LETTERS
Students asked to follow policy

We hear you, and we’re working to make sure everyone else at TCU does, too.

We have received about 20 letters to the editor in the last week, the most in recent memory. Most of the letters came from students in a sophomore composition class. As we work to give your voices a forum, we ask for your cooperation and help.

The Skiff will try its best to publish every letter to the editor. But because of space limitations, we cannot publish every letter as soon as we get it. It may take a week or so, but letters that meet our requirements will be published.

We must also verify the author of each letter. We ask that anybody who submits a letter to the editor also include a phone number. If we cannot verify a letter to the editor, we will not publish it.

We have also changed our letter’s policy. Starting today, we will no longer accept typed letters. Only letters delivered via e-mail or floppy disk will be considered. We are making this change because of the time it takes to re-type hard copies of letters. The university gives students, faculty and staff an e-mail address, so we felt our old policy was dated.

Other requirements will remain the same. Letters must be signed and include the author’s classification, major and phone number. Because of space limitations, we ask that letters be limited to 250 words. The Skiff reserves the right to edit or reject letters for style, taste and size restrictions.

We appreciate your letters, and we hope to see more. In addition to reporting the news that affects the TCU community, the Skiff also wants to create a forum to discuss those issues.