The Gateway (newspaper)

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The Gateway

Type	Student newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner	Gateway Student Journalism Society
Editor-in-chief	Alexandria Eldridge
Founded	November 21, 1910 (1910-11-21)
Headquarters	University of Alberta
Circulation	7,000 - 10,000
Sister newspapers	The Manitoban
ISSN	0845-356X
Official website	http://thegatewayonline.ca

The Gateway is the student newspaper at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

History

The newspaper was founded in North Garneau at the home of Liddy 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 University of Alberta Students' Union. In 2002, the paper ran a successful referendum 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 University of Alberta had no editorial control over The Gateway, and by law the union was responsible for the production; the Universities Act of the Province of Alberta dictated that the student union was a corporate body separate from the university.

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 advertising revenue and a student levy approved at the time of the autonomy campaign. The Gateway is one of the oldest and largest student newspapers in Canada^{[citation needed]} and 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 sequiters. 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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 "Editor-in-Chief" 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) as well as the Business Manager who is ex-officio and a non-voting member. A Secretary, Treasurer, and Chair of the BOD are selected from the voting members.

Gateway Alumni Association

In early 2004, Gateway alumnus Steve Lillebuen approached the University of Alberta 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

• Todd Babiak, Edmonton Journal columnist and Giller Prize-nominated author
• William Beard, film Professor and author
• Lucinda Chodan, Editor-in-Chief of the Edmonton Journal
• Joe Clark, former Prime Minister of Canada
• Cam Cole, National Post sports columnist
• Fish Griwkowsky, Space Cat cartoonist and music/political critic
• Matthew Halton, the late CBC Radio WWII reporter, the "Voice of Canada"
• Lou Hyndman, former University of Alberta Chancellor
• Don Iveson, Edmonton City Councillor for Ward 5
• Jason Kapalka, Co-founder of PopCap Games and creator of Bejeweled
• Arthur Kroeger, former Deputy Minister
• Peter Lougheed, former Alberta Premier
• Jaro Malanowski, Filmmaker, Founder of Avatar Productions, Programming Chair, Global Visions Film Festival
• Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• Stephen Notley, creator of Bob the Angry Flower
• Don Seller, Toronto Star news editor
• Mark Spector, National Post sports columnist

Notable comics

• Bub Slug by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen, which later became Betty, an internationally-syndicated comic strip.
• Space Moose by Adam Thrasher
• Colby Christ by Donald R. "Don" Husereau - Depicts Colby Cosh

Gateway Editors-in-Chief

Weekly Publishing

• 2011/12 Alexandria Eldridge (Previously Senior News Editor)

Autonomy 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

• 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)

External links

• The Gateway Online -- New site launched at the end of February 2007.
• The Gateway Student Journalism Society
• The Gateway Alumni Association
• A 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