Monday, November 6, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Experiences shape graduate's book
Bv Jennifer Velecler
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Laura Moriarty is blending her life experiences with a little bit of fiction as she works on a coming-of-age novel set in a town based on Lawrence.
When Moriarty came to the University of Kansas, she wanted to become a doctor. But the KU graduate is focusing solely on writing for one year at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H.
She was awarded with the George Bennett Writing Fellowship this year.
"I have all this time to think and work," she said. "It's really wonderful and I'm trying to make the most of it."
Morlarty said the novel dealt with the learning experiences of "Annabelle Bucknow," the main character who is told at a young age
by a teacher that she's "blessed" because of her intelligence.
"Because of her age, she takes more stock in it as she should," Moriarty said. "The rest of the book has her realizing, as she grows up, that she hasn't been blessed."
She said she got the idea for the main character from the people she encountered while working in Kansas City, Kan., and Lawrence as a social worker.
readers in their late teens into adulthood.
"I got ideas for the story from social work, but also from writing other stories," said Moriarty, who earned a bachelor of social welfare in Social Work and a master's in English at KU. "Some of the story is from my life, and some is not."
The story is based in the fictitious town of Kerrville, which Moriarty said was modeled after Lawrence.
"It's not like a 'Sweet Valley High' book or others like that," Moriarty
She described the book as mainstream fiction that would appeal to
She said she couldn't give an exact description as to what the book was about.
"When people ask what it's about, I worry when I can't tell them exactly." she said. "But
Moriarty: wrote a novel set in a town based on Lawrence
then I think of the books I've read and can see that they're not as easily figured out either."
Moriarty said the book was being
edited, in part by KU professors, and would be finished by the end of the year. She has not yet decided on a title.
Bill Ewing, Phillips Exeter Academy representative, said Moriarty had been a positive asset to the program at the academy.
"She's a very approachable and enthusiastic person who relates well with the students," he said. "She'll be a great resource for writers here in offering feedback."
Tom Lorenz, an English department associate chair who has helped edit the book, said he enjoyed working with Moriarty.
"She's really bright and talented and is open to changes in the work," he said. "When she's finally finished with it, I think it's going to be published. It's extremely funny and very human."
Calling all notebooks
Representatives from Phi Kappa Psi and Kappa Kappa Gamma were the first to turn in their Rock Chalk Revue notebooks for evaluation Friday afternoon. Twelve groups have been working on the notebooks since late September and have turned them in for judging. Photo by Joanna Fewins/KANSAN
Standards to take effect in 2001
also replaces foreign language in the out-of-state curriculum criteria, could be reconsidered by the state legislature, Cerveny said.
"The state was somewhat progressive in saying, 'We want to make sure our students who go to college know how to use computers,'" he said. "But what I think we're finding is that most students have had computer technology not in high school or even middle school, but in elementary school."
The requirement also can be met through a proficiency exam. Standards for out-of-state admission have not changed — nonresidents still must complete the college prep track with a 2.5
GPA, score a 24 on the ACT or a 1090 on the SAT, or rank in the top third of their class.
The new standards were approved by the State Legislature in 1996, but the legislation made the class of 2001 the first to be admitted to Kansas universities with qualified admissions.
This year's applicants were just entering high school at the time, so they were the first class to have enough advance notice about the new requirements to prepare for them in high school. Cerveny said.
The six universities operating under the new standards are KU, Kansas State, Emporia State, Fort Hays State, Pittsburg State and Wichita State.
— Edited by Clay McCuistion
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