''The Pacific Index'' is the student-run

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in Forest Grove,

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. The biweekly paper is a member of the College Publisher Network.

History

Pacific University started a campus newspaper in 1893 as a monthly paper named the ''Pacific University Index''. By 1899, circulation for the 16-page paper had grown to 275, with a subscription costing 50 cents. The paper experimented with a "date bureau" to help students find

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, starting the program in March 1936. In 1939, ''The Index'' was selected for a second-class honor rating by the

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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. In 1943, the paper was awarded a first-class honor rating by the Associated Collegiate Press. For the 1951 to 1952 school year,

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was the elected editor of the paper, which was still a weekly publication at that time. 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. That year, Patricia Stephenson was selected as the editor. ''The Index'' endorsed then U.S. Representative Robert B. Duncan over then-governor

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in the 1966 U.S. Senate Race, which Hatfield went on to win. The newspaper also endorsed

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for

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, and Pacific University later started an annual lecture series named in McCall’s honor. In October 2010, the ''Index'' went through a redesign as well as improvements to the associated website. The newspaper was a biweekly publication at that time.

Details

The student newspaper is published biweekly, though stories appear online more frequently. ''The Index'' is distributed only on the college’s main campus in Forest Grove and at the school’s Health Professions Campus in

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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

External links

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