El periódico

The Newspaper es el periódico estudiantil independiente más grande de Canadá y se distribuye en la Universidad de Toronto y sus alrededores . Es publicado por la corporación sin fines de lucro Planet Publications Inc. y se mantiene económicamente desde su fundación en 1978. Circuló brevemente como The Independent Weekly antes de volver a su título original, que ahora se suele estilizar como el periódico con minúsculas intencionales.

The Newspaper is officially recognized by the University of Toronto under the campus media policy of its Governing Council, a unique policy protecting the rights of independent publishers on the University of Toronto campus.

The paper currently publishes biweekly with print issues distributed across the University of Toronto St. George campus in addition to various locations in downtown Toronto.

Historia

Los editores fundadores de The Newspaper fueron los ex editores de The Varsity , Steven Petranik, Thomas Simpson y Ken Whitehurst. En el primer año de publicación de The Newspaper , destacados profesores de la Universidad de Toronto contribuyeron con artículos, entre ellos Allan Bloom , Denis Duffy y Robertson Davies . En 1994, The Newspaper entrevistó al influyente dúo de hip hop Gang Starr . Las oficinas de The Newspaper estaban ubicadas originalmente en 1 Spadina Crescent y se trasladaron a 256 McCaul Street en 2013 debido a renovaciones.

Ediciones especiales

Since 2003, The Newspaper's last print issue of every publishing season is a large compact alcohol-themed issue called The Boozepaper, often comprising a centerfold poster and beer reviews. There is also a Love and Sex Edition of the paper that centers around the themes of romance, sex, and dating published every February.

In November 2015, The Newspaper published a food-themed issue called The Foodpaper, though it is unknown whether this will be a recurring edition.

Antiguos alumnos destacados

Film director Atom Egoyan, novelists Rohinton Mistry and Ray Robertson, and television public affairs host Steve Paikin all contributed to The Newspaper while attending the University of Toronto.