Bush Playing Big Brother

by Ray Buffington, editor-in-chief

As President George W. Bush continues to try his hand at acting like a president, he has yet, not surprisingly, to grasp the idea of performing like a president.

Sure, he travels around and rubs elbows with leaders of other lands, kisses tiny infants on their foreheads, and shakes hands with war veterans or family members who have lost loved ones he sent to battles. But there is a little more to the job description of “President of the United States” than a perfect public relations image.

Valentine's Day Don't Commercialize, Personalize

by Jacob Tucker, feature editor

It is that time of the year again, and love is in the air. 

Helping Communism Flourish

by Giovanni Rosendo, associate editor

There are several websites available as search engines.  One that has been utilized extensively and still growing is Google.

The Misogynist Manifesto

by Christopher Byram, opinion editor

I once wrote a mediocre article about how boys at this age are stupid and blah blah blah on into the sunset. What I neglected to address in that article was the problems that I have with women.

Those issues are far more numerous, but these days I’m struggling to even think straight, much less write coherently about something I don’t think is really any of your business, anyway. But I’m giving it a go… mostly because I have little choice in the matter, and I can’t think of anything better to write about. You’ll like it, but not a lot.

Prophetic Turns to Profitable

by Cody Flores, staff writer

Anyone who believes that psychics can really communicate with the dead should not be allowed to procreate.

From Books to Bytes

Putting Your Hard-Earned  Money to No Use

by Kevin L. Mayer, co-news editor

In the time I have spent at South Plains College, I have been reluctant to spend any money on textbooks for my scheduled courses.

Many of you may be aware of the problems associated with textbooks and some stores that provide them. Some of you may have even been sold the wrong book, while others are told that their particular book is not in stock. These reasons, and many others, are why I wait for the professor’s syllabus before I go to the bookstore.

If at First You Don't Succeed...My New Semester Resolutions

by Amelia Gonzales, staff writer

I have to start off by admitting that I am part of the huge percentage of Americans that set up a “New Year’s” resolution for myself and have failed. I, unlike most people, can admit my failures.

So what were my resolutions? I wanted to lose the extra weight I had somehow acquired quickly over the past four years, and I wanted to stop biting my nails. Both of these resolutions, I wanted to accomplish for the sole purpose of feeling better about myself, not for anything or anyone else.

Dressing for Succ-Sex

by Desiree Mendez, staff writer

I was recently at a concert that I was covering for the Plainsman Press, and was waiting at the front of the line to get inside of the Lone Star Pavilion. I had my press pass and everything, so that I could take my digital camera inside to get pictures.

New E-Laws An Annoying Intrusion

by Chris Reed, staff writer

I find it no mistake that political systems use the mass media to distinguish an image that shows an individual's opinion being merely insignificant.

Get a Clue Before Getting in Line

by Jessica Safavimeher, staff writer

You are waiting in line, a line that never seems to be moving. You look ahead and listen to the conversation of those ordering in front of you. You want to reach over and grab the person in front of you and tell them to move, but you cannot. All you can do is wait for them to decide what every one of their friends is going to have, and if they forgot their wallet or not.

Beware The Pitfalls of Spring

by Omar Ojeda, staff writer

Flowers will be blooming, birds are chirping and students will be happily graduating. But it’s still sad to say that it’s the time when more students will be dropping out of school instead of sticking it through. 

Cellphone Catastrophe

by Vanessa Garacia, staff writer

On television, you tend to see commercials that advertise free ringers, jokes and pictures.  But are they really free?  What you don’t seem to notice is that there is always a charge, especially for text messaging.  The commercial gives you directions on how to download the ringers, which involves text messaging.  In order to download the supposedly free ringer, you have to text message, and ion order to text message, you have to have the Internet, which the companies tend to charge for.

A Life Unexpected

by Adam Guerra, staff writer

We play Russian roulette with our life everyday.

The chances of anything occurring can happen in a split second or hours ahead of the unexpected. We all have the knowledge of overcoming the selfish motives of suicide or a self mutilated body. The chances we take every day mold our emotions and ultimately change our life in one way or another, depending on personality, that is.

Java Shop

by Jennifer Conlee, co-news editor

The taste of coffee disgusts me. 

I absolutely cannot stand the bitter aftertaste that it leaves in my mouth.  It doesn’t matter what flavor it is, or how much sugar is in it.  Frappuccino, Cappuccino, Mocha, it’s all the same to me: abhorable.