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Discuss “Sweepstakes: rolling strong after 85 years”

Carnegie Mellon alumnus Robert Ungaretti, of the class of 1970, knows a little something about Buggy. As a brother of Pi Kappa Alpha in the late ?60s, he ?worked on testing wheels and bearings.? He returned every once in a while in following years, but when his son Ryan came to Carnegie Mellon and became a brother at Kappa Delta Rho, he began returning every year for Sweepstakes.

Ungaretti is just one of the many alumni who returned this year for the 85th anniversary of Sweepstakes, a Carnegie Mellon event that seems to hold a mystical appeal for students old and new. For him, however, it?s simple.

?I?m an engineer,? he said. ?The whole idea of applying engineering principles to a fun game appealed to me.?

This simple explanation is really...

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