Volume 102, Issue 4 Carnegie Mellon’s Student Newspaper Since 1906 September 17, 2007 Beyond campus politics: CMU celebrates Constitution Mentor pro- Hardiman, participating in our known and respected. Bill of Rights is one of the most document in our possession,” gram still by Sabrina Porter celebration,” said Holly Hippen- Hardiman will be speaking at well-known documents in the said Joey Cordes, a sophomore Assistant News Editor steel, director of the Student Life the Posner Center at 5:30 p.m. collection, which also includes design major. Offi ce. An original copy of the Bill of a facsimile of the Gutenberg “It says a lot for our school that going Strong Today, the original Bill of “Judge Hardiman will lead a Rights, one of only four in the Bible and important Einstein we have the Bill of Rights to dis- Rights and a Court of Appeals discussion about the Constitu- nation, is also available for view- offprints. play and fully commemorate a judge, Thomas Hardiman, ar- tion today and the nature of the ing at the Posner Center. For Posner, the primary value really important day.” by Stuti Pandey rived on campus in honor of constitution as a ‘living docu- Thomas Jefferson gave two of his collection was having care- For many, Constitution Day is Junior Staffwriter Carnegie Mellon’s third annual ment.’ ” copies of the document to each fully built a library for his family a new concept. Constitution Day celebration. Hardiman was recommended governor of all fourteen states an archive that represented the “I didn’t even know there was Now in its second year, The keynote speaker, Bill of as a possible keynote speaker by when it was written in 1792. Of best in ideas, sciences and the a Constitution Day,” said Lydia membership in the campus men- Rights display, and an array of a member of the Carnegie Mel- these copies, only four remain. arts. Remington, a sophomore public toring program Strong Women, other educational materials will lon faculty. Carnegie Mellon’s original The Bill of Rights, although policy and management major. Strong Girls has already more be available in the Posner Cen- He has experience in the Su- edition, a part of the Posner only on display until 4 p.m. “Not that it isn’t important, but than tripled, from last year’s ter, home to the Tepper School of preme Court, appeals circuit, collection, is currently on per- tomorrow, is available to the I didn’t think we actually cel- eight mentors to this year’s 25. Business, for the university com- and tax court, in addition to manent loan to the university university community year- ebrated the Constitution at a The program is under the munity to enjoy. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pitts- from the Posner family. round in digital form at http:// certain time every year.” leadership of Grace DeForest, a “This year we are fortunate to burgh, Inc. His expertise in the The Posner collection was posner.library.cmu.edu/Posner. Remington brought up the senior operations research and have a U.S. Judge from the Third area of constitutional law and established in 1978 by Henry “I think it’s great that we have statistics major, and Breanna Circuit Court of Appeals, Thomas in its daily implications is well Posner and his wife, Ida. The such an original and important See CONSTITUTION, page A3 Zwart, a senior majoring in in- ternational relations and direct- ing. The program’s mission, ac- cording to its website, is “to cre- The bridges ate communities of strong and CMU grads successful women today, and supporting the strong and suc- of cessful women of tomorrow.” go back to The mission statement ap- pealed to fi rst-year economics major Destiny Ridguard, who school Allegheny County decided to apply to the program this year. “I think it’s interesting that we get to work in tandem with other founded in 1990 by Wendy Kopp, female CMU students working a student at Princeton Univer- towards a similar goal of em- sity, as a senior thesis project. powerment,” Ridguard said. Kopp raised $2.5 million to place Strong Women, Strong Girls 500 college graduates in teach- was founded in 2000 by Lindsay ing positions in the schools of six Hyde, a student at Harvard Uni- by Katie Zemel low-income communities. versity. The program arrived at Junior Staffwriter Today, Teach For America has Carnegie Mellon through Linda a network of over 5000 teachers Babcock of the Heinz School, The number of Carnegie Mel- in 26 areas. This past year, over who served on its board of direc- lon graduates who apply to Teach 19,000 college graduates ap- tors in Boston in the spring of the for America is on the rise. This plied nationwide and just over 2005–2006 school year. year, 36 members of the class 3000 were accepted. Teach For Carnegie Mellon is the fi rst of 2007 applied, a 57 percent America also now receives some university outside of Boston to increase in applications since federal funding and support from offer the program. 2006, according to a report is- foundations and local donors. This year, the program will fo- sued by Teach For America. By 2010, Teach For America cus on decreasing violence. Teach For America is a pro- plans to have 7500 corps mem- “There is a rise in violence in gram that places graduates from bers in 33 placement sites. Next Pittsburgh community. There- some of the nation’s top colleges year, the program plans to open fore, we need to bring strong and universities in two-year placement sites in Indianapolis, women to speak to the girls,” teaching positions in some of the Ind. and Kansas City, Mo. DeForest said. nation’s poorest school districts Teach For America requires The program targets girls in the hopes of eliminating the members to attend a fi ve-week from grades three to fi ve who achievement gap in this country. “teacher boot camp,” which pre- live in at-risk and low-income “Teach For America realized pares members for the situations communities, which are par- that to change on a broader level, they may encounter while teach- ticularly prone to violence, the they had to focus on recruitment ing. Once members complete the leaders said. and increasing the number of program, school districts are al- In the spring semester, Strong campus representatives,” said lowed to grant them temporary Women, Strong Girls will study Bill Thompson, who graduated teaching certifi cates. Corps mem- the history of violence in com- from Carnegie Mellon in 2001 bers are hired as any teacher in munities nearby and the female with a B.A. in business adminis- their particular district would be; role models who have made an tration. Thompson participated they are interviewed and placed impact on decreasing violence in the program from 2001 to where their specialty is needed throughout the world. 2004 and served as one of Teach most. Teach For America corps The program was also well- For America’s recruitment direc- members are paid by the school suited to Pittsburgh, DeForest tors from 2004 to 2005. district they work for and receive and Zwart said, because Pitts- Since 2003, the number of the same salary and benefi ts as burgh’s demographics show a applicants from Carnegie Mel- other beginning teachers. great discrepancy in the ratio lon has steadily increased. In Members make from $25,000 of males to females, much like 2003–2004, 16 students applied; to $44,000 per year. Carnegie Mellon’s campus. in 2004–2005, 21 students ap- The intensity level of the Last year, the program con- plied; and in 2006, 23 students program leads 10–15 percent sisted of eight mentors who applied. of members to drop out before worked with about 25 girls Eleven members of Carnegie completing their two-year term, in a group tutoring format. Mellon’s class of 2007 are cur- according to a 2006 article in This year, Zwart and DeForest rently serving their fi rst year in Newsweek. Those who dropped have recruited 25 mentors and the program. the program described not receiv- about 100 girls at four differ- “To make the necessary ing enough support from either J.W. Ramp/Photo Editor ent elementary schools around fundamental changes in our their school or from Teach For The South 10th Street Bridge (above), which spans the Monongahela River to connect downtown Pittsburgh. educational system, we need America, feeling overwhelmed Pittsburgh and the South Side, is one of over 1900 bridges in Allegheny County. Many of these have Strong Women, Strong Girls to attack [educational ineq- by the challenge, or having trou- been classifi ed as “structurally defi cient” by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, including uses a set curriculum to teach uity] from all sectors,” said Ian ble managing the classroom, the the nearby Boulevard of the Allies Bridge, which is currently under construction. Other bridges in the the girls skills that they need to Stormont, Teach For America article stated. area receiving facelifts include the Homestead Grays Bridge, the Hot Metal Bridge, and the Birmingham succeed. recruitment director for the Though diffi cult for some, Bridge. See story, page A5. Such skills include commu- Pittsburgh region. nication, critical thinking and Teach For America was See TEACH, page A5 leadership. To accomplish this, they engage in negotiation workshops and other activities to strengthen interpersonal After equipment theft, AB Tech faces life without mics skills, while simultaneously helping the girls with their tent sometime between 11 p.m. vehicle to transport it, leading Matt Williamson, co-chair of AB Although AB Tech still has homework. by Brandon Sherman Wednesday, Aug. 22, and 5 a.m. police to believe that the opera- Tech and a senior in computer enough equipment to run “We believe strongly that in- Junior Staffwriter Thursday, Aug. 23. tion had been planned. science and human-computer smaller shows, larger events — creasing self esteem and having University Police believe mul- University Police would not interaction. such as Greek Sing — will re- a stronger base will help them in The events of Orientation week tiple people were involved in release the exact dollar amount Lower-quality microphones quire the organization to either future years,” Zwart said. that most students remember in- the theft, although they do not of the value of the missing equip- were left behind, Williamson rent equipment or purchase new Both leaders highlighted the clude Playfair, House Wars, and currently have any suspects, ment, but according to Race, said, while microphones worth equipment to fi ll in the gaps in strides the program has already the Clippership Cruise — not according to University Police “several thousands of dollars; more were taken. its inventory. made in a short amount of time. the theft of thousands of dollars’ Lieutenant John Race. worth of equipment” was taken All of the equipment that was Despite the equipment prob- “SWSG has made such an worth of university property. But One of the items, a drive unit in various forms of electronic stolen was engraved or other- lems, Williamson remains impact on certain elementary this year, a substantial amount of used to control sound during devices, such as microphones. wise marked with “AB Tech,” positive. school campuses that parents equipment belonging to AB Tech events, was large enough to have “Whoever took the [mics] and the driver unit was con- “The concerts will happen as was stolen from the Orientation required two people as well as a k ne w wh at t he y we r e doi ng,” sa id tained within a purple case. planned,” he said. See STRONG, page A3 www.thetartan.org A2 THE TARTAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 Weather Lecture Preview

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Hi: 76 Hi: 79 Hi: 82 Hi: 76 Hi: 74 Lectures will go Lo: 54 Lo: 54 Lo: 59 Lo: 61 Lo: 62 Page global this week by Claire Morgenstern Crime News Editor Incident Title: University Lecture Series — & 2 “It’s Time to Act: The Reality of Climate Change” Theft the ground in Schatz Dining The Basics: Bill Perkins, a graduate Sept. 10, 2007 Room. The female was moni- student in the Heinz School and a certi- at 10:57 p.m. tored by university staff until fied presenter for The Climate Project, EMS arrived on the scene, will discuss the history, causes, and pro- A student reported that his observed and examined the jected impact of global climate change belongings had been taken woman, and allowed her to from a scientific standpoint. Perkins from the University Center. walk away on the spot. will also cover climate change from The student left the belong- national security, policy, and economic ings unattended on a table. Theft standpoints, as well as the local impact Sept. 11, 2007 of such change. Lastly, Perkins will tell Fire Alarm at 5:32 p.m. audience members what they can do to Sept. 8, 2007 contribute to finding a solution. at 5:53 p.m. A female student came to When: Today at 4:30 p.m. the campus police station on Where: Adamson Wing (Baker Hall A fi re alarm sounded in South Craig Street complain- 136A) the fi rst-fl oor hallway of Tech ing that a wheel had been House. The Pittsburgh Bureau stolen off her bicycle in front Title: “Copyright Law and Your of Fire arrived on the scene and of Webster Hall. The student Academic Work” found a minor cooking accident had not been present at the The Basics: Kenneth D. Crews, direc- to be the cause of the alarm. time of the incident. tor of the Copyright Management Center at Indiana University, will discuss copy- Bomb Threat Fire Alarm Brandon Sherman/Photo Staff right issues relating to academic work Sept. 10, 2007 Sept. 12, 2007 Have a cow, or two found on the Internet, in libraries, or at 10:23 a.m. at 10:44 a.m. on a digital database. Crews will talk about the “fair use” clause of copyright Students fill their plates at last week’s all-you-can-eat charity dinner in Merson Courtyard. The The Tepper School of Busi- A fi re alarm sounded on law and explain how to ensure that aca- dinner was sponsored by co-ed service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega. Students paid $5 to attend. ness received a bomb threat. the fi rst-fl oor stairway in demic work will not be exploited. The emergency alert system Forbes House. The residents The proceeds were donated to Heifer International, a charitable organization that fights hunger in impoverished nations by buying and donating animals to disadvantaged communities around the When: Today at 4:30 p.m. was activated. University evacuated the building. The world. Where: Hunt Library, Fine and Rare Police arrived on the scene Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire Book Room (fourth floor) and checked and cleared the cleared the area and reset the building. alarm. Title: Center for the Arts in Society Research Forum Theft Suspicious Activity The Basics: Hilary Robinson, the Sept. 11, 2007 Sept. 13, 2007 Stanley and Marcia Gumberg Dean of at 9:38 a.m. at 1:34 a.m. StatisticallySpeaking the College of Fine Arts and author of Reading Art, Reading Irigaray, will A faculty member reported A suspicious car with a Penn- discuss the work of Luce Irigaray, a cel- a number of gift cards missing sylvania license plate had been It’s three weeks into the semester and classes are at full throttle. As a ebrated feminist theorist in philosophy, from her desk in the Tepper parked on Frew Street with an result, a few drowsy students end up cutting down on sleep to get all of gender, linguistics, and psychoanaly- School of Business while she unknown driver and the en- their work done. sis. Robinson hopes to expose a wider was not sitting in the room. The gine running. University Police audience to Irigaray’s work through a objects have not been found were notifi ed. Police arrived clear explanation of the theorist’s main and the actor is unknown. on the scene, asked the driver ideas. The lecture is sponsored by the to leave campus, and recorded Greatest number of days that a human has gone Center for Arts in Society. Medical the license plate number. without sleeping: 11.5 When: Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 11, 2007 Where: Hunt Library, Fine and Rare at 3:16 p.m. Number of hours of wakefulness leading to effects Book Room (fourth floor) Carnegie Mellon Emergency equivalent to a blood alcohol level of 0.05 percent: 17 Title: Journeys Series — “Really Medical Services was called Compiled by Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” after an older female fell to Sabrina Porter The Basics: Randy Pausch, profes- Hours of sleep that the average American gets per sor of human-computer interaction weeknight: 6.9 and co-founder of Carnegie Mellon’s Corrections Entertainment Technology Center, will Hours of sleep that the average American gets on speak about the everyday joys and chal- Clarifi&lar cations lenges of his job. Pausch specializes weekends: 7.6 in human-computer interaction, virtual Last week’s newsews article, please e-me-mail The Tartan reality, entertainment technology, and “Port Authority reducesduces bus at [email protected]@ or introductory computer programming. service by 10 percent,”perce mis- [email protected] @theta with Recommended hours of sleep for a person between When: Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. represented thehe sitsituationuatiotion youryou inquinquiry, as well as the ages of 15 and 21 per night: 8.5 to 9.5 Where: Adamson Wing (Baker Hall regarding Port AutAuthority’shorityho ty’ss thehe ddateate of the issue and 136A) service cuts. A retractionretracactioon ththehee nanameme of the article. We will appear in next week’sw willll print the correction Hours of sleep that the average college student gets Title: SCS Distinguished Lecture issue. or clarificatclarification in the next per night: 6.2 Series — Kai-Fu Lee print issue and publish it The Basics: Kai-Fu Lee, vice president If you would like to submitubmit onlinonline. Sources: www.timesonline.co.uk, http://abc.net.au, 2002 Sleep in Compiled by of Google, will discuss the engineer- a correction or clarification,on, America poll, www.ndri.com, www.uhs.umich.edu Akshay Dave ing, product development, and public affairs initiatives he designed to help develop Google’s operations in China. Lee graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a Ph.D. in computer science. From 1988 to 1990, Lee served as an assistant University hosts crime summit, Andy awards professor at Carnegie Mellon, during which time he developed the world’s first speaker-independent continuous speech-recognition system. He joined Andy awards this Friday University hosts eCrime Summit Google in 2005. When: Thursday at 4 p.m. Where: McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon’s 13th annual have developed new approaches, Carnegie Mellon will be hosting the second e-mail users respond to phishing scams and University Center Andy Staff Recognition Awards methods and systems to improve annual eCrime Research Summit Oct. 4 and how education on phishing prevention can be ceremony will be held Friday. organizational effectiveness; 5. The event will be hosted by the Carnegie improved. Title: University Lecture Series — The ceremony is designed to have demonstrated dedication; Mellon University CyLab, a combination of The event will take place at the Holiday David Harvey honor staff members who have have fostered cooperation, col- over 200 students, staff, and faculty who Inn Select University Center in Oakland and The Basics: David Harvey, a professor made an extraordinary commit- laboration, and communication work toward developing new technologies is sponsored by the Anti-Phishing Working in the Ph.D. program in anthropology ment to the university. Fellow among university constituents to and educating individuals. The conference Group (APWG). at the CUNY Graduate Center in New members of the campus commu- serve the university community; will commence with a buffet dinner, drinks Registration for the event is still open. York City, will speak about his work. nity can nominate their favorite or have created a positive and and an eCrime cabaret performance on the APWG members can register for $300, while Harvey specializes in issues regarding staff member in one of five cat- supportive work environment. evening of Oct. 3. non-members pay $350. Students who work urbanization, environment, politi- egories: Dedication, Innovation, Nominees can be any non- The event’s keynote speaker will be Gary in a qualifying program have the option of cal economy, and advanced capitalist Commitment to Students, faculty staff member, including McGraw, chief technology officer of Cigital registering at a student rate. countries. The lecture is co-sponsored University Citizenship, and those in academic, research, or Inc. McGraw will speak about the security For more information or to register for by the English department and the Culture. This year’s Commitment administrative units. More than issues that arise from multi-player games. the Summit, visit www.ecrimeresearch. Humanities Center. to Students category replaces the 75 staff members have been nom- The summit will also include a panel on org/2007/program.html. When: Thursday at 4:30 p.m. previous Enthusiasm category. inated for the honor. political phishing that will discuss the po- Where: Adamson Wing (Baker Hall Nominees for the different cat- The ceremony will begin at tential for such phishing to impact the 2008 136A) egories have either demonstrated noon in McConomy Auditorium. presidential election. In addition, Carnegie Compiled by dedication to serving customers; Mellon researchers will explain how typical Alexa Huth

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Also: Also: Also: Also: ETC forms new technology center ‘Green’ marketing Men’s soccer defeats Juniata Secondhand shops How Things Work: Radio CMU wastes money Athlete Profi le: Jonathan Hall Feist THE TARTAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 A3 Strong Women, Strong Girls offers encouragement for young girls

STRONG, from A1 school girls, but their college- age mentors as well. are calling in to fi nd out why their “We each get older members daughters are not a part of the to mentor us, and that was one program,” Zwart said. of the best aspects of the pro- “I recently received an e-mail gram,” Ridguard said. from a parent [of a girl in last The program model relies on year’s program] who was un- “mutual cycles of empowerment. sure about the program and We are also growing ourselves whether it was a good idea for her as leaders,” Zwart said. daughter,” DeForest said. “This “To achieve this, the girls who summer, I took her daughter to participate in the program at a press conference for Senator a college level even have their [Arlen] Specter [R–Pa.]. It made own mentors that are business- such an impact on the little girl women who are willing to give and the mother that the mother their time to mentor us and help wanted to let me know how much us.” the girl had changed throughout All women who become men- the year.” tors to the college community Though, like most programs, have been through leadership Strong Women, Strong Girls does training themselves and have encounter an obstacle that is fa- been specially selected for the miliar to many other involved program. students at Carnegie Mellon. As they enter their second “As a Carnegie Mellon student, year, Zwart and DeForest remain you are always busy,” Zwart mindful of the program’s origi- said. “It is hard to fi nd a person nal mission — to empower girls who will be committed and con- in the community who might not sistent. Four to fi ve hours doesn’t otherwise get the chance to fully seem a lot, but to consistently do reach their potential. it is the hardest thing. You aren’t “To tell a girl that she is spe- hurting our feelings when you cial is just words. But to take an don’t show up, you are hurting avid interest in them and on a the girls.” weekly basis to look into what J.W. Ramp/Photo Editor Strong Women, Strong Girls she is doing and what interests The CMU Women’s Center is home to Strong Women, Strong Girls and acts as headquarters for mentoring and outreach possibilities for the girls. not only empowers elementary her is profound,” DeForest said. Constitution Day celebrated in Posner Center with Bill of Rights and U.S. judge

CONSTITUTION, from A1 She took her cause to the fed- hosts a keynote speaker, dis- eral government and ultimately cussion, and reception, as well issue of publicity at the campus convinced President Bush to sign as a display of the Bill of Rights level. a public law in 2005 requiring and materials related to the “I feel like I and so many other educational institutions nation- constitution. people didn’t really know any- wide to recognize and celebrate This year’s celebration at thing about it,” Remington said. this day. the Posner Center will feature “Everyone on campus should This year, Carnegie Mellon pocket-sized copies of the Con- know that they can just walk into has taken the celebration day to stitution for guests to take and Posner and see an original copy a new level. position papers to read on con- of the Bill of Rights or hear a Su- “This year’s focus on the living, stitutional issues, such as the preme Court judge talk.” evolving nature of the document defi nition of marriage. Constitution Day has existed and its continued relevance is Students should be sure to re- nationally since 1997. Universi- particularly important,” said Hip- main aware of the importance of ties have been required by law pensteel. this day, Hippensteel said. to commemorate the day since “It is easy to overlook the role “All people, most especially 2005. that the Constitution has in our people who profess to be edu- Louise Leigh, an outreach daily lives, but with minimal re- cated, should seek to understand director for the Bicentennial Com- fl ection one can identify topics and appreciate the push-and-pull mission in California, founded that foot directly to the concepts relationship between freedoms the day after realizing that most presented in this document and and responsibilities that the schoolchildren nationwide knew its amendments.” Constitution so artfully articu- J.W. Ramp/Photo Editor little about the Constitution. Each year, the university lates,” she said. One of only four remaining copies of the original Bill of Rights can be seen in the Posner Center until Tuesday.

THE TARTAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 A5 Alumni take to neediest The bridges of Allegheny County schools

PennDOT rushes to remodel TEACH, from A1

many teachers succeed in their bridges after Minnesota disaster classrooms, according to Teach For America Recruitment Asso- ciate Cailin McDuff. “Corps members know that this will be a challenging ex- perience, but when they make signifi cant strides with their students in the classroom while they themselves are gaining valuable leadership experience, they know it’s worth it,” McDuff said. Stormont agreed. “We currently have 5000 core members in classrooms and over 12,000 alumni. For the most part there is an overwhelmingly high satisfaction rate, but when- ever you have so many people involved in something there are bound to be a few negative ex- periences; unfortunately, those are the ones that get press,” Stormont said. While some criticize Teach For America for providing Shawn Wertz/Editor-in-Chief only a temporary solution to a The Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Street Bridges (above) are some of Pittsburgh’s most iconic bridges. Though PennDOT did not red-fl ag them, they did fl ag several nearby. long-term problem, Teach For America has a different long- limit of nine tons, according to replacement,” Zang said. Once eliminate that problem, so that restrictions throughout the area, term approach. Their intentions by Elizabeth Cutrone PennDOT’s website. the replacement is complete, the drivers no longer have to travel including tapering traffi c on are that alumni will go out into & Cynthia Peng Using the term “structurally weight limit and concerns about “basically against the fl ow of Forbes Avenue to two lanes. various fi elds and spread the Junior Staffwriters defi cient” to describe a bridge the safety of the bridge will be traffi c,” according to PennDOT Some students who have sat message of Teach For America helps to decide “where it falls eliminated. Community Relations Coordina- through traffi c jams on the sites as advocates for the elimina- Construction has begun on on the priority list” for receiv- The construction, once com- tor Jim Struzzi. of other bridge renovations tion of educational inequality in Pittsburgh’s Boulevard of the ing money from the government, plete, will also alleviate problems Together with the new south are ambivalent about driving America. Allies Bridge, one of nearly Zang said. with traffi c fl ow into and out of ramp that will connect the bou- through the construction zone. This year, Teach For America 6000 Pennsylvania bridges that The inspection of a bridge Oakland, a positive change for levard to Forbes, the new ramp “Hopefully, this will be less in- was named one of the 20 great- state-certifi ed bridge inspectors compares it to others nationwide students who drive through the should drastically improve convenient than the Homestead est employers for new college deemed “structurally defi cient,” in order to determine the ur- area. traffi c fl ow through this area, Grays Bridge construction,” Hal- graduates by Fortune magazine. the same term used to describe gency of the need for repairs and “It would be good if they fi xed Struzzi said, which is the main linen said. “[At Teach For America] you’ll the I-35W Mississippi River the amount of money allocated the traffi c problems [on the connection between downtown Work on the Grays Bridge, pick up skills you can’t get any- Bridge that collapsed in Minne- to the project. boulevard] because it connects Pittsburgh and Oakland. To boot, which goes to the Waterfront, where else,” Thompson said. apolis this summer. In the case of the Boulevard of Oakland to other parts of Pitts- Struzzi said the area will also be began in 2006 and is still Thompson stressed that Carn- A structurally defi cient bridge the Allies Bridge, applying the la- burgh,” said Nicole Hallinen, a more aesthetically pleasing when underway. egie Mellon students concerned is safe to drive over, but “needs bel indicated that the bridge had junior French and psychology the project is completed. Eventually, all traffi c across with career goals have no need costly repairs to bring it up to deteriorated enough to move to major. The expected completion date the boulevard bridge will be de- to worry that they’ll fall behind. current standards,” said Jason the top of the list, which expe- Hallinen’s home is located in a for the project is May 1, 2009, ac- toured elsewhere so the structure Teach For America has many Zang, assistant bridge engineer dited government funding so suburb of Pittsburgh, about a 30- cording to PennDOT. The project can be replaced. partnerships with graduate for the Pennsylvania Department construction could begin as soon minute drive from campus. is running on schedule, and both “The main thing that people schools as well as an educational of Transportation (PennDOT). as possible. Currently, getting from Fifth Struzzi and Zang estimate that if need to know is that the bridge award of $4725 per year. Structurally defi cient bridges PennDOT estimates that the fi - Avenue to the Boulevard of the it continues to progress the way will not be taken out of commis- Students interested in join- often have restrictions such nal cost of the project will be $29 Allies involves driving in a coun- it has, construction will most sion until early 2008,” Struzzi ing Teach For America should as weight limits. The existing million. terfl ow lane on Forbes Avenue. likely fi nish on time. said. attend the Teach For America Boulevard of the Allies bridge, Ultimately, the bridge will un- The new north ramp, slated to In the meantime, drivers can For now, though, the bridge information session Tuesday at built in 1928, now has a weight dergo “complete top-to-bottom be built by late November, will expect various detours and traffi c will remain in use. 6:30 p.m. in Porter Hall 100. Science& Technology A6 THE TARTAN September 17, 2007 SciTechBriefs Group names polluted places

A United States environmen- tal group called the Blacksmith X PRIZE Challenge Institute released a list of the world’s 10 most polluted areas. The list features India, China, Russia, and several former So- viet republics along with Peru Professor accepts challenge and Zambia. According to the report, 12 million people are threatened to put a robot on the moon by the pollution in these 10 lo- cations. The United Nations fur- ther suggests that 20 percent of premature deaths around the world may arise from environ- mental faactors. The pollution is primarily the result of metal, chemical, and mining industries. Those affected by this pollution may suffer side effects that include Robotics professor William “Red” uate student in mechanical engineer- will take home $5 million. chronic illness and premature by Michael M. Whiston Whittaker is heading up the univer- ing who is working with Whittaker During preparation, Whittaker’s death. Science & Technology Editor sity’s moon prize team, which is set on the project. team will focus on how to launch the Source: BBC News to include students, staff, volunteers, Thornton said that one of the fi rst rover from Earth to the moon and The broadcast of the Apollo 11 investors, research institutions, com- steps in the project is deciding on how to communicate digital infor- crew landing on the moon has come panies, and other talent outside of the robot’s mass. “It defi nitely turns mation back to Earth. Meteorite piece up to symbolize U.S. space exploration. Carnegie Mellon. into a very large optimization prob- The team will also prepare the But with the aid of Carnegie Mellon’s Whittaker, who is also the direc- lem on the mass side of things.” robot for harsh environmental for auction cutting-edge technology, the next tor of the Field Robotics Center, said To win the competition, the robot conditions on the moon. A man in New York is going to explorer to land on the moon might that the team will need to design a must traverse the moon’s surface for According to Thornton, the robot sell a 30-pound piece of the 15- be a robot. robot that is large enough to handle 500 meters and send a “mooncast,” will be operational on the moon for and-a-half-ton Willamette mete- The Google-sponsored X PRIZE the lunar terrain but light enough to or data package, back to Earth. The about 10 days. orite. The meteorite chunk will Foundation is holding a $20 million launch from Earth and land on the mooncast must include high-resolu- At night, lunar temperatures can be up for auction Oct. 28 and is challenge to land a functioning ro- moon. tion photographs and high-defi nition fall below -325°F; during the day, estimated to be worth between bot on the moon within the next fi ve “Any additional kilogram adds video. they can top 212°F. $1.1 million and $1.3 million. years, and Carnegie Mellon is step- a lot to the weight that you have to The winning team will receive $20 The Confederated Tribes of ping up to the plate. launch,” said John Thornton, a grad- million, and the second-place team See CHALLENGE, page A8 Grand Ronde, a group of Ameri- can Indians, claims the meteorite should not be sold because it was discovered on their territory in 1902. ETC explores media projects in educational partnership The seller obtained the mete- orite chunk by trading a piece toward careers in the global economy, par- Don Marinelli, executive producer of new technology implementation that may of the Governador Valadares, by Jun Xian Leong ticularly in the rapidly merging fi elds of the ETC and a professor of drama and arts impact American education in truly signifi - a meteorite from Mars. He is Staffwriter fi ne arts and computer science. management at CMU, stated in a Harris- cant ways.” auctioning the meteorite to sup- “This partnership announcement is a burg University press release, “Not only Students and faculty at the new facility plement his regular income from Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Tech- perfect example of the substantial results do we develop and implement new tech- will begin work on several projects this managing jazz artists. nology Center (ETC) will be partnering that can be achieved when outstanding nologies, we also seek out new approaches semester, including designing an intern- with Harrisburg University of Science and organizations work together, and it is to education and pedagogy. Harrisburg ship interviewing program for TCCP’s Source: The New York Times Technology and the Technology Council of the kind of partnership that Harrisburg University and the Technology Council of TechQuest Internship, based on Carnegie Central Pennsylvania (TCCP) this semes- University was created to undertake,” Central Pennsylvania have shown them- Mellon’s Synthetic Interview technology. ter to form a new center aimed at training Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed told ETC. selves to be willing ‘early adopters’ of new This project aims to create an automated Brown alumni create people for technology-based jobs. Students in the center will be expected technologies. That is what makes this part- internship interviewing process, allow- iTunes alternative The new facility, called the Center for to work on various new technologies that nership so exciting. ing students to interact with synthetic Advanced Entertainment & Learning will further education and support the “They are placing Harrisburg and Cen- Technologies (CAELT), will gear students economy. tral Pennsylvania on the cutting edge of See TECHNOLOGY, page A8 Three Brown University alumni have created a music-sharing site called AmieStreet.com, one of the fi rst of its kind to feature variable pricing. Songs enter the How Things Work: Radio site as free downloads, then in- crease in price as they increase and satellites. Michael M. Whiston in popularity, with a limit of 98 Television uses radio waves cents per song. Radio uses only a portion of to transmit visual information. The creators envisioned the electromagnetic spectrum, On older televisions, antennas AmieStreet.com to be a middle- but it allows people to com- receive radio signals from tele- ground between free download municate with one another, vision stations and then display sites, which are often illegal, and experience visual and audio the image on the screen. corporate services, like iTunes, entertainment, and even explore In the case of cable television, whose prices largely deter the outer space. however, cable companies re- college crowd. A radio wave consists of two ceive the radio signals from the AmieStreet.com has yet to perpendicular sine waves that television stations and transmit make arrangements with major are formed by electric and mag- this information via a cable to record labels, so the only songs netic fi elds. One of the waves is a people’s personal televisions. available on the website are changing electric fi eld, while the Cell phones are also radios. those of independent artists. other wave is a changing mag- They have built-in antennas that netic fi eld. allow people to transmit and Source: The Washington Post Radio signals are made unique receive information when they by the frequency of their sine talk with one another. waves, or the number of cycles In particular, when a person that oscillate per unit of time. speaks into the phone, that in- Smartest parrot Frequency is often measured in formation is transmitted to a dies at 31 hertz, or cycles per second. cell phone tower as radio waves. In comparison to the rest of the The information then travels to electromagnetic spectrum, radio the other person through a cell A parrot trained to recognize waves have low frequencies, usu- phone network. words, shapes, and colors died ally between one million and one In astronomy, radio telescopes unexpectedly of what appear to billion hertz. Visible light, on the are used to detect radio waves be natural causes. Alex, an Afri- other hand, has a frequency of that are emitted from objects can grey parrot, was expected to one quadrillion hertz. in space. Planets, for instance, live into his 50s. Within the radio spectrum, dif- give off radio waves through Alex challenged what scien- ferent frequencies of radio waves thermal radiation, as do gases tists had long assumed to be the are used for different purposes. around stars through molecular limits of bird brains. He knew FM radio, for instance, detects changes. Radio telescopes help how to count to six and under- radio waves with frequencies astronomers form images of ob- stood over 100 words. between 88 and 108 megahertz, jects in space based on the radio Before Alex, scientists assumed while cell phones use radio signals that they emit. that only apes and dolphins waves with frequencies between Creating radio signals on could grasp such diffi cult con- 824 and 849 megahertz. Kaitlin Miciunas/Art Staff Earth, on the other hand, simply cepts. Alex’s owner, a chemist A radio is a device that trans- requires a battery and conduc- who studied and trained him, mits and receives electromagnetic information to a radio wave by plitude (maxima and minima) of moves charges up and down in tor. claimed that Alex was as smart waves that fall within the radio modifying various properties of the sine wave. This type of mod- the receiver’s antenna, and the To create your own radio as a 5-year-old and could com- spectrum. To send and receive the wave. The process of impart- ulation can be used to transmit a radio picks up the signal. waves, make sporadic contact municate as well as a 2-year-old. signals, a radio uses a transmit- ing data to a radio signal is called radio host’s voice. After the transmitter sends the between a coin and the termi- ter and receiver, respectively. modulation. Lastly, frequency modulation modulated sine wave, the receiv- nals of a nine-volt battery. This Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The transmitter sends the There are three types of mod- (FM) alters the frequency of the er picks up the radio signal using procedure creates a fl uctuating electromagnetic wave into the ulation: pulse, amplitude, and sine wave. This type of modula- an antenna. The tuner picks out current through the coin and air by moving electrical current frequency. Pulse modulation tion is often used to transmit the particular signal based on battery. up and down an antenna. When (PM) occurs when a radio signal music because it delivers mini- frequency, and it amplifi es this Depending on the rate of current fl uctuates in an anten- is turned on and off. This kind of mal static. frequency for the speakers to fl uctuation, this current may na, it creates changing electric modulation is used to transmit The electromagnetic wave output. produce changing electric and and magnetic fi elds that travel information to radio-controlled is transmitted through the air While radio waves are com- magnetic fi elds that constitute together as a radio wave. clocks in the U.S. at the speed of light. When it monly associated with car radios radio waves. If you’re close to The signal is fi rst sent into the Amplitude modulation (AM), reaches the receiver’s antenna, and boom boxes, they are also a radio, you can listen for static Compiled by air. Then the transmitter imparts on the other hand, varies the am- the fl uctuating electric fi eld used by televisions, cell phones, through the speakers. Sarah Mogin

A8 THE TARTAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 ETC and Harrisburg University plan center for technology-based jobs TECHNOLOGY, from A6 Interview technology to allow prospective students to virtually interviewers online, thereby tour the Academic Center and in- streamlining the interviewing teract with Harrisburg University and screening process. staff and faculty. Synthetic interviews were de- Harrisburg University is the veloped at Carnegie Mellon by only private, non-profi t, com- Scott Stevens and Michael Chris- prehensive university chartered tel, researchers in the School of in Pennsylvania besides Car- Computer Science and Software negie Mellon, giving the two Engineering Institute. They al- universities a similar historical low users to converse with an background. individual or character as if the With the construction of this character were actually present. center, Harrisburg University TCCP president Kelly Lewis will also become home to the sec- stated in a Carnegie Mellon press ond Synthetic Interview studio in release, “[Synthetic interview- the world. ing] allows interviewers and The ETC is already wellknown human resource professionals for its numerous collaborators, to converse in-depth with a stu- who are pioneers in the fi elds of dent’s virtual self, permitting computer science and imaging, them to ask questions in a con- including Intel, Microsoft, Walt versational manner — just as Disney, Electronic Arts (EA), they would if they were speaking Kodak, and several other high- to the student face-to-face.” profi le companies. Students in Another project that the col- the center’s Masters program laborative team will undertake take programming and project this semester is the creation of a courses. virtual tour of Harrisburg Uni- The Center for Advanced En- versity’s new Academic Center, a tertainment & Learning Tech- 16-story building currently under nologies will be situated on Har- construction. risburg University’s Strawberry This project will combine game Square campus and is expected Mingwei Tay/Photo Staff creation platforms with Synthetic to open this fall. The ETC will join with Harrisburg University this semester to develop an internship interviewing program and virtual tour of Harrisburg University. Team designs robot to send photos and video of moon back to Earth CHALLENGE, from A6 synchrony,” and it would require the ro- sensor systems, which include lasers, ing with the unknown and sending back environmental problems that we face on bot to set its own path without help from cameras, and radars. the data.” the Earth.” “That temperature difference is brutal Earth during certain parts of the trip. “It’s defi nitely not anything that CMU According to the Carnegie Mellon In particular, if the X PRIZE challenge on any mechanical system,” Thornton “That way, you’re always in the light, can’t handle,” Thornton said. Moon Prize website, there are a number is successful, robots may be able to pin- said. and instead of having to design for hot The software must also ensure that the of different sponsorship possibilities for point the location of crater ice on the The robots will also be subject to lunar and cold, you can bask in the sunlight robot lands on the moon safely. Because the moon rover. One is to have a reality moon. Crater ice can be used as fuel for dust and high levels of radiation while and get a lot of solar energy,” Whittaker there is no atmosphere surrounding the television program in which people com- spaceships, thereby decreasing the cost on the moon, inhibiting their function- said. moon, the rover cannot use a parachute pete to become the fi rst amateur driver of space missions. ality and possibly damaging the robot’s Whittaker said that the team’s robot to land. of the rover. The team is also consider- The moon also contains helium-3, camera sensors. will probably run on solar power. Instead, the robot will use small rock- ing the possibility of making the robot which can be used as a low-radiation Whittaker, who is unfazed by such As a general principle, Whittaker said, ets that are controlled by the system’s into a web host, capable of sending im- fuel in nuclear fusion reactions. In the challenges, said, “For the dust, there are the team will not build parts of the robot software. ages in e-mails to online users. future, robots may be able to transport seals and brushes that … keep the dust that can be readily purchased. Once it is safely on the surface, soft- Speaking of the challenge, Thornton helium-3 to Earth. out of bearings and moving parts.” As “There might be 60 percent of a sys- ware will enable the robot to send said, “It’s a chance of a lifetime.” Lunar substance from the moon can for the electronics, “There are electron- tem like this that can be acquired,” he high-quality images back to Earth, According to Google’s Lunar X PRIZE also be used to construct solar devices ics that can endure radiation.” said. “It’s the important 40 percent perhaps through a continuous cycle website, the space mission also opens up that can be sent into space. These de- In order for the robot to be able to where you have to design and build the of stopping, pointing its antenna, and the possibility of using natural resources vices would be capable of sending solar withstand the moon’s chilling nighttime parts, create the electronics, and get the transmitting data. from the moon on Earth. energy from space to Earth during night. temperatures, the team might design it power systems.” “The software has to be very special The Google Lunar X PRIZE website This energy could be used to charge to travel westward on the lunar surface. Whittaker said that the team will need to do that right,” Whittaker said. It is the stated that the moon is “a source of electric cars and produce synthetic fuel This kind of movement is called “sun to develop software to control the rover’s “real crux of landing, driving, and deal- solutions to some of the most pressing on Earth. YOU’D LOOK GREAT IN OUR OFFICE JOIN THE TARTAN

[email protected] YOU: HIGH-TECH THEM: LOW-TECH SPREAD THE KNOWLEDGE WRITE FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY [email protected] Forum A10 THE TARTAN September 17, 2007 FromTheEditorialBoard Marketing ploys commodify ‘green’ technology for profit

ny’s revenue. Besides the fact that the wording is carefully constructed as to say that corn is an ingredient — among Jessica Thurston what else? How eco-friendly can ink re- ally be? With today’s increased social and po- The company’s website also empha- litical pressures guiding our patterns sized that the ink is “recognized” by the of consumption, we’re often inundated FDA, and seems to use this fact to plug with contradictions in the marketing of their product as wholly environmen- products — marketing contradictions tally friendly. It seems like once the FDA that mimic the contradictions we per- or USDA or WTF-A approves, we can all petuate by aiming to defi ne ourselves breathe a sigh of relief and believe that as individuals by consuming mass-pro- somehow, in some way, we’re reducing duced items. our ecological impact on the earth. But Commercials celebrate “green” the regulations that are met to receive printer inks, low-carb muffi ns, and such seals of approval are not necessar- organic scented lotions. While these ily the be-all-and-end-all of standards examples of such contradictions are set for eco-friendly lifestyles. There is often harmless and may even lead to more to do, and using printer solvent ink eventual change for the better, the “how that is “recognized” by the EPA is not, by to go green” trend becomes dangerous any means, enough to reduce our impact when truly non-green, perilously eco- on the earth and attempt to reverse the unfriendly products are allowed to effects of global warming. Living eco- market themselves as safe for the envi- friendly is not just about slowing down ronment. This is what is happening as or even stopping our current trends of coal used for energy in Pennsylvania is global warming, but rather, to attempt marketing new coal-burning processes to reverse the incredible damage we’ve Lizzee Solomon/Art Staff as “clean energy solutions” — though already done. in reality the processes may still release The most perilous and note-worthy greenhouse gases and water pollutants marketing contradiction of them all, Pittsburgh is older, wiser in our own state. though, is the “clean coal” power plants Green (read: slightly reformed) tech- (Integrated Gasifi cation Combined Cy- Pittsburgh is an old town. Not just be- home since 1969 (or earlier) than the munity safer, richer, and friendlier. nologies manifest themselves in such cle, or IGCC). I hope that the irony of cause it’s been a century since steel mills national average (6.1 percent). For this And while they don’t share many char- far-fetched products as organic scented this idea is extraordinarily obvious. First and Andrew Carnegie ruled the city, but reason, more Pittsburgh residents prob- acteristics with 20-something students, lotions and recycled gold earrings. of all, using coal for energy is innately because the proportion of the Pittsburgh ably know their neighbors than those in together they make up a substantial por- InStyle.com describes the latter in its non-clean, and should in no way be al- population that is age 65 or older is al- cities with higher turnover rates, which tion of the city’s population. However, section on green products: “These deli- lowed to disguise itself as any sort of most 5 percent higher than the national makes for safer, more tightly knit com- while most students jet off after gradu- cate Gingkos have an earthy feel perfect green technology. Moreover, when such average. Pair that with Pittsburgh’s no- munities. Because of this permanence, ation, seniors take pride in Pittsburgh as for both summer’s sundresses and fall’s a product labels itself as eco-friendly torious “brain drain” and you have a city the elderly are more likely to take a lead- their permanent home. that seems well on its way to becoming ership role in the community, whether it Students already benefi t Pittsburgh a ghost town. be serving on the board of their place of by spending money, performing cut- However, there are advantages to worship, volunteering at the hospital, or ting-edge research, and volunteering having a large, dare we say, elderly pop- taking classes at one of the local colleges for local organizations. As students, we Green (read: slightly reformed) technologies mani- ulation. The elderly tend to stay put — or universities. This translates into more should follow the example set by our el- fest themselves in such far-fetched products as more than twice as many Pittsburghers money saved, or earned, for the city. ders by taking an active and permanent (13.6 percent) have lived in the same Senior citizens help keep our com- role in our community. organic scented lotions and recycled gold earrings. President’s email addresses student concerns honestly cozy knits.” As much as wearing these by adopting the “go green” trend (like stylish jewels might satisfy the In Style a set of recycled gold earrings or or- So far this semester, the phrase “Did Our university is one of several that safety (the top priority) and quick com- reader searching for his or her own way ganic cotton area rugs), it assumes the you hear about the bomb threat?” has have received the same type of threats, munication. to contribute to the trendy fi ght against power to get away with more horribly become as commonplace as “How about sent anonymously by e-mail. Accord- It helps us as students to understand global warming, an “earthy feel” won’t damaging ecological practices. IGCC that heat?” The bomb threats have ing to Cohon, no bombs have been how the administration thinks so that do much to save polar bears. What plants are supposedly able to “capture” been troubling to students, particularly discovered at any of the targeted uni- we can take advantage of Carnegie Mel- should be celebrated, though, is the fact carbon dioxide, the damaging chemical fi rst-years, who might think that such versities — a fact that should come as a lon’s response to security threats as they that the gold used in the earrings is re- emitted from plants, by reducing plant security scares are the norm at college relief. happen. cycled — and any step toward reducing effi ciency and increasing water use. — or at Carnegie Mellon. Additionally, Cohon assured us that Lastly, Cohon asked for our participa- our global footprint is a good one. Un- Producing contaminated water and a In light of this concern, President prior to this semester Carnegie Mellon tion and feedback. He encouraged stu- fortunately, this is not the aspect of the buildup of carbon dioxide — the process Cohon’s recent university-wide e-mail had not received a bomb threat for at dents to sign up for AlertNow (https:// product that is highlighted by InStyle. for which may not even work, according served to alleviate (at least partially) least 10 years. my.cmu.edu/site/main/page.alert) and com as that which makes it a must-have to energyjustice.net — are hardly green our fears and explain not only what’s Cohon also addressed the recent wa- to e-mail him or Associate Vice Presi- item. Nonetheless, if this is how a par- practices. As Energy Justice’s research going on, but what Carnegie Mellon is ter main break, adding that our campus dent Michael Murphy with comments or ticular audience is going to understand suggests, “IGCC is being promoted as doing about it. may face future water-related emer- concerns. respecting the environment, then it is ‘clean’ coal, but there’s nothing clean The e-mail came on 9/11, a day gencies and that Carnegie Mellon is We appreciate our president’s effort all well and good. about coal, whether you burn it as a solid when most of us were probably more prepared to handle them. to keep us informed and hear our feed- It’s easy to dismiss these products’ or if you gasify it, or liquefy it fi rst.” concerned about safety than ever, Perhaps most reassuring was Cohon’s back. Threats to our campus will never marketing contradictions as harmless, I don’t need to inundate you with the and began by putting the three recent explanation of how the administration disappear entirely, but a concerned ad- which, as in the previous case, they are. fi gures you have undoubtedly heard, campus bomb threats into some much- decides how to handle a threat. Es- ministration can help us feel a little bit But masking the truly damaging charac- especially on this campus that is at needed context. sentially, there are two considerations: safer. teristics of a product is not okay — and least more ecologically minded than should be stopped — when those char- others. There is an urgent need for us acteristics are damaging the environ- to do something. If taking small steps GaliLead program takes steps toward world peace ment, and the companies producing the in organic body lotions and leaf-shaped goods are slipping under the “go green” recycled gold earrings is the best we can trend’s radar. do, then we must keep doing it and hope The Tartan is proud that Carnegie psychology. GaliLead focused on both Palestine. Two years ago, the Enter- VUTEk’s Bio-Solvent Inks, for ex- that it snowballs into something more Mellon is on its way to becoming a leadership training and policy imple- tainment Technology Center launched ample, “are the next generation of envi- powerful and society-changing. But leader in brokering peace in the Middle mentation in order to develop a contin- the groundbreaking PeaceMaker video ronmentally friendly inks made with a processes that are extremely dangerous East. Last June, future Arab and Jewish gent of Arab and Israeli students who game. renewable resource — corn.” As this is and damaging to the environment leaders came together at Carnegie Mel- are ready and willing to go back into PeaceMaker, aimed specifi cally at Arab close to the only data on the company’s should not be able to disg uise t hemselves lon as part of a new initiative to foster Galilee and create social change. and Isreali teenagers, allowed players to website that details — or rather, loosely as reformed and eco-friendly under the positive relations in the Middle East. Faculty experts in psychology, orga- choose between the role of Israeli prime covers — what makes these inks suppos- marketing trend of “going green” and The 21 leaders were fi rst-year fellows in nizational behavior, and performance minister and Palestinian president so edly environmentally friendly, it seems respecting the environment. Reversing the GaliLead Project, a grassroots effort effectiveness advised the students on that they could get a better understand- clear that the company is substantially the effects of global warming is not a to cultivate a new generation of leaders how best to forestall further confl ict and ing of how the peace process can work. more interested in creating this alleg- trend, and it should not be exploited as for the Galilee region in northern Israel. promote community building. The stu- It used the same basic format as violent edly green product to draw in more a consumerist marketing plot. Not only was the project aimed at dents hope that their projects and ideas strategy games to show that peace can business (for both the “environmentally reaching out to the global community will generate more interest in the Gali- be just as challenging as violence. friendly” inks and their not-so-friendly Jessica Thurston (jthursto@) is a junior and strengthening Carnegie Mellon’s Lead and other “community-change” GaliLead and PeaceMaker, while two counterparts) than to really benefi t the BHA student in professional writing and ties abroad, it was also an interdisciplin- projects. drastically different projects, demon- environment. However, any step toward urban design, with a minor in hispanic ary program that incorporated faculty GaliLead is not the fi rst time that s t r ate t h at t h i s u n i v e r s it y i s ac ute l y aw a r e reducing the effects of global warming studies. She is a proudd member of the from the Tepper School of Business, enterprising Carnegie Mellon faculty of global confl ict and is committed, is better than nothing — unless a prod- Facebook group Americans for Alterna- the Heinz School of Public Policy and and students have tried to tackle the through creative and interdisciplinary uct is really not eco-friendly but is being tive Energy and welcomes all responsible Management, and the department of ongoing troubles between Israel and means, to being part of the solution. disguised as such to increase a compa- responses.

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Business Manager Phone: (412) 268-2111 The Tartan / Box 1017 Fax: (412) 268-1596 Carnegie Mellon University JASON KUO, Advertising Manager Web: www.thetartan.org Pittsburgh, PA 15289-1017 E-mail: [email protected] THE TARTAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 A11 Pointless university fees contribute to rising cost of higher education affair. Now don’t get me wrong, cool and all because it’s kind of MetroNaps installed an Energy- your friend’s room, or your sig- “We’re paying $16,000 a year for I loved Orientation, and I totally a nice emphasis on community Pod in Hunt Library in July. The nifi cant other’s room. And if you this?” That was 19 years ago and think that a week of just fi rst- and socializing. But technically EnergyPod was researched and don’t have enough time, suck it the year I was born. Tuition has Shaleya Solomon years on campus can help stu- speaking, these funds (much tested at Carnegie Mellon while up. Find someplace else to sleep. more than doubled since then. dents kind of fall into college life like Orientation fees) are going Chowdhury was an MBA student Rough it like millions of college Going to college costs more than With tuition reaching as high more easily — by the time classes toward socializing students. We here. The EnergyPod provides a kids have been doing for prob- some people’s parents’ combined as $49,505 this year, sometimes start, you could potentially al- are more or less paying to be completely isolated environment ably hundreds of years. I person- annual income. I begin to wonder where, exactly, ready have your friends for the forced to interact with one an- in which the user can take a nap ally love the third fl oor of Hunt My friends and I often joke that all of our money is going. Most rest of college. other. I’m sorry, I’m not really a and wake up feeling refreshed. It for taking naps. Roberts Engi- in about 25 or so years, when our of the people I talk to agree that Unfortunately, after experi- fan of having to pay to hang out boasts perfected body positioning neering Hall, the UC, and the En- children are ready to come to col- there are defi nitely a lot of things encing Orientation, I still cannot with people. Floor events are fun for optimal comfort and relax- gineering & Science Library are lege, campus tours will be given that Carnegie Mellon spends too fi gure out just what I paid almost sometimes, but truthfully I’m ation, Bose headphones, and a often mentioned (in passing) on as such: “Welcome to Carnegie much money on. Unfortunately, $200 for. Okay, fi ne, $200 is like campus tours as good places to Mellon, where at $100,000 an- most of these people could not nothing considering all the stuff nap as well. nual tuition, we only accept 100 tell you what they are. That being you get for the whole week of While the EnergyPod may be students a year because they’re said, one thing that 100 percent Orientation. But looking at the a good idea overall, may yield the only ones who can afford to of people agree on is that the cost overall picture, every single fi rst- We are more or less paying to be impressive results as far as user come.” No matter how you spin of higher education is ridiculous year (commuter and transfer alertness after a nap, and may it, college is expensive. Tuition, now. In general, I feel like this students included) pays $200 for forced to interact with one another. or may not have been actually fees, books, food: The cost of university suffers from a misal- Orientation. At 1400 or so fi rst- purchased by the university, I living for college students is un- location of funds. years every year, we’re talking hardly think it necessary to have believably high and will only First off, let’s talk about Orien- $280,000 for Orientation. What? one. Even if the EnergyPod was continue to climb. Maybe just tation. Coming to college is a great That much money for what pretty donated, there is still the cost of cutting the little things here and experience and can be a huge much amounts to nothing more usually too busy doing my home- full-body alarm clock. Sounds upkeep, maintenance, and fi xing there that are somewhat unnec- event in many people’s lives. Ori- than T-shirts, food, and a mil- work to even go. I can socialize pretty cool. Except in all serious- it if and when it breaks. essary would help alleviate the entation is obviously a great way lion and one ice breakers featur- on my own time. ness, if you’re really that tired, In any event, a recent fl ip situation. to get new students acclimated to ing Rita’s Italian Ice? (Although I In addition to outrageous why don’t you just go home and through the 1988 issue of The the campus, the community, and must admit, the T-shirts get bet- socialization fees, why is it take a nap? About 75 percent of Thistle as I sat in the admissions Shaleya Solomon (ssolomon@) is a living away from home. So most ter every year.) necessary to have a sleep pod for Carnegie Mellon students are liv- lobby revealed to me that people junior biomedical and mechanical schools have an orientation that In addition to Orientation, RAs campus that is worth anywhere ing in campus housing any given thought the same things about engineering major who is forever lasts for two or three days, tops. have decent-sized budgets for so- from $8000 to $12,000? Alumnus semester, so you really could just the cost of tuition back then as grateful for need-based aid, and Ours, of course, is a week-long cial events for their fl oors. That’s Arshad Chowdhury’s company go back to your own room or well. I believe the quote was welcomes all comments. Carlos Mencia’s brand of ‘humor’ perpetuates tired cultural stereotypes version of them almost seems as if he had a thesaurus next to him Liz Schwartz and was looking up synonyms as he paraphrased others’ jokes. It may have worked at California Season three of Mind of Mencia State University, Carlos, but it comes out on DVD soon. How won’t work in the world of tele- does Carlos Mencia still have a vised comedy. show and why do an average Let’s talk about Carlos’s real of 1.4 million people watch it? name for a second. It’s Ned. Un- I have yet to meet any one of til the age of 18, Carlos Mencia these people, but if I ever do, rest was Ned Holness. Now, I’m not assured that I will do whatever saying that it’s illegal to have it takes to understand why they a stage name, but if the mate- enjoy Carlos Mencia’s comedy. rial Mencia wrote were actually I’m not opposed to liking funny, wouldn’t it still be funny it. In truth, I wish I could, but if his name were Ned Holness? every time I see him perform, I Mencia is actually Ned’s biologi- become physically disgusted by cal father’s last name, a father he how completely unfunny I find never met. him. What kind of person enjoys You won’t learn any of that on assigning negative character Mencia’s website. The site’s writ- traits and flaws to their own and ers made a biography for Mencia other cultures? Mencia seems to that makes him look squeaky- be saying to his audience that clean. Young Carlos was a model harmful cultural generalizations student and he stayed away from are actually positive and society gangs. With a name like Ned Hol- needs them. ness, maybe the gangs stayed People who struggle with being away from him. negatively stereotyped shouldn’t One of the things that confuses find Mencia’s comedy funny. On me the most, though, is how his show, Mind of Mencia, Mencia Mencia tries to portray himself. rips into all races and ethnici- Is he a good kid who loves his ties and really breaks down family, as his website indicates, each culture to find out what or is he this tough guy who grew their values are and what drives up in East Los Angeles, lived in them. HAHAHA, just kidding! poverty, and struggled to make He feeds off of the basest emo- it in comedy? The answer is that tions of society — fear, hate, jeal- Carlos presents himself as the lat- ousy — to create false characters ter to make his audience identify and inaccurate generalizations with him more, which makes him about entire cultures. The peo- more money. The reality is that ple who watch his show already Mencia is not who he pretends hate people who don’t look like to be, his observational humor is them. Seeing someone famous not funny, and whether or not it’s like Mencia portray these ste- even his is up for debate. reotypes feeds their intolerance Maybe Carlos Mencia didn’t Jung Yeun Paek/Art Staff and allows them to act the way steal jokes from Bill Cosby, Robin Carlos does on his show to actual Williams, “The State,” or Sam Ki- people, not just actors. Mencia I’ve seen his show and HBO spe- Oh, I got one: Europeans talk football that was questionably mind anyway, is no. The world nison. Maybe it’s just a giant co- is telling the world that it’s com- cial and I am not impressed. The funny and wear tight pants! Also, similar to part of Bill Cosby’s rou- of comedy is hard to break into. incidence. But there’s one thing pletely acceptable to laugh at the following is a typical transcript they’re more accepting of alter- tine — which Cosby performed Those who try are exposed to I can’t accept: Carlos, if you’re mentally and physically hand- of my reaction: native lifestyles. HAHA. Damn. I in 1983. Carlos Mencia has been the routines of comedians going to perpetuate negative ste- icapped, as well as uninsured “OH MY GOD, CARLOS, YOU smoked their asses.” accused of joke stealing by many who’ve made it, and some who reotypes, at least do it well. minorities and, as he calls them, ARE SO FUNNY. I had no idea I could go on for a while like other comedians. Paul Mooney, haven’t. They study them and “fat asses.” that the fact that a large por- that. On the other hand, at least George Lopez, and, most vocal- try to fi gure out their secrets to Liz Schwartz (edschwar@) enjoys Now, before you think I’m unin- tion of the Hispanic-American my observation wasn’t a poor ly, Joe Rogan have all accused success. It’s safe to assume then funny things. She wants to thank formed, biased, or unqualified to community is religious could rehashing of a more famous Mencia of stealing jokes. It just that Mencia has seen the acts Lewis Black, George Carlin, and judge Mencia’s particular brand be so funny. I bet you could do comedian’s sketch, like that time begs the question: Can all these of Bill Cosby and Sam Kinison. especially Joe Rogan for all the of comedy, I just want to say that that with other cultures, too, in 2006 when Mencia did a bit people be wrong? Coupled with videos of Cosby’s work they put into perfecting their I’ve watched Mencia’s stand-up. and it would be just as funny. about a father teaching his son The defi nitive answer, in my and Kinison’s routines, Mencia’s craft. A PERSON’s OPINION You can use DineX to buy Tylenol at Entropy now. So we asked, Compiled by Jesse Kummer What do you wish you could purchase with DineX?

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“Buffalo wings from Wing Zone.” “Books.” “Alcohol.” “The Art Store.” “A penguin.” A12 THE TARTAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 Tartan women’s soccer loses in overtime 2–1 Men’s cross country WOMEN’S, from A14 runners place in top 10 Junior tri-captain Sarah DeWath believes that Carnegie RUNNING, from A14 aspect of the women’s race was Mellon can continue on to suc- our spread — from our fi rst to our cess by working on individual overall with a time of 28:45. fi fth girl, there was only 1:03,” players’ and the team’s weak- “Our captain Doug Fricker had Staab said. nesses and strengths. “We are a big day today, [and] also Ryan Junior Chrissy Krutz (27:27) just getting through the young Anderson showed a hint of tal- and senior Ashley Bakelmun phases of the season. It has been ent that none of us knew he (27:53) took 43rd and 45th over- a rough few weeks being on the possessed,” Misek said. all, respectively. Junior Rachel road, but it has been a learning On the women’s side, junior Perry fi nished in 29:09 (56th), experience for a lot of the girls,” Carolyn Clayton took fi rst for while fi rst-year Amal El-Ghaza- DeWath said. “The focus needs the team and 22nd overall with ley (30:11) rounded out the top to be on ourselves instead of a time of 25:50. Behind Clay- 10 runners with a 59th fi nish worrying about other teams. We ton, fi rst-years Rebecca Hachey overall. need to eliminate our errors. It (26:19) and Kristen Staab (26:26) The Tartans will split up for is not that other teams are beat- fi nished 29th and 31st overall, their next meet. Some runners ing us. It is that we are beating respectively. will travel this Saturday to the St. ourselves.” Senior Erin Gagnon took 36th Vincent Invitational in Latrobe, The Carnegie Mellon women’s overall with a time of 26:44, while Pa., while next Friday, the top soccer team will play Penn State fi rst-year Laura McKee (26:53) runners will participate in the Erie, The Behrend College, today Kristen Severson/Photo Staff came in right behind Gagnon to Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh at home at 7:30 p.m. First-year defender Emily Overstreet dribbles down the fi eld. Overstreet took one shot during the game. fi nish 37th overall. Sophomore University in Bethlehem, Pa. Anna Lenhart placed 38th over- Editor’s Note: Doug Fricker and all with a time of 26:56. Erin Gagnon are members of The Carnegie Mellon football loses heartbreaker 27–26 “I think the most noteworthy Tartan staff. executed real well. We marched their Hail Mary pass was inter- away from them early, and then FOOTBALL, from A14 down the fi eld like we had to. cepted as time expired. they went to a much more open Men’s soccer pulls off a Unfortunately, things didn’t In the fi rst half, the Tartans offense,” Sisson said. “They ran a remaining in the game. “Their work out in the end.” scored fi rst on a Sivek touch- few tricky things, a few options, quarterback was a playmaker,” Carnegie Mellon, trailing by down run and again on a 1-yard motioned some guys around to come-from-behind win senior linebacker Trent Sisson seven points, moved 63 yards run from Sivek to go up 13–0. get into better position. They did MEN’S, from A14 of passes in the 81st minute gave said. “He was a very good athlete down the fi eld on 11 plays. Sivek Hobart scored the next 10 points, a good job making adjustments the Tartans the lead. “We had a and he made a lot of throws on scored on a 1-yard touchdown the last three coming on a fi eld to what we were doing to them, able to put home the rebound. It nice combination in midfi eld,” the run to pick up fi rst downs for run with only 1:32 remaining to goal from 40 yards out as the and it paid off for them.” was a good start.” Griffi n said. “Browne to [sopho- them.” cut the Hobart lead to 27–26. The fi rst half ended. “There are a lot of things we Juniata responded with a goal more midfi elder Jonathan] Hall, Carnegie Mellon was forced to Tartans then decided to go for Carnegie Mellon out-rushed can work on,” Sivek said. “As an off a penalty kick right before and Hall fl icked a pass to me punt after going three and out, the win, lining up for a two-point Hobart 308–134 for the game, offense, we need to be more con- halftime and then took the lead and I made a lunge past the last and Hobart put together a long conversion try. Junior quarter- but the Statesmen held the edge sistent and come out and play in the 59th minute. defender and the ball went trick- scoring drive of 11 plays and 73 back Doug Facemyer rolled out in the passing game 247–21. like we did when we had to at the “They got another free kick ling to Pat [Lutz]. The goalie yards, using up almost fi ve min- to his right and found senior run- Gimson piled up 170 yards rush- end of the game.” called in the middle of the fi eld thought I might have gotten it utes to take a 27–20 lead with ning back Colby Whitman in the ing, and Sivek collected 105 on “Whenever you lose a game and they started it quick and in the middle, so Pat was able to 4:47 remaining. front corner of the end zone, but the ground to go with his three that’s close, you get a chance to ended up on the break and scored put it into the empty goal. It was “At this point, we all knew it Whitman was unable to hold on, touchdowns. The Tartan defense see a lot of the little things that a goal,” Griffi n said. a good fi nish. We were excited [the next drive] was going to be and Hobart maintained its one- was led by senior cornerback Jon you need to work on,” Sisson “When we were down 2–1 it about getting the lead back with our last drive,” Sivek said. “I just point lead. Scholl’s career-high 20 tackles. said. “It’ll be better for us in the was a little demoralizing,” Grif- less than 10 minutes left.” said to the guys, ‘We’re tired, but Hobart recovered the onside Sophomore Stanley Onyimba long run, but it doesn’t make this fi n said. “We were putting the Lut z’s second goa l on t he sea son that’s not what we’re going to re- kick and ate up most of the re- also contributed nine tackles, loss any lighter.” pressure on in the fi rst 10 min- proved to be the game winner as member later on in the season.’ maining time left in the game. two for loss, from his inside line- The Tartans return home to utes of the second half. Then for the Tartans won their third game We just had to give it our all. The Tartans got the ball back backer position. play Allegheny College Saturday them to come back real quick and in a row. Junior goalie Matthew That’s what we did. Everyone with only nine seconds left, and “We took the running game at 7 p.m. score, we thought we were going Bazin earned the win, recording to get a goal, not them. We just one save in 90 minutes. kept playing, kept playing hard The Tartan men’s soccer team and we got the goals back.” returns home to face Penn State Browne’s goal off his free kick Altoona in a 7:30 p.m. match on tied the game, and a nice string Wednesday at Gesling Stadium. Volleyball extends win streak to three games

VOLLEYBALL, from A14 successful season. “Hopefully we’ll pick up more momentum,” that we could do it and then actu- Size said. “We kind of slowed ally fi nish. We’ve been having a down a little bit this game in problem with that.” the second match, but hopefully Reigning University Athletic we will be able to pick it up even Association Player of the Week, more.” sophomore setter Samantha The Tartans continue their sea- Carter continued her impressive son at home with the Carnegie year posting 38 assists as well as Mellon Crossover, which takes six digs. place this Friday and Saturday. Cameron Griffi n also helped Over the two-day span, the the defense with a team-leading Tartans are scheduled to face eight digs. The Tartans would Otterbein College, Capital Uni- combine for a team total of 14 versity, John Carroll University, blocks on the night. Amaechi led and Muskingum College. The the team with fi ve blocks of her Tartans open the Crossover on own. Friday against Otterbein College, The Tartans plan on carry- with the game scheduled to start ing this momentum on into a at 6 p.m.

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Monday, Sept. 17 — Co-rec Upcoming Sports badminton starts. Bowling — Bowling takes place Thursday, Sept. 20 — Rosters at the Pittsburgh Athletic Asso- due for chess and water polo by ciation in Oakland on Sunday 4:30 p.m. in the IM offi ce. afternoons. There is a cost to this event because of outside Sports in Season facility use. Please answer the e-mail you receive from the IM Flag Football — Schedules Offi ce. are available in the IM of- fi ce. Games are played at Water Polo — Games are played both the stadium and intra- Monday and Tuesday nights at mural fi elds. The intramural 9 and 10 p.m. at the UC pool. department will make all de- Rosters are due Thursday, cisions regarding rain-outs. Sept. 20. A minimum of fi ve Please stay off fi elds if the players and a maximum of 10 games are canceled. Please players are needed. stay off the entire fi eld if a var- sity team is using any part of it Rosters can be submitted in for practice. person to the IM Offi ce by 4:30 p.m. on the due date, or Volleyball — Matches have electronically through the ath- started at the UC. Schedules letics department website. All are updated each Monday. web entries are due 24 hours Please be sure you are wearing prior to the posted deadline. THE TARTAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 A13

Men’s tennis destroys Robert Morris SPORTS COMMENTARY really took care of business. New players emerge on the tennis scene Duquesne is one of the best teams we will play all season and Matthew E. Campbell Novak Djokovic. At the hard Williams won Wimbledon for we had extra motivation because court tournament in Montreal, the fourth time, her sixth slam we really lost a heartbreaker to Djokovic beat third-ranked overall. them last year. We played well, The U.S. Open, the last slam Andy Roddick in the quarters, The most exciting storyline, especially in singles, but unfortu- of the year, fi nished up a few second-ranked Nadal in the however, was the rivalry be- nately we came up short against weeks ago. There’s still more semis, and number-one Federer tween the Williams sisters and a very strong team,” Spero said. tennis, though, including the in the fi nal. Although Djok- top-ranked Justine Henin. Be- “Facing college players was Davis Cup and the year-ending ovic lost the US Open fi nal to fore this season, Henin had a similar to facing some play- championships where the top Federer, he is the real deal and lousy record against Venus and ers I’ve played in USTA (United eight players battle it out. But will challenge Federer and Na- had only beaten Serena on clay. States Tennis Association) tour- now that the slams are done, dal next season. However, Henin took out Ser- naments, but some of the guys we can review the season. Federer (7605), Nadal ena at the French Open (where play at a higher level from what Roger Federer, continuously (5385), and Djokovic (4295) she won her third straight), I’m used to. I hope to make some ranked number one since Feb. have set themselves far apart Wimbledon, and the US Open. adjustments and show them up 2, 2004 (yes — that’s a record), from the rest of the fi eld in the Henin’s US Open title run (her next time,” Belenky said. reached his seventh, eighth, rankings. Davydenko at num- seventh slam overall) was spec- On Saturday, the Tartans ninth, and 10th consecutive ber four is about 1000 points tacular — she took out both traveled to Meadville, Pa. for a Grand Slam fi nals (yes — (a Grand Slam title’s worth of Williams sisters in straight sets Kristen Severson/Photo Staff rain-plagued team tournament that’s a record), winning the points) below Djokovic and on the way. Sophomore James Muliawan (pictured) and fi rst-year Alex Nemerov in which they played Case West- Australian and U.S. opens and Roddick is a further 700 points Two players emerged. Jel- defeated their Robert Morris doubles opponents 8–4. ern Reserve University and host Wimbledon for his 10th, 11th, below Davydenko. ena Jankovic rose to the third Allegheny College. and 12th titles (Federer should The question for 2008 is spot in the rankings. Jankovic Payom Dousti, James Muliawan, The Tartans took Case to task. tie Pete Sampras’s record of 14 whether anyone can challenge is a quick player with some by Matthew E. Campbell and Nikola Ljuboja and juniors In singles, Nemerov, Spero, next season). Rafael Nadal con- the top three. Roddick is a weapons. However, she doesn’t Copy Manager Spencer Svetcov and Yiran Liu and Svetcov lost a total of three tinued his dominance on clay, combined 3–16 against those have enough fi repower and played well, going undefeated in games; Nemerov embarrassed winning the French Open for players. Davydenko is 0–12 will not win a Grand Slam. Ana The Carnegie Mellon men’s singles and doubles against Rob- his opponent 6–0, 6–0, Spero the third straight time. against Federer and Nadal. Ivanovic, who’s the age of most tennis team had a busy week- ert Morris. trounced his 6–1, 6–0, and The Federer-Nadal rivalry James Blake usually loses early college sophomores, got to the end playing matches against Later in the day, Carnegie Svetcov won 6–1, 6–1. The Tar- started out interesting, but in the slams, so he’s not even a French Open fi nal. Ivanovic Robert Morris and Duquesne Mellon lost 2–7 to Division I tans were equally dominant in ultimately fi zzled. It seemed factor. has lots of weapons, but is a bit universities Friday at home be- Duquesne University. Despite doubles. that a new-and-improved Na- All of the players in the top slow-moving. fore competing in the Allegheny the score line, there were several The championship match dal would be able to challenge 20 have been around for a So, who will be the Grand Invitational Saturday in Mead- close matches. Liu lost a hard- between Carnegie Mellon and Federer on surfaces besides while; they’ve all been losing Slam contenders in 2008? ville, Pa. The Tartans demolished fought match that was ultimately Allegheny was shortened due to clay. Nadal came extremely to Federer and Nadal for the Henin and the Williams sis- Robert Morris before falling to decided by a few points, 6–4, rain; only seven matches were close to beating Federer in the last three years. Young Andy ters are the top players in the Duquesne. The team bounced 4–6, 0–1 (7). Junior Jon Spero played. That just meant the Wimbledon fi nal. As of sum- Murray was turning into a world right now. They all have back though, winning the Al- (6–3, 6–2) and MacTaggart won, Tartans could get the job done mer, there was even a chance dangerous player until he got great games. Each player has legheny Invitational. though MacTaggart came back quicker, prevailing 5–1. Carn- that by the end of the season, injured, so it will be interesting huge weapons. These three Head coach Andy Girard said from the brink of defeat in a 5–7, egie Mellon swept the doubles Nadal could take the top rank- to have him back. can defend against Ivanovic he’s excited about the season 7–6 (10), 1–0 (8) victory. with Ljuboja and Muliawan ing from Federer. For prospects, we must in- and match her weaponry. ahead. “The team should be very “We knew coming in that (8–6), MacTaggart and Ragha- But in the summer, Nadal clude American John Isner, Sharapova is a big question strong this year,” he said. “We’re Robert Morris would be a good van (8–2), and Nemerov and slumped as he always has. Na- who just fi nished up his NCAA mark after several ugly and young, but if they play as well as tune-up for Duquesne. We played Spero (8–1) winning. Spero and dal plays a very physical style career but has made a splash on perplexing losses in the 2007 they can, they should be top 10 in well against Robert Morris and Nemerov both won in singles. of tennis and runs down ev- the professional circuit already slams. Amelie Mauresmo, who the nation.” ery ball. In the last few years, with his fearlessness backed up won two slams in 2006, all but Friday morning, the Tartans he has run out of energy after by a serve — it’s a testament to disappeared in 2007. started off strong, crushing Di- Wimbledon. After seriously his youth and lack of experience The 2008 season promises to vision I opponent Robert Morris threatening Federer at Wimble- that Isner can hit second-serve be interesting. We’ll see if Djok- by an overall score of 8–1. First- don, Nadal trailed off, bowing aces routinely. ovic or anyone else can loosen years Bobby MacTaggart and out of the US Open in a tired- The women’s season was Federer and Nadal’s grip on the Matt Belenky both hit the ground looking fourth round defeat. I interesting as well. Justine sport. We will see what hap- running as they began their col- am waiting for Nadal to develop Henin won the French and US pens between Henin and the lege careers. They defeated some serious injuries that will opens. Serena Williams came Williams sisters, whether Ma- senior opponents by scores of disrupt his career. Longevity is back from a long injury layoff ria Sharapova can bounce back, 6–3, 6–0 and 6–1, 6–1, respec- not among Nadal’s priorities. and won the Australian Open and whether any of the young tively. Another fi rst-year, Alex The other intriguing (her eighth slam), defeating guns — Jankovic, Ivanovic, Nemerov, lost an epic match 6–7 development of 2007 was several top players. Serena can Chakvetadze — can challenge (0), 6–4, 0–1 (10). the emergence of 20-year-old beat anyone, anytime. Venus them. “There are a couple new freshmen who should make an immediate impact,” Girard said. Kristen Severson/Photo Staff Team veterans, including Sophomore Ravi Raghavan (background) serves the ball, while doubles Club sports roundup: baseball, rowing sophomores Ravi Raghavan, partner fi rst-year Bobby MacTaggart (foreground) readies himself. when junior third baseman Ryan to the diamond on Saturday to by Erin Gagnon Bottini scored on a double hit to play a double-header against Sports Editor center fi eld by senior outfi elder Franciscan University. Jim Stedman. Baseball The Tartans tied the game at Rowing 2–2 in the sixth inning when a The baseball team opened its single by senior fi rst baseman Last Saturday the rowing club fall season Saturday with a 3–2 Ryan Comes brought junior opened its season and traveled win over the University of Pitts- catcher Brian Tabata home from to Cleveland, Ohio to compete at burgh. The Tartans faltered in third base. In the seventh, Bot- the Head of the Cuyahoga race. the second game of the double- tini’s hit to center fi eld brought Highlights from the race in- header against Pitt, losing 12–1. fi rst-year outfi elder Joe Seymour cluded a fi rst-place fi nish by the In the fi rst game, Pitt took an home to win the game. women’s varsity lightweight four early lead, scoring two in the fi rst Carnegie Mellon’s offense boat, and strong races from the inning, but the Panthers would cooled in the second game, as ju- men’s eight and four boats and remain scoreless for the rest of nior shortstop Mike Niedzwiecki the women’s doubles, eight and the game. Junior starting pitcher scored the Tartans’ only run in four boats. Jon Coens threw a complete the loss. As starting pitcher, Bot- The rowing club will be back game, allowing only two earned tini pitched four innings, allow- in action Saturday, Oct. 6, at the runs and striking out eight. ing fi ve earned runs on seven Head of the Ohio race, which Carnegie Mellon got on the hits and striking out three. will be held in Pittsburgh on the scoreboard in the fourth inning The baseball team will return Allegheny River. Sports A14 THE TARTAN September 17, 2007 Football Women’s volleyball defeats Point Park 3–0 Men’s suffers soccer first loss wins 3–2

by Doug Fricker by Doug Fricker Senior Sports Staff Senior Sports Staff

The Carnegie Mellon foot- The Carnegie Mellon men’s ball team’s hopes of another soccer team showed some perfect season ended Saturday character and composure in its when they lost 27–26 to the come-from-behind 3–2 victory Hobart College Statesmen at over the Juniata Eagles on the Boswell Field in Geneva, N.Y. road Saturday. The Tartans (2–1) trailed by a Sophomore midfi elder Ryan touchdown late in the fourth Browne scored the game-tying quarter and mounted a late goal in the 64th minute, and scoring drive, but it proved to then sophomore forward Pat- not be enough in the end. rick Lutz put the Tartans ahead “It was a good effort by ev- for good with under 10 minutes eryone,” senior fullback Travis to go. The Tartans improve to Sivek said. “I felt that we had a 3–0 on the season while Juniata really good chance to win the drops to 1–5. game, we executed well, and we “It was a pretty exciting scored when we needed to — we game,” sophomore forward just came up a little bit short.” Ricky Griffi n said. “We had a Hobart (1–1), a perennial disappointing fi rst half and we NCAA Division III playoff team, were upset to be tied at 1–1. used the passing game to put We were upset with a penalty points up against the Tartans Jesse Kummer/Photo Staff Jesse Kummer/Photo Staff call that they got. We stepped and come away with the vic- Left: Sophomore Jessica Brackin (#4) sets up to hit the ball. Right: First-year Cameron Griffi n (#9) returns the ball to Point Park’s side of the net. it up in the second half, came tory. In this fi rst-ever meeting out hard. Even though we went between the two teams, Carn- Caroline Size led the offensive “We had a lot of energy and The Tartans went on to win the down 2–1, we really stepped it egie Mellon took a 13–10 lead by Brian Friedrick charge with 18 kills. Also scoring we were really motivated by this match by a fi nal score of 30–22. up and showed some character into halftime; however, Hobart Junior Staffwriter in double digit kills was junior game,” Amaechi said. “We really “After the fi rst game we kind to win the game. We’re happy tied the game late in the third middle hitter Chisom Amaechi wanted to win. I think our en- of knew what they had and we with our effort.” quarter on a 29-yard fi eld goal. The women’s volleyball team who had 10 in the match. ergy helped us to win.” adjusted to that,” Amaechi said. Griffi n started the scoring Carnegie Mellon responded extended its winning streak to The fi rst game would prove to The Tartans would carry that “After seeing what happened the for Carnegie Mellon in the fi fth with a touchdown drive capped three games last Wednesday be the most diffi cult as neither energy into the next game as fi rst game we knew what we had minute of the game, when he off by a 14-yard run from senior with an impressive 3–0 victory team would give ground. After they would jump out to an early to fi x and we did that.” scored his team-leading third running back Robert Gimson against cross-city rivals Point giving up three quick points, 9–0 lead. Defensive specialist The Tartans would not slow goal of the season. “Their right with 14:27 remaining to regain Park University. The win raised the Tartans were able to settle Cameron Griffi n picked up fi ve down in the third match as they back passed it back to the center the lead at 20–13. the Tartans’ season record to down and bring the match to a aces in the match to jumpstart would complete the sweep with a back and I read that so I inter- Hobart tied the game at 20 4–6. dead heat. The score would vol- the Tartans. The Pioneers would 30–24 victory. cepted it,” Griffi n said. “I was on the next possession, getting The Tartans swept the Pio- ley back-and-forth for most of close the gap to within four points “[The win] was very impor- on a breakaway and their goalie into the end zone with 10:59 neers in three straight matches the match until the Tartans were but the early offensive explosion tant,” Size said. “We had to prove made the fi rst save but I was with scores of 30–26, 30–22, and fi nally able to close out the com- by the Tartans proved to be too See FOOTBALL, page A12 30–24. First-year outside hitter petition with a 30–26 victory. great an obstacle to overcome. See VOLLEYBALL, page A12 See MEN’S, page A12 Women’s soccer falls short at home

had several scoring opportuni- mark. by Elizabeth Haldane ties, but did not monopolize on The score remained 1–1 un- Staffwriter its chances to get past Wooster til the clock ran out and both goalkeeper Abby Brown. teams had to continue into sud- The Carnegie Mellon women’s With Carnegie Mellon’s dif- den-death overtime play. With soccer team hosted the College fi culty regrouping from the increased pressure, both teams of Wooster Fighting Scots at anticipation of a win and be- attempted to stabilize their de- Gesling Stadium last Friday. The ing down by one goal, the team fenses and enhance their attacks. match resulted in a 2–1 defeat struggled to stay in the game Carnegie Mellon’s defensive line in overtime giving the Tartans a mentally. It was not until the was caught off guard 30 yards out 2–3 record overall. 79th minute that the Tartans from the goal and after several Carnegie Mellon came into scored the equalizer. missed kicks, Tartan fi rst-year the match confi dent. However, Carnegie Mellon fi rst-year goalkeeper Anya Rosen, who was Wooster put the Tartans under midfi elder Kate Smith fought for subbed in at the 29th minute for heavy offensive pressure from a ball in front of the net and was Adams, was left out of position. the beginning. Wooster defender tackled in the penalty box just Wooster Kate Kiley chipped the Angela Evans set up a free kick before cranking a shot off. ball over Rosen’s head to score and rifl ed a shot past Carnegie The referee gave the Tartans the golden goal in the 94th min- Mellon junior goalkeeper Chris- a free kick from just outside the ute. The match resulted in a 2–1 tie Adams. This early goal put 18-yard box, which gave junior defeat for the Tartans. Wooster up in the fourth minute forward Abby Coffi n an oppor- Wooster and Carnegie Mellon of play. tunity to score her third goal of both took eight shots. Adams had The Tartans struggled to stay the season. Coffi n slammed the one save and Rosen stopped two in the game mentally, and were ball through Wooster’s wall, and shots for the Tartans. Kristen Severson/Photo Staff unable to gain composure in the ball skidded into the lower Senior midfi elder Jessica Howard chases a loose ball during Friday’s home opener against the College of Wooster. their attacking third. The team far corner of the net at the 78:32 See WOMEN’S, page A12 The Tartans lost 2–1. ATHLETE PROFILE: Jonathan Hall Tartan cross country

this weekend against Juniata academic and athletic reasons. I ticular that you attribute your takes second and fifth College to talk about his contri- was completely sold on the high success to? butions to the team. academic reputation of Carnegie H: Definitely attribute any Tressler also ran well. We knew Mellon and the business school, success I have to my parents. by Sam Kim he was in good shape, but it was Tartan: When did you start but I also felt like this was one Soccer is an expensive and time- Staffwriter good to see him put it together,” playing soccer and how did you of the best places in the country consuming sport to pursue. Fresen said. “In general it was get into the sport? to play soccer. I saw that the Growing up, they spent count- Last Saturday, the Carnegie nice to see a really tight pack. Hall: I started playing soccer soccer team was made up of a less weekends traveling around Mellon men’s and women’s cross I think our spread was only 18 when I was probably four or five great group of guys, and we are the country so that I could play country teams competed in the seconds, which is really promis- in the youth YMCA league. The fortunate enough to be a part of club soccer. I am so appreciative Indiana University of Pennsyl- ing.” sport came natural to me, so one of the most, if not the most, of all of the sacrifices they made vania (IUP) Invitational. The Behind Misek, junior Ryan

J.W. Ramp/Photo Editor that’s probably why I stuck with competitive Division III soccer for me. They’re model parents entire men’s team made its de- Anderson had an impressive day Full Name: it. Also, my dad coached all of conferences. Academically and in my book. but and had a strong showing, placing 12th with a time of 27:47. Jonathan Hall my teams until I was eleven. athletically, Carnegie Mellon is fi nishing second with 44 points Sophomore Dario Donatelli and Age: Having him involved made it all a hard school to beat. T: Do you have a favorite behind Slippery Rock Univer- junior Mike Condon took 15th 19 the more enjoyable when I was place to play? sity’s 15 points. The women’s and 16th with times of 28:01 and Hometown: young. T: How are you handling the H: I love playing at home, first team also had a solid fi nish with 28:02, respectively. Peters Township, Pa. strenuous academic load on top and foremost. My grandparents 119 points, placing fi fth among “Being my fi rst year on the Major/College: T: What made you decide to of athletics? and some of my extended family seven teams. IUP won the invita- team, today was the only oppor- Business Administration/ play soccer in college? H: So far, so good. I find that make it to almost every game. tional with 28 points. tunity I’ve had to race with the Tepper H: I always knew I wanted to I have always been more orga- However, my mom’s family is Despite windy weather and varsity guys so I was excited to play college soccer. I was looking nized and done better in the from St. Louis, and although I a hilly course, the men’s team see where I fell in with the pack,” to play at every school I applied classroom during soccer season. haven’t gotten to play there yet, saw four runners in the top 10. Condon said. to. Playing and having success I am forced to be a better time I am looking forward to play- Junior Breck Fresen led the team Sophomore Chris Rizzo by Christina Collura at the collegiate level was al- manager when so much of my ing Wash. U. I think I might get and fi nished sixth overall with (28:11) and senior Dan Carmody Staffwriter ways my final goal when it came schedule is taken up by prac- some extra fan support. a time of 27:29. First-year J.P. (28:17) fi nished 18th and 20th to soccer. I’m so thankful for the tices and games. Allen and senior Mark Tressler overall, respectively. A pair of The men’s soccer team is 3–0 opportunity play competitively T: Favorite thing to do during fi nished seventh and ninth fi rst-years, Justin Kurp (28:19) after winning its home opener for a few more years. T: Any rituals or pre-game the off-season? overall with times of 27:30 and and Dan Addis (28:40), also fi n- last week against Westminster superstitions? H: My friends and I like to 27:53, respectively. Fifth-year ished strong, taking 22nd and College. Leading that game T: Was soccer or the team it- H: I always listen to “Heart get involved with IM sports dur- Geoff Misek took 10th with a 29th. in scoring with two goals was self any part of your decision to of A Champion” by Nelly before ing the off-season. Our team time of 27:43. Senior captain Doug Fricker sophomore midfielder Jonathan come to Carnegie Mellon? games. It gets me focused. gets together to hang out a lot, “Today was the fi rst race for rounded out the top 12 runners Hall. The Tartan caught up with H: My decision to come to as well. I’m a huge Pittsburgh a few of the freshmen. J.P. ran for the Tartans, placing 30th Hall after the team’s victory Carnegie Mellon was both for T: Is there anything in par- sports fan, too. well, especially for this being his fi rst ever fi ve-mile race. Mark See RUNNING, page A12 Does your résumé look like this?

We thought so.

Look inside for tips on how to make your résumé stand out at the TOC/BOC.

Making the most of the TOC/BOC [Page B3]

Whom to visit based on your major [Pages B4, B6]

Table map for the TOC/BOC [Page B8]

THE TARTAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 B3 Making the most of the TOC and BOC From preparing your résumé to getting an interview

Getting ready 2. Compose your résumé Women: Aim for solid colors and conservative suit and shirt-skirt styles. Wear closed-toe shoes, limited jewelry, and conservative 1. Research The 20-second read make-up and perfume, and make sure your nails are manicured.

The industry Employers are likely reading your résumé as one of many, so make Men: Wear solid colors and a conservative suit jacket with matching sure it stands out visually and is cohesive in both design and slacks, a coordinated long-sleeved button-down shirt, a conservative Investigate industry trends and general facts about the environment content. Read on for tips on how to make sure your résumé ends up tie, dark socks, and professional shoes. Make sure your nails are in which you’re interested in working. Know the big names and on the “yes” pile instead of in the trash. manicured and be sure to go light on cologne. companies within the industry, and be able to identify recent events and breakthroughs. For example, if the industry in which you’re Quick-scan format Also, both men and women should carry a clean and organized planning on working is urban redevelopment, be able to discuss such portfolio in which to keep résumés and hold company business cards trends as brownfi eld revitalization and sustainable design, and know Break up the information on the page into easy-to-read chunks, and and information handouts. about projects that have been getting press nationwide. organize them in a logical order: education, experience, activities, skills, and relevant coursework if applicable. Using small, round Inside the BOC and TOC Read up on the industry online, in magazines, and in newspapers bullet points, include two to three lines of relevant information before heading to the Business Opportunities Conference and underneath each aspect of these sections. Be sure to use active 1. Act professionally Technical Opportunities Conference. Make sure you can answer the words to describe your experiences and activities. If you did robotics following questions: When did signifi cant shifts in materials, ideas, research, write: “researched robotic sensor masts” rather than just Introduce yourself and people take place? Where does most industry work take place? “robotics research.” What new ideas and technologies might the industry’s future hold? Prepare a small blurb to say once you introduce yourself to your While your name and contact information should be in a larger, potential employer. Explain who you are and why you are talking to The company more outstanding typeface at the top of your résumé, the rest of the the recruiter in one concise sentence. Practice beforehand to speak text should be 11- or 12-point font. Use bolding or italicization to fl uidly and confi dently, as employers will likely form their impressions Demonstrating that you have researched a company before showing emphasize headings or subheadings, but be careful not to overuse of you in these fi rst few moments. up at its booth at the BOC or TOC shows that you not only are such features — you don’t want to create an overwhelming and interested in the company itself, but also that you are responsible cluttered page. Make contact and came thoroughly prepared for the fair. Search the company’s website to understand its basic organization, its research or projects, Edit and specialize Stand tall, avoid shifting your weight around, and speak calmly. and its overall goals and beliefs. Understanding these concepts will Shake hands fi rmly and confi dently. Be sure not to criticize your help you to see how your own work and goals compare with those of Proofread your résumé. Then have a friend proofread your résumé. own accomplishments or other related companies so that recruiters the company. Also, being able to discuss specifi cs of the company Then, another friend, or professor, or career counselor. Grammatical remember you as a positive person. will demonstrate that you are more invested than someone simply and spelling errors in your résumé signal a lack of attention to detail browsing past the booth. and a lack of enthusiasm and respect for your potential employer. 2. Ask questions

Check out www.hoovers.com, which is free on campus, for more Also, create several different versions of your résumé if you’re Use the research you did to your advantage. Ask specifi c questions: research on companies, and www.guidestar.org, for more research on interested in different fi elds of work. For example, if you’re interested What is it actually like to work for the company? What is an average and nonprofi ts. in journalism costume design, tailor your résumé so that the work week like? What is the overall company atmosphere? How will experiences, activities, and skills listed highlight either of those your studies be best applied at the company? The position respective disciplines. Following up Do as much research as you can on the job you will potentially be 3. Compose yourself applying for before you get to the company’s booth. If information Send a letter about the specifi c job is not available on the website or elsewhere, As the old adage goes, dress for the job you want, not the job you try to at least get a grasp of what the general jobs or work are at the have. If your current job is being a full-time student with a double A few days after the BOC and TOC, send the company a letter company. If you know this information beforehand, you will not only major in physics and not sleeping, ditch your sweatpants for some reminding them who you are and where you met. Thank them for the impress your potential employer but also be able to gain meaningful more professional attire. At the BOC and TOC, employers will be meeting, and say you will follow up with a phone call in a few days to information about the position. expecting you to look your best. set up a second meeting. B4 THE TARTAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 Companies to visit at the TOC A guide to fi nding the right company based on your major

Computer Science, Human- Netronome Sys., Inc. ExxonMobil Corp. Crown Castle International ManTech International Dow Corning Corp. Computer Interaction Northrop Grumman Corp. General Electric DC Energy NASA Goldman Sachs 1010data, Inc. NVIDIA Jane Street Capital Dow Corning Corporation Xanga.com, Inc. L’Oréal USA R&D 2Wire Ince Originate Labs Kimley-Horn and Assoc., Inc. Harris Corp. MicroStrategy Accenture Palantir Tech. Michael Baker Eng. Johnson & Johnson Information Systems Reckitt Benckiser Adaptive Methods Pfi zer Inc. Paul C. Rizzo Assoc., Inc. L’Oréal USA, R&D The Lubrizol Corporation Adobe Systems PNC Financial Serv. Group Two Sigma Investments McNeil Consumer Healthcare 2Wire Ince Advanced Micro Devices PokerTek, Inc. US Steel Corp. Robert Bosch LLC— RTC Advertising.com Mathematics Airvana PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP WET Design Schllumberger Aegis Software Inc. Areté Inc. Akamai Technologies Proctor & Gamble The Timken Company Alcoa Inc. Barclays Global Investors Alcoa Inc. Raytheon Co. Electrical and computer Toyota Motor & Eng. Manufacturing Areté Inc. BBN Technologies Allstate Insurance Company Rensselaer Polytech. Institute Advanced Micro Devices Xerox Bachtel Plant Macinery, Inc. Boeing Amazon.com Rosetta Stone Advertising.com BBN Technologies Capital IQ Apple, Inc. SilverTree Media Aerotech, Inc. Mechanical Booz Allen Hamilton Capital One Applied Perception Inc. Sourcefi re, Inc Airvana Accellent Capital IQ Car-Part.Com Argon ST The Aerospace Corp. Amazon.com Adaptive Methods Cisco comScore, Inc. Autodesk, Inc. The Bank of New York Mellon Apple, Inc. Advanced Micro Devices Citadel Investment Group Cray Inc. Avenue A I Razorfi sh The MathWorks Blackbaud Aerotech Inc Claraview Direct Energy Bank of America Thoughtworks Bloomberg Allied Machine & Eng. Corp. comScore, Inc. Ellington Mgmt. Group LLC Barclays Capital Tower Research Capital Bose Corporation ArcelorMittal General Electric Expedia, Inc. Blackbaud Tyco Electronics Caterpillar, Inc. Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. General Motors Corporation Green Hills Software, Inc. Bloomberg VistaPrint Compunetix, Inc. BOC Gases Goldman Sachs Jump Trading Boeing Visual Sciences Constellation Commodities Group Boeing Google Koch Supply & Trading Bose Corporation Vivisimo Dolby Laboratories Bose Corp. IBM Laserfi che Capital IQ VMware Eaton Corporation Caterpillar, Inc. Institute for Defense Analyses Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. CIA Wireless Generation eBay, Inc. Chrysler Intel Corporation Misys Citadel Investment Group Yahoo! E-CI Telecom ClariFI Jane Street Capital MIT Lincoln Lab. Claraview FactSet Research Sys., Inc. DRS Signal Solutions Laserfi che Raytheon Co. ClariFI CIT Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company MAYA Design, Inc. Rensselaer Polytech. Institute Compunetix, Inc. Google General Electric Merill Lynch Tower Research Capital comScore, Inc. Biomedical IBM Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. MetLife DC Energy Accellent Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Phys. Lab. Kulicke and Soffa Michael Baker Engineering Physics Deutsche Bank Accenture Johnson & Johnson L-3 Communication Sys. Microsoft Adaptive Methods Direct Energy CIA Koch Supplly & Trading Lockheed Martin Mozilla Corp. BBN Technologies eBay, Inc. Ford Motor Co. Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. L’Oréal USA Pfi zer Inc ClariFI ECI Telecom Goldman Sachs McFadyen Consulting Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. PokerTek, Inc. DC Energy Electronic Art Hitachi Med. Sys. America MicroStrategy MEDRAD, Inc. Raytheon Company Hitachi Medical Sys. America EMC Corporation Johnson & Johnson Misys Motorola SilverTree Media Institute for Defense Analyses Freddie Mac L’Oréal USA, R&D MIT Lincoln Lab. National Robotics Eng. Center Sourcefi re, Inc. Jane Street Capital General Electric SRI International Motorola Northrop Grumman Corp. Sun Microsystems Jump Trading General Motors Corp. MPR Associates, Inc. Pella Corp. The MITRE Corporation Robert Bosch LLC — RTC Google Chemical Originate Labs Proctor & Gamble TIBCO Software Inc. SRI International Green Hills Software, Inc. Autodesk, Inc. Raytheon Company Raytheon Company Tyco Electronics The Aerospace Corp. Health Market Science BOC Gases Rosetta Stone Reckitt Benckiser University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Tower Research Capital IBM Boeing Sensata Technologies Robert Bosch LLC — RTC VistaPrint Two Sigma Investments Intel Corp. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board SilverTree Media Schlumberger Visual Sciences ITA Software Dow Corning Corp. Tata Consultancy Services Sensata Tech. Yahoo! Professional and Technical Johnson & Johnson Idaho National Lab. The Aerospace Corp. The Aerospace Corp. writing Jump Trading McNeil Consumer Healthcare The Bank of New York Mellon The MathWorks MCS Laserfi che Nucor Steel Thoughtworks Thoughtworks Accenture Lime Wire LLC Pella Corp. Tyco Electronics Toyota Motor & Eng. Manufacturing Biology Appian Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. Reckitt Benckiser US Patent and Trademark Offi ce US Patent and Trademark Offi ce Accenure Capital IQ Marvell Semiconductor Schlumberger Visual Sciences WET Design CIA Cray, Inc. MAYA Design, Inc. The Lubrizol Corp. Vivisimo DC Energy Georgetown Univ. — Univ. Info. Services Mentor Graphics The Timken Co. Xanga.com, Inc. Software Johnson & Johnson Goldman Sachs Microsoft Westinghouse Electric Co. Yahoo! Applied Predictive Tech. L’Oréal USA R&D Johnson & Johnson MicroStrategy Xerox BBN Technologies MicroStrategy Laserfi che MIT Lincoln Lab. Materials science Capital IQ Reckitt Benckiser McFadyen Consulting Motorola Civil and environmental Advanced Micro Devices Claraview Microstrategy Mozilla Corp. Adaptive Methods Aerotech, Inc. Deutsche Bank Chemistry Oracle USA Inc.; CA Div. NASA Boeing ArcelorMittal Georgetown Univ. — Univ. Info. Services CIA Plantir Tech. National Robotics Eng. Center Booz Allen Hamilton Boeing Lime Wire LLC Constellation Commodities Group Rensselaer Polytech. Institute

B6 THE TARTAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 Companies to visit at the BOC A guide to fi nding the right company based on your major

Business Administration PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP CIT Marketing Mgmt. Analytics Putnam Investments McMaster-Carr Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Société Géneralé Allegheny Energy PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Analysis Group Inc. Steve & Barry’s Analysis Group, Inc. Steve & Barry’s ArcelorMittal ArcelorMittal Towers Perrin Boeing Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction ATK Travelers Capital One Autodesk Wachovia Securities Consolidated Graphics Autodesk Bank of America Constellation Energy Commodities Group Bank of America BASES, The Nielsen Company Information systems, networking, and security Enspire Learning BASES, The Nielsen Company BearingPoint, Inc. Giant Eagle, Inc. BearingPoint, Inc. CGI BASES, The Nielsen Company Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Bose Corporation Consolidated Graphics BearingPoint, Inc. Johnson & Johnson Capital One Constellation Energy Commodities Group CGI Koch Supply & Trading LP comScore, Inc. Eaton Corporation comScore, Inc. Marketing Management Analytics Consolidated Graphics G.X. Clarke & Co. Consolidated Graphics McMaster-Carr Eaton Corporation Giant Eagle, Inc. Enspire Learning Medrad, Inc. Enspire Learning Goldman Sachs G.X. Clarke & Co. Monitor Software Giant Eagle, Inc. Harrahs Entertainment Giant Eagle, Inc. Newry Goldman Sachs Koch Supply & Trading LP Goldman Sachs PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Harrahs Entertainment Lehman Brothers Inc. Harrahs Entertainment Procter and Gamble Lehman Brothers, Inc. Marketing Management Analytics Johnson & Johnson Progressive Marketing Mangement Analytics McMaster-Carr Lehman Brothers, Inc. Steve & Barry’s McMaster-Carr Medrad, Inc. McMaster-Carr Travelers Medrad, Inc. Misys Medrad, Inc. U.S. Steel Misys Monitor Software Misys Unilever Monitor Software Newry Monitor Software VistaPrint Newry Optiver Derivatives Trading USA — LLC Newry Wachovia Securities PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Wells Fargo PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Steve & Barry’s PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Proctor and Gamble Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing Societe Generale CFA Putnam Investments U.S. Steel Steve & Barry’s Societe Generale Wachovia Securities Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing Travelers Autodesk Travelers Entertainment Industry Management, Entertainment Wachovia Securities BASES, The Nielsen Company U.S. Steel Technology Capital One MCS Consolidated Graphics Economics, Statistics Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Enspire Learning BASES, The Nielsen Company Allegheny Energy McMaster-Carr Allegheny Energy Bose Corporation Analysis Group, Inc. Newry Analysis Group, Inc. Consolidated Graphics BASES, The Nielsen Company Optiver Derivatives Trading USA — LLC Bank of America Enspire Learning BearingPoint, Inc. Steve & Barry’s BASES, The Nielsen Company Goldman Sachs Boeing Toyota Motor Eng. & Manufacturing Boeing Harrahs Entertainment Consolidated Graphics Wachovia Securities Capital One McMaster-Carr Constellation Energy Commodities Group Enspire Learning Steve & Barry’s Enspire Learning Computational Finance G.X. Clarke & Co. Wachovia Securities G.X. Clarke & Co. Giant Eagle, Inc. Goldman Sachs Analysis Group Inc. Goldman Sachs H&SS Harrahs Entertainment Autodesk Harrahs Entertainment Koch Supply & Trading LP BASES, The Nielsen Company Koch Supply & Trading LP Abercrombie & Fitch Co. McMaster-Carr Capital One Misys Analysis Group, Inc. Misys G.X. Clarke & Co. Optiver Derivatives Trading USA — LLC BASES, The Nielsen Company Optiver Derivatives Trading USA — LLC Goldman Sachs Putnam Investments BearingPoint, Inc. PNC Financial Servies Group, Inc. Harrahs Entertainment Societe Generale Capital One Progressive Koch Supply & Trading LLP Towers Perrin comScore, Inc. Putnam Investments McMaster-Carr Travelers Consolidated Graphics Steve & Barry’s Medrad, Inc. U.S. Steel Enspire Learning Towers Perrin Misys VistaPrint Giant Eagle, Inc. Travelers Newry Wachovia Securities Goldman Sachs U.S. Steel PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Wells Fargo Harrahs Entertainment VistaPrint

B8 THE TARTAN • SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 BOC Wiegand Gymnasium

Abercrombie & Fitch 20 Marketing Mgmt. Analytics 49 Allegheny Energy 52 McMaster-Carr 39 Analysis Group 32 MEDRAD, Inc. 9 ArcelorMittal 19 Merrill Lynch 61 Autodesk 6Misys 13 Bank of America 46 Monitor Software 65 Barclays Capital 21 Morgan Stanley 56 BASES, The Nielsen NERA Economic Company 35 Consulting 66 BearingPoint, Inc. 24 Newry Corp 63 Boeing 48Optiver Derivatives Bose Corporation 44 Trading USA, LLC 33 Capital One 1 PNC Financial Services CGI 59 Group, Inc, 53 CIBC World Markets 36 PricewaterhouseCoopers 38 comScore, Inc. 25 Procter and Gamble 51 Consolidated Graphics 62 Progressive 26 Constellation Energy Putnam Investments 31 Commodities Group 45 Rosetta 67 Deutsche Bank 7 Saba Software, Inc. 47 Eaton Corporation 34 SilverTree Media 4 Enspire Learning 12 Sponsors for Education Ernst & Young, LLP 68 Opportunity 55 Ford Motor Company 2 Steve & Barry’s 18 Freddie Mac 15 Teach for America 17 G.X. Clarke & Co. 30 Towers Perrin 58 Giant Eagle 22 Toyota Motor Engineering Goldman, Sachs & Co. 30 & Manufacturing 50 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Travelers 54 Company 14 U.S. Marine Corps 37 Harrahs Entertainment 43 U.S. Steel 28 Heinz North America 11 Unilever 10 IBM 29UPMC 23 Jane Street Capital, LLC 3 VistaPrint 40 Johnson & Johnson 60 W.R. Grace and Company 57 Koch Supply & Trading, LP 8 Wachovia 16 Lehman Brothers Inc. 64 Wells Fargo 27

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inside: Secondhand, fi rst Feuds: West vs. Cent Feist makes it to 4710class Carnegie [Music] Hall 09.17.07 Volume 103, Issue 04 by Kelly Cahill by Lee Reamsnyder by Laura Thorén ...this week only 4 Thrifty Locales A guide to secondhand shops — whether you want a place mat or a dress.

5 CD Dropbox M.I.A. is noisy in neon. Also: Rilo Kiley’s Under the Blacklight fails to impress.

6 Holy Hollywood Check out a Video Music Award-inspired list of celebrity feuds-to-be.

7 Polar Bears The Pittsburgh Zoo has an adorable pair for you to observe above and below.

10 Feist 8 A nice read in case you missed the concert... or in case you can’t get “1234” out of your head.

4 5 7 10 ...feature 8 Cool Beans Learn about La Prima Espresso’s history, which predates its time in Wean. ...regulars 3 Advice Can you ditch the boy and keep the car? And, find out how to quell your LOTR fixation.

5 Paperhouse Check out DJ Shadow, who makes Girl Talk look like old news.

7 Dollar Movie Linda Blair spins her head around and around. And: Katherine Heigl gets Knocked Up.

10 Did You Know An ‘80s student suggests clusters and a writer protests classes between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m.

PUBLISHER Andrew Peters EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Shawn Wertz MANAGING EDITOR Liz Schwartz PILLBOX EDITOR Sarah Mogin ASSISTANT PILLBOX EDITOR Matt Siffert COMICS EDITOR Gene Kim PHOTO EDITOR J.W. Ramp ART EDITOR Dave Kjos COPY MANAGER Matt Campbell LAYOUT MANAGER Ariane Simon CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Robert Kaminski CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Greg Hanneman COVER J.W. Ramp

The Tartan . Box 1017 . Carnegie Mellon University . Pittsburgh, PA 15289-1017 . www.thetartan.org . © 2007 The Tartan yEugene Gloria begins Everything you need to know Adamson writers series About users and Hobbit names Dear Myrtle, Hello PIP, Poet tells jokes and captures the young life There is a boy, “Mike,” who I’ll preface my answer by saying likes me. He is nice and has a that whatever name you end The creative writing program offered its first “Maybe they weren’t happy times. I was just car, which he drives me around up picking, your son will hate speaker of the year in the Adamson Visiting stupid.” in a lot. We are legitimately it, and therefore hate you, for Writers Series last Thursday night, welcoming friends, but I’m just not at least some period of his life. accomplished poet Eugene Gloria. Introducing During his reading, Gloria read from both Hoodlum interested in him as anything No matter how many of your Gloria, faculty member Yona Harvey said, “His Birds (2006) and its predecessor, Drivers at the more. My problem is that he LOTR-lovin’ genes are dominant, poems combine history, heritage, vulnerability, Short-Time Motel (2000), both published by likes me, and wants me bad, PIP junior is going to go through and art alongside myth.” Harvey also mentioned Penguin. Drivers at the Short-Time Motel was but I don’t want him. How do a period of adolescent rebellion the glowing review of Gloria’s second collection, short-listed for both the 1999 National Poetry Series I tell him and still get him to when he blames you for just Hoodlum Birds, by United States Poet Laureate and the 2001 Asian American Literary Award. take me around in his car? about everything, including all the Robert Pinsky. middle-schoolers who mocked Gloria opened with a work-in-progress titled Love, him for his dorky name. Now, Terrance Hayes, a creative writing professor, “Apple,” explaining that it was merely a test down to the issue. Names have explained how Carnegie Mellon pursued Gloria. and not a finished product, before continuing —Friend or Enemy power (why do you think Aragorn The department tends to look for “interesting with works from his two books. Gloria’s poems kept his secret for so long?) and work across the country,” often drawing from work discussed his childhood as a Filipino in the San Look here FOE, as we know from our friendly professors use in their classes. Francisco Bay area and the imagined troubles of neighborhood Spider-Man, power his brother, a veteran, during the Vietnam War. Think carefully before you answer. comes with responsibility. The Hayes admitted being apprehensive because no (Gloria grinned later, saying, “The poem makes it Who exactly are you friends with, name you pick will deeply affect one on the faculty had seen Gloria read. “It was a seem like he died, but he didn’t. He’s alive. Don’t Mike or his Miata? You say you’re your son’s life, and it’s your gamble just based on his work, but it was a risk worry.”) He read several poems about visiting and “legitimately friends,” but I notice responsibility not to screw him rewarded,” he said. Hayes had read Gloria’s books, exploring Spain before retreating to the reception you aren’t worried about the loss over too badly. Also, it’s important but was unsure of if the speaker would hold the in the Gladys Schmidt Creative Writing Center, of your friendship if you tell him that you fi nd a compromise audience’s attention with his performance. Hayes where audience members enjoyed pizza and you don’t like him that way, just with your wife over this — you was pleased with the result: “He told jokes; people mingled. Gloria sold both of his books and was the loss of your wheels. Using don’t want to begin your son’s laughed.” available to sign copies. somebody for his car is marginally life with a bitter feud. Here’s my better than using somebody for suggestion. Why not fi nd a name Gloria is a professor at DePauw University and a “I was excited for what [his reading] meant for sex or to make an ex jealous, from Lord of the Rings or another teacher of both English and creative writing. After the students,” Hayes said. “He’s Asian-American, but you’re still a user, FOE-bag. fantasy realm that’s a bit less receiving his bachelor’s degree from San Francisco and he’s younger. He writes about saints, sex, and Do you genuinely like Mike as a obtrusive? Sam, for instance, or State University and his M.A. from The Ohio State being young. I was happy for our audience.” friend? If so, tell him you’re not even Merry? A child with a name University, he became a graduate student at the interested and see if the friendship like Frodo or Smeagol can never University of Oregon working toward his MFA. The Adamson Visiting Writers Series continues survives. If you genuinely like his escape his naming; it will hang Jan. 28, 2008 with Dave Eggers, recently named car, tell him you’re not interested, over him his whole life. If you pick Gloria, a Pushcart Prize and American Society of recipient of one of six Heinz Awards. get the hell out, and pick up a a name, though, that has other Poetry award recipient, recommended graduate part-time job to buy yourself your connotations besides Middle school to his audience, remembering how positive own bleeping car. Earth ones, you’ll not do your son it felt to be treated as a writer before actually Alex Ewing | Junior Staffwriter such a disservice. Another option becoming one. His days, he recalled, were full —Myrtle is middle names — if you give your of sunshine, but after recounting a story about a son a slightly wacky middle name crappy car he owned at that time, he admitted, Hello Myrtle, but a fairly normal fi rst name, he can choose to go by either when I’m an adjunct professor in he reaches the period in his life a certain geek-populated when weird names are again department at Carnegie cool. Run some of these ideas Mellon. I’m happily married, by your wife and see what she and my wife is expecting our says. Naming babies (like many fi rst child in December. Here’s other baby-related processes) the problem. I’m a ginormous is a two-person job. Good luck, Lord of the Rings fan, which and send me a picture of the little my wife is tolerant of to a Hobbit! point. The point — naming our son. I’ve always dreamed of Cheers, Myrtle naming my son Frodo, but my wife says it will scar him for life and wants to name him John Need advice? Send queries to after her father. John! Only the [email protected]. dullest name on the face of the Earth, not to mention Middle Earth. What can I do?

Hannah Rosen | Photo Staff —Professor in Peril Poet Eugene Gloria read before a packed Adamson Wing on Thursday night. He covered subjects from his brother to a beat-up car. literature pillbox 09.17.07 3 Secondhand, fi rst class Vintage and thrift stores worth your last $7 It seems that clothes, like wine and George Clooney, only ($250). Housewares include plates and several sets of glasses improve communities. Spend some time searching, and you’ll grow better with age. It should come as no surprise, then, that and shot glasses. You can even buy vintage books at Hey score sweet items for anywhere from a third to a tenth of the thrift and vintage stores have become increasingly popular Betty!, such as The Complete Guide to Disco Dancing (1978) price you’ll pay at the high-end vintage boutiques. among the hip and stylish. San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury by Karen Lustgarten for $8. district and Philadelphia’s South Street are popular for Highlight: Neutral Milk Hotel T-shirt for $4. Average cost of a their quality secondhand stores. Never fear, fashion lovers: Highlight: Fist-sized owl charm necklace. Average price of complete outfit: $10 to $15. Pittsburgh has plenty of vintage clothing to offer. Our guide a vintage saucer: $3. Average price of a vintage women’s can point you to some of the best places in the city to snag bathing suit: $23. chic secondhand finds. Kelly Cahill | Forum Editor Avalon Exchange 5858 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. Eons Fashion Antique 5850 Ellsworth Ave, Shadyside. 412.421.2911. 412.361.3368. Avalon Exchange is a popular destination for selling and The sheer volume of merchandise packed into Eons Fashion exchanging clothes as well as purchasing secondhand Antique is impressive. Although the cramped quarters and merchandise. The store will buy clothing for 30 percent of winding aisles make it a bit difficult to shop, clothing is its retail value (paid in cash) and exchange clothing for 45 organized by size and type of garment to simplify the process. percent of its value (paid in store credit). Most of the store’s clothes are from the 1960s and ’70s. In Avalon’s new Squirrel Hill storefront, clothing hangs The quality of the clothing at Eons is consistently high: The from double-decker garment racks packed closely together, pieces are glamorous and well made. Unfortunately, the cost which makes searching for finds somewhat onerous. Unlike of the clothing is a bit steep. Eons and Hey Betty!, which specialize in vintage clothing, Avalon sells clothes you could easily purchase firsthand Women’s dresses range from $20 to $95 in price and include at retail locations. That is to say, the great majority of the frocks in fabrics from olive chiffon to white brocade. There are clothing is contemporary rather than vintage. Prices, then, are bunches of women’s ’20s-style cloche hats (think flappers) in appropriately lower than those at vintage boutiques. bright colors. Necklaces average a $15 price tag, and are well worth the money. Other adorable accessories include vintage Avalon has quite a lot of clothing and accessories to choose brooches, rings, sunglasses, and tiaras. from, but selections can be hit-or-miss. If you’re looking for band shirts or ironic T-shirts and want to wade through less The vintage-interested man can find tuxedo shirts in every riffraff than you’d find at donation-based thrift stores, Avalon pastel color under the sun for just $20. Eons also sells a ton of is a good choice. T-shirts average about $7 to $9. If you want a men’s leather jackets, button-down shirts, jeans, and pants. Van Halen OU812 shirt, however, you’ll be a cool $15 poorer. Check out the printed neckties, too. Halloween costumes, interesting belts, and winter coats Highlight: Remarkable array of women’s sequined tops ($12 are among the choice finds at Avalon — and are reasonably to $50). Average price of a mink stole: $60. Average price of a priced. (Coats are all miraculously under $20.) Women’s Allison Piper | Photo Staff bow tie: $10. dresses are as cheap as $9.50, and a cute tweed blazer is only $8. The selection of men’s button-downs, T-shirts, and polos is Hey Betty! 5892 Ellsworth Ave., Shadyside. 412.363.0999. easily the cheapest and most varied in the city.

Hey Betty! sells vintage clothing, furniture, and housewares. Highlight: Sale rack (50 percent off merchandise)! Average The boutique has three roomy stories that are chock-full of cost of men’s leather ankle boots: $15. mostly 1950s- and ’60s-era clothing. Goodwill 2600 E. Carson St., South Side. 412.481.9005. The prices are less intimidating than those at Eons. A 1960s linen lime green and white belted dress, for example, will Goodwill is a good old-fashioned thrift store. Items are only run you $30 — and you can find several unique dresses insanely cheap, and the pieces range from vintage to for $20. Also notable in women’s wear is the large selection contemporary. Like Hey Betty!, Goodwill deals in much more of belts, the beautiful cardigans, and cheap shoes (most are than just clothing. You can find everything from secondhand $20). If you’re searching for the 1940s schoolmarm ankle boots books to dining sets to couches at Goodwill’s South Side that are in vogue this season, Hey Betty! has a few pairs for location. around $30. If you’re willing to put in a couple hours’ worth of searching, Menswear is also relatively cheap: Denim and printed pants you can find plenty of fashionable merchandise. Funny are generally $20 to $25, but several pairs are even cheaper. T-shirts cost $1 to $3 on average. Among all the Dragon Ball The array of button-down shirts and bowling shirts (about $30 Z and Pitt shirts, you can find gems like rare band T-shirts for on average) includes several charming prints, the highlight dirt cheap. A dining set complete with plates, saucers, and of which is a long-sleeved button-down printed with an Old cups costs about $10 to $15, and there are plenty of vintage West-themed scene. Men’s vests and sweaters are a steal. 1970s options to choose from.

Hey Betty!’s merchandise includes a few vintage chairs and The staff at Goodwill are incredibly helpful and kind, and one table-and-chair set that looks straight out of a 1950s diner Goodwill Industries is a non-profit organization that works to Allison Piper | Photo Staff

Avalon Exchange is a choice destination for Halloween costumes and previously worn clothes from the ‘90s. shopping 4 pillbox 09.17.07 CD Dropbox Paperhouse M.I.A. induces seizures, and Rilo Kiley sells out On DJ Shadow Rilo Kiley, Under the Blacklight almost like an electric keyboard on the “rock guitar” setting. And when not stealing guitar lines from George In 1996 DJ Shadow released his debut album Endtroducing...... I don’t I thought Jenny Lewis was supposed to be cool. On Rilo Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord,” Rilo Kiley likes to compose know much about its impact on the music world at that time, but I’ll Under the Blacklight Kiley’s latest record, , lead singer guitar and keyboard riffs that simply repeat the vocal share my personal experiences with it. and frontwoman of the late Lewis seems more like a melody. Oh, and it’s overproduced. wannabe sexy, edgy, talented indie pop star than the Once I started listening to the album, it took me three years or so to Under the Blacklight real thing. In the majority of the album’s 11 tracks, Lewis has its strengths, to be sure. slowly get obsessed with it. I liked it at fi rst, and thought it was great, unknowingly and embarrassingly makes it very clear Lewis’s voice has never sounded better. It soars and but put it away as I got distracted with other new music. Every once that she wants to sound like someone who knows the quavers over the cookie-cutter music beneath it, like in a while someone would mention it and I’d dig it out and listen again ins and outs of sleazy nights in Los Angeles. The lady an all-star quarterback on a mediocre football team. and like it a little more. The same thing happened with my friends. They doth protest too much, methinks. Cool rock ’n’ roll stars And while the songs are predictable, overwrought, and enjoyed it at fi rst, put it away, and wound up completely taken over by don’t need to emphasize their coveted debauchery; it’s uninspired, they’re all for the most part agreeable to its subtle greatness a few years later. apparent. Not only that, but when Lewis talks about listen to; some of them even sound pretty good. After sex — which she does quite frequently — she sounds switching from an indie record label to a major one, The experience comes in two parts; the fi rst revelation that the album Rabbit Fur Coat removed, as if trying desperately hard to remember what putting out the solo album last year, and provides the listener is a complete trust in sampling as a musical an empty one-night stand or wild threesome feels like. taking over the once democratic Rilo Kiley, Lewis clearly instrument and an art form. For those unaware, Endtroducing..... is has her eye on the stadiums, what appropriate venues an album composed entirely of samples from other sources — among Lewis also likes to write songs about what I call “trendy” for playing this type of music. the fi rst of its kind. Shadow expertly weaves drum loops, bass lines, subjects. Here, one wonders if she’s writing about these strings, and all sorts of beautiful melodies into completely new songs. issues because she really cares deeply about them, or The effect can be mesmerizing; at times it seems that Shadow had all because she knows that a very large group of people will Steven Weinberg | Staffwriter the melodies in his head already and only had to sift through hundreds understand them in some vague way. The song “15,” for of records to fi nd the ones that matched what he already knew. In example, is about a guy who has sex with a rebellious reality, the process was likely similar, though Shadow was probably 15-year-old girl, not knowing her true age. “Breakin’ M.I.A., Kala infl uenced by the types of samples he heard as well. Up” is a sort of “Girl Power” anthem, celebrating the idea that, for a woman, a breakup can be a liberating Who is M.I.A.? If you, like so many others, are Once you hear Endtroducing..... it’s almost laughable to see how experience rather than a devastating one. Lastly, unfamiliar with the Sri Lankan electronic rapping, social excited people get about Madonna sampling ABBA and Crazy In “Dreamworld” talks about an innocent kid who loses his commenting, Perez Hilton favorite, this is a briefing: Love’s sample of the Chi-Lites. The difference? Shadow doesn’t owe legs after his father makes him fight in a war overseas. There is yet another music phenomenon, straight from the greatness of his songs to the greatness of his samples. Lewis also seems to have a knack for using fruit-inspired the U.K. similes, throwing in lines like “ripe as a peach” and The album’s second revelation comes the next time you hear one of Kala “bruised like a cherry.” M.I.A.’s second studio album, , is even more intense the sampled songs in full. Shadow’s samples usually sound nothing Arular Kala and electronic than her first venture, . Still, like what the end result is on Endtroducing...... For example, Shadow’s The music itself also belies Lewis’s efforts to sound like lacks the playfulness offered throughout the entirety of “Stem/Long Stem” samples the beginning of “Love Suite” by Nirvana someone who’s “been there.” As per usual with Rilo M.I.A.’s debut, featuring instead some serious hip-hop/ (’60s psychedelic band, not Cobain’s). On Shadow’s track, the strings Under the Blacklight Kiley, has a country twang, which electronic/dance beats. Take, for example, the closing and plucked sounds are ominous and scary. It’s long, dark, and moody, already makes it more susceptible to entering the realm track, “Come Around,” which features producer and most of it is held together by that one sample. In contrast, “Love of cheesiness. But that’s Timbaland’s Midas touch. This track, among others, Suite” turns into a happy, bouncy track right after the point where no excuse. Each brings out the hip-hop in M.I.A. without abandoning Shadow’s sample ends. unthreatening, her electronic/dance roots, creating the types of songs catchy chorus that you can’t get out of your head, from her first single As in “Stem/Long Stem,” Shadow knows how to slice out a completely seems to be “Boyz” to the sequel “$20” (a rant on inflation — compare benign sample from a track and turn it into something fi erce. He Arular specifically geared to the track from titled “10 Dollar”). Fortunately, doesn’t go for the entire great synth riff. He’ll take the beginning few toward perking up her social awareness hasn’t quit since her debut. notes, fuse it with the outro and create something entirely his own. the ears of Top-40 Just listen to Tangerine Dream’s “Invisible Limits” and then check out listeners. The guitar It’s true: M.I.A. is still representing those fervent views Shadow’s “Changeling” to get a taste of the genius. work sounds on guns, bombs, and war, and she’s still in your face. robotic, This album doesn’t talk any smack about President David Hartunian | Special to the Tartan Bush, unfortunately, but M.I.A. touches on the war- wasted, malnourished countries in Africa and black market trades in India, and she’s still as blunt as ever. top 10 on WRCT 88.3 FM Kala, although much awaited by her fans, is a complete turn from Arular. It isn’t as captivating, nor perfectly most played albums of the last week indifferent to society’s view on her opinions. This time 1 Dungen, Tio Bitar around, M.I.A. seems to be a bit more conscious of what 2 Sonic Youth, The Destroyed Room her words mean to people, though she is still determined 3 Terry Riley, Les Yeux Fermés & Lifespan to get all of her words out, one way or another. But 4 M.I.A., Kala with M.I.A. sporting a stronger image than ever before 5 Mavis Staples, We’ll Never Turn Back — bright-patterned, seizure-inducing outfits and a 6 Head Home blonde-tipped bob — you won’t be able to say you’ve O’death, 7 Grand Mutation never heard of her by the end of 2007. Lasse Marhaug & Nils Asheim, 8 Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, Sexy Ways 9 The Gothees, Meet the Gothees Rachael Clemmons | Production Manager 10 The Goldstars, Purple Girlfriend Courtesy of miauk.com

music pillbox 09.17.07 5 Dating ideas Feuds: West vs. Cent The best things in life are cheap Observations on celebrity tête-à-têtes

So, you’re swamped with work and the bookstore drained The rap beef — endless antagonism between the hip-hop Dan Brown vs. Stephen King: Looking to gather some your bank account. Don’t let that get between you and that stars of the day — is one of rap’s most delightfully enduring attention in advance of his upcoming novel, Dan Brown, special someone. We can show you how to make even one traditions. Hip-hop would be frightfully dull without East author of The Da Vinci Code, will post a cryptic message, “A free hour romantic and memorable. Here are a few date Coast vs. West Coast, Biggie vs. Tupac, Jay-Z vs. Nas, or BECK PITHINESS THING,” to his website. The market for locations we suggest: Eminem vs. everyone else. To this illustrious heritage we can adult contemporary crap lit will be forever shaken when the add a new entry: Kanye West vs. 50 Cent, who both released CIA, whose only notable skill these days is solving Dan Brown Kraus Campo new albums last week. mysteries, discovers that the message is an anagram for “STEPHEN KING IS A BITCH.” Many people live their entire lives at Carnegie Mellon in Although modesty and hip-hop go together like Britney ignorance, never knowing about this place. Don’t be one Spears and dignity, Fiddy made an unusually bold declaration Dennis Kucinich vs. Democratic presidential of them. This inconspicuous garden behind CFA, with at the start of the week: “If Kanye West sells more records candidates: Flush with confi dence thanks to his inexplicably its illuminated yellow pathway, becomes one of the most than 50 Cent on September 11, I’ll no longer [perform] music. hot wife (also half his age), Kucinich will bring some much- romantic locations on campus after dark. Prepare a small I’ll write music and work with my other artists but I won’t put needed zest to the pointless early debates by declaring, midnight picnic and we assure you your date will be out any more solo albums.” “Hillary Clinton hates black people!” mesmerized by the tranquility of the night. When to go: After 10 p.m. What to eat: Pack a picnic basket full of sandwiches, chicken salad, fruit, and dessert. How to get there: Walk up from Hunt toward CFA. It is right in between Tepper and CFA. Expect a series of withering put-downs such as ‘More like

Cathedral of Learning StarSUCKS!!!’ and ‘Becky=Poooo!’ crudely appended to

You probably heard of this one before, but it really is wire photography with MS Paint. Classy. ,, spectacular. The view from the 24th fl oor is not only breathtaking, but also enchanting, exuding a romantic aura. ‘‘ When to go: After dark. What to eat: You can make this either casual or formal: Grab some quick food from Kiva Han on the way or prepare your That oblique put-down is hardly the worst bit of antagonism Apples, Oranges vs. clichéd comparisons: Tired of being romantic interest a special meal at your place later. ever served up — I’ve heard more vicious “yo momma” jokes typecast as clichéd foils, Apples and Oranges will announce How to get there: Walk up Forbes Avenue toward the — but still, I have to ask: What have Mr. West and 50 (Mr. a new merger of equals with a YouTube video: “Apples and University of Pittsburgh. Keep a look out on your right — you Cent?) ever done to each other? I don’t think Kanye is behind Oranges are both sweet, tart, healthy, hand-picked fruits. can’t miss it. any of 50’s bullet wounds, nor was Fiddy the driving source of When people say, ‘It’s like comparing apples to oranges,’ Hurricane Katrina, which prompted West to proclaim in front they’re comparing things that are, like, 99 percent similar. Mount Washington of a hilariously fl ustered Mike Myers that “George Bush hates Why not compare apples to broccoli? Or oranges to Athena, black people.” daughter of Zeus? Get creative, people!” Mount Washington is viable only if you have a few extra hours to spare. Pittsburgh might elicit a “blah” from most people My theory? This is a purely fabricated “battle” between Perez Hilton vs. Becky Johnston, an employee at on campus, but that in no way undermines the beauty of its two of rap’s biggest — and whiniest — stars, all to attract a nearby Starbucks: When barista Becky Johnston skyline — which can be seen from atop this hill. Take the attention and boost record sales, a ruse that is painfully accidentally forgets the raspberry drizzle on gossip historic Monongahela incline up from Station Square. obvious when you climb the corporate ladder and fi nd that the hound Perez Hilton’s latte next week, Hilton will jump to When to go: When you have two or three hours to spare. same company, Universal Entertainment, has a stake in both attack not only the unsuspecting coffee-slinger, but also How to get there: From Forbes and Morewood, board artists. If this scheme works — and with a combined 750,000 America’s most ubiquitous corporation. Expect a series of any bus heading downtown. Get off at Fifth Avenue and record sales in one day, it looks like it did — we can expect withering put-downs such as “More like StarSUCKS!!!” and Wood Street. Transfer to a 41E from there, or walk across the to see other fabricated beefs dot the pop culture landscape in “Becky=Poooo!” crudely appended to wire photography Smithfi eld Street Bridge to Station Square. desperate attempts to extend those precious 15 minutes. Here with MS Paint. Classy. are predicted beefs to watch out for in the coming months: Andy Warhol Museum Roller Derby vs. Disney On Ice: This one explains itself: Two and a Half Men vs. The Offi ce: The not-Charlie Sheen Who wouldn’t tune in to watch a girl on rollerblades going Don’t make the “whatever” face just yet. During the daytime, star of America’s worst and most popular comedy will start by the name “Punky Bruiser” tackle Sleeping Beauty? I’m The Offi ce this museum is one of the best choices for a date. It will help slinging arrows at NBC’s series on his next talk patenting this one right now. you make a lasting impression on your date, who might be show circuit to fend off falling ratings. “Where’s the star The Offi ce used to dates at frat parties and obscene grinding as a way of power? There’s a bunch of nobodies on ! We have expressing affection. the steady, beloved infl uence of Charlie Sheen and me, that Lee Reamsnyder | Staffwriter When to go: Late afternoon. other dude,” he’ll say from Oprah’s couch. “Who wants to What to eat: Finish this “artsy” trip with dinner at a small watch a show about working in an offi ce anyway? Nothing Boring café. ever happens. .” How to get there: Take an inbound 500 bus from Fifth and Morewood and get off at Isabella and Sandusky streets on the North Side.

Disha Shah | Junior Staffwriter

celebrities 6 pillbox 09.17.07 Pittsburgh Zoo welcomes polar bears New exhibit, Water’s Edge, features arctic predators

The Pittsburgh Zoo’s newest exhibit, Water’s Edge, also affected by pollutants in the arctic regions because of features a fi ctional pier town complete with boats, fi sh their high position on the food chain; pollutants ingested markets, and houses. It’s also the new home of a pair of by smaller organisms are eventually ingested by the polar polar bears. bears.

The exhibit’s goals are to educate its visitors as well as Water’s Edge wraps around the front of the provide the bears with a suitable habitat. Water’s Edge aquarium. The exhibit allows viewers contains three primary exhibits, featuring pairs of polar to see the polar bears from multiple bears, sea lions, and sea otters. angles, with a huge landscape of rocks and pools of water, as well as The exhibit contains facts such as how polar bears can an underwater tunnel for viewing the travel at rates up to 25 miles an hour, and that a male polar polar bears from below as they swim bear can reach a weight of more than 1500 pounds. A sign overhead. listing Pier Town’s population statistics shows an increase in the human population directly correlating to a decrease Water’s Edge was designed with the in the polar bear population. Likewise, the exhibit provides intention of creating a realistic and facts about the living situation of polar bears in the wild. natural setting for the polar bears. When construction is fi nished, the zoo will add Polar bears are specifi cally studied by scientists because two walruses to the exhibit. they function as the top predators in the Arctic and are the largest land carnivores. As stated by the zoo, it is more important now than ever before to study, conserve, Julia Kennedy | Junior Staffwriter and assist arctic populations because of the direct effects of global warming on their habitat. Polar bears, which are marine mammals, are affected by global warming because they live primarily on sea ice. However, they are

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In case $1 is too much to spend A big action movie with a lot After the success of the The Adam Sandler loses both The ultimate psychological on a movie, tonight there’s one of emotional drama. A hit man 40 Year Old Virgin, someone his family and his job due to thriller. Innocent young girl being for free. You’re invited to enjoy a takes in a 12-year-old Natalie decided to let Judd Apatow and 9/11 and turns to old college possessed by demonic spirits screening of In the Shadow of the Portman so she can gain his friends loose on camera. Not roommate Don Cheadle for and, of course, an exorcism. Moon, a documentary about the revenge on Gary Oldman (a.k.a. a bad idea. Think of it as The 40 support. A supposedly touching Need I say more? One of the Apollo space program featuring Sirius Black). The Professional’s Year Old Virgin, except instead movie about two men helping scariest movies of all time, it still NASA footage and astronauts’ plot seems to be an excuse of Steve Carrell you get Grey’s each other out of their crappy holds up after three decades. testimonies. And look at it this way: for fancy gunfi ghts in between Anatomy’s Katherine Heigl — lives, Reign Over Me is a roller Don’t forget a little dirtiness with Even if the moon landing was fake some actual acting. A great and while I love her on Grey’s coaster, going from extremely a crucifi x. But I won’t spoil it. and the astronauts were consistently fi lm to go see if you want a Anatomy, she is just not as touching to intense (with Adam plastered, a fi lm about all of that decent movie, or even a bunch suited for this type of comedy. Sandler freaking out) and back would still be pretty entertaining. of shooting. Portman has good Still, Knocked Up is a must-see to the tearjerker that Sandler Pick up tickets in the CIT Dean’s chemistry with the hit man, Jean if you even remotely liked The was going for all along. Reign Offi ce, Scaife Hall 110, between Reno, and while Oldman may 40 Year Old Virgin (or Superbad, Over Me is not a traditional 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. be over the top it’s still a movie which was directed by a CMU Sandler movie, and it’s not a life- worth seeing for only $1. alum), or if you’re just depressed changing, eye-opening movie and want to see a guy like Seth either. This may be a good way Rogen get the pretty girl. Just to waste time, but it would not be sure to close your eyes for be my fi rst pick on a Saturday the baby crowning, or you may night. lose your appetite.

animals pillbox 09.17.07 7 When people think of coffeehouses, they may La Prima sells high quality American coffeemakers with green practices. According to TransFair think of plush, comfy couches, relaxing lighting, as well. USA, a third-party organization that works with and soft music. Now imagine exactly the opposite, suppliers and manufacturers, fair trade guarantees and you’ve got the best coffee shop in Pittsburgh. Since 1988, La Prima has evolved into a thriving that the farmers registered in the International Benvenuto a La Prima Espresso. business for the sale of coffee and coffeemakers, as Fair Trade Register use eco-friendly practices An espresso story well as a bustling café open seven days a week. The such as composting, reforestation, and terracing Contrary to popular belief, La Prima Espresso store sells wholesale coffee and does other business when growing their products. According to Patti, actually does exist outside of Wean Hall, and it has with many distributors, and even locally owned becoming fair trade certifi ed was a natural step since 1988. The original location for La Prima is 205 shops. for La Prima. Many of the employees, friends, and 21st St. in the Strip District. families strongly believed in fair trade and organics. La Prima exists even beyond Wean Hall La Prima also has an offi ce coffee program. Offi ce “I think the word we use is sustainability,” he said. La Prima sells more fair-trade coffee Standing room only coffee tends to be, well, horrible, but La Prima offers than Starbucks, which often touts itself seminars so offi ce workers can learn how to brew Coffee on campus as a fair-trade coffee seller. La Prima stands in stark contrast to the major good coffee using premium beans and machines. []by Shaleya Solomon | Staffwriter Below right: La Prima Espresso coffeehouse chains. Its surprisingly modest Around 1994, La Prima Espresso joined the Company has a location in the Strip accommodations create a sort of old-world feel, For real coffee-loving individuals, there is the Carnegie Mellon vendor circuit with its cart in District, in addition to the popular Wean and the effect looks straight out of Italy. The inside Coffee of the Month Club, in which members can Wean Hall. Although the university branch of La Hall location. of the café is standing room only with high tables, enjoy different roasts and blends delivered right Prima lacks the Italian authenticity of the original, old carpeting, and scant decorations; plastic chairs to their doors, either ground or whole beans. The it’s still undoubtedly popular. “It’s been wonderful crowd the sidewalk outside the storefront. (There’s beans come from countries all around the world so for us. We’ve enjoyed working there,” Patti said. actually more seating at La Prima in Wean than the members can taste a variety of international coffee. According to Patti, much of the demand was made original.) La Prima’s lack of extravagance serves as by international students used to espresso, and a loud reminder that it really is all about the coffee. Despite the obvious differences in décor, La Prima sleep-deprived computer science majors. La Prima features coffee and espresso so fl avorful and Starbucks do have a few things in common. that even a two-sugar-and-cream coffee drinker can Both have devoted clients who love to go into the The menu at Wean’s La Prima is slightly more drink it black. shop to relax, hang out with friends, and drink Americanized, with things like Americanos and coffee. chai tea lattes, in addition to lunch options like “A coffee place really provides a nice gathering soups and sandwiches. “I think it’s probably [that] place,” La Prima owner and founder Sam Patti said. Sustainability the clientele has different needs,” Patti said about “I have friends that say ‘I don’t get it; what’s the the different menus. ”I don’t think we push very big deal about Starbucks?’ It’s actually a really nice La Prima Espresso is also a certifi ed organic roaster, hard with espresso at Carnegie Mellon because place to relax. It’s like the coffee is there, but they meaning the coffee is grown without the use of you can’t get it in a ceramic cup, and espresso in a sell the atmosphere.” pesticides or herbicides. It is the only organic coffee paper cup just isn’t the same.” roaster in Pittsburgh, and only one of two in the The coffee entire state of Pennsylvania. Most importantly, La Interestingly enough, La Prima was not Patti’s fi rst Prima uses fair trade coffee. Fair trade essentially experience with Carnegie Mellon. “I taught one But what about the coffee? Many of the things on cuts out the middleman between producers and time for a semester at Carnegie Mellon,” he said. the Starbucks menu have more “stuff” in them than suppliers, thus allowing the farmers and coffee “The Italian teacher was out for a while and they actual coffee, and you would be hard pressed to fi nd producers to get more of the money they deserve. asked me to come teach Italian.” the same at La Prima. The menu boasts a maximum “We are absolutely fair trade organically certifi ed,” of 25 items, most of which come in one or two sizes, Patti said. “How we do business is dictated by the So, if you’re looking to branch out from your tall, and there is no such thing as a 20-ounce anything. standards of fair trade practices.” triple, non-fat, no-whip cinnamon dolce latte (with Best of all, the entire menu is in Italian — patrons ice), head over to the Strip District for a more can choose from caffe latte, cioccolata calda, Although fair trade saves money by cutting authentic experience. espresso doppio, and more. out intermediate traders, the money does not necessarily all go to the grower or producer. Fair “We wanted to make a place where going to the Great coffee has been the goal for La Prima trade provides a fl oor price so that the growers and coffee shop is part of your daily routine like in Italy,” Espresso since its inception in 1988. In fact, Patti producers have sustainable income. “In the short Patti said. And though Pittsburgh may never feel originally had plans to use the 21st Street location run, it tries to guarantee that the farmer will get a like Italia, you can’t get any closer than La Prima to sell high-quality espresso machines. The fair amount for his coffee,” Patti said. Espresso. Espresso and coffee machines that La Prima sells come from two of Italy’s fi nest manufacturers, but Fair-trade certifi cation also goes hand in hand J.W. Ramp | Photo Editor J.W. Ramp | Photo Editor

campus, largely due to Carnegie pick your cheese and meat, and by Mediterranean and Middle burgers was born. At Sequoia location on East Carson Street sprouts, soybeans, and a variety jelly is sandwiched in between sticky snacks is a simple matter treat, or twist two fl avors together Mellon Catering Services. Schatz, if you want other things on it Eastern countries such as Grill, a healthier incarnation of the may be too far for lunch, so for of meats and cheeses, it is easy two layers of fl aky, buttery, crispy of putting it in the microwave for a to get great contrasting tastes. Cibo! for example, now features cakes (lettuce, tomato, onions), ask and Greece, Lebanon, and Italy, ‘O,’ students can select a number great sushi in a hurry, visit the UC to create the perfect salad. pastry. It’s glazed with a little few seconds to regain that melty, (food) made right on campus every day. ye shall receive. Honestly, though, making for a fresh unique addition of toppings as well as choose to choose various types of sushi, Choose fresh fruit, a cup of soup, sugar on top, and the result is a gooey goodness. They come in all different fl avors anything from Ginger’s is pretty to campus dining. The tabbouleh from beef, turkey, or veggie including California and spicy tuna and a drink with the entrée, and little slice of heaven. and feature fl uffy frosting and much amazing. in particular is phenomenal, with burgers. Sequoia also features rolls. Thank goodness that as of you’ve got a well-balanced meal Skibo frozen yogurt: When All the coffee talk got you hungry? light, moist cake. fresh bulgur, parsley, scallions, onion rings, chicken fi ngers, and spring 2006, you can get sushi on — and a block, for that matter. Maggie Murph cinnamon seeking out low-calorie deserts, The Strip District can be really far, Evgefstos! tabbouleh: The and tomatoes. Greek gyros, as well as many a block. sticky buns: Although maybe not you can’t go wrong with Skibo’s so in the meantime, check out Ginger’s breakfast newest Carnegie Mellon dining other delicious snacks. La Prima Espresso raspberry as good as Cinnabon’s, Maggie fat-free frozen yogurt. It’s just like some tasty foods you can enjoy sandwiches: Made hot-to-order, vendor, Evgefstos! is a dream Sequoia Grill create-a-burgers: Showcase Salads: The salad meles: What’s something Murph Café cinnamon buns fresh soft serve ice cream, minus the on campus. the sandwiches are available on come true for vegetarians, Many who remember the Sushi Two: Sushi Two more or bar in the UC is a great place to good to have with coffee in the out of the oven in the morning fat. With different fl avors almost several types of bread, in addition vegans, or people who generally Carnegie Mellon branch of the less proves that it is great to have stop and get your own custom- morning? Why not try a raspberry make for a yummy wake-up for every day, you can’t go wrong Schatz cake: Last year saw an to croissants, bagels, and English like to eat healthy. Many of ‘O’ mourn its demise. But last fall, Carnegie Mellon branches of real designed salad. With fresh mele at La Prima? Flat and anyone with a sweet tooth. Later with this sinless dessert. Add increase in baked goods made on muffi ns. After choosing your carb, the menu items are inspired a new place to create your own restaurants. Sushi Two’s main toppings like mushrooms, bean somewhat round, the raspberry in the day, enjoying one of these cookies on top for a crunchy

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Random messages are scattered throughout The Tartan warning new Carnegie [Music] Hall 100 students not to drink the “Pittsburg” (yes, that’s how they used to spell it) The Reminder Sept. 25, 1907 water. A message follows instructing the Broken Social Scene alum promotes second CD, reader to buy next week’s Tartan, which sold for a whopping 10 cents an issue. Canadian singer-songwriter Leslie Feist performed at her songs. Vocally, Feist kept her listeners on the edge of It’s an interesting marketing technique, Carnegie Music Hall last Thursday as part of a four-city tour their seats with her jazz improvisation and her well-known but I personally wonder more about the to promote her sophomore album, The Reminder. Feist, who descending octave trill “oh-oh-oh-oh” (for example, before the warnings against drinking the water. got her start in the band Broken Social Scene, released her choruses in “I Feel It All”) that she slipped in almost every one fi rst solo album in 2004, and gained notoriety with the single of her songs. “Mushaboom,” featured in Lacoste perfume commercials. Aside from her talent, the most pleasant part of the evening A Tartan article claims that football Released in May 2007, The Reminder follows in the footsteps was Feist’s warm personality and her ability to converse with embodies all of the following: spirit, of the fi rst release with eclectic, bluesy songs written by the the audience. This was a nice contrast to the lead singer of 50 loyalty, and comradeship. In 2007, singer. The track list contains upbeat pop numbers like, “I the opening band, Rogue Wave, who was barely audible as however, we might have to make a few Feel It All” and “1234” (currently in ads for the new iPod nano), he mumbled between songs. Feist was complimentary of Sept. 24, 1957 revisions, such as replacing “loyalty” as well as more jazz-infl uenced songs such as “My Moon My her fans, Pittsburgh, and even the venue. “How do you get with “dog fighting” and “comradeship” Man” and “Brandy Alexander.” Guest producers from Canada, to Carnegie Hall?” she joked about the venue, “You practice. with “cruising for sex on the DL.” Spirit? France, and Germany give many of the songs a different Well, it looks like we practiced!” To a fan who screamed out That can stay. sound, yet all of the material is unifi ed by Feist’s ethereal to Feist that she should wake up a man who’d fallen asleep in voice, the focal point of every song. the fi rst row, Feist responded, “It’s alright. He can sleep — I sing lullabies. We can get him a pillow backstage if he’d like.” One student complains in a letter to the Feist’s live performance on Thursday was no exception. editor that students bringing personal Entranced by Feist’s lyrics and voice, the audience members Maybe it was the comfy seats of Carnegie Music Hall; the 25 computers to campus will be a bad often fell silent, and Feist even asked them to get up and high, detailed ceilings; even the old organ pipes that served idea, believing that it will further alienate cheer at one point. Challenging Carnegie Music Hall’s formal as a backdrop for the performance, but watching Feist students from each other (the few Sept. 14, 1982 environment, she encouraged her audience to pretend “you perform was like going to a classical performance. Many “terminals” they had were just moved to are at your favorite sticky-fl oored night club in Pittsburgh.” of the songs were backed by instruments unusual to pop separate spaces). He suggests making performances, like the trumpet and French horn. Feist also a room full of word processors to bring Feist asked the audience to participate several other times looped her own voice to create what sounded like a choir of students together. This suggestion during her performance. She divided the audience into three Feists. But whether one or many, Feist put on a concert both sounds like the precursor to the clusters. parts, assigning each the note of a chord, in addition to letting enthralling and inspiring. Maybe this guy had a point. the audience sing the backup for her well-known songs.

Although she is most known for her voice, Feist surprised Laura Thorén | Staffwriter A Forum article complains that the those of us unfamiliar with her other talents — she ripped policy restricting class meetings on the guitar and accompanied herself on piano for two of 10 between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. isn’t being enforced. The writer believed that too Sept. 15, 1997 many exceptions were being made and classes allowed to be scheduled during that time. Sounds a lot like one of this year’s student body election campaign issues.

In a Forum article, one writer complains about the cost of meals (and the meal 5 plan) and the low quality of food. Among other issues, such as gay rights Sept. 23, 2002 and the remembrance of 9/11, it may seem trivial, but once you read that Pitt students could choose to have a meal plan as cheap as $900, it seems much more fitting.

After having no official mascot for the university, a task force was appointed Alan Gerber | Photo Staff 1 to choose a mascot and end the university’s mascot identity crisis. Visiting musician Feist showed off her piano skills and Sept. 25, 2006 Among the possibilities were the Scottie encouraged audience participation. dog and the bagpiper. It was a tough choice: a cute (but fierce) dog or a guy in a kilt? Decisions, decisions.

Amanda Cole | Staffwriter

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comics 12 pillbox 09.17.07 Horoscopes aries A helicopter will fly over you dozens of times, but will never acknowledge mar. 21–apr.19 your presence. When you tell others you see a helicopter, they will ignore you.

taurus Someone named Carl will tell you a rumor that you already spread and apr. 20–may 20 then you will find that you do not have many friends.

Married to the Sea gemini Nobody will refer to you by your real name; instead, everyone will call may 21–jun. 21 you Jimmy (even if you are female).

cancer Next time you do your laundry all your clothes will be inside out except jun. 22–jul. 22 one sock which will have turned deep purple.

leo The Snowman sculpture next to Doherty will only stare at you and when jul. 23– aug. 22 you stare back it will start whistling and look the other direction.

virgo All your classes will be canceled today due to a snowstorm. aug. 23–sept.22

libra Every time you walk onto a bus, your shoes will be untied and you’ll trip, sept. 23–oct.22 causing everyone wearing a hat to laugh at you. www.marriedtothesea.com

scorpio You will have the most boring week you’ve had since last month. oct. 23–nov. 21

sagittarius Someone will steal your shoes while you sit on a toliet. While you are on nov. 22–dec. 21 the toliet you won’t be using it for sanitary purposes; instead, the stall Interested in submitting? will be where you begin writing your memoirs, shoeless. Want to have your work published?

capricorn You will find a quarter that has been chewed on by an elderly manure dec. 22–jan.19 farmer. You’ll know because the quarter will smell as such. Here’s your chance!

Become a part of The Tartan aquarius Every time you walk outside, the sun will have disappeared, but then jan. 20–feb. 18 reveal itself while you look out a window from inside. COMICS STAFF

pisces Next time you go to a vending machine, you will get five candy bars for contact [email protected] feb. 19–mar. 20 the price of one due to your tipping the machine for not giving you a candy bar in the first place. Please don’t tip any of the campus vending machines.

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Alan Gerber | Photo Staff King to G4. In the center of Shadyside, Pittsburgher John Aronoff plays a giant game of chess designed by local artist David Edwards. Last weekend was Shadyside's Arts Festival on closed blocks of Walnut Street and Ellsworth Avenue. In addition to oversized board games, there were modern dance performances, local art displays, and poetry readings.

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