Argot at home

Argot was adopted as the official literary magazine of the Students' Association at a recent meeting of the Publications Board.

David Harcourt has been appointed editor and Simon Arnold the business manager.

A grant of $250 has been recommended to Executive by the Publications Board.

This was made conditional on at least two further issues of the magazine appearing this year.

"The next issue of Argot will be published in early May, shortly before the end of term," said David Harcourt.

"The format of the magazine will be considerably improved."

He said the next issue would be printed offset and would be 44 pages long.

"In addition to a short story and an article of literary criticism, the May issue will contain articles on pop music, films and an analysis of some of the poetry which appeared in the March "Argot", he said.

Salients literary editor Trevor James greeted the decision warmly.

"Any university shows the quality of the people involved by its literary standards," he said.

"The Students' Association has a moral duty to encourage art because ideally the university is leading society and they don't only do that by having a good rugby team, but by having a viable literary society too."