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J-TAC, Page 4
May 9, 1985
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Saying goodbye
The day has finally come.
This is my last regular editorial
as editor of the J-TAC. When I
took over the job almost two
years ago, I never dreamed I
would be here this long. It's
been a tough job, but it's been
the best experience I could ever
have to prepare myself for a
journalistic career.
There have been times I
would have liked to forget the
whole thing and go back to
working two days a week in
Granbury or better than that,
just quit working altogether and
starve to death. Other times, I
felt on top of the world
whenever I walked into the of-
fice and didn't mind working
eight hours or more at all.
When I look back on the first
papers we put out, I really can't
believe how pitiful they looked.
But I do get a good feeling when
I continue to flip through and see
improvement in each and every
paper. To see the improvements
is like watching myself grow
and mature, I've learned so
much in this job.
It's also been a great learning
experience as far as working
with other people. There have
been some people I've come in
contact with that I never got
along with and probably
wouldn't in a million years.
Others I got along with famously
from the beginning and consider
to be great friends now.
I'm sure there are few a peo-
ple who think I'm probably the
rudest and most unfriendly per-
son around, but I'm really not,
I'm just like any other person,
I have my good days and bad
days. If I was ever rude to you
personally, I officially
apologize.
There are some people who
have worked with us every step
of the way as far as getting
stories and photos into the J-
TAC. In particular, they are
Mary Anne Foreman, Reed
Richmond, J. Louis Evans,
Todd Searcy, Joe Hatcher,
Cheryl Cannon, Harv
Barkowsky, Tom Watson, Mary
Jane Mingus and Barry Thomp-
son. Some of those mentioned
are no longer at Tarleton, but
they are the ones who stand out
in my own mind as being par-
ticularly helpful. Thanks to all
of you for your invaluable help.
There are many, many others
who have helped along the way-
--far too many to mention per-
sonally. There were the jour-
nalism classes who wrote stories
even when they didn't have a
clue how to. There were all the
club officers who gave us news
for What's Happening and other
stories and there were all the
other students who wrote
editorials and letters-to-the-
editor. You were all an integral
Just like everyone is saying about
this time, "Another year has come
and gone and I've been looking
back on all that has happened," I
guess I'm no different because in
all honesty I have been. This is the
end of my second semester at the
J-TAC.
The people that are involved in
the putting together and putting out
of the paper are some of the best
people that I've encounterd since
coming to Tarleton. They are all
very caring and hard working-some
more so than others. But somehow
we all got along well enough to
produce a top-notch paper.
The one individual that I would
like to pay special tribute to in this
space is Lynna Fuller. Lynna has
part of the J-TAC.
Those who deserve a big hunk
of the credit are those who have
been on the J-TAC staff since I
began working here. The list is
respect and gratitude. The same
goes for Mark Grear, J-TAC ad-
visor. Without his consistently
being there to dole out informa-
tion (and food), many a J-TAC
would still be unfinished.
The final thanks (this is begin-
ning to sound like an acceptance
speech for an Oscar) go to my
fiance Brad Kirkpatrick and my
parents and three brothers. They
have been there from the begin-
ning to listen to my gripes and
complaints and to praise me for
a job well done. They were
always around when I needed
them and I hope they always will
be.
When I started this, I wasn't
planning to make it some kind
of mushy bullcrap and I really
didn't. It may sound that way to
some people, but it's all true.
Besides, It's better than reading
about every gripe and complaint
I've saved up the past two years,
isn't it?
I'll be back this summer for
the two summer issues, but this
is my official goodbye. I'll be
graduating and getting married
in August,then I'm going out in-
to the REAL WORLD.Thanks
to the J-TAC, I feel pretty
confident.
—LYNNA FULLER
Top-notch group
been the editor for the past two
years. Even though I haven't been
here, the whole time she has,I've
been around long enough to know
that she is exceptional at what she
does.
When someone isn't performing
up to the standards the J-TAC
needs and expects, Lynna has to tell
them to straighten up. When we're
short on copy or a picture is bad,
Lynna decides what.to do. When
our machinery and equipment was
down and the Empire-Tribune
said they'd help, Lynna was the one
that went down there til the early
morning hours and stayed to make
sure the paper survived.
Lynna is from Granbury and is
majoring in English. She'll
graduate in August and starting in
the fall semester, I'll be the new
editor. I have no idea how I'll do
it— no one could ever compare to
Lynna. The J-TAC is demanding
enough with just doing stories and
meeting deadlines. Lynna
somehow manages to run the whole
thing and plan a wedding coming
up in August as well. In my opinion
Lynna is really different and very
talented.
Thank you for all your help and
patience, Lynna. We'll miss you
and wish you all the'best in your
career and life.
-GINA WILSON
Read it in the J-TAC
BY J.M. STYLES
J-TAC Staff
What famous people had
these names at birth?
1. Harold Lipshitz
2. Gladys Smith
3. Archibald Leach
4. Harold Jenkins
5. Sarah Jane Fulks
6. Dino Crocetti
7. William Pratt 1
8. Vincent Furnier 1
9. Howard Cohen
10. Aaron Chwatt
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Editor
Lynna Fuller
Assistant Editor
Gina Wilson
Photographers
Russell Huffman
Lisa Betty
Reporters
Kathy Cherry
J.M. Styles
Marion Gartman
Paste-Up
Julie Hopson
Faculty Advisor
Mark Grear
Sports Editor
Marleigh Logan
Advertising Sales
O. Z. Lemens, Jr.
Advertising Design
Jan Brunnick
Typesetters
Sherry Dahl
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The J-TAC Student
newspaper of Tarleton State
University is published weekly
during regular fall and spring
semesters, with the exception of
university holidays and exam ■,
periods. Printer is the Stephen-
ville Empire-Tribune.
The J-TAC is a non-profit
organization. U. S. postage is
p^id permit number 133,
Stephenville, Texas 76401.
During the spring semster
1985, the J-TAC will be
published on Thursdays.
Deadlines are noon Monday for
advertising and 5 p.m. Tuesday
for news stories.
Opinions expressed on the
editorial page are not necessarily
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TAC.
Letters-to-the-Editor may be
sent to: J-TAC, P. O. Box T-98,
Tarleton Station, Texas 76402.
Letters must be signed and ad-
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be withheld if the writer desires.
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