It contains letters to the editor, op-ed pieces, a "Leadership Perspectives" column that features input from student leaders, and articles from the campus community.

This section covers the weekly games, home and away, of Carnegie Mellon's sports teams, including intramural ones.

Its features include analysis of professional sports leagues, commentaries, and a schedule of upcoming games and events.

Pillbox covers the latest restaurant openings in the Oakland, Shadyside, and Squirrel Hill neighborhoods, campus fashion, on-campus concerts, dramatic performances, and organizations.

Editors deal directly with the assigning, production, and processing of content, while managers coordinate their staffs to provide a service to the publication.

After contributing to six issues or having two published articles in each of two separate sections, the student becomes a full staff writer.

In 2002, The Tartan's leadership decided to leave the student funding process of Carnegie Mellon University.

Breaking away was also an attempt to remove the ethical burden of reporting on the same entities that allocated funds to the newspaper.

A complaint was filed with campus police, and the University held a disciplinary hearing, in which the committee determined the code belonged to the former staff member.

Jim Puls, the editor-in-chief, and Alex Meseguer, the managing editor, resigned in the wake of the ensuing media attention and campus outcry.

This action caused The Tartan to once again gain media attention, this time drawing fire from conservatives who viewed the paper as having a liberal agenda.