If you haven’t heard the news by now, the Rutgers student newspaper, The Daily Targum, announced on Monday that for the first time since being an independently run organization, that they failed to pass the referendum voted on by its peers. The paper relies on student funding to operate and not enough voted to continue an $11.25 per semester student fee. It’s the bulk of the funding that supports the Targum’s operations.
The paper began in 1869 but has counted on student funding since it went independent back in 1980. This is the first time they’ve ever failed to garner enough support from every school on campus for funding on the referendum, which is voted on every three years.