Leading a public university

University leaders are required to make bold and innovative decisions. Never has innovation in higher education been needed more. However, ideas are divisive, and innovative ideas are even more so. Regional higher education is fighting for its life.

Quinn Minute - Baseball

Hey, it’s the 2023 baseball season! I am told new rules have been added to speed up the game, but I’m not sure what they are. So, I won’t talk about those. For those who don’t know this sport, it requires a glove and a moving bat, but it’s got nothing to do with vampires.

Editor’s Message

Parents across the country are getting fed up with “woke” policies and indoctrination being shoved into the schools. Many are challenging school boards with books being pushed into the system that would have been considered pornography in the past.

RFK Jr. launches presidential campaign

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed a statement of candidacy earlier in April with the Federal Election Commission, and formally kicked off his campaign in Boston last Wednesday. The 69-year-old son of Robert Kennedy, former U.S. attorney general, and nephew of former President John F.

Working from home

Luckily, I’ve got a little home office. It’s a place I can go sleep after my morning coffee. On Monday I had lots of time on my hands, so I took an online test to gauge my maturity level. It said I was “childish, obnoxious, and apathetic.” It said some other stuff, but I didn’t care.

Pet Talk

April is recognized as National Heartworm Awareness Month as a reminder to protect our furry friends against heartworm disease before mosquito season peaks during the summer.

Library Lines ...

We are fortunate to have a Library Advisory Board here at Rhoads Memorial Library who dispenses wise words of wisdom when the occasion calls for it. The five-member board of volunteers is filled by three Dimmitt residents, one Hart resident, and one Nazareth resident.

School recess was the best

Do you remember elementary school recess? At our school, we ate lunch right before playtime. We’d line up single file to walk through the food line. The plate lunch often included gravy-laden mystery meat – beef or possibly bird – plus mashed potatoes and something green or yellow.

Texas Senate takes aim at internet content

The Texas Senate passed SB 2021 making it more difficult for children to access internet pornography by requiring users to verify their age. Senator Angela Paxton from McKinney stated that this content is especially malignant to the developing adolescent mind.

Editor’s Message

“The more the people are discontented with the oppression of taxes; the greater need the prince has of money to distribute among his partisans and pay the troops that are to suppress all resistance and enable him to plunder at pleasure.