The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Editor | Robert Rigo |
| Managing editors | Devyn Gianetti, Daniel Mahoney |
| News editor | Hayley Johnson |
| Opinion editor | Maral Margossian |
| Sports editor | Andrew Cyr |
| Photo editor | Jessica Picard |
| Staff writers | 50 |
| Founded | 1890 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 113 Campus Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 |
| Circulation | 7,000 |
| Website | dailycollegian.com |
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian is an American daily newspaper founded in 1890, and the independently-funded, student-operated newspaper of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Published in print Monday through Thursday during the academic semester, the Collegian is a non-profit funded entirely through advertising revenue and receives no funding from the University or from student fees.
Founded in 1890, the paper began as Aggie Life, became the College Signal in 1901, the Weekly Collegian in 1914 and the Tri-Weekly Collegian in 1956. Published daily from 1967 to 2013 and as a broadsheet since January 1994, the Collegian cut its Friday print paper in September 2013 due to declining ad revenue., The Collegian is one of the largest college newspapers in New England and the country.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker cited the Collegian in an August 20, 2014 advertisement highlighting differences between himself and Democratic candidates then-Attorney General Martha Coakley and then-Treasurer Steve Grossman.
Andrea Dworkin, in "The Power of Words," narrated the history of a protest against gender discrimination at the Collegian in 1978. Women on the Collegian staff cited violent and discriminatory treatment in the newsroom, including threats made against Julie Melrose, women's editor, and a "hate campaign" calling activist women "lesbians." The paper's staff overturned a decision by the paper's board of directors to provide four ad-free pages per week to the women's editorial staff, and protests resulting in an occupation of the Collegian offices by women on staff began after talks between the two sides and the administration broke down.
Published in the first issue of The Massachusetts Daily Occupied Collegian, "The Power of Words" was a given as a speech at a rally supporting the occupation of the Collegian offices by women staffers who faced censorship and suppression by male editors. Several women set up a blockade and resisted efforts to remove them from the office while publishing an "insurgent" newspaper for twelve days in May 1978. The Associated Press, which called the occupation a "feminist take-over," reported that the Collegian printed from temporary offices and called the administration's refusal to remove the women from the offices "irresponsible." As of the tenth day of the protest, the women had vowed to continue the occupation into the summer vacation, the student judiciary had threatened to hold suspension hearings for occupying students, and "militant feminist" Robin Morgan had spoken during a 250-person march to the administration building.
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