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indiana daily student | due january 13th, 2012 | idsnews.com

SPRING OPINION STAFF APPLICATION

DUE : JANUARY 13TH

1. Type the requested information into a single document. 2. Begin a new page for each section: Personal Information, General Questions, and Writing/Drawing Samples. 3. Email to opinion@idsnews.com

THREE EASY STEPS TO APPLY

Name Class year Majors and/or minors Phone number @indiana.edu e-mail address Desired position (illustrator and/or columnist) 7. How you found out about the position

PERSONAL INFORMATION

GENERAL QUESTIONS
1. Editorial Board meetings are on Fridays at 3 p.m. They are a mandatory part of being an opinion columnist and illustrator. Will you be able to attend these meetings? If not, please indicate the reason. 2. Ed Board often debates controversial issues. How do you deal with those whom you strongly disagree with? 3. This semester, were looking to create a variety among the Opinion staff. What theme or motif will tie your (bi)weekly column together? Can you give us a specific idea for a column topic? Who is your demographic? 4. Briefly describe your political philosophy (were only asking to determine the range of political diversity on the staff this semester -- no judgement). If your column is politically-inclined, are you interested in local, state, or national news? 5. Choose one story on the news you have followed recently. What interested you about the story and what opinions have you formed? 6. We have a weekly video column called Op-Edge. Do you have any experience in front of a camera? Any ideas for our multimedia? 7. Briefly describe yourself as one of the following: > popular song or music video > facial hairstyle > celebrity couple (existing or fictional) > #hashtag > animal hybrid > hate mail (to yourself)

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indiana daily student | due january 13th, 2012 | idsnews.com

OPINION
EDITORS: P BEANE & F. TIRADO | OPINION@IDSNEWS.COM .

SPRING OPINION STAFF APPLICATION

DUE : JANUARY 13TH

WRITING AND/OR DRAWING SAMPLES

COLUMNIST APPLICANTS: Provide a response in agreement or disagreement to ONE of the following statements in about 500 words. You may also provide ONE other sample of your work (in less than 500 words). p.s. feel free to make us laugh. ILLUSTRATOR APPLICANTS: Provide a sample illustration that effectively supports or disagrees with ONE of the following statements. You are encouraged to provide a few other samples of your work (as many as you feel approriate).

1. Rick Perry was a valiant presidential candidate, but Newt Gingrich will not let us down. 2. There is no longer a need for feminism, as women have achieved substantive equality with men. 3. Tim Tebow should not be allowed to evangelize at NFL press conferences. 4. Beyoncs baby.

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Applications should be e-mailed as an attachment in a single Word or PDF file. Illustrator applications should scan all illustrations and attach them to their application.

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5:00 PM FRIDAY THE 13TH, JANUARY 2012