VOLUME 125 | SPECIAL EDITION | JANUARY 2013 The Oracle 1536 Hewitt Ave. MB 106 St. Paul, MN 55104
F E For the second consecutive year, The Oracle presents our special edition J-Term magazine. Last year was our first in recent memory that we chose to publish a full color magazine on 28 pages of glossy paper. It served as a great learning experience for all who were involved, and provided an opportunity to showcase our talents in a more impressive medium than our weekly issues could. This 32-page publication is the culmination of many long hours of planning and production. Not that our regular weekly issues are not, but there are many fresh challenges inherent to tackling a completely new design style and format, with nearly three times the number of pages we’re used to. The success of last year’s magazine was recognized when The Oracle won a second place award in the special issue category at the Best of the Midwest college journalism convention. We hope we’ve managed to build upon last year’s accomplishment. After all, if we aren’t learning, improving and producing a high quality publication, there’s not much point in all this toil. We hope you enjoy our 2013 magazine, and that it does justice to our 125 years of Oracle tradition.
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