Angelo State University - Rambouillet Yearbook (San Angelo, TX)

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Election special competes with dailies, gives first-hand experience Complete coverage achieved Election night has long been the Super Bowl of newspaper coverage, and ASU journalism students got an early experience while working on the The Ram Page Election Special. About 45 students worked election night and some stayed as late as 5 a.m.. Jim Batts, head of the journal- ism department said. Batts and Ram Page Editor David Ramirez said the election issue gave students first-hand experience for working on a professional newspaper. They were competing head up with any daily, Batts said. Batts said the Ram Page moni- tored network TV and The Associat- ed Press for their election returns. The key to the success of the elec- tion issue was planning, Batts said. Pages were laid-out in advance, and stories were pre-written. Election re- sults were then quickly incorporated into the story. I was going around with a big ul- cer, Ramirez said. He said the night strained everything - my ingenu- ity, my self-confidence and my san- ity. Staff writer Barbara Dempsey, who wrote the election overview story, had to find another source when the networks went off the air without giv- ing any official results, forcing her to use the AP broadcast wire. Before midnight I ate, after mid- night I panicked, she said. - Gary Dulude gs: S 20

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0 N 'v in . X, Q 1 ll 11 01. - Q ,, -su il Q l Ay!! -ll gi YN 1 - ,, President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush wave to supporters while run- ning for re-election in 1984. fAPfWide World Photosl President and Mrs. Reagan celebrate his land- slide victory Nov. 6. Reagan swept 49 states to win a second term. lAPfWide World Photos? Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale made history in July when he nomi- nated Rep. Geraldine Ferraro to be his vice presidential running mate. lAPfWide World Photosl

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,f 311' Nw, 'TEM x xxug .. .- .omg sw. A K i. V-ef' ff! -- V X 0 .if .. V. X - Q. 1 u Republicans vote straight, sweep mock elections The Repulican Party, in what turned out to be a foreshadowing of Election Day, swept the polls in a mock election held in conjunction with homecoming queen balloting. Of the approximately 600 ASU stu- dents who voted in the mock election, 53.4 percent chose to vote a straight Republican ticket. President Reagan easily defeated Democratic challenger Walter Mon- dale by a vote of 447 to 130. In the bitterly contested Senate race, U.S. Rep. Phil Gramm extended the Republican sweep and beat state Sen. Lloyd Doggett 408 to 160. The mock election was added to home- coming queen voting to increase par- ticipation in the election, ASUSA President Tim Weatherby said. He said the number voting doubled to 20 percent of the student body. - Gary Dulude Experience he gained from working on several daily newspapers gives Jim Batts the know- how to advise reporters and co-ordinate the election issue. lArt Hanson PhotofASU News Sz Information? Editor David Ramirez works on the front page layout. tDavid Lozano Photol Ram Page reporters, Jim Batts, and Dr. John Jenson await election results. tDavid Lozano Photol Rhonda Woodall, Alex Draughon, Yolanda Melendez, and Kris Ballard worked late into the night setting copy and laying out pages. tDavid Lozano Photo!