Alief Elsik High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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PS Members: Front: L. Brown, S. Shah, C. Doan. Second: Sponsor Mrs. enberry, L. Hahn, L. Farney, M. Ma. Back: P. Rose, G. Winstead, R. Husscini. Photo by R. Law Junior Lore Hahn puts pages in order before sending them off to the printer. Photo by R. Law omorc Ginger Winstead and Senior Richard Husscini select pictures to go their literature. Voices 6th In 1979 Mrs. Alice Pierce was the beginning sponsor of the literary magazine. Afterthe 1980 issue, she was unable tocontinue this role and publication ceased. Not until 1983 did Voices find a new sponsor. Mrs. VVrotenberry volunteered to take on this task. During the fall Voices planned the contests and worked on publicity. They learned how to judge literary merit and solicit material to be submitted. Then they began to select what exactly would go into the magazine. Preparation of the copy started during March and April. The 1984 Voices had 172 pages of literary and art jmorc Melissa Dozier enjoys her ide to the U of H workshop. Photo by R. Law- Sophomore Chris Theofamidis enjoys amusing Senior Richard Husscini and Sophomore Darryl Orsak after a long day at the U of H Presentation. Photo by R. Law in State work. There were 76 art contributors and 60 literary contributors. This long process ended in May and magazine sales, along with the sale of Gold Coupon Books with NHS, contributed to their fund- raising. V o cesentered the Texas High School Press Association Con- test where they were awarded 6th place in State and have plans to enter the Scholastic Compe- tition and the new NCTE competition in the future. Voices held weekly meetings on Mondays at 7:00 a.m. in Room N220 to provide a showcase for the literary and artistic talent of Elsik, and to further organize the magazine, explained Mrs. Wrotenberry. Voices Participation 175

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Hudson, Loss Lead NFL at Tournaments The National Forensics League (NFL) promotes the interests of interscholastic debate, oratory, and public speaking by encouraging a spirit of fellowship and conferring upon deserving candidates a worthy badge of distinction, said sponsor Mrs. DeLecour. Their year started off with days of practicing which takes a lot of time and hard work. During football season they helped in stadium clean-up. They participated in the Middle School Speech Festival, which is a speech tournament put on by the middle school students and judged by high school students. They also had a bake sale. NFL has entered numerous speech tournaments such as the Westchester Tournament, Robert E. Lee Speech Tournament, Kashmere Speech Tournament, Clear Lake Speech Tournament, Westbury Speech Tournament, and the Memorial Speech Tournament. The Spring Branch Student Congress is a speech tournament in which the students are members of the Congress and discuss and debate the pros and cons of politics and other topics. The members have received numerous individual awards for Debate, Prose Inter- pretation, Poetry Interpretation, Extemporaneous Speaking, Dramatic and Humorous In- terpretation, and Original Oratory. At the Memorial Speech Tournament Eric Hudson won 4th place in Prose Interpretation. Gary Loss was a quarter finalist in Lincoln- Douglas debate. Missy Brown and Scott McFarlane were Semi-finalists in Extempo- raneous Speaking, and Penni Siemens was a Semi-finalist in Poetry Interpretation. Speech Club enchances your communication skills by helping you deal more with your problems and people around you, because everyone needs and uses communication in everyday life. It plays an important role, replied Gary Loss. Club member Ginger Winstead comments, Speech Club has taught me how to deal with and talk to people, it has brought me out of my shyness . Mrs. DeLecour commented, I am really proud of my group of kids because they are trying out new things for the first time and have really been successful at it. They are a dedicated group of kids . Penni Siemens practices after school for the Memorial Tournament. Photo by S. Lackey Missy Brown and Penni Seimens researches for their upcoming tournamen Photo by S. Lac Gary Loss practices in front of memt after school. Photo by S. Lac! 174 Participation Speech Club

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Getting Better . . . Ramblings and Rampage Strive for Improvements I feel this has been the best year ever for the Ramblings and the Rampage. Mrs. Ritter has really helped us improve a lot, commented Ramblings Assis- tant Editor Rae Rabe. Many new things were introduced such as weekly and deadline planners, beats, coverage journals, after school nights, and the lepper list. Goals for the year included getting everyone in the yearbook, not just the Popular People, and to give every sport, club, and class equal coverage. Inexperience caused the year to start out slow. The first semester was spent learning how to do layouts, write copy, and interview, whereas the newspaper staff was given story assignments the first week of school. There were many benefitsand drawbacks of being on staff. A lot of time is involved which meant sometimes missing some other activities because of a deadline. Rampage Reporter Susan Garvin revealed, It's a great feeling when after staying up all night writing a story, after three hours were spent interviewing only three people, and then, turning in the story without many mistakes, and finally having it done! Yearbook is the only class I have that can really alter my emotions. Most of the coaches and students are very helpful. With all of the team morale and fun times we've had together it all pays off, exclaimed Junior Lisa Baroski. Both yearbook and newspaper staffers attended two journalism conferences held at The University of Houston. Sessions were held to teach the staffs about copy writing, staff morale, choosing themes, caption writing, interviewing, and sell- ing ads. There was also a press conference held by Amanda Arnold of Channel 11. Staffers also attended the I.L.P.C. State Convention in Austin. Photo- grapher Randy Law and Ad Manager Ahmed (The Shiek) Sheikh were Division 5A state award winners. Randy captured 1st place for his photo essay of the Police and 3rd place for his feature photo of cheerleader Shawn Fields, while Ahmed won 1st place in advertising design. The Rampage staff will never forget when: Ahmed while selling an ad referred to his secretary as Karen, the first time they tried to figure out how to layout a paper and what an exacto knife was, or when Elliot surprised Mrs. Ritter with a new Gene Simmons paperweight for her desk, commented Rampage Reporter Tina Hansen. Ramblings Sports Editor Lisa Baroski said, I think the most difficult thing for me has been asserting myself. I have had to walk up to perfect strangers (some of whom very popular, big, scary football players) and engage in a interviewing conver- sation as though we'd known each other for years. Both staffs can never show their full appreciation to the dedicated photographers who were invaluable to each publication's success. Between work and yearbook, time seems non-existant, but in the end, all this work will have paid off greatly, remarked Photo- grapher Stacey Lackey. By S. Lawrence, Editor Dedicated Assistant Editor Rae Ral never without her typewriter Dominos pizza before a deadline. Photo by R. Feature Editor Audra Sanchez panii time runs short for correc newspaper errors at the prin Type-Rite Graphics. Photo by R. News Editor Elliot Segal finds a comfortable place to write interview questions. Photo by K. Groves Newspaper Staff: Front: Reporter Jill Nichols, News Editor Elliot Segal, Reporter Susan Garvin. Back: Reporter Lisa Tebbano, Feature Editor Audra Sanchez, Reporter Tina Hansen, Business Manager Ahmed Sheikh, Reporter Lea Ann Rushing. Not Pictured: Photographer Karen Groves. 176 Participation Publications