WINDOWS FINE ARTS MAGAZINE Volume 1, Issue 31, Year 2011 Windows Fine Arts Magazine 2011 Acknowledgments Administrators and Staff: Brother James Gaffney, FSC, President of Lewis University Stephany Schlachter, Provost of Lewis University Bonnie Bondavalli, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Clare Lawlor, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Br. Lawrence Oelschlegel, Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Assistant Professor Therese Jones, Editor, Coordinator, and Designer of Windows Fine Arts Magazine, Adjunct Assistant Professor Catherine Hancock, Assistant Editor of Windows Fine Arts Magazine Professor Paul Mitchell, Cover Designer of Windows Fine Arts Magazine Karen Burke, Secretary for the English, Philosophy, Theology, and Communications Departments Judges: Art Category Leslie Ansteth Colonna, Instructor of Art and Design Writing Category Jennifer Consilio, Associate Professor of English Pramod Mishra, Assistant Professor of English Susan Mitchell, Adjunct Instructor of English Natalie Mount, Adjunct Instructor of English Simone Muench, Associate Professor of English Prosheila Ponnusamy, Adjunct Instructor of English Catherine Reczek, Student Wallace Ross, Assistant Professor of English Jackie White, Associate Professor of English Nancy Workman, Professor of English Web Master: Sylvain Goyette Design and Layout: Ken Spiegel Spiegel Associates Joliet, IL 60435 (815) 846-4212 Printer: Glen Conklin J-M Printers, Inc. Digital Express 2400 Caton Farm Road, Unit J Crest Hill, IL 60435 (815) 609-7041 1 Windows Fine Arts Magazine 2011 Writing Category | Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Drama Honorable Mention: “The Menu” Dr. George Miller 6-9 Student Fiction First Place: “Where All Things End” Joseph Kurpiel 10-12 Third Place: “To Kill a Magpie” Mary Egan 13-14 Table of Contents Honorable Mention: | “Rattlesnakes” Mark Jacobs 14-17 Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Fiction First Place: “Domestic Policy” Dr. George Miller 18-20 Second Place: “Decider” Whitney Brough 20-22 Third Place: “Outstanding Individual” Dr. George Miller 22-24 Student Nonfiction First Place: “Headaches, Sneezes, or Love” Mark Jacobs 25-26 Second Place: “The Blackbeard Regatta” Eric Schuler 27-28 Third Place: “The Truth” Mark Jacobs 29-30 Honorable Mention: “Shine a Light” Corinna Szczeblewski 30-31 Honorable Mention: “City Lights” Benita Leung 32-33 Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Nonfiction Essay First Place: “Velcro Shoes, the Cardboard Casey McGrath 34-36 Computer, and Other Brilliant Ideas” Second Place: “The Call of Doody: Thursday Summer Hallaj 37-39 Night Community Walkthroughs” Third Place: “How Elvis and Opal Captured Pat Perrier 39-41 My Heart . .” Honorable Mention: “Autumn in the Afterward” Casey McGrath 41-42 2 Windows Fine Arts Magazine 2011 Table of Contents Visual art Category | Table of Contents Student Computer Graphics First Place: “Numbers Sequence” Julie Clack 43 Honorable Mention: “Exogenesis Muse Abstract” Jeremy Leonard 44 Honorable Mention: ‘World Peace” Joseph Yakes 43 Student Drawing Second Place: “The Dead Weather” Sal Ursino 43 Honorable Mention: “Lewis” Matt Zicher 46 | Student Mixed Media Honorable Mention: “Explosion” Kyle Thomas 46 Honorable Mention: “Design” Eric Lee 46 Honorable Mention: “Breaking the Fall” Anna Jaros 43 Student Painting Honorable Mention: “Japanese Jack-o-lantern” Toni Puro 44-45 Honorable Mention: “The Shadow of Evil Began to Creep” Melissa Chicola 46 Honorable Mention: “Untitled” Connor McLennan 46 Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Painting Honorable Mention: “The Arts” Jenny Chi 46 Student Photography Third Place: “Budweiser Chopper” Dorian Jarrette 44 Honorable Mention: “The Long Road to Nowhere” Zach Primozic 46 Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Photography Honorable Mention: “A Tree Grows in London” Dr. Paul Kaiser 45 Honorable Mention: “Sign and Tree” Michael Progress 45 Writing Category Student Nonfiction Academic Essay First Place: “The Impact of New Technology Kevin Magas 47-48 on Reading Practices” Second Place: “The Pursuit of the American Ryan Arciero 48-49 Dream in The Great Gatsby” Third Place: “I am Woman — Hear me Roar” Tonya Peterson 49-51 Honorable Mention: “There is No Conflict” Mark Jacobs 51-53 3 Windows Fine Arts Magazine 2011 | Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Nonfiction Academic Essay First Place: “Outing CAGA” Dr. George Miller 54-56 Second Place: “The Old and New Sexual Dr. George Miller 56-58 Moralities . .” Student Poetry First Place: “Skeletons in my Pillowcase” Tonya Peterson 59 Second Place: “Rapid in Transit” Mary Egan 59 Third Place: “For Namesake” Tonya Peterson 60 Table of Contents Honorable Mention: | “The Dark Before the Light or Mike Rysiewicz 61 The Light Before the Dark” Honorable Mention: “Why Can’t That Be Me?” Ryan McManaman 61 Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Poetry First Place: “I’ve Lived a Life” Dr. George Miller 62-63 Second Place: “What My Father Didn’t Say” Dr. George Miller 63 Honorable Mention: “A Hawk Song” John Higginson 64 Honorable Mention: “Gumdrop Mountain” Lois Mintah 64 Student Research Report First Place: “Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer: Kevin Magas 65-67 Application of a Eucharistic Hermeneutic” Second Place: “The Theological Implications of Kevin Magas 68-71 Gender-Neutral Language in Biblical Translations” Third Place: “The Relevance and Vitality of Alex Veeneman 71-72 Global Public Broadcasting” Honorable Mention: “Training Our Criminal Justice Artrina Slabich 73-74 Professionals” Honorable Mention: “The Effect of Whey Protein John Avila 75-76 Supplementation on Stimulation of Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy” Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Research Report First Place: “Labeling Second Language Jasmine Pacheco 77-79 Learners: Teacher . .” Second Place: “Prayer and Meditation: Dr. George Miller 79-81 Learning How Not to Bother God” Third Place: “The Impact of a Catholic Heidi Glogowski 82-84 Upbringing on Feminine Identity” Honorable Mention: “The Use of Literary Narratives Jasmine Pacheco 84-86 in ESL Composition Classes” Honorary Entry by a Judge Poetry “At Chartres” Dr. Wallace Ross 64 4 Windows Fine Arts Magazine 2011 A Letter from the Editor Welcome to the 31st issue of Windows Fine Arts Magazine! This year we have a collection of award winning literary and visual art creations from students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Enclosed you will find a reservoir of talent from the Lewis community that will evoke your imagination, challenge your intellect, and dazzle your senses, and enlighten your mind and spirit. Enjoy the experience! This magazine, which supports the recognition of the creative talents of members in the Lewis community and the publication of their works, was made possible by the support of the President of the University, Brother James Gaffney, and the great desire of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Bonnie Bondavalli. I am sure that all of the readers of this text, and certainly myself, are extremely grateful to both the president and the dean. Gratitude is also due to all of this year’s staff, judges, contributors, and technicians who are mentioned on the acknowledgment page, as well as past founders, editors, and coordinators of Windows. These present and past visionaries have opened our minds, our internal windows of light and darkness, to the wealth of artistic expression that lies within the members of the Lewis community. The task of judging the vast talent found in the entries to the Windows Fine Arts Magazine Contest was one of great magnitude. The number of entries received in the writing category exceeded one hundred, and in visual there were fifty-seven entries. This was a record year based upon the number of entries received. However, we did not have any winners in the musical composition category. The winning entries that appear in this volume are of superior quality! Prizes for the writing contest were awarded based on the following scale: First Prize: superior insight, imagination, technique, and knowledge of the genre Second Prize: outstanding insight, imagination, technique, and knowledge of the genre Third Prize: high quality insight, imagination, technique, and knowledge of the genre Honorable Mention: publishable quality insight, imagination, technique, and knowledge of the genre (If a category skips one of the levels of prizes, this is due to the quality of the submissions received). As in the past, the judging of the visual art contest was mirrored after the standards of a professional art contest. All entries were judged collectively to produce the winners. Judging for the contest was a time-consuming, difficult task, but one well worth every effort. A special thanks is owed to the many judges who devoted their time and expertise to this effort in support of the magazine. Also, Professor Paul Mitchell created the beautiful front and back cover of the journal, which is a testament to his computer graphic genius. Finally, the contributors to this volume should be very proud of their accomplishment in their genre. The entire Lewis University community is greatly enhanced by the talents of their works that appear in the printed and online versions of the magazine. Asst. Prof. Therese Jones 5 Windows Fine Arts Magazine 2011 Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Drama First Place | “the Menu” by Dr. George Miller (A woman sitting at a table at a restaurant. The table is covered with plates, bowls, and cups, piled on each other. A server carefully places another plate on the table.) MRS. MARTIN I come here for a decent meal and all I get served to me is garbage. Do you hear — garbage! You used to be able to get a good meal here years ago--a good meal. It was never the greatest in the world, but it wasn’t this crap. What did you just bring me? It looks like garbage? SERVER It’s a BLT, just the way you wanted it. Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Drama | MRS. MARTIN I can tell just from looking at it, it’s not any good. Take it back. SERVER How do you know you won’t like it? Why don’t you taste it? MRS. MARTIN It looks awful. The bread looks dry and inedible.