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Yearbook InDesign students continue working hard as MIPA comes to a close

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As MIPA journalism camp quickly comes to a close, InDesign instructor Lydia Cadena said she is impressed with the work and focus that her students had this week. “The focus my students have and their drive to create projects that can be applied to their publication (is impressive),” Cadena said in between helping students with their InDesign projects. Eisenhower High … [Read more...] about Yearbook InDesign students continue working hard as MIPA comes to a close

Press conference highlights impact auto industry has on teens

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Students filed into the Biomedical & Physical Sciences Building from 7-9:15 p.m. Tues. night for a press conference covering the automotive industry from the view of a professional journalist. Sharon Carty of the Huffington Post (left) and Mike Ramsey of the Wall Street Journal took student questions for over two hours, beginning with Ramsey explaining to the attendees … [Read more...] about Press conference highlights impact auto industry has on teens

Paper airplanes help MIPA Graphics class illustrate

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During the morning of July 31, a dozen students enrolled in Karl Gude's Illustration and Information Graphics tossed paper airplanes down a 40-foot track. “We're going to make a scatter plot,” Scott Hardin, a student of Traverse City Central said of the lesson, which was used as a data collection project. “We were scored based off of distance, accuracy and hang time, and … [Read more...] about Paper airplanes help MIPA Graphics class illustrate

Broadcast Leadership students continue to learn, lead

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On July 31, the students in the Broadcast Leadership class are discovering the best ways to construct documents of policies and other broadcasting resources for their schools in order to implement a more ideal system of organization. “We’re in the creation phase right now,” instructor Randy Scott said. “Today we are working on building documents to take back to their schools … [Read more...] about Broadcast Leadership students continue to learn, lead