Hilltop Views (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Page: 1 of 16
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Creative writing students honored for their works
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committed suicide due
anti-gay bullying.
Members of PRIDE
of the person she thought he
was.
Tatum had a recommenda-
tion for up-and-coming writ-
ers.
"Pursue the part of [writ-
ing] you want to do consis-
tently and word will get out,"
Tatum said.
Folkins also nominated the
work of John Parks. Parks’
about [anti-gay bullying]
when you live in such an ac-
cepting city,” Guerrero said.
"We need to continue to
fight.”
Guerrero met with Student
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Two St. Edwards Univer-
sity student writers were rec-
ognized on the state level for
their work in creative non-
fiction.
Sherrie Tatum, a partici-
pant of the Masters of Lib-
eral Arts program and John
Parks, a 2010 New College
graduate, both placed in this
year’s Texas Association of
Creative Writing Teachers
awards. The awards recog-
nize exemplary works of
student fiction, poetry and
creative non-fiction.
TACWT has been bring-
ing together teachers of cre-
ative writing in Texas since
“We’re having the candle- g
light vigil to promote the fact
that bullying is real,” Guer-
rero said.
Guerrero said he chose
Oct. 12 to be’the day of the
vigil because it is the 12-
year anniversary of the hate
crime-related death of Mat-
thew Shepard, a homosexual 0
student who attended the m
University of Wyoming.
“It’s kind of easy to forget
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Her book follows her per-
ception of high school friend
Larry Schacht, the doctor
who created the poison that
was responsible for over
900 deaths in the Jonestown
Massacre, 30 years after the
event. She said she is fasci-
nated with how a close friend
of hers could do something
so seemingly uncharacteristic
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Q Entertainment:
A look back at
the 2010 Austin City
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cently took on Campus Min-
istry for its decision to deny
Equality Texas, a gay rights
advocacy group, a chance to
participate in the university’s
non-profit fair Sept. 15. But
now PRIDE has turned its
attention to the vigil, in col-
laboration with Campus
Ministry.
Andrew Guerrero, presi-
dent of PRIDE, said that the
idea for the vigil was inspired
by the suicide of Tyler Cle-
menti, an 18-year-old fresh-
man at Rutgers University,
on Sept 22. Clementi com-
mitted suicide days after his
roommate streamed video
online of Clementi having
a sexual encounter with an-
other man.
Anna Whitney
awhitne@stedwards. edu
A St. Edward’s University
student organization provid-
ing support for lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgendered
students is moving forward
despite recent controversies.
PRIDE, an acronym for
Promoting Respect, Inclu-
sion, Diversity and Empow-
erment, has planned a num-
ber of events aimed towards
connecting with the St. Ed-
ward’s community, including
a candlelight vigil that was
scheduled for on Oct. 12 to
remember students who have
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sistently and word will get
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a world of writing that exists
outside the university," Parks
said.
Both writers had some-
thing to say regarding the
importance of writing. Parks
believes good literature can
reveal new perspectives on
humanity and life in general.
“Life itself is a narrative, and
when put to ink and paper, it
can become a powerful and
effective medium to growth,
understanding, appreciation,
joy or pain,” Parks said.
Tatum had something sim-
pler to add.
“[Writing] brings order to
chaos,” Tatum said.
Edward’s University
piece, which describes the
loss of his shoes on a night
train in Munich while he was
studying abroad in Rome,
placed third in the TACWT
category of Undergraduate
Creative Non-fiction.
“The recognition from the
Association helped my confi-
dence as a writer,” Parks said.
“It also helped me to know
more about submitting work
in general."
Parks believes all students
who are interested in writing
should submit articles to as
many venues as possible.
“I never thought of submit-
ting one of my pieces but,
luckily, I had a supportive
professor who got me started
and helped open my mind to
the mid-1970s.
This year’s TACWT con-
ference took place on Sept.
23-25 in Fort Worth.
Tatum’s work, a selection
from her in-progress book,
was nominated and submit-
ted to TACWT by St. Ed-
ward’s professor Gail Folkins.
Tatum was thrilled when she
discovered she placed third
in the category of Graduate
Creative Non-fiction.
“It just felt wonderful, first
that [Folkins] even submit-
ted my first chap ter... that in.
itself was gratifying,” Tatum
said.
Tatum considers her piece
to be literary journalism, a
genre, which describes real
events in a narrative style.
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