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Inside March 11, 2003's Issue

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'FC Bytes,' an outlet for student creativity
Co-editors of the webzine, FC Bytes

By Micki Alvey
Staff Writer

For those looking for somewhere to voice their opinions or share their talents for writing, art or photography, there is a place.

FCBYTES is Georgia Highlands College's on-line magazine. It can be accessed at www.highlands.edu/bytes. The publication is an open forum for students and members of the FC community.

The mission of the magazine, as expressed by one of the publication's faculty advisers, Dr. Jon Hershey, is "to provide Georgia Highlands College students a creative outlet for writing, graphic arts and photography as well as computer and other technological exploration."

Basically, its goal is to offer a reading and viewing experience that differs from FC's other publications, The Old Red Kimono (ORK) and The Six Mile Post (SMP).

FCBYTES differs from the ORK and SMP in that it exists only on-line, it publishes a wider variety of material, such as plays and paintings, and, as co-editor Eric Rose stated, "We are more accessible to the entry level writers."

Also, the natures of Georgia Highlands College's two literary magazines are quite different. An editor of ORK, Matt Sunrich, said, "When I first came back to Floyd, I couldn't figure out why we needed two literary publications, but once I became familiar with the material in FCBYTES and was able to compare it to material in ORK, I realized the necessity."

The material in ORK is more refined while FCBYTES is uninhibited.

The concept of FCBYTES was proposed by Steve Burns, former professor of psychology. It was established by former students Joel Ball, Marlena Cecil, Glen Harris, Phillip Kemp, Sumer Lang, April Langford, Brent Moore, Wil Nix and Jacob Sullins.

The faculty advisers at that time were Burns; Jeanne Blakely, assistant librarian/Tech. Services; Steve Head, assistant librarian/public services; and Hershey. The first issue debuted in the spring of 1998.

The current faculty advisers are Blakely, Head, Hershey and Dana Pergrem, instructor of communications. The co-editors are students Brian Armstrong and Rose.

The advisers and co-editors work closely with staff to develop and execute each issue. They also make themselves easily accessible to students who are interested in submitting to FCBYTES.

Those who would like to submit to FCBYTES, should send their work as attachments to [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected].

As for what the publication will accept, Hershey said, "It might be easier to list what kind of material we don't want, except I can't think of any right now."

The environment of the on-line magazine is liberal and accommodates those individuals with schedules too busy for other campus activities.

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