JOINT EFfORTS Once a week Room 210 on the second floor of the Student Center, commonly known as the Bison office, does not usually look very impressive. Scattered about can be seen old newspapers, unused pictures, some typewriters, a dirty popcorn popper and some Coke cans. However, the atmosphere changes on Tuesday and Wednesday nights . At one typewriter , a staff writer tries desparately to make the final deadline of the week. Somehow getting the story done by the Sunday deadline never materiali zes . At a desk, another staff member experiments with different layout arrangements. Over by the wall, someone else is busy copy reading . At unexpected intervals, cries of frustration or success emerge from the dark room. Another staff member flips through a thesaurus searching for the word to finish a front page headline. Thus goes another routine night on the Bison. According to Editor Jim Warren, "This was the most conscientious and able staff I've seen at Harding. The writing abilities of reporters and editorial material was as gooc as any in recent years," A majority of the staff members were experienced journalists this year, thus the qual ity of the writi ng was consistently of a high caliber. A workshop in September helped to orient new workers with the different facets of newspaper production. Mr. West, Harding Press manager, and Dr. Organ, journalism professor, gave 220 • Publications helpful suggestions for a successful paper. The format of the Bison was changed somewhat this year by the use oi a smaller page size. Leading between the lines was increased to improve readability. Emphasis was placed on more investigative and . interpretative reporting . In addition, an attempt was made to increase news and personality features to provide a greater variety of coverage. Perhaps the most significant change occurred on the last page. Formerly used for sports, it was changed into a news page. The most popular and often read features of this year's paper included Steve Leavell 's " Fifth Column, " Tim Farmer's cartoons and Pizza Hut's unusual ads. Perhaps the most useful part of the paper to students was the Ken 's Pizza coupons . The fall 76 Bison took All-American honors with the spring editions earning a first class rating.
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