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The Pacific Index
is the student-run
newspaper
of
Pacific University
in
Forest Grove
,
Oregon
,
United States
. The biweekly paper is a member of the College Publisher Network.
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History
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Pacific University started a campus newspaper in 1893 as a monthly paper named the
Pacific University Index
.
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By 1899, circulation for the 16-page paper had grown to 275, with a subscription costing 50 cents.
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The paper experimented with a "date bureau" to help students find
dates
, starting the program in March 1936.
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In 1939,
The Index
was selected for a second-class honor rating by the
Associated Collegiate Press
.
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Then, for the 1939 to 1940 academic year,
The Index
went through three editors, with freshman Don Wilson as the third taking over in January 1940.
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In 1943, the paper was awarded a first-class honor rating by the Associated Collegiate Press.
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For the 1951 to 1952 school year,
Bill Hilliard
was the elected editor of the paper, which was still a weekly publication at that time.
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In 1965, the newspaper and school yearbook were both put under the direction of the school’s journalism department, the first time that had happened at Pacific.
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That year, Patricia Stephenson was selected as the editor.
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The Index
endorsed then U.S. Representative
Robert B. Duncan
over then-governor
Mark Hatfield
in the
1966 U.S. Senate Race
, which Hatfield went on to win.
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The newspaper also endorsed
Tom McCall
for
Oregon Secretary of State
, and Pacific University later started an annual lecture series named in McCall’s honor.
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In October 2010, the
Index
went through a redesign as well as improvements to the associated website.
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The newspaper was a biweekly publication at that time.
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Details
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The student newspaper is published biweekly, though stories appear online more frequently.
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The Index
is distributed only on the college’s main campus in Forest Grove and at the school’s
Health Professions Campus
in
Hillsboro, Oregon
.
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In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Pacific Index temporarily stopped production of their print issues, and moved to an online only platform. The Pacific Index Podcast was launched in 2020.
References
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College Publisher Network Affiliates.
Archived
2008-05-27 at the
Wayback Machine
College Publisher Network. Retrieved on November 11, 2010.
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a
b
"Collegiate"
.
National Newspaper Directory and Gazetteer
. Pettingill & Co. 1899. pp. Part II: 19.
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"Bureau to Help Round Up Dates For Timid Ones".
The Oregonian
. March 15, 1936. p. 12.
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"College papers rated by board".
The Oregonian
. April 25, 1939. p. 2.
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"Portlander Gets Editorial Post".
The Oregonian
. January 22, 1940. p. 6.
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"Pacific Wins Paper Rating".
The Oregonian
. November 26, 1943. p. 13.
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"Bill Hilliard To Edit Paper".
The Oregonian
. May 18, 1951. Section 2, p. 9.
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a
b
"GP Girl Gets Post Of Editor".
The Oregonian
. October 8, 1965. p. 28.
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a
b
"Pacific Student Paper Backs Duncan For Senate".
The Oregonian
. November 3, 1966. p. 19.
- ^
"Pacific University's Tom McCall Forum"
. Pacific University
. Retrieved
12 November
2010
.
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a
b
c
d
House, Kelly (November 9, 2010).
"Pacific University student newspaper unveils new look, in print and online"
.
The Oregonian
. Retrieved
12 November
2010
.
- ^
a
b
"Distribution"
.
The Pacific Index
. Pacific University
. Retrieved
12 November
2010
.
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