Carnegie Mellon University

Sports and organizations

Carnegie Mellon's sports teams are called the Tartans. They participate in the University Athletic Association in NCAA Division III. Carnegie Mellon's marching and concert band is the Kiltie Band.

Related Topics:
University Athletic Association - NCAA Division III - Kiltie Band

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The weekly student newspaper is The Tartan, published since 1906.

Related Topics:
The Tartan - 1906

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There are many organizations on-campus, though they are far too numerous to list here. Some notable organizations include:

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• Undergraduate Student Senate
  The goal of Student Senate is to represent the interests of the student body. Senate allocates a budget of about $30,000 each semester to student organizations and events that benefit the whole student body. Student Senate also sets policy, and must ratify some administration policies. Any undergraduate student can join Student Senate by either running for a seat, filling a vacancy, or becoming a Member-at-Large. Student Senate, along with the Graduate Student Assembly also provides annual subsidies to student groups through the Joint Funding Committee (JFC) process.
• Activities Board
  One of the largest (and best funded) organizations is the Activities Board, which organizes many student activities on campus through its subcommittees. These subcomittees include:
• Films: shows both recent and classic films in the on-campus McConomy Auditorium 4 nights a week, with 2-4 showings per night for $1.
• Tech: usually refered to as ABTech. Tech provides the sound reinforcement and lighting design for many campus events ranging from lectures and student bands to major national and regional acts.http://www.abtech.org/list.shtml
• Readme: a humor/satire magazine that also has an informative "true" section and event listings from across campus and the city.
• Concerts: brings numerous bands to campus, including a major national act once a semester.
• All University Orchestra
  Students of all ability levels play in the All University Orchestra, performing once each semester.
• Carnegie Mellon University Emergency Medical Services
  Carnegie Mellon University Emergency Medical Services (CMU EMS) is a student-run Basic Life Support Quick Response Service that provides emergency medical services to the CMU community 24/7, as well as providing standby medical support for both on and off-campus events, such as hockey games,concerts, and Spring Carnival. CMU EMS also provides CPR and First Aid training to the CMU community, as well as cosponsoring an EMT course. CMU EMS is certified by the state of Pennsylvania and is 100% volunteer.
• Greek Life
  Carnegie Mellon has a small but active Greek Lifehttp://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/student-life/greek/ . The following Greek-Letter organizations have active chapters at Carnegie Mellon:
• IFC Fraternities: Alpha Epsilon Pi, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Upsilon, Theta Xi, Kappa Delta Rho, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Tau Gamma, Sigma Nu, Phi Kappa Theta
• Non-IFC Fraternities: Kappa Sigma;
  Multicultural Fraternities:Lamda Phi Epsilon, Pi Delta Psi
• Sororities: Delta Gamma, Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Zeta Psi Sigma (Local)
• Multicultural Sororities: alpha Kappa Delta Phi, Kappa Phi Lambda (Colony)
• Service Fraternities: Alpha Phi Omega (Co-ed)

Note: Multicultural in this context means unicultural (all-black or all-asian to be specific). The regular fraternities and sororities are much more diverse.

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• International Relations Organization/Model UN Club
  The IRO/Model UN club allows students to participate in Model UN conferences and other events to further awareness of the global community. The IRO/Model UN club also runs CMMUNC, an annual MUN conference for high school students.
• KGB
  KGB holds bizarre weekly meetings and hosts events such as the Underground Tour, Build a Giant Robot, and Capture the Flag with Stuff http://www.cmukgb.org/activities/ctfws.php. This KGB is not related to the Russian KGB, but was named after splitting off from another campus organization, the Carnegie Involvement Association (CIA). KGB in this case is not an abbreviation for anything, though detractors claim that it stands for "Keeping Geeks Busy".
• Kiltie Band
  The marching and concert band of Carnegie Mellon is the Kiltie Band, so named because they wear kilts.
• Mock Trial
  Though Carnegie Mellon does not have a law school, members of CMU Mock Trial compete in mock trial against other universities such as the University of Pennsylvania, Penn State University, and Cornell University.
• Robotics Club
  The Robotics Club is a undergraduate student run organization that facilitates the building of robots and related projects. The Robotics Club provides resources to undergraduates interested in building various types of robots.
• Scotch'n'Soda
  Scotch 'n' Soda (S'n'S) Student Theatre has been allowing any interested student of any majors to write, direct, tech, and perform in theatrical productions for over 60 years. S'n'S puts on between 4 and 6 shows a year including everything from musicals and classics to modern plays and student written works. They also have an improv troupe called The No Parking Players who offer free workshops twice a week and a Playwright Troupe who workshop original plays a few times each semester.
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
  CMU:SHPE The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) CMU Chapter strives to increase the number of Hispanic engineering and science students at Carnegie Mellon University through the development of programs with industry and the university. The activities are designed to increase career awareness, encourage relationships with professionals, develop leadership skills, and promote academic excellence. Also, SHPE participates in cultural and social activities.
• Student Dormitory Council
  The Student Dormitory Council is a hodgepodge of different committees. They run the film in McConomy Auditorium on Saturday nights, program campus events, and act as liaisons from the resident body to Housing, Dining and Student Life. The university puts the students in charge of all the dormitory recreational equipment through SDC including purchasing, installing and repairing.
• Women@SCS
  The Women@SCS mission is to create, encourage, and support women's academic, social and professional opportunities in the computer sciences and to promote the breadth of the field and its diverse community. The Women@SCS Advisory Committee consists of undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty within the School of Computer Science.
• WRCT
  WRCT is the student-run campus FM radio station, broadcasting at 88.3 MHz. It is a freeform college radio station, producing music, sports and public affairs programming for the campus community. WRCT staff members are all volunteers from among the university student body, staff and faculty. Since upgrading its power output to 1750 Watts in 1994, WRCT's listening area covers the city of Pittsburgh and surrounding areas, no longer just limited to areas near the university campus.
• Politics
  Despite a widely-held belief that the school is largely apathetic, Carnegie Mellon Activism has spanned decades. There continues to be a small yet visible presence from both progressives and conservatives, as well as libertarians and groups of many different political persuasions. The political leanings of the faculty are typical of most major universities.