Speak Out
by Sarah McDonough, SUNY Cortland
It’s been three and a half months and I’ve learned a lot. I’ve learned a lot, and I’ve thought about a lot of new things and a lot of things I used to think about in a new light. It’s been the most tumultuous semester for me bar none both personally and academically, and some might think that means I’ve found some sort of spiritual solace, or the light at the end of the tunnel but I haven’t. I’ve come to one major conclusion: I’m really freaking frustrated. I can’t understand why things are the way they are on so...
Arts
by Kevin Bahler, SUNY Cortland
You can download a sample chapter here. Dead in Desemboque is the story of Eddy Arellano’s trip to meet a woman in a city called Sonora. Eddy, his horse, and his two dogs fare many adventures and dangers on this ride. But the story is only part of the experience...
Culture
by Chelsea Leone, SUNY Cortland
By day, Casey Han attempts to lead the life of Wonder Woman by sporting a pair of silver bangles on her wrist. By night, she hauls all her designer items in a garbage bag wondering where she will spend the night. In the novel, Free Food for Millionaires by...
College Life
by Andrew Morabito, SUNY Cortland
Since we had moved in, the inner workings of the bathroom doorknob in our apartment had been gradually seizing up and making it harder and harder to turn the knob. Having to coax and finagle with the door knob to get it to concede our right to egress had become...
News and Politics
by Kevin O'Toole, Onondaga Community College
One of the most prominent issues that is affecting everyone today is the cost of a gallon of gas, which of course is based on the current price of a barrel of oil. Since we are currently achieving record highs for the price of a barrel of oil, this expense...
Speak Out
by Grey Gingrow, SUNY Cortland
Dear future of Humanity, I don’t know how long into the future human beings will read this account of a weekend in Nature. There may come a day when the experiences I share only exist in the abstract—only in this recollection of meaning I’ve derived from them. I drove...
Artist Submissions
by Damien Venuto, University of Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa)
Prologue Crippled by the weight of buildings which reached beyond heaven and choked by a thick black cloud, the Earth limped through another rotation. Beneath this band, brown had replaced blue and tender green had been replaced by cold unrelenting grey. At the foot of a crumbling grey colossus sat...
