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Gregory Milchell
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nCe apln the professor
Inquisitively call. the name.
·'Simmons. lohn? Does an)'Olle
know If he's stili enrolled In
t ~ ls class?" Of course ~e Is.
but the fact that It meets at
9:30 a (publication day of the 0iIIt"'/t
Ti-.lls a hlnd ... nce lohn's anendaoce. More times
than he ca~ to recall. SlmmOl1s spent the entire nltht
In the produ.:tlon room on thin:! Hoor SQuires In order to
,et the pages to the printer by 6 a.tn, SO that Vlrglnlil
Tech would have the student newspaper on schedule.
Even before he "'ent to his first class as a lreshman.
John made a visit to the CT ne\O/Sroom. He staned ou t as
a reponer and Quickly moved up to associate ne'oVS
editor. then managlnll editor and new.; ediWf and
served the lon,est term In the hlstol')' of the CT as
edltQr. He described the CT 85 the ·...... tchdoe of the
community" and st~sed the Impo