Discuss “The History of Carnival”

Each year's Spring Carnival at Carnegie Mellon University produces something unique, something that separates it from the last one. Spring Carnival is certainly the largest, costliest, most time-consuming, and highly anticipated event of the year at CMU. Started as a standard all-campus celebration, Carnival has become anything but. It is filled with the most important performances, most important competitions, and best parties of the year.

Modern day Carnivals evoke thoughts of sleek buggies, intricate booths, and high-profile concerts, but Carnival has not always existed in its current form. Carnival evolves with the will of the students, at times both officially interrupted by war and effectively interrupted by apathy. The path of Carnival's...