Throwing the First Stone
Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Senior
Major
Creative Writing
Minor
Psychology, Spanish
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Carrie Jerrell
Presentation Format
Event
Abstract/Description
“Throwing the First Stone” is a fictional story that follows a student who navigates an unexpected pregnancy, balancing social pressures and academics while the university president attempts to forbid her from completing her education. Erin Tabler writes this story with inspiration from real life events and legal battles chronicled by an alternative newspaper called Dawn that was run by Murray State University students in the 1960s-70s. Tabler lifts little bits of nonfiction– which she points to with photographs and excerpts from the newspaper and other real sources– in order to inform her fictional characters and plotline. The project explores the academic pressures placed on women in secondary education and the value of being in charge of telling your own story.
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Throwing the First Stone
“Throwing the First Stone” is a fictional story that follows a student who navigates an unexpected pregnancy, balancing social pressures and academics while the university president attempts to forbid her from completing her education. Erin Tabler writes this story with inspiration from real life events and legal battles chronicled by an alternative newspaper called Dawn that was run by Murray State University students in the 1960s-70s. Tabler lifts little bits of nonfiction– which she points to with photographs and excerpts from the newspaper and other real sources– in order to inform her fictional characters and plotline. The project explores the academic pressures placed on women in secondary education and the value of being in charge of telling your own story.