Posts Tagged ‘The Daily Mississippian’

Along with a number of stirring images and iconic front pages designed and published today by the professional press, the student press has delivered some memorable, historic page ones as well.

Below is a screenshot sampling college newspaper post-election front pages, including from papers in battleground states and states in which a majority of voters did not support President Obama’s re-election plans.

Please email or tweet me to add your front page to the mix.

The Daily Tar Heel, University of North Carolina

The Daily Princetonian, Princeton University

The State News, Michigan State University

The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan

The Pipe Dream, Binghamton University

The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University

The News Record, University of Cincinnati

The Loyolan, Loyola Marymount University

The Appalachian, Appalachian State University

The Loquitur, Cabrini College

The University Daily Kansan, University of Kansas

The Oklahoma Daily, University of Oklahoma

Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University

The Torch, St. John’s University

The Oracle, University of South Florida

The Daily Illini, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Daily Reveille, Louisiana State University

The Observer, Notre Dame University

The Cavalier Daily, University of Virginia

The Collegiate Times, Virginia Tech

The Daily Collegian, Penn State University

The Minnesota Daily, University of Minnesota

The Daily Nebraskan, University of Nebraska Lincoln

The Daily Toreador, Texas Tech University

The Columbia Daily Spectator, Columbia University

The Daily Mississippian, University of Mississippi

The Student Printz, University of Southern Mississippi

The Daily Texan, University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa

The Daily of the University of Washington

The Daily Campus, Southern Methodist University

The Lantern, Ohio State University

The Yale Daily News, Yale University

The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University

The Daily Orange, Syracuse University

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According to U-Wire’s Presidential Endorsement Scorecard, college newspapers’ pick for prez is nearly unanimous: Barack Obama.  Editor & Publisher lays out the list of papers’ presidential endorsements, which favors Obama 63 to 1.  The lone college rag in the McCain camp: The Daily Mississippian at the University of Mississippi.

The paper’s lone wolf status made me curious, so I tracked down the endorsement.  According to the Mississippian, in what editors noted was a split decision, McCain was chosen because it was felt his ”lifetime of experience” makes him more qualified for the office.  Additionally, the endorsement stated:

We feel Sen. McCain’s experience in foreign affairs and his decision to not raise taxes on anyone of any class of society makes him the clear choice for president. Sen. McCain has a history of stepping across party lines; the same cannot be said of Sen. Obama.  Sen. McCain also has a record as an agent of change. He has promised to focus more on the issues of energy, climate change and excessive government spending, all of which need to be addressed in order for this country to effectively move forward.

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