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Whether pacing back and forth through the halls for students, or snapping photos, mem-
bers of publications had the elaborate task of procuring every aspect for the perfect story

PAGES BY MADDIE LORENZEN
Situated in front of a heaping stack of maga- "It's best to have the experience of what you 're
zines and papers, senior Lizzie Johnson clutched writing about. For my first newspaper issue I wrote
her red pen in hand , humming along to Dark Blue about Red Mango, so I went out and tasted it,"
by Jack's Mannequin playing in the background. sophomore Elizabeth Groth said .
As Editor-in-Chief, Johnson was the first student Not only did the writers contribute their time to
ever to portray the role as "commander" for both write stories, but the photographers made it their
yearbook and newspaper. It was her job to keep duty to attend all events, no matter what it took to
the publications smooth-sailing. get there. -
"It was crazy trying to manage both staffs and "I got lost at Memorial Stadium when trying to
keep everything hunky-dory. I had a perpetual find my press pass for the state game. It was like a
stack of papers screaming at me from my desk wild goose chase!" senior Evan Ludes said.
that needed to be edited," Johnson said . When having to hunt down students and capture
Although the pressure piled high , Johnson had moments, the atmosphere in room 1105 could be
the support of writers and photographers. Each very hectic. However, there was balance found
member of publications had the difficult, yet re- with every snapshot, story, and also with some
warding task of recreating memories of the year. help from Jack's Mannequin.

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