The student newspaper failed to win enough votes through a referendum to maintain its full funding from students.
NEW BRUNSWICK -- Rutgers University's independent student newspaper plans to continue publishing despite losing a portion of its student funding, according to its editor-in-chief.
After a student referendum earlier this month, the Daily Targum lost about 14 percent of its overall funding, said Daniel Corey, the paper's editor-in-chief.
"While the revenue loss will create a financial burden and force us to make some difficult decisions, we will continue to serve the Rutgers community," Corey wrote in an editorial Sunday.
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Founded in 1869, the Targum received university funding until 1980, when it became independent. Every three years, students vote on whether to continue a $10.75 per-student contribution that is paid annually through students' term bills. The Targum also relies on print and digital advertising revenue.
The Targum did not secure enough votes to continue receiving funding from students in the Rutgers Business School, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy and Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Corey wrote.
However, it did win the referendum in other schools and will continue to get funding from students in the School of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, School of Engineering and Mason Gross School of the Arts, he said.
The Targum needed a "yes" vote from more than 25 percent of students in a school in order to keep receiving funding from each student in that school. However, students are able to opt out of the fee at the beginning of the school year, Corey said.
Despite losing some funding, the Targum staff doesn't view the 2016 referendum as a failure, Corey told NJ Advance Media.
"While it was a difficult one, we consider it to be a successful one," he said.
Still, the loss of funding will result in cutbacks, he said. The Targum may need to print a fewer pages some days or cut back on its travel budget, he said.
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