Nathan Valente, Fall 2007 Short stubby fingers wrap themselves tightly around a number-two pencil. The eraser taps the desktop in rhythm to the unheard music while small, untied sneakers kick back and forth underneath the cold metal chair. Focus locks onto the blackboard to see a jumble of white numbers and symbols crowding the smooth… Read more Nathan Valente, “Blitzkrieg on a Disorder,” 3rd Place ENL 260
Stephanie Mireku, Fall 2009 “What [nationality] are you?” “ Well, I’m half Jewish and half Polish” To some, this response to the question about nationality is sufficient, and to many others, this answer neglects to include half of the requested information. Is it appropriate to claim “Jewish” as one’s ethnicity or race? What does the… Read more Stephanie Mireku, “‘Jew’: Ethnicity, Religion, or Both?” 3rd Place ENL 260
Lynnette Nolan, Fall 2011 Barbara Munson’s article “Common Themes and Questions about the Use of ‘Indian’ Logos” was written with the intent of informing and persuading her audience to see that “’Indian’ logos and nicknames create, support, and maintain stereotypes of a race of people” (624). A member of the Oneida Nation and an advocate… Read more Lynnette Nolan, “Appealing to Logos: Supporting the Claims of an Emotional Issue with Rationality and Logic,” 3rd Place ENL 260
Crystal Blomquist, Spring 2010 Many of you may not want to know what happens in your child’s sex education class, but you need to. In my class I sat watching a man tell us how sex was a horrible thing to do, unless you were married. I had listened to the same sermon a priest… Read more Crystal Blomquist, “Putting the Sex Back into Education,” 3rd Place ENL 260
Cindy Berube, Fall 2010 Just a night out, that’s all it is. I see him at the bar with my old friend Jose Cuervo, so close I can almost taste them. I convince myself that I won’t make the same mistake as before. I won’t fall for it, not again. The atmosphere is inviting and… Read more Falling – ENL 260: Intermediate Composition
Kara Schoen, Spring 2010 Most people believe they’ve seen true beauty; in the eyes of lovers, in the sun sinking deep below the marble sky or in the birth of a long-awaited child, but true beauty that exists isn’t physical. This beauty rises from the ashes, after you’ve been trapped in a long and painful… Read more Lovely – ENL 260: Intermediate Composition
Mandy Aguiar, Fall 2009 Everyday females are bombarded by the media with an idealized concept of beauty. Once the standard is set, society reinforces the message. Girls as young as four and five years old are being affected negatively by this social standard. It begins by playing with Barbie dolls, watching Disney movies, and reading… Read more The Perfection Game – ENL 260: Intermediate Composition
Malini Frederick, Spring 2010 Heroin has gotten a bad reputation. All you hear about it is negative. But the thought of legalizing it? You are probably shaking your head in horror. Really though, what personal experience do you really have with heroin? Isn’t all you know based on the media, which we know is biased… Read more Why Heroin Should be Legalized – ENL 260: Intermediate Composition