University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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CATION :AN : FRONT ROW: David Grahame Breslauer, Graphics Editor; Christine Beth Hoppe, Reporter; Patricia Rose Kilday, Managing Editor; Mary Elizabeth Walsh, Editor. MIDDLE ROW: Dawn Annette Turnham, Texan Ombudsman; Karen P. Hastings. News Editor; Daniel Jay Holland, Reporter; Keri Rae Guten, Features Editor; David Edgar Rose, Assistant Managing Editor; Ford Fessenden, Assist- ant to the Editor. BACK ROW: Daniel J. Cunningham, Sports Editor; Glenn M. Karisch, Reporter; Russell H. Claybrook, Reporter; Mark David Richardson, Reporter; Michael Wayne Tolson, Assistant Managing Editor. Texan Advertising Staff FRONT ROW: Vernon Wade Lenhart, Gail Ann Hoff- man, Michael Paul Harvey. Advertising Manager, Alice Ramona Kelly, Kevin D Willis. MIDDLE ROW: Elizabeth Kay Carpenter, Mary Lynn Keller, Karen Sue Preston, Alice Marie Griffee, Dianne Louise Slaydon. Sally Eileen Coleman, Linda Marlene Gor- don, John Scott Slaughter. BACK ROW: Robert Joseph Pieper, Annice Northcutt, Catherine Dell Bozeman, Glenn Ryan Massey, Joe Marshall Roddy Jr. Daily Texan 247

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STUDENT PUBLICATIONS THE DAILY TEXAN The Daily Texan reads and looks like a hometown newspaper at its best, an Associated Collegiate Press judge said upon rating UT ' s student newspaper. For the fourth time in 10 years, The Daily Texan won the Pacemaker Award, the highest honor presented by the Associated Collegiate Press and the American News- paper Publisher Association. The Texan had previously been given the award in 1965, 1969 and 1971. Scott Tagliarino was the editor for the 1 975-1 976 award-win- ning newspaper. Mary Walsh edited the newspaper for 1976-1977. Even though Walsh was not the first woman editor, she was proud of that fact. As she put it, Although there ' s a certain amount of prestige and excitement in being the first woman to do something, I would much rather follow a tradition of great women. The Daily Texan was not without its controversies this year. Following an El Toro Tequila advertisement which was viewed as racially discriminative, a barrage of letters and comments flowed into the Texan office and onto the pages of The Daily Texan. Loyd Edmonds, general manager of Texas Student Publications, printed an apology for the ad. Images, a weekly entertainment and television guide supplemented the Monday morning Texan. Student ' s complaints and suggestions concerning The Texan were channeled to a newly-appointed Daily Texan Ombudsman. Serving in the new position during the fall, Dawn Turnham became the go-between for editors and readers. Tom Swinnea served in the spring. Daily Texan staff members operate the new video display terminals as Spring Managing Editor Michael Cardenaz looks on. 246 Daily Texan

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STUDENT PUBLICATIONS ) Texas Student Publications corralled an unbranded yearling, put its TSP stamp on it and produced Maver- ick. As a new magazine which replaced four-year-old Pearl, Maverick was designed to use more spot color, new type styles and graphic innovations. Besides bear- ing the Western-type name in the tradition of other TSP publications, the magazine, under the editorship of Juliet George, carried Western life-style features and short stories. The changes were designed to attract a more diverse readership, adding a variety of human interest and sports features. The name itself was borrowed indi- rectly from Samuel A. Maverick Sr a Texas rancher who neglected to brand his cattle. Maverick then came to denote any unbranded yearling which strayed from the herd. TS of I 1 . Carolyn Fitzgerald 2. Kathryn Jean Boccella 3. Michael Sheann Guarino 4. Mary Catherine Hurter 5. James Anthony Black 6. Juliet Ada George, editor 7. Dwight L. Silverman 8. Robert David Grosvenor 9. Christopher Charles Child 10. Meredith Ann McAtee 1 1 . Ronna Janice Walker 12. Stephanie Lee Megna 248 Maverick