Talk:The Johns Hopkins News-Letter

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Published since 1896, it is the oldest continuously-published college newspaper in the nation.

I'm afraid that's incorrect. I go to a college where the newspaper was created in 1881, and I'm sure many more colleges have older newspapers than that. The statement in the article needs to be fixed. (Notorious4life 05:47, 14 April 2006 (UTC))

The statement is a direct quote from Wikipedia's own, very thoroughly-edited entry on the Johns Hopkins University, under the section on Student Publications. It is true that there are older student newspapers, but the caveat "continuously-published" is added, as it is in various other places to which you will find references to the News-Letter, because many college newspapers have seen interruptions or changes to how they publish. The News-Letter has, as far as records can prove, never experienced such an interruption.(nym2886 1:51, 14 April 2006 (EST))

Please refer to Harvard's own newspaper, Harvard Crimson, which also makes the same clam here, when is states "The Harvard Crimson was one of many college newspapers founded shortly after the Civil War and describes itself as "the nation's oldest continuously published daily college newspaper." (Notorious4life 05:57, 14 April 2006 (UTC))

To settle this dispute, the statement has been modified to say "one of" the oldest continuously-published college newspapers in the nation.

Is it necessary to display the names of the editors of this newspaper?

I don't think so... and I'm one of them. I realize it's impossible to verify that though, so just take it as a vote against including them.

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