2008 Woodie Awards
Back on track: literary magazine seeks reactivation
Gregory Leporati, Editor-in-Chief
Issue date: 4/16/08Section: News
Sequoya, St. John's student literary magazine, is actively seeking reactivation as an officially recognized organization on campus.
For the last two years, the literary magazine was not an activity under the jurisdiction of Student Government, Inc. or Campus Activities because it failed to submit proper paperwork.
As a result, Sequoya did not receive its own budget. Instead, it received funding from a variety of on-campus departments, including the English Department, Fine Arts Department, and The Provost's Office.
This year, funding for Sequoya has become an issue, with various departments announcing that they would be unable to properly fund the magazine.
As a result, Tom LaSalvia, the current Editor-in-Chief of Sequoya, began looking to reactivate it as an official organization with its own budget.
"Fine Arts and English have always been a departmental anchor for the Sequoya," LaSalvia said in an e-mail to the Torch. "But we now realize that it is much easier for us to function as a recognized student organization that receives funding from SGI than it is to try to fit ourselves into the budgets of existing departments."
According to LaSalvia, he, as well as many other students, was unaware of Sequoya's previous affiliation with SGI. He added that he is currently working on making Sequoya an active part of SGI and maintaining that status for the future.
According to Damien Duchamp, director of Campus Activites, Sequoya has not been an official organization for the last two years.
"Each organization must submit a packet with things like a roster of students and information about the group," Duchamp told a Torch reporter.
Because Sequoya failed to do this by March of this year, Duchamp explained, they are not considered an official student organization.
"I am working with them to find funding, but it is not easy," Duchamp said.
Duchamp explained that student organizations often have a lack of communication while transitioning from one Executive Board to another, and that is how some organizations fail to file correct paperwork the next year.
For the last two years, the literary magazine was not an activity under the jurisdiction of Student Government, Inc. or Campus Activities because it failed to submit proper paperwork.
As a result, Sequoya did not receive its own budget. Instead, it received funding from a variety of on-campus departments, including the English Department, Fine Arts Department, and The Provost's Office.
This year, funding for Sequoya has become an issue, with various departments announcing that they would be unable to properly fund the magazine.
As a result, Tom LaSalvia, the current Editor-in-Chief of Sequoya, began looking to reactivate it as an official organization with its own budget.
"Fine Arts and English have always been a departmental anchor for the Sequoya," LaSalvia said in an e-mail to the Torch. "But we now realize that it is much easier for us to function as a recognized student organization that receives funding from SGI than it is to try to fit ourselves into the budgets of existing departments."
According to LaSalvia, he, as well as many other students, was unaware of Sequoya's previous affiliation with SGI. He added that he is currently working on making Sequoya an active part of SGI and maintaining that status for the future.
According to Damien Duchamp, director of Campus Activites, Sequoya has not been an official organization for the last two years.
"Each organization must submit a packet with things like a roster of students and information about the group," Duchamp told a Torch reporter.
Because Sequoya failed to do this by March of this year, Duchamp explained, they are not considered an official student organization.
"I am working with them to find funding, but it is not easy," Duchamp said.
Duchamp explained that student organizations often have a lack of communication while transitioning from one Executive Board to another, and that is how some organizations fail to file correct paperwork the next year.
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