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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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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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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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A realistic O-week day-in-the-life
The Head Orientation Counselors (HOCs) for the 2024 orientation, all personally responsible for the events described below. Bet they didn’t expect to be in The Tartan. Courtesy of Carnegie Mellon ...
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Stranded NASA astronauts to return next year
Boeing’s first astronaut mission concluded last week with a mission failure. Two pilots are still in space, scheduled to remain aboard the International Space Station (ISS) until next year. A ...
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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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EdBoard: How you can withstand tartan turbulence
Coming into a brand new semester at Carnegie Mellon, your friendly neighborhood editors of The Tartan got together to discuss our outlook on the new semester at our first editors meeting. Some of us ...