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Show After what seemed an interminable delay due to glazier and carpenter strikes, the publications staffs of the university climbed from the cramped quarters of the Union basement in the fall of 1969. Moving into the sprawling publications offices in the new Union north wing addition, they began working more closely together than has any set of publication staffs at the University. The Utonian, Chronicle, and Pen shared one large reception center, utilized one receptionist, and maintained their separation only in the actual production of the paper, yearbook and literary magazine. While they relocated for the second time in two years, Publications Council, their advisor organization, began the year by allocating funds for new furnishings and equipment for the offices, and discussed the problems of an inconveniently located darkroom and the lack of a sliding glass partition to enclose the open area of the reception center. The Council found itself plagued during the year by an unusual turnover in council members and with some difficulty dealt successfully with the usual financial and editorial problems of publications productions. Winter quarter the editors brought to the Council the pressing need for reform in the purchasing system for the publications, explaining that no approval or time-consuming approval hampered the staffs when PEAFs were processed through Finance Board. As a result the Council was instrumental in modifying the PEAF system, and purchases found approval through the Council ratherthan through ASUU. ONICL IN-CHIE N NELSCW Top: Editorial board in action. Above: The middle of nowhere. "We missed the sunrise, folks, and Rita and Tom are out on the Flats." 165 |