Bison Bison staff. Front row: Mott, Bullin, Arnette, Goodpasture, Reynolds, Blankenship, Clark. Back row: Stevenson, Turner, Billingsley, Davidson, Rankin, Everett, Tucker. - photo by Jerry Traughber. Young Democrats Young Democrats. Front row: Graber, Alderdice, McCampbell - sponsor. Second row: Richardson, Pridmore, Donahue. - photo by Jerry Traughber. On the drafting board. Bison editor Bobby Davidson, a senior from Houston, TX and photographer Darin Martin, a junior from Batesville, discuss where they are going to put a particular photo on a page. Many long hours were spent writing stories, printing pictures and laying out pages to produce the weekly paper. - photo by Bill Tripp. 244 Bison, Young Democr~ts E ditors and staff writers faced the pressures of weekly deadlines and extensive time in laying-out the student newspaper, the Bison similar to those faced in the vocational world. Bobby Davidson, a senior journalism major from Judsonia, Ark., was responsible for editorial responsibilities of the paper (lay-outs, headline writing, etc.) as well as assigning copy to the student writers each week. Davidson was supported by co-assistant editors Amy Blankenship and Bill Everett. "Working with the Bison was fun but it was also tedious and sometimes traumatizing," Blankenship commented. ''Yet once we could view the results of all our hard labor each Friday morning, we knew it was all worth it." The editorial staff was under the advisory of Dr. Dennis Organ who would weekly critique the paper and lend suggestions for improvement. Though often the mistakes would tend to seem paramount after a weekly meeting with Dr. Organ, such constructive criticism led to improvements which helped give the Bison a reputation on campus and in the state. Under the editorship of Davidson, the Bison won several awards in design and article writing from the Arkansas College Publication Association during the spring. This year the Young Democrats worked hard to make the student body aware that in addition to the Republicans, the Democrats were represenfed on the campus. 'We just wanted to let the students know that they have a choice and have the opportunity to support either one of the political parties;' said Jimmy Alderdice, a senior from Madison, Tennessee. Their activities included helping with campaigns for their ·candidates in the recent state elections, promoting various visits to the Harding campus and helping host the White County Barbecue. The
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