Campus
Month: April 2019
Creative Writing
Richard Mayne: Fiction Contest
To highlight the winners and honorable mentions of the 2019 Kathleen Downey Short Fiction Contest, Richard Mayne heads this series to share their work on the New Worcester Spy. Each entry includes an interview with […]
Campus
“Much and Nothing”: Notes from the Normal School #12, Late April
By Nicole O’Connell In this column, Nicole deciphers Victorian cursive and explores old class diaries to see what students were up to in the early days of Worcester State. “Much and Nothing” refers one diarist’s […]
Creative Writing
Nick Longo: Fiction Contest
To highlight the winners and honorable mentions of the 2019 Kathleen Downey Short Fiction Contest, Richard Mayne heads this series to share their work on the New Worcester Spy. Each entry includes an interview with […]
Creative Writing
They Used to Call Me Father
By Tony Dupre They used to call me Father.Long hours in small boxes,listening to the transgressions of strangers,listening intently. I’d say the same things, a droning sound;“Say three Hail Marys and beg for forgiveness.”then absolve […]
Creative Writing
High Moral Worth
By Thomas Clark Sarah ran headlong through a knot of Blue Andalusian hens, her father’s favorite. They scattered to the barn’s dark corners, where they sent up a cloud of straw and feathery detritus. Despite […]
Creative Writing
Respite For an Empty Nest
In August 2018, during Older Student Registration, students Carol Chester and Gail Johnston, with guidance from Joanne Jaber Gauvin from the Urban Action Institute, initiated the Older Student Writing Project (OSWP). The goal of the […]
Arts & Entertainment
Visiting Poets at WSU
By Gabrielle Plainte On Sunday, April 7, a poetry reading took place in the Faculty Lounge of the Sullivan Building. People of all ages attended, some students, others pure lovers of poetry, and a few […]
Arts & Entertainment
WSU is “Putting It Together”
By Sarah Synk Put on your Broadway night shoes, break out the opera glasses, and get ready to hear the prodigious music of Stephen Sondheim, one of the foremost musical composers of our time. If […]
Campus
Student Intern Spotlight Series: Aaron Maday
By Rachael Berthiaume As we are nearing graduation, seniors of all majors are finishing up their capstones and internships before they switch the assignments for the caps and gowns. Senior Aaron Maday had a slightly […]