As
the relaunch of our Cardin literary magazine approaches—this time reimagined as
an online magazine, to allow for more variety of content—we once again had to
face the problem of deciding on a name for the magazine.
Doesn’t
seem like a serious dilemma, does it?
All we’d have to do was come up with something catchy and unique that
everybody would agree on…
Right.
Well,
in the suggestion pool we got multiple variations on Cardin/Cardinal, clever
puns, and irresistible alliterations.
During the Book Club / Literary Magazine elective, each suggestion had
its own supporters and detractors—and even with majority vote, we having
trouble coming to an agreement.
As
often happens in a “heated” group situation like this, it’s hard to remember
where the solution came from. But
somebody suggested “The Cardin Quill”—which combined the Cardinal and feather
idea with the old-fashioned quill pen for writing, and that just seemed to
work. We dropped the “Cardin,” making it
simply The Quill for elegance
(knowing full well that people can continue to refer to it as The Cardin Quill, if they want!), and we
have a consensus.
At
least for now!
[Side
Note: The Quill section of the magazine will showcase student
creativity—stories, poems, drawing, photography, etc. A new section of the magazine will be called Intrinsically Thoughtful, which will
showcase debates about current topics.
Strangely enough, there was no debate about the title for that portion
of the magazine…]
—Dr.
Prentiss
