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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. the lowest numbers heading to the polls. Here are some num- grant from the Department of military troops wounded bring clean and affordable “There is acute energy pov- bers regarding the results of this year’s elections: of Defense. in combat. Our work is criti- energy to post-earthquake erty throughout the country, The grant was given for cal as amputations increase Haiti. Schnitzer is the co- and that problem was only the pair’s recent research into with the current surge in Af- founder and executive direc- magnifi ed by the January helping the injured, specifi - ghanistan,” Hollinger said in tor of EarthSpark Interna- 2010 earthquake.” 3,921,978 cally wounded soldiers. Hol- a university press release. tional, which was recently EarthSpark International votes cast for the the position of Pa. governor in the 2010 election linger and Matyjaszewski’s According to U.S. Army recognized for its efforts by www.earthsparkinternation- research explores the preven- reports, amputations among former President Bill Clin- al.org, has been operating a tion of bone nodules, which wounded soldiers increased ton’s Clinton Global Initiative store in the town of Les An- form at the site of amputa- more than 60 percent, from (CGI). The CGI empowers glais since 2008, providing tions and make it diffi cult for 47 in 2009 to 77 through global leaders to create and the citizens of Les Anglais, 3,911,729 affected individuals to wear Sept. 23 of this year. The main implement innovative solu- which has a population of votes cast for a Pa. seat in the U.S. Senate in prosthetic limbs. cause of U.S. soldier amputa- tions to some of the world’s 25,000, with affordable and the 2010 election When a limb is amputat- tions is injury from contact largest issues. clean energy through partner ed, regardless of whether it is with improvised explosive “We are working with lo- organizations. done by a doctor through sur- devices that are planted on cal partners and the Haitian 46 Republicans seated in the U.S. Senate gery or through more violent the ground or along roads in government to build electric- Compiled by means such as an explosion, combat areas. ity access from the bottom up, COURTNEY WITTEKIND

52 Democrats seated in the U.S. Senate Barbecue kicks off Homecoming weekend 2 Independents seated in the U.S. Senate

Compiled by Sources: www.latimes.com NICK GUESTO Lecture Preview “Almost Something from Oppression into Opportu- Nothing”: Richard D. nity for Women Worldwide. McCullough A New York Times bestseller, the book describes women Today at 4:30 p.m. and the challenges they face Gregg Hall (Porter Hall 100) around the world, and it has Richard D. McCullough, been discussed on shows such the vice president for re- as The Oprah Winfrey Show. search at Carnegie Mellon The work also received a Bea- and the Thomas Lord profes- con Award from the White sor of chemistry, will speak of House Project, a nonpartisan his journey from a commu- organization with a goal of nity college to a postdoctoral advancing women’s leader- degree from Columbia and ship, this year. WuDunn also the decisions that shaped his has received the Dayton Lit- career. Most recently, in July erary Peace Prize for Lifetime 2007, Carnegie Mellon ap- Achievement, the George pointed McCullough as the Polk Award, and the Overseas vice president for research, Press Club Award. where he will encourage WuDunn’s previous posi- interdisciplinary and cross- tions include vice president in college research as well as the investment management technological growth. Previ- division at Goldman, Sachs & ously, McCullough served as Co., commercial loan offi cer the dean of the Mellon Col- at Bankers Trust, executive lege of Science after roles as and journalist for The New a professor of chemistry and York Times, and The Times’s the head of the chemistry fi rst evening news anchor of department in 1998. His edu- a program for digital cable, cation consists of a B.S. from among others. the University of Texas at Dal- Celia Ludwinski/Photo Editor las and a Ph.D. from Johns Last Wednesday, the campus community was invited to begin Homecoming weekend with a barbecue at the Fence. The event offered attendants Hopkins University. He was Identities in Confl ict: free hot dogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers, chips, and drinks from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Students were also invited to swipe their ID cards to also a postdoctoral fellow at The Recognition enter into an iPod Shuffl e giveaway. Columbia University. of Migrants, How Besides his position as the Exceptional is New York vice president of research, as an Immigrant City? McCullough is also a world- Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. renowned expert in printable Adamson Wing electronics and the discov- Campus Crime & Incident Reports (Baker Hall 136A) erer of regioregular polythio- phenes. This discovery helped Nancy Foner is the Distin- identifi ed, he fl ed the scene. to create plastic solar cells guished Professor of Sociolo- Theft Criminal Mischief Suspicious Person The male will receive an arrest and plastic transistors. gy at the Hunter College and Oct. 28, 2010 Oct. 29, 2010 Nov. 1, 2010 through summons and will be the Graduate Center, City University Police respond- University Police respond- University Police respond- charged with misdemeanors. University of New York, and ed to the University Center ed to Hamburg Hall for a re- ed to Hunt Library for a report Women and Children will discuss New York as a key Bookstore to a report that a port that a male forcefully re- of a white male, described as in the Millennium to immigrant histories. She female had just stolen several moved a sink from the wall in 5'7" tall, 160 pounds, and in Theft Development Goals wrote in the lecture abstract items from the store. Later, the men’s bathroom. Offi cers his late 30s, with short, light Nov. 3, 2010 Friday at 7:30 p.m. that “New York’s remarkable police received a phone call were able to fi nd the male, brown hair and a beard, who La Roche College, ethnic and racial diversity, from the female who stole the who admitted to police that tried to steal a laptop from a University Police respond- Zappala College Center its immigrant history, and in- items, as she wished to return he removed the sink because student. Police searched the ed to an in-progress theft of stitutions have combined to the items taken and turn her- he was tired and angry. The surrounding area but were a bicycle at the Stever House As part of La Roche Col- make it a receiving city that, self in to the authorities. male was cited for criminal unable to locate the man. bicycle rack. The suspect was lege’s “Global Problems, in many ways, is like no other mischief. described as a black male in Global Solutions” Confer- in the United States.” his late 30s. Offi cers were not ence, Sheryl WuDunn, the The lecture will highlight Odor of Marijuana Suspicious Person able to fi nd the suspect upon fi rst Asian-American to win a how immigration has af- Oct. 29, 2010 Traffi c Stop Nov. 2, 2010 arrival, but the suspect did not Pulitzer Prize, will speak on fected the social construc- Oct. 30, 2010 get away with the bicycle. The An odor of marijuana was A suspicious person was Friday relating to the confer- tion of race and ethnicity in cable lock securing the bicycle reported in Morewood Gar- A traffi c stop was initiated sighted at Skibo Café in the ence’s theme of Women and New York. Specifi cally, Foner was cut, and police took cus- dens E Tower. Upon further by University Police at the cor- University Center. The person Children in the Millennium claims that immigration has tody of the bicycle until the investigation, offi cers were ner of Forbes and Morewood was identifi ed by the caller as Development Goals. Wu- changed intergroup relations owner could be contacted. able to pinpoint where the avenues for a red light viola- a person who had been previ- Dunn is already well-known to a particular “New York odor was coming from. The tion. Offi cers found an open ously escorted off campus and for works written with her way.” husband Nicolas Kristof, in- two students responsible were container of an alcoholic malt given a defi ant trespass warn- cluding China Wakes and cited. beverage in the back seat. Two ing notice. When the male her most recent co-authored Compiled by citations were issued. was stopped by police and book, Half the Sky: Turning COURTNEY WITTEKIND

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Candidates who intend to delivery of an extended period the department of modern more than three decades be- inspiring professor for me. The department of modern teach in a second language are of undergraduate instruction. languages who specialize in fore the fi nancial crisis.” Co- One of those guys that people languages announced a new required to take an oral profi - Since only fi ve to 10 students areas not included in the Ph.D. hon pointed out, “One of the sometimes talk about when master’s degree in applied ciency interview during the are expected to be admitted to program. things that’s important for a they talk about a teacher who second language acquisition. application process. the MA in SLA program annu- Specialties incorporated dean is to hold the respect of changed their lives,” said As one of only two graduate One goal of the new pro- ally, these mentoring experi- into the MA of applied SLA the faculty.… Ken started his Tepper, who, as an MBA stu- degrees offered by the depart- gram is to stress, according to ences are possible. include cultural studies, lan- career as a faculty member, dent, had Dunn as a profes- ment of modern languages, the website, “content courses” This, in essence, is the goal guage pedagogy, and tech- so he came here with that re- sor. “I describe Ken as more according to its website, the rather than the courses re- of the program. “It is hoped nology-enhanced learning. spect.” as a Moses…. Moses who has master’s in applied second quired for teaching certifi ca- that the students will establish “Based on the technological In 1987, Dunn went into brought us to the promised language acquisition (MA tion, which tend to burden a reputation for linguistic and resources available at Carne- the private sector to work at land…. But Moses’ job is done in applied SLA) “draws on master’s of art in teaching content excellence,” Jones gie Mellon, we should be well the investment fi rm Miller, when he got to the promised strengths of the department programs. said, “rather than the more equipped to produce teachers Anderson & Sherrerd, which land. Ken, you’re not getting of modern languages at Carn- “Perhaps its differentiating common record of completion who are innovative and pro- became Morgan Stanley af- off the hook that easy.” egie Mellon.” characteristic,” Jones claimed, of formal requirement courses gressive in the classroom,” ter its aquisition in 1996. In “As Ken’s deanship comes The year-long program is “is the amount of mentoring associated with the certifi ca- said Andrea Pickel, a fi rst-year 2002, Dunn retired as man- to a conclusion, he remains oriented towards preparing students will receive.” Men- tion process.” in the Carnegie Institute of aging director at Morgan hard at work on the work of students for careers teaching torship begins the fi rst semes- Carnegie Mellon seems Technology who is also study- Stanley to return to Carnegie the school so to speak for the second languages. According ter of the program and contin- to be the place to make that ing Chinese. Mellon as dean of the Tepper possibility of a new physical to the website, the program is ues into the second semester. happen. Richie Stuver, a fi rst- At this point, the success School, then called the Grad- home for the school,” said aimed towards both U.S. and In the second semester, the year in H&SS who is currently of the program remains to be uate School of Industrial Ad- Kamlet. “Under his dean- international students and students are placed with a studying Japanese, said, “The seen. The fi rst class of master’s ministration. ship the school achieved a highlights “second-language regular faculty member, and modern languages program in applied second language ac- “It’s been the hardest job forward momentum upon acquisition, cultural studies, they work in a course led by delves deeper than other sup- quisition students will arrive I’ve ever had, but it’s also which a new dean will be pedagogy, and technology- that faculty member. Students plemental language instruc- in the fall of 2011. However, been the best and most re- able to build.” enhanced learning.” The MA are also required to partici- tion by providing a means of if the hopes of the department warding job I’ve ever had, Dunn admits it’s an ambi- in applied SLA is a profession- pate in classroom exercises. exploring language through are anything to go on, the can- and I wonder If it could’ve tious prospect, particularly ally oriented degree, which This includes observation of access and understanding of didates will be well-prepared been the best and most re- after the recent building ad- will allow graduates to pursue experienced teachers, short culture.” to tackle the challenges of the warding if it wasn’t the hard- dition to the Tepper School, employment at the secondary interventions in classroom in- The program was devel- classroom. est,” Dunn said. “It was that but he remains confi dent. “I or university level. Candidates challenge that made it really remember people telling me should intend to teach one of great to be here.” ‘Ken, you look at the world the fi ve languages that the “When we talked to Ken through rose-colored glasses.’ program offers: English as a about him coming back, he Well, now everyone is wear- second language, French, Ger- needed no convincing,” said ing the same glasses,” said man, Chinese, or Japanese. Cohon. “He basically said ‘I’m Dunn. “We have tremendous According to Christopher coming back to raise money momentum, and I’m confi - Jones, the director of the MA for GSIA,’ and raise money he dent that this momentum will in applied SLA program, Car- did.” continue because we are now negie Mellon’s program dis- Dunn is probably most wearing the same glasses.” tinguishes itself by requiring well known for facilitating A search committee is “greater language profi ciency the $55 million naming gift currently in the process of at the beginning of our degree from Tepper, the largest gift fi nding a successor to Dunn. than the MAT [master’s of art in the history of Carnegie Spatt is chairing the commit- in teaching] programs and Mellon. However, students tee, which consists of several certifying bodies require at and faculty remember Dunn prominent Tepper faculty. the end.” for much more than his help After resigning, Dunn The curriculum emphasiz- in securing the fi nancial gift. and his wife, Pamela, plan es strength in language. The His success as dean can also to move to New York to be program of study shown on be seen in a series of statistics closer to their children, Amy the modern languages web- recently released in a univer- and Brett Dunn. “We’ve rent- site states that students whose sity press release- the number ed an apartment on 72nd language skills are not up to Jesse Kummer/Personnel Manager of endowed professorships and Broadway,” Dunn said. par are expected to take a The new masters program will prepare students for careers teaching second languages. held by Tepper School faculty “We’ll be close to Amy and increased by more than 40 close to Brett … and we’ll be percent and the school’s ad- [closer] to our grandson and mission test scores have seen our granddaughter, who we signifi cant gains, with an are expecting in late Decem- IndiaEdu to address inequities in increase of 44 points in the ber.” educational technology access INDIA, from A1 bered as a worthwhile experi- ence at CMU.” To date, the IndiaEdu students have recorded one presentation on the charac- teristics of light, intended for middle-school-aged students and given by Carnegie Mellon professor of physics Leonard Kisslinger. The organization hopes to spur increased par- ticipation so that faculty from across campus can share their passions with the students in India and throughout the world. “Some kids in faraway In- dia will remember this. These strangers wanted to help them. That will be transformative for them, also,” Ghosh said. Before learning modules recorded on campus can reach students in India and else- Tommy Hofman/Assistant Photo Editor where, however, Swaroop ex- Fundraising Chair Amanbir Singh, a junior science and humanities scholar, and Vice President Abeer Agrawal plained several intermediate hope to improve the educational experiences of students in India. steps that must be taken. In addition to the basic vid- ple would have heard about technology that they will un- plete strangers.... We have eo editing process, subtitles it, in India and elsewhere, doubtedly face, Ghosh believes been fortunate to have been and captions must be added that we would have a system that the IndiaEdu students’ ef- given an opportunity to serve to each of the videos. “Once working where professors can forts will be worthwhile. our world.” we get the content up, any- record videos for us and they “No matter how busy we one can view it because it’s all go online instantaneously,” are, student or faculty, we Editor’s Note: Abeer Agrawal Jonathan Carreon/Photo Staff electronic. I hope that by the Swaroop said. must fi nd a little niche in life is a junior staffwriter for The Dunn will step down as the dean of Tepper School of Business after time I graduate, enough peo- Despite challenges with to serve unselfi shly, even com- Tartan. years of commitment to business education at Carnegie Mellon.

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Electricity-monitoring technology surges forward at Carnegie Mellon DANIEL TKACIK electricity is evaluated. Staffwriter “While you’re receiving an energy audit, you should be Every month we pay for at the same time training the electricity. The bill we receive system, with the added benefi t usually tells us two things: that you get all the [electrical] How much money we owe signatures there and you can and how much power we’ve leave the NILM in place, and it consumed. We know very will collect the same data that little beyond those two things that guy would collect in one about our energy-consuming day, but continuously,” Berges behavior for that month. For said. A prototype NILM system anyone trying to reduce his was tested in the study, and or her energy consumption, was found to correctly iden- not knowing how to reduce tify the power consumption of electricity usage can hinder many household appliances, his or her strategy. However, but had some trouble with ap- researchers at Carnegie Mel- pliances that were not present lon are currently developing a during the “training.” system that may be able to tell Of course, there are several you how much energy each improvements that need to appliance in your home is con- be made to this system. Even suming at any given time. though an energy audit makes Mario Berges, an assistant the “training” much easier, it professor in the civil and en- still involves labor for the cus- vironmental engineering de- tomer, which may deter inter- partment, began his research est. by helping construct a system Also, there are some ap- to monitor electricity usage in pliances on the market that various buildings on the uni- do not have clear electrical versity’s campus. Berges and signatures. They may have his colleagues initially imple- several different power levels mented meters that would that they cycle through, rather measure the amount of power than one stable electric signal going through individual cir- that is easy to detect by the cuits. Maria Raffaele/Art Editor NILM. Circuits regulate the power This research is a step in going through many different of labor, and was not able to monitoring systems. nique known as non-intrusive or outlet, but would need to be the right direction for provid- outlets that may be located track changes in what was “There’s a whole research load monitoring (NILM), “trained”, or given informa- ing useful energy-consuming in different rooms. By turn- plugged in. For example, the area around the idea of tak- which involved measuring tion about the appliances in information, and it also offers ing every electric appliance electric signal from a specifi c ing non-intrusive measure- the total electrical power us- your house. opportunities for other types on and off, Berges’ group was outlet might be identifi ed as ments, which means taking age of an entire building and In a study that was recently of studies to be performed. able to identify what the elec- “computer,” but if the comput- measurements outside of the deducing which appliances published in the Journal of In- The existence of this data tric signal for each individual er were to be removed from house [using the home’s elec- contributed that total power dustrial Ecology, Berges and could offer insight into topics appliance looked like, creating that outlet and replaced with tric meter]. From those mea- consumption using various colleagues proposed that the like domestic human behav- an “electrical signature” for a lamp, the system could not surements, you can infer what communication and informa- “training” of the system should ior or effi ciencies of various that appliance. make the correction by itself. each appliance is doing based tion technologies. This tech- happen when an electrician household products. The problems with the Berges and his colleagues then on how they consume the nique would be simpler and comes to your house to per- Berges said, “There are setup, however, were that it began thinking of simpler, power,” Berges said. cheaper than installing moni- form an energy audit in which many doors that open up, and was expensive, involved a lot smarter, and less-intrusive The idea involved a tech- toring systems on every circuit the useage of your house’s it’s not only for consumers.”

HOW THINGS WORK LED Incapacitators: Lights can overload brain, cause confusion

NIHARIKA SINGH frequencies, intensities, and this can cause permanent tis- lights used as strobe lights. In might eventually be used by bedazzler/make.html. Junior Staffwriter patterns to stop them from sue damage to the eyes, and it LEDIs, the basic mode of op- law enforcement offi cers. All The LEDI are only one of running away from law en- also requires the ability to aim eration is that these LED lights this circuit really needs is a many new ideas on the market New LED Incapacitators forcement offi cers, according well from a distance. LEDIs do just blink on and off in a vari- few LED lights and a small mi- that are trying to make weap- (LEDIs) that have been devel- to www.howthingswork.com. not cause lasting harm, and ety of colors very rapidly. This croprocessor to control when ons less permanently damag- oped almost seem like a pre- This does not cause any physi- only need to be aimed near the ends up confusing the target the lights come on and off, and ing and more humane. Non- cursor to lightsabers in that cal harm, but will cause disori- subject’s location. without injuring him or her. the fi nished payoff is a bunch lethal innovations to weapons both use light as a weapon. entation and, in some cases, LEDIs work by taking ad- For all of these reasons, the of blinking lights that might like LEDIs are favorable, as However, there is one very nausea. The weapon is de- vantage of limitations the fi nished version of the LEDI is induce a slight headache if they will allow law enforce- important difference between signed for use by border patrol brain has in processing infor- being eagerly anticipated by stared at for long enough. ment offi cers to be able to sub- the two. LEDIs have been de- and national guard personnel, mation. When light is shone many. One such guide can be found due criminals without causing signed especially to be non- according to www.guardian. onto a person’s retina, the part A second phase of develop- at www.ladyada.net/make/ physical injury. lethal weapons for subduing co.uk. of the eye that detects light, in- ment of the LEDI will be tested people, while any self-respect- The LEDIs have several ad- formation is sent to the brain. by volunteers at Penn State ing Star Wars fan knows about vantages over other weapons However, LEDIs pulse light at University, according to www. the amount of harm a lightsa- designed to fulfi ll the same a speed faster than the brain gizmag.com. One goal of In- ber can do. LEDIs have been task. For example, Tasers and can process. This overfl ow of telligent Optical Systems is to developed in California by In- other stun guns can also dis- information can incapacitate reduce the size of the current telligent Optical Systems, and orient people, but they require a person for minutes after the LEDI model to make it more rhe technology involved has the shooter to be close to the light has stopped fl ashing. portable. impressed the U.S. Depart- person being subdued. Also, Another deterrent that For the electronics enthusi- ment of Homeland Security these machines can trigger uses light is called “strobing,” ast, there are online tutorials so much that the company re- heart attacks in people with where a strobe light is used to available that provide simple ceived a million-dollar grant weak hearts, and they are ca- confuse people. LEDIs func- step-by-step instructions on Courtesy of The Department of Homeland Security from the department. pable of causing great amounts tion in a manner closest to this how to create a homemade An example of the LED Incapacitator is shown on the left. Behind the LEDIs are designed to con- of pain. Lasers can also be alternative, but LED lights are LEDI. The homemade version LED lights are microprocessors and other electrical assembly that cause fuse people enough by puls- shone into people’s eyes to usually much more durable isn’t as powerful or as sophis- the lights to fl ash in a specifi ed way. On the right, a hypothetical scenario ing LED lights in different stop them from moving, but and power effi cient than the ticated as the weapon that of its use is depicted.

HEALTHTALK Painkillers: Blocking transmission of signals to brain reduces pain COURTNEY CHIN a series of chemicals such as this barrier is broken, the Sports Editor serotonin, histamine, and narcotics have a direct impact potassium that act as chemi- on the central nervous system “Keep out of reach of chil- cal messengers from the pain and can cause mood and be- dren” is most often the fi rst site to the brain, according to havioral changes, according to warning that appears on the www.uic.edu. When released, www.webmd.com. labels of painkillers. Painkill- these neurotransmitters travel One class of narcotic is opi- ers, or analgesics, are drugs to the spinal cord and up to the ates. Opiates are natural al- that block the pain receptors brain, where they are then in- kaloids taken from the resin in your body from sending terpreted as pain and prompt of poppy seeds and are the neurotransmitters, or pain the physical feeling of discom- base for well-known painkill- signals, to your brain. These fort. ers such as morphine, heroin, analgesics range from mild Painkillers are classifi ed and, of course, opium. Since over-the-counter drugs such into two different types: non- this class of drug breaks the as acetaminophen — the most narcotics and narcotics. Non- blood-brain barrier, the drug common ingredient in Tylenol narcotic medication includes itself travels to your brain di- and other pain medications — over-the-counter forms such rectly and activates the part of to the extremely potent, with as asprin and Tylenol, with your brain responsible for feel- examples being morphine or the active ingredients ibupro- ing pleasure. hydrocodone. Too high of a fen and acetaminophen. Side This causes a sudden re- dosage or improper usage of effects of non-narcotics tend lease of dopamine and endor- these drugs can cause serious to be mild and do not cause phins which can cause a “high,” side effects or even death. brain-alterating states, like or a relaxed state. An article Pain is a natural reaction their narcotic counterparts. on www.teens.drugabuse.gov the body has when part of its Narcotics, on the other hand, states that these drugs don’t tissue is damaged. When this are extremely dangerous and block the natural opioid re- occurs, a process of signal can have serious side effects ceptors in our body, but rather transmission from the initial due to the breaking of the alter the brain’s perception of pain receptors to the brain be- blood-brain barrier when con- pain by blocking neurotrans- gins, which is called nocicep- sumed. This means that the ac- missions from ever reaching Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons tion. First, the pain receptors tive chemicals in the painkill- The large, round seed pod of the opium poppy plant can be harvested for different uses. Chemicals extracted of the damaged tissue release ers can enter the brain. When See PAIN, A5 from the plant are used in the production of painkilling medications. November 8, 2010 « The Tartan thetartan.org/scitech » A5

Blocking pain may SCITECH BRIEFS also change mood

Courtesy of NOAA Pictured is a blackened coral in the Gulf of Mexico, with an orange brittle starfi sh coiled around its branches. Retinal implant helps Icelandic volcano poses Dead and dying coral in blind people with a new threat, authorities Gulf of Mexico linked to degenerative diseases see worried it may erupt recent BP oil spill

Retina Implant AG, a company from Only two months after Icelandic vol- Scientists surveying the sea fl oor on Germany, has tested chips that can be cano Eyjafjallajökull erupted, halting air a National Oceanic and Atmospheric implanted behind a blind person’s reti- traffi c throughout Europe, geophysicists Administration (NOAA) research vessel Celia Ludwinski/Photo Editor na, the part of the eye that detects light. are monitoring another volcano in Ice- have found dead and dying coral reefs. Non-narcotic painkillers include the compound acetaminophen and These chips allow people to pick out land, Grímsvötn, which is showing signs The location of the reefs, which are near do not cause altered mental states, as narcotic drugs occasionally do. bright objects. The tested subjects have of activity. Grímsvötn had its last erup- the site of the Apr. 20 BP oil spill, and the PAIN, from A4 cord, which are components certain congenital diseases that cause tion in November 2004, which briefl y presence of large, drifting plumes of oil, of the central nervous system. blindness, such as retinitis pigmentosa, halted local air travel. However, a recent indicated that death was likely a result the brain. Receptors can also be found which causes degeneration of cells in the fl ood at a nearby glacier was the indica- of the oil spill. While oil is naturally re- An opioid is the general in the gastrointestinal tract. retina. As light enters the eye, the chip tion for new activity of the volcano. The leased from the seafl oor, it is general not term for the chemical that When opioids are ingested, converts the light into electrical signals magma chamber of Grímsvötn is buried released in quantities that kill organisms. is harvested from a poppy they bind to these receptors that are sent to optic nerves. beneath 650 feet of ice, and movement The darkened appearance of the coral fl ower, with the fi nished and prevent pain signals from Eberhart Zrenner, a professor from the of this magma caused glacial ice to melt. indicated they were dying from exposure product of opium being the reaching the brain. University of Tuebingen in Germany, and The pressure of the melted water pushed to toxic substances. Scientists also found root drug for today’s medica- According to arthritis. his colleagues have tested this chip on against the surface of the ice, until it was that a brownish substance that covered tions. This class of drug can about.com, besides raising many subjects, who have reported mixed forced upward, causing the fl ooding. the coral was dead tissue and sediment. include opiate narcotics, but pain tolerance and hinder- results. One patient, Miikka Terho, was Gunnar Gundmundson, from the Ice- Future tests must be performed on the also includes synthetically ing the brain’s perception of able to read a plaque with his intentional- landic Meteorological Offi ce, has report- coral skeletons to confi rm if the oil spill created drugs that mimic the pain, opioids are extremely ly misspelled name, as well as determine ed that no underground tremors have was responsible for the coral reef death. chemicals found in opium effective pain relievers, and how his name was misspelled. Other sub- been recorded. Tremors are good indica- In addition, the scientists hope to return poppy. The National Institute in some cases, can cause eu- jects, however, showed no improvement, tions that a volcano may erupt. However, to the same location as well as different on Drug Abuse (NIDA) states phoria. However, the NIDA and it was determined that as progression authorities are worried that an eruption regions to investigate further to look for on www.drugabuse.gov/ reports that opioids are one of the disease increased, the effectiveness may halt air traffi c to the same degree as long-term effects of the oil spill. researchreports that opioids of three most commonly of the chip decreased. the Eyjafjallajökull eruption caused. work by binding to opioid re- abused prescription medi- Source: The New York Times ceptors throughout our body. cations. Although effective, Source: BBC Source: Der Spiegel These receptors are generally opioids should be taken with Compiled By found in our brain and spinal caution. BRIAN LEE A6 « thetartan.org/forum The Tartan » November 8, 2010

FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD Obama’s shellacking leads to word revival his recent embarrassment, now he is going to set a tone. That tone: shellacking. Obama has applied resin to his speech, a layer so thick the BBC’s News Mag- PATRICK GAGE KELLEY azine has run a piece describing what a shellacking actually is. But Shellacking: “2. A beating or in his midterm campaigning and thrashing, a ‘pasting,’ a defeat. his conversations post-“defeat,” Slang.” So says the Oxford English Dictionary. Yes, it is this slang — this varnish-infl uenced term — that “I think that, has brought forth a deluge of press headlines describing President Ba- over the course rack Obama’s performance in the of two years, we recent midterm elections. Of course, Obama was not actu- were so busy and ally running for any offi ce, but in a so focused on speech he blamed himself for the Democrats’ “shellacking” in the re- getting a bunch /Contributing Editor Patrick Gage Kelley cent polls. Of course, though they of stuff done did maintain their control of the Deciding academic calendar is not diffi cult process Senate, and the Democrats also have that we stopped a president who continues to push paying attention In a mass e-mail, University Reg- other committee will be convened to end dates can simply be moved up a serious legislation through a frac- istrar John Papinchak announced further consider calendar “options” week in the appropriate years — as tured Congress, the recent elections to the fact that last Tuesday that fall classes for next before any start date for the follow- was in fact done in 2009 and 1998, have been admitted even by Obama academic year will begin on Aug. 29, ing two years is ratifi ed. the last two times a Dec. 11 schedule as a decisive defeat. leadership isn’t just 2011, one week before Labor Day. Though we are not sure what oth- would have occurred. Indeed, with But what really is this defeat? legislation.” We would think that such a deci- er options the Carnegie Mellon ad- only seven standard start dates and Maybe it isn’t the seats lost or the sion would be entirely reasonable ministration has in mind, we do know seven standard end dates, Carnegie shifting of the House from blue to and wholly unremarkable: The Mon- that this decision should not require Mellon must only ever develop seven red. As Obama said to 60 Minutes: Barack Obama day before Labor Day is, as Papinchak extensive committee discussion. standard academic calendars. Deter- “I think that, over the course of U.S. President wrote, the university’s “traditional We realize that a later start to mining the fall class schedule for any two years, we were so busy and so start date.” However, last week’s an- classes in August leads to a later end given year should be as simple as ask- focused on getting a bunch of stuff nouncement was only made after an to fi nal exams in December, in some ing someone in Enrollment Services done that we stopped paying atten- he has begun to address the extended period of feedback-gather- years causing the fi nal exams to to pull out and reprint the appropri- tion to the fact that leadership isn’t populace that must continue to be- ing. The university’s original proposal stretch perilously close to year-end ate version. Classes in 2005 began on just legislation. That it’s a matter of lieve in him. for the 2011–12 academic calendar, holidays. But we also know that the Monday, Aug. 29, as will classes in persuading people. And giving them Through this most recent trial, circulated last May, had set the be- Gregorian calendar — the method 2011, and as should classes in 2016. confi dence and bringing them to- regardless of his continued effort to ginning of fall classes a week earlier, most of the world has settled on for The schedule that was advanced by gether. And setting a tone.” do what is right for the country and on Aug. 22, 2011, and was expected reckoning dates — is consistent. one week in 1998 and 2009 can al- So this is his new tone: not just for future generations of Americans, to have been approved in June. Since Since Labor Day is always the fi rst ready be confi rmed for use again in pushing legislation, but actually he must again compel us to sup- then, the schedule has been dis- Monday in September, that means 2015. selling it. Something we should have port him, through his actions and cussed by groups all across campus, that Carnegie Mellon’s usual start While we appreciate the campus expected Obama — the known man through his words. ranging from student government date will always fall between Aug. reaching out to students for feed- of words, philosopher president, assemblies to the Faculty Senate and 25 and Aug. 31, and the last day of back, we think that this issue has be- best-selling author, and famed ora- Patrick Gage Kelley (pkelley@) is a the Associate Deans’ Council. And fall classes will normally fall be- come more contentious than it needs tor — to be able to do. He should be contributing editor for The Tartan. even though the university’s offi cial tween Dec. 5 and Dec. 11. If it is not to be. In the case of the academic able to offer confi dent leadership to He is not sure if he is a shellacker or start date has fi nally been set for next desirable to have classes in session calendar, a formulaic approach is the back up his legislation. So, in light of a shellackee. year, Papinchak indicated that an- as late as Dec. 11, the fall start and best choice. Low college voter turnout diminishes students’ voice LETTER TO THE EDITOR In Pennsylvania’s Senate race last When the votes were counted, the population of Centre County Library lighting decisions Tuesday, Republican Pat Toomey de- Toomey beat Sestak 51 to 49 per- dropped precipitously in the two feated Democrat Joe Sestak by a nar- cent. Yet among college-age voters years between elections. This seems considered student input row margin — under 100,000 votes. — the 18–24 age group — exit polls unlikely. Also unlikely is that the This race was much closer than it showed a 60–40 split for Sestak over county demographics went through fi rst appeared, but it could have been Toomey. a major change. The most reasonable This letter is in response to the Nov. Hunt Library last week. Almost 300 even tighter. In the 2008 election, high turn- explanation is that fewer Democrats 1 editorial titled “Hunt Library light- students signed and wrote com- Sestak’s campaign targeted col- out of college voters was credited in turned out this year than in 2008, ing changes campus image, needed ments to the Hunt family to thank lege voters, typically a reliable de- part for Barack Obama’s victory. This particularly compared to the Repub- student feedback.” them for the building. The Libraries mographic for liberal Democrats, was particularly evident in Pennsyl- lican turnout. And given that about will be having a thank-you dinner at least in attitude. They are less so vania’s Centre County, the location 40,000 Penn State students are resi- Carnegie Mellon architecture for the Hunts on the evening of Nov. in turnout, as Tuesday’s election of Pennsylvania State University. dents of Centre County, we think it is students Grace Ding, Fatima Kanch- 20 in the Maggie Murph Café. While showed. This important voting bloc In 2008, 75,000 votes were cast for clear that low college voter turnout wala, and Arthur Notaro worked the cafe will be closed, the building could have made a difference in the president, and Obama won with 55 led to Centre’s swing to the right. with their professor Cindy Limauro will remain open for Saturday night Pennsylvania Senate race, but they percent of the vote. In Tuesday’s elec- With Pennsylvania’s large college to design the new lighting for the ex- studiers. Perhaps those students and didn’t. This apathy is disappointing tion, though, only 45,000 votes were student population, this group could terior of Hunt Library. Like the light- others will want to join the dinner and dangerous. If candidates feel cast. Toomey won the county by a have had a persuasive voice in public ing for the Pausch Bridge, the Hunt guests in seeing the Hunt exterior that college students are not a worth- margin of 2.5 percent. debate and in the election. Instead, lighting uses green, energy-saving, lit for the fi rst time at 7 p.m. A few while demographic to target, they There are a few possible expla- it merely reinforced the unfortunate and cost-effective LED technology students have been invited to the will focus on the interests of other nations for this enormous change stereotype that college students are and will be programmable, with the dinner, and I’m sure the Hunt family groups. in electoral results. One is that apathetic about their government. display changing as desired. In the would enjoy having others join in a larger project the students created, “hurrah for Hunt” cheer as the light- the façade lighting costs are covered ing comes on. Homecoming should refl ect unique university culture by savings from greener solutions Please contact one of us, or any for interior Hunt lighting. Relight- member of the Student Advisory This year, there were no alumni This change, however, leaves the coming should cater to our specifi c ing the interior of Hunt is not yet Council, if you have further com- reunions as a part of the activities for question of what Homecoming at school culture and not a more gen- funded. ments about the Hunt lighting Homecoming. Instead the reunions Carnegie Mellon should be. At many eral college standard. The Libraries’ Student Advisory project, the Hunt birthday, or other have been moved to Spring Carnival, other universities, Homecoming cen- Some steps have already been Council was consulted and does sup- library issues. The Libraries are im- and we’re happy that they have been. ters on a football game. We can all taken to make Homecoming refl ect port this new initiative. Its members portant to students and are attentive Alumni — especially recent alumni — agree that football is not a large part Carnegie Mellon’s unique environ- include Aaron Gross, Patrick Kelley, to student feedback. don’t typically come back for Home- of the culture here, so there seems to ment. We think the chili cook-off, the D.J. Schuldt, Jake Flittner, Jarrett coming; they come back for Carnival. be no reason to center our event on Scotch’n’Soda show, and Bhangra Adams, Ben Guterman, Corinne Arthur Notaro Carnival is one of the most unique it. If last week’s “A Person’s Opinion” in the Burgh are great steps toward Walters, Erica Spiritos, Arthur No- Architecture 2011 events at Carnegie Mellon and cer- is any indication, students most look developing such a Carnegie Mellon taro, Sam Faller, and Zach Cohen. tainly one of the most memorable for forward to the chili cook-off of any tradition. We are happy to see the I am sure that they would be will- Gloriana St. Clair its students. In fact, many reunions Homecoming event. university create events that express ing to host any larger-scale student Dean of University Libraries were already held during Carnival. That said, we believe that Home- our unique aspects instead of trying feedback event at which the light- This switch will help both consolidate coming is an important Carnegie to fi t us into a more typical college ing team could discuss its ideas and Editor’s Note: Patrick Kelley is the planning efforts of the staff and Mellon event and one of the few image. We look forward to seeing demonstrate programming options. a contributing editor for The make for a more cohesive reunion events that stands out during the fall how Homecoming changes in the The Libraries’ SAC sponsored a Tartan and a member of the editorial across various generations. semester. However, we think Home- coming years. 1,000-cupcake birthday party for board.

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LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES Dept. of Interior selection process needs analysis ‘Mr. Yuk’ tiff on the lawsuit) — fi led the appro- department’s internal information It is unclear whether Google Apps priate protests concerning the RFQ, technology standardization manual. is the best solution to the DOI’s re- as well as a second licensed reseller Upon further inspection of the sup- quest for comment, but that is largely an Ultimate who does not appear on the lawsuit. porting documents, more inconsis- inconsequential in this case. Rather, In the suit, Google provides a signifi - tencies arise. For example, the DOI the important details are that the ISAAC JONES cant amount of background informa- requests that the proposed solution DOI eliminated Google Apps without experience tion and accuses the DOI of violating complies with the Federal Informa- proper consideration in the contract, As Google grew as a company and the Competition in Contracting Act tion Systems Management Act. How- effectively pre-selecting Microsoft’s expanded its products and services, in submitting the RFQ with the LSJ. ever, BPOS-Federal does not comply software suite despite its provable in- it was inevitable that it would begin This is the act that normally forces with this requirement — but Google feriorities to Google’s offering. Such targeting businesses and encourag- RFQs not to specify a product. Apps does. In addition, Google attests an action is not only illegal, but also JESSE KUMMER ing them to adopt the Internet giant’s At fi rst, it may seem that Google’s that it proved that Google Apps meets bad for the government and for tax- application suite, known as Google lawsuit is on weak legal ground. Af- the requirements for the RFQ. In fact, payers. If the DOI is found guilty, it When I fi rst came to Carnegie Apps. For many businesses, this mod- ter all, according to the lawsuit, the the DOI stated that Google Apps was calls into question the selection pro- Mellon, all I wanted to do was el makes a lot of sense, and the Google DOI designated the BPOS-Federal not out of the running and would be cess for every government contract make friends while playing a fun Apps platform has seen success. How- software as “the offi cial standard for given a fair shake in the procurement with a Limited Source Justifi cation. sport that would keep me in shape. ever, Google is not satisfi ed with just messaging and collaboration servic- process. Obviously, this was not the The men’s Ultimate Frisbee team the business world. It wants a piece es,” effective July 15. However, the case, as the DOI excluded Google Isaac Jones (ijones@) is Comics editor here has done that for me and so of (read: all of) the government pie LSJ attests that the source determina- Apps during the procurement process for The Tartan and a former govern- much more. If you’ve never seen as well. To that effect, Google spoke tion was made in accordance with the by requiring BPOS-Federal software. ment employee. or played Ultimate yourself, you with the Department of the Interior are missing out on one of the most (DOI) about replacing its 13 separate electrifying sports around today. e-mail and computing platforms with Guys on our team push their bod- a unifi ed platform — built by Google, ies beyond physical limits on a dai- of course. ly basis. In my opinion, we practice After these conversations, the DOI and train harder than most other issued a request for quotation (RFQ) athletic teams here. and a supporting document called a Did you know that Carnegie Limited Source Justifi cation (LSJ) Mellon men’s Ultimate is the only for e-mail and collaboration services, team that competes at a Division specifying that Microsoft’s Business I level at this university? It’s true. Productivity Online Suite-Federal Over my three-plus years playing (BPOS-Federal) be the only solution for this school, I have competed proposed. Normally, this would not with teams from the Universi- be allowed in an RFQ, as it limits pos- ties of Pittsburgh and Tennessee, sible products. However, the DOI cir- Penn State, Ohio State, and count- cumvented this restriction by doing less others. We travel as far away market research and proving that, in as Georgia for tournaments from its opinion, no other product on the September through April. Our market met all of the requirements rapidly expanding program holds for the proposal. In such a case, the practices year-round that everyone LSJ describes this process and es- on campus is welcome to attend. tablishes that the specifi ed source or The Carnegie Mellon men’s Ul- sources are the only ones that will be timate team, which affectionately considered. goes by the name “Mr. Yuk,” has In this case, the LSJ specifi ed existed since 1975. Since then, only the BPOS-Federal software, and the team has grown substantially, Google took issue with this. Accord- especially in the last decade, dur- ing to the lawsuit fi led by Google, ing which we have at least doubled both the parent company — Google in size. We have added a B team to — and its licensed reseller — Onix provide ample playing time for stu- Networking Corporation (a co-plain- Celia Ludwinski/Photo Editor dents who arrive here still thinking a “hammer” is just something you pound nails with. (Hint: It’s also an COMMUNITY OPINIONS overhand throw.) If you have recently come to know that Carnegie Mellon has ‘I <3 Hamas’ presentation expressed bias an Ultimate team, it was probably due to the fact that we tabled out- REBECCA YASNER that should be offensive to the entire a launching pad to send rockets into Sanctions movement against the side Doherty and in the UC and University of Pittsburgh and Pitts- Israel, with over 8,000 rockets fall- State of Israel. screamed for the campus commu- I <3 Murder. burgh community, “I <3 Hamas.” ing in range of Israeli cities.... Hamas “As you may be able to tell, I don’t nity in general to “like” a jersey I <3 Anti-Semitism. How could the University of Pitts- terrorists have been documented us- <3 Hamas. What I do <3 is the Uni- design we submitted on Facebook I <3 Terrorism. burgh fund a program that proclaims ing Palestinian children as human versity of Pittsburgh, an institution in order to win free jerseys. While I <3 Human Shields. its love for an internationally recog- shields to guard militants.... Hamas at which I am proud to be a student. I regret to say we did not win, with I <3 Hamas. nized terrorist organization? I had is currently holding captive an Is- That is why I was so disheartened to the help of the campus community Universities have historically been to see it for myself. “I <3 Hamas” by raeli soldier named Gilad Shalit, who fi nd out that the Allocations Commit- and friends of Mr. Yuk Ultimate, hotbeds for political activism and any other name would have smelled was abducted on June 25, 2006, and tee of the Student Government Board we did come in second. I would breeding grounds for spirited protests a little sweeter. In addition to the [Hamas] has violated international allocated $2,524.42 to this event. like to thank the Carnegie Mellon and demonstrations. Not so much at proposed one-woman show, “I <3 law and the Geneva Convention by Knowing what we do about the community for its part and to en- Carnegie Mellon University. Like al- Hamas” became a setting where it refusing to allow the International group named in the title, this is not courage other organizations to fol- most every other Carnegie Mellon was perfectly acceptable to demonize Committee of the Red Cross to visit something that I feel student money low similar opportunities. student, I have, many times, been and delegitimize the State of Israel Shalit. should be going to support.” This is not strictly an advertise- lulled into a world comprised solely while supporting a known terrorist “The Hamas Charter, which is the ment for our organization. While of homework, tests, and deadlines, organization. governing doctrine of the group, uses By facilitating a program that, by I would love for everyone at this with little or no interjection of pas- To add to the shock of my sud- as a source The Protocols of the Elders nature of its title, is offensive, and school to join our squad, since I’m sionate college students actively en- den reawakening to the world of of Zion, an anti-Semitic document by refusing to print an ad that illus- sure there are a bunch of sick ath- gaging me in their fi ght for or against protests, propaganda, and solidar- also quoted by Adolf Hitler. It calls trated why it was offensive to anyone letes not currently playing, that’s some issue. I was rudely awakened ity, I was informed that The Pitt News for the destruction of the State of Is- who stands for peace, democracy, not feasible. I ask instead that you from this apathetic, dream-like state had refused to print the included rael, a democratic nation and one of and human rights and against terror, remember that there are plenty of after reading an advertisement for an statements by StandWithUS Em- America’s strongest and closest allies. martyrdom, and the use of human sports outside of the standard var- event titled “I <3 Hamas, and Other erson Fellow Samantha Vinokor, It calls for jihad, or martyrdom of its shields, the University of Pittsburgh sity realm that are perfect arenas Things I’m Afraid to Tell You,” hosted which detail the opinions and feel- adherents. It is an anti-Semitic docu- and The Pitt News showed an inex- for simply making friends, staying by Students for Justice in Palestine ings of those students more inclined ment, and says that the Day of Judg- cusable bias that should be immedi- in shape, and providing you with and the University of Pittsburgh on to democracy, human rights, and co- ment will not come until the Muslims ately understood and equalized. I am limitless amounts of fun. Try one; Sunday, Oct. 24. existence: fi ght and kill the Jews. Jennifer Jajeh, proud to say that, even in the depths you may like what you fi nd. The premise of the show was ap- the performer of this play, advocates of our apathy here at Carnegie Mel- parently to showcase the experience “Hamas is a terrorist organiza- on her blog for a ‘one-state solution.’ lon, we still seem to know right from Jesse Kummer of a Palestinian-American woman, tion that currently controls the Gaza She falsely accuses Israel of being a wrong. Captain, Mr. Yuk Ultimate Jennifer Jajeh. Instead, what could Strip. After Israel’s unilateral with- colonizing nation and of occupation have been an interesting story of a drawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005, and ethnic cleansing. She also sup- Rebecca Yasner Editor’s Note: Jesse Kummer is unique experience was given a title Hamas began to use the territory as ports the Boycott, Divestment and H&SS 2012 personnel manager for The Tartan. A PERSON’S OPINION Compiled by Jonathan Carreon This week we decided to turn the tables on our readers. So we asked, If you could ask people any question, what would it be?

Tyler Nighswander Alexander Golemb Jon Tanton John Swanson Sharon Rubin CS Architecture Voice Architecture Architecture Sophomore First-year First-year First-year First-year “If you could ask a random “How do you think they decide “Why is lemonade artificially “Who are you?” “When do you think the stink person any question, what would the order at Skibo?” flavored but dishwasher fluid is bugs will disappear?” it be?” made with real lemons?”

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SPORTS COMMENTARY BCS system excludes top teams from fi nal contention Giants BOWL, from A10 prove that they aren’t for real. Boise State is considered by great game, but TCU dominat- same story every year. College With wins over three top-25 everyone to be one of the best ed from the opening kickoff to football needs a playoff right win an this year and has the possibili- teams along with a date with in college football. They too the fi nal whistle, a game that away. College basketball en- ty of losing more. Oregon does powerhouse Alabama later deserve a shot at the champi- TCU won by a score of 47–7. A amors America for one month have one more huge game on on this season, Auburn would onship. 40-point beat-down of a top- of the year because of a tour- upset the schedule, when they play also have a strong argument Last but not least, the TCU 10 team? How can they not be nament format. No. 13 Arizona at home at the that they should make the title Horned Frogs have enjoyed a championship contenders? Why can’t football do the end of November. If they win game, especially if they beat relatively easy season so far. So we have four undefeat- same thing? College sports victory that game, they will have a Alabama. They only had two top-25 ed teams, and four national are sport in its purest form: a great argument to make the Now, onto Boise State, teams on their schedule, one championship contenders. team whose only motivation GIANTS, from A10 national championship game, who began the season ranked being the overrated Oregon How can the BCS pick two of is to win it all for each other and rightfully so. No. 3 and has sat at that spot State (mentioned above) and these teams to play in the big and one’s school. The BCS is at two games apiece and, Auburn has a great résumé ever since. They have beaten the other being the Utah Utes, game? No matter who gets all about making money from hopefully, take all three this year, as they have beaten two top-25 teams — Virginia another mid-major team that chosen, the other two schools these “marquee” bowl games. games in their home park to three top-25 teams in LSU, Tech and Oregon State, but is looking for respect. Going will most defi nitely complain, It’s time for the BCS to think head back to San Francisco South Carolina, and Arkansas. Oregon State has dropped out into yesterday’s game against because each one of these about the amount of money with a lead in the series. All of these teams have stayed of the top 25, while Virginia Utah, the Utes were ranked teams has a championship ré- they would make from a The Giants’ Bumgarner, in the top 25 for most of the Tech has looked shaky all year. No. 6 while TCU was ranked sumé. month known only for college though, lived up to the sur- year, and none have losses that Even with a weak schedule, No. 4. Everyone expected a I’m tired of hearing the football. prising amount of hype that surrounded him all postsea- son with what can safely be called the performance of his life. The 21-year-old Frisbee fi nishing road trip play Tartans duel Chicago rookie threw eight beau- FRISBEE, from A10 tifully scoreless innings, during Homecoming burying the lifeless Texas bats on merely three hits FOOTBALL, from A10 team and eventual tournament recorded fi ve. With those fi ve before closer Brian Wilson champions Edinboro Univer- tackles, Shedlosky moved slammed the coffi n on a sity Alumni, losing 9–7 in over- Even in the loss, the Tartans’ himself into 14th place in all- 4–0 Texas loss. The Giants time. This close loss to one of running game was consistent time tackles in Carnegie Mel- then wrapped up their fi rst the best-perceived teams in the as usual. Senior Justin Pratt lon football history. World Championship in 56 country is a good indicator to continued his great season, The Tartans aim to recover years with a 3–1 victory in Mr. Yuk of where the team cur- running for 107 yards and from Saturday’s loss this up- Game 5, taking advantage rently stands strength-wise. one touchdown on the day. coming weekend. Carnegie of Cliff Lee’s one mistake — “We are hoping to round out With that effort, Pratt now Mellon football has had 35 a fat pitch that World Series our fall with a strong perfor- has 1,399 rushing yards for consecutive seasons with a MVP Edgar Renteria sent mance at our most competitive his career, 13th in school his- fi nal record at .500 or better, into the stands for a three- tournament until we reach the tory. Sophomore Jake Nar- and the team looks to make it run homer. spring season,” Knowlton said, done also had a solid day for 36 seasons with a win against Going into the World Se- refl ecting on the past couple of Carnegie Mellon, recording Case Western Reserve Uni- ries, it was hard not to pick weeks. 91 rushing yards and a touch- versity this Saturday, in their Texas after that team’s of- “Up until this point, we have down. fi nal game of the season. fensive performances in its been pretty injury-plagued, Junior running back Chris Junior cornerback Dan earlier postseason series. making our strong fall per- Garcia was the only other Miller is looking to keep the But fans forgot that to get formance even more satis- Tartan to score, as he had a streak alive and fi nish the to the World Series, the Gi- fying. We are getting a couple rushing touchdown in the season strong. “The streak ants had already shut down of guys back for this tourna- fi rst half. The Tartans’ strong is always in the back of our a powerhouse Phillies line- ment, so we are hoping to show run game wasn’t enough on minds, but at this point we up, including holding fi rst an even stronger fi eld a better Saturday, however, as Chi- are more concerned about baseman Ryan Howard to and more polished team, hav- cago’s offense more than fi nishing the season on the no home runs and no RBIs ing had two weeks to refi ne our doubled Carnegie Mellon in right foot with a win. The best the entire series. It was that offense and solidify our main total yards. thing we can do after a tough grit and that ability to take defense.” Carnegie Mellon’s defense loss like today is to come out advantage of opportunities Mr. Yuk will travel to Pooles- was led by seniors Brandon fi ghting next week,” he said. that ultimately drove the ville, Md. to compete in the Tar- Vantassel and Mike Shedlosky The Tartans hit the road Giants to this World Cham- tans’ fi nal tournament of the this week and will play Case Jesse Kummer/Personnel Manager and junior Ray Johnson. Van- pionship and, if their core An Ultimate Frisbee coach, Jeremy Kanter, “skies” opposing players at season, the Colonial Ultimate tassel and Johnson had seven Western Reserve this Satur- is kept intact, many more in Sectionals last year. Festival, on Nov. 13–14. tackles each, and Shedlosky day. the future.

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Football hosts Chicago during Homecoming

FAST FACTS

Football Overall: 4–5 Next Game: Saturday @ Case Western Reserve University

Swim and Dive Next Meet: Saturday at 1 p.m. vs. Grove City College in the UC Cross Country Next Meet: NCAA Mideast Regional Saturday at 11:30 a.m. @ Cooper’s Lake Camp Ground

OOnline:nline: Women’sWomen’s ssocceroccer ffallsalls ttoo EEmorymory Alan Vangpat/Photo Staff Sophomore centerback Luke Sharkey (No. 6) sprints down the fi eld towards the end zone as he is chased by a stampede of Chicago and Carnegie defenders during Homecoming weekend.

MAX GORDON on Saturday, losing 61–22 in with Chicago in the second scored a total of 27 points in Staffwriter front of a packed crowd. Car- quarter, keeping the spread the second half, and Carn- negie Mellon had won three at 14 points, as the score was egie Mellon’s offense couldn’t The anticipated Homecom- out of its last four match-ups 34–20 going into the half. overtake the Maroons’ lead. ing game was a disappoint- with Chicago, but was over- Unfortunately for the Tar- Chicago’s passing attack was ment for the football team, powered by the passing game tans, Chicago sophomore Dee led by quarterback Marshall which lost a tough game to of the Maroons, who totaled Brizzolara ran back junior Oium, who had 410 yards University Athletic Associa- 419 yards passing on the day. Tartan Pat Garrett’s second- passing and six touchdowns, tion (UAA) foe the University The loss drops the Tartans to half opening kick off for a and wide receiver Brizzolara, of Chicago. Carnegie Mellon’s 4–5 on the season and 0–2 in touchdown, and there was who had 235 yards receiving Gesling Stadium was buzzing UAA play. no looking back for the Ma- and three touchdowns on only on Saturday, full of alumni The Tartans opened up roons. The Tartans managed eight receptions. and students celebrating the game with a touchdown to get two points back after Tartan junior Ray Johnson Homecoming weekend. The by sophomore Jake Nardone, senior Richie Pattison blocked said about Chicago’s offense, day was highlighted with free but Chicago quickly jumped Chicago’s point-after-touch- “Defensively we had trouble food, a chili cook-off, and ac- ahead to a 21–7 lead in the down attempt and sophomore containing their passing game. tivities in Wiegand Gym. Un- fi rst quarter, and the Tartans Luke Sharked returned it for We couldn’t force turnovers fortunately, the Tartan foot- could never erase the differ- a score, but Carnegie Mel- and gave up some big plays.” Jonathan Carreon/Photo Staff First-year Brianna Magill and sophomore Katie Davis tag team an ball team couldn’t keep up ence. lon couldn’t get back on the Emory Eagle as the three scramble for control of the ball. with the Maroons of Chicago Carnegie Mellon stayed scoreboard after that. Chicago See FOOTBALL, A9 Men’s soccer awaits postseason fate, ends season on a high note

VLAD BOUCHOUEV must-win for the Tartans, who put the burden on the fi rst- ball movement and a precise second half, giving the Tartans nouncement of the NCAA Di- Staffwriter needed to beat the No. 12 Em- year duo of Chris Wysocki and service from junior Kyle Young a bit of a scare after hitting the vision III Men’s Soccer Tour- ory University in order to have Matt Sarett to step up and have set up fi rst-year forward Max post. Despite the spark in the nament bracket, which will be After a season fi lled with any chance of making to this a strong game in the depleted Tassano for his seventh goal Eagles’ play, the Tartans were unveiled today at 2 p.m. The many ups and downs, the year’s NCAA Division III tour- Tartans’ midfi eld. The Eagles of the season. Minutes later, able to maintain their shape Cardinal and Grey might have Carnegie Mellon men’s soccer nament. Carnegie Mellon did found themselves on their Wysocki unleashed a dipping and get another goal, with to settle for playing the lesser team was able to pull off an- exactly that. heels for much of the fi rst half, shot that went just over the fi rst-year Joey Paladino notch- ECAC Tournament in thepost- other victory in its last game An unexpected injury put with Emory goalie Trenton bar. The Tartans continued ing his sixth of the season. The season, but Sunday’s victory of the regular season. The Tar- junior midfi elder Carmen Spindler having to parry away to press but were only able to Tartans went on to make the along with a solid overall re- tans convincingly defeated the Minella out of this weekend’s three shots. The Tartans were maintain the one-goal advan- conference upset, winning the cord will boost the Tartans’ Eagles of Emory University in action, joining sophomores able to unravel their visiting tage at half. A rather quiet Em- game with a fi nal score of 2–0. chances of making it to the what proved to be a very one- John Crawshaw and Alex opponents’ defense halfway ory side early in the game was Carnegie Mellon will now NCAA Tournament in back-to- sided match. The game was a Abedian on the sideline. This through the fi rst half, as quick able to pull it together in the anxiously wait for the an- back years.

SPORTS COMMENTARY Can’t we just change ‘Mr. Yuk’ ultimate team preps for nationals COURTNEY CHIN conditioning and lineup Tartans came away 2–2 with practice working as a unit in Sports Editor depth will give it an edge over a win over Ohio State B, with actual competitive play. the BCS already? other teams at sectionals this a score of 13–5, and Kenyon Mr. Yuk hit the road again While most fall teams are year. College in a nail-biter that a few weeks later, this time JEREMY KING tention to play for the big winding down their seasons or “We are returning a very ended 14–13. In their fi nal traveling to Edinboro, Pa. to Staffwriter game, which includes the un- preparing for UAAs, one Car- core group of players who game, the Tartans took off a compete in the Skylander X defeated Boise State Broncos negie Mellon athletics team are looking to outperform fi ve-point chip from the Uni- tournament. The Tartans took Now that we’ve entered and the Texas Christian Uni- is making headway into its the fi fth-place fi nish at sec- versity of Pittsburgh, a team down Denison University, the month of November, versity Horned Frogs. Both of season. The Tartan Ultimate tionals last year to make it to consistently ranked in the top University of Virginia B, and many of us are anticipating these teams went undefeated Frisbee Team — “Mr. Yuk” regionals for the fi rst time in 10. On the second day of play, University of Pennsylvania A the famous Bowl Champion- last year, and actually played — has been sailing past com- fi ve years,” Assistant Captain Mr. Yuk started off with a loss with relative ease, dropping ship Games (BCS) that will each other in a Bowl Game petition and exceeding expec- Adam Knowlton said. to Ohio State Alumni, but re- only 12 points in three games. be starting in about a month. that wasn’t a national cham- tations the past few weeks at Mr. Yuk started its season bounded by topping Miami of After bypassing Penn State Unfortunately, many of us pionship. It looks like much the Fall Brawl and Skylander with a 20-team tournament Ohio and the University of To- Behrend and Grove City Uni- are anticipating that the sys- of the same this year, as they X tournaments. The Ultimate in Columbus, Ohio, taking ledo 15–5 and 15–11, respec- versity Alumni the next day, tem will mess up and pick have consistently been ranked team, composed of return- ninth place and beating its ini- tively. The Tartans also took the Tartans faced the strong the wrong teams to play for anywhere from No. 3 to No. ing members and new blood tial seed of 15. After a run of the opportunity to work out the National Championship, 6 despite not losing a game alike, hopes that its intense four back-to-back games, the kinks in their strategies and See FRISBEE, A9 as well. For those of you who this year. Currently only two don’t know, over the course teams stand in the way of of the college football season, these two, except these two SPORTS COMMENTARY teams are ranked throughout teams play in major confer- the year using a mix of sports- ences unlike Boise and TCU. The Cutoff Man: Champions are built on pitching writers’ opinions along with The Oregon Ducks, who play multiple computer rankings in the Pac-10 conference with JONAS ALTMAN-KUROSAKI that crunch all the possible well-known names like USC by Lewis, who quickly earned as well, with their staff having hoping that some home cook- Assistant Sports Editor numbers of the season to rank and Stanford, are currently his own “stud” title after dom- convincingly shut down the ing could bring back the spark the “best” teams. For the past undefeated and ranked No. 1. inating the Yankees twice in Yankees, but one couldn’t just that had driven them through decade or so, this system has The Auburn Tigers, who play After the San Francisco the Championship Series. The chalk the series up as Rangers their fi rst seven postseason come under massive scrutiny in the powerhouse South- Giants and Texas Rangers Giants’ pitching corps was led hitters and Rangers pitchers v. wins but had left them high because the system often- eastern Conference or SEC, clinched their respective pen- by Tim Lincecum, who after Giants, so Rangers hitters v. Gi- and dry in the World Series times does not pick the best are also undefeated with nants and punched their tick- a seesaw regular season had ants pitchers it was. thus far. teams and places too much some very impressive wins ets to the World Series, the been dominant in the post- But a World Series is just The fi rst World Series emphasis on opinion. Teams this year. scales appeared tipped in the season so far, and Matt Cain, as much won on great pitch- game played in Arlington was from the big conferences are Let’s take a look at these Rangers’ favor. While the Gi- who had allowed no earned ing as it is lost on bad pitch- all the Rangers had hoped it’d cut more slack because they four teams’ respective sea- ants had managed to eke their runs through his fi rst three ing. The Giants, who had won be, with owner and Rangers have a tougher schedule, sons. Oregon has gone rela- way by Atlanta in the Division postseason starts; the Giants only one postseason game by great Nolan Ryan being one so there have been count- tively unchallenged this year, Series and then Philadelphia also had rookie Madison Bum- more than one run and hadn't of the people throwing out the less times when undefeated beating top-10 team Stanford in the Championship Series, garner, who had performed scored more than six in a game fi rst pitch, and after much pre- teams are ranked No. 3 or No. at home and also beating the Rangers had essentially well enough up to that point so far, jumped on Cliff Lee in game fanfare, a 4–2 Rangers 4 in the polls even though the then-ranked USC on the road. pounded their way past the when called upon, and Jona- Game 1 to win 11–7. They then victory. Colby Lewis had once teams ranked ahead of them Beating Stanford is a huge pitching of the Rays and Yan- than “Ollie Perez” Sanchez, toppled the Texas bullpen in again come through for Texas, have one loss. At the end of win, although Oregon play- kees, jumping on every op- who despite having great stuff Game 2 to win 9–0, sending and although the runs came the year, those undefeated ing at home is a ridiculous ad- portunity they were given to at times could not stay consis- a message that they were go- from an unlikely source in fi rst teams are denied a chance vantage, in any college sport. come through in the clutch. tent to save his life (read: post- ing to take every opportunity baseman Mitch Moreland, the to call themselves national Oregon’s win over USC now The Rangers’ army of pitchers season). afforded to them — every Rangers took what they could champions. looks mediocre because USC included veteran postseason The Rangers clearly had bad pitch, every error, every get to head into Game Four This year seems to be no has lost three games already stud Cliff Lee, brought on- the superior hitters going into walk — and make the Rang- looking to tie up the Series different. There will be four board at the trading deadline it. They seemed to have the ers pay. The series headed to or possibly fi ve teams in con- See BOWL, A9 for just this purpose, and Col- superior battle-tested pitchers Texas with the Rangers hitters See GIANTS, A9 Andy Warhol Museum honors Hollywood icon

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The timeless show debuts at Benedum Center to rave reviews About keeping things fresh in love and comedy

The weather may be getting colder, but visitors Cable needs de Becque’s knowledge of the island in Dear Hoskins Brothers, Dear Hoskins Brothers, to the Benedum Center can prepare to melt. order to successfully infiltrate it and gain intelligence Originally based on James A. Michener’s Pulitzer on Japanese ship movements. I’m in a pretty long-term I think I’m the funniest one Prize-winning book Tales of the South Pacific, the relationship with my of all my friends, but none classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South As Cable attempts to convince de Becque to come boyfriend (six weeks!), but of them think my jokes are Pacific is now playing in Pittsburgh. First performed with him, two love stories emerge. Navy nurse Nellie I’m starting to get bored. any good! I’ve started to in 1949, the play’s revival proves that the musical Forbush (played by Carmen Cusack) falls in love with Do you have any advice notice that when I tell a is as timeless as ever. As in any great story, the Emile de Becque. A small-town girl from Little Rock, on how I can make things knee-slapper, I’m the only musical seamlessly explores deeper messages amid Ark., she complements the worldly and somewhat more interesting, you one who’s laughing. How a background of laughter, light-heartedness, and jaded de Becque. Their voices also join together know, in bed? can I be funnier? love, creating one enchanting evening for audience beautifully, particularly highlighted when they sing members. the duet “Some Enchanted Evening.” Sincerely, Sincerely, Newly Bedded The Funny One Conducting the largest orchestra of any touring Lieutenant Cable falls in love with a young native show, Carnegie Mellon alumnus Larry Goldberg islander named Liat (played by Sumie Maeda). Dear Newly Bedded, Dear Funny One, directs the sweeping musical numbers, setting the His longing for her is illustrated in “Younger than stage for the production. As he begins to conduct, Springtime.” However, for both couples, the war Whoa, this isn’t that kind of Telling jokes isn’t about the lights darken and the prologue introduces the is not the primary obstacle to their relationships. advice column. If you want entertaining an audience; it’s audience to the time — World War II — and the Prejudice and racism are what truly hold the pairs advice about that, you should about entertaining yourself! If place — the South Pacific. apart. The song “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught” probably ask your boyfriend. you’re the only one laughing touches upon the problems of racism in society with Anyway, if you think your after you tell a joke, you’re A regiment of the United States Navy has been pertinent lyrics like, “You’ve got to be taught/To hate relationship is too boring, you not doing anything wrong. stationed on an island in order to aid in the war and fear/You’ve got to be taught/From year to year.” should try doing more fun That being said, if you want effort against the Japanese. Lieutenant Joseph Cable things with one another than to be more generally hilarious (played by Carnegie Mellon alumnus Anderson During the intermission, audience members could just hanging out in your dorm and appeal to a larger crowd, Davis) arrives on the island, following instructions to not hold back their adoration for the performance. room with a sock on the try learning a variety of solicit the help of a French plantation owner, Emile Audience member Pam Wigely raved that it was door. I cannot stress enough established hilarious jokes. de Becque (played by David Pittsinger), who used “Fabulous! Amazing! A real credit to the Carnegie the importance of dating Stick with material you to own property on a nearby Japanese-held island. Mellon alumni.” Wigely grew up with the show, and instead of just “hanging out.” copy straight from the pros. for her it was “a joy to see it back.” Start by going out for dinner Quoting movie lines and every week, and then branch comedy sketches never gets Small details are what really suck the audience out to more adventurous old. Ever. into the story. In a scene that takes place on dates. Check out the art and/ Thanksgiving, the nurses wear turkey feathers cut or natural history museum Also, you should try pointing out of Life magazine pages. During a pause in the for something nearby or the out flaws in people in a festivities, Nellie reflects for a moment on what she’s Mattress Factory if you feel hilarious way. If your friend thankful for. For an audience watching the show in like taking your chances on got a bad haircut, make a the 1940s or the present, the sentiment still strikes the bus system. joke about it! They know their a chord. new ’do is a joke; I assume I know this may seem like they own a mirror. Their laugh South Pacific will continue to be relevant because impossible advice for some is guaranteed! Once you have its themes are timeless. In the face of war and social kids at Carnegie Mellon a solid base, you need a joke problems, the characters must show resilience and to follow (“There’s a world that becomes your signature, face what is to come. With its sincerity, humor, and outside my laptop?”), but that you tell over and over. I depth, South Pacific will make you feel “as high as trust me, you two will be know one about a penguin a kite in July” and ache to journey to the mysterious having more fun in no time. that never fails, but it’s your Bali Ha’i. Also, as you get to know one job to find your own. another better, you might find yourself less bored overall. Also, whoopee cushions Jackie Mansky | Junior Staffwriter Or it could turn out that he’s are hilarious, just boring. Patrick Hoskins South Pacific is part of the PNC Broadway Across Hope he’s at least mildly America-Pittsburgh 2010/2011 series. To stay interesting, Need advice? Send queries Courtesy of Veronica Corpuz updated on the latest events at the Benedum Center, to [email protected]. visit www.pgharts.org/events. For more information Brian Hoskins Carnegie Mellon alumnus Anderson Davis stars on the production, visit www.SouthPacificOnTour. as Lieutenant Joe Cable. com.

theater pillbox 11.08.10 3 Tales from abroad: Doha One writer shares a memorable experience and a creative excerpt from her blog while abroad

Think about the sound a slab of marble makes when it a rose bed, bounced off, and landed in the bushes. I things. I remember a dove my mom and brother and I slaps a stone fl oor; the thud of a granite rock falling onto waded in, my diaphanous mid-length skirt clenched in a watched smash into a bank building’s window months concrete; the boom a second after lightning strikes 1,000 fi st. I saw his white body dangling from two toes on the after the divorce when we were quite small. No one, feet away. Now think not of the sound, but of the feeling bottom branch of a thorn bush. in Qatar or the U.S., is willing to take an injured bird; it gives you: the jolt under the breastbone; the tingling no shelter, no agency. They have no value to anyone in in your fi ngers and toes; the shaking under your ribs, Because we are Carnegie Mellon women, once we got charge. But, even with two of us in tow, Mom found a your body resonating to the deep thrum of an impact. the now safely boxed bird into the Carnegie Mellon- box for the injured dove and kept it in her room until The fl at crash of marble against stone, the dry crack of Qatar building, we found a computer to do research. He it died of its injuries. Sitting on my couch, I peeked at granite on concrete, and the slamming of close thunder was a white budgie; his blue highlights probably came Thanh twice an hour, checking his bedding for spilled are not sounds, but vibrations. When they pass away, my from the dyes traders use to turn drab parrots colorful water or a lack of seeds. I felt connected lines running molecules will never align in quite the same way again in the souq here. We had a decision to make: We knew through me, from my childhood and to the home I was because of their passage. I feel internally changed by that most rescued birds will die. My job, as a person who scheduled to leave, return ticket unbought but yearned them. This is the feel of culture shock. could do so, was to give it a place where it could die in for. peace, unpursued by cats and unbaked by the merciless The feeling of culture shock is not related to the shock I Doha sun. We divvied up the jobs — I would take him Thanh died at about 12:30 a.m. that morning. I waited an feel when I jerk back upon touching a live wire. Culture for the night; another woman would buy budgie food; hour to be sure, then snuck him outside and buried him shock is not my disorienting realization that I haven’t another would take him the nest day if he survived. under a fragrant fl owering bush in the garden between been threatened by a cloud in a week and that I am the women’s and men’s dorms. I am never sure where the one who needs to learn the language and dress We decided to name him, to give him a personality to my burial rituals come from, but I wound him in white differently. It is my internal experience of massive come home to if he made it back from halfway to bird tissues and brightly-colored sewing thread. RIP Thanh. change: I am changing in how I see the world. To me, heaven. After some more computer time, we settled on culture shock is the sneaking suspicion that I will never Thanh, which means “color of the sky” in Vietnamese. It be the same because of what I now know. The sound of has been overcast in Doha this week, the sky a constant Jessica Dickinson Goodman | Special to The Tartan thunder is not it rolling around me, but rolling through smudgy white with streaks of blue. It reminded us of me. him. I spent my last night in Doha doing hospice care for Hospice for a budgie a budgie, because in my family, we take care of stray

I was happily ensconced in my fi rst day after the end of classes, 30 hours before I left Doha, watching a Supernatural marathon, when I got a phone call from a friend: “I need your advice. I found a bird on the grass, and I think its wing is broken, and I was wondering what you thought we should do.” By the word “grass” I was out the door of my room, shuffl ing my shoes off my shoe- rack and across the white tile fl oor, throwing together a bird rescue kit, cell phone pressed to my shoulder. I collected a terrycloth, an apron, the birds’ nest I had found on the lawn during fi nals, and my wallet, keys, and cell phone. I found the cluster of Carnegie Mellon women in the lee of our building, crouching around a cardboard box.

They were trying feed to cooked rice to a fl uffy white bird with smudges of blue on his crest. I reached into his box, having checked him superfi cially for sores or parasites that could make me sick. I checked his eyes and vents and feet, cradling him loosely. When a sudden gust of wind ripped over us, he straightened his whole tiny body in my palm, leaned into the wind, and fl apped up. We froze, watched him, and scrambled up as a group. I shucked my fl oppy shoes and bolted barefoot over the pink sandstone courtyard. He swerved like a white paper airplane, larger in fl ight than on the ground. He tried to land on a palm tree in Courtesy of Jessica Dickinson Goodman Courtesy of Jessica Dickinson Goodman A view of the area surrounding the Carnegie Mellon Goodman wrote about her experience abroad in her Qatar campus, where Goodman studied. blog, feelingelephants.wordpress.com.

travel 4 pillbox 11.08.10 Sidewalks mixes synth with swells Paperhouse Matt & Kim release their pop-like, energetic sophomore album On dance party So, beloved reader, I bet you’re wondering how the WRCT Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino first met while “Oh-ey-oh-ey-oh”s. Like any pop song, it’s hard not Dance Party turned out. attending the Pratt Institute, a private art college in to sing along, and even harder to get it out of your Brooklyn. They gained an online following through head. Well, let me tell you, ace, it was quite a night. Here are some MySpace and Facebook, and in 2006 released their morsels to give you a taste of what it was like: debut album, self-titled Matt & Kim. Then they got “Good for Great” is another track with the same to work in Vermont in the house where Johnson repetitive quality. The song mixes synth with • Dancing duos, lips locked and hips entrenched in the grew up and recorded Grand, which they released orchestral swells, and Schifino adds her voice, loins of their partners, grooving to wobbling square in 2009. Their music video for their single “Lessons resulting in a great song about experiencing life to waves. Learned,” off Grand, in which the duo strips nude in the fullest. With lyrics like “Leave good for great” • Architecture students bouncing to the beat in a Time Square, won the Breakthrough Video award at and “So many books that I didn’t read, but there’s genderless free-for-all of grinding, packed so tightly they the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. so much air I chose to breathe,” it’s hard not to feel looked like a human accordion. inspired. • Crafty remixes that had the crowd guessing at the next Take the pop-like, fun, catchy songs from Grand, batch of music to go into the sonic bouillabaisse. add a little sugar and spice, clean it up a bit, and you Matt & Kim also try their hand at a slower piece in • A break dancing circle that lasted for a half-hour. get Matt & Kim’s new album, Sidewalks. For this “Northeast,” which uses sleigh bells to emphasize • Lasers and an ingenious video jockey set. album, the duo tried something new, working with the bittersweet tribute to home and youthful times. • Down-tempo pleasure in the blue room, rocked by fi ve a producer, namely Ben Allen, who has worked with The song is a nice surprise amidst the pop and DJs. Animal Collective, Gnarls Barkley, and Christina beat-heavy tunes. • The company of your friends. Aguilera. What resulted was music that is a little different from Matt & Kim’s usual. Matt & Kim are usually known for their high-energy, Tell me if that doesn’t sound like the best night you ever had do-it-yourself sound — part messy and part amateur in a while. The duo released its first single, “Cameras,” on — that appeals to fans. None of those qualities are Aug. 31, a perfect close to summer. Ever present is missing in this new album. Well, not exactly. Instead, Oh, you weren’t there? Well, by gosh you missed out on the Johnson’s sass and quip, evidenced by the lyrics Allen stepped in and polished them up, making hootenanny of the month! A night where you could truly get that sometimes don’t make sense. What’s missing their music a little more musician-y and a little less lost in the maze of musical mayhem crafted by WRCT’s DJs. is the messy, sporadic melodies that were essential gritty punk. The sound is not a bad one, although to Grand. Instead, there is a presence of Southern some fans might disagree, but it leaves the band If you’re looking to experience the glory of a WRCT dance hip-hop beats, which make the song more rhythmic caught between its old ridiculousness and a new party, keep your eyes out in the spring for announcements and dependable. This sound is not necessarily bad trying-too-hard, borderline-safe production. The regarding our spring semester dance party. Idioms aside, it’ll or good, just new, and it’s a new that seems to be pop sounds have mass appeal, and no doubt Matt be sure to knock you off your rocker. — as evidenced by the rest of the album — here to & Kim will gain many new fans with this album, stay. but if they’re not careful, they’ll lose old ones in the Some warm and fuzzy songs to keep your spirits up in the process. face of the cold: “Angel Echoes” by Four Tet (from the UK), The three best songs on the album are arguably the “Alohamora” by Pogo (Western Australia), “A Gigantic Dub” first three, although it’s hard to pick favorites when by Tommy McCook & the Aggravators (Jamaica), “Perverted most of the songs are so great. The first track,”Block Jing Jing Li | Staffwriter Undertone” by Prefuse 73 (Atlanta, Barcelona, New York), After Block,” has some of the same qualities as the and “Cabildo” by Chico Trujillo (Chile). third track, “Cameras”— a similar beat and the same catchy pump. “AM/FM Sound” is just plain catchy, with its cutesy lyrics and bouncy chorus of Juan Fernandez | Staffwriter

top 10 on WRCT 88.3 FM most played albums of the last week

1 The Dandy Warhols — The Capitol Years 1995-2007 2 Deerhunter — Halcyon Digest 3 Apparat — DJ-Kicks Matt & Kim perform at 4 Belle & Sebastion — Write About Love Facebook’s F8 2010 after-party. 5 Dungen — Skit I Allt 6 The Avett Brothers — Live, Volume 3 7 Gonjasufi — The Caliph’s Tea Party 8 Gnome & Spybey — At Willie’s Place 9 Underworld — Barking

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music pillbox 11.08.10 5 Comedy and music combine for LMAO Brian Posehn headlines at last Thursday’s AB comedy and Alumni Association event

AB Comedy and the Alumni Association put on a show about farts and his wang, he warned the crowd to “take the act. While he was willing to call himself several for the ages last Thursday with music, laughter, and fun off your thinking caps because it’s about to get ****ing disparaging names, he didn’t, however, want any for the whole family — well, at least those over the age of stupid in here.” And, of course, he joked about his own sympathy from the audience, saying, “I know what I put 18. The event, titled “LMAO: Laughter, Music, & Other appearance, saying, “If I wasn’t paid to be here, security out to the world. My mirror works.” Stuff with Brian Posehn”, kicked off with a performance would run me off as a guy who just talked about his from the winning band of Sigma Phi Epsilon’s Battle of penis a lot with a bunch of college students.” During One of the most hilarious parts of his act was when the Bands, Julia McGinley. The group started off with a Posehn’s act, he did indeed talk about his wiener a lot, Posehn told the audience about his plan for the cover of Coldplay’s “Lost” before hitting what seemed but that wasn’t all. He touched on all sorts of subjects upcoming zombie apocalypse. He said he would “take to be its strongest piece of the night, a cover of B.o.B’s that were near and dear to college students, such as to the streets, with my son in a babybjorn right here “Nothin’ on You.” farts, babies, marijuana, cats, sex, zombie attacks, and [on his chest], holding a samurai sword with a baseball masturbation. bat attached, and my wife in a babybjorn on my back Up next was a rather recent addition to the set list, holding two shotguns.” While that would admittedly be St. Louis-based comedian Jeremy Essig. A graduate One of the anecdotes he told of his life in Los Angeles, a badass way to attack the zombie horde, he said, due of Wake Forest University and recent graduate school a city he hates, was about valets. He talked about how to his poor physical shape, he’d quickly tire out and his dropout, the 32-year-old Essig described himself as his wife farted in their car right before a valet was about brains would be eaten soon afterward. over-educated and under-employed. Still, the man has to park the car for them, and her excuse was that “he’ll been keeping busy, performing over 200 shows per year just think it was you.” Posehn agreed wholeheartedly, Posehn put on a spectacularly hilarious show for and developing a loyal following since he fi rst began saying, “I look like I’m made of farts. Like a bunch of everyone who attended. To hear more of Posehn, pick up performing at open-mic nights during graduate school in farts got together and put on a man costume for a day to his recently released sophomore comedy album titled, early 2000. become some sort of fart man—or fart elemental, for you appropriately, Fart and Weiner Jokes. Dungeons and Dragons players in the audience.” During his act, Essig made fun of his long college stints — he put his master’s degree from the University of Posehn referred to his appearance constantly throughout Jesse Kummer | Personnel Manager Missouri on hold for much of the decade while pursuing a place in the comedy scene. Of his decision to recently drop out of graduate school, where he was studying journalism, he said, “Yeah, journalism and comedy, just fi nd me an industry that’s dying and I’ll jump right in.” The comedian also joked about his decision to remain in a college town following graduation, admitting that he lived above fraternity brothers for quite some time. “It got to the point where I was the guy banging on the door telling them to turn that shit down.” And worse, he hurt his arm while doing it. “That’s when you know you’re too old,” he noted.

Essig turned in a very funny performance while hitting topics that were relevant to the audience of mostly college kids. To hear more about the man who St. Louis Magazine dubs a “comic to watch,” tune in to the Bob and Tom show on XM/Sirius Radio, where he is a regular DJ, or pick up one of his three comedy albums. After his performance, Essig introduced the man of the hour, Brian Posehn. Posehn isn’t just known for his stand up comedy, however. He has appeared in a multitude of TV shows and movies, such as The Devil’s Rejects, Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer, and Super High Me.

Currently, Posehn is starring in the television show The Sarah Silverman Program. In the beginning of his act, he told the audience that he would love to hang out with the crowd after the show, but asked members to please not talk to him if they only thought it would help them get Sarah Silverman to sleep with them. He said, “It doesn’t work that way.”

Before getting into his scripted material, which the new Jesse Kummer | Personnel Manager father of a baby girl told us would be fi lled with jokes Brian Posehn joked about his own appearance consistently throughout the show.

comedy 6 pillbox 11.08.10 director, Neil Lobo as the fi nance director, and Fei Li as Paterson explained the contest’s short time period by the communications director. saying that he and the board were hoping that the act of adding pressure would affect the competing teams. Paterson especially stressed the accessibility of the “Certain people work extremely well under pressure, and contest. “It’s seriously open to everyone,” he said. “You you want to think that’s gonna inspire people to work off register in teams, and of course one member of that the cuff. [The 48 hour] model works quite well because, team has to be a CMU student. But really, any major if you give people too much time to do this, you won’t or discipline is welcome to participate. You don’t even get the same kind of creative process that you do under need any experience.” pressure.”

Teams should be composed of fi ve to 10 members Creative minds under pressure are bound to produce For most university students, deadlines are the bane and can register online for a fee. Carnegie Mellon’s innovative material. Paterson shared what he personally of academic existence. So Jonny Paterson, a graduate diverse student body is ideal for assembling the perfect wants to see as a result of the competition: “I would student in creative enterprise, expected shock when production team, which should include students love to see a huge diversity. You’re gonna have these he gave the lowdown on the newest fi lm festival to hit interested in directing, writing, acting, and, of course, freshmen, seniors, master’s students, all working Carnegie Mellon’s campus. fi lming. together, everybody doing something different. When you have groups with so many different talents and “Forty-eight hours,” he announced, spreading his hands “Some editing experience is handy, of course,” Paterson interests, that’s where really original ideas are going to over a pile of publicity leafl ets. “Students will be given a said, “but people shouldn’t feel like access to all this come through.” prompt and 48 hours to create a fi lm.” expensive equipment is necessary. Digital cameras are fi ne, even iPhones.” The winning entry will receive $100 in cash and Think Inspired by independent fi lms made by students in and Make Productions will cover the cost to submit the past, Paterson and fi ve other students created the Once teams register, they will meet at 5 p.m. on Nov. 12 the top two fi lms to South by Southwest’s 2011 fi lm Doubleshoot fi lm festival to give students the opportunity to receive a prompt and rough guidelines. Then, these festival. Whether you plan on entering or attending the to create equally inspiring work through a contest. teams will be turned loose to work movie magic in 48 screening, don’t miss this unique opportunity to take The founding group of Doubleshoot is a production hours. The fi lms should be roughly three to fi ve minutes part in the creative community present at Carnegie team called Think and Make, which includes graduate long, and they have to be physically turned in at 5 p.m. Mellon. business student James Wong as the executive director, the following Sunday, Nov. 14. creative enterprise student Samantha Decker as the creative director, Hilaree Caldwell as the development However, the festival doesn’t end at the close of 48 Carolyn Supinka | Staffwriter hours. A panel composed of “industry experts” in Headline art by Adelaide Cole | Assistant Art Editor Pittsburgh will judge the entries, and on Nov. 20, all entries will be screened at the Future Tenant Theater in To enter the Doubleshoot 48-Hour Filmfest, register the Cultural District. The public is welcome to see the your team online at Think and Make Productions’ site at fi nished products. heinz.cmu.edu/student-activities/student-life/student- organizations/thinkmake/index.aspx. dollarmovie Jesse Kummer | Personnel Manager

Fish Tank TBA Death at a Funeral The Room Thursday, Nov. 11 Friday, Nov. 12 Saturday, Nov. 13 Sunday, Nov. 14 7:30 10 12:30 10 12 8 10 12 7 Fish Tank is a 2009 British drama One of the stickiest Carnegie Mellon This fi lm, not the recent Chris Rock AB Films partners with AB Lectures which depicts how 15-year-old Mia’s traditions is back again this semesters American version, is the original to present a special screening of life changes after her mom brings and students couldn’t be happier. If British version where chaos reigns the black comedy The Room along home a new boyfriend. The movie you don’t already know, TBA, short for over a family after the death of the with a Q & A session with the writer, has received solid reviews for its “To Be Announced,” is when AB shows patriarch. Specifi cally, chaos reigns director, and star, Tommy Wiseau, portrayal of a damaged home life a pornographic fi lm of its choosing at the funeral of said patriarch, where immediately following the movie. that’s all too familiar to some people. at McConomy in place of a regular secrets upon secrets are unearthed by Consistently referred to as “the Or is Fish Tank about how a group non-pornographic fi lm. It’s fun for the some surprising characters. Of course, Citizen Kane of bad movies,” The of friends set up a video camera in whole 18-and-over family. Watching hilarity ensues because this is indeed a Room follows the life of Johnny, a front of a goldfi sh tank for two hours a naughty fi lm with their friends is one comedy, and a fairly original one at that. banker who is desperately in love and called it a movie? Well, you’ll just of the rites of passage that Carnegie With disaster after disaster continuing with his fi ancé, Lisa. However, his have to go and fi nd out for yourself. Mellon students must go through at to pile up, one can’t possibly think this life takes a turn for the worse as he Fun fact: Katie Jarvis, the actress some point during their time here. family will make it to the eulogy. The uncovers horrid truths about those playing Mia, had no previous acting We’ve all done it, and now it’s your turn ensemble British cast may be lost on us around him and wonders if he can experience, but was cast after a to sit down in McConomy and stare at Americans, as well as some of the more ever trust again. Fun fact: The Room casting assistant saw her arguing various genitalia for an hour and a half dry humor, but this is still a superbly silly is sold as an interactive experience, with her boyfriend in a railway station. like the rest of us. fi lm you will enjoy. so feel free to yell things at the screen and mess around while in the theater.

film pillbox 11.08.10 7 Bhangra dancers perform for sold-out crowd Dance teams from across the East Coast compete in Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall

[ by Aliesha Jones | Senior Staffwriter ] members, the team also came equipped with a dhol — a traditional drum used while dancing bhangra. Dressed in red, green, blue, and yellow, Drexel started off the show The fourth annual Bhangra in the Burgh competition with a lot of energy. was one of the most exciting shows since the creation of the competition. Master of ceremonies and social and After two performances, Carnegie Mellon was able to decision sciences junior Suraj Baxi kept the audience exhibit some of its own talent. The Dancers’ Symposium entertained, and Carnegie Mellon’s own bhangra team Company took the stage to give the audience a performed at the end of the show. contemporary dance performance with an intriguing storyline. As usual, the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall was packed for the show, with tickets having sold out that Next up was the First Class Bhangra team “Pittsburgh morning. The Bhangra in the Burgh staff members born, Pittsburgh bred” and the self-proclaimed wanted to make this show an experience, and they “hometown Bhangra team.” This troupe of all males certainly pulled it off. There was a VIP section where danced around the stage in black, brown, and orange. guests received a small blue gift bag that included a It was the fi rst team to incorporate tricks with its props, Ferrero Rocher chocolate, a thank-you card, a Bhangra in but the performers also looked exhausted by the end the Burgh pen, and even a coupon for a free water bottle of their routine, holding up letters that spelled out and samosa during the intermission. “Pittsburgh” and spinning Terrible Towels above their heads. As the crowd fi lled in the seats before the show began, The Originals, Carnegie Mellon’s oldest all-male a The Rutgers University team had a Jersey Shore-inspired cappella singing group, founded in 1996, performed. team video before its performance and started off strong, Then the MC came out — or to be more accurate, the parading across the entire stage in white, purple, MC’s evil twin (Baxi with glasses and an Indian accent). orange, and blue. There was no dhol player, but the team Apparently Baxi was taped to his chair back in his dorm did have a chimta — another traditional instrument room — a video explained — and the audience laughed that looks like a long, fl at folded piece of metal strip as the evil twin ran off stage to avoid Baxi’s threats. with pairs of small metal jingles. In the middle of the routine, a dancer came on stage dressed very oddly for Then came the seriously epic opening credits. A video of the competition, wearing a black T-shirt, black Adidas past performances paired with a loud hip hop/bhangra sweats, and a huge blue mask — complete with huge fusion beat left the audience roaring for the show to orb eyes that lit up—and huge screen ears. This team Jonathan Carreon | Photo Staff begin. even managed to include props with blankets and a table A performer at Bhangra in the Burgh dances on stage while some of the women played tambourines or danced at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall with the Baxi, freed from captivity, came on stage with a crew with little vases. The dancers ended their routine with a hopes of winning the dance competition. in tow, throwing Bhangra in the Burgh T-shirts out to waving Rutgers fl ag. the audience. After a welcome and a few jokes, Drexel University’s team took the stage. Along with the dance The University of Pittsburgh was up for an exhibition performance as well, presenting its PantheRaas team. The show resumed with an exhibition performance This type of dance style was originally performed by from Deewane, Carnegie Mellon’s South Asian all-male men, using a pair of wooden sticks called dandia. The a cappella group. After a rendition of “Airplanes,” the Pitt team had men and women on stage, although some group broke out into a crowd favorite: “Mundian To women were made up to be men, all dressed in orange Bach Ke,” the song that Jay-Z rapped over in 2003. With and blue with silver and red accents. The performance beatboxing and harmonies, Deewane came with its own was beautiful and a nice change of pace from the rap, “This ain’t no Roc-A-Fella, we’re singing a cappella.” competition. Virginia Commonwealth University performed next, Up next was the DC Bhangra Crew. This all-female team bringing out two MCs with microphones. VCU was the was a crowd pleaser with its performance and choice fi rst team to use the strobe lights in the middle of the of songs. As “Whip My Hair” and other recognizable routine as opposed to just the beginning. contemporary singles played under the Bhangra beat, the women brought props as well: Blankets, fans, and After Carnegie Mellon’s Tanah dance team performed, jars appeared along with the song “How Low Can You the winner of the competition was announced. Alexandre Kaspar | Photo Staff Go.” A team performing at Bhangra in the Burgh, hoping to VCU managed to win over the judges and took home leave with the first-place trophy, strikes a pose. After such a riveting performance, the intermission the title of fi rst place, as well as bragging rights until the commenced as samosas and water awaited audience next Bhangra in the Burgh. members in the hallway.

performance 8 pillbox 11.08.10 Andy Warhol Museum honors Hollywood icon Sex, fame, and obsession are the focus of new exhibit, Marilyn Monroe: Life as a Legend

[]by Nick Guesto | Staffwriter superstar. This evolution is apparent as visitors journey including a recording from her 1953 performance of through two fl oors of mixed media documenting the life “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend,” which was featured []by Meela Dudley | Pillbox Editor of one of Hollywood’s household names. in the fi lm Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Visitors can also From more risqué photographs, such photographer Tom hear Monroe’s famous rendition of “Happy Birthday, Mr. Kelly’s glossy nudes entitled “Marilyn Monroe’s Poses President,” sung in 1962 to President John F. Kennedy. Throughout the years, Pittsburgh’s Andy Warhol #1-4”, to classy advertisement campaigns, including Museum, located by the riverfront in East Allegheny, Ed Feingersh’s “Marilyn Monroe and Chanel #5” taken On the walls throughout the gallery, some of Monroe’s has dazzled visitors with a vast array of year-round and in 1953, museum guests are given a glimpse into every most famous quotes are painted in bright red. Over a traveling exhibits. Last month, the museum proudly decade of Monroe’s life and fame. Among the unfamiliar series of photos taken of Monroe in the earlier years debuted its newest addition dedicated to the blonde photos, there are several recognizable shots including, before her iconic fame, the wall reads, “Real beauty and bombshell and sex sensation Marilyn Monroe. for example, a screen shot from The Seven Year Itch, femininity are ageless and can’t be contrived. Glamour where Monroe is standing over a subway grate when a can be manufactured.” In glass display boxes throughout The Marilyn Monroe: Life as a Legend exhibit, located train passes by and the wind blows up her white dress. the gallery, visitors can see Monroe on the cover of on the fourth and seventh fl oors of the Andy Warhol various magazines like Glamour and Life, as well as the Museum, features a collection of Monroe prints created Throughout her life, Monroe was repeatedly described as front pages of several newspapers. Gossip articles look by Warhol himself, some of the most famous publicity a sex symbol. Though she had conservative photos taken into the icon’s music and movie careers and her various pictures and magazine covers featuring Monroe for her acting and singing careers, she also dabbled in affairs and romances. One newspaper even claims in its throughout the years, and a collection of Monroe the provocative and lustful pin-up shots that drove men headline to have “Photos From Her Last Day of Life.” interpretations created by other artists. wild. Douglas Kirkland’s series, titled One Night with Marilyn, features her wearing nothing but a bedsheet. Perhaps even more fascinating than the story of In the main gallery on the seventh fl oor, visitors are Monroe’s iconic life is Warhol’s assumed obsession immersed in Monroe culture. The fi rst biographical The gallery isn’t just all about photography, either; over with the deceased celebrity. In the side gallery on info panel describes Monroe as being transformed from the loudspeakers throughout the seventh fl oor, guests the seventh fl oor, Warhol’s fascination comes to life. a “naive and shy” girl to a “sparkling and vivacious” can hear Monroe belt the lyrics to some of her hit songs, Growing up in the golden age of Hollywood, Warhol was always fascinated by fame, and he began collecting autographed photos of his favorite actresses and actors while still in elementary school. The descriptive panels in the gallery tell visitors how Warhol eventually amassed thousands of magazines and publicity photos devoted to his favorite celebrity subjects. In the gallery, Warhol’s collection of photographs of Monroe tiles the walls. Though he had collected over 120 photographs of the icon before her death, it wasn’t until her suicide in 1962 that Warhol chose to feature Monroe in his work.

Amid the walls of photographs hangs Andy Warhol’s 1967 “Marilyn Prints”, a series of 10 large, brightly colored portraits based off of a publicity photograph of the actress taken by Gene Korman for the fi lm Niagara. While Warhol never painted the actress before her death, these portraits were featured in the artist’s fi rst solo exhibition at the Stable Gallery in New York City during November 1962.

In the center of the seventh-fl oor gallery, behind a glass case, is a booklet of 38 elongated octagons. Each of the pages features a detailed look at the drafts of the “Marilyn Prints”. In the next room, are two gigantic paintings by Antonio de Felipe. One is directly inspired by Roy Lichtenstein’s comic book-like pop art style, while the other places Monroe atop a backdrop of tropically-colored fl owers.

In her time, Monroe captivated the public with her Wolfgang Loesche, DD and MM, 2003, © Wolfgang Loesche beauty and grace. This exhibit allows visitors to return The fourth floor of the exhibit features art by artists other than Warhol, like this piece titled “DD and MM” by to the ’50s and watch as the young starlet transforms Wolfgang Loesche, a German artist. herself from a shy, small-town girl into a household name.

art pillbox 11.08.10 9 Did you know? Rocky Horror dazzles The heading “Two Old-Timers” precedes a story of how two graduates were Racy performance inspires audience participation 100 “swinging the sledge” in the school’s forge. While this may be misinterpreting The Rocky Horror Show has been known for its The plot of Rocky Horror is weak. An innocent Nov. 9, 1910 this headline a tad, mandatory hard risqué content — and none of that was absent couple, Brad and Janet (played by fi rst-year music labor would be a wonderful thing for this from Scotch’n’Soda’s Homecoming weekend major Sean Salamon and sophomore biological university to bring back. performance. With many characters in only their sciences major Diane Koeller), get caught in the underclothes, a “sweet transvestite,” and sex scenes, middle of a forest in the dead of the night and decide the show truly lived up to its reputation. to approach a nearby castle to fi nd a telephone. This, as most stories go, is a terrible idea. The castle is Did you know there used to be an Last Friday’s show opened to a packed house, and, inhabited by Frank-n-Furter (fi rst-year computer Engineering and Science College at as with many of Scotch’n’Soda’s previous shows, science major Matthew Alsup), a transvestite from 50 Carnegie Mellon? Man, the day they this one encouraged audience participation, asking Transsexual, Transylvania, and his minions, who separated engineers and scientists, the audience members to call back — yell something take Brad and Janet on the ride of their lives. Nov. 9, 1960 campus must have been littered with funny — at any time during the show as long as lab coats, beakers, levels, and all sorts it didn’t interrupt the actors’ lines. Callbacks are The lack of a strong plot was made up for by of destruction. Get it? It’s like separating traditional to the performance of Rocky Horror, as is hilarious callbacks from Scotch’n’Soda cast an atom? Anyone? throwing food and other things at the stage during members, who lined the back and sides of the performance. Scotch’n’Soda, however, requested McConomy Auditorium. The audience was that the audience avoid throwing food and drink and encouraged to join in with their own callbacks, with Apple co-founder Steven Jobs lectured stick to throwing toilet paper instead. suggestions to shout “asshole” and “slut” whenever this week at Carnegie Mellon about Brad and Janet were referred to by their full names. 25 his new computer company, called Although at times the callbacks were hard to Next Inc. Well, what was “next” for Mr. understand because the voices were not in unison, Nov. 5, 1985 Jobs was the purchase of his newest they still added a dynamic angle to the show. company and eventual return to Apple. Some hilarious instances of callbacks were when You can’t win ’em all. questions were shouted in the pauses between the actors’ lines. This made it seem like the actors were answering the questions when they spoke next. (“Who farted?” “I did.” “Describe Justin Bieber!” “A A Tartan Pizza Delivery Review weakling.”) Showdown took place this week as 10 Tartan writers stayed at home, ordered Audience members also added their own a ton of pizzas from seven locations, interjections that improved the experience, such Nov. 6, 2000 ate them, and rated them. For some as “That’s my roommate!” referring to the actress reason, Vocelli’s wasn’t even reviewed. playing Janet while Janet and Frank-n-Furter acted That must say something. out a sex scene.

The audience also jointly participated in many instances. When the show’s famous “Time Warp” Carnegie Mellon apparently had an number was played, all the audience members got to anticlimactic Halloween this year. An their feet and started jumping to the left, stepping to 5 editorial bemoans the lack of pranks and the right, and doing pelvic thrusts. And when Brad general celebration among the campus sang the slow number “Once in a While,” audience Nov. 7, 2005 community. Let’s be glad we were able members waved their lit-up cell phones in the air — to set a few more fires than usual this at which a Scotch’n’Soda member yelled, “You were year to amp up the crazy factor. all supposed to switch off your cell phones!” at the end and caused everyone to crack up.

The show boasted some good performances, Allegheny County dropped a lawsuit especially Alsup, who did a terrifi c job as a this week against two men who were transvestite. The music was good, but the 1 charged with using Twitter to inform the voices, unfortunately, didn’t live up to the usual public of police locations throughout Scotch’n’Soda performances. Nov. 9, 2009 Pittsburgh during the G-20 Summit. Jeez, if only there were more saints out Celia Ludwinski | Photo Editor All in all, the performance of Rocky Horror was there like those men. enjoyable for newcomers and veterans alike. Frank-n-Furter, played by first-year computer science major Matthew Alsup, examines Rocky, his creation, played by sophomore electrical and Shweta Suresh | Editor-in-Chief Jesse Kummer | Personnel Manager computer engineering major Ryan Salvo.

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comics 12pillbox 11.08.10 ACROSS DOWN 1. Wide receiver Ochocinco 1. Chicago’s time zone (in the winter) Student Crossword 5. One who lives in a sty 2. Hostess chocolate cake 1234 5678 9 10111213 9. 19th-century Russian leaders 3. Actor Guinness or Baldwin 14. Rock song section 4. Any “.com” name 14 15 16 15. Ripped (through) 5. Like a lone cat 16. Lemons’ counterparts 6. Recall a saved file 17 18 19 17. Nickname for the 1980 U.S. hockey victory 7. Killer whale over the USSR 8. Unit named after the inventor of the telephone 20. Anthem before many hockey games 9. They might hide the sun 20 21 21. Capt. Jean-___ Picard 10. Element with atomic number 30 22. It could be poison 11. Friend in France 22 23 24 25 26 23. Cape ___ 12. ___ room (dorm facility) 24. Orchestra’s location 13. Bearing opposite NNW 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 27. Neighbor of the Ivory Coast 18. Attempt to conquer 30. MLB team in the AL West (Abbr.) 19. “Xanadu” rock group 34 35 36 37 38 32. Part of a script 23. Claim your winnings 34. “Strike three! Yer ___!” 24. Mortar and ______39 40 41 35. Formal, as clothes 25. “A friend ______is a friend, indeed.” 38. “____ She Lovely” (Stevie Wonder song) 26. Arcade game once dubbed “The Soviet Mind 42 43 44 39. 1972 Deep Purple hit (with a famous guitar Game” riff) 27. Mark or Matthew 45 46 47 48 49 42. Pain in one’s side 28. Compassionate 43. Nacho cheese chip 29. Made amends (for) 50 51 52 53 44. Floral necklace 30. Maiden mentioned in “The Raven” 45. Foe 31. The Jetsons’ dog 54 55 56 57 58 47. Pittsburgh-born congressman Paul 33. Undercover org. 48. Orchestra section 36. Retinal cell 59 60 61 62 63 50. ’70s rock group ___ Zeppelin 37. Still 51. Devoured 40. Non-standard unit of torque (Abbr.) 53. Under the weather 41. H.G. Wells’ “War of the ______” 64 65 66 54. Hit the slopes 46. City 110 miles SE of Seattle 55. Pilots request clearance for it 49. Aristocracies 67 68 69 59. Releasing some pent-up rage 52. Element with atomic number 50 64. Eric Clapton band formed in 1966 53. Deduce 65. Shrek, e.g. 54. Command heard in the ER This week’s crossword was created by Lucas Whitestone, a junior 66. 1967 Montreal event 55. Nike’s is a swoosh computer science and math major. He can be reached at lwhitest@ 67. Symbol of change 56. Jimi Hendrix’s hairstyle andrew.cmu.edu. 68. With 69-Across, a place for a welcome mat 57. Announcement for the head of the line 69. See 68-Across 58. Be wide-open 59. TV screen choice 60. Before, as Shakespeare would say it 61. ___ Aviv, Israel 62. Mars is one, but Earth isn’t 63. Cleaning tool in a bucket

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comics pillbox 11.08.1013 Horoscopes Medium Difficulty Your advice is golden, and people should pay attention to aries everything you do. All this and so much more is true about march 21–april 19 you. Well, at least until next week, when you don’t have a clue about anything.

Skittles are the only candies that taste like a scientific taurus phenomenon. Please do not go out licking things in chemistry april 20–may 20 labs trying to see what new slogan you can create.

Just knowing their screen name, power level, rank, or which gemini vegetable they just planted in their virtual farm doesn’t make may 21–june 21 you friends.

If you want to seem hip, tight, with it, swell, down, off the cancer chain, radical, or if you’re looking to rock out with your cock june 22–july 22 out, then all you need to do is never use one of these words or phrases ever again.

If you were one of the Seven Dwarfs, guess which one you leo would be. july 23–aug. 22

There are many things that are difficult about going to school virgo here. Chewing appropriately should not be one of them. aug. 23–sept. 22

With all of the layers you will be wearing this winter, make Hard Difficulty libra sure to designate one pocket for all of your belongings. There sept. 23–oct. 22 is nothing worse than having your phone ring while trying to find your ID card and holding up the line at Entropy.

Take next week to improve your portfolio in order to make scorpio your application for TMZ’s summer internship stronger. If you oct. 23–nov. 21 really want to be the best paparazzo you can be, find people on campus doing things that can be entertainingly skewed.

You’re different and ironically cool, so why not create your sagittarius own reality show? Something like a college version of The nov. 22–dec. 21 Real World mixed with Iron Chef and The Amazing Race. I trust that you’re smart enough to hash out the details.

All will be answered if you just listen. Cut yourself off from capricorn anything with a battery or power supply, and just sit and dec. 22–jan. 19 listen. The truth will come.

Others can’t, but I sure can. I just wanted to let you know I aquarius know. Oh boy, do I know. jan. 20–feb. 18

In case of a natural disaster, head to Wean. Its fallout-shelter- pisces like qualities will save you from anything, even mile-high snow feb. 19–march 20 or nuclear attacks by aliens. It is up to you, however, to stock up on canned food and bring your own surge protector. Nicole Hamilton | Junior Staffwriter Sudokus courtesy of www.opensky.ca/~jdhildeb/software/sudokugen/ comics 14pillbox 11.08.10 MONDAY11.08.10 TechBridgeWorld Interactive 2010. Perlis Atrium SUNDAY11.14.10 (Newell-Simon Hall). 5 p.m. Author Josh Green. Penguin Bookshop. 9 a.m. Entrepreneurial Thursday. Little E’s. 5:30 p.m. Polishfest 2010. University of Pittsburgh. Noon. The Manasse/Nakamatsu Duo. Bellefi eld Hall Pieces of the Past. Westmoreland Museum of American Brian Regan. Benedum Center for the Performing Arts. (University of Pittsburgh). 7:30 p.m. Art. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. William S. Burroughs: A Man Within. Regent Square The Rippingtons. Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild. 7 p.m. Pittsburgh Steelers Football. Heinz Field. 8:20 p.m. Theater. 9:30 p.m. Greensky Bluegrass. Rex Theater. 8 p.m. MONDAY11.15.10 The Gypsy Strings. Gypsy Café. 8 p.m. Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey. Consol Energy Center. TUESDAY11.09.10 7 p.m. FRIDAY11.12.10 Giada Valenti: From Italy with Love. Cabaret at School of Art Lecture Series. College of Fine Arts Theater Square. 7:30 p.m. Building. 5 p.m. Women Business Leaders Breakfast Series. Mindy Smith with Schea. Club Café. 6 p.m. Chatham University. 7:30 a.m. ONGOING The First Step to Small Business Success. Saint Authors Joe Trotter and Jared Day. University of Vincent College. 6 p.m. Pittsburgh. Noon. PoemART and Canvases by Janet Jai. Trinity Gallery. FastTrac NewVenture. Chatham University. 6:30 p.m. Author William Petrick. Joseph-Beth Booksellers Through Nov. 13. Improv Comedy Class. Wightman School Community (SouthSide Works). 7 p.m. A Retrospective: Photographs of Pittsburgh. Irma Building. 7 p.m. Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey. Consol Energy Center. Freeman Center for Imagination. Through Nov. 20. Emmylou Harris. Byham Theater. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 13th International Exhibition of Botanical Art. Hunt EOTO. Rex Theater. 8 p.m. 17+ Vetiver. Rex Theater. 8 p.m. 21+ Institute for Botanical Documentation. Through Dec. 17. Audio Space. Wood Street Galleries. Through Dec. 31. WEDNESDAY11.10.10 SATURDAY11.13.10

Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey. Consol Energy Center. Run for the Wounded Warrior. North Park. 8:30 a.m. Want to see your event here? E-mail 7 p.m. Revealing Nature Through Journaling. Beechwood [email protected]. Armchair Adventures: The Greenland Ice Sheet. Farms Nature Reserve. 9:30 a.m. Monroeville Public Library. 7 p.m. The Sixth Annual Lawrenceville Artists’ Studio Tour. Psychic Salon. Gypsy Café. 7:30 p.m. Butler Street Business District. 10 a.m. Tony Buba: Four Decades in Braddock. Harris Author Ashley Stinnett. Joseph-Beth Booksellers Theater. 7:30 p.m. (SouthSide Works). 11 a.m. Genitorturers. Rex Theater. 8 p.m. Author Susan Katz. Joseph-Beth Booksellers Madeleine Albright. Carnegie Music Hall. 8 p.m. (SouthSide Works). Noon. Author Lisa Sarver. Joseph-Beth Booksellers THURSDAY11.11.10 (SouthSide Works). 2 p.m. Plaine and Easie. Synod Hall. 8 p.m. Teacher Professional Development Workshop. Patti Spadaro Band. PD’s Pub. 9 p.m. Mattress Factory. 4:30 p.m.

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Guillermo Gomez | Photo Staff Students gathered in Rangos Hall to celebrate Halloween last Sunday with the music of Switch, one half of the electro house music duo Major Lazer. Despite a delayed fl ight, Switch still managed to make it on time to the show and deliver an upbeat performance that kept the audience dancing. The AB Halloween Dance Party, presented by AB Coffeehouse and Special Events, also featured opening act Cutups and Keeb$.

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