The Daily Universe
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The Daily Universe is the student newspaper for Brigham Young University (BYU) and was started shortly after the school was founded. It was first titled Y News, which was then changed to The Blue and White and finally to The Daily Universe. It is often ranked in the top five daily broadsheet student newspapers in the United States. The Daily Universe is part of a larger news organization called BYU NewsNet, which was the first integrated (Web, radio, newspaper and television) news organization in the world.
The paper is printed Monday through Friday, except during school breaks and some holidays. It is distributed free of charge on BYU campus and is sent around the world to alumni and friends of the university for a small fee.
The editors, writers, photographers and copy editors are all students, some paid, some reporting for a journalism class. The opinion pieces in the paper are overseen by an editorial board that includes student staff, professional staff, university professors and local professionals.
One of the paper's most popular features are the letters to the editor, which routinely become a forum for campus issues or ideas. Some issues will be argued back and forth for weeks. Some (in)famous topics are parking on campus, Right v. Left politics, dating and the wearing of socks with sandals.
Former Daily Universe staff members have gone on to jobs at many newspapers and magazines, including all daily papers in Utah, The Orange County Register, The Washington Post and Newsweek.
