The Kindling
Satire. Parody. Subversion. Controversy.
Call it what you will, North Central College’s humor magazine, The Kindling, entertains readers by lampooning student life and campus news three times a year. You can join a team of student editors, writers, cartoonists and photographers, combining your creative writing, journalism and artistic talents to concoct mock stories, essays and cartoons to bring laughter to campus.
You can also:
- Gain hands-on experience writing, revising, designing and distributing a regularly printed journal.
- Receive one credit per term as a staff member (1.5 credits for editors) or just do it for fun.
- Get published in one of the few college humor magazines in Illinois.
- Participate in workshops with fellow students to develop your skill as a humorist.
For each issue, a faculty advisor guides editorial discussions about selections and the implications of their inclusion. In the process, editors develop an important skill—the ability to recognize the nuanced line between innovative and offensive commentary. Ultimately, content decisions are owned by student editors—as well as the praise or criticism that follows.
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