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Row 1: Alene Stensliene; Sheila Bowler; Kathy Neis; Harriett Stephenson; Michelle McGrath. Row 2: Janel Bladow; Mary Kamla; Marty
Niznik; Pat Beatty; Effie Abrahamson, Layout Ed. Row 3: Linda Arneson; Jeanne Subera; Jill Brady; Gail Stewart; Jackie Heuser, Features
Ed. Row 4: Steve Solberg; Daniel Pickett, Bus. Mgr.; Mike Sederquist, Sports Ed.; Peter King, Mgr. Ed.; Nicholas Moran, Ed.;
Jack Vater, News Ed.
The Racquet, celebrating its 57th year of publication,
was published by the largest staff in the
history of the campus newspaper.
Other firsts this year were the enlargement in
the size of the paper and the frequency it was
published. Eight page papers became the basic
size while the paper was published bi-weekly and
in many instances weekly.
The Racquet provided many new features that
had never appeared in the paper before. A forum
for public opinion, called "The Open Forum," appeared
for the first time. Many provocative views
and opinions appeared in the column, open to all
members of the academic community. Irving also
made his satirical appearance, giving insight into
Members of the Racquet Staff prepare layouts for the
next issue.
Racquet
instances and problems that concerned WSU-L
students. Other features included a look at "UFO's
-Real or Fantasy?" The Greek community was
featured during Greek Week with a report on the
background of fraternity and sorority groups on
campus.
In late October, Editor, Nicholas Moran attended
the national convention of the Associated
Collegiate Press in Philedelphia. There, the editor
exchanged ideas with other journalists from the
nation's college campuses.
A new advisor, Joseph Zobin, brought fresh
ideas to the staff of the paper. Zobin came to the
university position from a job as a newspaperman
on the Des Moines Register.
Nick Moran, Editor, edits an article for the Racquet.
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