Discuss “Campus responds too inconsistently to offense”

In the spring of 2004, The Tartan published its annual April Fools issue, which was then titled The Natrat. The issue contained material that was unacceptable on many levels, including content that was racist, sexist, and homophobic. April 5, the day after its publication, the campus community rallied together to protest the issue and called for the expulsion of The Tartan’s entire editorial staff (regardless of individual staff members’ participation in the issue), University Disciplinary Committee hearings for all those directly involved, and for The Tartan to be entirely dissolved as an organization.

The Tartan’s staff apologized profusely, held community forums, hired an ombudsman, asked for the resignation of its editor-in-chief...