10/20/2006
Halloween Podcast is now online
In case you missed it last month, the library has begun creating audio content. This month's podcast should sound quite a bit better since our software and hardware has been upgraded. Using M-Audio's Podcast Factory, one of the library's Digital Media Center resources funded through our grant, we have produced a Halloween themed show that really is something fun to listen to.
October Features - Halloween edition
This month we have some delightfully creepy and hauntingly hair-raising segment for your listening pleasure.
In our first student segment, Sara Claiborne and Marissa Frenton host the first installment of “Movie Knight in the Library” as they review two movies from our collection – The Ring 2 and the Secret Window. This will be a regular segment.
In this month’s Marian History Moment, our Archivist, Sr. Rachel West, has submitted a piece on the ghosts of the Stokley-Wheeler Mansion and the Tower that used to exist behind the mansion. Pictures from our Archives can be found on the library’s blog.
Elizabeth Pearson-Coan, our Acquisitions librarian, has done some great research on the origins of the Dracula myth and share that with us in her segment titled “ Dracula – aka Vlad the Impaler – Glamorous Euro trash or bloodsucking vampire warlord”.
And in October’s Tech Tips and Tactics, Chadwick covers the benefits of using social book marking websites to get the most out of your favorites lists and internet bookmarks.
You can listen to, and learn more about, our podcast by visiting the library's podcast page.
Or, it's even better if you subscribe to the podcast using iTunes sowtware, or another podcast catcher, and have the service update for you whenever we post new content.
Whether you listen on your PC or your MP3 player, we think you will enjoy the content and have fun listening.
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Use this link to Subscribe using iTunes or your favorite podcast catcher.
http://library.marian.edu/podcasts/hmlpc.xml
10/18/2006
Marian Ink - A poetry blog
Marian Ink – a poetry forum
Are you poet, but don’t know it?
Or maybe you do know it, and wish that everyone knew about your creative talents. The library would like to give you the opportunity to share your poetic creativity with the campus by establishing a virtual poetry slam, Marian Ink.
Here’s how it works:
Submit your poetry via email to the library -- librarystaff@marian.edu, (see Submission Guidelines below). Poetry will be posted periodically to the library blog with the heading Marian Ink; postings will include a brief introduction to the author/poetry being featured. We can’t guarantee a solo bill, and the volume of responses will dictate the frequency with which Marian Ink will appear on the blog.
This is the fun part – once your poetry is out there, others can share in your creativity by posting responses to Marian Ink. Sure, it’s not a crowded coffee shop in the
…Kicking off Marian Ink will be the poems of Jim Morrison, a Marian College sophomore who tells us he writes poetry because “ for awhile it was how I dealt with my negative feelings (in part because it's fun), now: the last few times it's to try and write about things that will hopefully inspire others and I also [wrote] the last few because I'm feeling close to God”.
Jim shared some of his poetry at an open mic night in the library last spring, and has waited patiently for a chance to share more of his work with the Marian Community.
Share your thoughts on Jim’s poetry – what it says to you and how it makes you feel. Please remember, all blog posts are moderated – keep it clean, and keep it constructive. Marian Ink is a place to grow one’s poetry, not chop it to pieces.
God's love
God looks past our pain, past our fears,
past our lies, past our shame,
past the darkness deep inside
To see and help the man that tries to hide
-- Jim Morrison
Being Dead
The world is black, your memories erased
Who are you now that you're dead and looking like paste?
Who are you now that you no longer feel;
You are you; that's when everything now feels most real
Or at least you wish it did because, after all these years of pain
Feeling everything you should makes you totally insane
Got treated so badly but's still expected to take it
All the way 'til he can't fake it; can't pretend he's happy anymore
can't keep from falling on the floor; can't keep his head from spinning
can't keep his life in a way that he's winning
can't take the headaches anymore
Wishes his head would explode to stop all the pain
Or that he'd go beyond insane
So he wouldn't realize what was happening with his life
And all he'd feel was happiness 'til he found a wife
who loved him as much as he did her
But now he's found a God who loves him unconditional
And all that stuff is in the past
And his life is so amazing
That he couldn't imagine anything near as much of a blast
-- Jim Morrison
Interested in more student poetry and creative writing? Check out the library’s holdings for the fioretti, the
Guidelines for Marian Ink submissions
- You must be a faculty, staff, student or alumnus of
- Only two poems per author will be considered for posting each month.
- The poem can be no more than 25 lines (not including the title).
- Poems are generally published as is; therefore check spelling and punctuation before submission.
- An excerpt from a longer poem will be considered if it can stand alone.
- Submit one or two poems via email to the library -- librarystaff@marian.edu, subject line “Marian Ink submission” -- along with your name and some background info – class/graduation year, contact information (email address preferred, we won’t publish it to the blog) and what inspires you to write poetry.
- If reprint permissions are required, please get permission prior to submitting your work.
- Hackelmeier Library reserves the right to refuse poems that are too long or could be seen as unsuitable for public display.
- Please include any special formatting requirements for your poem in your submission.
- Copies of submitted poems will not be returned.
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