The Spectrum (NDSU)

{{Short description|North Dakota State University student-run newspaper}}

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| school = North Dakota State University

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| foundation = 1896

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The Spectrum is the student-run newspaper of North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. The Spectrum has been in publication since 1896. Its oversight committee is the Board of Student Publications (BOSP) made up of a rotating group of four faculty members and five students and receives a portion of the student activity fee as a means to subsidize its production. The Board Of Student Publications is also responsible for hiring and firing the editor in chief.

History

The first recorded issue of the student-published newspaper at North Dakota State University (then North Dakota Agricultural College), titled "The Weekly Spectrum" was published in December 1896. The top story in the first edition praised the invention of the electric light.{{Cite web |last=Briggs |first=Tracy |date=2022-10-12 |title=From satirical photos of Nazis to drugs and abortion, NDSU and Concordia student papers shook up campus |url=https://www.inforum.com/community/from-satirical-photos-of-nazis-to-drugs-and-abortion-ndsu-and-concordia-student-papers-shook-up-campus |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=InForum |language=en}}

In April 1969, a published ad by then-NDSU student body president and subsequent front-page article in The Spectrum resulted in national attention and lead to the Zip to Zap party-turned-riot.{{Cite web |last=Helm |first=Merry |date=2021-05-10 |title=Zip to Zap was a prank that turned into a riot where the National Guard was called in |url=https://www.willistonherald.com/community/zip-to-zap-was-a-prank-that-turned-into-a-riot-where-the-national-guard/article_629b9e04-ad06-11eb-8a65-4fd88aef6e26.html |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=Williston Herald |language=en}}

Awards

Either the Spectrum or its editors have won awards in the Associated Collegiate Press Best of the Midwest competition from 2013 to 2020. The Spectrum has won a Best of Show award for each competition year, switching categories due to frequency of publication in 2015 (to Four-year Weekly Newspaper){{Cite web |title=ACP - 2015 Best of the Midwest Best of Show |url=https://studentpress.org/acp/awards/2015-best-of-the-midwest-best-of-show/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |language=en-US}} and 2018 (to Four-year More Than Weekly Newspaper).{{Cite web |title=ACP - 2018 Best of the Midwest Best of Show Awards |url=https://studentpress.org/acp/2018/02/18/2018-best-of-the-midwest-best-of-show-awards/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |language=en-US}} It has placed in the Special Edition Best in Show award category for every year (2013-2020) besides 2019,{{Cite web |title=ACP - 2019 Best of the Midwest Best of Show Results |url=https://studentpress.org/acp/2019/02/17/2019-best-of-the-midwest-best-of-show-results/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |language=en-US}} as well as other awards in Best of Show in categories representing the website and multimedia package in 2016{{cite web |title=Spectrum newspaper earns awards |url=https://www.ndsu.edu/news/view/detail/23435/ |access-date=17 February 2016 |website=ndsu.edu |publisher=North Dakota State University}} and 2017.{{Cite web |title=ACP - 2017 Best of the Midwest Best of Show winners announced |url=https://studentpress.org/acp/2017/02/19/2017-best-of-the-midwest-best-of-show-winners-announced/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |language=en-US}} Staff members have also won individual awards for News Story, Feature Story, Sports Story, News Photo, and others in various years.

References

https://studentpress.org/acp/awards/2013-best-of-the-midwest-best-of-show/

External links

[http://www.ndsuspectrum.com The Spectrum website]

Category:North Dakota State University

Category:Newspapers published in North Dakota

Category:Newspapers established in 1896

Category:1896 establishments in North Dakota