University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - Quiver Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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 Letter From 7b e j JTtor This is it-the transformation from yearbook to magazine. The change in format is new and different and we're one of the first schools to try it. And it's all for YOU. We welcome all suggestions, comments, criticisms, or anything else you’d like to say. We do ask that you sign your name and address (if you want it withheld, state so) so we know it’s authentic and sincere; and it’s our policy. We’ve been working on the NEW QUIVER all summer, and I mus: say the red tape was most despairing. With the merger of the state universities into the UW system, the red tape quadrupled. Depression set in. One day we were in business, the next we were not. Thanks to the backing of Mitchell, Dave Crusius, Dr. Gary Coll, and Dr. David Lippert some of the decisionmaking in Madison was accelerated. Finally in August, contract negociations began and things started to work out in our favor. We have no intention of competing with the Advance-Titan or the Wisconsin Review. That’s not our purpose. We want to blend some of the good ideas of yearbook basics with some of the new, creative journalistic techniques to make a meaningful publication. It’s something that you, as a student and an individual person, and the people of the community can relate to. That’s quite a feat to perform. I’d like to introduce an outstanding staff member. This month I have chosen Thomas Edward Davis. When I first met Tom, I was.suprised that such a creative writer was still in school. He could have been working anywhere, as he’s the type of person who is good at almost anyth n . This is because he always tries to do his best. Besides being editor of a poetry magazine, Tom has worked as a publisher consultant, has had his own radio series, worked at a television station, was co-author of a play, has written books, and has had his poetry published in magazines across the nation and in England. He has taught creative writing seminars and has spoken to conventions held by the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association. With this impressive and extensive background in media Tom still came back to school. He enjoys writing creatively and teaching others how U do it. How can an editor afford to pass someone like that? “Life can be very difficult,’’says Davis. “It hasn’t always been so good for me. I’ve worked as a clerk, driven a laundry truck, and have been a carry-out boy in a grocery store.’’ I’ll never forget the time I was fired from Chip’s Hamberger Joint for having a book of poetry on my desk. Can you imagine? Eventually I’d like to stay at home and write, but you 2 have to be an established, well-read author to be able to make a decent living at it,” he said. Tom knows the meaning of competition. His father was runner-up to the World’s Checker Championship, was a boxer, and a semi-profes- -sional baseball player. His younger brother is a chess whiz. This semester Tom is working on a new book entitled TALE OF A WHITE BUCK. He wrote a book of sonnets last semester. “Yes, life can be quite a struggle,” he says, but I also agree with Robert Frost’s poem Birches, that earth’s the right place for love.” P.J.B. Editor: Phyllis Broadbent Associate Editor: Tom Davis Business Manager: Dan Leary Photo Editor: Mike Shores i Assistant Photo Editor: Diane Obermeier Art Editor: Sue Lambert Advertising Manager: Tim Bauer Circulation Manager: Mike Leary i Writing Editors: Kay Bloechel-Sally Graves i Sports Editor: Dave Kemper Writers: Linda Taminen, Barbara Ernst, Mike Shores Debbie Rahr, Vernon Neal, Ellen Waite, Terry Langan. Photographers: Tom Running, Judy Roder, Denise Desens Mike Lyster, Michael Sajbel. Artists: Steve McEnroe, Ted Conrardy, Barbara Trich. A Production: ) Judy Scheffler, Barb Cherry, Amy Hoffman, , | Helen Korako, Jan Otto, Debra Shell, Lynn Thompson, Elaine Wolf. I • • ( Advisor: Dr. Gary Coll

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+ 4 Life 15 An Interview with Crusius, Mitchell, Guiles 24 Wit’s End 28 Ombudsman 30 Community-University Relations 36 | A Political Satire 38 Sports 44 Thomas Shadwell 46 Pro-Con 48 Student Publications 49 People 50 Health Center 52 Entertainment 56 Departmental News 62 Alumni 64 Calendar of Events 3