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Show 7'arewetts & (Photos Forum year in a nutshell a real-lif- e produce a weekly newspaper newspaper that you can hold in your hands and in which you can count all the spelling errors. We have gained recognition on campus, both of the famous and the infamous sort. We have had very talented writers throughout the year, which makes us very lucky. Our writers have had the abilities to write what actually makes people read, then think, and think hard enough to even become angry. We have actually received more than letters to the editor this year we could print! I only hope that whatever has happened this year is something that can be built upon until the Forum really can be the voice of the students of Westminster. The Forum next year will have a tough act to follow. I hope nothing has begun which cant be followed up on. One important way the Forum can improve is to invite all students with the desire and necessary writing aptitude to sign up for the class. Diversity on staff is a primary means to reaching a larger audience. Photo by Amy Friberg When the model for the portrait painting class didnt show up earlier this month, art professor Don Doxey made do with what he had a boney version of Wendy Barlow. Its been real, Westminster Vaffanculo! by Trevor Mavin Forum staff writer When I began receiving death threats recently, in addition to the editorial rebuttals, Forum Editor Liz The Queen Peterson asked me if I wished all this had never happened, this being the modest amount Photo by Temmie Fleming Tom Cornwell, aviation senior, demonstrates use of the aviation departments new flight simulator. . of controversy generated by my writing. My answer was definitely NO! Whats the worst that could happen? Some psycho puts a bullet in me, Immortalizing me in the process. Making me a martyr for free speech. At the very least the Forums editorial staff wouldve made it on Geraldo. If youre reading this, Mr. Death Threats Anonymous, dont do me any favors. As far as the controversy goes, Im used to it. Ive been controversial since grade school, when I started charging Bountiful kids a quarter to hear me swear. They assured me I was going to hell. I took the money and ran, until the teacher got wise to my little scam. I believe anything that stands out is going to be controversial. Societys nature is to fear anything different from the ordinary. It attempts to homogenize us, to bring the lower up and the higher down, until were just one indistinguishable mass rolling along benefitting the greater cause. If youre too good or too bad you can count on being controversial. But always remember, its only lonely at the top because its so damn crowded at the bottom. I cant say my writings been great. Most of the columns were thrown together at about 4 a.m. the day after deadline. When I started writing for the Forum, I had one thing in mind: to get people to read it. Id read the paper before this year, and the only word that comes to mind is boring. Sure, its a campus newspaper, but how many of you really care about student government or campus issues. I tried to write about things that affect us all, and things you could relate to, like parking or dating in a Mormon state. Whether or not people agreed with my opinions, many were interested enough to read them. Writing for the Forum has been a priceless opportunity. As you may have gathered. Ive got a lot to say, and for the past eight months this paper served as my vehicle. Without this rag to vent in. Ill probably spontaneously combust in the near future. To all of you who read the Forum this year, I want to say thanks. To all those on Forum staff who make this paper work, I want to say thanks. I want to send a special shoutout to Liz, for having the guts and the foresight to back me when I was at my worst. . To all those who hate me, rest easy knowing that I wont be back next year (as long as I pass Math 105 over the summer). If I dont, maybe you should think of transferring schools. To all those who understood what I was saying, rest easy knowing that this is only the beginning. I have only begun to fight. Look for my work wherever cheap adult romances are sold. Someday, when Im rich and famous and your teenage daughters arc asking me to autograph their underwear, you can tell them you used to read my trash way back when. . Always wipe and stay off the pipe. non-Morm- on PEACE! Photos by Amanda Johnsen April 20, 1993 forum Page T5,' ., 7 |