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The jumping mouse circus is back in town: Celebrating Coraline’s 15th anniversary
By Ronan McGuire and Owen Noble Image couresy of Focus Features, via The New York Times Whether driven by nostalgia or curiosity, audiences from all over the world flocked to their local theater ...
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Sabrina Carpenter perfects tightly packaged pop on ‘Short n’ Sweet’
By Lily Stern Image via Genius We’re missing good six-out-of-ten pop in the current music market. A clean, catchy, standard three minutes about love and lust and something a bit quirky to tide you ...
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A taste of youth: ‘Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year door’ remake
Courtesy of Intelligent Systems via Wikimedia Commons Gamers were given a taste of their childhood with the “Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door” (Paper Mario: TTYD) remake that was released ...
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Panther Hollow Bridge Centennial, 1997
By Glenn Cassidy Image via Wikimedia Commons Carnegie’s university rises in the east, laboratories where engineers train, etching paths to the future over silicon. Carnegie’s museum sits above the ...
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Glen Powell’s Glen power in ‘Twisters’
By Sofia Johnson Art by Sam Bates I’m kinda maybe going to spoil this movie (but in a fun entertaining way!) “Twisters”— the 2024 sequel/remake of the 1996 film, “Twister” — follows tornado expert ...
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Pasek and Paul achieve EGOT status
By Savannah Milam Art by Sam Bates Composers and songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are known mainly for having written musicals such as “Dear Evan Hansen” and “Dogfight” as well as the ...
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Mice skin made transparent using food dye
Courtesy of Maggie Bartlett via Wikimedia Commons  What if you could make your skin transparent and then turn it opaque again? Soon enough, that might be a possibility. And if you’re a lab mouse, ...
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CMU sees Record-High 47% yield
A record-setting 47 percent of admitted students chose to join the Carnegie Mellon class of 2028+. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Carnegie Mellon University has recently experienced a surge in its ...
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Capitalism (advertising) isn’t fun anymore
Commercials aren’t fun anymore. I promise I’m not going to rant about how they put scary gays into my Bud Light ad and cry because gay people. While commercials are desperate to make sure you know ...
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Pittsburgh says goodbye to Childish Gambino
By Yana Danzig, Audrey Weiss, Tali Yakopson Courtesy of Madison Shook / CleveRock.com At 9 p.m. on Aug. 20, Donald Glover took the stage at PPG Arena for his final tour, concluding a 13-year ...
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“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”: Let’s hope no one says it again
For the record, let me start with the fact that I have never been a fan of Hollywood cashing in on easy sequels. You’ve seen it. They’re the sequels that are made years after their original, solely ...
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Why does nobody know where I go to school?
An approximation of the logo for our school. There was originally a really funny caption about the actual Carnegie Mellon wordmark; but we are unsure if it is appropriate for us to use the ...