Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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While a student checks the schedule of planned SAA activities, graduate student Ovid Jacobs takes a turn silting at the shanty. A simple explanation of the shanty's purpose is displayed on its wall. Proudly displaying the mutual agreement between SAA members and the Administration concerning the shanty and SAA activities is Associate Dean of Student Affairs Lois Cox. A game of hackey-sack helps Rollie Wesen, Diane Echlin. and John Dowd to pass the time away. STUDENT ACTIVISM ON CAMPUS STUDENTS PUSH FOR DIVESTMENT BY Omni Hautnv BUILDING SHANTY The construction of a shanty on the Cut to protest South Africa’s racist policies and Carnegie Mellon’s financial interests there demonstrate an increase in student activism at Carnegie Mellon. Members of Students Against Apartheid (SAA) built the shanty as a symbol of the conditions in which South African blacks are forced to live.” said SAA President Greg Staresenic. The shanty was a way to have a constant presence on campus that shows the problems in South Africa. A lot of people on campus have no knowledge of what’s going on there. We brought it to their attention, and kept it in their attention, ” he explained. The shanty was erected on October 31, one and a half weeks before a meeting of the Carnegie Mellon Board of Trustees. Staresenic said that another purpose of the shanty was as a statement to the Administration that we’re looking for divestment” of the school’s holding in South African companies. Staresenic said that more than 30 students were directly involved with the shanty—building it. attending forums or poetry readings there, or living in it over the 24 days that it re- much anywhere with divestment, ad-‘although a committee of Trustees, stu-has been appointed to look into the issue Carnegie Mellon’s role should be. But it issue on people’s minds, he said with walk by without noticing it; people Reactions were mixed—positive and nega-were thinking about it. ” addition to the SAA. that have been few years that suggest a push toward stu-the Democratic Socialists of America, the d The Student Union newspaper. Layout by—Sara Rad Copy by—Natalie Capone Innovations 9

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Student Senator Dana Hausman marks Anne Svedburg for admittance to the Plaid is Had Tailgate Party. The Kiltie Band has a long tradition of demonstrating that Plaid is Bad with their official Tartan plaid kilts. Distributing the soon-to-be-sold-out 'Plaid is Bad' T-Shirts are Enthusiasm Committee members Jean Biros and Isslie Frank. Wildly cheering the Tartans on with multi-colored pom poms and the mark of the Scotty Dog. these crowd members show that plaid is really bad. PLAID IS BAD APATHY ATTACKED WITH TAILGATE PARTY iimr.t Hunter “We should be proud of where we go to school,” |aid Student Senator Leslie Frank, who is also a member of the Enthusiasm Committee that organized the ’‘Plaid is Bad” campaign and Carnegie Mellon’s first tailgate party. “I think a lot of students have the altitude that they like the people at Carnegie Mellon, but the school as an entity isn’t the great college experience,” said Frank. “We organized the tailgate party to improve school spirit, and create a campus-wide feeling of belonging. We wanted to make students feel like they’re a part of somethinm and to make them proud of their schoolt’ Student Senate President Jim Denburg added that fWe wanted to hype this place with party, held on September 27th be-home opener against Duquesne, attendance at the party was double that number attended the an all-school event, as members groups joined together to plan the “We had a great turn-out,” said out of food and ‘Plaid is Bad’ T-showed that students want to a little rowdy. ” considered the tailgate party to be disappointed that Plaid is Bad continue throughout the school to keep the spirit going, ” he ex-he expressed hope that “the tail-a tradition, that we’ve set a is Bad. ’ It would be great if it Layout by—Sara Rad Copy by—Natalie Capone Bto Krokosky Innovations 11