Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Visions An empty canvas, a palette of extraordinary ideas, ami a man with a vision and the tools to bring that vision to life in an ever changing, living painting. When Andrew Carnegie brought to life Carnegie Mellon I niversity as Carnegie Tech, way back in 191 i. he had a vision as to what this university would lie. I lopefully he would lx-pleased to see how we have molded this small world within a world to lit our changing needs If we had a chance to glance back into the past, the things we would see might seem strange and out of place from w hat we are used to. Picture, for instance, an empty lot w here W ean Hall now stands. Or try to make the fraternity quad disappear in your mind ami see the fraternities housed in real houses. Till: THIS Hi:. 1975 Perhaps, someday when you are walking up the Cut. look at the Pence and see it as nothing but an ordinary, bare, split-rail fence. Nothing really seems the same as it w as 75 years ago. Yet everything then was a base for w hat it has liecome today. Like the first layer of paint on the Pence, history builds upon what w as originally laid dow n. Go ahead, close your eyes ami glance back into the past. It's not so hard. Just peel away those layers of historx that cover our campus. i Visions

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lX‘3r Class of 89. As you end your stay at .Carnegie Mellon University, you take with you Andrew Carnegie’s vision of a university. You also take with you the memories of your life here, imprinted in the pages of your mind as well as in the pages of the 1989 Thistle. While you spent your time‘making memories, we spent our trying to capture them in photographs and words. As you turn the pages of this book, let them evoke the memories that lie in your mind. Remember the laughter and the frustration, friendships, parties and long weeks of sleepless nights. No matter what kind of emotions memories create, they are still memories. Rememl er these times well as you pass out of this phase of your life and on into the future. When I was presented with the position of F.ditor-in-Chief last spring, 1 was quite pleased that I would have the opportunity to create a lx ok of memories that my friends and classmates would be able to enjoy for the rest of their lives. Our first step, as my staff and 1 began the task, was to come up with a theme. After many long debates, we chose the theme Visions. This theme was primarily motivated by the building of the new dorm and the proposal for a new university center. Looking back into the past, we saw that so much has changed since 1906 when the first Carnegie Tech Thistle was printed. We wondered how much of this campus today was a part of Andrew Carnegie's vision of a university and the University’s future. So from there we created a lxx k that would try to serve as a link from the visions of yesterday to the visions of the future. With concern for the quality of our finished product, desktop publishing was used on the Macintosh to put together the entire book. All color photographs were printed from slides. The quality of this lxx)k was our top priority. With the help of a staff of a select group of highly qualified and dedicated students, that goal of quality was possible. I would first like to thank Dave Levy, our business manager, for his sense of humor and levelheadedness, and Chris DeOracia for his great friendship and support in the creation of this lxx)k and for his work as Magazine Editor. 1 would also like to thank Debbie Brown for her Art Gallery' and planning expertise, and Rob Harris for his total dedication as Photography Editor. And a very special thanks to Caren Caeciaiore, Copy Editor and to lively Julia Barry. Layout Editor. Thanks to Alan Richer, representative for Hunter Publishing, later bought out by Jostens. for his insights and planning (hat got this lxx k off the ground, and to Jim Jackson. Jostens representative, for his help with publishing the lxx k. Also a big thanks to Paul Billgore and the folks at Strem-Varden Studios, and to the folks at The Carnegie, especially John and Bill, for their support. My strongest and most loving thanks goes to my family for their support and guidance in my life's endeavors. When you look through your 1989 Thistle, remember all the people who made your memories at Carnegie Mellon. Sit back and enjoy the b x k! And let Andrew Carnegie's vision of his university, and your vision of the future, carry' you through life. Sincerely Yours, Mark A. Klingler

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