Rock Scissors Paper

06/20/2023

Each year, the Department of Literature, Languages, Cultures, and Writing asks the professors teaching ENG 102 Critical Reading to submit the best student essays from their classes for consideration for the James Strickland Writing Award.

Go to our website and read the runner ups "No Longer Breathing Easy" by Hayden Fritz and "The Early Bird Gets an F" by Madison Barr, and the winner "Allowing the Mistreatment of Black Americans" by Daniel Tooson!

Congratulations to all!

3rd photo credit: Drawing by Megan Krumpak

04/10/2023

Check out our newest podcast episode on Spotify! We talk about the effects of Literature positively and negatively.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wMDJvn6XVDGRCiHJx2yFK?si=fecf46539dbd4352

Listen to this episode from Rock Scissors Paper: An SRU Literary Podcast on Spotify. RSP talks about literature and how it can affect people positively and negatively. A huge thanks to WSRU-FM for allowing us to use their recording studio to record this episode.

11/01/2022

Check out our newest Submission, Chapter 1 of “Fruit is Forever”!!

http://www.rockspaper.org/2022/10/fruit-is-forever/

06/20/2022

In third place for the James Strickland award, "Welding Compassion" by James Byron!

Check it out here:

https://www.rockspaper.org/2022/06/welding-compassion/

06/20/2022

The English Department and RockScissorsPaper is proud to present the winner of the James Strickland Award, Zach Sterza with his essay entitled "Neurotypicals Speak."

Click the link to read it and find out more about this award!

https://www.rockspaper.org/2022/06/nuerotypicals-speak/

Photo by Connor Beer

04/26/2022

RockScissorsPaper release party!

Wed, April 27 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Please join us to celebrate the 2021-2022 edition of our online student arts magazine! We will be set up in the Gazebo in the Quad on Wednesday, April 27th from 5-6pm. We will have light refreshments and readings from our contributors, as well as displays of the online magazine. We will be joined by a special guest, Youngstown poet Adam Stevens, who will be reading from his new works and published poetry. We will also be recording the newest edition of our RockPaperScissors podcast at this live event. Stop by for food, fun, and fantastic readings!

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04/21/2022

Our final staff introduction is Alyssa Fallavollitti!

I am the Treasurer and Social Media manager. My major is an Art BFA with a concentration in Psychology (Pre-Art Therapy.) A fun fact about me is that I am a member of the SRU Marching Band Color Guard & Winter Guard.

04/20/2022

Our third staff intro is Denney!

Denney is the Assistant Editor of RSP! He also helps a lot with managing the podcast! He is an English major, and a fun fact is that he likes photography!

04/13/2022

Our next staff introduction is Jake DePietro!

"Hi! My name is Jake DePietro. I am currently an Exercise Science Major (Pre-OT 3+3). I currently hold the title of Managing Editor for RockScissorsPaper. I'd like to go on record saying this club is not only for English majors and I strongly advise becoming involved."

04/07/2022

Our next few posts are going to be staff introductions! First up is our lovely faculty advisor, Dr. Stryffeler!

Dr. Stryffeler teaches English at Slippery Rock. He is into the outdoors and his favorite type of literature to read is American Literature.

Without him, RSP wouldn't be a thing, so we really owe him a thank you for creating this wonderful organization for SRU! 🙂

04/04/2022

Hello! We are the SRU student-run Undergraduate literary magazine, and this is our new page! Our first post is just introducing what the magazine is all about, and where else you can find us!

So let's start, what IS the purpose of this magazine? Well, our purpose is to explore creative students work and help that student get their stuff out there! We accept all kinds of submissions including: Stories, essays/papers, song lyrics, poems, photography, art etc. Want more info on how to submit? Visit our website, it's in our bio!

You can find us on Instagram and Twitter as well as our new Podcast on Spotify! Feel free to give it a listen, we will have different discussions about literature and things here at SRU! :)

Instagram: Rockscissorspaper_sru

Twitter: rspatsru

Podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/show/138IXV7OMEaXxp7nypLqQA?si=aCkv2sr7RaGMkj-dPmYARw&utm_source=copy-link

We hope to hear from you and see your submissions soon! ✨💚🤍