Submissions Policy

Comment policy

The Editorial Board, which is the decision-making and policy-setting body of The Talon, formed this policy to ensure that The Talon’s readers are encouraging an honest and informative environment. As a school newspaper, it’s our duty to make sure that we’re an open forum where all respectful opinions can be expressed securely and safely. The Talon wants to ensure that all individuals can responsibly post replies to articles.

All feedback about lahstalon.org is welcome at [email protected].

Why do you moderate comments?

We welcome thoughtful feedback and thoughts about posts on lahstalon.org. To make sure that comments reflect a variety of opinions and intellectual arguments, it’s necessary to weed out inappropriate comments from legitimate ones. By moderating comments before they’re posted, we hope we can foster educational discussion and enhance user experience.

What can’t I say?

Comments that contain unwarranted personal attacks on non-public figures, personal information, obscenities, libel, slurs or slander are prohibited and will not be posted. Should a comment be incomprehensible to our editors, abusive, derogatory or discriminatory in any way, or contain spam or advertisement content, it will not be published.

What about criticisms of The Talon or its staff?

We welcome all criticisms of The Talon itself to be submitted via email to [email protected]. Since comments are meant to create discussion about the topic or content of an article, we would greatly appreciate any criticisms of The Talon to be sent through email.

As writers are not considered public figures, no personal attacks may be made on the writer or editor of any article. Criticisms about writers may be sent via email to [email protected].

Is it okay to correct an article?

Of course. We welcome any information you’d like to give or corrections on our reporting. Any comments containing corrections to the article or to the content will not be posted, but will be thoroughly researched for accuracy accordingly. Corrections can also be sent to [email protected]. The article will be corrected as necessary.

Website comment policy

In order to maintain a polite environment and enhance discussion, The Talon will review all comments prior to publication on the site. If any part of your comment does not uphold our standards, it will not be posted. The Talon will not edit your comment. Commenters must verify their email address with our web hosting provider to be approved.

Should I use my real name?

Please do. Using your real name will not only show other readers that you genuinely care about a topic but will also promote respect on our site.

Will you edit comments?

No. A comment is either approved or unapproved, no matter if only one part does not follow the standards of publication. We may fix spelling, punctuation or grammar should we wish to run your comment in an article.

Social media comment policy

The Talon does not vet comments on our social media accounts but if any part of your comment violates our standards, we will delete it.

Why do you delete comments?

We welcome thoughtful feedback and thoughts about posts on our Instagram. We delete comments that we find to be inappropriate. We encourage discussion in the comments and will not delete them unless necessary.

Letter to the Editor Policy

The Talon welcomes letters to the editor. E-mail letters to [email protected] or drop them off in room 410 or the box in the attendance office. If you have any questions, send an e-mail.
In the case of spelling or grammatical errors, obscenities, libelous or personal attacks, a letter may be edited or not run. Letters must be signed, but a name may be withheld upon request. Letters may be published online, in print or both.