''The Gateway'' is the student paper at the

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, Canada. It is published once a month in print during the academic year (September–April) and on a regular basis online throughout the calendar year by the Gateway Student Journalism Society (GSJS), a student-run, autonomous, apolitical not-for-profit organization, operated in accordance with the Societies Act of Alberta. ''The Gateway'' is one of the oldest student newspapers in Canada, founded in 1910. Its alumni include

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History

The magazine was originally formatted as a newspaper, but shifted to a magazine format in January 2016 (see "Ownership and Operations"). The newspaper was founded in North Garneau at the home of Libby Lloyd on October 26, 1910. A group of students had gathered to discuss the creation of a student newspaper. They came up with the name "The Gateway" and selected A.E. Ottewell as its first editor-in-chief. The first issue was published on November 21, 1910. According to the newspaper's first editorial, the name "Gateway" was chosen because "there is something unique about our position in this institution, the university farthest north in America and farthest West in Canada, standing at the portal of a great undeveloped and practically unknown region, rich in potentialities of future greatness." In 1938, The ''Gateway'' became a founding member of Canadian University Press (CUP), a non-profit news wire service owned by post-secondary student newspapers across Canada. The ''Gateway'' hosted CUP national conferences in January 1979, January 2005, and January 2010.

Ownership and operations

From its first published issue in 1910 until 2002, the ''Gateway'' was run as a department of the

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. In 2002, the paper ran a successful

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campaign for its autonomy and became an independent entity run by the Gateway Student Journalism Society (GSJS). In the period when the union was responsible for the paper, the

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Office of Public Affairs. Friday October 24, 1997. Retrieved on January 30, 2012. While most of the day-to-day operations did not change with autonomy, a board of directors (BOD) took over the major decision-making powers for the paper from a Students' Union committee and the vice-president (Student Life). The paper is funded by a combination of

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approved at the time of the autonomy campaign. The ''Gateway'' features sections devoted to news, opinion, sports, arts and entertainment, comics and features. ''The Gateway'' has been published primarily as a twice-weekly publication, appearing on campus on most Tuesdays and Thursdays during the fall and winter terms. During the Spring and Summer sessions, the ''Gateway'' publishes a reduced schedule with a reduced circulation. Each December, the ''Getaway'' is published (notice the different spelling), which features satirical articles and non sequiturs. The ''Getaway'' is a no-holds-barred publication, each issue containing considerable profanity and sexual content. Additionally, a joke issue spoofing a different newspaper or magazine is run every year at the end of the winter term. The ''Gateway'' launched a new website, ''The Gateway Online'', on 27 February 2007. On February 17, 2011, the GSJS board of governors voted to change The ''Gateway'' to weekly publishing for the 2011/2012 publication year, moving the paper down from twice-weekly publishing for the first time since the 1930s. In January 2016, in order to combat the declining relevance of newsprint media, The GSJS board of directors voted to shift to a monthly publishing schedule that featured eight magazines per publishing year and an increased focus on digital publishing and social media presence. Cam Lewis, the editor-in-chief who orchestrated the organization's shift, said the goal was to lead the way in a change in climate that everybody was going to have to face eventually, citing a decline in ad revenue and an increase in the use of digital mediums as reasons for the change. Josh Greshner, the 2016–17 editor-in-chief, produced the first publication year of ''The Gateway'' magazine. The final newspaper edition of ''The Gateway'' was released on April 5, 2016. The issue's cover featured a Space Moose cartoon drawn by Adam Thrasher and a four-page feature with testimonials from multiple Gateway alumni about their memories of the newspaper.

Gateway Student Journalism Society

The Gateway Student Journalism Society is the body that oversees the budget and overall operation of the ''Gateway''. Its board of directors consists of eleven voting members (the "

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" of the newspaper, an editors' representative, two volunteer representatives, a representative of Students' Council, the SU Vice-President (Operations and Finance), two "continuity" representatives, a community representative, and two students-at-large). A Secretary, Treasurer, and Chair of the BOD are selected from the voting members.

Gateway Alumni Association

In early 2004, ''Gateway'' alumnus

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approached the

to officially recognize a Gateway Alumni Association (GAA), and by March of that year the GAA became an official chapter of the University of Alberta Alumni Association. Since then, the GAA has tracked down 800 lost alumni, hosted the ''Gateway''s 95th and 100th anniversary dinners, and completed an online digital archive of the newspaper in partnership with the University of Alberta library. All former paid staff of the newspaper are members of the Association. Any volunteer who contributed five or more submissions—writing, photographs, graphics, comics, administrative or editorial assistance and design—that appeared in the ''Gateway'' is also a member. It is estimated that over 3000 people have volunteered at one point in the ''Gateway''s publishing history.

Notable alumni

* Malcolm Azania (pen name: Minister Faust), author, writer, and community activist *

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-nominated author * Billy-Ray Belcourt, Rhodes Scholar and award-winning poet *

(1979), former Progressive Conservative

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Notable comics

* ''Bub Slug'' by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen, which later became ''

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'', an internationally syndicated comic strip. * '' Space Moose'' by Adam Thrasher * ''

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Editors-in-chief

Legacy Era

* 2022/23 Emily Williams (previous opinion editor)

Swagazine era

* 2021/22 Mitchell Pawluk (previous opinion editor) * 2020/21 Pia Co (previously online editor) * 2020/21 Adam Lachacz (previously news editor) *2019/20 Andrew McWhinney (previously opinion editor) *2018/19 Oumar Salifou (previously online editor) *2017/18 Jamie Sarkonak (previously news editor) *2016/17 Josh "Uncle Grandpa" Greschner (previously opinion editor)

Weekly publishing (aka Actual Attitude Era)

*2015/16 Cameron "Hot Man" Lewis (previously sports editor) *2014/15 Andrea "Beaumont" Ross (previously staff reporter) *2013/14 Andrew "Young" Jeffrey (previously sports editor) *2012/13 Ryan Bromsgrove (previously opinion editor) *2011/12 Alexandria Eldridge (previously senior news editor)

Autonomy Era (aka Ruthless Aggression era)

*2010/11 Jonn Kmech (previously arts & entertainment editor) *2009/10 Mike Kendrick (previously editor-in-chief, production editor for two years) *2008/09 Mike Kendrick (previously production editor for two years) *2007/08 Adam Gaumont (previously opinion editor) *2006/07 Matt Frehner (previously photo editor) *2005/06 Daniel Kaszor (previously production editor for two years) *2004/05 Adam Rozenhart (previously managing editor, arts and entertainment editor) *2003/04 Chris Boutet (previously managing editor, news editor) *2002/03 David "Skip" Zeibin (previously production editor for two years)

Preautonomy Era (aka Attitude Era)

*2001/02 David Alexander (previously arts and entertainment editor) *2000/01 Dan Lazin (previously production editor and news editor) *1999/00 Neal Ozano (previously news editor and managing editor) *1998/99 Nathaniel Fairbairn (previously managing editor) *1997/98 Rose Yewchuk (previously news editor) *1996/97 Chris Jackel (previously news editor) *1995/96 Mike T. LaRiviere (previously photo editor) *1994/95 Juliet Williams (previously news editor) *1993/94 Stephen Notley (previously managing editor)

References

External links

The ''Gateway'' Online
��New site launched at the end of February 2007.
The Gateway Student Journalism SocietyThe Gateway Alumni AssociationA digitized, full-text searchable archive of Gateway, 1910-2006
from Peel's Prairie Provinces and University of Alberta Libraries: Sources for Western Canada and Western Canadian History *https://www.ualberta.ca/newtrail/spring-2017/bear-country/the-gateways-new-identity {{DEFAULTSORT:Gateway Student newspapers published in Alberta University of Alberta Canadian University Press Newspapers published in Edmonton