Bement High School - BIM Yearbook (Bement, IL)

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BLACK AND WHITE -DIFFERENT ALL OVER Growing to sixteen members strong, 1987 saw changes in Newsstaff. Besides meeting their deadlines for the BARK, the staff also began a community service project, and due to the lack of a second semester Journalism class, members were brought out and dusted off to write for the weekly turned monthly newspaper. Newsstaff is not only responsible for the publication that appears in the BEMENT RECORD, but its members also celebrated National Newspaper week by increasing awareness of the strength of a free press at BHS, members picked up trash on campus during study halls as a service project to clean up the school, published the Senior Issue, and sold subscriptions to the BEMENT RECORD as their principle fund raising project. “I thought that the service project was a good opportunity for the students to do something for their school, and I think it helped them to build pride in their school,” said Cathy Flood, faculty advisor for the staff. Though weekly publication is rare for high school publications, the BARK was commended by faculty at Ball State Journalism Camp, attended by Editor Lori Bowen, for its timely coverage of school events on such a tight schedule. The monthly publication was a break for the staff, but it won’t become a tradition at BHS. “There’s less pressure without a weekly paper, but I’m looking forward to returning to a weekly publication next year with the return of a Journalism class. I think students realized how much they appreciate having a weekly paper when we became a monthly one,” said Flood. Upper Left: Juniors Sandra Woolley and Heather Vance discuss article ideas after a Newsstaff meeting Right: BARK Editor Lori Bowen passes out article assignments to eager writers Lori attended Ball State Journalism Camp to work on improving the visual aspects of the paper 3h