The Battalion contines to be operational, but budget cuts have forced the paper to reduce editions. It prints once per week.  Almost none of the writers, editors, photographers and graphic designers are compensated for their work as they traditionally have been.

Your donations to Friends of the Battalion will immediately fund  the current staff of the Battalion. These funds pay for staff salaries, offset printing costs and assist with travel expenses and other news gathering expenses as needed. 

Checks may be mailed to our mailing address at 5424 Inwood Dr, Houston, Texas 77056. Additionally, you may make a credit or debit card payment through PayPal. 

This is the first year Student Media had to request money to pay its staff adviser and advertising manager, positions previously paid by advertising revenue and a dwindling reserve fund. Budget cuts eliminated the advertising manager, resulting in The Battalion dropping print editions from three times per week down to once a week. This decision was made because even in a student-run newspaper, professional oversight is necessary. The Friends of the Battalion hope to raise enough to fund the advertising manager, which would help increase advertising revenue.   

It is our goal to raise enough money to pay each of The Battalion's 18 editors an average salary of $75 per week and each of the writers, photographers and designers an average salary of $50 per week. 

Email us at contact@friendsofthebattalion.org and if we don't know the answer, we will try to find out!