the parentals a reporter's mother stopped by the office so her daugher can take a look at her grandson for a moment. i guess people just really like to see what our office is like. a couple weeks ago we had this whole class of journalism students from some southern illinois school watch us work. it was a little unnerving. we ignored them the best we could, but they still had questions. arg. the news editor, poor soul, played catch up and interpreter. when the photo editor explained to them just what they do, i was like, "shouldn't it be common sense to them?" i've forgotten how things were like before i worked here.   ¶ 11/02/2004 03:59:00 PM