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FHTURE<br />
, CUofer-f. I9SS<br />
Writing: a means of expression^<br />
Poetry & short stories<br />
- Why do oeople fed tbo dutre to<br />
exprcu tbemdvcs throng*) « riling?<br />
As sophon ore Xeaditk CcAb «platecd.<br />
- Wi tins P°**y ssbfics my<br />
need to have a lasting accomplisb*<br />
out. li'^vec 7ne nnahiaf coocmc<br />
that I IMVC dwiw to look back on."<br />
Today there art msny people who<br />
write poetry oc ihortswrics caber for<br />
publication or (of their own penoctJ<br />
enjoyment sad satisfaction. Bo:<br />
when: [a history do the origins of<br />
thue fonm nf « rinea tapnssiOD lie?<br />
ftxtry has beat ased throoghou;<br />
history by pcopk. wishing to express<br />
themselves in • amww beyond the<br />
ordinary uses of language.<br />
Although one specific origin of<br />
poetry on not be traced, it is thought<br />
to nave bdonso! to ritual in early<br />
agrinlmnl sodetki. parttcuUily in<br />
ths form vf raatkal spdlft recitod to<br />
costire a good naivot.<br />
Poco/has evohol in tmry various<br />
forms ranging trotu the nursery<br />
rhyme* of Mother Goose to the epic<br />
poems of Home, loetry today is<br />
used tu Qtprcts a niie range of ideas<br />
or crooctom but bi the past it was tued<br />
primarily for religious purposes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> origins of the ihort story are<br />
quite different from, and yet (or easier<br />
to trace than the orf j*os of poetry.<br />
Prior to the nineteenth century,<br />
short stories were not generally regarded<br />
as a distinct literary form.<br />
Despite this (act. shcrt fiction b nearly<br />
as old as Unpnge itself in that it<br />
stems from some of the oldest forms<br />
of brief narratives: moralizing fairy<br />
talcs, that myths, historical legends,<br />
tad many more.<br />
By Jason Mlati<br />
Q.-sffiti. <strong>The</strong> dictionary define*, it<br />
as inscrptions or drawings made on<br />
• nxk or wall. At <strong>Lowell</strong>, we call it<br />
the next best thing to wallpaper.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re b oo doubt that graffiti b<br />
taking on a new and unique role in<br />
society today, as b evidenced by the<br />
increasing prevalence of graffiti on<br />
campus. <strong>Lowell</strong>'s benches, windows,<br />
rcstrooms. athletic facilities and<br />
dassrooms are displaying more socbl<br />
r>ieuagcs now than ever before.<br />
What's the meaning behind it all?<br />
AsiUtaat principal Gloria<br />
BogdanoCTs three years la the Sin<br />
frucfero Unified School District<br />
have provided her with mmy dors.<br />
but not all the answers.<br />
.^tj.iTiti seems to be more<br />
prcrtlca In the big cities where there<br />
are a Bomber of triuoc gjwiptV* she<br />
rrs'-tt^ "I guess to some degree it's<br />
a popoter group form of expression<br />
became it can be somewhat artistic<br />
but might abb hare > %ocial<br />
masage."<br />
:<br />
Bd<br />
y e enrtowtm often t*r.**<br />
a message of love, half, or fri nd*<br />
ship, aid irfteo direct! Itself tow aM<br />
-socjesy or (be govcraroent. Still,<br />
oowever, tnrtft rcmautt a DWDbcx of<br />
ahenadve forms, as LrwrcUtadeoti<br />
observed last year fo'"ou-gtria*<br />
vtyiai columns' written by ftnrv on<br />
Some of the first written short stories<br />
were those of the Bary*.unians and<br />
the Canaanite* inscribed in cuneiform<br />
on clay during the second rnilknniuTn<br />
B.C. At the same time, short Egyptian<br />
narratives were beta* composed<br />
on papyrus.<br />
the Old Testament also bokh some<br />
of the oldest and most famous short<br />
stories In the world.<br />
<strong>The</strong> early Greeks added a new di*<br />
raulon to short story writing by<br />
nuking pfpiilir moralizing injure*<br />
stories, many of which were later col*<br />
lected as "Aesop's Fables." <strong>The</strong> c rly<br />
Greek rtrmanccs also frequently<br />
lock shape as a series of ebon tales.<br />
At the time ui the Middle Ages.<br />
there was an iacreatcd interest in iN;<br />
short story, tt (hen experienced a *cnv<br />
poruy decline in the seventeenth and<br />
eighteenth centuries became of the<br />
cniergeace of the novel.<br />
<strong>The</strong> popularity of the short narrative<br />
was regained in tfce nineteenth<br />
cenrary with the birth of the modem<br />
short stury.<br />
As 9 writing style, the short story<br />
b coroantly changing In addition to<br />
the many obvious stylistic differ*<br />
enccs. this b one of the major differ*<br />
enccs between poetry and the short<br />
story. Although there are many types<br />
of poetry, as a style of writing, poetry<br />
has many more iet way* than the<br />
short story.<br />
Also, where they are many different<br />
rype* of poetry such as the epic,<br />
limerick, nursery rhyme, and sonnet,<br />
there a e no specific <strong>class</strong>ifications of<br />
short stories.<br />
<strong>The</strong> people at <strong>Lowell</strong> who write<br />
poetry and thort uorin arc %cry dedicated<br />
to their work.<br />
Graffiti<br />
"It has unistic aspects but it can<br />
also be really a social way of cortv<br />
munica'ing," she continued.<br />
"Groupi that aren't being listened to.<br />
might tend to cxpreu ihcnuclvn that<br />
way."<br />
Ones Bojdanoff like graffiti? "It's<br />
very prctry." the admitted. "But it's<br />
not appropriate after I have worked<br />
>ery hard to g*t pointers here, after<br />
I've tried to clean and bcauttf) the<br />
school. I juil *iih we could channel<br />
it in a different way."<br />
What about the other side of tbc<br />
story? What about tbr graffiti crtists<br />
One active graffiti artist on earnpos<br />
informed <strong>The</strong> £*t*/U that he views<br />
graffiti as simply uttber form of artistic<br />
self-expression.<br />
"It's just a way for writers to express<br />
th-irouUool c-oiifc, wbcte k\<br />
not just words. Ur a form of art»-.<br />
well."<br />
"If you've got a good Inokitg<br />
piecr." the stuocot said, "it's<br />
something people look up tn. You can<br />
say. That's me, I did that,' and it's<br />
almost tike a sums synbol.*'<br />
Bogdanof f is looking for a w*y to<br />
. curb the "problem" mat graffiti<br />
poses oa campus, yet b financially<br />
enable to do mccfa. "Yea can only<br />
,.ufb.t! tc tepoln! tic b^iutmras so<br />
many times tefore tbc nuncy runs<br />
CO."<br />
Shared Cobh, "I lie to wiite pod*<br />
ry whenever 1 |U a chtnec. But I cannot<br />
jtni say 'Okay, now it a' :.< to<br />
writy poetry.* I have to fed it inside<br />
or me and thea. when I feel I am<br />
ready, 1 will vrite it"<br />
<strong>The</strong> people who write poetry do so<br />
for far more f.*rona) reawns than<br />
those who write short stories.<br />
As Ktucr Vicki Sullivan toted.<br />
"My best poetry comes wit of really<br />
stfocig craotiooi. I led tfwt it helps<br />
me grt cry fceliogs out into the oocj<br />
aid herps me to o-ii w-*h the problem<br />
rationally."<br />
Many poets feel that their work b<br />
so personal 'Jut they do not waitf to<br />
rove it fttblishcd.<br />
"When I write paetry it b usually<br />
either for tm xlf or for one other person.<br />
It wouHI be loo ln*t*nonal to<br />
bave it publbbed." renuirked juniur<br />
Kim Griffith.<br />
"<strong>The</strong>re U also the frar that nut<br />
everyone would apprricate C e wotk<br />
thai b so much a part of you," added<br />
Cobb.<br />
For thote who do enjoy sharing<br />
their poetry or stories wfch others,<br />
there b 7V M>md, LUMCH**, tocrar)<br />
magazine. According to Vicki Sullivan,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Mjrud chairptscn, it b<br />
"... at-eryfoutrvcpartofLawcil."<br />
<strong>The</strong> members of <strong>The</strong> Myriad submit<br />
their v.ork ami the poems or<br />
stories are read akxind and ditorwl<br />
at the meetings.<br />
Ttrtieg to totktj'i tine.<br />
Ve Uc* ifcrrsji Ae ewrjdiy awtcoxtt of cifloa.<br />
Sarcdy iccag the crcwy nan-' passing M br<br />
As we sre «rsjr»5d b ow cuo&nble. Bmbiaf tfcata<br />
of trier.<br />
ui •.' ii a lome paid it no Im*<br />
TACK a a enrage<br />
Viiztt tnerc »m once one<br />
0« Kaoktd 4xoht<br />
tn«*f i* aJto.' o cat man.<br />
Vx JCSTJ it oat docks tnatfcn<br />
A d U G<br />
Itat it ao toe o oar tiding BO*<br />
A l f c<br />
t<br />
Ow nrU t> on pitaiod * brijir, rbnat BJCL<br />
MC3B C vn^O-<br />
Tie cckn m •» vtcae<br />
g<br />
As *t mcsdi ouichts t«y.<br />
On cktti *«p Kadv ion.<br />
TOO b<br />
Tbrj fetar bo BaoonbVs austo ot ,T*uJ<br />
Tm dani|ed to ow *ork tpia.<br />
.KM «c unto wfcy *t brake mj<br />
Ai «e tit ia tae cdorVu nid tet i* IdL<br />
Journalism<br />
"You get tome really positive<br />
feedback from iSc ducuuiom of ) t<br />
izing tne story, and prccinting the purtaat role of journalists b "... to<br />
mest aitical tacts before the krs itn- provide people with ioformation.<br />
to portant ones. A trchrucally flawleu with general uifom»iioa about not<br />
cogue in a form of an which they newt story can simply be cut to any only what'* gobg o=. b their Immed-<br />
fed K a "more persoail" form of length—even down to the one-para* iate axmrawiry. but what** gotufoo<br />
f J<br />
graph Vtsd-and retain its lofornu* t on this pUact ... (jou*nattsm) is<br />
After all. bow many tiara can we tiveness and coherence.<br />
essential-it's tfcc first line r» tn/or-<br />
repair the batnrooms?<br />
Competition between major news* maiion tor muu people."<br />
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