The Cornell Daily Sun, of Cornell University, is an independent daily newspaper published in Ithaca, New York. It is the oldest continuously independent college daily in the United States. Download high resolution version (705x1088, 541 KB) This is a newspaper cover. ... For other uses of the name Cornell, see Cornell (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Ithaca Commons be merged into this article or section. ...

The Sun features original coverage of the university and its environs as well as stories from the Associated Press and U-WIRE. It prints on weekdays when the university is open for academic instruction as a tabloid-sized daily. In addition to these regular issues, The Sun publishes a graduation issue and a freshman issue, which is mailed to incoming Cornell freshmen before their first semester. The paper is free on campus and on-online. Associated Press logo This article concerns the news service. ... The U-WIRE is a wire service tailored to colleges and universities. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ...

The Sun is staffed entirely of Cornell students, aside from a few full-time production and business positions, and is fully independent of the university. It operates out of its own building in downtown Ithaca.

History

The Cornell Sun was founded in 1880 to challenge Cornell's original and leading publication, the weekly Cornell Era (founded 1868). The Era shortly became a literary journal, and was eventually consigned to oblivion. The Sun boasted in its opening paragraph: "We have no indulgence to ask, no favors to beg." 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The first issue: September 16, 1880

The paper incorporated and changed to daily frequency, earning its longstanding boast "Ithaca's Only Morning Paper." In 1912 it added a second, "first collegiate member of the Associated Press." Image File history File links Also . ... Image File history File links Also . ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ...

Following the shift of its main competitor, the Ithaca Journal, from evening to morning daily publication in 1996, The Sun changed its traditional front page slogan which, after several iterations, now states "Independent Since 1880." This period also marked a shift in The Sun's content from national to local and university-related stories. The Ithaca Journal is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper published in Ithaca, New York. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

In December 2002, the Alumni Association purchased the former Elks Lodge in downtown Ithaca, erected 1916. Completely renovated over the next several months, it has housed the paper's offices since June 2003. Now called the Cornell Daily Sun Building, it is coincidentally located next door to the Ithaca Journal's offices. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Fraternal and Service Organizations ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the fall semester of 2004, The Sun turned free and started featuring full-color front and back pages as part of a redesign in its layout. These moves were partially effected to boost circulation in response to Cornell's Student Assembly's decision to provide the New York Times and USA Today on campus for free to all undergraduate Cornell students. Student Assembly is a common name the legislative branch of many university student governments in the United States. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... USA Today is a national American newspaper published by the Gannett Corporation. ...

Alumni

The Cornell Daily Sun Alumni Association, comprised of former editors, managers and staff of the Cornell Daily Sun, exists to further journalism by Cornell University students.

The Sun boasts a number of prominent alumni, including at least four Pulitzer Prize-winners. They include: Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-13, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...

• Frank E. Gannett, founder of the Gannett Company; coincidentally, Gannett now owns and operates The Ithaca Journal
• Carl P. Leubsdorf, The Dallas Morning News columnist
• Oscar Mayer, Business Manager (1933-1934), grandson of the founder of the Oscar Mayer meat production company responsible for that company's substantial growth
• Dick Schaap, Editor-in-Chief (1954-1955), noted sports writer and broadcaster
• Jeremy Schaap, Sports Editor, ESPN contributor and son of Dick Schaap
• Kurt Vonnegut, Associate Editor (1942-1943), novelist and satirist
• E. B. White, Editor-in-Chief (1920-1921), columnist and novelist

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References

• "From the Hill: Housing News: A Home for the Sun," Cornell Magazine, Vol. 105 No. 5, March/April 2003.
• Bishop, Morris. A History of Cornell. New York, New York: Cornell University Press, 1962. ISBN 0801400368
• Margulis, Daniel ed. A Century at Cornell: Published to Commemorate the Hundredth Anniversary of the Cornell Daily Sun. Ithaca, New York: Cornell Daily Sun, 1980. ISBN 0938304003

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External links

• Cornell Daily Sun official site
• Cornell Daily Sun Alumni Association
• Cornell University Library, Cornell Daily Sun Digitization Project