Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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Preparing for the Stroman Insight takes a lot of hai;d work during and after school. Violet Garza prepares to layout some pages under the supervision of sports editor, Kim Voekel. Checking the copy of the Insight is editor of the newspaper Cindy Gonzales. As editor Cindy is in charge of all aspects of the production of the Insight, from writing to finished layout. nformative I As feature editor, Tracy Beck is responsible for the Periphery section of the Insight, from assigning the stories to the design and layout of the pages. Kim Haley lays out a Periphery page for the November issue. All staff members take turns designing pages. 66 Insight

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Darron Orsak and Stephanie Collins work together in the darkroom when large orders for pictures are being requested. | hotographers On call at any moment, ready to freeze an instant While other students are enjoying after-school ac- tivities, the publications department photographers are out shooting them, with cameras. These few students are responsible for making sure all athletic teams and school organizations are record- ed on film for use in the yearbook. At the same time, the photographers must cover all concerts and special class-related activities for use in both the yearbook and the newspaper. During the summer, they take all the pictures for the football program and begin recor- ding on film all school activities that are in progress. Their picture-taking responsibilities don ' t stop there, however. Any special assignments for the In- sight and Round Up must be covered, including com- munity happenings and special feature assignments. In the darkroom, the photographers roll, process and print all film for the publications and even make the camera-ready prints for the Insight. During the summer, photography workshops are at- tended on university campuses. Darron Cardosa received the second highest award of most promising photographer at the communications workshop at Sam Houston State University. Mary Jane Delgado, Insight head photographer, loads the camera for the next photographer to u.se. All photographers work together to have everything llowing along smoothly. Part of Darron Cardosa ' s duties as Round Up head photographer is to make sure that enough color and black and white film is on hand for the week ' s assignments. The photographers routinely covered all school activities. In the darkroom, Ricky Garcia checks the cameras to see if they are all in working order. k ii «i£2i Photographers 65

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J nsight Although newspaper staff members were novices, they soon learned about deadlines. Insighl staff members learned quickly thai puttmg out a newspaper takes more than one hour a day. They found themselves slaying late after school and givmg up lunch periods in order to meet deadlines. Since all the staffers were new, editor, Cindy Gonzales, and advisor, Meli- cent Bryarly, decided that learning through doing was the way to proceed during the year. All staff members received hands-on training, from using the computer, to designing and actually being responsible for the design of the pages. We learned to take the initiative, said Kim Voelkel. I was named sports editor and had never before written a sports story, but I learned what to do and how to do it, she said. The staff learned to pull together, said Cindy Gonzales. They assumed responsibility for the paper and did what was necessary. she said. 1 was pleased with the way things turned out, said Mrs. Bryarly. After the initial shock that a paper couldn ' t be put out by a couple of people, everyone really went to work. They weren ' t afraid to try anything and learned through mistakes what would work and what wouldn ' t. During the summer. Tracy Beck and K.im Haley attended a workshop at Sam Houston State University. Tracy won two awards for editorial writing and feature writing, and Kim won an award for feature writing. Staff editors included Cindy Gonzales, editor; Steven Sparkman, manag- ing editor; Tracy Beck, feature editor; Tracy Moreau, news editor; Kim Voelkel, sports editor; Lanell Morris, advertising manager; and Violet Gar- za, business manager. Staff writers were Ren Davenport, Kim Haley. Regina Hammons and Tyson Schmidt Mary Jane Delgac o served as head photographer. Laoell Morris, advertising manager, makes sure that local businesses are represented in the Insight. Besides spending a great amount of time on the phone, she personally works with the advertisers to make sure everything is correct. 1 determines placement of stories and basic layout lgk ■ ' ■ Bfflr - Esther Trevino, Ren Davenport and Tracy Moreau prepare to sell the Insight H,, --„ «v, homeroom period. Papers Mary Jane Delgado confers w Schmidt concerning photos ne The staff did all work themsi camera-ready to the Advocate. !im Voelkel and Tyson in the sports section. , delivering the paper 67