(June 14, 2007) First, to the seniors in Publications: I don’t think I’ve ever had a class with so many seniors. At 17, you made up 53.1% of the class. What an amazing contribution you’ve all made to the work we’ve done: our first yearbook with nearly half color pages, a volume of news­papers that recorded well the stories of your last year at Clark. You’ve taken to heart the mission of the class: to produce the best quality publications possible for Clark’s community. Thank you for taking your job seriously and for trying to record for now and future generations the thoughts, actions and dreams of the Class of 2007. Now, to those seniors not in Publications: Please forgive me and forgive those in the class who misspelled your name, misidentified you in a photo, stretched your pho­to, misquoted you, never quoted you, or wronged you in some other way. When you’ve come to me, I’ve apologized to you, but beyond printing a retraction or correc­tion in the next issue of the newspaper there isn’t much I’ve been able to do for you. I’ve been misquoted too — once when I taught at C.V. and more recently in the L.A. Times . And I was mad, too. So I under­stand your frustration and your anger. But, I hope, too, you’ve appreciated the hard work of your fel­low seniors who have tried — albeit sometimes in an imperfect way — to give you a school newspaper and yearbook of which you can be proud. These hard-working seniors (and non-seniors) have tried their best to give you a record of your years at Clark. Hopefully the Chron­icle has enlightened you, challenged your assump­tions, and perhaps even caused you to you laugh out loud. Hopefully this year’s yearbook you will keep for many years. Twenty years from now when you come to your Clark reunion you will look back at pages 14-15 and recall fondly your senior BBQ and Catalina trip, or your first time giving blood as captured on page 23, or even what will seem like quaint fashions that were captured on pages 28-29. Time will pass, but the memories you’ve made here are preserved for years to come. You have an amazing treasure of experiences from your years here, and perhaps the Chronicle or the yearbook has captured some of these for many years to come. Another Day in Pubs 1:29 — Mathias moseys in. “Hey, Mr. Davis . . .” 1:30 — bell rings; Mr. Davis stands at podium trying to figure just what field trip or school activity has taken away a large portion of the 32-student class. Is it a KATS activity? Maybe another presidential library field trip with Mr. Doom? A robotics competition? 1:32 — Mr. Davis makes some innocuous an­nouncement about needing to get work done. He asks if anyone has announcements. Anahid and Tasha tell seniors to get an ad to help pay for this ex­pensive senior issue you are now reading. And then, wouldn’t you know, it’s someone’s birthday and the class breaks out in song. 1:35 — A mad rush to the 21 computers in the room, except for the select few who plug in their laptops. 1:36 — A few sign out on the white board to the BR, which unbeknownst to Mr. Davis seems to carry Sun Chips or some other snack item. 1:40 — Computers are in full use. Some screens carry productive-looking InDesign pages for the newspaper; others have some cartoon strip or other Internet items that set back our work on this issue by a few days. 1:57 — Ms. Doll calls and asks for one of you to come speak to her about a $5,000 scholarship. 1:58 — Mr. DeVore calls to speak to one of you about an “attendance issue.” Hmmmm. . . maybe that wasn’t a field trip you were on the other day. . . 2:02 — Mr. Davis strolls around the computer area, not really sure what he can do to speed things along. After all, it’s June, and “productivity” and “June” don’t fit together well. Heck, even Mr. Davis doesn’t appear all that productive. He often sits up at the podium, staring off into space. 2:20 — bell rings; a mad rush to the sign-out board to exotic locales like “BR” or “Blattner.”