YearOdyssey Oracle 13, Issue 10 April 20, 42016-20-2016 CELEBRATING ODYSSEY We’re all here in this room like a box full of pieces, some oddly shaped, some hard around the edges, some cut out, and some misplaced. We can’t force the pieces to fit, but as the year passes we In this Oracle . each have a story piece to contribute to the whole picture. We learn and grow with one another and complement the piece next to us. Celebrating Odyssey ............................ 1 We’re not stuck together with staples or glue; our relationship binds Letters to the Class of 2017 ................. 7 us and holds us together like a puzzle.” —Ashley Wills Finding a Voice: Editorials ................. 14 Poetry Matters .................................. 22 “When we took photos, we joked, jumped around, and problem- Delving into Emily Dickinson ............. 29 solved together to make sure all of us fit into the puzzle to form one Loving Langston Hughes .................... 30 giant picture.” —Nicki Cooper Growing Power .................................. 33 Emily Auerbach, Project Director; Oracle Editor
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[email protected] 608-572-6730 Beth McMahon, Oracle Designer www.odyssey.wisc.edu Odyssey Oracle 4-20-2016 Congratulations to the Class of 2016! 2 Odyssey Oracle 4-20-2016 ODES TO ODYSSEY In Odyssey we all are like a rainbow. Yes, We are different colors, ideas, I studied in the Odyssey Program, yes, different backgrounds, I read books, yes, but all together I had great food, yes, for the same purpose and dreams.