''The Vanderbilt Hustler'' is the main
student newspaper
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at
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...
in
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the List of muni ...
. It is the oldest newspaper in Tennessee.
History
The newspaper was started in 1888, making it the oldest newspaper publication in the state of
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
.
In the 1960s,
Lamar Alexander
Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. (born July 3, 1940) is a retired American lawyer and politician 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 fro ...
served as its editor, and called for open admission of
African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
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.
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
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football game.
Past issues
Past issues, going back to 2006, can be read online.
There is also an old issue from September 24, 1891.
Additionally, past issues dating back to August 2010 can also be read online on
Issuu
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Founded in 2004 as a Danish startup, the company moved its headquarters to the United States in 2013.
...
.
Current issues
The #disbandHustler movement has recently swept across Vanderbilt University's campus, and recently, the nation. It is very disappointing to many loyal family, friends, and fans that people who invest themselves and their souls into the Hustler have no time for others anymore. Essentially, the app commonly known as Slack has prevented any redemptive social interactions from occurring within the staff of the Hustler.
A totally unrelated and just as strong movement is also their beef with the underground yet incredibly powerful organization known as Vanderbilt Video Productions, which recently scored a victory for the cause downgrading the Multimedia section of the Hustler (which does not include video fyi) into simply photography. Score one for the good guys!
References
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1888 establishments in Tennessee
Publications established in 1888
Student newspapers published in Tennessee
Vanderbilt University
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