The Oracle
Hamline's Student-run Newspaper
Minnesota’s first student-run newspaper
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 Associated Collegiate Press, 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, Sabine Benda, Won’t you be their neighbor?
- 2024 Sixth Place in Reporting: Feature Story, Sabine Benda, A reflection on the 20th president of Hamline University, Dr. Fayneese Miller
- 2023 Seventh Place in Social Justice Reporting: Anika Besst, Lydia Meier and Kimia Kowsarl. Classroom incident and administrative response raise questions for Muslim students
- 2023 Ninth Place in Social Justice Reporting: Anika Besst, Becky Z. Dernbach. Hamline 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: Anika Besst
- 2022 Seventh Place in Individual Print Design: Anika Besst
- 2022 Fifth Place in Photojournalism: Jacob Aloi, Protesters gathered in Government Square
- 2022 Fifth Place in Social Justice Reporting: Lydia Meier, Hate speech conversations continue
- 2022 Eight Place in Social Justice Reporting: Lydia Meier, Inaccessibility on campus
- 2022 Ninth Place in Social Justice Reporting: Lydia Meier, Jack Fischer, Black Lives Still Matter: Amir Locke Protest
- 2022 Second Place in Podcast: Jacob Aloi, 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 AwardsBest (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: Lydia Hansen, Hamline Women’s Hockey makes record as NCAA championship runners-up
- 2020 First Place in News Photo: Sabrina Merritt, Still I Rise
- 2020 Fourth Place and Sixth Place in News Photo: Sabrina Merrit, 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
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.
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How to read, follow, and be a part of the Oracle
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.
