*This post is part of a series of blog posts highlighting award winning contributors and supporters of Scribendi. Hello Scribendi enthusiasts, the time has come to meet this year’s Western Regional Honors Council (WRHC) award winner in the visual art category, Aarya Engineer. His piece Self-Portrait (I Like Turtles) was chosen by a panel of … Read More
The Associated Collegiate Press has announced their selections for the 2013 Pacemaker awards, and Scribendi has prevailed! Our 2013 edition was deemed worthy of the highest award in student journalism, often likened to the Pulitzer. This is one of the greatest honors we can receive, and we’re grateful and excited to accept. Pacemaker candidates were judged based … Read More
By Sergio E. Carrasco Today, he was hard at work talking about himself as part of the “Meet the Author” lecture series happening Mondays in November. Dressed in a plain white T-shirt, blue jeans and a loose-fitting, unbuttoned overshirt, Daniel Abraham looked the part of the quintessential “slacker-writer”: you know, the kind that misses … Read More
On the afternoon of Friday the 27th of September, the Scribendi staff started to prepare for Homecoming. First-timer and seasoned pro alike, they all pitched in to make this Homecoming the best one in Honors history. Did they pull it off? Absolutely. Then again, I may be biased. I was one of the staff members who … Read More
In this segment, your Scribes highlight a work of art or literature that has been published in a past issue of Scribendi. This piece has been selected by Jesse Montoya, from the Scribendi 2013 edition. Commentary will follow after the poem. Garden City Breeann Silbernagel | Montana State University, Billings | Poem Editors’ Choice Award … Read More
by Georgia Casswell When thinking about what makes Scribendi such a distinguished magazine, words like “dedication,” “hard work,” and “pride” come to mind. It is with all of these things that the staff works tirelessly to create such an amazing work of art. For two semesters the unity of some of the most brilliant minds that the … Read More
(by Sergio Carrasco and Jesse Montoya, based on an article by Alyson Alford-Garcia) Have you ever wondered, while illegally downloading movies and music, about copyright law and how it affects you, industries, society on the whole? Well, we normally don’t either, but we’ve been thinking, now that we’re gearing up for another issue of … Read More
by Sergio Carrasco and Jesse Montoya Less-than-credible news sources suggest that on Saturday, August 24th, the Scribendi team gathered in the early morning hours for their annual Teambuilding Workshop. Participants arrived groggy, nervous, and generally withdrawn. A sort of quiet unease shrouded the honors forum; some staff members made small talk, others quietly awaited their … Read More