The Athenaeum is the official student newspaper at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
The Acadia University Athenaeum Society, preceding the paper, was established in 1860 by a group of students.
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 began the groundwork needed to make The Athenaeum an independent paper that does not rely on funding from the ASU.
Following the comments, alumni and students banded together underneath 2020-21 Editor-in-Chief Rylie Moscato to make a Guerilla print issue of The Athenaeum.
As a result of the issue, Moscato was involved in meetings with VP Student Life Robbie Holmes to strategize a path forward for The Athenaeum.