Spring2016BiweeklyColumnistApplication

TheChronicle,Volume111
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I. Inoneortwoparagraphs,pleaseexplainwhyyouwouldliketobeacolumnist,whatthemesyoudlike
toexploreinyourcolumns(foreignpolicy,religion,genderidentities,etc.)andhowyourcolumnwill
contributetotheDukecommunityatlarge.

II.Pleaselistanyorganizationsyouwillbeinvolvedwithduringthefallsemesterandnoteany
leadershippositions.Ifanyoftheorganizationsyouareinvolvedinwillinfluenceyourwriting,
pleaseexplainhow.IfyouarecurrentlyinvolvedinTheChronicle,pleaseexplainyourinvolvement:

III.Brieflydescribe/listafewideas,currentissues/events,ortopicsofstudythatareofinteresttoyou.
(46sentences)

IV. Columnideas:Summarizetwopotentialtopics.Providethecoreideainasinglesentenceandafew
moresentencesexplainingsubpointsand/oryourapproach.(23sentenceseach)

V.Pleaseincludeasamplecolumnofabout750900words.Pleaseincludethisinthesamedocument;do
notattachaseparatefile.

Applicationdeadline:Monday,December14thby11:59p.m.
Pleasesendcompletedapplicationstojonathan.zhao@duke.eduoramrith.ramkumar@duke.edu(asasingle
attachedworddocument).