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In 1971, the newspaper was first called the Weakly Drag, and was changed to The Paper. The name of the newspaper changed again to The Cooper Point Journal in the last months of 1973.

The newspaper traditionally styled itself after a typical newspaper format (black and white, bi-fold, headline), and ran weekly. In 2010-2011, the newspaper only printed issues for the fall and spring quarter. It appears that the Editor in Chief resigned in the middle of the year, and the newspaper took a break during winter quarter to resituate itself as an organization.

In 2011, newspaper staff decided to move all of its presence and content online. At that point, the paper's readership became nearly non-existant, and could no longer attract advertisers to pay for ad space. It was decided in 2012 that the paper needed a revival of the print edition. The print edition became tabloid styled, with color on the front, back, and middle spread. The newspaper currently runs every two weeks (bi-monthly).

The newspaper has historical issues with mis-labeling papers. Sometimes the volume number would change in the middle of the school year, or there would be duplicate issue numbers on two different prints. Since the newspaper was weekly, sometimes the most accurate way to chronically read through the newspaper is by paying attention to the published dates, which tend to be more accurate than the volume or issue number.