Tartan Q&A

In your opinion, what is the scariest place on campus? The stairwells in Wean. They just have this vibe that scares me. — PN
If Carnegie Mellon had something like a bunch of tunnels that ran underground beneath the campus, then I would say that those would be really creepy to go through at night. However, everyone knows that Carnegie Mellon doesn’t have anything even remotely like that, so I guess I can’t think of anything. — AY

Do you prefer slasher films or psychological thrillers? Neither. Scary movies keep me up at night months after I’ve watched them. — LT Psychological thrillers because you’re sitting there trying to “solve” them. With slasher films, I sit there dissecting and mocking them. — PN Much as I love blood and gore, there’s only so much I can take before it gets boring. I’d choose The Silence of the Lambs over Saw any day. — AY

*Should college kids go trick-or-treating, or are they too old? * I’m petite so I’m going to pretend I’m in eighth grade and go trick-or-treating. Definitely. — LT Too old, but you could just follow around a group of kids and pretend you’re their brother if you wanted. — JK College kids should trick and give better treats. — KM

What’s the best Halloween costume that you’ve ever had, or that you’ve ever seen? Anything Sarah Palin related would be awesome. — LT A baby dressed like baked turkey. — CM My high school principal dressed up as a cat with an F on her chest to represent the FCAT! (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test). — DW

What is the scariest movie you’ve ever seen? Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Or that one with the Furbies. — DW Alice in Wonderland. — KM I’m not easily scared at movies. — AB Jesus Camp: Evangelicals brainwashing their kids into thinking that global warming doesn’t exist and that everyone is going to hell. — SS

What’s scarier, taking your first exam at Carnegie Mellon, going through a haunted house, or cutting through behind WQED? Hands down, taking your first exam at Carnegie Mellon, especially when it’s a class that you hear scary things about, like Klepper’s Principles of Economics. — PN Rape Valley (WQED). — DW WQED is pretty creep-tastic, but if we’re measuring this fear in terms of pure, raw terror, I’d have to go with Carnegie Mellon’s first exam. — AY

Do you believe that Judith Resnik is haunting our campus? I hope so, I want to talk to her. — CM Naturally. She wants to make sure that the physics and engineering departments get their calculations right. It’s a motivator, honestly. — AY

What’s your favorite urban legend? Pop rocks + soda = death. — LT Vagina teeth! — DW Alligators live in NYC subways. — SS These people took a garden gnome and it turns out that it was actually a little girl, so they gave her bus fare and sent her on her way. — AP

LT — Laura Thorén | Staffwriter PN — Pratima Neti | Staffwriter AY — Alex Yuschik | Junior Staffwriter CM — Chalita Maneetham | Junior Staffwriter JK — Jesse Kummer | Staffwriter AB — Aimee Beveridge | Junior Staffwriter KM — Kristine McPherson | Junior Staffwriter DW — Diana Wong | Assistant Advertising Manager SS — Shaleya Solomon | Staffwriter AP — Allison Piper | Assistant Photo Editor