The Gateway (newspaper)
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, see Gateway DistrictGateway DistrictThe Gateway District is a large open air retail, residential and office complex in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The complex is centered around the historic Union Pacific Depot in downtown Salt Lake City...
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The Gateway is the student newspaper
Newspaper
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at the University of Alberta
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, Edmonton
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, Alberta
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History
The newspaper was founded in North Garneau at the home of Liddy Lloyd on October 26, 1910. A group of students had gathered to discuss the creation of a student newspaper. They came up with the name "The Gateway" and selected A.E. Ottewell as its first editor-in-chief. The first issue was published on November 21, 1910.According to the newspaper's first editorial, the name "Gateway" was chosen because "there is something unique about our position in this institution, the university farthest north in America and farthest West in Canada, standing at the portal of a great undeveloped and practically unknown region, rich in potentialities of future greatness."
In 1938, The Gateway became a founding member of 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...
(CUP), a non-profit news wire service owned by post-secondary student newspapers across Canada. The Gateway hosted CUP national conferences in January 1979, January 2005, and January 2010.
Ownership and Operations
From its first published issue in 1910 until 2002, the Gateway was run as a department of the University of Alberta Students' UnionUniversity of Alberta Students' Union
The University of Alberta Students' Union is the student society that represents undergraduate students at the University of Alberta. Originally established in 1909, it is a non-profit corporation that operates under the authority of the Post-Secondary Learning Act...
. In 2002, the paper ran a successful referendum
Referendum
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campaign for its autonomy and became an independent entity run by the Gateway Student Journalism Society (GSJS).
While most of the day-to-day operations did not change with autonomy, a board of directors
Board of directors
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(BOD) took over the major decision-making powers for the paper from a Students' Union committee and the Vice-President (Student Life).
The paper is funded by a combination of advertising
Advertising
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revenue and a student levy
Tax
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approved at the time of the autonomy campaign. The Gateway is one of the oldest and largest student newspapers in Canada and features sections devoted to news, opinion, sports, arts and entertainment, comics and features.
The Gateway has been published primarily as a twice-weekly publication, appearing on campus on most Tuesdays and Thursdays during the fall and winter terms. During the Spring and Summer sessions, the Gateway publishes a reduced schedule with a reduced circulation.
Each December, the Getaway is published (notice the different spelling), which features satirical articles and non sequiters. The Getaway is a no-holds-barred publication, each issue containing considerable profanity and sexual content. Additionally, a joke issue spoofing a different newspaper or magazine is run every year at the end of the winter term.
The Gateway launched a new website, The Gateway Online, on 27 February, 2007.
On February 17, 2011, the GSJS Board of Governors voted to change The Gateway to weekly publishing for the 2011/2012 publication year, moving the paper down from twice-weekly publishing for the first time since the 1930s.
Gateway Student Journalism Society
The Gateway Student Journalism Society is the body that oversees the budget and overall operation of the Gateway. Its board of directors consists of eleven voting members (the "Editor-in-Chief" of the newspaper, an editors' representative, two volunteer representatives, a representative of Students' Council, the SU Vice-President (Operations and Finance), two "continuity" representatives, a community representative, and two students-at-large) as well as the Business Manager who is ex-officio and a non-voting member. A Secretary, Treasurer, and Chair of the BOD are selected from the voting members.Gateway Alumni Association
In early 2004, Gateway alumnus Steve LillebuenSteve Lillebuen
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approached the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
to officially recognize a Gateway Alumni Association (GAA), and by March of that year the GAA became an official chapter of the University of Alberta Alumni Association.
Since then, the GAA has tracked down 800 lost alumni, hosted the Gateway’s 95th and 100th anniversary dinners, and completed an online digital archive of the newspaper in partnership with the University of Alberta library.
All former paid staff of the newspaper are members of the Association. Any volunteer who contributed five or more submissions—writing, photographs, graphics, comics, administrative or editorial assistance and design—that appeared in the Gateway is also a member. It is estimated that over 3000 people have volunteered at one point in the Gateways publishing history.
Notable alumni
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- Joe ClarkJoe ClarkCharles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician...
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of CanadaCanadaCanada 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... - Cam Cole, National PostNational PostThe National Post is a Canadian English-language national newspaper based in Don Mills, a district of Toronto. The paper is owned by Postmedia Network Inc. and is published Mondays through Saturdays...
sports columnist - Fish Griwkowsky, Space CatSpace CatSpace Cat is an underground cartoon by Fish Griwkowsky which began as a joke illustration in a Canadian university newspaper in 1993. Detailing the exploits of Zingers the Space Cat from planet Spectacula, the plot-arc-heavy strip is published in campus newspapers across the Canada, including The...
cartoonist and music/political critic - Matthew HaltonMatthew HaltonMatthew Henry Halton was a Canadian television journalist, most famous as a foreign correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during World War II....
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reporter, the "Voice of Canada" - Lou HyndmanLou HyndmanLouis Davies "Lou" Hyndman is a Canadian academic, lawyer and retired politician. He was named the 15th Chancellor of the University of Alberta on June 10, 1994...
, former University of AlbertaUniversity of AlbertaThe University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
Chancellor - Don IvesonDon IvesonDon Iveson is a Canadian politician and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Early life:Don Iveson grew up in Edmonton's Parkallen neighbourhood, the only child of Margaret, an education professor at the University of Alberta, and Bob Iveson, a sculptor. As a child, Iveson loved books, both...
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Premier - Jaro Malanowski, Filmmaker, Founder of Avatar Productions, Programming Chair, Global Visions Film Festival
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sports columnist
Notable comics
- Bub Slug by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen, which later became BettyBetty (comic strip)Betty is a Canadian comic strip written by Gary Delainey and drawn by Gerry Rasmussen. The comic is distributed by United Feature Syndicate.-History:Creators Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen first collaborated on the comic strip "Bub Slug" in 1976...
, an internationally-syndicated comic strip. - Space MooseSpace MooseSpace Moose was a Canadian underground comic strip that appeared in the University of Alberta's student newspaper, The Gateway, between October 3, 1989 and 1999. Almost all of the strips were penned by Adam Thrasher, a student at the university. For career-related reasons, many archives refer to...
by Adam Thrasher - Colby Christ by Donald R. "Don" Husereau - Depicts Colby CoshColby CoshColby Cosh is a Canadian commentator, writer and editor of non-fiction, and blogger.-Life and career:Cosh was born in Edmonton, Alberta and grew up in Bon Accord, Alberta, north of Edmonton. He graduated from the University of Alberta in 1993, doing further study in European intellectual history...
Autonomy Era
- 2010/11 Jonn Kmech (Previously Arts & Entertainment Editor)
- 2009/10 Mike Kendrick (Previously Editor-in-Chief, Production Editor for two years)
- 2008/09 Mike Kendrick (Previously Production Editor for two years)
- 2007/08 Adam Gaumont (Previously Opinion Editor)
- 2006/07 Matt Frehner (Previously Photo Editor)
- 2005/06 Daniel Kaszor (Previously Production Editor for two years)
- 2004/05 Adam Rozenhart (Previously Managing Editor, Arts and Entertainment Editor)
- 2003/04 Chris Boutet (Previously Managing Editor, News Editor)
- 2002/03 David "Skip" Zeibin (Previously Production Editor for two years)
Preautonomy Era
- 2001/02 David Alexander (Previously Arts and Entertainment Editor)
- 2000/01 Dan Lazin (Previously Production Editor and News Editor)
- 1999/00 Neal Ozano (Previously News Editor and Managing Editor)
- 1998/99 Nathaniel Fairbairn (Previously Managing Editor)
- 1997/98 Rose Yewchuk (Previously News Editor)
- 1996/97 Chris Jackel (Previously News Editor)
- 1995/96 Mike T. LaRiviere (Previously Photo Editor)
- 1994/95 Juliet Williams (Previously News Editor)
- 1993/94 Stephen Notley (Previously Managing Editor)
External links
- The Gateway Online -- New site launched at the end of February 2007.
- The Gateway Student Journalism Society
- The Gateway Alumni Association
- A digitized, full-text searchable archive of Gateway, 1910-2006 from Peel's Prairie Provinces and University of Alberta Libraries: Sources for Western Canada and Western Canadian History