The Athenaeum is the official student newspaper at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. It was founded in 1874, initially as a student literary magazine. The Athenaeum continued in its original format until the 1940s, at which point it became a more traditional newspaper. The Acadia University Athenaeum Society, preceding the paper, was established in 1860 by a group of students. By 1895, the Society had added debating to their objective, and was thereafter alternatively known as the Athenaeum Debating Society. The 1935 Calendar states that the Athenaeum Society sponsored all inter-class, intercollegiate and other debates. In 1874 the Athenaeum Society issued the first issue of the student publication, the Acadia Athenaeum. The Athenaeum was predeceased by the Lyceum Society which was established in 1858 and dissolved in 1860. It has a circulation of 600 per issue to the Acadia campus and the community of Wolfville. It is available free of charge and is distributed to local businesses and many on-campus buildings. Past Editors-in-Chief 2022-23 - Abby-Jean Gertridge 2021-22 - Axel Eschholz 2020-21 - Rylie Moscato 2019-20 - Ruvimbo Chipazi 2018-19 - Colin Mitchell 2017-18 - Sid Kondapuram 2016-17 - Andrew Haskett 2015-16 - Andrew Haskett 2014-15 - Stephanie Bethune 2013-14 - Iain Bauer 2012-13 - Qasim Kareemi 2011-12 - Vanessa Gallant 2010-11 - Angela Johnson 2009-10 - Tim Hansen 2008-09 - Fraser MacKinnon-Blair 2007-08 - Lucas Timmons 2006-07 - Angela Wilson 2005-06 - Sarah O'Connor 2004-05 - Jon Flemming 2003-04 - Janice Hudson 1965-66 - Adam Sheppard 1964-65 - Michael De Lorey 1963-64 - V. Blaine Allaby 1962-63 - Andrew B. Cann 1961-62 - L.J. Amey 1960-61 - Gregory Cook 1959-60 - Martin E. Morf 1958-59 (Interim) - Phil Roberts 1958-59 - Donald Angus 1957-58 - Robert McConnell Todd 1955-56 - Floyd MacDonald 1953-54 - Shirley Eagles 1952-53 - Wally Matheson 1951-52 - Brooke Earle Sheldon 1950-51 - Winston Churchill 1949-50 - Walter Baker 1948-49 - Ronald E. Nickerson 1947-48 - Victor McLaughlin 1946-47 - Donald Tapley 1945-46 - J.B. Stewart 1942-43 - John Orrell Levine 1939-41 - Robbins Elliot 1938-39 - A. Harry MacLean 1936-37 - Harcourt Cameron 1917-18 - Helen Starr 1912-13 - J.L. Ilsley 1908-09 - Malcolm Robbins Elliot 1895-96 - Alfred Handley Chipman Morse 1889-90 - Charles Aubrey Eaton Funding Struggles Since 2016 The Athenaeum has struggled under budget cuts and a lack of support from Acadia's Student Union (ASU). In 2018–19, Editor-in-Chief Colin Mitchell