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~EDITING
                                                                                    pages  by  Katie Vrtiska  and Anne Fortson
                                                                                  Behind the sce nes  of sc hool publicatio ns sat
                                                                                  jo urnalists  letting their creative juices flow.

                         Behind eve ry story there is a writer. Behind eve ry pic-
          LU                                                                 became immersed  in  other aspects  of student life.
                                                                               "I get to go around and take  pictures,  which makes
                       ture, there is a photographer.  And behind every school
                       publication, there is a staff.
                                                                             me actually fee l more involved  in school activities,"
                         Th e yea rbook staff worked throughout the year to
                                                                             sen ior Chloe Ekberg sa id.
          \J                                                                 worked  yea r-round in  producin g the Hoofbeat. Th e
                       create the final book. But the yea rbook room was  no
                                                                               Much like the yea rbook staff,  the newspaper staff also
                       typical classroom.
                         "Th e yea rbook environment is  ve ry laid  back,  so  it
                                                                             monthly publi cation required dedication and daily ef-
                       makes  it eas ier to work  and to have  fun," senior Tim
                       Lundy  sa id.                                         fort from the journali sts.
                                                                               "The most difficult part of newspaper for me  is orga-
                         With a plethora  of students  to choose  from, it would   nizing  all  the aspects  of the spo rts  page  in  a timely man-
                       have see med that creating the yearbook would have    ner.  Th ere's so  much to co nsider between what kind
                       bee n simple.                                         of photos I want, the length  of the sto ri es  on my page,
                         "Finding students is the easy  part, but it gets  diffi-  and  how it's  all  go ing to look on the finished  product,"
                       cult to try and pump information out of them for good   se ni or Scott  Wexler  sa id.
          LU                                                                 showed up in  the success  of their final products.
                       quotes," sop homore writer  Lizzie johnson sa id.
                                                                               Th e hard  work of the yea rbook and newspaper staffs
                         By  covering va ri ous school activities, staff members














































           A. Admiring th e famous St.  Loui s Arch while on a
           weekend  journa lism trip are  se ni or Scott Wex ler, junior
           Alyssa  Amen, and  se nior jenna Lenihan. Stud ents  were in
           St.  Louis attending the Journali sm Edu ca tion Associa ti on
            National Convention. B. Sen ior news paper editors Asha
           Anchan and Gabby Peterso n work  on perfecting a page.
            "The  hardest part about being an editor is helpin g eve ry-
           one stay  on tas k with deadli nes,  beca use  yo u are not only
           worrying about yo urself, but also  about other people,"
           Anchan  sa id.  photos contributed by }enna Lenihan and
            by Lindsey von  Gil/ern



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