Guide to the Cooper Point Journal US-Waoe.A.1973-01 Finding Aid Prepared by Ray Still
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Guide to the Cooper Point Journal US-WaOE.A.1973-01 Finding aid prepared by Ray Still This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit June 03, 2014 Describing Archives: A Content Standard The Evergreen State College Archives and Special Collections 2014 http://archives.evergreen.edu 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW L-2309 Olympia, WA, 98505 360-867-6126 [email protected] Guide to the Cooper Point Journal US-WaOE.A.1973-01 Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 4 Historical Note...............................................................................................................................................5 Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 5 Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................6 Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................6 Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 8 Box 1........................................................................................................................................................8 Box 2......................................................................................................................................................75 Box 3......................................................................................................................................................75 Box 4......................................................................................................................................................75 Box 5......................................................................................................................................................75 Box 6......................................................................................................................................................75 Box 7......................................................................................................................................................75 Box 8......................................................................................................................................................75 Box 9......................................................................................................................................................76 Box 10....................................................................................................................................................76 Box 11....................................................................................................................................................76 Box 12....................................................................................................................................................76 Box 13....................................................................................................................................................76 Box 14....................................................................................................................................................76 Box 15....................................................................................................................................................76 Box 16....................................................................................................................................................76 Box 17....................................................................................................................................................76 - 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The newspaper started in 1971 and continues to run as a bi-monthly journal. Preferred Citation In all cases, publication or display of our materials must carry the credit line: "From The Evergreen State College Archives". Citations of specific materials should include the accession number, provenance and series title, file folder heading (if any) followed by the specific item's identification (title or description). - Page 4 - Guide to the Cooper Point Journal US-WaOE.A.1973-01 Historical Note In 1971, the newspaper was first called the Weakly Drag, and was changed to The Paper. The name of the newspaper changed again to The Cooper Point Journal in the last months of 1973. The newspaper traditionally styled itself after a typical newspaper format (black and white, bi-fold, headline), and ran weekly. In 2010-2011, the newspaper only printed issues for the fall and spring quarter. It appears that the Editor in Chief resigned in the middle of the year, and the newspaper took a break during winter quarter to resituate itself as an organization. In 2011, newspaper staff decided to move all of its presence and content online. At that point, the paper's readership became nearly non-existant, and could no longer attract adverisers to pay for ad space. It was decided in 2012 that the paper needed a revival of the print edition. The print edition became tabloid styled, with color on the front, pack, and middle spread. The newspaper currently runs every two weeks (bi-monthly). The newspaper has historical issues with mis-labeling papers. Sometimes the volume number would change in the middle of the school year, or there would be duplicate issue numbers on trwo different prints. Since the newspaper was weekly, sometimes the most accurate way to chronically read through the newspaper is by paying attention to the published dates, which tend to be more accurate than the volume or issue number. Scope and Contents The newspaper's goal was to provide an open space for students to express themselves to the rest of the community, but also to report relevant and interesting community and international news to the Evergreen community. The newspaper has covered many large events that have happened at The Evergreen State College. In recent years, the newspaper has covered a professor that embezzled money from students; the Dead Prez riot, when student flipped a police patrol car after the arrest of a black community member; the Students for a Democratic Society's sit-in of the Vice President of Student Affairs office after the group was temporarily disbanded by administration; and a labor strike by student support staff employees for a living wage increase and better benefits. Most students who have worked for the Cooper Point Journal have typically been volunteers. Sometimes, they've been compensated with a small education stipend. Occasionally, a student will be on the CPJ staff for an Independant Learning Contract, and would then receive college credits instead of the stipend. - Page 5 - Guide to the Cooper Point Journal US-WaOE.A.1973-01 Arrangement The collection is organized chronologically and divided into several boxes by publication year, which followed the school year. Inside the boxes, folders divide the newspapers into academic quarters (fall, winter, and spring). A single edition representing one or in some cases multiple academic years is held in each box. Within the boxes the order is reverse chronological, with the most recent issue appearing at the front. Administrative Information Publication Information The Evergreen State College Archives and Special Collections 2014 Restrictions on Access Collection is open to the public. Restrictions on Use Duplication of archival materials in no way transfers either copyright or property right, nor does it constitute permission to publish in excess of "fair use" or to display the materials. Controlled Access Headings Personal Name(s) • Bietz, Aaron • Foxworthy, Kenyon • Gomez, Jose • Hornbeck, David • Hubert, Lisa - Page 6 - Guide to the Cooper Point Journal US-WaOE.A.1973-01 • Jessup, Sam • McCutcher, Wendy • Miller, Asenka • Ramsdell, Carrie • Randolph, Curtis • Rashbaum, Erin • Sison, Anthony • Thornburg, Rebekah • Uligh, Emily • Weeks, Christina • Wise, Serenity - Page 7 - Guide to the Cooper Point Journal US-WaOE.A.1973-01 Box 1 Collection Inventory Box Box 1 1971-1975 1 Box-folder 4 Nov. 1971 - 25 Feb. 1972 1971-1972 1/1 Weakly (D)Rag * Newspaper Needs News * 'Mobile