The Pleiad Statement of Policy

The Pleiad is a student-run publication owned by Albion College with power of publisher vested in the Albion College Media Board, which consists of student and faculty representatives. The Pleiad is voluntarily bound by the Publications Guidelines of Albion College.

The newspaper is published on Fridays, except when the need arises for a special edition. The Pleiad is also posted in its entirety on the world wide web on Friday mornings.

The newspaper's primary purposes, to inform the college community and to train students interested in journalism, are incorporated into every edition. Since The Pleiad is a student newspaper, news content will generally concentrate on issues concerning or relevant to the college community and the greater city of Albion. However, due to limited funding, staff, and space, every story cannot be adequately covered. Therefore, the editorial staff reserves the right to determine what it views to be of the most interest to the college community as a whole.

The Pleiad staff strives to report the news as accurately as possible and without bias. The code of ethics adopted and followed by the newspaper staff prohibits any staff member from working on a news article if that person has a vested interest in the article's subject.

Editorial Board Policy

The editorial board, listed in the staff box on the inside of every issue, decides the content on each week's edition. Department editors determine the contents of and are responsible for their individual news, feature, opinions, and sports pages with the editor-in-chief reserving the power of final determination. Unsigned editorials represent the opinions of a three-fourths majority of the editors.

Letters and Columns

The Pleiad's opinion pages act as forums for free expression, discussion, debate, and inquiry in the form of personal view and guest columns, cartoons, and letters to the editor submitted by readers. Letters intended for publication must not exceed 300 words, must be legible, and include the writer's name and telephone number. Letters must be turned in or mailed to the Pleiad mailbox in the Kellogg Center by noon the Friday before publication. The Pleiad reserves the right to reject letters to the editor that are libelous or obscene and has the right to edit as necessary due to space limitations, grammatical or spelling errors, and Pleiad style guideline errors. Opinions expressed in columns, letters or cartoons are not necessarily the views of the Pleiad.

Advertising

In an effort to maintain consistency between the business and editorial departments, the Pleiad reserves the right to reject any advertising that violates the newspaper's policies or philosophies. The advertising deadline is 10 days before the publication date. Please direct any inquires to the Business and Advertising Manager.