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The ''Gateway'' is the student newspaper at the University Of Alberta , Edmonton, Alberta , Canada . The newspaper was founded in North Garneau at the home of Liddy Lloyd on October 26 , 1910 . A group of students gathered to discuss the creation of a student newspaper. They came up with the name 'Gateway' and selected A. E. Ottewell as its first editor-in-chief. According to an editorial written in 1917 , the name Gateway was meant to be "suggestive of the position of the U of A at the portal of the great North country, rich in potentialities and future greatness." From its first published issue on November 21, 1910 until 2002 , the ''Gateway'' was run as a department of the University Of Alberta Students' Union . In 2002 the paper ran a successful Referendum campaign for its autonomy and became an independent entity run by the Gateway Student Journalism Society (GSJS). While most of the day-to-day operations didn't change with autonomy, a board of directors (BOD) took over the major decision making powers for the paper from a Students' Union committee and the Vice-President (Student Life). The BOD consists of nine voting members (the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper, an editor’s representative, two volunteer representatives, a representative of Students' Council, the SU Vice-President (Operations and Finance), a "continuity" representative and two students-at-large) as well as the Business Manager who is ex-offico and a non-voting member. A Secretary, Treasurer and Chair of the BOD are selected from the voting members. The paper is funded by a combination of Advertising revenue and a student Levy approved at the time of the autonomy campaign. the ''Gateway'' is one of the oldest and largest student newspapers in Canada and features sections devoted to news, opinion, sports, arts and entertainment, comics and features. The ''Gateway'' is a founding member of Canadian University Press and played host to CUP's national conference in January 2005. After many different formats and publishing schedules over the years — including a very brief attempt as a daily — the ''Gateway'' is published most Tuesdays and Thursdays during the fall and winter terms and has a circulation of 11,000. GATEWAY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION In early 2004, ''Gateway'' alumnus Steve Lillebuen approached the University of Alberta to officially recognize a Gateway Alumni Association (GAA). In March of 2004 the GAA became an official chapter of the University of Alberta Alumni Association. Since then, the GAA has tracked down 800 lost alumni, hosted the ''Gateway''’s 95th anniversary dinner (which, oddly enough, had 95 guests), and started working towards creating an online digital archive of the newspaper in preparation for the ''Gateway''’s centennial in 2010. All former paid staff of the newspaper are members of the Association. Any volunteer who contributed five or more submissions—writing, photographs, graphics, comics, administrative or editorial assistance and design—that appeared in the ''Gateway'' is also a member. It is estimated that over 3000 people have volunteered at one point in the ''Gateway'''s publishing history. NOTABLE ALUMNI
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