Racial prank changes names in yearbook

Story: Charter Oak students upset by racial prank

One yearbook editor's idea of humor is changing the names of the students in the Black Union to fake, borderline derogatory "ghetto" names." Don't schools have advisor's who should be overlooking anything before it goes into print? At a school that is less than 5% black, these aren't the kind of jokes that are going to be forgotten.

Bad spell-checking changes names in yearbook

Story: Bad spell-checking causes name changes in Pa. yearbook

Of course it did. Our spelling skills have plummeted significantly during the last ten years due to our over-reliance on spell check. On top of this, 75% of the time Microsoft Word thinks it's smarter than us anyways, and doesn't allow us to perform basic functions with ease. If we trust these applications, obviously we're setting ourselves up for failure.

Students' photos altered in yearbook

Story: Students' photos altered in McKinney yearbook

40% of the students had something changed on their picture. Clothes were switched, head sizes stretched, fake mustaches were drawn in! (maybe). Seeing as how most people have a pretty good idea of what they look like, I still can't figure out how someone would think no one would notice. School officials thought something was fishy when they realized that the majority of the students appeared in the yearbook with shirts reading: "I LOVE Lifetouch National School Studios."