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Art by Rachel Howard.

The Firedrake Problem

Rachel Howard May 31, 2017

Camera starts to roll, coming into focus on a charming young reporter in front of the fuzzy background of a looming building. A brief pause: she smiles graciously, one hand raised to her ear. Action....

Art by Crystal Sung.

The Breath of a Corpse

Elizabeth Reimann May 18, 2017

Humans are considered complex creatures because of our ability to empathize, to feel, to wound. Emotions distinguish us from animals. Tear that away, and what are we? When the physical features of a...

The Danger Zone (a.k.a the math hallway). Photo credit of Danielle Pigeon

Hollaback Hallway

Danielle Pigeon October 6, 2016

As the school bell signals a ray of hope in the dismal school day, you stuff all loose papers, homework and miscellaneous trash into your backpack. You take one last look into the spacious area of the...

Image courtesy of Huhu Uet via Wikimedia Commons, used under the following license: CC BY-SA 3.0.

I of the Storm

Anastasia Reimann June 9, 2016

You'll never understand, not really. I think you've tried, but you can’t understand me. I can't even understand myself sometimes. I should have warned you from the beginning: Never let a writer...

Photo taken by Crystal Sung.

Insomnia

Justin Leonard June 2, 2016

Today This silence is all consuming, Like the moon's eternal looming. I lie down and try to sleep. Tomorrow brings another Today And I've always hated Today. Today is soon another Yesterday, One...

Finals

Danielle Weston June 2, 2016

School days were near an end. The summer breeze was drifting in. All the students watch the clock, All of time had seemed to stop.   The days crawl on hot and heavy With no new...

The Death of the Bee

Crystal Sung May 10, 2016

It was a glowing summer morning, the kind when you wake up with the natural sunlight streaming in your window and you have the most delicious tingling sensation of being alive. The three bird families...

This piece won Honorable Mention. Photo credit Sierra Lagge

What does this all mean?

Sierra Lagge May 5, 2016
A poem written and entered at the 2016 JEA/NSPA Journalism Conference in Los Angeles, CA, by sophomore and second-year staff member Sierra Lagge. The prompt was the word "color." The poem won honorable mention.
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