 Women's tennis takes second place in UAA Conference Championships
by The TartanMay 02, 2013“Sports
| Abby Smith
The Tartans took second place in the UAA Conference Championships for the first time since 2009 in women’s tennis this weekend, sealing an overall record of 12–7.
The women’s tennis team began their championship run with a 9-0 victory over the University of Rochester on Thursday morning, marking head coach Andrew Girard’s 300th career victory.
The Tartans started the match with three wins in doubles action as junior Katie Cecil and sophomore Angela Pratt won 8–3 at No. 1 doubles, sophomore Bryn Raschke and first-year Brooke Tsu won 8–1 at No. 2 doubles, and senior Alex Tapak and sophomore Lydia Utkin won 8–1 at No. 3 doubles.
Cecil won her No. 1 singles match, followed by a No. 6 victory by Raschke. First-year Elizabeth Martin and Tsu each turned in wins at No. 3 singles and No. 4 singles, respectively.
The final two singles victories came from Pratt at No. 2 singles and first-year Abbey Hamstra at No. 5 singles.
On Friday afternoon, the team beat the No. 10 Washingto...
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Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Martin and Alex Tapak are staffwriters for The Tartan.”
 Track and field teams finish UAAs on right foot
by The TartanMay 02, 2013“Sports
| Vinay Viswanathan
The men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to New York City last weekend to compete in the UAA Championships, hosted by New York University. The women’s team finished in sixth place of the seven teams in competition with 53 points, while the men claimed second with 177.
Throwers from both teams exhibited tremendous performances at the UAAs. Zachary Erra-Hernandez, a junior thrower who is finishing off a season full of new personal records, won the discus event, throwing 44.69 meters. First-year Paul Hamerski threw 52.36 meters in the javelin in a third-place performance, while junior Nathan Cheek and David Markowitz added fourth- and sixth-place performances, respectively, in the javelin. Gino Pilato placed third in the discus with a 43.79-meter throw.
Junior distance runner Joshua Newby cited the throwers as one of the key components to the Tartans’ success at UAAs, saying, “the throwers were clutch today.”
On the women’s throwing side, senior Sarah Menio threw t...
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Men's tennis places fourth in championship
by The TartanMay 02, 2013“Sports
| Abby Smith
The 16th-ranked Carnegie Mellon men’s tennis team suffered a tough 6–3 loss against Case Western Reserve University on Sunday morning to take fourth place in the UAA Conference Championships. This makes the Tartans’ record 13–7 for the season.
“We’ve had some tough losses to deal with this weekend, but they’ve been against good teams and we’re looking ahead now,” first-year Yuvraj Kumar said.
The team received points in the match against Case Western from the doubles win by sophomore Bryce Beisswanger and Kumar, along with a win by senior Duke Miller at No. 3 singles and a No. 6 singles victory by senior Jooho Yu.
Although the Tartans led 4–3, the match point came down to the No. 1 and No. 2 singles games, both of which were heart-wrenching tiebreakers. Both sophomore Christian Heaney-Secord and Kumar won their first sets but fell in the last two sets.
Yesterday’s loss was especially tough after a 5–4 loss to No. 3 Emory University Eagles just the day before. Yu and soph...
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Researchers create battery for edible robot pills
by The TartanMay 02, 2013“Sci/Tech
| Sonia Katharani-Khan
Robots that track your inner body’s functions may seem like science fiction, but Carnegie Mellon researchers are working to create electronically active, edible medical devices that can be implanted in a patient’s body. This development would essentially allow patients to ingest devices such as drug delivery systems or biosensors in pill form, and would be far less invasive than traditional methods of implantation. The device would move through one’s gastrointestinal (GI) tract like food. Christopher Bettinger, assistant professor of materials science and engineering and biomedical engineering, along with Jay Whitacre, professor of materials science and engineering, have completed the first step in the process by designing edible power sources for such devices.
The battery, designed with materials that are safe to consume, is also meant to be taken in pill form. “We have designed a battery that is made of simple, biocompatible materials that are consumed daily in common diets.......
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 Did you know?
by The TartanApr 25, 2013“Pillbox
| Catherine Spence
100 years ago: Mar. 6, 1913
The varsity basketball team competes at its final away games against Geneva College and Westinghouse this week. The team is confident that it can win these final two games and excited about a successful season overall. The athletes encourage everyone to come out to these final games.
50 years ago: Mar. 27, 1963
Red and silver parking meters go up all over campus, most notably near Skibo Gymnasium and on Margaret Morrison Street. Students are reminded that the Donner Hall lot is only open during sporting events and that cars parked in the lot at any other time will be towed at the owner’s expense.
25 years ago: Mar. 22, 1988
Apple, Inc. hosts an event titled StraightTalk to discuss software design with current students. The event is the first of its kind on any college campus. Students have the chance to show off their original software and listen to a lecture by Apple systems engineer Paul Hudspeth.
10 years ago: April 1, 2...
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Track and field teams host, succeed in mini-invite
by The TartanApr 25, 2013“Sports
| Vinay Viswanathan
The men’s track and field team seized victory in its home mini-invitational on March 30, besting squads from Denison University, Allegheny College, SUNY Fredonia, and Waynesburg University. The men’s squad succeeded in both the running and field components of the competition, winning six field events and three track events.
The women’s team placed second behind Waynesburg University, winning four of the five events and scoring 129 points. First-year distance standout Rekha Schnepf said, “I think that for our second outdoor meet, both teams are looking pretty strong.... People are just improving a lot, because after going through indoor, everyone’s had at least a few experiences running in track events.”
The distance teams for both squads are performing at high levels. Sophomore Erin Kiekhaefer, senior Emily Wobb, and sophomore Halley Bayer placed second, third, and fourth respectively in the 1500-meter run. Bayer also won third in the 800-meter run, with a time of 2:25.44. Sen...
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Men's tennis wins one, loses one this past weekend
by The TartanApr 25, 2013“Sports
| Elizabeth Martin
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The Carnegie Mellon men's tennis team traveled south this past weekend to compete against two top ranked teams, Washington and Lee University and Johns Hopkins University. The Tartans defeated the Washington and Lee Generals 5–4 and lost to the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays 2–7.
In Lexington, Va., the Tartans opened with doubles. Sophomore Thomas Cooper and senior Jooho Yu led the team with a win at No. 3 doubles. In singles, the Tartans won four matches to take the match. First-year Abhishek Alla's win at No. 2 singles, first-year Yuvraj Kumar's win at No. 4 singles, and senior Harsha Rao's win at No. 6 singles tied the match at 4-all. Senior Duke Miller won at No. 3 singles in a second set tiebreaker to clinch the match for the Tartans.
Kumar said, "It was great to bounce back from a disappointing loss in doubles and win a quick victory in singles."
On Sunday, the Tartans battled the Johns Hopkins University Blue Jays and lost 2–7. Cooper and Yu won again in doubles, while the...
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Changes in NL Central means hope for Pirates this season
by The TartanApr 25, 2013“Sports
| Carl Glazer
Baseball’s opening night game last Sunday between new American League (AL) West opponents, the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros, began a season that will introduce one of the most sweeping changes in Major League Baseball. The season will also hopefully see the Pittsburgh Pirates achieve their first winning season since 1992.
The most notable of these changes is the Astros’ move from the once-six-team National League (NL) Central to the previously four-team AL West in an effort to balance the divisions and to give teams a more even field in which to win their division and guarantee a playoff spot.
With this move, the AL and NL are now balanced at 15 teams apiece, forcing Interleague play to shift from a three- to four-week novelty during May and June to a year-round necessity. The Pirates and the rest of the NL Central should be relieved that their six-team divisional logjam is finally remedied, even if it means removing the pitiful Astros. Unfortunately for the Pirates, t...
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How Things Work: Bees
by The TartanApr 25, 2013“Sci/Tech
| Brooke Kuei
Bees are a lot smarter than most people credit them. How do bees know where to find the best flowers? When they find these flowers, how do they tell other bees where they are? These are tasks that may appear trivial at first glance, but actually involve complex and miraculous processes.
Howstuffworks.com explains that bees use two main tools in their search for food: a solar compass and an internal clock. Bees use their solar compass to remember the location of objects relative to the sun. Since they are able to see polarized light, their solar compass is unaffected by whether it is a sunny or cloudy day. The second tool, a bee’s internal clock, keeps track of how long the bee has been searching for food.
What is amazing about the combination of these abilities is that bees are even aware of how the sun moves throughout the time that they are searching for food. This means that when the bee returns to its hive, it can tell its hive mates exactly where the food is relative to t...
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Did you know?
by The TartanMar 31, 2013“Pillbox
| Catherine Spence
100 years ago: Mar. 6, 1913
The varsity basketball team competes at its final away games against Geneva College and Westinghouse this week. The team is confident that it can win these final two games and excited about a successful season overall. The athletes encourage everyone to come out to these final games.
50 years ago: Mar. 27, 1963
Red and silver parking meters go up all over campus, most notably near Skibo Gymnasium and on Margaret Morrison Street. Students are reminded that the Donner Hall lot is only open during sporting events and that cars parked in the lot at any other time will be towed at the owner’s expense.
25 years ago: Mar. 22, 1988
Apple, Inc. hosts an event titled StraightTalk to discuss software design with current students. The event is the first of its kind on any college campus. Students have the chance to show off their original software and listen to a lecture by Apple systems engineer Paul Hudspeth.
10 years ago: April 1, 2...
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