Editors for Boston College's student newspaper and members of the college's administration have resolved their differences over editorial control of the publication after three months of sometimes-tense negotiations.

Officials of the Jesuit institution had initially requested that the paper, The Heights, change its policies on advertising content and editorial practices as a condition of the lease renewal for the publication's campus office. The newspaper's editors had refused.

Under a compromise announced last week, The Heights will pay more rent and its editors will monitor advertising content more closely, but their decisions will not be subject to review by a faculty advisory board.

Since the early 1970s, the independent weekly has paid a monthly rent of $50 for a 600-square-foot office in McElroy Hall for its 150 staff members. But under the new contract, the newspaper will pay $700 per month, much closer to the current market rate for the space, according to a college spokesman, Jack Dunn.

"We're not raising their rent because we want the money," Mr. Dunn said on Tuesday. "The gist of this is that they agreed with us that they couldn't be an independent newspaper if their rent was subsidized" by the college.

In return for paying the higher rent, the newspaper avoided making concessions that the college had requested, including banning all alcohol and tobacco advertising and appointing a faculty advisory board that would oversee editorial content.

"It would be nice to pay $50 or nothing," said Ryan Heffernan, the newspaper's editor in chief, "but this speaks to how we value our independent status and want to continue that." He said the higher rent would not adversely affect the newspaper's operations, as strong advertising revenue would make up the difference.

According to both sides, a sexually explicit advertisement for a Boston nightclub that depicted a woman in skimpy clothes had prompted the college's initial demand for a ban on alcohol and tobacco advertisements. College officials said they had received complaints from students and alumni about the ad.

In a compromise, the newspaper will "use more judgment" in selecting advertisements, according to Mr. Heffernan. The college spokesman, Mr. Dunn, said he had complete confidence in the newspaper's ability to monitor its advertising content.

The editors also pledged that they would not accept advertisements from family-planning organizations, like Planned Parenthood. That policy is an extension of a rule, dating to 1978, that prohibits the newspaper from publishing advertisements advocating abortion.

Instead of the faculty advisory board proposed by the college, the newspaper agreed to hold an open meeting once a semester to solicit feedback from students, faculty members, and administrators.

Mr. Heffernan, a sophomore, became editor in chief at the beginning of the semester, in late January. The dispute with the college began last semester under his predecessor, Nancy E. Reardon. Ms. Reardon did not return calls on Tuesday seeking comment.

While Mr. Heffernan conceded that the arrival of a new editor might have helped ease the negotiations, he said that the college had been fairly reasonable once both sides discussed their concerns at an hourlong meeting in late January.

"The Heights is lucky, in the sense that our newspaper is an independent one," said Mr. Heffernan. "A lot of our colleagues," at other Jesuit colleges, "have faculty advisers, but at our paper, it's up to the staff to decide what readers get to see."

Mr. Dunn said he also found the agreement satisfactory because it "respects the values of our institution as a Jesuit Catholic institution."