A Member of The Texas State University System Expressions Spring 2008 Volume XXII Expressions 2008 Student Winners SHORT STORY First Place Group Therapy ....................................... William H. Davis, Jr. Second Place A Promise ..................................................... Julio A. Marcos Third Place Meeting in a Cafe .......................................... Julio A. Marcos Honorable Mention Derutna’s Demons ............................................ Josh Schaver ESSAY First Place “Go With The Best, When You Want Success!” .. Ashley Gott Second Place Next November, Please!..................................... Richard Hall Third Place Invitation ....................................................... Frederick Very Honorable Mention My Life at LSC-PA ................................................ Diane Hare First Day ............................................................... Thien Tran Life at LSC-PA ............................................... Mallory Prejean POETRY First Place Who am I? ............................................... Charneth Ramdoo Second Place Oh Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful? ....................... Frederick Very Third Place Burdens ................................................... Charneth Ramdoo i POETRY Honorable Mention High in the Sky ........................................... Peter Trevino Soon Someday ........................................... Peter Trevino Wrinkled Hands ....................................... Rachel J. Scott A Beautiful Rose ............................ Melody Lynn Hendrix Son, I Told You ................................ Michelle Rene Lopez LITERARY CRITIQUE First Place Best of the Best ........................................ Frederick Very Second Place What They Saw ........................................ Frederick Very Third Place Indicators and Idealism of Blake .................. Richard Hall Honorable Mention Jane’s Inferno ................................................. Anna Sites SPECIAL CATEGORY-Funded and Sponsored by: Phi Theta Kappa The Paradox of Affluence: Choices, Challenges, and Consequences ....................................... Derrick L. Griffin COVER ART First Place The Other Side ...........................................George Jones Second Place ...................................................George Jones Third Place An Unidentified Lovely Lady .......................... John Enard Honorable Mention Robert Raucshenberg ............................ George Ramirez Honorable Mention Alligator ..................................................... Clyde Frazier ii GENERAL ART First Place His Holiness the Dalai Lama .........................Casey Smith Second Place Faith ...........................................................George Jones Third Place James Henry Duke .....................................George Jones Honorable Mention Portrait ........................................... Culberson Campbell Honorable Mention Frankenstein ............................................ Marquis Grant Honorable Mention The Ghost Bird (Ivory-Billed Woodpecker) .... John Enard PHOTOGRAPHY First Place Love Yourself .............................................. Kira DeVillier Second Place Love Today ................................................. Kira DeVillier Third Place .................................................. Kendall Johnson Honorable Mention .................................... Kendall Johnson iii Early Expressions 2008 Student Winners DESCRIPTION of a CEMETREY First Place Nana’s Tombstone ......................................... Britney Cotton Second Place Eternal Slumber ................................................ Clint Duncan Third Place Granite Sadness ............................................ Ashley Murphy Honorable Mention Arlington ..................................................... Heather Hussey Together Forever ............................................ Trisha Romero EERIE ............................................................. David Gillespie BUCKET LIST First Place Heart Desires ................................................ David Gillespie Second Place My Bucket List ................................................ Britney Cotton Third Place Kick the Bucket ................................................ Joshua Miller Honorable Mention Experiences Before I Kick the Bucket ............... Cheryl James One Step Ahead of Time and Death ............. Heather Hussey POETRY First Place A Song to Sing ................................................. Kevin L. Davis Second Place That Woman ................................................ Kimberly Green iv POETRY Third Place Our World ................................................. Mahmoud Ali Honorable Mention Shattered ................................................ Nga Thi Truong Seasons ...................................................... Cheryl James Weather .......................................................... Luc Pham Path ....................................................... Heather Hussey v Table of Contents SHORT STORY Davis, William H. Jr. ....................................................... 3 Marcos, Julio A. ....................................................... 7, 13 Schaver, Josh ............................................................... 17 ESSAY Gott, Ashley. ............................................................... 23 Hall, Richard ................................................................ 27 Hare, Diane. ................................................................ 35 Prejean, Mallory ......................................................... 43 Tran, Thien. ................................................................. 39 Very, Frederick ............................................................ 31 POETRY Hendrix, Melody Lynn ................................................. 57 Lopez, Michelle Renee ................................................ 59 Ramdoo, Charneth. ............................................... 49, 53 Scott, Rachel J. ............................................................ 56 Trevino, Peter ........................................................ 54, 55 Very, Frederick. ........................................................... 51 LITERARY CRITIQUE Hall, Richard ................................................................ 73 Sites, Anna .................................................................. 79 Very, Frederick ...................................................... 63, 67 SPECIAL CATEGORY-Funded and Sponsored by: Phi Theta Kappa Griffin, Derrick L.......................................................... 87 vi COVER ART Enard, John ................................................................. 22 Frazier, Clyde ............................................................... 62 Jones, George. ................................................... Cover, 2 Ramirez, George ......................................................... 48 GENERAL ART Campbell, Culberson ................................................... 30 Enard, John ................................................................. 50 Grant, Marquis ............................................................ 38 Jones, George ....................................................... 20, 26 Smith, Casey ............................................................... 12 PHOTOGRAPHY DeVillier,Kira ........................................................... 6, 16 Johnson, Kendall. .................................................. 25, 42 DESCRIPTION of a CEMETERY-EARLY EXPRESSIONS Cotton, Britney............................................................ 93 Duncan, Clint .............................................................. 95 Gillespie, David ......................................................... 103 Hussey, Heather .......................................................... 99 Murphy, Ashley ........................................................... 97 Romero, Trisha .......................................................... 101 BUCKET LIST-EARLY EXPRESSIONS Cotton, Britney. ......................................................... 109 Gillespie, David. ........................................................ 107 Hussey, Heather ........................................................ 115 James, Cheryl. ........................................................... 113 Miller, Joshua ............................................................ 111 vii POETRY-EARLY EXPRESSIONS Ali, Mahoud .............................................................. 121 Davis, Kevin L. ........................................................... 119 Green, Kimberly. ....................................................... 120 Hussey, Heather. ....................................................... 125 James, Cheryl ............................................................ 123 Pham, Luc ................................................................. 124 Truong, Nga Thi ......................................................... 122 FACULTY & STAFF Adams, Jimmie .......................................... 150, 152, 153 Byrd, Sally ................................................................. 155 Gaspard, Damon James ............................ 129, 131, 133 Guidry, Cindy ............................................................ 148 Jones, Don “D.J.”. ...................................... 149, 151, 154 Judice, Michelle ........................................ 134, 138, 140 Megnet,