˶ Magazine Book is Best in Show
˶ Yearbook Wins Top Award
The Citadel, ˶’s yearbook, won the Associated Collegiate Press Best in Show award at the National College Media Convention in October. The 2005-2006 volume bested yearbooks from 15 other colleges and universities in the under-300-pages category. The Citadel also took top honors in 2004 for the “Family” yearbook.
Co-Editors Anna Dreyer ’07 and Gloria Tebelman ’07 came up with the theme, “You Are Here,” to show students how they are connected to the world outside ˶. “We wanted them to see how different we all are but also to realize how we have all ended up at ˶,” Gloria says.
“We included a map of the world that pinpoints everyone’s hometown. A lot come from California, but there are students from all parts of the globe, and that’s something to know and celebrate.”
Gloria and Anna set a lofty goal of featuring every student. “We printed out a list of everyone,” Anna says. “Whenever someone put a quote or picture on a page, they had to cross the name off. It’s frustrating at times, but it’s our job.”
Gloria has worked on yearbooks at ˶ and other schools for a decade. Her interest in art and design has since led her to New York City and a job at a relationship marketing agency. “Working on the Citadel will help me with my future career,” she says. “Editors do everything: hire staff, make budgets, develop themes, manage people, advertise, write copy, take photographs, run a working office, deal with printers, design pages, handle deadline disasters; the list goes on and on.”
Anna also worked on the yearbook at her Montana high school. She says the insight into publishing and editing will help her pursue a career in those fields.
Despite the hard work and long hours, Gloria and Anna find the results incredibly satisfying. “Every year I reach a point where I want to quit,” Gloria says. “I swear I’ll never do it again, but by the end of the year, I come back around and remember that I love it. I love seeing a staff learn so much about book-making and about themselves over the course of a year. I love the sense of community that is accomplished among the staff — and among the school — through a 300-page book.”