The Daily Egyptian is published by the students of SIU at Carbondale. Except during vacations and exam weeks, The Daily Egyptian is published Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and TWThF during the summer semester."

Letters

We also need you to refer to the article you are responding to in your letter. An excellent example would be to include the URL in your letter. (i.e. Dear Editor, I'm writing in response to the DE Article on RSO funding, http://www.dailyegyptian.com/fall98/9-15-98/RSO.html )

Students must identify themselves by class and major, faculty members by rank and department, non-academic staff by position and department.

Letters can also be submitted in person or mailed to the editor at our address.

Policies for Letters to the Editor are determined by the DE Editorial Board. They include the following:

• Letters should not exceed 350 words. Longer letters may be shortened before being published.
• Letters may be edited for length, spelling and grammar. The editor will take care not to change the writer's intent or tone.
• Published letters include the writer's name. Exceptions will be made rarely and only when the Editorial Board determines the subject matter might place the writer in jeopardy, and the subject matter is important enough to justify withholding of the name.
• Only original letters written for the DE audience will be considered for publication. Third-person letters will not be published.
• To be printed, letters should be on a topic of current interest.
• Generally, the DE will not publish letters that are personal attacks, are in poor taste, are potentially offensive to large groups of people or are potentially libelous.
• The DE reserves the right not to publish any letter.
• The Editorial Board may decide to limit the number of letters a single writer can have published each semester as long as the limitation is applied equally to all letter-writers.