In the CT, anything that is an opinion is designated by the writer's name in a column footer, usually with a headshot. We want to make that very clear.
However, not only does the rest of the student body like its voices to be heard, but so do we. Contrary to popular belief, although we are a newspaper, we also voice our opinions in the CT.
Along with the redesign this year came more attention being drawn to a particular section of the opinions page. We like to call it "Your Views" and "Our Views."
Your Views are often regular columnists who write on a bi-weekly basis. Sometimes the writers are one-time guest columnists voicing their opinions. Your Views can also be the opinion of student organizations and letters to the editor.
Our Views is the staff editorial, written by the editorial board, which consists of our editor-in-chief, managing editors and opinions editor.
Another point we would like to make clear is that the editorial is the only part of the opinions page that reflects the opinions of our staff.
All in all, a good opinion will let you know what side its on, and it'll back it up with several good reasons. If you've ever taken a philosophy class, particularly Language and Logic, you'll be exposed to the fundamentals of arguments, having premises, conclusions and truth validity.
We're not trying to give a crash course on logic here, but we do maintain that whatever is published in our paper is logical, reasonable and not offensive.
Sometimes students and community members show initial interest in writing us columns, but then they think it may be overwhelming. I would personally like to clarify that while it is not a serious commitment, your opinion is an invaluable contribution.
Giving your opinion is one of the easiest things to do, and you help out our paper and our community when you provide a clear, concise and constructive opinion for publication.
If you are a student organization interested in writing a column, send an e-mail to studentorg@collegiatetimes.com for more information.
If you are a student, faculty member, community member, or anyone else send your thoughts to opinionseditor@collegiatetimes.com for more information.
Any questions? E-mail me at publiceditor@collegiatetimes.com.
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Glad to hear. We the readers will be holding you to this, as we should, but I hope that we won't need to say much.
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