July 2009, Vol. 6 No.3
Cover Story: Workout
Back home in Santa Rosa, Calif., for Thanksgiving break, the 19-year-old college student hops into her VW bug and heads to the truck yard of the telephone company where her father works. Her dad, Edward Rousseau, spends his days at the company climbing down manholes and scaling poles to repair telephone lines. It's a demanding job that he complains wears him down, but he carries on to support his wife and four children.
After what must have been another grueling shift, he looks weary to his daughter, Denise Rousseau. As she watches him settle into the passenger seat, she...
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July 2009, Vol. 6 No.3
On September 24 and 25, President Barack Obama will host The Group of Twenty world leaders at the G-20 Pittsburgh Summit. For the latest news on the summit's impact both worldwide and at Carnegie Mellon, visit: www.cmu.edu/g20
Point Person
Herb Sendek was an exemplary Carnegie Mellon student, graduating summa cum laude in 1985. He was also quite a basketball player—the two-year captain of his high school team and a three-year letterman in college. Unlike his classmates, he is still in the gym—one that holds 14,198 fans.
Uncle Sam Wants Our Students
When Carnegie Mellon students choose career paths, there are roads less traveled, roads heavily traveled, and even a few dead ends. But there is one road to future employment that the federal government wants to make sure everyone considers. Undergraduate Nia Austin is helping show the way.
Maestro
Keith Lockhart is considered one of the world's premier orchestra conductors. He is at the helm of the Boston Pops and has been a guest conductor for some of the most prestigious symphonies. During a breakfast interview not far from campus, he paused long enough to reflect on his musical journey.
