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Taylor Swift wins records but loses Grammys
By Luke Erbsen Image from Free Malaysia Today Like many devoted Swifties, I was disappointed, but not surprised by the Grammys this year. Taylor Swift’s newest album, “The Tortured Poets ...
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Pillagers of the Lost Sea Captain part 2
Captain Angelina Sawyer and her pirate crew sat in the brig for what seemed like hours before the ship finally arrived in the kingdom of Asteria and the pirates were hustled off the ship and into the ...
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Welcome to CMU-Ville: Week 3
Students will be pleased to hear that Wean Hall has been experiencing rapid growth and development. According to doctors, this growth is perfectly normal, and given Wean’s current rate of growth, the ...
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The Science Behind Falling in Love
Love is one of the words that continues to intrigue, fascinate, excite, befuddle, and ensnare people with its abstractness. When questioned, “What really is love?” people pause. Not because it’s a ...
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Undergraduate Senate talks funding, expression, gender
In a heated Feb. 13 General Body Meeting, Carnegie Mellon’s Student Undergraduate Senate voted 20–7 to reject J.24.02, a controversial amendment that sought to reclassify the Activities Board (AB) as ...
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NanoCas helps to unlock Mini-CRISPR, first march toward miniature gene editing
By Balambal Suryanarayanan CRISPR-Cas9 is a repurposed gene editing tool that allows scientists to cut, replace, and insert pieces of DNA in precise regions along the strand. Courtesy of NIH Image ...
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EdBoard: Let’s make CMU more like ‘Animal House’
Courtesy of CMU library archives What does it mean to be a student at Carnegie Mellon? Pulling all-nighters? Never leaving campus? A passion for bagpipes? This week, we set out to understand what ...
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lab-grown heart muscle patches could help patients waiting for a transplant
Research on muscle grafts could help patients in need of heart transplants. Joana Liu/ Staff Artist A healthy heart typically beats at a rate of 60 to 100 beats per minute, with a blood pressure ...
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Why everyone should make bad drawings
Courtney VanAuken / Forum Editor I’m in the School of Art, so I make drawings very often, many of which are not very good. In high school, I barely completed any sketchbooks, but in 2024, I ...
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Dear Sid Meier, please hire me as your UI designer
Demo gameplay of the seventh installment in the Sid Meier’s Civilization franchise, Sid Meier’s Civilization VII. Screenshot of demo video via Steam    Last week marked the release of the seventh ...
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CMU immigration guidance updates
Courtesy of the Office of International EducationThe number of international students at Carnegie Mellon has increased over the past decade. This chart shows 2013 to 2023. Carnegie Mellon ...