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Show Monday msm February 9, 2009 A DAY OF SERVICE FOR STUDENT Courtesy of Touchstones Touchstones, the English department's literary journal, will publish its upcoming edition this semester. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, UVU students teamed up with BYU to have more than 2,000 voluteers at the event. Literary journal to publish student writings and artwork ing new ground," Hadley said. "But what I hope to do with my tenure as is estabSince the first publica- editor-in-chief tion of Touchstones in the lish this thought process." Hadley said that the new fall of 1997, students whose works of poetry, prose, art move came from her expeand photography were se- riencing hopes of somehow lected earned bragging rights, token prizes and padded resumes and grad school applications. But now, as if those weren't enough, for a select few, regional and possibly national acclaim may be added to that list. Touchstones is the UVU English department's literary journal that publishes student generated poetry, prose, art and photography once a semester. According to Heather Hadley, Touchstones' spring '09 editor-in-chief, the best selections from the forth- reaching a wider audience coming issue will be submit- the first time her work was ted to other "upper tier" liter- published in Touchstones. ary journals that compile and "I wanted my stuff to republish material from local go farther than TouchD journals such as Touchstones. stones. Hadley said. "Of course this is breakAccording to the HadL JARED MAGILL". News writer Photo Courtesy of Richard Portwood Career and internship fair at UVU Students met with more than 70 employers to discuss internship and career opportunities at the Career and Internship fair. Trent Bates / UVU Review ley, the selection process for these other journals, such as Western Humanities Review and Quarterly West, both published by the University of Utah, can be painstaking. Numbers of entries per year are limited and competition runs high. But Hadley said that she considers UVU's creative writing program to be "really strong" and now that UVU has transitioned to university status, writers the school produces should be taken more seriously. "Maybe nothing will come of it," Hadley said. "The whole submitting and selection process is a crap shoot, but if it doesn't go through the process, it doesn't get seen." Touchstones' editorial board members have marked Friday, Feb. 20 as the submission deadline for the spring 2009 issue. Application forms are available in LA 144 or online at http://research.uvsc.edu/ touchstones/entryform.html UVU BOOKSTORE an iPOD!! Your Campus. Your Needs. Your Store. Details in Bookstore (801 )863-8641 TOLL FREE (866)507-5253 www.uvu.edu/bookstore ffly Valenti iPOD KISS OFF February 11, 2009 .*, Sign u]57)n UVU Bookstore facebook page Starting February 4th at NOON You and a Partner STORE HOURS: Mon. - Thur. 7:45 AM - 7:00 PM Fri. .,... 7:45 AM - 5:00 PM Sat. 9:00 AM-1:00 PM Sun. CLOSED 9 |