My friend took three steps back from the edge of the precipice. Then, lunging forward, he hurled an empty bottle of white zinfandel into the chasm below. And how gracefully it fell. We stood there, in the silence of held Scholastic breaths, and watched the bottle float down, down, down through the Vol. 141, No.8· Literary Issue layers of limestone dust below. So empty was the quarry that by the time bottle met earth, my friend had time to utter these words: 1 • • - , • • Disce QuaslSe.Wp~r Victurus listen: Vive QuasLcra§J0driturus the sound of \' '. -- . The End of the World on prom night. Editors in Chief Literary Editor Brian Christ Zachary W. Kulsrud It was poetry. Yes, standing there with my friend that night I heard Meredith W. Salisbury poetry for the first time. It was prom night, an awful, awful prom night Associate Editor when my friend and I took the girls of our dreams to the greatest of high James J. Pastore, Jr. school dances. Despite the objections of their college boyfriends, we had managed to steal away with our beloveds for one momentous night. Selection Sarah E. Childress The historic night called for historic measures. After the dance we took CommiHee Brian Christ our dates to the holiest of holies: we drove south into the night, ten miles Kathleen M. Corte west of the county line, and trespassed into the massive quarry we proudly Zachary W. Kulsrud referred to as The End ofthe World. Jared P. Marx As I said, the night was awful.. Neither my friend nor I convinced our Stad L. Pangle ~ dates that they should dump their college boyfriends. However, the night James J. Pastore, Jr. would later redeem itself when it inspired me to write my first poem about Mere.dith W. Salisbury the surreal experience. And, as only the Lord and I know, what a bad Kara S: luaro - . poem it was. That was the beginning, though, and you might- say this issue is where Short Story Matthew F. Benedict prom night has taken me. It's led me to believe that there is something Award Judges Valerie L. Sayers wonderful in poetry. So wonderful, in fact, that it inspired me to dump pre­ Steve A. Tomasula med, take up PLS, and pu~sue this crazy endeavor to publish a literary James H. Walton issue for distribution to the entire student body at Notre Dame. There are many literary publications on campus, but 90 percent of you Poetry Shannon Doyne probably haven't seen one of them. Yet, of all the people I talked to about Award Judges Sonia G. Gernes this project, 90 percent said they wish they could read the works" of their Michael.c. Smith peers and, if they were lucky, be read by their peers. Indeed, the greater Henry M. Weinfield mass of students is malnourished: their diet calls for literature, yet they remain content underfed. Layout and"" Michael P. Griffin, editor I hope that this issue will be a spark for a greater literary discour~e on Design" Agatha K. Noble, assistant campus. There are poets among us, but poets usually flourish when they Sarah E. Childress share their passion with others. If Burroughs hadn't encouraged Ginsberg, Kara S. Zuaro and Ginsberg hadn't sucked in Jack ... What a shame it would be not to know what Kerouac saw on the road. Additional Art David B. Leeney- There are countless people to thank for these 70 pages: Scholastic Web Design' Michael J. Gonzales editors Brian Christ and Meredith Salisbury for their faith in this project; Publicity Charlyn A. Henderson Charlyn Henderson, whose vivacity helped collect dozens of submissions; hHp:/ /www.nd.edu/Nscholast the Scholastic staff's dedicated efforts, which were so much greater than I expected; especially Kara Zuaro and Carol Wolf, who helped attract the Published biweekly at the University of Notre Dame and printed at Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Ind., 46556. The attention of the more talented yet stubborn artists on campus; finally, to the entire contents of Scholastic is copyright ©2000. All rights professors who helped us choose the recipients of the awards for best reserved. No contents of this magazine. either in whole or in part, may be reproduced in any manner without written consent pieces in the magazine, given Qut yesterday at the literary issue opening. of the copyright holder. Scholastic does not assume liability for Finally, for all those people who've asked me over the years what unsolicited manuscripts or material.AII correspondence should be sent to Scholastic, LaFortune Student Center, Notre Dame, poetry sounds like, I never meant to confuse you by simply answering, IN 46556. To be published in the next issue, letters must be "Sploosh." Take this issue as my apology, and enjoy. received by 5:00 p.m. Monday before the issue. All letters must include the writer's name, address and phone number. All letters must be signed. Names will be withheld upon request in certain instances. Scholastic reserves -the right to edit letters for space. The ideas and views expressed in Scholastic are not necessarily those of tl)e University of Notre Dame or the­ Zachary W. Kulsrud student body. literary Editor " Cover photo by Paige E. Doub Scholastic 1 6...: . __ My friend took three steps back from the edge of the precipice. Then, lunging forward, he hurled an empty bottle of white zinfandel into the chasm below. And how gracefully it fell. We stood there, in the silence of held Scholastic breaths, and watched the bottle float down, down, down through the Vol. 141, No.8· Literary Issue layers of limestone dust below. So empty was the quarry that by the time bottle met earth, my friend had time to utter these words: 1 • • - , • • Disce QuaslSe.Wp~r Victurus listen: Vive QuasLcra§J0driturus the sound of \' '. -- . The End of the World on prom night. Editors in Chief Literary Editor Brian Christ Zachary W. Kulsrud It was poetry. Yes, standing there with my friend that night I heard Meredith W. Salisbury poetry for the first time. It was prom night, an awful, awful prom night Associate Editor when my friend and I took the girls of our dreams to the greatest of high James J. Pastore, Jr. school dances. Despite the objections of their college boyfriends, we had managed to steal away with our beloveds for one momentous night. Selection Sarah E. Childress The historic night called for historic measures. After the dance we took CommiHee Brian Christ our dates to the holiest of holies: we drove south into the night, ten miles Kathleen M. Corte west of the county line, and trespassed into the massive quarry we proudly Zachary W. Kulsrud referred to as The End ofthe World. Jared P. Marx As I said, the night was awful.. Neither my friend nor I convinced our Stad L. Pangle ~ dates that they should dump their college boyfriends. However, the night James J. Pastore, Jr. would later redeem itself when it inspired me to write my first poem about Mere.dith W. Salisbury the surreal experience. And, as only the Lord and I know, what a bad Kara S: luaro - . poem it was. That was the beginning, though, and you might- say this issue is where Short Story Matthew F. Benedict prom night has taken me. It's led me to believe that there is something Award Judges Valerie L. Sayers wonderful in poetry. So wonderful, in fact, that it inspired me to dump pre­ Steve A. Tomasula med, take up PLS, and pu~sue this crazy endeavor to publish a literary James H. Walton issue for distribution to the entire student body at Notre Dame. There are many literary publications on campus, but 90 percent of you Poetry Shannon Doyne probably haven't seen one of them. Yet, of all the people I talked to about Award Judges Sonia G. Gernes this project, 90 percent said they wish they could read the works" of their Michael.c. Smith peers and, if they were lucky, be read by their peers. Indeed, the greater Henry M. Weinfield mass of students is malnourished: their diet calls for literature, yet they remain content underfed. Layout and"" Michael P. Griffin, editor I hope that this issue will be a spark for a greater literary discour~e on Design" Agatha K. Noble, assistant campus. There are poets among us, but poets usually flourish when they Sarah E. Childress share their passion with others. If Burroughs hadn't encouraged Ginsberg, Kara S. Zuaro and Ginsberg hadn't sucked in Jack ... What a shame it would be not to know what Kerouac saw on the road. Additional Art David B. Leeney- There are countless people to thank for these 70 pages: Scholastic Web Design' Michael J. Gonzales editors Brian Christ and Meredith Salisbury for their faith in this project; Publicity Charlyn A. Henderson Charlyn Henderson, whose vivacity helped collect dozens of submissions; hHp:/ /www.nd.edu/Nscholast the Scholastic staff's dedicated efforts, which were so much greater than I expected; especially Kara Zuaro and Carol Wolf, who helped attract the Published biweekly at the University of Notre Dame and printed at Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Ind., 46556. The attention of the more talented yet stubborn artists on campus; finally, to the entire contents of Scholastic is copyright ©2000. All rights professors who helped us choose the recipients of the awards for best reserved. No contents of this magazine. either in whole or in part, may be reproduced in any manner without written consent pieces in the magazine, given Qut yesterday at the literary issue opening.