Associated Collegiate Press

The Crusader is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press, a division of the National Scholastic Press Association. The organization is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., and offers memberships for college, university and professional and technical school student media. ACP sponsors or helps sponsor many journalism conferences across the United States. According to its mission statement, the organization "provides journalism education training programs, publishes journalism education materials, provides media critique and recognition programs for members, provides information on developments in journalism and student media and provides a forum for members to communicate with others and share their work...