Race/diversity at CMU/Pittsburgh?

RacinReaver
Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:05:16 +0000

There’s a pretty decent place on Walnut in Shadyside that has Peruvian food, I think it’s called Cazumel or something. I ate there once on a whim and it was pretty unique, though maybe a little overpriced (as goes everything in Shadyside).

Also, Pittsburgh is a fantastic college town. People there tend to be pretty open minded, there’s lots of neat things to do. One of my favorites was taking public transit downtown (free with student ID, only takes a few minutes) and catching a Pirates game. Since they’ve never been that good, tickets are fairly inexpensive, and they close off the adjacent bridge to pedestrian traffic, so it’s a fairly pretty walk across. It’s also not a terrible city to own a car in, though the city’s ability to plan construction and be good about plowing snow was nightmarish.

And I wouldn’t worry about fitting in at CMU. There are so many diverse groups of people I’m sure you’d be able to find someone to hang out with. If you’re an insufferable nerd, there’s the CS loungers; if you’re really into sports, there’s a ton of other people the same way (our football team is actually pretty good for a DIII school); if you’re a band geek, the Kiltie Band is a blast; if you just want some fun people to hang around with, you’ll find plenty of them there. If you want to go out and party every night, just make friends with some business majors.