Though we ne"er madc our dC:ldlincs, jf ,-au arc reading this Hrtide, then you know that somehow, soineway, the book gOt done. The most common excuse was PERFECTIOi\" TAKES 1'II\IE; and while it certainly does, the easier response to any yearbook'lucstion \\'as, "$0 \"I-I.A T'S
TH E POI N1?" 111e relaxed attitude made some staffers feel the pinch ofpressure during the last days ofproduction, yet
it made for imerestingdaysoflaughing, fighting, and strangling. incorponningche pasrthemes of"j\ lemoncs, HeU,and
You," "Rewind," "A Time of Pride, and "All l1tings Considered," this ,'car's all-smt Blue and GoJdstaff created
"The T mdition Continues" in honor ofwhat will be accomplished in the new millennium. Acongas catalysts for the fruswuion and so-called leadershIp w:lsjoe "G-"Ian" (Forum jacket) Gidjunis and J\lan"Gabby" (ritaniwnJaw) Hartnett, Back in july the twO of them attended Yearbook Camp. Yes, yearbook camp, and came back with stories like" ... one time ... in yearbook camp we took a cropper and ... ," but I won't spoil the story. I'll let you imaginewh:u happens when 900 yearbook editors get together at Gettysburg College for five days. After the stories and awards, they came back with hopes and dreams of creating a world class book. They exercised their muscle in terms ofgraphics, copy, captions, and of course, layouts, the backbone of the book. Other editors who made this magjcal book a success areSean "Bean"Toole, who ,\'as able to edit andoccasionalh' convince us to si~ an Amncsty International petition with single sentence; John Srrzalka, known for his hard work and Simpsons anecdotes; Ray Shay, for his wizardry in comethrough-copy,nottomenrion his keen sense ofdirection. \'('e relied upon 'Terry "T-Fiu" Fitzgibbons tocreate some ofthe captions and a1wavs listened for the witty banter that made everyone laugh. Then there is AnthoO\'''Tino # 1" (Norsurc why'he isa Tmo) "[adonna, who was our primary sla\'e. He seemed to get a kick out of doing a great amount of btTunt work because he was somewhat spiritual, having created his own religion and whamoL Next, Anthony "Tina #2" Costantino who alwavs knew how to anno\' the editors .. Of course we cannot fait to mention Alex "I'have to work on Stage Crcw" Bethke, Bill" I'm going [Q \'\narton" james and Scott "Caledon" Kelly, who came through with some stellar pictures and much needed copy. Pcte "FL'BU"Jenkins was also around togivc Gidjunis a hard time about the book, but had an inside track on sportS, Now the scary part, the iuniors who are supposedly b'Oing to produce the book next vear: Darren Grossman, who has an uncannr ability [0 write about anrthin~including teachers he never had. Then Brian "I don't caption' Campo who has a great senseofcropping and who fulfills the red hairrcquirementofthe new Herff-jones Policy, I-Ie follows great men such as ~1a[tand that otherguy ... what was his name? Ofcourse we could not forget john Doherty and his keen sense of sentence structure plus some strong opinions; f-,Iike \'('aIls, the resident toughguy who had an unfailing memory of c\'ery staff member who ever worked for La Salle and our sophomore Steve "Lions" Lyon, who always came after 3:30 for some unknown rcason; but who had a good eye and a sense of humor. Those who gave their worthy and necessary guidance, whom we jokingly call moderators, were J\lrs. Linda "Senora" Donahue and i\1r. \,\'illiam "J\lagistcr" Geiger. Theiramazingabiliry to edit, crop, buy pizza, and uphold the FCC's Censorship laws will ne\'erbe forgotten(Smpid FCC Laws). Both Unda and Bill kepr the book and the jokes flowing. Finally, Ilca\'e m\' wisdom to the nexl seniors to produce the book that receives the least gratitude and credit ...Shoot for the stars because your acrual production will be much closer to eye le\'e!; whoever gets control ofthe radio ncxtvear... whenever Icome in ... it's m\, da\'and itwilJ never be ):ours, Darren or Brian or John. No 88.5, Scan! Also, playa little 103.9 in memory of Saurabh to get the creative juices flo\\~n'. -JOt Git/pmis
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