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• Did you know?

  100 years ago
  April 28, 1909

  The Margaret Morrison School is treated to a surprise dance coordinated by the school’s administrators. The event will be held in the school gym. Upon hearing the news, a girl stated that she and her friends “screamed with delight.” The class apparently deserved it, as a teacher claimed, “Let the children enjoy themselves. They do not have much fun.”

  Pillbox | April 27, 2009
• Everything you need to know

  Dear Joe,

  I have been fortunate enough in my time at Carnegie Mellon to room with a fellow toast enthusiast. We both love toast, and split a $200 toaster that makes outrageously great toast. The problem is that we’re both seniors, and moving in separate ways come next fall. So who takes the toaster?

  —Toasty in Tech Street

  Dear Toasty,

  Pillbox | April 27, 2009
• Everything you need to know

  Dear Joe,

  I love being a chemistry major because of the wealth of information it offers about our physical world. Unfortunately, whenever I head back to my rural hometown, no one wants to listen to me ramble on about orbitals. It’s no fair that I have to listen to hours of Zac Efron commentary, but my meaningful thoughts are put aside. How do I make others interested in what I do?

  Pillbox | April 20, 2009
• Did you know?

  100 years ago
  April 22, 1909

  The photographer O. C. Henry claims “All good students are photographed by Henry.” Shooting for class and fraternity groups, Henry also has a special on “Face-book snapshots, with lots of mirth, oh my divinity.”

  50 years ago
  April 22, 1959

  Pillbox | April 20, 2009
• Mullen as Mercury rocks Byham

  On Sunday, April 5, the Byham Theater presented One Night of Queen, a two-hour tribute to arguably one of the most rocking bands of all time. Queen was imitated, or flattered in its highest form, by Gary Mullen and the Works, with Mullen playing a spitting image of Queen’s lead singer, Freddie Mercury.

  Pillbox | April 13, 2009