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Discuss “Executive Privilege”

Spring semester begins with below freezing temperatures and overcast skies. Students seem to hibernate through the first half of the semester, and the campus feels like a vacant lot. Spring break comes and goes, making way for the stressful final push of the semester. For nearly 90 years, Carnival has been the saving grace of spring semester.

But the feel of Carnival doesn?t seem quite the same as it was at its peak, as conveyed by old issues of The Tartan?s Spring Carnival special edition. Frankly, some of the most negative aspects of our community express themselves in our present Spring Carnival.

The celebration was born as Class Day in 1914, and was a merger of separate programs from each of the four colleges of Carnegie Institute. The...

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