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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1978

Page

9

New Journalism and the Computer Era

A LA Times Syndicate essay contrasts old and new journalism as a writer questions the role of machines in shaping truth. It argues substance comes from human understanding, not gadgets, and critiques journalism schools for overemphasis on theory at the expense of history and writing craft.

Colleges of Communication

Me Tarzanus meets Rome in blood and satire of empire

An imagined memoir essay narrates a spoofed Rome era through the tone of a television era, with a narrator called Tarzanus recounting Livia's poisonings, Caligula's grotesque marriages, and Tiberius's sword rule. The story riffs on bathhouses, the Forum, and a future 16 week TV series.

Tarzanus I, Claudius Alistair Cooke Livia Caesar Augustus Roman Augustus Caligula Roman Empire Tiberius Colosseum Via Veneto

Word Oddities and Language Debates in Plain English

A columnist explores nuances in word choice, distinguishing fortuitous from fortunate and debating hopefully as it means it is to be hoped. The piece contrasts professor John Crossett’s view with usage freedom and explains autopsy’s Greek roots autos and opsis.

John Crossett Cornell College Mount Vernon

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