MIT’s oldest and largest newspaper, The Tech, was and is run by students. It launched on November 16, 1881, with a price of 15¢ per issue or $2 for an annual subscription. The Tech is still going strong today, with an all-volunteer staff of student writers, editors, photographers, and business managers. Financially independent from MIT, its content is free from the oversight of the Institute’s faculty or administration. Today’s editions can be read in print or online—a possibility its founders surely never imagined.