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pages by Melissa
Mac Farlan e Which of these

A. Senior ye arbook editor Erin newspaper
Carter looks over proofs from the
first dead line. Proofs were returned
to the staff after each deadline to
illustrate what each spread would members is a
look like in th e actual yearbook.
B. Sophomore yea rb ook staff
writer Ca itlin Cru z adds copy and photographer?
ca ptions to her spread. In addition
a photograph for a spread in the ~
to being a first-yea r staff writer,
Cruz was a parent ad manage r
throughout the yea r. C. Discuss in g
yea rbook are junior photographers
Kelsy Tay lor and Al ex Jetter. Being
their seco nd year on staff, both
girls took on extra responsibilities
to take photos. photos by Brittany
Reese

Rain Sissel

Yearbook and newspaper staffs scrambled to meet deadlines.

Interviews , pictures, and deadlines were involved in a club," junior Katie Vrtiska sa id. Taylor Meyer
:hree words that the yea rb ook and newspa- Th e newspaper staff publi shed nine is-
Jer staffs planned their li ves around. sues of the Hoofbeat with the most current
For sen ior editors Rachel Gordon and events. Th e staff wrote about everything from
:rin Carter, the 2008 Stampede provided politics to events around the school.
hem with the opportuni ty to make this "It was fun to write big feature sto ri es
'ear 's book better than ever. Th e theme, about events in the news. Bein g on the
This Is Where It Happens," was determined newspaper staff was a lot of fun to be a part
md deve loped before the school year even of," junior joe Thiem sa id.
tarted. One M onday each month, newspaper
"We wanted to pick a theme that every- page ed itors and journalism adviso r Sarah
me could relate to and would be fun for the Cushman stayed after sc hool for five hours
taff to work on. We both knew from the creating news paper layouts down to the most Lydia Selzle
tart what we wa nted the end product to precise detail.
•e like ; we always kept our ideas and plans "From last minute sto ry changes and find-
owing and worked hard to make it hap- in g creative pictures for our pages, layout
•en," Gordon said. ni ght was always stressf ul , but we got a lot
For the first-timers, be ing on the staff gave done. Perso nall y, I spe nt the majority of the
1em a chan ce to engage in an experi ence time freaking out about my focus pages,"
1at they had never taken part in before. junior Gabby Peterson sa id.
"I liked to write and sin ce I had sports af- In the end, the staffs overcame the dead-
~r school, it gave me the opportunity to get line stress to produce successf ul publications.

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