Correction… 20 years later: Our March 21, 1994 issue had a familiar face in our Speak Up column: local politico Rob Fleming. But under his mug is the name “Rob Spector.” Thinking we may have uncovered a political scandal, we got in touch with Fleming to find out if indeed he ever had a hush-hush name change. Nope: “Perhaps a typo,” says Fleming. So, consider this a correction from 20 years ago. Our apologies, Rob.
Enough with the exclamation marks!: As anyone who has written for Nexus can attest, we’re not huge on exclamation marks in journalism. I groaned out loud when I turned to page 7 in this issue and saw the following two headlines: “Business division on the button!” and “Permaware not so permanent!” Enough!
Macrame?: This issue’s cover story and many of the other stories in it dealt with political correctness. A wide variety of opinion was given, some very politically correct, some… not so politically correct. But the most quotable was from our Student Opinion column, where writer Kait Burgan suggests, inexplicably, that people who read too much into things while being politically correct “must have better things to do with their time. If not, maybe they should take up macrame.”