Posted March 5, 2009 1:55 p.m. If you've been reading The DePauw anything close to regularly this year, you've grown accustomed to the term "intellectual life." As an editor, I've kind of grown to resent the term, because it's one of those phrases that seemingly doesn't mean anything, sucking all the excitement out of what really is a huge issue for the University.… Post the First Comment

In an effort to help get The DePauw into the 21st century, the staff has been thinking about ways to produce more new media content. The fact that I just said The DePauw is a newspaper is becoming hopelessly outdated, as we should really be thinking of ourselves as a news providing service; the medium is irrelevant.… 1 Comment

Posted March 13, 2009 1:55 a.m. In Friday's issue of The DePauw, Professor Alicia Suarez has a compelling letter to the editor expressing disappointment with a story in our March 6 issue titled "Former porn star discusses transition to sex education." She touches on several topics that are key to The DePauw's (or any newspaper's) mission: accuracy, clarity and the allusive concept of taste.… 1 Comment