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Howdy Ags!
This is Kevin Alexander, a junior English major and the editor of the opinion page. Basically, when you get pissed at the paper, I'm the guy who's typically the cause. If you have a suggestion, death threat or are completely inebriated and feel like dropping a compliment concerning the page, I'm the dude you talk to. If you have any mail containing explosive devices, please send it to our multimedia editor; he handles that stuff.
Some of you are probably wondering what this little plot in cyberspace will be used for. I don't know yet. Spare columns, fresh commentary or interaction between students and The Battalion are all possibilities I'd like to take advantage of. Ideally, you'll be able to come here for an Aggie take on current issues and stuff, and maybe you'll get the occasional news tidbit before it hits the paper, complete with poignant wit. We aim to please here.
That all said, I'd like to keep this initial post light. I have plenty of time to alienate my audience — might as well show some patience.
I'd like to explain what I do, and why I like doing what I do, and dispell some of the misconceptions some of you may have about The Battalion.
As the opinion editor, it's my job to handle all of the opinion writers and devise the most efficient way to drive an anarchist agenda. I set deadlines, plan and design pages. I usually put in around 40 hours a week into the paper, so if you spot someone who looks like they just crawled out of prison, chances are it's me.
I don't like introductions. They always feel pretty forced to me, so this post ain't exactly Steinbeckian, but it's necessary. I want to put a face and name on the paper that many of you reed everyday. I, and everyone else here at The Battalion is a student, including the editor-in-chief. We'd like to think we're in touch with you guys, but we sure as hell ain't perfect. Did you notice the typo three sentences ago? Case in point.
Also, if there is an overall political slant on my page, I'm not aware of it. We have conservative writers, as you're probably aware, and we have liberals, as you're also probably aware. For the record, I'm a libertarian, so I don't really get along with anyone. You can send hate mail to mailcall@thebattalion.net. Please include the words "Mail Call" in the subject. We get lots of spam here. Mostly about "male enhancement."
However, if any of you readers out there feel you can do a better job than any of my writers, then drop on by. I've got three paid spots going to the three people who show up first. No journalism experience required. Like I said, I'm an English major, which has about as much in common with journalism as building cardboard boxes does with saving the world from meteors.
Potential opinion page writers must be willing to learn, and take orders from someone who once bet his younger brother in a poker game.
This is Kevin Alexander, a junior English major and the editor of the opinion page. Basically, when you get pissed at the paper, I'm the guy who's typically the cause. If you have a suggestion, death threat or are completely inebriated and feel like dropping a compliment concerning the page, I'm the dude you talk to. If you have any mail containing explosive devices, please send it to our multimedia editor; he handles that stuff.
Some of you are probably wondering what this little plot in cyberspace will be used for. I don't know yet. Spare columns, fresh commentary or interaction between students and The Battalion are all possibilities I'd like to take advantage of. Ideally, you'll be able to come here for an Aggie take on current issues and stuff, and maybe you'll get the occasional news tidbit before it hits the paper, complete with poignant wit. We aim to please here.
That all said, I'd like to keep this initial post light. I have plenty of time to alienate my audience — might as well show some patience.
I'd like to explain what I do, and why I like doing what I do, and dispell some of the misconceptions some of you may have about The Battalion.
As the opinion editor, it's my job to handle all of the opinion writers and devise the most efficient way to drive an anarchist agenda. I set deadlines, plan and design pages. I usually put in around 40 hours a week into the paper, so if you spot someone who looks like they just crawled out of prison, chances are it's me.
I don't like introductions. They always feel pretty forced to me, so this post ain't exactly Steinbeckian, but it's necessary. I want to put a face and name on the paper that many of you reed everyday. I, and everyone else here at The Battalion is a student, including the editor-in-chief. We'd like to think we're in touch with you guys, but we sure as hell ain't perfect. Did you notice the typo three sentences ago? Case in point.
Also, if there is an overall political slant on my page, I'm not aware of it. We have conservative writers, as you're probably aware, and we have liberals, as you're also probably aware. For the record, I'm a libertarian, so I don't really get along with anyone. You can send hate mail to mailcall@thebattalion.net. Please include the words "Mail Call" in the subject. We get lots of spam here. Mostly about "male enhancement."
However, if any of you readers out there feel you can do a better job than any of my writers, then drop on by. I've got three paid spots going to the three people who show up first. No journalism experience required. Like I said, I'm an English major, which has about as much in common with journalism as building cardboard boxes does with saving the world from meteors.
Potential opinion page writers must be willing to learn, and take orders from someone who once bet his younger brother in a poker game.
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