The Looking Glass | Fall 2015

Volume 12, Issue 1

the

LOOKING GLASS Fall 2015

An Academic and Creative Publication of the University of Idaho Honors Program Spring 2015 | 1

A Note from the Editor

L

The University of Idaho Honors Program publishes The Looking Glass Literary Magazine to provide honors students the opportunity to exhibit their innovative and artistic talents. This publication shows that honors students are more than just good grades, but ambitious individuals with a variety of hobbies and gifts.

This year, we also incorporated a two-page spread about the Honors Program to provide a summary of this year’s community service, educational enrichment opportunities, and social events.

This magazine would not be possible without The Looking Glass Committee who brainstormed ideas then compiled and edited submitted stories, articles, and poems. I want to give a special thanks to Design Editor, Krista Stanley, for going above and beyond what was expected. The Honors Program continues to grow, and I am excited to see what it holds in the future!

-Jennifer Downen

The Looking Glass Volume 12, Issue 1 The Looking Glass is a literary publication of the University of Idaho Honors Program, featuring creative and academic works submitted by students. A digital copy of the publication can be found at: http//issuu.com/honors_lookingglass The works published have been reviewed by the Looking Glass editorial staff and printed primarily in their original, unedited form.

The viewpoints expressed are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect those of The Looking Glass, its editors or the University of Idaho Honors Program.

Every effort has been to reduce errors in this publication. The Looking Glass will not be held responsible for any errors that do exist, from human negligence or otherwise.

Any questions or concerns should be directed to the University of Idaho Honors Student Leadership Council

Contact us: University of Idaho Honors Student Leadership Council The Looking Glass P.O. Box 442533 Moscow, ID 83844-2533 uhp-hlc@uidaho.edu

2|The Looking Glass

Editors-in-Chief: Jennifer Downen, Amanda Vu Poetry Head Editor: Taylor Caldwell Fiction Head Editor: Jennifer Downen Nonfiction Head Editor: Abigail Dunn Photography and Art Head Editor: Nina Ridalch Content Editors: Alyssa Baugh, Taylor Caldwell, Abigail Dunn, Lindsey Heflin, Nina Ridalch and Alison Simmons Design Editor: Krista Stanley Cover Art: Photo “My Little Ireland” by Taylor Caldwell

A Literary Publication of the University of Idaho Honors Program

the

LOOKING GLASS Table of Contents Little White Church by Ayo Kayode-Popoola ...................................... 4 America in Black and Blue by Elijah Benson ..................................... 6 Bremeton Bay by Jennifer Downen .................................................... 11 Stories by David Catts .......................................................................... 12 SpAAAce by Nishant Mohan ................................................................ 13 Devil’s Tower by Antonia Exline .......................................................... 14 The Road Trip by Emily Dymock ........................................................ 14 Through My Lens by Ayo Kayode-Popoola ......................................... 15 A Halo of Light in the Night by Jennifer Hunt ................................... 16 Wolverine by Nikki Imanaka ................................................................ 18 A Traveler of Seasons by Madeleine Phelan ...................................... 20 Personal Fire by Antonia Exline ........................................................ 21 Adare Manor by Taylor Caldwell ......................................................... 22 Reflection of a 12-year-old Immigrant by Ayo Kayode-Popoola .... 23 Art by Nina Rydalch .............................................................................. 24 Truth in Obscurity by Nishant Mohan .................................................. 25 Academic vs Athletic Scholarship Spending by Antonia Exline ..... 26 Ashford’s Ground by Taylor Caldwell .................................................. 29 I Made Art from the Internet that I Found by Nishant Mohan ......... 30 Spooky Friends by Megan Sausser ....................................................... 30 Crickets for a Hungry World by Autumn Pratt .................................. 31 I Wait to Catch the Dawn by Autumn Pratt ..................................... 31 Lawyer Complex Fire by Jennifer Downen ........................................ 32 Monsters by David Catts ...................................................................... 34 Winter Wren by Simon Shindler .......................................................... 35 Stone Man by Antonia Exline .............................................................. 36 Fall on the Farm by Jennifer Downen ................................................ 37 As the Winds Blow Through by Krista Stanley .................................. 38 About the Honors Program ................................................................ 40 Meet Our People ................................................................................... 42

Spring 2015 | 3

L

Little White Church Ayo Kayode-Popoola

4|The Looking Glass

Spring 2015 | 5

A

America in Black and Blue:

Police Brutality and Finding a Solution

Elijah Benson

O

n April 12, 2015, the death of Freddie Gray at the hands of six Baltimore police officers threw the city into a tumult as riots spread like fire. Weeks before that, 50-year-old Walter Scott was shot eight times in the back by Michael Slager, an officer with the North Charleston Police Department in South Carolina. Even before that, riots erupted in Ferguson, Missouri when the jury in Darren Wilson’s indictment for the killing of Michael Brown returned with a verdict of “not guilty.” Police violence and killings are becoming increasingly prevalent in the news, drawing the public eye to a problem that has festered within America for years. Police brutality is an irrefutable issue, the extent of which we are only now realizing thanks to heightened media coverage. However, awareness of the problem only goes so far in finding a solution; something more must be done. One answer can be found in body cameras, a recent innovation in recording technology – one simultaneously objective and reactive. With the accountability and presence generated by body cameras, we can move ever closer to closing this nationally pervasive case.

Before discussing body cameras, though, we must

6|The Looking Glass

understand the nature of the problem. Instances of police brutality are rarely discrete. Instead, they occur in communities where violent police activity is commonplace. An example is the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Here, a notable police killing occurred on April 12, 2011, when two police officers killed 27 year-old Christopher Torres [2]. Torres was wanted on an outstanding warrant for a felony-level traffic violation, the maximum penalty for which would have been a fine of up to $5,000 and 18 months in prison [3]. Instead, he was assaulted by two plainclothes officers, one of whom shot him three times in the back after Torres allegedly went for the other’s gun during the struggle. Torres died on the scene. A killing of this nature was hardly uncommon in Albuquerque, whose police department “since 1987… shot at least 146 people,” killing 32 in 10 years [2]. Of these 32, more than half were mentally ill [2].

Another example is that of Ferguson, Missouri.

Ferguson entered the media spotlight in Fall of 2014 when Michael Brown, a black teenager, was killed after assaulting Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Officer Wilson, in his indictment trial, was found innocent of murder despite conflicting witness

testimonies. Again, this was hardly an isolated incident. In 2011, mentally ill Jason Moore died of a heart attack after being tasered by officers Brian Kaminski and Michael White, also members of the Ferguson Police Department [10]. Moore had merely been wandering around naked and shouting; the ensuing lawsuit stated that Moore “demonstrated clear signs of mental illness” but “did not pose a serious threat of harm.” The description of the situation continues: Officer Kaminski then tasered Jason Moore at least three separate times … While Jason Moore was being restrained and repeatedly tasered he stopped breathing and became unresponsive. As a result of the use of excessive force as described above, Jason Moore suffered excruciating pain and suffered a cardiac arrest resulting in death.

[10] Officer White was also involved in the 2009 case of Henry Davis, who was told that “he was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant, but then later … that they’d confused him with another Henry Davis” [11].

He was taken to jail, where he was beaten after asking for a mat to sleep on in his cell. During the beating, Davis was kicked repeatedly and concussed. After his release, Davis was charged with “assault of a police officer” and four counts of “destruction of property” – for bleeding on the officers’ uniforms during the beating [11]. The jail was equipped with full video recording capabilities, but when asked for the video footage to establish the actual sequence of events, the police “turned over the wrong tape, from later in the day, and then said the tape for the hours in question had been recorded over” [11]. In Ferguson, roughly 13% of all officers in the department have been named in excessive-force investigations (the national average is 1%) [7]. Albuquerque and Ferguson demonstrate that police brutality is more a result of dysfunction in departments than in individuals, but still fail to account for the source of the violence: community disconnect, which can be attributed to two modern problems: racial divides and police militarization.

In one video from CNN documenting the riots in Ferguson, a white plainclothes officer of the Ferguson Police Department is recorded yelling, “Bring it, all you f-ing animals bring it. I don’t give a f-k!” Statistically, 94% of Ferguson’s police force is white, whereas 67% of the city’s population is black

[1]. Such racial misrepresentation in the police force actively damages the department’s ability to function.

Furthermore, blacks in Ferguson were subjected to 87% of all traffic stops (whites were subjected to 12.9%) and were twice as likely to be searched, despite that whites were 13% more likely to be carrying contraband [5]. Ferguson’s institutional racism is even further emphasized by a St. Louis County police lieutenant accused of saying “Let’s have a black day,” and “Let’s make the jail cells more colorful” [6]. Such racism is similar to police brutality in its nature. It is not unique; it is not situational. Instead, it suffuses departments on a city and state-wide level and perpetuates the dehumanization and abuse of the citizens the departments are intended to protect.

Police militarization also presents an enormous problem in maintaining interface between police departments and the communities they police.

“

Unlike racial divides, police militarization has been indiscriminate as to where it rears its armored head.

Unlike racial divides, police militarization has been indiscriminate as to where it rears its armored head.

Beginning with the “War on Drugs” in the 1970s, and further bolstered by the aftershock of 9/11, billions of dollars’ worth of military-grade hardware were made available to city and state police departments [12].

As a result, departments around the country found themselves in possession of armored vehicles, flash bang grenades, grenade launchers, and machine guns, all of which they lacked the training to use properly.

Unfortunately, these departments also began using these military-grade weapons for more domestic purposes than their manufacturers intended. In his book Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces, journalist Radley Balko documents this change, discussing the militarization of police departments and placing an emphasis on the exponential growth of the use of SWAT, from several hundred raids per year in the early 1970’s to around 80,000 annually today [12]. He says:

Spring 2015 | 7

Aggressive, SWAT-style tactics are now used to raid neighborhood poker games, doctor’s offices, bars and restaurants, and head shops, despite the fact that the targets of these raids pose little threat to anyone. This sort of force was once used as the last option to defuse a dangerous situation. It’s increasingly used as the first option to apprehend people who aren’t dangerous at all. [4]

arrested twice, spent six days in jail, and paid $550 to the court … Court records show that she twice attempted to make partial payments of $25 and $50, but the court … [refused] to accept anything less than payment in full … As of December 2014, over seven years later, despite initially owing a $151 fine and having already paid $550, she still owed $541. [13]

He also says, “In many cities, police departments have given … [adopted] ‘battle dress uniforms’ modeled after soldier attire” [4] Such uniforms can be seen in the news coverage of riots in both Ferguson last year and Baltimore last week, where police in gas masks and camouflage, assault rifles pointed at civilians, launched tear gas grenades into crowds of peaceful and violent protesters alike. Such sights in cities like Ferguson force citizens to ask whether local police departments serve to protect them or defend against them.

If America were a fortress, our police departments should be the guards, protecting the multitudes from those few that would do us harm and enforcing the laws set upon us. Unfortunately, we must accept the reality that, in some places, our police departments instead man the walls as soldiers, walls which serve to both separate them from those communities they would protect and empower them with military force they would not otherwise possess. They see the citizens not as people with whom they share a common goal – the betterment of their community – but as enemies, committing crimes or planning them. This model of policing is apparent in Ferguson, where, according to the report by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), the city’s 21,000 residents had more than 16,000 outstanding arrest warrants filed just in the year of 2009 [13]. The DOJ also found that the city was using these warrants for immense profit. They tell this story:

As this example demonstrates, the justice system in Ferguson was corrupt on an institutional level, using “unlawful police misconduct” in ways that “generated great mistrust of Ferguson law enforcement” [13]. The report goes on to state, “This divide has made policing in Ferguson less effective, more difficult, and more likely to discriminate” [13].

Fortunately for Ferguson, the DOJ is implementing protocols to develop “true community policing” and “fundamentally change the way it conducts stops and searches, issues citations and summonses, and makes arrests” [13]. Through the attention it received on a national level, the Ferguson Police Department and its related agencies are being restructured for the good of the city and all its inhabitants. After Christopher Torres’ death, Albuquerque’s police department underwent similar changes. Unfortunately, many

We spoke, for example, with an AfricanAmerican woman who … on a single occasion … parked her car illegally. She received … a $151 fine, plus fees. [She] was charged with seven Failure to Appear offenses for missing court dates or fine payments on her parking tickets between 2007 and 2010. For each Failure to Appear, the court issued an arrest warrant and imposed new fines and fees. [She] was

8|The Looking Glass

“

If America were a fortress, our police departments should be the guards.

departments in America with comparable practices – departments with militarized forces and poor accountability – will continue to function separate from their communities’ best interests until moments like the killings of Brown and Torres draw the public and federal eye.

Alternatively, another option exists, one that improves accountability and allows for remote scrutiny of police practices. Enter the body camera (or body-cam), a tiny camera intended to be worn by on-duty police officers to record their every action.

These cameras come in many forms; some attach to

the uniform of an officer, whereas others attach to glasses or weapons. Body-cams have already entered limited use in departments around the nation, and, after the DOJ investigation of the Albuquerque Police Department, are required on all Albuquerque police officers [2]. And the statistics say that they work; a study conducted on the Rialto Police Department in California found that in the year of the cameras’ introduction, “the use of force by officers declined 60%, and citizen complaints against police fell 88%” [9].

Despite their successes, body cameras have been met with criticism and opposition by civilians and officers alike. Dr. Michael White, professor of criminology at Arizona State University, wrote the Justice Department report on body cameras for police officers. In his report, he references and defends concerns with the implementation of body-cams.

Chief among these concerns are those regarding officer privacy and policy. On privacy, White found that most opposition for body-cams comes from police officers themselves, stating that the cameras represent “a ‘clear change in working conditions’” [14]. However, employment of the cameras in Arizona used workgroups to “minimize the impact on officers and to integrate the on-officer body camera system into existing processes” [14]. Despite this, White admits that “more research is needed to understand police officers’ concerns with the technology” [14].

Policy is a more complicated matter; it concerns civilian rights and privacy violations as a result of widespread body-cam use. In regards to civilian rights, most states require two-sided consent before a private conversation can be recorded [14]. Because of this, in many places body-cams are considered to be inherently unlawful. Such trepidation is entirely valid, as body-cams by their very nature capture footage of private conversations and citizens, an action that, if not addressed with utmost delicacy, could very quickly violate the constitutional rights of others [14].

Regardless, body cameras must be considered for their benefits to departments and their communities.

They are not only tamper-proof and objective, but have also been shown to affect both officer and civilian psychology alike for the better. White documents this as a “civilizing effect,” stating, “Most of the empirical studies document a reduction in citizen complaints against the police and … similar reductions in use of force and assaults on officers” [14]. Furthermore, other empirical studies documented “substantially fewer assaults on camera-

wearing officers compared to other officers” [14]. As a result, interactions between civilians and police officers wearing body-cams are rendered safer for

“

Asking if he is carrying any weapons in his pockets, Smith replies, ‘No, sir. I’m just cold.’

both parties involved and thus better for the whole communities. This is the advantage of nationwide body camera use. Communities are allowed transparency in their local police departments that is otherwise implausible without the intervention of higher authorities. Disputed cases gain a constant objective witness, one which conveys the truth as can only be contained within an electronic, unbiased eye can do. As a result, communities gain trust in their police, trust formed in the knowledge that each encounter is mediated by a third party that has only the innocent party’s interests in mind.

On December 27, 2014, Officer Tyler Stewart with the Flagstaff Police Department was killed in the line of duty, as so many police officers are. Unique to Stewart, though, was that his death was recorded on the body camera he was wearing at the time. In the video, we can watch as he arrives at a domestic dispute call, talks to the caller, and then asks the caller’s boyfriend, Robert Smith, to talk outside. Smith goes to his bedroom, retrieves something, and follows the officer outside. A thin web of snow paints the ground as Stewart begins questioning Smith by asking if he is carrying any weapons in his pockets, Smith replies, “No, sir. I’m just cold.” They talk for a while longer, and Stewart apparently becomes suspicious of Smith, who has his right hand “deep inside his pocket” [8].

Stewart proceeds to pat smith down, starting with his left pocket, where Smith has his “smokes.” When Stewart moves to pat down Smith’s right pocket, Smith jerks back, pulling out his right hand and, in it, the .22 revolver with which he shoots Stewart. He pulls the trigger five times. Four bullets hit Stewart in the head; one hits him in the lower back [8].

In discussing police brutality it is hard to remember that, for the most part, police are good and

Spring 2015 | 9

noble and virtuous; they exist for our protection and to uphold the laws of our society, and they will give their lives to save ours. It is only in rare instances that they cause unnecessary harm. We need to address this harm because it has the potential to destroy lives and communities. However, we also need to understand that the friends and families of police officers live their lives with the knowledge that at any moment their loved ones ould be gone, their lives given for a greater good or, sometimes, for a domestic dispute gone horribly wrong. In the first police death ever captured on a body camera, we witness the purposeless death of a young officer. We witness his mortality and his humanity and his untimely end, and we are forced to ask, “Could this have been prevented?” We can never know. But with healthier communities, with more accountability on the sides of officers and civilians alike, deaths like Stewart’s, like Brown’s, will become less common, anomalies instead of symptoms of a greater national problem.

Body cameras are the sole cure for the illness, but they do go beyond treating only for the symptoms. Their advent could be the first scabs to grow over the burns that afflict communities around the nation, the first steps to healing a broken system.

Works Cited 1. Ashkenas, Jeremy, and Haeyoun Park. “The Race Gap in America’s Police Departments.”

The New York Times. 2 Sept. 2014. Web. 9 May 2015.

2. Aviv, Rachel. “Shot by the Police in Albuquerque.” The New Yorker. Conde Nast, 2 Feb. 2015. Web.22 March 2015.

3. Baldwin, Lauren. “New Mexico Felony Class Conviction and Law: Crimes by Felony Class.” Criminal Defense Lawyer. Nolo. Web. 25 March 2015.

4. Balko, Radley. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces.

First ed. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2013. 2-3. Print.

5. Brown, Dorothy. “Ferguson’s Perfect Storm of Racism.” CNN. Cable News Network, 5 Mar. 2015. Web. 9 May 2015.

6. Byers, Christine. “St. Louis County Police Lieutenant Who Allegedly Targeted Blacks Is Fired.” St. Louis Today. 14 May 2013. Web. 9 May 2015.

7. Kindy, Kimberly, and Carol Leoning. “At Least 5 Ferguson Officers Apart from Brown Shooter Have Been Named in Lawsuits.” The Washington Post. 30 Aug. 2014.

Web. 9 May 2015.

8. Martinez, Marc. “Police Camera Shows Final Moments before Man Killed Flagstaff Officer.” Fox 10 Phoenix. Worldnow, 13 Jan. 2015. Web. 9 May 2015.

9. Mims, Christopher. “What Happens When Police Officers Wear Body Cameras.” Wall Street Journal. 18 Aug. 2014. Web. 9 May 2015.

10. Moore v. Ferguson Police Department. No. 4:14-CV-1443. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Eastern Division. Print.

11. Shapiro, Joseph. “In Ferguson, Mo., Before Michael Brown There Was Henry Davis.”

National Public Radio. 12 Sept. 2014. Web. 9 May 2015.

12. Stillman, Sarah. “SWAT-Team Nation.” The New Yorker. Condé Nast, 8 Aug. 2013.

Web. 9 May 2015.

13. U.S. Dept. of Justice. Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department. Washington: GPO 2015. Print.

14. White, Michael D. Police Officer Body-Worn Cameras: Assessing the Evidence. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs [2014]. Print.

10|The Looking Glass

B

Bremeton Bay Jennifer Downen

Spring 2015 | 11

S

Stories

David Catts

There is magic in this place In the walls, The floors If you reach far enough towards bedrock You may even find stories our voices could no longer remember Stories left by those who came before us Those who can no longer touch their voices I have always loved stories The papyrus texture as words flow from mouth to ear Let me tell you a story She was born in 1953 Fell in love at sixteen, had a baby the next year Married the man of her dreams the year after that Times were hard, but it was beautiful Before they could send him to Harvard they sent him to war To this day, we still do not know what happened In those green forests and hallowed rice patties His body returned so we could not even call him a casualty PTSD and alcoholism mangled what was left Before they could find the body of this Unknown Soldier In the rubble of a house fire in 1993 No phoenix rose from the ashes

12|The Looking Glass

Let me tell you a story A Missouri slave watched the white men rape his wife He said nothing Knew that they would only do her worse When they heard the weakness in his heart He wanted to say he was sorry That he could not deliver her from this evil Protect her the way he had promised In love songs carried on light winds over cotton fields They sold her to a plantation in Georgia Before she could ever say that she forgave him That night he hung himself by his heartstrings And died to the music of a solemn song Carried on the stripes of the “Star-Spangled Banner” for eternity I have always loved stories The papyrus texture as words flow from mouth to ear Accenting the past from which I came Passing on the lessons my father learned from his Please, won’t you tell me a story?

S

SpAAAce

Nishant Mohan

Spring 2015 | 13

Devil’s Tower Antonia Exline

R

The Road Trip

Emilly Dymock

14|The Looking Glass

Our wheels hit the road just as the sun climbed to paint the sky Let the background music to our lives begin Radio blaring, humming the tunes we’ve been singing since we were young Windows down and the thrill of adventure whipping our hair Devoted to the journey and not the destination Hands laced around steering wheels and road maps We were made for flawless days like these Autumn is a warm embrace The leaves on fire, bursting with colors on an evergreen backdrop To the border and back Salty air and coffee steam Lost in antique memories that we claim as our own

T

Through My Lens Ayo Kayode-Popoola

We take in each moment like a precious breath of air Living out of suitcases while operating purely in the here and now The road is long and we never cease to rest Making the rules up as we go Even the spirit of a voyager grows weary though The time to return to a commonplace draws near Our wheels hit the road just as the sun slipped from the kaleidoscope sky A few dozen pictures and an arsenal of inside jokes Pit stops, gas-stops, spur of the moment lefts and rights Determined to make every second last

Until the road is too much for even a wanderer and the night sky too vast The glow of our hometown was a welcoming sight in the horizon The road trip found its boundaries And we found familiarity had its own unique pleasure Yet the life of an adventurer never stops Dreams of globetrotting greet us in a long needed slumber A road trip in the making, a wayfaring passion, a world in need of exploring It all starts with a road trip

Spring 2015 | 15

H

A Halo of Light in the Night

Jennifer Hunt

16|The Looking Glass

Spring 2015 | 17

18|The Looking Glass

W

Wolverine Nikki Imanaka

Spring 2015 | 19

A

A Traveler of Seasons Madeleine Phelan

W

here am I going?

I travel, day by day, month by month, season by season.

I can’t stop for fear of getting trampled by those behind me, but there is no hope that I will catch anyone in front of me. I am forever stuck here between those who can not catch me and those I can’t surpass.

Winter is cold and unforgiving. I find refuge inside, by a crackling fire. I sit by the frosted window, wool blanket around me, steaming mug cupped in my hand, staring at the crystals etched onto the glass, violently crisscrossing over and under each other, a sculpture made by pixies. They are as intricate as me.

I am safe by people who are familiar to me. We play cards and laugh about days gone by, memories we share together. I fear the cold, the merciless cold.

It’s out there. I could stay in here forever, and always be warm, but then I wouldn’t get to look up into the dark sky, and watch the snowflakes, fall down on my face, let the tiny shards gash at my cheeks, watch them swirl around me. To feel like I’m flying.

In spring, I find peace, but when the ocean is calm and peaceful, it still moves, and deep down you know it’s not a permanent state, for it longs to burst forth in storm. I wake to the morning rain. A drizzle travels down my roof. It’s pleasant here, but I grow restless, wanting to leap and bound. I don’t want to be where

20|The Looking Glass

it’s safe and calm. I don’t want to wait out the storm; I want to dance in the rain. That’s what I want, to dance, to set my body free. Let myself fly and fall.

Summer is scary. You have planted the seed and you just have to wait until the end of the season to see if it will bear any fruit. You must tend to the fields.

Water them so the sun does not scorch them. You see

“

I am forever stuck here between those who can not catch me and those I can’t surpass.

the puppies gallop through fields knowing nothing but how to love, have fun and enjoy life. The beasts of the forest only know the joy of summer, food is in abundance and the weather does not seek to harm.

They don’t know that soon the flowers will wither and the sun will cease to warm the ground. Birds chirp songs to cheer you, but they’ll desert these skies for the sin of growing too cold.

Then comes fall. Summer is scary, but fall is worse.

Personal Fire Antonia Exline

You have plucked your crop and now you must hope that it will last you through the winter. In summer, if your crop burns up there is still time to make contingencies, but when the leaves turn yellow, it’s too late, for all the food has been divided up and everyone must now look after themselves. Fall is beautiful, the colors are warm though the air is cold. When the wind starts to nip your cheeks you know winter is coming, you can feel it. But occasionally, you feel the warm breeze of summer that was hiding from the frost, refusing to leave you.

Autumn signals a time to find shelter, not just anything will do. It must be a strong fortress to resist the terrors of the pitiless frost. In summer you need but a shade to shield you from the sun’s rays and in

spring an umbrella will do, but the harsh winters will kill you if you let them.

Your home for the winter must have a fire, hot tea, blankets, and warmth. If you want to build it, better start digging. If you want to find one, better start looking. If you want to go back home, better start hiking.

Either way, now’s the time to get going. Even travelers have to rest, they have to stop and take a breath, they need a home. A hearth to warm their feet and food to warm their bellies.

We all need a home when it gets cold outside, And so you better find yours, before you freeze to death.

Spring 2015 | 21

22|The Looking Glass

R

Adare Manor

Taylor Caldwell

Reflection of a 12-year-old Immigrant Ayo Kayode-Popoola

There is nothing like abandoning the familiar and stepping into the unknown. There’s nothing like packing up everything you’ve ever known and embarking on a journey, without knowing what the outcome will be. I can vividly remember the mix of fear and excitement that coursed through me as

“

I can vividly remember the mix of fear and excitement that coursed through me as my family boarded that plane from Lagos, Nigeria to Atlanta, Georgia.

my family boarded that plane from Lagos, Nigeria to Atlanta, Georgia. It wasn’t child-like fear; it was a crippling, debilitating fear as all the possibilities of failure swam through my mind.

But what I also experienced was a heart racing, brain dancing, type of excitement. I experienced anticipation at the prospect of seeing a whole new world and all the possibilities that lay within.

If transplanting my home to another continent has taught me anything, it is that risks can be the most rewarding ventures.

The world is more close-knit than I ever knew, and the strangest places can become home.

Spring 2015 | 23

A Art

Nina Rydalch

Art can be beautiful flowers grow in the windowsill glass reflects the green grass needs to be trimmed little ladies walk to the market is bustling with colors flow from pierced plastic smiles convince the masses of brushes lie discarded trash is the treasure of all we can see are the colors seep into the baby’s white soul music plays quietly... the Artist picks up a brush. your hair out of your eyes can see wonderful things is such a general term me an artistic man and woman joined together We will seek the truth is always subjective means Subject dependent on the Viewer determines the beauty of the peace is not a word for all art can be boring if you want is not the same as need the dough until it’s soft pastels cover your fingers reach into your mind everyone else’s business is not art

24|The Looking Glass

can be angry at yourself is an egotistic word of God smites the sinners laugh in the fire rises from your eyes can see ugliness as wellthought out pieces of glass cut your hands soaked with blood relatives don’t understand that you are alone. does not mean Loneliness is a perfect subject yourself to the pain is a part of art can be sweet little girls go to school in pink dresses sway gently in the breeze detergent wafts to our noses can smell a baking pie, apple of my eyes can see them dancing daffodils shine yellow cups stand on a picnic blanket that belongs to her baby oil covers her legs and arms spinning around as she twirls on the giant lollipop from the business people walk past in suits the way she looks can be everything does not have to be complicated ideas fill the universities can teach you so much of art is not sweet cakes and muffins line the shelves of paint and Thinner hair every year of the Sheep flock to the churches and temples sit on the hill that Jack and Jill fell down into the water cleans the paint creating works of art can be everything.

T

Truth in Obscurity Nishant Mohan

Spring 2015 | 25

A

Academic vs Athletic Scholarship Spending

Antonia Exline

E

very year, universities in the United States spend 35 million dollars on scholarships for their students. When combined with outside private donations to college scholarship pools, and the 42 million dollars given by the Department of Education and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) scholarship pool, there is a lot of money available for students hoping to go to college (DeLory). Currently, the majority of scholarship money is awarded to student athletes, with students who have high academic standings divvying up a smaller portion of the available scholarship money. (Desrochers).

Universities need to equally distribute scholarships between students with athletic excellence as well as academic excellence. By doing so, universities could encourage short and long term returns on the investments in their students, allow more students to attend college, and increase the number of educated individuals in the workplace.

A major reason for funding athletic excellence over academic excellence is the smaller pool of applicants for sports scholarships. Student athletes who participate in collegiate sports make up only 5.3

26|The Looking Glass

percent of the student body at most Division 1 schools (“University of Idaho”). Since less than 6 percent of student body is eligible for athletic scholarships, it makes sense to use the majority of scholarship funding to provide large scholarships for the athletic students, rather than give limited amounts of money to the other 94 percent of the student body.

“

Every year, universities in the United States spend 35 million dollars on scholarships for their students.

According to CBS Money, students with talent in head-count sports such as football, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s gymnastics, women’s volleyball, and women’s tennis have a greater possibility of receiving a full ride scholarship than athletes in other

sports (O’Shaugnessy). According to US News, there are 138,000 athletic scholarships in these 5 areas with a pool of applicants that ranges from 7-7.5 million (O’Shaugnessy). While that is a large number of students trying for a limited number of scholarships, the number of students with the talent to play at a college level and beyond is half of that number. In contrast, the average GPA of high school students in America is a 3.0, according to a report done by the US Department of Education, making the pool of applicants for academic scholarships much higher than 7.5 million (“America’s High School Graduates”).

The amount of money given to athletes as well as added to the scholarship pool for athletes is still growing, allowing for more athletes to receive scholarships. According to an article that appeared on Inside Higher Ed, the growth of per-athlete athletic spending outpaced the growth of per-student academic spending over the last five years (Kiley).

An article by the Delta Cost Project also explains that Division 1 universities, such as the University of Idaho, award three to six times more scholarship money per pupil to athletes than these schools award to academic students (Desrochers). This increase in per-athlete spending makes it possible for colleges to offer better scholarships, making them more competitive so they can get the best athletes to come to their school. By being more competitive, universities hope to increase applications to the school as well as bring in revenue for the college, since a winning team can bring prestige to a college.

Although collegiate sports do not bring in much more money than they cost to run, a winning team can increase application rates and bring in a small amount of revenue and media coverage to the school, making the increase in athletic spending worthwhile for the school (Desrochers).

Another reason colleges have decided to fund athletic students over their academic counterparts is the focus in university admission offices has shifted from only grades to grades in combination with participation in clubs and activities. Universities are looking for well- rounded individuals to attend their colleges. According to the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), the academic rigor of a student’s course load and participation in school or club organizations weighs more heavily in the decision to admit a student than standardized test scores, high school class rank, or interest in attending (“State of College Admission Report”). With this shift in what colleges are looking

for when considering enrollment, students athletes have a leg up on their academic competitors because they often have relatively high GPAs as well as the participation in school or club organizations (Parker).

Although academic students may have experience in outside organizations, their club participation is often not in areas that bring money into a university. By awarding scholarships to athletes, universities have the chance to get back some of the money from the

“

The amount of money given to athletes as well as added to the scholarship pool for athletes is still growing.

scholarship since collegiate sports bring some money back into the university. In some ways, universities are looking to get more returns out of the investment they put in their students, which is not a bad objective for large universities that require large amounts of money to function.

Due to the smaller number of applicants vying for a chance to play college-level sports, and the desire to admit more well-rounded students, it makes sense for universities to fund the smaller pool of applicants (athletes) over the larger pool of academic students. However, by not appropriating funds to academic students, universities are missing out on an opportunity to not only improve the rigor and prestige of their college, but also to bring even more revenue into the school.

Since the costs of running athletic programs are so high that the revenues they bring into a university are barely enough to cover the expense of running them, universities should adopt a different strategy to generate income. The next best option for revenue is through academic students. Universities with strong academic programs and top academic students are more competitive in the competition for lucrative research grants. Every university receives a cut of grants that the US government gives to university students for research and development. Last year, the US Government gave out 40 million dollars in grants to students for research (Weighly and Hess).

When universities have well-developed research

Spring 2015 | 27

programs, they can receive grants as large as 17 billion dollars from the United State’s Government. Most schools who receive grants get around 7 billion dollars for research and development per project, which can be spent however the university sees fit. Part of these endowments can potentially be used by the university to build research centers as well as fund other on campus projects, which would increase the university’s ability to receive more grants and therefore make more money (Weighly and Hess).

Another form of “revenue” is available to colleges through their academic graduates. According to the University of Idaho’s website, the university’s biggest economic impact comes from graduates of the University. In 2010, the state of Idaho spent $1.63 billion on education, $147 million of which went to the University of Idaho. The University then calculated the added income generated due to the activities of the University, which brought the total statewide economic impact of the University to $934 million dollars (“Economic Impacts and State Benefit Reports”). This amount was the sum of university operations, student costs, visitor spending and how much the school’s graduates make per year. The visitor effect, which is partially based on sporting event ticket sales and other university events, raised only one-third of the money generated by students paying for tuition and a hundredth of the money raised by graduates in the work force (“Economic Impacts and State Benefit Reports”). Focusing on producing the most competitive students in their fields will result in the university growing its most lucrative source of economic impact: graduates. It is not an accident that America’s most successful academic schools (Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, etc) are also the schools that receive the most applications for admission, as their students tend to be highly successful in their careers after graduation, creating a huge economic impact for their states as well as promoting their outstanding educational programs through their successful graduates.

Academic students also advance society, which is why they have more money to donate back to their university. They are the people who create new ideas and push the boundaries of knowledge. They help the economy since their efforts in the workforce allow states to generate more tax revenue, which eventually end up back in the hands of the university through appropriated funds for education. By funding athletics over academics, universities are actually limiting their future revenue. If universities were to fund students

28|The Looking Glass

with promising futures in academia, then they could also raise the GPA level of the students in attendance since those students would be given more financial aid, making the universities that favored academic scholarships the best economic choice for the brightest students.

There is a simple solution to the funding gap that benefits both sides; divide the available scholarships between athletes and academic students equally. By doing so, universities would allow more students to attend the university, the school would receive revenue not only from the athletic events, but more money from the graduates that enter the workforce, and the average debt for all students would decrease.

Today, college graduates owe on average $30,000

“

Academic students also advance society, which is why they have more money to donate back to their university.

in student loan debt according to US News (Bidwell).

According to the Wall Street Journal, 70 percent of 2014 graduates left with student loans (Izzo). If the money available for scholarships was divided equally between athletic and academic students, fewer student loans would be taken out by students, allowing for more students to attend college without the financial burden of student loans.

Another benefit to divvying up financial aid is that students who do receive large scholarships now would avoid paying taxes on those scholarships. Although tuition, when paid for through scholarships, is not taxable, room and board is, which is paid for when a student receives a full ride scholarship. This tax can only be applied when the amount of unearned income, in this case scholarships, is an amount over 2,000 dollars (“Understanding the Kiddie Tax”).

Since most full ride scholarships cover room and board that costs over 2,000 dollars, that portion of the scholarship is taxed. When this tax is applied to a student, the rate at which they are taxed is based off of their parent’s marginal tax rate, which can range from 28 percent to 39.5 percent (“Understanding the Kiddie Tax”). By not offering full-ride (tuition, room,

Ashford’s Ground Taylor Caldwell

and board) scholarships to a few students in favor of offering tuition-only scholarships to more students, the scholarship program also has the benefit of placing a tax burden on the parents of the student who receives the scholarship.

Both sides of this issue have a common goal; universities want more students to attend college and students want to be able to attend college. The underlying issue is that college has become too expensive for most students to afford. When you combine the rising cost of attending college with the rising interest rates on student loans, it is obvious why more young adults are foregoing the traditional four-year college route for a cheaper alternative. By dividing scholarships equally between athlete and academic students, universities could help convince more students to attend larger colleges since they would be facing a less daunting financial burden.

If universities were willing to divide the amount of money they offer in scholarships equally and students were willing to accept that not everyone will get a full ride, the common goal of getting more students to attend college would be achieved.

Works Cited “America’s High School Graduates.” The Nation’s Report Card (2009): 6-14. Print.

Bidwell, Allie. “Average Student Loan Debt Approaches $30,000.” US News. US News, 13 Nov. 2014. Web. 7 Mar. 2015. <http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/11/13/average-student-loan-debthits-30-000>.

DeLory, John. “Scholarships for College Students.” College Planning Services. John DeLory, 1 Jan. 2015. Web. 9 Apr. 2015.

<http://www.collegeplanningservices.org/resources/scholarships.aspx>.

Desrochers, Donna. “Academic Spending VS Athletic Spending: Who Wins?” Delta Cost Project. Delta Cost Project, 1 Jan. 2010. Web. 6 Mar. 2015. <http://www.deltacostproject.org/sites/default/files/products/DeltaCostAIR_Athle ticAcademic_Spending_IssueBrief.pdf>.

“Economic Impacts and State Benefits Report.” University of Idaho. University of Idaho, 1 Jan. 2010. Web. 6 Mar. 2015. <http://webpages.uidaho.edu/economic-impact/>.

Izzo, Phil. “Congratulations to Class of 2014, Most Indebted Ever.” Wall Street Journal.

Wall Street Journal, 16 May 2014. Web. 7 Mar. 2015. <http://blogs.wsj.com/numbers/congatulations-to-class-of-2014-the-mostindebted-ever-1368/>.

Keobler, Jason. “High School Sports Participation Increases for 22nd Straight Year.” US News Education. US News, 2 Sept. 2011. Web. 9 Apr. 2015. <http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/high-school-notes/2011/09/02/highschool-sports-participation-increases-for-22nd-straight-year>.

Kiley, Kevin. “Playing Different Games.” Inside Higher Ed. Inside Higher Ed, 16 Jan. 2013. Web. 6 Mar. 2015. <https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/16/universities-spend-moreathletics-athlete-academics-student-report-finds>.

Krause, Tamara. “Chasing the Elusive Full-Ride Scholarship.” Scholarship Experts.

Unigo, 18 Nov. 2013. Web. 8 Apr. 2015. <http://www.scholarshipexperts.com/blog/collegeplanning/chasing-elusive-full-ride-scholarship>.

O’Shaugnessy, Lynn. “7 Things You Need to Know About Sports Scholarships.” U.S. News Education 10 June 2010. U.S. News World Reports. Web. 8 Apr. 2015. <http://www. usnews.com/education/blogs/the-college-solution/2010/06/22/7-things-you-need-toknow-about-sports-scholarships>.

O’Shaugnessy, Lynn. “8 Things You Should Know about Sports Scholarships.” CBS Money. CBS, 20 Sept. 2012. Web. 7 Mar. 2015. <http://www.cbsnews.com/news/8-things-you-should-know-about-sportsscholarships/>.

Parker, Suzi. “You Won’t Believe This High School Valedictorian’s GPA.” Take Part.

Pivot, 20 May 2014. Web. 8 Apr. 2015. <http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/05/20/highschool-caledictorian-earned-1003-gpa>.

“State of College Admission Report.” National Association for College Admissions Counseling. NACAC, 1 Jan. 2013. Web. 8 Apr. 2015. <http://www.nacacnet.org/research/ PublicationsResources/Marketplace/research/Pages/StateofCollegeAdmission.aspx>.

“Understanding the Kiddie Tax.” TurboTax. Intuit, 1 Feb. 2015. Web. 9 Apr. 2015. <https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/1900671-understanding-the-kiddie-tax>.

“University of Idaho Athletic Scholarships.” NCSA Athletic Recruiting. NCSA Athletic Recruiting, 1 Jan. 2014. Web. 6 Mar. 2015. <http://www.ncsasports.org/athleticscholarships/football/idaho/university-of-idaho#>.

“University of Idaho.” Forbes Best Colleges. Forbes, 1 Jan. 2015. Web. 6 Mar. 2015. <http://www.forbes.com/colleges/university-of-idaho/>.

Weighly, Samuel, and Alexander Hess. “Universities Getting the Most Government Money.” 24/7 Wallstreet. Wordpress, 26 Apr. 2013. Web. 10 Apr. 2015. <http://247wallst. com/special-report/2013/04/25/universities-getting-the-most-government-money/>.

Westfall, Leah. “Athletic Scholarships - Who Gets Them and How Many Are There?”FastWeb. Monster, 15 July 2011. Web. 8 Apr. 2015. <http://www.fastweb.com/ student-news/articles/athletic-scholarships-who-gets-them-and-how-many-arethere>.

Spring 2015 | 29

I Made Art from the Internet that I Found Nishant Mohan

A Word from the Artist A terrible astronomical event, real or metaphorical, occurred where the Earth was visible from Earth. The humans on the first Earth had to escape to the second because the two planets so close to each other created dangerous gravitational anomalies. They survived the meteor shower and made it safely to the planet. Safe, but not unchanged.

Spooky Friends Megan Sausser

30|The Looking Glass

Crickets for a Hungry World Autumn Pratt

Dicke, Marcel and Arnold Van Huis. “The Six Legged Meat of the Future.” The Wall Street

Journal, (2011), http://online.wsj. com/article/SB100014240527487032932045761 0607 2340020728.html (accessed April 1, 2013).

Guynup, Sharon. “For Most People, Eating Bugs Is Only Natural.” National Geographic News, (2004), http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ news/2004/07/0715_040715_tvinsectfood_

2.html (accessed April 1, 2013).

Rifkin, Jeremy. Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture. New York: Dutton, 1992.

Weiner, Miriam B. “Countries That Eat Bugs.” US News, (2011), http://travel.usnews. com/features/Countries_That_Eat_Bugs/ (accessed April 15, 2013).

I

I Wait to Catch the Dawn Autumn Pratt

Patient as a spider, I wait to catch the dawn, In the weary hour, When night is pale and worn.

I dream a day I have not seen A pain as free as it is kind A fearless light that burns like rain: The shifting visions of the blind.

Drowned in morning’s river, A sail upon the sun, All my cunning weavings No sooner seen than gone.

And now that I, the catcher, Have been caught by surprise I see the face of joy unveiled Before my waking eyes.

Spring 2015 | 31

32|The Looking Glass

L

Lawyer Complex Fire Jennifer Downen

Spring 2015 | 33

M

Monsters David Catts

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once said “The line dividing good and evil cuts Through the heart of every human being,” Implying that even in the darkest places You will always find at least one candle As beautiful as this may seem Sometimes, it worries me - saying something like A man will choose to be a monster What separates a man and a monster?

Sometimes, I imagine a monster Has an insatiable appetite for human flesh Can justify to themselves why they feast And will exercise the ability to feast freely We live in a society that breeds monsters Mothers deliver them in the form of boys But they are brought up to believe That if a girl carries a persona that In him inspires passion, she is but prey That her flesh is his for the taking if he is hungry That her clothes, location, or levels of intoxication Are all just reasons to sink in his teeth And young women Young women are taught how best to be prey Dress modestly, always travel in packs Only walk in the light of day Avoid men you do not know; be cautious of the ones you do Be sure you carry pepper spray Check the backseat before you get in the car

34|The Looking Glass

Do not flirt unless you plan to play And God forbid you accept a drink that isn’t yours Yet, even when a woman who follows these rules Falls prey to the monsters in the shadows Society is convinced that for some reason She had it coming That the stars in her eyes being clouded over By the scars only she can see is a result of her own negligence And even if in some strange way it is The fact that she had to watch her back in the first place Says that there are monsters living in our closets That need to be evicted Sometimes, society opens the closet doors To see where the monsters are hiding Yet even when they see the scattered limbs Of young women fallen prey to the beasts They say things like, “Men have uncontrollable urges” Or “What did you expect him to do?”

Or “Boys will be boys” As if removing the monster from their skin Reconciles the blood they have shed As if they have just as little control Over their bodies as did their victims We live in a society that breeds monsters Because the foundation of our beliefs state That entities separate from us are consumable And therein lies the problem Things cannot change so long as boys Look at girls as though they are food Our young women are not consumable Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once said, “The line dividing good and evil cuts Through the heart of every human being” Implying that even in the darkest places You will always find at least one candle A man may choose to be a monster But a man may choose to be a man But he has to understand There must be a line drawn between The hunger for human flesh and The need for common humanity And he has to shine out past the monstrosity Of hypocrisy and atrocities that is our society For even if there is but a single candle All the darkness in the world cannot put it out

W

Winter Wren Simon Shindler

Spring 2015 | 35

Stone Man Antonia Exline

36|The Looking Glass

Fall on the Farm Jennifer Downen

Spring 2015 | 37

38|The Looking Glass

A

As the Winds Blow Through Krista Stanley

Spring 2015 | 39

A

About the Honors Program

The University of Idaho Honors Program (UHP) offers a range of enriching course study and activities. Active since 1983, events such as concerts, plays, films, leadership retreats, service trips during Spring Break, and “Fireside Chats” with professors have been well-loved by students. These, on top of honors exclusive seminars and lectures, are great ways to meet like-minded students across both colleges and majors. Want more information?Visit the UHP website at http://www.uidaho.edu/honors.

“

I have learned how much a close community full of like-minded people with similar goals (but who also love to have fun!) can improve my college experience!

– Miranda Lybyer

“

We get along really well with engineering because we’re both really weird. I mean, they’re weirder, they take the cake, but we get along because our weirdness is compatible. – Mesquite Cervino

40|The Looking Glass

“

I would not be as academically successful if I was not in the Honors program. Being with motivated people keeps me motivated. – Emily Blosser

“

Honors students are some of the weirdest but awesomest students at UI. – Morgan Spraul

“

A common love of learning is a great basis for friendship.

–Caleb Renshaw

“

Life is a team sport. At the end of the day, while grades are a necessary focus, the things which are most important are the people you share your life with. – Erik Eyre

Spring 2015 | 41

M

Meet Our People

Dr. Alton Campbell – Program Director Holly LaHann – Scholarship/Program Coordinator Dr. Alton Campbell is the University of Idaho Honors Program Director and he oversees all classes and events within the Honors Program.

Alton is a role model and mentor to many students. Without him, there would not be a wide array of classes or social and service events for honors students. He not only leads the Honors Program, but he also works to engage students through leadership development, club activities, service programs, living groups, undergrad research, study abroad, and national student exchange. Alton is always available to lend an ear or give advice to anyone that walks into his office. The Honors Program continues to progress because Dr. Alton Campbell has new and innovative ideas to make our Honors Program unique and interesting.

42|The Looking Glass

As the University Honors Program (UHP) Coordinator, Holly LaHann recruits students to the UHP and helps ensure their success in the program through advising, peer ambassador support, and program development. She spearheaded the creation of the Honors Ambassadors Program, a group of honors students who, under her advising, meet with prospective Honors Students and help them decide whether the Honors Program is right for them. She also helps current UHP students find and apply for competitive national and international scholarships.

After graduating from the University of Idaho, Holly advised outgoing study abroad and incoming exchange students in the UI Study Abroad Office, received a Fulbright International Education Administrators grant to the United Kingdom, worked in India through a staff development grant, taught English to rural high school students in Japan through the JET program, and studied as an undergraduate student in Austria. As a graduate of the UI and UHP, Holly enjoys helping UI students to realize their potential, and take advantage of the many opportunities a UI education brings to them now and in the future.

Chris Price – Administrative Assistant Chris Price attended Washing State University, where she received her Bachelor’s Degree in General Studies and Master’s Degree in History and American Studies. She completed her All But Dissertation (ABD) doctoral research on Women’s History with a focus on Pacific Northwest Women.

Chris came to the University of Idaho in 2000 as the Management Assistant of the University Honors Program, and her title was later reclassified as Administrative Assistant in 2012. Her jobs include in-taking applications and verifying information from perspective students, compiling lists of eligible students, analyzing statistical data of Honors students’ academic performance, managing budget and planning events for the program. Chris Price advises her students to “experience education in all dimensions – explore, read, inquire, and utilize all the resources.”

Honors Leadership Council Jennifer Downen, Co-President Krista Stanley, Co-President Lauren Kees, Vice President Nicole Carter, Treasurer Sam Roberts, Secretary Emily Gehlken, Public Relations Officer Serena Porter, Historian

The Editors Alyssa Baugh Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

Taylor Caldwell Theatre Arts

Amanda Vu, Looking Glass Liaison Erik Eyre Zachary Lien Miranda Lybyer Calvin Miller David Vail

E

Jennifer Downen Mechanical Engineering

“May you recognize in your life the presence, power and light of your soul.” – John O’Donohue

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” – Mother Teresa

Abigail Dunn Biochemistry

Lindsey Heflin Advertising and Art

Nina Rydalch Spanish

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

– Winston Churchill

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” – Gail Devers

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact.

Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”

– Marcus Aurelius

Allison Simmons Psychology and Applied Music

Krista Stanley Advertising and Mathematics

Amanda Vu Chemical Engineering and Chemistry

“You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.”

– Steve Lacy

“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

–Albert Einstein

“Those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”

– Dr. Seuss

“I have six roommates, which are better than friends because they have to give you one month’s notice before they leave.”

– Toby, The Office

Spring 2015 | 43

44|The Looking Glass