Discuss “Executive privilege”

Today, The Tartan returns to publishing its annual April Fool’s issue. The 2004 joke issue, called The Natrat (“Tartan” spelled backwards), hinged on disgracefully offensive and tasteless material and nearly resulted in the collapse of the organization. After a year’s absence, we have made the decision to reclaim the tradition for its original purpose: intelligent satire.

But as we move forward, let’s take this opportunity to remember the past. History is the greatest teacher.

On April 1, 2004, The Tartan published racist, misogynistic, and demeaning content that set the Carnegie Mellon campus ablaze. I’d been studying at another university when The Natrat was published, but I was taken aback just hearing my friends’ accounts...