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Published May 06, 2007 07:48 pm - The Blue Earth Review had its funding axed recently by student government. Literary magazine loses its funding MSU students pull plug on Blue Earth Review By Robb Murray The Free Press MANKATO — Maybe it’ll be a good lesson in irony.
Among the first jobs for next year’s editors of the literary magazine at Minnesota State University will have little to do with things literary. Instead, they’ll be crunching numbers, fundraising and anything else they need to do to find the money to put another issue out. The magazine, called the Blue Earth Review, had its funding axed recently by a student government that had the unenviable task of dolling out fewer dollars to student organizations than last year. But while many groups simply had to make due with less, Blue Earth Review — a publication that dates back to 1972 — was told it was no longer worthy of receiving its typical $7,000 in student activity fee funding. Why? You might say it was a word off mouth issue. The student senate commissioned a survey recently in which students were asked their opinions of various groups that receive their funding from student fees. Survey results showed that 96 percent of the students asked had never heard of the Blue Earth Review. Student Senator Ryan Anderson voted to cut the Blue Earth Review’s funding. He said the survey was a big reason for his vote, but it wasn’t the only reason. “Another reason why I thought getting rid of the Blue Earth Review would not affect many students is that many of the writers were not students.” Which is true. But many of the writers were students. In the most recent issue, of the 50-plus writers, poets and photographers featured, 22 were MSU students. The most recent issue, Olson said, also pushed the magazine’s credibility to new heights. Last year, Blue Earth Review published the work of national writers, but this year ... “This year we had two writers who had been nominated for the Pushcart Prize (a prestigious, national writing award), and several writers who have published books,” Olson said. “We attracted the most national attention this year.” 
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