The Daily Targum
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The Daily Targum is the official student newspaper
of Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey. Founded in 1869, it is the second-oldest collegiate newspaper in the United States. The Daily Targum is student written and managed, and boasts a circulation of 18,000. In its current form, it exists as a bi-fold tabloid-style paper featuring international, national, local, and university news, as well as editorials, columns, comics, classifieds, sports, and other amusements. In 1980, the paper achieved independence from the University, establishing a non-profit organization
, the Targum Publishing Company, which now oversees all areas of the paper. The Daily Targum is published Monday through Friday while classes are in session, in New Brunswick, New Jersey
. Its website is www.dailytargum.com, and can be found on Facebook (/thedailytargum), Twitter (/daily_targum), and Tumblr (targum-finds.tumblr.com).
In 2006, publishing of The Newark Targum
began, serving the Rutgers-Newark
campus.
CNBC
personality Rebecca Quick
served as the newspaper's editor-in-chief for a period, before joining The Wall Street Journal
.
AVN personality David Aaron Clark
served as the newspaper's editor-in-chief for a period.
, including Aramaic language
paraphrases of the Hebrew Scriptures, called Targum
s. The word "Targum" means interpretation in Aramaic and is used as a slang word when referring to crib sheets, among various Aramaic terms that become part of the campus vernacular. This is the inspiration for the name of the forthcoming periodical.
1867: The Targum first appears as a four-page publication, the forerunner of the Scarlet Letter Yearbook.
1869: On Jan. 29 the Targum begins publishing as a monthly newspaper and literary magazine. It includes campus news, poetry, humor and essays on literature, science, philosophy, religion and travel. This same year Rutgers hosts the first intercollegiate football game
with Princeton University
, which Rutgers wins (and the Targum dutifully reports), 6-4.
1880: The Targum begins printing once every three weeks.
1891: The Targum becomes a weekly publication.
1919: The format changes from an 8" by 11" format to an 11" by 17" tabloid size.
1927: The first spoof issue of the Targum, the Mugrat, is printed. The issue reports that a Rutgers professor has been held in the county jail, charged with cruelty to animals.
1954: The Targum is printed four times a week.
1956: The newspaper becomes a daily publication, printing five days a week.
1969: Letterpress printing off-campus abandoned in favor of photo-offset print shop run by students on campus.
1970: Targum staff threatens strike if editors appoint new editorial board without staff input. Staff election of editors established through Targum caucus. Tony Mauro elected editor-in-chief over prior editors' choice.
1978: The Targum staff strikes after demands for honoraria are not met.
1980: The Targum Publishing Company files its papers of incorporation on July 1, 1980, following a year of negotiations with the University and an arduously fought battle to pass the student vote for funding. Students now fund the Targum directly through a refundable fee on their term bills.
1982: Typewriters are discarded as the first computers enter the Targum's newsroom.
1996: The Targum goes online.
1998: In January of this year, the Targum begins using full color on the front and back pages on a daily basis.
2002: The productions staff leaves film behind as the newspaper begins fully electronic publication.
2006: The first issue of The Newark Targum is launched on February 15, 2006.
2008: The first video is posted on the Daily Targum website.
Source: Celebrating 25 Years of Independence, by Theresa Poulson. pgs. 6-7. May 2005.
2009: Regular videos and audio slideshows begin to be posted on the Targum website.
2011: The Daily Targum increases circulation to 18,000 papers Monday through Thursday, and 15,500 on Friday. The Tarugm website also switches to Town News CMS web hosting, launches a Tumblr account (in addition to its Facebook and Twitter pages), and gets set to launch a mobile app for iPhones and Androids.
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...
of Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey. Founded in 1869, it is the second-oldest collegiate newspaper in the United States. The Daily Targum is student written and managed, and boasts a circulation of 18,000. In its current form, it exists as a bi-fold tabloid-style paper featuring international, national, local, and university news, as well as editorials, columns, comics, classifieds, sports, and other amusements. In 1980, the paper achieved independence from the University, establishing a non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
, the Targum Publishing Company, which now oversees all areas of the paper. The Daily Targum is published Monday through Friday while classes are in session, in New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...
. Its website is www.dailytargum.com, and can be found on Facebook (/thedailytargum), Twitter (/daily_targum), and Tumblr (targum-finds.tumblr.com).
In 2006, publishing of The Newark Targum
The Newark Targum
The Newark Targum is a weekly student newspaper published by the TargumPublishing Company for the student population of the Newark campus of Rutgers University. It is a weekly paper, with a circulation of 5,000 copies, printed each Wednesday during the academic year...
began, serving the Rutgers-Newark
Rutgers-Newark
Rutgers University in Newark is one of three campuses of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, the eighth oldest college in the United States and a member of the Association of American Universities...
campus.
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personality Rebecca Quick
Rebecca Quick
Rebecca Quick is an American television journalist/newscaster, co-anchorwoman of CNBC's financial news show Squawk Box. Quick is currently based at CNBC’s New Jersey headquarters.-Early life:...
served as the newspaper's editor-in-chief for a period, before joining The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
.
AVN personality David Aaron Clark
David Aaron Clark
David Aaron Clark was an author, musician, pornographic actor, and two time AVN Award winning director of Asian themed adult movies. He is best known for shooting films of Asian women.-Career:...
served as the newspaper's editor-in-chief for a period.
Targum Timeline
1866: Then Rutgers President William H. Campbell lectures to Rutgers men on the original text of the Old TestamentOld Testament
The Old Testament, of which Christians hold different views, is a Christian term for the religious writings of ancient Israel held sacred and inspired by Christians which overlaps with the 24-book canon of the Masoretic Text of Judaism...
, including Aramaic language
Aramaic language
Aramaic is a group of languages belonging to the Afroasiatic language phylum. The name of the language is based on the name of Aram, an ancient region in central Syria. Within this family, Aramaic belongs to the Semitic family, and more specifically, is a part of the Northwest Semitic subfamily,...
paraphrases of the Hebrew Scriptures, called Targum
Targum
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
s. The word "Targum" means interpretation in Aramaic and is used as a slang word when referring to crib sheets, among various Aramaic terms that become part of the campus vernacular. This is the inspiration for the name of the forthcoming periodical.
1867: The Targum first appears as a four-page publication, the forerunner of the Scarlet Letter Yearbook.
1869: On Jan. 29 the Targum begins publishing as a monthly newspaper and literary magazine. It includes campus news, poetry, humor and essays on literature, science, philosophy, religion and travel. This same year Rutgers hosts the first intercollegiate football game
1869 college football season
The 1869 college football season was the first season of intercollegiate football. It is considered the inaugural college football season, and consisted of only two total games, both of which occurred between the and ; The first was played on November 6 at Rutgers' campus, and the second was...
with Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, which Rutgers wins (and the Targum dutifully reports), 6-4.
1880: The Targum begins printing once every three weeks.
1891: The Targum becomes a weekly publication.
1919: The format changes from an 8" by 11" format to an 11" by 17" tabloid size.
1927: The first spoof issue of the Targum, the Mugrat, is printed. The issue reports that a Rutgers professor has been held in the county jail, charged with cruelty to animals.
1954: The Targum is printed four times a week.
1956: The newspaper becomes a daily publication, printing five days a week.
1969: Letterpress printing off-campus abandoned in favor of photo-offset print shop run by students on campus.
1970: Targum staff threatens strike if editors appoint new editorial board without staff input. Staff election of editors established through Targum caucus. Tony Mauro elected editor-in-chief over prior editors' choice.
1978: The Targum staff strikes after demands for honoraria are not met.
1980: The Targum Publishing Company files its papers of incorporation on July 1, 1980, following a year of negotiations with the University and an arduously fought battle to pass the student vote for funding. Students now fund the Targum directly through a refundable fee on their term bills.
1982: Typewriters are discarded as the first computers enter the Targum's newsroom.
1996: The Targum goes online.
1998: In January of this year, the Targum begins using full color on the front and back pages on a daily basis.
2002: The productions staff leaves film behind as the newspaper begins fully electronic publication.
2006: The first issue of The Newark Targum is launched on February 15, 2006.
2008: The first video is posted on the Daily Targum website.
Source: Celebrating 25 Years of Independence, by Theresa Poulson. pgs. 6-7. May 2005.
2009: Regular videos and audio slideshows begin to be posted on the Targum website.
2011: The Daily Targum increases circulation to 18,000 papers Monday through Thursday, and 15,500 on Friday. The Tarugm website also switches to Town News CMS web hosting, launches a Tumblr account (in addition to its Facebook and Twitter pages), and gets set to launch a mobile app for iPhones and Androids.
Referendum
In order to secure student funding for the Daily Targum, the newspaper is required to hold a referendum every three years. Since 1980, the Daily Targum has sought to receive "yes" votes from 25% of the students at each University division in order to receive funding from all the students in that division. The last referendum was held in 2010.See also
- Rutgers UniversityRutgers UniversityRutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
- Rutgers University student organizationsRutgers University student organizationsRutgers University hosts over 700 student organizations, covering a wide range of interests. Governed and funded by student government, students can organize groups for any political ideology or issue, ethnic or religious affiliation, academic subject, activity, or hobby...
- Rutgers CenturionRutgers CenturionThe Centurion is a conservative magazine focused on Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Its motto is "veritas vos liberabit," which is Latin for "the truth shall set you free." The magazine attempts to counterbalance that which its staff perceive as a predominant orthodoxy of social...