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The Stute

The Stute is the weekly student newspaper of Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States. First issued on September 23, 1904, the paper has been published continuously since that date and is among the longest-running student newspapers in the state of New Jersey.[1] It is produced by undergraduate volunteers and is editorially independent of the university administration.[2]

The Stute
TypeWeekly student newspaper
FormatPrint and online
OwnerStudents of Stevens Institute of Technology
PublisherStudents of Stevens Institute of Technology
FoundedSeptember 23, 1904; 121 years ago (1904-09-23)
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersHoboken, New Jersey, United States
OCLC number43702245
Websitethestute.com

Publication and indexing

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The newspaper is cataloged by the Library of Congress in the Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries under LCCN sn00063125 and OCLC number 43702245, where it is recorded as an English-language weekly serial published in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, by the students of the institute.[1] It is listed as a New Jersey news media outlet by the journalism directory Muck Rack.[2] Bound and digitized historical issues, including those from the early twentieth century, are preserved in archival collections accessible through the OCLC ContentDM platform.[3]

Content and coverage

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The Stute reports on campus and university affairs at Stevens Institute of Technology as well as on news in the surrounding city of Hoboken and the wider Hudson County area. The paper publishes sections covering local news, opinion, sports, science, arts and culture. Its reporting on local development and university expansion has been cited by independent regional media outlets, including the New Jersey property and community news site Jersey Digs, which referenced the newspaper in its 2024 coverage of a proposed thirteen-story academic and housing development on the Stevens campus.[4]

Notable contributors

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Student writers

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Among the writers who contributed to The Stute as students was Richard Reeves (Class of 1960), who later became chief political correspondent for The New York Times, a nationally syndicated columnist whose work appeared in more than 100 newspapers, and a biographer of multiple American presidents.[5][6] Reeves received a mechanical engineering degree from Stevens in 1960 and worked briefly for Ingersoll-Rand before transitioning to journalism through the Phillipsburg Free Press, the Newark Evening News, the New York Herald Tribune, and The New York Times.[5][7]

Faculty columnists

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John Horgan, a science journalist and former senior writer at Scientific American, has written a column for The Stute titled "The Scientific Curmudgeon".[8] Horgan, who is the author of The End of Science (1996) and other books on the philosophy and limits of scientific inquiry, has served as Director of the Center for Science Writings at Stevens Institute of Technology, where the column is written.[8][9]

History

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The Stute began publication on September 23, 1904, succeeding an earlier Stevens student publication titled Stevens Life that had ceased in the late 1890s.[1] The newspaper was founded by members of the Class of 1905 and was originally produced on a biweekly basis. The Library of Congress catalog record describes The Stute as a weekly serial published by the students of Stevens Institute of Technology.[1] Digitized issues spanning the period from 1904 through 2000 are preserved in archival collections.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Stute (Hoboken, N.J.) 19??-Current". Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  2. 1 2 "The Stute: Contact Information, Journalists, and Overview". Muck Rack. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  3. 1 2 "The Stute (digital newspaper collection)". ContentDM, OCLC. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  4. ↑ "Plans Revealed for New 13-Story Development at Hoboken's Stevens Institute". Jersey Digs. October 24, 2024. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  5. 1 2 Roberts, Sam (March 25, 2020). "Richard Reeves, Columnist and Author on Presidents, Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  6. ↑ "In memoriam: Richard Reeves, 83". USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. March 26, 2020. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  7. ↑ "Reflecting on Richard Reeves". National Society of Newspaper Columnists. April 25, 2016. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  8. 1 2 "Of Two Minds". IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  9. ↑ "STS Circle, November 5 - John Horgan". Program on Science, Technology and Society, Harvard Kennedy School. October 2012. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
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