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New Scott Institute for iPhone 5 lacks significant Alumni become ‘The Brew Energy unveiled • A4 upgrade • A9 Gentlemen’ • B8 SCITECH FORUM PILLBOX thetartan.org @thetartan September 24, 2012 Volume 107, Issue 5 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Man New noise policy aims to quiet campus Silver makes jubilee poetry of for LCS cave art program NOËL UM BRIAN TRIMBOLI Junior Staffwriter Junior Staffwriter Melding the realms of Faculty members, stu- archaeology and poetry, dents, and alumni of the Clayton Eshleman — Amer- English department came ican poet, translator, and together to celebrate the editor — spoke about his 25th anniversary of the experiences discovering an- university’s literary and cul- cient cave art in Southern tural studies program last France to an audience in Thursday and Friday. Ac- Porter Hall last Thursday. cording to English professor The lecture drew on Es- Kathy Newman, who orga- hleman’s recent book of po- nized the celebration, the etry, Juniper Fuse: Upper Pa- program has produced over leolithic Imagination & the 300 alumni with master’s Construction of the Under- degrees or doctorates in lit- world. Eshleman cited the erary and cultural studies wicks made from juniper since its inception in 1986. branches that he found dur- Photo illustration by Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor The new noise policy limits the days and times during which students can make “disruptive noise” near university buildings. From left to right: Pro- The events kicked off ing his cave excursions as testers outside the University Center speak out against Carnegie Mellon’s partnership wtih Rwanda; students gather on the College of Fine Arts lawn Thursday with a short film the source of the book’s ti- for this semester’s activities fair; a crowd gathers to watch last year’s Anti-Gravity Derby; and local activist Kimberly Ellis speaks to a several hundred titled “Tributaries: 25 Years tle. The symbolic title serves Pittsburghers at a rally by the Fence to protest the killing of Trayvon Martin. of Literary and Cultural as a snippet of his book’s Studies at Carnegie Mellon content, which draws heav- JACKSON LANE “We received a lot of feed- policy and the previous ver- the normal course of business University.” Created by doc- ily on Eshleman’s findings Senior Staffwriter back from faculty, staff, and sion, released in 1998, begin or is otherwise disruptive to toral candidates David Hae- of Cro-Magnon rock art and students saying that we need by specifying hours when cer- the university or surrounding selin and Sheila Liming, the its metaphorical interpreta- The campus noise policy to preserve some periods for tain types of noise are permis- communities.” documentary focused on tion. has been revised to limit the studying and being in class,” sible, and both versions then Although one could argue the history of literary and An excerpt from Juni- amount of noise coming from Christain said. “People were go on to say that “excessive that the 1998 version would cultural studies, both as a per Fuse reads, “The way a student organization activi- saying how they had to close noise that results in a reason- still classify loud activity on broader academic field and, cave might leak perfume.... ties on the Cut. The revisions windows in class because able complaint from residents the Cut as “excessive noise more specifically, at Carn- In the Cro-Magnons went, were announced to leaders of there was music coming from within or beyond the campus” that results in a reasonable egie Mellon in the past 25 along its wet, hide walls Greek and student organiza- the Cut or from another part is never permitted. complaint,” the definition is years. The film also looked as if a flower, way in, drew tions in an email from Direc- of campus.” However, when specify- vague and doesn’t acknowl- at the prospective future their leggy, tense traumatic tor of Student Activities Eliza- According to Christain, ing the hours, the 1998 ver- edge how outside activity, like of the literary and cultural bodies, spidering over bot- beth Vaughan and Associate in the majority of the com- sion defines the type of noise the indoor activity referenced, studies program. “The film tomless hunches, groping Director of Student Life for plaints, the noise was coming restricted as “indoor activity can be “excessive” during cer- tries to offer a conversation toward Persephone’s fate.” Upperclass and Greek Hous- from student organizations, that can be heard outside a tain times of the day while about where we have come Throughout his presen- es Lucas Christain. The new which is why he and Vaughan university building.” The cur- permissible at other times. from and where we are go- tation, Eshleman recreated policy is also available online made a special announcement rent revision expands this In short, the 2012 version ing,” Liming said. his encounters with the in Carnegie Mellon’s Student to student organization lead- definition to include both clarifies what type of noise is “It’s a great way to learn Handbook, The Word. ers. “It was important that indoor and outdoor noises, allowed at what time. “The something about [liter- The main change is the student organizations were such as those from activities main difference was that ary and cultural studies],” clarification that the noise aware of this policy because happening on the Cut. Spe- there was more ambiguity in Bridget Powers, a first-year “We’re so policy applies to both indoor a lot of their activities include cifically, the 2012 revision the previous version,” said graduate student in the pro- and outdoor activities. In tabling, hooking up speakers, uses the umbrella phrase, Student Body President Will gram, said of the film. “It’s involved in particular, the new policy is or doing something on cam- “Activity occurring on Carn- Weiner, a senior economics definitely an umbrella term, innovation and meant to target activities on pus outside,” Christain said. egie Mellon-owned or man- that requires the Cut. Both the current noise aged property that disrupts See NOISE, A3 See ANNIVERSARY, A3 us to be at the edge of today and tomorrow, SEI to expand to new Bakery Square location whereas what BRENT HEARD Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said, necessary because the staff we tion “for a combination of rea- services were the main depart- Assistant News Editor “I am thrilled to welcome SEI had in current facilities were sons: We needed more space ments being moved to Bak- he’s doing to Bakery Square — a develop- getting overcrowded,” said immediately, and that space is ery Square. Lynch said that is looking at Carnegie Mellon’s Soft- ment that has been essential Richard Lynch, the public rela- somewhat convenient to CMU the move “frees up a certain ware Engineering Institute to the recent transformation tions manager for the SEI. and other SEI locations.” amount of space in the main humanity and (SEI) is now expanding into of Pittsburgh’s East End. The Lynch said that Bakery According to Lynch, fi- SEI building to facilitate more stretching it Bakery Square in East Lib- announcement that Bakery Square was chosen as a loca- nance and business support research staff.” erty. The university spin-off Square is now 100 percent back to the research center has recently leased is an exciting and sig- leased 38,000 square feet of nificant milestone for the proj- distant past.” space from a now LEED-cer- ect’s many dedicated stake- tified old Nabisco Bakery in holders, especially Walnut —William Alba Bakery Square. Capital and RCG Longview Google, the University of Fund. The anticipation now Director of the Pittsburgh Department of rises for Bakery Square 2.0, Science and Rehabilitation Science and which will provide even more Humanities Technology, the UPMC Tech- office space, create more jobs, nology Development Center, and grow our thriving high- Scholars program and the VA Human Engineer- tech innovation economy.” ing Research Laboratories also The SEI describes itself on reside in office complexes in its website as a “a federally cave art that inspired the the Bakery Square center. The funded research and devel- poetry in his book. He pro- SEI’s expansion will be housed opment center sponsored by jected slides of images from on the first floor. the Department of Defense,” the art that influenced his The lease was made by and works “closely with de- writing in order to talk in Walnut Capital Partners, and fense and government orga- detail about each piece and was officially announced to nizations, industry, and aca- its symbolic or metaphori- the public Sept. 12. demia to continually improve cal significance. Paul Nielsen, director and software-intensive systems. Many images showed an CEO of the SEI, said in an Its core purpose is to help or- advanced degree of intel- email, “We’re over capacity in ganizations to improve their lectual development within our Oakland offices and need software engineering capabili- the Cro-Magnons. One im- more space due to growth in ties and to develop or acquire age of a horse head aligned staffing. Bakery Square of- the right software, defect free, with the outline of a vulva, fered the best value and is within budget and on time, ev- Eshleman said, served as a still relatively close to campus ery time.” metaphorical connection compared to other office space The SEI’s website also ex- between “head power and available in the Pittsburgh plains that the institute was vulva power.” area.” founded in 1984 at Carnegie Some pieces of art that Nielsen went on to em- Mellon by the Department of Eshleman displayed were phasize that the SEI was “not Defense, and currently has painted with manganese ‘moving’ to Bakery Square, but over 500 employees, with of- or okra, in such detail that expanding to there.” He said, fices in Los Angeles; Arlington, he compared to the work of “We will still remain in our ex- Va.; and Frankfurt, Germany.