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Daily Free Press 2000
Edition of 29 November December 2000
Little-known journal
to showcase student work
by Jon Couture
In lo qqq Juxtaposing essays on T.S. Eliot
with calculus analysis, the Brownstone Journal is ready and
waiting to publish an array of student submissions for its May
issue.
Seeking to showcase undergraduate works ranging from art projects
to high-brow essays, Brownstone, a seemingly unknown publication,
will sport a fresh look for its May issue. Editors are accepting
submissions until Friday at 5 p.m. and said they hope to publish
in the annual edition about six to 10 essays, as well as art
submissions.
“We really want to be more than just a collection of English
essays,” said University Professors Program senior Stina Kaverud,
associate editor of the publication.
“We’re hoping for a color cover this year,” said College of
Arts and Sciences senior Ellie Gebarowski-Shafer, Brownstone’s
editor-in-chief. “It gets expensive to produce that, and then
run a glossy color section for the art.”
Past issues have included essays combining seemingly divergent
subjects such as mathematics with Plato and theology with philosophy.
Each volume also features a section of artistic prints by non-majors.
“We are very interdisciplinary in theme,” Gebarowski-Shafer
said. “We’re looking for a polished piece, one that shows a
person is knowledgeable in a subject area but can make their
writing accessible to someone who doesn’t know their subject.”
First created in 1983 by UNI students seeking to “expand the
monologue of classroom learning,” the Brownstone’s stated mission
stresses sharing knowledge.
Jenna Silber, 1998 UNI graduate, revived the Journal after
coming across some back issues in the school’s student lounge.
Since then students have written, edited and produced Brownstone
almost exclusively.
For the past four years, the Brownstone Journal has published
one issue each May. The release of the Journal is accompanied
by a reception banquet, often featuring lectures from a wide
variety of disciplines.
One essay, entitled, “The Aegean Sea Conflict” represents a
typically ideal Brownstone essay, Gebarowski-Shafer said.
“The topic was something he was knowledgeable about,” she said.
“He wrote very engagingly, telling a story for the first part
of the essay, then using secondary sources to back up his piece.”
Undergraduates can submit their work via e-mail or the journal’s
submission box, located at the BU Editorial Institute on the
first floor of CAS. Editors will contact authors whose works
are being considered for publication. They will then meet to
discuss possible revisions and changes.
“It’s a fun process to have your work selected and critiqued,”
Kaverud said. “You begin to find out more about yourself as
a writer.”
“It’s good experience for the writers to get to work through
the editorial process, and for the editors to get to critique
someone’s writing in a productive way,” Gebarowski-Shafer added.
The Brownstone is free and available in places like the Core
Curriculum Office, UNI Room 636, the Editorial Institute and
several student lounges. It is a non-profit organization that
for the first time this year will feature an advertising section,
which will cover previously unmet needs.
Past funding from organizations such as the National Endowment
for the Humanities as well as the Student Union and CAS Forum
have not been ample, organizers said.
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