...and their memories

Frank O'Donnell
Socal Magazine was (in?) the DT's Monday edition. Add your own memory

Mark Patton
Those college days are now a hazy blur. Of course, these days, I can barely remember what I ate for breakfast. When I was at SC, I held Daily Trojan titles such as Editorial Director -- In 1975, I wrote an editorial recommending an end to the Vietnam War, and they promptly obliged ... what power I held in those days! -- features editor and editor of So Cal Magazine (Does it still exist? It was a weekly, Monday features tabloid produced by the DT). One of the stories I wrote for So Cal was about a coed who worked as a call girl to finance her education. I had a tough time explaining my expense voucher after that interview. I remember, about in 1974 or 1975, when a mobile computer van came to campus to show us the future technology of newspapers. "Nah, it'll never replace linotype machines," I predicted boldly. That was also the year I bought stock in the Edsel Automobile Co. My last semester at SC (spring of 1976) was actually spent in Washington D.C. Then-DT editor in chief Kevin McKenna and myself both won paid internships for journalism students (the Sears Congressional Internship Program) to work on Capital Hill from January through May. I served under Congressman Albert Quie of Minnesota, a nice guy who was later (true story) nearly assassinated by Iranian student terrorists. Somehow, in my student evaluation, Quie rated me below those guys. Whatever. When I arrived in Washington, the city was closed down because of a blizzard. It was sweltering with 101-or-so percent humidity when I left. I have lived on the Central California Coast ever since. If you need any more of this drivel, you know where to find me. [Ed note: Drivel? Hardly!] Add your own memory

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