Bloomington High School North, Nikean, 2011, Page 32

Description:	In newspaper, seniorVictoria Ison meets withsenior Sophie Harris andjunior Karima Bourkaryabout a story they wereworking on together.Photo by Maha Elsarragm . ^m -i * WM(r ^1-^f •--rSenior Maria Behrengerstands on a chair in themiddle of the publicationsroom while the newspaperstaff does a birthdaytradition. T was soembarassed, Behrengersaid. They sang to me andmy face got super red!Photo by Maha ElsarragA Morningof YearbookIm sprinting through the dooGunterman doesnt pTareq Hanania, 10Im opening InDesign to workon my spreads.Egla Rrashi, 10oor soIts generally when I start to freakout because I know the class period is about to end.Belle Douglas, 10Its usually the end of my freak outstage. Im usually done with mystory or struggling to email myselfmy story so I can finish at home.Catherine Kagemann, 10Producing a PublicationStudents find pride in a class where they have to take charge.Imagine a hectic environment where people areruniung around the school conducting interviews,writing stories and taking photos in order tomeet deadlines. Someone yells out the name ofa student who walked into the classroom with a passto be interviewed and a staff member escorts thestudent to the couch room. A staffer hangs their presspass around their neck and signs out before leavingthe room to deliver passes. This is a typical day for thestaff members of Fused and Nikean.Yearbook and newspaper are unlike any other classbecause they are student run classes. This means thatit is up to the editors to give instructions to their staffmembers.Its a big responsibility, co-editor of yearbook,senior Emily Couper, said. Its weird giving our peerstilings to do because they are the same age as us. Wehave to act like we have authority.Similar to other classes, newspaper and yearbookare classes that staffers spend time on out of school.Students take pictures of school and non-schoolevents, carry-out interviews, and write stories out ofclass in order to accomplish everything that need tobe done for the publication in school.Theres a life in newspaper and there is a life outsideof newspaper, web editor, senior Sami Haddad, said.Its just the life of the beast. Its just what youre askingfor when you singe up for itThere is so much information to be gathered inorder for a publication to be successful and because ofthis, each staff must work together as a team.Senior Whitney Taylor has first-hand expierence inthis kind of teamwork being a part of both the Nikeanand Fused staff.Its on your shoulders to try to get along witheveryone else, Taylor said, [if we dont] thepublication will crash.Story by Allie Kamen000
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