PIPER2/07 Issue 3 A SK A NDREW Hello Mrs. Huxtable 4 N EWS B RIEFS 7 I NTERN A TION A L D ISP A TCHES 8 L ECTURE S POTLIGHT For Addicts, It’s All About the Craving n Jonathan Potts Of all the researchers devoted to study- EYO R ing drug addiction, hardly anyone has D An ever asked the most important question, N says George Loewenstein: Why? Y K E “There is so much research on B addiction and drug abuse, and amazingly P H O T O little of it is focused on the central ques- M OST P EO P LE REMEMBER HER AS C LAIR H UXTABLE ON THE TELEVISION SMASH “ T HE C OSBY S HO W , ” BUT ACTRESS tion of why people take drugs in the first P HYLICIA R ASHAD HAD MORE ON HER MIND THAN SITCOMS W HEN SHE S P OKE IN C ARNEGIE M ELLON ’ S P HILI P C HOSKY place,” said Loewenstein, the Herbert T HEATER LAST W EEK . I N “ A D IALOGUE W ITH P HYLICIA R ASHAD , ” ALUMNUS D AN G REEN ( A’ 9 4 ) S P OKE W ITH THE T ONY A. Simon Professor of Economics and A W ARD - W INNING ACTRESS ON EVERYTHING FROM HER P ROCESS FOR DEVELO P ING A CHARACTER TO HER TAKE ON P ITTSBURGH , Psychology and a world-renowned re- W HICH SHE DEEMED “ FASCINATING . ” A ND W HILE THE AUDIENCE TREATED R ASHAD TO T W O STANDING OVATIONS , SHE MADE searcher on the psychology of intertem- NO SECRET OF J UST HO W MUCH HER TRI P TO C ARNEGIE M ELLON AND MENTORING SESSIONS W ITH S CHOOL OF D RAMA poral choice — or decisions that require STUDENTS MEANT TO HER . “ I MUST SAY THAT BEING HERE TODAY AND BEING ABLE TO INTERACT W ITH DEVELO P ING ACTORS AT THIS INSTITUTION HAS BEEN THE FULFILLMENT OF A DREAM , ” SHE SAID . T HE DIALOGUE W AS S P ONSORED BY THE trade-offs between costs and benefits at S CHOOL OF D RAMA , U NIVERSITY A DVANCEMENT AND S TUDENT A FFAIRS IN CELEBRATION OF B LACK H ISTORY M ONTH . C ONTINUED ON P AGE T W O “Seeing Science” Tells Fascinating Story of Historic Tome n Cindy Carroll theories and discoveries in optics, a science that he pioneered. Last fall, as she perused some of the St. Clair quickly noted several books in the Posner Collection, Dean of points of interest about the book. The University Libraries Gloriana St. Clair spine was hand-marked OSF (Ordo happened across a 16th century edition Sancti Franciscus), the society of monks of the work of Ibn al-Haytham (known that had bound the printed pages in the I th K in the western world as Alhazen), an 11 1570s. Two previous owners had signed S R century Arabic scientist and mathemati- the book: Count Mikolaj Niewiescin- cian. The book, “Opticae Thesaurus,” ski, a collector of science literature in Y B O YA bb was a Latin translation of al-Haytham’s C ONTINUED ON P AGE EIGHT D L I N A N A D T E S Y O F R OU C P H O T O C ARNEGIE M ELLON ’ S P OSNER C OLLECTION HOUSES A 1 6 TH CENTURY EDITION OF THE W ORK OF I BN AL - H AYTHAM , AN 1 1 TH CENTURY A RABIC SCIENTIST AND MATHEMATICIAN . T HE FULL TEXT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT HTT P :// P OSNER . LIBRARY . CMU . EDU . O N E Student Entrepreneur Sells R&R PIPER On a Summer Day 2/07 Issue n Bruce Gerson With spring right around the corner, the P UB L I S H E R Teresa Thomas patio furniture sales won’t be far behind. But before you decide on that new table, E D ITOR Bruce Gerson chairs and matching glider, you may want to talk to freshman economics M ANAGING E D ITOR Susie Cribbs major Josh Kresge, one of the latest stu- ESGE dent entrepreneurs to enroll at Carnegie kr W RIT E R S O S H Cindy Carroll Mellon. J Alexa Huth You see, Kresge, who’s no relation Jenni King Jonathan Potts to the Kresge Theater folks, is in the T E S Y O F Byron Spice R business of backyard rest and relaxation, OU Chriss Swaney C Ken Walters peace and tranquility on those warm, Anne Watzman H O T O breezy, blue sky summer days. P D es IGN E R S So what exactly does Kresge sell? F RESHMAN ECONOMICS MA J OR J OSH K RESGE SELLS P EACE AND TRANQUILITY AT Communications Design Group It’s a hammock, in more shapes, colors H AMMOCK H UTCH . COM . P HOTOGRAPHY and styles than you can shake a glass of Ken Andreyo pillows, range from about $40 to $200. Communications Design Group lemonade at. business, but hammocks didn’t give you He has distributors in Ecuador, North “It’s the perfect gift for someone very many options. Some stores, like To contact The Piper staff, call 412-268-2900 Carolina and Canada, and is looking to or email [email protected]. who has everything,” Kresge says. Lowe’s, had them, but there was pretty expand into China. He says a distributor Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate and As a youngster growing up in much one choice.” Carnegie Mellon University is required not to discriminate in in China stocks the “Beach Hammock,” admission, employment, or administration of its programs or East Greenville, Pa., about 40 minutes Using his Web skills, Kresge built activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or which folds like a beach chair and sits handicap in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or other federal, state, low to the sand. It sells for about $100. or local laws or executive orders. In addition, Carnegie Mellon University does not “H AMMOCK H UTCH . COM WA S FOUN ded WITH TWO PRIMARY GOA ls The fledgling entrepreneur says he’s discriminate in admission, employment or administration of its programs on the basis of religion, creed, ancestry, belief, IN MIN D N E WA S TO PRO V I de HAMMOCK S AN D ACC ess ORI es AT made about $3,000 thus far, but not all of age, veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity. O Carnegie Mellon does not discriminate in violation of federal, that goes to his college education. Some state, or local laws or executive orders. However, in the judg- A R E A S ONAB le PRIC E . T H E OTH E R WA S TO H el P OTH E R S IN TH E ment of the Carnegie Mellon Human Relations Commission, the Presidential Executive Order directing the Department of the profit goes to his adopted son in of Defense to follow a policy of, “Don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t PROC ess .” – J O S H K R es G E pursue,” excludes openly gay, lesbian and bisexual students Ecuador, 7-year-old Anderson Toscano. from receiving ROTC scholarships or serving in the military. Nevertheless, all ROTC classes at Carnegie Mellon University Kresge supports Anderson through Chil- are available to all students. outside Philadelphia, Kresge took a lik- his own site and launched his company Inquiries concerning application of these statements dren International. should be directed to the Provost, Carnegie Mellon Univer- sity, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, telephone ing to hammocks while vacationing in in May 2006. He’s had 7,000 hits and 412-268-6684 or the Vice President for Enrollment, Carnegie “HammockHutch.com was founded Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA Ocean City, Md. Years later, he realized has sold about 60 hammocks thus far, 15213, telephone 412-268-2056. with two primary goals in mind. One was Carnegie Mellon University publishes an annual campus that the easy lifestyle icon could yield a but he hopes to increase traffic by work- security report describing the university’s security, alcohol to provide hammocks and accessories at and drug, and sexual assault policies and containing statis- pretty nice profit margin. So he parlayed ing on search engine optimization, so tics about the number and type of crimes committed on the a reasonable price. The other was to help campus during the preceding three years. You can obtain a copy by contacting the Carnegie Mellon Police Department his interest in business and hammocks when users search for hammocks, his at 412-268-2323. The security report is available through the others in the process,” Kresge says on his World Wide Web at www.cmu.edu/police/statistics.htm. into HammockHutch.com, an online site comes to the top of the list. Obtain general information about Carnegie Mellon Web site. University by calling 412-268-2000. hammock warehouse. “That’s what I’m trying to figure out Produced for Media Relations by the Communications If Kresge has his way, Anderson will Design Group, February 2007, 07-331. “I wanted to do something differ- when I’m not in class,” he said. soon be swinging on a hammock enjoy- ent,” Kresge says. “There was too much Kresge’s hammocks and acces- ing a little peace and tranquility. competition in the sports merchandise sories, such as stands, cupholders and Researcher Says Addicts Can’t Predict Intensity of Cravings C ONTINUED FROM P AGE ONE longtime drug addicts failed to imagine different points in time.