Liberty Champion newspaper goesweekly

Yo u walk intothe journalism lab and say "hi."

No one responds.In fact, no one even bothers to look up except the editor and he says, "Where have you been? We've got to put this thing together intwo days!"

You cringe. You lookaround. Papers,large and small,cover everytable Alleightwordprocessorsare inuse.Writerstype furiouslyfora few minutes, stop and look through some papers attheirsidesand calloutsomething like"Does anyone know who thesponsoroftheNursing Clubis?"

No one responds Infact,no one even looksup.

The layoutcrew is bent over a lightboard, eyebrows knitted.

"Where are the corrections for page seven?" someone asks.

No one responds Infact, no one even looksup

You finda vacant word processorand begintotype Hours later,your eyes are bleeding. You've been looking at the console so long you know you're going to dream about littleblue letters.

Two dayslatereveryone has a smile on hisface. Five thousand copies have come back from theprinter

LibertyChampion editors: (Sitting)MarshaWilde, assistantnewseditor;DeniseFloyd, newseditor;CarrieFreel,layouteditor

Mrs Ann Wharton,advisor (Standing)RandyHall,copy editor;GaryMurtoff,admanager;JohnHenley,photographer;Stev Leer,sportseditor;Tony Virostko, editor-in-chief; Anthony Carr,specialprojectseditor,

Marsha Wilde(top right) bringsupa menu onthe computer tofinda news storywrittenbya LibertyChampionreporter AdvisorAnn Wharton (topleft) worksatthelight tablewhere (right) editorTony Virostkojoins her Studentsdoallwriting editing, typesetting, layout themselves.

The paper looks good Great,in fact.It's time todistribute You grab a box of papersandheadforadorm. "The new LibertyChampion is out," you announce."Who wants a copy?"

No one responds Infact, no one even looks up.

Dolph Bell