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Spectrum Administrative Records
Collection
Identifier: UA 0179
Scope and Contents
Materials in the collection consist of administrative files from the Spectrum office. These include minutes, agendas, correspondence, manuals, and budget materials.
Dates
- 1993 – 2008
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyrights to this collection is held by The North Dakota State University Archives.
Biographical / Historical
The history of the Spectrum was found I the collection)
Among the student activities which were under the control of the student organization was the student paper, the Spectrum, started in December, 1896. At that time the editor-in-chief and the business manager were elected by popular vote of the students. Beginning as a monthly paper, with faculty contributions, it became purely a student publication by the end of its first two years. It remained monthly until 1907, when the student organization requested it become weekly. Its policy was to give both sides of any question, thus supplying a forum for student opinion and its own editorials. An extract from the very first editorial, in December, 1896, reads: “We wish to acquaint the people of our state with what we have been doing along the different lines of study. It is also the aim of the management, that by glancing back over the separate numbers of this monthly, we will have before us practically a complete history of the institution for that period.
The Spectrum became a twice-weekly paper in the 1970’s, and while there have been occasional efforts to shift it back to a weekly, editors and writers have strongly opposed such action. The Board of Student Publications has been in place since about 1968.
Back in 1990 the students, led by Spectrum editor, Denise Schlegel, walked out of the Spectrum office in opposition to a near 50 percent cut in the Spectrum budget proposed by the Student Government. One issue was not published on Wednesday, 11, 1990, the only non-publication of the Spectrum that has occurred. This eventually led to an arrangement agreed to by Student Government, The Spectrum, and NDSU President Jim Ozbun that funding for the operations budget of the Spectrum be allocated at the rate of 1.125 pages per issue as the current regular advertisement rate of the Spectrum. It can be renegotiated every two years. Approved by Student Senate April 12, 1992.
Among the student activities which were under the control of the student organization was the student paper, the Spectrum, started in December, 1896. At that time the editor-in-chief and the business manager were elected by popular vote of the students. Beginning as a monthly paper, with faculty contributions, it became purely a student publication by the end of its first two years. It remained monthly until 1907, when the student organization requested it become weekly. Its policy was to give both sides of any question, thus supplying a forum for student opinion and its own editorials. An extract from the very first editorial, in December, 1896, reads: “We wish to acquaint the people of our state with what we have been doing along the different lines of study. It is also the aim of the management, that by glancing back over the separate numbers of this monthly, we will have before us practically a complete history of the institution for that period.
The Spectrum became a twice-weekly paper in the 1970’s, and while there have been occasional efforts to shift it back to a weekly, editors and writers have strongly opposed such action. The Board of Student Publications has been in place since about 1968.
Back in 1990 the students, led by Spectrum editor, Denise Schlegel, walked out of the Spectrum office in opposition to a near 50 percent cut in the Spectrum budget proposed by the Student Government. One issue was not published on Wednesday, 11, 1990, the only non-publication of the Spectrum that has occurred. This eventually led to an arrangement agreed to by Student Government, The Spectrum, and NDSU President Jim Ozbun that funding for the operations budget of the Spectrum be allocated at the rate of 1.125 pages per issue as the current regular advertisement rate of the Spectrum. It can be renegotiated every two years. Approved by Student Senate April 12, 1992.
Extent
.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred by Unknown (Unknown Acc.#).
Legal Status
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Spectrum Administrative Records
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository
Contact:
West Building
3551 7th Avenue N
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building
3551 7th Avenue N
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu