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By Phill Reischl their own pictures and also select
What you're reading right now the print which they want to be
goes way beyond the words. printed in the paper.
Much work goes into the pro­ The articles are written by the
duction of a high school newspa­ Journalism I students. These stu­
per, like the Rampages. Many dents work on a given story for 2-
groups or classes like photogra­ 3 weeks, interviewing two or more
phers, editors and writers are people for that story. Then from
needed to make a newspaper. On these notes, they write a rough
the Rampages staff there are 5 draft that is edited by the editors,
photographers, 4 editors, and 11 and after correcting their errors,
Journalism I students. the final draft is written.
Junior news editor, Heather "The Journalism I class is a good
Dyer, says she put a lot of time and class but sometimes it becomes
effort into the making of each issue stressful because of the small
of the newspaper. She and three number of students," said Senior
other editors, Senior Rachel Ben- Journalism I student Jason Bruhn.
fer, Senior Colleen Prem and Sen­ Even though the Ralston staff is
ior Jason Bruhn, edit stories, that small, compared to Millard North's
the Journalism I students write, for paper, The Hoofbeat, which has
grammatical errors and content. 15 journalsim students, 20 pho-
Also, they put much time into hers, and nine editors or to
deciding where stories should be S on's paper, The Scepter,
placed in the paper and on which which has 1 5 journalism students
page. Still their job isn't finished. and six photographers, the Ram­
They also write a story for each pages is still completed every
issue of the Rampages and are month.
responsible for stories on the edi­ What students read every month
torial page of the paper. in Rampages cost about $500 to
A paper wouldn't be complete produce Journalismteacher Nancy
without pictures. Senior photogra­ Rice said. Atleast$200ofitispaicl
pher Jon Chavez said they are given by the selling of advertisements.
assignments for every issue. For This is credited to advertising man­
example, one assignment might be ager, Senior Mike Rhode.
to cover a sporting event at night or Each year Journalism I students
to cover a pep rally. After they and editors are needed to keep the
shoot, they go back and develop paper going. If these numbers
keep decreasing, Ralston will no
longer have a newspaper or a
yearbook.

RAMPAGES
Front Row: Editorial Page Editor
Rachel Benfer, News Editor
Heather Dyer, Feature Editor
Colleen Prem, Adviser Nancy
Rice, Advertising Manager Mike
Rhode Row 2: Suzanne Miller,
Nicole Bostwick, Annalisa
Gillman, Sally MacNeill, Angie
Gutschewski Back Row: Allison
Karsten, Celeste Sila, Patrick
Egger, Dan Gillespie

Junior Pam Melichar decides how to
put the Ads for Grads section in order.
Ads for Grads was a new yearbook
section which featured congratulatory
messages from parents or friends to a
senior.

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