Irvine High School - Citadel Yearbook (Irvine, CA)

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HIGH FIVE: Juniors Mike Angus and Shane Brosnan find something to cheer about as they take rtme out from their agonizing advertising campaigns for newspaper ads. UNDIVIDED ATTENTION: After a deadline, Managing Editor and Senior Dan Smetanka discusses ideas for the upcoming paper with the editor-in-chief. r rganization and experience comprises press The motivated and diligent El Vaquero newspaper staff worked together in Advanced Journalism to produce a mon- thly newspaper geared toward informing students about the issues that took place on campus. According to Senior Manag- ing Editor Dan Smetanka, the class helped students learn about layout design and the framework of a professional publication. Newspaper Advisor Tam- mie Montgomery said about the atmosphere ' of the class, This class is highly motivated. Producing news is a highly complicated and stressful task, so we have our moments of tension, but we always work through them. The bottom line is that we all work together, and we ' re hav- ing fun. One of the staff ' s goals was to produce articles that would get more students interested in reading the work that so much effort was put into. Editorial Writer Mary Wang noted, I think the whole stu- dent body has been ap- preciating the newspaper more because the stories are. better and more relevant to not only the school, but the outside world. The newspaper is much more interesting in terms of layouts, graphics and stories. The staff had to deal with controversy on news articles. With the new Supreme Court ruling that publications could be censored, the newspaper was slightly limited in what it could and could not print. However, controversial articles such as Abortion and Student Rights did appear in early publications. Montgomery stated. Sometimes people don ' t like it when certain stories appear. The trick is to have stories that meet the journalistic stan- dards and ethics. Montgomery mentioned that Editor-in-Chief Joe Bel Bruno, in his fourth year on staff, was an asset to the paper ' s suc- cess in remodeling. He said, We ' ve revamped the paper. The difference in us is that we try not to shy away from controversy. We try to make people think. Bel Bruno expressed that the stories were of higher quality due to strengths in wnting, and that they were more in-depth oriented. He positively remarked about newspaper competition, I wouldn ' t be surprised if we won some awards this year -by Victor Lee LAUGHING IT UP: Viewpoint Editor Loc Phan enjoys a laugh as he discusses the new Supreme Court decision on censorship in class. 26 El Vaquero Activities

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HEAR YE, HEAR YE: Senior, Shannon Casey grabs the a ttention of her fourth period Forensics class audience as she presents her views on the topic for the day. MATERIAL GIRL: As the audience shouts, Senior Lisa Gasho lip-syncs to her favorite Madonna song in the lip-sync contest held by the fourth period Foren- sics class in the speech room. Joiin Demas ON CAPITOL HILL: This wing of Congress, the House of Representatives was one of the many buildings students learned about on their workday studying Capitol Hill. A MONUMENTAL BUILDING: The Capitol Building was one of the focal points discussed by students in Washington D.C., housing the Senate and the House of Representatives. Activities Close Up Forensics 25

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EL VAQUERO: Bottom Row: Eric Camiling, Jonathan Lau, Ed Lee, Joe Bel Bruno, Stacy Sadler, Ad- THANKS FOR THE SOUND ADVICE: An inquisitive visor Tammie Montgomery, Liz Pettit; Top Row: Loc Phan, Steve Collins, Kristy Prechtl, Shane M ry Wang discusses ideas on the struchire of her story Brosnan, Andy Peclc, Mantana Churanakoses, Dan Smetanka, Mary Wang, Amy Chang, Sarah ' ' Advisor Tammie Montgomery minutes before lunch. Whittenberg. Not pictured: Grace Gardellini. Liz Pellit SEEN AT THE SCENE: Sarah Whittenberg, editor of The Scene, spends the little leisure time she has during Advanced Journalism to get involved in a newspaper article. LEADER OF THE PACK: Newspaper Advisor Tammie Montgomery instructs the enthusiastic Advanced Jour- nalism class about the upcoming issue of the El Vaquero two days after their last cfeadline. Activities El Vaquero 27