diff --git a/scipost/templates/scipost/about.html b/scipost/templates/scipost/about.html
index 3dc00b19359f5f4017fc58d8a5f6e1d21f3bdf5f..46a9a7261958ec234939d77cbfc8b6f70f5d3b03 100644
--- a/scipost/templates/scipost/about.html
+++ b/scipost/templates/scipost/about.html
@@ -146,15 +146,17 @@
 
 <hr>
 
-{% for college, codes in object_list %}
+{% if request.user.is_staff %}
+    {% for college, codes in object_list %}
 
-    <div class="row">
-        <div class="col-12">
-            <div class="panel">
-              <h2 id="editorial_college_{{ college|lower }}">Editorial College ({{ college }})</h2>
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-12">
+                <div class="panel">
+                  <h2 id="editorial_college_{{ college|lower }}">Editorial College ({{ college }})</h2>
+                </div>
             </div>
         </div>
-    </div>
+
 
     {% if codes %}
     <div class="row">
@@ -166,20 +168,89 @@
                 {% endfor %}
             </div>
         </div>
-    </div>
-    {% endif %}
+        {% endif %}
 
-    <div class="row search-contributors" data-contributors="{{ college|lower }}">
-        {% for fellowship in college.current_fellows|reorder_list_three %}
-            <div class="col-md-4 contributor-col">
-                <div class="contributor">
-                    {% include 'scipost/_contributor_short.html' with contributor=fellowship.contributor %}
+        <div class="row search-contributors" data-contributors="{{ college|lower }}">
+            {% for fellowship in college.current_fellows|reorder_list_three %}
+                <div class="col-md-4 contributor-col">
+                    <div class="contributor">
+                        {% include 'scipost/_contributor_short.html' with contributor=fellowship.contributor %}
+                    </div>
                 </div>
-            </div>
-        {% endfor %}
+            {% endfor %}
+        </div>
+
+    {% endfor %}
+{% else %}
+    <div class="row">
+        <div class="col-12">
+              <h2 class="highlight" id="editorial_college_physics">Editorial College (Physics)</h2>
+        </div>
     </div>
 
-{% endfor %}
+      <div class="row">
+        <div class="col-md-4">
+          <ul>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="https://www.uni-tuebingen.de/en/faculties/faculty-of-science/departments/physics/institutes/institute-for-theoretical-physics/research-groups/andergassen-group.html">Sabine Andergassen</a><br/>(Tübingen)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~assaad/">Fakher Assaad</a><br/>(Würzbrug)</li>
+    	<li>Dr <a href="http://www.attaccalite.com">Claudio Attaccalite</a><br/>(Marseille)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="https://denis114.wordpress.com">Denis Bartolo</a><br/>(ENS Lyon)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.physik.unizh.ch/~lbaudis/index.html">Laura Baudis</a><br/>(Zurich)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.lorentz.leidenuniv.nl/beenakker/">Carlo Beenakker</a><br/>(Leiden)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="https://www.coulomb.univ-montp2.fr/perso/ludovic.berthier/">Ludovic Berthier</a><br/>(Montpellier)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://ipht.cea.fr/Pisp/giulio.biroli/index_en.php">Giulio Biroli</a><br/>(CEA Saclay)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.en.physik.uni-muenchen.de/personen/professoren/bloch/index.html">Immanuel Bloch</a><br/>(LMU Munich)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="https://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/j.deboer/">Jan de Boer</a><br/>(U. van Amsterdam)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/organisation/staff-members/content/b/o/d.bonn/d.bonn.html">Daniel Bonn</a><br/>(U. van Amsterdam)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.statphys.sissa.it/wordpress/?page_id=1731">Pasquale Calabrese</a><br/>(SISSA)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://personalpages.to.infn.it/~caselle/index_en.html">Michele Caselle</a><br/>(Torino)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.saha.ac.in/cmp/bikask.chakrabarti/bikas.html">Bikas Chakrabarti</a><br/>(Kolkata)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~nrc25/">Nigel Cooper</a><br/>(Cambridge)</li>
+          </ul>
+        </div>
+        <div class="col-md-4">
+          <ul>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://physics.cornell.edu/csaba-csaki">Csaba Csaki</a><br/>(Cornell)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://theory.tifr.res.in/~kedar/">Kedar Damle</a><br/>(TIFR Mumbai)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1134">Matthew Davis</a><br/>(U. of Queensland)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/people/FabianEssler/">Fabian Essler</a><br/>(U. of Oxford)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.pd.infn.it/~feruglio/">Ferruccio Feruglio</a><br/>(Padova, INFN)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~jdgier@unimelb/">Jan de Gier</a><br/>(U. of Melbourne)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.desy.de/about_desy/leading_scientists/beate_heinemann/index_eng.html">Beate Heinemann</a><br/>(DESY; Freiburg)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://katzgraber.org">Helmut Katzgraber</a><br/>(Texas A&amp;M)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="https://web.physik.rwth-aachen.de/~mkraemer/">Michael Kr&auml;mer</a><br/>(RWTH Aachen)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="https://www.pmmh.espci.fr/~jorge/">Jorge Kurchan</a><br/>(<a href="https://www.pmmh.espci.fr/?-Home-">PMMH</a> Paris, CNRS)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="https://vivo.brown.edu/display/glandsbe">Greg Landsberg</a><br/>(Brown Univ.)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="https://www.mpg.de/6812374/chem_physik_fester_stoffe_mackenzie">Andrew P. MacKenzie</a><br/>(MPICPS Dresden, St-Andrews)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.ens-lyon.fr/PHYSIQUE/presentation/annuaire/maillet-jean-michel">Jean Michel Maillet</a><br/>(ENS Lyon)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="https://www.mpg.de/343435/physik_komplexer_systeme_wissM28">Roderich Moessner</a><br/>(MPIPKS Dresden)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="https://www.uibk.ac.at/exphys/ultracold/people/christoph.naegerl/">Hanns-Christoph N&auml;gerl</a><br/>(Innsbruck)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.physics.miami.edu/~nepomechie/">Rafael Nepomechie</a><br/>(U. of Miami)</li>
+          </ul>
+        </div>
+        <div class="col-md-4">
+          <ul>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="https://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/b.nienhuis/">Bernard Nienhuis</a><br/>(U. van Amsterdam)</li>
+    	<!--<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/people/index.php?num=552">Markus Oberthaler</a><br/>(U. Heidelberg)</li>-->
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~pioline/">Boris Pioline</a><br/>(LPTHE Jussieu)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="https://www.uu.nl/staff/RHHGvanRoij/0">René van Roij</a><br/>(Utrecht)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.thp.uni-koeln.de/rosch">Achim Rosch</a><br/>(U. of Cologne)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://saleur.sandvox.net">Hubert Saleur</a><br/>(CEA Saclay/USC)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.phy.ohiou.edu/people/faculty/sandler.html">Nancy Sandler</a><br/>(Ohio)</li>
+    	<li>Dr. <a href="http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/320359">Veronica Sanz</a><br/>(Sussex)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/people/SubirSarkar/">Subir Sarkar</a><br/>(Oxford; Niels Bohr Institute)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="https://staff.fnwi.uva.nl/c.j.m.schoutens/">Kareljan Schoutens</a><br/>(U. van Amsterdam)</li>
+    	<li>Dr <a href="http://www.phys.ens.fr/~guilhem/">Guilhem Semerjian</a><br/>(ENS Paris)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/people/SteveSimon/">Steve Simon</a><br/>(U. of Oxford)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://bec.science.unitn.it/infm-bec/people/stringari.html">Sandro Stringari</a><br/>(Trento)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong/">David Tong</a><br/>(Cambridge)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://www.physique.usherbrooke.ca/pages/en/node/3412">Andr&eacute;-Marie Tremblay</a><br/>(Sherbrooke)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://trivediresearch.org.ohio-state.edu">Nandini Trivedi</a><br/>(Ohio State U.)</li>
+    	<li>Prof. <a href="http://vergassolalab.ucsd.edu">Massimo Vergassola</a><br/>(UC Sand Diego)</li>
+          </ul>
+        </div>
+  </div>
+{% endif %}
 
 <br/>
 <div class="row">
diff --git a/submissions/views.py b/submissions/views.py
index c0fc5b703691ef0174d41d696a6dd48258efe2fa..5717506fd3ca8e0398f031b5d6d197d02511b03e 100644
--- a/submissions/views.py
+++ b/submissions/views.py
@@ -302,7 +302,8 @@ def submission_detail(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
         is_author = False
         is_author_unchecked = False
     try:
-        recommendation = EICRecommendation.objects.get(submission=submission)
+        recommendation = (EICRecommendation.objects.get_for_user_in_pool(request.user)
+                          .get(submission=submission))
     except EICRecommendation.DoesNotExist:
         recommendation = None
     comments = submission.comment_set.all()
@@ -383,6 +384,7 @@ def submissions_by_status(request, status):
         return render(request, 'scipost/error.html', {'errormessage': errormessage})
     submissions_of_status = (Submission.objects.get_pool(request.user)
                              .filter(status=status).order_by('-submission_date'))
+
     context = {
         'submissions_of_status': submissions_of_status,
         'remark_form': RemarkForm()
@@ -397,7 +399,7 @@ def add_remark(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
     With this method, an Editorial Fellow or Board Member
     is adding a remark on a Submission.
     """
-    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission,
+    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission.objects.get_pool(request.user),
                                    arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
     if request.method == 'POST':
         remark_form = RemarkForm(request.POST)
@@ -419,7 +421,7 @@ def add_remark(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
 @login_required
 @permission_required('scipost.can_assign_submissions', raise_exception=True)
 def assign_submission(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
-    submission_to_assign = get_object_or_404(Submission,
+    submission_to_assign = get_object_or_404(Submission.objects.get_pool(request.user),
                                              arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
     form = AssignSubmissionForm(discipline=submission_to_assign.discipline)
     context = {'submission_to_assign': submission_to_assign,
@@ -430,7 +432,7 @@ def assign_submission(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
 @login_required
 @permission_required('scipost.can_assign_submissions', raise_exception=True)
 def assign_submission_ack(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
-    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission,
+    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission.objects.get_pool(request.user),
                                    arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
     if request.method == 'POST':
         form = AssignSubmissionForm(request.POST, discipline=submission.discipline)
@@ -515,7 +517,8 @@ def volunteer_as_EIC(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
     Called when a Fellow volunteers while perusing the submissions pool.
     This is an adapted version of the accept_or_decline_assignment_ack method.
     """
-    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
+    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission.objects.get_pool(request.user),
+                                   arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
     errormessage = None
     if submission.status == 'assignment_failed':
         errormessage = 'This Submission has failed pre-screening and has been rejected.'
@@ -566,7 +569,8 @@ def assignment_failed(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
     The submission is rejected.
     This method is called from pool.html by an Editorial Administrator.
     """
-    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
+    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission.objects.get_pool(request.user),
+                                   arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
     if request.method == 'POST':
         form = ModifyPersonalMessageForm(request.POST)
         if form.is_valid():
@@ -618,10 +622,11 @@ def assignments(request):
 @permission_required_or_403('can_take_editorial_actions',
                             (Submission, 'arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr', 'arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr'))
 def editorial_page(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
-    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
-    other_versions = Submission.objects.filter(
-        arxiv_identifier_wo_vn_nr=submission.arxiv_identifier_wo_vn_nr
-    ).exclude(pk=submission.id)
+    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission.objects.get_pool(request.user),
+                                   arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
+    other_versions = (Submission.objects
+                      .filter(arxiv_identifier_wo_vn_nr=submission.arxiv_identifier_wo_vn_nr)
+                      .exclude(pk=submission.id))
     ref_invitations = RefereeInvitation.objects.filter(submission=submission)
     nr_reports_to_vet = (Report.objects
                          .filter(status=0, submission__editor_in_charge=request.user.contributor)
@@ -629,7 +634,8 @@ def editorial_page(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
     communications = (EditorialCommunication.objects
                       .filter(submission=submission).order_by('timestamp'))
     try:
-        recommendation = EICRecommendation.objects.get(submission=submission)
+        recommendation = (EICRecommendation.objects.get_for_user_in_pool(request.user)
+                          .get(submission=submission))
     except EICRecommendation.DoesNotExist:
         recommendation = None
     context = {'submission': submission,
@@ -646,7 +652,8 @@ def editorial_page(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
 @permission_required_or_403('can_take_editorial_actions',
                             (Submission, 'arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr', 'arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr'))
 def select_referee(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
-    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
+    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission.objects.get_pool(request.user),
+                                   arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
     queryresults = ''
     if request.method == 'POST':
         ref_search_form = RefereeSelectForm(request.POST)
@@ -691,7 +698,8 @@ def recruit_referee(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
     The pending refereeing invitation is then recognized upon registration,
     using the invitation token.
     """
-    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
+    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission.objects.get_pool(request.user),
+                                   arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
     if request.method == 'POST':
         ref_recruit_form = RefereeRecruitmentForm(request.POST)
         if ref_recruit_form.is_valid():
@@ -747,7 +755,8 @@ def send_refereeing_invitation(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr, contributor_id
     For a referee who isn't a Contributor yet, the method recruit_referee above
     is called instead.
     """
-    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
+    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission.objects.get_pool(request.user),
+                                   arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
     contributor = get_object_or_404(Contributor, pk=contributor_id)
     if not contributor.is_currently_available():
         errormessage = ('This Contributor is marked as currently unavailable. '
@@ -843,7 +852,8 @@ def cancel_ref_invitation(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr, invitation_id):
 @permission_required_or_403('can_take_editorial_actions',
                             (Submission, 'arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr', 'arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr'))
 def extend_refereeing_deadline(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr, days):
-    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
+    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission.objects.get_pool(request.user),
+                                   arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
     submission.reporting_deadline += datetime.timedelta(days=int(days))
     submission.open_for_reporting = True
     submission.open_for_commenting = True
@@ -858,7 +868,8 @@ def extend_refereeing_deadline(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr, days):
 @permission_required_or_403('can_take_editorial_actions',
                             (Submission, 'arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr', 'arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr'))
 def set_refereeing_deadline(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
-    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
+    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission.objects.get_pool(request.user),
+                                   arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
     if request.method == 'POST':
         form = SetRefereeingDeadlineForm(request.POST)
         if form.is_valid():
@@ -894,7 +905,8 @@ def close_refereeing_round(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
     round off any replies to reports or comments before the
     editorial recommendation is formulated.
     """
-    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
+    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission.objects.get_pool(request.user),
+                                   arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
     submission.open_for_reporting = False
     submission.open_for_commenting = False
     if submission.status == 'EICassigned':  # only close if currently undergoing refereeing
@@ -965,7 +977,8 @@ def communication(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr, comtype, referee_id=None):
                             (Submission, 'arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr', 'arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr'))
 @transaction.atomic
 def eic_recommendation(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
-    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
+    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission.objects.get_pool(request.user),
+                                   arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
     if submission.status not in ['EICassigned', 'review_closed']:
         errormessage = ('This submission\'s current status is: ' +
                         submission.get_status_display + '. '
@@ -1024,7 +1037,8 @@ def eic_recommendation(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
 @permission_required('scipost.can_referee', raise_exception=True)
 @transaction.atomic
 def submit_report(request, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr):
-    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission, arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
+    submission = get_object_or_404(Submission.objects.get_pool(request.user),
+                                   arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr=arxiv_identifier_w_vn_nr)
     # Check whether the user can submit a report:
     is_author = request.user.contributor in submission.authors.all()
     is_author_unchecked = (not is_author and not
@@ -1139,7 +1153,8 @@ def vet_submitted_report_ack(request, report_id):
 @permission_required('scipost.can_prepare_recommendations_for_voting', raise_exception=True)
 @transaction.atomic
 def prepare_for_voting(request, rec_id):
-    recommendation = get_object_or_404(EICRecommendation, id=rec_id)
+    recommendation = get_object_or_404((EICRecommendation.objects
+                                        .get_for_user_in_pool(request.user)), id=rec_id)
     Fellows_with_expertise = Contributor.objects.filter(
         user__groups__name__in=['Editorial College'],
         expertises__contains=[recommendation.submission.subject_area])
@@ -1194,7 +1209,8 @@ def prepare_for_voting(request, rec_id):
 @transaction.atomic
 def vote_on_rec(request, rec_id):
     if request.method == 'POST':
-        recommendation = get_object_or_404(EICRecommendation, id=rec_id)
+        recommendation = get_object_or_404((EICRecommendation.objects
+                                            .get_for_user_in_pool(request.user)), id=rec_id)
         form = RecommendationVoteForm(request.POST)
         if form.is_valid():
             if form.cleaned_data['vote'] == 'agree':
@@ -1227,8 +1243,9 @@ def remind_Fellows_to_vote(request):
     This method sends an email to all Fellow with pending voting duties.
     It must be called by and Editorial Administrator.
     """
-    recommendations_undergoing_voting = (EICRecommendation.objects.filter(
-        submission__status__in=['put_to_EC_voting']))
+    recommendations_undergoing_voting = (EICRecommendation.objects
+                                         .get_for_user_in_pool(request.user)
+                                         .filter(submission__status__in=['put_to_EC_voting']))
     Fellow_emails = []
     Fellow_names = []
     for rec in recommendations_undergoing_voting:
@@ -1259,7 +1276,8 @@ def fix_College_decision(request, rec_id):
     Terminates the voting on a Recommendation.
     Called by an Editorial Administrator.
     """
-    recommendation = get_object_or_404(EICRecommendation, pk=rec_id)
+    recommendation = get_object_or_404((EICRecommendation.objects
+                                        .get_for_user_in_pool(request.user)), pk=rec_id)
     if recommendation.recommendation == 1:
         # Publish as Tier I (top 10%)
         recommendation.submission.status = 'accepted'