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Commonthought

This issue features works created by Lesley University students and covers a broad range of topics. The work itself crosses many disciplines from creative writing to visual arts.

Slices Of Life, Julia M. Franks

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

In this collection we explore death, loss, joy, love, and life. “Smiles through tears has always been my favorite emotion.” (Steel Magnolias) And that’s what this is, smiles through tears. Everyone is slightly depressed, there are some happy moments in there. A lot of love, and a lot of friendship. Slices of life, little bite sized nuggets of stories I’ve used to mimic my own life.

Plead To The Usl Championship Side, Oscar Alejos

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

This creative project invites the United States Soccer League side Monterey Bay Football Club The Union, to change, transition and transform its format allowing for fair play, competition, and growth at all levels.

A Soul's Shape Is Beautiful, Alondra Orozco

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

A memoir engaged with the seminar's theme of Change, Transformation, and Transition. It follows my story and how I came to discover my true self. This is a coming-out story, with the purpose of sharing my experiences and potentially getting others to understand non-binary or transgendered people better. It delves into my personal thoughts and experiences, as well as transphobia from my parents. Since the story begins in my early childhood, the diction and writing style change throughout the story. I also incorporate the use of stream of consciousness to show my progression from cisgendered to a non-binary person.

A Party, Andrew Buyea

Gandy Dancer Archives

No abstract provided.

Tunnel Slide, Jenna Barth

Gandy Dancer Archives

No abstract provided.

Rookie, Connor Keihl

Gandy Dancer Archives

No abstract provided.

Through Critique And Beyond: Speculative Fiction As A Tool Of Critical Pedagogy, Syd Thorne

Master's Projects and Capstones

This field projects centers around the issue of hopelessness among teachers and students and examines the genre of speculative fiction as a potential tool for cultivating critical hope in the classroom and as an asset to critical pedagogy. Utopian pedagogy and critical pedagogy make up the theoretical framework of this research and project development. The research explores the use of speculative fiction in three areas: activism and identity, student engagement, and utopian performance. The review of the literature demonstrates that the use of speculative fiction in the classroom has the potential to engage students in conversations about social justice and …

Behave, Gina Vucci

The Tuxedo Archives

Serve the guests. Don’t cry. Take your brother for a walk. Your father was such an incredible man. Your father loved you. You were his favorite. I’ll just let everyone else cry while I learn to live with this feeling in the pit of my stomach. Leave her alone. It’s fine if she wants to wear her red velvet dress from last Christmas. She can wear what she wants to the funeral. Touch his hand; it’s the last time you’ll ever see him. I don’t know you, but I can’t stop sobbing in your arms.

On The Way Of Being A Penguin, Sophie Lee

The Tuxedo Archives

It’s been about three weeks since I came here, to Dominican as an exchange student. My life here is monotonous but interesting, demanding but refreshing, and solitary but too precious. Right now, I am still adjusting to my life. I want to keep this time in my life everlasting by writing it in my laptop. I believe what I am writing will bring me here, and now, whenever I read this. Then, let me start.

Wisdom And Superstition, Maribel Anchordoqui

The Tuxedo Archives

Don’t laugh too much or something sad will happen.

If you see a bean on the floor, pick it up or you’ll be sterile.

When pulling weeds, always talk kindly to the poison oak and let them know you will remove them so that other plants can grow. Guarantee you will never get poison oak.

How Can I Write When Everything Is Wrong?, Maurisha Nicole Briggs

The Tuxedo Archives

No abstract provided.

Mija, Iris Brito-Stevens

The Tuxedo Archives

No abstract provided.

Melatonin And Other Things My Dog Ate: A True Story, Claire Schwartz

The Tuxedo Archives

No abstract provided.

Engl 206: Creative Writing, Brandi Reissenweber

Departmental Initiatives

No abstract provided.

A Peak Ahead: Living With The Consequences, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.

In Memoriam

Appalachia

Alpina Editor Steven Jervis and Editor-in-Chief Christine Woodside tell about the life of William Lowell Putnam III, a mountaineer, author of many books including The Worst Weather on Earth (American Alpine Club, 1991), former chair of AMC’s Mountain Leadership Committee, and founder of the first television station in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Books And Media

Appalachia

Maia Rauschenberg celebrates Mardy Murie, author of Two in the Far North (Alaska Northwest Books, 2003). Reviews of: Wilderness Ethics: Preserving the Spirit of Wildness by Laura and Guy Waterman. White Mountains Hiking History: Trailblazers of the Granite State by Mike Dickerman. New England Trail Map and Guide by the Appalachian Mountain Club and Connecticut Forest & Park Association. Trail Running Western Massachusetts by Ben Kimball. The Precipice by Paul Doiron. The Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre by Kelly Cordes. Barren Grounds: The Story of the Tragic Moffat Canoe Trip by Skip Pessl. Savage …

News And Notes

Appalachia

Appalachian Mountain Club proposes new hut in Crawford Notch near the Arethusa-Ripley Falls Trail. AMC opposes Northern Pass electric power transmission project. Winooski River footbridge opens on the Long Trail in Vermont. Scott Jurek sets speed record on the Appalachian Trail. Bob Weekes laments, in a short essay, the exercise of taking old mountaineering gear to the local landfill.

Alpina

Appalachia

Jeffery Parrette writes of events in 2014 and 2015 in the Nepal Himalaya, with end notes listing numerous sources. The essay covers the 2014 cyclone Hudhud; Everest climbers in spring 2015; the April 25, 2015 earthquake in the Everest region; earlier earthquakes in Nepal; a comparison of the 1934 and 2015 earthquakes; and how the 2015 earthquake affected Nepal and its mountaineering and trekking.

Accidents

Appalachia

Analysis of accidents in the White Mountains (and nearby) in New Hampshire during winter and spring 2015—other than the Kate Matrosova death, which is covered in this issue’s feature, “Too Cold,”—include stories of getting lost near Crawford Notch; a 50-year-old woman’s death after falling from the top of Purgatory Falls in Mount Vernon, New Hampshire; six stories of ill-prepared hikers who were billed for their rescue costs; wisdom from snow rangers on the dangers of inexperienced people putting too much responsibility on others; and more.

Letters

Appalachia

Douglass Teschner writes in appreciation of stories published in Appalachia's Winter/Spring 2015 issue.

On Thinning Ice: Photographing Declining Polar Bears On Hudson Bay, Lisa Densmore Ballard

Appalachia

Photographing polar bears in an evolving landscape, Lisa Densmore Ballard describes how arctic wildlife is adapting to climate change

From Carter Notch To Aconcagua: A Yankee Discovers Community Between The Mountains, Stephen Kurczy

Appalachia

A writer recounts the challenges and victories of summitting Argentina's Aconcagua, the tallest peak in the Western hemisphere, drawing comparisons to his earlier experiences hiking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

A Decade Of Change In The Maine Woods: An Appalachian Mountain Club Ecologist Considers The Progress, David Publicover

Appalachia

The Appalachian Mountain Club's Maine Woods Initiative has led to various protections of wilderness land and scientific research projects there since it began in 2004.

Harriet E. Freeman, White Mountain Conservationist: A Secret Romance Obscured Her Legacy, Sara Day

Appalachia

A researcher and writer unearths the secret affair between the married minister Edward Everett Hale (after whom Mount Hale in the White Mountains is named) and a Boston conservationist who fell in love with him.

Waterman Fund Essay Winner: One Tough Gal: Why Have The Ideals Of Femininty Been Deemed Something Far From Wild?, Dove Henry

Appalachia

A young backcountry worker tells stories of building trails and cairns in the Adirondacks.

Up Versus Down: Thoughts From A Groundbreaking Climber And Caver, Jan Conn

Appalachia

Legendary climber and caver Jan Conn compares her two passions in an endearing piece illustrated with line drawings.

Distance: How Far Have You Come?, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

During dinner at Mizpah Spring Hut in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, three Appalachian Trail thru-hikers arrive, silent and dripping.

Going To Tent Rocks: An Encounter With The Edge Of Understanding, Sally Manikian

Appalachia

In Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, a surprise encounter with light and beauty at the end of a day surprises Sally Manikian.