In past years, we have relied on letters to the editor and submissions from students and faculty members to fill the opinions section every week. Although we are still encouraging submissions for anyone who writes an appropriate piece, we believe it is time to create more structure to the section.
The biggest change will be an addition of a dialogue based section. As a news outlet, we want to provide timely, unbiased, educational news. To further accomplish this, we want to publish opinions that represent both sides of an issue. Every week we will have two people write about one side of a hot-button issue, and place them near each other. This way both sides will get their voice heard, and we can embrace the respectful debate.
Christine Beckmann and Kaleb VanArsdale will begin taking turns drawing cartoons, and we will continue to run a photo opinion. These are both ways to provide more visuals to the section, as well as an alternative way of receiving the news.
Finally, we are still keeping one spot open for student submissions because that is still what drives the opinions section. If there is an issue on campus or in the world you have a strong opinion on, we want to hear from you. You can send a submission to opinions@thedepauw.com.
We are excited with the new changes and additions to the opinions section, and we hope you are too.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article misidentified one of the listed cartoonists for The DePauw. The students drawing cartoons are Christine Beckmann and Kaleb VanArsdale.