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editor's notes
New and improved. This overused phrase, borrowed from all those older products born anew.would be one way
to convey what has happened to The Hill.
As part of its New Year's resolution, it went off of its junk food binge and onto a diet and exercise program. It enrolled in a few classes to learn about the world and participated in pseudo-intellectual discussions in coffee shops.
And after all that, we trimmed, tweaked and tuned The Hill before sending it on its way to the presses.
This issue of The Hill is the first of five for the semester and although it didn't build up enough muscle to carry all the departments and features as I would have liked, it still improved enough to carry several weighty changes.
The largest change for The Hill has been its change of wardrobe.
When it lost all that fat, it gained a new style: new clothes, a different way of speaking and a spring in its step. It shed its baggage of stressed-out insecurities about life and plunged ahead with excitement and confidence. In short, The Hill changed its attitude.
As part of this new attitude, The Hill consistently will carry seven departments and at least two features on its shoulders.
These departments will span a range of interests, from music to sports, and as the Hill becomes a more educated magazine it will expand those interests.
It is young,and like many of us,it still has a lot to learn.
The Hill is a curious show-off.
It does not cringe in the face of criticism and it loves to hear a compliment as well. If you like what you see, or if you think The Hill was much happier when it wasn't trying to seek out new horizons, tell us. After all, everyone is subject to a little evaluation in college.
As with most improvements, this is a gradual process.
It began almost one year ago when magazine journalism student Rebecca Horowitz wrote a proposal to change this publication.
In early January, Alice Yeo, another journalism student, adapted the proposal for the new and improved version. Throughout the coming months, this metamorphosis will continue.
After eating all that healthy stuff and spending all those school nights improving its conversation skills during the month of January, The Hill is looking even better.
JEN HUMPHREY
JENHUMPHREY special sections editor, tabs
NORMBILOW special sections manager
ALICE YEO special sections assistant/designer
ASHLEY MILLER
VIRGINIA MARGHEIM
news editors
MEGAN POPLINGER JENNI CARLSON MAVIS ALLEN LESLI CARPENTER SEAN DEMORY KENNETHD.MCGREGOR contributing writers
DAVID DAY, MATT FEY, KATHLEEN MCGEE, TARA TRENARY, JOANN BIRK, ULVIYE EMIRZADE, CHARITY JEFFRIES, JULIE KING, KIMBERLY CRABTREE, HANNAH NAUGHTON,
HEATHER MORGAN DENA PISCIOTTE ALICE YEO designers
BRIAN HOTT TYLER WIRKEN PAM DISHMAN photographers
NOVELDA SOMMERS, SARAH WIEE STEVE CROSSLAND, CARLYN FOSTER AND PHILLIP BROWNLEE copy editors
BILLY BOWSER cover art
The Hill is published at the University of Kansas, 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall, Lawrence, Kan. 66045, monthly during the regular school year, excluding June, July and August. Second class postage is paid in Lawrence, Kan, 66044.
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