked these eco- workers already have the sorts campus Carnegie Mellon research to Boeing and Bechtel. Their over-represented. Let’s be clear: nomic factors. As a robber baron of jobs that students at Carnegie institutions such as the Software products, such as laser-guided in addition to its own wars in who mistreated workers and bust- Mellon are right now studying Engineering Institute in Oakland munitions, fighter jets, drones, countries like Afghanistan and ed their unions, Carnegie wanted and striving to obtain. However, (currently on year three of a five- and surveillance systems, are used Iraq, the U.S. military is indirectly to abolish war without addressing too many of us end up recruited to year, $1.73 billion DoD contract), in bombing campaigns in Yemen, responsible for the violence meted its connections to an economic build tools for bombings, surveil- the National Robotics Engineering Syria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. out by the 73% of the world’s system he was personally profit- lance, and deportations. The ulti- Center in Lawrenceville (selected Millions of people have fled their dictatorships it supports. Saudi ing from. Dean Garrett refuses to mate blame for this lies with our in 2016 for four DoD-funded homes or died as a result, all while Arabia, one such ally, has already address one of those connections administrators and their laissez- projects totaling $10.6 million), the shareholders of TOC-attending killed tens of thousands of civilians on our campus nowadays, and faire policies. But it’s on us, the and the soon-to-be-built Advanced companies rake in billions. in Yemen, in a war that has led to through his inaction, he is drafting student body, to tell them that we Robotics Manufacturing Institute The situation with the TOC is “the world's worst humanitarian Carnegie Mellon students into the see them, that we object to their in Hazelwood (earned $80 million a microcosm of a broader political crisis, with more than 22 million wars of the future. decisions, and that we refuse to en- in DoD startup funding in 2017). crisis in the United States since the people – three-quarters of the The good news is that there able war without even debating it. In addition, the DoD awards mid-20th century. As Howard Zinn population – in desperate need is still time to say “no” to defense If you are interested in helping about $135 million each year (p. writes in A People’s History of the of aid and protection, according contractors. Were the TOC facilita- us fight the dangerous relationship 16) in grants to individual CMU United States: to the UN.” In the past, the Saudi tors to do so, they would not find between Carnegie Mellon and war, researchers in departments like “[After World War II], U.S. busi- royal family also looked the other themselves in a lonely position in you can learn more at fb.me/news- the Robotics Institute, the Institute ness leaders were so pleased with way as wealthy figures connected the world of tech. Earlier this year, dscmu. for Software Research, Psychology, how the war stimulated industry to its regime sent money and arms and Social and Decision Sciences. that the president of General Elec- to al-Qaeda and ISIS. Most recently, in April, the DoD’s tric [which regularly attends the So, to recap: companies wel- Army Research Laboratory TOC], Charles E. Wilson, suggest- comed with open arms to our established a partnership with our ed a continuing alliance between campus each year are doing busi- Let’s define the engineering college, CIT, to give its business and the military for ‘a per- ness with the U.S. and Saudi mili- engineers access to the military’s manent war economy.’ (p. 397)” taries, who in turn are supporting “real-world, challenging problems This war economy has expand- dictatorships and terrorist groups, term “popular film” and data sets, as well as access to ed despite the trend of Western respectively. If Carnegie Mellon ARL facilities, infrastructure, and governments increasingly turning higher-ups agree with this business Izzy Sio fined by financial performance, then equipment,” with the ultimate goal to neoliberal “austerity” policies, model, they should say so directly Pillbox Editor a range or a benchmark would need of providing “increased capabilities especially since the 2007-2008 and explain why – instead of blam- to be set in place. However, that also for national security and defense,” global financial crisis. As a result, ing students for jumping at lucra- Over brunch on Saturday, I was vastly limits the field of nominees and according to CIT’s Dean James H. national military budgets keep in- tive opportunities dangled in front discussing with a friend on how it puts more pressure and emphasis on Garrett, Jr. creasing while vital social services, of their faces. is difficult to define and determine the dollar in Hollywood, the latter infrastructure spending, and envi- This relationship goes back until Ironically, our university’s “popularity” in college. The which is a larger problem throughout ronmental protections are slashed. founder, Andrew Carnegie, was at least 1987, when the university concept of “popularity” hadn’t even film. If “popular film” is defined by Meanwhile, the companies, insti- a staunch anti-war advocate. In received $103 million from the crossed my mind during my three critical reviews, whether it be from tutions, and politicians responsible 1910, Carnegie created the Carn- DoD to fund research in “weapons years at Carnegie Mellon, partly audience or from journalists, then for this corruption face no conse- egie Endowment for International targeting and tracking.” By 2004, because popularity is so heavily this category really isn’t necessary. quences. Peace, a think-tank committed the radio program, Democracy broken down and circumstantial. The second problem is that the Recently, a representative from to “the abolition of international Now!, had run a segment about Popularity mostly inhabited people category devalues and delegitimizes our group, Students for a Demo- war.” Carnegie believed that war our school entitled “Carnegie within organizations – they’d won “blockbuster movies.” While eligible, cratic Society, sat down with CIT was “the foulest blot upon our civi- Military University.” And this past the most awards, participated the genre movies like science fiction and May, PublicSource reported on the Dean James Garrett to ask whether lization.” What Carnegie failed to most, devoted a lot of time to said fantasy that mostly are regulated to organization, or were just likable the Best Visual Effects categories, and friendly people. There weren’t comedies of any kind on a small scale, many people whose popularity surprise horror hits, or movies from extended outside of the organization; larger franchises such as Marvel, DC, Op-ed sheds light on the resistance if anything, their organization or Harry Potter rarely receive nomi- was more of a tool to help people nations for categories like Best Actor, Lauren Kelly mine his presidency. He was not take this article and run with it, remember who they were and what Best Actress, Best Original Screen- Junior Staffwriter wrong. There are people working exclaiming that Trump is unfit they do. Unlike high school, there play, and Best Picture. Bailey and around the clock to keep the Presi- for office. On the other hand, was no list nor guidebook as to who Hudson recognized that when think- Donald Trump was right. dent’s impulsive mind at bay. Republicans may read the op-ed was popular or how to be popular ing of creating this category. In an Wednesday evening, The New York Although this op-ed from and take comfort in knowing that in college; in fact, individuality article from The Hollywood Reporter, Times released an op-ed validat- within the administration will there are “adults in the room” who was respected the most more than Bailey said that the category “wasn’t ing Trump’s paranoia. The op-ed strengthen Trump’s main base, will support true conservatism. anything. some knee-jerk reaction to falling was anonymously written by a there is a very real possibility We should question the underlying There are a lot of problems with ratings or to ABC or to anything like senior-level official in the Trump that it will push people towards motives of this anonymous author, the inclusion of a “Popular Oscar,” that. It was real[ly] clear on the part White House, confirming a strat- the Democrats. There are an as he or she may be hinting at formally known as the “Outstanding of the board and the Academy that egy of containment for the man increasing number of Republicans Republicans who have lost their Achievement in Popular Film” we needed somehow to make cer- inhabiting the oval. This uniden- ready to cut ties with Trump, faith to vote for Republicans in the category, within the lineup of the tain kinds of films eligible for new tified senior official in the Trump which may lead some moderate fall. Either way, this op-ed creates Academy Awards. It put all eligible awards.” White House has made it clear Republicans to vote for Democrats more space in the ever-growing and already released movies in a However, putting films like that they are not a part of the in the midterms. Surely, this op-ed political divide currently taking weird place and a hot spotlight when Mission Impossible: Fallout, Crazy popular left resistance, but a resis- could push some frustrated voters place in the country. it was first announced, creating a Rich Asians, A Quiet Place, or Black tance to Trump’s amoral and anti- to the left, but it may come as a Many have gone so far as to singled out and very clear division on Panther into a playground of their democratic behaviors. sign of reassurance and relief for call this unnamed author a hero, what was a “Best Picture” contender own feels more like an insult to each For the past two days, news Republicans that do not support which is a huge stretch. Yes, it is and what was a “Best Popular Film” film’s directors, cast, and crew. It organizations around the world Trump, but support a conservative incredible that a senior White contender. It exposed the Academy of makes the word “popular” feel like have proudly argued that this agenda. House official worked with the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a stigma. It only furthers the belief op-ed will lead to a blue tsunami While the motives of this op-ed so-called “enemy of the people” an organization struggling to remain that blockbuster, franchise films can’t come November. While the anon- are quite questionable, the piece to release an op-ed confirming relevant, announcing other changes tell an actual story and are just cash ymous op-ed is certainly damn- tells the American public what what most of the American public when the category was announced grabs, when in reality the storytelling ing, the impact it will have on the we already knew: Donald Trump already knew, but it is not enough that month such as a shortened and thematic possibilities that some midterm elections is questionable. does not and will not put the to be called an “unsung hero.” If broadcast time in order to appeal of these larger budget movies can The midterms are only a few short country first. Because our nation these people working in the White to viewers. It took some class out of convey and tell are endless, rich, and months away, but it is likely that is so divided, it is likely that this House were real heroes, they the Academy, making next year’s mind-blowing. The “popular Oscar” voters will forget this incident giv- op- ed will be perceived would not have just “whispered” Oscars feel more like the Kids’ Choice takes out the diversity that the Best en the chaos ensuing within the i n a variety of ways. about invoking the 25th amend- Awards and reminding us that, above Picture Oscar desperately needs, Trump administration on a week- Democrats will ment to remove the President, all else, the Oscars will still always be and neglects attributes of film that ly basis. By November, this op-ed they would have actually invoked a production more than an award make it meaningful and impactful to will surely be masked by other it. If this unnamed author were a show. audience members. Trump-related scandals. hero, they would have included There are two big problems that Despite being the least-watched Not only will the anonymous their name and dealt with arise the most from the various issues show in the history of the Academy, op-ed be old news by November, the consequences. Ap- of the “Outstanding Achievement in the 90th Academy Awards had actu- it will actually strengthen Donald parently, that is all too Popular Film” award, the first being: ally made some progression in trying Trump’s base. For the past two much to ask. what is “popular film”? More specifi- to break the barrier between “Oscar years, his base has listened to him cally, what is popular? Is it measured bait” movies and “popular film.” Hor- spout endless lies. They defend by a film’s news coverage, and how ror film Get Out was nominated for his mistruths and “alterna- much buzz it builds up before awards four awards, winning one for Best tive facts” as if they have season? Is it measured by a film’s Original Screenplay. In that same cat- been hypnotized to do so. financial performance, or by how egory, Amazon romantic comedy The This shocking op-ed much it makes during its opening Big Sick also received a nomination. only supports what weekend and its drop rate thereaf- The most landmark of all, superhero he has been telling ter? Is it measured by a film’s critical western Logan received a nomination his base all along: acclaim, and its stellar reviews from for Best Adapted Screenplay, becom- there are people audiences, since incorporating critics ing the first superhero movie to re- working for him into this potential definition would ceive an Academy Award nomination in the White just be the method in how Academy outside of a technical category. House who are voters determine “Best Picture?” Even though the Academy post- trying to under- Academy President John Bailey poned the category for this year’s and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson awards ceremony last Thursday, their noted that they were still working on proposed ideas to help bridge this defining what constituted a “popular gap are still alarming. Whether they film,” and it is perhaps that uncertain- decide to reintroduce the idea in the ty that made the reception to the cat- future or quietly push it off to the side, egory worse. If “popular film” is de- the Academy should take the per- fined by news coverage, then winners spective of the people in mind to see would be fairly easy to identify and what constitutes “popular” and apply the actual content of the film could it to their broadcast, not in their film Connor McGaffin/Junior Staff Artist be overlooked. If “popular film” is de- classification. A6 « thetartan.org/scitech The Tartan » September 10, 2018

Carnegie Mellon-Pitt team gets $3.8M to study suicide

EMMA FLICKINGER the brain’s response when “The cornerstone of psychology studies — is approach. “They used veys in the doctor’s office. SciTech Editor participants heard positive this project is our recent their small sample size a method called ‘cross “In terms of predicting sui- words, negative words, ability to identify what (34 participants). While validation’ to both train cide risk, it is unlikely to A $3.8 million grant and words related to sui- concept a person is think- this number was enough and test their machine move the field forward,” from the National Institute cide. They identified five ing about based on its to provide valid results, learning algorithm on said psychiatrist Seena for Mental Health (NIMH) areas of the brain that accompanying brain ac- in future work the greater the same small data set,” Fazel of the University of has been awarded to were identifiably differ- tivation pattern or neu- number of participants al- explained Derek Hill, a Oxford, in response to the Carnegie Mellon’s Marcel ent between suicidal par- ral signature,” said Just, lowed by the NIMH fund- professor of medical imag- 2017 study. Just and the University ticipants and non-suicidal the D.O. Hebb University ing will grant additional ing science at University However, if the PRISM of Pittsburgh’s David A. participants. Professor of Psychology confirmation and further College London. “While method is implemented in Brent, who will be using Brent and Just then in Dietrich College, in a insight, and allow them to this is a widely used a clinical setting, it could the grant to expand on trained a machine learn- university press release. compare imaging from pa- approach, it is not a true potentially help reduce the their innovative research ing algorithm on the brain “We were previously able tients with a greater range replication study, so it isn’t high number of false posi- on how images of the brain data, and tested it to see to obtain consistent neu- of different mental states yet clear whether their al- tives produced by standard can identify individuals how well it could correctly ral signatures to deter- to broaden the way they gorithm would work on screening surveys — as well with suicidal thoughts. categorize brain images as mine whether someone are able to interpret the another separate group of as increase the accuracy of Their research, known either suicidal or non-sui- was thinking about objects images. patients.” screenings. “Suicide is the as the Predicting Risk cidal; it returned results like a banana or a hammer While it’s generally The largest point of second leading cause of Imaging Suicidal Minds with 91 percent accuracy. by examining their fMR agreed that a way to track criticism, however, was death among young adults (PRISM) project, made When the algorithm was brain activation patterns. biological predictors of the method’s applicability in the U.S., and current headlines in 2017 when trained only on the data But now we are able to suicide is needed, some in a clinical setting. Brain assessment methods rely their initial findings were from suicidal brains, it tell whether someone is think the PRISM project imaging is expensive, and entirely on patients self re- published. In the study, identified images with 94 thinking about ‘trouble’ or isn’t the best solution. suicide is an extremely porting and doctors’ obser- they examined brain percent accuracy. ‘death’ in an unusual way.” Some cautioned frequent problem. It’s un- vations,” said Brent. “Any activity in suicidal and The NIMH grant will One limitation of against placing too much realistic to expect a switch new inroads to better diag- non-suicidal participants fund the research for a Just’s and Brent’s past confidence, too soon, in to this advanced method nosis and treatment have by comparing images of further five years. research — as with many the machine learning from simple screening sur- the potential to save lives.” Astronauts find hole in spacecraft, plug it with thumb

ANNA BOYLE According to The pieces flying into space. to drill a hole in zero Art Editor Telegraph, Astronaut Scientists estimate that gravity — nearly impossi- Alexander Gerst proceeded there are 166 million piec- ble, in fact. It’s much more Living in space can be to plug the hole with some- es larger than 1 millimeter likely that a worker on tough sometimes. You’re thing almost every person shooting through space Earth accidentally created millions of miles from on this planet has access to at speeds of up to 30,000 the hole during produc- home. You’re stuck with — his own thumb. mph. Of those pieces, tion. One unnamed source your coworkers for long It was effective, but 750,000 are estimated to suggests that the craft was stretches of time. All perhaps not the “best be larger than 1 centime- damaged during testing at of your food is suction- remedy,” admits NASA’s ter. At those speeds, space the Baikonur Cosmodrome wrapped and rationed. ground control. The astro- debris are capable of tear- in Kazakhstan, and some- And sometimes, you wake nauts later used Kapton ing through spacecraft like one hastily covered up the up to find out that your tape and epoxy to seal the a bullet through human mistake. home is slowly leaking air. hole more permanently. flesh, lending this theory Still, even if an astronaut On Aug. 30, the astro- Flight controllers contin- credibility. somehow drilled the hole, nauts aboard the Interna- ued to monitor the cabin More conspiratorial their intentions were most tional Space Station found and search for a long-term theories have also likely not malicious. Rus- out that they had been los- solution. emerged. According to sian politician Maxim ing air all night. According They also searched Smithsonian Magazine, Surayev says it is pos- to cnet.com, flight control- for the answer to another the small hole could have sible an astronaut became lers had been monitoring question — how did the been drilled. The head homesick and resorted the drop in pressure and hole get there? of Russia’s space agency, to extreme measures in chose to let the astronauts The first theory blamed Dmitry Rogozin, was the an attempt to get back to sleep because the leak pre- either a micrometeorite first to make this claim. Earth. “We’re all human and sented no danger at the or a piece of space debris. “It is too early to say anyone might want to go time. Although space debris definitely what happened,” home,” Surayev said. “But Once awake, the as- has never caused any sig- he told the TASS news this method is really low… tronauts began search- nificant damage before, agency. “But, it seems to be I wish to God that this is a ing for the source of the experts have warned for done by a faltering hand… production defect, although leak; the team consisted years that it is only a mat- it is a technological error that’s very sad too — there’s of commander Drew ter of time. The sheer by a specialist. It was done been nothing like this in the Feustel, flight engineers amount of junk makes such by a human hand — there history of Soyuz ships.” Ricky Arnold and Serena a collision inevitable; since are traces of a drill sliding The investigation is still Auñón-Chancellor, as well 1957, over 5,000 launches along the surface.” ongoing, but for now the as Alexander Gerst, Oleg have resulted in more than So is there a saboteur astronauts are in no danger. Artemyev, and Sergey 23,000 objects in orbit aboard the ISS, biding They will continue their du- Prokopyev. They eventu- around earth. their time and waiting ties, and those of us on Earth Courtesy of NASA/James Blair via Wikimedia Commons ally found a 2 millimeter Additionally, many for the opportune time to can continue being grateful German astronaut Alexander Gerst. Gerst, the second European wide hole in a spacecraft abandoned space- strike again? Possibly... but that we can’t lose our oxygen Space Agency astronaut to serve as commander onboard the attached to the Russian craft have exploded or probably not. to holes smaller than the International Space Station, plugged the recent leak with his thumb. side of the station. broken up, sending their It’s extremely difficult widths of our thumbs.

Courtesy of NASA via Wikimedia Commons Astronauts doing construction work on the International Space Station in 2006. The astronauts aboard the space station had a scare last week when a hole in a docked Russian spacecraft began leaking air. September 10, 2018 « The Tartan thetartan.org/scitech » A7 Brazil museum fire is a tragedy for scientific research

MARIKA YANG Sports Editor

Two centuries of time and effort, engulfed in a fi- ery blaze. 20 million price- less historical and scientific artifacts — gone. On Sept. 2, the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro burned to the ground, a national and in- ternational tragedy so great that David Reich, a Harvard Medical School geneticist, said “It’s as if the Metropoli- tan Museum of Art burned down.” The museum was a place where families could enjoy a fun and educational day, students could visit during school trips, and world-renowned paleontol- ogists, anthropologists, and biologists could conduct research in the museum’s extensive archives. The building that burned housed 90 percent of the museum’s complete collec- tion, with some artifacts dating back millions of years, and provided a space for researchers to learn and discover new ancient spe- cies and look back to put the Coutesy of Felipe Milanez via Wikimedia Commons present in context. Brazil’s National Museum (Museu Nacional) during the catastrophic fire that destroyed it on Sept. 2. No one was injured in the fire, but the disaster sparked protests in Rio de Janiero. The museum specialized in Egyptian mummies, di- and black cultural history determined, this event is base of a mounted dino- nosaur fossils, and artifacts in Brazil and more broadly, a clear sign that we need saur. Museum communi- local to the region. With the South America. It worked better methods for conser- ties around the world, and fire, these irreplaceable fig- with indigenous groups to vation and digitization. national and international ments of history and science document their cultural As for the academics institutions for art, history, have been suddenly taken practices, music, and maps, who worked in the museum, and science must work to away. The disaster’s impact and used affirmative ac- their life’s work has been support the future of the on research will begin to be tion policies to ensure that lost. “It is very difficult to museum, and the futures of realized in the coming years native and minority Brazil- react to reality and try to all museums. as this wealth of knowledge ians would have a hand in return to life,” said linguist Those that criticize is no longer available. recording their own history. Bruna Franchetta, whose museums say they are stuck In an article for The The museum is already office was destroyed, in a in the past, constantly mired Washington Post, Antonio planning to rebuild, so that statement to WIRED. by the beliefs, values, and Carlos de Souza Lima, pro- it can continue its mission Before the fire, the mu- perspectives of different fessor of ethnology at the to preserve and promote seum was having funding eras. But they are essential National Museum, wrote cultural and scientific re- difficulties, fighting with to our history, and to our that “the destruction of the search. But that costs money different governments and human understanding of museum and its collections — as does digital archiving, the Federal University of ourselves and the world we threatens Brazil’s ethnic which would provide “back- Rio de Janeiro for resources. live in. If we do not acknowl- minorities.” The museum up” to mitigate any future The museum had previously edge the past and seek to un- Coutesy of Danicke via Wikimedia Commons provided a space to cultivate tragedies. While the cause resorted to crowdfunding to derstand it, we are destined A Chilean mummy, c. 3400 - 4700 years old. The mummy was part and protect the indigenous of the fire has not yet been repair the termite-infested to repeat it. of the museum’s extensive South American archaeology collection. A8 « thetartan.org/encompass The Tartan » September 10, September 10, 2018 « The Tartan thetartan.org/sports » A9 The Athletic must promote new voices and markets ATHLETIC, from A10 was announced recently: a piece of their formula But for old standards, try something new. but does that matter when man to run and improve is charging people to industry veterans continue Until then, The Athletic it’s stale? While writers across their fantasy sports cover- read the same content to carry the flag, leaving will continue with the the board continue to insist age. And yet The Athletic they had been reading new, promising journalists same trite formulas The Athletic is merely still has no writers or for years. There is no in the dust. established for years by meant to be another option mechanisms in place to new perspective, as they There are many avenues sports pages across of finding sports cover- cover women’s sports. continue to give jobs to a site like The Athletic could the globe. Sure, age, the attitudes of the The lack of women those already established take. They could pioneer the writing founders and the site itself on staff continues to be in the industry. In fact, a focused method for is good, are extremely aggressive. a concern for critics. In thanks to The Athletic, you writing on women’s sports, But when perusing The a Slate article published are more likely to find new, something that right now Athletic web pages, the this month, Aaron Gordon fresh voices at your local is mostly supported by coverage looks incredibly puts it well: “It’s difficult to papers as they replace espnW. They could give similar to those of square the Athletic’s claim those who have moved on. new writers a chance to corresponding local paper that it’s providing stories For sports that are not as excel in a format that sites. Also noteworthy, that readers cannot find heavily in the mainstream, prioritizes emotional The Athletic does not elsewhere with the fact such as hockey or MLS, and novel stories. They provide any different or that almost all of its writers The Athletic is certainly could use their now diverse voices. The website and editors come from that something new with its influence to employs primarily white most conventional of else- more focused, specific men, something pointed wheres...At a time when content. Perhaps that is out time and time again sports and sports coverage why the site has done by critics. Writers for the are getting more diverse, particularly well among site tend to respond in the Athletic is harkening fans of the NHL, with near- the same way — that they back to an era almost en- ly every premier hockey realize this is an issue, and tirely devoid of diversity.” writer transitioning to The are looking into fixing it. So why, then, can The Athletic in the past year However, a year into their Athletic claim to be the and a half, with multiple Anna Boyle/Art Editor big boom, nothing has future of sports writing? websites now focused on changed. In fact, a new hire The only revolutionary every Canadian market. A Pennsylvania native student’s first time at PNC Park MATTHEW BENUSA about 15 minutes outside to reach the stadium, in was little resistance from made against Williams jersey. Around the seventh Junior Staffwriter of downtown Pittsburgh, spite of Labor Day parades the Reds in the game. With stayed close to the infield, inning the boy’s mother said and it’s another 10 minute rerouting the buses. Walking a final score of 5-1, the save a surprising Billy it was time to go, that the Reading, PA is about an walk across the bridge to across the Roberto Clemente Pirates handily defeated Hamilton fly ball to center sun was too much, but the hour outside of Philadelphia. reach PNC Park, home of Bridge with a multitude the Cincinnati Reds to put field. For a first experience little boy convinced her to Lafayette College in Easton, the Pittsburgh Pirates. There of other fans as the water another win under their at PNC Park, I’m glad the stay a while longer: “What if PA is also about an hour are no more car rides with sparkles from the sun in the belt, inching back towards Pirates won, but the game is the Pirates hit thirteen home outside of Philly. For the first rocking tunes or intense heat of the day is a uniquely .500. Adam Frazier went just another of the long list runs in a row?” 19 years of my life, it’s taken bonding experiences in Pittsburghian experience four for four with two runs of statistics in the annals of This is why so many more time to get to and from an encapsulated space that every baseball fan scored and three runs batted baseball history. Americans love baseball. a game at Citizens Bank Park with people you already should enjoy some day. in, and Gregory Polanco was Something important It’s a working man’s sport — the Philadelphia Phillies intensely trust, but the city PNC Park itself is a beautiful two for four with one run happened at the game, that requires effort day stadium — than I’ve ever offers a different viewing stadium, with an outfield scored and two batted in. though, that I’m sure in and day out, every day spent actually at the game. experience of baseball. porch under tree cover that The star of the game, how- happens across America, of the summer, but you The experiences have been Baseball is always more than looks with an unimpeded ever, was Pirates pitcher but is the reason why people never know what you’re fun, sitting in a car with my just the game. Every third view on the river and city, Trevor Williams, who threw will always come back to going to find at the park. brothers or friends bonding think piece about baseball and has one of the best six-and-two-thirds innings, baseball. My seat was right There could be a once in a over the shared Hell that is analyzes the sights and views in baseball for those giving up only five hits and under the left field foul pole, lifetime opportunity — a sitting in sports event traffic sounds and smells of the sitting behind home plate, one walk. Earning himself a about one hundred paces perfect game — or a banal at 1 a.m., but it was time game, but the experience with downtown Pittsburgh quality start, Williams gave away from left fielder Corey experience that hits the right for a change. I’m over the begins by deciding to gracefully rising behind the up no runs in the innings Dickerson, but the heat was mark and leaves a lasting suburbs. actually go to a game. center field wall. he pitched, and a gracious too much for me in that seat. memory. Perhaps, some- I transferred to Carnegie I chose Labor Day, Sept. 3 As for the game, it Pirates crowd gave him a I moved under cover, and thing like a little kid wearing Mellon after a year at this year, to see an afternoon was hot. There was little standing ovation on his there, in the first row of the his favorite ball player’s Lafayette, and I now live game at the park, and it took resistance to the beating way off the mound. Most outfield seats, was a little jersey whose just twenty feet in Oakland. Oakland is me all of thirty minutes rays of the sun, and there contacts that Reds hitters boy wearing a Dickerson away.

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A10 « thetartan.org/sports The Tartan » September 10, 2018

Men’s soccer edges past Lycoming Tartan volleyball MATTHEW BENUSA Coaches love to use Junior Staffwriter the cliche, “Let the other wins in opener team make mistakes,” After a week of but there is some truth to MARIKA YANG After a Tartan service temperatures consistently every cliche: teams need Sports Editor error, they fired off seven climbing into the nineties, to play safe but capitalize straight points to lead 8–1. the Carnegie Mellon on opponent’s weaknesses The Carnegie Mellon After leading 16–9 later University men’s soccer and errors. For the first University volleyball team in the set, the Tartans are team took to the field half, each team played welcomed Washington held from scoring by the on a cool night to face safe. The Tartans and & Jefferson College in its Presidents, who scored off against the Lycoming Warriors played to their home opener, beating the seven straight points of College Warriors. Clouds own strengths to outweigh Presidents in straight sets. their own to tie 16–16. The were rolling in as a rousing each other, but each With its victory, the 24th- Presidents took their first rendition of the national team’s strength in scrappy, ranked Tartans moved to a lead of the set 20–19, but anthem was performed physical soccer led to an Courtesy of CMU Athletics 2–2 overall record on the the Tartans surged at the by the Carnegie Mellon increasingly chippy game. The Tartans held on to an early lead to defeat the Lycoming Warriors. season. end to win the set 25–21 University public address There were 17 fouls by The Presidents started and put the match away system. The threat of rain each team, but only one ball was played into the was played to the far side the first set hot, winning three sets to zero. was persistent through- yellow card was given. box, but a head bounced it of the box and headed just a long opening rally. They Overall, the teams’ final out the night, but it held The referees were allowing out to the opposite side for over the Tartan defenders. outscored the Tartans stat lines were similar. The off for the entire game. the teams to play, but a Gulli to play a cross towards Lam rushed out to prevent 5–1, but the home team Tartans finished with a .138 The Tartans were also handful of missed calls the back post, where the a goal, and the Lycoming fought back throughout hitting average, 68 digs, able to just hold off the and wrong calls pushed Lycoming keeper fumbled attacker crashed into the set, trading shots with six blocks, and eight aces, Warriors in a 2–1 victory, the teams to get into the the ball allowing it to drop Lam, with both hitting the visitors. The Tartans while the Presidents put putting their record at faces of their opponents and roll just across the line the ground hard and the tied the score at 17–17. up a .063 hitting average, 2–0–1 for the season, af- and the refs. The first half for a goal. ball careening out to the A service ace by junior 65 digs, six blocks, and ter two double overtime ended in tepid fashion By the sixtieth minute, opposite side of the box, Maia So-Holloway gave three aces. Nine Tartans games against Kenyon and with the ball at midfield, the score was 2–0 for the where a Tartan defender the Tartans their first lead recorded kills, Jurgens Denison Colleges. but immediately after a Tartans, and they started to tackled a Lycoming of the match. After some leading the way with 11. The first seconds after handful of players were in slide into a more defensive attacker from behind. back-and-forth points, the Of the team’s 36 assists, kickoff were indicative of the referee’s face. game to help retain some A penalty was called, Tartans took the set 27–25. So-Holloway recorded the game to come, with The second half started control, until the last five taken, and then finished Like in the first set, the 33 of them, while senior Lycoming launching the with a bang. Lycoming minutes. Lycoming started by Lycoming to make the Presidents kicked off the Lauren Mueller registered ball over the top only was pushing hard against pushing their attacking score 2–1. The players on scoring, 3–0. This time, a match-high four service to have it headed away the Tartan’s possession in midfielders up to the line the field rushed into the however, the Tartans aces. Junior libero Kayla by a Tartan defender. the back field, but were of the Tartan defense; the net, and a scuffle ensued. quickly took control, going Yew also led both teams The Tartans controlled opened up to some quick Tartans could only clear The referee had no control on a 6–0 run to make the with a season-high 23 digs, possession back up the switches up the field by Lycoming attacks as far as for the last three minutes of score 6–3. The Presidents followed by 13 from senior field, where an awkward the Tartans leading to a their defenders, who just the game, but the Tartans fought back to cut their Sydney Bauer and 10 from call by the referee led to cross by senior forward played the ball back over were able to fight off a deficit to one point, 8–7, Mueller for the Tartans. a Tartan free kick that Anthony Gulli landing the top. Eventually the ball physically strong Lycoming but were unable to match After three losses at the was punched away by on senior forward Zack went out for a Lycoming Warriors team. In classic the Tartans’ dominant Juniata Asics Invitational the opposing keeper. As Masciopinto’s forehead at corner that dropped to Tartan fashion, their heart attack. The Tartans led by over the weekend to the game began to settle the penalty mark for a snap the ground between the was in the work, but their as much as 14 points during third-ranked Wittenberg down around the fifteenth finish into the far upper Tartans’ senior keeper Alec brains won them the game. the set and won 25–12. University, Christopher minute, the Tartans’ ability corner of the side netting. Lam, and an attacking After a commanding The third set began with Newport University, to outpossess the Warriors The Tartans were able to player who crashed into win at La Roche College on a long rally that covered and Juniata College, the became evident, but the keep up the pressure on Lam. A foul was called, Sunday night, the Tartans all corners of the court, Tartans look to bounce Warriors used their size Lycoming just after the and the attack quelled for will next face Westminster the point ultimately going back at Saint Vincent and strength to stay in the goal, forcing a corner a minute. College on Friday, Sept. 14 to the Tartans with a kill College on Tuesday, Sept. 8 game. moments later. A perfect Later, a Lycoming cross at 7:30 p.m. by senior Sarah Jurgens. at 7 p.m. Opinion: On Colin Kaepernick’s Nike ad and the NFL BRAD PUSKAR quarterback in kneel- which, you know, didn’t Staffwriter ing during the anthem in really do anything except solidarity, and soon play- waste money that they had You’ve seen it by now, ers from around the league already spent. right? The big close-up of were kneeling left and right, The NFL season went the former quarterback’s hoping that their position as on as scheduled in the face, overlaid with the words entertainment figureheads 2017 season, with flare ups “Believe in something, would help their protests coming and going as people even if it means sacrificing against wrongful police remembered to be angry everything.” It’s another brutality and poor prison about something that they controversial marketing conditions gain traction. didn’t care or try to under- decision by Nike, but what Boy, did they. Just not in stand the point of. In the off- does Nike’s support truly the way they expected. season this past year, the NFL mean for Colin Kaepernick’s The protests were met owners attempted to make message? with a vehement back- it fineable and suspendable The ad came out just a few lash. With the election of to protest during the play- days after it was announced President Trump, more and ing of the national anthem. that Kaepernick, former San more NFL players started to The NFL Players Association Francisco 49ers quarterback kneel or sit for the anthem, took grievance with the Anna Boyle/Art Editor and pioneer of the divisive showing their displeasure movement, saying that it anti-police-brutality protests with the president. He was unconstitutional and during the national anthem took to Twitter, calling out just generally messed up. is good for business. Still, games, it’s clear to see that out of a job at the NFL level of NFL football games, was the athletes for a lack of These talks are still ongoing, Nike has a unique position, it’s likely true (looking at for expressing his beliefs. to become the face of Nike’s patriotism and disrespect and the anthem protest ban as they hold the exclusive you, Nathan Peterman). There’s absolutely no rea- newest ad campaign. You for America. Many of his has been halted at this point. uniform contracts for all Now, the problem is that son that NFL fans should be know the story by now. supporters agreed with him, Nike’s role in all of this is 32 NFL teams, and they’re the same former NFL fans boycotting Nike’s products. Kaepernick began the pro- saying that the protests were a curious one; it seems that a gigantic sponsor of the who burned jerseys and People who are upset about tests back in 2016, sitting on ridiculous. Trump’s tweets executives are banking on NFL and anything football memorabilia are doing the this have things backward. the bench during the Star- showed a complete lack of young liberals who support related. same to their Nike gear. Regardless of your views Spangled Banner in the first understanding for what the protests to love that a Kaepernick remains out Again, this doesn’t make on things like police brutal- few preseason games. Kae- the players’ message really big corporation backed up of a job and is fighting the any sense and is just a waste ity and for-profit prisons, pernick, in talking to U.S. was. To him, the kneeling a controversial subject. It’s NFL owners in a collusion of perfectly good clothing, Kaepernick, and all the military veterans, decided was an attack on America a marketing scheme. Nike lawsuit, arguing that the but go off, I guess? Fans NFL players, have a right as to switch to kneeling during and, by extension, an attack has sweatshops all over NFL teams collectively are simply outraged for the citizens of the United States the anthem proceedings, as on him. Support rang out Asia. They’re not a beacon of decided not to offer him a sake of being outraged. The to use their platform as it was seen as more respect- from middle America, with moral good by any stretch of place on a team because First Amendment of the famous athletes to protest ful to the flag than simply football fans defaming and the imagination, but riding of his outspoken political Constitution is about free- racism in this country, with- sitting. boycotting the league. Many the coattails of someone beliefs and actions. With dom of speech, assembly, out fear of losing their jobs. Kaepernick’s teammate, former fans went so far as to who put his career on the some of the quarterbacks and press. There’s no good It’s 2018, folks. It’s time Eric Reid, joined the burn their team’s apparel, line to stand against injustice starting this week’s opening reason Kaepernick should be to wake up. The Athletic’s business model is shortsighted and stale

MEL KERBER For all intents and purposes, the country were laid all are well established area. For a while, this was a their subscribers anything Staffwriter it seems like a sports fan’s off as some of the bigger in their field. A limited revolutionary business plan, that cannot be provided dream. networks, like ESPN and Fox selection of articles are and he received much of the from local papers. And yet On The Athletic’s Except that it costs $60 a Sports, started the process released free to the public, same criticism now directed in a 2017 interview for The home page, a heavy font year. of pivoting to mostly video but these often show a high toward The Athletic. New York Times, co-founder proclaims it loudly as: “The So what is the new content. These writers, left level of journalism that is According to Kovacevic, The Alex Mather stated, “We will New Standard of Sports standard of sports journal- without anywhere to go, thought provoking, if not Athletic promised not to wait every local paper out Journalism.” Above it are ism exactly? And why are immediately latched onto worth the investment. start a Pittsburgh site. How- and let them continuously the topics you can explore: the founders so confident The Athletic, founded in Especially within ever, the site premiered their bleed until we are the last from the USA to Canada, they can convince sports Jan. 2016. Although the Pittsburgh, the idea of a Pittsburgh coverage earlier ones standing. We will the site boasts exclusive fans across North America site began in Chicago, it has subscription sports website this year, and currently suck them dry of their best hockey, football, baseball, to reach into their wallets? since spread to 38 markets, is nothing new. Sports employs two previous talent at every moment.” and college sports cover- Part of this confidence covering nearly every major writer Dejan Kovacevic employees of Kovacevic. This predatory mindset has age. Even just glancing at draws directly from the sports team in the country. launched DK Pittsburgh The problem is, The become a rallying point for the contributors, there are entire reason The Athletic By all accounts, the Sports in 2014, marketed as Athletic doesn’t challenge critics of the subscription plenty of instantly recogniz- is able to boast such an writing at The Athletic is a subscription-based website any of the conventional site. able names for even casual impressive roster. In mid- strong. There are almost 150 providing sports coverage tropes of mainstream sports purveyors of sports media. 2017, sports writers across writers on staff, and nearly for the greater Pittsburgh journalism. They do not offer See ATHLETIC, A9 pillboxThe Tartan’s Art & Culture Magazine

09.10.18 • B4 Everything is Terrible! • B6 Crazy Rich Asians table of contents

6 Crazy Rich Asians

7 ToScotch’n’Soda All the Boys I’vePresents: Loved Chicago Before

8 Fall Out Boy Concert Review

3 Advice for Awkward People: On dealing with your heavy workload this week 3 Brunch Buddies: Bangkok Balcony 4 Interview with Everything is Terrible! 12 Horoscopes: The signs as tea 13 Comics: podiatry, September, and odd relationships 15 Weekly calendar

Publisher Caleb Miller Editor-In-Chief Valene Mezmin Pillbox Editors Michelle Madlansacay and Izzy Sio Comics Editor Emeline Fromont Visual Editors Tracy Le and Paola Mathus Layout Manager Ikjong Choi Copy Manager Wilson Ekern Cover Photo Izzy Sio

The Tartan. Box 119. Cohon Center Suite 103. Carnegie Mellon University. 5000 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213. www.thetartan.org. © 2012 The Tartan g Advice for Awkward People Michelle Madlansacay | Pillbox Editor On dealing with your heavy workload this week Dear Michelle, Dear CRAM,

I’m a mess. I already have so many assignments I understand that everything may feel You might also want to consider how you’re due, and we’re only going into the THIRD WEEK overwhelming at the moment, but I suggest you going to finish each of your assignments. OF SCHOOL. I’ve been given exam reviews (for first just take a deep breath and try to calm Does one homework require using some weird which exams and when!?) and several big down. You definitely don’t have to do anything program that you don’t have easy access to? homework assignments due this week have been you don’t want to do (like pull an all-nighter). Will you need to collaborate with others on popping up on Canvas out of nowhere! I can’t I know it might be hard to believe, but you can another assignment? even look at them!! This is crazy, and the worst still manage to finish all your work at reasonable part is that I’m terrible at time management! times this week. It just requires you putting in a Last thing is to make a list for yourself of each I’ve never been good at it, but somehow I was bit of effort to find good times to complete your day this week. Grab a piece of paper, and write able to get by in high school. It’s basically work. down all of the things you want to accomplish habitual for me to leave any assignment to the (for both academics and social activities) in last minute, but I mean … isn’t that normal for First, you should log back into Canvas and each day. This will also help you prioritize your students? I also feel like everyone around me actually look at and write down all the dates assignments, along with the other stuff you have is terrible at time management too, even the of your upcoming assignments. At least then, to get done in the week. It’s also really satisfying upperclassmen! What I don’t get is, how do they you’ll know how much time you have left to work to check things off your list when you’re done. do it? How are they able to manage everything? on each assignment. Then, after you read this Getting into these organizational habits can, Like, I guess a lot of people pull all-nighters advice column, figure out when during the week at least in my experience, reduce some of your to finish their work, but I really don’t feel like you have time to work on your assignments. stress and make getting work done during the doing that. And yet, how else am I supposed Having your own personal calendar that includes week easier. to finish all the work I have this week? Ugh, all your extracurriculars, classes, leisure times procrastination is going to kill me! and such is really helpful for planning this kind of I hope this helps! stuff out! If you haven’t made one yet, definitely I really did play myself, find time to do so (after you’ve finished all your Michelle Cannot Remember Any Motivation work this week).

Brunch Buddies: Bangkok Balcony Izzy Sio & Michelle Madlansacay | Pillbox Editors Head over to Bangkok Balcony for a classy setting and meal

Full disclosure: The majority of The Tartan staff is an appetizer: steamed pork and shrimp dumplings. dishes took a while to come, I think the wait was under 21, so bars, unfortunately, aren’t an option The dumplings were hot, fresh, and had a bit definitely worth it. The lunch specials each come for us to continue with Bar Buddies. For the first of a homey flavor to them that was surprisingly with a soup, salad, and a spring roll. edition of the new year and semester, we decided comforting. It stayed even after the dumplings had to start exploring other cool restaurants and places dried out after a few minutes as we were talking The vibe: The restaurant was surprisingly not very in Pittsburgh that offer not just drinks but also some during brunch. crowded when we went, which was around 1 p.m. pretty good food. For our first newly regular Brunch on a Saturday. The waiters basically seated all Buddies, we decided to break away from some The Pad See Ew lunch special looked kind of small the customers by the huge window, so half of the traditional brunch conventions and head down to when I first got it, but its flavor made up for its size. restaurant had people sitting and eating and the Bangkok Balcony, a solid Squirrel Hill favorite. Additionally, you could also adjust the spice level other half was pretty much empty. Overall, the of the food: while we both ordered our food at vibe of the place was very relaxed because there The location: As previously mentioned, Bangkok the lowest spice level possible, it did not seem to weren’t many people, which was great for brunch/ Balcony is located in Squirrel Hill, right in the change the flavor that much at all for the Pad See lunch time. middle of the upper Forbes Avenue addresses. Ew, and when I was nearly finished I was tempted There are a lot of Asian restaurants in Squirrel to order another small portion to take home. Lit or nah: I don’t think you’ll find a very upbeat Hill, but Bangkok Balcony stands out because of its and lively environment by going to Bangkok setup; as befitting its name, Bangkok Balcony’s front I (Michelle) ordered the green curry with rice, Balcony for lunch on a weekend. Even though door opens to a flight of stairs that lead you to the and to be honest, it’s one of my favorite things on there’s a nice bar, most of the customers around restaurant, located above an Asian supermarket. Its the menu. I went to Bangkok Balcony for the first this time were having very casual conversations neon lights and signs make the restaurant look cool time this summer, and my friend had me try the over lunch, with a nice glass of wine on the side for and trendy, yet approachable and easy to walk curry when she ordered that time. The flavor of some. into if you’re simply strolling down Forbes Avenue the curry was just so unique, where you can taste looking for a place to eat. the sweetness of the coconut milk with a little bit of Maybe around dinnertime there’s more of a night spice. The chicken was very tender, and that helped life, but for the most part, Bangkok Balcony gave The food: We both ordered some of Bangkok contrast with the crunchiness of the snow peas, off more classy vibes than anything else. Balcony’s lunch specials, and I (Izzy) also ordered broccoli, and green beans. Although both our main 3 — AN INTERVIEW WITH — everythingeverything isis terrible!terrible! written by Brooke Ley| Special to The Tartan layout by Tracy Le | Visual Editor

Everything Is Terrible! is there, so I think a lot of people are happy each thing feeds into the other thing. that we’re coming to the city proper. the video collective known BL: Yeah! The shows are great. They’re for discovering some of BL: Definitely. So, did you decide to revive big and crazy, and one of my favorite the show because of demand or were you parts is the costumes of it and the the most campy, wild, looking to, I guess, do more stuff? Is there characters behind it. What were some and just plain weird VHS anything we can expect to be different this of the inspirations for the costumes and time around? is that something that people within footage. Everything Is Terrible! work to design or CG: Yeah, it is slightly different. It is always is that something that you have another They upload these found footage clips, evolving, but it is basically the same show artist help you guys out to do. sometimes edited for comedic effect, to which we just brought back because we the internet every weekday and have sold out so many shows. People were just CG: No, we do everything. It’s all us. I produced several viral hits like “DUANE!!!” begging us to bring it back, so we caved. designed and built those costumes with a and “So Your Cat Wants A Massage?” Pittsburgh is one of those place where we few others of the collective. It’s so fun. It’s They are also known for extravagant were turning people away. basically stuff that we’ve just experiment live shows and for their ongoing effort with and taught ourselves how to do. to construct a giant pyramid out of VHS BL: Why do you guys decide to tour this Most of us don’t really have any, like, copies of the movie Jerry Maguire. They movie? Instead of it being just this film it’s formal training on like editing video and were recently in Pittsburgh touring their this sort of live performance, I suppose, we don’t have any formal performance show “The Great Satan” for the second that goes along with it. What was the or costuming or anything else so we just time. The Tartan got the chance to catch inspiration for that? have sort of made everything up as we’ve up with one of the members of the gone. It’s just been a fun universe that we collective, Commodore Gilgamesh. CG: We’ve been doing this for, you know, can experiment within. Whenever we just the actual shows 8 or 9 years now. In the come up with some dumb new thing that Brooke Ley: How has the tour been very beginning, we were asked to do film we want to try to do we just push it into going so far? festivals to screen our movies, and they the world that we’re making, and people would fly you out to talk, and we always accept it which is insane! We’re always Commodore Gilgamesh: We’re just thought that that was pretty boring. We expecting people to be like “that’s too starting it, but we have done this show always laughed whenever filmmakers much you guys need to stop,” but our fans before. We did a tour with it and it was started to talk. We just pretty much are always down which is amazing. great which is why it is back by popular decided to start building universes around demand. the features that we made and create BL: Yeah, speaking of wild projects that a much more robust experience for our might not have stuck but your fans have BL: Nice! Yeah, I actually went to see you viewers. It has just grown from there, and got into, you guys have the Jerry Maguire guys whenever you were in Pittsburgh now, I mean, if we didn’t come people pyramid going up and are working to before. Now you’re at a different location. would be pissed. They’d be confused and collect all of the Jerry Maguire VHS tapes. Instead of at the Carnegie Stage you’re at pissed, so we have no choice but to keep How’s that project going? Row House Cinema in Lawrenceville. making it crazier and bigger as we go. CG: I mean, that is our life’s work. It is CG: Yeah, which is why we’re really happy BL: Definitely. a for-real thing. We are going to build a to come back because we kind of felt like pyramid. We’re still collecting Jerrys. Still a lot of people didn’t want to go out to CG: We love it. I mean, we love building collecting bricks for it. The last “The Great the ‘burbs to the community theater out stuff, we love performing, so it’s just like Satan” tour that we did, we received 4 almost 7,000 Jerrys. In this two weeks, really weird to have posted a video onto late high school and college so we just we’re expecting to get at least 2,000. the internet every single day for that long. kind of came into the adulthood of media You know, there’s a lot of legwork we’re Just to try to organize it in your brain and thinking that we could gather everything expecting everyone to do, to go out there make sense of it is overwhelming. I have and use it however we wanted which is and get them and bring them to us. That favorites like every month that will not do a more extreme interpretation of fair-use is just an ongoing project that we demand well at all and I’ll just be so confused, and than I think a lot of people have. I think that our followers provide us with building then there’s ones I won’t think are going that being our condition combined with materials. As far as like the boring bones to do well at all and they’ll just blow up. being the right age to start on Blogger of the project, we’re still looking for The internet is a weird, fickle place like and Youtube when those things blew land in Arizona to find the right site to the real world, and nothing makes sense up, or as like the more wild-west of the purchase and then to move forward with and everything is just truly terrible at the internet blew up, it just kind of gave us the construction. We’re really keeping it same moment. But yeah, there’s so many a real upper-hand in reaching people very open and being like this pyramid will ones that I love, like going way, way back 10 years ago. As far as the project goes, rise in the next decade. to some of the hits I have made that I love it was personal. We wanted to make a is like there’s a public dyeing video that feature edit. We lived across country from BL: It’s funny that there’s a part of this teaches you about a place that dyes pubic each other we were just sending each project that you consider to be “boring hair in various ways. It’s like really insane. other clips on Youtube and people started bones” considering that it’s this Jerry I’m a big fan of all the kids’ stuff. I always catching on. Maguire pyramid. What’s that interaction find that stuff particularly insane. Just like? Whenever you call and you’re anytime someone thinks they’ve made BL: So you guys currently have a lot of talking about purchasing land do you something for a child and they’re just projects going on. You have still videos have to explain what it is? failing epically and in every way. going up on Youtube. That’s daily correct?

CG: Yeah, absolutely. And it is a big BL: Gerbert is a particular favorite of CG: Yeah, that is daily. It’s Monday roadblock and that’s why it’s taking us mine. through Friday. a long time to find the right site. I mean you can assume any time somebody CG: Yeah, Gerbert is a huge part of our BL: Making thousands of videos. You builds like another god-forsaken CVS or world. I mean, we’ve actually build our have the tour up and coming again. You whatever else on any corner, it takes a lot own Gerbert puppet that we use for live have Jerry Maguire always. Are there any of crap to do that and to do a three-story shows and stuff. Someone actually asked new projects coming out that you guys pyramid covered in Jerry Maguires in the us one time after a show how we got are working on or any new areas you’re middle of nowhere is even harder. There Gerbert. We’re like “You know we just looking to explore? is a lot of pretty dumb red tape we need built that right? Gerbert’s not real. He’s to sort through. We want it to live forever. not a real boy.” CG: Absolutely! Memory Hole, which We hope that we’re all rotting in the I’m not sure you’re familiar with, it’s all ground for generations while the pyramid BL: With that being the origin, what home video based human horror. We’re is still growing. inspired you to start posting these weird working on a new feature with that and VHS tapes? Were you finding them and collaborating with some pretty awesome BL: Something that I was introduced to decided this is content we need to show people. So, I think that’s going to be your group through—and correct me if I’m people or did you just sort of happen pretty terrifying and great. We’re doing wrong, but I believe this is sort of your first upon it? a handful of physical installations the thing—are doing these short clips from next coming while. We’ve been working old, wild VHS tapes and other sources and CG: It was a lot more personal. We were with Meow Wolf in Santa Fe quite a posting them on Youtube. These produced fans of a lot of found footage work and a bit. They’re opening a new permanent some really good viral content like Duane lot of video collage stuff and had been in installation in Denver we’re going to have and the Milwaukee cops vs knives. My that world for a little while as just viewers a room in. It’s going to be pretty insane. first question is if there’s an underrated and had also just been kids who grew up And other stuff too that I can’t talk about. favorite that you have, one that might’ve with VHS tapes. I mean I had two VCRs not gone viral but you find yourself kind and a converter when I was really young BL: Sounds great. I’m looking forward to of in love with. and I was copying every single tape I it! rented from the video store. I would copy CG: Yeah, it’s so interesting. We’ve done pornographic films and sell them to the CG: Yeah. Busy, busy, busy. that part of the project for almost 11 years younger kids. I’ve been up to the same now and that’s obviously the roots of the thing since forever so it only made sense BL: Any final comments? whole thing and where we’ve gotten all to end up here. We’re also the perfect of our inspiration and groundwork for age where torrenting and all of that kind CG: Yeah, be sure to tell everybody to the entire universe that we’ve built. It’s of happened right when we were in like bring out their Jerrys to the shows. 5 CRAZY RICH ASIANS

“He would never give up trying. He would take an impossible situation As the story progressed and I got to see Rachel struggle to deal with the and make everything possible,” wrote Kevin Kwan in his bestselling novel, hardships of disapproval, alienation, and scrutiny, I could feel even more Crazy Rich Asians. To many, it may have seemed impossible for Crazy of a connection with her and the rest of the characters. Rachel’s story Rich Asians to be adapted to film at all, much less become a blockbuster gave me that raw and authentic feeling of not being good enough or this summer. But director Jon M. Chu and author Asian enough to satisfy everyone who was watching her. While I may not Kevin Kwan were determined to have this have ever had to experience crazy ex-girlfriends and their minions leaving film in theaters, no matter the cost, even dead fish in my bed, that feeling of being shut out, to some capacity, is turning down a huge offer from Netflix definitely one that people can universally relate to. to guarantee that the film got the audience it deserved. And it paid Despite all this pain and criticism she faces, Rachel remains off, with several consecutive weeks strong. She is one of the bravest and most selfless charac- at #1. ters I have ever seen on screen. She keeps her head up high and stands up for herself through it all, and finds Crazy Rich Asians tells the story even the tiniest of victories in the worst situations. of Rachel Chu (Constance Wu), an Most importantly, she stays true to herself and Asian-American economics professor her heart, even when faced with tough decisions. who is invited by her boyfriend, Nick Watching her journey was an emotional experi- Young (Henry Golding), to his friend’s ence, and I’m surprised I managed to survive the wedding in Singapore. Unbeknownst experience without a box of tissues by my side (I to Rachel, Nick is somewhat of a celebrity definitely could have used it). in Singapore and across the Asian continent due to his family’s wealth and illustrious Although there were some very sad moments in company. So when Rachel goes to Singapore the film, the movie was still a romantic comedy with Nick, she has no clue what she is about at heart. Interwoven through it all was fantastic to be thrown into when she arrives. comic relief from Rachel’s best friend Peik Lin (Awkwafina) and her family, as well as When I first entered the theater, I honestly some of Nick’s weird relatives. I found had no idea what I was about to experience. I myself laughing hysterically at the crazy knew it was going to be good, but the min- antics of these characters, and swoon- ute the theater went dark, I was immediately ing over Rachel and Nick’s romance. hooked. The movie opens with child Nick and the Their relationship definitely had its ups rest of the Young family trying to check into their and downs like any other, but it was so hotel after a long day of travel and getting caught clear even during the worst of it all how in the rain. However, their hotel staff is extremely rude much they cared for and loved each other. and disrespectful to the family, even kicking them out and not allowing Nick’s mother, Eleanor (Michelle Yeoh), I very rarely cry in happiness but I was to use their telephone. Very quickly, however, Eleanor pulls almost sobbing from the pure, unadulterated some strings and completely turns the hotel upside down when her emotions this movie invoked. It was the Cinder- husband completely buys out the hotel. That moment, while not a major ella story I didn’t realize how desperately I needed. Needless plot point, was a powerful start to the movie. To see Eleanor exert her to say, I was a puddle of emotions by the end of the film. Never influence—instead of being submissive like many people may expect have I ever fallen so passionately in love with a movie. Asians to be—was really incredible to see. At this point, everyone’s probably heard about how groundbreaking it is Almost instantly, I found myself tearing up. Between Eleanor’s show of to have a movie with an all-Asian cast hit the big screen. I just hope that strength and oddly enough, simply being introduced to Nick’s quirky this trend continues, and that we not only see more movies with Asian family, I felt so empowered and inspired. Even in this brief montage of casts, but that we have realistic representations of all minorities in all footage about each of the characters, there was already so much more movies. It’s hard to truly understand that feeling until you still find yourself nuance to them than I had ever seen in any other movies. Whereas films crying hours after the movie ended because you finally feel represented. in the past have rarely bothered to flesh out the Asian side characters, all That was me after seeing Crazy Rich Asians, and I hope that everyone can the characters in Crazy Rich Asians, no matter how large or small their feel that way too someday. role, felt palpable. 66 written by Alexandra Yu | Staffwriter art by Anna Boyle | Art Editor written by Natalie Schmidt | Staffwriter art by Rebecca Enright | Staff Artist

Based on the YA novel of the same name, To All The Boys I’ve Loved way to introduce new characters, the freeze-frame allowed the audience to Before follows Lara Jean (Lana Condor), in her junior year of high school. get insight on the characters surrounding Lara Jean from Lara Jean herself. When Lara Jean has a crush so intense that she doesn’t know what to do, Albeit a common convention and maybe a little cliché, it surprisingly she writes a letter; but, when her letters mysteriously get out, all her crushes worked well in this context. And, while we may not all write letters find out how she felt about them - all at once. One of her past crushes, Peter, to our crushes, we can relate to Lara Jean’s embarrassments and suggests that they pretend to date to make his ex jealous and to help cover up heartbreaks, which prevent the movie from getting too campy or Lara Jean’s longtime crush for her older sister’s boyfriend, and she accepts. cheesy. In all, this movie knows what it is – it isn’t striving to be the most As they spend more and more time together, Lara Jean gets more confused innovative romcom or the most inventive; it’s simply trying to tell a heart- about her feelings and realizes that she has real feelings for Peter. The warming story with fun characters. story follows Lara Jean as she tries to set all her relationships straight while navigating the teetering balance between her real feelings and One of the biggest positives of the movie was its diversity. Author Jenny Han, her fake relationship. who is Korean American, had expressed the necessity that her main charac- ter be Asian American. With so many romcoms being released every year, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is a play on the popular “fake dating” trope, few actually showcase a diverse leading actor or cast, but that is something and while there are cliché elements to the movie, it’s an overall incredibly that this movie does incredibly well. Condor herself is Vietnamese and charming story. The movie adhered to many typical romcom conventions, my visibly Asian; many Asian Americans, myself included, can often be white- favorite of which was the freeze-frame character introduction. An easy, simple passing, so it’s refreshing to see someone undeniably Asian in a leading role. The best part, though, is that Lara Jean isn’t reduced to any of the typical Hollywood stereotypes – there are no neon streaks of hair, overly quirky traits, or katanas in sight. She is simply a high school girl who happens to be Asian, which is so relieving. It’s strange to be grateful for seeing a culture be portrayed normally and without exaggeration, but it is an unfortunate side of Hollywood that has gotten all too common.

However, in an opinion for The New York Times, Han said, “I ended up deciding to work with the only production company that agreed the main character would be played by an Asian actress. No one else was willing to do it. Still, I was holding my breath all the way up until shooting began because I was scared they would change their minds. They didn’t.” Even in a day and age where production companies can be found by the thou- sands, it’s unsurprising that only one wanted to highlight the original book’s diversity. Adaptations don’t necessarily need to be an exact carbon copy of their source material, but certain aspects – like, for example, a main character who’s a person of color or female – should be respected, espe- cially in the case of female Asian American representation - which is few and far between. As an Asian American girl who grew up in California, this is an issue I’m all too familiar with. Every single romcom I saw starred a handsome, classic-Hollywood-looking white man and an equally beautiful white woman. I had never seen people who looked like me in these fantastically romantic movies, and it had a huge negative effect on me – seeing only other people fall in love and be happy in relationships had created a warped concept of who was allowed to have these cheesy, heartwarming stories and who wasn’t. I wouldn’t call To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before revolutionary, but it’s an important movie show- casing the necessity of diverse characters.

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the romcom I wish I had grow- ing up and is a sweet portrayal of what it means to be young, innocent, and in love. Representation is a powerful thing, because when you see someone who looks like you, you can imagine being in their shoes. Hopefully, for young Asian American girls, they can look at Lara Jean and realize they too can be not only actresses, 10 but also leading women on screen and off. 7 Fall Out Boy brings M A N I A to Pittsburgh

I had bought my tickets for Wednesday’s Fall Out Boy concert in PPG but they still made for a fun set and at times their songs were surprisingly Paints Arena on Jan. 22 at around 10:15 a.m. My best friend and I sat at heartfelt. The biggest problem, however, was after the set. My friend and I a table in Au Bon Pain with both of our laptops open to Ticketmaster so we had floor seats, right next to a runway portion of the stage and right next could buy the best tickets possible. For context, tickets for this show had to speakers. Our ears felt blown out, and I was doubting if I would be able gone on sale on Jan. 22 at 10 a.m. to even hear Fall Out Boy perform after Machine Gun Kelly.

The Chicago, IL-based emo pop punk band had made a huge impact on Hot off the heels of a feud with Eminem, Machine Gun Kelly did not disap- both of our lives. It’s a band that’s always been there at small, seemingly point at all. The Cleveland, OH-based rapper’s set brought the energy up insignificant points in my life before building up to become a band that has to new heights after Every Time I Die’s performance, performing crowd- helped me to define myself and my own identity during my junior year of pleasers and hits like “Bad Things” and “Rehab.” Machine Gun Kelly high school. It’s a band whose lyrics spoke to some of the deepest parts threw in a diss at Eminem and walked into the crowd interacting with fans of myself and whose music provided me happiness and guidance when I’d who were holding up “Rap Devil” signs, while performing the diss track of needed it the most. the same name. Putting that fight aside, Machine Gun Kelly was a surpris- ingly great fit to the tour, and charmed the crowd with his fire, energy, On their MANIA Tour, Fall Out Boy brought two openers with them: and unwavering confidence and fearlessness. metalcore band Every Time I Die and Machine Gun Kelly. I had known Every Time I Die from the time I tried listening to more punk pop punk This was my third Fall Out Boy concert, but from Fall Out Boy’s opener music, but I had not expected the level of energy they had brought to “Disloyal Order of the Water Buffaloes” I remained hooked, pumped, and the stage. Their music was a bit jarring compared to what I was used to, possibly more excited than I’d been the last two times I had seen them.

article and photos by Izzy Sio | Pillbox Editor 8 After seventeen years of performing, the band knows their hits and what really gets the crowd going: nearly everyone in the crowd screamed out the first lyrics to “Sugar, We’re Going Down,” clapped along to “Uma Thurman,” and swayed along to one of the band’s only ballads “Save Rock & Roll.” However, they weren’t afraid to play newer songs as well from their latest album MANIA such as “Stay Frosty Royal Milk Tea,” a stripped-down version of “Young & Menace,” a song that flirts with dubstep; and “Lake Effect Kid,” a song they wrote in 2008 and then re-released in a special EP late August.

A lot of the elements of the concert still felt the same. “I Don’t Care” was still the action-packed, unabashed, refreshing banger that kicks off the band’s third phase of songs, complete with middle fingers all over the screen behind them. While no one stood for the band’s national anthem, or “Grand Theft Autumn/Where is Your Boy,” fans who knew the song stood in spirit and sung along to the song’s opening lyrics. Drummer Andy Hurley exercised his superior talent in a drum solo over songs like Kendrick Lamar’s “HUMBLE.” And of course, the band closed off with “Saturday,” one of the band’s first hits that still encapsulates the band’s spirit 17 years later.

Throughout the band’s seven albums, their sound has changed drastically. And it’s pushed some people away, but for a lot of people, Fall Out Boy dominates a realm of nostalgia that’s absolutely infectious and keeps fans, both new and old, coming back for more. When my friend and I arrived and got off the 67 bus, we immediately saw two of our friends from orientation who also had floor seats. I had seen a girl who had lived in my freshman dorm with her boyfriend ten minutes later. During the entire night, I’d seen at least ten Snapchat or Instagram stories of Fall Out Boy performing at the concert and gotten a few texts from friends I hadn’t talked to in months trying to find out where I was in PPG Paints Arena. My friend and I ended up taking the bus ride home with a girl who lived two doors down from me my fresh man year, and the little sister of one of my first friends at Carnegie Mellon.

And because of that nostalgia, Fall Out Boy brings people together across time and space. Yes, often they get called “Sellout Boy” more times than not. But that nostalgia kicks up some youthful, rebellious joy and energy that unleashes itself anywhere. And that joy and energy was in full force tonight. No matter what, at its core Fall Out Boy remains a band that refuses to be put in a box and con- stantly breaks the conventions and images that society has created for them.

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