William Paterson University - Pioneer Yearbook (Wayne, NJ)

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Many of these people had similar interests. They joined clubs that promoted thes e interests or they formed one of the many new clubs founded that year. 271

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We ' re Sorry In the fall of 1975 Anna Romanofsky took on the job as editor of Pioneer ' 76. Her staff consisted of Barry Marzili- gano as photo editor: John Catapano, literary editor; Ka Botkin, layout editor and Lois Santlotanni. business man- ager. Santlotanni quit in November. Marziligano resigned in November due to increased responsibilities in his position as SGA treasurer. John Catapano quit in the spring. The photo editor was replaced by two Incompetents who took no photos of campus events but said they did. After an entire winter of stalling they finally confessed In the spring and left the staff. Jim Elbrecht replaced them and did a wonderful job covering spring events. In June of 1976 none of Pioneer ' 76 had been put together. Throughout June, July and August, Anna Roma- nofsky. Pat Stewart, and Deborah DiCara worked many days and nights putting the pieces together. By the end of the summer, the fall, winter, senior, administration sections and most of the sports were completed. In September the 1977 Pioneer siaif was shaping-up and editor Ka Botkin made sure deadlines were kept. Anna Romanofsky was given complete freedom and use of the office to complete Pioneer 76. She completed 50 more pages on her own. for the most part, but with only 30 pages left to go all work stopped on ' 76 Pioneer. It is now August 1 977 and I as editor of I 978 have com- pleted the final 30 pages. It is ridiculous that you have had to wait so long for a Yearbook. Your phone calls and letters have made that very clear. However, when you work with a skeleton staff, with no spare bones, that is supposed to capture a year- long history of the activities of over 12,000 students, well that ' s a little ridiculous too. I wish the phone calls and let- ters had come in such a flood asking to work on the staff of the 1976 crew. But there was no response to the posters and ads asking for help which blanketed the campus. So while you may put the blame on the staff of ' 76, part of that blame falls on you who did nothing to assist the staff. I hope you enjoy the result of the staffs ' efforts. It is not the book it was meant to be but it is a record of moments in the lives of the campus community from Sept. 1975 to June 1976. Signed, Patricia L. Stewart Editor 1978 THANK YOU . . . To the administration for being understanding of our troubles. To the SGA for being sympathetic to the 1977 staff and to the executive council for releasing the funds to pay for 1976 Pioneer. To George and Joe Crescione for their help and for providing a place to develop some of ' 76 ' s pictures. To George Franklin, our Taylor Publishing representa- tive, for answering many questions about Pioneer ' 76. To Ralph Smith, the Yearbook advisor, for enduring the persistant questions about the fate of ' 76 Pioneer. To the staff of 1977 including Lori Danielson, and Carol Loncosky who worked on the book. To anyone who assisted in any way with Pioneer 76 especially Marlene Eilers, the administration section editor who did her job. Jackie Rose, photographer, and Elena Spano, writer for the book. A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO: Deborah DlCara, Pat Stewart and Jim Elbrecht who spent a lot of their time in the office working on Pioneer 76. Finally to the Class of 1976 for your patience.