Title Alternative
Klipsun, December 1996
Volume and Number
Vol. 27, Issue 1 1996
Files
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Publication Date
12-1996
Creator
Western Washington University
Editor in Chief
Coyne, Collin
Publisher
Western Washington University
City
Bellingham, WA
Production Staff
Managing Editor: Jennifer Hayes; Story Editors: Brian Olson, Josie Stroud; Layout coordinator: Wendy Gross; Illustrator: Angela Santos; Business Manager: Teari Brown; Writers: Courtney Bertsch, Christopher Butterfield, Jill Carnell, Erica Christensen, Justin Coyne, Lisa Diaz, Naomi Dillon, Joanne Fry, Quincy Hanson, Jacob Henifin, Daniel Hiestand, Erin North, Stephanie Moore, Annie Pierce, Kevin Rus, Karl Schweizer, Amy Scribner, Linnea Shapiro, Sathya Sieu, Martina Willems-Pfarr, Shane Wolters, Bryan Woodward
Description
The cover of Klipsun magazine has a legacy including but not limited to cartoon characters, school administrators, clowns, cars, peculiar folks and tulips. This issue, it seems our subject matter has taken a serious turn. Ann Yow, our photo advisor, best summed it up after she saw the image of illegal activity emblazoned on our computer screen.
Trying to breathe evenly she said, “This isn’t tulips.”
Klipsun is your campus magazine. It isn’t about tulips or heroin. It’s about you.
The editors of this quarter’s Klipsun struggled with the decision to use the arresting cover photo. We feel that hard-to-swallow social issues shouldn’t be dodged or skirted by people who control sources of information. We chose not to divert the intensity of the heroin story because we don’t believe our readers are fragile people.
At the same time, we don’t wish to dramatize the topics Klipsun addresses. We aren’t running this article and cover just because we have it. This article gives you a chance to see heroin users from a perspective that legality and suspicion have kept most reporters from attaining. That perspective is provided here, so you may get a glimpse without ever entering the subculture of heavy drug use.
Even if they don’t dive into subcultures of illegal activity, the stories in Klipsun will always take you someplace you haven’t been before or to a new idea you hadn’t thought about. We hope you enjoy reading Klipsun. We can’t promise stories about heroin or tulips, but sometimes we come through.
Photography Editor
Klein, Tim
Advisor
Dale, Carolyn. 1950-
Publisher (Digital Object)
Resources made available by the Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, and www.klipsunmagazine.com/.
Type
Text
Geographic Coverage
Bellingham (Wash.)
Disciplines
Higher Education | Journalism Studies
Keywords
Student life
Description
Independent Student Publication at Western Washington University
Document Type
Issue
Recommended Citation
Coyne, Collin, "Klipsun Magazine, 1996, Volume 27, Issue 01 - December" (1996). Klipsun Magazine. 175.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/klipsun_magazine/175
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. Any materials cited must be attributed to the Klipsun Magazine, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subject-Topical (LCSH)
College students’ writings, American--Washington (State)--Bellingham--Periodicals; Universities and colleges--Washington (State)--Bellingham--Periodicals
Subject-Names (LCNAF)
Western Washington University--Students--Periodicals; Western Washington University
Language
English
Format
application/pdf