The Transcript
Template:Short description Template:Italic title Template:For Template:Use mdy dates The Transcript, published at Ohio Wesleyan University, is the oldest independent college student newspaper in the United States.<ref name="transcriptchronology">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The newspaper dates back to 1867 when it first appeared under the name Western Collegian. Joseph B. Battelle was the first editor of Western Collegian, at that time a student at Ohio Wesleyan University. Following his graduation from Wesleyan, Battelle would become one of the most prominent journalists at Toledo Blade.
Charles W. Fairbanks served as a co-editor of the Western Collegian. After graduation, Fairbanks went on to become a U.S. Senator and Vice-President of the U.S. under Theodore Roosevelt.