Mike penned:

On Sat, 17 Aug 1996, Travis Butler wrote:

From:        Mike W. Loader, mloader@scs.unr.edu

  Gos the reporter. The mind boggles.

No, Gos the *photographer*. Photojournalists are a completely 

different 

species. You should know that by now. :) Of course, the ad staff is 

not 

just a completely different species, but a completely *alien* one. 

:)

Not on a HS paper. The guy with the camera one day is the guy 

interviewing

the football team tomorrow.
  The exception to this is the Camera God; the one guy who's able to 

work

the incredibly complex, highpowered camera that we stole from them
Yearbook people. 

I don'; know about your guys' papers, but on
my HS paper, the Camera God was kind enough to 
take pictures fro us.  He was also incidentally,
the ASB president, the editor of the yearbook,
an all around nice-guy and an honor student.

Weird fellow, huh?

       With lightning speed, Mr. Watanabe hurled the letter 

opener in

Noriko's direction. Before Noriko could even gasp in surprise, her
reflexes took over her body and Noriko caught the blade just 

centimeters

>from her face. "What did you that for?? You could have been 

killed!

I like how she was concerned about _his_ safety. :)

"All bow down to her advisornesss...."  

....

Whoa, advisor flashback.

  Overall, Noriko is portrayed very well. Editors tend to be 

fairly nice,

if stubborn, people - unless you work under them. Then the 

relationship

becomes akin to the one between galley slaves and the whip dude.

Speakind personally as a former page editor (we
had only four pages) you get to enjoy the feeling 
of weilding that whip....

Which is why I switched to cattle prods later on in life.

  Good first chapter. Kick out the rest soon. :)

You'd better believe it. :) The grammar does need some extra work, 

but 

that can be handled. It appears to be time for the introduction 

of... 

dare I say it... Martial Arts Journalism? <g,d,rvvf!> 

Naw....couldn't be. (Knowing grin)

You could also bring in Nabiki to handle the Ad staff. That could 

make 

things rather interesting indeed... :)

Ergh. Ad people are...they're...well, we think they bring in money. 

Not

really sure. Some friends at work and I have attempted to communicate 

with

them, but haven't had much luck. We're considering disecting one to 

find

out what it's made out of. ;)

The lab resultr are back, guys.  One part slothiness,
one part laziness, two parts procrasination, you
get the picture.

- Mike of No Particular Title or Handle
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Travis Butler
(The Professor, formerly of Myth and Magick!, Lawrence, KS;
 tbutler@tfs.net, now from the Wandering Powerbook;
 <http://www.tfs.net/personal/tbutler/>;
 Mac page <http://www.tfs.net/business/tbutler/>)

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