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Articles from this Issue
College Guide
College EssaysHunting the Amyloid Protein 
College ReviewsConcordia University
College ReviewsSimon’s Rock Early College
College ReviewsUniversity of Arizona
College ReviewsConcordia University
College ReviewsSimon’s Rock Early College
College ReviewsUniversity of Arizona
Hot Topics
BullyingBystander 
Community ServiceCrazy
Community ServiceStuff the Bus By Kristen C., Wilmington, DE
EnvironmentPremature Spring By Tim G., Maine, NY
EnvironmentThe Plastic Plague
HealthFor the Love of Peanut Butter By Anonymous, Walnut, CA
HealthSilencing the Storm
Letters to the EditorHero: Taylor Brooks
Letters to the EditorInception By Konrad S., oak bluffs, MA, MA
Letters to the EditorOver There By Sophia M., Redding, CA
Letters to the EditorPreparing for College
Letters to the EditorStill Pending?
Letters to the EditorThe Homework Revolution By Anonymous, Willimantic, CT
Letters to the EditorToday
Pride & PrejudiceJudge Me, Please
Pride & PrejudiceSelf-Acceptance
Community ServiceCrazy
Community ServiceStuff the Bus By Kristen C., Wilmington, DE
EnvironmentPremature Spring By Tim G., Maine, NY
EnvironmentThe Plastic Plague
HealthFor the Love of Peanut Butter By Anonymous, Walnut, CA
HealthSilencing the Storm
Letters to the EditorHero: Taylor Brooks
Letters to the EditorInception By Konrad S., oak bluffs, MA, MA
Letters to the EditorOver There By Sophia M., Redding, CA
Letters to the EditorPreparing for College
Letters to the EditorStill Pending?
Letters to the EditorThe Homework Revolution By Anonymous, Willimantic, CT
Letters to the EditorToday
Pride & PrejudiceJudge Me, Please
Pride & PrejudiceSelf-Acceptance
Nonfiction
A Red Letter from a Lonely Lover 
Fluent
Love at First Sight
Robotic Heart
Simplicity of a Rose
Violin Valentine
Personal ExperienceBreeze
Personal ExperienceLovesick Lunch
Personal ExperienceMy Brief Stint as a Poser
Personal ExperienceSix Inches to the Deep
Personal ExperienceSpilled Milk
Personal ExperienceThe High School Dating Pool
Personal ExperienceTrampling My Prince Charming
Personal ExperienceYou Never Know
SportsA Tale of Two Quarterbacks
SportsRun With Me
Travel & CultureHead in the Clouds
Travel & CultureOne Hill in Sarajevo By Anonymous, Madera, CA
Travel & CultureThe Lovely Cold
Travel & CultureTipping Point
Travel & CultureTradition By Caitlin A., Gilford, NH
Fluent
Love at First Sight
Robotic Heart
Simplicity of a Rose
Violin Valentine
Personal ExperienceBreeze
Personal ExperienceLovesick Lunch
Personal ExperienceMy Brief Stint as a Poser
Personal ExperienceSix Inches to the Deep
Personal ExperienceSpilled Milk
Personal ExperienceThe High School Dating Pool
Personal ExperienceTrampling My Prince Charming
Personal ExperienceYou Never Know
SportsA Tale of Two Quarterbacks
SportsRun With Me
Travel & CultureHead in the Clouds
Travel & CultureOne Hill in Sarajevo By Anonymous, Madera, CA
Travel & CultureThe Lovely Cold
Travel & CultureTipping Point
Travel & CultureTradition By Caitlin A., Gilford, NH
Reviews
Book ReviewsCatch-22 by Joseph Heller By Anonymous, Valley Stream, NY
Book ReviewsExodus by Leon Uris
Book ReviewsMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden By Anonymous, Springfield, VA
Book ReviewsMiracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado By Jarrett S., White Plains, NY
Book ReviewsThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Book ReviewsThe Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent
Movie ReviewsDespicable Me
Movie ReviewsHarry Potter & The Deathly Hallows – Part 1 By Kolton B., Avondale, AZ
Movie ReviewsThe Princess and the Frog By Whitney J., Highland, UT
Movie ReviewsValentine’s Day By Karla M., Peoria, AZ
Music ReviewsHIM Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice By Hervey R., Goodyear, AZ
Music ReviewsLynyrd Skynyrd 20th Century Masters By Nathaniel C., New York City, NY
Music ReviewsRegina Spektor- Far
Music ReviewsStack of Fears EP by Brenn
Video game reviewsLeft 4 Dead 2
Video game reviewsNBA 2K11 By Naeem B., Grapevine, TX
Video game reviewsPlants vs. Zombies
Video game reviewsPokemon Black & Pokemon White
Book ReviewsExodus by Leon Uris
Book ReviewsMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden By Anonymous, Springfield, VA
Book ReviewsMiracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado By Jarrett S., White Plains, NY
Book ReviewsThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Book ReviewsThe Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent
Movie ReviewsDespicable Me
Movie ReviewsHarry Potter & The Deathly Hallows – Part 1 By Kolton B., Avondale, AZ
Movie ReviewsThe Princess and the Frog By Whitney J., Highland, UT
Movie ReviewsValentine’s Day By Karla M., Peoria, AZ
Music ReviewsHIM Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice By Hervey R., Goodyear, AZ
Music ReviewsLynyrd Skynyrd 20th Century Masters By Nathaniel C., New York City, NY
Music ReviewsRegina Spektor- Far
Music ReviewsStack of Fears EP by Brenn
Video game reviewsLeft 4 Dead 2
Video game reviewsNBA 2K11 By Naeem B., Grapevine, TX
Video game reviewsPlants vs. Zombies
Video game reviewsPokemon Black & Pokemon White
Art / Photo
A Grain of Sand... 
A Hold On You
alaska
Angels we have heard on high
Beach Time
Ben Franklin's Magic Circle
Beyond Pestilence
Blossom
Colorful Lion
covetous By Jessica M., san antonio, TX
Emerald Tree Boa By Taylor L., Hampton, Canada
Fallen Leaves in a Puddle
Falling Angel
Halftime
Holding mMy Heart
I <3 ?
I LOVE YOU
Jump With All You Have By Karen W., Albany, OR
Light Reading By Rebecca C., Cedar City, UT
lioness
LOVE. By Emily M., Wolfforth, TX
Ocean Foam
Pas de Deux
Pensive
PFC AGUILAR
please wont you be with me?
Prom 2010
Save By Katya K., Westfield, IN
Self on Angle
Skeletons
street love
The Breakup By Colton D., Lubbock, TX
the camera is the third eye.
The follower
The Master's House
Up Way Above
Vulnerable
Whooo me?
Winnie The Pooh
Winter Love
A Hold On You
alaska
Angels we have heard on high
Beach Time
Ben Franklin's Magic Circle
Beyond Pestilence
Blossom
Colorful Lion
covetous By Jessica M., san antonio, TX
Emerald Tree Boa By Taylor L., Hampton, Canada
Fallen Leaves in a Puddle
Falling Angel
Halftime
Holding mMy Heart
I <3 ?
I LOVE YOU
Jump With All You Have By Karen W., Albany, OR
Light Reading By Rebecca C., Cedar City, UT
lioness
LOVE. By Emily M., Wolfforth, TX
Ocean Foam
Pas de Deux
Pensive
PFC AGUILAR
please wont you be with me?
Prom 2010
Save By Katya K., Westfield, IN
Self on Angle
Skeletons
street love
The Breakup By Colton D., Lubbock, TX
the camera is the third eye.
The follower
The Master's House
Up Way Above
Vulnerable
Whooo me?
Winnie The Pooh
Winter Love
Poetry
Average Golden Eyes
Beautiful Bracelets
Beautiful Tree By Jacob F., Hemet, CA
Cages
Death Sentence By Kara L., Gilford, NH
Future By Peyton T., Boise, ID
Knick-Knacks of the Heart
Love Experiment
Perfect By Alicia L., Newton, NJ
Stars By Hunter P., Hood River, OR
a few words By Anonymous, Elgin, SC
The Dancer’s Love
A Path to Death By Anonymous, Falls Church, VA
A Poem About Love By Anonymous, new York, NY
Age vs. Happiness
Almost Straight A
an attempt
Another Moment Together
Architect’s Heart Song
At The Library
Beginnings and Ends
broken heart By Anonymous, Riverside, RI
Browsing for Books
Brunch with a Criminal
burrowed in my chest
Caught on You
Drifting Words and Power Tools
Father and Daughter
Five-Year-Old Fly
Floating
Hands
He Loves Me …
High Five
I Can Change
I’ll Shop ’Til I Drop
By Corinnee
jar of honey
Journey Home
Mama and Me
Measuring Cup
Monster
Musical Candle
my eulogy
My Love
My Own
My Worst Fall
New Yorkers
Ode to the Lightning Bug on My Shower Curtain
Person of Paper By Anonymous, New York City, NY
Picking Petals
Plan A
Please Write Soon
Postcard Romance
Ripped
Rose By Laura R., Chicago, IL
Sandhead
Silence Is a Room
Song of the Children
Sordid, Solar Love
Spectacular
Studying
Tendril By Anonymous, Houston, TX
Testing
The Bad Parts By Anonymous, Boise, ID
The Concept of Zero
The Corner
The Margins
The Problem with Relationships
The Silent Night
The unfinished story By Kiewanna S., san diego, CA
The Word “No”
This, That, and You
Timelines
Unorthodox
Untarnished
Vanitas after Cezanne
Weeds
What You'll Learn
When Stars Collide
Wholehearted
Wonders
Words
Yahoo!
You Had My Heart
You...
Can I Forget?
Cynicism Is Fun?
I don’t want Prince Charming
Fifty Cards Left
For the Broken-Hearted
No to On
jar of honey
Journey Home
Mama and Me
Measuring Cup
Monster
Musical Candle
my eulogy
My Love
My Own
My Worst Fall
New Yorkers
Ode to the Lightning Bug on My Shower Curtain
Person of Paper By Anonymous, New York City, NY
Picking Petals
Plan A
Please Write Soon
Postcard Romance
Ripped
Rose By Laura R., Chicago, IL
Sandhead
Silence Is a Room
Song of the Children
Sordid, Solar Love
Spectacular
Studying
Tendril By Anonymous, Houston, TX
Testing
The Bad Parts By Anonymous, Boise, ID
The Concept of Zero
The Corner
The Margins
The Problem with Relationships
The Silent Night
The unfinished story By Kiewanna S., san diego, CA
The Word “No”
This, That, and You
Timelines
Unorthodox
Untarnished
Vanitas after Cezanne
Weeds
What You'll Learn
When Stars Collide
Wholehearted
Wonders
Words
Yahoo!
You Had My Heart
You...
Can I Forget?
Cynicism Is Fun?
I don’t want Prince Charming
Fifty Cards Left
For the Broken-Hearted
No to On
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