Fall 2019 150 YEARS ISSUE
WILSON COLLEGE
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019
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IN THIS ISSUE...
Editorial 2
Thank You For Setting Us Up For Success
In The Past 3-6
Previous Wilson Mediums Some Billboard Highlights
Alumni Thoughts 7-11
Wilson Media Alumni
Present Billboard Staff 12
Present Billboard Staff Thanks
Hannah’s Recommendations
• We The Kings: “Queen of Hearts” • Yungblud: “Time In A Bottle” • Simple Plan, State Champs, and We The Kings: “Where I Belong” • Waterparks: “Easy To Hate” • Simple Creatures: “Thanks, I Hate It” • Jake Miller: “COULD HAVE BEEN YOU” • Fall Out Boy: “The Last Of The Read Ones” • Set It Off: “You Are Loved” • Emarosa: “Sure” • Spencer Sutherland: “Freaking Out”
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EDITORIAL
In The Past
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The Rush Light (1882-1890s):
As the current Editor-In-Chief of The Billboard, I appreciate everything that the alumni went through to make the paper what it is now. I looked through a lot of older issues from the 1920s to the 1970s leading up to this issue. I am so thankful for the opportunity to be the Editor-In-Chief. I never once saw myself in a leadership postition, but I am learning so much as the Editor. Thank you, Alumni, for setting us up for success.
The Rush Light and the Eclipse were Wilson’s first sources of news during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The Rush Light was available to readers in 1882, five years before the first issue of the Eclipse appeared in Feburary 1887.
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The Rush Light was a monthly paper edited and published by the CHI-TAU-PI Society. Subscriptions could be purchased for 25 cents or a single issue could be bought for 5 cents. At the time, its editors were L.L. Flick and M.H. Swift. Under their supervision, the paper was full of short stories, poetry, and advertisments. The Rush Light was known for its proper grammar since it was mostly a literary magazine.
“Thank you for creating and sustaining that has been such a great resource for our students. Though I have only been at Wilson a short time, I have really enjoyed seeing student’s enthusiasm to write on whatever topics they want. You have made sometime which has really built a community. Thank you.”
The Eclipse (1887-1890s): Matt McBride Student Media Advisor
BILLBOARD STAFF Editor-in-Chief: Hannah Middaugh Graphic Design Editor: Hannah Middaugh Online Editors: Zach Powell Calendar Editor and Distribution: Olivia Shirk Videographer: Ash Henderson Advisers: Matthew McBride & Robin Herring Staff Writers: Kayla Enck Shallyn Fanjoy Nida Gill Nijah Glover
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Samantha Cantrell
Zach Powell Hee Jung Bae Emily Clark Olivia Shirk
Kelly Shank
EDITORIAL MISSION STATEMENT The Wilson Billboard is a once-monthly, student-run news magazine serving the Wilson College and Chambersburg community. Our mission is to relay important information to the campus and provide a forum for intelligent and democratic discussion. To fulfill this mission, the Billboard recognizes the many goals of the Wilson community and strives to encourage communication between students, faculty, staff and administration in an ethical and non-biased fashion.
The Eclipse followed a similar format. It was a monthly paper edited and published by PHI-CHI-PSI Society. Lillian L. Dicky and Bessee Lee Naile edited a newspaper that featured articles of poetry, plays, songs, advertisments, and a random seletcion of lost, found, and wanted items. The editors and their staff supported a theme as they put together each issue of this literary journal that acted as a newspaper.
Pharetra (1880s-1920s): The Pharetra was one of the earliest newspapers to ever be pusblished on the Wilson College Campus. The Pharetra first appeared in the 1880s, and was the successor of Wilson College’s first publication, The Eclipse. The Pharetra featured short stories, poems, news, events, and advertisments. In the 1890s, The Pharetra turned into more of a literary publication and was published that way for the next thiry years until it was replaced with the present day Billboard (1921-present).
The Lit (1945-ca. 1960) Took over from Billboard. Standard lit magazine: essays, poems, short stories, and photographs.
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Gadfly (1961-1968): Standard literary magazine: essays, poems, short stories, and photographs.
The Wilson Review (1969-ca.1972)
Standard literary magazine: essays, poems, short stories, and photographs
The Rhombus (1974-1977):
In the mid-1970s, Wilson joined Dickinson, Gettysburg and Franklin and Marshall Colleges to publish The Rhombus, a student literary review. The Rhombus was published each spring from 1974 to 1977 and featured poetry, short stories, photography and art which were submitted by a variety of students proudly held seven seats on the editorial board during the four years Wilson was involved: Susan D. Phelps (1976-77), M.J. Phelps (1976-77), Angela Gable (1976) and Gretchen Van Ness (1977). After 1977, The Rhombus appears to have died off. In 1979, The Bottom Shelf Review took its place as the campus literary review.
Bottom Shelf Review (1979-Present): The Bottom Shelf Review is Wilson College’s student literary magazine. Founded in 1979, the BSR celebrates the best in creative work by the Wilson community every year. Edited by the students of Wilson College, the BSR annually publishes poetry, short fiction, creative non-ficiton, and artwork by Wilson students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
The Wilson Billboard (1921-Present): The Wilson Billboard is a once-monthly, student-run news magazine serving the Wilson College and Chambersburg community. Our mission is to relay important information to the campus and provide a forum for intelligent and democratic discussion. To fulfill this mission, the Billboard recognizes the many goals of the Wilson community and strives to encourage communication between students, faculty, staff and administration in an ethical and non-biased fashion. Photos of Past Billboard Issues
Photos of Past Issues Taken By Hannah Middaugh Past Issues Provided by Hankey Center
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Alumni Thoughts
“I’m Jess Domanico, and I graduated in 2011 with a BS double major in Equine Facilitated Therapeutics and English (Honors in the Major). I was the Editorial Director of Billboard for three years. I was involved in the entire process of production, from writing articles, to layout, to delivering the paper to each newsstand on campus (in fact, I loved how excited students and faculty would get when they saw me coming with a fresh stack of Billboards). Participating in Billboard kept my editing skills sharp and introduced me to graphic design. I also learned a great deal of skills necessary for collaborative work. Now, I’m the Director of Disability Services and Educational Resource Centers at Point University. I also teach various English and Humanities classes here at Point.”
Jess Domanico
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Katie Shank Class of 2019 “I wrote for the Billboard and covered recent events on campus, sports and a lot of investigative/informational stories. My favorite memory from Billboard was the 2017 ACP Conference in Dallas. I heard from a lot of amazing speakers and even got to tour AT&T stadium. Billboard benefitted me by allowing me to enjoy writing in new ways. I met a lot of new friends through Billboard and having your writing published is such a rewarding feeling. I finished my Bachelors degree at the end of J-Term and I am currently employed at Wilson College as the Alumni Relations Associate.” Katie Shank
“I’m Melanie Faith and I graduated in 1999. I wrote some reviews for the Billboard (if memory serves me correctly, they were book and music reviews) and did some editing. The writing and copy-editing skills I learned from being on the Billboard were very helpful to me in my own creative writing and in the editing suggestions I make for my students’ writing. Serving on the staff of the Billboard taught me a lot about pitching story ideas as well as working to deadline, both of which I use regularly in my writing and teaching lives. I served on the staff during my senior year, with the fabulous Shannan Siegwart Small ‘00 as Editor in Chief. I am currently a writer, college professor, freelance editor, tutor, and photographer, and I still live in PA.”
Melanie Faith
“I graduated in the class of ‘70, so my memories are pretty fuzzy. I remember working on layout during sophomore, junior year, one of the few underclassmen involved. Nice to know the publication is still going. The picture is from a fall hike on the Appalachian Trail in Tennessee. I hike a few miles every year with 2 of my Wilson classmates, still friends after 53 years!!” -Elsa Heintzelman Photos of Past Billboard Issues
Photos of Past Issues Taken By Hannah Middaugh Past Issues Provided by Hankey Center
Elsa Heintzelman
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Alumni Thoughts
“My name is Laura B. Hans. I graduated from Wilson in 2013. Working at the Billboard was an invaluable experience. Beyond gaining journalism and design skills, I grew confidence through interviewing others, as well as leadership skills while working in the newsroom. The Billboard was a great opportunity to explore facets of journalism in the safe micrososm that is Wilson. It also gave me a deep appreciation for the First Amendment and a keen eye for poorly written news stories. I am currently living in Chambersburg, working in the mental health field and attending Shippensburg University’s social work graduate program.” Laura B. Hans
Sarah Martin and Family
“Sarah Martin, Class of 2011, Editor and Co-Editorfor a bit. Gained valuable friendships, interview techniques that helped land an amazing job as I used them during the interview process and threw the VP of the company for a loop! I learned valuable writing skills and communication. I am so glad to see The Billboard continuing to grow and be a voice for Wilson students! I am currently an Assistant Director of Implenmentation of a counseling agency working directly with the Executive Board to bring the “vision” of the company into tasks and how tos that the employees can implement in order to more fully serve our clients.”
Kimberly Maske-Mertz-Graduated: 2008 and 2014 Years with BB: 2006-07 as a reporter; 2007-2008 as EIC; 2012-18 as Adviser Favorite part: the teamwork I experienced, especially on layout nights What I am doing now: writing novels and seeking work as a freelance editor. Kimberly Maske-Mertz
Jessica Leisey Not Pictured
“Hi, My is Jessica Leisey. I graduated in 2008. I took photos for Billboard. I loved going to the different activities and taking photos of the horses and sporting events. We had such a great team of women to work with and things always seemed to fall together when we had our meetings. I still enjoy taking pictures in my free time.”
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Alumni Thoughts
“Veronica C. Boda ‘74 was Editor-In-Chief of “The Billboard” from September 1971 until May 1973. She wrote feature articles during her Freshman year, utilizing her prior journalism experiences as Editor-In-Chief and a writer for her high school newspaper. In the spring of her Wilson Freshman year, “The Billboard” underwent a management change; Veronica was appointed Associate Editor for the remainder of the school year. Because the new Editor-In-Chief was transferring to another college, Veronica assumed the Editor position, beginning in her Sophomore year, and served until the end of her Junior year.
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During that time period, “The Billboard” was entirely student-run: with at least six editors, three managers, and a lead photographer. The newspaper was an eight-page tabloid, published weekly during the school year, Veronica C. Bonda except for holidays. It had paid advertising from local merchants, and paid subscribers from alumnae, parents and friends. In addition, “The Billboard” participated in a newspaper exchange with many other regional colleges and universities. The newspaper was circulated on campus on Fridays, and mailed bulk rate. Veronica had two different Associate Editors working with her: Patricia Settle ‘73, for the 1971-72 school year, and Jill Ross ‘75, from 1972-73. When Veronica’s editorship finished, Jill became Editor-InChief. After college, Veronica continued writing for and editing Newsletters for various non-profit organizations. And, from 1992 to 1995, she served as Associate Editor and Editor-In-Chief of “Women Lawyers Journal”, a quarterly publication by the National Association of Women Lawyers. WLJ focuses on issues affecting women in the law and women in society.”
“Editing Wilson’s Billboard in the early ‘60s made a profound difference in my career and life. I was destined to become a teacher---following in the footsteps of my paternal grandfather and my aunt. I minored in Elementary Education, and did my student teaching in one of Chambersburg’s elementary schools. However, the three years I spent on the Billboard’s editorial staff – especially the year as The Editor--gave me confidence to ponder a career in publishing. By the spring of senior year I was contracted to be a fifth-grade teacher in the New Providence, NJ Schools…not far from NYC. During that first year as a teacher I took a train to NYU one night a week to take a course in Journalism. I also started working on a Master’s in Elementary Education at Rutgers. Then, during my second year of teaching I began to interview for jobs in educational publishing in NYC. I landed two job offers: a reading consultant with Houghton Mifflin, or a writing job with Scholastic’s elementary magazines. I started working at Scholastic in 1963. ….it was the start of a 52-year career that included editing Scholastic Teacher magazine and later helping to launch Scholastic’s Textbook Division. In 2015, that division was sold to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt—where I now work as a consultant on the intervention programs that I helped create at Scholastic.” –Loretta Hunt Marion, Wilson ’61.
Loretta Hunt Marion Not Pictured
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Alumni Thoughts
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“I am a former Wilson Billboard Staffer. I graduated in 2013 (the last class to graduate when it was still only all girls living on campus). I was also the first true Equine Journalism Major to graduate from Wilson, with others - including Shoshanna, following after me. I would have to say that the Billboard prepared me in ways that I cannot even begin to describe. The late nights and various assignments that were given to me and I chose to take on, helped me to get my job at a newspaper. I worked at the Lewistown Sentinel, in Lewistown, PA, for 6 years as the municipal government and breaking news reporter. I advanced into an editors role designing the paper and deciding what did or did not seem important to our readership. I quickly learned that I missed interacting Lauren A. Kershner with people and writing the stories so I went back to writing. I then worked as the government/breaking news reporter as well as the agriculture editor and writer. My Wilson experience taught me how to multi-task. After 6-years I felt the need to take a break from the world of writing and put my communications skills to the test as a front desk clerk at a small, family run inn, restaurant and brewery in New Hampshire. I am also using my skills to help the inn with some marketing and press release campaigns. Again being able to know how to do a little bit of everything helps. My advice to current students, never turn down any opportunity. You never know what it could help you accomplish in your future.” -Lauren A. Kershner Class of 2013 ODDS RULE
Jenna Kauffman Class of 2017: “What I gained from Billboard: The Billboard brought me out of my comfort zone. Before working with the paper, I was a lot more introverted and would’ve never seen myself in a leadership position. But my junior and senior years, I had the opportunity of being Editor-In-Chief of the Wilson Billboard. So I learned one of my first leadership-type roles during my time working with the publication. I also enjoyed the experience of working with a staff/team; I made a lot of new friends via Billboard. Finally, when I interned with the Billboard in the summer of 2016, I gained a few different experienc- Jenna Kauffman es. One of the most notable things being I interviewed an idol of mine, Bob Saget. In the fall of 2016, I interviewed Brad and Colin from “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” In the summer of 2017, I was still alowed to write for the publication, and interviewed Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional, Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World, and Jason and Bryce of the band Lifehouse. Without the Wilson Billboard, I would’ve never had these experiences, and I’m truly humbled to have gotten these experiences with people I admire. It has prepared me for what I truly want to do, which is to be an entertainment journalist. What I do now: I currently work part time for a magazine publication going out to over 3,500 residents in the Chambersburg/Fayetteville area called “Chambersburg Neighbors.” Each issue, I write an article about a family in the community, and gather contents on other local happenings. It’s really fun. Another side job I have is a contracted marketing gig with a local business called Symbiotic Marketing, where I help post to social media and help with website design and content. In my free time, I occasionally write articles for a website called i99radio.com. The publication reachs over 30,000 people, and covers alternative/indie artists and bands, and from it, I get to review concerts, review new music releases, and sometimes interview artists. While it’s not paid, it’s helping me build up my writing and getting my name out there, and it also truly relates to what I want to do.”
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Alumni Thoughts
Aurora Ortiz Class of 2018 “During my four years at Wilson College, I had the opportunity to be part of the Billboard. There is so much I gained by being part of this amazing group. Since English is not my first language, grammar has always been challenging for me. Thanks to the billboard, I was able to strengthen my grammar skills. I was able to learn how to better express myself through my writing. The nights I spend editing and laying out the pages of the Billboard before they were printed, helped me expand my graphic design skills. However, the most important thing I gained during those four years were the amazing, long lasting friendships. After graduating from Wilson College in May 2018, I moved to Pittsburgh to serve one year as an AmeriCorps VISTA. After my year of service, I began my current position at Allegheny Health Network as one of their Spanish speaking doulas, working to help immigrant women access to culturally-competent perinatal services, as well as other women’s health and social services associated with maternal health.”
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Aurora Ortiz
Sharielle Lawrence Cadet ‘15 “I joined Billboard in the 2014 spring semester. I was a staff member for three semesters before graduating and I adored every minute of it. I have made life long friends thanks to being a part of the Billboard staff. My favorite memories are of staying late on layout nights to get everything polished and our midnight runs to Sheetz. I am currently working at a specialty and emergency veterinary practice in the rehab department. I am finishing my MBA and hope to find a new career path soon.” Sharielle Lawrence Cadet
Shoshana Rudski “In the four years since graduating from Wilson in 2015, I have used my experience from being the Graphic Designer EIC and staff member in a plethora of ways. After graudation, I got hired as the assistant editor for Young Rider and Horse Illustrated magazines where I put everything from my writing, photography, InDesign, and people management skills to use. Since then I’ve decided to switch to managing a large eventing barn in Lexington, KY, and focusing on training sport ponies. I still freelance for the magazines and spend a lot of ‘free time’ picking up other side gigs that all originated from my time with Billboard. My favorite part about working for Wilson’s student paper was the team atmosphere and that’s continued to be my favorite thing about my current job(s). It’s all about finding your tribe and supporting each other. Billboard gave me the best support system I could have asked for.”
Shoshana Rudski
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Present Billboard Staff
“Thank you to the alumni that made Billboard possible, because of being involved in Billboard it has taught me so much and it’s been rewarding to be a part of the club. “ Kelly Shank Business Management Major Class of 2023 Wilson College Tour Guide Billboard Staff Writer Kelly Shank
“Thanks so much to the alumns for giving me the wonderful opportunity to speak out about the things important to me, and letting me gain some real experience as a writer for my future career!” Olivia Shirk DiversiTones President Drama Club Vice President WAAG Secretary Classics Club President Class of 2021 Olivia Shirk
“Thank you so much for giving us the stepping stones to build our little media empire here on campus! With the help of our predecessors and those who have been so kind enough to donate and help make Billboard happen, we have been able to make change happen on this campus and highlight so many wonderful events! Thank you for helping us have Billboard!” Emily Clark Class of 2021 Secretary for Orchesis Copy Editor For Billboard
Emily Clark
“Thank you to all of the former Billboard staff for making media and journalism possible at Wilson and making a difference!” Zachary Powell Communications Major ‘21 Student Athlete Mentor Billboard Newspaper Editor Men’s Basketball Zachary Powell
“I am an exchange student at Wilson and writing was my favorite hobby. I always want to see my article published and billboard provides me a chance to accomplish it. It’s a small step towards the biggest journey. I am very thankful to the sponsors and alumni of billboard for providing the opportunity to the young writers to enhance their expertise. Thank you so much.” Nida Gill Nida Gill