The Triangle (newspaper)
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The Triangle is the independent student newspaper of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Operation of the newspaper began in 1926, under the direction of students with University advisors functioning only to offer advice. Publication has been on a weekly schedule during the academic school year with bi-weekly publication during summer. The Triangle began publishing in color in the summer of 2004.
The Triangle has won several Mark of Excellence Awards which honor the best in Student Journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists. First place in Editorial Writing (2000),[1] General Column Writing (2000),[1] Second place in Editorial Writing (2001),[2] and third place in Sports Column Writing (2001).[2]
Notable former columnists include Chuck Barris, creator of The Gong Show and subject of the movie Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
The Triangle features a News section, Ed-op section, Arts & Entertainment section, Sports section, Comics section, and Classifieds section.
The Triangle switched from tabloid to broadsheet format in the summer of 2007.
- ^ a b Society of Professional Journalists: Mark of Excellence Awards. Society of Professional Journalists. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
- ^ a b Society of Professional Journalists: Mark of Excellence Awards. Society of Professional Journalists. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.