Shawn Wertz

Articles

• Faculty hosts forum on Barack Obama’s campaign

  Six Carnegie Mellon professors, along with Pittsburgh City Council President Doug Shields, sat down last Monday and discussed with students why they were supporting Democratic candidate Barack Obama in the upcoming election.

  News | April 21, 2008
• Shepard bill targets hate crimes

  It was a cold night in October 1998 when Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson offered University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard a ride home from a bar in Laramie, Wyo. Matthew never made it home. McKinney and Henderson bound Shepard to a fence, pistol-whipped him, and left him for dead — all because Matthew was gay.

  Forum | October 8, 2007
• Call a midwife: Oakland’s water broke

  Carnegie Mellon students found themselves between a rock and a dry place after a water main near the Heron Hill water pumping station at the corner of Centre Avenue and North Dithridge Street in Oakland burst around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30. Many campus buildings, as well as off-campus Oakland apartments, were either without water or had very low water pressure.

  News | September 10, 2007
• Water break affects campus

  Carnegie Mellon students may find themselves between a rock and a dry place, after a water main near the Heron Hill water pumping station at the corner of Centre Avenue and N. Dithridge Street in Oakland burst around 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Many campus buildings, as well as off-campus Oakland apartments, are either without water or have very low water pressure.

  News | August 27, 2007
• Poor turnout at student debate last year shouldn’t be repeated

  It was a warm day in April 2006 when three sets of student body presidential and vice-presidential candidates debated in the student government elections. But what wasn’t warm was the turnout of people interested in the debates — a total of 37 people were in attendance, including the 6 candidates.

  Forum | April 16, 2007