The Poly Post

The Poly Post
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Cal Poly Pomona Department of Communication
Publisher Richard Kallan
Editor-in-chief Olivia Levada Lenoir
Founded January 26, 1940 as
The Bronc's Cheerh[1]
Language English
Headquarters On the campus of
Cal Poly Pomona
Pomona (pop. 152,631),[2]
California California,
United States United States
Circulation 15,000[3]
Website The Poly Post

The Poly Post is the student newspaper at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). When classes are in session, it publishes every Tuesday throughout the school year. Olivia Levada Lenoir is the current editor-in-chief.

General information

The Poly Post is a forum for student expression and is written, edited and managed by university students and one faculty advisor. It was founded in 1940 as the Bronc's Cheer when the university was still in San Dimas. The name was changed to The Poly Views in 1942 and finally to The Poly Post in 1962.[1] The newspaper changed from a bi-weekly (Tuesday and Thursday) to a weekly (Tuesday) publication in the early 1990s.

It is overseen by the Department of Communication, which sets policies for the Poly Post and other campus communications media.

The Poly Post's website is hosted by of MTV Network's mtvU, which distributes and promotes its content to their network

See also

Past Editor-in-Chief

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.wiwfarm.com/Highlights_of_Cal_Poly_Pomona_History.htm#1940
  2. ↑ "Pomona, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
  3. ↑ "Meet the Press". The Poly Post. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
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