The Harper Anthology Volume XXVII 2015 An annual, faculty-judged collection honoring the best academic writing, campus-wide, by students at Harper College, Palatine, Illinois Prepared by The Harper Anthology committee Marjorie Allen Keith Jensen Meg King Maggie McKinley Josh Sunderbruch Kris Piepenburg, chair Table of Contents Foreword (Kris Piepenburg) Caila Bender A Hope That Anchors the Soul (Literature 115) 1 Chester Busse Weightlifting: A Road to Emotional Health (English 101) 5 Submission Information Lisa Croneberg Submission deadlines: The DeafNation Expo 2016 issue: January 25, 2016 at Harper College 2017 issue: January 25, 2017 (Sign Language Interpreting 101) 8 Send manuscripts to
[email protected], or submit a print Jacob Custer copy to LIB ARTS, Room L203. Please include I Speak Therefore I Am student contact information (e-mail, phone (Linguistics 205) 10 number, street address) with all submissions Sean Dahlgren Submission forms are available The Unresolved Nature of Military at the back of this issue; in the Harper College Euphemisms Liberal Arts Office (L203); and at the English (Linguistics 205) 14 Department web site: dept.harpercollege.edu/english Courtney Beth Dohl A Divide between Genders: Sefi Atta’s Submissions are read each winter by the Everything Good Will Come members of the Harper Anthology Committee (Literature 208) 19 The Harper Anthology is also available at Christopher Dwyer dept.harpercollege.edu/english White Weddings and Marriage Equality (Sociology 120) 23 Back issues of The Harper Anthology