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[quote=Anonymous][quote] Actually, student body President and student newspaper editor are not complementary at all. By their nature, those roles are adversarial— well, not adversarial, but a newspaper editor is not simultaneously going to be a politician. It’s unethical journalistically. So honestly, claiming to have both of those positions is going to look weird.

Agreed 100%.

Plus they're the kind of positions where if they're actually worth being impressed about, they can't both be done at the same time. There aren't enough hours in the day. 
So clearly if one kid has both of them, they're just kind of figurehead positions.

The newspaper editor at our school easily puts in 15-20 hours a week. It's a huge job. Student government president is less but also a big commitment. There's no way one kid could do both.[/quote]

You do get that your anecdote is just that? My DC is EIC and one of three student govt officers.  DC loves policy, so these are two great outlets to explore that.  DC spends many hours on the paper, fewer on student govt because it requires less, but certainly isn’t checking the box with either activity.  DC definitely does not get near enough sleep, though.[/quote]

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