Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Reviewing lay-outs, the LINKS Co-Editors agree on design. Gregg Peterson and Robin Re-touching makes the photo look polished Rathjen had to recheck copy and photo and ready for the yearbook. Deb Placek does measurements so that all the “puzzle pieces” fit most of the touch-ups. together. Staffs need responsibility Journalists share important characteristics Kip Koll described this person as “Curious, responsible and dependable.” Pam Gall described this person as “knowledgeable, responsible and constantly on the ‘go’. Kris Yates described this person as a real individual “With a better- than-average taste for literature.” Kip, Pam, and Kris were all describing a journalist. With these important characteristics, the per- son in the descriptions could easily be on and of the three journalism staffs at LHS—Advocate, Links or Image. For instance, the person could be Kip on the Advocate staff. Kip liked being on the Advocate staff because as a writer she was allowed a lot of creativity. “You find your own way,” Kip said. “No one is telling you what to do.” Carolyn Goodwin, Advocate staff advisor, said that she was “really impressed by the staffs ability to get beyond personalities for the good of the paper.” She attributes this to the staffs sensitivity. “They really don’t want to hurt each other,” Ms. Goodwin said. Ms. Goodwin also thought that because the staff had overcome the personality problems, the staff worked better as a whole. There wasn’t one person doing all the work, the whole staff worked hard to get the paper out. And every person did what they could, utilizing their talents (and patience) to the fullest. Pam, the business manager for the Links staff felt that same level of cooperation had been reached on the yearbook staff. She felt that the Cont. on page 30 Publications-29

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Choosing the best pictures is one of Lisa Allisons jobs on the LINKS Staff. Lisa and the other photographers may take many pictures before they find the perfect picture among their negatives. Reflection is often an important part of Year book work and Pam Gal! uses some extra time to do just that. Pam was the Business Manager for the LINKS. Head bent over lay-outs was a common sight in the yearbook room. Tracy Lightbody’s job on the LINKS Staff was to draw up lay-outs following the general design of the section. 28 Publications

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Cont. from pg. 29 staff was really coming together, and working well as a whole. However, the Links staff had a rough start. Between the compli- cations of a new advisor, co-editor- ship, and other obstacles, the staff went through a period of “awk- wardness” according to Cathy Knight, Links staff advisor. But, she was impressed with the way the staff “bounced back.” Another complication Ms. Knight was facing was the fact that the whole staff was made up of seniors. And since the Links staff is run nearly entirely by the students, the decision-making skills and refined talents need to be learned through experience on the staff. To remedy this problem, the staff took on 3 underclassmen Kip Koll, Nell Eckersley, and Craig Brouwer second semester. The training received during that short semester was the assurance that next year’s staff would have some experienced members. For the Image board, the year was one of renewal, revival. Last year, there was no Image board or magazine because plans had been made to have a city-wide literary magazine published. However, at the “last minute,” the project had to be abandoned. So, after a year of inactivity, the Image board is back in action. Judy Keller, Image board advisor, noted that even though Image is an LHS publication, its objectives are much different from Links or Ad- vocate. For instance, there was no staff to write all the stories. Everything in Image was from student contribu- tions. Mrs. Keller was impressed with students who do make a con- tribution to the magazine. Signing the Advocate signout chart. Susan Discussing important journalism informa- Morris leaves for yet another important task, tion, Kandi Gordon takes note of the photos Her destination is unknown. that Dan Sweeney needs. They both acted as reporter and photographer during this, their first year on the Advocate staff. 30-Publications