The Cornell Daily Sun is an independent daily newspaper published in Ithaca, New York by students at Cornell University and hired employees.
The Sun features coverage of the university and its environs as well as stories from the Associated Press and UWIRE. It prints on weekdays when the university is open for academic instruction as a tabloid-sized daily. In addition to these regular issues, The Sun publishes a graduation issue and a freshman issue, which is mailed to incoming Cornell freshmen before their first semester. The paper is free on campus and online.
Aside from a few full-time production and business positions, The Sun is staffed by Cornell students and is fully independent of the university. It operates out of its own building in downtown Ithaca. The Sun is currently the twelfth-ranked college newspaper in the United States, according to The Princeton Review.
1880Sep, 16
The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the nation's oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
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Events on 1880
- 13Feb
Edison effect
Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect. - 13May
Thomas Edison
In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. - 7Jun
Battle of Arica
War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign). - 28Jun
Ned Kelly
Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan. - 11Nov
Ned Kelly
Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.