The Medium (Rutgers)

Infobox Newspaper
name = The Medium


type = Weekly student paper
format = Paper
foundation = 1970
headquarters = Piscataway, NJ 08901
website = [http://www.themedium.net/ http://www.themedium.net/]

"The Medium" is a student-run weekly entertainment newspaper at Rutgers University. Its goal is to provide an entertaining alternative to the traditional college newspaper. Though it has often been the object of criticism due to its politically incorrect nature. The paper's tagline refers to itself as "The Entertainment Weekly of Rutgers University."

As a result of frequent attacks on their right to print offensive material, the editors and contributors of "The Medium" have turned the paper into an exercise in the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which includes the right to a free press. Nearly all protests against "The Medium" have been largely ineffective because of the broad rights granted to a newspaper with regards to content.

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News

The front pages of "The Medium" provide a satirical look at actual Rutgers and world news.

Opinions/Editorials

The Opinions section has the Editor in Chief's weekly address, and also editorial essays from Rutgers students.

Features

Features includes an array of various content and articles ranging from submission contests to staff biographies.

Arts

Student artwork, crosswords, art and music reviews, and cartoons usually appear in this section.

Personals

Anonymous messages are printed in newspaper classifieds style, allowing students to freely criticize Rutgers administration, other students, and national establishments.

What's Shakin'

The back cover of "The Medium" has events occurring in at and around Rutgers, and is also home to jokes, brain teasers, and other odd-man-out content.

History of "The Medium"

"The Medium" printed its first issue on September 1st 1970 as the campus newspaper of Livingston College. During the 1980's, the newspaper began to abandon the traditional newsgathering and reporting activities in favor of its current format. This was partly due to the The Daily Targum becoming the official college daily newspaper across all of the New Brunswick/Piscataway campuses.

In an exercise to create a more respected and intellectual paper, "The Medium" no longer prints pornographic material. This has come at the request of advisers, and with mixed feelings from past editors and current readers.