Historical student newspapers can be read with an eye towards examining the social mores of college students through the decades, and a close reading can reveal a great deal about the campus environment and overall milieu. The first student newspaper at the State University of New York at Albany (SUNY-Albany) was the State College News, and it carried news of student life and events, along with...

Crafted by the Columbia University Library, this remarkable digital collection brings together hundreds of issues of the Columbia Spectator that document student life and academic activity from 1877 to the present day. The goal of this project is "to provide public resources for Columbia University history and to preserve the Spectator's past work." On the site, visitors can make their way through...

Many liberal arts colleges have long-standing daily newspapers that chronicle everything from educational changes on campus to telephone-booth stuffing contests. Ithaca College is no exception; The Ithacan was founded in January 1931. It has operated continuously since that date and its back issues "provide a rich historical resource for the College, for its former, current and future students,...