Exactly a year ago, close to 30 area students and faculty members were boarding a plane for Miami, the first […]
Month: June 2003
Do computers have advantage over typewriters of yesteryear?
It’s decision time. It’s a question of whether to attempt an expensive upgrade of my home computer system—at the urging […]
Right-handed people use left side of brain
Sharon Vander Meer, the Optic’s genial general manager managed to gift the staff in the newsroom and composing room with […]
‘La jura’ got there at the perfect time
In about 1954, when gas sold for 30 cents a gallon and a pack of cigarettes went for a quarter, […]
Rudolfo Anaya’s world mirrors that of Las Vegas
About 12 years after the fact, a student ascribed to me an honor I would give my eye-teeth for. In […]
Jayson Blair raises questions of integrity
When it became clear that a young reporter with the New York Times had fabricated stories, made up quotations and […]
The need for poofreaders
Julian Vigil, an instructor in English at Luna Community College, said the other day, “You NEED proofreaders at the Optic.”
“Let’s see what happens if . . .”
What may have started out as a game of “Let’s see what happens if. . .” could have had […]