Monthly Archives: March 2011

ASUO Elections tactics underscore importance of Emerald independence

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Nora Simon

On the first day of ASUO campaigning yesterday, volunteers from two slates used the Emerald as a vehicle for its canvassing, which is both a violation of campaign rules and puts the Emerald in a strange position editorially. Ben & … Continue reading →

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Why I love editing: Learning, March Madness and colleagues

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Nora Simon

Editor’s note: American Copy Editors Society education fund president Merrill Perlman asked me to say a few words as the 2011 Aubespin scholar at the ACES Phoenix conference banquet on Friday night. Here’s what I presented to this gang of … Continue reading →

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80 degrees and sunny with a chance of baseball

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Nora Simon

It’s finals week, and I’m spending time in an alternate journalism environment: Phoenix. View Phoenix and the surrounding area in a larger map The annual American Copy Editors Society convention begins Thursday in downtown, but right now, I’m hanging out … Continue reading →

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Emerald’s all-bike delivery fleet keeps it green

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Nora Simon

Experience the Emerald Part I: Delivery Editor’s note: I have a particular affinity for the delivery crew after I shadowed my roommate, Chris Pollard, on his early-morning route last April. I rode a Raleigh mountain bike, while he hauled about … Continue reading →

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