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Discuss “From the Ombudsman”

Kristina Wiltsee

As you may have noticed, this past Friday the stands were devoid of The Tartan?s April Fools satire edition, the ?Natrat,? for one of the few times in approximately 60 years. Soliciting opinions from various members of the campus community offered interesting perspectives as to why there was no issue last week. The speculation ranged from stating that the Tartan was simply too scared to print this year, to assertions that the staffers were forbidden from writing the controversial edition.

Historically, the satire edition was not always printed on April 1, but could have been printed at any point throughout the year. It was not always under the name ?Natrat? either: at various points in the ?60s and ?70s its association with...

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