CMU
Which Housing Community is the best?
WHESCO
Who are the Scobell RAs?
- Ana
- Anika
- Hanna
What makes Welch distinguishable from the other housing communities on campus?
It is queer living!
When was the last time Henderson has been renovated?
2004
Who is our CA?
Cyril
What is the purpose of the sloped halls in Baker/Porter?
The slanted halls in Baker and Porter are designed to accommodate heavy machinery, not to serve as a backup plan for a factory
How many RA's are in Scobell?
3
Who are the Welch RAs?
- Chenerei
- Kate
- Akeil
Who are the Henderson RAs?
- Rebecca
- Josh
- Jason
What sport does RA Anika play for CMU?
Tennis
During the Gilded Age, a woman named Cassie Chadwick posed as the illegitimate daughter of ________. She defrauded the Oberlin bank of over $240,000 (causing it to fail) and additional thousands from Oberlin students and local residents. The Oberlin Library was built using funds provided by _______ to make it up to residents for their losses in the woman's scheme.
Andrew Carnegie
How many people live in Scobell?
88
How many residents are in Welch?
56 residents
How many residents in hendy?
60
What dorm did RA Hanna OC for last year?
Stever
How many Nobel Prize laureates have been affiliated with the university?
Carnegie Mellon has had 21 Nobel Prize laureates affiliated with the university.
When did Scobell stop being an all-male dorm?
Fall of 2023
Where is the gnome?
the basement wall
How many current faculty and researchers at CMU share the same last name Welch?
3
(Will Welch, Jefferson Welch, Queeta Hewitt Welch)
How many years has Ana been an RA for?
This is Ana's first year!
“Carnegie Tech,” as it was known, merged with the Mellon Institute to become Carnegie Mellon University in _____.
1967
How did Scobell (like Welch and Henderson) receive its name?
They are named after an alumnus of Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) who died in World War I, following a university-wide naming convention for the dormitories. The building was originally constructed to house soldiers in the ASTP program, and after the war, the university chose to name the residence halls after alumni who had made the ultimate sacrifice.
_______, a prominent member of the Army Specialized Training Program of WWI lived in Welch, he then became a renowned American author.
Kurt Vonnegut
Henderson is the only dorm of WHESCO that is a ______ building
LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
or green building
What is the name of HF Jacqui's dog?
Mozzarella