Recent posts in The Campanil
Final Words from the Editor-in-Chief: Get Uncomfortable
Tara Nelson will be retiring as Editor in Chief in May and wishes her friends-and-coworkers at The Campanil farewell and good luck.
Updated on May 6, 2011
Missing the Point: The “Why” of Journalism
Editor in Chief Tara Nelson feels that the constant need to be the first to break a story will make her miss the point of why she became a journalist.
Updated on March 11, 2011
Smokejumpers: The firefighters you don’t hear about
Smokejumper Andrew Harris tells The Campanil what it’s like to parachute into a wilderness of fire.
Updated on November 12, 2010
The Washington Post – the center cannot hold
Tara Nelson gives an account of poverty and other social and economic issues in the nation’s Capital.
Updated on April 13, 2010
The Washington Post: The Smell of Democracy
Tara Nelson writes about her spring break tour of Washington DC smells.
Updated on March 10, 2010
A Beat Behind: Washington Snowpocalypse
Tara Nelson writes about coping with the “frozen, powdery hell” of winter in Washington and snow puns.
Updated on February 24, 2010
A Beat Behind: The Washington Post
Columnist Tara Nelson described her return to the nation’s capital for a semester-long journalism program.
Updated on January 18, 2010
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