The Daily Orange, the independent campus newspaper of Syracuse University, publishes approximately 113 issues during the average academic year with a circulation of 9,000 copies and a readership of 20,000. The paper is published Monday through Thursday when school is in session and Fridays before home football games and select basketball games. The paper is distributed free to more than 100 locations on and around the SU campus, including Armory Square, South Side, Hanover, City Courts, Westcott and Nottingham business areas. The editorial content of the paper, which originated in 1903 and went independent in 1971, is entirely student-run.