Presentations of Literature Contest Winners

On Wednesday April 22, the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras celebrated the success of students that participated in the Literature Contest that took place about four weeks ago. The contest categories were: Short Story, Essay and Poem. The contestant had to choose one category and write a piece of literature with their own creativeness and ideas.

All students in the INGL3135 course, also known as Journey on Literature, had to participate in order to earn credit. Some students saw this as an obligation and submitted whatever piece of old literature or blog they could find from other literature courses. However, there are always students that are willing to give the extra miles in every little aspect of their life and in every opportunity, as random as it might be. From the INGL3135-001 course section was two winners. A third place essay winner, Ana V. Pérez and a first place essay winner, Marilú Crespo. These two young women gave their extra mile in the contest despite the very last minute notification that we had to participate.

The essay of Marilú Crespo, a young and astute accounting student aspiring to become a lawyer, was called “Do Witches Get Financial Aid?” They essay is about how some people (mostly students) get favored in obtaining financial aid over others. She establishes that maybe by being a witch and having mystical power she might land a scholarship of some sort by getting a high score on the LSAT, which might ease her law school debt. She also wrote about how law school aspiring students, have to earn a “useless” bachelor’s degree before being able to apply to law school, instead of being allowed to pursue their dreams from the first instance and focusing in passing the impossible LSAT with a score of 170-180 so they could get a chance at the so “mystical scholarship” that very few people are able to obtain through questioning means. With no doubt this was an essay winner, not only was she able to establish a situation most aspiring law students go through, but she also brought it forth with creativity and a sarcastic tone that one can easily find amusing.