Writing for CMR

Do you ever read your campus newspaper and want to express your disagreement with articles that attack capitalism or individualism, or uphold multiculturalism, environmentalism or religion? Do you want to promote Objectivist principles as alternatives to conventional opinion on campus--and on a national stage?

If you answered "yes" to the questions above, The Undercurrent's Campus Media Response project may be for you. The Undercurrent (TU) is the national student newspaper dedicated to spreading Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism on college campuses. Campus Media Response (CMR) is a new TU project which aims to create an online clearinghouse for Objectivist commentary on the nation's campus opinion pages.

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Participating in CMR is simple and time-saving way to get your online activism fix. Here's how you can help us spread rational ideas:

  1. REVIEW the comments the CMR team has already written on campus media, to get a sense of what we're looking for: http://the-undercurrent.com/cmr/
  2. READ opinion pieces in your local campus paper that deserve commentary, OR BROWSE our blog listing recent opinion pieces with suggestions for brief responses: http://www.google.com/reader/shared/undercurrent.cmr
  3. SELECT a topic and WRITE a one-paragraph response (it can be challenging, but aim to focus on a single point). Think about your CMR post as you would a letter to the editor. SUBMIT it to our editors: cmr@the-undercurrent.com
  4. If we accept your response, we'll POST it on our blog, the original article's comment section, and SEND it to the paper as a letter to the editor.

Even if your piece isn't accepted as a letter to the editor, you'll still get the satisfaction of knowing that the world can see your commentary on both the paper's comment section, and in an even more prominent position on The Undercurrent's blog.

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To make it easier for us to contact you with weekly emails suggesting new writing opportunities, please consider joining our Facebook group and Google email lists:
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104862044540&ref=mf
http://groups.google.com/group/undercurrent-cmr?hl=en

Cheers,

The CMR Team

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