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SCAN is the newspaper of the Lancaster University Students' Union. It is run almost entirely by volunteers with a single paid sabbatical position, the editor, annually elected by cross-campus ballot. SCAN is an acronym standing for either Societies, Colleges, and Athletic Union News or Sport, Colleges and Administration News. SCAN is a monthly publication with an additional update edition published approximately two weeks after each main edition. The update edition was introduced at the start of the 2005-2006 academic year when the publication went monthly (it had previously been a fortnightly publication; in the 1970s it was weekly) to try and reduce the age of the news that was reported between editions as well as gauge reaction to the possibility of going monthly the subsequent year. Currently, the paper remains fortnightly.
Scan also runs a website, where they report breaking news events, offer weblogs by writers, provide live coverage of events on campus and allow students to post public letters to the editorial team.
History
- 1967 - SCAN starts as a university published newssheet.
- 1967 - SCAN warns about Foot and Mouth
- 1996 - SCAN reports about a decision to scrap the LUSU women's officer.
- 1996 - 1,400 copies of the 2,000 Scan print run mysteriously disappear, after the newly sacked Women's Officer offers to help with distribution.
Previous Editors
- 06-07 - Ben Bailey
- 05-06 - Jude D'Souza
- 04-05 - Cara Simpson
- 03-04 - Amy Elliott
- 02-03 - Matt King
- 01-02 - Jon Colman
- 00-01 - Rory Daly
- 99-00 - Sarah Smith
- 98-99 - Steve Dunthorne
- 97-98 - Stuart Jackson
- 75-76 - Jeremy Oppenheim (first editor granted a paid sabbatical)
- Spring 75 - Jim Gawn
- Autumn 74 - Geoff Brown
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