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Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 2. March 5 1979

1 — The Articles

1

The Articles

Before writing any stories, articles etc, you you should check with the Editor (for 1979 Peter Beach), to check that he wants a story on that topic. If he doesn't you will be wasting a lot of time writing it. Also checking first means that he will be able to make sure that space is left for it and will also ensure that no duplication occurs with a number of people writing articles on the same topic.

Although anyone is free to submit articles to Salient, there can be no guarantees that any article (whether it has been discussed with the editor beforehand of not) will automatically be printed, nor that it will be printed in the form in which it is submitted. This is because the editor has ultimate responsibility for the paper and therefore must have final control over it.

Aside from feature articles, which are usually planned by the editor, and commissioned personally, there are several types of articles that people can walk in and offer to do. So if any of this list interests you, come in and see Peter about them. The deadline for copy is the Wednesday the week before publication (eg for the next issue, the deadline is Wed. 7 March).

Reviews

Salient regularly receives large numbers of books to review, ranging from books on politics to Science Fiction and humour. Likewise we get complementary tickets to most of the films and plays that are on, as well as a small number of free records. The great perk of writing a review ofcourse is that you get your name in print (you also get to keep the book/record, and all tickets to shows are free).

To help you know what tickets, books etc we have for review, each week we will be printing a list of what we have available. So if any of them look interesting to you, come in.

Sports

Over the years Salient has given very poor coverage to the performance of the sports teams fo the University, and sports generally. This has not been part of a deliberate policy of slighting these activities, but is due to a total lack of people prepared to write such articles. If 1979 brings a flood of sports writers, then there will be a comensurate increase in the number of "sporty" articles which appear in Salient. If not, unfortunately this whole area will remain unreported.

Cultural Events

While many of these get covered under reveiws, there are a large number of cultural activities which do not fall directly under their ambit, such things as exhibitions and rock concerts, to say nothing of all the little irregular cultural events that some of the 200,000 Wellingtonians run. The regular Salient writers (whoever they may be) seldom have the time to cover these adequately, but amongst 6,000 Victoria students, there will be some who do go and feel some report would be worthwhile. So why not write one yourself?

Creative Writing

As well as being an organ for reports, politics and general information about what's going on and how good it is, Salient also provides a forum for creative work of various types. The more poems, short stories (no more than about 2,000 words please) we get in the more will be printed.

We will of course give preference to work that has some relevance to students interests, but if you've got something that you think is worth publishing, bring it in.

Graphic Work

People who have read Salient over the years, will doubtless have noticed that the same old graphics keep getting trotted out again and again. We don't do this from choice, but rather because we have no-one around to give us new graphics. If we did get some graphic artists in, not only would you see new and more varied graphics, but they might fit the stories in a better way.

We also have openings for people to do comic strips or "funnies", so bring in your folder or your pen and dazzle us with your artistic brilliance.