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These words come to us from the ancestors who lived through the historical days of the inception and birth of the first Mad Cow. The Spring 1998 issue was published only on the internet, and the first printed issue was published in Winter 1998. After that, there has been an issue published on nice shiny paper every semester, with perhaps one exception. We can’t really figure out which semester went Cow-less, because some issues have the unfortunate tendency to print years on the cover that don’t necessarily match those on the title page.
It was for the Mad Cow that the word “derecognize†was coined in 2001. In the Spring of that year, the magazine published a list of departmental pick-up lines that were of questionable taste. The staff worried that campus would not take kindly to this crude humor. However, nobody batted an eye at most concentrated on the pick-up lines, instead concentrating on ‘Hans Oji’s’ article satirizing the tokenism of , which satirized the then-new post of CC MinCo representative. For this, CC threatened to derecognize the whole organization, realizing student government could not really do anything more menacing. Nevertheless, the The editors realized the need to be more sensitive to the feelings of the campus community. From that issue forth, the Mad Cow has asked volunteers to ‘test-read’ its articles for things that may be hurtful, and publishes a disclaimer in the front of each issue. If you think you may be offended by the upcoming issue, please volunteer Volunteers to test-read can be made by emailing madcow@wso.williams.edu.
The Mad Cow has gone through several editorial dynasties, beginning with the reign of David Ramos '99, who soon turned the reins over to Seth Brown and Art Munson (both ’01), followed by Josh Ain, Rachelle Hassan, and Jenny McElroy (‘03s). In 2003/2004, control was placed on the ’04 triumvirate of Neil Anderson, Al Gordon, and Dan Bahls. Upon their graduation, responsibility passed to [[Amanda R. Van Rhyn '06]] and [[Katherine L. Dieber '07]], who will soon add some names to their administration.
And please contribute anything original and funny to madcow@wso.
