Revision of Op/Ed for the Daily Texan

At the end of this semester, you will revise one of your op/ed columns for potential publication in the Daily Texan, the on-campus student newspaper here at UT. You will tailor your appeals to this audience's concerns and to the format required by the newspaper. (The DT sez columns cannot exceed 650 words, though they typically range from 650-900 words.)

You will not write an argument proposal for this essay, though you will workshop the argument in class. On a day to which you agree, you will come to class with 26 copies of a completed and polished version of your argument. Everyone in the class, including your instructor, will read the argument and will give feedback. Since these people are your intended audience, their comments should prove invaluable to your efforts. After workshopping the argument in class, you will revise it substantially based on the feedback you receive, and you will turn into the instructor the original copy along with a revision for grading. This is the last assignment that you will complete for the class. It is due on the last day of class.