Following the May 18, 2009, issue (the 1,345th issue in its nearly 39-year history) the
Syracuse Record will officially retire-an action in keeping with Syracuse
University's commitment to sustainability and in recognition of more efficient means
available to inform the University community.
A product of a different era, the Record predates many of the communications
marvels that are now part of everyday life. When the publication debuted on Dec. 3,
1970, few outside of Defense Department researchers had an inkling of what's now
known as the Internet. All phones had cords, and ones used in public were found in
booths. Desks had typewriters, not computers. Laptops didn't exist. Neither did iPods
or iTunes, or Facebook or YouTube, or Twitter, or instant messaging, or even e-mail.
It was five years before Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft. Six years before
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak introduced the first Apple computer. And long before
HDTV, satellite radio, MP3s and Bluetooth.
The Record has existed through the contributions of hundreds of individuals through
the years. Thousands more have read the articles, viewed the photos, and used the
calendar listings to plan their activities.
Along the way, the Record has earned its share of kudos. Writers have won several
awards for individual stories, and the Record itself won a major honor, named the
best of its kind in 1999-earning a Gold Medal Award in the Internal Audience
Tabloids category of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's
annual Circle of Excellence Awards Program.
The Record is now able to retire only because several other very timely sources of
University information are available, with more to come:
If you have questions or comments about the Record or any of these services
described above, please contact the Office of News Services at 443-3784 or
sunews@syr.edu.
