Word for Word: The facts of fiction
By VICTORIA COLEMAN | It is conceivable that the only world in which one’s every idealistic thought and plan is achieved is fictional. Assuming that […]
Writer’s Corner
Word for Word: Due date death knell
By JAY LONG| It is a dark and stormy night, the house is empty, and all the lights are off save a brilliant ray of […]
Opium found in coffee on campus
By JEREMY STITSWORTH, Staff Reporter | Students in Amarillo College’s STEM research club made a surprising discovery while conducting tests on coffee from the Writers’ […]
Word for Word: What is your appeal
By Ryan Maxwell: So, your teacher asks you to write a paper analyzing the use of the rhetorical appeals in a book, song, or TV […]
Word for Word: A learner’s credibility
By Ryan Maxwell: Right now, you are still in college; therefore, you are considered a novice, an apprentice, not yet an expert. However, at some […]
Word for Word: Uncovering inspirations – a literary lineage
By Nicole McGee: A gunslinger trapped in a desolate wasteland, the last of a legion of knights sworn to protect the world. A young boy […]
Word for Word: Semicolonoscopy
By Deanna Giasson: The semicolon behaves something like an eccentric aunt; she wreaks havoc when she crops up where she doesn’t belong, and too much […]
Word for Word: Advice for nontraditional students:
By Stephanie Barclay: Are you a student that did not start at Amarillo College directly after high school? Perhaps you took a couple of semesters […]
Word for Word: Dear ESL students…
By Deanna Giasson: Dear ESL Students: Stop apologizing for your “poor” English—you’re doing better than you think. I can’t count the number of times I’ve […]