Dear Readers,

Many of you may have seen our posts on social media this past week asking for signatures and donations to help keep our publication alive. I wanted to provide you with a bit more insight into why it is we are asking for both, and why we need your help. 

At the beginning of the fall semester, our publication was told by Student Engagement that we would be allocated enough funding to cover all of our necessary online platform subscriptions, as well as to print our fall and spring special issues. Unfortunately, the promises made to us did not become a reality, and our newsroom is left struggling to afford existing online. 

This upcoming week, we are petitioning Student Government and the administration at Manhattan University to show them that The Quadrangle is an impactful voice on this campus – and is one that needs to stay around. Our mission is and always has been to give a voice to those who need it and to provide the unequivocal truth about what is happening around campus. 

While we do need funding to stay alive, in print and online, what we really need from you all is a signature on our petition. Your signatures represent that you support and understand the intrinsic value of having a student newsroom on campus. No matter your connection to the school and our publication, we hope that you will join us in our mission to show Manhattan University that the oldest publication on its campus is wanted, read and needs to stick around. 

We appreciate every single one of you who has already taken the time to sign the petition (linked here!) and donated to our GoFundMe (linked here!). The messages you all have left for us mean more to our staff than you will ever know. 

I promise to keep you all informed of our progress whenever I have an update. Until then, please keep signing, sharing, reading and talking about your favorite Quadrangle articles and memories with whoever will sit and listen. No matter what our future holds, we plan to do everything we can to stick around for another 100 years. 

Until next time,