Daily Collegian

{{short description|Independent student newspaper of the Pennsylvania State University}}

{{Other uses|The Collegian (disambiguation){{!}}The Collegian}}

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| name = The Daily Collegian

| school = Pennsylvania State University

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| type = Student newspaper

| format = Broadsheet

| owner = Collegian Inc.

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| chiefeditor = Amy Schafer

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| maneditors = Alex Osman, Sam Woloson

| generalmanager = Wayne Lowman

| newseditors = Mercedes Hamilton, Maddie Seelig

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| opeditor = Maddie Seelig

| sportseditors = Avery Hill

| photoeditors = Jackson Ranger

| multimediaeditors = Alex Osman

| staff = 130{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/collegian_inc/article_fd7e9086-3115-11e3-bf02-0019bb30f31a.html|title=Personnel|website=The Daily Collegian|date=9 January 2019 }}

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1887|04|18}}{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_cda15945-f1ba-5451-9620-ec917c7e61f4.html|title=Untitled Article Published Tuesday, April 14, 1987|first=James A.|last=Stewart|website=The Daily Collegian|date=14 April 1987 }}

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| language = English

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| headquarters = Willard Building

| publishing_city = State College, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| publishing_country = United States

| circulation = 5,000

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The Daily Collegian is a student-produced news outlet, with a newspaper and website, that is published independently at the Pennsylvania State University. The newspaper is printed once a week during the fall and spring semesters, and not at all during the summer semester. It is distributed for free at Penn State University Park, the university's main campus, and mailed to paid subscribers across the country.{{cite web |title=The Daily Collegian HuffPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/the-daily-collegian?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIqTYx1JJRVoYuZYsIk0CxgGckhK3cpzz9efpq78YZVeQIhICxB4gHLVxYaHrGPUqx8rGHCL5KGwc8tfCMXScqa1eqVtB68aidDCDJPejKaNs76-DPjNc61qxjOuvOjb_Xf_DzmePqTz9qcjpAzujRPNAHusRHUXcR3I-QZqJIab |website=www.huffpost.com |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Cheney |first1=Debora |title=The Campus Newspaper—From Newspaper to Digital Archive, the Libraries' Role and Responsibilities |url=https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/newspapers/Singapore_2013_papers/day_1_04_2013_ifla_satellite_cheneydebora_from_newspaper_to_digital_archive_the_libraries_role_and_responsibilities.pdf}}{{cite web |title=The Daily Collegian (University Park, Pa.) 1940-Current |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn85054904/ |website=Library of Congress}}{{cite web |title=History Unfolded: US Newspapers and the Holocaust |url=https://newspapers.ushmm.org/organization/461 |website=newspapers.ushmm.org}}

Collegian Inc., which publishes the Daily Collegian, is an independent, nonprofit corporation and has a board of directors that is composed of faculty, students, and professionals.[http://www.collegian.psu.edu/pages/about-us/default.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126174025/http://www.collegian.psu.edu/pages/about-us/default.aspx|date=November 26, 2010}} The mission statement of Collegian Inc. is "to publish a quality campus newspaper and to provide a rewarding educational experience for the student staff members."[http://www.collegian.psu.edu/collegianInfo/default.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904051151/http://www.collegian.psu.edu/collegianInfo/default.aspx|date=September 4, 2010}}

The Daily Collegian has historically been considered one of the top student-run college newspapers in the United States receiving multiple notable journalism awards including National Pacemaker Awards, top rankings from The Princeton Review, and Sigma Delta Chi Awards.[http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/collegian_info/awards.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613141933/http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/collegian_info/awards.aspx|date=June 13, 2010}}[http://www.collegian.psu.edu/blogs/editor-in-chief/2011/03/the-awards-rundown.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124021704/http://www.collegian.psu.edu/blogs/editor-in-chief/2011/03/the-awards-rundown.aspx|date=November 24, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://kansan.com/news/2012/08/21/princeton-review-rates-university-daily-kansan-as-6th-best-college-newspaper/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127062628/http://kansan.com/news/2012/08/21/princeton-review-rates-university-daily-kansan-as-6th-best-college-newspaper/|archive-date=2013-01-27|url-status=dead|title=Princeton Review rates University Daily Kansan as 6th best college newspaper | The University Daily Kansan|access-date=2012-08-23}}

The Daily Collegian traces its founding back to the Free Lance, a monthly student magazine published by students and faculty of Pennsylvania State University, which began printing in April 1887. The Free Lance struggled structurally and financially eventually disbanding in April 1904.[http://www.collegian.psu.edu/collegianInfo/history.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320074240/http://www.collegian.psu.edu/collegianInfo/history.aspx|date=March 20, 2012}} The next semester, in October 1904, the State Collegian emerged with much of the same leadership as the previous publication.{{cite book |title=The Collegian chronicles : a history of Penn State from the pages of The Daily Collegian, 1887-2006 |date=2006 |publisher=Collegian Alumni Interest Group |location=University Park, PA |isbn=1-4243-1316-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LFrFAgAACAAJ |access-date=22 April 2021}} The name of the publication was changed to the Penn State Collegian in 1911, and the paper began publishing on a semi-weekly basis in September 1920. The success of semi-weekly printing lead the paper to began publishing daily in 1940, changing its name to the Daily Collegian.[http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/collegian_info/history.asp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831002106/http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/collegian_info/history.asp|date=August 31, 2006}}

In 1996, the Daily Collegian began pursuing a larger digital presence, creating The Digital Collegian in 1996, the publications website that provides online access to articles digitally and print stories dating from 1988 to the present. Daily printing continued until 2017, when the Daily Collegian announced it would move away from printing five days a week and would instead print twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays.{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/borough/article_503ea906-dbd4-11e7-a3c6-bb3c80fb7828.html|title=At 130 years, The Daily Collegian says goodbye to daily print. But our mission remains the same|author1=Sam Ruland |author2=Lauren Davis |author3=Mark Fischer|website=The Daily Collegian|date=8 December 2017 }} The shift was made as a majority of the publication's readership was coming from its online publication.{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_07dc5794-c284-11e7-9b79-474da24e56b1.html|title=Changes coming to The Daily Collegian | What the future holds for Penn State's independent student media outlet|date=6 November 2017 }}{{cite web |last1=SCHACKNER |first1=BILL |title=PSU's Daily Collegian no longer daily — at least not in print |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2017/11/06/The-Daily-Collegian-Penn-State-PSU-newspaper-print-digital-readership-colleges-media/stories/201711060116 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |language=en}}

History

= The Free Lance =

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The Free Lance was a monthly news magazine at Pennsylvania State University, which was first published in April 1887. The first copies of the Free Lance were shipped to State College, Pennsylvania by the Bellefonte Central train. The arrival of the first issue of the publication was celebrated by a large group of students who waited for the train and paraded down College Avenue in Downtown State College to purchase their copy. The first issue of the news magazine was twelve pages long and was sold for fifteen cents a copy.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=njsImNDk_bIC&q=The%20Free%20lance |title=This Is Penn State: An Insider's Guide to the University Park Campus - Google Books |publisher=Penn State Press |isbn=9780271045252 |access-date=2020-05-15}}[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/pst.000054937901?urlappend=%3Bseq=10 Centennial magazine : Collegian celebrates 100th anniversary ... - Limited View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library]

Most of the articles inside of the Free Lance were opinion pieces on national events penned by professors and alumni of the university. Much of the news coverage coming from the publication had already become public knowledge by the time each monthly edition was released. The Free Lance mostly took an approach to filling in holes in stories and giving opinion on events rather than reporting them first hand.

In 1895, the Free Lance transitioned away from news and moved its focus to become a literary magazine publishing essays, poems and short stories. This move lead the already cash strapped publication to collapse. In April 1901, as subscribers declined the Free Lance begged for support from the university, students, and alumni to continue its publication.{{cite web|title=From the Freelance to the Daily Collegian | Penn State University|url=https://news.psu.edu/story/463432/2017/04/18/campus-life/freelance-daily-collegian|website=news.psu.edu}} Throughout the next three years editors continued to asks for financial support and payment from delinquent subscribers. The requests were not met and the magazine concluded publication with its April 1904 edition, which did not appear on campus until May of that year.{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_98ba3263-5ec4-5f33-acab-a12b0aca0bc7.html|title=100 years of the Collegian|first=Robert P.|last=King|website=The Daily Collegian|date=14 October 1986 }}{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054904/1987-04-14/ed-1/seq-2/|title=The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, April 14, 1987, Image 2|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=April 14, 1987|issue=1987/04/14|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}

=The State Collegian=

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The semester after publication ceased on the Free Lance, its former editor and much of the former periodical's staff founded the State Collegian, a weekly newspaper. The newspaper was established independent of the university's control and produced its first issue in October 1904. In its first edition the State Collegiain editor William B. Hoke penned an editorial outlining the decline of the Free Lance and how the new paper would be different. Hoke outlined a mission to have a paper that contained news and events from around the community citing the failure of its predecessor to its shift away from news based content.

The paper was published once a week on Thursdays, added photos and began printing in broadsheet form rather than on tabloid-size paper. The paper was printed by Nittany Printing and Publishing Co., publishers of the State College Times, now the Centre Daily Times, where the State Collegian shared a downtown office with the State College paper.

= Penn State Collegian =

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In 1911, the State Collegian made the decision to change its masthead and publication name to Penn State Collegian to be more definite and expressive of its location and mission to report on the university and student issues.

In 1914, a subscriptions to the Penn State Collegian cost $1.50 per year.[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/pst.000054937901?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 Centennial magazine : Collegian celebrates 100th anniversary ... - Limited View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library] Printing of the publication was interrupted because of materials shortages caused by World War I during the fall semester of 1918. The publication began printing its paper semi-weekly, publishing Tuesday and Friday editions In the fall semester of 1920. Reporters covered all aspects of daily life as well as global events.

In 1930, the State Collegian moved its offices to "Journalism Alley," on the third floor of Old Main.

=Daily Collegian =

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After the publishers of the Penn State Collegian approved a move to begin printing the newspaper daily the masthead of the paper was changed to the Daily Collegian. The publication began publishing five days a week, Tuesday through Saturday. During this transition the publishing offices of the paper were moved to the basement of the Carnegie Library, now known as the Carnegie Building. The first issue of the newly daily paper was published on September 5, 1940. More than a year after making the switch to daily print, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entered World War II. The Daily Collegian cut production days due to wartime rationing and shortages of materials printing weekly instead of daily from 1944 until the beginning of 1947.{{cite web|last=libraries|first=Pennsylvania State University|title=Browse Issues: The daily collegian. « Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054904/issues/1946/|access-date=2021-05-04|website=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76953237|title=The Collegian chronicles : a history of Penn State from the pages of The daily collegian, 1887-2006|date=2006|publisher=Collegian Alumni Interest Group|others=Marv Krasnansky, Collegian Alumni Interest Group|isbn=1-4243-1316-3|location=University Park, PA|oclc=76953237}}

In 1956, the Daily Collegian became a member of the Associated Press, submitting their stories to the wire service for publication at other member papers.

In 1961, The Collegian moved to 20 Sackett Building.

In 1972, The Collegian moved its office location to 126 Carnegie. In 1979, the Daily Collegian earned the Associated Collegiate Press' Five Marks of Distinction for the second consecutive rating period. The same year, the paper started production on The Weekly Collegian.

== Digital era ==

In a move to the digital era the Collegian launched its first website, The Digital Collegian, in the summer of 1996. This allowed the paper to deliver news articles online and improve access to digitized articles from its historical print issues.{{cite web|url=https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/newspapers/Singapore_2013_papers/day_1_04_2013_ifla_satellite_cheneydebora_from_newspaper_to_digital_archive_the_libraries_role_and_responsibilities.pdf |title=The libraries role and responsibilities |publisher=www.ifla.org |access-date=2020-05-15}}

Beginning with the Fall 2006 semester, the Digital Collegian was renamed the Daily Collegian Online and debuted a new home page layout.[http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2006/09/09-05-06tdc/09-05-06dops-column-01.asp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525082906/http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2006/09/09-05-06tdc/09-05-06dops-column-01.asp|date=May 25, 2011}} A Web department was formed with the purpose of creating online updates for breaking news and posting stories on days when classes were not in session.[http://www.collegian.psu.edu/interactive/staff/staff.asp?Division=News&Semester=Fall&Year=2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525082915/http://www.collegian.psu.edu/interactive/staff/staff.asp?Division=News&Semester=Fall&Year=2006|date=May 25, 2011}}

Along with this launch came a project to digitize and make publicly accessible all issues of the Free Lance, State Collegian, Penn State Collegian and the Daily Collegian through 1922. At the time, Collegian Inc. owned some of the last remaining paper copies of the Free Lance but the copies had yet to be scanned to microfilm to preserve them. Penn State's Libraries Special Collections/University Archives, Preservation and Digitization Department, and News and Microforms Library met with Collegian Inc. in spring of 2003 to discuss digitizing the last remaining copies. At the time only researchers, alumni, and students had access to historical print issues through bound issue books located at the University Archives. The proposed project set out to scan all issues April 1887-August 2, 1940, in total 16,000 page images, in a year or less. In spring of 2004, one year from the universities initial meeting with Collegian Inc., the 1887-1940 segment was completed and made publicly accessible online.

After the success of the initial project Collegian, Inc. granted permission to digitize all issues through 1988. The second scanning project was completed over four years, making in total 132,736 total pages publicly available in 2008. Penn State's Library provided all funding for conversion, software/hardware, on-going maintenance and upgrades. The project came in at a cost of $178,541.

The University Libraries allowed Google to crawl its database starting in 2007, making historical content searchable. With this came multiple lawsuits as formerly inaccessible articles on arrest and disciplinary reports became easily accessible to the public.

In July 2010, in what was called a highly unusual move, two Centre County, Pennsylvania judges, Judge Bradley P. Lunsford and Judge Thomas King Kistler, ordered the Daily Collegian and the Centre Daily Times to delete archived news stories about five defendants in criminal cases after a lawyer sought to have the records expunged.{{cite web|url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jul/07/judge-orders-papers-to-delete-old-stories/|title=Judge orders papers to delete old stories | The Spokesman-Review|website=www.spokesman.com}} The orders were obtained by State College lawyer Joe Amendola, who was quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer, saying, “What's the sense in having your record expunged if anyone can Google you and it comes up?”{{cite web|url=https://splc.org/2010/07/pa-judges-order-newspapers-to-delete-archived-online-content/|title=Student Press Law Center | Pa. judges order newspapers to delete archived online content|date=July 6, 2010|website=Student Press Law Center}} The five defendants had either pled guilty to criminal charges ranging from aggravated indecent assault to possession of marijuana, or completed pretrial diversion programs that resulted in no finding of guilt. Amendola said that an earlier client was having trouble finding employment despite having her criminal record expunged. Prospective employers Googled her name and found a 1992 Collegian article detailing her crime.{{cite web|url=https://www.citybeat.com/voices/on-second-thought/article/13013769/a-new-challenge-for-the-media-unpublishing|title=A New Challenge for the Media: 'Unpublishing'|website=CityBeat Cincinnati}}

The expungement orders were eventually revised to remove any reference to the Centre Daily Times and the Daily Collegian on July 8, 2010. Judge Thomas Kistler told The Philadelphia Inquirer, "It was never anybody's intention to restrict [the papers].” Kistler Acknowledged the strong protections given the news media by the First Amendment, saying, "I can't tell them what to do."{{cite web|url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/local/20100708_Judge_rescinds_order_for_2_Pennsylvania_newspapers_to_delete_archives.html|title=Judge rescinds order for 2 Pennsylvania newspapers to delete archives|first=Emilie |last=Lounsberry|website=www.inquirer.com|date=8 July 2010 }} Kistler claimed court officials had not noticed that the newspapers were on the list of expungement orders sought by lawyer Amendola. "It was a breakdown under the rush of the system," Kistler said.{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/article/20100707/ENTERTAINMENT/307079807|title=Pennsylvania newspapers fight order to delete stories from sites; becoming a growing issue|first=GENARO C.|last=ARMAS|website=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal}}

== Arrest of photographer ==

A riot broke out in downtown State College, Pennsylvania on October 25, 2008, after no. 3 Penn State Football defeated no. 10 Ohio State Football 13-6.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2008-10-25-ohio-state.html|title=Penn State at Ohio State Box Score, October 25, 2008|website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com}} Daily Collegian photographer, Michael Felletter, was on assignment documenting the riot when he was arrested by police officers after he allegedly did not comply with orders to leave the area.{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_1aec4769-a0fb-54a3-8615-d41909172ce2.html|title=Photographer receives misdemeanor charges|first=Heather|last=Schmelzlen|website=The Daily Collegian|date=7 November 2008 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_0b0a1d60-f6f8-52ad-8b1f-bc493c8e64b7.html|title=Students plead guilty in riot case|first=Laura|last=Nichols|website=The Daily Collegian|date=9 December 2009 }} Felletter was charged with failure to disperse, a second-degree misdemeanor, and disorderly conduct, a third-degree misdemeanor.{{cite web|url=http://www.collegemediamatters.com/2008/11/09/daily-collegian-photographer-charged-in-riot-at-psu/|title=Daily Collegian Photographer Charged in Riot at PSU|date=November 9, 2008}}

Police alleged Felletter's presence had caused the crowd to become more exuberant, excited, and destructive. Felletter alleged that officers expressed no problem with him being there and that he was only asked to leave the scene of the riot once by an officer Argiro. Felletter denied police charges that he refused to leave the scene when asked. He alleged the same officer Argiro threatened him with pepper spray and arrest, and when he continued to take pictures of Argiro over his shoulder as he was leaving the scene.{{cite web|url=https://splc.org/2008/11/penn-state-photographer-faces-misdemeanor-charges-after-covering-riot-for-school-paper/|title=Student Press Law Center | Penn State photographer faces misdemeanor charges after covering riot for school paper|date=November 19, 2008|website=Student Press Law Center}}

Felletter was represented pro bono on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union.{{cite web|url=https://ncac.org/news/blog/charges-refiled-against-student-photographer|title=Charges Refiled Against Student Photographer|first=Katie|last=Fowley|date=January 30, 2009}} Centre County District Attorney, Michael Madeira, claimed that the case centered around Felletter's refusal to obey a police order and not around the First Amendment or the photographer's journalistic activity.{{cite web|url=https://www.shubinlaw.com/charges-against-student-photographer-likely-to-be-re-filed/|title=Charges Against Student Photographer Likely to Be Re-filed -|date=March 3, 2009}} The Magisterial District Judge Carmine Prestia dismissed Felletter's disorderly conduct charge saying the crowd's actions were not Felletter's fault. The judge also dismissed all of the counts of failure to disperse but one, saying a sole charge was sufficient claiming the press is not above the law.{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_8381bd24-57b3-5a7f-b1ca-248f471c57b7.html|title=Judge reduces charges in case|first=Mandy|last=Hofmockel|website=The Daily Collegian|date=5 March 2009 }}

Felletter lawyer argued coverage of the riot was valuable to both citizens and the government and that these charges violated the second amendment. Felletter lawyer cited the State College Police use of Felletter's photographs in facilitating the identification of others involved in the riot who were ultimately prosecuted.{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_80918f44-2d5f-5179-955d-cdc8983aedc9.html|title=Motion: Charge unconstitutional|first=Ryan|last=Pfister|website=The Daily Collegian|date=23 April 2009 }} Centre County Judge David E. Grine dismissed the remaining charge, failure to disperse, against the photographer citing "unclear" evidence. Grine ruled it is uncertain whether Felletter's compliance with police orders to "move along" was adequate when he moved from the street to sidewalk. Additionally, Grine blamed the rioters for their behavior—not Felletter, according to the ruling.{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_0331fe18-5ed3-54a2-b437-ad092e0b4f49.html|title=Remaining charge dismissed|first=Kevin|last=Cirilli|website=The Daily Collegian|date=23 July 2009 }} After initially requesting an appeal, Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller filed a motion to drop the appeal.{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_e6f5caee-3b6b-5ce0-9699-db5430485ba9.html|title=Case against photographer dropped by DA|first=Greg|last=Galiffa|website=The Daily Collegian|date=15 March 2010 }}

== ''The Collegian Chronicles'' ==

The book, The Collegian Chronicles: A History of Penn State from the Pages of The Daily Collegian (1887-2006) was published by the Collegian Alumni Interest Group and edited by Marv Krasnansky in 2006.[http://www.collegian.psu.edu/business/CollegianStore/Chronicles.aspx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127172512/http://www.collegian.psu.edu/business/CollegianStore/Chronicles.aspx|date=November 27, 2010}} It includes a detailed history of Penn State life told by more than 90 former Collegian members, including editors, reporters and business managers.

== ''The Paper'' ==

The Daily Collegian is the subject of a documentary film called The Paper. The film was directed by Aaron Matthews, who used the student newspaper as a case study for the problems that face all newspapers today—flagging circulation, minority coverage, and access to sources.{{cite web|url=http://www.aaronmatthews.com/films/the-paper/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202231521/http://www.thepaperdocumentary.com/|url-status=dead|title=The Paper | Aaron Matthews|archive-date=February 2, 2011}} The film made official selection at multiple festivals, including the 2007 Philadelphia Film Festival.

The film was co-produced by Aaron Matthews and the Independent Television Service and had major funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Distribution for the film was carried out by Icarus Films.{{cite web|url=http://icarusfilms.com/new2007/pa.html |title=The Paper |publisher=Icarusfilms.com |date=2015-08-17 |access-date=2015-10-30}}

Released and distributed in 2007, the documentary was filmed from 2004-2005 and followed the newspaper while Editor-in-Chief James Young ran the staff.

Cinematography for the film was done by Wayne De La Roche and the music was composed by Tim Nackashi.

The Birmingham Weekly called it "An insightful new documentary", and the Boston Globe reported that, "What we see at the Collegian is a resonant microcosm: This paper's crucible is every paper's."

== James Building demolition ==

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On November 29, 2018, after 30 years of being based in the James Building, a university-owned property in downtown State College, Pennsylvania, the Daily Collegian announced a plan to move into the new Donald P. Bellisario Media Center, which was planned to open in the fall of 2020 at the site of the Willard Building.{{cite web|url=http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/after-30-years-downtown-daily-collegian-plans-to-move-back-to-campus,1478603/|title=State College, PA - After 30 Years Downtown, Daily Collegian Plans to Move Back to Campus -|website=www.statecollege.com|access-date=2020-05-03|archive-date=2018-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130205239/http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/after-30-years-downtown-daily-collegian-plans-to-move-back-to-campus,1478603/|url-status=dead}}

Penn State had announced plans earlier in the year their plan to demolish the 100-year James Building located at 121-123 S. Burrowes St. and replace it with a $52.8 million building that, "Will serve as a hub for the Invent Penn State entrepreneurial and innovation initiative,".{{cite web|url=http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/penn-state-plans-to-demolish-and-replace-james-building-in-downtown-state-college,1477284/|title=State College, PA - Penn State Plans to Demolish and Replace James Building in Downtown State College -|website=www.statecollege.com|access-date=2020-05-03|archive-date=2019-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226205722/http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/penn-state-plans-to-demolish-and-replace-james-building-in-downtown-state-college,1477284/|url-status=dead}}

The space The Collegian is slated to move to will be in a closed, 852-square-foot corner of its third floor. The private “Collegian Suite,” will face a large open newsroom with designated desk space for the newspaper. However, some other student news organizations have been invited to utilize said newsroom as well.{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/opinion/article_0c306dbe-f382-11e8-bc25-c7a883adb0e4.html|title=Big Move: Collegian looks to rent suite in Penn State's incoming Bellisario Media Center|first=Kelly Powers | Editor in|last=Chief|website=The Daily Collegian|date=29 November 2018 }}

In fall 2019, the James Building was demolished and The Collegian moved its office to Midtown Square, another university-owned property in downtown State College. The media center is scheduled for completion in fall 2020 and ready for student and faculty and students to begin working there in spring 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.bellisario.psu.edu/bellisario|title=Bellisario Gift - Dedication Site / Bellisario College of Communications|website=www.bellisario.psu.edu}}

== Coronavirus ==

On January 24, 2020 Penn State announced it was monitoring an outbreak of COVID-19 as it began to spread inside of the United States. In February, Penn State restricted travel to China, Italy, and Japan, and required students returning from CDC level 3 threat countries to be quarantined.{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/image_0f9a1fee-5c0f-11ea-87fe-3bbae1c78cc5.html|title=Coronavirus graphic|first=Erin|last=Hogge/Collegian|website=The Daily Collegian|date=March 2020 }} During Spring Break, on March 11, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic was becoming a threat in the United States, Penn State canceled all in-person classes at its 20 campuses until at least April 3 which was later extended to the remainder of their spring and summer semesters.{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_d285f1b8-63c6-11ea-b9ed-d3136809e250.html|title=Penn State suspends in-person classes through April 3 due to coronavirus concerns, opts for online learning|first=Collegian|last=Staff|website=The Daily Collegian|date=11 March 2020 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/coronavirus/article_64fe74f2-692b-11ea-ad04-cb67343deba4.html|title=Penn State extends online learning period through spring semester, postpones commencement|first=Chelsea Kun | The Daily|last=Collegian|website=The Daily Collegian|date=18 March 2020 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_012c94e6-7fb4-11ea-a65b-7f55b53db5c0.html|title=Penn State cancels in-person summer 2020 classes, will continue remote learning due to coronavirus|first=Michael Sneff | The Daily|last=Collegian|website=The Daily Collegian|date=16 April 2020 }} Students and faculty were asked to stay home, and away from campus because of the outbreak. The Print Edition of The Daily Collegian, printed bi-weekly, was suspended and all news coverage was posted digitally.{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425220557/https://www.collegian.psu.edu/|archive-date=2020-04-25|title=collegian.psu.edu | Published Independently by Students at Penn State University|date=April 25, 2020}}

= Newspaper Burning =

In 1993, the paper criticized the Society for Professional Journalists after it offered a $250 reward for information on the persons who stole half a conservative campus newspaper's run, burning part of it. The Collegian said the thieves were engaging in constitutionally protected speech.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=croiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UbUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3802,2905357|title=Police accuse former Penn State students of stealing newspapers|agency=Associated Press|work=Beaver County Times|date=14 July 1993|page=A4}}

Collegian publications

  • The Daily Collegian

:The print newspaper publication is printed on Thursday to be circulated on Fridays while classes are in session in the fall and spring. No issues are published on the week of Thanksgiving or the week of spring break. The paper is distributed on the University Park campus. The paper mostly covers local, state, national and international events and news pertaining to Penn State as well as Penn State sports and opinion columns.{{cite web |title=Collegian Advertising Policies |url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/advertising_information/article_8991b3be-89b6-11ea-815e-1b5dae6373f0.html#publishing_schedule |website=The Daily Collegian |date=19 May 2020 |language=en}}

  • The Daily Collegian Online

:The Collegian's website includes all content created for the outlet. This includes digital copies of the print edition, all articles published, video, photo, podcasts, as well as a searchable archive.

  • Daily Collegian video production

Notable alumni

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! width="10%" | Class Year

! width="10%" | Former Position

! width="*" class="unsortable" | Notability

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{{sortname|John W.|Heston}}

| align="center"| 1881

| align="center"| Writer

| align="center"| American academic who served as the second president of Washington State University, the third president of South Dakota State University, and the fourth president of Dakota State University

| align="center"|John W. Heston

{{sortname|Paul|Levine}}

| align="center"| 1969

| align="center"| Editor-in-chief

| align="center"| American author of crime fiction, particularly legal thrillers

| align="center"|{{cite web |last1=Heinold |first1=Jenn |title=Alumni on the inside track of television |url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/arts_and_entertainment/article_6e13ab00-77e8-5b2e-b386-3cd3bb868fdb.html |website=The Daily Collegian |language=en}}

{{sortname|Vance|Packard}}

| align="center"| 1936

| align="center"| Writer

| align="center"| American journalist, social critic, and author, including The Hidden Persuaders and The Naked Society

| align="center"|Vance Packard{{cite web |last1=Severo |first1=Richard |title=Vance Packard, 82, Challenger of Consumerism, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/13/arts/vance-packard-82-challenger-of-consumerism-dies.html |website=The New York Times |date=13 December 1996}}{{cite web |title=Penn State Distinguished Alumni |url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/collegian_inc/alumni/article_1733fad8-311c-11e3-bf0d-0019bb30f31a.html |website=The Daily Collegian |date=9 October 1970 |language=en}}

{{sortname|Tom|Verducci}}

| align="center"| 1982

| align="center"| Writer

| align="center"| American sportswriter who writes for Sports Illustrated, its online magazine SI.com, and is a reporter and commentator for Fox Major League Baseball and MLB Network

| align="center"|Tom Verducci{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Jennifer |title=Sports Illustrated writer reflects on time at Penn State |url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_8f94c19c-a34d-508b-97ea-51cfe4428c87.html |website=The Daily Collegian |date=26 January 2011 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=[P] - MLB Network |url=https://www.mlb.com/network/personalities?id=41537580 |website=Major League Baseball}}

Editors-in-Chief

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† Resigned

The Daily Collegian

  • 2024-: Amy Schafer{{cite news |last1=Castronuovo |first1=Ella |title=Meet The Daily Collegian's 2024-25 editor-in-chief and business manager |url=https://www.psucollegian.com/news/campus/meet-the-daily-collegians-2024-25-editor-in-chief/article_5a3f56f2-cfb2-11ee-9c68-efc897aade38.html |access-date=31 May 2024 |work=The Daily Collegian |language=en}}
  • 2023-2024: Nick Stonesifer{{cite news |last1=Estright |first1=Olivia |title=Meet The Daily Collegian's 2023-24 editor-in-chief|url=https://www.psucollegian.com/news/meet-the-daily-collegians-2023-24-editor-in-chief/article_ada9ad1e-b7e5-11ed-b672-a79b1b29cfe5.html |access-date=31 May 2024 |work=The Daily Collegian |language=en}}
  • 2022-2023: Megan Swift{{cite news |last1=Cykosky |first1=Phoebe |title=Meet The Daily Collegian's 2022-23 editor-in-chief and business manager |url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/meet-the-daily-collegians-2022-23-editor-in-chief/article_e5f5d400-8fb3-11ec-9de3-579268ea90f5.html |access-date=31 May 2022 |work=The Daily Collegian |language=en}}
  • 2021-2022: Jade Campos{{cite news |last1=Swift |first1=Megan |title=Meet The Daily Collegian's 2021-22 editor-in-chief and business manager |url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/meet-the-daily-collegian-s-2021-22-editor-in-chief-and-business-manager/article_b8895832-70d5-11eb-9900-fb45c1f9305a.html |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=The Daily Collegian |language=en}}
  • 2020-2021: Maddie Aiken {{cite web |last1=Erin |first1=Hogge |title=Next Collegian Editor-in-Chief, Business Manager selected |url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/article_6c9ec5b4-584a-11ea-aeea-535b65e148ee.html |website=The Daily Collegian |date=25 February 2020 |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en}}
  • 2019-2020: Elena Rose {{cite web |last1=Lauren |first1=Fox |title='I'm just ready to step into this role': Meet The Daily Collegian's next editor-in-chief, Elena Rose |url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_3eca0620-5036-11e9-9a15-df8c626bde5f.html |website=The Daily Collegian |date=26 March 2019 |access-date=19 May 2020 |language=en}}
  • 2018-2019: Kelly Powers{{cite web |last1=Maddie |first1=Aiken |title=Meet the next Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Collegian |url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/borough/article_3e1ec5ba-2be5-11e8-9298-57215c1023a7.html |website=The Daily Collegian |date=19 March 2018 |language=en}}
  • 2017-2018: Sam Ruland
  • 2016-2017: Garrett Ross{{cite web |last1=Kaplan|first1=Shelby |title=The Daily Collegian selects next Editor-In-Chief, Business Manager |url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_cf69eb24-0f6e-11e7-ad66-3fde99898f7b.html |website=The Daily Collegian |date=22 March 2017 |language=en}}
  • 2015-2016: Shannon Sweeney
  • 2014-2015: Sam Janesch
  • 2013-2014: Brittany Horn
  • 2012-2013: Casey McDermott
  • 2011-2012: Lexi Belculfine
  • 2010-2011: Liz Murphy
  • 2009-2010: Rossilynne Skena
  • 2008-2009: Terry Casey
  • 2007-2008: Devon Lash
  • 2006-2007: Erin James
  • 2005-2006: Jennette C. Hannah
  • 2004-2005: Jimmy Young
  • 2003-2004: Lynne Funk
  • 2002-2003: Alison Kepner
  • 2001-2002: Jill Leonard
  • 2000-2001: Patricia Tisak
  • 1999-2000: Stacey Confer
  • 1998-1999: Bridgette Blair
  • 1998: Megan Donley
  • 1997-1998: Julie Randall†
  • 1997: Rachel Hogan†
  • 1996-1997: Jason Alt
  • 1995-1996: Courtney Cairns
  • 1994-1995: Angela Pomponio
  • 1993-1994: Mike Abrams
  • 1992-1993: Bridget Mount
  • 1991-1992: Isabel Molina
  • 1990-1991: Ted Sickler
  • 1989-1990: Diane A. Davis
  • 1988-1989: Carolyn Sorisio
  • 1987-1988: Christopher Raymond
  • 1986: Anita Huslin
  • 1985: Gail Johnson
  • 1984: Alecia Swasy
  • 1983: Suzanne M. Cassidy
  • 1982-1983: Phil Gutis
  • 1981-1982: Paula Froke
  • 1980-1981: Betsy Long
  • 1979-1980: Peter Barnes
  • 1978-1979: David Skidmore
  • 1977-1978: Jeffrey Hawkes
  • 1976-1977: Sheila McCauley
  • 1975-1976: Jerry Schwartz
  • 1974-1975: Diane M. Nottle
  • 1973-1974: Patricia J. Stewart
  • 1972-1973: Paul J. Schafer
  • 1970-1972: Robert J. McHugh
  • 1969-1970: James R. Dorris
  • 1968-1969: Paul Levine
  • 1967-1968: Richard Wiesenhutter
  • 1966-1967: William F. Lee
  • 1965-1966: John Lott
  • 1964-1965: John R. Thompson
  • 1963-1964: C. David Bolbach
  • 1962-1963: Ann Palmer
  • 1960-1962: John W. Black
  • 1959-1960: Dennis Malick
  • 1958-1959: Robert Franklin
  • 1957-1958: Edward Dubbs
  • 1956-1957: Michael Moyle
  • 1955-1956: Myron Feinsilber
  • 1955: Norman C. Miller Jr
  • 1954-1955: Diehl McKalip
  • 1953-1954: David Jones
  • 1952-1953: David Pellnitz
  • 1951-1952: Marvin Krasnansky
  • 1950-1951: Dean Gladfelter
  • 1949-1950: Thomas E. Morgan
  • 1948-1949: Lewis Stone
  • 1947-1948: Allan Ostar
  • 1946-1947: Michael A. Blatz
  • 1945-1946: Woodene Bell
  • 1945: Helen Hatton
  • 1945: Victor Danilov
  • 1945: Emil A. Kubek
  • 1944: Lee H. Learner
  • 1943-1944: Alice R. Fox {{cite web |title=Alumni: Past Student Leaders |url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/site/alumni_past_student_leaders.html |website=The Daily Collegian |date=11 January 2024 |language=en}}
  • 1943: Jane H. Murphy
  • 1943: Paul I. Woodland
  • 1942-1943: Gordon Coy
  • 1941-1942: Ross B. Lehman
  • 1940-1941: Adam A. Smyser

Penn State Collegian

  • 1939-1940: William Engel Jr.{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 22, 1939, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1939-09-22/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=22 September 1939}}
  • 1938-1939: John A. Troanovitch{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 23, 1938, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1938-09-23/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=23 September 1938}}
  • 1937-1938: Charles M. Wheeler Jr.{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 24, 1937, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1937-09-24/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=24 September 1937}}
  • 1936-1937: Johnson Brenneman{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 25, 1936, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1936-09-25/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=25 September 1936}}
  • 1935-1936: Harry B. Henderson Jr.{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 20, 1935, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1935-09-20/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=20 September 1935}}
  • 1934-1935: John A. Brutzman{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, November 09, 1934, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1934-11-09/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=9 November 1934}}
  • 1933-1934: Charles A. Myers{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 21, 1933, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1933-09-21/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=21 September 1933}}
  • 1932-1933: Robert E. Tschan{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 15, 1932, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1932-09-15/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=15 September 1932}}
  • 1931-1932: Hugh R. Riley Jr.{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 17, 1931, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1931-09-17/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=17 September 1931}}
  • 1930-1931: William K. Ulerich{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, October 14, 1930, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1930-10-14/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=14 October 1930}}
  • 1929-1930: James H. Coogan Jr.{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 27, 1929, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1929-09-27/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=27 September 1929}}
  • 1927-1929: Louis H. Bell Jr.{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, October 09, 1928, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1928-10-09/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=9 October 1928}}
  • 1926-1927: Wheeler Lord Jr.{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, October 25, 1927, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1927-10-25/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=25 October 1927}}
  • 1926-1927: W. P. Reed{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 09, 1926, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1926-09-09/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=9 September 1926}}
  • 1925-1926: H. W. Cohen{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 22, 1925, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1925-09-22/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=22 September 1925}}
  • 1924-1925: W. L. Pratt{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, October 21, 1924, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1924-10-21/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=21 October 1924}}
  • 1923-1924: E. E. Helm{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 18, 1923, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1923-09-18/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=18 September 1923}}
  • 1922-1923: E. D. Schive{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, November 10, 1922, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1922-11-10/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=10 November 1922}}
  • 1921-1922: A. G. Pratt{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 12, 1921, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1921-09-12/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=12 September 1921}}
  • 1920-1921: Frederick H. Leuschner{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 21, 1920, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1920-09-21/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=21 September 1920}}
  • 1919-1920: G. S. Wykoff{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, October 22, 1919, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1919-10-22/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=22 October 1919}}
  • 1919: G. W. Sullivan{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, January 08, 1919, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1919-01-08/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=8 January 1919}}
  • 1917-1918: D. M. Cresswell{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 12, 1917, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1917-09-12/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=12 September 1917}}
  • 1916-1917: Edmund J. Kenney{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 21, 1916, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1916-09-21/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=21 September 1916}}
  • 1915: D. McKay Jr.{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=All Pages: Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, May 12, 1915 « Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1915-05-12/ed-1/ |website=panewsarchive.psu.edu |date=12 May 1915}}
  • 1914-1915: J. R. Mathers{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 18, 1914, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1914-09-18/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=18 September 1914}}
  • 1913-1914: J. D. Hogarth{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 10, 1913, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1913-09-10/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=10 September 1913}}
  • 1912-1913: R. M. Evans {{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 26, 1912, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1912-09-26/ed-1/seq-2/ |date=26 September 1912}}
  • 1911-1912: W. S. Kriebel Jr.{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, September 28, 1911, Image 2 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054903/1911-09-28/ed-1/seq-2/ |publisher=The Daily Collegian |date=28 September 1911}}

State Collegian

  • 1911: W. S. Kriebel Jr.{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054902/1911-06-01/ed-1/seq-2/|title=State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1904-1911, June 01, 1911, Image 2|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=June 1, 1911|issue=1911/06/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1910-1911: C. MacC. Breitinger{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054902/1910-09-29/ed-1/seq-2/|title=State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1904-1911, September 29, 1910, Image 2|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=September 29, 1910|issue=1910/09/29|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1909-1910: A. W. Fisher{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054902/1909-11-11/ed-1/seq-4/|title=State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1904-1911, November 11, 1909, Image 4|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=November 11, 1909|issue=1909/11/11|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1907-1909: C. N. Fleming{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054902/1907-10-10/ed-1/seq-6/|title=State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1904-1911, October 10, 1907, Image 6|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=October 10, 1907|issue=1907/10/10|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1906-1907: K. Little{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054902/1906-05-10/ed-1/seq-4/|title=State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1904-1911, May 10, 1906, Image 4|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=May 10, 1906|issue=1906/05/10|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1905-1906: T. F. Foltzt{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054902/1905-11-09/ed-1/seq-4/|title=State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1904-1911, November 09, 1905, Image 4|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=November 9, 1905|issue=1905/11/09|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1904-1905: Alex Hart{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054902/1905-01-26/ed-1/seq-4/|title=State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1904-1911, January 26, 1905, Image 4|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=January 26, 1905|issue=1905/01/26|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1904: W. B. Hoke{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054902/1904-11-03/ed-1/seq-4/|title=State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1904-1911, November 03, 1904, Image 4|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=November 3, 1904|issue=1904/11/03|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}

The Free Lance

  • 1903-1904: E. K. McDowell{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1903-10-01/ed-1/seq-4/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, October 01, 1903, Image 4|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=October 1, 1903|issue=1903/10/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1902-1903: F. H. Taylor{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1902-01-01/ed-1/seq-15/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, January 01, 1902, Image 15|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=January 1, 1902|issue=1902/01/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1901-1902: J. E. Wagner{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1901-10-01/ed-1/seq-11/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, October 01, 1901, Image 11|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=October 1, 1901|issue=1901/10/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1900-1901: H. H. Hanson{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1901-02-01/ed-1/seq-4/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, February 01, 1901, Image 4|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=February 1, 1901|issue=1901/02/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1899-1900: F. T. Cole{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1899-10-01/ed-1/seq-3/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, October 01, 1899, Image 3|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=October 1, 1899|issue=1899/10/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1899: William L. Affelder{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1899-02-01/ed-1/seq-3/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, February 01, 1899, Image 3|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=February 1, 1899|issue=1899/02/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1898: George J. Yundt{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1898-10-01/ed-1/seq-3/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, October 01, 1898, Image 3|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=October 1, 1898|issue=1898/10/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1897-1898: R. T. Strohm{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1897-12-01/ed-1/seq-38/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, December 01, 1897, Image 38|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=December 1, 1897|issue=1897/12/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1896-1897: H. H. Allen{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1896-10-01/ed-1/seq-13/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, October 01, 1896, Image 13|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=October 1, 1896|issue=1896/10/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1895-1896: H. A. Kuhn{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1896-01-01/ed-1/seq-19/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, January 01, 1896, Image 19|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=January 1, 1896|issue=1896/01/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1894-1895: D. L. Patterson{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1895-01-01/ed-1/seq-5/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, January 01, 1895, Image 5|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=January 1, 1895|issue=1895/01/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1893-1894: W. A. Silliman{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1893-10-01/ed-1/seq-5/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, October 01, 1893, Image 5|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=October 1, 1893|issue=1893/10/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1892-1893: Geo R. Weiland{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1892-11-01/ed-1/seq-5/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, November 01, 1892, Image 5|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=November 1, 1892|issue=1892/11/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1892: R. B. Mattern{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1892-10-01/ed-1/seq-5/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, October 01, 1892, Image 5|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=October 1, 1892|issue=1892/10/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1891-1902: Nelson McA. Loyd{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1891-10-01/ed-1/seq-5/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, October 01, 1891, Image 5|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=October 1, 1891|issue=1891/10/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1890-1891: Walter M. Camp{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1890-09-01/ed-1/seq-5/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, September 01, 1890, Image 5|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=September 1, 1890|issue=1890/09/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1889-1890: George R. Meek{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1889-10-01/ed-1/seq-5/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, October 01, 1889, Image 5|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=October 1, 1889|issue=1889/10/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1888-1889: Curtin G. Roop{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1888-05-01/ed-1/seq-5/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, May 01, 1888, Image 5|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=May 1, 1888|issue=1888/05/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1888: Geo M. Downing{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1888-01-01/ed-1/seq-5/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, January 01, 1888, Image 5|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=January 1, 1888|issue=1888/01/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1887: Griffith J. Thomas{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1887-12-01/ed-1/seq-5/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, December 01, 1887, Image 5|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=December 1, 1887|issue=1887/12/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}
  • 1887: William P. Fisher Jr.{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054901/1887-04-01/ed-1/seq-1/|title=The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, April 01, 1887, Image 1|first=Pennsylvania State University|last=libraries|date=April 1, 1887|issue=1887/04/01|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}

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Awards

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colspan="3"| National Pacemaker Awards
YearCategoryResult
2019Online Pacemakerstyle="background:#dcdcdc" |Finalist
2017Online Pacemakerstyle="background:wheat;"|Winner
2016Online Pacemakerstyle="background:#dcdcdc" |Finalist
2014Online Pacemakerstyle="background:#dcdcdc" |Finalist
2013Online Pacemakerstyle="background:wheat;"|Winner
2013Newspaper Pacemakerstyle="background:wheat;"|Winner
2012Newspaper Pacemakerstyle="background:wheat;"|Winner
2012Newspaper Pacemakerstyle="background:#dcdcdc" |Finalist
2010Online Pacemakerstyle="background:#dcdcdc" |Finalist
2010Newspaper Pacemakerstyle="background:#dcdcdc" |Finalist
2008Online Pacemakerstyle="background:wheat;"|Winner
2006Newspaper Pacemakerstyle="background:#dcdcdc" |Finalist
2001Newspaper Pacemakerstyle="background:#dcdcdc" |Finalist
2000Newspaper Pacemakerstyle="background:#dcdcdc" |Finalist
1999Newspaper Pacemakerstyle="background:#dcdcdc" |Finalist
1985Newspaper Pacemakerstyle="background:wheat;"|Winner
colspan="3"| Sources:{{cite web|url=http://studentpress.org/acp/2019/09/27/2019-online-pacemaker-finalists/|title=ACP - Top collegiate online sites announced}}{{cite web|url=http://studentpress.org/acp/awards/2017-online-pacemaker-winners/|title=ACP - 2017 Online Pacemaker Winners}}{{cite web|url=http://studentpress.org/acp/awards/online16/|title=ACP - 2016 Online Pacemaker Winners}}{{cite web|url=http://studentpress.org/acp/2014/10/01/2014-acp-online-pacemaker-finalists/|title=ACP - 2014 ACP Online Pacemaker Finalists}}{{cite web|url=http://studentpress.org/acp/2013/11/20/2013-pacemaker-winners-2/|title=ACP - ACP Announces 2013 Pacemaker Winners}}{{cite web|url=http://studentpress.org/acp/awards/2013-online-pacemaker/|title=ACP - 2013 Online Pacemaker}}{{cite web|url=http://studentpress.org/acp/awards/2012-newspaper-pacemaker-winners/|title=ACP - 2012 Newspaper Pacemaker Winners}}{{cite web|url=http://studentpress.org/acp/awards/2010-online-pacemaker-winners/|title=ACP - 2010 Online Pacemaker Winners}}{{cite web|url=http://studentpress.org/acp/awards/2008-online-pacemaker-winners/|title=ACP - 2008 Online Pacemaker Winners}}{{cite web|url=http://studentpress.org/acp/awards/2006-newspaper-pacemaker-winners/|title=ACP - 2006 Newspaper Pacemaker Winners}}{{cite web|url=http://studentpress.org/acp/awards/2001-newspaper-pacemaker-winners/|title=ACP - 2001 Newspaper Pacemaker Winners}}{{cite web|url=http://studentpress.org/acp/awards/2000-newspaper-pacemaker-winners/|title=ACP - 2000 Newspaper Pacemaker Winners}}{{cite web|url=http://studentpress.org/acp/awards/1999-newspaper-pacemaker-winners/|title=ACP - 1999 Newspaper Pacemaker Winners}}

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colspan="3"| Associated Collegiate Press Survey
YearRating
1968style="background:#dcdcdc" |First Class
1967style="background:#dcdcdc" |First Class
1945style="background:wheat;"|Superior
colspan="3"| Sources:{{cite web |author=Pennsylvania State University Libraries |title=The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, May 25, 1945, Image 1 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054904/1945-05-25/ed-1/seq-1/#city=&rows=20&proxtext=Collegian+wins&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=8&words=Collegian+winning+Wins&page=1 |publisher=The Daily Collegian |date=25 May 1945}}{{cite web |author=Pennsylvania State University Libraries |title=The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, May 09, 1968, Image 1 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054904/1968-05-09/ed-1/seq-1/#sort=relevance&city=&rows=20&words=Collegian+Wins&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=2&proxtext=Collegian+wins&page=3 |publisher=The Daily Collegian |date=9 May 1968}}{{cite web |author=Pennsylvania State University Libraries |title=The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, October 11, 1968, Image 1 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054904/1968-10-11/ed-1/seq-1/#sort=relevance&city=&rows=20&words=Collegian+Wins&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=19&proxtext=Collegian+wins&page=2 |publisher=The Daily Collegian |date=11 October 1968}}

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colspan="2"| CMA College Newspaper of the Year
YearResult
2011-2012style="background:wheat;"|Winner
colspan="2"| Sources:{{cite web|url=http://www.collegemediamatters.com/2012/07/05/college-newspaper-of-the-year-2011-2012-the-daily-collegian-penn-state-university/|title=College Newspaper of the Year, 2011-2012: The Daily Collegian, Penn State University|date=July 5, 2012}}

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colspan="3"| Princeton Review Best College Newspaper Ranking
YearRanking
201912th
20174th
2015style="background:tan;"|3rd
2014style="background:tan;"|3rd
20136th
2012style="background:wheat;"|1st
20116th
20106th
colspan="2"| Sources:{{cite web|url=http://www.collegemediamatters.com/2015/08/03/best-college-newspapers-2015-ranking-released-by-princeton-review/|title=Best College Newspapers: 2015 Ranking Released by Princeton Review|date=August 4, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.collegemediamatters.com/2014/08/05/best-college-newspapers-2014-ranking-released-by-princeton-review/|title=Best College Newspapers: 2014 Ranking Released by Princeton Review|date=August 5, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.collegemediamatters.com/2012/08/21/princeton-review-best-college-newspapers-2012-list/|title=Princeton Review Best College Newspapers: 2012 List|date=August 21, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.collegemediamatters.com/2011/08/03/princeton-review-best-college-newspapers-2011-list/|title=Princeton Review Best College Newspapers: 2011 List|date=August 3, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/article_dd2dc832-77f8-11e7-ac9f-cf32bfa1f16a.html|title=The Daily Collegian ranked fourth-best college newspaper in the country by The Princeton Review|first=Sam |last=Ruland|website=The Daily Collegian|date=3 August 2017 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.collegemagazine.com/the-10-best-college-newspapers-that-you-need-to-read/|title=The 10 Best College Newspapers that You Need to Read|first=Ally|last=Tobler|date=November 20, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://collegian.com/2018/08/csu-places-ninth-in-princeton-review-ranking-of-best-college-newspapers/|title=CSU places ninth in Princeton Review ranking of best college newspapers|first=Samantha|last=Ye|date=August 7, 2018|website=The Rocky Mountain Collegian}}

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colspan="3"| Sigma Delta Chi Awards
YearCategoryResult
1982Best Campus Paperstyle="background:wheat;"|1st
1968News writingstyle="background:wheat;"|1st
1968Sports Writingstyle="background:#dcdcdc" |2nd
1968Editorial Writingstyle="background:tan;"|3rd
1966Sports Writingstyle="background:wheat;"|1st
1966News Writingstyle="background:#dcdcdc" |2nd
1959Sports Writingstyle="background:wheat;"|1st
colspan="3"| Sources:{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/2018264051/1966-11-14/ed-1/seq-3/|title=The Nittany cub. (Erie, Pa.) 1948-1971, November 14, 1966, Image 3|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Libraries|date=November 14, 1966|issue=1966/11/14|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054904/1959-11-17/ed-1/seq-3/|title=The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, November 17, 1959, Image 3|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Libraries|date=November 17, 1959|issue=1959/11/17|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054904/1968-10-29/ed-1/seq-1/|title=The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, October 29, 1968, Image 1|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Libraries|date=October 29, 1968|issue=1968/10/29|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}{{cite web |author=Pennsylvania State University Libraries |title=The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, November 19, 1985, Image 3 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054904/1985-11-19/ed-1/seq-3/#sort=relevance&city=&rows=20&words=Collegian+wins&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=1&proxtext=Collegian+wins&page=2 |publisher=The Daily Collegian |access-date=19 May 2020 |date=19 November 1985}}

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colspan="4"| College Newspaper Business Advertising Managers Awards
YearCategoryRecipientPlace
1987Advertising Sales Manager of the YearDave Profozichstyle="background:wheat;"|Winner
1987Classified SectionStaffstyle="background:wheat;"|First
1987Office Administration MaterialsStaffstyle="background:wheat;"|First
1980Trendsetter AwardStaffstyle="background:wheat;"|Winner
colspan="4"| Sources:{{cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054904/1987-04-14/ed-1/seq-2.pdf |title=Info |publisher=panewsarchive.psu.edu |date=1987 |access-date=2020-05-15}}{{cite web |last1=libraries |first1=Pennsylvania State University |title=The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, April 24, 1980, Image 9 |url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/lccn/sn85054904/1980-04-24/ed-1/seq-9/#sort=relevance&city=&rows=20&words=Collegian+wins&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=3&proxtext=Collegian+wins&page=3 |date=24 April 1980}}

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colspan="2"| College Newspaper Business Advertising Managers Awards
YearPlace
1919style="background:wheat;"|1st
1920style="background:tan;"|3rd
colspan="2"| Sources:{{Cite web|url=https://panewsarchive.psu.edu:443/lccn/sn85054904/1945-05-25/ed-1/seq-1/|title=The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, May 25, 1945, Image 1|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Libraries|date=May 25, 1945|issue=1945/05/25|via=panewsarchive.psu.edu}}

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