Nolan’s Notes

Hello again! So, another update from Pittsburgh…I got the opportunity last weekend to attend Carnegie Mellon’s annual Spring Carnival and had a blast! Here’s an overview:

CMU Carnival is about 3 things–No School, Booth, and Buggy–all 3 pretty equally important. We get Thursday and Friday off of school and the festivities don’t end until Sunday afternoon, which is awesome especially when the weather is really nice! Booth is a very eccentric CMU tradition where different student groups race to finish building a mini-house around the given theme for a year. Booths ranged from a giant “Wall-E-Pi” to a Giant Peach, a nuclear fall-out shelter, and even a giant Poke-Booth. The Kiltie Band also performed our Spring Concert to start off the festival.

Buggy is the other main event that occurs at Carnival. You might not know what it is at first glance, but it’s basically a hill race with customized racing buggies (over a few thousand a pop, if you want a good one) that often hit 40 mph at the bottom of Flagstaff Hill. 5′ tall women are aggressively pursued at the beginning of the school year to drive the buggies and ensure their team’s victory. Believe me–these teams are HARD CORE. The Student Development Council beat Pi-KA’s record this year, but I put a video from last year anyway to give you the excitement of what happens. 

Only 2 1/2 more weeks of school!