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The Merciad 
Type Weekly newspaper Format Tabloid Owner Mercyhurst College Editor-in-chief Kelly Luoma News editor Alaina Rydzewski Opinion editor Caitlin Handerhan Sports editor Spencer Hunt Photo editor Jill Barrile Founded 1929 Headquarters Erie, Pennsylvania Circulation 1,200 Official website merciad.mercyhurst.edu The Merciad is the student newspaper at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. The paper was founded in 1929. The newspaper’s slogan is, “If you don’t want it printed…don’t let it happen." It is a free tabloid-sized newspaper published every Wednesday while classes are in session, with the exception of the week before finals. The newspaper is the recipient of a "Best of Show" award presented February 2008, by the Associated Collegiate Press.[1]
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Mission
The Merciad newsroom in Erie, Pa.
The mission of the Merciad as the official student newspaper of Mercyhurst College since 1929, is to be a reliable source of information for the entire college community. It is to represent, and more importantly, encourage the free expression of ideas essential to an informed academic community. The Merciad is dedicated to gathering college news and distributing a wide array of college information and ideas that are diverse in content, varied in format and rich in viewpoint. It has as its objective to inform, enlighten and promote literacy, while reflecting the multicultural character of the student body. Essential to this mission is an active student advocacy. The Merciad staff, like the college in general, strives to promote the qualities of excellence and creativity in its service to others. The student publication upholds truth, human dignity and the values of its parent institution Catholic in nature and Mercy in tradition as its guiding principles.[2]
The Merciad online
Print editions of The Merciad are published online at http://merciad.mercyhurst.edu in addition to breaking news and college updates.
Complete list of editors-in-chief
Year: Editor's name Year: Editor's name Year: Editor's name 1929-30: Barbara Wilbert 1959-60: Anne Marie Lepkowski & Carolyn Schehrer 1989-90: Kevin McHugh 1930-31: Elizabeth Hamburger 1960-61: Anne Marie Lepkowski & Carolyn Schehrer 1990-91: Karen McGuire 1931-32: Madelyn Hall 1961-62: Carolyn Schehrer 1991-92: Joseph Legler 1932-33: Kay Barrett 1962-63: Emily Lincoln 1992-93: Joseph Legler 1933-34: Ruth Sterr 1963-64: Marty Fiedler 1993-94: Jule Gardner 1934-35: Beatrice Banner 1964-65: Bonnie Brennan 1994-95: Craig Rybczynski 1935-36: Ruth Eichenlaub 1965-66: Kathy Keim 1995-96: Dan Hilfiker 1936-37: Eleanor O’Sullivan 1966-67: Jane Carney 1996-97: John Murphy 1937-38: Margaret O’Sullivan 1967-68: Chriss Strong 1997-98: Chris Wloch 1938-39: Ruth Hays 1968-69: Rosalie Hodas 1998-99: Bill Melville, Jessi Gentile 1939-40: Marie Callan 1969-70: Joanne Kleinhenz & Mary Horsington 1999-00: Carrie Tappe 1940-41: Jane Franklin 1970-71: Al Messina 2000-01: David P. Hermenau 1941-42: Dorothy Wadlinger 1971-72: Vincent Doran 2001-02: Sara Seidle 1942-43: Katherine Dineen 1972-73: Bob Parks 2002-03: Kristin Purdy 1943-44: Anne Johnson 1973-74: Cathy Stevenson 2003-04: Adam DuShole 1944-45: Rita Rittenhouse 1974-75: Colleen McManamon 2004-05: Kelly Rose Duttine 1945-46: Jeanne Roepke 1975-76: Carol Quartuccio 2005-06: Joshua Wilwohl 1946-47: Mary Irene Kinnerney 1976-77: Melissa McMurray 2006-07: Joshua Wilwohl 1947-48: Betty Ahlgren 1977-78: Chris Van Wagenen 2007-08: Joshua Wilwohl 1948-49: Alice Murphy 1978-79: John Bruno 2008-09: Casey Greene 1949-50: Cecile Jewell 1979-80: Steve Frisina 2009-10: JoEllen Marsh 1950-51: Peggy Jetter 1980-81: Rebecca L. Martin 2010-11: Ethan Magoc 1951-52: Frances Sullivan 1981-82: Rebecca L. Martin 2011-12: Kelly Luoma 1952-53: Mary Lou Dwyer 1982-83: Donna J. Peterson 2012-13: 1953-54: Mary Anna Hayes 1983-84: Carla J. Anderson 2013-14: 1954-55: Martha McNulty 1984-85: Frances M. Moavero 2014-15: 1955-56: Carol Kelly 1985-86: Naomi A. Romanchok 2015-16: 1956-57: Kay King 1986-87: Brian Sheridan 2016-17: 1957-58: Joan Imhof 1987-88: Matthew J. Clark 2017-18: 1958-59: Mary Stark 1988-89: Christopher J. Kovski 2018-19: References
- ^ ACP 'Best of Show' awards
- ^ Merciad's About Us Web site
- ^ "The Merciad issue archive". The Merciad issue archive. The Merciad. http://www.scribd.com/TheMerciad. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
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- Mercyhurst College
- Student newspapers published in Pennsylvania
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