“I supposedly majored in English; in reality, I majored in the campus newspaper with a minor in recreational substances.”

This quote comes from a speech given by the former New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller, and his sentiments accurately portray the life of a college journalist — sans recreational substances, surely.

This Wednesday marks The Daily Reveille’s application session, where, once a semester, any and all students are encouraged to come to the Holliday Forum at 7 p.m. to showcase their skills and apply to become a member of The Reveille family. Being a college journalist can be a big decision depending on the job you seek, but as Keller put it, the experience can define your college years.

Editors will be looking for new hires for the following positions: news writer, sports writer, sports columnist, opinion columnist, cartoonist, entertainment writer, fashion columnist and entertainment blogger, copy editor, graphic designer, photographer, videographer, radio reporter and online editor.

News writers and sports writers are divided into staff writers and contributing writers. Staff writers produce a minimum of four stories each week, and contributing writers turn in one to two stories a week.

Into art? Look into graphic design or cartoonist positions. Into politics? We’ve got plenty of political writing to do in both the news and opinion sections. Into photography? Videography? Web design? Blogging? With about 100 staff members, odds are The Daily Reveille has a place for you.

Although your time at The Reveille will ultimately be defined by the work you produce, there are tons of benefits that go beyond each individual’s output.

Unlike many college newspapers, The Reveille runs daily — meaning from Sunday through Thursday we are working to keep the print operation running smoothly. Each day we need enough content to fill a paper, each day a team of copy editors must assemble our pages and each night we must send our work to print by deadline.

All of this is to say that working for The Reveille is not your typical student job: It’s a real job, with real work and real rewards.

All of our positions are paid, and when our workers enter the job market, they do so with clip upon clip of what they accomplished working for our newspaper. And before they even enter the workforce, they will find within The Reveille numerous connections and resources who can help them find internships across the country.

The field of journalism is not alone in that it holds high demands for experience among its workers — you’d be amazed how many jobs are looking less at degrees and more at work in the field. A well-written story or well-designed layout can go a long way in the job-seeking process.

We provide these experiences to University students every day.

And we can’t forget to mention one of the most rewarding facets of Reveille work: becoming a member of The Reveille family, working each day with an intelligent and ambitious staff of students (with the occasional night out — we are college students, after all).

Our application session will take place Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Holliday Forum, or the lobby of the Journalism Building. Come and show us what you’ve got, even if only to show yourself. All you need is a pen.