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The Beehive

As the official yearbook publication of Radford University, the Beehive has an extensive history with Radford University. As its oldest publication, it has been around to serve students for over 85 years now. The Beehive was first published in 1914 as The Radnor and gained a new name, The Beehive, in 1925 after the University’s school seal.

 

Exit 109

Exit 109, formerly known as the Gaelic, is Radford University’s official student-run literary arts magazine, one of the seven publications of Highlander Student Media. The magazine exists to publish and feature creative work by RU students and to foster an appreciation of literature and art by bringing that work into the community. All current Radford University students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome to submit their original prose, poetry, essays, artwork, and photography to Exit 109 by email. We also host poetry readings, art-ins, open editing sessions, and more. Check out our magazines here!

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Whim

Whim is Radford University’s official online magazine. As journalists, our job is to present stories thoroughly and accurately. Through our four sections of Arts & Entertainment, Life, Opinion, and Science, Tech & Health, we pride ourselves in providing our readers with creative pieces of artwork, in-depth features, refreshing entertainment stories, cutting-edge technology pieces and a variety of opinions. Since 1997 we have entertained, educated and informed not just the Radford University community, but also the world.

Whim serves two purposes: to provide information and entertainment to Radford University and our global readers daily and to provide our staff with a working knowledge of a professional, interactive website.

 

Radio Free Radford (RFR)

Radio Free Radford is a student-run internet radio station at Radford University. In 2016, moved studios during the summer of 2016 and took its full-time live broadcast status then. New programming and innovative technology drives this student organization, tune in to RFR for your music, your way.

 

SMADs

The Tartan is our most prominent advertising medium. It was created in 1921 and is the official student-run newspaper. The Tartan has a circulation of 4,000 and distribution to more than 30 critical points on and off campus. This medium is free-of-charge and reaches more than 10,000 students, faculty, and staff at Radford, as well as the surrounding communities. It is published on an 11” x 21” broadsheet format with four sections: News, Sports, Culture (entertainment and arts), and the Tea (commentary and editorial), as well as a classified section. Ask your Sales Rep for information regarding special editions of The Tartan.

 

The Tartan

Radford’s weekly student-run newspaper, The Tartan, features news and information about Radford University and the surrounding area and is distributed both on campus and around town.

The newspaper also exists to provide an experimental ground for students so they can experience what it takes to make it as a journalist, whether they want to be a reporter, copy editor, editor, designer or something else.

The Tartan strives to provide fair and balanced coverage of the community and to give a fair opportunity to work for all students who wish to be a part of the student-run newspaper.

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