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Name: Stephanie Kelley

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Mobile number: 0 !"#$$%&0!

'ollege: (egent)s *ark

Sub+ect: English ,anguage and ,iterature

-hat section are you applying or/

'ulture 1rts 2 ,iterature in particular

3utline at least t4o ideas you ha5e or articles other than re5ie4s or inter5ie4sthis term.

Idea #1:

67he 8odleian)s 9orgotten 8ooks

1n in5estigati5e; in ormati5e piece.

< you peruse S3,3 care ully; there are some big gaps in the holdings o the all=po4er ul 8odleian. *ublications rom small or lesser=kno4n presses; emergingliterary talent; memoirs o sub5ersi5e >gures; 4orks by emale 4riters; literaturethat educational institutions might not consider 6real literature at all this is +ustthe beginning. -hat books do the 8odleian neglect to buy and is thisintentional/ < it is; 4hy/ < it isn)t; 4hat do the lapses suggest about the library at

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large about its sta?; about the uni5ersity; about the population o reading in8ritain/ 1re undergraduate students at large a4are o a process or suggestingne4 books to the library an inter5ie4 or poll might be in order hereA and ha5ethey e5er needed or 4anted to do it/ Boes the 8odleian need to do better; and4hy/

Idea #2:

Study Spot (e5ie4s -here)s the 8est 'hair/

1lright; hear me out. 1 re5ie4 o 5arious types o chairs in the librariesthroughout 3x ord sounds like the most banal column in existence; the absolute4orst idea or The Oxford Student but; i done correctly; it could be great; in acomical 4ay and isn)t it also the most necessary/ < a student opens the1rts2,it section to absorb; 4ell; 1rts and ,iterature; <)d bet that one o his or herbiggest crises at least subconsciouslyCA is the paradox o ho4 to >nd acom ortable reading position that lasts more than %$="0 minutes. <nstrumental inthis undamental desire to be com ortable is a good study spot. -hy do sciencestudents study in the (ad'am/ 8ecause it)s pretty. 8ut 3x ord)s libraries aremany; 5aried; and numerous let)s go beyond the basics.

< a humorous; slightly ironic; maybe e5en sardonic tone is taken 4ith a short;4eekly column in the 1rts2,it section; < think it could be a 5aluable addition. 7hecle5er glori>cation o 4hat)s pain ully ordinary makes or pretty good reading.Study spots can be explored by ne4 student 4riters each 4eek; 4anting tosho4case their special place; and chairsDdesksD5ie4sDa5ailabilityDopening hourscan all be catalogued to gi5e ratings out o %0; in categories like utility; air; andpoetic +ustice.

1 condensed potential example +ust a 5ery bare outline:

7he slightly pain ul; 4ooden hard=backed chairs in the (adcli?e 'amera. Sense o stateliness: %0D%0. 9unctionality: &D%0. 'om ort: "D%0. E?ort: #D%0. *oetic +ustice:FD%0. G7he students) anguished aces look as uncom ortable as the chairs they siton; perhaps/H

<t may not ha5e any 4orking electrical outlets; but do people kno4 that sitting inthe English 9aculty ,ibrary chairs is like sinking into hea5enly cloud/ Bo peoplecare/ GBeep do4n deep do4n; they do.H

Bo you ha5e any rele5ant pre5ious experience/

See attachment or my ull 'I; and also or se5eral 4riting examples.Staf writer or Patent Pending magazine201

1rticle 4riter or magaJine *atent *ending topics include emergingtechnologies; de5eloping perceptions and culture in the in ormation age; urbanplanning.

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National De*ater % $eam Captain# +ig, Sc,ool Speec, and De*ate $eam 2010-201)

,incoln=Bouglas %=on=% resolution=based debateA captain rom "0%0 "0%&;teaching students debate skills including research methods; case 4riting;argumentation styles; logic; and political philosophy.(an 4eekly meetings and practices; organiJed team competition in local andnational debate tournaments; logged National 9orensic ,eague points andregistration; handled yearly budget.1s a debater; competed at o5er "0 tournaments at high schools in North'arolina and uni5ersities across the East 'oast. -on %st place -ake 9orestLni5ersity <n5itational in "0%%; a4ards at %" other tournaments.

-hat other commitments do you ha5e next term/

None; except my degree.

Bo you ha5e any appropriate samples o your 4riting please attach to youremailA/

74o articles attached

7he deadline or applications is midnight; Saturday o th -eek " th No5emberA.

*lease email completed orms 4ith sub+ect header GSectionH application) to:

editor @ ox ordstudent .com

Oood luck; and thanks or your interest.

ditors!

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