Letter to the Editor: All it takes is a second...

One second. That’s all it takes for life to change. Someone falls in love. Someone else has their heart broken. A life-altering decision is made, or someone signs up for Gishwhes.* Sure, the lead-up might take days, months or years, but the change happens in a single second.

In 2016, we all get one extra second in our lives. The U.S. Naval Observatory has announced that on December 31, 2016, at 6:59:59, there will be an extra second of time.

What are your plans for that extra second? Sure, one second doesn’t seem like much, but imagine the possibilities. You can decide to go to college. You ca...