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Review - The Witches: Salem, 1692

The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff is an exhaustive (and at times, exhausting) account of the accusations, imprisonment, trials and executions of fourteen women and five men.

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Frozen OJ, Fertilizer, and the Mellon Institute

In 1967, the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, one of the nation’s premier independent research centers, merged with Carnegie Institute of Technology, a rapidly growing, forward thinking university, to form what we now know as Carnegie Mellon University.

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Bloomsbury Design Library

The Bloomsbury Design Library offers searchable access to peer-reviewed reference works and cutting-edge academic research in the broad field of design and craft studies.

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Legacy of the Dead: Knightriders

Mention the name of George Romero and 'zombies' is the next word to pop into nearly anyone's head.  It's ironic then that the filmmaker frequently lamented that he was 'stuck in this niche with horror' and that his two favorite films were Martin (a vampire story) and his pseudo-Arth

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Carnegie Mellon University Oral History Program

As Assistant Archivist for the university, I have the honor of conducting and recording oral histories with members of the CMU community.

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Legacy of the Dead: Zombie Redux

Romero, Return of the Living Dead & the Pros and Cons of Remix Culture

 

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Legacy of the Dead: CMU IFF Presents NOTLD!

Happy Halloween!  Join the CMU International Film Fest as they screen Night of the Living Dead tonight in CMU's McConomy Auditorium at 6pm!   Along with the screening of the film, viewers will enjoy a specially recorded 

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Legacy of the Dead: History of the Zombie

In 1968 George Romero changed everything about zombie movies – except, of course, that he didn't.  Though it's often cited as the key film in the now ubiquitous zombie genre, Romero's Night of the Living Dead never used the term 'zombie.'  Instead, it referred to it's reanimate