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The latest edition of the "Woodcrest" was brought to life in the mansion on Monday, Nov. 26. Members of the magazine practicum sponsored a reading of selected works from the magazine, which will be out for distribution on Dec. 5. The theme of the magazine this year is ''The Mind." It is comprised of a collection of writing from Dr. Seth Frechie's Com 320 Creative Writing course and a collection of photographs from student photographers. Freebie opened the reading by saying that he thought that this issue was "really the best issue ever produced."

Senior Renee DiPietro kicked off the reading with a poem entitled "She's Funny." She continued and read a story titled "She Closed Her Eyes," a story about a girl who is attending her brother's funeral and a reflection on his death. DiPietro concluded with a story called "Adoption In China," a reflection of the importance of baby boys in Chinese society and what becomes of the baby girls who are left.

Kat Pirrone read her piece next, a very unique look on one similar situation. Pirrone had "three separate but related readings." The story focuses on Pirrone and how she feels in life, particularly focusing in on one particular incident. Through the reading you get to hear her point of view and then hear the story from both her mother's and her father's points of view.

Stacey Hanby told her story through the eyes of an 80-year-old man who is in the hospital being visited by his family. Through the story, the man fades jn and out of telling stories from when he fought in the war and answering questions regarding his health from his family.

Kimberly Gormley continued the reading with "Left-handing Revolution: Review of Evasion," a review done of a story she had read complete with comparisons from the story to present-day life.

Angelina Wagner followed with her poem "Artistic Insomnia," a round-about poem about the life of an artist.

Maria Chambers followed with a musical interlude. Chambers played her guitar and sang her poem about being a woman. Katie Reing concluded the reading with her story "Second-Hand Relations," a story about not having enough time to do everything that needs to be done.

There will be another reading on Thursday, Dec. 5th at the Wayne Train Station. This will include more readings and photos that are showcased in the magazine .,,--..... ---

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( A celebration of Woodcrest Literary Magazine

Thursday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m.

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A freshly cut Christmas tree, candles burning atop the oven, the bakery, eggnog and the rush as a brisk breeze brings aromas of the first snowfall. Almost every holiday memory is triggered by the perennial scents of the season.

Every year the familiar scents of the winter months bring joy and excitement through memories and promise. But why can we smell these molecular treasures? And why are memories linked to the wafts of odorants through the nasal passage?

Since smell is a chemical sense, receptor cells of the nervous system are used to detect odorants by the chemical nature of their molecules. Once the molecules enter the nose, the receptor sites, which are regions on the receptor cells, pick up the molecules and send an electrical signal to the limbic system in the brain, which controls memory and behavior. From there, the delight of a pleasant smell brings upon a smile or an undesirable smell causes one to cringe and memories are formed in association with experience.

This year, senior Gina Roswell, English and philosophy major, said that the scent of chimney smoke sparked her first thoughts of the holidays.

"I love the smell of chimney smoke," she said. "I smelled it the other day and got all excited."

Junior social work major Kathleen Sweeney uses her olfaction when she first smells Christmas trees to trigger memories of family trips to Tamaqua, Pa., where she and her family go each year to find their Christmas tree.

"Every year I can smell the Christmas trees being sold on neighborhood comers and I think of how my family can't just be normal and buy one of those," Sweeney said. "The man who sells the trees to us knows us all by name and takes pride in having the Philadelphians come all the way to Tamaqua to get our tree."

The smell of the holidays reminds Leslie Glavine, junior and graphic design major, of childhood memories with her cousins. "On Christmas Eve, we all go to my grandparents house for the seven fish thing and we have spaghetti for dinner," she said.

"When we were little my cousins and I would walk in and the windows in the kitchen would be all steamy from the pot of boiling spaghetti. We would all write our names and draw pictures in the steam on the windows. Now every time my mom or grandmom cooks spaghetti, that smell reminds me of Christmas Eve."

Asked if she will be decorating the steamed windows with her name and pictures this year, Glavine laughingly said, "probably."

Although the scents of the holidays are easily identifiable, our sense of smell does not stop there. In the season of giving, it is acceptable to want a little too. And what better to want than some love? With the help of the sense of smell, people can be undeniably attracted to each other. Pheromones, known also as subliminal sex attractants, can spark sexual attraction between males and females and, chances are, they would never know it. From the smell of a man's sweat to the natural scent of a woman's hair, excreted pheromones may be the reason you bump into that special someone under the mistletoe.

Did you kno'W'!

-If your nose is in peak performance, you can tell the difference between 4,000 and 10,000 scents.

-As you grow older, your sense of smell gets worse. Children are likely to have much more subtle senses of smell than parents or grandparents