Issue 11: Nov. 16, 2012

This Week in Arts & Entertainment IBM’s Watson super-computer at Lerner College of Medicine, Disney buys rights to Star Wars, and Dhamakapella wows campus with their unique sound.

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Elise Lindsay, director of Office of International Student Services passes away >>brianSHERMAN campus.eventsREPORTER<<

Elise Lindsay, a member of the Case Western Reserve University community since 1977, passed away last Thursday in her home.

Authorities believe the cause of her death, as well as her husband’s, was carbon monoxide poisoning.

Lindsay’s long service impacted countless individuals at offices throughout the university, particularly international students, as she was the director of the Office of International Student Services in the Center for International Affairs.

“She had a kind of quiet strength,” said Molly Watkins, director for International Affairs.

“She didn’t talk much, but when she did, she said a lot.” Watkins, though she only knew Lindsay for just over a year, got to know her well and always enjoyed her company at work.

Lindsay’s affection was particularly striking in individual conversations. She loved to hear about the lives and aspirations of international students, and was very excited about their accomplishments.

“We’ve received marriage announcements, career announcements, even birth announcements from our alumni,” said Watkins, “She really connected with students here.”

“She was like a mother to the students she worked with,” said Marielena Maggio, assistant director of Programs and Advising in the Center for International Affairs and the interim director of the Office of International Student Services.

Maggio came to know Lindsay during her internship under Lindsay seven years ago. Lindsay took to mentoring Maggio, who admired how Lindsay loved her work.

“It’s hard to believe that she loved her work as she did,” said Maggio, “Even with all the government and international regulations that surround it, she was always passionate about her students.”

Lindsay, a proud mother and grandmother, was very caring and kind to everyone she met. “As soon as you met her, you liked her,” said Maggio.

The loss of such a great woman has been hard on the CWRU community, particularly the staff of the Center for International Affairs.

“It’s been difficult,” said Watkins, “There’s no real way we can replace her.”

A memorial service will be held in Cleveland Heights at 3 p.m. today at the Church of the Saviour at 2537 Lee Rd. and is open to the CWRU community.

The university also has plans to hold a separate memorial service later in the semester.

>>giladDORON campus.affairsREPORTER<<

In an effort to promote healthy lifestyles, Cleveland State University is aiming to be tobacco-free by the start of the next school year.

Earlier this month, CSU’s board of trustees approved a policy that bans the use of tobacco on campus.

According to the policy, the use and distribution of tobacco is prohibited in “any facility or property that is owned, leased, used, or occupied by the university,” which also includes parking lots and walkways.

Exceptions to the new rule will be permitted for research, clinical, educational, or religious purposes with prior approval.

CSU is the first public university to follow the Ohio Board of Regents’ recommendation that all tobacco products be prohibited on public campuses.

“Over the past few years, courtesy case.edu Elise Lindsay, director of the Office of International Student Services in the Center for International Affairs, passed away last Thursday in her home.

KSL implements new identification requirements >>gregBOKAR newsEDITOR<<

After library administrators came to the conclusion that they wanted to beef up security at Kelvin Smith Library, a new plan has been implemented for those entering the library that will emphasize the new security needs.

The new policy, which goes into effect Monday, Nov. 26, after Thanksgiving break, will require everyone who enters the library to provide photographic identification at all hours of operation.

According to Hannah Levy, a marketing and communications officer for KSL, “This new policy is simply a way to increase safety and security for all our users.”

KSL officials have also noted that the new security measures are preventative and are not a result of any specific event. Nevertheless, recent campus reports have noted that vandalism did occur earlier this month in the library elevators and may have been a contributing factor to the new policy.

Undergraduate Sophia Chan responded to the new regulation by saying, “I question whether the new policy will be helpful with security, because there are always so many people in KSL.” “Nevertheless, I think it is

good that KSL is trying to make sure that the resources of the library are geared towards people from CWRU and those with legitimate reasons to be there,” she continued.

Those who do not have a valid Case ID will still be able to get into the library and use its resources.

They will be required to go to the welcome desk and present valid government ID and sign in.

According to Hannah Levy, “After seeking input from current students, we feel that the campus should be comfortable with this policy, as similar policies have long been in place in other buildings, such as Veale.” Other buildings on campus, including the Peter B. Lewis Building and Nord Hall, require IDs for access after a certain time.

“We will make an effort to be flexible as users become familiar with our new policy. Checking in with an alternative form of valid photo ID may be acceptable as the policy gets underway,” Levy said.

Similar policies are in place at many private universities in major cities across the country. The general belief is that students will respond well to this system because it has been successful at other places.

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Cleveland State goes smoke free, sparking talks for no smoking at CWRU

shannon snyder / observer Following Thanksgiving Break, Kelvin Smith Library will require everyone who enters to present photo identification at all times. of KSL will lock and CWRU students and staff will need to use their Case ID to swipe in. Anyone not affiliated with CWRU will need to press the intercom button and then present ID at the welcome desk to be let in.

Library staff will remain at the desk during normal business hours, until campus security checks IDs from midnight to 8 a.m.

The new policy applies only to KSL and does not impact the other

campus libraries. Each library is responsible for putting its own security measures in place, and the Judge Ben C. Green Law Library and the Health Sciences Library already require ID cards for access at certain times.

KSL personnel say that security services, human resources, and student groups were consulted before the policy was finalized.

Students and faculty are encouraged to contact KSL if they have any questions.

Adelbert Road has been the battleground for smokers and anti-smoking activists alike.

A number of students even gathered together in the spring last year to chalk and hand out informational flyers in front of Rainbow Babies in protest of smoking near the hospital.”

-James Hale, USG president Case Western Reserve University has not yet issued a response to CSU’s policy change. Currently, the university’s policy does not allow smoking in any of its buildings and structures, including in its residence halls and in university-owned vehicles.

Outdoor walkways and university property are also tobacco-free except for 15 designated smoking areas across campus. Still, there have been some issues with smoking in the past. Many students have complained about smoking violations across campus.

“There are always cases of people smoking in their rooms, bothering their neighbors,” said RHA vice president of public relations Michael Knobloch.

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Outside the Circle News >>sarahGROFT national.newsREPORTER<<

courtesy cleveland.com In the wake of many medium-city newspapers moving away from seven-day- a-week printing, many in Cleveland have become worried that The Plain Dealer is soon to follow.

Advancements are made to Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s research has shown that the brain deteriorates many years before signs of dementia begin. Continuing advancements have found that indications of the disease are present earlier than originally thought.

This research is possible thanks to a Colombian extended family with over 5000 members who are predisposed to a genetically linked form of Alzheimer’s.

This specific form affects nearly one-third of the family.

Researchers saw changes in the brains of some of the family’s members as early as ages 18 to 26. On average, the family has been shown to develop mild cognitive impairment at age 45 and dementia at 53.

This indicates that Alzheimer’s can be predicted up to 20 years in advance.

Traditionally, Alzheimer’s is diagnosed by looking at the first signs of plaque created from a protein called beta amyloid (a-beta).

The young, 18 to 26-year-old, members that were expected to develop the disease demonstrated high levels of amyloid in their spinal fluid. This indicates that the memory-encoding parts of their brains were working harder than those of a normal brain, even at such a young age.

Research has also shown that the brain areas known to be affected by Alzheimer’s appear to be smaller in those who were predisposed to get it. Dr. Kaj Blennow, a professor of clinical neurochemistry at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, was impressed with the discovery.

When talking about this discovery, he described it as “one of the most important pieces of direct evidence that individual persons have the disease and all the pathology years before.”

Another researcher outside the Colombian family project, Dr. Eric Reiman, from the Banner Alzheimer’s institute in Phoenix, along with Dr. Francisco Lopera, a neurologist at the University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia, recently received a grant from the National Institute of Health.

This grant allows them to conduct a clinical trial of a drug on family members before symptoms are evident. The results will hopefully show that the changes in the brain can be stopped or at least slowed down.

“Some people think that may be scary, that you can see it so many years before,” commented Reiman.

“But it seems to me that that provides potential opportunities for the development of future therapies.”

New evidence may release convict Floyd Perkins has been serving a life sentence for murder in Michigan for almost two decades. In 1993, Perkins left a park with two other men. One of the men, Rodney Henderson, was found later on a trail in the woods. He had been killed and found with a stab wound to the head.

The second man, Damarr Jones, testified in court that Perkins was guilty of committing the murder. Since that trial, Perkins has been behind bars, slowly collecting evidence to prove his innocence.

In 1997, Perkins’ sister, Ronda Hudson, told him that she had heard through another person that Jones had bragged about killing Henderson. She then described the way he had taken his bloody clothes to the dry cleaner.

In 1999, Demond Louis, an acquaintance of Jones, said that he had heard Jones confess to killing Henderson and that he had accompanied Jones to the dry cleaner

the day following the murder in order to drop off a pair of bloody orange pants.

In 2002, Linda Fleming, an employee at the dry cleaning store in question, said that a man who looked similar to Jones had dropped off a pair of bloody orange pants. Based on these three pieces of information, Perkins asked a federal court to overturn his conviction in 2008. However, Magistrate Judge Timothy P. Greeley recommended that the request be denied. The evidence Perkins had gathered was not taken seriously, and his request was ultimately denied.

However, the United States Court of Appeals in Cincinnati reversed the ruling, and demanded that the new evidence be taken into consideration, even though the deadline to file a petition request should have been in 2003, a year after the last piece of evidence had been found. The evidence is expected to be reviewed in February.

The Plain Dealer fights back Advance Publications is the owner of multiple newspapers nationwide. In light of the recent decisions that have forced many of its papers to change from publishing seven days a week to three, The Plain Dealer is launching a preemptive strike.

Although Advance Publications has not said whether the publication schedule or the staff at The Plain Dealer will change, it does not want to take any chances.

In an email, John Mangels, a Plain Dealer science writer, said, “The multimedia campaign will begin Sunday with a half-page ad in The Plain Dealer, to be followed by bus and billboard ads throughout the city.” He continued, talking about advertisements that will soon appear on the television and radio.

In addition, The Plain Dealer plans to contact political and business leaders, as well as elected officials and other influential individuals. A Facebook page and Twitter feed will soon be launched.

According to The New York Times, Plain Dealer management has not said much about the potential actions of Advance Publications, but Mangels did say, “The only detail we’ve been told by our bosses here is that major changes are coming, layoffs in some number are coming.”

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and former Plain Dealer copy editor Dennis Kucinich explained his feelings to a WKYC reporter, saying, “If you don’t want to have a seven-day-a-week newspaper in Cleveland, then sell the newspaper to somebody who will publish seven days a week.”

Other newspapers, such as The TimesPicayune in New Orleans, Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., and Post-Standard in Syracuse, N.Y., have already been reduced to three days a week.

“We’re facing the same conditions everywhere,” said Advance.net chairman, Steven Newhouse.

“We’re looking at every market and trying to figure out what the right model is.

We have local teams doing it…but our goal everywhere is to come up with a formula where we can see a long-term future.”

The Plain Dealer has a no-layoff pledge until Jan. 2013. The New York Times reported that the pledge was created in 2009 and was made in exchange for a 12-percent pay cut in response to 50 newsroom positions being removed.

Harlan Spector, the chairman of The Plain Dealer’s Newspaper Guild, said “if the company doesn’t renew the agreement past 2013 and starts layoffs, the pay for remaining employees will return to its previous level.”

On the Beat >>cwruPOLICE

We are closing in on Thanksgiving break, which is good news for anyone who is not a turkey. This should be a chance to take a break from academics, go home, reconnect with family, wash those socks that have been sitting in the corner since Labor Day, and eat entirely too much food while watching the Detroit Lions lose on Thanksgiving for the 42nd consecutive year.

If your plans include staying on campus, I believe Panera serves a mean turkey sandwich and you’re welcome to swing by the police station and sing Thanksgiving carols with us.

The holiday period brings some safety and security challenges as well, and students should be mindful of a few tips so that everyone can stay safe.

If you are staying on campus during Thanksgiving or winter break, remember that there will be many fewer people on campus. This is great for finding a parking space, but it also means there are fewer eyes around to observe suspicious activity or keep an eye on each other.

Call 368-3333 if you need help moving around campus safely, especially after dark. This means after lunch this time of year.

If you are leaving town, lock your room and secure your valuables, especially if you are going to be gone for several weeks.

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able items home with you. Put valuable items in the trunk if you are leaving the car behind.

Many of you will be using public transport like the Rapid Transit Authority (RTA) to reach locations like the airport. While public transit is generally safe, think about sitting up front near the driver, especially if you are traveling late at night or very early in the morning.

There are pull cords on the train and in buses that can be used to get the driver’s attention, if needed. And be nice to our RTA drivers. They have had a tough year. When returning, you can call ahead for services like Safe Ride to help get you from the Rapid stop back to your residence.

Have a good and safe Thanksgiving break.

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Nov. 8 – Unlocked automobile taken, motor vehicle theft, Bellflower Road Nov. 11 – Phone taken from locker, petty theft, Veale Center Nov. 12 – Two males arrested during robbery-in-progress incident, robbery, outside Leutner Commons Happy Thanksgiving to everyone from CWRU PD! Contact On the Beat at policecolumn@case.edu

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courtesy campus canines for a cure Campus Canines for a Cure is an undergraduate student organization that brings together a love for animals and the cause of raising money for cancer research.

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Campus Canines for a Cure >>jennaMILLEMACI asst.newsEDITOR<<

Rachel Giesey, a third-year undergraduate at Case Western Reserve University, is passionate about two things: finding a cure for cancer and dogs.

Giesey is the president of Campus Canines for a Cure (CCC), which was established in October of 2011. CCC is an undergraduate student organization that recognizes the benefits of allowing dogs to interact with community members on an urban campus environment.

Giesey first recognized the positive effect dogs could have at a busy university when she volunteered on the sixth floor of the Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital from the fall of 2010 to the spring of 2012.

“Rainbow Babies’ dogs really inspired me because I saw how much they were helping the sick children,” she said, referring to the Pet Pals therapy dog program at University Hospitals (UH). “I thought they could help the stressed out students at CWRU too.”

Dogs were once allowed on campus in CWRU’s recent history and some professors even brought their dogs to class, Giesey noted, before one student complaint led to a change in policy.

“It made me so happy to see all the students smiling,” she said, recalling when Pet Pals UH brought three of its therapy dogs to Freiberger Field for the 2011 Welcome Back Barbeque, marking CCC’s first event. “I think it’s good for both the students and the dogs.”

Giesey says that many still mistake CCC as an organization rallying for a cure for canine illness, but all of the proceeds raised through its dog-themed events and fundraisers go to the Jimmy Valvano Foun-

dation for Cancer Research.

So far, CCC has raised a total of $700 for the foundation, and its goal is to raise $1000 by the end of next semester.

“Right now, we’re just working on breaking down the dog restrictions on campus,” she said. Giesey has worked with the Undergraduate Student Government and supporting faculty members to loosen campus dog restrictions and allow therapy dogs to be on campus, not just service dogs.

CCC is currently working on establishing a “Rent a Puppy” program in the Kelvin Smith Library by the end of the spring 2013 semester, with hopes that students will be able to rent out a puppy for halfhour shifts in a designated room.

The idea for the program was originally inspired by the Yale University Law School, which launched a therapy dog rental program in March of 2011, according to the Yale Daily News.

Today, CCC uses Therapy Dog International in addition to Pet Pals UH when it brings dogs to campus for events, and CCC also serves as a liaison for the Residence Hall Association and the Murray Hill Community Council for student dog therapy events.

“Every event seems to be getting better,” Giesey said, when asked about her future aspirations for the club. “I think it has to do with getting more experience.”

Expect to see the therapy dogs appear again soon on the CWRU campus during this semester’s final exams and possibly at the spring Relay For Life.

CCC is an undergraduate student organization identified by the Student Leadership Journey Council as a service group with dedicated and focused leaders who keep their mission and purpose at the forefront of their minds with every event.

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As part of Saturday of Service, a community service event hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning, students packed meals for the greater Cleveland community as part of an event run by Kids Against Hunger.

CWRU community participates in campus-wide Saturday of Service >>suneilKAMATH civic.engagementREPORTER<<

Case Western Reserve University has a strong reputation for implementing and supporting community service events on campus and throughout Cleveland. CWRU exemplified this tradition during last week’s Fall Saturday of Service.

On Saturday, Nov. 10th, CWRU students participated in the Fall Saturday of Service. The event was planned by the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning (CCEL), the Office of Greek Life, and Kids Against Hunger.

“This year’s Saturday of Service was especially successful because of the collaboration between different campus groups. CCEL, the Interfraternity Congress and Panhellenic Council, and Kids Against Hunger worked collaboratively to coordinate the projects and recruit the volunteers,” said CCEL student service coordinator Angela Lowery.

Students had the opportunity to volunteer for various projects, including clean-

ing up the Ronald McDonald House, organizing donations for refugee families, and volunteering at the University Farm. CCEL also hosted a blood drive during the event because the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy caused a widespread blood shortage.

Kids Against Hunger founder Aditya Rengaswamy said the event was a success.

“Over 100 volunteers packed close to 25,000 meals for Cleveland during our event,” Rengaswamy said. “Because of service, we can engage people with our hearts and minds, and create a true impact.”

CWRU undergraduate Nate Leclerc also participated in the day of service.

“I helped plant crops in the community greenhouse,” he said. “It felt good to give back to the community and serve.”

Lowery also agreed that this year’s Fall Saturday of Service was successful.

“Overall, we had approximately 275 volunteers contribute over 900 service hours to local nonprofits throughout the Cleveland community,” said Lowery.

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Delta Chi celebrates official chartering

courtesy medcity.com After Cleveland State University instituted a no-tobacco policy on its campus, many have said that Case Western Reserve University will soon follow in banning smoking entirely. from SMOKING | 5 “Last year, there was a lot of trouble in Clarke Tower with smoking inside the residence hall,” he continued.

Undergraduate student councils have also addressed the issue of tobacco use on campus recently. Last year, the Undergraduate Student Government Student Life Committee administered an extensive survey to better understand concerns related to smoking on campus, as well as general student opinions on the matter.

Fifty-nine percent of students surveyed believed that CWRU should become a smoke-free campus. However, there still remained a large minority that believed the opposite, most of whom expressed concern with the current smoking policy.

The committee concluded that making

the campus smoke-free is an idea that the university should continue to investigate, but should not be immediately acted upon.

Students have also taken up the issue of smoking on campus in the past.

“Over the past few years, Adelbert Road has been the battleground for smokers and anti-smoking activists alike,” said USG president James Hale.

“A number of students even gathered together in the spring last year to chalk and hand out informational flyers in front of Rainbow Babies in protest of smoking near the hospital.”

As of now, the university has not made any new rules involving tobacco use on campus. Given CSU’s recent statement, however, CWRU might be the next university in Ohio to have a smoke-free campus.

“Election Dissection” puts election results into perspective for CWRU community >>jennaMILLEMACI asst.newsEDITOR<<

Last Wednesday, Nov. 7, members of the Northeast Ohio community who could not get enough of the campaign advertisements, debates, and anticipation for the 2012 United States presidential race convened in the Moot Court Room of the Case Western Reserve University School of Law with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio for a public, non-partisan discussion of how the election outcome will affect national security, economic justice, civil liberties, LGBT rights, and drug policy in the country over the course of the next four years.

The ACLU of Ohio’s “Election Dissection” featured a panel of five experts and activists that included Mike Uth, Compliance and Ethics Officer at Progressive Insurance, Erika Anthony, director of business development at Oriana House Inc., John Farina, director of development and external affairs at AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Law professor Bob Strassfeld, and director of the Social Justice Institute and undergraduate associate professor of history Dr. Rhonda Williams, to lead the open discussion.

“The purpose of the event was to have a discussion on how civil liberties were impacted from the outcome of the election,” said Melissa Bilancini, Policy Coordinator of ACLU of Ohio.

“We tried to get a mix of folks who are advocates but also intellectuals as well to bring different perspectives together on the issues,” she said.

One audience member asked the panel how they think that religion and politics translates to public policy regarding issues like the drug reform and racial inequality.

“There are many different strands of religion, and I think some of them are very helpful in the drug policy,” Uth said.

“Most religions teach us compassion, and I have to say that is one of the number one things that guide us in drug policy,” he said.

“On the other hand, there is also a strain in religion that can be judgmental and confuse people as ‘sinners,’ and we see that operating in the drug policy sphere… I like to emphasize the compassion piece and I think that is what needs to guide us in drug policy.”

Another audience member expressed his disappointment at the CWRU graduate students’ hesitation to openly discuss oppression and social injustice without fear of personal judgment, and the audience member asked the panel how they suggest people “break the wall of silence” for students to feel more comfortable engaging in discussion.

“The only way that I’ve grown and learned about differences, diversity, other conversations, [and] the only way that I’ve gotten any education is when I’ve said something stupid…and I have to trust that it’s a teaching moment,” Farina said.

“I think we’re afraid to offend and we don’t feel like we can trust each other to have a conversation… It’s important to say, ‘I’m willing to learn.’”

Another audience member asked “who is the middle class now?” and how that concept will shape future policies after both sides of the election have been ruthlessly chasing this ambiguous sector of the population, but the panel was reluctant to answer.

The Election Dissection was sponsored by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy at CWRU School of Law, the Lambda Law Students Association, the National Lawyers Guild at the law school, and the ACLU of Ohio.

Founded in 1920, the ACLU is a nonprofit, non-partisan membership organization with affiliates in all 50 states dedicated to defending and expanding Americans’ civil liberties.

austin sting / observer Last Saturday, Nov. 10, members of the Delta Chi Fraternity celebrated their official chartering. In a banquet hosted in Hovorka Atrium, the brothers of Delta Chi gathered with faculty and staff to thank them for their support during the chartering process.

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Physics professor and graduate student seek to usher in new era of data storage >>mikeMCKENNA research&innovationsREPORTER<<

If the efforts of physics professor Kenneth Singer and graduate student Brent Valle come to fruition, then the storage of large amounts of data will become easier, cheaper, and faster.

To accomplish this lofty goal, the pair has recently created a company called Folio Photonics Technology, whose major product will be essentially the next generation of Blu-ray discs.

Current Blu-ray technology allows for the storage of up to 25 gigabytes of data.

While practical for things like movies, 25 GB is often too small for pure data storage. Due to this limitation, large data centers must store information on cassettes, which take several minutes to spool, or on magnetic hard drives, which require large amounts of energy, since they must be kept constantly spinning.

Singer and Valle are working to alleviate this problem by creating a disc that will hold close to 1.5 terabytes, over 60 times that of the average Blu-ray disc.

“Optical data storage, because the capacity is so limited, is mainly used for the distribution of content like movies and games,” Singer said. “It turns out, once you get into the terabyte range, it opens up new kinds of markets in data archiving and large scale data storage.”

After the discovery by Singer and fellow physics professor Jie Shan that a polymer film developed by CWRU mac-

romolecule professor Eric Baer could be encrypted with data, Singer has worked on plans to make 64 layers of the film into a disc. Similar to current Blu-ray players, different layers of the tape can be read by adjusting the focus of the player’s lens.

Singer says that the technology needed to read these discs could be created by merely adding a pinhole to the design of a current Blu-ray player.

According to Singer, current Blu-ray disc design makes it difficult to add multiple layers to each disc.

On the other hand, using the polymer film, he has already been successful in creating a world record 23-layer disc. Each layer of the disc is at the physical limit for data capacity, or in other words, the maximum amount of information that can be written on the disc using a blue light. Blue light is the spectrum of visible light that can be most highly focused.

Each layer of the film is around 200 nanometers thick and contains a fluorescent dye. A three-micron buffer separates individual layers.

Singer says that his process of creating these discs is relatively cost-effective and efficient; one square kilometer of the film can be made in under an hour.

“This is like the Holy Grail of optical data storage,” Singer said. “All the big companies have research on it.”

According to Singer, what sets Folio Photonics apart from larger companies is their method for the creation of these discs. Many of those companies are fo-

courtesy dreamstime.com Physics professor Kenneth Singer and graduate student Brent Valle are working to create discs capable of storing one and a half terabytes worth of data. The discs will be made of a polymer developed at CWRU. cused on producing these discs using a holographic technique.

“The approach that most of them are using is not as good as ours,” Singer said. “It is much more costly and needs much more development of the reader-writer and actually has some very significant technical problems that need to be overcome.”

Singer says that his company will tailor itself to small and medium sized businesses that want an easy method to store archived data. He hopes that the product will be fairly readily available in the next several years.

Much of the foundation for the creation of Folio Photonics Technology was done this summer with Singer and Valle attending a “boot camp” for technology businesses in Silicon Valley.

There, Singer and Valle interviewed over 100 people, including potential customers and investors.

“Frankly, many people [at the camp] recognized our potential,” Singer said.

After completing his graduate work, Valle plans on running Folio Photonics Technology. He says that he has enjoyed the process of starting a company thus far.

“The amount of work associated with starting up the company has been pretty much on par with what I expected,” Valle said.

“What I’ve been surprised by is how much fun it has been. Most of the people we have interacted with are really enthusiastic, helpful, and encouraging.

It’s great to see people get really excited about your ideas.”

Thank you to the students who helped show their gratitude to CWRU’s alumni donors!

In the spirit of the Thanksgiving season, Case Western Reserve University students started a new tradition, Thanks-for-Giving, to show their gratitude to alumni donors. More than 600 students signed post cards for the generous alumni that supported the Annual Fund last year. The Office of Annual Giving would like to thank those who showed their appreciation and wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving season.

For more information, contact Ayla Siemon at 216.368.5388 or ayla.siemon@case.edu

Last year, more than 13,000 alumni gave back to Case Western Reserve University to help make your education possible. Their gifts help support academic programs, scholarships, experiential learning, Kelvin Smith Library, athletics programs and so much more. For more information about supporting Case Western Reserve University visit giving.cwru.edu.

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>>elainaLIN theatre&danceREPORTER<< What’s that? Justin Timberlake? No wait.

Party rock is in the house? Hold on. Instead, it’s the sound of Indian-fused musical elements. A unique a cappella group on campus, Dhamakapella is dedicated to bringing this combination of contemporary American music with popular Bollywood hits.

“It’s the songs we choose and the way we choose to sing them,” says sophomore member Samir K. Shah.

Dhamakapella not only does live performances, but it has also produced a studio album, Pehli Naza - First Look. Their music can be found on iTunes as well as Amazon.

In addition to spreading their love for music, the group also competes. In fact, this week, members of Dhamakapella will be flying to the University of California in Berkeley, Calif. to compete in Anahat, the annual nationwide South-Asian a cappella contest.

Last year at Anahat 2011, the group placed second in the competition.

“We perform all around campus, and we perform all around the country, too,” says Sahaana Sridhar, the music director.

Shyam Natarajan first joined in his junior year of undergrad. “What first interested me

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was the fact I liked singing. I found out that it’s a really great thing to join. What I love most about this group is that it’s like a family. It’s not just a group where you get together to rehearse and sing because that’s not going to cut it. You need a tighter bond and that just makes our music better,” he explains.

Dhamakapella isn’t just about the music culture, but about the Western and Eastern culture blended together into one.

“The fact [is that it] was another culture and [a] very talented, serious a cappella music group. Definitely I would say they have a separate style of music. I really liked the idea of Bollywood and the idea of fusion music. That was very appealing too,” said Dan Humphrey, a freshman member of the group.

Group members also choreograph movements to synchronize with the harmony and beat of the music. They also rearrange contemporary music with Bollywood hits, creating a very distinct tune that is mellifluous to the ears. The music is simply like no other; Adele’s “Someone Like You” echoes in the distant background, beautifully incorporated with the beats and melody of Indian music. Dhamakapella is a true reflection of “east meets west.”

We try to keep it interesting, weave the songs together and truly fuse the elements of two different musical worlds,” says Sridhar.

Hands of Glory of Andrew Bird >>jasonWALSH musicCRITIC<< Release Date: October 30, 2012 Rating: 3.5 / 5 At first glance, it’s easy to write off Andrew Bird’s newest release, Hands of Glory.

Relative to the rest of his output, it is short both in terms of songs (8) and running time (35 minutes). It consists of covers of classic country songs, alternate versions of songs off of Bird’s earlier (very solid) 2012 album Break It Yourself, and a few originals. It’s been marketed as a companion / outtakes EP to Break It Yourself. Most of all, it’s all built around a recording gimmick: the whole album – instruments, vocals, and all – was

recorded with Bird and company gathered around a single microphone.

Whether it’s because of or in spite of all that, Hands of Glory deserves more than your first glance. While gimmicky, the single-take, single-microphone recording technique highlights Bird’s desire to continue refining and changing his sound. Gone are the intricate, overlapping violin loops of his earlier work; that kind of song isn’t even possible with the type of equipment on which Hands of Glory was recorded.

In the tradition of the country(ish) direction Bird seems to be taking with Hands of Glory, he spends most of the time with his fiddle. Break It Yourself was about carefully arranged pop songs full of violin and acoustic guitar; structures, and melodies changed within songs, sometimes several times, but

the album sounded effortless and cohesive.

This is because, to be blunt, Hands of Glory contains much simpler music. The staccato bass line, strummed acoustic guitar, and singing saw of the opening track “Three White Horses” set the tone and style for the rest of the album. In some ways, it’s the most musically ambitious track of them all.

“When That Helicopter Comes” is a cover of a song by the modern alt-country band The Handsome Family. The bass plucks along, guitars strum, the singing saw sounds menacing. It’s a darker and ominous track than anything off of Break It Yourself and the rest of Hands of Glory.

The next song “Spirograph” would have been right at home on Break It Yourself. It starts off with careful guitar plucking, and

then picks up to lively strumming and singing saw background noise for the chorus.

Next up is “Railroad Bill,” another cover. This is a classic country tune, but Bird sounds just at home playing fiddle with a lively country bounce as he did covering the dark alt-country of “When That Helicopter Comes.” This is certainly one of Andrew Bird’s strengths, but something of a drawback for Hands of Glory. Although a great version of a classic country song, “Railroad Bill” sounds slightly out of place in the middle of the album.

On the heels of “Railroad Bill” is “Something Biblical,” another track which sounds like an outtake from Break It Yourself. At four and a half minutes, it’s the second-

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>>drewSCHEELER film&televisionCRITIC<< The holiday season is fast approaching.

The Cleveland weather has turned miserable overnight. Pretty soon, lethal-sized icicles will form on the eaves of the Peter B. Lewis building, a festive joke from that wily trickster Frank Gehry. And next weekend is Thanksgiving, the traditional start to the winter holiday season. But something seems off this year: it looks like Christmas is coming early for a lot of people.

For starters, commercials are already using Christmas carols. I know very little about the world of fashion, but I am pretty sure that there is some rule about not wearing

white clothing after Labor Day. Similarly, there is an unwritten, but widely accepted rule, that Thanksgiving is the official start of the festive winter music season. Those marketing teams only have a few weeks left to turn away from the dark side.

Speaking of turning to the dark side, the recent acquisition of George Lucas’s media empire by Disney is a brilliant move for both parties. Star Wars is a media franchise that will exist until the collapse of civilization, and no company will be able to better leverage the full universe of characters as the Disney machine will. At the center of Star Wars is a modern parable of what happens when a once noble man allows power to rush to his head, destroying

all of the good will he has spent decades building by attempting to create a singular, perfect vision that the universe neither wants nor needs. Of course, this loose description of Sith lord Darth Vader can also apply to the real Emperor Palpatine, George Lucas. The best thing about the Disney deal is that George Lucas won’t be allowed to touch and mess up this new trilogy. The recent announcement that “Toy Story 3” and “Little Miss Sunshine” scribe Michael Arendt will be the first writer to work on these new films is a promising sign. You don’t need a midichlorian readout to see that the force is strong with this writer. There is no reason why this movie cannot succeed, as long as Disney lets tal-

ent and storytelling triumph over ego.

Karma moves in mysterious ways. As awesome as new Star Wars will be, the next movie won’t arrive in theatres until 2015; until then, we have to put up with some terrible things to keep the universe balanced. Fans of NBC’s “Whitney” will get new episodes this week, not that any of you care. I don’t have access to Nielsen data, but I’m willing to bet that your average “Whitney” viewer is illiterate. As much as Jar-Jar Binks haunts the childhood memories of our generation, this decade’s children have it so much worse. They have Whitney Cummings to destroy their innocence and there is no amount of rebooting or reimagining that can ever change that.

Music from another Dimension! by Aerosmith >>anneNICKOLOFF musicREPORTER<< Release Date: November 6, 2012 Rating: 2/5 Their first album in eight years, Music From Another Dimension!, brings something new to Aerosmith’s 70’s style, though not always in a positive way.

Released on Nov. 6, Music From Another Dimension! is a huge step forward for the band, not only because it highlights its 42 years of performing, but also because it presents something the band hasn’t done in a while.

Aerosmith’s last album, Honkin’ on Bobo , was released in 2004 and diverged from its typical classic rock style, infusing it with more blues and jazz influences. That album performed well, but was composed mainly of covers. Music From Another Dimension! features only all-new material, making it Aerosmith’s first truly original album since 2001.

However, the first song, “LUV XXX,” didn’t give me the best impression of what

is to come. It starts out with a strange Twilight Zone-esque voice talking futuristically.

I started to get freaked out, until a fresh breath of guitar riffs suddenly broke out and revealed Aerosmith’s classic rock style.

There were some cool guitar solos, but nothing that broke away from the song, which was just a little too slow, and came off sounding tired. Then, it picks up with the next song, “Oh Yeah,” which has more of a beachy, summer feel. A soulful choir repeats the song’s title, “oh yeah” over and over behind the band’s tambourine splashes and drawling vocals.

Later, at track five, I remember again Aerosmith’s renowned fun rock feel. The guitar part is fun, and even got my head bobbing at times.

However, the ending was horrible. For at least a minute, the same melody is repeated; with singer Steven Tyler adding small changes that just weren’t enough to make me feel like the song was going anywhere. I felt like this part of the song lasted an hour while I waited for it to fade away.

“Legendary Child” has a promising 80’s

feel to it, with swaying vocals and abrupt guitar parts juxtaposed expertly. One of its lines, “I took a chance at a high school dance,” was familiar, so I looked it up and found that the band had creatively stolen it from one of their hits, “Walk this Way.” The album got better from there, with the fun track “Street Jesus.” This more classic song had a southern feel, with a very broken-up singing and guitar combo punctuated with crashing cymbals.

The next song continued to exhibit this Southern feel, with Carrie Underwood joining the mix. “Can’t Stop Lovin’ You” was a neat blend of country and rock and roll. Then, “Lover Alot” brought back the grunginess with its screeching vocals and fascinating drum part.

My favorite song, “We All Fall Down,” was very emotional and finally diverged from the repetitive love/breakup-themed songs with its interesting moral message. The song wrapped up with a faraway ending that seemed to tiptoe away.

However, after “We All Fall Down” things

began to…well, fall down.

The 15th song on this album, “Another Last Goodbye,” sounded way too girly.

The beginning was very strange, with a flute and piano duet that reminded me of Jon Brion, except ditzier. It didn’t seem to be Aerosmith’s style at all, and I felt it was the most typical of love songs.

My opinion just worsened with “Oasis in the Night,” where Tyler’s voice could very well have been replaced with an elderly man croaking out lyrics. I hate it when I hear someone who just has to cough to make his words come out more clearly, but for some reason they never do.

This song was the epitome of that pet peeve. I wish I could have gotten past it, and enjoyed the wavering music behind the voice, but some things can’t be ignored.

Nothing really stood out to me about Music From Another Dimension! What I love about Aerosmith is their old style of music, back from their heyday in the 70s.

However, this was barely mentioned in their newest album.

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Breaking up is hard to do >> andrew SCHRIVER | APPLY LIBERALLY Dear Red States: Following this election, I’ve noticed that several of you guys are thinking about leaving. Petitions, mostly from the deep south, have popped up on the Internet advocating secession for southern states because of what you see as the “tyranny” of our democraticallyelected President. While at first, I admit, I reacted with shock and disappointment; upon reflection my honest belief is that y’all are free to go.

We took you back once, and while that may have worked out for 100 years or so, there’s no denying that things have been a bit rocky between us lately. Plus, we were sort of just keeping it together for the colonies’ sake, but they’re all grown up now, even the Philippines. It’s also impossible to ignore the fact that some of your actions lately have been a bit…extreme. Climate change denial, disenfranchisement of minorities, and your somewhat suspicious anti-gay tirades…it’s off-putting, to say the least.

Additionally, we’re tired of paying your rent. For a group of people who are consistently telling others to “go find a job” and “pull yourself up by your bootstraps,” you guys are awfully bad at paying the bills.

I’ve mentioned this in a previous column, but you guys really don’t pay your fair share all that often -or at all, for that matter.

We pay for dinner (most food stamp recipients live in red states), we pay your rent (low-income housing per capita? Higher in red states), we bailed out your governments with the stimulus. The Tennessee Valley Authority has been paying your electric bill for, what, 70 years? Get it together!

You don’t live with your parents

anymore, guys. If we weren’t subsidizing you, we could have bullet trains going from Manhattan to Los Angeles that give you a free checkup while you ride it!

Or maybe we could just buy a 300mile flat screen TV for the den or something.

Honestly, though, we think this is the best solution for everyone. As progressive-minded citizens of diverse backgrounds and a primarily urban environment, we’re sort of… embarrassed to be with you, to be honest. Every time we try and go have a nice party with Great Britain or Germany or China, you’re always puking in the punch bowl, making racist jokes in front of Nelson Mandela, or calling the Prime Minister of Australia a “heathen b----.” Remember that time you tried to sell meth to the Russians? And I’m sure you feel the same way about us.

We definitely don’t fit in with your friends at all.

Like I said, this is best for everyone. Without you, we’ll be free to start seeing other people. I hear Puerto Rico is interested, or maybe we’ll give Canada a ring again.

And with all the money we’ll save, we can start paying down the debt, investing in infrastructure or, hey, who knows? Maybe we’ll even get ourselves a true universal healthcare system. And yes, before you ask, we will keep seeing black guys, no matter what you say. It’s not like there’s not a benefit to you, though – without our pesky sense of social justice getting in the way, there’s no limit to what you can accomplish!

Much Love, The Blue States Andrew Schriver is a junior biology major and a brother of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity.

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Editor’s Note Keeping your commitment to CWRU In a society where few things are made to last, long-term commitments are few and far between. This week, my best friend got engaged to a man she has been dating for a year and a half. To them, that was a sufficient amount of time to decide they want to spend the rest of their lives together, and enforce that dedication by entering a legal contract.

Upon accepting the offer of admission to Case Western Reserve University this past spring, over 1100 high school graduates entered into a similar contract, although one with a more rigidly defined time scale. When you agree to attend CWRU, you are making the commitment to stay for the four years it takes most people to earn bachelor’s degrees, or maybe a semester longer if you go out on Co-Op. For most first-year students, the first few weeks of classes are a whirlwind of excitement. You’re meeting new people, getting invited to fun activities, and trying to get into the groove of your classes all while adjusting to living on our urban campus.

By the time fall semester finals roll around, a sentiment that tends to fly around freshmen residence halls is that of “I want to transfer, CWRU is too (difficult / time-consuming / far away from home / etc.).” Perhaps this doesn’t surprise you. After all, as a nationally-acclaimed university the workload isn’t meant to be easy, and adjusting to studying at a collegiate level can be a drastic change for students who succeeded in high school with minimal effort.

My freshman roommate hung up her Spartan helmet for good in favor of going back to her home city of Rochester after just one semester here. She cited distance and what she perceived to be a poorly-structured core curriculum as reasons for leaving.

A study done in 2010 by the National Association for College Admission Counseling reported that one in three students transfer colleges sometime during their post-secondary career. I find this to be a startling number, even if it is slightly outdated. The easy reprimand to give is that life is full of difficulties: you need to deal with and overcome them rather than copping out by taking a less challenging route.

It is plausible that some students choose to transfer out because of financial reasons, and that is acceptable. However, this isn’t always the case.

What is the point of paying thousands of dollars, no matter what college you attend, to coast through four years and not learn anything?

During your time here there will doubtless be numerous occasions when you’re crouched over your textbook at 3 a.m. trying to decipher the latest physics homework or squinting through your Kant reading in frustration over his lack of clarity. And maybe at the end of the night you still won’t understand it, but at the end of the semester perhaps you will. By the time you are done with whichever degree(s) you pursue here, you will certainly have learned more than if you never had to study at all.

Maybe you didn’t spend over a year researching colleges before making your final decision to come here, but this is the school you chose. You committed yourself to CWRU through midterms and finals, parties and sports, all-nighters and missed alarms. You got into this school because you are capable of succeeding here, and don’t let anyone – including your conscience – tell you otherwise.

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A letter to the President >> heather O’KEEFFE | WHAT A GIRL WANTS

Dear President Obama, First and foremost I would like to congratulate you on your reelection.

While I am an independent and was an undecided voter up until the night before the election, after hearing your acceptance speech, I no doubt believe that you have the passion to lead this country, which you love so deeply. This deserves anyone’s utmost respect. I wish you luck as you guide our great nation over the next four years.

While the president is deemed commander-in-chief and the leader of America, our government was designed so that power is split among many. It is for this reason that our founding fathers endowed Congress with the greatest authority: for it is in Congress that the people are best represented, and in America, that the people are sovereign. Congress is where bills are written, discussed, and improved upon so that they can become straightforward, common sense laws.

Except that no, that’s not what Congress does. It argues and bick-

ers and thinks compromise is weak. It filibusters and makes back door deals.

It lies and cheats and refuses to play nice. Congress is stubborn and childish and gets nothing done. The worst part is that Congress is not a fair representation of the people of the United States of America. The American people are friendly and kind and make compromises everyday. They are friends with conservatives and liberals alike. Tea Party members and hippies are neighbors, and while they may not agree on everything, they are cordial and respectful.

Mr. President, what I want, and I think the people of America will agree, is a Congress that gets along. That is why I am proposing that you create an executive order requiring that every member of Congress participates in team building activities while “Why can’t we be friends?” blasts through the Capitol Hill speakers.

Congress is a team and needs to learn to work together. The barriers between left and right, young and old, need to be broken down at a personal level so that Congress can work as a well-oiled machine and our country can make strides of progress.

Before you hire a highly recommended businessman from a prestigious human resources firm, may I remind you that we have a serious deficit and that would be fiscally irresponsible. Any camp counselor can lead team-building activities and that’s exactly what Congress needs: young, enthusiastic leaders who will inject some life into stuffy

Congressmen.

So as to give you some idea of what I mean, Mr. President, may I suggest some examples.

Each state is unique and has its own special characteristics. One Friday a month, senators and representatives can pair up and celebrate what makes their partner’s state special. A vegan senator who spends his spare time surfing in southern California can pair up with an Oklahoma senator who comes from a tough-as-nails, hay-chewing, farming community. Or the artsy Colorado representative who supports legalizing marijuana can bond with the Louisiana representative known around the Hill for her delectable Cajun jambalaya.

So as not to limit ourselves to merely geographical and ideological boundaries, every Congressman shall also be paired with someone on the opposite end of the age spectrum. These partnerships will then dress up according to their partner’s favorite song from high school. So if Paul Ryan and John Kerry were partners and Ryan’s favorite song from 1988 was Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar on Me,” Kerry would have to dress accordingly to best embody this song.

While the two preceding examples are on the extreme end of the spectrum, Congress would no doubt nod in its joint embarrassment and hopefully representatives would have fun and dance across the aisle.

However, it may take Congress some warming up to really commit to the idea of geographical celebration and

Have we stopped evolving? >> aditya RENGASWAMY | WEIRD SCIENCE The ability of our mind to explore complex situations and environments keeps me on my toes; it creates a desire to learn more about the ever-expanding world.

What if, however, I told you that we as a species have been getting dumber for thousands of years? What if I said that we are going away from our human potential and becoming less capable as a species? Most individuals would laugh at that proposition, pointing to the Einsteins and Hawkings of our time. But I find the thought intriguing, holding its own glimmer of truth.

Gerald Crabtree, a researcher at Stanford University, uses history and science to argue that, as human beings, we may have stopped evolving. Before humans went into farming, the most common way to acquire food was through hunting and gathering. This required many adaptive behaviors from a spatial perspective, and tasks such as building shelters and hunting required constant evolution. This resulted in our brain growing almost exponentially over time, dealing with challenge after challenge.

The minute farming came into play, however, the brain started to idle. The need to evolve for the sake of survival became obsolete. Most adaption thereafter consisted in creation of more specialized niches and desires rather than survival. Vast ideologies emerged in terms of governing structures, religions, and so on. Wars developed over ideologies, and farming communities fought to look better in the eyes of their followers.

Perhaps the evolution that exists today comes from the process of specialization rather than survival. The Einsteins of our day explore one topic so thoroughly that they reveal marvels unheard of by man.

I don’t know if I agree with Crabtree’s opinion completely. I find the notion that evolution is based on survival extinct alone, and ever since survival became much simpler due to farming our human evolution has slowed, hard to swallow. Perhaps what we improve about the human race isn’t survival, but evolving how we currently live can still be invaluable to how we operate as a species. Reinventing the land around us allows humans to reinvent strategies for surviving the eventual terror of the cosmos.

Perhaps survival isn’t crucial in nations

such as the United States now – perhaps the prosperity we experience today is unprecedented – but nothing good lasts forever. Humans must be ready for strife, and science holds one key to battling the unknown that is ahead.

Join me next time as we continue to explore the weird of our universe. Through the vast monuments erected by mankind to the peculiar discovery of scientific phenomena, there is plenty left to discover around us.

Aditya Rengaswamy is a sophomore accounting student at CWRU. He enjoys doing various service projects like Kids Against Hunger, being a part of USG, and hanging out with his brothers in Theta Chi.

80’s hair styles, so allow me to offer some more conservative small group games.

In groups of no more than 10, our representatives could play: two truths and a lie, human knot, the name game, ninja, show me how you gigolo, and for the more risqué groups, 10 fingers.

I believe that our senators and representatives are just like every other American: friendly, hardworking, and proud of their beliefs. They just need to be reminded of their shared and humanity and love of country. For no matter what our backgrounds and beliefs may be, we all love America.

Once Congress breaks down its incessantly useless barriers, filling the void instead with kindness and respect, can our country shine just as brightly as the American people.

Mr. President, I thank you for your hard work and the many sacrifices you have made for this country.

You will always have my respect for leading America, a land of countless diversity in every facet of life, which is no easy task. If you give my recommendation even the slimmest of considerations, I will commend you for your efforts even more.

Sincerely, Heather O’Keeffe Heather O’Keeffe is a first year student studying Biomedical Engineering. Dessert is her favorite meal and she loves James Franco.

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The beauty of democracy, freedom, and America is that the people have a voice. On Nov. 6, the people spoke up and reelected President Obama.

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The holidays are just around the corner, complete with friends, family, and most importantly: food. Here is a guide of what to wear to make sure your pants still fit after all that turkey and pie.

Essential Cable Sweater Dress in Marina, $19.80 at Forever 21 With or without the belt, forgiving sweater dresses will keep you comfortable even after those second helpings. Add a pair of sparkling flats or tights and your favorite fall boots.

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IBM’s Watson Supercomputer coming to Lerner College of Medicine >>owenBELL son could respond to a natural language games&techREPORTER<< question and that it could have wellIBM’s Watson, the computer that won Jeopardy in 2011, will be going to school at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Unlike its time on national television, though, this time, Watson will be working with a purpose. In three years, the programmers, IBM , and the doctors at the Cleveland Clinic hope to have a computer that will be able to not only beat humans at Jeopardy, but help diagnose patients and save lives around the world.

While Watson itself will not physically be at the Cleveland Clinic, doctors and students will be able to interact with the computer over the Internet as they teach the computer about medicine, preparing it to be able to take the United States Medical Licensing Exam.

But how can a computer that won at Jeopardy be even similar to a doctor?

While it may seem strange at first, the process of logic that Watson used in order to be successful at Jeopardy actually gives it many of the thinking skills used by doctors today.

What Jeopardy proved is that Wat-

accurate answers in the future, just like a real person. placed confidence in its answers,” said The Cleveland Clinic wants big things Neil Mehta, M.D., Director of Education from their time with Watson. Dr. Mehta Technology at Lerner. These are just like hopes that “at the end of three years, we the skills that physicians use when try- can do a safe trial with real patients in a ing to diagnose a patient, according to controlled environment.” It is an ambiMehta, who says, “We look into our do- tious and noble goal. main of experience to find the answer…

A computer like Watson could be [then] we make our diagnostic decision a huge asset to the medical industry, based on our level which is becomof certainty.” ing rapidly overWatson will be whelmed by the spending its time huge amount of r. Mehta hopes that ‘at the at the Cleveland medical knowlClinic learning end of three years, we can do a edge that is from the students safe trial with real patients in a available . and the doctors controlled environment.’”

“Every day, that work there. physicians and According to scientists around Dr. Mehta, “IBM the world add has already fed a large amount of in- more and more information to what I think formation and confidence into Watson.” of as an ever-expanding, global medical This data, though, is not linked together. library,” said C. Martin Harris, M.D., It will be the Clinic’s job to help Watson Chief Information Officer of Cleveland learn how to use that data. By asking Clinic. There is more information than Watson questions, the students and doc- a single person can possibly take in, but tors will be able to see Watson’s conclu- doctors need to be able to use all of it to sions and the logic that is used to make give their patients the best possible care. them. Watson can then learn from correc- This is where Watson steps in. tions that doctors make to provide more With its ability to search through a

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huge array of knowledge and make confident diagnosis based on that could make Watson an invaluable aid to medicine. It could help many professionals in the industry diagnose patients that they would not otherwise be able to.

“You could see a nurse on call, using this for many different cases. They could use [Watson] to make sure they don’t miss anything urgent,” said Dr. Mehta.

With this capability available, Watson would be able to help lift much of the burden already placed on an overworked and understaffed medical system in this country.

Dr. Mehta is quick to point out, though, that Watson will not be replacing human doctors anytime soon. “We use computers so much in our lives. We trust them, maybe a little too much, and we don’t want to do that when we are working with patients.”

Regarding Watson’s future, Dr. Mehta stated that “regardless of whether [Watson] is the answer, it will be a stepping stone to what we need.” It really seems that way. Watson, and technology like it, has huge potential for improving health care. Computers like Watson could well be the start of a revolution in medicine around the world.

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from bird | 6 longest song on the album, and its slower tempo is a little jarring after the up-tempo bounce of “Railroad Bill.”

“If I Needed You” is back to a slower country swing. “Orpheo” is a stripped down version of “Orpheo Looks Back” from Break It Yourself, and is both interesting in that context and a fine song on its own terms.

The album closes with the nine-minute “Beyond the Valley of the Three White Horses,” a slow developing song that builds for a while and then slowly fades. It is the sound of a relaxed Andrew Bird, playing music however he wants.

Although it sounds like a tautology, one of Andrew Bird’s greatest strengths is that an Andrew Bird album always sounds just like an Andrew Bird album. He doesn’t work with big name producers who have a

signature sound, and he isn’t signed to a major label; he releases albums frequently, but this is clearly due to his own ubiquity and not any outside pressure. Even as he continues to refine and change his sound with Break It Yourself and now the alt-country direction of Hands of Glory, his music sounds like it is the exact type of music he wants to be making at this point.

In the end, Hands of Glory falls short of Break It Yourself. It’s not as cohesive, not as carefully crafted, and feels a little disjointed. That said, Andrew Bird is a professional musician (in the best sense of the term) and an EP of his covers, outtakes, and alternate versions is better than plenty of other people’s best music.

Hands of Glory is worth your time, both as a document of Andrew Bird’s continuing development as an artist and of its own merits as supremely competent and enjoyable piece of listening.

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Seven Spartans named to All-UAA soccer teams >>compiledBY staffREPORTS<<

Led by a second-team selection for senior midfielder Eric Erb, three members of the Case Western Reserve University men’s soccer team have been named to the 2012 All-University Athletic Association team announced last Thursday, Nov. 8.

In addition to Erb, sophomore forward Patrick O’Day and senior midfielder Ross Twanmoh were each tabbed honorable mention.

Case senior midfielder and tri-captain Deena Levey was one of four Spartans named to the 2012 All-UAA women’s soccer team. Now a four-time All-UAA honoree, Levey earns first-team status for the first time in her career. Levey earned honorable-mention accolades during her freshman and junior seasons, while garnering second-team honors as a sophomore. Case has now landed at least one player on the All-Association First Team in two straight seasons. Prior to 2011, CWRU women’s soccer hadn’t had a first-team All-UAA pick since Judy Gelber in 2003.

Along with Deena Levey, Case had a pair of second-team honorees in junior forward Leah Levey and senior defender Maeve Goede, along with an honorable mention pick in sophomore forward Jessie Sabers.

Deena Levey finished tied for second on the team with eight points on two goals and a team-best four assists. A four-year starter, she appeared in 72 career matches and racked up 28 points on seven goals and 14 assists. She ranks tied for fifth in program history in matches and seventh in assists.

Leah Levey, an honorable mention pick as a freshman and first-team selection last season, tied her older sister for second on the team with eight points on three goals and two helpers. In 56 career matches, Leah has 29 points on 11 goals

shannon snyder/observer Senior Deena Levey was named a first-team member of the All-UAA squad for her performance in the 2012 season. She was joined by her sister Leah Levey, Jessie Sabers, and Maeve Goede as AllUAA honorees. and 7 assists.

Goede, a four-year starter, picks up her first All-Association nod. She ranks tied for sixth in program history with 69 starts and tied for fifth with 72 matches played. In 2011, she was a key cog in a backline that recorded a program-record 11 shutouts. Statistically, she accumulated eight points via a trio of scores and two helpers.

Sabers garners her first All-UAA award after leading the team with seven goals, 16 points and three game-winners.

In 35 career matches played, the second-

year Spartan has 24 points via nine goals and six assists.

A team co-captain, Erb led the Spartans with 10 points on four goals and two assists. An honorable-mention All-UAA pick last season, Erb finishes his career with 41 points on 15 goals and 11 assists in 74 matches. His 15 goals tie for the seventh most in program history, and he ranks eighth in points and tied for fourth in matches played. Also a standout in the classroom, Erb was recently named to the Capital One Academic All-District VII Men’s Soccer First Team as a nutritional

biochemistry and chemistry double-major with a 3.96 grade point average.

O’Day, last year’s UAA Co-Rookie of the Year, ranked second on the team with nine points on four goals and an assist. In just two seasons, O’Day has totaled 40 points on 15 goals and 10 assists. He is tied for seventh in team history in goals and ranks ninth in points.

Twanmoh, also a team co-captain, tallied a pair of scores this fall. In 71 career matches, he finished with 16 points on five goals and six assists. Twanmoh is also a three-time UAA All-Academic honoree.

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Spartan grapplers fall in home opener Rookie Hall shows promise with 4-2 record

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The Case Western Reserve University wrestling team opened up its season this past weekend at the Washington & Jefferson Invitational on Saturday, Nov. 10, before hosting local rival John Carroll University on Tuesday, Nov. 13.

The Spartans finished 14th in the 17-team invite as first-year head coach Mark Hawald led the team in his first match.

Case was led by freshman Josh Hall, who won three matches on the weekend in his collegiate debut. Hall finished 3-2 at the Washington & Jefferson Invitational and reached the semifinals of the 125-pound consolation bracket.

Hall lost his initial match 5-1, but rallied with three wins that featured a pair of pins before falling in the consolation semifinals.

Hall topped Jake Landers of Baldwin Wallace University, 7-2. Hall then had two pins in a row, taking down Corey Billingham of Mercyhurst University North East in 4:28 and Taylor Creek of Penn State Mont Alto in 56 seconds.

Hall was eliminated from the tournament via a pin by Nathan Schwab of Mercyhurst at the five minute mark.

Another freshman making an impressive debut was Zach McCarthy in the

149-pound weight bracket. McCarthy started his career with a pin of Mercyhurst’s Aaron Lett in four minutes, 50 seconds. He then fell to the consolation bracket after a 9-2 loss to Joey Schmidt of Baldwin Wallace. In the consolation bracket, McCarthy picked up another win with a pin against Austin Killian of Washington & Jefferson before falling in the quarterfinals to Heidelberg’s Andrew Johnson by a technical fall of 19-3.

Senior Evan McDowell picked up a win over Heiderlberg’s Brad Temple in the 157-pound weight bracket. McDowell finished 1-2 on the weekend.

At 165-pounds, junior Brain Snyder picked up a win in the first round with a technical fall over Penn State Greater Allegheny’s Tyler Spencer, 21-5. Snyder lost in the second round by a major decision 17-6 to Clint Schaefer of Mercyhurst. Snyder finished 1-2 on the weekend.

Against the Blue Streaks, the Spartans fell at Horsburgh Gymnasium 42-3 on Tuesday night. Hall picked up Case’s lone points for the evening as he earned a 3-0 lead with a 6-3 decision against Michael Buckiso at 125 pounds.

Freshman Xander Straughter lost a close decision to Jeff Holy in the 133-pound weight bracket, 9-7.

Snyder had a close match at 165

Courtesy Case Sports Information/lynne browske Freshman Josh Hall went 4-2 in his first week of collegiate wrestling at the 125-pound class, reaching the consolation semifinals at the Washington & Jefferson Invitational. pounds. Snyder pulled through to tie the Blue Streak’s Vinnie Pizzuli late in the match, but Pizzuli managed to take the deciding point with moments to go.

Pizzuli won the decision 7-6.

The Spartan grapplers will return to the mats this Saturday, Nov. 17 at Mercyhurst University for the Laker Open.

The competition is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.

Bell and Watson named UAA Athletes of the Week >>compiledBY staffREPORTS<<

Case Western Reserve University football produced a pair of University Athletic Association Athletes of the Week following its season finale victory versus Carnegie Mellon University. Senior wide receiver Vinny Bell has been selected as UAA Offensive Player of the Week, while senior defensive end Adam Watson was Peter Cooke

tabbed as the league’s Co-Defensive Player of the Week.

The Spartans (6-4, 2-1 UAA) wrapped up the 2012 campaign with a 36-24 triumph over the rival Tartans in the 27th Annual Academic Bowl on Saturday, Nov. 10. Case finished second in the UAA standings.

Bell, who starred as a two-time AllAmerican for the CWRU men’s soccer team from 2008-11, turned in a breakout

game with seven catches for 180 yards and a touchdown. The seven receptions and 180 yards were each career highs, and Bell also carried the ball once for 19 yards.

Four of his receptions covered 37, 37, 32 and 28 yards, respectively.

Watson capped off an outstanding senior season and career with six tackles, five quarterback hurries, a sack, and a forced fumble. The senior end also blocked a field goal attempt, giving him a team-high

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During the past six seasons, Case football has produced an overall record of 5410 with four UAA Championships (200709, ‘11) and three NCAA playoff berths (2007-09). The Spartans finished second this season in the UAA behind Washington University, to whom they lost last week, 10-7.

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Men finished third in region, earn NCAA bid, women fifth Spartans place five members on all-region team, Kelly ninth overall >>peterCOOKE sportsEDITOR<<

The Case Western Reserve University men’s cross country team earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III National Championship Meet with a third place finish at the Great Lakes Regional Championship. The women finished fifth on Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Yule Golf Course in Anderson, Ind. The No. 31 men, who picked up one of 16 at-large berths, will make their first appearance at the national championship meet since 2008.

On the men’s side, No. 3 Calvin College picked up its 17th straight regional championship with 36 points. No. 24 Wabash took second place with 111 points. The Spartans narrowly beat out Manchester College as Case finished third with 146 points, two ahead of Manchester.

The University of Mount Union rounded out the top five on the men’s side with 166 points.

For the women, No. 8 Hope College took home the team title with 91 points, topping second place No. 11 Oberlin College, which finished with 95 points. No. 15 Calvin finished third with 103 points while No. 22 Kenyon College took fourth with 155 points. No. 31 Case rounded out the

from football | 16 drive covered 45 yards on five plays and was capped off by a Young extra point.

Several drives later, the Tartans gained possession at the home five following an interception. Two plays later, fullback Jared Delello rushed into the end zone from three yards out, and a second PAT by Young made the score 1410 with 6:30 remaining in the half.

The Spartans then drove to midfield, but a botched punt resulted in a 56-yard TD return by cornerback Sam Thompson. Young

women’s top five with 186 points.

The men were led by senior co-captain Chris Kelly, who placed ninth overall, earning an automatic individual berth by finishing as one of the top seven runners not on either of the top two teams. Kelly also picked up all-region honors as he finished the eight kilometer course in 25:23.66.

Joining Kelly on the all-region team were David Dixon, who finished in 18th place with a time of 25:42.23 and senior Phil Yeung, who finished in 26:02.92.

Rounding out the Spartans’ top scorers were senior co-captain Ethan Teare and freshman Timothy Travitz, who crossed the finish line together in 44th and 45th place, respectively. Teare finished in a time of 26:18.65 while Travitz crossed the line in 26:18.79.

The women posted two all-region team members as freshman Kelsey Aamoth and Lydia Greene led the Spartans to a fifth place finish on the six kilometer course. Aamoth finished 27th with a time of 22:39.29 while Greene crossed the line 34th with a time of 22:53.25.

Senior co-captain Corin Bowen finished 37th with a time of 22:55.35. Rounding out the Spartans scoring were freshman Dana hit his third PAT, and the Tartans led 21-10 with 3:17 left before the break.

However, the Spartans were able to trim into the lead before half as senior quarterback Erik Olson scored a one-yard TD run with 44 seconds left on the first half clock, after hitting Bell for a 37-yard pass. The extra point was missed, and the score sat at 21-16 in favor of CMU. The Tartans got half of those six Spartan points back before the clock hit zero as Young capped an eight-play, 52-yard drive with a 19yard field goal as time expired.

In the second half, the Spartans got

Courtesy Case Sports Information Chris Kelly led the Spartan men with a ninth place finish at the Great Lakes Regional Championship. Kelly is one of five Spartans on both the men’s and women’s side to be named to the AllRegion team.

Jeter and sophomore Erica Bauerbach. Jeter finished in 41st place with a time of 23:05.70 while Bauerbach finished 52nd in 23:20.66.

The Spartan men will now travel to the NCAA Division III Championship Meet that

takes place tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 17, at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terra Haute, Ind. The men’s eight kilometer race will begin at 11 a.m. The women’s six kilometer race will kick off at noon.

off to a quick start and took their opening drive 83 yards on 11 plays, with Olson hitting Bell for a 32-yard TD strike at the 9:13 mark. The extra point was missed, and CMU held a 24-22 advantage.

After the rest of the third quarter went scoreless, Case moved back in front when Beecher scored a nine-yard TD run to cap a five-play, 58-yard drive with 13:43 left to play.

Beecher then hit Sicre for a two-point conversion, and the Spartans led 30-24.

CMU’s next drive ended at the Spartan 23, when senior cornerback Cary Dieter

caught his second interception of the season, but the hosts gave the ball back three plays later on a sack and fumble.

The Spartan defense came up big again and held the visitors to a 31-yard field goal try. Junior safety Jacob LaFleur then broke through the line and blocked the try off of the foot of Young.

Case then put the game away with a five-play, 65-yard drive that culminated in a career-long 34-yard TD run for Beecher. A missed two-point conversion left the score at 36-24 with 2:11 remaining.

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Spartans top Tartans in Academic Bowl, 36-24 Bell’s seven catches, 180 yards puts Case 2nd in UAA

austin sting/observer Senior defensive tackle Collin Desens makes a flying tackle, one of his five against Carnegie Mellon.

Desens also finished with a sack that resulted in an 11-yard loss for the Tartans. >>peterCOOKE sportsEDITOR<<

Senior wide receiver Vinny Bell posted a career-high seven receptions for 180 yards and a touchdown as the Case Western Reserve University football team closed out the 2012 season with a 36-24 victory versus Carnegie Mellon University in the 27th Annual Academic Bowl on Saturday at Case

Field. The event was designated as the Billy Deitmen Memorial Game.

Prior to the game, CWRU honored the memory of 2011 graduate Billy Deitmen, who died unexpectedly at the age of 23 on Oct. 18.

The Spartans finish the season at 6-4 overall and 2-1 in the University Athletic Association.

The Tartans drop to 6-4 and 1-2 in the UAA with their sixth-straight loss to Case.

The win gave the Spartans a second-place

finish in the UAA. Washington University (55, 3-0), who defeated Case in Cleveland last weekend 10-7, clinched the conference championship with a 23-7 victory of the University of Chicago (4-6, 0-3).

Bell, who starred as a two-time AllAmerican for the CWRU men’s soccer team from 2008-11, had receptions of 37, 37, 32 and 28 yards.

In addition, sophomore running back

Manny Sicre rushed for a game-high 107 yards on 26 carries, and sophomore quarterback Billy Beecher totaled 68 yards on the ground with a career-best three scores.

For the game, the Spartans won the battle in time of possession, 37:17 to 22:43, and outgained the Tartans, 484 to 220.

The Spartans took the opening drive of the game 69 yards on 11 plays and found the end zone when Beecher rushed in from one yard out. Freshman Cullin Brown hit the extra point to make the score 7-0 with 8:40 left in the first quarter.

After forcing the Tartans to punt, the hosts put together a second long drive that covered 57 yards on 11 plays and ended with a career-long 33-yard field goal by Brown at the 1:57 mark. The possession ate 5:23 off of the game clock.

The ensuing drive looked destined to yield points for the visitors, but a 31-yard field goal attempt from Connor Young was blocked by Spartan senior defensive end Adam Watson at the 12:46 mark of the second quarter. Watson’s fifth combined block this season put a halt to a 10-play, 65-yard drive for the visitors.

Undaunted, CMU then began a run of 21 unanswered points, beginning with a 26yard touchdown pass from quarterback Rob Kalkstein to wide receiver Tim Kikta at the 9:57 mark of the second quarter. The Tartans’

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Spartans win inaugural Cleveland City Tournament Swimmers knock out Yeomen 379-212 with 22 first places >>peterCOOKE sportsEDITOR<<

The Case Western Reserve University swimming and diving teams won the inaugural Cleveland City Tournament by defeating Oberlin College by a combined score of 379-212. The Spartans won 22 of the meet’s 32 events, including seven 1-2-3 finishes, at the Carr Pool on Saturday, Nov. 10 in Oberlin, Ohio.

The Spartans made it to the tournament final after defeating Notre Dame College 322.5-145.5 in the opening round and Lake Erie College 306-168 in the semifinals last weekend at the Veale Natatorium.

The win improves the Spartan men to 7-0 in dual meets while the women move over .500 with a 4-3 record. The men are ranked No. 12 in the CollegeSwimming. com/Endless Pools’ top 25 performance rankings.

The men were led by a trio of double winners and a pair of relay victories against the Yeomen.

Junior Gus Bailey picked up a pair of individual wins in the sprint events. Bailey won the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 21.90 seconds and the 100-yard freestyle in 49.05 seconds. Junior Heath Hudgins touched the wall first for the Spartans in the mid-distance events, winning the 200yard freestyle in 1:48.27 and the 500-yard freestyle in 5:03.80. Junior Sean Nickley took home blue ribbons in both breaststroke disciplines. Nickley finished the 100-yard breaststroke in 59.14 seconds and the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:12.89.

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In the first event, Bailey joined Nickley and sophomores Andrew Bollinger and Elliott Kerbel to win the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:36.87. The Spartans also won the meet’s final events as Kerbel, junior Scott McHenry, Hudgins, and Bailey cruised to a 10-second victory in the 400-yard freestyle relays with a time of 3:17.66.

In the 1650-yard freestyle, senior captain Chris Emr finished first in a time of 17:19.08, just .26 seconds faster than junior Karch Petersen, who finished second.

The men won 13 of the 16 events against the Yeomen.

The women had a pair of double winners as juniors Sara Tillie and Maggie Dillione both picked up a pair of wins.

Tillie won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:00.54 and the 400-yard individual medley in 4:55.01. Dillione won the 100yard freestyle in 54.83 and the 200-yard butterfly in 2:09.47.

The women also won their opening event as freshmen Rachael Loek and Rebecca Pakradooni teamed up with

sophomore Brianna Cain and Dillione to win the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:55.06.

Pakradooni also won the 100-yard butterfly in a time of 1:01.03.

Sophomore Abby Glenn won the 1650-yard freestyle in 18:58.29.

The Spartans will travel to Kenyon College for a quad-meet tomorrow, Nov. 17, where they take on the host Lords, Grove City College, and Gannon University. The meet is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.