the subject of plagiarism by other Canadian campus papers, as well as within Carleton University itself. Since its founding, the paper had been owned, operated, and funded by Carleton's undergraduate student government. Editors and CUSA had several disputes over funding and editorial policy throughout the early 1970s, and to mediate these conflicts the two sides created a Joint Publishing Board in 1975 (which CUSA first considered in June 1974). The joint board consisted of two representatives each from CUSA and the Charlatan, who appointed an independent fifth person, usually the university ombudsman, as chairman. After further editorial clashes with CUSA in the 1980s, the Charlatan began to lobby for its autonomy from CUSA, with humorous "Charlatan on strike" posters and "Charlatan Liberation Front" buttons. This was achieved by a vote of 1,013-457 in a campus-wide referendum in March 1988, immediately after which it was incorporated as Charlatan Publications Inc. The paper celebrated its 70th anniversary in September 2014. As of September 2020, the paper does not circulate weekly or monthly print issues of the paper as a result of COVID-19 related precautions. Operations, Style and Sections The Charlatan reports on campus news as well as national and international stories affecting students. It also covers campus sports and arts. Any Carleton student can volunteer, or seek election for one of 11 part-time editorial positions or the full-time position of editor-in-chief. Editors are elected by staff every spring and hold their positions for one academic year. The newspaper has six sections published in the physical paper: News, National, Features, Opinions-Editorials, Arts, and Sports, in addition to Photo, Multimedia, Graphics, and Web content. The newspaper's website, charlatan.ca launched in 2009. The Charlatan's weekly talk-radio show, CharlatanLive launched in 2010 on Carleton's campus-based community radio station, CKCU-FM. The paper is funded by advertising and by an annual, non-refundable levy of $5.67 per undergraduate. These funds are administered by an elected board of directors, composed of: Five students-at-large, who do not contribute to the paper and are elected at the corporation's AGM; Two representatives elected by contributing staff; Two professional representatives, at least one of whom must be a practicing journalist not on Carleton's faculty, and the other of whom may be a faculty member; The editor-in-chief, whose membership on the board is ex officio only. The powers of the board and the editorial staff are defined in a written constitution. Generally, the board is