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to send them in, and if they
did send photos in, they were
often either too blurry to be
printed or didn’t meet the year-
book’s COVID-19 criteria.
“People with masks on
tells a story of where we
are at right now,” said Rick
Steil, Pali’s yearbook advi-
sor for more than a decade.
However, Steil said he is
concerned that 20 years from
now, flipping through a year-
book dotted with photos of
students wearing masks is go-
ing to be like a guessing game
of “Who’s that? Nice eyes.”
Instead of hundreds of
smiling group photos, this
year’s yearbook will “featuremore single shots, because if
you’re not in a group you don’t
need a mask,” Steil stated.
In terms of clubs, members
will be showcased in a screen-shot of a Zoom meeting. This
may be even better than nor-
mal group photos, Steil says,
“because instead of wedging
all the kids in the back... ev-ery kid is gonna get the same
amount of space.” Steil says
that online platforms make it
easier for students to organize
a photo, without anyone hav-ing to physically go anywhere.
Many students share pic-
tures and messages on their per-
sonal Instagram pages, which
basically acts as a real-time,‘PEOPLE WITH MASKS ON
TELLS A STORY OF WHERE
WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW.’
virtual yearbook. Last year,
a 2020 senior created the @
paliseniors2020 Instagram ac-
count, which featured pictures
of graduating seniors along-
side the college they would call
home for the next four years.
Student-run clubs have
also joined the Instagram
bandwagon, with accounts
like @palitraderjoesclub
and @paliredcross using the
platform to make announce-
ments and provide updates.
Because of these ac-
counts, the yearbook staff
has had to find new ways
to represent student-living.
This may be the change this
400-year-old book needs.