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Eli Shoup
Dec 7, 202215 min read
An Operation in Darkness
A fiction piece by Eli Shoup, freshman Mechanical Engineering Major ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~● “This is a...
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Isabel Newcom
Dec 7, 20222 min read
Mothers and Daughters
A poem by Isabel Newcom, senior English Major ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~● I come from a long line of women – Women...
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Maggie Jernas
Dec 7, 20221 min read
I Can't Breathe
A poem by Maggie Jernas ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~● I’m drowning Drowning in confusion Drowning in uncertainty I...
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Sydney Reffeitt
Dec 7, 20221 min read
Mourning Brew
A poem by Sydney Reffeitt, junior English Education Major ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~● Bitter, like the coffee on...
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Kyle Dixon
Dec 7, 20222 min read
Highland Park, Illinois
A nonfiction piece by Kyle Dixon, senior English Education Major ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~● A place so...
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Alex Fosnaugh
Dec 7, 20227 min read
Lasagna
A nonfiction piece by Alex Fosnaugh, freshman Communications and English Major ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~● Content...
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Kyle Dixon
Dec 6, 20221 min read
Gone Wrong
A poem by Kyle Dixon, senior English Education Major ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~● Growing up and falling down, I...
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Kyle Dixon
Dec 6, 20221 min read
Teardrops
A poem by Kyle Dixon, senior English Education Major ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~● i am falling not from the fear...
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Rae Tracey
Dec 6, 20221 min read
Mask
A poem by Rae Tracey, freshman English Major + Communications Minor ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~● smile be bland...
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Alex Fosnaugh
Dec 6, 20222 min read
Teddy Bear
A poem by Alex Fosnaugh, freshman Communications and English Major ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~● My name is Ted I...
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Kyle Dixon
Dec 6, 20221 min read
The Afterthought of an Echo
A poem by Kyle Dixon, senior English Education Major ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~● finally, peace at last no more...
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Jason Branch
Dec 6, 20222 min read
Your Magnolia
A poem by Jason Branch, sophomore Psychology Major ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~● Dorian, sorrowful and somber...
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Jason Branch
Dec 6, 20227 min read
Barbed Wire and Fence Both
A creative writing piece by Jason Branch, sophomore Psychology Major ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~● It’s easy to...
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Jason Branch
Dec 6, 20222 min read
Algea, Algea
A poem by Jason Branch, sophomore Psychology Major ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~● Old skin, with the strength of...
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Rory Maucione
Dec 2, 20225 min read
Swan Song
A creative writing piece by Rory Maucione, sophomore Forensic Science and Biology Major ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●...
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Kaci McComis
Dec 2, 20229 min read
What Happened Last Night
A short story by Kaci McComis, Sophomore English Education Major ●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~●~● I took my room key out...
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Trevon Towers
Nov 28, 20221 min read
The Jester
a poem by Trevon Towers, Sophomore Business Administration Major
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