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’ aj&f' the wordsmith’s worst en
— --emyrbut having no place
to publish and share
one’s work — that
"carTBe literary Hell.
Aiming to provide
__an outlet for poets and prose_
crafters at USC, Three Rivers Review,
the reincarnated undergraduate lit
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on-campus, pen-wielding population
that necessary forum.
_ Qniaos establish the publication
as ”a journal, not a magazine,” third
— year English Student Daniel Warner
and Three Rivers Reviewcd-editorT
emphasized the Review’s role as ful
USC’s publications, as we see it, is
§s||j| W’ ip that there is essentially no outlet for
stndentirteravy "voice. The goafof
Three Rivers is to provide that out
_ _let."
Jen AufreyTSfourtHTeaf English
student ancUfhr je Rivers public af
dergraduatas in general, not just
English or other liberal arts majors,
share their work,” she said. "There
are lots ofother literary magazines,
whatnot in the area. But the school
has nothing of the sort, not be
causenf lack of support, but sim
ply because there was no orga
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atedthe organization.”
Although the USG English
/ Department produces a vari
rT ety"oFp ubTicaTrons.Tt TfSs
| '^ssr~ noticeably lacked in recent
'..years a journal focused
on unMrifSS^Sfe
work. Several years
---— agOrUSCdiscontinued
both the literary journal and the year
book. USC graduate Elizabeth
Siior project last year to take steps
toward bringing it back.
The group of students has been
working since the fall for this
...semester’s publication. Autrey.said..
Hoping to revamp campus interest
in the publication of Undergraduate
-work, the Three Rivers staff members
view the journal as an essential out
let "Anyone who wants to become a
writer needs a venue. We’re hereTcT
provide the venue. Even if people just
do it for fun, we want to provide a
place where all this can happen^”
Autreysaid.
English student and staff poetry edi
tor, hopes the journal will expand
etry” on campUs. Prose editor Sarah
Saylor, a first-year English student,
echoed Watson’s sentiments: "We’re
trying to gen
est and
open
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the writing community to people in
~ altldnds of Tttffererfrgenres.alikind
of different experience levels.”
The journal is accepting submis
sions not only from on-campus writ
ers, but also from undergraduate stu
. dents at ‘•anynolleee in the world,”
explained Autrey. "Of course, we
want as many USC students to sub
miras possible,” she added. — —
Currently working to raise sup
port for Three Rivers Review,
the staff plans topoducel vol- ~jr~
ume of student compositions
, this spring. ‘Tve work- ^
ing on our Web site Slid 1
we've been trying to get the *
leges as well,” said Audrey.
Posting flyers and running ra
•"dio'adsrmo^rafrTfgrmytTedtm
dergraduate students to submit
their best work and is offering
prizes for the most outstanding po
ems and prose pieces. The deadline
- ffm—submissions. is—March. 1..,.
Honoring the most outstanding
pieces of both prose and poetry, first
prizes of $25 will be awarded in each
category.
Idea 1 $\. itiFThreeTSTvers staTT~
hopes to make the journal a bi-annual
.publication A- and, therefore, is anx
ious to garnw as much community
support for thkir efforts as possible.
"The more support we get, the more
copies we can make and the more stu
dents will be abk to share in the ex
perience," said freasnrer and third
year print journalism student
Gabrielle Sinclair. _
The print edition of Three Rivers
should be on standi in Cool Beans and
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least r^iivigorate it
—with thp publication
of the student body’s
best pieces.
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derstand the need for opportunities
like Three Rivers, to see your work
in print and recelvelPeaffirmatTon ^ “1
that comes from your peers reading
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schools have undergraduate literary
magazmes.’ftfedmrt want tote out of--——
the loop.”
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Beatles still popular
40 years after Sullivan
BY BEN WENER
KKTCAMI'IS
They played five songs that
chilly Feb. 9, inside the same
CBS studio in New York that
David Letterman now inhabits.
In order, "All My Loving,” then
version of "Till There Was
You,” "She Loves You,” "I Saw
Her Standing There” and "I
Want to Hold Your Hand.”
Five songs, performed for a
measly $600 per player. Five
songs, that is, at a time when
most guests were lucky to get
two.
That would kick off a year of
unprecedented firsts — in this
case, an unequaled four-month
stay at No. 1, one hit bumping
into another, to the point that
during the first week of April
they held the entire Top 5. "Can't
Buy Me Love” came that week,
too, racking up advance orders
nearing 2 million.
And those were only the fun
damentals fueling Beatlemania
in 1964. All that was required to
open the floodgates here, launch
the British Invasion and change
not only the face of rock n’ roll
but ultimately mold popular cul
ture the world ovkr was one big
push. A spark to start a wildfire.
It came that February day
four decades ago, when an esti
mated 73 million Americans
tuned in to watch the Fab Four
on "Sullivan.”
But that's not the real phe
nomenon. Nor is the Beatles'
massively influential string of
groundbreaking recordings the
real phenomenon. Nor their per
sonalities, looks or trend-setting
sense of wit and style.
No, the real phenomenon is
that virtually everything about
the Beatles, from the most im
portant albums to the most triv
ial details, is every bit as preva
lent today as it was 40 years ago.
Though it's so commonplace
now it's practically taken for
granted, amazingly the Beatles'
phenomenon keeps extending to
each new generation.
Indeed, their cultural domi
nance right now couldn’t be
more stupefyingly vast. Think
about it: In 1964, did many
teenagers spend their after
noons spinning dusty 78s of mu
sic that came 40 years earlier?
Yet what's astounding today
is that, though there are more
musical choices for young peo
ple than ever, many stiill take to
the Beatles first, as if their mu
sic had been created specifically
for them.
That's only one matter that
speaks to the ageless appeal of
the Beatles. Consider that a re
arranged retrospective like "1,”
composed of recordings that
haven't been remastered in
nearly 20 years, rocketed to the
top of the charts. Tribute bands
regularly pack 'em in at the
aters while boomers and their
grandkids shelled out upward of
$200 recently to see Paul
McCartney play sets consisting
mostly of Beatles classics.
Most surprising to me — and
happily so, despite the sadness
it marked — was that the un
timely death of George
Harrison, oft-considered a lesser
Beatle compared with the
group's renowned songwriting
duo, was treated as a crushing
loss. To say he received nearly
the same reverence accorded
Lennon after his murder would
be overstating it. But that he
graced the cover of every major
entertainment magazine and ap
preciations ran on the front
pages of every self-respecting
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