Expect It. Soon.

As promised, issue five of Operation Three-Legged Dolphin is on its way to being published via the internet and through print copies that will be distributed campus-wide before the start of the Summer session and during the Fall session.

In addition, the O3LD staff will be handing out paper copies of issues four and five at the CSI Commencement ceremony on Thursday, July 2nd, 2011 along with some of the other student publications at the Campus Center (Building 1C). So come on down, get your copy, and see what the creative minds of your fellow students have in store for you this semester!

A side-note to all CSI graduates:
Starting this Fall, we will start recruiting CSI alumni and returning students as guest contributors for future issues. We feel that involvement should not be limited to undergraduates, and that all members of the College of Staten Island community deserve to take part in supporting both the magazine and their school anyway they can.

Dolphin Vs. Septopus

I have created a piece of Three-Legged Dolphin art for the third annual Arts Night, held each year at the Macaulay Honors Building located at 35 West 67th Street, near Lincoln Center.  The event featured the work of talented CUNY students, who feature their drawing, painting, photography, illustration, sculpture, mixed media, and performance pieces (am I leaving something out?)  There is also a live stage component in which singers and dancers perform brief sets to a captive audience.

Arts Night was created by Hunter College students Tyler Alterman and Mary Williams, and the first event was held in 2009.  The Macaulay Septopus, the mascot of Arts Night and opponent of the three-legged dolphin, was designed by Mr. Alterman as well.  I was the College of Staten Island curator during the first year and had the privilege of meeting a number of great people.  Now in its third year, Arts Night is run by the amazing Katie Alarcon, along with Emily Monaco, Natalia J. Donofrio, Jenna Jankowski, and many others I may not be mentioning.  I can't wait to see what they have planned for this year.  I'll be there enjoying the show and distributing issues of O3LD.  Come to Arts Night on April 29th from 4:30 - 9:30 at the Macaulay Building! 

Also, be sure to visit the Arts Night WordPress where you can find event updates.  And don't forget to submit by this Friday, April 8th!

O3LD is Now on Issuu!

No, you are not seeing things, and no, this is not "Photoshopped". Starting March 21, 2011, Operation Three-Legged Dolphin is making its way onto Issuu, an well-renowned publication-hosting website that is easy to use on computers, tablets and smartphones alike, and is the home to millions of magazines, books, pamphlets and so much more. We as a college magazine believe in the free distribution of our work, and digital distribution is just one of the ways we are targeting new prospective readers and recruiting new and ambitious staff members inside the College of Staten Island community.

So how good is Issuu? Part of what makes it the top publication site is the technology it has backing it and its ability to adapt said technology to changing times. Above is a screenshot of the HTML-based Issuu Reader BETA displaying our fourth issue in the Google Android built-in web browser (thanks to the Android-x86 Project). On laptops and home computers, Issuu provides their Flash-based reader with dynamic zoom and navigation controls (below) for comfortable reading, and can easily be embedded on different websites and blogs, thus making it possible to view publications from any platform big or small.

Lastly, we allow users with an account with Issuu to download issues of our magazine for personal reading free of charge! We also welcome constructive criticism on our work through comments from our fellow Issuu members. With every comment and e-mail, we're slowly making our magazine the best it can be by delivering exactly what our readers are looking for. This is just another way that the one and only humor magazine at the College of Staten Island is connecting with the community.


Check out our Issuu account at Issuu.com/O3LD, or click "Read Digital Issues" on the button bar above for quick links to past issues.

New O3LD Swag Has Arrived!

Ever wanted to walk around town with a three-legged mammal on the front of your shirt?  Now you can!

New O3LD t-shirts and hats have arrived!  To celebrate the launch of our new gear, we had a late-night photo shoot in our office, located in Building 1C Room 230 on CSI's campus.  Behold the men behind the madness.

Left to right: Matt Young, Mike Young, Dan Feldman.  To answer Zach Snyder's question, the leather jackets are not part of the promotional giveaways.

Dave Di Lillo's (center) brother Steve pointed out that we look like members of *NSYNC: http://static.tvfanatic.com/files/nsync.jpg

We even received an impromptu visit from O3LD favorite Andrew DiLorenzo and Brian Gonzalez, our neighbors from the Banner office!

Fronts close-up.

Hat close-up.

The second set of t-shirt designs arrived today!

Back close-up.  Both shirts feature the same back design.

Many thanks to the ever-talented Ed Peppe, O3LD's Editor-in-Chief, for bringing us these exciting designs, Paul from Ink Invasion (located at 456 Nome Avenue) for doing a great job with the printing, and Dave Di Lillo for being our staff photographer.

If you would like to receive one of these t-shirts or hats, please email O3LD@live.com or attend one of our upcoming Spring meetings and events, to be announced on the blog soon!