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50 years ago

April 5, 1955

The fifth annual Tartan debate tournament was announced for the end of the month. More than 30 colleges from Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and West Virginia were to be represented at the debate. The topic was the national collegiate debate topic: ?Resolved: That the United States extend recognition to the Communist government of China.?

25 years ago

April 8, 1980

Two Carnegie Mellon faculty members died in unrelated incidents involving water. John Fitts, a 33-year-old economics professor, died in a canoeing accident while preparing for a race. Fitts was a nationally ranked paddler and had captured a trophy in a competition two weeks prior. The body of John Oakley, a computer science researcher,...

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