University Star

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University Star
University Star Photo.jpg
Type Student newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Founded 1911
Headquarters San Marcos, Texas
 United States
Website http://star.txstate.edu/

The University Star, also called The Star, is a student-run newspaper for Texas State University. The Star provides news and information on issues that affect the Texas State community as well as San Marcos news.[1]

Distribution

The Star has a daily distribution of 8,000 in the fall and spring semesters. It is produced Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and distributed throughout the Texas State campus.[2] Content is produced five times during the summer, and has a distribution of 3,000 copies. The Star publishes special issues which complement its regular content throughout the year.

Content

The Star covers of local issues, controversies and events pertaining to the university, San Marcos, Hays County, and higher education. The newspaper is split into four sections: news, trends, opinions and sports.[1]

History

The first issue was published in February 1911, started by then student Fred W. Adams, son of John Anderson Adams, the founder of Adams Extract and Spice Company. Fred W. Adams persuaded the Southwest Texas Normal School administration to let him publish the newspaper, promising to pay for it himself if advertising could not sustain the cost.[3]

The Star's notable alumni, includes President Lyndon B. Johnson. Johnson served as the newspaper’s editor during the summers of 1928 and 1929, using The Star to express his ideas, which were heavily flavored in politics.[4]

The University Star celebrated its 100th year anniversary during the 2010-2011 academic year. A reunion was held at the end of April 2010, bringing together both Star staff and alumni from across the country.[5]

The San Marcos City Council declared in 2010 April 26 through May 1 as University Star Week in San Marcos.[6]

Awards

The University Star has won numerous Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA)[7] awards.

Faculty adviser Bob Bajackson (1999–Present) won the 2010 TIPA Adviser of the Year award[8]

The University Star has also received awards in Hearst Journalism:

Alyssa Franks' illustration: "White is Over! If You Want It"

David Rauf — 6th place (2006–07) In-Depth writing for "ASG executive officers defend 'conflict of interest' position." The University Star[9] Colter Ray — 12th place (2008–09) Photography — News & Sports, The University Star[10] Allen Reed — 17th place (2009–10) Feature writing for "A gift to Science in Death." Houston Chronicle (internship).

Controversies

In November 2017, The Star provoked enormous backlash for running a vile racist opinion piece titled “Your DNA is an abomination.” The column was written by Texas State University senior Rudy Martinez,[11] a philosophy major and extreme far-left political activist who was arrested on January 20, 2016, while protesting Donald Trump's presidential inauguration.[12] "When I think of all the white people I have ever encountered – whether they’ve been professors, peers, lovers, friend, police officers, et cetera – there is perhaps only a dozen I would consider ‘decent,’” Martinez wrote.[12] In addition to stating “white death will mean liberation for all,” the columnist declared white people to be “an aberration"[13] and flatly stated: "I hate you because you shouldn’t exist."[14] Martinez’s column was subsequently deleted from the Star website.[15]

The University Star Editorial Board later apologized to its readers and officially stated that they would no longer publish works from Rudy Martinez.[16][17]

References

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