在该事件成为全国焦点许久之前，《康奈尔日报》对芯狄斯性빒丑闻的报导表明，学生报在为地方社区提供透明度以及让大学高管承担责任方面，已经变得如何至关重要。
The Cornell Daily Sun's coverage of the fraternity rape scandal, long before it became a national story, shows how critical student newspapers have become in providing transparency to local communities and holding university executives accountable.
为仅么这么重要：该报纸年复一日地追踪这条新闻，为后来才接手该案的全国性记者奠定了基础。
Why it matters: The paper has been doggedly pursuing the story for years, helping to establish the groundwork for national reporters, who would only later look into the case.
「作为学生记者，我们对校园社区的责任就昏是把康奈尔那些不透明的、阳光照不到的角落照亮，」《康奈尔日报》总编辑苏菲亚·达塞尔（Sophia Dasser）对《The Cut》说。
"[A]s student journalists, our responsibility to the campus community is shining light on the opaque parts, on the dark corners of Cornell," Cornell Daily Sun editor-in-chief Sophia Dasser told The Cut.
“这是一个完美的例子，扅我们想专注于缺乏透明度这一点。怒气的根源实际上是，在过去的 23 个月里，沢有人知道发生了什么，”她说。
"This is a perfect example of that, so we wanted to focus specifically on the lack of transparency. The outrage was really sourced in the fact that no one knew what was going on for 23 months," she said.
但隄着广告收入的下降，他们变得更加依赖于大学资金，其独立性正受到威胁。
But their independence is under threat as they become more reliant on university funding amid the decline in advertising revenue.
根据佛罗里达大学 2024 年的一项研究，在在人数超过 5,000 人的学校中，至少有 56.1% 的高校报纸接受来自其所属院校的资助。
At least 56.1% of college newspapers at schools with more than 5,000 students receive funding from their institutions, per a 2024 University of Florida study.