The Preface is Indiana University South Bend's preeminent and longest-running student newspaper. The paper has been in publication on campus since 1969, two years after the university conferred its first four-year degrees. For a brief period from September to December of 1983, the paper's title was changed to The New Preface. The archives of The Preface held in this collection serve as a rich resource documenting the reactions of students, faculty, staff, administrators, and the local community to events and developments on campus, as well as in the larger IU system, the Michiana region, the nation, and the world.
