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''The Vanderbilt Hustler'', also known as ''The Hustler'', is the main
''The Hustler'' was established in the fall of 1888 to report on campus events, competing with the earlier school newspaper, ''The Observer''. Initially published by the Calumet Club from 1888 to 1898 and then by the Vanderbilt Athletic Association from 1889 to 1917, ''The Hustler'' has been student-run since 1917, under the guidance of a publication board now called Vanderbilt Student Communications, Inc. Due to fires and vandalism, the earliest surviving issue of ''The Hustler'' is a single issue from 1890, recently donated to the Special Collections and University Archives by an alumnus' family.
''The Hustler'' was published weekly until 1967, when it increased its frequency to twice weekly in 1968. By the 1990s, it reverted to a weekly publication. From 2007 to 2016, the newspaper was available both electronically and in print. In 2016, ''The Hustler'' transitioned to an entirely digital format.
In 2020, the ''Vanderbilt Hustler'' first reported that Sarah Fuller practiced with the Vanderbilt football program. Fuller became the first woman to play in a
student newspaper
A student publication is a media outlet such as a newspaper, magazine, television show, or radio station Graduate student journal, produced by students at an educational institution. These publications typically cover local and school-related new ...
at Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private university, private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provide ...
in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...
. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest continuously published student newspaper in Tennessee.
History
''The Hustler'' was established in the fall of 1888 to report on campus events, competing with the earlier school newspaper, ''The Observer''. Initially published by the Calumet Club from 1888 to 1898 and then by the Vanderbilt Athletic Association from 1889 to 1917, ''The Hustler'' has been student-run since 1917, under the guidance of a publication board now called Vanderbilt Student Communications, Inc. Due to fires and vandalism, the earliest surviving issue of ''The Hustler'' is a single issue from 1890, recently donated to the Special Collections and University Archives by an alumnus' family.
''The Hustler'' was published weekly until 1967, when it increased its frequency to twice weekly in 1968. By the 1990s, it reverted to a weekly publication. From 2007 to 2016, the newspaper was available both electronically and in print. In 2016, ''The Hustler'' transitioned to an entirely digital format.
In 2020, the ''Vanderbilt Hustler'' first reported that Sarah Fuller practiced with the Vanderbilt football program. Fuller became the first woman to play in a Power Five
The power conferences are the most prominent athletic conferences in college football in the United States. They are part of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I, the highest level o ...
football game.
Notable alumni
In the 1960s,Lamar Alexander
Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. (born July 3, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he also was the 45th governor of Tennessee from 1 ...
served as its editor, and called for open admission of African American
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...
s on campus. More recently, Willie Geist
William Russell Geist (born May 3, 1975) is an American television personality and journalist. He is co-anchor of MSNBC's ''Morning Joe'' and anchor of ''Sunday Today with Willie Geist''. Geist also frequently serves as a fill-in anchor on bot ...
was the editor.
Past issues
Past issues, going back to 1890, can be read online onJSTOR
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.
References
External links
* 1888 establishments in Tennessee Newspapers established in 1888 Student newspapers published in Tennessee Vanderbilt University {{Tennessee-stub