The Pacific Index

Pacific University started a campus newspaper in 1893 as a monthly paper named the Pacific University Index.{{cite book|title=National Newspaper Directory and Gazetteer|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-5kQAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22pacific%20university%22%20forest%20grove%20newspaper&pg=RA1-PA19|year=1899|publisher=Pettingill & Co.|pages=Part II: 19|chapter=Collegiate}} By 1899, circulation for the 16-page paper had grown to 275, with a subscription costing 50 cents. The paper experimented with a "date bureau" to help students find dates, starting the program in March 1936.{{cite news|title=Bureau to Help Round Up Dates For Timid Ones|date=March 15, 1936|work=The Oregonian|page=12}} In 1939, The Index was selected for a second-class honor rating by the Associated Collegiate Press.{{cite news|title=College papers rated by board|date=April 25, 1939|work=The Oregonian|page=2}} Then, for the 1939 to 1940 academic year, The Index went through three editors, with freshman Don Wilson as the third taking over in January 1940.{{cite news|title=Portlander Gets Editorial Post|date=January 22, 1940|work=The Oregonian|page=6}}

In 1943, the paper was awarded a first-class honor rating by the Associated Collegiate Press.{{cite news|title=Pacific Wins Paper Rating|date=November 26, 1943|work=The Oregonian|page=13}} For the 1951 to 1952 school year, Bill Hilliard was the elected editor of the paper, which was still a weekly publication at that time.{{cite news|title=Bill Hilliard To Edit Paper|date=May 18, 1951|newspaper=The Oregonian|at=Section 2, p. 9}} In 1965, the newspaper and school yearbook were both put under the direction of the school’s journalism department, the first time that had happened at Pacific. That year, Patricia Stephenson was selected as the editor.{{cite news|title=GP Girl Gets Post Of Editor|date=October 8, 1965|work=The Oregonian|page=28}}

The Index endorsed then U.S. Representative Robert B. Duncan over then-governor Mark Hatfield in the 1966 U.S. Senate Race, which Hatfield went on to win.{{cite news|title=Pacific Student Paper Backs Duncan For Senate|date=November 3, 1966|work=The Oregonian|page=19}} The newspaper also endorsed Tom McCall for Oregon Secretary of State, and Pacific University later started an annual lecture series named in McCall’s honor.{{cite web|url=http://www.pacificu.edu/events/forum/|title=Pacific University's Tom McCall Forum|publisher=Pacific University|accessdate=12 November 2010}} In October 2010, the Index went through a redesign as well as improvements to the associated website.{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/forest-grove/index.ssf/2010/11/pacific_university_student_newspaper_unveils_new_look_in_print_and_online.html|title=Pacific University student newspaper unveils new look, in print and online|last=House|first=Kelly|date=November 9, 2010|work=The Oregonian|accessdate=12 November 2010}} The newspaper was a biweekly publication at that time.

The student newspaper is published biweekly, though stories appear online more frequently.{{cite web|url=http://www.pacindex.com/distribution/|title=Distribution|work=The Pacific Index|publisher=Pacific University|accessdate=12 November 2010}} The Index is distributed only on the college’s main campus in Forest Grove and at the school’s Health Professions Campus in Hillsboro, Oregon. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Pacific Index temporarily stopped production of their print issues, and moved to an online only platform. The Pacific Index Podcast was launched in 2020.

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