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Apr 29, 2024 | 
the-tartan.org | Arden Ryan |Sam Bates |Courtney VanAuken |Haley Williams
In 1924, the original Skibo Gymnasium opened on the Tech Street hill. Carnegie Mellon’s first basketball game was played in that arena on Feb. 5 of that year against the Pitt Panthers, and for nearly a century, Skibo was Carnegie Mellon’s unairconditioned but beloved home for intercollegiate athletics. After 100 years, that area of campus is being reimagined as a comprehensive space for fitness and well-being, available to all students.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
the-tartan.org | Sam Bates |Courtney VanAuken |Haley Williams |Arden Ryan
The Beach Boys’ 1963 anthem of educational patriotism, “Be True to Your School,” opens with the following lyrics: “When some loud braggart tries to put me downAnd says his school is greatI tell him right awayNow what’s the matter buddyAin’t you heard of my schoolIt’s number one in the state (Hey, hey! Take it away! Get that ball and fight!)”I predict you probably laughed reading those six lines of 20th century verse, or at least exhaled slightly sharply. Yes, these lines are funny.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
the-tartan.org | Courtney VanAuken |Sam Bates |Haley Williams |Arden Ryan
I am not engaged to Alex Wolff, I am not engaged to Alex Wolff, I am not engaged to Alex Wolff, I am not engaged to Alex Wolff. With developments in how we connect with each other, lines have become blurred in what constitutes a social interaction. Social media churns out audiences’ opportunity to engage in one-sided relationships more efficiently than ever.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
the-tartan.org | Haley Williams |Sam Bates |Courtney VanAuken |Arden Ryan
On Wednesday, April 17, the Undergraduate Student Senate and the Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) met in Tepper Simmons Auditorium for their annual Joint Ratification Meeting (JRM). In previous years, the JRM has been a once-a-year meeting where the undergraduate and graduate student governments approve the results of the student elections and Activities Board (AB) budgets.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
the-tartan.org | Arden Ryan |Sam Bates |Courtney VanAuken |Haley Williams
A recent audit of waste generated on the second floor of the CUC found that 83.6 percent of the material tossed into landfill bags could have been recycled, composted, or reused. That finding was the major result of a trash analysis conducted by the Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) in March, in partnership with Carnegie Mellon Green Practices.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
the-tartan.org | Eshaan Joshi |Sam Bates |Courtney VanAuken |Haley Williams
I think we all need to tell people stories. I talk a lot about stories here, and I don’t intend on stopping anytime soon. There’s so much to talk about. I can write and write and write and not tell a fraction of the stories I want to because there are just so many. And how on earth do I even tell them? To most, that has an easy answer. I should just write it out and ask you to read my stories. But what if you can’t? Or what if I’m bad at it? Or what if, get this, you just don’t get words right?
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
the-tartan.org | Nina McCambridge |Sam Bates |Courtney VanAuken |Haley Williams
Did you register to vote? Probably not; voting is for old people. Besides, who cares about the primary when the presidential part is already decided? You probably do not care about the Senate, but if you do — the Senate primaries are decided as well.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
the-tartan.org | Zachary Gelman |Sam Bates |Courtney VanAuken |Haley Williams
I have a lot of respect for my TAs, even the bad ones. It’s not easy to be the apple of 15 to 25 students’ eyes. Plus, students often don’t even know the material super well, so it’s a bit hypocritical for them to want their TAs to be super duper experts. I have had math TAs, computer science TAs, and history TAs. They were each different and spiritually beautiful in their own ways, even the grad students.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
the-tartan.org | Sam Bates |Courtney VanAuken |Haley Williams |Kate Myers
On April 5, Carnegie Mellon students and faculty gathered in a Doherty lecture hall to listen to a discussion on AI and spirituality. AI has become increasingly popular and integrated into our lives, as college students access Chat-GPT and AI-written articles masquerade as academic writing.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
the-tartan.org | Cole Skuse |Haley Williams |Sam Bates |Nina McCambridge
Men’s TennisOn Friday, April 12, the 19th-ranked Carnegie Mellon men’s tennis team headed to 30th-ranked Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. The Tartans fell short in doubles play, and were behind 3-0 heading into singles play. Senior Nicholas Wernick went 6-1, 6-3 in the fourth singles slot for the first Tartan point of the match. First-year Raghav Jangbahadur earned another Tartan point in first singles, going 6-2, 7-6 (9-7). All the other Tartans lost their singles matches, and the Tartans fell 7-2.
