The New Brunswick/Piscataway campuses are served by an independently incorporated daily newspaper, the Daily Targum. Founded in 1866 as a yearbook, it has been published as a newspaper since 1869 and is the oldest undergraduate newspaper in the country. The Daily Targum prints news of the university and includes local, national, and international items considered of special relevance to students. The Tuesday issues carry an Official Notices column that is required reading for all students.
Most of the undergraduate colleges have weekly newspapers that cover issues and events of special local interest. They include the Caellian (Douglass College), the Medium (Livingston College), the Rutgers Review (Rutgers College), Evening Watch (University College-New Brunswick), Green Print (Cook College), and the Apothecary News (College of Pharmacy).
Black Voice/Carta Latina, founded in 1970, is an undergraduate newspaper that offers an important forum for ideas and opinions of special relevance to black and Hispanic students. In addition, the publication provides students with the opportunity to have their work published as contributing writers.
The Rutgers Jewish Perspectives (Chabad House) prints news and literature focusing on the interests of the Jewish student community within the university.
The Scarlet Bayonet is published by students in the Army ROTC program.
Several of the colleges publish yearbooks that honor the graduating class and record the outstanding events of the academic year and the membership of social, curricular, and extracurricular groups. These include the Quair (Douglass College), Diversity (Livingston College), the Scarlet Letter (Rutgers College), Precision (School of Engineering), Wild Flower (Cook College), the Pharmascript (Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy), the University College Yearbook (University College-New Brunswick), and Fortune (Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate-New Brunswick).
There are a variety of literary magazines published by students at the various colleges that contain articles, stories, poems, and artwork. These include Salad Bowl and Mosaic at Douglass College; Anthologist at Rutgers College; and Discovery and Untitled at University College-New Brunswick.
