Bison Enters Transistion Period A staff member enters the door of the Bison office for the regular Tuesday night proofreading session to see co-editors Sue Baj and Beth Parker making plans for Friday's paper. Blue correcting pens in hand, several staff members occupy chairs, tables and floor proofreading articles. Before the evening is over, the copy is ready to be sent to Harding Press and by the time copies of the Bison are seen by students, staff members are collecting information for the Bison's next issue. The 1980-81 Bison could well be described as "an experimental year." said co-editor Sue Baj. This year saw changes in both the style of editorship and, at least in the fall semester. that of the paper's delivery to students. "We weren't sure what would happen with two editors in charge of things," said Baj. The arrangement proved successful, although it may not have had the advantage hoped for. "There should have been a clearer separation of duties for us, but things have really worked out well," said Parker. Baj and Parker, both editors at the schools from which they transferred, found the Bison 's schedule a hectic one. "Having to meet deadlines has taught me a great deal about responsibility. There were times when I really dreaded things but I knew I had to do them or they wouldn't get done," said Parker. Business Manager Tim King, who brought the paper out of a $5,000 deficit left from the previous year found a few problems in the coeditorial arrangement. " I work mainly with only one editor and the only extra work I had was in keeping up with the expenses of both editors." King, who had little_previous 96 Arts and Sciences-Bison experience in newspaper work, found this year's Bison' ' a pretty big challenge but I like challenges. , . Early in the fall semester students discovered their Bisons in their mailboxes on Fridays, instead of in the lobby of the student center. The change to mailroom delivery was made when it was pointed out that even though all students pay for a Bison subscription in their activity fee, many were not receiving a copy. Of the staff members who helped stuff the p,apers into boxes. many found it an unusual experience. "Sometimes people would open the doors of their boxes and be pretty surprised to hear a voice from the other end of the box ask, ' Would you like a Bison?,' .. said one reporter . The mailroom delivery was discontinued however in the spring semester when the editors and ad-
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