May 2003 Stet by MIPAMSU

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May/June 2003 Vol. 30, No. 2

Michigan Interscholastic Press Association

WHATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S INSIDE Time to join MIPA for 2003-2004

3 Yearbook contest form

Literary Magazine contest form

10 On-site contest winners

11 Should you make the switch to InDesign?

12-13 Photo by Sally Keiser, Mona Shores HS, Muskegon

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President’s Column

No more spring break trips for Price By Julie Price Haslett HS

I Julie Price MIPA President

’ve taken a new vow. It has nothing to do with losing weight, getting more exercise or winning the Pulitzer Prize. I have vowed to never, ever, ever, EVER go on another spring break trip. This is the first spring break in forever that I’ve gone away. Usually, I stay home basking in the crummy Michigan weather and moisturizing my cracked, dry skin. Not this year. This spring break I accompanied my daughter (a high school senior), four other girls and two moms on a Caribbean cruise. Departure from Miami, stops in Key West and Cozumel, Mexico. Hot sun, soothing ocean breezes and a variety of drinks that went quite nicely with limes. Majority of my time was spent stretched out on a deck chair reading books. Four day cruise, five books. It was heaven. But I will never, ever, ever, EVER again torture myself in such a manner. OK, the trip wasn’t torture. It’s been the

arrival back into the dark halls of the high school that’s been excruciating. Back to the books, back to the lesson plans, back to the last two issues of the newspaper, back to distribution of 850 yearbooks. Back to being focused. Darn it, I have a bad case of senioritis. You all know what I mean by senioritis. We know it’s not listed in the medical books, but we’ve all seen it debilitate our high school seniors each spring. Some of our best, most reliable students—the backbones of our programs—become unfocused and unreliable. Deadlines are missed and in-depth stories for which these students are renowned are suddenly four-inch, no-source pieces of junk. In past years, I couldn’t relate. “Get focused,” I screamed. “We’re almost done, you have got to hang in there,” I cajoled. This year, I’m fighting the temptation to plop down in their huddles and join them in the pursuit of nothing. But I’ve fought the pull. Instead, I’ve put my energy into

finding focus for myself and my students. And I know many of you out there are fighting the good fight with me. What to do? My pursuit of personal refocus has me pouring over workshop brochures and applying for a variety of opportunities that are out there. One of the more rejuvenating experiences I look forward to is the Publications Advisers Workshop at Michigan State University. Classes are offered two weeks, July 21-25 and July 28-Aug. 1. If you’re able to stay on campus for the week, do it. Classes during the day are great, but the latenight bull sessions outside the Van Hoosen Apartments are absolutely re-energizing. If the MSU dates don’t work for you, look into other programs that are out there. Meet new people, learn new things, stay on top of the daunting learning curve. This is also the time to fire up our kids for next year. Make a big deal out of naming next year’s editors. Usher out this year’s

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MIPA Officers 2003-2004 President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President Secretary Trustee Trustee Trustee Newspaper Chair Legislative Chair Workshop Chair Middle School Chair Broadcast Chair Yearbook Chair Hall of Fame Chair Past President Executive Director J-School Director MIPA Office Staff

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Julie Price, Haslett HS (517) 339-8249 Brian Wilson, Waterford Kettering HS (248) 673-6287 Rod Satterthwaite, Dexter HS (734) 426-3991 Kim Kozian, L’Anse Creuse HS North (810) 949-4450 ex 45 Nikki Faricy, Stevenson HS (810) 268-4700 Amber Gebrowsky, Clarkston HS (248) 623-3600 Sandra Strall, Carlson HS (734) 379-2391 Kevin Moore, Lake Orion HS (248) 693-5420 Gloria Olman, Utica HS (586) 254-8300 ex 61 Betsy Pollard Rau, H.H. Dow HS (517) 839-2482 Ricardo Martin, Birmingham Covington MS (248) 203-4444 Diane Herder, Laingsburg HS (517) 651-5091 Lynn Strause, East Lansing HS (517) 332-2545 Jeff Nardone, Grosse Pointe South HS (313) 343-2133 Kirk Weber, Lake Orion HS (248) 693-5420 Cheryl Pell, Michigan State University (517) 353-6761 Steve Lacy, MSU School of Journalism (517) 355-1520 Molly Stump, Jeremy Whiting, Jessica Hulett E-mail: mipa@msu.edu http://mipa.jrn.msu.edu

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IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT for scholastic journalism at the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame in April. Larry Mack, second from right, was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He advised publications in Michigan for 36 years, and retired as adviser of the Reflector News at Jackson HS in 1994. Second from the left is Jane Briggs Bunting, also an inductee. She helps Michigan high school journalism students with censorship issues and is the new director of the MSU School of Journalism. Surrounding the two are Gloria Olman, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997, and Ken Siver, former publication adviser at Southfield HS and president of the Journalism Education Association. Currently, Siver is the director of information services for the Southfield Public Schools.

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2003-2004 MIPA Membership Application Form Please note: Throughout the 2003-2004 school year MIPA will be trying to use e-mail and the MIPA Web site as a way to communicate information to you. We will not be sending out large packets of information for conferences and contests. We will be sending out postcards to alert you of the conferences and contests and then ask that you visit the Web site to download information, forms and details. If you cannot get the information to download or print, we will gladly send packets upon request. This will help reduce the high cost of mailing, but it also is a way of communication that is becoming so very common. We hope you will bookmark the MIPA Web site and make a habit of going to it to find the information you need. http://www.mipa.jrn.msu.edu Please don’t ever hesitate to call the MIPA office at (517) 353-6761, or e-mail us at mipa@msu.edu. Thank you, and thanks for joining MIPA!

Deadline: Schools must join MIPA by Jan. 31, 2004, to participate in contests for that calendar year.

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Censoring the next generation By Krista Totzke Western Michigan University Pre-Service Teacher

Kris Totzke is a post-baccalaureate education student at Western Michigan University. She graduated from MSU in 1998 with a degree in Agriculture and Natural Resources Communications. Kris wrote this article to fulfill a journalism requirement at MSU.

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rian Larsen, a student news editor for the nationalaward-winning Arrow at Utica High School, Utica, Mich., said his adviser and staff ran into a similar situation this year. “We had found out that the school district was being sued by a man who felt the diesel exhaust from the school’s busses was responsible for his recent diagnosis of lung cancer; he lives very close to the district’s bus garage,” Larsen said. “Katy Dean, a coSports Editor, did the major research. Everything was legitimate, but the principal asked to see the story.” Larsen said the adviser, Gloria Grove Olman, a 1992 Dow Jones Newspaper Funding National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year, had left the room when the principal, Richard Machesky asked to see the story. “Up until this point,” Larsen said, “we had no prior review.” After Olman met with Machesky during a meeting the next morning, Larsen said Olman reported to the students that there was no way they could print the story, otherwise Olman would be fired for insubordination, even though the story had already been covered extensively by local media. Larsen said the staff pulled the story and the editorial cartoon and instead, included a long editorial about censorship. After contacting the Student Press Law Center, where they found out they fall under the Tinker case, Larsen said the Arrow staff wrote a letter of appeal to Principal Machesky, stating their

In the last issue of Stet, we printed Part One of this article based on a panel discussion at the MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop. Panel members included John Bowen, a member of the Student Press Law Center board of directors and adviser at Lakewood HS (Ohio); Julie Price, MIPA president and adviser at Haslett HS and Brain Larsen, a student journalist at Utica HS.

reasons for investigating and publishing the story and asking for his reasons to pull and censor the story. They pleaded for a reversal of their censorship and cited their right to free speech as a public forum. The principal’s reply included a comment about “irresponsible journalism and that [the staff] didn’t look at the whole story,” Larsen said. “The principal told us he was using ‘editorial discretion.’” An article published on the Student Press Law Center Web site on April 9, 2002, stated that “‘The Arrow is a school-sponsored, curriculum-based publication, over which the school exercises a great deal of control,’ Machesky wrote in a letter to the staff. He said he chose to withhold the items due to ‘factual errors,’ and Superintendent Joan Sergent supported his decision.” After hand-delivering another letter, this time to the superintendent at a school board meeting, Larsen waited for a reply and after three days received the same basic letter the principal had already written. “We just wanted the reasons why,” Larsen said, “but we never got them.” The Student Press Law Center advised the Utica staff to write a press release and go to the local media regarding the censorship. The Macomb Daily ran the full story and the students’ editorial on censorship, unedited. Larsen said they ran another editorial the next day on how this is occurring more frequently. Larsen said that Katy Dean, author of the article, has vowed to sue the school if necessary and is currently looking for legal representation.

“The Student Press Law Center thinks the Utica case is the best case to overturn the Hazelwood case.” John Bowen, Panelist & adviser at Lakewood HS (Ohio)

Arrow Censorship Timeline Feb, 2002: Katy Dean and photographer Dan Butts work on bus garage story over their midwinter break. They interview the Frances (the couple that filed the lawsuit) March 7, 2002: The day the Arrow is supposed to go to press, Utica High Principal Richard Machesky orders the bus garage story to be pulled from the paper. March 11, 2002: Arrow staff contacts Student Press Law Center in Washington, D.C. August, 2002: ACLU unanimously agrees to accept Arrow’s case. March, 2003: Attorney Andrew Nickelhoff agrees to represent Dean on behalf of the ACLU. April 4, 2003: Lawsuit is filed against Utica Community Schools and Superintendent Joan C. Sergent. April 13, 2003: Utica principal Richard Machesky is awarded the dubious Jefferson Muzzle Award by the University of Virginia. Timeline created by Katy Dean, Utica HS

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Advisers reflect on writing assessment By Sam Evalt MSU Education Intern

he teacher hands the students their reports, some painted in red ink others not so much. The students seek out who received the highest grade and compare reports. Soon a student or two walks to the teacher and asks, “Why did I receive this grade?” The teacher explains to the students what each red mark means. The students are still confused. The teacher receives a headache from the frustration of assessment. Scenes like the one described occur throughout a school year. Teachers have sought assessments that allow for the least amount of subjectivity and the most fairness towards the students. Math teachers have the least to worry because most of the problems students solve are right or wrong; there is a clear answer. Journalism teachers have more worry because of the subjective nature of writing an article. Students need to know the terms of journalism, which allow for assessment to occur on a right or wrong level. However, more importantly they need to be able to write an article or caption. There are a few constants in assessment such as the use of quizzes, handout exercises, and tests. But how can teachers grade an article fairly? How can teachers allow the students’ growth in writing? Bobby Hawthorne, Director of Academics for the University Interscholastic League, asks, “How do you reconcile the subjective nature of journalism grading with the objective,

quantifiable nature of assessment?” Journalism teachers reflect on those questions and many more during assessment. “Assessment for high school journalism classes is a huge issue,” Ellie Sharrow, journalism teacher at Flushing High School, said. Teachers have to take into account the different learning styles of students. “Not all students can learn what I am trying to teach because I am not able to determine each of their unique learning styles,” Jeff Salisbury, journalism teacher at Wayland Union High School, said. “I touch as many bases as I can during the course of a teaching unit in hopes that the most will ‘understand’ most of what I am trying to convey,” he said, “the rest of the students will either ‘not understand’ or they will ‘misunderstand.’ It’s the nature of education today.” Salisbury encourages his students to seek him out during the editing process. He likes to create a dialogue where he can see and guide their thinking process during the editing stage. He also encourages peer editing. “Students learn style from the stylebook in our text and from my handouts. They are expected to critique their own work and that of others,” he said. The use of peer editing allows students to see and work through the writing process. Sharrow implements more control because “writing for a publication is a bit different, because of liability issues and the standards of journalism

they [students] may not be familiar with,” she said. “Where grades are involved, I think it is important to have every paper read and graded by

“Assessment for high school journalism classes is a huge issue,” Ellie Sharrow, journalism teacher at Flushing High School,

the teacher.” She does agree that informal peer review is a helpful tool. Peer review is used with her magazine staff of 12 editors at The Blazer, all of whom have completed the introductory journalism class. Her process of peer review begins after she makes comments to the student to elaborate, find better quotes, additional sources, etc. When the student returns the revised story, she then forwards it to her editor-in-chief, who is appointed by her due to their writing and judgment skills. “I realize that my main job is teaching all of my students in language arts. The publication is just a wonderful vehicle for that,” she said. The students wait at their desks as the teacher hands back reports. In one classroom there are small comments made by the teacher to encourage more writing or finer precision. In another classroom there is a peer’s writing on the report encouraging more writing or finer precision—two classrooms with two teachers and two different systems of assessment. “Variety is the spice of learning,” Salisbury said.

Sam Evalt recently completed his internship at Everett HS in English. He wrote this article as part of an independent study to fulfill his journalism education minor.

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2003 MIPA Spartan Yearbook Contest Form The MIPA Board of Directors has studied the contests that MIPA sponsors in order to improve them. The measure voted on by the Board at its March 2001 meeting was to allow a yearbook to still be judged if it misses the official postmark deadline. The late postmark deadline will always be one month from the official postmark deadline. When you use the late postmark deadline, your publication may not be back in time for the Spring Conference awards. There will also be an added fee for this service. All Spartan contests will have the same opportunity to use this procedure.

1 Please check one. Spring–delivery yearbook. Mail to MIPA office postmarked on or before July 15, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40.00 *Late Spring–delivery yearbook. Mail to MIPA office postmarked on or before Aug. 15, 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $80.00 Fall-delivery yearbook. Mail to MIPA office postmarked on or before Nov. 15, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40.00 *Late Fall–delivery yearbook. Mail to MIPA office postmarked on or before Dec. 15, 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $80.00

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MENTORS from MIPA New program to help new advisers; volunteer mentors needed

dvising can be a lonely, thankless job, but MIPA is here to help. Beginning next school year, the MIPA board would like to begin a mentorship program for new advisers, those with only a few years of advising experience, or anyone who might be interested in help, advice, or a sympathetic ear from an experienced adviser. If you would like the services of a mentor for next school year, please send your name, e-mail address, school name and type of publication you advise (newspaper, yearbook, video journalism program, Web publication, literary magazine) to the e-mail

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If you have news to share about your program or your students, please let us know. We’ll mention it in the next issue of Stet. E-mail mipa@msu.edu

address in the info box. When we have a mentor for you we will send more details. We see this as an excellent opportunity for advisers to have a supportive and open dialogue on all aspects of advising. As a mentee, your job would simply entail contacting your mentor whenever questions arise about advising or whenever you’re looking for a sympathetic ear.

e are also looking for mentors. If you’ve advised successfully for a while, please consider lending your help to those who could benefit from it. If you’d like to be a mentor, please send your

JEA update Start making plans now to attend the JEA/NSPA Fall National Convention in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2023, 2003. The convention is an opportunity to network with other advisers. There are hundreds of helpful sessions on every subject dealing with journalism. Students may also attend, and can gain from seeing what other schools are doing and by listening and interacting with the top advisers in the country. Visit the JEA Web site, www.jea.org, for more information.

SPLC membership Many of you were able to hear Mark Goodman, the executive director of the Student Press Law Center,

name, e-mail address, school name and type of publication you’d be willing to mentor for (newspaper, yearbook, video journalism, Web publication, literary magazine) to the email address in the info box as well. When we have a mentee assigned to you, we will contact you with more details. As a mentor, your job would be to answer questions from your mentee in a timely, professional fashion, as well as lending a sympathetic ear when needed. You would also be asked to make contact with your mentee at least once per quarter during the school year to offer your support and encouragement.

speak at the Spring Conference, and learn of what the SPLC does to help students whose press rights are being attacked. If you have not joined the SPLC, now is a good time to do so. The Student Press Law Center is the only national, nonprofit resource center that educates and assists student journalists and their advisers on media law, censorship and other free-expression, and now offers annual memberships. Membership benefits include a subscription to the SPLC Report, a threetimes-yearly magazine that informs of changes in student media law; Legal Alert, a members-only monthly bulletin that is e-mailed; a discount of 10

satterth@dexter.k12.mi.us The coordinator for MIPA Mentors is Rod Satterthwaite at Dexter HS. He is the second vice president on the MIPA Board. Like to get involved? Email Rod at the above address. Please send any questions or comments to Rod Satterthwaite at his e-mail address in the info box. We believe this new program will help create stronger advisers in the state and will help students in the long run. Let’s all look forward to helping create a supportive, professional network for new advisers in the state.

percent on copies of Law of the Student Press, an up-to-date guide to laws, policies and court decisions relating to student media in the United States; and much more. MIPA encourages you to help support the SPLC with a donation from your publication. For more information, see the SPLC Web site: www.splc.org.

ASNE selects Nagy for workshop Mary Lou Nagy, publication adviser at Plymouth-Canton HS, has been accepted to attend the 2003 American Society of Newspaper Editors High School Journalism Institute. The Institute is an intensive two-week newspaper jour-

nalism training program for high school teachers. Administered at colleges and universities across the United States, the Institute focuses on skills that include newspaper writing, editing, photojournalism and developing opinion pages. There is an equal emphasis on issues, such as the role and future of daily newspapers, the business of newspapering, journalism credibility and handling ethical dilemmas. First Amendment matters, privacy concerns and the state of scholastic press freedoms are also key topics. Most costs are paid for by ASNE. Nagy will be attending the workshop at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind.

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State News staff members recall conferences, workshops; one says

‘MIPA was kind of a kick in the pants’ By Jessica Hulett MSU School of Journalism

O Megan Frye is an MSU sophomore and State News features writer from South Lyon HS.

Kevin Hardy, editor in chief of The State News, graduated from Kentwood HS. He was a member of the Student Journalist staff. Jonathan Malavolti is the opinion editor at The State News. He worked on the Warren Mott yearbook in high school.

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ne thing Jonathan Malavolti wants to make clear is that karaoke night at the MIPA summer workshop is a blast. “A group of us painted our faces and broke out some blow-up guitars as KISS and we rocked into third place in karaoke,” Malavolti said about his first year attending the MIPA workshop. Now finishing his sophomore year as a Journalism major at Michigan State University, Malavolti graduated from Warren Mott High School after working on the school yearbook as co-editor in chief and sports writer. He attended two MIPA summer workshops and a spring conference. “Attending MIPA events gave me my first look and work with other talented high school journalists,” he said. “The experience taught me how to cooperate with many talented journalists at one time and work together with some big egos.” Malavolti just finished his first semester at The State News, as an intern, and

has done some freelancing from Korea, covering the World Cup soccer tournament. About one-fourth of the staff at The State News participated in MIPA during high school, including reporters, photographers, editors, copy editors and designers, according to current editor in chief Kevin Hardy. Hardy just finished his junior year at MSU’s student newspaper. He graduated from East Kentwood High School after becoming a member of MIPA’s student journalist staff and attending numerous summer workshops and conferences. “I credit MIPA for more than my interest in The State News,” Hardy said. “It turned me on to journalism; I considered law before I attended MIPA workshops and summer camps. “My love of newspapers became realized on warm summer-camp days.” Hardy has held many jobs since fall of 1999 when he started at The State News: editor in chief, managing editor, local and state editor, opinion editor, associate sports editor, East Lansing reporter and general assignment reporter. He’s also held internships at The Detroit News, The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Jackson Citizen-Patriot and the Lansing State Journal. After graduation, Hardy hopes to write and report for a metro-sized newspaper. “I just want to work under

talented editors,” he said. “The stories will write themselves.” Megan Frye, a sophomore at MSU, graduated from South Lyon High School after a stint as news editor of The Lions’ Roar newspaper. Although Frye doesn’t plan on pursuing journalism after college, she values the experiences she’s gained at The State News. “MIPA was kind of a kick in the pants,” she said. “I hadn’t known too many experienced writers on my high school paper, so being surrounded by all these ambitious, headstrong high school juniors was quite the experience. “I think I figured, ‘Wow, people take this stuff really seriously, so I had better, too if I want to make it.’” Frye began work at The State News prior to the beginning of her freshman year at MSU and said she fell in love with the work she shared with “intelligent people” her own age. She has covered everything from graduate issues to academics and politics to entertainment. “The State News has provided me with priceless experiences that I can incorporate into whatever I do in my life, including everyday relations,” she said. “I’ve learned how to talk to everyone, from random students, to homeless people, to the governor.” James Jahnke attended a total of six MIPA fall and spring con-

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From Jodie Simons, an MSU senior who came to MSU planning on a chemical engineering major and has worked at The State News for two semesters: “I need journalism in my life. If it wasn’t for MIPA and my high school experience, I would’ve missed out on great opportunities.”

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ferences and two summer workshops while a student at Grosse Pointe South High School and a member of The Tower newspaper staff. A journalism senior at MSU, Jahnke has worked at The State News for nine semesters, six as a hockey reporter. He has an internship at the Oakland Press this summer and hopes to be a beat writer for a hockey team in a city that “is passionate about the sport.” Jahnke said that MIPA was probably the biggest reason for his coming to MSU. “I got to know faculty members and experienced MSU dorms first-hand by living in Holden Hall those two summers,” he said. “It gave me a glimpse of MSU that I never got at another university. “Summer camps are a lot more fun than you’d think.” However, Jahnke advises other students not to worry about joining The State News right away. “I waited till the end of my sophomore year, and I don’t regret it one bit,” he said. “If you start right away, you miss out on a lot of college life.” Malavolti recommends MIPA to high school journalists. “MIPA is a great experience,” he said. “It’s fun, you learn a lot and you can meet some good journalists that you will run into later in life.” Maybe even at The State News at MSU.

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From Allison Lucy, an MSU freshman who was turned down after applying to The State News once and was later accepted: “My experience at MIPA motivated me to go after my goals. I never won any individual awards at the conferences, but seeing people win them motivated me to want to work harder and become a better writer/reporter and to try and get a job at The State News. I can’t imagine having any other job.” From Kendra Snyder, an MSU sophomore who has been at The State News for three semesters: “MIPA taught me many of the basics of journalism that I didn’t pick up in my journalism classes. It also has shown me that journalism is a very wide field with many opportunities.” Jessica Hulett, who works for MIPA, wrote this article for Stet. She’ll be a senior in the School of Journaism this fall. Currently, she is studying reporting in London. Hulett is from Traverse City Central HS and won many MIPA honors.

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2003 MIPA Spartan Literary Magazine Contest The MIPA Board of Directors has studied the contests that MIPA sponsors in order to improve them. The measure voted on by the Board at its March 2001 meeting was to allow a literary magazine to still be judged if it misses the official postmark deadline. The late postmark deadline will always be one month from the official postmark deadline. When you use the late postmark deadline, your publication may not be back in time for the Spring Conference awards. There will also be an added fee for this service. All Spartan contests will have the same opportunity to use this procedure.

Deadline: Literary magazines must meet the official postmark deadline of July 15, no matter what year. Unfortunately, this deadline has changed several times. Now it will not. We will send the literary magazines out to judges soon after we get them from you. The late postmark deadline is Aug. 15. No entries should be sent in after that date.

Directions: This form is your Literary Magazine entry only. If you choose to use the official postmark deadline, the fee is $15 (payable to MIPA). Staple the form below to the back of your magazine. Magazines must have been published after the spring conference this year, which was April 18, 2003. If you choose to use the late postmark deadline, the fee is $30.

Criteria: One entry per school. A literary magazine emphasizes fiction, poetry, essays, drama, art and photography for its content. Feature articles and reviews may be included occasionally. The subject matter should be original material created by students and within their world of experience. First-hand experiences, situations occurring to friends and family and observations within the writer’s environment are potential topics for fiction. Quality of all forms of material should be the first consideration. A mixture of serious and light writing may serve the magazine’s purpose better than concentration on one topic. The standards for evaluating this entry will be graphic design, layout, photography, writing, headlines, consistency of content, artwork and typography.

Awards: Magazines will earn Spartan awards or certificates based on their scores. Awards will be presented at the 2004 Spring Conference in April. The judges will fill out evaluation forms, which will be returned to the editor and adviser.

Literary Magazine Contest Entry Blank 1. Glue or staple this entry form to the back of your literary magazine. Do not use paper clips or tape. 2. Include the $15 entry fee if you are using the official postmark deadline. (July 15) OR Include the $30 entry fee if you are using the late postmark deadline. (Aug. 15) 3. Mail in an envelope of its own to: Literary Magazine, MIPA office, 305 Communication Arts Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1212.

Name of literary magazine School, city, ZIP

Date of publication

Editor’s name Adviser name I understand that all material submitted by our school represents students’ work. If non-student work or alteration has affected the printed product, notations have been made to indicate those changes. Adviser signature

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2003 Spring Conference Wrap-up Congrats to on-site winners Yearbook Student Life Layout First Place: Stephanie Wrobleski, Stephanie Marginet, L’Anse Creuse North Second Place: Kelly Archibald, Kara Grablich, Goodrich Third Place: Allison Crawford, Jennifer Everheart, Laingsburg HM: Nicole Seabert, Mallory Mast, Clarkston Yearbook Copy/Caption First Place: Elizabeth Eastinan, Clarkston Second Place: Hannah Kim, Traverse City East JH Third Place: Melissa Lewis, Rochester HM: Dave Mernden, Bedford Feature Writing First Place: Leah McIntosh, South Lake Second Place: Colby Albarkat, Clarkston Third Place: Kara Purcell, Portage Central HM: Samantha Howard, Marshall Nicole Hale, L’Anse Creuse North Editorial Writing First Place: Lauren Harley, Portage Central Page Peterson, Portage Central Second Place: Emma Richardson, Berkley Third Place: Alan Bloch, Bedford HM: Mariola Power, Traverse City East JH Shannon Lowe, Traverse City East JH News Writing First Place: Darcy Downing, South Lake Second Place: Karen Thompson, South Lake Third Place: Ambri Pukhaj, Portage Central HM: Megan Hetfield, Owosso Chad Saleh, Jackson Margaret Harding, Fenton Special Projects First Place: Aaron Olson, Fenton Second Place: Tina Reed, Dexter Third Place: Staff, Portage Central HM: Christopher March, Wayland Josh Douglas, Covert Carry In Photo–Portrait First Place: Amanda Littleton, Clarkston Second Place: Katie Rausch, Fenton Third Place: Amanda Littleton, Clarkston Carry In Photo–Student Life First Place: Sally Keiser, Mona Shores Second Place: Jacqueline Bastion, Dexter Third Place: Karlie Hennings, Southfield Carry In Photo–Sports First Place: Alex Richnak, Rochester Second Place: Elizabeth Doyle, South Lake Third Place: Scott Przystas, Gladwin Broadcast Feature First Place: Davison Second Place: Kearsley Third Place: Laingsburg HM: Woodhaven Broadcast News First Place: Kearsley Second Place: Davison Third Place: Woodhaven

Rod Satterthwaite, newspaper and yearbook adviser at Dexter High School, received the Golden Pen award at the Spring Conference. Satterthwaite was also elected to the MIPA board as Second Vice President. He teaches at the MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop.

Mark Goodman, executive director of the Student Press Law Center, was the honored speaker for the day. At the luncheon, MIPA presented him with the John Field award, an award given to those who have made outstanding contributions to scholastic journalism.

From H.H. Dow HS, Laura Collins was named the AllMIPA Newspaper Student of the Year. She will be attending Michigan State University in the fall and will be an intern at The State News.

Ellie Sharrow, newspaper and yearbook adviser from Flushing HS, also won the Golden Pen award, which is given to an outstanding adviser each year. Sharrow has been a member of the MIPA board and has judged numerous newspaper contests for MIPA.

Another John Field award was given to Jane BriggsBunting for her work on student First Amendment issues. Two weeks after the conference, Briggs-Bunting accepted the position of director of the School of Journalism at MSU. In April she was also inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame.

Malarie Cope from Utica HS was named the AllMIPA Yearbook Student of the Year. Malarie will be attending Central Michigan University in the fall.

Principal Glen Stevenson from Dexter HS received the Administrator of the Year award for supporting journalism at Dexter.

Sandra Strall, yearbook adviser at Carlson Gibraltar HS, won a trustee position on the MIPA Board.

Kim Kozian, yearbook and newspaper adviser at L’Anse Creuse North HS, was reelected secretary.

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Top adviser on InDesign:

‘Make the switch’ Robin Sawyer is a journalism teacher at Manteo HS in North Carolina. She was the 2000-2001 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Journalism Teacher of the Year. This article was reprinted with permission from the North Carolina Media Association’s Scoop.

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By Robin Sawyer Manteo (N.C.) HS If you have been reading about Adobe InDesign and wondering if you’re ready to take the plunge into a new desktop publishing program, I’m here to tell you to dive on into a program that offers so much more than PageMaker ever could. PageMaker users have spent years whining over the limitations of desktop’s Old Faithful. Why do we have to go to edit story and check each copy block separately when we want to spell check a page or spread? Wouldn’t it be great if we could make cool looking headlines in PageMaker? Why can’t we make text go around a circle or over a curved line the way you can in Illustrator? Sure, PageMaker is user-friendly and simple enough to teach. But you know it’s not the latest and greatest thing on the market. In fact, some say PageMaker 7.0 is the curtain call for what was once Adobe’s hot commodity in the desktop publishing business. You may even be ready to buy new software because someone at the central office decided you needed more com-

puters. Maybe you’re currently licensed for five copies of PageMaker 6.5 and you’ve just been given five more computers. Do you upgrade to a 10-pack of PageMaker 7.0 or bit the bullet and buy 10 new copies of a new program? My advice is find the money if you can and get 10 copies of Adobe InDesign 2.0. We were fortunate enough to get a technology grant this year and this is the exact dilemma we faced. I knew I had to buy additional copies of a desktop publishing program, and I just didn’t want to buy what may soon be a dinosaur. I was also interested in buying Adobe Photoshop for all of my computers, so I priced the Design Gallery, which gave me InDesign 2.0, Illustrator 10, Photoshop 7.0, and Acrobat 5.0 (the full version). This was quite a bargain compared to buying each program separately. Likewise, buying software in multiples makes the price much more

affordable. (If you want additional information on pricing, consult the Adobe.com Web sit. If you’re a yearbook adviser, just ask your yearbook rep to get you a price. That’s how I bought ours.) Once the decision was made to buy the software, I knew I would first have to learn the new program myself and then teach all of my students how to use it. My yearbook rep was extremely helpful here. She came to my school and spent the day giving my students a crash course in the new program. And from the first day my students began working on InDesign they fell in love with it. We spent 90 minutes in class going over the tools and looking at the similarities between PageMaker and InDesign. Then, that afternoon we had a two-hour workshop and learned some of the more advanced features. The kids really got into things like feather-

ing, creating transparencies, writing text on a path, gradients, etc. I got excited about the spell check feature that checks all copy blocks on a page with one click of the mouse. And the “fill with filler text” option is equally exciting. Not to make it sound like switching from PageMaker to InDesign was painless-because it was not-but we put out an issue of the newspaper using InDesign in just two weeks. Don’t just take my word for it. Crystal Kazmierski, the former National High School Yearbook Adviser of the Year from Arrowhead Christian Academy in Redlands, Calif., has expressed her love for InDesign frequently on the JEA listserv. I remember reading a posting from another glowing observation about the program and how much she and her students love it. My students and I agree. InDesign is great, and we would never want to go back to PageMaker. If you get the chance, make the switch. You won’t regret it.

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InDesign

What the yearbook companies are saying about InDesign MIPA asked the four major yearbook companies in the state what they were doing with InDesign and if they are ready to allow customers to use this. Their answers here are pretty much verbatim.

TID BITS Newspapers using InDesign Miami Herald The San Francisco Examiner

Herff Jones is currently publishing many books whose staffs have selected InDesign for creating their yearbooks. Their promotion of the program has been clear by providing training for their representatives and giving each HJ representative a copy of InDesign 2.0. In addition, Adobe’s own “enthusiast” demonstrated InDesign at the Herff Jones booth during the Spring JEA/NSPA Convention in Portland. Training sessions for customers have been held across the country and 18 mini-lessons on CD will soon be available. One weakness of InDesign for yearbooks is the indexing program. Herff Jones has worked with Sonar Bookends to develop InDex Pro Yearbook Edition. HJ is also working with Adobe to develop an indexing program within the software that will give users the same ability as PageMaker to mark multiple entries separated by commas or returns. When schools decide to make the switch from PageMaker or QuarkXPress to InDesign, Herff Jones will have the support they need to make their job easier.

Jostens is fully supporting the advanced graphic capability that InDesign offers. We’ve already seen what it can do with some of our schools (U of M, Laingsburg HS, locally). We have dedicated a new curriculum for InDesign for those schools that are interested in incorporating it into their classroom instruction. The best reason we see for a yearbook staff to switch to InDesign is that it delivers the creative tools that many schools have always wanted. It wraps into one piece of software all of the designing capabilities that would have taken multiple applications to do.

InDesign is a hot topic, especially in opinion-leader circles like MIPA and JEA. Our next development project for YB!Pro will be InDesign. Currently, development is scheduled to engage users in beta testing during next school year, with a spring ‘04 rollout nationally. (We have accepted InDesign pages for the past two years without the YB!PRO plug-in.) InDesign uses a palette interface extensively instead of toolbars, and the model for its use in yearbooks will be our PageMaker version of YB!Pro. The functions that will help advisers set up, manage and produce a yearbook “project” will be largely the same whatever platform they are using. Working with pages, templates, library objects, color palettes, fonts and images will also be common denominators. One thing that will be more prevalent with InDesign than with PageMaker or Quark is the use of PDF as a submission format. InDesign integrates much better with PDF than do the current page layout programs, and with the right setup, PDF files help jobs flow through production without unexpected surprises, proof easier and faster, and are generally more efficient.

Three years ago, Walsworth was the first yearbook company to give our customers plug-ins for InDesign to help them make yearbook production easier. We fully support the submission of InDesign yearbook pages, and encourage our yearbook staffs to take advantage of all of the special effects and creative features that InDesign can offer. We are continuing to develop InDesign plug-ins and training materials to help our customers make the jump to InDesign.

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MSU School of Journalism switched to InDesign in January 2003. No longer are PageMaker or QuarkXPress available in its Mac Labs. PageMaker is available in most PC labs on campus, including those in the J-School. operates in Classic Mode on Macintosh system 9. ■ PageMaker

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with professional designers indicate that InDesign is the way to go. QuarkXPress is not yet ready for Macintosh OSX, and poor customer service tends to be a concern with Quark users. PageMaker is not used by most professionals. It makes sense for teachers to teach what will be used in the real world. ■ There

are some really neat features in InDesign. You can easily put a shadow on text or a

photo or you can feather an object.

You and your students will have an opportunity to learn InDesign this summer at the MSU School of Journalism Publication Advisers Workshop or the MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop.

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July 21–25

Photoshop for Advisers taught by Ike Lea Power Advising taught by Betsy Pollard Rau Student Press Law taught by John Bowen

July 28–Aug. 1

Beginning Photography taught by Terry Nelson Writing for Student Publications taught by Bobby Hawthorne Design for Non-Designers taught by Nancy Hall Newspaper Advising taught by Betsy Pollard Rau Yearbook Advising taught by Lynn Strause

An Amazing Experience 2003 Publication Advisers Workshop at Michigan State University

President’s column, continued from page 2 leaders in style, but get the new leaders ready to take over the reigns for your publications programs. Use those enthusiastic kids to help bring in more enthusiastic kids. Get your kids involved in summer workshops. Our MIPA/ MSU Summer Students

Workshop Aug. 3-7 is an excellent option. Betsy Pollard-Rau hires an incredible group of talented instructors from across the country to come in and teach the kids. There is something for every student and you never know when the experience will change a student’s life.

Just as we get energy from other advisers, our students are energized by other young people passionate about writing, photography, design and being part of a publications staff. Again, the MIPA workshop isn’t the only option out there, but it’s an excellent one.

The key is to fight senioritis. It’s a painful affliction; I know because I have it. But for me, at least, it’s losing its grip. Just the other day we were brainstorming a theme for next year’s yearbook and I felt myself getting enthused. There I was jumping around the

room, talking loudly, flailing my hands as we took a kernel of an idea and talked about where it could go. We will all make it through to the end of the year and need to look forward to next year. I’m starting to, even if I won’t be going on a spring break trip.

Censorship, continued from page 4 “The Student Press Law Center thinks the Utica case is the best case to overturn the Hazelwood case,” Bowen said. “If you’ve made sure you’re accurate and thorough, and you know the story is relevant to your readers, you should be ready to take full legal responsibility for what you publish.” Sara Friedel, a senior at Warren Woods Tower High School, Warren,

Mich., has just recently taken the reigns as editor of the school’s student paper, the Legend and “wants [her] staff to be able to run with their ideas.” The Legend staff has tried to cover such topics as abortion and suicide in the past, but has always been overridden by the principal. “Our principal has had prior review for a very long time and has

always censored stories about abortion and suicide,” Friedel said. “We are hoping that our new principal will exercise restraint and let us write about the facts and repercussions about these important issues.” Friedel said that even English teachers within the school will not let students write about suicide and abortion in class essays. “They say it’s a rule,

but no one has been able to show it to us yet,” Friedel said. “These are really important topics that teens face and we can’t cover them in our paper or even in our homework.” Bowen said that because the Legend has a history of prior review, it falls under the Hazelwood case; therefore the Warren administration is correct in telling the students what they can and

cannot write about. “It is unfortunate, but that is what happens when administrators gain prior review,” Bowen said. With prior review and censorship hanging over their heads, students wrapped up the seminar with one last word of advice from Bowen: “Remember, the whole idea of the First Amendment rests with you.”

Mark your calendars now!

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On-site photo winners T

he on-site photography judges decided to break the category down into more areas—student life, portrait and sports— so that more students could win awards.  The top photo won

Third Place in the on-site student life

category. The photo was taken by Karlie Hennings from Southfield HS.

taken by Jacquelyn Bastion of Dexter HS. She won Second Place in student life.

 Far Right: This photo

 The cover photo was

was taken by Amanda Littleton of Clarkston HS. It won in the sports category.  The photo above was

taken by Sally Keiser from Mona Shores HS in Muskegon. The judges felt the cover photo was the best photo in the contest.

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MIPA Calendar July 15, 2003 Spring delivery yearbook and literary magazine contest postmark deadline July 21–25, 2003 Photoshop and Power Advising courses at MSU School of Journalism

SUMMER JOURNALISM WORKSHOP FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY AUGUST 3–AUGUST 7, 2003 DOWNLOAD THE BROCHURE AT MIPA.JRN.MSU.EDU

July 23–25, 2003 Student Press Law class at MSU School of Journalism July 28–Aug. 1, 2003 Publication Adviser Workshop at MSU School of Journalism Aug. 3–7, 2003 MIPA Summer Journalism Workshop for students. Brochure on Web site: mipa.jrn.msu.edu Aug. 15, 2003 Spring delivery yearbook and literary magazine contest lage postmark deadline Oct. 9, 2003 MIPA Fall Conference at Lansing Center Nov. 4, 2003 NEW THIS YEAR! Junior High/Middle School Journalism Conference, MSU Union Nov. 15, 2003 Fall delivery yearbook contest postmark deadline Dec. 15, 2003 Fall delivery yearbook late deadline Feb. 22, 2004 Newspaper entry deadline: Individual and Spartan March date to be announced Newspaper judging April 23, 2004 MIPA Spring Conference

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get real

Students from Ferndale HS showed that they had “The Write Stuff” at the Spring Conference on April 14. The front of their shirts said, “The news kids on the block.”