Money Talk Monday: What affects my credit?
Deb Avara helps you decipher credit in the latest Money Talk Monday.
‘Love’: endlessly boring, disappointing, immature
Endless Love, a movie starring Gabriella Wilde as Jade and Alex Pettyfer as David, tells the story of two teenagers who fall in love after high school graduation and are determined to be together despite the wishes of Jade’s father, Hugh, played by Bruce Greenwood. Read what a Ranger reporter thought after watching it.
‘Ocean’ mixes childhood memories, terror in slim package
After eight years between adult novels, Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane has been much anticipated by his fans. The long-awaited book is slim, but what it lacks in length it makes up for in its dark whimsy.
The novel begins when the narrator, who never is named, returns to his home to give a eulogy and ends up passing time by literally wandering down memory lane.
Adapting over time
There are not many secrets left at Amarillo College. However, the AC theater department costume house is a lesser-known oddity at the school.
AC has had a theater program since 1973, but students did not always have a formal place to build and store their costumes.
“When I was a student from ’88 to ’90, there was not a place to construct, clean or build. We just didn’t have any place to go,” said Ray Newburg, a theater arts assistant professor.
Opinion: Looking beyond the stereotypes, prejudice to see the people
Imagine this: You go to a car sales lot and a woman walks up to you and begins to talk to you about the mechanics of the car you’re considering and why it works best.
She’s probably pulling your leg, right? Only men know this stuff. How about when you see a Hispanic family shopping around a local Walmart with their children? Some might go as far as to think they probably are just depending on welfare and “stealing” jobs.
OPINION: EVERYONE SHOULD TRAVEL
I had never been on a plane when I decided to go with the Amarillo College travel group to Munich, Prague and Berlin. Only in […]
Regents discuss new dress code, visit MEC
Amarillo College regents visited the new Manufacturing Education Center on the East Campus March 25 before getting down to business at the monthly regular meeting.
OPINION: Global Scholars: We’ve returned with one suggestion: GO
We could sit and list all the places we visited. You could read through them, say, “Oh, how nice,” and forget about it tomorrow. Or you could do what we did: apply immediately when the next trip is announced, save money like your life depends on it and drown yourself in research. It’s a lot of work, but believe us when we say it’s worth it and you’ll have the time of your life.
OPINION: Traveling expands horizons
AC Current editor Bailie Myers shares her thoughts on the recent trip she and other members of the Global Competency Course took to Germany and the Czech Republic over spring break.