How to get an internship...eerrr yearbook stuff

The first session I wanted to check out this morning was postponed unfortunately. We were told, however, that it will take place tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. I was already up and didn't want that to be wasted, so I jumped in another room that had an interesting-sounding description. The session "Covering your Campus Effectively" turned out to be dedicated to yearbook staffs, something I am largely unfamiliar with despite my last-minute contribution to the work recently submitted for the Potpourri.

I was, however, impressed with the speaker, Sally Turner -- a professor at Eastern Illinois University -- and how organized she was. She pointed out some good things to keep in mind and gave some pointers on establishing good contacts to people on campus, i.e. people who will undoubtedly be chronicled in the yearbook. Apropos chronicle, that's what she called the yearbook as a whole. She also emphasized the need to capture lifestyles of the era so when people pick up the yearbook in 20 years, they will have a clear perception as to what was going on now. She also suggested doing feature stories on people she said who made up the "underbelly" of the university, such as cafeteria workers who have been here for decades.

Jim Mustian