The Dalhousie Gazette

The Dalhousie Gazette (short: The Gazette ) is the student newspaper at Dalhousie University in Halifax ( Canada). It is published since 1868 and is the oldest, continuously published student newspaper of North America.

With a weekly circulation of 10,000 makes it the second largest newspaper published in Halifax. It is published and funded by the Dalhousie Gazette Publishing Society. Members of this association, in addition to the editors, the authors and members of the Dalhousie Gazette Publishing Board. To finance the newspaper charges a monthly fee of about $ 5 per academic year.

The main task of the Gazette is the independent reporting on financial, social and administrative bodies of the student union, student associations and the university itself In addition, it reports on events for students and alumni. In the Gazette, an anonymous contribution is published weekly, which deals with controversial political issues. Together with the student union, the newspaper has repeatedly called for reforms to the financing of higher education in Canada since the mid- 1990 's. This topic touches the students of Dalhousie University in particularly since they pay the highest tuition fees in the country.

Already because of their print run, the newspaper continues to set apart with non-university events. In recent years, all sectors were covered by international and regional politics to reports on performances by local artists.

The student commitment to the newspaper is extremely high. Besides financial support, many students are active as authors or photographers.

An edition of the Gazette has 20 to 28 pages, with about 1,000 to 2,000 words per page. In 2006, the newspaper employed twelve paid editors, an administrative assistant and a graphic designer.