Can you believe it? This issue marks the fifth year of publication for Computers & Composition. Our November offering also marks a considerable change in our staff. The tasks involved in putting together the journal have grown so numerous that we have expanded our editorial staff to include five graduate students from Michigan Tech's Rhetoric and Technical Communication Program (J. Daniel Eilola-Senior Associate Editor, Susan Guitar and Susan Macintosh-Associate Editors, Stephen Syrja-Assistant Editor, and Edith Greene-Graphics Editor), three undergraduate students from Michigan Tech's Scientific and Technical Communication program (Amy Bronson-Business Editor, and Donna Zalensas, and David Borrillo-Assistant Editors), and one undergraduate student from Michigan Tech's Medical Technology program (Kelly Johnson-Assistant Editor).

It is only with the help of these talented students that we can keep bringing readers the news about Computers & Composition at prices we all can afford.

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This issue should come to our readers at an exciting time of the school year- just as the initial enthusiasm of a new semester begins to wane and the prospect of a new year presents itself to teachers. Our articles for this issue should provide additional excitement. The pieces we bring to you in the November edition of Computers & Composition address several innovative techniques for using computers to teach composition.

Starting off the November lineup is an article by David Dobrin that compares the advantages of minicomputers to microcomputers in a lab setting. The second article describes Janis Foreman's research on computer-aided communication between managers and their electronic mail corespondents in an industrial setting. The next two articles, both written by Jane Flinn, detail case studies of text revision using keystroke recording software and describes the software used in these studies. Authored by Ann Malachowski, the fourth article discusses how computers helped a woman with head trauma regain her writing skill.

Also, for the reviews in this issue, Ken Autry compares two books on composing with computers; Tom Mortenson examines software that checks both the style and readability of prose; and Lee Roger Taylor Jr. compares and describes some of the latest word-processing software available to teachers of composition.

We are looking forward to the challenges of the coming year with great anticipation; we hope you will share the future with us by renewing your subscription and contributing your research. We look forward to hearing from you as together we usher in a new year of Computers & Composition.