The student literary magazine, the Phoenix, was first published in October 1959 as a supplement to the student newspaper, the Orange and White. That initial issue contained the initial literary publication of Cormac McCarthy, a short story entitled “Wake for Susan.” (A second McCarthy short story, “A Drowning Incident,” was included in the March 1960 edition.)
In 1966 the Phoenix became an independent student literary art magazine. The Phoenix has been published every term since 1959. In January 2005 the Phoenix introduced its first multimedia compact disc to display films, music, and other artistic expressions that could not be included in the magazine.