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The Bobcat's ECHO
The ECHO is the student newpaper of Beaver Area Senior High (Beaver, Pennsylvania). The staff of the paper strives to inform its readers to relevant, local, national, and international events; interpret complex issues; entertain with human interest and creative selections; and serve as a public forum for issues concercing the students, facultym and administrators. Each school year includes six full issues of the ECHO, including the double-sized senior issue. Issues are sold to the student body for $1 a copy, however no advertising is accepted within the newspaper.

Interesting facts: - The first ECHO was produced in 1938 and resembled a magazine. - In the 1940's a weekly newspaper, the ECHO-ETT was produced. It was followed in the 1960's by the BOBCAT's MEOW. - From 1944-1953, the ECHO held an annual Valentine's Dance called the "Heart Hop." - From 1943-1955 the ECHO was sold be subscription only. Subscriptions were sold by semester. - The ECHO experimented with using pictures in stories starting in 1954. - The first subscriptions cost 50¢. - The ECHO did not utilze computers until 1987. - The largest ECHO ever published was the 2001 Senior Issue with 104 pages. The Average size of an ECHO: 1941: 4 pages 1964: 8 pages 1972: 12 pages. 1990: 24 pages 1999: 40 pages