Discuss “Executive Privilege”

In 1906, thousands of workers were moving earth to create the Panama Canal, the world’s first feature-length film was released, and the founding members of the nation’s first African-American fraternity were preparing to officially found Alpha Phi Alpha. Here in Pittsburgh, in October of that year, The Tartan published its first issue.

Next week, The Tartan will officially turn 100 years old. In the last century, hundreds of students have dedicated hundreds of thousands of hours to publishing this newspaper for the students of Carnegie Mellon University. That’s never meant more to me than it does now after this past Homecoming.

To mark our centennial, current and former members of The Tartan gathered this past weekend to celebrate and...