Carlos Mencia’s brand of ‘humor’ perpetuates tired cultural stereotypes
Season three of Mind of Mencia comes out on DVD soon. How does Carlos Mencia still have a show and why do an average of 1.4 million people watch it? I...
Marketing ploys commodify ‘green’ technology for profit
With today’s increased social and political pressures guiding our patterns of consumption, we’re often inundated with contradictions in the marketing...
Pointless university fees contribute to rising cost of higher education
With tuition reaching as high as $49,505 this year, sometimes I begin to wonder where, exactly, all of our money is going. Most of the people I talk to...
GaliLead program takes steps toward world peace
The Tartan is proud that Carnegie Mellon is on its way to becoming a leader in brokering peace in the Middle East. Last June, future Arab and Jewish leaders...
Pittsburgh is older, wiser
Pittsburgh is an old town. Not just because it’s been a century since steel mills and Andrew Carnegie ruled the city, but because the proportion of the...
President’s email addresses student concerns honestly
So far this semester, the phrase “Did you hear about the bomb threat?” has become as commonplace as “How about that heat?” The bomb threats have been...