Austin speaking:

For issue three, because of Thanksgiving Break, our cycle was one week shorter. Upon realizing how short of a cycle we had before we began working, I was feeling a bit frantic. Our staffers’ abilities have definitely continued to improve and they are certainly getting the hang of things by now, but I was still a tad worried about how it would go. Despite the extra stress put on our shoulders, I’m quite proud of how well the issue came together; I hope our staff can use challenges like these to advance themselves as journalists.

Kristina speaking:

In order to have a stress-free finals week next month, we decided to have one short deadline in first semester. Fortunately, we had a 16-page spread this issue, so short deadline was timed well. We had a little over two weeks to put out out third issue. Although this put a lot of stress on the editors and the other staff members, they took with with ease. I remember at the beginning of this issue when we told everyone it was a short deadline, there was a moment of panic. But as that moment subsided, the staff members took on the challenge and put out their best work.  I felt that the reporters and photographers were very on top of their assignments and got their stories completed on time. Everyone contributed their time and talent to this issue and I think that it really showed.

Hanna speaking:

As it turned out, cutting pages last issue helped us in the long run. The fact that we only had 16 pages to finish and had two already finished took away from the stress of an incredibly short production schedule. I can’t imagine what would have happened if we had to publish the normal 20-page issue. Even though our staff is talented and motivated, it was difficult to finish everything in such a short amount of time. But I think that the staff would agree that the short schedule was worthwhile because now we won’t be working on an issue during finals week. Maybe that extra time can be used for some much-needed staff bonding.