Los Angeles Valley College - Crown Yearbook (Valley Glen, CA)

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,,.,,.,mg,ey.:ga Leo Garapedian, who advises the sports page of the newspaper, also doubles as an editorial adviser and handles the staff of Sceptre, the Evening Division magazine. At the City College print shop, assistant managing editor Bobbi Wagner and editor Carruth go over last minute changes in Star schedule with shop manager Chuck Robinson. A unique feature of the Star is its editorial policy board. All edi- torials must be thrashed out in a weekly meeting where seven editors and a representative of the publisher decide what the Star's opinion will be. An editorial topic is put on the floor for discussion by any member of the board. After thorough dis- cussion, the editor calls for a vote. The agreement of the board must be unanimous, for one veto by any member kills the editorial and a new topic is introduced. This is why the Star can say, All editorials repre- sent the unanimous opinion of the entire staff. This semesters editorial board members included Brent Carruth, editorg Roger Karraker, managing edi- torg Colleen Ferguson, city editor, Mikki Rohaly, copy editorg Ted Weisgal, news editorg Dick Shumsky, sports editor, Steve Chaton, assistant sports editorg and Leo Garapedian, representative of the publisher. Entering the field of magazines, there is Sceptre, a monthly night school publication, whose editor is Joe Dojcsak, fourth semester journalism major. It is strictly a feature magazine which is representative of Valley College life. Crown is also a learning tool. It is a yearly maga- zine annual which is designed to tell the story of Val- ley College for that particular year. It is mainly a pic- ture publication. This yearis editor is Roger Karraker. Inside magazine, under the editorship of Dennis Burns, is published in conjunction with the journalism departments of the seven LA junior colleges. It gives students working on the magazine an opportunity to work with writers outside of their home college. The college handbook, which is prepared to help the new student entering Valley, is put together under the direction of Shirley Paul. These magazines and the newspaper give the jour- nalism student at Valley College the opportunity to improve by writing, writing, writing. fn

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Guest speakers, such as alumnus 1 Dave Wright pictured here, speak to the ' 90 students of Journalism l about work on metropolitan newspapers. All eyes are on editor Carruth as he calls the editorial board to order. Staff members who are not on the board may sit in but may not vote. fl mf! -ws.. ' Q-, - f ' A mediocre writer becomes a good writer by writing, writing, writing. He gains experience, en- hances his vocabulary and perfects his particular style by taking many assignments on the various publica- tions at Valley, which were designed for this express purpose. There are three magazines and a weekly newspaper available for the journalist to demonstrate his writing ability. ' The Valley Star, The Voice of Valley College, which appears on the news stands every Thursday morning, is rated as one of the top junior college papers in the nation. Reporters cover any impor- tant events which have direct eEect on the student body. This includes on and off campus happenings. Dale Robertson, who is chief photographer for the iournalism department as well as for Inside, Sceptre and Crown magazines, spends cz considerable portion of his time in the inner recesses of the new darkroom. Star photographer Ken Westfield goes over the photo assignments for the upcoming issue of the Star. H

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N l - -in 5. P f W x f 'K N - x - ' ' .. ' t - -, ' ...: -j 1 T , 'l i ,L Q-S w ' I . 5 t si 3, 53 wwmw Joe Doicsak enioys snapping pictures of campus lovelies- iust one phase of his photography class. The mark of a scholar Editor Doicsak spends many hours planning monthly editions of Sceptre magazine with his large staff. 'X ii i-