Policies

Letter and op-ed policy

Letters and opinion pieces represent the views of their writers and not those of the Phoenix staff or Editorial Board. The Phoenix reserves the right to edit all pieces submitted for print publication for content, length and clarity. The Phoenix also reserves the right to withhold any letters or op-eds from publication.

All letters and op-eds must be signed and should include the writer’s full name. Letters are a minimum of 250 words and may not to exceed 500 words. Op-eds are a minimum of 500 words and may not exceed 750. Letters and op-eds must be submitted by 10 p.m. on Monday, and The Phoenix reserves the right to withhold letters and op-eds received after that time from publication. Letters may be signed by a maximum of five individuals. Op-eds may be signed by a maximum of two individuals. The Phoenix will not accept pieces exclusively attributed to groups, although individual writers may request that their group affiliation be included. While The Phoenix does not accept anonymous submissions, letters and op-eds may be published without the writer’s name in exceptional circumstances and at the sole discretion of the Editorial Board.

Submit letters to letters@swarthmorephoenix.edu or The Phoenix, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave., Swarthmore, PA 19081.

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To report a correction, e-mail editor [at] swarthmorephoenix.com.

Comments Policy

In keeping with our letters policy, The Phoenix will not allow anonymous comments to be posted on this Web site. In order to promote thoughtful, impassioned discussion, The Phoenix will allow our reader’s comments to be posted on our discussion forums without moderation, so that comments appear as soon as they are posted. We trust members of the Swarthmore community, alumni and other readers to follow our guidelines by providing their real name along with their comments. Hateful or anonymous comments will be removed immediately.

It is our hope that this policy of requiring that readers stand behind their comments by providing their real name will increase the amount of thoughtful, informed commenting, while minimizing the potential for moderator bias to hinder discussions that take place in our forums. However, we will enable moderation on our discussion forums if the guidelines described herein are not followed.