Engineers start literary magazine

Inverse, a new literary magazine in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, is attempting to prove that engineers also have a poetic side. The magazine is accepting submissions of poetry, prose, artwork and photographs from all students, faculty and administrators. "It got started in the Engineering School to show that engineers have a little more talent than crunching numbers and stuff," said Inverse co-Editor and Engineering sophomore Ian Glazer. "We hope to show the 'other side' of engineers," he added. Glazer said he hopes the first issue will come out in the middle of April. The deadline for submissions is set for March 25. Submissions may be sent over e-mail to Inverse@eniac or left in a submissions box in room 107 of the Towne Building. "The hardest problem is getting people to know about it," said Inverse co-Editor and Engineering senior Marc Reber. Reber said that because the magazine is a new venture, he does not know what will be the response from members of the University community. "When you try to do something different, you get a different response," he said. Reber, who is also an editor for The Triangle, another publication in the Engineering School, said Inverse's central purpose is to "give a little more open forum for engineers to be published." "You find very few engineers in other magazines," he said. Glazer said the magazine, which is sponsored by Engineering Associate Dean John Keenan, hopes to publish once a semester. "It's gonna be a little more like a literary free-for-all," Glazer said. "We also want to be a little more involved with the people that submit to us [than other magazines are.]" Inverse already has received about 10 submissions, Glazer said, and hopes for more pieces "from a diverse crowd." So far, student and faculty reaction to the endeavor has been positive, according to Glazer. "Inverse is something whose time has most certainly come," he added. "We want to show that the engineers have a lot of literary talent too."