A finance student at the Daniels College of Business has started an unofficial newspaper targeting business students.
The publication, called the Pioneer Business Review, will be available on campus this Thursday, April 7. It is the brainchild of Spencer Arnold, who has spent much of his time since halfway through last quarter to develop the newspaper, he said.
“The original purpose [of the Pioneer Business Review] was to build community in Daniels, pull professionalism and showcase students doing cool things,” Arnold said.
The newspaper will be eight pages in length, with stories featuring different students and business-related activities. It will be printed twice per quarter, during the third and seventh weeks. Although the Pioneer Business Review will cover business topics and the Daniels College of Business, it is in no way affiliated with Daniels, Arnold said.
Arnold has received funding for the project from the Undergraduate Business Student Association (UBSA). The Pioneer Business Review will receive $1200 per quarter from UBSA, most of which will cover printing costs, according to Arnold.
Members of UBSA have also served as consultants for the project, including seniors Alexa Dunnigan and Michael Kemp. Jilian Halterman, Samson Everhart and Kelsi Tamashiro also helped Arnold throughout the process of assembling the Pioneer Business Review. Professor Elizabeth Stapp, who lectures on business ethics and legal studies, expressed interest in serving as faculty adviser.
Steven Stoker, who started DU’s satirical newspaper, The Spit Valve, guided Arnold through the process of starting a student publication.
“The hardest part has been bringing people from the interest stage to the writing stage,” Arnold said.
Arnold hopes the Pioneer Business Review will illuminate creativity in the business school and highlight student entrepreneurship. He also wants the newspaper to relieve the Daniels stigma and give people, especially freshmen, a better understanding of what Daniels is about. Arnold also wants the Pioneer Business Review to “set a fire under Daniels,” so that the school focuses more on entrepreneurialism, he said.
