- The Harvard Independent
"The Harvard Independent" is a weekly newspaper produced by undergraduate students at
Harvard University . It is currently the only hard-news alternative toThe Harvard Crimson , although it currently functions in a more open magazine format than the daily Crimson.Origin and History
The "Independent" was founded in
1969 by students and alumni who felt the campus needed an alternative to "The Harvard Crimson ". The Crimson at the time reflected the left-wing turn of student organizations throughout the nation in the 1960s, and the founders of the Independent felt politically alienated from Crimson editors.As the decades passed, the weekly newspaper, released every Thursday and distributed both on the Internet and to
Harvard College student dormitories, the format morphed to that of analternative weekly rather than a standard newspaper, with illustrated covers and four main sections: News, Sports, Arts, and the Forum (Op-Ed) section. It now competes more with the weekly Crimson magazine Fifteen Minutes than the daily paper, as this is also released every Thursday.Notable Alumni
*political blogger
Matthew Yglesias
*Wall Street Journal correspondent Peter LattmanExternal links
* [http://www.harvardindependent.com "The Harvard Independent" Homepage]
* [http://harvardindy.wordpress.com "Harvard Independent Blog"] ]
* [http://indyclassic.wordpress.com "Harvard Independent Alumni Blog"] ]
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