Editorial Notes

A Maiden Issue is a first. Don't we just love the word first - and all the benefits it can give? You're first on the line, you get the first service. First on the list, you're on top. First honors, and you're the brightest among the group. But as in all aspects of life, it has disadvantages. Firsts can be the experiments. The maiden voyage of the Titanic went down. If you're first, there's probably a second (if you know what I mean...)

But the word first can also connote freshness, and with freshness comes quality. And with quality comes a standard, a standard by which people can rally around. We don't claim to be superior, we are a magazine that aims to help people start out. Everything can be first in this part of one's life. Maybe the first job interview, the first time out of school as a fresh graduate, first time independent after two decades under one's parents' custody, first paycheck - everything seems to be new and exciting.

It is this time that one sees the world with a different set of eyes, that is, a different viewpoint. One's view is no longer obstructed or influenced by those who used to be over him. He governs himself now, and we'll help take him there.