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thetartan.org @thetartan December 3, 2012 Volume 107, Issue 13 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Foreign languages speak to students As his term ends, leah pileggi sity. Susan Polanski, the head historically most popular lan- Carvalho has seen not just Special to The Tartan of Carnegie Mellon’s modern guages — Spanish, French, or an increase in enrollment in Cohon looks ahead languages department, said German — those who want to Portuguese courses at Pitt With a new semester ap- that at Carnegie Mellon, it’s try something different will (which now offers a minor in proaching, most Carnegie 52 percent. find a long list of languages to Portuguese), but also a broad- Mellon students are finalizing According to the MLA, in- choose from. And that list is ening awareness of Brazilian their schedules. For those stu- terest in language study has growing. culture, particularly music, dents who still need one more been steadily on the rise since The study of Portuguese, dance, and food. Pitt’s Brazil class, foreign languages are a the late ’90s. Executive Direc- in particular, is gaining popu- Club — the Brazil Nuts — be- trend that seems to be increas- tor Rosemary G. Feal said in larity. According to Ana Paula comes more active each year, ingly worthwhile. an MLA press release, “Stu- Carvalho, the University of recently hosting an annual According to a Modern dents increasingly see their Pittsburgh’s Portuguese lan- Brazil festival. Language Association (MLA) futures taking place in a mul- guage coordinator, one out of Last summer, Carvalho led enrollment survey, more than tilingual world, and they want two Latin Americans speaks a group of 14 Pitt undergradu- 1.6 million undergraduates language preparation to help Portuguese, as it has always ates in a unique study-abroad who attend American colleg- them function in that world.” been an important language. program in Brazil. es and universities this year Which foreign languages But now Brazil is the sixth “Over six weeks, the stu- will take at least one foreign are American undergraduates largest economy in the world, dents conducted research language class at some point studying these days? While 70 which has led to more de- studies in Brazil. They didn’t in their college careers. That percent pick one of the three mand for Portuguese speak- take classes. They set up in- works out to a national aver- ers in both business and terviews and used question- age of 9 percent per univer- international rela- naires, and then they finalized tions. their research papers after they returned to Pittsburgh,” Carvalho said. Students in the group were ma- joring in engineering, linguistics, and political science, and there was even one student from the dental school. File photo by Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor Carvalho said, Jared Cohon answers questions about the presidential search. “Fourteen students brent heard a parking garage will have to were chosen out of 50 Assistant News Editor be spread evenly across park- applications, and all ing locations, being sure to of their expenses were Jared Cohon, president of emphasize that University covered.” the university, discussed the parking operates on a break- Another language presidential turnover and the even system. that students choose status of Carnegie Mellon’s “Yes, we know that’s the to study is Mandarin international campuses dur- site for Spring Carnival,” Co- Chinese. Enrollment has ing one of his final town hall hon said, adding, “I’m really risen in U.S. universities from meetings last Tuesday. glad the next president has to The event was held in deal with that.” Madelyn Glymour/News Editor See LANGUAGE, A3 Rangos 2 and had approxi- Cohon discussed Carnegie mately 80 attendees, a large Mellon’s international pro- increase from past years. grams, saying that, “Qatar Students and faculty were has already expanded this invited to submit their ques- year” with a new undergrad- Trejos discusses inequalities of trade tions ahead of time. Almost uate biology program that all of the questions pertained the university has created in alvin mathew stead of providing a classically to pressure smaller nations WTO led to difficulty in trad- to the upcoming presidential partnership with Cornell Uni- Junior Staffwriter American vantage point of the into accepting deals that they ing relations between coun- transition. versity. “We never thought WTO, Trejos spoke from the may not completely agree tries. In order to fix this issue, In response, Cohon said, we’d be teaching biology Former Minister of Foreign perspective of Costa Rica, a with, but are often forced to the former Minister of Foreign “I’m not involved in the there,” he said. Trade of Costa Rica Alberto financially weaker nation. accept due to their low finan- Trade proposed a more or- search,” but described how The university has almost Trejos presented a lecture Because Costa Rica’s fi- cial status. ganized system with clearer “the presidential search com- reached the end of its 10-year about the World Trade Orga- nancial standing does not ap- Speaking of Costa Rica, laws for trade. mittee reached out broadly agreement with Qatar, but it nization (WTO) last Friday at proach that of the European Trejos said, “We cannot push Matt Moses, an informa- to staff, faculty, students, is set to renew if no changes Hamburg Hall. Union or the U.S., Trejos not- control or lobby.... For us, tion security policy manage- alumni to find the character- are made. According to a university ed, his nation was different negotiations are very impor- ment Ph.D. student, was in- istics people thought the next Cohon moved on to men- press release, Trejos “was from “successful countries in tant.” terested by the alternative president should have.” tion successes with Carnegie Costa Rica’s lead negotiator at trade who do nothing where He stated that a major is- system proposed, remarking Cohon said that these re- Mellon’s California program the WTO and negotiated Cos- international negotiations are sue in the WTO is that high that the lecture made him sponses were then used to and the Heinz College’s Aus- ta Rica’s membership in the important to their strategy.” barriers, such as tariffs, are “think a lot about mechanism create a job description for tralian program which had Central America Free Trade Trejos claimed that larg- being used in order to nega- design [and] unanimity. It the next university president originally faced demand is- Agreement.” er nations are able to bully tively affect smaller countries. was refreshing to see someone and was used to create the list sues, but thanks to “creative Drawing on his knowledge smaller countries by offering He felt that barriers should be like him.” of candidates, which has now and aggressive efforts” is now of the international trade, deals that may help smaller kept low for exchange with Trejos disapproved of how been narrowed down to a few doing well. Trejos provided an innova- nations in some minor ways, other countries, because “na- trading rounds used by na- final selections. Addressing the campus in tive take on the issues facing but are far from preferable. tions want to play by the same tions are confronted with From there, staff, faculty, Rwanda, he said, “Rwanda the WTO and potential solu- By using such tactics, he rules.” Trejos also stated that and students will be able to is off to a good start aca- tions to these problems. In- said, larger countries are able the lack of organization in the See TREJOS, A3 interview the candidates. demically, but the neighbor- Cohon’s term as university hood they’re in is flaring up president is set to expire in again,” referring to conflict June, but the new president in the bordering region of the CMU CS professor spreads her wings is scheduled to be selected by Congo, which is embroiled in March, providing some over- a conflict with a Rwandan- brian trimboli leaving the university in Janu- working at Carnegie Mellon the research goes, it’s really lap in leadership. related rebel group. Staffwriter ary to take a job as the head for the past 27 years. She be- helping to guide the faculty in In addition to discussing Cohon insisted that the of Microsoft’s international gan her college career at MIT looking out for new research the upcoming presidential university was assured of Jeannette Wing, head of research labs. as an electrical engineering directions and hunting oppor- transition, Cohon also spent the safety of its students and Carnegie Mellon’s computer Wing, a graduate of the major; Wing said she only be- tunities, so basically I stay in time addressing questions on staff, of which there are “26 science department since Massachusetts Institute of came interested in the field of the background and cheer the current plans for Carnegie outstanding masters stu- 2004, announced that she is Technology (MIT), has been computer science when she faculty on and support them Mellon’s growth and the state dents; all but two or three are took a required course in the in any way I can.” of satellite campuses. Rwandan, with the others subject and “fell in love with According to Randy Bry- Cohon said that the insti- from Kenya.” it.” ant, the dean of the School of tutional master plan, which The new graduate pro- According to her page on Computer Science, Microsoft was recently approved by the gram in China and a pilot the computer science depart- has been “wooing [Wing] on city of Pittsburgh, was “a very undergraduate engineering ment website, Wing’s general and off for all this time, and good one, an exciting one,” program in India were also research interests are “in the I guess this time they finally adding, “We’ve acquired a lot briefly discussed. areas of trustworthy comput- convinced her to go.” Bry- of land.” On the subject of Carnegie ing, specification and verifica- ant has known Wing for over He said that while there Mellon’s international in- tion, concurrent and distrib- 30 years; they were graduate were no concrete plans yet, volvement, assistant vice pro- uted systems, programming students together at MIT and, a mix of academic and com- vost for undergraduate edu- languages, and software engi- after graduating, arrived at mercial buildings (such as cation, Stephanie Wallach, neering.” She has served in a Carnegie Mellon within a year the Collaborative Innovation asked a question regarding number of roles since coming of each other. Center) can be expected, the university’s reaction to to Carnegie Mellon, including Bryant praised Wing for with talk of a hotel or retail “Qatar supporting the terror- associate dean of academic her leadership ability within store being added. ist group Hamas.” affairs and head of the com- the computer science depart- The goal of these in- Cohon responded by giv- puter science Ph.D. program. ment: “Her first impression creased real estate acquisi- ing a brief background on Wing said that as the head she gives of you is she’s just tions, Cohon explained, is to Qatar’s role in the Middle of the computer science de- full of energy and excitement. make the rectangle formed East, reassuring that “it partment, she oversees all of She just gets everyone fired by Forbes Avenue, Morewood doesn’t affect us directly un- education and research the up, and everyone really be- Avenue, Craig Street, and less we want it to.” department’s faculty and stu- lieves in her.” Fifth Avenue to be part of “We feel that the most im- dents participate in. Bryant also highlighted campus. portant thing for that region “Certainly I help man- Wing’s positive influence as Cohon fielded questions is a Western-style education. age the education programs, the head of the computer sci- concerning the Morewood We are part of the solution,”

Courtesy of Jeannette Wing the Ph.D. program; [I] help ence department. parking lot being turned into he said. Jeannette Wing, the head of Carnegie Mellon’s computer science manage the undergraduate structured parking, acknowl- department, is leaving the university after 27 years. program,” she said. “As far as See WING, A2 edging that the higher cost of See COHON, A3 A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » December 3, 2012

Campus news in brief Statistically Professors named as AAAS Students lead new plan for fellows for their research shale chemicals production Speaking Justine Cassell, direc- search has focused on com- Chemical engineering of aromatics from ethane is tor of the Human-Computer putational systems that can seniors at Carnegie Mellon not only technically feasible, Interaction Institute, and help supplement language are creating blueprints for a but also economically very Chien Ho, biological sciences skills of disabled individuals plan to transform valuable profitable. This past week, Syrians were cut off from phone and alumni professor, have both through the use of conver- hydrocarbons from the gas in Grossmann said in a uni- internet access as a result of outages allegedly orches- been named fellows of the sation and storytelling. Ac- Marcellus shale deposits into versity press release, “This trated by the government to control rebel forces. Here American Association for cording to a university press chemicals and polymers. means that U.S. companies are some facts on the incident and Syrian conflict: the Advancement of Science release, Ho is being recog- Chemical engineering like Bayer Corp in Pittsburgh (AAAS). nized “for pioneering the use professors Ignacio Gross- could have advantaged ac- Cassell received the honor of magnetic resonance to un- mann and Jeff Siirola will cess to low cost aromatics.” “for her distinguished contri- ravel allosteric mechanisms lead teams of four and five Siirola said in the same re- butions to the field of com- of hemoglobin, and to devel- students in finding a new lease, “Aside from promoting puter science, particularly for op a noninvasive method to source for chemical produc- the rebirth of the traditional new computational models of monitor immune responses tion. The students will con- petrochemical industry in 2 human behavior and result- in vivo.” vert hydrocarbons from shale the U.S. which has been in The number of days Syrian citizens were without internet access. ing technologies, including This year’s class of 702 fel- deposits into chemicals, decline for some time, the the Embodied Conversation- lows will be recognized dur- which are used in the manu- various components of gas in al Agent (ECA),” according to ing the AAAS Fellows Forum facturing products such as shale deposits offer the pos- a university press release. held in February at the AAAS plastics and dyes. Previously, sibility of producing many Cassell developed the Annual Meeting in Boston. these products have been cre- chemicals with new alterna- ECA, a virtual human being Twenty-seven Carnegie Mel- ated from crude oil. tive pathways and processes.” capable of interacting with lon faculty members and According to a university humans, to help children alumni have been named press release, the student dis- Compiled by 1982 Noël Um with autism in 2008. Her re- AAAS Fellows in the past. covered that the production The year in which the Syrian government’s attack on the city of Hama was preceded by internet outages. feature photo 0 University observes World AIDS Day The level to which traffic from Akamai Technologies Inc., an in- ternet content distributor to Syrian users, dropped on Thursday. 15 The number of people killed on Thursday after heavy fighting between rebels and regime troops in the northern Idlib province and in Aleppo. 40,000 The estimated number of people killed since the start of the conflict in Syria.

Sources: usatoday.com and Compiled by news.cnet.com Noël Um

Wing departs for Microsoft position WING, from A1 into practice,” he said. Generations of Wing’s Between 2007 and 2010, students have known her as Wing briefly left Carnegie the “dragon lady,” based on Mellon to serve as the assis- a photo of her performing tant director of the computer a Chinese sword dance that and information science and she learned in Xi’an, China. engineering directorate at As department head, Wing the National Science Founda- is still interacting as much as Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor tion (NSF). she can with students. A campus event recognized World AIDS day last Saturday, featuring a speaker and panelists who spoke about HIV/AIDS and answered audience When Wing came back, This semester, she co- questions. Held annually on Dec. 1, World AIDS day aims to bring attention to AIDS as a health and public issue. Bryant said, she used what taught 15-150, Principles of she had learned at the NSF Functional Programming. to “try and bring in some new Wing said she enjoys the class faculty members who would because of her long-standing Campus Crime & Incident Reports be doing work in areas dif- interest in functional pro- ferent than what we were do- gramming. “It got me into Theft Theft DUI Arrest Theft ing.” As an example of this, computer science. I love the Nov. 26, 2012 Nov. 29, 2012 Nov. 30, 2012 Bryant pointed to the hiring material; I just want to con- Nov. 26, 2012 of Emma Brunskill, currently vey my own passion for this A Mudge House resident University Police were University Police con- University Police were sum- an assistant professor of com- material to the students.” summoned police officers to summoned to Stever House ducted a traffic stop on a moned to Schatz Dining Room puter science. When asked what advice file a theft report. The student for a theft of a bicycle. The vehicle with expired regis- in the University Center for a Frank Pfenning, a profes- she would give rising com- stated that his room was unse- Trek mountain bike was tration. After police made laptop theft. The victim stated sor of computer science and puter science students at cured from Nov. 25 to 10:30 parked and secured at the Ste- contact with the driver, they that her laptop and cell phone a colleague of Wing’s, agrees Carnegie Mellon, Wing said, a.m. the following morning. ver House bike rack on Nov. 21 determined that he had been were taken from the second- with Bryant on the pleasures “Follow your passion. Find In this time frame, his PNC at 9 a.m. The victim noticed drinking alcohol. The male floor area of the University of working with her: “There something that you’re really debit card was taken from his the bike missing last Monday was placed under arrest Center. Multiple people were are many attributes that make interested in and go for it. Be- wallet, which was on his desk. at approximately 7:20 p.m. for driving under the influ- interviewed, but none was it exciting to work with her; I lieve in yourself. The students This investigation is ongoing. ence of alcohol and will be able to identify a suspect. think one of her strongest at- are smart here; there should Underage Drinking charged. He also received tributes is her dedication, her be no lack of confidence.” Theft Nov. 27, 2012 multiple traffic violations. Theft energy and her enthusiasm Pfenning and Bryant say Nov. 26, 2012 Nov. 30, 2012 and, in scientific terms, her Wing will be sorely missed. University Police respond- Disorderly Conduct University Police were University Police respond- total commitment.” “Of course it’s a big loss to ed to the fourth floor of Stever Nov. 29, 2012 Pfenning, too, has worked CMU. It’s impossible to re- summoned to take a report House to a report of underage ed to the University Center for with Wing for many years. place her, that’s for sure,” of a theft of an iPad. The iPad drinking. Officers talked with University Police were a retail theft that occurred at As department head, Pfen- Pfenning said. was stolen from an office on multiple individuals who ad- summoned to Hunt Library Entropy+. They were unsuc- ning said, Wing was adept “I think she’s been very the first floor of Smith Hall be- mitted to drinking at an off- for a report of a disorderly fe- cessful in locating the three at gauging the department’s inspirational to people; we’re tween 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The campus location and were vis- male at the information desk. females who unlawfully took needs and allocating re- really sad to see her go,” Bry- office was said to be open and ibly intoxicated. Two students Upon their arrival, the female multiple items. sources. “She has a complete ant said. unlocked during this time. were issued citations for un- had exited the building. Of- sort of sense for what the Wing is sad to go, but ex- derage drinking. ficers searched the area at- department needs and what cited to take on the challeng- tempting to find the female, we need as we’re moving es Microsoft will offer her. but were unsuccessful. forward. She’s very good at “I will always love Carnegie setting priorities and making Mellon. Carnegie Mellon is Weather sure these priorities are put my family,” she said.

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We will Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday print the correction or clarification in the next print is- High / Low High / Low High / Low High / Low High / Low sue and publish it online. 64 / 34 41 / 25 49 / 35 52 / 42 50 / 35 Source: www.accuweather.com December 3, 2012 « The Tartan thetartan.org/news » A3 Cohon outlines future plans Language opportunities on rise COHON, from A1 better due to fundraising such ter position to meet [funding LANGUAGE, from A1 According to the American the moment, the list includes as the Dietrich gift, whose requests], but that’s relative; Councils for International Farsi, Swahili (the only truly Education website, in 2006, African language taught at With regard to the univer- “contribution to the endow- we’ve never had enough dis- Polanski illustrated how Chi- the U.S. Department of State, Pitt), American Sign Lan- sity’s financial outlook, Cohon ment hasn’t been felt yet.” cretionary funds,” Cohon re- nese language studies have along with the Bureau of Edu- guage (ASL), Arabic, Modern said, “We’re in very good po- On the subject, Jennifer sponded. expanded. At Carnegie Mel- cation and Cultural Affairs, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, sition.” But he expressed fears Keating-Miller, the Associ- The forum was sponsored lon, there were five students set up the Critical Language Irish Gaelic, Swedish, Icelan- about the effect of the nation- ate Director of Undergradu- by Staff Council. Jeffrey Har- studying Mandarin Chinese Scholarship Program to “ex- dic, Turkish, Vietnamese, and al fiscal cliff on research fund- ate Research and National ris, the chair of Staff Council, in 1992. Polanski said, “Ini- pand dramatically the num- Quechua (a language spoken ing that would be available to Fellowships, inquired about said, “Staff Council sponsors tially we hired a tutor, and the ber of Americans studying in the Andes). the university. continued investment in ex- this event as an opportunity courses were taught through and mastering critical-need Of all of the languages in “Our endowment contin- isting Pittsburgh programs for the Carnegie Mellon com- distance learning. Today, over foreign languages.” which the center provides in- ues to be small,” Cohon said, in contrast to the university’s munity and President Cohon 300 students fill 23 sections This year, 631 critical lan- struction to undergraduates, but he said that it is getting expansion. “We’re in a bet- to speak candidly.” of Chinese language courses at Carnegie Mellon.” guage scholarships (out of Arabic has had the highest Mark Dyehouse, a sopho- over 5,200 applicants) were gain in percentage of students more Chinese and physics awarded for the study of since 2002. double major, had the oppor- Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla/ “In the fall of 2001,” Mauk Trejos gives trade perspective tunity to take three years of Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, In- said, “Arabic was fourth as far Chinese in high school. Un- donesian, Japanese, Korean, as student enrollments. It was like many students who take Persian, Punjabi, Russian, behind ASL, Irish Gaelic, and Chinese language classes, Turkish, and Urdu. Swahili. By spring of 2002, Dyehouse has no Chinese the number of Arabic student heritage. enrollments doubled. In 2009 “I began to find the many Do you speak the number of students en- facets of the language, cul- rolled was 352, up from 75 ture, and history fascinating,” Ibo/Igbo? in 2002. And this was after he said. “I visited China and How about Carnegie Mellon started their Hong Kong for a few weeks own Arabic language cours- last summer, which intensi- Assamese? If es.” If not for budget cuts, it fied the hold that the lan- you do, the U.S. would likely be much higher. guage had on me.” He would The field of careers for like to become fluent and to government has critical language speakers is potentially use his Chinese translator job growing. Do you speak Ibo/ language skills to conduct re- Igbo (spoken in Nigeria)? search in physics. openings right How about Assamese (spoken Many Pittsburghers’ roots in northeast India)? If you Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor now. Former Minister of Foreign Trade for Costa Rica Alberto Trejos spoke at Heinz College on Friday. are Slavic, so it makes sense do, the U.S. government has that Pitt’s department of translator job openings right TREJOS, from A1 are now exhausting money, completion. Although $6 is Slavic languages and litera- The scholarships cover now. Becoming a translator effort, and time into bilat- not the amount that the oth- ture offers Russian, Polish, all costs, including travel be- generally requires more than an all-or-nothing approach, eral agreements when they er person desired, he would Slovak, Ukrainian, Bosnian/ tween the student’s home city an undergraduate language so that nations are forced to should focus on the larger have to accept it instead of be- Croatian/Serbian, Czech, and and program location, ori- degree, but even a passing make concessions. The prob- picture by agreeing to mul- ing stuck with no payment at Bulgarian. Those languages entation costs, visa fees, and knowledge of another lan- lem with this system, he ex- tilateral agreements and re- all. Analogous to the bullying are also taught during the room and board. guage can be useful for travel plained, is unanimity — with forming previous rules. With of weaker nations, Trejos felt summer, with Hungarian and “Critical languages” are or perhaps as the basis for a more than 100 parties being international powers like the that this practice should be Turkish added to the mix. often not taught in college completely different career. involved in trade talks, it is U.S. and the European Union ended. “In addition,” said Chris- language programs. Claude Erin Taylor is a junior math difficult to make progress by dominating over smaller na- Students who attended the tine Metil, director of the Mauk, the director of Pitt’s and linguistics double major. having all of the parties in tions like Costa Rica, Trejos talk enjoyed the alternative Summer Language Institute, Less-Commonly-Taught She is fluent in French and agreement. claimed that smaller coun- perspective that Trejos pro- “for the next three years, Pitt Languages Center, knows Spanish, and studies Italian Instead, he said nations tries have “unfairly been put vided on international issues. will host the Baltic Studies all about that: “This center, at Carnegie Mellon. “I’m look- pretend they’re moving for- into a corner” in recent nego- Umer Humayun, a first- Summer Internship, the only which is part of the Linguistics ing into a minor in language ward in trade discussions, tiations and that these larger year public policy and man- program in the country to Department, began in the technology. I’d like to use my when in reality, an agreement nations should not be allowed agement master’s student, offer Estonian, Latvian, and 1960s, mostly for graduate knowledge of the structure of among nations has not been to exploit others. agreed, “It was great. Hearing Lithuanian.” students to help with their languages to work in artificial reached since 2003, almost a An example he provided different point of views from The U.S. government is research. Now it’s mostly intelligence, perhaps in code decade ago. described a wealthy individ- other countries was really in- always looking for speakers undergraduate.” breaking.” And someday she’d Trejos feels rules that were ual who is only willing to pay teresting — not just from the of “critical languages,” a con- The assortment of lan- like to learn Tagalog, one of created 20 years ago haven’t $6 for a task to another indi- United States, but also coun- stantly-changing list tied to guages offered through the the predominant languages been changed, and countries vidual who wanted $10 for its tries like Costa Rica.” areas of conflict in the world. center changes often, but at spoken in the Philippines. A4 « thetartan.org/scitech The Tartan » December 3, 2012

scitech briefs New computer 2012 rates among Nanoparticles less toxic than believed simulation mimics hottest years in Benjamin Madueme with biofilms, or thin films on brain’s process past 160 years Staffwriter surfaces (like rocks), with a high density of bacteria pro- The computer simulation This year ranks as one of A group of Carnegie Mel- tected by a gelatinous poly- SPAUN — Semantic Pointer the nine hottest years in 160 lon researchers have made saccharide substance they Architecture Unified Network years, confirming the trend huge strides in examining the produce. It was a study of — has been programmed toward a warmer planet. Ac- exact effects of silver nanopar- silver nanoparticles in this to think in a similar manner cording to the World Meteo- ticles on bacteria living in ge- environment that yielded the to the human brain. What rological Organization, aver- latinous biofilms. The results research team’s result. sets SPAUN apart from other age temperatures between of their research indicate that “When the bacteria are in simulations is its ability to in- January and October were the nanoparticles are less tox- a biofilm, silver nanoparticles form the user of its thought 0.45°C above the average ic on biofilms than was previ- are still toxic, but much less process: After answering a from 1961 — 90. A rise of 1°C ously suspected, a finding that toxic than they are to bacteria question, it prints out how it is enough to increase the fre- has positive implications for swimming around freely in reached that answer. quency of extreme weather, the effects of these nanopar- water,” Tilton said. “It’s a dif- Input is given in the form according to some scientists. ticles on the environment, as ference of five orders of mag- of a written question, with The rate at which the Arc- biofilms are the most common nitude.... What we think a big SPAUN “seeing” the que- tic ice melted last summer form of life on Earth. part of [this] is that the gelati- ry; the information sorts was higher than that of any The research team in- nous matrix they’re growing through the system until previous year. In September, volved is composed of Stacy in prevents the particles from SPAUN decides what to do the ice area shrank to just Wirth, a Ph.D. student in the Courtesy of adonofrio via Flickr getting in and actually making Biofilms, like the one above, are harmed less by silver nanoparticles with it. Eventually, it prints over half its size from the department of chemical en- than previously thought, according to new Carnegie Mellon research. direct contact with the bacte- detailed instructions on how previous year, the smallest it gineering; Robert Tilton, a ria.” to solve the problem. has been since records began. professor of chemical and ticles in environmental sys- the ones the research team To determine the toxic- While the creators of In addition, recent unusual biomedical engineering; and tems,” said Wirth, who led the worked with — are popular for ity of silver nanoparticles, the SPAUN believe it is a break- weather events show links to Gregory Lowry, a professor team’s research. their antimicrobial properties, researchers cultured various through that will help scien- global warming. of civil and environmental According to Science Daily, so they are used in items like biofilms in vitro and then ex- tists understand the brain, Michel Jarraud, head of engineering. The three are a nanoparticle is a microscop- athletic clothing, food packag- posed them to different levels some of its obvious limita- the World Meteorological Or- members of the Center for the ic particle with at least one di- ing materials, and even some of nanoparticles. The toxicity tions — like not being able ganization, cited the extreme Environmental Implications mension less than 100 nano- brands of toothpaste. Though of each level was determined to learn new information — heat wave that occurred in of Nanotechnology (CEINT), meters in size. When chemical they are commonly used in via viability assays, where flu- come to the attention of its Russia in 2010, and stated a five-year old multi-univer- compounds are shrunk down these and other consumer orescent dyes are injected into critics. “It is not a brain mod- that “without climate change, sity initiative among Carn- to this size, their physical products, there has been some the biofilm containers. el,” said Henry Markram of this episode would have been egie Mellon, Duke University, and chemical properties of- recent concern over how eas- If the liquid surrounding the Swiss Federal Institute extremely unlikely.” Howard University, Virginia ten change in unprecedented ily silver nanoparticles can the bacteria turned a certain of Technology in Lausanne. Tech, Stanford University, and ways. Recent chemical engi- leak into the environment, color (like green), then that Source: The New York Times the University of Kentucky. neering breakthroughs have where their hazardous effects indicated that the bacteria was CEINT (pronounced like still alive and the nanoparticle Source: www.sciencenews.org allowed manufacturers to le- on bacteria may damage an “saint”) specializes in iden- verage these properties to en- area’s ecology. levels they were exposed to tifying the effects of human- hance many everyday products. “Let’s say you have [silver was not toxic, whereas a dif- Europe observatory SARS-like virus in ity’s increased usage of nano- Nanoparticles are used nanoparticles] on a tooth- ferent color (like red) indicat- discovers biggest Mideast kills two materials on the environment, in scratch-proof eyeglasses, paste,” Tilton said. “You brush ed the opposite result. specifically on microbial and stain-repellent fabrics, and your teeth [and] it goes into This process was also used black hole blast Jordanian men single-celled lifeforms whose self-cleaning windows. In the water, which ends up in a to ascertain that the ions left size make them the best can- behind when silver nanopar- Astronomers at the Eu- Experts with the World computer engineering, carbon waste water treatment plant. didates to be directly affected ticles dissolve are more toxic ropean Southern Observa- Health Organization (WHO) nanotubes are being explored The sludge — the end product by these tiny nanoparticles. than the actual nanoparticles tory have observed one of reported that a new SARS- to create nanoscale circuitry of waste water treatment — is “The focus of all the work themselves. the largest black hole explo- like coronavirus has killed and even bendable electron- actually very rich in organic we do in our group is the be- “We’ve been able to show sions ever known. The blasts, two people in Jordan. The ics. compounds. It’s often used as havior of engineered nanopar- that a large fraction of the tox- known as quasars, are very deaths make a total of nine Silver nanoparticles — fertilizer.... Now you’ve just icity of silver nanoparticles is bright galactic centers pow- confirmed cases of the virus, realized that there’s a route actually due to the silver ions ered by supermassive black with five fatalities, since it for it to go from your socks to that they release when they holes. The newly discovered was initially contracted by Despite their usage in consumer the sludge to a farm field, pos- dissolve,” Tilton said. “We be- quasar, approximately 1,000 a Saudi Arabian man. Cases sibly being taken immediately products, there has been some lieve that the polysaccharides light-years away, is at least have occurred so far in Saudi into the roots of crops. It’s not in that [gelatinous] matrix five times more powerful Arabia, Qatar, and Jordan. recent concern over how easily unreasonable to think that can bind to the silver ions, and than the one previously ob- Scientists are looking into there’s a risk here.” silver nanoparticles can leak into if the silver ions are bound up served to be the largest. the possibility of the virus A substantial amount of in that matrix, they’re not go- Some scientists believe being communicable, al- the environment, where their work has already been done to ing to get to the bacteria. It’s that these quasars can help though the virus is probably show that silver nanoparticles hazardous effects on bacteria may sort of like it’s behaving like a them understand the enig- not nearly as deadly as SARS. are harmful to free-roaming sink or a sponge for the silver mas of the universe, such as “Even if the cases in Jor- damage an area’s ecology. bacteria. A less-explored as- ions.” the lack of large galaxies and dan were human-to-human pect involves their reactions how a galaxy’s mass is relat- spread — and we don’t know ed to the mass of its central that — it wasn’t sustained,” black hole. said WHO spokesman Grego- Nahum Arav, an astrono- ry Hartl. Two clusters of the IS major applies skills to data collection mer from Virginia Tech, diseases lead some to believe stated, “I’ve been looking it is conagious, and medical Desiree Xu for something like this for a and public health workers Junior Staffwriter decade, so it’s thrilling to fi- are being told to stay vigilant nally find one of the monster to unexplained cases of pneu- While the press may fo- outflows that have been pre- monia as possible links to the cus on research published dicted!” new virus. by Ph.D’s, undergraduate re- search at Carnegie Mellon is alive and well. Kevin Schaefer, Source: Astronomy magazine Source: NPR a sophomore information sys- tems major who is conducting Music theory helps Health problems research for the Human-Com- develop synthetic rise in aftermath of puter Interaction Institute (HCII), is one example. materials’ strength Sandy in New York He became involved in his Experiments led by re- As New York City faces the current project when he was searchers at the Massachu- aftermath of Hurricane San- searching for something to setts Institute of Technol- dy, residents struggle with occupy his time over the sum- ogy, Tufts University, and increased health problems. mer. His friend Quintin Carl- Boston University revealed Although a majority of the son, a junior decision science that knowledge from music city has power and heating major, introduced a project theory can strengthen spi- restored, there are still over he was working on for the der silk, one of the strongest 12,000 residents in unheated HCII. known materials in the natu- homes. As a result, the rate Schaefer, consequently, ral world. at which people contract landed an undergraduate re- The research team — hypothermia is three times search role under Anind Dey, an associate professor of hu- Jennifer Coloma/Operations Manager consisting of mathemati- the normal rate of previous Sophomore information systems major Kevin Schaefer conducts research in the Human-Computer Interaction man-computer interaction, cians, music composers, and years. During the week of the Institute. His project involves improving data collection techniques for teachers of autistic students. engineers — constructed storm, the carbon monoxide and Gabi Marcu, a Ph.D. stu- detailed computer models exposure rate was 10 times dent in human-computer in- the teachers can spend less instead of a virtual interface?” advisors as he works to obtain of the underlying protein higher than expected. There teraction. of their time just observing Part of their objective is to find valuable skills. structures that make the silk were six times as many cases Part of his job is to work and collecting data, and more a technological solution to the As a researcher, Schaefer so flexible and strong. After as usual the next week. with faculty members and time instructing and interact- teachers’ inconvenience. has been described as detail studying patterns within Lack of heating could lead teachers who analyze and col- ing with each student. Schaefer said that it was -oriented and design-centric. the structures, the team to other health problems lect a massive amount of data “Discovering a way to his personal objective to find “He is passionate about what found that the structure of such as depression, anxiety, on autistic students at nearby transition data collection and practical, applied human- he works on in terms of user silk could be described in a and the worsening of heart special education schools. Un- storage makes the teachers’ computer interaction meth- experience,” Carlson said. similar manner of a musical and lung problems. Officials like conventional schools — jobs more efficient,” Schae- ods, such as conducting “I’m proud to say I go to piece: by range, pitch, dy- worry over the approaching which gauge their students’ fer said, “because recording studies and interviewing par- the same school and am in namics, and tempo. winter, as long periods of ex- progress based on assign- data virtually allows them to ticipants. the same program as him,” The researchers are now posure to environments be- ments, tests, and quizzes — manipulate information and “Without research, I said Julia Teitelbaum, a ju- working to design biosyn- low room temperature could the special education schools analyze patterns easily, as wouldn’t have gotten these nior information systems and thesized materials by piec- be fatal. Officials recommend require that their teachers opposed to the process being skills until senior year, but it is human-computer interaction ing the proteins together that residents without heat collect data on each student more tedious on hand-written beneficial to acquire them at a double major. as a musical composition should avoid using gas or manually. surfaces.” younger age,” he said. He also Outside of being a re- might be pieced together. ovens to protect themselves As a result, each teacher is This advancemet could claims that his favorite part searcher, Schaefer is just like This method of synthesizing from carbon monoxide, and assigned to one student and also benefit the students, as about doing research is that any other college student. materials could signal the should wear loose-fitting, dry he or she has to mark down it has been shown that edu- most undergraduates do not “He’s extremely friendly, in- building blocks for tissue layers of clothing. the student’s behavior and cation quality is improved if focus solely on the research telligent, and caring,” Carl- engineering and could ulti- learning progress by hand. each teacher allocates more aspect of the job, and instead son said. He has a variety of The data collected varies dra- time, effort, and attention to treat it as an opportunity to interests, including the new mately lead to replacement Source: The New York Times organs, skin, or new materi- matically. Schaefer and his their students. In order to car- practice practical skills in Windows 8 phone and his als for civil engineering. teammates deal with finding ry out this research, Schaefer human-computer interaction. Volkswagen Jetta. “People get Compiled by a method to transition man- and his teammates have to an- Schaefer enjoys the comfort into fights about his Jetta, and sonia Katharani-Khan ual collection and storage to swer the question: “Why is the and safety of being under the he is protective of it,” Carlson Source: Science Daily Michael setzer a digital version. This way process happening on paper guidance of his professor and explained. December 3, 2012 « The Tartan thetartan.org/scitech » A5 Researchers create GPNAs to supress tumor growth Michael Setzer istry graduate student Raman es, the research team believed onto the cancerous cell due to which was injected in the result that is groundbreaking, Acting SciTech Editor Bahal teamed up with multi- they could use the same type its size and permeability. stomach, began having an im- Ly said, as patients with this ple researchers at the Univer- of treatment to target certain In an attempt to make a pact on head and neck tumor strain would normally have no Cancer: A brief mention of sity of Pittsburgh to look into cancers as well. stronger and better oligo- growth within one week; this further treatment options. the ubiquitous killer conjures the prospect of using peptide Like antibiotics, many can- nucleotide, the team focused was a two-week improvement The team has plenty of up unpleasant images of the nucleic acids as an alternative cer drugs can lose their effec- their attention on guanidine- over current oligonucleotide work to do for the future, how- painful consequences that to current treatments that tar- tiveness within weeks due to based peptide nucleic acids treatments. This accomplish- ever. An actual form of medi- sometimes result from a diag- get the growth of a tumor at resistance. But because oligo- (GPNAs). PNAs are analogous ment was even more signifi- cation utilizing this mecha- nosis. According to the Ameri- the molecular level. nucleotides are made up of a to DNA and RNA, but are much cant because the treatment nism wouldn’t be available for can Cancer Society, there The team included spe- combination of the same four more stable; the added base didn’t have to be directly in- years, and that’s only if every were over 500,000 estimated cialists in chemistry, oncol- base pairs that make up DNA, pair guanidine — the G — is jected into the tumor, or even step of the research process deaths from cancer in the U.S. ogy, pharmacology, and bio- scientists can tailor them to necessary for cellular uptake. close to the tumor. goes perfectly. The study also this year. statistics. Their research was fight any mutated gene or The researchers surmised that This development could looked at a very small num- While cancer is the result of published in the journal ACS strain. “With oligonucleotides, the combination of these at- prove beneficial to those ber of mice, so it’s still pos- a myriad of different causes, Chemical Biology. the advantage in usage is that tributes would overcome the whose cancer has metasta- sible that the oligonucleotide fast-paced advancements in The source of the research you can change the sequence issues currently hindering oli- sized. “That was sort of the could pose unforeseen health genetics have allowed physi- is the treatment for infectious to match anything that can gonucleotides. ultimate goal of the research,” risks. Ly is optimistic about cians and scientists to discover disease. Due to a growing emerge,” Ly explained. “[It’s] The researchers tested their Ly said. the future, but is proceeding multiple biological receptors number of resistant strains similar to using different bul- synthetic oligonucleotide on a Next, the researchers ran cautiously in this fight against critical for tumor growth. of bacteria, researchers have lets depending on what the receptor involved in tumors trials comparing their GPNA cancerous tumors. Researchers at Carnegie Mel- searched for alternative sourc- targets are.” called the epidermal growth to erlotinib and cetuximab, “We don’t want to publish lon have explored alternative es of treatment for infectious Oligonucleotides are rarely factor receptor (EGFR), which two different medications that for the sake of publishing pa- forms of treatment that inac- diseases. A recently emerged used in clinical treatment, is associated with advanced- also target EFGR. The GPNA pers,” he added. tivate the genes behind these method of treatment utilizes however, due to their sen- stage, large tumors that typi- had comparable effects on tu- Bahal, however, doesn’t receptors and stop the pro- oligonucleotides — small mol- sitivity to degradation and cally have a poor prognosis. mor suppression to the FDA- hide his excitement. “This is gression of tumors common in ecules of DNA that can turn off poor cellular uptake. In other The idea was that the GPNA approved drugs. a great step forward toward neck and spinal cancer. genes that contribute to tumor words, the flimsiness of oligo- would be able to block the syn- Even more remarkably, GPNA-based gene therapy and Chemistry professors Danith production. nucleotides makes it difficult thesis of key proteins that lead the GPNA was also success- will serve as platform for tar- Ly and Bruce Armitage, chem- While the motivation for for them to even get to the cell to growth of the tumor. ful at delaying the growth of geting many other genes ac- istry post-doctoral researcher the use of oligonucleotides intact. And even if it arrives, The effects of the study on a tumor of a mutated, resis- countable for different kinds Srinivas Rapireddy, and chem- stems from infectious diseas- it is a challenge for it to latch mice indicated that the GPNA, tant strain of EFGR. It’s this of cancer,” he said via email.

Michael Setzer/Acting SciTech Editor The two images represent healthy (left) and cancerous (right) cell division. In healthy cell division, a healthy cell will terminate a damaged cell through a process called apoptosis, or programmed cell death. A cancerous cell may have a mutation in the gene that regulates apoptosis. Without it, damaged cells will continue to divide and may lead to the growth of a cancerous tumor. how things work Why a clear sky looks blue Brooke Kuei Staffwriter

Imagine a world in which the sky wasn't blue, but say, orange. The sky has been blue for as long as you’ve lived. But was it always this color? To answer this question, we must understand what the Earth’s atmosphere is com- posed of and the properties of light. The atmosphere of our planet is composed of a mix- ture of gases and a few other materials. According to space news site Universe Today, 78 percent of the atmosphere is made of nitrogen and 21 per- cent is made of oxygen. Other components include argon gas, water vapor, dust, and pollen. The atmosphere sur- rounds the entire planet, so Adelaide Cole/Art Editor The sun emits white light that holds the wavelength of all colors. Once sunlight has to pass through the light travels through the Earth’s atmosphere, it bounces through these gas particles on its way dust and water particles until it is absorbed by gaseous molecules. to Earth. Because blue light has the shortest wavelength, it is the one most often This is where the proper- absorbed and re-emitted by the gas molecules. ties of light come into play. Light is energy that travels plains that light travels in a means that by the time you in waves moving at 300 mil- straight path unless some- see it, more of the blue light is lion meters per second. The thing is in its way. When sun- already scattered, leaving the energy of radiation is depen- light passes through the atmo- red and yellow light visible. dent upon two characteris- sphere, it is interrupted by the This is why sunrises and sun- tics of light: wavelength and various particles. When light sets are red. frequency. Wavelength is the hits relatively large particles But if shorter wavelengths distance between the crests — such as water, dust, or pol- are scattered more than lon- of a wave; frequency is the len — it simply bounces off in ger wavelengths and violet number of waves that pass by different directions. However, light has a shorter wavelength each second. Wavelength and when it hits gas molecules, than blue light, why doesn’t frequency are inverses of each which are smaller than the the sky appear purple? The other. wavelength of light, it gets ab- answer, according to re- Light from the sun appears sorbed by the molecule. The searchers at the University of to be white, but it is actually molecule later radiates the California, Riverside, is that composed of all colors. This same color that was absorbed. the physiology of the human can be demonstrated by ob- According to NASA, al- eye makes us more sensitive serving how light is split into though all wavelengths (col- to blue light than to purple a rainbow spectrum when ors) of light can be absorbed, light. it passes through a crystal shorter wavelengths (blue) To return to the original prism. The colors in this rain- are absorbed more frequent- question of whether or not bow all have different wave- ly than longer wavelengths the sky was always blue, re- lengths, frequencies, and (red) because they travel in call that the blue color of the energies; red having the lon- shorter waves. As a result, sky is a result of the sunlight’s gest wavelength (lowest fre- blue is scattered more than interactions with the mole- quency) and violet having the any other color, which is why cules in the atmosphere. This shortest (highest frequency). the sky appears blue most of means that during a different So what happens when the time. period in our planet’s lifetime, sunlight passes through the As the sun goes down, its when the atmosphere was atmosphere? The National light has to travel through composed of different gases, Aeronautics and Space Ad- more of the atmosphere be- the sky may not have been the ministration’s website ex- fore it reaches the planet. This blue sky we see today. A6 « thetartan.org/forum The Tartan » December 3, 2012

From the Editorial Board ’Tis the season for a persecution complex enjoying eggnog and candy canes. Those who claim “Jesus is the rea- son for the season” ought to brush up on their history, just as those who implore us to “keep the Christ in Luke Masa Christmas” are unlikely to “keep the Thor in Thursday.” “Happy Holidays.” Not only were holidays such as It baffles me to no end how any- Saturnalia, Yule, and Hanukkah — one could view this greeting — an from which we derive most of the attempt to be inclusive — as an at- noncommercial aspects of modern tack, yet during this time of year we tradition — celebrated long before are once again subjected to cries of Christ’s alleged birth, the Church a so-called “War on Christmas.” I decided that the Nativity would be for one am getting sick of hardcore celebrated on Dec. 25 as a way to Christians complaining that secular convert pagans who already had Americans are trying to somehow rituals associated with that day. This destroy Christmas or otherwise im- means that, if anything, the season pinge upon the rights of whomever is the reason for Jesus’ “birthday Josh Smith/Forum Editor wishes to celebrate it. party” being when it is. Even the nonreligious get an- With these facts being ever more noyed when groups, such as the apparent now, coupled with our Hunt Library’s efforts to raise awareness are sweet Freedom from Religion Founda- increasingly pluralistic society, it tion, attempt to get nativity scenes should only make sense that people To thank the student population staff advertised that the cupcakes librarians are ready and willing to removed from publicly owned land; would want to be more inclusive. for enduring the construction in would be available between 10 a.m. teach students how to best utilize the they don’t see such scenes as hurting Yet, as The Daily Show host Jon Hunt Library over the semester, Uni- and 6 p.m., they ran out of cupcakes myriad of resources available, but anyone. Now, that might very well Stewart put it, some Christians have versity Libraries and Undergraduate well before six. too often students do not use them. be the case, but it misses the point taken the idea of no establishment Marketing Organization gave out But beyond offering free sugar, Our tuition money goes toward get- entirely. as persecution because they feel 1,000 cupcakes on Thursday to stu- staff at the event tried to inform stu- ting access to hundreds of online Groups like the Freedom from entitled not to equal status, but to dents in the library. dents about the library’s resources, journals, research databases, printed Religion Foundation aren’t bitter greater status. In addition to the free food, there both in Hunt and online. The trivia materials, and the librarians who are grinches trying to ruin everyone’s They realize that equal consider- were trivia questions about the li- questions challenged students to there to help us; we might as well put good time; they’re merely pointing ation for other viewpoints spells the brary’s many resources. Students learn more about the online data- that money to good use. out the Establishment Clause of the end of the approximately 1,700-year had the chance to win a Google tab- bases on the library’s website and So, if you grabbed a cupcake on Constitution, which states, “Con- privileged status of their own posi- let if they answered these questions the different roles that the librarians Thursday and didn’t know the an- gress shall make no law regarding tion. correctly. play. The library staff was on hand to swers to the trivia questions, why the establishment of religion or pro- I would have no real problem The cupcakes came as a welcome answer whatever questions students not take the time to find out? Those hibiting the free exercise thereof.” if every holiday got equal time in gift at a point in the semester where had about the library and its recent resources might make studying for It is technically illegal for the the public sphere, because then the most students spend too much time changes. exams or writing your final papers government, or at the very least the government couldn’t be accused of holed up in Hunt worrying about As students, we spend plenty of a lot easier. The librarians would, of federal government, to promote any special treatment. However, consid- their finals. The pastries were cer- time in “Club Hunt,” but the library course, be more than happy to help one religion over another — or any ering that there will likely always be tainly popular: Although the library is more than just a study space. The you start using them. religion at all. a group that feels it isn’t being fairly Certain religious groups try to represented, it is much easier to just Parties must solve financial crisis before it’s too late twist this to their advantage by set up something like a holiday tree claiming that secularism tries to lim- and leave it at that. When Congress passed the Bud- original intent. government funding, such as gov- it their free exercise, but this is ab- The sheer fact that New Years is get Control Act of 2011, it established The American people are grow- ernment contractors and nonprofits, surd. Secularism, in fact, promotes celebrated within a week of Christ- a conundrum known as the “fiscal ing more uncertain as to whether or are announcing budget and hiring the only fair possibility: The public mas makes the phrase “Happy Holi- cliff,” which ensured that by January not a deal can be reached. The longer freezes in anticipation of govern- sphere is not explicitly irreligious, days” a necessity even to Christians. the government would finally ad- Congress waits to come to an agree- ment spending cuts. Since Carnegie but rather areligious. It is not, say, What’s more, no one is really saying dress U.S. debt and budget concerns ment, and the closer we get to the fis- Mellon in particular has a relatively the endorsement of atheism any that Christians shouldn’t be allowed with a comprehensive, long-term so- cal cliff, the more their uncertainty small endowment, it depends on more than it is the endorsement of to wish whoever they want a “Merry lution. will rise. funding from granting agencies like Catholicism or Gnosticism. Christmas.” It’s just that the rest of The notion of the fiscal cliff relies As lawmakers recognized back the National Science Foundation and This is why it becomes very con- us should be allowed to retort with a on recognizing that the combined in 2011, uncertainty among the the National Institute of Health. At a fusing when Christians find it un- “Happy Festivus.” effects of across-the-board tax in- American public takes its toll on the recent town hall meeting, University fair that government buildings have It all boils down to what seems to creases and dramatic spending cuts economy and Gross Domestic Prod- President Jared Cohon anticipated nondenominational holiday trees me to be the human need for a year- could throw the economy back into a uct (GDP), and the fiscal cliff has ex- that fiscal cliff cuts to these agencies instead of Christmas trees, as hap- end festival, a light in the winter recession. This threat would provide acerbated these effects rather than would limit Carnegie Mellon’s re- pened in Rhode Island when Gover- darkness. However you want to ex- enough incentive for Republicans alleviated them. search and activities funding. nor Lincoln Chafee deciced to hold press that need is your prerogative, and Democrats to put aside unnec- In the U.S. stock market, investors While we at The Tartan trust a “holiday tree” lighting ceremony provided it doesn’t infringe on oth- essary partisan agendas and reach a are aggressively selling off shares to that our government will eventu- rather than a “Christmas tree” light- ers in any way. Thus, I’d like to take compromise. This type of guarantee record as much income as possible ally come to an agreement before the ing ceremony. this opportunity as a Christmas-cel- was, by design, intended to increase before any tax increase is imple- deadline, although an agreement That being said, Christmas is (for ebrating secular humanist agnostic long-term stability in the U.S. econ- mented. In October, the Commerce may be reached at the last minute as better or worse) actually a national atheist to wish you and yours a hap- omy. Department reported that while per- with the Budget Control Act, we urge holiday, and nowadays it is pretty py “whatever doesn’t offend you,” or However, with less than a month sonal income levels have stayed the lawmakers on both sides to balance much secular anyway. Anyone from more simply, “Happy Holidays.” remaining before the January dead- same, consumer spending decreased their party-specific agendas with the Christians to Buddhists can watch line, and with Republicans and by 0.2 percent — the first decline in consequences of letting the Ameri- Frosty and Rudolph, then rush into Luke Masa (lmasa@) is a staffwriter Democrats locked in a congressional spending since May. can people grow increasingly uncer- a consumerist frenzy — all while for The Tartan. stalemate, the fiscal cliff has lost its Many organizations that receive tain about the fiscal cliff. Dining areas should visibly promote green practices Dining on Carnegie Mellon’s cam- Promoting sustainability is a may not be enough to discourage pus has been steadily improving this noble cause, and one that students students and faculty from retain- semester, as a board editorial ob- can really get behind. Locations like ing harmful dining practices. While served in the Sept. 24 issue of The Schatz Dining Room have had sepa- signs at campus dining locations are Tartan. rate receptacles for compost for some a great step, Housing and Dining There is a wider variety of eatery time now, and having these signs Services should make further efforts options on campus, and the food located at campus dining locations to discourage their customers from quality has improved this semester. serves to further remind students wasting food and energy. These ef- But efforts by Carnegie Mellon Hous- and faculty to consider the ramifica- forts also need to be made highly ing and Dining Services on campus tions of wasting food. visible to influence the campus com- to promote sustainability may be the This move toward sustainable munity to take their own that envi- most delicious change on campus practices is a state of mind that the ronmentally-conscious measures. yet. entire university is adopting. The Housing and Dining Services, and Signs that discourage rampant construction of Scott Hall, future Carnegie Mellon as a whole, should food waste have appeared at multi- home to the Wilton E. Scott Institute be commended for their efforts to ple campus dining locations, such as for Energy Innovation, is a great in- encourage, research, and promote Tazza D’Oro and The Underground. dicator of the measures our univer- sustainable practices. Hopefully this One sign, located in The Under- sity is taking to address the energy trend and mindset will continue to ground, reads, “20 million people and sustainability needs of the 21st guide the actions of the administra- could live off the food WE waste. century. tion and the members of the campus LOVE FOOD hate waste.” However, sustainable practices community. Adelaide Cole/Art Editor

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On the cause it feels so far away; it seems other hand, if you’re barely floating insignificant in comparison to the and just want a dreaded course done daily grind of assignments and ba- with, study to guarantee passing. sic survival that make time move so Don’t let apathy lead you to repeat- slowly. The days add up, and before ing the course. you know it, Thanksgiving comes Now the great worry becomes, and goes. “How do I study all the material pre- Suddenly, there is only one week sented in the semester?” Simply, you left. Only now do you realize that don’t. It’s impossible to study the en- Josh Smith/Forum Editor those paper and project due dates — tire syllabus just as it’s impossible both announced and forgotten the for the exam to cover every single sive tax system. If the fair tax proved percent of GDP and is growing mark- first day of classes — all somehow potential topic. Don’t read the entire not to be progressive enough, the edly faster than the economy is. fall within just three days. Panic en- textbook. Focus mainly on the latter rate just has to be raised. This in- This means that health spending sues, and there’s no way the work material that has not yet been tested crease will make the rebate go up programs are increasing rapidly in will ever stop. The Mayans were on. If there’s time, review early lec- and more taxes will be collected on cost as well. Realistically, someone wrong in predicting the apocalypse. tures. Time is precious and must be kyle henson what is spent. As income rises, the needs to pay this increased cost ev- It’s not Dec. 21: It’s finals week. used efficiently. rebate shrinks as a proportion of ery year. Eventually, the projects and What’s more is that finals week is For those of you who don’t know, earnings, making the effective tax Representative Paul Ryan’s (R– papers get finished, but only after actually quite relaxing. There are no the U.S. is currently facing what the rate closer to the actual sales tax rate Wis.) budget block grants a set procrastination pushes you to the more due dates to worry about and Congressional Budget Office has de- for the wealthy. amount of money to each Medicare last moment when you induce a caf- no more morning classes to wake up termined to be a 1.3 percent Gross Similarly, conservatives don’t recipient and also grants Medicaid feinated-adrenaline wave and ride it for. Yes, there’s the dreaded morn- Domestic Prouct (GDP) contraction want to raise taxes, and they want funding to states. The amount that is until the hour most people wake up. ing final, but usually the schedule for the first half of 2013 as a result of tax reform. The fair tax broadens given rises each year, but not at the Now, the only obstacle left between balances out so there’s at least one the so called “fiscal cliff,” a combina- the tax base, putting more income in unsustainable rate that it has been you and the 28X is the final exam. day to sleep in. If not, there’s always tion of tax increases and spending play for taxation. This allows the fair rising. This is the test to rule them all — reading day. Take advantage of the cuts designed to reduce the deficit. tax to have a relatively low tax rate While Republicans wanting se- literally. Half of your grade depends opportunity to wake up late. Sleep This contraction would be the while still being more progressive niors and the poor to pay more for on this three-hour exam. The 10 as- tastes better than caffeine and, textbook definition of a reces- than our current tax system. Simi- their healthcare is an easy talking signments that took away many a more importantly, helps consolidate sion (six months of negative GDP larly, it takes away the government’s point for Democrats to exploit, the night’s sleep? Worthless. Forget to short-term memory. growth) and would do a number on ability to create loopholes that many reality is, it makes sense that those read that one chapter covered on In my mind, finals are the rela- our stagnating economy. Republi- of the wealthy exploit to pay a lower receiving the services should help the exam, and an entire semester of tively easy part. The projects, pa- cans and Democrats alike agree that effective rate than they should. pay. hard work can be thrown down the pers, and homework crammed into we should avoid driving off the fis- This would help reduce the defi- drain. the last week of classes are the real cal cliff so these negative effects are cit by capping our healthcare spend- Wait a minute — calm down, stressful parts. Studying someone avoided, but disagree strongly on Republicans ing over time. This would allow the breathe. Take comfort in the natural else’s notes is not nearly as demand- how to do it. Here is a three-step so- and Democrats finite cost of programs like Medicare tendency for the worst assumptions ing as sketching portfolios or writing lution to avoiding the fiscal cliff and and Medicaid to be known well in to be proven untrue. In my experi- programs from scratch. So knock making government make sense. alike agree that advance and accounted for. This is ence, exams are never as terrible down those projects and the hard- First, pass further legislation for we should avoid also a gradual change that wouldn’t as expected. Finals for classes I was est part is over. But, whatever you a fair tax. The fair tax essentially have the immediate negative effect breezing through were no more dif- do, don’t lose focus. Keep up what scraps all existing taxes, the IRS, driving off the on GDP that the fiscal cliff would. ficult than previous assessments I you’re doing and you’ll get the grade and the 16th Amendment, which fiscal cliff so these The last part of the fiscal cliff in- had already mastered. you deserve. allows income taxation. It replaces volves discretionary spending cuts. On the other hand, the finals for Stay sharp, but relax. You’re al- these taxes with a two-part system negative effects Often talked about but rarely acted classes I was just barely surviving most there. Soon, you’ll enjoy the for progressive revenue generation upon, discretionary spending is not were no more torturous than the best part of finals — when they’re that raises the same amount of cash are avoided, but that large of a portion of total gov- homework assignments I was only finally over. for the government as the current disagree strongly ernment spending and cutting it capable of half-doing. Grades aren’t tax system in zero economic growth wouldn’t have a very significant im- significantly changed on the very William Park (wkp@) is a staffwriter scenarios. on how to do it. pact on the economy. Cutting these last day; they were determined the for The Tartan. First, it levies a 23 percent sales programs is necessary if we want to tax on all goods sold in the U.S. Most importantly, however, the meaningfully reduce the deficit. Second, at the beginning of every fair tax will create economic growth These are not mandated spend- month, each U.S. household receives that will increase tax revenue by put- ing like social security is, but things a check in the mail for an advance re- ting more money in motion and by like PBS, the Postal Service, and nu- bate of all taxes on purchases up to creating a more business friendly merous other small projects. Cutting the poverty level. environment. According to the Na- them doesn’t have to mean eliminat- This means that if you make the tional Bureau of Economic Research, ing them, but just making sure they poverty level for the size of your GDP would increase by 10.5 percent run efficiently and optimally. family — $30,260 for a family of the year after the fair tax legislation This is already a part of the fis- four — and spent all of your income, was passed. cal cliff, but it could be stretched out you would get an advance rebate on While catapulting the nation out to last a few years rather than a few those taxes paid. This is designed to of recession, the fair tax would raise months, and wouldn’t significantly make the tax progressive, meaning tremendous amounts of money for impact GDP. the rich pay more and the poor pay the government, achieving the de- These ideas are probably not less. According to a report by the sired deficit reduction effects in a going to be put into place anytime Beacon Hill Institute, the fair tax is way that satisfies the basic wants of soon, but they show how, with a lit- more progressive, in fact, than the both parties. tle creativity and the right attitude, current tax code. Second, we need to fix the way Democrats and Republicans could In addition to having innumer- government approaches healthcare. easily work together and come up able benefits that make government While Medicare and Medicaid have with some really innovative ideas fairer, simpler, more transparent, fantastic intentions, they cost a lot of that reduce the deficit without deliv- and just better in nearly every way, money. According to a report by the ering the economy a fatal blow. it gives Democrats and Republicans Organization for Economic Coopera- their wishes. tion and Development, healthcare Kyle Henson (kahenson@) is a staff- Democrats want a more progres- spending accounts for close to 18 writer for The Tartan. Annette Ko/Junior Artist

Leadership Perspective Student government execs outline accomplishments of semester As the semester winds to a close, bate-watching event and voting-day slate was very full this semester, so we’d like to review some of our ac- guide. we admittedly pushed off some of the complishments and put an eye for- On the more policy side, we feedback we received, which will be ward to the next semester. To start, worked throughout the semester to addressed next semester. we’d really like to thank all of you assist Vice President for Finance Jon We’ve been happy with our pub- for being so engaged in many of our Mark in creating his referendum to lic relations efforts, both digital and initiatives this semester. We’ve been increase the student activities fee, with posters. Through some unex- very pleased with the turnout and and we are very happy to have seen pected complications, the release of the response of the community to our the campus turnout and the student our new logo and blog were delayed, efforts. support to help us make this change. but both will be fully utilized and dis- We’ve been very event focused We’ve also met with several heads tributed at the start of next semester. this semester, with the largest suc- of different campus services to audit We’ll detail these initiatives fur- cesses being the beginning-of-the- their feedback processes and will be ther in our end-of-the-semester re- year barbecue, our first debate- reporting these findings in our end- port, which will be posted on our watching party, our town hall, the of-the-semester report. Facebook page by the end of finals football whiteout, and our election- We’ve worked on various other week. This will go in detail into the results party. We hope that these committees; Board of Directors had pros and cons of the semester, plans events have brought the campus a successful collaboration, especially for next semester, and details from bit closer together and have offered through the start of the semester our meetings with campus services. meaningful outlets to get engaged in with the barbecue and our elections Once more, thank you for all our community. events. For instance, Will represent- your feedback and support this se- We were involved in the election ed the student body on a committee mester. We are looking forward to and the buildup to it. Initially we that is revising the university policy continuing to serve you next semes- were planning to carry out a large- on sexual harassment and assault. ter. Please send us ideas for how we scale registration campaign, but in- To collect feedback we have uti- can better represent you via email at stead we found that many third par- lized our office hours and our town [email protected] and sbvp@ ties on campus had greater resources hall. We have seen positive responses andrew.cmu.edu or on our Facebook as far as manpower than we did. In to these events, and we thank you for at facebook.com/cmusbp. light of this, we worked with those turning out to share your opinions. Have a great finals week every- groups, looking to provide them with Many of the ideas we’ve been pre- one! information to make sure they were sented with have been passed on to correctly registering students. To Senate members, as they are more Will Weiner and Meela Dudley supplement their efforts, we focused suited to handle many of the issues Student Body President and Vice on informing students with our de- that have been presented to us. Our President Josh Smith/Forum Editor A8 « thetartan.org/forum The Tartan » December 3, 2012 In the age of smartphones, privacy reform for tech is necessary we protect that information? to the hospital. While she was gone, Facebook or Google). The changes Cell phones today are little boxes These questions are being hotly the officer heard a cell phone go off proposed do not discuss cell phones of wizardry; you can call people, of debated in legislatures all over the — it belonged to Oliver’s boyfriend, specifically, leaving mobile devices course, but with a smartphone you country, especially when it comes Michael Patino, who lived in the on murky legal ground. can also book a plane flight, locate to cell phones. Some, such as the apartment as well. The text message, Although these changes definitely every Starbucks in a five-mile radius, chloe thompson Supreme Court of California, argue from Oliver, reportedly said, “Wat if I clarify the status of electronic infor- and play Angry Birds. that finding a cell phone on a suspect got 2 take him 2 da hospital wat do I mation in America’s legal system, Cell phones stopped functioning The question of electronic privacy grants police the right to search it. say and dos marks on his neck omg.” let’s take a moment to consider this: as only phones a long time ago. They is a big issue these days. What with Others, such as the Supreme Court of Nieves eventually died from blunt When do you think the ECPA was are tiny personalized computers, our personal lives splattered all over Ohio, argue that cell phones contains force trauma to the abdomen, and originally written? If you guessed with a whole lot of sensitive and pri- Facebook and Twitter, maintaining highly personal information, and can Patino was arrested for murder. How- 1986, you’re right on the money. vate data that we just happen to carry privacy while participating in the on- only be searched with a warrant. ever, Rhode Island Superior Court Until last Thursday, an act that everywhere in our pockets. line world can be difficult. Of course, having easy access to Associate Justice Judith Savage even- had a sizable impact on the way our The police should not be able to But even if you don’t use social the information in cell phones would tually overturned those charges, rul- legal system dealt with electronic search cell phones without warrants, networking sites, a good chunk of be a godsend to police when it comes ing that the information that played a information had not been revised in even though that information can be personal information is probably to finding criminals. In 2009, the ac- significant role in Patino’s conviction over 20 years. The technology we use extraordinarily useful sometimes. In stored in your cell phone. And this cidental search of a cell phone led to was unlawfully obtained. every day did not even exist 20 years Nieves’ case, that information proved doesn’t only apply to smartphones — solving a child’s murder, according to The issue of electronic privacy ago. Having technology laws that are invaluable in finding his killer, and every cell phone has text messages, an article in The New York Times. came to a head this past Thursday, obviously outdated is a dangerous Patino should be brought to justice. contacts, and other private data. Trisha Oliver, mother of six-year- when a Senate committee discussed situation. But cell phones are a new frontier As more and more information old Marco Nieves, called 911 to re- changes to the Electronic Commu- Of course, the courts cannot keep in private information — a frontier ends up stored in our technological port that her son was unconscious. nications Privacy Act (ECPA). Police up with every technological change, that must be protected. devices, the question arises: How An officer arrived at her apartment now need a search warrant to access but this gap in reform is ridiculous. safe is that information? Or, perhaps after the ambulance, and Oliver let email or any type of electronic com- Cell phones in 1986 were essentially Chloe Thompson (cet@) is a staff- more importantly, how much should him inside before following her son munication (such as data stored with bricks you could talk to people on. writer for The Tartan. A PERSON’S OPINION Compiled by Jonathan Carreon and Jennifer Coloma As fun as the season is, some people don’t enjoy the holidays. 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Michael Setzer Rachel Cohen Kairavi Chahal SciTech Editor Pillbox Editor Comics Editor December 3, 2012 « The Tartan thetartan.org/sports » A9 Men’s basketball can’t Women’s basketball finds find winning formula stifling defense in victories Adam Gruber 13 points and 10 points, other teams,” she added. Sports Co-Editor respectively. The Tartans played at While the Tartans were home again on Saturday, this Women’s basketball had able to rain baskets on the Nit- time coming up short and a busy week, playing three tany Lions’ defense, their de- ending their four-game win- games in six days. The Tartans fense was just as dominating. ning streak at the hands of won two of those games and The Tartans held Penn the John Carroll University lost one. State Altoona to an ice-cold Lobos. In both victories, the Tar- 17.7 percent shooting and Despite Peel’s 12 points tans held their opponents outrebounded the Nittany Li- on six for nine shooting and under 30 points, beating ons 45–23. junior guard Jacquie Shaw’s Pennsylvania State Univer- On Wednesday, the Hiram well-rounded game — she sity Altoona, 88–27, and Hi- College Terriers came to Pitts- contributed seven rebounds ram College, 61–29. The loss burgh to face the Tartans. In and four assists — the Tar- came at the hands of John similar fashion to the game tan’s poor shooting limited Carroll University by a score against Penn State Altoona, any chance at a victory. of 70–54. the Tartans’ defense was suf- The team’s 31 percent The Tartans now sit at 5–2 focating. shooting could not match on this young season. The Terriers only scored up against the 43.3 percent On Monday, the Tartans nine points in the second half shooting of the Lobos. The Lo- faced the Penn State Altoona and the Tartans forced 28 bos were able to shoot a high Nittany Lions on the road. turnovers, scoring 22 points percentage because of easy With four players scoring in off those turnovers. baskets, scoring 10 fastbreak double figures, the Tartans Senior forward Emily Peel points to the Tartans’ two. Ad- absolutely dominated the Nit- led the way with 17 points ditionally, 24 Tartan turovers tany Lions. on five for 11 shooting. Peel led to 26 Lobo points-off turn- Sophomore forward Ga- pulled down seven rebounds overs. brielle West came off the as well. Otto contributed a “The loss is a combina- Kate Groschner/Staff Photographer First-year Jason Sebak is playing 15 minutes a game, getting quality experience in his first season. bench to lead the team in scor- double-double, scoring 11 tion of factors, but can mostly ing with 16 points on a nearly points and grabbing 11 re- be attributed to a lack of re- Gabrielle West went on an 8–0 run, which The first half ended with perfect shooting night, going bounds. bounding and frantic, unor- Staffwriter was ended by junior forward the Tartans trailing by eight. six for seven from the field. “The defensive strategy is ganized defensive pressure,” Rob Mohen’s jump shot. The second half was a First-year forward Mathea always about attacking and Poss said. The Tartans were defeated Due to their intense de- tough one for the Tartans. Tenwalde, also coming off the being aggressive in order to On Tuesday, the Tartans by the Juniata College Eagles fense, the Tartans were able Adrian College players were bench, added 15 points. create opportunities offen- will take on Allegheny College and the Adrian College Bull- to cut the Eagles’ lead down able to increase their lead by The last two double-fig- sively,” Poss said. at home. Tipoff is at 6 p.m. dogs this week, leaving their to six, but they fell short of 29 points with five minutes ure scorers were first-year “Our plan was to execute record 1–6. the win with a final score of left of play. guard Lindsay Poss and first- the defense in such a way that Editor’s note: Gabrielle West is Carnegie Mellon played 76–70. The Tartans and their de- year forward Liza Otto, with maximized turnovers for the a staffwriter for The Tartan. the Eagles Tuesday in a con- Four of the Tartans fin- fense were able to decrease stant battle for the lead. Af- ished with double-digit the deficit to 10 but were not ter the first four minutes of points: Junior forward Sean able to achieve the win, with the game, the Tartans lagged Brophy had 10 while sopho- a final score of 62–51. behind in scoring, until se- more forward Matt Loebakka, The Tartans’ next op- nior guard Andre Moore was Moore, and Mohen finished ponent is Catholic College, fouled a 15-foot fade-away with 12 points each. which they will play at home jumper which he was able to After their loss to Juniata, at 2 p.m. on Saturday. connect on. This shot tied the the Tartans faced the unde- “We made the stops on de- game with less than a second feated Adrian College. fense that we needed to in the to go. He missed the and-one The lead went back and first half, but our own shots attempt at the free-throw forth until the 11-minute were not falling,” sophomore line, though, and the Tartans mark when the Bulldogs went guard Seth Cordts said. “We played an additional five min- on a 10–0 run. The Bulldogs’ have been preparing by focus- utes in overtime. run stopped short when first- ing on the little things so that The Tartans were unable to year Blake Chasen made a when the Catholic comes we score until there was 1:58 left jump shot off of senior guard will be shooting better and Jennifer Coloma/Operations Manager on the clock after the Eagles Asad Meghani’s assist. have better ball control.” Sophomore guard Chandler Caufield has started in all seven games this season. A10 « thetartan.org/sports The Tartan » December 3, 2012

Sports Commentary Tartans swim in final meet of 2012 Viagra providing alex tapak time of 58.43. Lastly, sopho- Sports Co-Editor more David Campbell took athletes a head up sixth place in the 400-yard re- The Tartan swimming and lay medley. Carl Glazer NFL players have been diving team took a few days “This past weekend was Staffwriter known to use Adderall dur- off school to travel to Gam- another long weekend, and as ing training camp. This helps bier, Ohio, to compete in the a team I think we did great,” Professional athletes are keep up their energy both Total Performance Invitation- sophomore Cole Um said. “No always trying to find a way during practices to study al hosted by Kenyon College. matter how frustrating it was, to stay ahead of the curve, to their playbooks, schemes, Carnegie Mellon faced we continuted to compete.” gain a competitive advantage and formations, as well as the University of Pennsylva- The women’s team also on the field. This has mani- during games. It gives them nia, Kenyon College, David- had some strong finishes in fested itself through the use an additional focus and en- son College, and Grove City the championship finals. In of steroids, amphetamines, ergy boost. College, as well as Lake Erie the 100-yard breaststroke, ju- human growth hormones, Adderall is also allowed College for the men, and nior Tatiana Duchak finished and other substances not by the leagues if players can University of Findlay for the fourth with a time of 1:06.37. commonly used by the gen- prove they have legitimate women. The men’s team fin- Junior Soleil Phan finished in eral public. prescriptions. Both the NFL ished in third place with 523 fourth place in the 400-yard But with recent advance- and MLB have independent points, and the women’s team relay medley in the champi- ments in drug testing capabil- boards of physicians who finished in fourth with 461 onship finals with a time of ities, along with stricter test- check players’ request for a points. 4:30.53, and sophomore Kel- ing policies in each league, waiver to use Adderall if they The men’s team qualified ley Sheehan finished seventh players are turning more to- have ADHD. This review pro- for the championship finals in with a time of 4:37.11. Jonathan Leung/Staff Photographer ward drugs that are used by a cess is quite tedious, given many events. In the 200-yard Phan also finished fifth in The Tartans push off from the blocks to begin the backstroke event. large part of the population, the ease with which players butterfly, senior Brandon Yee the 100-yard butterfly with since they are generally less can falsely obtain both pre- placed seventh with a time of a time of 56.83, and senior The Tartans are finished and the State University of restricted and more explain- scriptions and diagnoses. 1:55.59. First-year Philip Farr Price Kinney finished sixth in swimming for the semester, New York at Geneseo on Jan. able during random drug While it is conceivable got a sixth-place finish in the the 200-yard butterfly with a but get back in the water host- 19 at home in the University tests. that all of these players were 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:26.30. ing Westminster University Center. Adderall and Viagra have taking Adderall and were both been in the news re- oblivious enough to fail their cently as uncommon per- drug tests, one has to ques- formance enhancing drugs tion if some of these players (PEDs). Chicago Bears wide are jumping on the Adderall Ultimate team defeats Pitt in tourney receiver Brandon Marshall bandwagon to hide other ElizABETH MARTIN in a closely contested game. tied at 4-all, but Mr. Yuk in- try,” McGrath said. “So I have said in an interview with PED use. Junior Staffwriter The team began with a rough creased its lead to 7–4. Ohio to give them credit, but that’s ESPN that he knew of many This year, highly suspect- start, but became more disci- State fought back again, but a game we have to win, we teammates that used Viagra ed PED users Barry Bonds, Carnegie Mellon’s Ultimate plined soon after and tied the not hard enough, as Carnegie didn’t force enough turnovers, before games for its blood- Sammy Sosa, and Roger team Mr. Yuk hosted the Steel game at 6–6. Mr. Yuk domi- Mellon pulled out another and we didn’t make life diffi- thinning properties. Clemens are eligible for the City Showdown and won two nated the game, defeating the 13–9 victory. cult for Ohio.” Viagra was the focus of a Baseball Hall of Fame for the out of three games on Nov. 19. University of Pittsburgh Pan- The next game against The final result was not recent medical investigation first time. While their stats “The home tournament thers 13–9. Ohio University did not go as in Carnegie Mellon’s favor, into the possible enhance- and play alone are clearly was a great atmosphere. We “Mr. Yuk has shown disci- well as the two others. Carn- as Yuk lost 12–15. The con- ment effects of common among the best in the history had a nice turnout,” senior pline, talent, and growth over egie Mellon quickly took the ference will continue to get medication, but no strong of the sport, their candidacy Benjamin McGrath said. “The these last few months,” said lead, going up 4–2. After a key harder as a result of an im- conclusions could be made. is in doubt due to the ‘aster- other teams were great guests, first-year B-team captain Vi- mistake by Carnegie Mellon, proving program in Cincin- Subsequently, Viagra was isk’ most associate with their and it was a nice final tune-up nay Viswanathan. Ohio University took the lead nati and Pennsylvania State still allowed in the most re- performances. before the regular season be- The team then played Ohio and continued controlling the University’s continuing effort. cent collective bargaining If we allow players to hide gins in the spring semester.” State University, and Yuk game. In the spring season, though, agreement. behind the screen of less stig- In the first game, Carnegie broke on the second point so “That was a really disap- the Carnegie Mellon Ultimate Adderall, while banned matic drugs, like Adderall or Mellon battled neighbor Uni- that Carnegie Mellon went pointing loss. Ohio’s a great team hopes to continue its by the NFL, carries much Viagra, we will never truly versity of Pittsburgh and won up 2–0. The game was soon team and top 20 in the coun- dominance. less public stigma than tra- know if their talents are their ditional PEDs because of its own, or those of a drug. common use as both a pre- The NFL’s inability to cur- scription ADHD medication rently disclose which sub- and as a common illicit drug stances players test positive on college campuses to help for also forces the league to students gain extra energy use the same punishments for for all-nighters. all PEDs, regardless of sever- In the last six weeks, the ity. Adderall should not come NFL has had six players sus- with the same ban as human pended, or subject to suspen- growth hormone or steroids sion, for failing drug tests; due to the large discrepancy Seattle Seahawks starting in their enhancement effects. cornerbacks Brandon Brown- PEDs will always be a part er and Richard Sherman are of professional sports, since currently in the process of the same competitive drive appealing their four-game that got players to the top bans. Because of the privacy will also drive them to find rules established in the latest any means necessary to stay collective bargaining agree- there. By allowing players ment, neither the NFL nor the to hide behind a veil of pri- NFL Player’s Associaton can vacy, we have stopped hold- disclose what a player tested ing them accountable in the positive for. court of public opinion. All six of these players While sports have suc- have publicly claimed that ceeded in holding players they failed the drug tests due more accountable for their to the presence of Adderall in actions, the public is still left Courtesy of Jeremy Kanter Courtesy of Jeremy Kanter their systems. in the dark. Senior Dave Matlack lays out to intercept the disk. First-year Ross Ellison skies over two University of Pittsburgh players.

Athlete Profile Anna Albi reflects on Tartan’s ‘Elite Eight’ finish this season Abby Smith Albi recorded her ninth shutout of the sea- teams since she was three years old. “I’ve have the opportunity to compete for another Staffwriter son and set a new school record for been playing since they would tell us year. 14 in her career. Albi also made five that the goal box was a mouth and “Assuming that I’ll be on the team another Eager and enthusiastic junior goalkeeper saves over Wheaton College and the ball was a gumball that needed year, then our goal would most definetly be Anna Albi helped to lead the Carnegie Mellon five in the tie against Emory. She to go into the mouth,” she said. to make it back to the Elite Eight,” Albi said. women’s soccer team to a historic season. finished the season giving up just “Soccer is an incredible sport. I “It will be challenging because we are losing The Tartans had a groundbreaking sea- eight goals and recorded an aver- just love the team and that rush a bunch of our starters, but I believe we can son this year, making the “Elite Eight” in the age of .41, which is the second when I make a great catch.” do it again.” NCAA Division-III Tournament and finishing best in Carnegie Mellon his- Albi said that Carn- Albi emphasized the unity of the team as with a remarkable 14–1–5 record. The team tory. egie Mellon’s soccer the key factor in the team’s success. “We were also boasts many individual and coaching “The 300 fans that program is “a perfect united under one goal and one drive. Every- awards. were there were fit.” For Albi, it offers one worked their butts off together,” she said. The winning record is a significant im- chanting my name. “the best of both From meals before home games to travel- provement from previous years, as the Tar- It was simply in- worlds,” combin- ing across the country, the common theme for tans set a school record with 14 wins this sea- credible,” Albi ing a challenging Albi is consistently “team.” son. When Albi was a first-year, the team was said. academic envi- “Our coach describes our team to recruits ranked last in the conference. “It was ronment with a that come visit as a ‘family,’ and that’s exactly “When we talked about our goals, we al- nice to get the very competi- what we are,” Albi said. ways would say it would be nice if we got [UAA] tive Division- Her teammates believe that Albi was a key there, but it was a dream come true when we recogni- III soccer pro- factor in the team’s unity, bringing people to- were actually in it,” Albi said. “We worked tion also,” gram. gether with her leadership qualities. “One of hard and finally got there.” Albi said. Albi is our main goals was to become more of a team, “Anna was a crucial member of the team, But always currently and I think that Anna really helped us unify an anchor, and we wouldn’t have gotten as far putting a creative through her positive attitude, spirit, and per- without her,” said senior captain Stephanie her teammates writing sonality,” Hare said. Hare. Albi was named the University Athletic first, she said, “it and pro- Albi recalls the team’s trip to New York Association’s Women’s Soccer Defensive Play- also reflected a lot on fessional City to compete against New York University, er of the Week three times this past season the great defensive play- writing double where Coach Yon Struble had the “family” to add to her list of accolades from previous ers we have.” major who wants play a trivia game where the winner received seasons. Albi earned the award for her perfor- Hailing from Cin- to graduate early an envelope that had tickets to the Broadway mance in the third round and quarterfinal of cinnati, Ohio, Albi is a and attend graduate musical Wicked in it. Needless to say, screams the NCAA tournament. veteran of the sport of school at Carnegie and excitement ensued. In the team’s tie against Emory University, soccer, having played on Jonathan Carreon/Photo Editor Mellon. She would “Out of millions of memories, that would The City & the City Multimedia exhibit features works by London writers and artists • B8

Angels in America The School of Drama presents an intense and engaging show • B6

12.03.12 Volume 107, Issue 13 ...this week only 3 Hashtag Fashion Find solutions to fashion woes for people of every shape and size. 4 Scotch’n’Soda Moon Over Buffalo was a charming, sweet, and crazy ride through show biz. 5 Killing Them Softly This violence-heavy crime drama transitions sloppily from page to screen. 6 Angels in America The latest production from the School of Drama is intense and engaging. 7 The Weeknd Trilogy, the latest album from The Weeknd, is a sexy new take on older material. 8 The City & the City The Wood Street Galleries exhibit features a collection of London-themed pieces. 10 Breaking Dawn 8 The final Twilight installment satisfies fans despite subpar acting performances.

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3 Advice 11 Puzzles Everything you need to know about foreign Your brain is soft from preparing for finals. travels and satisfying pizza cravings. Toughen it up with this week’s puzzles. 10 Did You Know? 12 Comics Did you know that 25 years ago, over 150 See what adventures lurk in the depths of the students were arrested at parties on campus? sea or try to escape the octo-kitty. 14 Horoscopes The sky is too cloudy to consult the stars; read Horoscopes to find your future. 15 Calendar Find out what’s happening on campus and around Pittsburgh this week.

PUBLISHER Christa Hester EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Emily Dobler PILLBOX EDITOR Rachel Cohen Assistant Pillbox Editor Laura Scherb COMICS EDITOR Nicole Hamilton ART EDITOR Adelaide Cole PHOTO EDITOR Jonathan Carreon COPY MANAGER Evan Kahn COVER Chloe Lula

The Tartan . Box 119 . UC Suite 103 . Carnegie Mellon University . 5000 Forbes Ave . Pittsburgh, PA 15213 . www.thetartan.org . © 2012 The Tartan Boost your self-esteem Advice for awkward people Discover fashion solutions specific to your body type About traveling and reheating pizza

Self-esteem is a double-edged sword when it comes The inseam of my pants is too short. How do I Dear Patrick, Dear Patrick, to the fashion world. You need to have enough fix this? #tallgirlproblems confidence to wear certain things, but it’s almost I’m going to be traveling It’s the middle of the impossible to have self-esteem when you’re not You want taller shoes, and by taller, I don’t mean to another country over night, I just got back the “right” shape or size. Below are solutions to higher: The shaft of the shoe should go past your winter break. I’ve only from the bar, and I want problems for girls of a variety of body types. ankles, because that way, the short pants will look traveled overseas a little. some pizza. All the pizza stylish. Other options include rolling the hem once I did my research; I know places are closed, but I My pants are too long, but the size is perfect. to make the length look intentional, or just hiding what I want to see and do have some leftovers in Help! #shortgirlproblems the hems under tall boots. already. What else can I my fridge. You must have do to make this a blast? some pizza-reheating Rolling the cuffs is both a practical and a stylish I’m short, but not thin. In fact, I’m pretty tips. Care to share? solution. If your pants are so long that you need the thick. How do I find anything that fits me? Thanks, cuffs rolled more than twice, hem the pant legs. You #shortthickgirlproblems Parting America Soon, Thanks, may be shorter than most, but you deserve pants Seeking Portentous Craving Reheated that fit. It helps to know your measurements before going Opportunities, Risky Trips Appetizing Vittles, I Need to a store. Also, some cuts and styles won’t look as Good Suggestions My shirt is too long for my torso, but it’s good on you as they would on someone else; this Dear PASSPORT, super cute! #shortgirlproblems goes for all body types. This means that you have Dear CRAVINGS, to find what works for you and capitalize on it. The Let me guess: You’re taking Your solution is to wear crop tops: They’ll actually most common problem for short, thick women is this trip to “find yourself” and Lucky for you, I am a fan look like normal tops on you. Another option is to cut that pants tend to fit in one place but not in the “experience new cultures” — of pizza and an excellent your normal-length tops. If you don’t trust yourself other. When your pants fit around the thighs but not maybe prep for backpacking chef. By that I mean I know with scissors, get a friend to help you out. the waist, get the waist tucked in by a tailor. across Europe after you how to reheat food. Now, graduate. That’s traveling there are a few different My skirt is always perceived as being too Having self-esteem with clothing stems from for hippies. You should methods of reheating pizza short, even though it’s a normal length. What knowing how to do right by your body. Once you travel like an American. available to you, and the do I do? #tallgirlproblems know a few tricks to keep clothes fitted (safety pins For starters, don’t bother key to choosing which and double-sided tape, anyone?), you’ll be well on learning their language; most method to use is how much Wear bandage skirts: These skirts hug your body so your way to being perpetually stylish, no matter of them probably speak you’ve had to drink. If the tightly, it’ll be clear exactly how long or short they what type of body you have. American too. If they pretend answer is nothing, then you really are. Alternately, depending on your personality they don’t understand, can take the time for some type, high-low skirts are wonderful for appearing just talk slower and louder. fancier reheating. Too much, modest without looking like a nun. And if two of Khadijat Yussuff | Staffwriter They’ll catch on. and you’ll wind up eating your favorite things are long skirts and not looking dough and chomping into like a nun, flowy maxi skirts or dresses are the way Some people will tell you tomatoes. to go. that you should pretend to be a Canadian when you For the quickest reheating travel, but if you do that, the method, put a glass of terrorists win. Break out your water in the microwave with most patriotic Fourth of July your pizza. That keeps the gear so everyone knows you pizza from getting soggy. come from the No. 1 country Scientists say we’ll never on the planet. Throw on a know why this method fanny pack too; it’s practical works, but it does. If you’re and fashionable. If anyone feeling super fancy, pop the starts giving you trouble, just pizza in the oven for ten remind them we’re back-to- minutes (just be sure to turn back World War champs. the oven on first). Bonus Why are you traveling points for a toaster oven. anyway? If your country doesn’t have drive-thru gun Enjoy that cheesy and liquor stores, then it’s goodness, not worth visiting. Patrick Hoskins

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Rachel Cohen | Pillbox Editor fashion pillbox 12.03.12 3 Moon Over Buffalo flaunts student talent Scotch’n’Soda strikes comedic gold with hilarious, entertaining production

Mistaken identities, aging actors desperate to redeem representative, was the very essence of charming and reveled in it, and as a result he charmed his way into the themselves, love gone awry, and a whole lot of drunken suave from the second he stepped through one of the hearts of the audience members. antics made for quite the crazy ride in Scotch’n’Soda’s many doors. In a wonderfully clever character twist, he latest production, Moon Over Buffalo. Presented Friday was able to go from the definition of classy to childish Roz’s ex-fiancé was played by Derek Lessard, a junior and Saturday in McConomy Auditorium and co-directed and wounded, a transition that he accomplished with double major in engineering and public policy and by sophomore chemical engineering major Evan grace and ease. mechanical engineering. Lessard’s character, Paul, Starkweather and sophomore international relations was arguably the most serious of the characters, which and politics major Razghiem Golden, the show was Koeller’s Eileen was sweet and ironically innocent, had the potential to make his performance fall flat. But a whirlwind that featured few characters, but lots of considering she was carrying George’s baby. Her wide- instead of coming off as boring and strict in comparison laughs. eyed and slightly ditzy characterization would have to the insanity around him, Lessard managed to create made the affair hard to buy in to in any other show — a character that was controlled, smooth, and convincing The plot was a labyrinth of catastrophes: an extramarital but in this production, where the absurd was common, — adding that extra something that made the show that affair (or two or three), a life-or-death matinée, and the irony only made her character more believable. much more reminiscent of real life. George S. Patton bound and gagged in the closet. Although a plot this jam-packed with calamities has the First-year vocal performance major Shannyn Rinker Roz herself was another more serious character, potential to be overwhelming and ridiculous (and not stole the show as Ethel, the elderly grandma with a providing a contrast to the rest of her family. This in a good way), Starkweather and Golden balanced the hearing problem and a spunky streak. Cute as a button contrast was appropriate in that Roz desired nothing crazy with plenty of moments of sanity and sweetness, and convincing as a senior citizen (a challenging task), more than to get away from the craziness that was live making the outrageous story easier to swallow. Rinker played the part well. Her spirited rivalry with theater. She was a breath of fresh air throughout the George was a favorite aspect of the family dynamic, crazy story, and yet she managed to add some drama of The set was cleverly planned with five doors, allowing for drawing consistently exuberant laughter from the her own at the same time. the action to flow across the stage — albeit somewhat crowd at every major battle. Her signature “Ohhh!” clumsily in parts — and the costumes were vibrant and that punctuated every plot twist quickly became an Overall, the entire play was enjoyable and well done. well done. indication that things were about to get crazy, and her There’s just something about live theater that a missing hearing aid caused more than a few problems generation raised on movies and YouTube videos Junior creative writing major Chelsea Bartel was a true for the entire cast of kooks. doesn’t get to appreciate enough. Everyone should seize force of nature as the wildly dramatic diva Charlotte the opportunity to experience live theater as often as Hay, wife of sophomore vocal performance major Ethan Equally as endearing was senior ethics, history, and possible, especially when it’s theater of this quality. Crystal’s George and mother of first-year dramaturgy public policy major Andrew Minton, who played Roz’s major Holly Dennis’ Roz. The chemistry between Bartel soon-to-be left-in-the-dust fiancé, Howard. Minton’s and Crystal was sincere and genuine, becoming a true Howard was adorably sweet and spineless, the kind of Laura Scherb | Assistant Pillbox Editor driving force for the story and the play. Their banter and all-around good guy who never gets the girl. Though the eventual epiphanies were only made more hilarious and part was one of the smaller ones in the show, Minton heartwarming by the way the actors interacted with each other, physically and otherwise. Their back-and- forth was as lively and well timed as a fast-paced tennis match — true comedic gold.

Crystal’s timing was a large part of the hilarity of the play; his drunken antics were positively uproarious. From his facial expressions to the fluidity of his vocals as an actor playing an actor, he crafted a personality that was lovable and raucous. Equally humorous as a sober man and as a drunk, Crystal was a true stage presence.

The extramarital interests of Mr. and Mrs. Hay, senior decision sciences major Kevin Handerhan as Richard and senior psychology and biology double major Diane Koeller as Eileen, both shone in their smaller roles as well. Handerhan, playing the Hays’ lawyer and

Scotch’n’Soda put on a well-performed and absurdly hilarious production of Moon Over Buffalo this past weekend.

Courtesy of The Thistle theater 4 pillbox 12.03.12 Killing Them Softly offers social commentary Crime film starring Brad Pitt seems better suited to literary format with heavy symbolism

Killing Them Softly opens with career criminal Frankie Cogan, a mafia hit man and a consultant to the more scene, wherein Russell (Ben Mendelsohn) uses heroin, (Scoot McNairy) walking through a sea of trash amid affluent mafia members. His colleague Driver (Richard making him too distracted to face his problems, pulls the audio of a pre-presidential Barack Obama speech, Jenkins) is a representative for the richest members of viewer away from the driving plot of the film. This type interspersed with title cards and accompanied by a low, the mafia, and he needs Cogan to get rid of Frankie and of technique might be better suited for a text piece, as droning tone. It seems that every time a character is in the rest of the men who perpetrated a crime against the the adaptation is limited by the visual format. In a novel, a car there is a political speech on the radio, and the mafia. where extra emphasis can be placed on character, drug televisions in bars or restaurants all show 2008 campaign use would be a more prevalent theme. speeches from Obama. While each actor does well with his screen time, it is clear that Pitt monopolizes the movie. Ray Liotta’s A lot of dark humor comes through in the dialogue, an This political undercurrent turns out to be a major character Markie Trattman, a mafia member who runs a added touch that only makes the film better. The film instance of foreshadowing, as the more message-driven gambling ring, could easily have had a larger role in the poses the question, “Is America a community?” Cogan aspects of the movie unfold. The economic crisis is film. answers, “A community? Don’t make me laugh. America the explanation for the use of political propaganda; the isn’t even a country; it’s a business. Now pay me.” This characters in the film are all motivated by money. The James Gandolfini plays a similar small role as Mickey, dark humor plays a special role at the end of the movie main theme of the film is choice: Make a good choice a hit man whom Cogan contracts, but never delivers that may leave the viewer unsatisfied at first, but only and you will be rewarded; make a bad choice and you on the deal. Gandolfini’s character serves as a symbol because the credits come so suddenly. pay the price. This theme is used as an analogy for how for society at large: He would rather have sex and America works as a whole — everyone is trying to get drink than do the work he was hired to do. This kind of If you’re a fan of the crime film genre, go see this movie. ahead, rather than work together as a community. symbolism, like the portrayal of drug use to represent You might get hit over the head with symbolism, the degradation of society, might have been richer in the especially at the very end of the movie, but Killing Them The movie is based on the novel Cogan’s Trade by novel. In the film, drug addiction seems like a tangent. Softly is still an entertaining movie with a great cast. George V. Higgins, so it’s easy to see why some of the subject matter feels better suited to a form other than The R rating for this movie is definitely earned. cinema. The film is undoubtedly entertaining, but one Tremendous amounts of violence fill the screen, perhaps Christopher Sickler | Junior Staffwriter might wonder why symbolism plays such a large part. too much for particularly squeamish viewers. Most of the scenes containing violence are almost Tarantino- Brad Pitt appears in a role he must be comfortable with esque and are very well done. The film’s treatment of by now: the man with all the answers. He plays Jackie drug use is fleeting, but the repetitive nature of one

film pillbox 12.03.12 5 Angels in America offers heavenly experience School of Drama production explores AIDS epidemic, showcases student performances

Something’s coming — something big. as foils to each other. Luckily, this production boasted seemed too reserved and controlled. A fun side note, some of the most solid acting the School of Drama has though: He played Patrick’s pot-dealing friend Bob in That thought nags at the back of the audience members’ exhibited in the past two years. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. minds from the moment they sit down and gaze at the vastly empty set for Angels in America Part One: McQueen-Eaton was an obvious standout. Prior The School of Drama is only performing Part One: Millennium Approaches, and it slowly edges its way to struggles with the disease for the play’s entirety, and Millenium Approaches. To make up for the incomplete the forefront until the final scene, when the world comes often his pain is difficult to watch. But McQueen-Eaton storyline, the cast performs a comedic 15-minute version crashing down. had an astounding ability to retain Prior’s stoicism of the five-act Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika in even when he was screaming and convulsing, and the the Purnell lobby after the show. Also in the lobby was a In 1980, immunologist Andrew Saxon and his team audience didn’t dare look away. table with fliers and information about LGBT and AIDS- at University of California, Los Angeles published a related organizations and events in the Pittsburgh area. report on what would later be recognized as the AIDS The acting talent didn’t stop there. One could see epidemic. The report wasn’t taken up by the Centers for Carrey-Beaver thinking as he portrayed the paranoid Millennium Approaches continues through Saturday. Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) until 1981, and Louis, staying true to his character in that respect, You don’t want to miss this top-quality production of one by then the virus now known as HIV had spread rapidly, and his performance was a methodical one. Roy Cohn of the most important plays in recent history. especially in the gay male community. (senior acting major Brian Morabito) is a raucous, scheming thunderstorm of a man, based on the real-life The Pulitzer Prize-winning, two-part play Angels in McCarthyist lawyer of the same name. Morabito at first Evan Kahn | Copy Manager America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes premiered brought a lazy, laid-back quality to the character, but this over the period of 1991 through 1993. It chronicles the persona was peeled away like old wallpaper throughout lives of people living in New York City in 1985, when the the play, culminating in his collapse in Act Three. Joe’s AIDS epidemic was belatedly coming into the public mother Hannah Pitt, played by senior musical theatre eye. This was still two years before the government major Casey Anderson, also has a formidable disposition, would even acknowledge the epidemic — and by that but she’s onstage for too short a time to fully develop an time, more than 25,000 people were dead. individuality.

And yet, Angels in America isn’t about AIDS — it’s It is Koch who truly stole the show as Harper Pitt, the about what it means to be human. Existentialism, Valium-addicted, agoraphobic, Mormon housewife. justice, love, faith, hope, money, bureaucracy are all laid She learns most of what she knows from radio and bare, debated, realized, and misconstrued by the play’s television programming and spends much of the play in characters. a hallucinatory state. Her emotions seem more realistic than anyone’s in the play — even more than Prior’s — The story narrows in on two relationships in turmoil. One and she maintains a perfect combination of comedic wit is between Prior Walter (senior musical theatre major and great anguish. Trevor McQueen-Eaton) and Louis Ironson (senior acting major Jesse Carrey-Beaver), who panics and feels he The other two most memorable performances, however, must leave his lover after finding out Prior has contracted were done by the same person: Senior musical theatre AIDS. The other couple, Joe and Harper Pitt (played major Rodney Earl Jackson, Jr. played both Prior’s best by senior acting major Adam Hagenbuch and senior friend Belize and Harper’s imaginary travel agent, Mr. musical theatre major Emily Koch, respectively) struggle Lies. What’s astounding is that Jackson brought such with their secrets, a challenge exacerbated by the fact depth to both characters, even when he had to make that Joe wants to move to Washington, D.C. for a job. costume changes in under a minute.

The show’s playwright Tony Kushner preferred a It’s difficult to think of any criticism for these transparent staging, with minimalist sets and quick phenomenal actors, but there could be some scene changes, and for the most part, director Jed Allen improvements. Senior musical theatre major Imari Harris — associate teaching professor in the School of Hardon expertly juggled her many roles — she serves Drama — stayed entirely faithful to this concept. The as a homeless person, a sassy nurse, and an angel — vast stage was treated as a blank canvas, in which but as a result, she didn’t sink into any one of them. various settings could glide during scene changes. There Hagenbuch was almost as convincing as Joe Pitt, a were no blackouts in this production; instead, the stage deeply closeted Mormon man with staunch morals. But lights all turned red, a nod to the color of AIDS relief. when it finally comes time for him to be emotional, he

Staging and even plot aside, Millennium Approaches shows its true colors through the relationships between The ongoing School of Drama production of Angels in the characters, through their intricate webs of thought America will run at the Purnell Center for processes and morals. Therefore, not only must all the the Arts through Saturday. actors be tremendously skilled, but they must also serve Jonathan Carreon | Photo Editor

theater 6 pillbox 12.03.12 The Weeknd haunts listeners with Trilogy Recording artist Abel Tesfaye remixes old material for improved, despondent sound

Existing fans of Canadian R&B artist The Weeknd might hop beats, and electric guitars to synthesizers, violins, Eight,” “Valerie,” and “Till Dawn (Here Comes The Sun)” not be terribly excited about his November release, and piano chords, all of which are tightly produced to — are far from The Weeknd’s strongest work, they’re still Trilogy. The three-disc compilation, his first release become echoing and distant. worth a listen. Even those who aren’t normally fans of on a major record label, mostly consists of remastered R&B will be drawn into The Weeknd’s haunting music. versions of his three previously released mixtapes — Heartache and emptiness are also common themes for House of Balloons from March 2011, Thursday from The Weeknd: “I’ll give you what you called for / Just let August 2011, and Echoes of Silence from December 2011 me get in my zone / I’ll be making love to her through Anna Walsh | Personnel Manager — with only three new songs. But for those who haven’t you / So let me keep my eyes closed / And I won’t see a yet heard his music, Trilogy is a beautiful crash course damn thing / I can’t feel a damn thing / But I’mma touch in The Weeknd’s world of sex, drugs, and echoing, you right,” Tesfaye sings in “The Zone.” The Weeknd’s haunting soundscapes. singer may love drinking, getting high, and hooking up, but his haunting music suggests that these things don’t The Weeknd is 22-year-old Abel Tesfaye, a recording always bring him happiness. artist and record producer who first started gaining attention when he uploaded several songs to YouTube Clocking in at about two-and-a-half hours long, in early 2011. The Weeknd’s debut mixtape, House of Trilogy immerses the listener in The Weeknd’s sexy, Balloons, was released online for free and immediately lonely world. It’s worth the purchase, even for those garnered critical acclaim for its inventive, haunting who have already downloaded his mixtapes: Tesfaye blend of electronic, R&B, and soul genres. According to has remastered his old songs, and even though the Metacritic.com, it was the third-best-reviewed album of differences may be subtle, Trilogy is more focused, 2011. better emphasizing The Weeknd’s unique, moody sound.

Like many hip-hop and R&B artists, The Weeknd’s lyrics “Lonely Star” was already a compelling, tense plea: focus almost exclusively on sex, drugs, and partying: “Baby, I could be your best friend / Baby I could f*** you “From the morning to the evening / Complaints from right / Baby you could have it all.” But in Trilogy, Tesfaye the tenants / Got the walls kickin’ like they six-months has eliminated some of the grit and heaviness, making pregnant / Drinking Alizé with our cereal for breakfast the song fit more with The Weeknd’s despondent tone. / Girls calling cabs at dawn quarter to seven,” Tesfaye And although his three new tracks in Trilogy — “Twenty croons in his song “The Morning.”

Unlike most artists of those genres, though, his falsetto Recording artist and record producer Abel Tesfaye, is accompanied by brilliantly produced soundscapes that better known as The Weeknd, released his most are often as melancholy as they are sexy. The Weeknd’s recent album, Trilogy, in November. songs include everything from downtempo basses, hip- Courtesy of Shubvirk via Wikimedia Commons

music pillbox 12.03.12 7 Pittsburgh exhibit explores human relationship with place through art and writing The City & the City: Artwork by London Writers features Pittsburgh as an unlikely setting for a collection of London-themed pieces at the Wood Street Galleries

author’s disillusionment with a city that has betrayed its individuals beyond the specific historical situation they at ‘the city’ in different ways,” Hopper said via email. by Chloe Lula | Junior Staffwriter Rod Dickinson and Tom McCarthy’s piece [ ] own history. examine in their piece. showcases modified newspapers giving a fictional “Pittsburghers are doing the same thing. Why not account of the attack. position the two together?” As individuals with unique experiences, humans have London’s past is also surveyed in a piece titled Lichtenstein’s “Sight Unseen” is probably the most inherently subjective interpretations of the world. The “Greenwich Degree Zero” by Dickinson and McCarthy. tangible avenue for historical analysis and the Sandhu was impressed that Pittsburgh was host to the City & the City: Artwork by London Writers, an ongoing The work is an alternative history based on French relationship between past and present. The piece is a has been seeking to newly understand its own identity, exhibition, noting in an interview with the Pittsburgh exhibition at Wood Street Galleries, is a study of this anarchist Martial Bourdin’s very real attempt to blow up site-specific installation that coincides with the launch and artists and writers are a significantly important Post-Gazette, “People have been hearing about this concept — that our emotions and backgrounds shape The Royal Observatory, Greenwich in 1894. The artists of her new nonfiction book, Diamond Street: The Hidden part of that process,” Hopper said via email. “London show, and they say, ‘It’s in Pittsburgh?’ as though how we perceive a place. demand that viewers consider the alternative to reality: World of Hatton Garden. is the most written-about, artistically-represented city they expect it to be in California or New York or even What if Bourdin had succeeded in his terrorist attempt? in the western world, and is currently the home of a Chicago. They say, ‘Let me know how it goes because For experimental artists and authors Sukhdev Sandhu, Hatton Garden is London’s diamond and jewelry quarter, fiercely independent and yet dominant scene of artists we’d like to do it here.’ ” Rod Dickinson, Tom McCarthy, and Rachel Lichtenstein, The thorough multimedia piece displays newspapers, home to an extremely private community of brokers and writers looking to understand notions of place and among others, London is a shared hometown through photographs, and film that have been doctored to portray and manufacturers. Working behind closed doors are memory and the intersections thereof.” Hopper has similar enthusiasm about Pittsburgh as a which they project their respective examinations of a the destruction of The Royal Observatory, Greenwich. silversmiths, gold beaters, pearl and diamond merchants, site for fostering cultural introspection and awareness: modern city and varying ways to look at a single place The artists even created fictional anarchist magazines and lapidaries. In her piece, Lichtenstein reimagines Pittsburgh, though not usually compared to London, “As to why a show on London in Pittsburgh: Why not? through language and art. to document Bourdin’s personal history and political the skills, stories, and memories of these individuals by is certainly similar in the sense that it receives varied If this show were in New York, Chicago, L.A., no one activism preceding his attack on the observatory. recreating their artifacts. Velvet and gold objects form a and divergent reviews regarding its appeal as a city. It would bat an eye. Why shouldn’t Pittsburgh host an The exhibit, which opened Sep. 31, is curated by multilayered homage to the craftspeople who operate in seems apt that the artists chose Pittsburgh as a location exhibition of important contemporary artists working in Pittsburgh conceptual artist and writer Justin Hopper. The counterfeit reports are comprehensive and the Hatton Garden area. for a portrait of a place that shares so many of our city’s a new cross-disciplinary way, regardless of where they Although the installation is aesthetically minimal, the creative, detailing Bourdin’s alleged desire to bomb conceptual qualities. come from or what their subject is? The question should entirety of the exhibit is ample in theoretical content. the observatory as an expression of his frustration The collection is not striking upon first inspection. be, ‘Why isn’t there a show of work about Pittsburgh in The artists challenge viewers to consider a world beyond with the parasitical nature of an “idle and vicious” However, a more profound understanding of its origins “Psychogeographers, concrete poets, documentary- London?’ ” the confines of their immediate environments, assessing upper class. Dickinson and McCarthy’s interpretation, lend it considerable power as an ensemble. Unlike fiction videographers, liminal cartographers, avant- the present in light of historical trends and alternate while mythical, is timeless and universal, speaking to the gallery’s other pieces, Lichtenstein’s does not Chloe Lula | Junior Photographer historians — London is littered with people creating realities. new methods and concepts for looking at ‘place’ and present the viewer with a metaphysical concept. Her The first room of the gallery is dark and bare, save for a representation of London is concrete; for her, it is a city wooden table and a computer mouse. Once the mouse is built upon the endeavors of the industrialists that lived engaged, projected images materialize against the walls and worked in relative obscurity. and dissonant music spills out of speakers in the ceiling. The piece — titled “Night Haunts: A Journey Through The respective historical studies of Sandhu, Dickinson, the London Night” and created by London-based author and Lichtenstein contextualize our modern world. Their Sandhu — recounts the gradual waning of the furtive perceptions of London’s present-day identity, along nighttime atmosphere that characterized London with the diverse relationships they have each cultivated throughout the Victorian era. with the city, are rooted in their own interpretations of historical perspective. Indeed, it is evident that each In the projected text, the author laments the city’s artist relates differently to London in the same way that fabricated, disingenuous present. Certainly, London’s many people relate dissimilarly to cities across the U.S. modern-day nighttime atmosphere no longer resembles the mysterious luster of its past. The text describes it as It is the exhibit’s ability to transcend geography and “a clutch of surly-looking bouncer-fronted clubs pumping audience that makes it so memorable. Every person out monotonous bpm, and from which puked-breathed establishes some relationship with the geographical likely lads emerge at 2 a.m. to pick fights with girls that places they inhabit. This unifying feature of The City & won’t go home with them.” the City offers an experience that many people can relate to and ultimately acknowledge in their own lives. Sandhu’s London has been economized, rebranded, and deauthenticated. Even the stripped physical structure In particular, Hopper hopes to allow viewers to examine of the installation seems to mirror the city’s emptiness these geographical places through a new artistic lens. beneath its ostensible personality. The room reflects the “I’d be pleased if people came out of the show with, relationship between place and memory, depicting the perhaps, a slightly altered idea of how art and literature can combine to envision new nonfictions — how can we look at our surroundings in a different way because of the ideas that these artists have presented. That’s how all contemporary art shows function: What’s beautiful in Rod Dickinson and Tom McCarthy’s “Greenwich the world that I hadn’t previously recognized as beauty?” Degree Zero” presents falsified artifacts from a near- successful terrorist attack on The Royal Observatory, Chloe Lula | Junior Photographer However, Hopper hopes that the exhibit will reinforce an As part of “Greenwich Degree Zero,” a falsified film portraying smoke rising from The Royal Observatory, Greenwich in 1894. identity in the city of Pittsburgh specifically. “Pittsburgh Greenwich adds to the artists’ imagining of the destruction of the Observatory. Chloe Lula | Junior Photographer

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“Merry Christmas” wishes abound Breaking Dawn: Part 2 is highlight of mediocre saga for the classes of 1912 and 1913, Carnegie Tech staff, and the women on It was almost a year ago when The Twilight Saga: 100 campus. Someday, the writer hopes, years ago Breaking Dawn: Part 1 made its appearance in these women might be recognized for Dec. 12, 1912 theaters, much to the delight of rabid fans. Tension their hard work. Until then, The Tartan was high at the end of part one when Bella, after sends the ladies best wishes in the giving birth to her half-human, half-vampire child, hunt for a husband during the holidays. was finally turned into a member of the undead by her glittery and brooding husband.

In response to campus apathy toward This November, fans waited with bated breath for outward appearances, the Panhellenic the fifth and final installment of the series. Breaking 50 Council is sponsoring a contest for all Dawn: Part 2 opened in theaters Nov. 16 and made years ago women on campus that will be judged a killing of $71.2 million in the box office on its on neatness and proper hair and opening day, according to boxofficemojo.com. Dec. 19. 1962 makeup for different situations. The winner will be sent to the next round of In this installment, the Volturi — the power- a competition sponsored by Glamour hungry arm of vampire law — come after Bella magazine. and her daughter, Renesmee, under the guise of protecting the secrecy of their species. Thinking One hundred fifty Carnegie Mellon that Renesmee is dangerous, the Volturi plan to kill students are arrested when two large her and use Alice, another vampire, and her long- 25 fraternity parties are raided over the sought-after powers for their own devious means. years ago weekend. Many of the brothers from each house find the police to be If anything can be said for this installment of the Nov. 24, 1987 unnecessarily brutal, and one tells The Twilight series, it’s that it certainly catered to its Tartan, “The police have been watching fans. As in the book, when Bella becomes a vampire, Courtesy of Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons too much TV.” she is much less whiny, and she finally seems to Kristen Stewart, who stars as Bella Swan in the come into her own. In fact, she acknowledges this Twilight saga, is forced to carry the movie in the when she remarks in one scene that she “was born last installment of the series. Students share the multitude of to be a vampire.” ways they deal with “sexiling.” Some students stick to the sock-on-the-door Edward is the same as ever: brooding, moody, and actually happen in this installment. Bella now has a 10 extremely pale. Jacob is also unchanged: still a wolf, baby, Volturi drama ensues, and vampires from all years ago technique, but other students are more innovative. One pair of boys uses a and still overprotective. In fact, every character around the world flock to the Cullens’ home. Nov. 25, 2002 secret code on the whiteboard outside except Bella remains largely stationary. It makes their room. One girl admits to ignoring sense that this installment would focus on Bella’s Unlike Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking sexiling altogether, and just waits until transformation, but expecting Kristen Stewart to Dawn: Part 1, all of which seem to deal largely with her boyfriend’s roommate falls asleep. carry the entire movie is ludicrous; the actress is just Bella pining after Edward and whining over the not up to the task. fact that she’s human, Breaking Dawn: Part 2 has A water main break cuts through an actual story line and doesn’t center around one campus on Friday afternoon. Students Stewart seems unable to make her character more teen’s mood swings. meandering along the Cut around 1 interesting, despite the added ability to run fast, years5 ago p.m. have the chance to take pictures climb things at lightning speed, glitter in the sun, Although the movie — and the entire series — was and videotape the water that runs from and drink human blood. She needs to learn that long not my cup of tea, it was no doubt satisfying to Dec. 3, 2007 campus to Forbes Avenue. Surprisingly stares and twitching brows are not the only way to long-time fans of the book and movie series. Overall, enough, all this water and chaos is emote. Breaking Dawn: Part 2 is sure to go down in the caused by an eight-inch break in the annals of history as a good end to a mediocre series. water main. There is a lot of seemingly unnecessary dialogue in the movie as well. Many scenes consisted of Carnegie Mellon is heading to China. the main characters standing around the Cullens’ Christa Hester | Publisher A university press release announces living room, deciding what to do about this dilemma that Sun Yat-sen University will begin or that. For the purposes of the movie, this much year1 ago offering master’s and doctorate exposition wasn’t needed. In fact, its only apparent degrees in electrical and computer purpose was to please viewers who were loyal Nov. 21, 2011 engineering in 2013 in partnership with readers of Stephanie Meyer and couldn’t wait to the Carnegie Mellon ECE department. hear each line from the books played out onscreen. But despite Stewart’s acting and the superfluous Catherine Spence | Staffwriter dialogue, Breaking Dawn: Part 2 is still one of the best Twilight movies, mostly because changes film 10 pillbox 12.03.12 Sudoku Puzzle: Medium Difficulty Kakuro Puzzle: Easy Difficulty

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It’s that time of year when it’s important to sit back and cancer take note of the good things in your life. The next two june 22–july 22 weeks may not be fun, but don’t let them impede on your happiness.

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Smile! It’s good for you. Just make sure you are aware of Across Down virgo your surroundings when you smile. No one wants to look 1. Colombian city 1. Dramatic troupe aug. 23–sept. 22 up from their laptop and catch one of your creeper smiles. 5. Church areas 2. ___ girl! 10. Bluesy James 3. Jacob’s first wife 14. Up and ___! 4. Drink 15. Slip 5. Aided Because it is cold outside and the sky is gray, buckle 16. Fleece 6. Thickness libra down and get back to work. Why be outside in such sad 17. Pierce with a knife 7. Title of a knight sept. 23–oct. 22 conditions? Work now, play later when the sun comes back 18. Thick sweet liquid 8. Elicit out. 19. Switch ending 9. Photographic tone 20. Falafel sauce 10. Water pitcher 22. Sildenafil ___: Viagra 11. When said three times, a 1970 war movie scorpio It might be hard to hear this, but it must be said: Furbies 24. Air rifle ammo 12. Horn sound are back. 25. Mariners can sail on seven of 13. Tropical plant oct. 23–nov. 21 these 21. Jazz org. 26. Endanger 23. Autocratic Russian rulers 30. Org. 25. ___-Cat 35. Fair-hiring abbr. 26. French beans? Happened yesterday, something weird did. The problems sagittarius 36. “Hold On Tight” band 27. Actor Buchholz you were having with your project, tried to explain you did. 37. Happen again 28. Gaucho’s rope nov. 22–dec. 21 However, your professor looked at you as if you were Yoda. 38. Calamity 29. TV Tarzan Ron 41. Become cheeselike 31. Get it? 43. Adlai’s running mate 32. Line of cliffs Peace and blessings be upon you. In your times of great 44. It’s a moray 33. ___ lunch 45. Hwy. 34. Crawl capricorn strife, keep sight of your goals and don’t back down. dec. 22–jan. 19 46. Kick off 39. Neth. neighbor 47. Candy 40. Lauder of cosmetics 50. Sewing case 41. Corp. honcho 53. Structural engineer’s software 42. Signal that danger is over Out in the real world, people say the real world is harder 54. Distribute the wrong cards 44. New Haven collegian aquarius than Carnegie Mellon. God help us all. 58. Linger aimlessly 48. Philosopher ___-tzu jan. 20–feb. 18 62. ABA member 49. Foolish persons 63. Land’s end? 51. Sample 66. Mrs. Chaplin 52. Stomach woe 67. To ___ (perfectly) 54. Polite address “People are more difficult to work with than machines. 68. ___ firma 55. Sock ___ me! pisces And when you break a person, he can’t be fixed.” — Rick 69. Horse’s gait 56. Wineglass part feb. 19–march 20 Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth 70. May honorees 57. Stains 71. Diamond flaw? 59. Mower brand 72. Cubs slugger Sammy 60. Slaughter of baseball Nicole Hamilton | Comics Editor 61. Pro ___ 64. Part of ETA 65. Paid player horoscopes 14pillbox 12.03.12 MONDAY12.3.12 will perform at Stage AE. More information and tickets are ONGOING available at stageae.com. Candice Millard. Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. Portraits of a Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY12.7.12 Florilegium. Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Candice Millard, author of Destiny of the Republic: A Tale Hunt Library, Fifth Floor. Through Dec. 16. of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President, The Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic and Choirs The exhibit showcases work from 48 American botanical will speak as part of the Monday Night Lecture series at present a Holiday Concert. Rangos Ballroom. Noon. artists who are creating an archive of watercolors and Carnegie Music Hall. Robert Page and Michael Van Camp will conduct a drawings of the plants at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. performance of holiday music, including excerpts from The selected pieces will be displayed with historical TUESDAY12.4.12 Handel’s Messiah, by the Philharmonic Concert Choir and printed volumes from the Hunt Institute’s collection. The the Repertory Chorus. The concert will also be performed gallery’s operating hours are available at Give Me a Break. The Gladys Schmitt Creative Writing at 8 p.m. the same night in the College of Fine Arts’ Great huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu. Center. 8 p.m. Hall. The event is free and open to the public. The final student reading of the year will take place in White Cube, Green Maze. Carnegie Museum of Art. Baker Hall 260. The reading will feature the work of Winterfest 2012: A Last Day of Classes Through Jan. 13. Adria Steuer (senior English major), Austin Moyer (senior Extravaganza. Wiegand Gymnasium. 2:30 p.m. The exhibit includes models and drawings by architects creative writing major), Anna Nelson (junior fine art AB Special Events presents its annual end-of-classes and landscape architects who have worked on and creative writing double major), Sara Keats (senior celebration, Winterfest 2012. Stop by Wiegand collaborative projects, focusing on six sites from around Bachelor of Humanities and Arts student), and Matt Finlay Gymnasium after your last class for free food, raffles, and the world. (junior creative writing major). After the reading there will massive inflatable structures (including a wrecking ball, be an open mic, and the event includes free pizza and a gladiator jousting, and a Batman-themed bounce house). Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the raffle. World’s Fairs, 1851–1939. Carnegie Museum of Art. The PSO presents Haydn and Saint-Saens’ Organ Through Feb. 24. WEDNESDAY12.5.12 Symphony. Heinz Hall. 8 p.m. This exhibit features works ranging from jewelry to The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will perform Franz furniture that showcase changing tastes in aesthetics and Arlo Aldo. Skibo Cafe. 7:30 p.m. Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 68 and Saint-Saens’ design within the span of nearly nine decades. AB Skibo presents a concert by Pittsburgh-based Symphony No. 3. Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers will alternative-folk band Arlo Aldo. The event is free and open premiere Violin Concerto by PSO 2012-13 Composer of to the public. the Year Mason Bates. The concert will also be peformed Compiled by Allison Cosby | Staffwriter on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. More information and tickets are THURSDAY12.6.12 available at pittsburghsymphony.org. Want your event here? Email [email protected]. Convocation: Chamber Music. Kresge Theatre. SATURDAY12.8.12 1:30 p.m. A variety of chamber music ensembles will perform in the Olivia Newton-John with the PSO. Heinz Hall. 8 p.m. College of Fine Arts. Four-time Grammy winner Olivia Newton-John will perform a special, one-night-only concert with the The Smashing Pumpkins. Stage AE. 7 p.m. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. More information and Nineties alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins tickets are available at pittsburghsymphony.org.

calendar pillbox 12.03.12 15 madrigal dinner.

Jonathan Carreon | Photo Editor On Saturday, the School of Music, Student Senate, Student Affairs, the Office of Orientation, Alumni Relations, Student Dormitory Council, and CulinArt collaborated to present the Madrigal Dinner. The event was a traditional Christmas meal accompanied by the School of Music Chamber Singers, a magician, a juggler, a mime, a stilt-walker, and a harpsichord player. The event took place at 6:30 p.m. in Rangos Hall.

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