University Daily Kansan, December 7, 1984 Page 12
CAMPUS AND AREA
Varied essays win writing contest
Twelve essays, ranging in topic from the role of a character in Shakespeare's "Othello" to a Lawrence barber's cutting style, have been selected as the winners of the English 101 and 102 writing contest.
This semester the freshman-
sophomore program of the English
department began giving cash
awards and certificates to students
who excel in English 101 and 102, said
Haskell Springer, freshman-
sophomore English director.
The prize includes a check for $25 and a certificate of achievement, springer said. The money for the awards will come from department
Award recipients for English 101 essays were: Kelly Lyons, Bellon, Mo., freshman; Stephanie Oliva, Hays freshman; Christopher Reitz, Gainesville, Fla., freshman; Jana
Shaw, Gardner freshman; Sharon Swanson, Manhattan freshman; Ken Wilson, Lawrence freshman; and Melanie Wood. Waverly freshman.
WINNERS FOR ENGLISH 102 essays were: Teresa Adkinson, Lawrence sophomore; Mary Lee Hickman, Lawrence freshman; Elizabeth Kress, Lawrence freshman; Margaret Margarita Mo, sophomore and Larry Pascal, Richardson, Texas, freshman.
Teachers and students submitted essays written this semester and during the spring and summer semesters to a judging committee of English department faculty members, Springer said. The essays were judged on overall quality.
"There are awards of this type at higher levels in the department." Springer said. "We felt that the students in the basic courses who
have worked hard and done it well should have a certain amount of pride. It's only appropriate that those who do well should be recognized."
THE NUMBER OF awards has been set at about 10 a semester, Springer said, but the department plans to keep that number flexible.
"We will give out no awards if no essays are good enough." Springer said. "Or we may give out more than many essays, so we show many essays deserve the award."
Kaye Adams, graduate teaching assistant and one of the five judges, said she had read the 35 entries over Thanksgiving break.
"We looked for an overall quality of the essay." Springer said. "We looked for interesting ideas which were clearly expressed. We also looked for clean prose on the sentence level."
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