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eginning journalism

produces Rampages

Rampages revived!
This year, Ralston High
started producing a school
newspaper following a
year’s absence.
During the 1987-88
school year Ralston stu­
dents read no student
newspaper. This was due,
in part, said Junior Year­
book Staff Member Peg
Luebbert to the 1986-87
staff not being very pro­
ductive and leaving a lot of
the work up to Nancy Rice,
the adviser. Another
reason for the temporary Yearbook people section editor
halt in newspaper publica­ Sophomore Pam Melichar reviews
tion, Rice said, was that her notes after yearbook interview.
not enough people signed Junior Brandon Speck runs one
up for the class. Again, of the two cameras used at the Cox
this year, not enough Cable public access studio during
people registered to make the production of “Ralston High
a staff, Rice said. “Super­ Tonight”.
intendent Rippe suggested
we produce a newspaper,”
Rice said. So, she selected
her Journalism I students
YEARBOOK STAFF
Front Row: Julie Gibbins, Kerri Olsberg, Lauri Dorrance, to do the job.
Megan Palensky Back Row: Peggy Luebbert, David Eb- Sophomore Heather
meier, Pam Melichar Dyer, a student in the
Journalism I class, said
she, “really liked working
on the newspaper, even
though it was not what she
expected to be doing-.”
Dyer said that the class
did not have to design the
paper they just wrote the
copy that went into it and
Rice pasted it up. Journal­
ism I students also sold
advertising.
“In the class,” Dyer said,
“you had a lot more inde­
pendence than you do in
other classes. You don’t
come into class and sit in
Rampages Staff
Front Row: Allison Schluchter, Angie Jespersen, Nancy Rice your assigned seat for the
sponsor, Colleen Prem, Rachel Benfer Back Row: Marc whole period. You’re free to
Stephens, Mike Rhode, Heather Dyer, Brandon Speck move around, provided you
get your work done in the
Yearbook, Newspaper, Video Yearbook process.” To get ideas for
'.'Produced a totally student run T.V. show. stories, the class usually
(Ralston High Tonight) at Cox Cable. brainstormed for story
'/Designed and edited a print yearbook, a video topics. Dyer said they got
yearbook and David Ebmeier made a senior video. many of their ideas from
vRevived Rampages the announcements and
Vl988 Ram won a first class rating with one mark the Good News. Dyer said,
of distinction for copy from the National Scholastic “I don’t mind writing
Press Association. stories, but sports features
VI988 Ram won a first class rating from the are hard.” She also said
Nebraska High School Press Association. the group, “all works
together,” and she said she
was pleased with the re­
sults.

Besides "Ramtales", there were two underground papers in
1968-1969. They were caSed "Buffalo Chips" and "Asterisk*".

Ramtales, Vol. XII, No. 9, Page 2, February 14, 1969.