Summer is anything but a time of rest and relaxation for Hinton native Tonya Allen, a West Virginia University graduate student working on a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing.

Allen recently was selected to serve as summer editor of the WVU student newspaper, The Daily Athenaeum (DA), which is published each Wednesday during WVU s two summer sessions.

In addition to her responsibilities at the DA, Allen also is taking graduate classes this summer and teaches English 1 as a teaching assistant in the Department of English.

A May 2000 WVU graduate in journalism, Allen has worked at the DA for more than three years. She first joined the staff as a reporter, then advanced to associate news editor and, finally, served as copy desk chief during the 2000-2001 school year.

After her duties as summer editor are complete, Allen will continue working on the 2001-2002 DA staff as associate editor.

She hopes to pursue a career that will combine her teaching and writing skills.