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Blooming Billows, Sherpatrick Washington

The Quatrain

Sherpatrick Washington is an architecture student at Louisiana Tech University. In elementary school, she began drawing cartoon characters such as Spongebob, Mickey Mouse, and Scooby- Doo. She experimented with still life, which also enhanced her analog drawing skills. She took art classes until she reached high school, when it would no longer fit into her schedule, then began experimenting with PicsArt and digital art.

The Cup Of Coffee Next To Me Makes Me Feel Idle, Wenona Jonker

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Wenona Jonker is a student at Louisiana Tech University where she is studying English with a concentration in literature and a minor in plant science. She is not a poet nor does she have a particularly “green thumb,” but she loves both words and plants and would like to know them better

From “Life”, Ana Balestrazzi

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Ana Balestrazzi is originally from Venezuela. She is a freshman at Louisiana Tech University studying political science. She takes pictures as a hobby, and was inspired by her father, a photographer. Her father graduated from Louisiana Tech University with a major in geography and minor in photography. Her pictures were inspired by beautiful things she found as she travelled.

The Wedding, Hannah Jones

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Hannah Jones is a senior English major at Louisiana Tech University with a minor in philosophy. Ever since her childhood she has had a love for literature and creative writing, especially working out the puzzle of expressing herself through the infinite arrangement of words and punctuation.

65 Singing Roses, Francesca Weis

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Francesca Weis is a junior at Louisiana Tech University double majoring in biology and chemistry. As a hopeful future physician, an artistic mindset will be immensely advantageous to her. It serves as both a tool and an escape, filling in the gaps that the other leaves behind. Without art, she wouldn’t know relaxation; she wouldn’t have developed study tactics such as sketching diagrams of the body, drawing pathways of a protein, or mapping out the mechanism of a chemical reaction; Nor would Francesca be who she is today.

The Elephant In The Room, Darrien Hertzler

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Darrien Hertzler was born in Augusta, Maine as the first child of two military parents who are now divorced, so she has lived in several places. Most of her poetry is usually about her fiancée and the troubles they face in a long-distance relationship. She also writes about other events from her life in which she has experienced abuse, violence, addictions, and unacceptance. She tries her best not to sensor or sugarcoat her world because she feels that it makes it less realistic and less likely to speak to people.

A Letter To My Mother, Stanley Whyte Jr.

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Stanley Whyte, Jr. is an undergraduate student at Louisiana Tech University. One of his friends mentioned to him that they should start a mixtape. His friend was serious, and Stanley realized that he didn’t want to do a bad job on his own mixtape. From that day forward, Stanley was serious about writing poetry.

Endosymbiosis, Kaitlin Maloy

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Kaitlin Maloy is a studio art MFA candidate at Louisiana Tech University where she also earned her undergraduate degree in biology. She specializes in digital paintings that communicate scientific concepts.

Walking Through Chengdu, Mark Eastwood

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Mark Eastwood is a student at Louisiana Tech University studying English. He likes potatoes.

D Is For Depression, Morgan Mccullin

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Morgan Jeanette McCullin is an MFA candidate in studio art at Louisiana Tech University where she earned her BFA in 2018. McCullin has interned as a portrait painter’s assistant and as a conservationist restoring paintings from a museum’s permanent collection. As an oil painter, McCullin’s personal work incorporates art history, politics, feminism, and humor to address life for young women in the American South.

Neon Spirit, Tyler Nelson

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Tyler Nelson is a student at Louisiana Tech University. He likes to write.

A Different Perspective, Stevie Iseral

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Stevie Iseral is a junior majoring in interdisciplinary studies, with concentrations in photography, sociology, and marketing. She became interested in photography her freshman year of high school and started her own photography business the summer after her junior year. Stevie loves photography because it allows her to showcase the beauty of life through her lens.

I’Ve Come To Hate The Stars..., Grace Miholic

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Grace Miholic is a freshman at Louisiana Tech University. She’s been writing poetry since she was in the seventh grade, and is passionate about it. She hopes to one day publish her own poetry book, but until then she has a poetry account on Instagram: g.sinclairwrites.

My God, Sadie Seilhan

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Sadie Seilhan is a freshman at Louisiana Tech University studying Spanish. She loves to write, and hopes to minor in English. She aspires to be a professional translator when she finishes school. Sadie loves language and art, nature and photography, and food and culture.

Why Must I Remain In Shadows, Kayla O’Neal

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Kayla O’Neal is an MFA candidate in studio art with an emphasis in drawing and illustration at Louisiana Tech University. She earned her BFA in Game, Animation, and Simulation Design from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia. After completing her undergraduate degree, O’Neal interned as a photographer through the Disney College Program. Her photographs have been exhibited in several galleries, including the LoosenArts Gallery in Rome, Italy. TeenInk, Emergence, and The Friend magazines have published O’Neal’s writings. She is currently writing and illustrating Noor, a children’s book featuring characters with chronic illnesses. O’Neal is a storyteller passionate about creating worlds through …

Kisses On The Subject, Evelyn Hinjosa

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Evelyn Hinjosa is a junior studio art major at Louisiana Tech University who enjoys playing with color and abstraction. She grew up in a family of artists, so expression through art was something that she learned pretty early on in her childhood. Evelyn spends equal amounts of time researching concepts and painting or acting on instinct when it comes to her work.

The Little Things, Sherpatrick Washington

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Sherpatrick Washington is an architecture student at Louisiana Tech University. In elementary school, she began drawing cartoon characters such as Spongebob, Mickey Mouse, and Scooby- Doo. She experimented with still life, which also enhanced her analog drawing skills. She took art classes until she reached high school, when it would no longer fit into her schedule, then began experimenting with PicsArt and digital art.

We’Re Not Really Strangers, Addison Lindsay

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Addison Lindsay is a first-year student at Louisiana Tech University majoring in psychology with a minor in sociology. She enjoys all things coffee, Enneagram, people, writing, music, podcasts, and unlikely friendships, as she likes to call them. Addison loves exploring the depths and color of life and stringing together beautiful words to embody the essence of something. She hopes it is said of her that she loves and welcomes people into any space well.

Table Of Contents

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Letter From The Editor, Katelyn Swanson

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From The Dean, Donald Kaczvinsky

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Legacy Of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

St. Norbert Times

News

• Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Presidential Madness as Election Looms
• Lovelee Talks Art and Community
• Fall Sorority Recruitment
• CAUGHT: COVID Cash
• Beto O’Rourke Calls on Gen Z

Opinion

• Reality TV is the New Reality
• The Mystery of Multitasking
• Goodbye, RBG
• Impending Apocalypse and Puppeteering
• A Screaming Good Time in Wisconsin

Features

• Green Bay Farmers’ Market
• Kayaking on the Fox
• Career and Internship Fair Goes Virtual
• New Faculty: Elizabeth Danka (Biology)

Entertainment

• Student Spotlight
• Weeb Corner: What’s New in Anime?
• Review of “Avatar: The Last Airbender”
• Four of the Most Anticipated October Book Releases
• Junk Drawer: Favorite Fall Beverage

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72 Orchids, Lilly Hinckley

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Underground Lipstick, Garrett Davis

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Paris, Lilly Hinckley

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What I Do, Miriam Berne

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Stirring Movements, Brian Clow

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If We Had A Kid, - Darrel -

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Black Lives Matter, Armando Delgado

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

The Black Lives Matter movement first started in 2013 by three strong African Americans women: Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi. The movement was created after black lives were being taken by police officers in shootings that could have been deescalated. The research project introduces on how the movement was started and the goal is for the readers to understand why the people are so angry, the reasons they are protesting and to fight for equality around the United States. Since this is still an accruing issue, I tried to get all the info I could get in as …

Wicked Problem In The Middle-Class, Rebecca C. Boyer

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

The middle-class has been decreasing in size for years, no one factor can cause this to happen. The economy won't be able to grow without Americans putting money into business, with high bills and debt Americans struggle financially. There are possible solutions to aid this wicked problem to assist Americans with proper financial funding and government oversight. Too many Americans struggle to make ends meet, this has been a continuing trend in America that has only gotten worse over recent years.