Kansas State Collegian
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The Kansas State Collegian is the official daily student-run newspaper of Kansas State University
. Founded in 1896, the Collegian is the eighth largest daily publication in the state of Kansas with a circulation of 10,000.
During World War II, the paper was reduced from a broadsheet
to a tabloid and was published once a week on the campus press. In 1946, the paper returned to its former size and was published on the presses of the Manhattan Mercury-Chronicle. The frequency and size of the paper changed again in 1949, when a Cox-O Type press was installed in the basement of Kedzie Hall and the Collegian went from a semi-weekly broadsheet to a daily tabloid-sized publication. In 1966, a 50,000 Cottrell web offset press was installed.
Kansas State acquired the first computerized editing equipment in a Kansas newsroom and among the first four in a U.S. university in 1972, when student publications direction Bill Brown persuaded the board to purchase two Hendrix editing display terminals. An upgrade to punched tape
typesetting equipment followed in 1982 with the installation of a Compugraphic
Trendsetter. Another Trendsetter was added in 1983 and the Collegian changed to broadsheet format. Laser typesetting came to the paper in 1987, when an Apple LaserWriter
Plus and Linotronic
100 replaced the Trendsetter presses. In 1992, under the direction of adviser Ron Johnson, the paper started evolving towards to full pagination in January, when Student Senate funded a half-million dollar purchase of Macintosh computer equipment.
The first Collegian website launched in 1994. Kelly Campbell and Ryan Korte, the Collegian network administrators, were among the original creators of the online version of the Collegian. The first "eCollegian" edition appeared in the summer, becoming only the third college newspaper to publish daily on the Web. The privilege fee continuation resulted in an upgrade of the Collegian's computers to PowerMacs, and printing services purchased a machine that allowed the pages to print straight to film, improving color and reproduction quality. The Electronic Collegian also won first place in content in the Associate Collegiate Press' Best of the Net competition in Washington, D.C.
In 1999, the Collegian accepted the bid of the Salina Journal
to print the Collegian on its presses, allowing the Collegian to go four-color, five days a week, for the first time. The Collegian has since renewed its agreement with the Salina Journal. Meanwhile, the historic press machine in the basement of Kedzie was dismantled and removed. By the summer of 2006, the Collegian officially signs on and launches its updated Web site with the college newspaper hosting company, College Publisher
. The Collegian continued pressing forward with its Web site, and by summer 2007, had begun hiring in-house staff members who focused on video editing. By July, the Collegian had also established an online e-mail subscription service, message board/forum system and interactive university calendar.
On July 9 the Collegian launched a redesigned Web site with College Publisher 5.0. The Collegian was one of the first College Publisher affiliates to launch a 5.0 Web site.
Kansas State University
Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
. Founded in 1896, the Collegian is the eighth largest daily publication in the state of Kansas with a circulation of 10,000.
History
The inaugural edition of the student newspaper at K-State, then known as the Students' Herald, was published in 1896. The school became the first college or university in the United States to offer a four-year course in printing in 1910 with its industrial journalism curriculum.During World War II, the paper was reduced from a broadsheet
Broadsheet
Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of material, from ballads to political satire. The first broadsheet...
to a tabloid and was published once a week on the campus press. In 1946, the paper returned to its former size and was published on the presses of the Manhattan Mercury-Chronicle. The frequency and size of the paper changed again in 1949, when a Cox-O Type press was installed in the basement of Kedzie Hall and the Collegian went from a semi-weekly broadsheet to a daily tabloid-sized publication. In 1966, a 50,000 Cottrell web offset press was installed.
Kansas State acquired the first computerized editing equipment in a Kansas newsroom and among the first four in a U.S. university in 1972, when student publications direction Bill Brown persuaded the board to purchase two Hendrix editing display terminals. An upgrade to punched tape
Punched tape
Punched tape or paper tape is an obsolete form of data storage, consisting of a long strip of paper in which holes are punched to store data...
typesetting equipment followed in 1982 with the installation of a Compugraphic
Compugraphic
Compugraphic Corporation was an American producer of typesetting systems and phototypesetting equipment, based, at the time of the Agfa merger, in Wilmington, Massachusetts, just a few miles from where it was founded...
Trendsetter. Another Trendsetter was added in 1983 and the Collegian changed to broadsheet format. Laser typesetting came to the paper in 1987, when an Apple LaserWriter
LaserWriter
The LaserWriter was a laser printer with built-in PostScript interpreter introduced by Apple in 1985. It was one of the first laser printers available to the mass market...
Plus and Linotronic
Linotronic
The Linotronic imagesetters are a now common type of high-quality printer, capable of printing at resolutions of up to 2540 dots per inch. The Linotronic allowed graphic artists to cheaply set type that exceeded the quality of many phototypesetting systems in use at the time...
100 replaced the Trendsetter presses. In 1992, under the direction of adviser Ron Johnson, the paper started evolving towards to full pagination in January, when Student Senate funded a half-million dollar purchase of Macintosh computer equipment.
The first Collegian website launched in 1994. Kelly Campbell and Ryan Korte, the Collegian network administrators, were among the original creators of the online version of the Collegian. The first "eCollegian" edition appeared in the summer, becoming only the third college newspaper to publish daily on the Web. The privilege fee continuation resulted in an upgrade of the Collegian's computers to PowerMacs, and printing services purchased a machine that allowed the pages to print straight to film, improving color and reproduction quality. The Electronic Collegian also won first place in content in the Associate Collegiate Press' Best of the Net competition in Washington, D.C.
In 1999, the Collegian accepted the bid of the Salina Journal
The Salina Journal
The Salina Journal is a daily morning newspaper based in Salina, Kansas. Founded in 1871, it is read and delivered in north-central and north-western Kansas....
to print the Collegian on its presses, allowing the Collegian to go four-color, five days a week, for the first time. The Collegian has since renewed its agreement with the Salina Journal. Meanwhile, the historic press machine in the basement of Kedzie was dismantled and removed. By the summer of 2006, the Collegian officially signs on and launches its updated Web site with the college newspaper hosting company, College Publisher
College Publisher
College Publisher is an online hosted college newspaper system used by hundreds of college newspapers around the United States. The product is an application service provider that provides web site design and hosting...
. The Collegian continued pressing forward with its Web site, and by summer 2007, had begun hiring in-house staff members who focused on video editing. By July, the Collegian had also established an online e-mail subscription service, message board/forum system and interactive university calendar.
On July 9 the Collegian launched a redesigned Web site with College Publisher 5.0. The Collegian was one of the first College Publisher affiliates to launch a 5.0 Web site.