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Show THE SIGNPOST Wednesday, M By Sarah Hansen Signature Editor of The Sgnpost Well over 100 years ago, Samuel Lover penned these words: "When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing but the scratch of a pen can cure it." Since 1965 Weber State students have been experiencing that itch and curing it by publishing what today is the Metaphor. The Metaphor, previously named Scribulus, Kaleidoscope, Probe, Aardvark Review, and Eikonoclastes, is a student literary journal written and published by and for the students. It contains poetry, fiction, nonfiction and artwork. Copies of the Metavfwr are distributed free of charge on campus. This year's distribution ."begins May 2. 'It's a contribution by the students to the students," said Dr. Glen J. Wiese, advisor of the Metaphor. The Metaphor receives funds primarily from Associated Students of Weber State University and a grant from the Utah Arts Council, which receives its funding from the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington D.C., said Wiese. Wiese has seen an increase in both submissions and quality during his five years as advisor. "When I first started we probably got about 50 submissions," he said. The editors and staff members began a campaign across campus to get more submissions and the next year they got 97 articles, the year after that 260, and last year 300. "This emphasizes that this is an all-across-campus student magazine, not just English or writing," said Wiese TheMetaphor maintains a size of about 100 pages with only about 20 submissions printed each year. "You can see how keen the competition is," said Wiese. The editor, along with a staff for each section of the magazine, "reads and referees" each article and "debates which ones to use," said Wiese. Once the content has been decided, typesetting, layout and proof reading begin. The pages are then sent to Printing Services on campus for printing and then to a firm in Logan for binding. Besides being distributed on campus, copies of the Metaphor are sent to other local colleges and universities, public libraries in the area, senior citizen centers, and to each faculty and staff member. "That way the professor in physics gets it and then he's aware," said Wiese. "The increase in submissions is an indication of broader awareness." As for the future of the Metaphor, Wiese hopes for "more quality simply because more students are writing and the competition is getting keener. I hope people are growing," he said. With growth comes an experiential realm unique to each person, and experience is the basis of writing. G. Santayana said, "To turn events into ideas is the function of literature." 1 1 mm 1 , :::z-sh :j ,t ilkp -- -r 7 ; - - . ; - t ) v - t t ir js--. -"- " J MAPK RANDALL THE SIGt&OST .. - in 1965 the Linotype machine produced the plate that printed the Scribulus. Today's Metaphor Mi r .a Is generated by computer. |