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An online-only newspaper for nearly four years, Quinnipiac University's The Quad News as of today. 

The Quad News was created in 2008 in response to the Quinnipiac administration cracking down on press freedom within the established student newspaper, The Quinnipiac Chronicle. At the time, the Quinnipiac administration prohibited the student newspaper, The Quinnipiac Chronicle, from posting its articles online before they had been printed, citing concerns about wanting to review the content "before the external world hears about it."

The dispute escalated, resulting in the Quinnipiac administration hand-picking Chronicle staffers. In response, the then-editorial staff abandoned the Chronicle to found an online-only paper, The Quad News. Quinnipiac was, perhaps unsurprisingly, not receptive to the new news outlet, threatening to expel from campus any organizations who chose to associate with The Quad News — specifically the Quinnipiac chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. (See our 2008 letter to Quinnipiac President John Lahey here, and our longer chronicling of the dispute here for more information.)

Based on the Quinnipiac administration's attitude toward The Quad News in 2008, today's print launch may incite some type of response. We at ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ hope that response is positive, and we salute The Quad News contributors for exercising their right to free speech.