September 23, 1904
The Stute publishes its first edition. At 14 pages, it is produced bi-weekly, costs 10 cents and is founded by members of the Class of 1905 who “felt that college spirit and true affection for Stevens could be much improved by the establishment of a student publication.” It features an inauspicious motto on page 1 of its debut issue: “Life is a fight. Millions fail.”

December 6, 1907
The paper reports the first known appearance of “Rodo,” the Stevens duck mascot.

March 21, 1934
Buckminster Fuller, the architect who designed and built the “Dymaxion” car, speaks on campus, with The Stute running a page 1 story and a photo of the aerodynamic, fuel-efficient car.

November 10, 1943
The Stute reports that Navy Lt. Martin “Marty” Ford ’42 has been killed in action in the Pacific. At the time, Ford — who was active on campus, as president of the Interfraternity Council and Sigma Nu fraternity commander — was the second Stevens graduate killed in World War II.

May 16, 1959
Stute Editor-in-Chief George Pezold ’59 is named Editor of The Year by the New Jersey Collegiate Press Association (NJCPA). The paper receives six awards, with top awards in the features and photography categories.

May 14, 1960
The Stute gathers more NJCPA honors. Ed Dalton ’60 is named co-editor of the year, and a series by his identical twin brother John Dalton ’60 on the history of Castle Stevens (the Stevens family home) and the drive to save it from demolition wins first place for features. George Kefeli ’60’s photo of the Castle’s demolition takes second place in the photography category, and Ed Dalton’s editorial, “Requiem for a Castle,” captures third place.

May 5, 1967
Stute Editor-in-Chief Jeff Seeman ’67 is named Editor of the Year by the NJCPA. The Stute receives six awards, including Al Foytlin ’68’s story on Stevens President Jess H. Davis (first place), Bill Ehrhardt ’68’s series on Stevens’ Music Department (second place) and Bill Roppenecker M.Eng. ’68’s series on examination policies (honorable mention). The paper also wins first place in the Front-Page Layout Contest.

Dec 15, 1967
Harvard psychologist and “Psychedelics Pied Piper” Timothy Leary speaks; more than 700 people pack inside the Stevens Center’s Pierce Room, The Stute reports. Leary predicts that pot will be legal in the next two to three years.

October 25, 1968
The Stute covers a visit by boxing great and activist Muhammad Ali. The Pierce Room is standing-room-only; Ali notes that he draws better crowds than Richard Nixon.

May 7, 1970 and May 15, 1970
Three days after the shootings at Kent State that left four students dead, The Stute begins its coverage of a student strike on campus in protest of the Kent State shootings by National Guardsmen and the escalation of the war in Vietnam.

October 22, 1971
Editor-in-Chief Sergio Ciccolella ’72 and Jim Liberatore ’72 spearhead efforts to revive the Stevens duck mascot, with a naming contest. The students vote: Attila.

March 10, 1972
The Stute covers the visit of comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory. In the late 1960s, the paper had published his syndicated column.

October 11, 1974
Jim Labdon ’75 co-authors an exclusive interview with the renowned astronomer Carl Sagan. Labdon and a journalist from the University of Pennsylvania travel through a snowstorm to Ithaca, New York, to interview Sagan at Cornell University, where he directed the Laboratory for Planetary Studies.

April 27, 1984
The Stute reports the end of the beloved Rathskeller pub — the student-run pub inside the Howe Center — with news that its liquor license will not be renewed. The plan is to convert it into a “snack bar/lounge.”

October 20, 1995
A front-page story announces that Frederick Reines ’39 M.S. ’41 has won the Nobel Prize for Physics, the only Stevens graduate to have earned this honor. The Stute story includes a personal remembrance: At a Stevens reunion, when a classmate of his complained that the U.S. government spends too much money on basic research, Reines slapped three pennies on the table.

September 14, 2001
The Stute publishes eyewitness coverage of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

January 23, 2009
The Stute reports two major national news stories, one in its own backyard: the landing of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River by Captain Sully Sullenberger on January 15, and Stevens researchers’ role in offering real-time assessments of water conditions to rescue teams; and the inauguration of President Barack Obama as the nation’s 44th president on January 20.

March 2020
The paper goes fully digital at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

September 3, 2021
The Stute resumes printing as COVID-19 restrictions ease.

Note: The Stute’s online archives span 1904 through 2000. Newspapers from 2001 to the present day – and all Stute archives – can be viewed at the Samuel C. Williams Library’s Archives & Special Collections by appointment.