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The Chicago Maroon
The Chicago Maroon is the independent student-run newspaper of the University of Chicago and a biweekly publication founded in 1892. During the academic year, The Maroon publishes every other Wednesday. The paper consists of seven sections: news, opinion ("Viewpoints"), arts and culture, sports, Grey City, podcasts, and games. In September, it publishes its annual Orientation Issue (O-Issue) for entering first-year students, including sections on the University and the city of Chicago.
Any student at the University of Chicago can contribute to the newspaper, and many go through training and complete a series of requirements to join The Maroon as a staff member. Although the requirements have changed over time, the process of joining staff has traditionally been called "hustling." The editorial board explained in 1903 that when the newspaper changed from a weekly to a daily, many more students were needed to produce the paper, so they "hustled" (meaning both "to sell or promote energetically and aggressively" and "to convey forcibly or hurriedly") new writers and editors from the student body.
The executive board of The Maroon is composed of its editor(s)-in-chief and managing editor(s), which are elected in the winter by voting-eligible members of the newspaper's staff. There are roughly 20 editors that control the content and production of the different sections. Unsigned opinion articles are written by the Maroon Editorial Board, which consists of editors of the paper. In addition to the editorial and journalistic staff, The Maroon also has a group of students running its business operations, led by a chief financial officer. In turn, the Maroon Business Team is composed of the development, marketing, operations and strategy teams. The Maroon Advisory Board consists of a handful of University of Chicago faculty members and administrators that meet quarterly to review the newspaper's finances. The Chicago Maroon is financially and editorially independent from the university.
Over its history The Maroon served as publisher of other independent papers at the University of Chicago, including the Grey City Journal, a weekly journal of arts and culture which featured some of the first cultural criticism by Thomas Frank, the Chicago Literary Review, a quarterly showcase for poetry and short fiction, and The Fourth Estate, the "Conservative Brother Publication of The Chicago Maroon." Currently, The Maroon publishes every other Wednesday. It formerly printed Grey City, its twice-quarterly long-form supplement to the paper, but this is now a section fully integrated into the main paper.
The Chicago Maroon has gone through many variations and formats, but considers 1892 to be the year of its establishment. It remains the only student organization at the University of Chicago that can trace its history to the first day the University of Chicago opened its doors to students.
A report on the history of The Maroon compiled for its centennial celebration begins, "When the U of C opened in October 1892, students were already on campus selling the U of C Weekly," which was the parent publication of the Maroon in its current form. The Weekly was established by two graduate students, Emory Forster and Jack Durno, and served as a student-run news and literary publication, even though it was owned by a local businessman.
Several publications were attempted in the first decade of the university's operation, but The Weekly was the only one that managed to stay afloat. The first of these abortive efforts was The Maroon, a daily paper published from October 17, 1892, to April 19, 1893. The next attempt was a thrice-weekly newspaper, also called The Maroon, which published from May 15, 1895, to March 20, 1896. The last was another daily, this time called The Daily Maroon, whose founding was plagued with difficulties: Days after its first printing on May 7, 1900, the Faculty Board of Student Organizations suspended the publication because "the editors were duped into printing a supposed scandal."[This quote needs a citation] After another failed effort later that spring, The Daily Maroon died for a second and final time.
According to one Weekly editor, "its contents filled the space of about 16 to 24 pages and included articles about the old University, the faculty members, future plans, athletics, various student activities, and so-called verse."[This quote needs a citation] Although it was the largest paper available to students, and the only one that was financially successful, its editors believed that the university – which was quickly developing into a premier institution – was in need of a stable daily newspaper.
The Chicago Maroon
The Chicago Maroon is the independent student-run newspaper of the University of Chicago and a biweekly publication founded in 1892. During the academic year, The Maroon publishes every other Wednesday. The paper consists of seven sections: news, opinion ("Viewpoints"), arts and culture, sports, Grey City, podcasts, and games. In September, it publishes its annual Orientation Issue (O-Issue) for entering first-year students, including sections on the University and the city of Chicago.
Any student at the University of Chicago can contribute to the newspaper, and many go through training and complete a series of requirements to join The Maroon as a staff member. Although the requirements have changed over time, the process of joining staff has traditionally been called "hustling." The editorial board explained in 1903 that when the newspaper changed from a weekly to a daily, many more students were needed to produce the paper, so they "hustled" (meaning both "to sell or promote energetically and aggressively" and "to convey forcibly or hurriedly") new writers and editors from the student body.
The executive board of The Maroon is composed of its editor(s)-in-chief and managing editor(s), which are elected in the winter by voting-eligible members of the newspaper's staff. There are roughly 20 editors that control the content and production of the different sections. Unsigned opinion articles are written by the Maroon Editorial Board, which consists of editors of the paper. In addition to the editorial and journalistic staff, The Maroon also has a group of students running its business operations, led by a chief financial officer. In turn, the Maroon Business Team is composed of the development, marketing, operations and strategy teams. The Maroon Advisory Board consists of a handful of University of Chicago faculty members and administrators that meet quarterly to review the newspaper's finances. The Chicago Maroon is financially and editorially independent from the university.
Over its history The Maroon served as publisher of other independent papers at the University of Chicago, including the Grey City Journal, a weekly journal of arts and culture which featured some of the first cultural criticism by Thomas Frank, the Chicago Literary Review, a quarterly showcase for poetry and short fiction, and The Fourth Estate, the "Conservative Brother Publication of The Chicago Maroon." Currently, The Maroon publishes every other Wednesday. It formerly printed Grey City, its twice-quarterly long-form supplement to the paper, but this is now a section fully integrated into the main paper.
The Chicago Maroon has gone through many variations and formats, but considers 1892 to be the year of its establishment. It remains the only student organization at the University of Chicago that can trace its history to the first day the University of Chicago opened its doors to students.
A report on the history of The Maroon compiled for its centennial celebration begins, "When the U of C opened in October 1892, students were already on campus selling the U of C Weekly," which was the parent publication of the Maroon in its current form. The Weekly was established by two graduate students, Emory Forster and Jack Durno, and served as a student-run news and literary publication, even though it was owned by a local businessman.
Several publications were attempted in the first decade of the university's operation, but The Weekly was the only one that managed to stay afloat. The first of these abortive efforts was The Maroon, a daily paper published from October 17, 1892, to April 19, 1893. The next attempt was a thrice-weekly newspaper, also called The Maroon, which published from May 15, 1895, to March 20, 1896. The last was another daily, this time called The Daily Maroon, whose founding was plagued with difficulties: Days after its first printing on May 7, 1900, the Faculty Board of Student Organizations suspended the publication because "the editors were duped into printing a supposed scandal."[This quote needs a citation] After another failed effort later that spring, The Daily Maroon died for a second and final time.
According to one Weekly editor, "its contents filled the space of about 16 to 24 pages and included articles about the old University, the faculty members, future plans, athletics, various student activities, and so-called verse."[This quote needs a citation] Although it was the largest paper available to students, and the only one that was financially successful, its editors believed that the university – which was quickly developing into a premier institution – was in need of a stable daily newspaper.