University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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and repititious. The dullest openings of all are written by ama- teur philosophers who use worn out cliches in a fruitless effort to elicit profound thought in the reader. Let’s look at a few examples. We may even ‘plug them into UAM’, like a constant in the algebraic formula. 4 Opening ABOVE: Narrow and provincial Bruce Walsh sports his reply to a campus controversy. ABOVE RIGHT: Dr. Tony Chandler devotes his time to more worthwhile pursuits. RIGHT: Terry Johnson manipulates the projec- tors in instructional tech lab.

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Let’s talk about yearbook writing for a minute. While the axiom ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ may very well be true, there is a need for a small amount of writing to supplement those | photos. Our objective is to provide writing that is fun to read. At the same time, we realize that people have a tendancy to flip through a yearbook and look at pictures only. That’s some- thing we'll have to live with. Many yearbook openings are humorous with- out intending to be so. The theme of the book is usually introduced in the opening, and the funny thing about this is that there are only a limited number of themes, so most openings appear dull OPPOSITE: If one tries hard enough, one can relax just about anywhere. ABOVE: Chinese geese replaced the famous ‘Mutant Ducks’ this year. LEFT: Spectators have been generally happy with the Mean Green this year. These students are happy about something .. . Opening 3

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The most used up, worn out, trite, boring and you Voltaire. indescribably non-thought pro voking theme of all Here are some utterly boring ‘change theme | time is ‘change’. “It’s a last resort to those who cliches’: ‘’ . . . we are alike yet different, contrib- | know better than to use it, a prose triumph for uting in our own ways to a changing campus, a those innocents who've never written an opening changing world... ” | and think they've finally come up with something Well, we know we're all different. That’s mush. deep.” If you wanted depth, we’d have given If we weren’t different, this would be a better z Bs ABOVE: ‘Trey’ enjoys the distinction of occu- pying the only moving doghouse on campus. RIGHT: Joni Mauldin demonstrates straw paint- ing in children’s arts and crafts. Opening 5