Fall 2002

English Major, Rachel Tinon, reads from novel
The Huntington College English Department will host student-author Rachel Tinon for a public reading and book signing of her recently published novel, Circle of Shadows.  The event will take place Saturday, December 14, in the Huntington Union Building on the campus of Huntington College, at 8 p.m.

Dr. Jack Heller presented his paper “’Jesus … help him’: Lostness and Arthur Miller’s Commentary on Death of a Salesman” at the Mideast Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature, University of Dayton (OH), October 18, 2002. This essay examined the Christian implications of the imagery of lostness in Miller’s famous play. A link to this paper is: http://www.gatheringsonline.org/WORDS/LostnessandArthurMiller.htm

Dr. Linda Urschel and English major Lynda Barnum attended the Northeast Christianity and Literature Conference in Dayton, Ohio, October 18 and 19^th.  Dr. Urschel and Ms. Barnum formed a panel to discuss Christian images of redemption in Stephen King’s writing.  Dr. Urschel spoke on teaching Stephen King from a Christian perspective while Ms. Barnum wrote on the images of redemption in Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.

Sigma Tau Delta Holds first annual Poetry Slam
Members of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society, organized the first annual Poetry Slam at Cafe D'Vine on November first.  There was a crowd of folks to hear the poetry.  Some students from Huntington North High School also attended as guests of Sigma Tau Delta.  The winner of this year's slam was Rachel Tinon, who won with her poem, "Brown Bag Life, Revolting."

Dr. Todd Martin attended the Festival America: Litterature d'Amerique du Nord
Held in Vincennes, a suburb of Paris, France, the festival gathered known and unknown authors from Canada, the United States, and Mexico for a weekend of readings, panel discussions, and interviews.  The better known authors included Terry McMillan, Margaret Atwood, Richard Ford, and Russell Banks; the panel discussions focused on such topics as The Women of America, The African American Question, and God, Morality and America.

The English Faculty welcome their newest member
Dr. Jack Heller joined the English department, coming most recently from Voorhees College in South Carolina.  He will take over the courses in Early,  Medieval, and Renaissance literature, Shakespeare, and 17th and 18th century literature.

Spring 2002

Dr. Del Doughty to present essay and publish another
Dr. Del Doughty will present his paper, "The Shift from Multi-linearity to Multi-channel Sensory Input iin Recent Hypertext Narrative," at the Twentieth-Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville.  Further, his essay "Linking by Scent: Renga and Hypertext" has been accepted for publication in Cyberculture and the Humanities: Proceedings.

Drs. Linda Urschel and Todd Martin to present essays
Dr. Urschel and Dr. Martin will be presenting their research at the College English Association conference which is being held in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Dr. Urschel's essay looks at the spiritual journey of women in the novels of Lee Smith and Sharyn McCrumb; Dr. Martin's essay explores the intersection of world views between Science Fiction and Christianity, focusing specifically on Robert Heinlein and Philip K. Dick.

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