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Show May 20, 1977 - DIXIE COLLEGE - Page 3 Sun Staff Looks Back THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES by Cindy Gonzales like to take this you except - Ive loved every I would to thank all those minute of your insults, not time to mention your press work. people responsible for makiBut the person I want to ng this year such a successfthank most is Maxine Pace. ul one for me. They are the She has been a Very patient ones who have put in long and hardworking lady. She hours of their time every ... for the purpose of putting out the paper. Special thanks go to my staff members Jim Olsen, Loren Webb, Leslie Ray, David Michael Perry, Webb, and Mike Brooking. One or two of you have been with me since the beginning of the year and it is astonishing at what improvement can be seen from the beginning of the year. You have been the enthusiastic ones, always coming up with new stories, or ideas, or suggestions. I appreciate your enthusiastic dedication and I know that you will be one professionals day. Thank you Michael Perry and Jim Olsen for being two assistant directors. great Mike is the creative one. He is the one that has brought movie and album you reviews, news briefs, and was my assistant editor for two quarters. Jim is our trusty photographer and he is the one that did such a great job on the interviews of the candidates. Good luck as editor next year. And then there is Loren Webb. Good old Loren has the tenacity of a mule. I admire his bravery since he was both a reporter and a member of the Executive Council at the same time. He is our professional reporter that has an excellent talent for Finding all the news in a story. Sometimes I think that without him we would not have had a paper. Leslie has always been there with her cheerful and colorful personality and she has provided us with Rebel of the week stories, and is responsible for doing such extensive coverage of mothers weekend and other events. David Webb is a newcomer to our staff, but he has taken some good pictures for us and when he does something he is to the point. Michael Brooking has great talent even though he may not realize it. Keep up the writing and the warped sense of humor Mike. Well, by now I guess all you people out there in student-lanare beginning to think I sound like Bob Hope when he sings Thanks for the memories . . . Actually I sing about as good as I write and you can take it from there. But I won't stop now until I thank the crew up at the annex. Floyd if it werer t for you then I would never have learned how to opaque with such flair. Thank you thank you thank you. And Kent well what can I say about week d our sweetheart at the annex. She sits there all day and just produces yard upon yard of typeset copy. Well I have saved the last two very special part for people--Mr- . Webb. Since he. has known me I guess he has grown a new crop of ulcers. But then I have a wonderful ability of bringing out the best in everyone. Thank you Mr. Webb. Your patience I have was appreciated. learned a great deal this year and I owe about 34 of this vast storehouse of knowledge to you. Ive also come to the conclusion that you are an excellent teacher. And Ben thanks for the background in graphic arts. And for the lesson in having a sense of humor. Also, you barbeque a mean steak. Thank you all for your support and your reader-ship- . My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, my . . . is Leslie Ray As this school year draws to an end let me recall some of the more memorable experiences I have had this year. I arrived here on January 3. My friend and I were checking into my flat at when I met Shenandoah r Agnes my Wong. As everyone knows Agnes Wong is a very colorful person. I was getting accustomed r to a roommate and when my roommate decided to pack up and leave Agnes and I. Life soon became more exciting with the impeachment of the Drake Brothers. Unfortunately I was privileged to take a campus poll on their situation. I hadnt even been here two weeks and already my name was well known among the school officials. Life was beginning to quiet down when I volunteered to cover the dispute between the archery class and campus security. I tried for three weeks to get enough information to write a story that wouldnt rock the boat. If I hadnt taken into consideration my own personal standi' gs with the division head; the archery dispute would of been the most controversial story the DIXIE SUN came out with this year. However, I would nominate the Bruce Baynes grade change story as the most controversial story of the year. potty-partne- potty-partne- The month of March came around with the responsibility of publicizing "Mothers Weekend." Through my tears and persistence, Mother's Weekend received more publicity than any other event in the DIXIE SUN this year. Even didn't come close to receiving as much publicity. I was told that some of my articles about "Mothers Weekend" were boring and useless, and after two articles most events are old news. This might be true; but in the case of Mothers Weekend" its overwhelming success can be attributed to the fantastic committee and the publicity it received. Cindy Gonzales, I personally thank you for putting up with me and my advisor, Kathleen Pope. Being a reporter on the DIXIE SUN can be a learning experience for anyone. Once a week youre assigned a story. Usually you have four days to write your story and turn it in. Nothing real strenuous about this, except of course, you seldom can gather information until the last three hours before your stories are due. I am not a gifted writer, a good writer will rewrite his article and correct sentence fragments and other errors. Lack of time would not permit this to be. Inverted sentences were something I was well known for. If I could write like I speak life with the DIXIE SUN would have been a happier experience. This is not to say I didnt enjoy the DIXIE SUN. Every Monday and Friday at 3:00 we held some of the funniest Bull Sessions this campus has had. I lost a lot of sleep worrying about my stories, while the paper assignments kept me involved with students and helped me get to know the faculty and staff. All one needs is patience and an ability to write to be on the staff. It helps to be crazy but its not a prerequisite. The DIXIE SUN is the To students newspaper. in an events all the report interesting way isnt easy. If there is something you want to read about let us know. The same goes for something you don t want to read. Let it be known. To my fellow staff members: Thank you so much for helping me become a better writer, and thank you for being my friends. May next as years staff be just as great ours. GOOD LUCK JOB HUNTING THIS SUMMER SPANNING THE CAMPUS out several players and then take a top spot in the by Loren Webb Intercollegiate standings. There was also an event I As look back on the two which toppled four students from their Executive Counyears I spent at Dixie College, I cant help but feel cil positions because of failthey have been two of the ure to keep grades up. most enjoyable years of my During that same period, life. the Sophomore Class presiComing to Dixie and dent received some "certimeeting all kinds of people fied" grade changes bringfrom different walks of life ing him up to the desired 2.5 seemed to enhance the feellevel. I was Next came Mens and ing that really in college. I also found Dixie Womens week, with the girls College to be different from being voted upon by a other colleges I had been to. minority of guys in the And what was the dif- cafeteria at noon, resulting ference? It was the friendliin most of the girls selected ness of the people. Where coming from Shenendoah. else could one go and have And don't forget marvelous people one didnt even Marv" and the March of know, come up and say Dimes "bounce a basketball hello." I dont want to leave all the way to Salt Lake out the faculty either; episode," which turned out because the teachers here, to be quite a success. for the most part have gone And of course, there were out of their way to help the movies, the dances, students in their fields of Southwest Series and the study and have really been college plays every week or concerned about the inditwo, some of which were vidual and his future stabil- good and some of which aren't worth mentioning. ity in the world ahead. But enough of the P.R. More recently, we threw stuff, let's review some of the high lights of this past year. away the old constitution First of all, the Dixie College and came up with a new L.D.S. Student Stake was revised one, had another went through organized separate from its election, mother stake, and became a another (whitefully independent, functionwashing each other instead of the "D") and also saw a ing entity. A majority of football fire keep things exciting in the Robinson Apartments. pictures mysteriously disapYes, its been an exciting peared from off the wall in cafeteria the (probably and memorable year, and taken by some swooning one youll be able to say was Dixie Coeds.) The real and one you wont Student directory never soon forget. While youre at came out until late Winter it, dont forget the Dixie quarter with only half of the Spirit, take it with you where students names, and half of ever you go. those had no telephone YEAR listings. - 1976-7- Then there were the prob lems with student housing: a toilet in Tara trailers was plugged for a full week, with no relief coming from Maintenance or Housing to solve the smelly situation until the residents put up such a stink about it, that one of the two agencies finally took to it with a plunger. Then there was the active window peek-e- r who seemed to frequent the girls dorms in the evenings; its reported that he especially like the trailers. Of course there were the usual activities that we went putting Letter To The Editor WHATS HAPPENING WITH OUR RODEO TEAM? As an interested party in rodeo sports, I have failed to see in our school paper any report or happenings with the rodeo team. Ever since the college rodeo here in Dixie, I know that the team has traveled every weekend to a rodeo to compete for our school. I fee that if these students are dedicated enough to travel to different states and cities to compete in this rough sport, that Dixie College should give the rodeo team more support and more recognition. Dixie it How about through: Welcome Week, where we got to meet new people and make new friends, and Homecoming Week, with the traditional night on the town, more & more popular, then having the opportunity to see Wm. Rolfe Kerr inaugurated as the new Dixie College president. We also got to see the football team come from a poor finish last year, to College? |