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MONDAY AUGUST 18, 2008
OPINION
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
OP-ED 101:
Anatomy of the opinion page
The opinion page is a strange beast. Squeezed in the middle of the news section with hardly any transition at all, the opinion page provides analysis of the text on the previous pages. Kind of like cable news. Only with
the analysis.
Use this guide to direct you through the most interactive page in the newspaper.
Staff editorials
Editorials are the heart and soul of the newspaper. Editorials represent the voice of the newspaper, including official positions on issues such as candidate endorsements at the campus level and the national level. Editorials are the consensus of the editorial board but will occasionally be broken into a pro-con pieces.
Full-length editorials will appear twice a week, and short pieces about state, national or international issues will appear three times a week.
The editorial board is independent of the news staff. Editorials will generally appear in this space.
Dissenting opinions are welcome and may be submitted through a letter to the editor. Follow the guidelines below.
Meet all the members of the editorial board on page 11A.
THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM From beyond
This system is our contact with the world outside of campus. This section
will feature summaries of editorials from prominent newspapers around the state, nation and world.
Although the position of these editorials are not necessarily the view of the Kansan's editorial board, dissenting opinions may be submitted through a letter to the editor. Send letters to opinion@kansan.com with "letter to the editor" in the subject line.
OPINION
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THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Breathe some life into the opinion page by sending us a letter to the editor. Write about past Kansan articles or any topic going on in the community.
The Kansan accepts submissions from students, faculty, staff and members of the Lawrence community. Include your name, phone number, hometown and grade.
HOW TO SUBMIT A LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Send letters to opinion@kansan.com.
Write LETTER TO THE EDITOR in the e-mail subject line.
Length: 300-400 words
The submission should include the author's name, phone number, grade, hometown.
LETTER GUIDELINES
Columnists, cartoonists
THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
Columnists feast on an all-they-can eat news buffet and break down the content into easily digestible 500 words of commentary.
Length: 300-400 words
A columnist writes once every two weeks, and this semester each columnist has a specific beat, as detailed on the next page.
Our cartoonists take those word bits and transform them into art bits, an
Have you digested it more than we have? Leave comments on columns after registering with kansan. com.
CONTACT US
Read our columns online at kansan.com for videos and interactive links.
Meet all the columnists and cartoonists on page 11A.
even more easily digestible form of opinion.
Malcolm Gibson, general manager and news adviser
B64-8410 or merickson@kansan.com
Toni Bergquist, business manager
864-4358 or tbergquist@kansan.com
Jon Schitt, sales and marketing advise
864-7666 or jschitt@kansan.com
Matt Erickson, editor
864-7667 or mgibson@kansan.com
Dani Hurst, managing editor
864-4810 or hurst@kansan.com
Katy Pitt, sales manager
864-4477 or kpitt@kansan.com
Unfortunately, you're going to be left to fend for yourself on the weekends, but we're sure that you already know what day it is then anyway.
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Who needs a calendar when you have the opinion page? Keep your muscles moving by checking here for the date and day of the week when the Kansan is published Monday through Friday.
Mark Dent; managing editor 864-4810 or mdent@kansan.com
Patrick de Oliveira, associate opinion editor
864-4924 or oliveira@kansan.com
THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM Free For All
Free For All will always appear in the far right column of the opinion page.
Here's your chance to make a big stink — excrete your thoughts on the Kansan's anonymous forum at any time on any day in multiple ways.Call 785-864-0500,and you've got 30 seconds to show your wit and wisdom to the world. You can also visit kansan.com/freeforall, and you've got all the time in the world to produce something good.
Either way you do it, the Kansan does not print libelous comments or messages we can't understand that you left on the machine. Keep yourself clean.
Members of the Kanian Editorial Board are Alex Doherty, Jennny Hartz, Kaurie Keith, Patrick de Oliveira, Rivera Sebgebetti and Ian Stanford.
Kelsey Hayes, managing
864-4810 or khayes@kansan.com
Lauren Keith, opinion editor
864-4924 or keith@kansan.com
Today's date
Management
These people keep the Kansan alive and functioning every day. Contact us with problems, questions or concerns.
For questions specific to the opinion page, contact the opinion section head honchos Lauren Keith or Patrick de Oliveira by phone at 785-864-4924 or by e-mail at opinion@kansan. com
THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
After registering with kansan. com, you can comment on all stories, columns, editorials, editorial cartoons and letters to the editor, which could be printed in a future edition of the Kansan.
Search the kansan.com archives for oldies but goodies.
kansan.com
Things don't get too hot and heavy in the newsroom at night, but everything we do is reproduced on the Kansan's Web site at kansan. com. Check here in case you missed a story or for updates.
You can also download an entire PDF version of that day's newspaper and subscribe to our RSS feed.
Keep checking the Web site throughout the semester for more videos, photo galleries and multimedia components of our stories.
We are here.
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