The Albany Student Press or the ASP, the newspaper

Newspaper

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 of the University at Albany, The State University of New York

University at Albany, The State University of New York

The State University of New York at Albany, also known as University at Albany, State University of New York, SUNY Albany or simply UAlbany, is a public university located in Albany, Guilderland, and East Greenbush, New York, United States; is the senior campus of the State University of New York ...

, is one of the oldest continuously published and independent college newspapers in the United States.

First published monthly in 1892 as the Normal School Echo the paper would evolve into a weekly in 1916, known as the State College News. The newspaper has evolved into a comprehensive news agency with a circulation of about 10,000 . It is released on Mondays during the school year and is published by the Albany Student Press Corporation. The paper covers campus news, sports, and entertainment, and it includes opinion columns by students.

History

The State University News began publishing in the fall of 1916. From 1892 to 1916 a monthly periodical that featured student work was published under the title "The Normal School Echo". The newspaper officially changed its name to the Albany Student Press in 1963 to reflect the growing shift to a major research university. By the 1960s, the newspaper had a growing readership, increased coverage of world, national, and state events. The paper was published twice a week — Tuesdays and Fridays — for many years, but later switched to once a week. In the fall of 1997, the ASP launched SUNY Albany's only creative writing and arts magazine, The Fountain Pen.

The current masthead was developed in 2001. It depicts purple

Purple

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 ASP lettering with a spear

Spear

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 running through the letters. A snake, an asp

Asp

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, is intertwined with a spear. The helmet of Minerva

Minerva

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, the Greek goddess of wisdom and symbol for UAlbany, is off to the side.

External links

• The Albany Student Press
• Chronological History of the University at Albany, SUNY