By BEN MCCARTY
News staff writer
June 6, 2007

Some use words on a page to create art. Others draw pictures. Elsie Denton does not mind doing either. The incoming junior at Colgate University is interning at the News this summer, and the Arts and Features editor at the Colgate Maroon News, who also draws political cartoons for the paper, is hoping go back to school in the spring with improved journalism skills.

“I’m hoping to learn more about reporting and writing good articles,” she said. “I want to learn more about being an editor.”

For the biology major with a Spanish minor reporting is about getting to pass on stories, and teach others about what she has learned.

“It’s interesting to learn things, write about them, and them let other people know about it,” she said.

In addition to writing and drawing for the paper at Colgate, Denton also draws an online graphic novel — called “Quest” — which features the exploits of several fantasy characters who come across all manner of problems in their journeys.

Denton herself has several journeys in mind once she concludes her college career, including learning more languages and possibly volunteering abroad after graduation.