A momentary return to our old-school, online-only format.
During the fall semester of the ‘07-’08 academic year, we received an exciting influx of 30+ submissions for our fall issue. As many of you know (hopefully), we were then able to put out our first printed, hard-copy issue of Debatable. The printed magazine was a welcome achievement after months of online work, and the feedback we received was almost entirely positive.
Unfortunately, this spring semester we were not as lucky. There was an inexplicable drought in submissions, and by the April 30 deadline for the Spring ‘08 edition, we had only received about 15 articles. We on the editorial board have no foolproof explanations for the sudden lack of submissions, but any number of factors could have contributed. This, it seems, is the challenge of producing a publication that relies on student participation for its content; sometimes the student body is eager to contribute. Jacked up. Chomping at the bit. Other times, for whatever reason, the excitement isn’t there.
So, here we resolved to keep this third issue an online-only gig. We have postedthe best of what we received, and we hope these engaging, well-written pieces will encourage many more people to write something in the fall. We remain ready and hopeful to once again see a large number of submissions and come out with a fat, impressive printed volume for Issue 4. Thanks!
Here is our featured batch of articles for this third online installment:
Democratic Idols by Tarsi Dunlop
Work Hard, Play Hard, Enjoy Neither by Si Rutherford
Dining Hall Etiquette 101 by Tristan Axelrod
Hurt Feelings, Inflated Egos & General Nonsense by Ann Garcia
What is the Value of Diversity? by Mike Waters
Go Find Your Lolita by Logan Rutherford
Dangerous “Confessions” by Ceara Danaher
The State of Opinions in America by Mike Waters
Living in the Internship Era by Dan Roberts
Practice Rooms and Priorities by Tristan Axelrod
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