Sabrina Porter Contributing Editor

Articles

• Hispanic Heritage Month comes to close

  Today is the culmination of salsa lessons, siestas, Latin film festivals, and Spanish posters on campus, otherwise known as Hispanic Heritage Month at Carnegie Mellon. The annual 30-day celebration, which ran this year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, featured lectures, late-night activities, movie screenings, and a service fair with the Hispanic community of Pittsburgh.

  News | October 15, 2007
• Statistically speaking

  Thursday is National Coming Out Day, started by Human Rights Campaign, a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) civil rights organization. This year’s theme will be “Talk About It,” encouraging openness and acceptance of the GLBT population in today’s world.

  Percentage of GLBT teenagers who choose a family member to first come out to: 25

  News | October 8, 2007
• Crime & Incident

  Theft
  Sept. 29, 2007
  at 9:31 p.m.
  A student reported that his belongings had been stolen from the tables in front of Danforth Lounge in the University Center. He had left his things unattended while he left the area for a minute. The possessions have not yet been found.

  News | October 8, 2007
• Crime & Incident

  Noise Complaint
  Sept. 23, 2007 at 2:31 a.m.

  A West Wing resident complained of excessive noise coming from the Cut. University Police found the source to be a group of students by the Fence. Police advised the students to keep the noise down.

  Suspicious Activity
  Sept. 23, 2007 at 2:37 p.m.

  News | October 1, 2007
• And the winners are: Sean Weinstock and Adi Jain

  Sean Weinstock and Adi Jain looked relieved as they sat down in Skibo Café Thursday. Sure enough, “relieved” was the first word out of both of their mouths when asked how they felt about having finally been appointed student body president (SBP) and student body vice president (SBVP), respectively.

  News | October 1, 2007