1. Catherine
2. sheri
Working with Sage was a great opportunity this year. My favorite part was seeing 15 extremely different girls and one Deepak working together to create something beautiful. Everyone put in equal amounts and takes great pride in Sage. Thanks for giving me a great semester ladies!3. Ashley
4. Zunera
Huh? Excuse me? Repeat that again please? No formal papers? No excessive readings? No textbooks (ultimately used as a doorstopper anyways)? Haha! I wish. Lucky for me, a little purple cow granted my wish and wham! there I was; sitting on a cushy chair in Thomas Computer Lab, staring in the faces of all sophomores (with the clear exception of Professor Deepak Kumar). "You're going to create a web magazine" said Professor Kumar. A magazine! And we could say ANYTYHING we wanted (within reason, of course). Now I knew I really must of died and reached the level of heaven higher than 24-7 Dunkin Donuts (mmm...glazed donuts). In all seriousness, this was the ONE class I looked forward to every Tuesday and Thursday morning. Just getting to class and knowing that students, my own peers, would be willing to discuss and spend time organizing a time consuming project, was enough to motivate me to speak my mind and not worry whether I sounded "intelligent" enough to impress the Professor-so-I-could-get-a-passing-grade-so-I-could-get-into-the-med-school-of-my-choice-to-so-I-could-pay-off-all-my-loans-etc-etc-blah-blah-blah. Looking back at this semester, I've realized that without this class, I might not have ever had the chance to interact with such a diverse group of students on such a notable task- "to entertain, inform, and provoke thought." I think we've done that, and more. Thanks SAGE staff and especially Professor Deepak Kumar!
5. Karen
Everyone, including our wonderful Professor, has devoted much time and attention to the class. Our progress has been marked by our weekly publications. Everyone has written their share and did their part in promoting the work of Sage. I am proud to say that we as a class has started something very great. We are very grateful for Professor Kumar for teaching the class. He has showed us that when you and a group of people strive for the same goals, no work for it will ever feel tedious or worthless and you will eventually learn to love your work. Every minute spent working towards these goals helps the entire group effort.I am also proud to say, I am no longer afraid of writing and no longer dread it. Why? Because the more I wrote for Sage, the more I loved to write and the more I discovered my own style. I've learned that the only way you can learn to write is to enjoy writing. Thanks to this wonderful CSem, I have started to enjoy writing again.
6. Kate
Sagelets!It seems strange to be writing a reflection on a class that I took, because it's hard to see the Sage as a class. When my mom asks me about what I'm doing at Bryn Mawr I say "Oh, you know. Studying, hanging out.." and can't resist adding, "..writing for a web magazine." Suddenly, "Ooooh, wow Katy. Really?" For some reason, I have a hard time calling this thing a C-Sem. I love the fact that we've been developing this neat, techie, geeky, artsy publication. To call it a C-Sem, well, I don't know, it just doesn't sound as cool as the "Sage."
Recently, I've been checking out the web magazine Salon -- Deepak linked us up to it earlier in the year. It shows you just how many possibilties there are in an online magazine. You can have articles, links to articles, authors e-mailing in their personal essays, news stories, and interactive forums where people can post messages to each other about many different topics. Now, I'll admit right now I'm a little high on Salon because one of my favorite authors writes for it, but the articles I've read from it -- even plain old news -- seem freer than the heavily edited bites in the papers. I hate reading off a computer, but the information and stories I have found on this site is really unique.
I think we have this kind of freedom with Sage. It is clear from the responses we've recieved to the magazine that people are reading it. Hopefully, we can keep it up next semester and get some new writers on the staff. There's a lot to write about, and a many more default pages to set in Guild.
