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Local arts magazine grants exposure
By Adam Johnson
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Thursday, April 24, 2003
Right now, ideas are being spread across campus, the kind that will undoubtedly influence and inspire young minds to look beyond their everyday lives. However, the booklets containing these ideas have nothing to do with invasions or war, but rather art and literature. The Upper Mississippi Harvest, St. Cloud State's Literary and Art Magazine, was released last week and can be found circulating all over campus.
The Harvest is an annual spring publication put together for the purpose of displaying the student accomplishments in liberal arts.
Jonathan Quijano, editor of this year's publication, believes the magazine to be a great opportunity for those talented students who don't get the chance to have their work displayed publicly.
"The Music and Theater Department has stages and the Art Department has the Kiehle and Atwood galleries," Quijano explained. "This is the only real forum for creative writing here on campus."
The magazine features a number of short stories, poems and photographs selected from entries submitted by SCSU students last fall. Deciding which entries make the cut is no easy task. Editors chose between 300+ poems to narrow down to the 25 that appear in the booklet.
Having one's work published is known as a great resume builder, but many contributors simply enjoy the opportunity to let others see their work.
"It's always fulfilling to see that your stuff is appreciated by other people," said graduate student Kelli Hallsten, who majors in English and has five poems included in the booklet. "It's really important for people to know that students beyond the English Department can submit what they've done as well. They're just as creative as everyone else."
Though students who major in English and Art are strongly represented, the publication is open to all students, and contributors come from a diverse group of people.
The cover art for the magazine was submitted by Stephanie Burnes, who majors in literature and views art as a hobby.
"I actually did both of my published works of art during lectures while I was doodling," Burnes confessed.
The editors of the magazine put emphasis on requesting that students from all areas get involved.
"We love to (get submissions from) people like those in the Math and Science Departments," Quijano said. "Those who take a different, more left-brained approach to literature."
The editors printed 2,500 copies of the Upper Mississippi Harvest, which will likely circulate for years to come. The magazine has been in publication for over 25 years, and back issues often turn up in bookstores in St. Cloud and in other cities.
Laura Clark, one of this year's submission judges and future editor of the publication, raved about the magazine's ability to exhibit St. Cloud's best and brightest.
"It's a wonderful thing, not just to look at, but to know the community that surrounds you," Clark said.
"It's good for the soul to know that there are people doing work around you that's high quality," Quijano said. "This doesn't just come from some media outlet, it's St. Cloud's own students on display."
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