The Thistle

03/05/2020

What organization has been the most meaningful to at CMU? ⁣
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“I decided to try figure skating in high school after seeing a pairs couple skating on a public session at my local ice rink. On a whim, I started taking lessons and immediately fell in love with the sport. I found an amazing coach and even started to get pretty good! So, when I heard that Carnegie Mellon had started a figure skating team I was really excited to join it. I joined the team my freshman year, was on the board at the end of my freshman year, and became the president my junior year. I’ve never looked back. ⁣
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Figure skating has been such a good constant in my life. Whenever I feel stressed or am struggling, I go to the ice rink and feel so much better. The outside world doesn’t exist when I’m at the rink and I get to express myself and stay in shape without having to worry about any stressors outside of skating. I’ve loved to be able to continue that passion at CMU and bring my love of skating into the CMU community.” ⁣
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Beth is a cognitive neuroscience and design major and plans to work in the NIH Lab of Neuroplasticity post-graduation for a two year fellowship! Afterwards she intends to pursue the PhD program there as well.

02/14/2020

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⁣“A lot of my close friends know that CMU was not my first choice school and I didn’t exactly want to come here as a freshman. ⁣However, from the moment my OCs helped me carry my stuff up to my room to meeting my RA to all the events throughout that first exciting yet at times anxious week of college, I felt like these people were trying their best to help me feel at home.⠀⁣
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⁣As an OC for two years and an OL for one I took it upon myself to give back and make CMU at the very least feel like a place that hopefully one day could be called a home. Being an OC/OL has also allowed me to work on my weaknesses, teaching me how to work in a team efficiently, listen with empathy, and as basic as this sounds- being fully present in conversations. This experience has allowed me to find a bit of myself as well as a home in Pittsburgh.” ⠀⁣
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Alex is a cello major and conducting minor who plans to go to grad school for conducting after college!

01/05/2020

What has been your most meaningful leadership position at CMU?

“I have two leadership positions in mind, both of them on Counterpoint executive board. The first one is being public relations chair. Going into that role I knew that I wanted to change the logo, but I didn’t realize that changing the logo included thinking about our whole group image, what we were wearing and how we wanted to present ourselves to the people on campus. It was really cool to take what I was learning in design classes and apply it to something real that I cared a lot about. I was very happy with what I came up with.

The other position is being president. I wasn't really sure what I was getting into at first, but I feel like the position has taught me about leadership, how to treat the people you are working with, how to keep the people on your team happy and make them feel appreciated, and these are super important skills that will help me in the future no matter what path I choose to take.”

Helen is a design major specializing in communications who is pursuing a graphic or visual design position after college!

12/26/2019

What was your most meaningful leadership position at CMU?

“I have been involved in ASA since I got to CMU and have always been on the board. I wanted a place where we can talk about more below the surface topics about issues within the Asian American community. When I joined it felt very much like a social club. As I became a leader within ASA I had this vision of making the org have a more cultural and activist viewpoint.

The way that I thought we could do this is by bringing the ECAASU conference to Pittsburgh, having CMU be one of the cohosts for it. Having been to that conference in the past, I thought there were a lot of interesting discussions that I have never seen people talk about at CMU. Especially within ASA, a lot of the discussions were more surface level like model minority or Asian American representation in the media. I wanted to dig a little deeper and have a space where people could talk about more nuanced things, like generational difference or racism within the Asian American community. There has been a lot of support from the CMU admin on bringing that conference here.

ECAASU will happen in February 2020. For anyone who is interested you can sign up online at ecaasuconf2020.com!”

Jeremy is an information systems major with a minor in computer science who is pursuing a full time software engineer position post-graduation!

04/14/2019

The 2019 yearbook will be discounted 15% off for carnival! Head to our website to order now.

Find Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA yearbooks, class rings, announcements, apparel, and much more at the official Jostens school store.

03/28/2019

If you didn't take your yearbook photo yet, April 8 and April 9 are the make up days! Sign up on laurenstudios.com with the school password "Tartans"!

03/28/2019

The yearbook will be on sale with a 15% discount during Carnival! Save the order link and mark your calendars!

Find Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA yearbooks, class rings, announcements, apparel, and much more at the official Jostens school store.

03/20/2019

How did you get through stressful times?
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“I depend a lot on my friends. I am one of the few people here, I think, who is completely okay with asking others for help. I might even say I ask for help too much. So, whenever I’m struggling I would always tell my friends or even my professors that I’m struggling. So I guess I get through it by making personal relationships with everyone so that everyone is more understanding when things are stressful. And honestly, I feel like it was easy here at CMU just because everyone was always so open to help or even just listen.”
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Sarah Boyle is a Global Studies major with a minor in French and Francophone studies who will be working in a nonprofit or paralegal position after graduation in order to pursue law school in a couple of years!

03/05/2019

Do you still have any orientation week friends that you’re still pretty close to now?
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“My best friend Leo, I met him during o-week like just walking around Donner. I was like, ‘Okay random person singing in the hallways, I too enjoy singing in random places.’ Then we got to talking and realized we were both auditioning for acapella groups so we spent the rest of o-week practicing together. He is still one of my closest friends now, he’s come home with me to New Jersey for Thanksgiving for the past 3 years. This past Thanksgiving when he and two other friends came was the best because I realized that I felt just as comfortable with them that I did with my literal family.”
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Ambika Chetal is majoring in Chemistry with a minor in Business Administration and will be doing tech consulting for Deloitte after graduation!

01/29/2019

Hi seniors!! We hope your last semester of undergraduate is off to a great start. Graduation is approaching fast, be sure to take your yearbook photo soon so that you don’t miss out on your chance to be included in and own the memorabilia.
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Photo sessions will take place February 18-22, 2019 and February 5-March 1, 2019. Go to https://laurenorders.com/login/ to sign up for your photo session and use our school password (“Tartans”) to create your account.
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To purchase a yearbook or a recognition ad, head to cmuthistle.org/buy .
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Our website is linked in our page description if you have any questions.
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Thank you and stay warm this week!!

12/30/2018

As we reflect on last year and step into the next, we see how far we have come! Capture these memories with an order of the 2018-2019 yearbook!

Find Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA yearbooks, class rings, announcements, apparel, and much more at the official Jostens school store.