Stroman High School - RoundUp Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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ewspaper Interviewing and rewriting are only part of a reporter ' s job on the Insight. In fact, it is only the beginning . . . Tammie Coleman sorts pictures for the newspaf first edition. Coleman is or the staff members who time between both the an and newspaper staffs. Ink on fingers, sweat on brows, typewriters clacking in the back- ground and the sound of someone try- ing to argue with a computer. This is the situation that the Stroman IN- SIGHT newspaper staff has to deal with when there are only a few days left before a deadline. With staffs this small, said Tracy Beck, editor, everyone is expected to work on both publication staffs and sell ads for both the annual and newspaper. This makes it almost im- possible to prioritize. Something is always left out. This is the situation with the annual and newspaper staffs. Most of the people enrolled in the Advanced Journalism classes work on both staffs, Beck said. Needless to say, this can get com- plicated at deadline time. There Is always the question, What should I do first? Putting out a school newspaper every month that meets the high stan- dards set by the staff is not easy, especially since a new computer system had to be set up to stay com- - ho l Brian Berkman. business manager, is in charge of all advertising for the monthly newspaper and the football pro- gram. Part of his job includes billing all advertisers on a mon- thly basis. Mary Neumann loads newspaper copy into the com- puter for transmission to the Victoria Advocate. Advanced journalism students worked together to publish the Insight newspaper and the Roundup yearbook patible with the new computer system at The Victoria Advocate. When The Advocate changed its computer system to IBM, we had to do the same thing in order to tie in to its system, said Melicent Bryarly, ad- viser. We had a lot of problems, at first, with the changeover. But once the program was debugged, publishing the paper was easier, she said. The INSIGHT is run just like a pro- fessional paper, according to Beck. The reporters conduct interviews, write, rewrite and finally load the copy into the paper ' s computer for transmission to the Advocate. Adver- tising must be sold and designed. Headlines and captions must be writ- ten and typefitted and finally th e pages are ready to be pasted up and made camera-ready for the final trip to the Advocate for printing. We hope to publish one paper every month, Beck said. In the beginning we had a few problems, but I think that we ' ll meet our goal. Last year ' s staff did it, and we can too. =|U?| Newspaper 148

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lilH elle Mitscherling and ;y Pribyl stir the soup he Teacher Apprecia- uncheon. The luncheon annual event that the ;y and staff look for- to. Emi Ramirez Dehlia Ramos Amanda Rendon Libby Rodriguez Dolores Saiazar Sandra Saiazar Michelle Schaefer Nancy Shumbera Elaine Spies Morgan Stevenson Nancy Steves Leslie Thigpen Rachel Thomas Christy Thurmond Jennifer Voelkel Julie Vonderau Tracy Waguespack Danielle Warzecha Rebecca Wilhelmsen Kymberly Williams Chrystal Wotipka Paige Wotipka I have been a member of the Anchor Club for two years. Through the many community service projects that Anchor Club has been involved in, I have been able to learn the meaning of responsibility and leader- ship. Anchor Club has given me the opportunity to help other individuals achieve their needs, and this alone has been quite a learning experience. I feel that Anchor Club is an excellent club for any young lady to participate in. There ' s no doubt that it takes a lot of hard and dedicated work, but the fulfilling rewards are many. Renee Heibel Anchor Club 147

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Insight editor. Tracy Beck, checks a finalized story for the first edition Beck has been able to cope with a limited staff and computer delays which were the result of a change in computer systems at the Victoria Advocate. Jack Rickman is a first year publications staff member who served on both the yearbook and the newspaper staffs. Much experience is gained rapidly as deadlines grow near. It ' s not as easy as it looks. It is more fun, though. Newspaper staff takes a lot of time and true dedication, but it is worth it. When I was in Journalism I as a freshman, I had never even dreamed that I would be on the newspaper, much less hold editorial positions all three years. But, when Mrs. Bryarly told me that she wanted to publish one of my stories, I was thrilled. And that was just the beginning. Now I am the editor. I get the story ideas and assign them to the staff. Then I have to make sure they meet the deadlines while I meet mine. Ads are probably the hardest because there are so many different ways they can be done. I enjoy designing the pages, but my favorite part is just watching others en- joy the paper we worked so hard to publish. TRACY BECK F ' la Wells, a second year staff ber and photo clerk, made all negatives and pictures e numbered and filed ' perly. Newspaper 149