1984 - Special Collections - Virginia Tech

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tertainment with Style
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I Interest. rath", than "'ere
n~-oriented or literary. What began as an
Idea foul years iliO to publ!s/I a magazine
Similar to the N .... Riw. Wllt~ AJ"Q~M resulted
In a unique campus publication.
The CO chose lIS SUbJKI material based
on Its timelessness. Informative quality.
and most of all. Interest. DIII~ent CO staffers
literally found out everythln, they
could about such sublKts as the Hokle
Club. the Tech Honor System, and bar hop..­
pin, In Blacksbull. and then Incorporated
tile Information InlO entertalnln, articles.
"Puttln& a story loteth", Is a lot of work,"
commented CO member IoAnn Suh. "and
I" do IIl11\th the /lope thil the .. rUde wilL
a.._lidl __ .......... edltorW
t.,.o __ OIId_
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be just as fun and I/It~"I1O the ~ "
~phy was l!>Othe. ke)!,.element 01
the CO as It published numerous photos
thlO"IIhoUI the year. "CO provides an awesome
chance 10. photoeraphers 10 display
thellworkand pin exposure," raved David
E.Knachel. pholo edUor. The CO focused In
On phowcraphy by ~pon50rlnl a conlest
winter quarter wUh the winnlnl photos
published In Ihe sprlnl. Each Issue al50
Included pholo essays.
Coordlnatlnl all the stories and photos
Into a presentable format was the concern
of layoul edUor Chris Taylor. ··We try to
emulate 50me of the beller 1lIiI8i1llnes.
such a~ 11ft:. Taylm said. To ke.:p up with
new Iden. the CO exchanled Issues with
Olher collele malla~lnes . IncorporaUni
what Ihey learned Into ne ... and Interestln8
millerial.
SuPIIOIt for the CO C41me from the ~
delil publlC41lions board. and. 01 course.
ad~nlsers . Accordlnllto Chris Taylor. sIaf·
lers experienced ··sheer excllement"· as
they hit the pa~menl 10 ict suPPOrt. bUI
ott .. n encounl"red difficulty du .. 10 Ih ..
mapzln ..·s n ..... ness: ho ..... ver. they were
able to make a profit. As well as encourati­
In8 ad~nlsers · suppott. the CO encour·
iI.IIed any Interesled person to wort. for Ihe
mapzlne. as It offered a true !liSle of",""1
n\3iizlne wort.ls like. Il\(ludl"lexperience
In phOl"lraphy. mart.eUnl. ilnd lraphk
.M.
·We ... ant 10 be Interestl",)"" slressed
editor Karen Pallarlto. ··ll"sa difficult task to
reach .. v .. ryone on campus bearuse there
ar .. so many dlflerent Iyp,," of people
here:· Plans lor th .. fUlure Il\(luded lOinl
beyond In..depth rePOnl",. expandlnl to
Investlpllve repottlllf:. and Increaslnlthe
n\3iizlne·s Site. ·We really encouraee stu·
dent support:· added Karen. ·We don·t
wanl anyone to miss out:·
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