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Morpheus F ALL 2014 BUSINESS NAME V OLUME 1, I SSUE 1 Morpheus F ALL 2014 Much Ado About Nothing: A Modern Take Susan McConnell, This play focuses on Hannah Talbee, and two main relationships, Men: Michelle Motil proudly and the one we've cho- present… sen to focus on is that Setting: Williard of Beatrice and Ben- Suite Much Ado About edick, the bickering Something duo who are so self- Women: A Modern Playwrite aware, they deem Setting: France themselves above con- Hall bathroom Introduction: vention-- and each oth- er. Don Pedro= We here at Morpheus So, here are two Pedro have decided to bring separate, yet very simi- Hero= Hero Shakespeare to cam- lar scenes involving Leonato= Leo pus! Beatrice, Benedick, Margaret= Margie MORPHEUS CON- TEST WINNERS What you are about and their friends. In Claudio= Clay Ursu- to read are two scenes these scenes, the re- la= Sula Essay Category from one of Shake- spective friends of the Benedick= Ben Be- "Analysis of Sexist Mar- speare's comedies couple are ensuring atrice= Beatrice keting in Photos" and "The Much Ado About Noth- that they become just Chrysanthemums." By ing. that: a couple. (Story cont. pg. 3) Susan McConnell and Alexis McClinans respec- tively. Pages 9 and 11 Poetry Category Hannukah Cheer 1st place: Rachel Peters, "Fade" Page 12 2nd place: Alexandria Wick, "Always Will Love Light the first of eight lord, You" Page 6 tonight— every dusk one candle 3rd place: Susan McConnell, "Gay Equality, the farthest candle to the more Everywhere!" Page 6 right. And an eight-day feast Fiction Category proclaimed— Light the first and sec- Till all eight burn bright The Festival of Lights— 1. "Travis" by Alexandria ond, too, and high, honoring a day well named Wick Page 4 2. "Enim Inperitum" by when tomorrow's day is gone by To celebrate the joyous Josh Hilgenberg Page 14 through. day 3. "Moon" When the Temple was when we regained the by Rachel Peters Page 7 Then light three, and restored, right to pray then light four— rescued from the Syrian to our one God in our P AGE 2 V OLUME 1, I SSUE 1 First Place Winner in Poetry for “Fade” page 12 Rachel Peters is a first-year Hei- browsing through the Internet to delberg commuter from Clyde, find new and unique music to but thanks to dual credit oppor- suit her peculiar tastes. She has tunities in high school, she en- also had some recent experience tered college as a sophomore. with politics: Starting last sum- Due to her love for writing and mer, she spent about four literature, she is double-majoring months leading up to this year’s in English Writing and Adoles- election working as an unpaid cent/Young Adult Education intern for Bill Young’s (the with a concentration in language democratic candidate for state arts. She is always working on representative) campaign. self-impelled writing projects and is in the process of reading a Caption describing picture or book. However, when she isn’t graphic. reading or writing, she spends her spare time singing and Second Place Winner in Poetry for “Always Will Love You” page 6 Alexandria Wick has always When she was in middle school “Falling Up” she fell in love loved writing. She grew up in and she read Shel Silverstein’s with poetry; and she has been Findlay, but she writing ever since. moved to Tiffin three years ago. She has never really been a sporty person, but she is in- “To catch the reader's volved in softball. Alexandria attention, place an interesting loves painting, writing, and ani- mals. Ever since she was little sentence or quote from the my mother told her she had story here.” quite the imagination, and she has not lost it as she grew up. Third Place Winner in Poetry for “Gay Equality, Everywhere!” page 6 Susan McConnell is a second co-third place winner of the Essay semester junior and is the Edi- portion for her Sexism in Market- tor in Chief of the Morpheus. ing essay. She plans to be a writer She has been writing since she as her profession, possibly in the was 12 and it has been her pas- technical writing field or in edit- sion since. She is an English- ing. But in later life might go to Writing major. She has a blog graduate school to study Library called, susanmcmovies, at Science. Wordpress. She won third place in the Poetry portion for her sensual and syllabic poem about Gay Equality. She is a Caption describing picture or graphic. M ORPHEUS P AGE 3 Much Ado About Nothing Cont. PEDRO: Do you guys want to CLAY: Yeah, that what your PEDRO: … Yeah, he’s pretty grab some food or not? sister said. *winks* But she good-looking- for a dude. CLAY: Sounds good to me… won’t tell him. They have this CLAY: And he’s smart...ish. Leo? weird cynical flirting thing… PEDRO: Yeah… he’s not too LEO: Yeah man, let’s get some LEO: My sister says she hasn’t stupid. grub. been sleeping. She’s a bit wor- CLAY: He’s also brave. He (Ben looks up from his iPod as ried about B. switched his Major to Philosophy the door closes.) CLAY: Speaking of a letter… with a Theatre Minor. BEN: Finally, some time for my- that reminds me of something. PEDRO: Yeah. And he doesn’t self. Grrr… And that moron left LEO: My sister said B did write get pissed off TOO easy. But his laptop open. I’m not fixing the a letter. She got to read it, and when he does get pissed... Still, blown battery again. Ugh. saw everything. Lol he generally tries to avoid con- (Ben sits down at Pedro’s desk, CLAY: Yeah. flicts. looks at the screen, and places his LEO: She ripped it up because LEO: For the most part he’s hand over the mouse pad). she knows if he wrote her some okay. But when he’s not… he’s BEN: Uhhhh… Dafuq? sappy BS she’d laugh at him. :P something... (Ben is silent as he reads the CLAY: Then she cries. Too PEDRO: Definitely. Especially if page). much I might add. Heard she you listen to him. But... Should PEDRO: Hey Clay, Leo told me has a stock of ice cream in the we spill the beans to Ben or not? about Beatrice having a crush on freezer. lol CLAY: Nah don’t tell him—let B Ben. LEO: Yes. My sister is getting work it out. CLAY: I never really thought she worried about her… :/ LEO: But she’ll just get her heart would like anybody. PEDRO: Someone needs to tell broken.. LEO: I can’t believe it either bro. a somebody… Like, idk, Ben? PEDRO: Well, I’m sure Hero will But… him? I mean, I thought she CLAY: Why????? He’d make keep us updated. Even though he hated his guts? fun of her… doesn’t deserve her. (Ben, who is still reading, speaks PEDRO: That would be a real LEO: Dude, let’s go. They have to himself out loud.) douche move, you know... if he potato soup. NOM. BEN: Huh? made fun of her. She’s not bad. I (Ben finishes reading, and is now PEDRO: I don’t know. Maybe like her. leaning back in the computer she’s lying. CLAY: She’s super smart. chair with a confused look). CLAY: It’s possible… PEDRO: She’s smart… except BEN: I think they’re serious. I LEO: True, but she’s not a Thea- for the falling in love with Ben mean, they would make that a tre major. She can’t act worth a part. That was stupid. joke, but they brought Hero into damn. :P LEO: Since shes a Rhos Bud, I it, and she wouldn’t joke about PEDRO: How do you know? feel obligated to feel sorry for her best friend like that. They LEO: Dude, just ask my sister... her. seem to feel bad for her… based CLAY: Good idea, she would PEDRO: Damn, if she liked on the way they talked about me. know. me… ;) I mean, I didn’t think I was that PEDRO: Okay, but back to Be- CLAY: Hero says B is simply bad, but I guess not… I never atrice- I thought she would be miserable. It’s a Catch 22 or really thought much beyond single forever! something. Idk hooking up, but I guess it could LEO: I know. I still can’t believe PEDRO: Look, I’m just saying work. They said she’s pretty, and she likes Ben. Of all people… O.o Ben can be a douche. that’s pretty damn true. And PEDRO: Has she told him? CLAY: Well, at least he’s good smart- except for liking me evi- LEO: Naw. She hasn’t told him. looking for a douche. I mean… dently. And virtuous… well, I Probably never will. I’m not, ya know... think she’s the only girl I know P AGE 4 V OLUME 1, I SSUE 1 mom so much. Travis lifted his hand threatening, and I blurted it out. “Mom, I hate you and wish Alexandria Wick you were dead.” She looked at me in disappoint- Travis ment, I hate telling her bad things that Travis says. Not a lot of high schoolers have an imaginary I love Travis so much, and ultimately the good friend. Most kids get rid of them when they are outweighs the bad; and I know I can’t afford to eight or nine.
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