The way things often happen at Carnegie Mellon, for better or for worse, is after a tragedy we work. But that work is necessarily different for what we have been through. Whether it means we have to skip out on something or follow a whole new course, things change.

In most United States history classes, you'll learn that World War II was a great thing for America. But it is important to look at the greater, more human consequences of the war, and how we can learn from them today.