1. Any staff member may write a column.

2. Any person not on the Talon Marks staff may write a guest column on his/her own initiative or at the request of the Talon Marks.

3. Selection of columns for publication

a. Columns shall be selected for publication by the opinion editor after consultation with the editor-in-chief.

b. Of foremost concern in selecting a column for publication shall be reader interest and good writing.

c. Columns that are obscene or contain racial, religious or group denigration's shall be brought to the Editorial Board; the writer shall be contacted and informed of the unacceptable portion(s) and given the opportunity to make revisions.

d. To protect the individual's right of freedom of expression, selection of columns shall not be made on the basis of opinions expressed therein except as noted in 3c.

4. The Talon Marks reserves the right to condense columns.

5. Columns may run on pages other than the opinion page.

6. All columns must be labeled as opinion.

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