EDITORIAL: SUBMISSION POLICY

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By following a few simple guidelines, contributing to the `Thresher' is easy.

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A column , which can run in the opinion section, the sports section or on the Backpage, is submitted by a columnist, who does not necessarily have to be a staff member. A letter to the editor can be written and submitted by anyone. If we decide to print it, it will run in the opinion section. A letter to the editor is not an article either.

Please note that you cannot submit an article or story without talking to us first. A story about something in which you are involved is technically a press release that we may give to a writer to use as the basis for a story/article. We may use a press release however we see fit. But a press release is not an article.

While staff writers are paid, people who submit press releases are neither paid nor entitled to a byline. Columnists are paid; guest columnists and representatives of student organizations are not.

An organization may submit a display or classified advertisement that must be paid for. An organization may also submit, free-of-charge, an item for the calendar.

We hope that this clarifies any misunderstandings and we look forward to hearing from you and receiving your submissions.

This item appeared in the Opinion section of the February 7, 1997 issue.

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