Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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TARTAN GOES HIGH-TECH NEW TYPESETTING SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED From light tables, x-acto blades and long nights to state of the art software. Macintoshes and more sleep: such has been the transformation of The Tartan. In the fall of 1986, the student-run newspaper replaced its former typesetting system with a new computer system that permits the layout and printing of entire pages. The ability to see and design whole pages at once is an enormous improvement over the old system of printing out single articles and headlines and cutting and pasting them onto the page. The new system, which uses the Pagcmakcr pagination program from Aldus and Macintosh Plus terminals connected on a MacScrve network, shortens the production time of each issue considerably. Headline writing, corrections, and even major layout changes can all be handled directly and immediately by the section editors, and staffwriters hand in their articles on disk. The layout of the Tartan has become more creative with the implementation of Pagemaker. With options like changing column widths, varied points sizes and leading, and wrapping text around photos or illustrations, an eye-catching or unconventional layout is more easily implemented. Two LaserWriters in the Tartan office allow for tabloid-size proofs of each page before printing on the Art and Technology Center’s Linotronic 300 Typesetter, which the staff has access to. The proofs take the suspense and guesswork out of page design. Future improvements planned for the Tartan include plans to integrate large screen Macintoshes instead of the normal MacPlus terminals currently in use. Article by—Lisa McAnany Layout by—David Si tar Preparing the comic strips each week for :■ Tartan is Art Editor Kurt Shaw. CftmX llt-rn hl nmril Drawn away from his duties as Production Manager. Russ Setigman gives the camera a wide-eyed stare. Widely read by the campus community, the Tartan fills the time between Tuesday classes. 22 Tartan Newspaper

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Jack Potter Only the Godfather's friends were allowed to enter the Kappa Della Rho speakeasy; all others were politely kept out with oozie water guns and the intimidating muscles of the brothers. Carrying primal partying to the extreme. Kappa Sigma brother John Knoblich hangs out in a tree during the Caveman Party. Jack Potter Rush Grcck Theme Parties 21

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The new production system allows Drue Milter. News Editor, to make last-minute corrections, or even run a late-breaking story. After gaining familiarity with Pagemakcr. Entertainment Editor Bruce Kusrel is able to add creativity to the Diversions section. Ad Manager Lisa .ito plans where the advertisements will he placed in an issue of the Tartan. Checking with Editor-in-Chief Lisa McAnany before running the final copy, typesetter Nancy St. Louis makes a correction. ■ Ilttfy (iittcypif Tartan Newspaper 23