Booth

Booth is a part of Carnival, a yearly tradition here at Carnegie Mellon. Organizations on campus build elaborate structures that showcase some of the school’s top artistry and engineering feats. It’s not limited to Greeks (the Taiwanese Student Association, Architecture students, amongst others consistently put out some great booths), but Greeks comprise a healthy portion. With support and funding from years of eager alumni, Greeks have easier access to the resources we need to make majestic towers, faux coliseums, and even miniature baseball parks. It’s hard to visualize how impressive the handiwork on these booths are, but the pictures below say a lot more than I can write.

See a slideshow of this year’s booths here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cibomahto/sets/72157623867448358/
(Courtesy MAKE Magazine)

Other booths throughout the years:

Greeks carry over the walls for their booths. (Photo credit: zpao, flickr)

Sigma Phi Epsilon's NES, Booth 2007

Alpha Epsilon Pi's Wall-E-Pi, Booth 2009 (Photo: zachholman, flickr)

Phi Kappa Theta's RoboRome, Booth 2010 (Photo: welshby, flickr)

Alpha Epsilon Pi's fully functional baseball scoreboard, Booth 2010 (Photo: sorakirei, flickr)

Carnegie Mellon Fraternity Recruitment

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Greek Life is always in a bit of an awkward situation. People who aren’t a part of it can’t understand it, and those who think they know it bring up Animal House, American Pie, or any number of other fantasy fraternity worlds conjured by Hollywood. Trying to convince people otherwise usually seems to be fruitless.

Regardless, that’s what this website – the official website of the Carnegie Mellon Fraternity Recruitment process – is for. Throughout the summer, there will be new posts describing the different aspects of Greek Life here in Pittsburgh. Posts will cover everything from Greek Sing, the largest philanthropy event on campus, to Booth, an amazingly creative school tradition, to our hard stance on hazing (zero tolerance). The goal here is to give you a real perspective on the ways Greek Life enriches lives, and contributes to the campus community.

As for me, my name’s Harold Kim – I serve as the Vice President of Recruitment for the Interfraternity Council, which governs the eleven fraternities on campus. I’ll be a junior in the Information Systems program this upcoming fall, as well as a Resident Assistant for the new Residence on Fifth community. Feel free to email me with any questions you might have – campus life, Greek life, school work, I’m open to anything.

Sometimes, the best offense against rumors is providing the honest facts. I guarantee there’s more to Greek Life than you think you know, and hopefully reading this website over the next few weeks will give you a more informed view of what being Greek at Carnegie Mellon really means.