Olivet Nazarene University - Aurora Yearbook (Bourbonnais, IL)

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Yearbooks are visual animals. You see them. You can ' t smell them unless they ' re very new, very old or have some- thing spilled on them. Most of the pages feel the same. They sound like any other book. Please don ' t eat your yearbook. Even when you are out of college and it ' s the only food you can afford. With this in-depth research as a foun- dation, a very visual book has been compiled. The color - A twenties yearbook might have been black with art nouveau gold trim. The 40 ' s one — red, white, and blue. The 60 ' s paisley or tie-dyed (it was a trick to tie- dye a yearbook, but they probably found a way). The 80 ' s. Almost 90 ' s. Pink and green smacks of strong economy — Beverly Hills and tan-flattering pastels. Miami Vice. Richness. The logo Independence is the theme of more than the Aurora . It ' s reflected in mag- azines and the impact of small business popularity. It ' s up to you is the chal- lenge to a Christian school to exercise the boldness it takes to communicate Christ. Too many people in 1988 thought that a phrase like this meant Do what feels good. To us it meant It ' s up to you to do what is good. The devices — Triangles: The unity of God, man and his feUow man or Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Direction. The triangles are equi- lateral for balance and consistency. They make a point. — Texture: The section contains work with a dot pattern in scoreboards and quote boxes, behind pictures and in some triangles. It gives the feeling of shade and roughness. — Circles: In Timbre, the circles rep- resent resonance, rippling out from the source. The feeling is depth, convergence. — Rips and Splashes: Expression, flair, individual strokes. Give a happy guy an exacto knife, say thrash and voUa. The devices are an example, a pointer as the broader device of the ONU student. Your shadow might be lines or X ' s or curls. Your circles might ripple from all kinds of talents. (Though they always center at the heart). Your splash or rip may be a mere nick, a dot or spatter, or a jagged cut or spiU. This book was written by you and it ' s up to you what you read into (or out of) it. OPENING 7