Dan Pierce, a former student of Knight's and a recent graduate of the University of Missouri Journalism School, visited his alma mater recently. He instructed students that the things they are learning from Knight will prepare them well for the top journalism programs in the country. Northern Star staffers use a digital camera for pictures, do layout on the computer and send the paper to print overnight through Netscape. The tabloid-size publication has 12 pages, which include student cartoons, photographs and stories, as well as columns and profiles. The literary magazine is the fourth student-run publication that Knight introduced to the school.
Students participate in it through enrichment classes during school hours every week.
Editors select short stories, poems, drawings and three-dimensional art for the yearly magazine. They are the ones that have to fix those mistakes. They learn how to deal with adults who sometimes don't follow through. Lynne Meredith Cohn is a Metro Detroit free-lance writer.