The Chevron

The Chevron was the official student newspaper published by the Federation of Students at the from 1966 to 1978.

Founding
Originally the official newspaper of the Federation of Students was The Coryphaeus. The paper was renamed The Chevron in 1966.

Loss of official paper status
By 1976 friction had developed between the Federation of Students and the staff of The Chevron.

In 1976 the Federation locked the paper's staff out of its offices. In response, staff members who had asked to be admitted to retrieve personal possessions, refused to leave, and occupied the offices for several months.

The Free Chevron and The Real Chevron
During the lockout and following negotiations, two completing papers began publishing. The former staffers from The Chevron continued to publish under the name The Free Chevron. Another group of students published a paper under the name The Real Chevron. The two papers published into the new year, trading barbs and insults. The Chevron was reinstated on June 26, 1977 and was allowed to continue publishing. The Real Chevron and 'The Free Chevron'' both ended their publications.

Investigation and referenda
On August 22, 1977, Frank Epp, the President of Conrad Grebel College, chaired the first meeting of an investigation committee into the difficulties between the Federation and the paper.

By 1978 the Federation took a different approach to the on-going feud, presenting the student body with a series of referenda: first a referdum to establish a separate, refundable fee to finance the Federation's official paper; and second, a referendum which allowed students to pick either The Chevron, or a new newspaper, Imprint, as the official paper.

2010 Revival
On the 21st of May, 2010, a group of students anonymously distributed a single page publication branded as 'the Chevron' across various campus buildings. Much of the content of this publication expressed a growing dissatisfaction with the lack of quality and journalistic integrity shown by Imprint as well as that publication's inadequate coverage, analysis and criticism of the Federation of Students. It continued publishing 14 issues, with the latest one being published on February 28, 2011.