Cardinal Points
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Introduction:
- Cardinal Points, Plattsburgh State Media, Inc., is a student newspaper published in Plattsburgh, NY which serves the SUNY Plattsburgh community.
Circulation:
- Cardinal Points publishes 3,000 copies every Friday morning throughout the semester, from February until May, 12 issues total per semester.
- Cardinal Points is distributed throughout the PSUC campus and greater Plattsburgh area.
- Cardinal Points also publishes their stories online at cardinalpointsonline.com
Awards:
Fall 2010 All American with five Marks of Distinction (ACP) Fall 2010 Hall of Fame Inductee (ACP) Spring 2010 First Class (ACP) Fall 2009 All American with four Marks of Distinction (ACP) Spring 2009 All American with four Marks of Distinction (ACP) Fall 2008 All American with three Marks of Distinction (ACP) Fall 2007 First Class with three Marks of Distinction (ACP) Fall 2006 – Spring 2007 Newspaper Pacemaker Finalist (ACP) Spring 2007 First Class with one Mark of Distinction (ACP) Fall 2006 First Class with two Marks of Distinction (ACP) Spring 2006 First Class with two Marks (ACP)
History:
Basic:
Student Newspapers of SUNY Plattsburgh Years Published Cardinal Points 1968-Present The Northern Light 1941-1967 The Experiment 1940-1941
Controversy:
- Before 1997, Cardinal Points was a Student Association club funded by the PSUC student body. On October 4th, 1997 a fire broke out in a Plattsburgh State residence hall, causing $150,000 worth of damage and displacing 40 students. The cause was determined to be an accident. The fire began when a student fell asleep with a cigarette in his room early in morning. Before Volume 37, Issue 4, of Cardinal Points was printed, associate news editor, Tom Lambert, interviewed the student who caused the fire. The student admitted to starting the fire and apologized to the student body. Cardinal Points had intentions to publish the students name in the upcoming issue.
- The 35th Legislation of the Student Association learned of Cardinal Points intention to publish the students name and immediately took action to prevent the issue from being printed. The Student Association’s Vice President of Finance, Chris Engl, wrote a referendum to freeze the Cardinal Points budget. It was signed by the entire executive council signed it by October 8th, 1997, the day before the issue was set to print.
- On the morning of October 9th, 1997, the day that the article regarding the cause of the fire was to be printed, the editorial board of Cardinal Points and the Executive Council of the Student Association met with the Press Republican, the local newspaper and Cardinal Points printing press, to debate the printing of the issue.
- The editorial board of Cardinal Points believed the Student Association was trying to censor their article, a violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The exec council of the SA believed that printing the article was detrimental to the welfare of the student who caused the fire. In the end, the Press Republican decided to print Issue 4 in defense of the First Amendment, free of charge.
- After the disagreement of printing of Issue 4, Cardinal Points proceeded to split from the Student Association. Cardinal Points eventually became a privately run organization. It is now independently run by students and completely funded by a subscription from the SA and advertising revenues.