It is not too late to submit work for Squatter's Rites
This year's issue will be dedicated to Elkin Brown
Brandon K. Jones
Issue date: 10/27/08 Section: News
Squatter's Rites reflects the best writing
and the best artistic talent on the
Vol State campus," said Cynthia Wyatt,
instructor of English.
"Students should know that it's a
publication run completely by students,
and the staff is absolutely motivated
to dedicate Squatters Rites this
year to Elkin. There will probably be
some art work that Elkin did. I know
that there is at least one poem they'll
probably want to include "The Elkin
Road," and there will be student pieces
remembering Elkin, maybe even some
photography," added Wyatt.
"This is something the magazine
has never done before, memorialize
one person, but that just reflects the
fact that the students have decided
what they want to do with it. And
that's what's important, that each year
the students get to decide what Squatter's
Rites is going to do and contain,"
she said.
Since Elkin Brown has passed,
many students and faculty may be
wondering what is going to happen
with Squatter's Rites and what direction
it will head.
"I'll tell you something, Elkin's philosophy
about life and about human
beings is that we should keep our eyes
open and we should be as honest with
ourselves as we can, and we should
never allow some blindness or bias or
prejudice to just simply be there in our
way. We should know ourselves and
figure out where we're messing up.
This is the kind of critical self honesty
that he wanted us all to have," said
Wyatt.
"I will be stepping in as faculty adviser,
and because I have worked with
Elkin I know what he would want a
faculty adviser to do too," Wyatt said.
"I can remember sitting in on staff
meetings and hearing him say, 'Don't
ever reject a submission without articulating
about it that you don't like.
Never just go I don't like it. If you
can't say why you don't like it then
you're not really doing your job,'" she
and the best artistic talent on the
Vol State campus," said Cynthia Wyatt,
instructor of English.
"Students should know that it's a
publication run completely by students,
and the staff is absolutely motivated
to dedicate Squatters Rites this
year to Elkin. There will probably be
some art work that Elkin did. I know
that there is at least one poem they'll
probably want to include "The Elkin
Road," and there will be student pieces
remembering Elkin, maybe even some
photography," added Wyatt.
"This is something the magazine
has never done before, memorialize
one person, but that just reflects the
fact that the students have decided
what they want to do with it. And
that's what's important, that each year
the students get to decide what Squatter's
Rites is going to do and contain,"
she said.
Since Elkin Brown has passed,
many students and faculty may be
wondering what is going to happen
with Squatter's Rites and what direction
it will head.
"I'll tell you something, Elkin's philosophy
about life and about human
beings is that we should keep our eyes
open and we should be as honest with
ourselves as we can, and we should
never allow some blindness or bias or
prejudice to just simply be there in our
way. We should know ourselves and
figure out where we're messing up.
This is the kind of critical self honesty
that he wanted us all to have," said
Wyatt.
"I will be stepping in as faculty adviser,
and because I have worked with
Elkin I know what he would want a
faculty adviser to do too," Wyatt said.
"I can remember sitting in on staff
meetings and hearing him say, 'Don't
ever reject a submission without articulating
about it that you don't like.
Never just go I don't like it. If you
can't say why you don't like it then
you're not really doing your job,'" she
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