Senior Oliver Haynes Publishes Ffrst Novel
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The Vol. XCVIII. NO. 4 Get in the Halloween ou’wester spirit with spooky TV SOctober 24, 2012 e Fortnightly Student Newspaper of Rhodes College See Page 6 Senior Oliver Haynes publishes fi rst novel Tyler Springs Staff Writer photo courtesy of C. Slawson Chip Slawson Staff Writer In recognition of October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Sigma Nu sponsored a viewing of ‘Telling Amy’s Story,’ a documentary of one woman’s tragic struggle with an abuser. Shelby County Attorney General Amy Weirich delivered opening remarks. Following the viewing, Sigma Nu philanthropy chairman Kondwani Joe Banda moderated a panel discussion with Carol Casey; Marianne Luther; Oliette Murry-Drobot, director of the Memphis Family Safety Shelter; and Lia White-Roemer, a domestic violence survivor. Better Together: Promoting Religious Graphic courtesy of O. Haynes Oliver Haynes ’13 self-published his rst full-length novel, which debuted on Amazon.com Unity and Tolerance earlier this month. The artwork is his own. Julia Fawal To write and publish any book at an early age requires an immense amount time, discipline and energy. Co-News Editor F. Scott Fitzgerald dropped out of college and did a stint in the army before successfully revising and selling Fasting is a tradition shared by almost every major faith. It unites people of his fi rst novel at age 24. Michael Crichton managed to get his fi rst novel printed while he was still in medi- all religious affi liations and highlights that they are not as diff erent as it might cal school at age 27. seem. For that reason, Rhodes’ Interfaith is hosting Fast Better Together on Oct. 24. ough the publishing industry has changed a great deal since those two men began to write, there is Fast Better Together is part of the Better Together national campaign. For still something to be said for the rare diligence of youth, and Oliver Haynes surely has it. e Rhodes senior, the event, students and faculty fast throughout the day starting at dawn. e who is on track to graduate in spring 2013 with a degree in Business and a minor in English, has already event culminates at 6 pm in the BCLC, where everyone breaks the fast together fi nished his fi rst book, a novel entitled e Searing Veil that debuted at long last on Amazon.com earlier with catering from India Palace. e dinner celebration features a discussion this month. e Kindle edition is available for $2.99, and the 328-page paperback copy retails for $14.95. led by Religious Studies Professor Dr. Muesse, along with student speakers Haynes designed the dust-jacket himself, and he was kind enough to briefl y discuss his work the evening discussing the importance of fasting in each of their faiths, including Judaism, before its release on October 11. Christianity, Islam, and Atheism. Participants are asked to donate the amount they would have spent on food that day ($5) to the Metropolitan Inter-Faith What’s the premise of the novel? Association (MIFA). Interfaith works towards the positive discussion and interaction among OLIVER HAYNES: It’s a post-apocalyptic story about this society that’s struggling to survive, and people of diff erent religious and spiritual faiths. Better Together is a student they’re sort of isolated from the rest of the world and live in this network of caverns called Addullum [NTK campaign fi ghting to promote interfaith action on college campuses around spelling]. One day this stranger shows up named Lucien – he’s this masked, very eccentric character – he the country. In 2010, it joined forces with President Obama’s Interfaith and comes in and the people don’t really know what to make of him. Some think he’s a threat, some think he’s Community Service Campus Challenge, an initiative designed to increase in- a prophet-type fi gure. One way or another, they all know that he’s going to ignite some sort of change, and terfaith cooperation, collaboration, and discussion. e Interfaith Youth Core so he becomes the impetus for the whole story. A couple of the main characters work alongside him to try now trains student leaders, teaching them how to run events and hold respect- and bring this society out of the depravity of their existence into a new life, but the whole time there’s this ful and informative dialogues. question, can Lucien really be trusted? Schools such as Rhodes can sign up for Interfaith Cooperation to adopt the Oliver Haynes, article continued on Page 4 Better Together article continued on Page 4 Page 2 Opinion Wednesday, October 24, 2012 Letter from the Editor-In-Chief: The Sou’wester Editor-In-Chief A Homecoming to Remember Jasmine Gilstrap Dear Readers, Layout Editor Erica Morozin As a senior, this year’s Homecoming marked a milestone in my Rhodes career as one of my “lasts” as a current student. After discovering this picture of Rhodes students taken Executive Assistants in the year of my birth, I felt inspired to retake this picture with the Sou’wester staff with Radhika Puri myself in the same window as the students that have come before me. Just as the SW staff Michelle Chiles has recreated this tradition of taking a picture in the window seal in front of the Refectory, we hope to share with you other traditions that make this college we call home great. Roll Copy Editor Lynxcats roll, Lynxcats roll on. Megan Barnes Opinion Editor ~Jasmine Gilstrap Patrick Harris News Editors Julia Fawal Top (Left to Right): Lydia Holmes Michelle Chiles, Ines Tama- ddon, Erica Morozin, Lydia A&E Editor Holmes, Patrick Harris Shelby Lund The old Sou’Wester logo is pictured above. In an Bottom (Left to Right): effort to recreate traditions, should we bring it Sports Editor Jasmine Gilstrap, Swati Pan- back? Brendan Goyette 2012 dita, Shelby Lund, Julia Fawal Email thesouwester @gmail.com Executive Photo Editor Swati Pandita Business Manager Fall decoration ideas: Alex LaBat Advertising Manager Life-sized dorm door poster Cierra Martin Evan Katz your eyeball because the resolution from your (you should be dating Staff Writer them by now) friend’s camera is so high – this is a good thing. Use the You find yourself alone, walking down an endless hallway. Doors “view” tab up top to zoom out a bit, and the “crop” tool to make sure How to Reach Our surround you, each one identical to the last, and you begin to panic the photo is just the doorway. Authors and Us as you realize that this stretch of hall looks exactly like the one you Step 4) Set up the photo to print poster-size on multiple sheets. passed through two minutes ago. This is easier than it sounds – just go to print page setup, and in the As the official newspaper of Rhodes You whirl around, the endless line of blank doors seeming to press “scaling” section click “fit to” and make it 5 by 10 pages. This size College, The Sou’wester is produced entirely in against you. Sweat forms on your brow as you try to escape, realiz- will fit the standard dorm door, unless you’re attending the Louisiana by students on staff. It functions indepen- ing all too late that you’re trapped in this hope- State Institute for the Vertically Challenged. Ad- dently of faculty and administration. The less nightmare… just accordingly. newspaper is published weekly throughout ….or that you’re in a college dorm build- Before you hit print, you’ll want to make sure the fall and spring semesters, except during ing. Seriously, couldn’t people decorate their the printer you’re working with has enough ink exam periods and breaks. doors a bit? It sometimes looks like a mental to make fifty, full-size color copies. I recommend The Sou’wester is a member of the ward. If you’re looking for a way to make your the library printer, which will probably cost you Student Media Board, a consortium that door stand out from the rest, let people know around $8, or the guys across the hall. includes the editors of all student media who lives inside, and impress the opposite gen- Trim the edges and tape your poster up. Af- outlets, class representatives, and at-large der beyond all your previous attempts – and ter you awkwardly walk away with your stack of representatives from the student body. let’s be honest here; up until now they’ve con- body-part photos, you’ll have to trim the mar- All staff editorials published in The sisted of badly-timed winks – then a life-size, gin of white space around each one. I know – it Sou’wester represent the majority opinion homemade, personal door poster is just what sucks, it’s boring, and you have terrible motor of the Editorial Board composed of section you and your roommates need. skills. But it’s well worth it. editors and executive editors. Opinions Here’s how: Also, try and keep the pictures in order or expressed in opinion columns and letters- Step 1) Find a friend with a nice camera. you’ll end up with a life-size puzzle of yourself… to-the-editor do not necessarily reflect the Ask around until you can find someone, prefer- intriguing, yet probably a project for a different opinions of The Sou’wester Editorial Board. ably good-looking, who’s got one of those nice day. (Maybe a nice gift for your camera-happy Letters-to-the-editor are encouraged, but SLR cameras that you always see hipsters walk- significant other? What? You broke up?) If pos- cannot exceed 350 words; all letters must ing around with.