Questions with Katie: Maghan’s confession

Maghan Dougherty (Maggie), an LHS senior, has been active in extracurricular activities such as yearbook and BPA since her junior year. This year’s yearbook design features Dougherty’s original design with contributions from her editors and other modifications. Beyond that, students on campus know her for memes and a dry sense of humor.
Katie Swift: How did you get involved in yearbook?
Maghan Dougherty: The yearbook adviser, Jennifer Stubbers told me to join my sophomore year. I joined my junior year.
KS: What do you do on yearbook?
MD: I do a lot of the Photoshop work. I’ve created spreads, and I do a lot of the artwork that is seen in the yearbook.
KS: What is your most memorable experience on yearbook?
MD: Probably when I get to see my creations in a book people will keep forever.
KS: Tell me about this year’s design.
MD: The original design I made, but we had to rework it. So it was a collaboration between Maddie Montosa, Sierra Shuey, Sydnee Soderberg and I.
KS: What does your design feature?
MD: It is an original design. Everything on the cover is made by someone. We also have a picture of the school on the cover.
KS: What do you hope students will take away from this year’s yearbook?
MD: That the students in yearbook put in a lot of time and effort to make a product that people will be satisfied with.
KS: What do you want to do with your future?
MD: Be successful and not hate life.
KS: Tell me about your experience in BPA this year.
MD: This is my second year doing BPA, and we just had the state competition. I placed third in digital publishing. It’s pretty prestigious, a 90-minute test. I’m the only qualifier from Lewiston for nationals, so I’ll have a hotel room all to myself. Very excited about it.
KS: How did you get so involved with meme culture?
MD: I didn’t like to get out of the house so I spent a lot time inside on the internet.
KS: If one meme could describe you as a person, what would it be?
MD: Probably Minion memes because people find me annoying.
KS: Tell me about your new dog!
MD: Her name is Pepper, she is a Border Collie-Australian Shepherd-Labrador mix. She is very hyper but she is also very cute. She is black and white. I could talk more about my dog — she’s pretty nice.