Many students walking to class through campus mall Sept. 24 received the newest campus publication called The Riverfront Review.

The paper, whose first edition was composed of opinion columns, tags itself as being the conservative voice in the “liberal saturated” university, according to both the publication and an article in the Oct. 8 issue of The Spectator.

The founders of the publication said they hope to expand its coverage to include different sections and report on campus news, according to the article.

If this publication wishes to become a legitimate news source for students on campus, they need to be very cautious about how they go about covering and presenting news.

News, by definition, is objective and having a political ideology as motivation for publication can hamper how news is covered.

The contributors and editors of The Riverfront Review need to be sure to keep the conservative undertone out of their news section and limit it to the editorial section of the newspaper.

Also, if the publication wishes to become a legitimate newspaper, they need to set up a standard of ethics that will help keep their news coverage balanced. If staff members or writers have affiliations with specific political parties or organizations, they should cut ties with those groups or excuse themselves from writing about them if stories pertaining to them arise.

It is commendable to see another paper attempting to get its voice heard on campus. It is a very difficult task for a paper to get their copy to print, something all papers have struggled with, including The Spectator.

However, if the publication wishes to continue in good faith as a news source, it must keep its conservative tones on the opinion pages and not on the news pages.