Montclair State College - La Campana Yearbook (Upper Montclair, NJ)

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en • tro • py dn tra pS, -pi n -ES [ISV en- + -tropy] 1 the ultimate state reached in the de- gradation of the matter and energy of the uni- verse — is the general trend of the universe to- ward death and disorder — J.R. Nev man Cover design: Ellen Alina Page one Photograph: Loren Morgan All photographs and articles in this book appear with the consent of the individual photographers and writers. Any other use of a photograph or article appearing in this book without the express written consent of the photographer or writer is forbidden.

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PREFACE Most of you have been expecting a conventional yearbook complete with pretty pictures and dripping sentomentalism. If that notion wasn ' t destroyed by the cover, the title, and the size, I ' ll destroy it here. This is not a conventional yearbook. Its main goal is to provoke reaction. Whether the reaction is positive or negative is of little or no consequence to me. When I took the job of Editor-in-Chief I knew that a change was needed in the book. The yearbook had slipped in a quagmire of complacency and was sinking fast. By making some radical changes I knew I was taking a risk. An overwhelmingly negative reaction could condemn the book to an immediate death. I have gambled on the hopes that any reaction would at least create an interest that might save the book from the certain death it was already facing. At the very least I hope to have the satisfaction of having evoked a reaction; something post books hove consistantly failed to do. I will not claim that the book is overly radical, it isn ' t. Nonetheless it is not conven- tional. An attempt has been made to combine some intelligent journalism with some aesthetically sound graphics and photography. While not all of the material is the best it could be, it is far better than post efforts. Please be assured that this book does not represent an end. It is only the beginning of what could be some very interesting books. Hopefully I have opened the way for future editors to continue. If books following mine slip back into the complacency of my predecessors, I will consider my efforts to have failed. As I have already stated I hope to have the satisfaction of evoking a reaction from you, the students of Montclair State College. Whether the reaction is positive or nega- tive is not a great concern of mine. Admittedly I would prefer a positive reaction. I, however, am not so naive as to expect a positive reaction from what amounts to o collection of people suffering from a mind crippling case of apathy. An abhorence of anything non-conventional apparontly is the only reaction one is capable of raising from the otherwise placid depths of your disinterested tranquility. A negative reaction is every bit as valid as a positive one. It, at least, proves that you hove on opinion. After all, it wasn ' t all peaches and cream and clear blue skies. Ronald J. Russell, Jr. Editor-in-chief