EDITOR IN CHIEF JENNIFER NORDMARK ASSISTANT EDITORS CAITLIN AYMONG GINA MOFFA COPY EDITORS SARA OCHS EMALEE RODRIGUEZ DESIGN TEAM FATIMA RODRIGUES ERIC WEINSTEIN ADVISOR RON TANNER PUBLISHER MOUNT ROYAL PRINTING The Forum is a student-run literary magazine that annually publishes the nonfiction work of undergraduates at Loyola College in Maryland. The Forum takes no copyrights for the works published within; all writing remains the sole property of the author. … The Forum accepts essay submissions for its annual spring publication. Please address submissions and inquiries to: The Forum Magazine Loyola Writing Department 4501 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21210 or
[email protected] … Printed by: Mount Royal Printing 6310 Blair Hill Lane Baltimore, MD 21209 410.296.1117 www.mtroyalptg.com TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 It's Not Just Diamonds and Tutus VICTORIA VALET 1st Place Effective Writing Winner 10 Find Your Phoenix LAUREN HALLMAN 2nd Place Effective Writing Winner 16 Piecing Together the Unemployment Puzzle VALENTINA GUZZO 3rd Place Effective Writing Winner 22 On Morality and the Human Form JUSTIN KRAJESKI 27 Untitled 29 Childhood Story LISA SCOTT 32 Photography MARIA MANALAC, ARIANNA VALLE, NICOLE FERRARI, MEGAN MCHALE, SARAH KEENAN, MICHELLE COWAN 40 On Studying 44 Fish Out of Water ANNA IDLER 46 La Metropolitana MEGHAN L PETERSON 51 You Don't Know Me PETER KANE 53 Emily TINA FERMA 54 Unanswered ALEX VAN HORN 1 VICTORIA VALET It's Not Just Diamonds and Tutus 1st place Abusive relationships - they bruise the victim's mind and body and pound her sense of trust into the ground. They rip apart a psyche and throw emotions into complete chaos.