The Aerie, Yearbook of North Texas State University, 1986 Page: 335
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Three years ago, I pro-
jected that this was to be
The Year for The Aerie.
With all the systems in place
for two full years, the right
combinations of people and
skills working together and
the single goal of making
the program work and work
well, it had to be the Year.
In many ways it was and
in many ways it wasn't.
Looking at it in terms of the
whole, I have to call it yet
another year of transition.
And, at first, I really didn't
like the idea of leaving this
program, which has been
such a big part of my life for
my three years at NTSU, in
a transition period.
With a second look, I re-
alized what transition was
occurring this year as op-
posed to the last two years.
The program was not mak-
ing a transition from a seri-
ously bad book to one just
showing signs of compe-
tence as it was our first year.
Nor was it making the large
organizational and circula-
tion leaps that it made in
our second year. This year's
book looked good and dif-
ferent even as we wereworking on it and we finally
reached the elusive 2000
book sales level (which ev-
eryone involved in the pro-
gram only dreamed of in the
early years of 200 book
sales). What I realized was
that the program was about
to make its first continuity
transition as opposed to a
quality transition. My leav-
ing the Editor's job is only
part of that transition. What
Ingrid and whoever takes
her place when she leaves
will do for this program will
result in a better quality
book and a more stable pro-
gram. They will be a part of
the on-going transition and
will have to accept their
limited contributions to the
whole in the same way that
I'll have to accept mine:
with pride and good memo-
ries. However, we all wish
that we were the lucky Edi-
tor who finally sells 5000
copies of the 500 page Aerie
which includes 10,000 por-
traits and every group on
campus represented.
That isn't the 1985-86
Aerie. But there were some
truly priceless people and
moments which made thisyear, this book and this staff
something special. "Simple
Yet Complex" marked my
third year of working on
The Aerie with Ingrid,
Sharon and Chris. They're
next year's leaders and I
really trust them. Ingrid fi-
nally got the creative con-
trol over the book that she
always needed and it shows.
Sharon tackled the big job
(organizations) with a great
deal of organization and
Chris improved even more
as a photographer. I'm glad
to see them as next year's
leadership because they
lived through the program's
growth and truly appreciate
where it is now.
Stephanie spent her sec-
ond full year on staff being
just what the program need-
ed, an office manager, a
good planner and a perfect
example of dealing with the
unexpected and still reach-
ing the goal. The program
will miss her but those re-
turning will benefit from her
work. Dena was the perfect
complement for Stephanie
and, needless to say, she did
her jobs, plus.
Maria, Adam and Craigwere hired as freshmen
leaders of the future and
that's just about how it
worked out. The staff will
miss Craig next year but
Maria will get a chance to
break in freshmen and
Adam will inherit the dark-
room.
No one knew NTSU
sports like George did and
our working together on the
Sports section proved that I
could work with a Bubbsa.
Finally, Kelly and Amy get
the patience award for typ-
ing and typing and indexing
and indexing, etc. Working
with all of this staff was very
worthwhile for me.
To those returning, I wish
good luck and to those not
returning, best wishes.
As for myself, I realize
that the whole time was
worth it and I'm glad that I
stayed as long as I did. My
moving on is part of the pro-
cess, however, and Student
Association awaits me.
Here's to reachable goals,
^^^i7 r>dt^<^Ingrid Watson, Life Section Editor, Magazine Section Editor,
Style Editor (Above), Donald Griswold, Executive Editori
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