Tell-tale jokes and obscene levels of sarcasm sum up the first day of April. Riddled with warning titles of “April Fools’ Issues,” the on-and-off tradition of the Setonian falling on April 1 and occasionally the last issue in March was short-lived.
Turns out, the answer is not that complex.
The University President at the time, Bishop John J. Dougherty, said the paper's staff “abused” their First Amendment rights, and that too often, articles published in the Setonian reflected an “unwholesome spirit of cynicism.”
As the Setonian nears its 100th anniversary, we look back and commemorate these women for doing something that, for their time, may have turned some heads or even encouraged backlash.
“Get behind the paper and it will live; neglect your duty and it will soon pass into oblivion.”
Meet Patti Williams, who graduated from Seton Hall in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in communications.
The multitude of “underground” papers that have had short lifetimes have worked to be the voice of the students and report on issues students felt were important. Know S*** is only one of several newspapers that have tried to overrule the Setonian.
Technical Services Archivist Jacquelyn "Jackie" Deppe, who graduated Seton Hall in 2017, began as a student worker for the Archives in 2014.
There’s a lack of coverage for most of the teams’ early years, but the newspapers made sure to write about how the Pirates forfeited a game in 1891.
John Erigena Robinson graduated from Seton Hall in 1874 and wrote in his diary about dreaming of starting a paper on campus.
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