Furthermore, the paper does not receive any budget from the Students' Union and therefore relies entirely on self-generated advertising revenue to keep afloat.

[2] Upon its founding in October 1973, the Boar incorporated Campus, the student newspaper of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

[citation needed] In 2004, the online edition was relaunched with a feature to accept reader comments.

This work was undertaken by Electronic Engineering student Chris Williams, with the help of online editor Kate Fleetwood and others.

[3] The paper was published weekly until 2009 when it switched to fortnightly print editions following financial troubles.

The judges (including Alan Rusbridger and Jon Snow) commented: "A consistently high standard, like a fine regional newspaper with an outstanding magazine.

[6] In 2006, The Boar received 17 nominations in the Guardian[7] and NUS[8] awards (a record in the history of student media, according to the newspaper).

Judge Lucy Sherriff, of Huffington Post Students, said: "The Boar stood out as a winner for the amount of thought and effort put into producing exclusive content – including FOIs – as well as breaking news.

These included Highly Commended awards for Best Sports Coverage by James Roberts and Best Entertainment Piece by Cameron Clark.

These included Highly Commended awards for Digital Media and Best Lifestyle Piece by Liam Gould.

Writer Zoé Barret took home the award for Best Creative Piece, while Best Interview was won by The Boar's Eden Fall-Bailey.

Founding Editor Godfrey Rust provides this explanation:[11] We wanted something that would convey a sense of instant history to cover up the (then) appalling newness of the place (and encourage more Americans to invest).

Sitting in the Pennyfarthing Bar, [Co-founder] Kasper de Graaf and I pooled our vast knowledge of local heraldry.