Today's Opinions

To many people, baseball at any level, all the way from the Peewee leagues to the Majors, brings a sense of enjoyment and relaxation.

Unlike basketball, for example, or football played inside an arena, baseball at this level generally is played outside, where people can enjoy a cool breeze in the night air.

Now that Las Vegas has its own professional baseball team, that’s all the more reason to get out at night and support the Las Vegas Train Robbers, who have already chalked up three victories.

By Eric Martin

For the Optic

With the school year over and the pressure beginning to lift off the spirits of public school staff and students,  some may wonder how this year went. The jury is still out on student achievement,  with the results of state tests still unknown, but there are definitely some topics worth discussing.

Those topics include the many new and somewhat controversial changes that have recently come to Las Vegas City Schools.