The Looking Glass | Spring 2013

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The Looking Glass University of Idaho Honors Program

Table of Contents Front Cover ....featured photo by Jared Mahoney Table of Contents

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The Looking Glass Introduction

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Lessons of Enlightenment by Talor Rogers ....painting by Claire Stevenson

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On the Horizon by Kelly Christensen ....photo by Will Loucks

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Murder in Midwinter by Sara Hendricks ....photo by Will Loucks ....photo by Jared Mahoney

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Cobble Stones by Courtney Flynn $ 6DOXWH WR ,QĂ€XHQ]D E\ .HOO\ 'HREROG

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Aura by Marco Mendoza

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Semester at Sea by Nicole Johnson

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....photo by Philip Vukelich Red by Marco Mendoza

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Enough by by E. J. Hansen

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....photo by Jared Mahoney Cage by Marco Mendoza

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A (Quest)ion by Kelly Christensen

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&RORU DFFRUGLQJ WR 'RF ....featured photo by Kellie Koester

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The Looking Glass Edited by: Will Loucks, Claire Stevenson, Ethan Hansen, and Megan Venlos

The Looking Glass is a publication by honors students and for honors students. It is a display of creative work done by students in the University of Idaho Honors Program. It shows that we are more than just a bunch of brains and book-smarts. We don’t spend all our time studying. We enjoy and embrace art and many of the students not only pursue art as a major or career but also as a hobby and a passion. This publication is edited and put together by honors students as well. It is our publication to show the University that we are capable of more than good grades and high GPA’s. We are well rounded individuals who are FRPSHWHQW LQ PXOWLSOH ¿HOGV DQG ZH DUH SURXG WR EH SDUW RI WKH University Honors Program. We are honored to present to you the 2012-2013 edition of The Looking Glass.

“City of Dubai� By Philip Vukelich www.philipvukelich.com

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Lessons from the Enlightenment A recipe for social change By Taylor Rogers We live in an interesting time. Long gone are the times of Immanuel .DQW LQ ZKLFK KH DQG WKRVH RI WKH (Qlightenment dreamed of a free society where people had the liberty to think for themselves- to exercise critical thought. We have even progressed passed their dream- in our society we are no longer limited to only the elite having the ability to think for themselves and express those thoughts. 7RGD\ DQ\RQH FDQ H[SUHVV WKHLU WKRXJKWV FULWLFL]H RXU JRYHUQPHQW and critique our society. If Kant and the Enlightenists heard of our sociHW\ WKH\ PD\ FRQVLGHU LW D 8WRSLD LQ which we can freely follow reason and express it- A Perfect World! But we are not. Why are we not this perfect Utopian society? Because we have a problem unimaginable to Kant and

those of the Enlightenment- a lack of will. :H KDYH XQDEDWHG XQOLPLWHG freedom to think critically and make our thoughts known to more people more easily than anyone from the 18th century could ever imagine. :LWK VPDUW SKRQHV WDEOHWV DQG WKH LQWHUQHW ZH QRW RQO\ KDYH D ZHDOWK RI information and knowledge literally DW RXU ÂżQJHUWLSV ZH KDYH D ZD\ IRU RXU WKRXJKWV RXU VRFLHWDO FULWLFLVPV to touch thousands if not millions of SHRSOH 2QH JRRG PHVVDJH ZULWWHQ by someone previously unknown can WUDYHO DURXQG WKH HQWLUH ZRUOG FKDQJH WKRXVDQGV RI OLYHV DQG EH UHDG E\ millions immediately after being written. So why do we feel limited? Why do we not do this? We squander this immense power IRU FKDQJH RQ HQWHUWDLQPHQW PLQGOHVV SOHDVXUH DQG LQVWDQW JUDWLÂżFDtion. Why? Why do we do this when we have the power to change the

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“Just Passing Through,� by Claire Stevenson. Digital painting.

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YDOXH DQG JUDWLÂżFDWLRQ ZLWKRXW ZRUN 'R WKH KRXUV \RX ZDVWH RQ )DFHERRN cause you to exercise real critical WKRXJKW" 'R WKH WZHHWV \RX UHFHLYH from your favorite celebrities expand your knowledge of how to better our society? Very few could answer yes. Even fewer would take action with this QHZ NQRZOHGJH DSSO\ LW WR RXU VRFLHW\ WKLQN RI KRZ WR EHWWHU LW DQG OHW WKH world know. Kant would be rolling in his grave. What was once easy is now easier. Time can be wasted by the hour learning nothing of value. Sites such DV 1HWĂ€L[ DQG +XOX DOORZ XV WR ZDWFK hours of television without consequence. We must wake up! We must use the greatest power yet to come WR WKLV ZRUOG 7KH SRZHU RI DQ LGHD when combined with the power and HDVH RI WKH LQWHUQHW FDQ FKDQJH WKH ZRUOG 6R ZH PXVW WXUQ RXU VXSHUÂżFLDO LQFOLQDWLRQV PHDQLQJIXO 'R QRW complain about our society if you have GRQH QRWKLQJ WR FKDQJH LW DQG WKHUHIRUH GRQH HYHU\WKLQJ WR NHHS LW WKH same. We have been lulled into a sleep devoid of critical thought by our techQRORJ\ 7KLV SRZHU IRU JRRG FDQ LI ZH DUH QRW FDUHIXO QRW DOHUW OXUH XV LQWR an entertainment coma from which we do not want to awaken. Our InformaWLRQ $JH , ZRXOG DUJXH KDV EHFRPH the Entertainment Age. However our (QWHUWDLQPHQW $JH FRXOG EHFRPH LI enough of us exercise our new-found SRZHU DQ $JH RI 6RFLDO &KDQJH D Neo-Enlightenment! $UH ZH QRW WDXJKW WKH EHQHÂżWV RI critical thought in our very schools? Are we not “encouragedâ€? by our society to exercise reason? Take advantage of this! Never have we been so fortunate! We have what those of the Enlightenment only dreamed- the power and freedom to think. So do not waste it! This is what matters- turn our energies from purposeless pursuits to those that better our society. Two options lay before us- we will either doom our society to perpetual mediocrity and our people to purposeOHVV PHDQGHULQJ RU ZH ZLOO FKRVH WR EH UHVSRQVLEOH FLWL]HQV RI WKH ZRUOG DQG ZLWK WKDW XVKHU LQ D QHZ $JH D 1HR (QOLJKWHQPHQW ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡

On the Horizon by Kelly Christensen The storm is there. It is ever present. I cannot escape. No matter how fast I run I will never get away. Let the rain fall down on me. Let it fill my lungs, Take my air. Let me sink slowly into my thoughts of thunderstorms. Thunder fills my mind. The storm is here and the ship might not make it through.

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Murder In Midwinter By Sara Hendricks 'DQLHO URVH WKURXJK WKH VKUHGV of a dream when the phone rang. It was still dark outside—not that the absence of light served as an adequate PDUNHU RI WLPH LQ HDUO\ 'HFHPEHU )RU DOO KH NQHZ KH FRXOG KDYH VOHSW entirely through his shift and slipped LQWR WKH IROORZLQJ HYHQLQJ *URDQLQJ 'DQLHO UXEEHG D KDQG RYHU KLV IDFH DV though he could banish the cobwebs RI KLV GUHDP 1HYHUWKHOHVV KH ZDVQÂśW H[DFWO\ FRKHUHQW ZKHQ KH ÂżUVW UROOHG over and pulled the earpiece and receiver off his nightstand. Holding WKH FRQWUDSWLRQ E\ LWV EUDVV VWHP KH glared balefully at the clock on the ZDOO +H FRXOG UHDG LWV WKLQ JOHDPLQJ hands despite the darkness; it told KLP WKDW LW ZDV MXVW EHIRUH ÂżYH LQ WKH PRUQLQJ D WLPH KH KDGQÂśW EHHQ LQWLmately familiar with since he’d traded in his beat in the Lower City for a detective’s badge. %OHVVHGO\ WKH VKULOO ULQJLQJ FHDVHG when he put the earpiece against the VKHOO RI KLV HDU Âł'DQLHO 3\SHU VSHDNing.â€? He tried to banish the lingering sleepiness from his voice but only partially succeeded. It would have to do. Âł+HOOR 'DQLHO ´ 2K 6KLW +H FDPH LPPHGLDWHO\ completely awake at the sound of that YRLFH VLWWLQJ XS LQVWHDG RI VLPSO\ propping himself on his elbows. Regardless of the fact that the man RQ WKH SKRQH ZDVQÂśW LQ WKH URRP LW felt wrong to be at anything other than full attention in his presence. Not to mention he would probably NQRZ RWKHUZLVH 'DQLHO GLGQÂśW NQRZ KRZ KH ZRXOG EXW LW ZDV H[DFWO\ WKH sort of thing that the detective irrationally dreaded. He had gone through \HDUV RI WUDLQLQJ EXW KH VWLOO DOZD\V felt like the eight-year-old boy he KDG EHHQ ZKHQ KH ÂżUVW PHW WKH PDQ Time marched on even for a dhamSLU \HW WKH 4XHHQÂśV :DUGHQ VHHPHG LPPXQH WR LWV HIIHFWV 'DQLHO WLOWHG his head away from the mouthpiece for a second to clear his throat. “Good PRUQLQJ VLU ´ :KDWHYHU ZDV JRLQJ RQ WKLV ZDV

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no social call. Only something that verged on a national security issue would have his true superior phoning him at four in the morning: not the &KLHI ,QVSHFWRU QRU WKH &RPPLVVLRQHU DQG QRW HYHQ WKH 0LQLVWHU RI 3ROLFH EXW +LP $ FKLOO ZHLJKW GURSSHG into the pit of his stomach. Âł*RRG PRUQLQJ ´ WKH :DUGHQ VDLG He sounded as domineering and arUHVWLQJ DV DOZD\V EXW DOVR WLUHG 7KDW had been a common trait in his voice VLQFH WKH EHJLQQLQJ RI WKH ZDU QRW WKDW 'DQLHO KDG HYHU GDUHG FRPPHQW RQ LW EXW QRZ KH MXVW VRXQGHG ZHDU\ “Are you familiar with the Vaisine Magician’s University in the Upper &LW\"´ $OZD\V GLUHFWO\ WR WKH SRLQW DQG LPSRVVLEOH WR GHÂżQH DV HLWKHU D good or a bad omen. Âł<HV VLU ´ 'DQLHO KDG QHYHU DWWHQGed it—his talents lay in areas other WKDQ PDJLF DQG KH KDG EHHQ WUDLQHG accordingly—but everyone knew the seven bell towers and their parent University that dominated the half of the Upper city not already occupied by the Palace Rynathmor. “I received word this morning that a murder took place there during the night. I need you to handle it with‌ some delicacy. The boy who was NLOOHG ZDV WKH ([FKHTXHUÂśV VRQ ZKLFK by necessity means that a number of LQĂ€XHQWLDO SHUVRQDJHV ZLOO EH LQvolved. I require someone dependable that I can trust to see to this case. In a time of peace I would be investigating it myself.â€? The heavy pause told 'DQLHO ZLWK HYHQ PRUH FHUWDLQW\ WKDW something other than the Exchequer’s family was at stake here. “Can you do WKDW IRU PH 'DQLHO"´ +H ZDV DOUHDG\ VOLGLQJ RXW RI EHG balancing the earpiece against his shoulder and roaming as far as he dared on the short cord in his search IRU FORWKHV Âł2I FRXUVH VLU ´ “Good. The rest of your department is already on their way; the weather may prevent you from PDNLQJ JRRG WLPH EXW , DVN WKDW \RX arrive there as soon as possible. They will brief you on the details. GodVSHHG 'DQLHO ´ &UDFNOLQJ VWDWLF WROG

the police constable that that his superior had already disconnected the call. 5HSODFLQJ WKH HDUSLHFH RQ LWV KRRN KH set the phone back on the nightstand and turned to tear through his bedURRP WR ¿QG FOHDQ ODXQGU\ +H GUHVVHG TXLFNO\ SXOOLQJ D VZHDWer on over the shirt he had selected and coiling a long scarf around his neck before donning his mackintosh. The chill fabric of his pants made him shiver as he put them on; woolen socks warmed his cold toes before KH WKUXVW KLV IHHW LQWR WKH NQHH KLJK treated boots he wore in the winter. They had lasted him all through his WHUPV DV D EHDW FRS DQG 'DQLHO KDG never quite been able to replace them. Long seasons of wear had worn them in until nearly every other pair of VKRHV IHOW VRPHKRZ ZURQJ 'DQLHO only paused long enough to stuff his ZDOOHW LQ WKH SRFNHW RI KLV FRDW GLJ D GU\ VFRQH RXW RI WKH NLWFKHQ DQG SDW down the rest of his pockets to make sure he had a pack of cigarettes and a lighter before he stepped out of his apartment and locked the door. 'HVFHQGLQJ WKH FUHDNLQJ IULJLG metal stairs to reach the level of the VWUHHW 'DQLHO JORZHUHG DW WKH WKLFN snow he stepped down into. It reached ZHOO SDVW KLV DQNOHV DOPRVW WR KLV NQHHV DQG WKH VLGHZDON IHOW LF\ XQGHU the soles of his boots. Even worse than WKDW WKLFN ÀDNHV RI VQRZ VWLOO IHOO IURP WKH GDUN SUH GDZQ VN\ OLPQHG PRmentarily in the rays of light cast by the gas lamps illuminating each side of Baker Street. The slushy mess in the road gave evidence to the fact that the steam plows had been by sometime GXULQJ WKH QLJKW EXW QRZ WKHLU ZRUN was being undone by the continued storm. At least the wind hadn’t manifested as anything more threatening than the occasional gust that created OLWWOH F\FORQHV LQ WKH ÀXUULHV RI VQRZ 6KLYHULQJ LQ WKH FROG 'DQLHO SXOOHG on his gloves and lit a cigarette. The VWUHHW ORRNHG XWWHUO\ GHVHUWHG VDYH for the curtains of falling snow still drifting to the earth. Moving carefully across the slippery surface of the sideZDON KH EHJDQ WR EUXVK WKH VQRZ IURP

past Templeton to the M8 that would take him across the river to WKH 8SSHU &LW\ 'DQLHO ZDV IURP WKH respectable part of what was techniFDOO\ WKH /RZHU &LW\ WKH GLVWULFW RStimistically labeled Middleton for its VOLJKWO\ PRUH DIÀXHQW UHVLGHQWV EXW his paycheck wasn’t quite impressive enough to afford an apartment in the areas closest to the aristocracy. Perils of being a civil servant.

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“I Am the University of Idahoâ€? Will Loucks his car. Treated to hold up against the HOHPHQWV KLV PDFNLQWRVK GLGQÂśW DOORZ the ice crystals to bleed in and chill him further. $W WLPHV KH WKRXJKW WKDW VLPSO\ trudging through the snow on foot would be preferable to driving there in his car. It was a vastly older model WKDQ ZKDW WKH DULVWRFUDWV GURYH ODFNing both a heating and a cooling system. Its engine belched smoke more RIWHQ WKDQ QRW WKRXJK 'DQLHO KDG SDLG WR KDYH LW Âż[HG PRUH WLPHV WKDQ KH FDUHG WR FRXQW ,WV Ă€RRUERDUGV ZHUH nearly rusted through—by the end of WKH ZLQWHU KH WKRXJKW KH ZRXOG OLNHO\ have to have them replaced too. But WKH ROG FOXQNHU VWLOO UDQ ZKLFK ZDV DOO he could really ask for considering his limited resources. 'DQLHO MXVW KRSHG WKDW WKH WHPSHUDture wouldn’t keep the engine from

starting. Five thirty had passed by the time 'DQLHO ZDV DEOH WR JHW WKH KXQN RI metal to purr to life. He’d been cursLQJ XQGHU KLV EUHDWK WKH ZKROH WLPH a constant string of expletives with no real anger or conviction behind them. They had served as a way to pass the WLPH PRUH WKDQ DQ\WKLQJ HOVH 'DQLHO supposed he should have been prayLQJ LQVWHDG EXW WKRXJK KH GXWLIXOO\ PDLQWDLQHG WKH ÂżUVW SRUWLRQ RI KLV OR\DOW\ WR Âł*RG 4XHHQ DQG &RXQWU\ ´ he had never been very pious. The idea of a God seemed too distant and impersonal to be truly involved in his life. What would a supreme being want with a dhampir police constable anyway? &OLPELQJ LQWR WKH GULYHUÂśV VHDW 'DQLHO SXOOHG RXW LQWR WKH GHVHUWHG street and was soon making his way

Making the journey at all had consumed his thoughts since he had awoken. Now that he had nothing to occupy his time save the drive itself and the stale scone he’d brought ZLWK KLP IRU EUHDNIDVW KLV WKRXJKWV invariably turned to the phone call WKDW KDG URXVHG KLP LQ WKH ¿UVW SODFH $ KLJK SUR¿OH PXUGHU ZRXOG SURYH WULFN\ HQRXJK WR KDQGOH particularly when the nation already had a war hanging over its head. But what about the investigation would be so important that it demanded the Queen’s very attention? After DOO +H ZRXOGQœW KDYH FDOOHG 'DQLHO unless that was true. In the simSOHVW VHQVH WKHLU GLYLVLRQ GHDOW with crimes involving the inhuman. :KDWHYHU KH ZRXOG ¿QG ZKHQ KH DUULYHG DW WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ SHUKDSV that would shed more light on the situation. 2I FRXUVH 'DQLHO KDG PDGH KLPself intimately familiar with all the high-ranking members of Parliament. His training had demanded it; anyone that was important to WKH 4XHHQ DQG WKXV WR KLV VXSHULRU had to be included in the extensive inventory of information he had systematically memorized. As he UHFDOOHG WKH ([FKHTXHU RQO\ KDG RQH VRQ <HW 'DQLHO FRXOGQœW WKLQN RI DQ\ particular political enemies allied against the man; the Exchequer was RI WKH PDMRULW\ SDUW\ LQ WKH QDWLRQ heavily loyal to the Queen and supportive of the war. Which meant that the murder had likely been personally motivated. 8QOHVV RI FRXUVH WKH PXUGHU ZDV linked to some kind of deeper plot. :KLFK FRQVLGHULQJ WKH WXUQ WKH ZDU KDG WDNHQ 'DQLHO FRXOGQœW FRPSOHWHly discount. +H ¿QLVKHG KLV EUHDNIDVW MXVW DV

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the M8 took him across Chandler’s Bridge. Its multitudinous lights glittered like distant stars amid the fog and falling snow; even the river seemed to have been swallowed into QRWKLQJQHVV REVFXUHG E\ D ZKLWH YHLO 'HVSLWH KLPVHOI 'DQLHO FRXOGQœW KHOS but feel a lonely chill creeping past his layers of clothes. He had glimpsed only a few other cars and carriagHV RQ WKH URDG WKHLU VKLQLQJ ODPSV smudged into indistinct blurs as they passed. The storm system had predictably hunkered down over the city WKH QLJKW EHIRUH EXW LW VHHPHG ORDWKH to leave. Even the sun had not yet risen to do battle with it. The only sound 'DQLHO FRXOG KHDU ZDV WKH PXIÀHG crunch of his own tires over the snow. $V KH QHDUHG WKH PLGGOH RI WKH EULGJH

he could not see where it met the land on either side. Balancing one elbow on the VWHHULQJ ZKHHO IRU D PRPHQW KH OLW another cigarette and drew the warm smoke deeply into his lungs. This edge-of-morning isolation was bad enough. To imagine being murdered LQ WKH GHDG RI D FROG ZLQWHUœV QLJKW his life and breath slipping away indistinguishably into the fog‌ It RFFXUUHG WR 'DQLHO WKDW WKH IRJ ZDV EUHDWK LQ D ZD\ WKH VLQJXODU H[KDODtion of all the dormant souls buried under the layers of frost and snow. :RXOG WKH FLW\ HYHQ ZDNH WKDW GD\ or would he and his colleagues be the only people alive in the strange grey twilight?

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the wrong side of the River Tros. Early spring always turned busy for the KRPLFLGH GHSDUWPHQW ZKHQ WKH ÂżUVW thaw revealed the corpses that had settled there during the winter. 7KH 0 HQGHG WKHUH IUDFWXULQJ into an array of branching streets that connected to the main arterials in the Upper City. Cutting across a few of the ZHOO SORZHG VLGH VWUHHWV 'DQLHO VRRQ made his way onto the wide boulevard aptly dubbed Magicians’ Stroll. It ended at the gates of the Vaisine 0DJLFLDQÂśV 8QLYHUVLW\ WKH HQWUDQFH to the campus guarded by wards DQG HYHQ OHJHQGV VDLG VWDWXHV WKDW would come alive in defense of the SODFH 'DQLHO KDG QHYHU KHDUG RI WKHP DFWXDOO\ EHFRPLQJ DQLPDWHG EXW WKH huge griffons above the gates certainly looked ferocious enough. He couldn’t see the gates themVHOYHV XQWLO KH ZDV QHDUO\ XSRQ WKHP their gleaming spikes dulled by the VWRUP 7\SLFDOO\ WKH JDUJDQWXDQ things didn’t swing open until well SDVW VXQULVH VLJQDOLQJ WKDW WKH FDPpus was open to students as well as YLVLWRUV 1RZ KRZHYHU WKH\ VWRRG ZLGH JXDUGHG E\ D EDUULFDGH DQG four men in the blue uniforms of police constables. One of them strode IRUZDUG WKURXJK WKH VQRZ DQG 'DQLHO rolled his window down as he approached. 7KH FRQVWDEOH²/HODQG $GDPV D pock-faced man with close cropped blonde hair—had on his best “kindly fuck off you’re not wanted hereâ€? expression until he realized who was GULYLQJ WKH FDU 'DQLHO ZDV KDOIZD\ through digging his wallet out of his coat before Leland laughed hoarsely and waved a hand. “No need to show PH WKDW ´ KH VDLG Âł, NQRZ ZHOO HQRXJK who ye are.â€? His voice could have been interpreted as a growl by someone who didn’t know him well. “Took ye long enough to get here.â€? He sniffed. Âł&DUÂśV D WHPSHUDPHQWDO ROG WKLQJ ´ 'DQLHO DQVZHUHG ZLWK D JULQ /HODQG snorted in amusement and spit into the snow. Âł*R RQ JHW WKDW GDPQHG EORFN RXW RI WKH URDG ´ /HODQGÂśV IDFH DOUHDG\ UHG LQ WKH FROG WXUQHG HYHQ UHGGHU DV he shouted at the younger policemen. Âł'HWHFWLYH 3\SHU ÂżQDOO\ JRW ÂľHUH DQG

he’ll be wanting to meet up with the RWKHU ODGV DV VRRQ DV SRVVLEOH \H hear?â€? As the other three scrambled to fulÂżOO WKH RUGHU KH WXUQHG EDFN WR 'DQLHO and leaned against the car door. “I DLQÂśW EHHQ XS WKHUH P\VHOI ´ KH VDLG LQ ORZ WRQHV ÂłEXW , KHDUG LWÂśVÂŤ JULVO\ Hope ye haven’t had yer breakfast yet.â€? 'DQLHO QRGGHG Âł, VKRXOG EH ÂżQH ´ Âł<HDK , EHW \H ZLOO EH \H IXFNing dhampir.â€? For all the apparent JUXIIQHVV LQ KLV WRQH LW ZDV VDLG affectionately. Leland thumped the side of the car and then stepped away. 'DQLHO VDOXWHG KLP EHIRUH SURFHHGLQJ through the cleared gateway and onto the University’s campus. The constables behind him quickly barricaded it again at Leland’s prompted shouting. The new snow hadn’t yet obliterated the tire-tracks created by the RWKHU SROLFH YHKLFOHV )ROORZLQJ WKHP 'DQLHO VRRQ HPHUJHG IURP WKH HQG RI WKH ORQJ WUHH OLQHG GULYH DQG LQWR the main area of the campus. The University’s buildings loomed out of WKH GDUNQHVV LOOXPLQDWHG E\ ZURXJKW iron gas lamps and a heatless magical light that glittered along the edges of the roofs and crenellations. It engendered an eerie impression through the snow and fog. Typically the gray stones shone almost like silver in the sunlight; now they had been reduced to nothing more than drab gray. 'DQLHO GURYH RQ XQWLO KH UHDFKHG an outcropping of police cars clusWHUHG DW WKH EDVH RI WKH ÂżUVW EHOO WRZer. A clock face shimmered on each RI WKH IRXU VLGHV JORZLQJ IURP ZLWKLQ with a white-blue light that dripped down the side of the tower before melting away into shadows near the EDVH 7KH FORFNV KRZHYHU KDG EHHQ D later addition to what had been used for ages to harbor the nation’s largest UHSUHVHQWDWLRQ RI $KRVKLHO WKH KLJKest-pitched and smallest of the seven Angel Bells. 6LQFH KLV FKLOGKRRG 'DQLHO KDG been intimately acquainted with WKRVH EHOOV²$KRVKLHO /LUFLHO +DSULHO 6REDHO &ODDULHO 0HKDWHO DQG Nabiel. Though he could not carry WKHP KLPVHOI WKH\ ZHUH WKH SULPDU\

magical artifact and weapon used by the monarchy’s Wardens. From the time in centuries past when the 5\QDWKPRU OLQH KDG ÂżUVW FODLPHG the throne and begun to appoint :DUGHQV WR SURWHFW WKHLU QDWLRQ WKH Angel Bells had served as a beacon of light and hope in a world combatWHG E\ GDUNQHVV ,W KDG EHHQ WKH ÂżUVW Wardens and their magic which had ÂżUVW SXVKHG EDFN WKH VKDGRZV WKDW lurked around the edges of civili]DWLRQÂśV ÂżUHOLJKW²VKDGRZV ZKLFK JDYH ELUWK WR FUHDWXUHV OLNH 'DQLHOÂśV IRUEHDUV :KLOH KH DV D GKDPSLU was recognized as no real threat to WKH SRSXODFH WKH VDPH KDG QRW EHHQ WUXH RI KLV DQFHVWRUV (YHQ QRZ 'DQLHO FRXOG IHHOÂŤ VRPHWKLQJ WKH closer he got to the University’s seven bell towers. Half a repulsing force and half a seductive beckoning toZDUG REOLYLRQ KH VKLYHUHG DQG WULHG to force it away. He had trained him to work despite such distractions. 3DUNLQJ KLV FDU QH[W WR WKH RWKHUV 'DQLHO NLOOHG WKH HQJLQH DQG FOLPEHG out into the snow. He spared only a moment to hope that the car would start again when he returned. FinLVKLQJ KLV FLJDUHWWH KH Ă€LFNHG WKH butt into the snow and then crushed it into the ice with the heel of his boot He found another pair of young constables stationed at the base of WKH EHOO WRZHU JXDUGLQJ WKH HQWUDQFH to its inward steps. Perhaps needOHVVO\ KH Ă€LSSHG RSHQ KLV ZDOOHW DQG showed them his detective’s badge. Âł'HWHFWLYH 3\SHU ,ÂśP KHUH RQ WKH Warden’s orders.â€? Âł2I FRXUVH VLU ´ 2QH RI WKH constables stepped to the side and opened the door for him. The inside of the tower appeared dark save for the lingering white-blue light from above. A stretch of rope cordoned WKH DUHD RII 'DQLHO GXFNHG XQGHUneath it to ascend the stairs. “The others are already upstairs documenting the crime scene. They’ve been expecting you.â€? Âł7KDQN \RX ´ 'DQLHO VSDUHG KLP a smile before gripping the cold metal of the railing and beginning the ascent. What he wouldn’t give

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for another cigarette! But lighting one in Ahoshiel’s tower felt profane. He would just have to do without. The light from above grew brighter as he drew closer to the top of the WRZHU 6R WRR KH QRWLFHG GLG WKH FRSpery-salty smell of blood. He wasn’t sure if humans would be able to smell LW DOO WKH ZD\ DW WKH EDVH RI WKH WRZHU but it served a constant companion for him as the climbed. A few landings intercepted the advancement of the VWDLUV RQ HDFK 'DQLHO IRXQG D VPDOO JURXS RI RI¿FHUV KDYLQJ FRQYHUVDWLRQV LQ KXVKHG WRQHV (DFK WLPH KH simply saluted them and moved on. Though he was far from excited to see the crime scene—who truly could be?—the thrill of his job had settled LQWR KLV ERQHV DJDLQ 'DQLHO KDG DOways liked puzzles. To be trusted with

one that the Warden himself would QRUPDOO\ EH WDVNHG ZLWK XQUDYHOLQJ 'DQLHO FRXOGQÂśW KHOS EXW EH ÂżOOHG ZLWK D IRFXVHG LQWHQVH HQHUJ\ %\ WKH WLPH he reached the innermost chamber WKDW KRXVHG $KRVKLHO KH ZDV QHDUO\ jogging up the steps. :KDW KH HPHUJHG LQWR KRZHYHU JDYH KLP SDXVH 'DQLHO KDG QHYHU EHHQ LQVLGH WKH EHOO WRZHU EHIRUH but he felt a certain degree of awe at its size. Even though Ahoshiel ZDV WKH VPDOOHVW RI WKH $QJHO %HOOV this version of it stood taller than he did. Suspended from above by thick FDEOLQJ LW KXQJ OLNH D GDUN VOHHSLQJ bird of prey from the rafters. Many people thought that the clock faces themselves gave off the bluewhite light that lit up the inside of WKH WRZHU 7KDW KRZHYHU ZDV RQO\ D

Cobble Stones by Courtney Flynn I want to be a cobble stone Soft, rounded, traveled. I want all of my rough edges to be eroded off. I want to be appreciated, even though I am small, For my color. Green, brown, tan, gray, blue, Any color will do, But I want the person who removes me from my home on the river bottom To look at me and think, “What a pretty rock� Before they sail me through the air, so I Kiss the swift current before sinking. I want to settle on my own terms, But the river moves me along, banging and bruising Against other stones. As I roll along, control In the hands of outside forces. I wonder if the one who threw me knew what he was doing.

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A Salute to Influenza Kelly Deobald Thank you,

,QĂ€XHQ]D

Pure in character,

Here’s to the hope,

but would fry the mind

that you haven’t already infected

to save le corps

your family

So here’s to waking up

or especially your roommate.

for being a royal pain in my everywhere; for the shivers that make my legs, and back ache. Oh, and thank you for the gnarly headache too, you shouldn’t have.

Here’s to drinking orange juice

in the middle of the night to roll over; Discovering that the new position serves both as a sweet and the most all-encompassing agony

Here’s to whining

that you’ve felt for some time.

and soup

how debilitating the ÀX IHHOV Primarily because of how un-motivating and annoying it is.

you’re still dehydrated.

Polymorphonuclearleukocytes. ‌ I need more drugs. I understand the meaning of your words, English textbook, but your sentences are lost on me. Ah, the gentle uneasiness of a fever; the body’s brutish, imprecise Protector –

and hoping you can just survive classes on Monday

It is quite surprising

and to the astonishPHQW ZKHQ \RX ÂżQG WKDW

Here’s to two days without showering

relief

and tea all day

your friends

without thinking twice‌.

when you fall ill ÂżUVWZRUOGSUREOHPV

So thank you,

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for stealing my weekend and helping me drop D GUHVV VL]H

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So here’s to watching Disney movies when there is homework afoot! the type that begs to be done early. Oodalolly. Here’s to a legitimate reason to sleep

Aura Marco Mendoza People say my light shines bright A golden aura like the sun. An inner core with a passionate ÀDPH That reacts and burns away.

until three in the after-

With no direction and feeling lost

and nap-attacks

And the people we love will search for us.

noon when you’ve only been up for three hours

We shield ourselves like iron To protect and hide within. ,W ZLOO EH XS WR PH WR ÂżJKW That shadow that eats light.

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“Dubai in B+W�- Philip Vukelich, www.philipvukelich.com

Semester at Sea By Nicole Johnson /DVW 0D\ , ZDV OXFN\ HQRXJK to set sail on a voyage with Semester at Sea. Never had I imagined in the IDOO VHPHVWHU RI ZKHQ , ¿UVW OHDUQHG DERXW 6HPHVWHU DW 6HD WKDW , would begin the greatest month of my OLIH E\ À\LQJ LQGHSHQGHQWO\ WR &RVWD Rica and embarking on the journey of a lifetime from Puntarenas. The days between May 21st and June WK KROG WKH PRVW LQÀXHQWLDO PRPHQWV RI P\ OLIH WKXV IDU DQG , ¿QG myself very thankful for my experience with Semester at Sea every day. Even though the whole month I spent

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on the Short Term 2012 voyage had WUHPHQGRXV LPSDFWV RQ PH WKHUH LV one moment that stands out which has changed the way I see the world. I kept a journal throughout the voyage and RQ WKH HYHQLQJ RI -XQH WK , wrote: Tonight we had conversation circles after our time in Costa Rica. We were DVNHG ¿YH RI WKH KDUGHVW TXHVWLRQV , have ever been asked and I am going to staple them into my journal as a keepsake. I don’t know why we are so lucky. Why does the United States have so much money? Why do we have such a great education program and health care? Why do I deserve all of this? All I did was be born. What difference does that give me of someRQH HOVH ZKR LV ERUQ EXW LQ DQRWKHU country that is poorer? Life is not fair – but what makes me so special? I

used to just think I was lucky because , KDYH D VXSSRUWLYH IDPLO\ EXW QRZ I realize that I am lucky for so many more reasons. I have continued to have thoughts like these ever since that moment in time. Such as just now when I got up from typing at my own personal laptop to grab a glass out of our cupboard and ÂżOO LW XS ZLWK ZDWHU IURP WKH WDS WKDW is safe for me to drink. I remember it being much different in the places we visited in Latin America and how

“I used to just think I was lucky becuase I have a supportive family, but now I realize that I am lucky for so many more reasons.�

I never understood why it was so easy LQ P\ KRPH FRXQWU\ EXW QRW LQ WKHLUV I remember talking to Ros on the night of the conversation circles and I could never agree with her more that VRFLRORJ\ LV WKH SHUIHFW PDMRU IRU PH as I now have so many more questions about the human population. 'XH WR WKH TXHVWLRQV WKH FRQYHUVDtion circles and Short-Term voyage EURXJKW XS , WKRXJKW IRU D ZKLOH WKDW , would pursue a career in development after I graduate in May 2014. HowevHU DIWHU JLYLQJ WKH LGHD PRUH WKRXJKW along with having an increased value each day on the international perspective Semester at Sea has helped me REWDLQ , SODQ RQ VSHQGLQJ P\ WLPH after college working in a study abroad RIÂżFH RU IRU D VWXG\ DEURDG SURJUDP with the dream of working for Semester at Sea. This way I can help others work toward acquiring their own international perspectives that they can value as much as I value mine. I believe that once enough people have JOREDO SHUVSHFWLYHV RI WKH ZRUOG ZH will better be able to reach out and lend a successful helping hand to those who need it most.

Enough It is enough to watch wispy clouds race across a pale gray sky $V WKH ¿UVW OLJKW GURS RI UDLQ GHVFHQGV Enough to feel the pull of gravity Gently dragging you down the hillside Enough to hear birds and share communion with the stalks Of grass that are shivering in the breeze beside you. It is enough to see the lighted windows And not enter Enough to hear the engine And watch your fear dissipate It is enough to dream and watch the world Without swallowing— It is enough to do And enough to be.

E. J. Hansen

I always look forward to the days I can share my experience on Semester at Sea with other people. Feel free to contact me at john5244@vandals. uidaho.edu or visit www.semesteratsea.org.

Red By Marco Mendoza The night covers you in a shroud And your beauty endowed. Your twisted heart full of grace It has me in your embrace. <RXU DSSHDUDQFH D ÂżHU\ UHG Tying us with a needle and thread. If only my heart would speak Then my love would shriek.

“Mt. Denson in eastern Prince William Sound, Alaska. It rises just under 6,000 ft. straight out of the ocean and has a major waterfall that plunges over 1,000 ft (the summit is obscured by clouds)� - Jared Mahoney

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Cage Every word leaves its mark

Pent up sadness pent up rage

'HHS JDVKHV LQ WKH GDUN

Waking the monster from its cage

Pent up anger pent up rage

Every tear has its price

Waking the monster from its cage

Turning cold to ice.

Every act comes out to play

Pent up darkness pent up rage

Leading me to betray.

Waking the monster from its cage

Pent up madness pent up rage

My monster is alive

Waking the monster from its cage

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Every heart has been broken Holding me to be unspoken.

Marco Mendoza

A (Quest)ion $V , VLW LQ WKH VXQ ZDLWLQJ IRU P\ QH[W FODVV , DVN myself:

Science is everywhere and a part of everything.

What is science?

,W FDQ EH LJQRUHG WHPSRUDULO\ EXW QHYHU permanently.

I could look it up on the Internet or in a dictioQDU\ EXW , IHHO WKDW GHÂżQLWLRQ ZRXOG QRW VXIÂżFH I need something more relatable.

Science is evil. It goes against the common beliefs of the time.

Science is the road less traveled that Robert Frost went down.

Science rubs people the wrong way until they accept it.

,W LV QRW WKH HDV\ VPRRWK DQG ZHOO WUDYHOHG route.

Science is an unanswered question.

Science is the complicated concerto played by an expert on stage.

6FLHQFH LV LQFRPSOHWH EXW DOZD\V ZRUNLQJ towards an impossible end.

It is the feeling of awe each person gets when hearing that very same song.

6FLHQFH LV D TXHVW LQWR WKH XQNQRZQ

It is a goal never fully reached.

And it holds me in awe.

Kelly Christensen

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