Spring 2023
Continuate Contrary
Emily Gordon Emily Gordon is a junior studying Mechanical Engineering and Design. She enjoys bridging the gap between technical realism and creative freedom.
DiabeEBTs
Elijah Elvin My mom asks me if I’ll go run some errands real quick to pick up some supplies she needs I’m a natural homebody, but she’s been up all day making my dinner and doing my laundry Put on a black hoodie, black sneakers, black hat and black pants to fit right into the… Read More DiabeEBTs
Scrutiny
Lucia McConnell Lucia McConnell is a first-year student from Kenilworth, IL pursuing majors in ISP and Applied Mathematics and a minor in Art Theory and Practice.
Mother, Before Me
Qanita Zahara I remember the first time I heard my mother howl. A cry, not muffled in any attempted disguise, but deep and guttural. The kind of cry that came from the pit of the stomach and clawed its way up the throat. She sat on the corner of her bed, a hunched silhouette against… Read More Mother, Before Me
A Moment on the Beach. Indiana Dunes, April 2023
Collin Porter Collin Porter is a third year Environmental Science major. He enjoys making every day a bit more memorable with a camera, some earbuds, and seeing a few birds.
Silverlake
Mak Carnahan Moonless, sunless dome, Sinking under smog and smoke Where grudging extras drag their feet. We circle snow white cottages On London Street near the reservoir, Passed a house we were kids in. I wish I were perched on the decorated Mantelpiece, embers crackling under my toes As you tear through neatly… Read More Silverlake
Cimarrona’s Song (A Hero’s Journey)
Audrey Clarendon Audrey Clarendon is a first-year Physics/Astronomy and Art student. Of her many passions, art and painting are primary. She’s been experimenting with oil paints since the sixth grade and hasn’t tired of them yet. Her other hobbies include language learning, playing card games, and eating breakfast food.
Humid
Olatunji Osho-Williams After a three-day reunion with my childhood home, my dad recommends I mow the lawn, and before I pull on shorts and an old band t-shirt, I connect-the-dots of scars and bumps grown in barefoot summers, when my backyard promised answers What does the moon feel like? Knees scraping the driveway.… Read More Humid
Unraveled I
Hannah Boruchov Hannah Boruchov is a multidisciplinary artist working in painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, and textile arts. She is a senior graduating in June with a major in Mechanical Engineering, minor in art theory and practice, and certificate in design. Outside of school she is working on expanding her art practice and combining it with… Read More Unraveled I
Colpo D’Aria
Julia Neus COLPO D’ARIA verb literally translates to “shot by air.” noun refers to the chill that makes you sick, encompassing both the cause of the illness and the resulting illness itself. Isabella stirs through the stone walls separating my room and small balcony from her nursery. It is 6:45, 40 minutes later than she… Read More Colpo D’Aria
