Polaris?

If you're reading this, the odds are that you have NO IDEA what on Earth "Polaris" is, what its function is, or why you should care. So let me enlighten you. Polaris is (if you haven't guessed from the blog title) an undergraduate journal of the arts and literature. Which basically means, we take all the creative awesome stuff you write, draw, paint, take pictures of, etc., and decide which ones we think are "the best of the best" if you will, and publish them into one fairly epic magazine.
But who are we? I suppose that’s a fair question.
We are twelve students from Ohio Northern University, dedicated to bringing YOU the best magazine we can. Or something like that. There is, however, a lot more to each of us individually. So I thought, that just maybe, you’d like a bit of a glimpse into “us”.

"Us"

Andrew - Co-editor. Andrew Merecicky, senior creative writing major, does not hail from Brothers, Oregon where he did not publish his first two books of poetry, The Wind and Whether: Annals Is a Funny Word and The F*ck is Poetry. After graduating high school, he did not spend a year traveling through cities on the coast of the Mediterranean before not spending two years working alongside migrant workers picking strawberries in southern California. His work has not appeared in Paris Review, Threepenny Review, TriQuarterly, Witness, Missouri Review,Kenyon Review, Five Points, Doubletake, Iowa Review, Crazy Horse, and Black Warrior Review. He does not currently reside in Buffalo, New York with his two dogs, Sanford and Son.

Brian -- Co-editor. Brian did not grow up along the solemn coast of Maine, the son of a librarian and a longshoreman. Before not attending Brown University, he did not spend a year digging irrigation systems in the underdeveloped hillsides of Nepal. He has not been published in Tin Roof, Western
Humanities Review, The Capilano Review or Jet. Brian has received no influence whatever from James Joyce, Hemmingway and Walt Witman. He is not planning to begin his master's in Russian literature at Boston College next fall. Neither has he been married to his lovely wife, Saleema, for two years, who is not pregnant with their first child.

Fred-- Art Editor. He would like to be known as "the fastest man in the world." Is he athletic? No, not really. But the "fastest man in the world nonetheless." Go figure. He can do handstands. Fred is single.









Alan- Fiction editor. Can be seen around campus riding a red bicycle with long pink streamers. He writes music reviews for the Northern Review and wants to marry Lydia. But Lydia thinks he's yucky. At time of post: someone stole the pink streamers off his bike.











Jeff- Design editor. Jeff was the original batman. He also hails from a place.










Khaty- Poetry editor. Was found in a basket along the Cuyahoga river. She is also descended of Finnish royalty. She enjoys breakfast alright, but her absolute favorite meal of the day is dinner! Her research includes the efficacy of auryn as a means to pass beyond the Cosmic Microwave Background and stop the Nothing. Also seahorses. Also see: Horses.











Kathleen- Non-fiction editor. She went to Wales.











Lydia- Promotional director. She actually thinks Alan is quite cute, but just wants him to think she thinks he's yucky. Sometimes she stands close to him at recess hoping he will accidently bump into her, although she isn't quite sure why she wants this to happen. She just know it makes her feel fuzzy inside. They will probably get married. She has a dog named Gary Busey.








James- Webmaster. If James could change one thing about the world it would be free Black Jack Tacos all the time. He also owns his own childcare/debt settlement scam firm. He spends his weekends sending you those e-mails from Nigeria about a great opportunity if you can just lend him three thousand dollars now, you could make millions in a month!! He is an overall trustworthy guy except for this. We might say that James had been the original drummer for 98 degrees. It may also have been a drum machine. He has eight photos on his Facebook page. He also says "hi."

Caitlin- Professional phone number stalker. Caitlin McCann likes writing poetry and reading long books on the beach. Looking for a muse that is stable and likes variety. Must be adaptable to many genres.


Carolyn- Official blogger and random-stuff do-er. This would be me. The most important things to know are probably the following: 1) I love popcorn. 2) My favorite pair of shoes? My puppy dog slippers. Don't knock slippers, they're amazing. And 3) A Tale of Two Cities stirs my soul deeply. That. Is all ;c)

So there you go. A glimpse into the names behind Polaris. Over the last few meetings, we've been focusing on getting our name out-- trying to get ads placed in strategic places, etc. You know. Most exciting accomplishment of last meeting: *drum roll* We now have a website! www.polarismag.org is up and running.

Victory.

And that's a wrap.