Friendship produces gift book
By Leanne Lally
Of the Print
Two close friends can be so
much alike and yet so different
that they compliment each
other’s talents and abilities.
Ardith Christopher and
Geraldine Morse, two students
at the College, have that
special type of relationship.
Christopher and Morse,
graphics students at the
College, have put together a
book of orose and drawings
titled. “Mv Gift- from God.”
The two have a series of three
books in the making, the other
two to be titled, “A Mother’s
Gift” and “Friendship and
Nature,” both to be available in
the spring term.
The first book is bound in
upholstery
and
contains
drawings and lettering by
Christopher, and poems and
short stories by Morse. The
book is dedicated to Morse’s
late father and contains prose
reflecting nature, feelings, and
emotions.
The two met at church five
years ago and have been frien­
ds ever since.
Christopher
contracted a long illness and in
her time of recuperation started
to draw, something she had
never been able to do before.
Morse, who has been taking
writing classes at the College,
put together the poetry in the
book and with Christopher’s
drawings presented the book to
Morse’s mother for their 75th
birthday.
All of the printing, lettering,
and construction has been
done in the College graphics
arts department print shop.
The two plan to sell their book
for $6.
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Ardith Christopher and Geraldine Morse display finished
product that has been in the making on and off for three
years.
Photo by Leanne Lally
Feature magazine , place for creativity
By Leanne Lally
Of the Print
If Feature magazine were en­
tered into the dictionary, it
would be followed by a
definition of a place where
people display their creative
talents.
That is precisely what this
fall-winter issue is.
Its
ingredients include one part
short stories, one part poetry,
one part drawings, one part
photographs, and one part
total effort by Editor Happie
Thacker.
Thacker said that one point,
collecting articles for the
magazine was like “pulling
teeth. I went to the English
teachers and got them to en­
courage their students, I went
to the art department for
drawings, I talked to people in
my classes, the speech team,
student publicatons, and
anyone who could write.”
Her efforts paid off. Feature
magazine is full of artwork and
stories by college students that
impress, delight and even sad­
den readers. One story, Mary
Cuddy’s “Memories,” tells of
one of the greatest fears we
have: the fear of losing a loved
one. “Me and the Goddamn
Beanstalk,” by Brenda Nolan,
sheds a humorous light on the
old fable, “Jack and the Bean­
stalk.”
“Poet’s Corner” displays the
talents of many poetic sutdents
here at the College. “The
Stranger,” E.R. Trainer's short
story, is one of both mystery
and faith.
“The Jock” and “The Liberal
Thinker,” written by two
brothers, Scott and Kelly
Laughlin,
give
both
a
humorous and realistic view of
two of the many characters that
we meet.
Dispersed among the poems
and short stories are a variety
of drawings and photographs.
The deadline for material is “I have been looking throil
other magazines and have got­
the end of this month.
“Feature magazine is your ten some ideas that 1 think will
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magazine —the school’s work.”
Thacker will turn the posit®
magazine,” said Thacker.
This is her first year as editor of editor over to someone 9
Cuddy’s
drawings are of Feature. She was editor of
next year as she goes onjd
frequent in the magazine, The Print last year, and says Oregon State University®
illustrating other authors’ she accepted the job as
finish her major in journal«
stories, from a comical picture “another facet of journalism,
and minor in economics, <■
of a hip Jack and his beanstalk, and a new experience.” She receive her bachelor’s degre J
to a shocking and effective said she doesn’t have to face
A place where people
drawing of a soldier in future the same time pressures as on
the newspaper, but now has display their creative taleril
times.
Thacker is now preparing for more “last minute worries.”
ts—that’s
the
Feature;
the spring issue of the
A staff of writers and a crew magazine, on sale now for 50
magazine, scheduled to come
of graphic art students would cents a copy, such a small price
out before finals week. She is
help the magazine a lot, accor­ to pay for such a wealth!If
now accepting entires and
ding to Thacker, but she says,
talent
needs more. Attitudes of “I
don’t think my work is good
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enough” disappoint Thacker.
“They should give their work a
chance. I’ll never know unless
I see it. And if I think there is
something wrong with an ar­
ticle, it can easily be changed,”
located at the Holly Farm Mall on
she said.
Nancy Travers’ drawings of her
visit to the Carribean illustrate
the beauty one would expect if
lucky enough to be, with
Travers on her trip.
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MD dance-a-thon
By I ,?anne Lally
Of the Print
Brave souis attempting to
swallow live gold fish, a pie­
throwing contest and a dunk
tank will fill the College gym
during the Muscular Distrophy
Dance-A-Thon Saturday.
Lisa Thomas, ASG senator
and the dance director, said
she will be participating in the
fish-eating contest. “There will
be a band of paramedics, a
case of Pepto Bismol, and a
clean path to the bathroom,”
she said.
Thomas said the dance had
been postponed from an earlier
date because people involved
needed “more time” for
organization. Thomas and her
entourage have convinced
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several high schools, two teen
groups and a junior high to par­
ticipate. Kaleidoscope, a teen
group from Oregon City, has
been “unreal in their help and
support,” said Thomas.
“Disco Fantasy,” a disco
road group, will provide the
music for the dancers to boogie
by during the 12-hour dance.
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