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| Type | Student newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| School | Barnard College Columbia University |
| Owner(s) | Spectator Publishing Company, Inc. |
| Founder(s) | Frederick William Holls H.G. Paine |
| Founded | 1877 |
| Headquarters | New York City, U.S. |
| Circulation | 8,000[1] |
| Website | columbiaspectator.com |
| Free online archives | library.columbia.edu |
The Columbia Daily Spectator (known colloquially as Spec) is the student newspaper of Columbia University. Founded in 1877, it is the second-oldest continuously operating college news daily in the nation after The Harvard Crimson, and has been legally independent from the university since 1962. It is published at 120th Street and Claremont Avenue in New York City. During the academic term, it is published online Sunday through Thursday and printed twice monthly. In addition to serving as a campus newspaper, the Spectator also reports the latest news of the surrounding Morningside Heights community. The paper is delivered to over 150 locations throughout the Morningside Heights neighborhood.