 Cover of the Jan. 23, 2017 edition of The Baro | |
| Type | Student newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Orange Media Network [1] |
| Editor | Delaney Shea [2] |
| Founded | 1896 (as the College Barometer) |
| Headquarters | 428 Student Experience Center 2251 SW Jefferson Way Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 United States |
| Circulation | 7,000 daily (as of 2014)[3] |
| ISSN | 1080-6814 |
| Website | dailybaro |
The Daily Barometer is an independent campus newspaper of Oregon State University, in Corvallis. It is published weekly during the fall, winter, and spring quarters, and monthly during the summer.
Also known as The Baro, the news team covers local news and events and brings awareness to important student issues. Students serve as editors, reporters, and photographers to cover news through the newspaper, website, social media, and online videos.
On March 16, 1896, the first issue of a monthly called The Barometer rolled off the presses at Oregon Agricultural College, today's Oregon State University.[4] The first editor was F.E. Edwards.[4] The publication continued as a monthly for some eleven years before expanding to a weekly publication cycle in 1907.[4] The paper was financed by an allocation of 10 percent of the student fund — a quota specified in the OAC Student Body Constitution.[4]
The paper underwent further expansion during the 1907–08 academic year, moving from a four-column 12-inch page to a five-column 16-inch page at that time, thereby emerging as the largest college weekly on the Pacific coast.[4] Coming with growing size and responsibility, the editor and business manager were allotted a salary beginning in 1909.[4]
In 1922 became a daily paper, publishing five times per week.
In 2016, The Daily Barometer began printing weekly as The Baro, with daily news content delivered via videos and online content.[5]