Crisis @ UTM?

Newspaper delivery halted after excessive budget woes

Jay Baker
Assistant News Editor

Students who became accustomed to getting The New York Times in classes last year are probably wondering where their copies are this year.

But the delivery of the newspaper has fallen victim to budget cuts, leaving students without the daily newspaper.

Last year, nearly 1,000 copies of the newspaper were delivered to UTM daily through a redership program sponsored by the American Democracy Project (ADP) and funded by the Division of Academic Affairs.

“It’s even more cloudy than it may seem. We’re still trying to pursue funding. It may even be here this fall,” said Mike McCullough, professor of management and UTM’s ADP chair.

At 35 cents a paper, plus $100 a week for delivery, Academic Affairs paid about $1,000 a semester for the NYT last year, McCullough said.

This year there is a greater demand for the NYT to be used in classes ranging from history, English, sociology to political science and even chemistry.


This is absolutely terrible!!! But somehow, I believe the University of Tennesse at Martin students (Go Skyhawks!) will be able to get their daily dose of liberal claptrap without the NY Times...