Fall break has arrived. We are coming to the end of the line. There are only two weeks of school instruction left which means my time with the Toyon is coming to a close. Right now is a time of reflection on all we have done for the Toyon, a time for final edits and proofreading, and it is crunch time. As close as we are, we are not done yet.
For the Multilingual section there has been some setback. We had received some submissions that the Multilingual Editor and myself thought would be a good fit for publishing. The kicker was that they were pieces of translated work in a language no one on the staff was familiar with. We reached out to outside sources for help, but our initial find ended up falling through. Because of such we had to extend the deadline for letting us know if the translations were done correctly until after break. It’s no big issue, as long as we get a timely answer this time around. The other issue was similar but concerned the pieces for the Trilingual Poetry Contest of which we had agreed to publish their Award Winners in our issue of the Toyon this year. They too required the same extension. As soon as break is over we will hopefully have all the pieces in our possession so that they can be properly formatted and entered into the final proof of the Toyon. That brings me to what is left to do in the coming weeks. The next blog post will be about the Research Project so I’ll refrain from giving it space here. The last couple of things to take care of are as follows: final proofread, letter to next year’s Literary Translator, a Vision Statement alongside a Five Year Plan, and a final blog post. Of course, that’s without last minute changes that may come up. There is also the opportunity of continuing on with the Toyon for the following semester. For some of the roles this is a must, like the Managing Editor, but for most of the roles this is only an option. Any help in ensuring the production and the Release Party for the Toyon goes well will involve in the student signing on within a Directed Study course. How much a student wants to contribute will range from a 1 Unit to a 4 Unit course-load. Unfortunately, as the next semester is my last semester continuing on with the Toyon doesn’t hover in my field of short-term goals so much as ensuring I’ve got all my credits covered.
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