I was assigned to design page three. I did not have any of the jump stories from the front page which was lucky, I did have stories that directly affect campus life.
The stories at the top of the page are both about campus expansion. The first story is about the expansion to the University Health Center. The second story was about the expansion to the Tate Student Center. Both were important to students and faculty and needed to be toward the front of the paper.
Because the two stories were very similar, I wanted to make it a package story. That is when I got the idea to use a headline for both stories then using pictures to distinguish what the stories were about.
I made the stories two columns after talking to Joe to see what the best way to go about making all of my ideas fit together. By using the four columns across a 5 column paper, the stories were equal and I did not have to try to make one story two columns and the other three.
The third story about budget cuts was very straight forward. The was no question that it would be an L shape with the graphic to enhance the story. I really liked the graphic because it was so cleanly made and very easy for readers to read.
The budget story was given to my page because it is also involving campus life and it is good to see where the money in the budget is actually going.
