Tuition 11th highest
The Tartan Online: "As a private university, Carnegie Mellon receives funding from its endowment, tuition, and research grants from a variety of sources. There have been many initiatives to increase the school’s endowment, the biggest and most productive being the “Inspire Innovation” capital campaign in which the school aims to raise $1 billion. The public phase of the campaign was kicked off at the B There event at Homecoming. According to Carnegie Mellon President Jared L. Cohon, $550 million had already been raised in the campaign’s private phase."
CMU takes enchanting trip 'Into the Woods'
Post Gazette: "Great shows are continually reborn. And Stephen Sondheim and James Laine's 'Into the Woods' is a great musical, witty and wise, with the broad compassion and complexity of a Shakespearean comedy.
But it didn't necessarily follow I was eager to see it, even at Carnegie Mellon, because expectation can set you up for disappointment. At the last minute, I squeezed into one of the last available seats Saturday afternoon -- and I was enchanted, as would be Sondheim himself, or you, if you can still get a ticket."
But it didn't necessarily follow I was eager to see it, even at Carnegie Mellon, because expectation can set you up for disappointment. At the last minute, I squeezed into one of the last available seats Saturday afternoon -- and I was enchanted, as would be Sondheim himself, or you, if you can still get a ticket."
Steven Wells: Don't let indie kids kill off the musical
guardian.co.uk: "As you may know, the release of High School Musical 3 in the US prompted a number of viciously negative reviews from critics. Apparently these reviewers were shocked and sickened that the film didn't focus more on the grim reality of being a boring indie kid.
'This corporate Disney universe is ... free from all the exquisite pain and hopeless boredom that made being a teenager real,' said a typical review in the Philadelphia Metro."
'This corporate Disney universe is ... free from all the exquisite pain and hopeless boredom that made being a teenager real,' said a typical review in the Philadelphia Metro."
Study abroad booms as do student visits here
Post Gazette: "Kristin Podboy didn't go to Chatham University for Mayan ruins or rain forests, but her first-ever study abroad trip to Guatemala and Belize may prove the most memorable part of her college years."
2 Free Cutlist Programs that Minimize Scrap for Woodworkers
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First off you’d save yourself money - quite a big chunk over time depending on how much wood you buy. Some other repercussions? You’d have no need for articles like: 11 Ideas for Wood Cut Offs, and you could strike the cut off storage plans off your list of wood storage plans."
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