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• New study to collect data on campus views of sexual assault and relationship violence

  When Jess Klein arrived at Carnegie Mellon University in 2013, the school was still reeling over the Beta Theta Pi scandal.

  News | April 6, 2015
• Proud to Be Plaid announces trustees, seniors partnership

  Board of Trustees members have pledged to contribute $20 for each senior that donates $5 until Commencement.

  The pledge has the potential to raise more than $27,000, according to Student Body President (SBP) and senior electrical and computer engineering and business administration double major Ian Glasner.

  News | March 30, 2015
• Haiti trip refreshes, inspires

  From the moment I stepped out of the airport into the breathtaking heat and oppressive smells of Haiti, I realized that it had been exactly one year since I had been truly uncomfortable — and I had missed that feeling. This year was the second time I had been to Haiti, and the country had just as much of an impact on me as it did the first time that I laid eyes upon its crystal blue waters, far-re...

  Pillbox | March 23, 2015
• Good service trips need humility, respectfulness

  I'm never comfortable when I tell people that I'm going on a service trip. There's no casual way to say that I'm spending a week of my time in a third-world country, blindly and boldly trying to help — whatever that means. Some people are bubbling with praise, anxious to reassure me that I'm doing good and saving the world. Others are not so sure. I know why they think this, and, in fact, I can't ...

  Forum | March 23, 2015
• Frank Underwood is back

  I thought it impossible to best last year's shocking opening episode to season two of House of Cards. I was wrong. Even before the credits and the absurdly long theme song opened season three, Frank Underwood had already shocked and scandalized, urinating on his father's gravestone. Seriously, is there anything that's holy to this monster?

  Pillbox | March 1, 2015