| The columns you'll find by clicking on the byline image above are reprinted from The Future, the student newspaper of the University of Central Florida. They appear here in the order they were published, one per week, from August 22, 1989 through November 29, 1990.
In the late summer of 1989 I had an idea to approach the newspaper about writing a column. I wrote the first one and very humbly submitted it in person to the editor. Without much fanfare, it was accepted, and so it went for the next fifteen months.
I don't know if Art Jawor really exists or if it's the pseudonym of a friend or relative. To the best of my knowledge, it was the only letter to the editor that mentioned me. However, many other positive experiences also grew from these efforts. One esteemed instructor made much of my work and was instrumental in my winning a Scripps-Howard Foundation Fellowship for the column that appeared July 25, 1990 under the headline, "Wishing for Chicago Life in the Heart of Orlando." Thank you, Keith Fowles. The sincere appreciative feedback of several friends (including Beth Kiefert, now Beth Darnell) and these few other tips of folks' hats made the experience most worthwhile.
Here then is a time capsule, featuring the thoughtful, humorous, satirical and/or fictional work of a rather atypical central Florida college student at the turn of the last decade. If you have any questions or comments, I welcome your e-mail.
-- Roger Darnell, September 21, 1997
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