Type Weekly newspaper Founded 1846 (1846) | Format Tabloid Circulation 2,250 | |
Headquarters Student Union, 13 Oak Drive Hamilton, New York 13346, United States Website thecolgatemaroonnews.com | ||
The Colgate Maroon-News is the student newspaper of Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. It is the oldest college weekly in America, having been founded in 1846 as the Hamilton Student.
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History
The Hamilton Student was founded by Colgate student and abolitionist George Gavin Ritchie as "a semi-monthly mirror of Religion, Literature, Science and Art." The newspaper was shut down and Ritchie expelled by the college, then called Madison University, after he published an editorial criticizing New York residents for opposing African-American male suffrage, though he continued to publish the Hamilton Student as "The Hamilton Student and Christian Reformer."
Colgate restarted the campus newspaper under the name Madisonensis in 1868. A second paper, the Colgate News, emerged in 1969, as a less liberal alternative to the "Colgate Maroon."
The newspaper takes its current name from the merger of the two campus weeklies in 1991.
Circulation
The Colgate Maroon-News has a circulation of 2,250 print copies, which are distributed around campus, the Village of Hamilton, and to subscribing alumni.
Staff
In a typical year, the Colgate Maroon-News has approximately 75 student members.