The Campus (Lennoxville)
Encyclopedia
The Campus is a student-run newspaper
that covers Bishop's University
(an English language
, liberal arts
university located in Lennoxville, Quebec
, Canada
), events in the Eastern Townships
region as they pertain to students, and other items of interest to Canadian university students.
This newspaper
, established in 1944, is run entirely by the student body of the university
and its staff of approximately 8 or 9 members is selected each year by the outgoing incumbents. It publishes on a bi-monthly schedule during the academic school year and also prints one summer issue with the intent of sending it to incoming students. It is an independent, not-for-profit newspaper financed by a student levy and advertising revenue.
The Campus hosted the Spring 2005 regional Canadian University Press
conference.
Since 2003, The Campus has maintained a parallel online edition located on their website.
Complete archives of The Campus are available in the Bishop's University Old Library, and issues from 2007 onward are archived electronically on the Campus' website
1948-1949 - George Beers
1949-1950 - Bill March
1950 - 1951 - John Jordan
1951 - 1952 - Ed Lackey
1952 - 1953 - Pat Playfair
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
that covers Bishop's University
Bishop's University
Bishop's University is a predominantly undergraduate university in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Bishop's is one of three universities in the province of Quebec that teach primarily in the English language...
(an English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, liberal arts
Liberal arts
The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...
university located in Lennoxville, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
), events in the Eastern Townships
Eastern Townships
The Eastern Townships is a tourist region and a former administrative region in south-eastern Quebec, lying between the former seigneuries south of the Saint Lawrence River and the United States border. Its northern boundary roughly followed Logan's Line, the geologic boundary between the flat,...
region as they pertain to students, and other items of interest to Canadian university students.
This newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
, established in 1944, is run entirely by the student body of the university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
and its staff of approximately 8 or 9 members is selected each year by the outgoing incumbents. It publishes on a bi-monthly schedule during the academic school year and also prints one summer issue with the intent of sending it to incoming students. It is an independent, not-for-profit newspaper financed by a student levy and advertising revenue.
The Campus hosted the Spring 2005 regional Canadian University Press
Canadian University Press
Canadian University Press is a non-profit co-operative and newswire service owned by almost 90 student newspapers at post-secondary schools in Canada. Founded in 1938, CUP is the oldest student newswire service in the world and the oldest national student organization in North America. Many...
conference.
Since 2003, The Campus has maintained a parallel online edition located on their website.
Complete archives of The Campus are available in the Bishop's University Old Library, and issues from 2007 onward are archived electronically on the Campus' website
Before The Campus
The Mitre acted as an outlet for student opinion and record of student life before The Campus. The Mitre first appeared in June 1893 and continues today as a student literary magazine.Editors
- 1944-1945 - Founded by Phil Beaudry and Fred Kaufman.
1948-1949 - George Beers
1949-1950 - Bill March
1950 - 1951 - John Jordan
1951 - 1952 - Ed Lackey
1952 - 1953 - Pat Playfair
- 1978-1979 - Bill Floch & Carolyn Rowell (Co-Editors)
- 1979-1980 - Susan Milner
- 1980-1981 - Don Richardson; Robert Palmer
- 1981-1982 - Stephanie Lindeburg; Robert Palmer
- 1982-1983 - Robert Palmer
- 1983-1984 - Andrew Hewitt
- 1984-1985 - Dianna Hamilton
- 1985-1986 -
- 1986-1987 -
- 1987-1988 -
- 1988-1989 - Alix Kroeger, currently a reporter with the BBC. (Assistant editor was Colin MacLachlin)
- 1989-1990 -
- 1990-1991 -
- 1991-1992 -
- 1992-1993 - Adam Hough
- 1993-1994 - Michael Snider, currently with The Globe and Mail.
- 1994-1995 - Mark Patterson
- 1995-1996 - Pamela Baltzer
- 1996-1997 - Aaron Doucette
- 1997-1998 - Kirsty Robertson, currently a professor at the University of Western Ontario
- 1998-1999 - Matt McCooeye
- 1999-2000 - Matt Saunders
- 2000-2001 - Mark Carter
- 2001-2002 - Raina Delisle
- 2002-2003 - Jaime Murdoch
- 2003-2004 - Greg Dempsey
- 2004-2005 - Sabrina Fabian, currently an associate producer at Radio-Canada (CBC) in Calgary, Alberta.
- 2005-2006 - Sam Solomon, currently a staff writer at the National Review of Medicine in Montreal, Quebec.
- 2006-2007 - Sarah Howard
- 2007-2008 - John Greenhow
- 2008-2009 - Fraser Lockerbie
- 2009-2010 - Olivia Lees
- 2010-2011 - Ronan O'Beirne
- 2011-2012 - Adam Young
Notable alumni
- Don Murray - CBCCanadian Broadcasting CorporationThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
reporter and anchor in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. - Norman WebsterNorman WebsterNorman Eric Webster is a Canadian journalist: a former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail and The Gazette.Born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, he was educated at Bishop's College School and received his B.A. from Bishop's University. He was a Rhodes Scholar at St John's College, Oxford...
- former editor in chief of The Globe and MailThe Globe and MailThe Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of approximately 1 million, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star...
and the Montreal Gazette.
External links
- The Campus' official website
- Canadian University Press - The Campus is a member of CUP.