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Hoffman is from Kingwood and Stanley is Conroe. by Paula Orum, Patrise Shuttlesworth and Kim Board Workshop Reporters Texas A&rM’s Communications Workshop wins overall, at least trucker wl ^cording to the majority of the workshop members, id wine eol' “H’svery motivational and all the Taylor (Publishing Company) K [epresentatives are very enthusiastic about helping the students,” aidDulles High School yearbook staff members. “Awesome, total- uwesome. I think we’ve learned a lot and our yearbook next year called Alta (going to be really radical,” said April Dunkel, a Clements year ns for lod staff member. 8 J * But most students agreed the classes are too lengthy. Shelly Robinson of Navasota High School said, “It gets tiring tilting in class for three hours.” Michelle Foster, Clements photographer and Holly Hershey, Dulles photographer, said, “There’s also too much walking.” ing in Alt Shari Martin of Gonzales High School said, “1 like the workshop, do.sing alllljhn i don't like to get up so early.” Conroe students Jennifer Davis and Mark Phillips said they have hrned a great deal. , , Tomball student Trey Havlick summed it all up: “I feel the lunderbira ( Or ), s h 0 p | ias been a huge success.” e life of ant 1 50s to ti dustry vbi in work.' 'dent show tonight at Quadrangle by Workshop Reporters political ret . likg “I'm i The High School Communications Workshop talent show will beheld today at the Quadrangle. Sandra Utt, workshop director, said she anticipates the best of ie workshop to turn out. “Ofcourse everyone is anxiously awaiting the talent show and all participants are practicing hard,” she said. The director and emcee of this event is Randy Lemmon. Tm hoping for a big turnout,” he said, “and hopefully the second year kids will encourage the others.” Tina Cunningham, of Tyler Street Christian Academy, will dmimstratii j ance i n t h e show. She said she is participating to see the other acts Shari Martin from Gonzales High School said, “People do it because they like entertaining others and they enjoy acting crazy Mary Synek of Incarnate Word had a different idea about the lalent show. I don’t not believe that I could participate because I don’t feel Jedicated enough,” she said. Susan Hendren of Texas City, a dancer in the show, said, “I’m aervous and excited.” Reaganoffl rity” by Klh, ?s a sla] "Take ilia to the grw anomies H “B-Movie' aut "Rom IB ifi vegetal 9 p.m. elections. i • Phone; 775-1531 ZES! id \&:M Mixer: A get-acquainted activity by Anita Arnold and Tina Cunningham Workshop Reporters Amixer for students at the High School Communication Work fop and incoming Texas A&M freshmen was held 1 uesday night the MSC. The activity was planned so students could become better acquainted with people they met earlier in the week. It also gave cm a taste of college life. Liz Benson, a West High School junior, said, “When I walked the room, I did not see anyone I knew. I was just standing around when some Aggie freshman guys came up and started hiking to me. I figured the freshmen would not even associate with gh school students. Boy, was I wrong.” JayJackson, Texas A&M freshman, said, “When I first arrived ptthe mixer, there was no one there, when 1 returned an hour er, I found things had picked up. So I joined in the fun.” A variety of music was played, and the highlight of the evening »asthe “monster mash.” After the mixer, everyone ran to the fish nd by Sbisa Dining Hall for yell practice. Kim Board, Dulles High School senior, said of the mixer, “It was ^ry nice and a super idea. Other workshoppers agreed with her including Darrell Mali Jgwski, Tomball senior, who said, “It was really neat.” Wednesday evening’s tradi tional softball game between the Goons and the Bums — teams of high school journalist students — left Gary’s Goons champions of the Texas A&rM Communica tions Workshop. As a traditional rite, Bums’ coach Butch Milkes, of Taylor Publishing Co., faced a pie thrown by winning coach Gary Frank, also of Taylor Publishing Company. “Sometimes you win. Some times you lose. Sometimes it can’t rain to save your life,” Milkes said, minutes before he received a cream pie in his face. The Goons led throughout the contest; however, victory wasn’t achieved until the final inning. After the Bums tied the game at 15 in the sixth inning, the Goons broke away in their final turn at bat for a 16-15 win. The game, sponsored by Taylor Publishing Co., high lights a week-long list of recrea tional events to entertain the visiting high school students. Taylor representatives this week recruited workshoppers for their teams allowing no hi of players to the teams. Ten stu dents played the field during each inning and everyone bat ted. Those who didn’t play parti cipated in the cheering section. Mark David, Bum’s assistant coach, said the only preparation for the game was to be fired up. “T he purpose is to stimulate the workshop and create rival ry,” he said. Gary Franks savors the moments after creaming losing coach Butch Milkes photo by Peter Rocha with a chocolate pie following the traditional workshop softball game. Dorm life fun but curfew not by Kendall Morgan, Chris Colihan, Biff Goff and Tracey Kelly Workshop Reporters Busy schedules and curfews are a major part of dorm life. A quick change and a short rest are all a student sees of the dorm until evening. Students gather in one room after the midnight curfew and the par- tying goes on until the 2 a.m. “lights-out” curfew. Lisa Cradit of Clements High School said, “Dorm life is fun, but it is no better than living at home. You still have people tell ing you what to do and when to come home at night.” Trey Havlick of Tomball High School, agreed and said, “I’m impressed with dorm life. I just wish that the curfews were later.” Darrell Malinowski of Tom- hall High School said, “The thing I like best about dorm life is having your friends with you on the same floor.” Tracey Kelly of Kingwood High School said, “I was expect ing a hall full of cockroaches, but it’s pretty decent. It looks like someone hasn’t lived here for about 10 years, though. So far,the best thing about dorm life is sharing a hall with a lot of girls your own age.” Sherri Beisert of Tomball High School said, “Despite not being around your friends the first evening, I feel that it’s bet ter to be grouped with people you don’t know. That way you can make many new friends.” Much emphasis is placed on the midnight curfew to protect students from getting lost or in jured late at night. But once all the students are together the noise level rises. Keith Gresham of Lamar Consolidated High School said, “After midnight the noise does pick up, but it’s only because there’s a lot of energy left in everyone.” Penalties for missing curfew are severe, but Malinowski added, “Even with the punish ment for breaking the rules, dorm life is still a lot of fun.” Yearbook staffer photographs workshop by Lisa Landry and Shelly Walger Workshop Reporters Capturing the spirit of the High School Communications Workshop can best be accom plished in one way — through photographs. To do this photographers must sit through endless lec tures, track down anxious re porters on assignment and fol low fellow shutterlings as they embark on identical missions. That’s exactly how Peter Rocha, a Texas A&M senior, has spent the week. Rocha, who stu dents may have noticed follow ing them with camera in hand, is in his second summer as camp photographer. “I’ve been running around all week long trying to catch up with these kids,”' Rocha said. “These photographs may be dis played Friday.” The pictures also will be used in future publicity campaigns. Aside from Rocha’s photo graphy duties, he’s a peer advis- ei;. This job involves socializing with freshmen students during their orientation sessions this summer. As a peer adviser, Rocha attends mixers like the one jour nalism students attended Tues day night. The mixer — spon sored by the Class of ’84 — gives students a chance to get to know each other and meet people from other schools. “Mixers are basically a dance,” Rocha said, “but at A&M we don’t do anything like anybody else. “Peer advisers also conduct sessions in which two advisers meet with eight incoming fresh men and discuss Texas A&M life.” Rocha interviewed to become a peer adviser. His reason for joining? Simply to meet people, he said. Rocha, an English major, is also a member of the Aggieland yearbook staff, which he said is the “biggest and the best in the nation.” He has photographed such events as Texas A&M foot ball games, Southwest Confer ence basketball tournament ac tion and swim meets. Since his senior year in high school, Rocha has been involved in photography and plans to continue in his career. Conroe reaches advertising goal by Paula Orum, Patrise Shuttlesworth and Kim Board Workshop Reporters For the second consecutive year Conroe High School has set the national record for yearbook advertising sales. This year it reached a new high of almost $20,000 in ad revenue. The competition between Conroe and two new high schools in that area — McCul lough and Oakridge — caused Conroe students to strive for and achieve their advertising goal. Although there are various ways to sell ads, Conroe year book staffers looked at the situa tion from a different angle by selling primarily to students rather than to community businesses. Adviser Cindy Dodd said, “I’d rather sell ads to the kids than the community because it’s their book.” Although Conroe students enjoyed selling ads to their peers, they didn’t overlook posi tive attitudes, enthusiasm and organization when they sold ads to the community. Yearbook co-editors Rebecca Traylor and Jeff Barnes agreed. They said it is exciting holding the national record for two con secutive years, but is a lot of work. They added that the staff always tries to improve from the following year. Dodd has stiff requirements for prospective staffers. For ex ample, each staffer must sell $600 worth of advertising be fore becoming a permanent member of the staff. Other high schools with large advertising sales are Texas City, under the direction of Karolyn Hackbar, selling $8,000 worth, and Oakridge, directed by Ron Wurthman, selling $6,500 worth. The Conroe High School yearbook staff displays the energy that enabled them to lead the nation in yearbook advertising sales for the second consecutive year. 10% 9-8776 Journalistic technique aim of workshop la: 5C by Mary Synek, Tench Flores, Shelly Robinson, Rhonda Blinka and Shari Martin Workshop Reporters Roving reporters, yearbook ffers and photographers in- ®ded Texas A&M this week for annual High School Com- tiunications Workshop. Attend- tg are 238 students from 29 Ws high schools. There are 42 students in the Photography Division, 158 in ^yearbook Division, and 38 in newspaper division. These lumbers represent a decrease fom years past in the yearbook photography divisions, but ^increase in the newspaper di- lision. Dr. Sandra Utt, workshop di rector, said, “I feel the decrease H enrollment is due to the eco nomy and the fact that the Uni- 'ersity of Texas is also having a .Aimmer workshop this year.” Jjjlfc Texas A&M’s summer work- lop has been held for 25 years. “The biggest thing we have to worry about is the organization of the workshop. I’m really pleased with how smoothly the workshop is running,” Utt said. Taylor Publishing Company is sponsoring the yearbook ses sions. Taylor representative Mark David, said, “Our goal is to edu cate students and to provide a place for them to learn the mechanics of putting together a yearbook.” The company participates in eight workshops across Texas. Areas important to the publi cation of successful high school yearbooks are discussed includ ing layout, finance, copy- preparation, themes, basic ter minology and advertising. Gassy Jordan, who has work ed as a journalist for 18 years, is now an instructor of journalism and publications adviser at McLennan Community College in Waco. She is directing the newspaper division of the work shop. Tuesday’s newspaper ses sion included stories from advis ers who accompanied their stu dents at the workshop. Sandy Farris from Bryan dis cussed her near fatal brush with cancer. Bill Streich, journalism adviser from Dulles High School, reminisced on how Texas A&M’s journalism de partment began in the early 50s. He also praised the University’s agricultural journalism depart ment. Bob Heaberlin, adviser from Areas important to the publication of success ful high school year books are discussed. Gonzales High School, talked about his undergraduate educa tion in communications, which included being a classmate of Dan Rather’s at Sam Houston State University. Another highlight of the workshop was the lecture on importance of journalists pre journalists’ responsibilities and senting themselves in a profes- interviewing techniques, which sional manner, was presented by Jordan. Photography students are de- At Jordan’s request, a panel , ~ ~ ofjournalists Friday will critique An advanced photo- the newspaper and the students’ work. T believe in hands-on, prac tical approaches to journalism training. I like to entertain my students so that learning is as painless as possible,” Jordan said. “I’m having a real good time and the students say they are, too, but some students probably didn’t expect this much work. All in all, we’re hav ing a great time.” Reporting students joined yearbook students for a presen tation by Taylor Publishing Company on the necessity of advertising in the communica tion field. Mark David and Mike Parker of Taylor gave examples of improper and correct sales manship in the soliciting of high school ads. They pinpointed the “An advanced grapher should be able to focus, expose, de velop, and print cor rectly. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work that way.“ veloping their skills with the help of Fred Bunch and Ho ward Filers. Bunch, Houston Post photo journalist for 15 years, is in structing advanced students. ‘‘An advanced photographer should be able to focus, expose, develop, and print correctly,” he said. “Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work that way. I’m trying to correct this. “I’m trying to think like a yearbook editor would think. I * want them to think of a year book as a documentary of the school year. I want to give them assignments that will help them next year-in high school.” Photographs of dorm life, workshop classes and campus features are just some of the assignments distributed by Bunch. He said he would like his students to learn how to concen trate on details. Bunch is trying to pull his stu dents away from the practice of taking mug shots. Instead, he is stressing the importance of en vironmental shots — a photo graph taken in a person’s natu ral surroundings. Filers, associate professor of journalism at Texas A&M, is guiding the beginning photo graphers. “We’re going to try to accom plish one thing each day,” he said. His first step is to explain handling a camera and using dark rooms. Filers said. Editor’s note Pages 6 and 7 of today’s Bat talion were produced (at least in part) by high school students who are attending a communi cations workshop here this week. The students have attended seminars all week and used some of what they learned to write the stories on these pages. After the stories were finished, some of the students also helped with the layout and editing.