The Daily Cardinal The Daily Cardinal The Daily Cardinal is a student newspaper that serves the University of Wisconsin–Madison community. One of the oldest student newspapers in the country, it began publishing on Monday, April 4, 1892. The newspaper is financially and editorially independent of the university. Sammy Gibbons is the newspaper's current editor-in-chief. The "Cardinal"'s motto, printed at the bottom of every front page and taken from an 1894 declaration by the university's board of regents, is "...the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found." "The
The Daily Gamecock by the South Carolina Press Association for excellence for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina. Eight "Gamecock" staffers drove to hurricane-affected areas in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi to report on the story. The Daily Gamecock was awarded a "Top 10" national ranking by the Princeton Review in 2013 (#10). It was ranked No. 17 in 2011, the first time the newspaper appeared in the annual rankings. The newspaper has a staff of more than 50 students, both paid and volunteers. The paper's main staff are appointed by the editor-in-chief. The Daily Gamecock The Daily Gamecock (formerly The Gamecock) is the editorially