Today's News

Earlier this year, the sexual allegations against Robertson High School Principal Richard Lopez and teacher and golf coach Jay Quintana made big headlines. Both were put on leave, and the matters were referred to the police. A woman alleged that Lopez harassed her a couple of times when she was trying to apply for a job. And Quintana was said to have sexually abused a golf team member for five years, starting when the alleged victim was 14.

Let’s make one thing abundantly clear: Both of these men are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Sometimes even the experts simply have it wrong. I’m staring at a dozen grammar and style books trying to locate some of the most common errors people commit in writing and speech.

We concede that because people speak about 10 times faster than they write, the ear tunes out some — but not all — of the errors we hear. Because we have more time to read things, we can be more critical of errors in print.

Let me explain:

Highlands University’s faculty and the administration may have found some common ground.

President Jim Fries said this week that he and the faculty completed their bargaining process last Thursday. He said the Faculty Association will be voting on a proposed agreement this week.

He wouldn’t reveal any of the terms of the proposed contract. Faculty leaders couldn’t be reached for comment.

The university’s Board of Regents is expected to take up the agreement in a special meeting at 1 p.m. Thursday at Highlands’ Kennedy Hall.

If anyone out there thinks that United World College is just some isolated ivory castle in Montezuma, with no connection to the real world we know as Las Vegas, think again. The relationship between this internationally connected college and our town is greater than you might think.