The Triangle has remained editorially and financially independent from the University since its first issue in 1926.
On Jan. 25, the editorial staff Drexel University’s student-run newspaper The Triangle announced they didn’t have the funds to continue printing the weekly publication, and they’ve called on students and alumni to help change that.
“We were able to avoid this situation a few times before,” says current Triangle Editor-in-Chief Mike Avena, a fifth-year information systems major in the College of Computing & Informatics.
The paper’s financial troubles have been going on for years. It costs roughly $1,000 a week to print the 93-year-old paper. In the past, they been able to scrape by, but now they are asking Drexel students, alumni, faculty and friends for support so they can continue printing until they’ve come up with a sustainable long-term publishing approach.
In the meantime, the staff are working with Drexel’s Office of Institutional Advancement, which is helping to promote the fundraising campaign through the Drexel Fund website, as well as through marketing outreach and purchasing ad space in the paper to raise awareness of the campaign. To donate or advertise, visit thetriangle.org/donate.