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1 week ago | 
the-tartan.org | Katherine Gallardo |Eshaan Joshi |William Curvan
by Juli CarielloStaffwriterFrom April 3–5, on-campus organizations came together for Booth, a Carnival tradition in which students construct small buildings decorated to fit a theme. Organizations built 18 booths (not including doghouses) on Midway, the parking lot between Margaret Morrison and the College of Fine Arts, which were each designed based on a movie or TV show to fit the Hollywood theme chosen by the Spring Carnival Council.
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1 week ago | 
the-tartan.org | Katherine Gallardo |Eshaan Joshi |William Curvan
On April 12 in the McConomy Auditorium, a debate was held between the Carnegie Mellon College Republicans and College Democrats. The event was moderated by the Undergraduate Student Senate and Carnegie Debate, with questions created by the latter student organization. The debate was also livestreamed and posted to the cmuTV YouTube channel. The Tartan spoke to members of each student organization to learn about the motivation behind the event and its importance in the Carnegie Mellon community.
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1 month ago | 
the-tartan.org | Katherine Gallardo |William Curvan |Holly Wang
While writing this article, my writer’s block was rooted in my inability to decide where I stand when it comes to Superman. I have always loved Batman. His costume, Batmobile, and vigilante-antihero nature make Batman someone I root for, but I cannot say the same about Superman. Perhaps it is because every time I hear someone express their preference for Superman, that someone is almost always male. Sometimes I imagine the creator of Superman envisioned himself as the character.
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1 month ago | 
the-tartan.org | Katherine Gallardo |William Curvan |Holly Wang
The scene is like any ordinary operating room. The surgeon overseeing the operation is methodically preparing himself and his medical instruments for the transplant he is about to undertake. He has gone over the steps of the procedure with his staff, composed of 30 doctors, nurses, and technicians, beforehand. Soon, his patients will be lying side by side. Only, this isn’t an ordinary surgery. The patients are two rhesus monkeys, the doctor is renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Robert J.
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1 month ago | 
the-tartan.org | Katherine Gallardo |William Curvan |Holly Wang
On Jan. 8, Pennsylvania State Representative Joe Ciresi referred House Bill No. 24 to the Committee on Housing and Community Development. The bill, known as the “Off-Campus Student Housing Tenant Rights Act,” would, if enacted, require university students seeking off-campus housing to become educated on their rights as tenants through an online course.
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1 month ago | 
the-tartan.org | Katherine Gallardo |Javier Hayes |Brett Czarniak |Eshaan Joshi
The Undergraduate Student Senate held its last general body meeting before spring break on Feb. 27 to discuss poster management on Student Government bulletin boards, a Title IX initiative, and committee updates. The meeting began by addressing the question of what is to be done about the overflow of posters on Student Government bulletin boards. An initial attempt at resolving this issue involved the poster arbiter (PPA) performing checks on the bulletin boards weekly instead of biweekly.
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1 month ago | 
the-tartan.org | Eshaan Joshi |Javier Hayes |Katherine Gallardo |Brett Czarniak
Way back in 1972, a little ol’ boy from Chicago, Illinois, Bobby Fischer, took on the Soviet Chess apparatus and won. It started the American chess boom and completely changed the way that the entire game was looked at by people across a country that had, until now, not cared a damn about chess. Chess, people claimed, was going to be a great American sport now.
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1 month ago | 
the-tartan.org | Brett Czarniak |Javier Hayes |Katherine Gallardo |Eshaan Joshi
With every rotation ’round the sun, hockey fans keep their eyes out for those beautiful annual experiences: the Stanley Cup Playoffs, outdoor games, and of course, which players end up where as general managers decide either to bolster their teams or admit that their plans were dumpster fires.
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1 month ago | 
the-tartan.org | Javier Hayes |Katherine Gallardo |Brett Czarniak |Eshaan Joshi
Courtesy of the Carnegie Mellon University Police DepartmentCriminal mischiefA Carnegie Mellon staff member reported damage to her vehicle parked in the GATF lot. CMUPD is to investigate. A non-affiliate reported damage to the vending machine located inside Stever House. CMUPD is to investigate. A Carnegie Mellon staff member reported damage to a card reader at Fifth and Clyde Apartments. Facilities Management Services is to repair it. CMUPD is investigating.
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1 month ago | 
the-tartan.org | Javier Hayes |Katherine Gallardo |Brett Czarniak |Eshaan Joshi
On Thursday March 13th, the Undergraduate Senate General Body Meeting took place. Senators discussed upcoming events such as the SPIRIT fashion show, as well as advocacy updates and meetings with Pittsburgh politicians. 22 senators and proxies were in attendance, barely passing the minimum attendance requirement to hold the meeting. Spirit Fashion ShowThe first order of business was a vote on providing additional funding for the upcoming SPIRIT fashion show.
