Per department policy, you will be dropped on the fourth absence from class and the second absence from lab. Avoid being tardy, as in the Language Arts department three tardies equal one absence. You should average at least 15 inches of copy per week, but you are encouraged to do much, much more. Copy should be clean, facts verified, story thorough, without padding. Late work may be accepted, but grade will be affected.
Rewrites are the norm.
They do not count as additional articles. A stringbook of your work should be maintained and submitted twice each semester. Bring it up to date following publication each Wednesday. Save your work on both. Submit one and keep the second as a backup at all times.