When students return to campus in the fall, national newspapers will once again be available, free of charge, Student Union officials said.The financial burden for the newspapers, which was previously shouldered by Student Activities, will now be shared between the Union, the Office of the Senior Vice President for Students and Enrollment and the bookstore, the officials said.

The New York Times Readership Program, which provides free issues of The New York Times and The Boston Globe, will replace the USA Today Readership Program, which the Department of Student Activities cancelled last September, citing budget constraints and a lack of student interest. The USA Today program provided USA Today, The New York Times and the Boston Globe.

Union Director of Academic Affairs Jason Brodsky '07 and Union Vice President Aaron Gaynor '07 lobbied Student Activities to return the complimentary newspapers to campus.

"There is nothing like a paper copy of The New York Times or the Boston Globe in the morning," Brodsky said, adding that students appreciated the program and voiced complaints following the program's termination.

Stephanie Grimes, the director of Student Activities, told the Justice last September that the $10,000 program, which the University used for the last four years, wasn't proportionate to its effect on student life. Students and staff also said they saw many of the newspapers taken by staff and faculty instead of students.

To keep staff from taking newspapers, Gaynor said Student Activities will require a student ID to pick up a newspaper at the Information Center in the Shapiro Campus Center. Before, newspapers were available at the Usdan Student Center.

While Gaynor said the details are still unclear, he said the student ID requirement will "prevent [the program] from being the staff and faculty Readership Program."

The New York Times program will cost approximately $8,000 annually and provide newspapers for 13 weeks of the semester, five days a week, including 115 issues of The New York Times and 35 issues of The Boston Globe in total.

The Student Union will pay $3,000, Eddy's office will pay $3,000 and the Bookstore will provide the remaining $2,000.