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50 years ago

November 15, 1955

The Tartan wrote a scathing article about ?The Scot,? a campus humor publication similar to readme. ?Scot failed to do anything,? The Tartan moaned. ?No one was lampooned, and heaven knows there are many corners of CIT which can stand some lampooning.? For those of you keeping score at home, this marks 50 straight years of campus funny papers not being funny.

25 years ago

November 11, 1980

An editorial proclaimed that the new Carnegie Mellon alcohol policy was only being implemented due to lawsuits pressed against the school for violations of state law. The Tartan noted that the policy was rather weak and not a ?firm, consistent enforcement of the state law.? It added that the alcohol policy was ?cosmetic.?...

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