- The Triangle (newspaper)
Infobox Newspaper
name = The Triangle
caption =
type = Weeklynewspaper
format =Broadsheet
foundation = 1926
price =
owners = Independent
circulation = 8,000
headquarters =Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania
website = [http://www.thetriangle.org/ www.thetriangle.org]"The Triangle" is the independent student newspaper of
Drexel University in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania ."The Triangle" was first published on
February 1 ,1926 , [cite web|date=August 5 ,2004 |title=Drexel's Media Outlets Inform and Entertain Students and Philadelphia |url=http://www.drexel.edu/univrel/drexelink/story.asp?ID=1711&vol=10&num=8 |publisher=Drexelink |accessdate=2008-02-20] under the direction of students with University advisors functioning only to offer advice. Publication has been on a weekly schedule during the academic school year with bi-weekly publication during summer. "The Triangle" began publishing in color in the summer of2004 . During the summer of2007 publishing switched from tabloid to broadsheet format. Sections include News, Ed-op, Arts & Entertainment, Sports, Comics, and Classified ads."The Triangle" has won several Mark of Excellence Awards which honor the best in Student Journalism from the
Society of Professional Journalists . First place in Editorial Writing (2000),cite web| url =http://www.spj.org/moe00r1.asp| title = Society of Professional Journalists: Mark of Excellence Awards| publisher =Society of Professional Journalists | accessdate =2007-04-13] General Column Writing (2000), Second place in Editorial Writing (2001),cite web| url =http://www.spj.org/moe01r1.asp| title = Society of Professional Journalists: Mark of Excellence Awards| publisher =Society of Professional Journalists | accessdate =2007-04-13] and third place in Sports Column Writing (2001). In 2004 they won twoNational Pacemaker Awards for excellence in college newspapers. [cite web|date=2004 |title=2004 ACP Newspaper Pacemaker Winners |url=http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/npm04.html |publisher=Associated Collegiate Press |accessdate=2008-08-13]Notable former columnists include
Chuck Barris , creator of "The Gong Show " and subject of the movie "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ".John Gruber , creater ofDaring Fireball was also a former columnist and past Editor-in-Chief.References
External links
* [http://www.thetriangle.org "The Triangle"]
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