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Digitizing CUA's Student Newpaper

The Tower: CUA's Student Newspaper

The Tower is an independent newspaper serving the CUA community since 1922. Print editions of The Tower are published on Fridays during the regular academic year, and the online version of each edition is released on Sunday evenings. The newspaper celebrated its 85th anniversary in Spring 2008.

The online edition has seven sections as well as an online archive. The sections of the online edition are:

  • Front Page
  • News
  • Sports
  • Forum
  • Features
  • 5th Column
  • Notes and Asides

To receive full access to the site, users must register. There are no membership restrictions or fees.

The web site has an archive of only the online editions of The Tower dating back to 2000. Only one edition from 1999 (October 27 edition) is available in the archive. No digitized copies of current or older print editions are available on the website.

The Tower Collection Information

  • Publication Title: The Tower

  • Number of Years: School year 1922/23-2005/06 = 83 years (the paper is still in operation, but we do not have any bound copies after 2005/06)

  • Number of Pages: 1922/23-1923/24: 4 pages per edition, 27 editions per academic year, roughly 108 pages per academic year, 216 pages 1922/23-1923/24

    1925/26-1941/42: 4 pages per edition, 29 editions per academic year, roughly 116 pages per academic year, 1972 pages 1925/26-1941/42

    1946/47-1966/67: 6 pages per edition, 11 editions per academic year, roughly 66 pages per academic year, 1320 pages 1946/47-1966/67

    1949/50-1951/52: 3 pages per edition, 16 volumes per academic year, roughly 48 pages per academic year, 144 pages 1949/50-1951/52

    1967/69-1970/71: 8 pages per edition, 21 editions per academic year, roughly 168 pages per academic year, 504 pages 1967/69-1970/71

    1973/74-2003/04: 12 pages per edition, 23 editions per academic year, roughly 276 pages per academic year, 8280 pages 1973/74-2003/04

    2004/05-2005/06: 10 pages per edition, 21 editions per academic year, roughly 210 pages per academic year, 420 pages 2004/05-2005/06

    Rough total page count = 12,856 1922-2005

  • Start Date: With what year/volume do you wish to have digitized? I don't know for sure, but I would assume that it would be a high priority to get the older and brittle ones digitized, as well as the years covering the interesting social issues of the 1960's and 1970's. So we could say 1922/23-1975/76.

  • End Date: 1975/76

  • Daily Weekly Monthly Other

  • Estimated number of issues in a volume or year: see answer to question 3

  • Average number of pages per issue: see answer to question 3

  • List of Languages: English Only? or are other languages represented in the publication? English only

  • Number of columns in each issue? 2

  • Are they brittle?

    1922-1924 and 1949-1951 are photocopied onto acid free paper, so they are not brittle

    1926-2941 are on better quality paper, still very bright color, not yellow, but a bit brittle

    1946-1957 are quite yellow and brittle, with many small tears along the edges

    1958-1971 are a bit yellow and slightly brittle, with some small tears along the edges

    1971-2006 are not brittle

  • Are they bound or loose?1922-1924 and 1949-1951 are unbound photocopies, and all other years are bound

  • Are any of collection on microfilm? If so, are the microfilms the original copies and what is the condition of those copies?
    Yes, much of The Tower is on microfilm; from the beginning of the paper in 1922 through the end of the 2002-2003 school year. The Archives has the archival copy as well as a user copy of the microfilm. I think the condition is pretty good. I'm not sure if it was the original copy, but I don't know why the archival copy wouldn't be. I don't know if the size of the material matters, but here are the sizes of the material throughout the years:
    1922-1924 = 14" height x 11" wide photocopy pages
    1925-1926 = 18 5/8" x 11 3/4" bound pages
    1926-1941 = 22 1/8" x 17" bound pages
    1946-1970 = 17 1/2" x 11 3/8" bound pages
    1949-1951 = 14" x 11" photocopy paper
    1971-1973 = 16 3/4" x 10 5/8" bound pages
    1973-2004 = 14 3/4" x 10 5/8: bound pages