The Independent Collegian is an independent student newspaper

Student newspaper

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 published in Toledo, Ohio

Toledo, Ohio

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, serving the University of Toledo

University of Toledo

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 community. It is published bi-weekly, each Monday and Thursday.

Early history

The Independent Collegian was first published in 1919 as The Universi-Teaser. It was renamed The Campus Collegian three years later. In 1962, it was renamed again to The Collegian.

Competition and color

In early 1993, two former Collegian editors started a rival publication, Spectrum

Spectrum (newspaper)

Spectrum was a Toledo, Ohio-based newspaper serving the University of Toledo community.- History :Spectrum was founded in 1993 by two University of Toledo students, Michael Miller and Will Nicholes...

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which was published in full color.
At the time, The Collegian was a published in black-and-white

Black-and-white

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, with occasional spot color

Spot color

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 runs for special occasions such as Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day

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In response, The Collegian switched to full-color publication on September 20, 1993, although the news that The Collegian was planning to do so was first published in August by Spectrum, rather than by The Collegian itself.

Independence

After many years as an official service of the University of Toledo, The Collegian staff negotiated a split with the university in 2000, moving from offices in the Student Union to off-campus headquarters and renaming the paper to The Independent Collegian. The newspaper is now legally and financially independent of the university.