Disney comes to CMU for Women’s volleyball plays in Students from Israel and robotics inspiration • A5 UAA championships • A11 Palestine reflect• B8 SCITECH SPORTS PILLBOX thetartan.org @thetartan November 10, 2014 Volume 109, Issue 11 Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper since 1906 CMU delves into the details of Craig St. Corridor LAURA SCHERB owners and the students sion plan: “[Carnegie embrace the campus com- The university has put Craig Street and the sur- Operations Manager who frequent the South Mellon] is embracing munity, and especially together multiple com- rounding area. One such Craig Street stretch to Forbes Avenue; we’re our students,” Michael mittees and focus groups During the rapid ex- satisfy their coffee and giving a new face to the Murphy, vice president to drive the vision for See CORRIDOR, A4 pansion of Carnegie Mel- bubble tea cravings. future of Forbes, which for campus affairs, said lon University that has Just this past month, will add definition to in an email to The Tartan. taken place over the past in the official ground- campus.” The plan high- “The university owns and 10 years, the area sur- breaking of the Jared L. lighted CMU’s interests leases a fair amount of rounding the school has Cohen University Center in its community beyond property in and around changed, including Craig expansion, district city campus, and Craig Street Craig, some of which is Street. The face of Craig councilman and alum- is certainly an important used for university func- Street has evolved with nus Dan Gilman (DC part of it. tions and some of which the area around it, im- ‘04) commented on the As of 2014, the uni- is residential. It is impor- pacting both the business overall campus expan- versity owns properties tant for the street to have on Craig Street, includ- a mix of businesses and ing the University Po- activities that appeal lice headquarters, to students. The qual- 300 Craig Street (the ity of life for CMU building that con- students will only tains Razzy Fresh), be enhanced by a and 407 Craig stronger, more vi- Street. “We have brant Craig Street been very excit- district, which ed by the ener- can only be ac- gy and enthu- complished if siasm of the all the con- businesses stituencies on Craig work to- Street to gether.” committee Anne-Sophie Kim/Layout Manager Democrat Wolf elected as governor of Pennsylvania Housing in the mid-1960s.” Corbett’s loss is a sharp process contrast to the overwhelm- ingly successful elections of Republicans in state and changes federal governments in this midterm election. Corbett’s BRENT HEARD miscommunications with the Contributing Editor public concerning the educa- tion budget cuts, among other Carnegie Mellon hous- issues, are recognized as the ing is planning some large main reasons for his loss. Per- changes to their current haps Corbett will be best re- system: moving up the membered for permitting the housing selection timeline, legalization of gay marriage in and launching a rebrand- Pennsylvania. ing campaign to attract stu- Wolf has never held public dents to stay in on-campus office before now. Previously, housing. he directed his family’s build- Housing and Dining Ser- ing supplies company outside vices confirmed by email of Harrisburg for three de- that online housing selec- cades. He received a doctorate tion will be available on Feb. in political science from MIT, 15, and the deadline for and served with the Peace general room selection will Corps in India. According to be noon on Feb. 26, with the the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, specific dates for the vari- Wolf spent $10 million dollars ous phases of room selec- of his own money on his cam- tion occurring throughout paign, a significantly higher February and March. amount than that spent by Director of Marketing his far more politically-expe- for Student Affairs Mandi rienced rivals. Wolf’s most Semple explained that “the Abhinav Gautam/Staff Photographer aggressive campaigns against thinking behind it was that Many students voted in the Cohon University Center’s Alumni Lounge, Carnegie Mellon’s polling place for Tuesday’s midterm elections. Corbett concerned the contro- students are already think- versial education budget cuts. ing about where to live in CHELSEA DICKSON Tom Wolf as the state’s new education as the priority,” ed by the University of Pitts- Although Carnegie Mellon the next year when they get Staffwriter governor. Wolf ousted Repub- stated Wolf at his victory rally burgh’s website, the state’s does not have a large num- back from winter break,” lican Governor Tom Corbett in York, Pa. handling of the education ber of enrolled students from continuing, “students will While America went right, in a historic election, mak- A businessman from cen- budget has been a challenge Pennsylvania, voting turnout be completely done with Pennsylvania went left. ing Corbett the first governor tral Pennsylvania, Wolf de- for the school: “Pitt trustees at the school proved solid. housing selection by spring A frustrated America boot- not re-elected in the history feated Corbett as approval have approved a $1.97 billion Four voting booths were set break.” ed Democrats from both the of the Keystone State since ratings for the incumbent gov- operating budget for the fis- up on Tuesday in the CUC’s Semple spoke of how U.S. Congress and a majority Pennsylvania allowed gover- ernor continued to drop. cal year that began on July 1, alumni lounge under the su- busy the second half of the of state governments during nors to run for consecutive For Wolf, the state’s public 2014. The University’s state pervision of the Center and spring semester can be for midterm elections last week, terms. The Carnegie Mellon education system demands funding remains at the same Allegheny County. 241 per- students, between exams with Republicans now control- community contributed a re- the most attention. Since the level as it was in 1995, in abso- sons voted in the Pennsylvania and Carnival, saying, “from ling the House and Senate for spectable amount of votes in start of Corbett’s term as gov- lute dollars unadjusted for in- elections at Carnegie Mellon. a student perspective, this the last two years of President the midterm elections, joining ernor, the highly contested flation. If inflationary adjust- Another seven absentee bal- is supposed to make life Barack Obama’s final term. Pennsylvania’s higher-than- state education budget cuts ments are made, state support lots were counted, meaning easier.” Yet this past Tuesday, Penn- expected voter turnout. incited a bold backlash from now is at its lowest level since sylvanians chose Democrat “We need to reestablish voters across the state. As stat- Pitt became a public university See ELECTIONS, A4 See HOUSING, A3 A2 « thetartan.org/news The Tartan » November 10, 2014 FEATURE PHOTO NEWS IN BRIEF Hebert named head of Robotics Institute Cars decorate campus for Ford Day Martial Hebert, a long- dean of the School of Com- time professor and re- puter Science, said in the searcher in Carnegie Mel- news release. “Over the lon’s Robotics Institute, was years, he and the people who recently named the new have worked with him have director of the Institute. He- produced some of the most bert has been at the Robot- impactful work on robot vi- ics Institute since 1984, five sion and sensing that the years after it was founded, world has seen. We are all and became a full professor very excited to have him lead in 1999. Hebert originally one of CMU’s most important hails from Chatou, France centers of excellence.” and earned his degree in Hebert has participated in computer science at the Uni- research projects such as Nav- versity of Paris. Lab, a program for develop- “Having joined the insti- ing self-driving vehicles, and tute shortly after its creation, has worked on developing I am honored and thrilled to personal care robots in the now have the opportunity to Quality of Life Technology work with the faculty, stu- Center. dents, and staff to shape the The 35-year-old Robotics next phase of its journey,” Institute is the first robotics Hebert said in a university department at a U.S. univer- news release. sity, and now has over 800 “Martial is a widely ad- faculty, staff, and students, mired and respected leader with a research budget of in robotics,” Andrew Moore, over $54 million. Two CMU professors receive faculty chairs Peter Boatwright has re- “Peter Boatwright and Ja- ceived the Carnegie Bosch vier Peña have not only made Professorship in Marketing, significant research contri- established by the Carnegie butions in their fields, but Bosch Institute, and Javier they are also recognized as Peña has received the Bajaj outstanding educators and Family Chair in Operations highly involved faculty mem- Research, established by the bers,” said Tepper School Kamalnayan Jamnalal Bajaj Dean Robert Dammon in a Foundation. Boatwright and university news release. Peña are both professors in “Javier’s research demon- Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper strates a mindset of knowl- School of Business. edge discovery, appreciation Boatwright has been a for collaboration both with member of Tepper’s faculty his students and his col- since 1997 and is currently leagues, as well as a willing- co-director of the univer- ness to stretch beyond the sity’s Integrated Innovation walls of his discipline,” Dam- Institute. He has co-au- mon continued. “In addition thored two books on product to being an outstanding re- and service innovation. searcher, Javier is also an Peña joined Carnegie outstanding educator. Our Mellon’s faculty in 1999, and MBA students recognized currently teaches a variety Javier in 2005 when he re- of analytical subjects.