This is Indiana university's way to exhibit the talent of their students.
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Samuel Sullivan
12 years ago
The Internet is not the proper medium for what NGAR wants to present, and anybody who picked it up would realize that.
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Harley
12 years ago
Don't risk teaching aspiring writers that their aspirations should resolve to a url. Print publishing is necessary.
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Jennifer
12 years ago
The Arts are nourishing. Keep printing for students' health sake.
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Megan McIntyre
12 years ago
NGAR contains art, poems, and short stories that you need to hold - to feel. To own.
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Melissa Rogers
12 years ago
As a former editor-in-chief of and contributor to NGAR who had the professional opportunity to collaboratively design the magazine and bring it to the printers myself, seeing this magazine exist only in online form would extremely disappoint me. Printing the magazine showcases student artwork and writing that cannot always be effectively translated to online environments. Moreover, online publications cannot be produced "for free," especially on student and faculty labor--printing the magazine ultimately costs much less than paying someone to design and maintain digital content online, which would eventually have to happen if that content were to be permanently archived in any form. Consequently, removing the print budget would also take money out of the hands of local businesses. An online version may enable the magazine to gain a broader readership, but to do so by eliminating the print version would be counterintuitive and would constitute a loss to the IUP community as a whole. My experiences with New Growth remain some of my most formative, and it does a disservice to IUP students to remove support for such opportunities.
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Brandon Lefebvre
12 years ago
As the increased disinterest in the fields relating to arts and the humanities occurs in this country do we want to just blindly follow this mistaken agenda, reallocating these areas to tiny corners of the internet? Just because it costs money doesn't mean that it is a negative. NGAR is a valuable outlet for burgeoning artists and writers to get experience with both the print medium and the processes involved in publishing. Just putting it on the web weakens its value and its meaning both to the staff that work so hard on it and to the writers and artists pouring themselves into their work so that medium may serve its purpose. Please don't allow this mistake to happen.
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Megan Cunningham
12 years ago
Although I understand the cost savings of an online only publication, I believe it diminishes the perceived value of the students' work. These students count being "published" as a measure of their success. Denying them the satisfaction of sharing their works personally with families, fellow students, and members of the community seems like a poor way for the university to show support of one of their major courses of study.
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Lois Bell
12 years ago
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as a parent paying tuition I am sure I could help you redirect your funds so you have money for this wonderful creative outlet.
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Rose Huber
12 years ago
My experience as editor-in-chief of New Growth Arts Review solidified my decision to earn my MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts. And, while in graduate school, I was required to self-publish my thesis. Because of my experience with NGAR, I already had the necessary experience with InDesign/Photoshop and a strong sense of how stories work in tandem. I leaned on my colleagues for support -- very much in the same way that I did while as editor-in-chief of NGAR. I was able to directly apply my skills to publishing over 100 print copies of my thesis. Fast forward to now, and these skills remain invaluable to my career. In all the positions I've held, I've had to use Photoshop and InDesign, programs I was introduced to through NGAR.
While the online world is robust, there is still very much a place for print in academia and the literary world. The vision of NGAR relies on its print form. Each year, a different collection takes shape, showcasing the creative talent of its writers and staff. The shape, size and texture of each issue of NGAR tells its own story. And making decisions such as these is important for students.
In a world where English majors struggle to obtain jobs, NGAR gives students a leg up. The skills learned through this collaboration -- working together, deciding on layout and design, selecting the best literary work -- cannot be learned in a classroom. And yet, these are the skills so many of us rely on in our careers.
Do not cut funding for NGAR's print budget. It will lose the entire integrity of its vision, and it will strip students of the skills necessary for "working in the real world."
This is Indiana university's way to exhibit the talent of their students.
The Internet is not the proper medium for what NGAR wants to present, and anybody who picked it up would realize that.
Don't risk teaching aspiring writers that their aspirations should resolve to a url. Print publishing is necessary.
The Arts are nourishing. Keep printing for students' health sake.
NGAR contains art, poems, and short stories that you need to hold - to feel. To own.
As a former editor-in-chief of and contributor to NGAR who had the professional opportunity to collaboratively design the magazine and bring it to the printers myself, seeing this magazine exist only in online form would extremely disappoint me. Printing the magazine showcases student artwork and writing that cannot always be effectively translated to online environments. Moreover, online publications cannot be produced "for free," especially on student and faculty labor--printing the magazine ultimately costs much less than paying someone to design and maintain digital content online, which would eventually have to happen if that content were to be permanently archived in any form. Consequently, removing the print budget would also take money out of the hands of local businesses. An online version may enable the magazine to gain a broader readership, but to do so by eliminating the print version would be counterintuitive and would constitute a loss to the IUP community as a whole. My experiences with New Growth remain some of my most formative, and it does a disservice to IUP students to remove support for such opportunities.
As the increased disinterest in the fields relating to arts and the humanities occurs in this country do we want to just blindly follow this mistaken agenda, reallocating these areas to tiny corners of the internet? Just because it costs money doesn't mean that it is a negative. NGAR is a valuable outlet for burgeoning artists and writers to get experience with both the print medium and the processes involved in publishing. Just putting it on the web weakens its value and its meaning both to the staff that work so hard on it and to the writers and artists pouring themselves into their work so that medium may serve its purpose. Please don't allow this mistake to happen.
Although I understand the cost savings of an online only publication, I believe it diminishes the perceived value of the students' work. These students count being "published" as a measure of their success. Denying them the satisfaction of sharing their works personally with families, fellow students, and members of the community seems like a poor way for the university to show support of one of their major courses of study.
as a parent paying tuition I am sure I could help you redirect your funds so you have money for this wonderful creative outlet.
My experience as editor-in-chief of New Growth Arts Review solidified my decision to earn my MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts. And, while in graduate school, I was required to self-publish my thesis. Because of my experience with NGAR, I already had the necessary experience with InDesign/Photoshop and a strong sense of how stories work in tandem. I leaned on my colleagues for support -- very much in the same way that I did while as editor-in-chief of NGAR. I was able to directly apply my skills to publishing over 100 print copies of my thesis. Fast forward to now, and these skills remain invaluable to my career. In all the positions I've held, I've had to use Photoshop and InDesign, programs I was introduced to through NGAR. While the online world is robust, there is still very much a place for print in academia and the literary world. The vision of NGAR relies on its print form. Each year, a different collection takes shape, showcasing the creative talent of its writers and staff. The shape, size and texture of each issue of NGAR tells its own story. And making decisions such as these is important for students. In a world where English majors struggle to obtain jobs, NGAR gives students a leg up. The skills learned through this collaboration -- working together, deciding on layout and design, selecting the best literary work -- cannot be learned in a classroom. And yet, these are the skills so many of us rely on in our careers. Do not cut funding for NGAR's print budget. It will lose the entire integrity of its vision, and it will strip students of the skills necessary for "working in the real world."