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Type | Student newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Owner(s) | Willamette University |
Editor-in-chief | Bella Montalvo |
Founded | 1875 |
Headquarters | Salem, Oregon |
Website | willamettecollegian |
The Collegian or Willamette Collegian is the student-run newspaper of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1875, the weekly paper has been in continuous publication since 1889. It is a member of the College Publisher Network. [1]
In 1842, the Oregon Institute opened, later becoming Willamette University. The Collegian newspaper began printing in 1875. [2] The paper was re-established in 1889, and by 1908 the monthly paper was selling for $1. [3] In 1948, the newspaper for a record a sixteenth year in a row was named an all-star publication by the National Pacemaker Awards, a national record. [2] Also that year the paper made statewide news with the publication of an interview with Oregon governor John Hubert Hall regarding race relations. [4] In November 2000, the paper selected presidential candidate Ralph Nader as its athlete of the week, pining that he was responsible for the outcome of the election. [5]
In 2001, the paper earned several distinctions from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association in its division, including best cartooning, best writing, and best editorial. [6] The following year it won for best news story, best review, and was honorable mention for overall excellence. [7] In the 2004 contest The Collegian won for best design. [8] In 2005, the paper received an honorable mention for best graphic. [9] In 2008, the Collegian won several awards including a general excellence honorable mention, best writing, best news story, best editorial, best review, best columnist, best sports photo, and best cartooning. [10] [11]
Old copies of the newspaper are archived at the Mark O. Hatfield Library on campus. [12]
Mark Odom Hatfield was an American politician and educator from the state of Oregon. A Republican, he served eight years as Governor of Oregon, followed by 30 years as one of its United States senators, including time as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. A native Oregonian, he served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II after graduating from Willamette University. After the war he earned a graduate degree from Stanford University before returning to Oregon and Willamette as a professor.
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