FORUM SCITECH SPORTS PILLBOX I <3 Hamas [A7] Electricity monitoring device Football falls to Chicago Bhangra returns to the recognizes appliances [A4] [A10] ’Burgh [B8] Google sues Department of Interior [A7] How fl ashing lights can be a Men’s soccer ends season with Marilyn Monroe honored at Andy weapon [A4] win over Emory [A10] Warhol Museum [B9] Monday, November 8, 2010 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Volume 105, Issue 11 Dunn to resign as Tepper Forbes provides School of Business dean 2010 midterm JACKSON LANE Staffwriter election analysis Carnegie Mellon held a JENNY YOUNG tems for low-income people reception in Tartans Pavilion Junior Staffwriter similar to the food programs to honor Kenneth B. Dunn, in the U.S. “Food’s more ba- who will be stepping down as Last Friday, Steve Forbes, sic than health. Yet if people dean of the Tepper School of the chairman and CEO of have trouble getting food in Business at the end of the se- Forbes Media, came to Car- this country, we don’t have mester. This decision has not negie Mellon to provide an the government taking over been an easy one for Dunn, as analysis of the recent mid- the farms.… people can get he has held a series of meet- term elections. Forbes, who anything from food stamps ings at the business school to was a Republican presidential to food banks to help out. personally share with faculty, candidate in 1996 and 2000, Why can’t we do the same students, and staff the reason- shared his perspective on the thing with health care?” He ing behind his decision and elections, the economy, and said that there were ways this his insights on the future of health care with the Carnegie could be provided at a state the school. Mellon community. level and then applied at the “It’s been an honor to be The speech and subse- national level. “Productiv- dean of this special school quent Q & A were moderated ity, innovation, less cost, and within this special university,” by Carnegie Mellon president safety nets. We did it with Dunn said. “It’s an honor to be Jared L. Cohon. food and we can do it with a dean of any great business Forbes called the midterm health care. But the govern- school, but this one is very, elections more than a change ment can’t do it.” very special.” of power. “Not only did the After speaking, Forbes In addition to Dunn, Pro- GOP take the House,” he said, took questions on several top- vost Mark Kamlet, President “but [they] reduced the Dem- ics, including cutting federal Jared Cohon, Pamela Dunn, ocratic strength to levels not spending, the negative cam- Professor of Finance Chester seen since the early 1930s.… paigning in the midterms, Spatt, and David Tepper also Jonathan Carreon/Photo Staff It was a reaction, I think, to and the trade defi cit between spoke at the event, commend- Dunn speaks at last Wednesday’s reception in Tartans Pavilion. the overreach of the current the U.S. and other countries. ing Dunn’s hard work and re- administration. More than Kiron Skinner, organizer sulting successes while at the Mellon, which is where he and further stating that “the the overreach, I think we’re of the event and director of school. spent his academic career school has improved every at a time when Americans Carnegie Mellon’s Center for “Ken has not only been an — important for being an ef- way possible.” are examining again, ‘What is International Relations and outstanding dean of the Tep- fective manager and leader Dunn fi rst joined the Car- the role of government in this Politics, said via e-mail that per School, but I would go within Carnegie Mellon, and negie Mellon community as country?’ ” Forbes “presented his conser- so far as to say he has been a a career with great success in a professor of fi nancial eco- He cited overreach as the vative perspective in a highly seminal dean,” Kamlet said. the world of fi nance and the nomics in 1979. “The strength distinction between govern- accessible manner. While not “Dean Ken Dunn brought to private sector — important of Ken’s vision can also be ment and “big, obese govern- everyone agreed with him, the Tepper School a unique for knowing the real needs of appreciated for his academic ment.” “The two pieces of many said his reasoning was combination of having been business, and bringing that to work,” Spatt said. “A core legislation on health care and coherent and clear.” She add- a very successful academic the curricula of the school.” aspect of this was his work fi nancial reform were dis- ed, “These activities enhance — important for being able Cohon agreed, comment- was mortgages, and Ken was turbing — not just in terms the conversation at Carnegie to lead the faculty; having a ing that Dunn “has been a suc- of the size, but in the way the Mellon about politics, cul- very good sense of Carnegie cessful dean by any measure,” See DUNN, A3 language was deliberately ture, markets, and technol- written,” Forbes said. “Vague ogy — all main components language gives enormous lat- of globalization.” itude and power to regulators Speaking after the event, in Washington, which is one Sanjeev Baidyaroy, a senior reason why this recovery has history major who describes been the weakest — in Amer- himself as often more Demo- IndiaEDU to offer Indian ican history — from a severe cratic than not, said, “I think recession.” he has the right to brag at this In regards to health care, point. It was what I’d expect Forbes said that the Ameri- of Steve Forbes. But I found schools access to technology can people want more health his comments to be witty and care, but the demand is not often funny.” seen as an opportunity. “If “He’s a very bright and people want more cars, De- well-informed person with troit would be very happy to a lot of strong opinions, and supply them,” Forbes said. I was very pleased that so “Why is this demand for many students and faculty SARAH health care seen as a disaster and people from the commu- instead of a growth opportu- nity were here,” Cohon said ZAKRAJSEK nity?” of Forbes afterwards. “It’s Staffwriter Forbes said that the U.S. just too bad we didn’t have should have health care sys- more time for him.” IndiaEdu is a new Carn- egie Mellon student organiza- tion that was formed this semester to take innovative steps toward ending educational inequity in India. Its founders aim to supplement the curriculum of underprivi- leged grade schools in Indian slums with videos of age-ap- propriate lessons taught by Carnegie Mellon faculty. IndiaEdu’s other main goal is to provide Indian schools with the technology that is necessary for presenting the learning modules. According to the website of Teach for India — the Indian equivalent of Teach for America — currently 40 percent of India’s population is illiterate, and “more than one in three chil- dren who begin primary school will drop out before reaching fi fth grade.” “Education is how you bring up a generation that shapes the future of a country,” said Abeer Agrawal, a junior electrical and computer engineering major and vice president of IndiaEdu. “Schools in India don’t have enough teachers and don’t have enough money to teach people properly, so we hope to just make some small con- tribution and help a few people.” The Carnegie Mellon students in IndiaEdu have chosen to help two particu- lar grade schools in Malad, Mumbai: Umedbhai Patel English School and Divine Child High School. According to www.indiaedu.tk, the Umedbhai Patel English School hosts approximately 500 students in kindergarten through 10th grade in four classrooms. While the schools cannot currently afford computers with Internet access, IndiaEdu is tak- ing steps to provide them with such amenities. “We want to Nicole Hamilton/Photo Staff take care of their IT requirements. They don’t have enough computers. They have no Internet,” said IndiaEdu President Dhruv Swaroop, a junior in mechani- cal engineering. Physics professor Kunal Ghosh advises the budding student orga- nization. Ghosh is the faculty ad- visor to many organizations, but he said he has had a lot of involvement with Indi- aEdu because it is so new. “I’m their cheerleader,” Ghosh said. “Ten years down the road they will know that they tried to serve others through educa- tion. This will be remem- See INDIA, A3 Nicole Hamilton/Photo Staff Celia Luswinski/Photo Editor Forbes shares his analysis of election results with students at last Map courtesy of Geocities.com Friday’s lecture and Q & A session moderated by President Cohon. A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » November 8, 2010 CAMPUS NEWS IN BRIEF Statistically Engineers receive grant Schnitzer develops clean, to assist injured soldiers affordable energy in Haiti Speaking Carnegie Mellon’s Bone bone can sometimes form A second-year Ph.D. stu- starting with direct sale of so- Last Tuesday was Election Day, and across campus, as well Tissue Engineering Center within the soft tissue of the dent in Carnegie Mellon’s lar lamps and energy-effi cient as across the nation, individuals were encouraged to utilize director Jeffrey O. Hollinger injury. department of engineering stoves to communities in ru- their rights as a citizen to vote. Recently there has been a strong and professor Krzysztof “This grant will help us and public policy, Daniel ral Haiti by establishing clean push for students to get involved in the process, as the 18- to Matyjaszewski have received prevent heterotopic ossifi ca- Schnitzer, was recently rec- energy stores,” Schnitzer said 25-year-old age range has historically been the category with a $2.9 million, three-year tion at the amputation stumps ognized for his attempts to in a university press release.