Ken Feinberg - Curry College

21456_Cvr_Layout 2 9/10/10 9:45 AM Page 122519_Cover.indd 1www.curry.edu9/2/11 1:07 PMBLUE HILLS AND BEYONDCurry Arts JournalTurns 40!The Curry Arts Journal (CAJ) turns40 this year, and CAJ students,alumni, faculty, and staff are gearingup for a 40th anniversary editiondue out in early October. Inaddition to new work by currentstudents, the edition will alsoinclude reprints of the best writingand artwork published since 1973as well as new work from alumniwriters and artists.The anniversary also provides aterrific opportunity for CAJ alumsto reconnect, network, and shareexperiences. Celebration eventswill be held on Saturday, October19 as part of Homecoming andFamily Weekend, and will include adaytime panel as well as an eveningreading and open mike for audiencemembers. Stay tuned for moreschedule information at curry.edu.Dr. Kristen Getchell Named to BRAWN Steering CommitteeDr. Kristen Getchell, Assistant Professor of English at CurryCollege, was recently named the 7th member of the steering committeeof the Boston Rhetoric and Writing Network (BRAWN).BRAWN is a network that was established to offer and supportprofessional development opportunities for teachers of college writing inthe Boston area. Boston has an incredibly rich field of writing teachersand the work of BRAWN is to connect these teachers across institutionsso they can share and learn from each other. Other members of BRAWN’s steering committeehail from Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern, Wellesley, UMass Boston, andMassachusetts Institute of Technology.“I applied to the steering committee because I felt that a representative from Curry would adddiversity to the group by providing a small liberal arts college perspective,” said Getchell. “It willbe a chance to work with and learn from some of the best in our field.”“ West Memphis Three”Member Damien EcholsShares His Story withthe Curry CommunityBy the time Damien Echols was released froman Arkansas prison in 2011, he had spent exactlyhalf his life —18 years—on death row for acrime he says he did not commit.Back coverSpineFront coverarts journal2 011Echols recounted his ordeal before a standingroom only crowd of hundreds of students,faculty, and community members in the KeithAuditorium on Curry College’s Milton Campus.to assert their innocence while acknowledgingthat prosecutors had enough evidence to convictthem. No one else has been arrested for themurders.CURRY COLLEGEEchols, along with his wife Lorri Davis, whomhe met while in prison, shared their remarkablefight to clear his name as part of the latestinstallment of “The Innocence Panel.”Echols’ life changed in 1993, when, at the ageof 18, he and two other teens Jason Baldwinand Jessie Misskelley, Jr. were convicted ofmurdering three eight-year old boys in WestMemphis, Arkansas.Eventually Echols and the other teens werereleased. In 2011 they reached an agreementknown as an Alford plea – which allowed themAlthough Echols was a free man because of theAlford Plea, his life was changed forever. Hesuffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD) after spending 18 years on death row. Hecombats that by meditating daily – something heused to do for up to seven hours while in prison.“It was the one thing they couldn’t take awayfrom us,” Echols said describing his daily ritualto deal with his mental and physical pain.“When all is said and done, what you learnafter 18 years in prison is how to fight your waythrough things.”Read more and watch a Q&A with Damien Echols and Lorri Davis{ curry.edu/magazine }4 | CURRY COLLEGE MAGAZINE SUMMER 2013