The Daily Campus is the largest daily college newspaper in the state of Connecticut and employs more than 120 students during the academic year. We publish Monday through Friday during the academic year and deliver 10,000 copies to over 80 locations both on- and off-campus and to select locations at the Greater Hartford regional campus.
In 1896, the S.A.C. Lookout was created at the Storrs Agricultural College, Storrs, Conn. The College had just opened up its first female dormitory and two young newspaper pioneers, John H. Evens and John N. Fitts, started what we know today as The Daily Campus.
The staff was small, unpaid and included the captain of the football team as its Sports Editor. When the college newspaper founders laid out their pages, it was by hand-selecting tiny metal slugs with embossed letters from a printer's California job case. Today, The Daily Campus uses top-of-the-line technology to print and deliver the news to our readers.
The Daily Campus has had continuous daily publication for over 50 years and has recently celebrated its 110th anniversary. In the 1970s, the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees granted The Connecticut Daily Campus its independence from the Associated Student Government and created the newspaper it is today.
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News: Know everything that's happening on campus, and know it first. Brush up your reporting skills and meet administrators, campus leaders and other students. See your byline on the front page with the need-to-know stories that impact the university and local community every day. For more information, e-mail news@dailycampus.com Meetings 7:00 p.m. Mondays at The Daily Campus
Commentary (Opinion): Got a bone to pick, but no one will listen? If you can put it into 600 words, we can put it out for 9,000 people to see in print and 16,000+ to see online. Earn that coveted spot on page 4 next to the InstantDaily with thought-provoking ideas, advice and comments. For more information, e-mail opinion@dailycampus.com Meetings 8 p.m. Sundays at The Daily Campus
Focus: In a word, fun. Music or movie junkie? Review the latest tracks or films and let campus know if it's good or not. Into concerts? Cover concerts ranging from classical to punk to rap and everything in between. Write features about trends, relationships and things other students can relate to. For more information, e-mail focus@dailycampus.com Meetings 8:00 p.m. Mondays at The Daily Campus
Sports: Do you live and die by the scoreboard? Do you memorize stats for fun? Do you consider Gampel to be sacred ground? You'll be in good company. Cover a Division I sports team, or just write about sports with those who feel similarly. Talk to UConn's varsity athletes and write features. For more information, e-mail sports@dailycampus.com Meetings 8:30 p.m. Mondays at The Daily Campus
Photo: Beef up your portfolio, and have fun doing it. Work with the latest in digital photography equipment while you shoot every kind of event on campus -- sports game, concerts, meetings and discussions, etc. Have your work in 9,000 copies of the paper each day in print, and by 16,000+ online. For more information, e-mail photo@dailycampus.com
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