Reflecting on a Tragedy

Some days are uneventful.  Nothing goes wrong and nothing goes right.  You just coast.  Last Monday was not one of those days, however.  At around 10:15 AM, someone I knew and respected was shot dead in his office.   The shooter was also someone I knew albeit not well.  Never in my life did I think…

A Season of Transitions

Changes come to Cleveland during the month of May.  Once the semester ends at Delta State most of the students leave and the town more or less goes into hibernation.  There is actually a noticeable drop in traffic around here from May through August.  At the same time, most of my faculty friends will be…

A Very Basic Education

This semester marks my return to the classroom.   Not as a teacher, but as a student.  You see a major goal of mine is to learn programming.  Code Academy helps but there is no substitute for classroom instruction.  So I decided to take advantage of my faculty status and audit one of Delta State’s computer…