Valene Mezmin Contributing Editor

Articles

• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

  Before the stream of Netflix’s cheesy Christmas rom coms was released to the world, a surprising horror hit was found in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. The show is based on the Archie Horror series of the same name, which was a darker retelling of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, the basis for the tv show of the same name that aired from 1996 to 2003, starring Melissa Joan Hart. My interest in the ...

  Pillbox | December 3, 2018
• Colleges must improve racial diversity in faculty

  Diversity is an important part of any college campus, which is why it is always part of a conversation as a university grows over the years. “Diversity” can mean many things: it can signify the distribution of the majors that students choose to engage in, or the balance of genders at a school. Diversity today, however, is commonly used to talk about the racial makeup of a college’s student populat...

  Forum | September 24, 2018
• Carnegie Mellon Libraries enforces food restrictions

  Starting Sept. 10, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries will be enforcing new food policies across all campus library locations. Changes to the libraries’ food policies have been gradual, starting with last year’s food restriction on Hunt Library’s fourth floor to protect the artifacts in the Fine and Rare Books Room. However, a survey sent out to the community indicated the need to expand food re...

  News | August 20, 2018
• CMU professor studies galaxy collision

  When you think about the Milky Way colliding with another galaxy, the first thing that probably comes to mind is its predicted collision with our neighbor galaxy Andromeda. Nicknamed Milkomeda or Milkdromeda, the collision is not expected to occur for another four billion years, possibly long after terrestrial life can be supported on Earth and hopefully long after someone can think of a better na...

  SciTech | August 20, 2018
• Starbucks' racial bias training is unsettling

  On May 29, Starbucks will close 8,000 of its stores for “racial bias training.” Yes, it’s 2018 and, yes, this is an actual headline that has graced the covers of various news outlets over the past week.

  Forum | April 23, 2018