The Pacific Index
The Index
TypeStudent newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Pacific University
Editor-in-chiefElla Cutter & Bren Swogger
Founded1893
HeadquartersForest Grove, Oregon
Websitepacindex.com

The Pacific Index is the student-run newspaper of Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, United States. The biweekly paper is a member of the College Publisher Network.[1]

History

Pacific University started a campus newspaper in 1893 as a monthly paper named the Pacific University Index.[2] By 1899, circulation for the 16-page paper had grown to 275, with a subscription costing 50 cents.[2] The paper experimented with a "date bureau" to help students find dates, starting the program in March 1936.[3] In 1939, The Index was selected for a second-class honor rating by the Associated Collegiate Press.[4] Then, for the 1939 to 1940 academic year, The Index went through three editors, with freshman Don Wilson as the third taking over in January 1940.[5]

In 1943, the paper was awarded a first-class honor rating by the Associated Collegiate Press.[6] For the 1951 to 1952 school year, Bill Hilliard was the elected editor of the paper, which was still a weekly publication at that time.[7] In 1965, the newspaper and school yearbook were both put under the direction of the school’s journalism department, the first time that had happened at Pacific.[8] That year, Patricia Stephenson was selected as the editor.[8]

The Index endorsed then U.S. Representative Robert B. Duncan over then-governor Mark Hatfield in the 1966 U.S. Senate Race, which Hatfield went on to win.[9] The newspaper also endorsed Tom McCall for Oregon Secretary of State, and Pacific University later started an annual lecture series named in McCall’s honor.[9][10] In October 2010, the Index went through a redesign as well as improvements to the associated website.[11] The newspaper was a biweekly publication at that time.[11]

Details

The student newspaper is published biweekly, though stories appear online more frequently.[11][12] The Index is distributed only on the college’s main campus in Forest Grove and at the school’s Health Professions Campus in Hillsboro, Oregon.[11][12] In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Pacific Index temporarily stopped production of their print issues, and moved to an online only platform. The Pacific Index Podcast was launched in 2020.

References

  1. ^ College Publisher Network Affiliates. Archived 2008-05-27 at the Wayback Machine College Publisher Network. Retrieved on November 11, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Collegiate". National Newspaper Directory and Gazetteer. Pettingill & Co. 1899. pp. Part II: 19.
  3. ^ "Bureau to Help Round Up Dates For Timid Ones". The Oregonian. March 15, 1936. p. 12.
  4. ^ "College papers rated by board". The Oregonian. April 25, 1939. p. 2.
  5. ^ "Portlander Gets Editorial Post". The Oregonian. January 22, 1940. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Pacific Wins Paper Rating". The Oregonian. November 26, 1943. p. 13.
  7. ^ "Bill Hilliard To Edit Paper". The Oregonian. May 18, 1951. Section 2, p. 9.
  8. ^ a b "GP Girl Gets Post Of Editor". The Oregonian. October 8, 1965. p. 28.
  9. ^ a b "Pacific Student Paper Backs Duncan For Senate". The Oregonian. November 3, 1966. p. 19.
  10. ^ "Pacific University's Tom McCall Forum". Pacific University. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  11. ^ a b c d House, Kelly (November 9, 2010). "Pacific University student newspaper unveils new look, in print and online". The Oregonian. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  12. ^ a b "Distribution". The Pacific Index. Pacific University. Retrieved 12 November 2010.

External links

Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
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