Online games crowdsource Men’s basketball beats MilkMilkLemonade RNA research • A4 Geneva • A10 entertains audiences • B7 SCITECH SPORTS PILLBOX thetartan.org @thetartan November 24, 2014 Volume 109, Issue 13 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 Senate, Got Consent? host sexual assault prevention roundtables CHELSEA DICKSON In September, Carnegie verbally and sexually abusive turally and physically, has only dent Senate’s Sexual Assault ed to sexual violence. Staffwriter Mellon University was one of ex-girlfriend. just begun. Carnegie Mellon and Relationship Violence Beginning with the theme over 60 colleges investigated In late October, Carnegie students finished this fall se- Prevention (SARVP) commit- of “Greek Life, Athletics, and The year of 2014 has seen by the U.S. Department of Edu- Mellon students carried mat- mester by encouraging and tee, and various members of Sexual Violence Prevention” the issue of sexual assault cation’s Office for Civil Rights tresses on campus for “Carry extending campus dialogue on Carnegie Mellon’s adminis- on Tuesday, the roundtables driven to the forefront of na- (OCR) after the American Civil That Weight Day,” a national sexual assault. tration. The program, which continued with the following tional debate through college Liberties Union filed a Title movement aiming to create Sexual assault and rela- began Nov. 18, includes seven issues: “Primary Prevention of student-driven initiatives and IX Complaint against the ad- awareness of sexual assault tionship violence prevention separate roundtables, the last Sexual Violence at CMU,” “Sex- an increasingly public dialogue ministration, citing the school and solidarity with sexual as- roundtables were hosted on of which occurs on Nov. 25, to ual and Relationship Violence concerning the sexual lives of had allegedly failed to protect sault survivors. campus this past week by stu- cover diverse Carnegie Mellon students. a first-year student from her Yet real change, both cul- dent group Got Consent?, Stu- communities and issues relat- See ROUNDTABLE, A3 University hosts town hall on long-term strategic initiative Tartans 4 Israel promotes dialogue LAURA SCHERB Operations Manager On Wednesday, mem- bers of Carnegie Mellon’s Tartans 4 Israel club hosted a pop-up kitchen in the Jared L. Cohon University Center’s Wean Commons to give their own take on Con- flict Kitchen’s Palestinian- themed food. Serving kosher and halal falafel, hummus, pita, and other traditional foods from the Middle East and the contested regions, Tartans 4 Israel also had trivia relat- ing to Israel and Palestine and distributed materials on coexistence in the Mid- dle East, including “I [love] coexistence” stickers. There was also a board filled with sticky notes from students and faculty describing what peace meant to them. The club hosted their Jonathan Leung/Photo Editor CoExistence Kitchen not in On Monday, Interim Executive Vice President John Lehoczky and other university officials spoke as part of a town hall meant to promote discussion on the university’s recently announced an attempt to “put down strategic planning iniatitives. any of the dialogue begun at Conflict Kitchen, but BRADEN KELNER velops a new strategic plan. uled for September. Addition- Lehoczky stressed the nology under Jared Cohon’s rather, an opportunity to Editor-in-Chief The town hall marks the ally, as discussions continue, impact of previous strategic administration. bring the dialogue onto our first of three open public town there will be opportunities to plans, citing such feats as the “We can only imagine what campus, and be thoughtful Students, staff, and faculty halls to discuss the goals and discuss more focused aspects creation of what is now the sorts of ideas will come up and about how we can engage poured into the Posner Center focus of the plan. of the plan with leaders guid- Jared L. Cohon University [what] directions the univer- in such complicated issues,” last Monday, filling the seats Future town halls are ing the planning process. Center and a focus on the stu- sity will move in the next few according to the event’s and lining the walls, to begin tentatively scheduled for Interim Executive Vice dent experience under Robert years and the next ten years,” Facebook page. a discussion about the univer- January and March, with the President John Lehoczky took Mehrabian’s leadership, as The CoExistence Kitchen sity’s long-term goals as it de- rollout of the final plan sched- to the podium first. well as the move into biotech- See INITIATIVE, A3 was sponsored by Hillel and a grant from the Israel Cam- pus Coalition, with whom Tartans 4 Israel worked to Shadyside’s Elbow Room closes after 67 years put together the literature that they distributed, ac- BRIAN TRIMBOLI cording to senior chemis- News Editor try major and past Tartans 4 Israel President Danielle The Elbow Room, a long- Schlesinger, who helped time comfort food staple of envision and plan the event. 5533 Walnut St. in Shadyside, “The literature was filled closed on Sunday. The an- with information about the nouncement that the restau- Middle East, testimonies rant was being sold was made from different people who on its Facebook page on Oct. live in Israel regarding the 9, and restaurant owner Mi- peace process, and efforts chael DiFiore posted on The for a two-state solution,” Elbow Room’s website that Schlesinger said. “after 35 years we are selling Current Tartans 4 Israel The Elbow Room,” inviting the president and sophomore restaurant’s former patrons to chemical engineering and visit his three other restau- creative writing double rants in Shadyside: Buffalo major Naomi Sternstein Blues, Bites and Brews, and said that she was extremely 1947 Tavern. pleased with the events. 1947 Tavern, at 5744½ Ells- “People were curious, ask- worth Ave., was the original ing questions, really seek- location of The Elbow Room. ing out new information, In 2010, the restaurant moved which made me really hap- to what was previously Max py,” Sternstein said. & Erma’s at 5533 Walnut St., The analogous club at and its first location became the University of Pittsburgh, 1947 Tavern. DiFiore bought Panthers 4 Israel, also host- the restaurant in 2003 from ed a CoExistence Kitchen his parents, Joe and Nancy Di- the following day. The two Fiore, who themselves bought joint events reached an esti- The Elbow Room in 1983 with mated 400 students across J.T. Waters. both campuses. “We had The restaurant is closing, really positive reactions,” the owners said, because it is Schlesinger said. “Every- becoming increasingly diffi- Jonathan Leung/Photo Editor one who came was willing cult to staff, given Pittsburgh’s The Elbow Room’s signature American comfort food will be missing from Shadyside after the restaurant closed last Sunday. to participate and thought recent restaurant boom. that the conversation was The Elbow Room was sold Chophouse, LLC. and would love to see you and and had family celebrations. said senior professional writ- interesting and important. to the Trapuzzano Group, The Elbow Room first an- hear your stories about your Stop up for dinner or a drink ing and creative writing dou- We had a wide range of stu- LLC, which is currently in nounced the sale on their favorite Elbow Room memory. and share your stories with ble major Aubrey Moraif, say- dents as well.” the process of transferring Facebook page, posting “We We know many of you had us! Little Joe will be waiting ing that she’ll miss the “classy” Sternstein was excited over the location’s liquor li- will be open as The Elbow your first date with us, got en- for you!” cense to Trapuzzano Italian Room for another two months gaged, celebrated birthdays “I’m kind of upset about it,” See RESTAURANT, A3 See KITCHEN, A3 A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » November 24, 2014 FEATURE PHOTO NEWS IN BRIEF School of Music renames recording studio Sane Tuesday event pauses contention The Carnegie Mellon studio, along with the initial School of Music announced $1 million. A plaque will be recently that it is renaming placed outside of the studio the school’s recording stu- to honor the pair, reading dio The Vlahakis Recording “The Vlahakis Recording Stu- Studio, after Carnegie Mel- dio at the Carnegie Mellon lon alumnus Nick Vlahakis School of Music. Realizing (CIT ‘74) and his wife, Kimi, Dreams with Music and Tech- donated $1 million to the nology through the generos- school. ity of Nick & Kimi Vlahakis.” Nick Vlahakis spent 25 “We are deeply humbled years working at ATK, an by the generosity shown by aerospace and defense con- Nick and Kimi toward our tractor, eventually being ap- school,” said Denis Colwell, pointed the company’s chief head of the School of Music, operating officer. Vlahakis in a university press release. earned his master’s degree in “Their remarkable kindness mechanical engineering from helps to ensure that the Vla- Carnegie Mellon after receiv- hakis Recording Studio will ing a bachelor’s degree in remain state-of-the-art into mechanical engineering from the foreseeable future, and Northwestern University and CMU students will reap the an MBA from the University benefit of working in it for of Utah. years to come. The gift also The couple’s gift also in- enables us to attract top mu- cludes an annual portion to sical and scholastic talent to help sustain the recording the School of Music.” CIT celebrates 30 years of self-driving cars Carnegie Mellon’s College recent self-driving car is a of Engineering celebrated 2011 Cadillac SRX that looks the 30th anniversary of its just like any other car — the research on self-driving cars sensors are integrated into last Thursday. the car’s body, unlike earlier “The evolution of AV autonomous vehicle models.