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100 years ago

April 3, 1907

A student by the name of “Gallagher” challenged any worthy competitor to a lemonade-drinking contest. Gallagher’s record, 14 cups in 30 minutes, was rather intimidating. To reign supreme, competitors would have to drink a cup every two minutes. Thankfully, today we have outgrown competitions as childish as drinking contests.

50 years ago

April 2, 1957

Carnegie Tech presented the philosophical play titled Time Is a Dream. Critics described the play as “a treatment of the unreality and relativity of time and life.” The students, however, had a different take. One student replied that time is a dream, but only because her professors made it that way. Another student said that time isn’t a dream, especially...

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