Carnegie Mellon University Traditions
Carnegie Mellon University is home to a variety of unique traditions, some of which date back to the early days of its over 100-year history. Many of these traditions hearken to the university's strength in engineering such as the buggy races and the mobots while others are purely social in nature such as Spring Carnival and The Fence.
Read more about Carnegie Mellon University Traditions: The Fence, Spring Carnival, Kiltie Band
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