Spring Break
Senate approves grant for Independent Scribe
Chris Curtis
Issue date: 11/20/08 Section: News
11/20/08 - The University of Rhode Island Student Senate voted unanimously last night to fund the second issue of the Independent Scribe.
The Independent Scribe is a student literary journal compiled by a student organization of the same name. The organization screens submissions from the student community, publishes them in book form and distributes copies on campus free of charge.
Senior and treasurer Erin Philbrick, spoke at the meeting of the group.
Philbrick thanked the senate for supporting the group and asked that they grant it money to allow it to continue its efforts.
Senator Allen Petit, who sponsored the bill as chairman of the finance committee, recommended that his fellow senators vote for the bill.
"They had a really successful publication last spring they were able to do it through fundraising," Petit said. "But now that they're recognized with us they have to come to us for money."
The fine arts department financed the group's first publication, as they had not yet been officially recognized.
The money from the senate comes in the form of a contingency grant in the amount of $5,265.81.
The funds will go to cover the cost of printing 1,000 copies of the journal, which Philbrick said after the meeting should be distributed on campus sometime within the second or third week of December.
This second issue of the publication will contain about 120 pages of written works, including poetry, short stories, critical essays, and 30 pages of student artwork.
The artwork is a feature new to this second issue of the Scribe, and will include photographic art and sculpture, Philbrick added.
She said the second issue will be bigger and better than the first.
"It's going to be twice as big as the last issue," Philbrick said. "Content wise, I think that we had an even more competitive base for our submissions this time, and the work that we received really was exemplary."
The Independent Scribe is a student literary journal compiled by a student organization of the same name. The organization screens submissions from the student community, publishes them in book form and distributes copies on campus free of charge.
Senior and treasurer Erin Philbrick, spoke at the meeting of the group.
Philbrick thanked the senate for supporting the group and asked that they grant it money to allow it to continue its efforts.
Senator Allen Petit, who sponsored the bill as chairman of the finance committee, recommended that his fellow senators vote for the bill.
"They had a really successful publication last spring they were able to do it through fundraising," Petit said. "But now that they're recognized with us they have to come to us for money."
The fine arts department financed the group's first publication, as they had not yet been officially recognized.
The money from the senate comes in the form of a contingency grant in the amount of $5,265.81.
The funds will go to cover the cost of printing 1,000 copies of the journal, which Philbrick said after the meeting should be distributed on campus sometime within the second or third week of December.
This second issue of the publication will contain about 120 pages of written works, including poetry, short stories, critical essays, and 30 pages of student artwork.
The artwork is a feature new to this second issue of the Scribe, and will include photographic art and sculpture, Philbrick added.
She said the second issue will be bigger and better than the first.
"It's going to be twice as big as the last issue," Philbrick said. "Content wise, I think that we had an even more competitive base for our submissions this time, and the work that we received really was exemplary."
