By Jonathan Smith, Editor in Chief

Three weeks from now, I will receive a letter:

“Dear Editor, whoever wrote the article at the top of Friday’s opinion page should think about having the courage to sign his name. Is this really a Christian university’s stance on that matter? Also, the articles on this page so frequently contain the author’s opinion and bias, that they can hardly be considered just-the-facts journalism.”

It takes no act of clairvoyance to know; this letter, in some form or fashion, always comes.

And each time, I have to shake my head and wish all our readers read the policies in small text at the bottom of this page.

So even if you’ve never read Optimist policies, you can always know one thing about this page.

The opinion page will contain opinions.

At the top of each opinion page will be an unsigned editorial. No single person signs his name to it because the editorial is the opinion of the Editorial Board. Not the opinion of the university’s administrators. Not even necessarily the opinion of each person on the board. Simply our general consensus.

That makes everything else on this page the opinion of a single person, whether that person is a staff member or letter writer.

Take their words for what you will. Just remember: Not everything you read here is guaranteed to be fact. But we hope this will be the only page in our newspaper where that is the case.

I hope you enjoy what you read here this semester or at least appreciate the words you see for what they are-our opinions.