Ad Valvas Explained

Ad Valvas
Type:	Weekly college newspaper
Publisher:	Vrije Universiteit
Language:	Dutch
Headquarters:	De Boelelaan 1105 Amsterdam
Circulation:	12,226 (2008/09)
Website:	www.advalvas.vu.nl

Ad Valvas (Latin, literally "at the doors") is the college newspaper of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, Netherlands.^[1]

History and profile

In print since 1952, Ad Valvas is published every Thursday during the academic year, 36 times a year. In 1979, the paper acquired editorial independence and no longer had to answer to the University's Board of Directors.^[2] From 1994 to 1999 Frank van Kolfschooten served as the editor-in-chief of the paper.^[3]

Ad Valvas had a circulation of 12,226 copies in the period of 2008-2009.^[4]

Notable staff

• Renate Dorrestein

Notes and References

1. Book: A.W. Musschenga. Personal and Moral Identity. 31 August 2002. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-1-4020-0764-4. 158.
2. Book: Arie Theodorus van Deursen. The distinctive character of the Free University in Amsterdam, 1880-2005: a commemorative history. 2008. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. 978-0-8028-6251-8. 405. Herbert Donald Morton.
3. Web site: Keynote speakers. Dicim. 19 January 2015. 2013.
4. Book: C. Duijnstee. Mediadesk Handboek. 2008. Kluwer. 978-90-13-05246-6. 502. E. van den Borne.