YOU. YES, YOU. WRITE FOR US!!!
The following paragraphs are completely devoid of all jokes, and are written seriously and in great detail to cover the following and more:
Our mission statement
What we choose to publish and why
Anonymity and crediting
Our mission as a comedy magazine is to provide the students of Claremont High School, the people of Claremont, and the extended Universe with short-form humor literature for free online. We do not intend to insult anybody with our writing, and any grievances can be emailed to lmideiros2024@cusd.claremont.edu as President/Editor-In-Chief. Claremont's Really Academic Paper is managed by its current and former writers and staff through Chuckletown Media, Inc. led by President Emeritus and Executive Editor Benito Summers Sandoval. We are currently in the process of merging with the Wolfpacket, CHS's esteemed student newspaper, as their brand new humor arm.
What makes the final draft of the paper is the decision of the President/EIC, after careful deliberation with the board of writers and if need be, the Executive Editor. When making this decision, the President and the board look for entertainment value, timeliness, and good writing, as well as a unique perspective that only a Claremonter can provide. Material not protected by the First Amendment and not permitted in our magazine includes libel, obscenity, invasion of privacy, and material intended to cause substantial disruption of school activities. There is, however, an exception. According to the ruling of US Supreme Court Case Hustler Magazine v. Fallwell, "The First Amendment protects parodies of celebrities or other public figures, even if they are aimed to cause distress to their targets."
While most of our articles will be written by the writing staff, we encourage students, faculty, administrators, and Claremont community members to send in pieces for review. We also advocate for discussion and for readers to submit letters to the editor, which will be posted after a quick board review. To see our policies on Anonymity and Crediting, please head to the Anonymity and Crediting section. Although we emphasize comedy about Claremont High School, we do cover unrelated topics when considered funny by the staff.
We take writing credits very seriously, as we know how infuriating it is to have jokes stolen. All of our writers' pieces are published anonymously, and many of them are written by multiple people. All of our staff contributes to writing duties, and you can find a full list of our staff in the Masthead section of our website, where they are identified by initials only. If someone submits a written piece or cartoon and wishes for it to remain anonymous, it will, although if CHS administration or law enforcement asks for the author, we will happily divulge that information. Non-anonymous guest writers will have their names written below their pieces after a dash (-). They will not be listed in the Masthead. For a full list of people who write for this publication, click here.
As listed on the bottom of this website, the contents of this publication are considered comedy or satire, whether you find it funny or not. They do not reflect the opinions of everyone on the Claremont’s Really Academic Paper’s staff unless explicitly stated as such, and certainly not the views of everyone in CHS. Outside of news and current events commentary, any resemblance to real events is unintended.