2008 Woodie Awards
The yearbook: a portable time capsule for future generations
Toni Merriss
Issue date: 11/10/05 Section: Features
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Ah, it's Mimosa time!
No, I do not mean a champagne cocktail or even a flowering tree with sensitive leaves. I am talking about the JSU Yearbook, The Mimosa!
It is time to order your yearbook filled with memories that can never be relived but can always be revisited, time and time again.
Two Thursdays ago there were yearbook pictures being taken in the food court of the TMB. Only 300 students actually got their picture taken out of over 9,000 students.
According to Ashley Stedham, Editor of the Mimosa, that is a really good turnout. Don't worry if you forgot to get them taken this time, because everyone will have another chance in the spring semester.
One thing that no one should wait to do however, is purchase a yearbook. The cost is $15 and they can be ordered from any of the Mimosa staff.
Actually, the staff is now required to sell at least five yearbooks a week. So you can help them while getting something yourself. This is a new program that Stedham says is working very well.
"We have already sold a lot more than years past so I am very optimistic about the rest of this year." A large problem that the staff has had in the past is awareness about the yearbook. There are many students that do not realize we even have one! The staff has been working hard to advertise and promote so that more people are informed.
A student I spoke with, Stephanie Tanner, said "If it hadn't been for the Mimosa I never would have learned so much about my family. I never knew anyone had gone to JSU before me and I found some old yearbooks in the library and ended up finding my great-grandfather, my grandfather, my grandmother and my uncle. My grandfather even played football here. I am so glad they had their pictures taken because I never got a chance to meet any of them."
So the next time the yearbook pictures are taken, in the spring, you should think about how happy some of your family may be down the road to look back and see you really did attend JSU! For more information about the Mimosa call 782-5240.
No, I do not mean a champagne cocktail or even a flowering tree with sensitive leaves. I am talking about the JSU Yearbook, The Mimosa!
It is time to order your yearbook filled with memories that can never be relived but can always be revisited, time and time again.
Two Thursdays ago there were yearbook pictures being taken in the food court of the TMB. Only 300 students actually got their picture taken out of over 9,000 students.
According to Ashley Stedham, Editor of the Mimosa, that is a really good turnout. Don't worry if you forgot to get them taken this time, because everyone will have another chance in the spring semester.
One thing that no one should wait to do however, is purchase a yearbook. The cost is $15 and they can be ordered from any of the Mimosa staff.
Actually, the staff is now required to sell at least five yearbooks a week. So you can help them while getting something yourself. This is a new program that Stedham says is working very well.
"We have already sold a lot more than years past so I am very optimistic about the rest of this year." A large problem that the staff has had in the past is awareness about the yearbook. There are many students that do not realize we even have one! The staff has been working hard to advertise and promote so that more people are informed.
A student I spoke with, Stephanie Tanner, said "If it hadn't been for the Mimosa I never would have learned so much about my family. I never knew anyone had gone to JSU before me and I found some old yearbooks in the library and ended up finding my great-grandfather, my grandfather, my grandmother and my uncle. My grandfather even played football here. I am so glad they had their pictures taken because I never got a chance to meet any of them."
So the next time the yearbook pictures are taken, in the spring, you should think about how happy some of your family may be down the road to look back and see you really did attend JSU! For more information about the Mimosa call 782-5240.