The Oracle

Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK's Student-run Newspaper

The Oracle is Minnesota’s oldest independent student-published newspaper. First published in 1888, it began as a monthly collection of letters and has transitioned into a weekly newspaper over the years.

The current iteration of the award-winning publication is delivered to buildings across campus every Tuesday, and its small but mighty staff comes from a wide range of academic disciplines. However, they are united in their mission to accurately cover the news that reflects the diversity of our campus and the Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK-Midway community.

 

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The Oracle: Award-winning publication and journalists

The Oracle has been published since 1888, and its list of awards and recognitions is long. Here are the most recent awards from the , which has more than 570 members and is a national community of collegiate journalists and collegiate-journalism advisors.

Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) Awards (2020-2024)

  • 2024 Ninth Place in Reporting: News Story, Won’t you be their neighbor? 
  • 2024 Sixth Place in Reporting: Feature Story, , A reflection on the 20th president of Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK, Dr. Fayneese Miller
  • 2023 Seventh Place in Social Justice Reporting: and Kimia Kowsarl. Classroom incident and administrative response raise questions for Muslim students
  • 2023 Ninth Place in Social Justice Reporting: Becky Z. Dernbach. Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK video reveals painting of Prophet Muhammad was visible to students before trigger warning
  • 2023 Second Place in Newspaper/Newsmagazine with 15,000 students or fewer
  • 2022 Fifth Place in Staff Recognition for Four-year campus with 10,000 students or fewer
  • 2022 Seventh Place in Website with 10,000 students or fewer
  • 2022 Fifth Place in Individual Print Design:
  • 2022 Seventh Place in Individual Print Design:
  • 2022 Fifth Place in Photojournalism: , Protesters gathered in Government Square
  • 2022 Fifth Place in Social Justice Reporting: , Hate speech conversations continue
  • 2022 Eight Place in Social Justice Reporting: , Inaccessibility on campus
  • 2022 Ninth Place in Social Justice Reporting: Black Lives Still Matter: Amir Locke Protest
  • 2022 Second Place in Podcast: , After Deadline - On the subject of hate speech
  • 2020 Sixth Place in Newspaper News Special Section/Edition
  • 2020 Fifth Place in Website with 10,000 students or fewer

ACP Midwest Best of Show Awards (2019-2020)

  • 2020 Fifth in Newspaper, Midwest Best of Show
  • 2020 Second in Special Edition, Midwest Best of Show
  • 2020 Second in Website, Midwest Best of Show
  • 2020 Ninth in Sports Story: , Â鶹ÊÓƵAPK Women’s Hockey makes record as NCAA championship runners-up
  • 2020 First Place in News Photo: , Still I Rise
  • 2020 Fourth Place and Sixth Place in News Photo: , Anti-Trump protesters photo collection
  • 2019 Tenth in Editorial/Commentary: Emily Lazear, Further action required for hate incident 
  • 2019 Fourth in Four Years Newspaper Weekly
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Aiden Lewald

While it doesn’t have an enormous staff, the Oracle is a strong and passionate paper. I get to work with such incredibly talented and passionate people, and that has helped me fall in love with journalism and find my passion.

Aiden Lewald ‘26, digital and studio arts, and English and communication studies; 24-25 Editor-in-chief, the Oracle

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The Oracle is published every Tuesday and distributed across campus to newspaper racks near the entrances of buildings and dorms. Check the latest issue,  read past stories, and apply to join the staff on the Oracle's website.

 

The Oracle welcomes your opinions

As a publication that prides itself on being honest and actively engaging with its community, the Oracle welcomes letters and commentaries from its readers. If you would like to submit a letter to the editor or a commentary, email oracle@hamline.edu.

For your submission to be considered for publication, you must include your full name—anonymous letters and letters written under pseudonyms will not be considered —and your submission must not exceed the word count. Letters to the editor must be no more than 250 words, and commentaries must be no more than 750 words.

Both letters to the editor and commentaries will be edited for clarity, fact-checked, and potentially trimmed to fit the available space in the newspaper.

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