Best class

Renowned authors Daphne Athas and Marianne Gingher join us each meeting and humor our somewhat less mature senses of humor. In fact, they are even helping us coordinate a show that we will put on in December.

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 2 pm , I meet with 19 of the brightest, funniest people on campus. We sit around for an hour and fifteen minutes reading each other silly stories and skits that we've written and tossing in a few improv comedy sketches to boot. Renowned authors Daphne Athas and Marianne Gingher join us each meeting and humor our somewhat less mature senses of humor. In fact, they are even helping us coordinate a show that we will put on in December.

What is this club, you may wonder, and how do I join? It is English 47W. Yes indeed, apparently it is a class, and I am getting credit for it. But it's like no other class you've ever taken. To me, "class" conjures up images of hour and a half long naps and drool stained notebook pages. However, I can't so much as yawn in English 47W (known more commonly as "Stylistics") because I am too busy laughing hysterically.

Stylistics is offered by the famed Daphne Athas and Marianne Gingher every fall semester as part of the Creative Writing curriculum. Writers of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction alike come together to blend their talents and respective interpretations of grammar into an experience that has the power to reshape one's perspective of language.

As a Creative Writing minor, I feel my writing has benefited immensely from the fun-loving but very watchful eyes of Daphne's and Marianne's instruction as well as the quirky and fresh perspectives of my classmates. The end of semester show is in lieu of a final exam and includes the performance of the best material the class has produced over the course of the term. This class is like a well-kept secret: few know about it, and few are lucky enough to be in it. So do yourself the biggest favor of your college career and take it.