The Transcript

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The Transcript, published at Ohio Wesleyan University, is the oldest independent college student newspaper in the United States.{{cite web | url = http://transcript.owu.edu/info.html| title = General Info | publisher = Ohio Wesleyan University | accessdate = 2007-02-23 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061127224110/http://transcript.owu.edu/info.html |archivedate = 2006-11-27}}

The newspaper dates back to 1867 when it first appeared under the name Western Collegian. Joseph B. Battelle was the first editor of Western Collegian, at that time a student at Ohio Wesleyan University. Following his graduation from Wesleyan, Battelle would become one of the most prominent journalists at Toledo Blade.

Charles W. Fairbanks served as a co-editor of the Western Collegian. After graduation, Fairbanks went on to become a U.S. Senator and Vice-President of the U.S. under Theodore Roosevelt.