apostrophe volume 1 issue 1
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january 2010
letter from the editor
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welcome valkommen to the first issue of apostrophe, a zine about some fun, not-so-common knowledge topics!
Hello, 2010. I have never kept a New Year’s resolution for longer than a week in all my life. As New Year’s Eve approached this year, I took some time to create meaningful and helpful resolutions that I promise to keep [and might actually be able to]. It’s easy, for me at least, to slip into the spirit of “becoming a new you” along with the new year and make promises to lose weight, get better grades, be happier, etc. I suppose I like the idea of changing myself into someone who is happy with every part of her life. Each of these promises are broken year after year, however, because they lack meaning. Do I really need to stress about changing my appearance when I’m
already satisfied with how I look? Is it necessary to get perfect grades in every class as if that really shows intelligence? How, exactly, am I supposed to just be happy? This year, I’m making different types of resolutions, ones that I actually will be able to keep. I promise to: ≥ publish this zine, which I’ve thought about starting for two years now, on a monthly schedule because it is something I enjoy doing ≥ keep my grades up in my last year of high school but not get overly stressed out like I usually do because my GPA is not what defines me ≥ make time often to do something that I have never tried before because I don’t know when I’ll ever get to try again
Most importantly, I promise to be happy with myself and be proud of my accomplishments rather than trying to become a “new me”. With this zine, I hope to enjoy taking a break from writing papers for school to write about topics that I’m interested in from a fun, personal angle. I will be writing all the articles as well as doing all graphic design work by myself, both of which I love very much. My experience in writing and design comes from working on my school’s newspaper. While I don’t hope to go into either field professionally, making this zine certainly is a fun hobby.
Thank you for reading. Enjoy!
Katie table of contents highlights of Sweden: the spots I’d like to visit
handmade pop-up greeting card instructions
newly endangered species 7 4 photo gallery
2 anatomy of a sea star 3
human evolution: where did we come from and where are we going? 5&6
8 pleasing the Greek gods 9&10
hello world
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spotlight
how to
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follow the current
follow the current
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terra friendly
through the lens
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critical points
critical points
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by katie pelon apostrophezine@aol.com